Lovely day!!!

Just came back from dinner!

It was quite a lovely day today cos I have SENT MY DISSERTATION FOR PRINTING AND BINDING!!!!! Means I've officially finished it and ready to submit! The 2 copies should reach be by next Wed...so all in good time for my submission on Fri. Probably will ask the few of my classmates when they're submitting so maybe can have a meal tog too. Then I went down to the Barclays bank branch at Harborne to enquire about closing of account. Forgot it was long weekend so there was a queue at the bank (but not as long as in SG) but it was quite fast! So anyway the staff told me I can either close here or back home. If close after I leave, I'll have to write in to them to say I wanna close acc then state which acc I wanna TT over (with a charge). And if I close it here, and wanna withdraw money, got to give them 24h notice. So anyway she was nice and asked when I was leaving then arranged an appointment for me. Ya, here open and close acc is see advisor...macam do priority banking or investment. Haha..so I'll get to use my debit card till the Fri before I leave.

Then came back first cos it was too early to go into town (it was abt 3+pm and I was meeting S only at 6.30pm). And as I was entering the house, L said she was going out..and said she was going to Ikea and asked if I wanted anything..then I hesitated then she asked or if I wanna come along..so I said but I'm meeting my friend for dinner tonight (I had whatsapped to inform her earlier in the day cos she was out and I didnt know what time she'll be back). Then she looked at the time and said she'll be back by then or she can drop me into town too. So I followed her!! But alas, it was bank holiday weekend and a fri..so there was a bit of traffic going there...took us about 45min!! Think usually it'll take about maybe 15min by car? So anyway the Ikea vvv similar to the one back home..think they have to follow some standards. I'm not sure if the prices at Ikea SG have increased but the prices here seem to be more costly. Anyway she went there to look for storage ideas for her clinic...apparently she had changed quite a few things to make her office look nicer and she even got C to do some painting work last night..for some money, of course! hahaha! Anyway, she took soooo long and ended up only left the place at 6.15pm..but she told me it'll take me about 5min to go into town from there after she hit the motorway. And she dropped me off in town (quieter side) and managed to meet S ard 6.40pm..so not tt late..she also went Primark for shopping lor..haha..

Went to this Latin American restaurant called Las Iguanas..and I had prawns while S had Enchiladas then she kept telling me to try Sangria..and we did! After that somemore had churros and cheesecake. Super full lah!!! My prawn dish reminded me of thai curry..hahaha! Not bad la..then churros was v diff from those I had before..and S said it's quite authentic cos she has been to Barcelona, Spain.

Red and white Sangria

Sent S off on the train before taking a bus back.come to think of it, my place is quite safe even at night...if I'm back before 9pm, there's a minimart at the main road and corner where I walk in..and if I'm later, it only takes a few min to walk back.

As for my flight back. HAHA! I wanna laugh. Ok, so this morning, checked my email and saw that HR had replied (last night SG time) saying she had sent me the itinerary but will send again tomorrow morning (means this morning). So when I woke up, it was already afternoon in SG but no email..so I replied her saying "Strange that I didn't receive any other itinerary other than the Emirates one and told her to resend". Then cos my sg hp had problems connecting to wifi, I did the trick of switching the house modem on and off and it worked. So my boss had asked me (this morning in SG) if my flight has been settled but I only saw in the late afternoon (SG time) so told her...then ard 7+pm SG time, my boss alerted me to check my email. I had actually left my email open but it keeps auto log out. So anyway, I did check and she had sent the email to me and travel agent asking her to confirm flight for me and I opened the itinerary, it is an SQ flight, flying out from London Heathrow airport!!! HAHAHA! I replied my boss saying "what a joke" and she "haha..ya lor". And then in HR's email, she said "From Birmingham to London, (my name) you may arrange for cab transfer" so I asked boss if HR meant she approved of me taking cab to London and boss said yes, I've approval officially to take cab. I thought it was v funny la! Cos this option was what I suggested in the first place and boss also told me to go ahead but HR said to fly out from Bham. She must have found out that it's either too ex or too hard to book! HAHAH! So anyway she'll prob forward me the ticket on Mon. I'm glad cos at least I got confirmation that my flight has been booked and I can take cab to London and claim (I have emailed the cab company to check if they will give receipt or invoice). And the flight timing was the one I was looking at too cos then I won't be too rushed to leave here and can go for church service that morning too! Checked the airport transfer "cab" website and it says will take me about 1h 44min..so I can always leave earlier and go Heathrow airport to shop more!! I won't need to bother abt baggage limit then..hahahahaa!

So tomorrow shall start packing stuff I bought to buy home and see how much more I can buy cos I'm free next week and a few days after I'm back from Dublin for some shopping!