Board Games Galore

Yay! My board games finally arrived on Monday. After a 6-month hiatus from Settlers, Kh and I were so bored with our current collection that we purchased $600 worth of board games online. It is for this purpose that I held a board games spree, which to my surprise, attracted rather good response.

The goods arrived in 2 large boxes!



The games we bought... We're huge fans of Rio Grande games. =)



Jack and Julie kept saying that we are the new Settlers. Funny 'cos a new Settlers outlet just opened at SMU and I'm working there. Yups it's the biggest and nicest outlet of all, and it offers a lot more than just board gaming. I shall take this time to help CY advertise: http://sg.settlerscafe.com/200808/OpeningSMU.jpg

More stuff

I've been in a rather foul mood lately. Been so busy with everything that I hardly have time to rest. Really miss the good old days in the kampong where I can just lie down and watch the clouds without a care in the world. My aunt may not be going to Thailand this year after all as my cousin is having her PSLE. If she doesn't, I suppose I would extend my Vietnam backpacking trip to 2 weeks. Really really need a break.

Kh bought another 2 games the other day to add to our collection:

Puerto Rico. Cost about $84.

Bang! Cost about $80+ as well. Includes expansion set. This game is going to be out of print so it's worth it to get. It will worth a lot in future. =)

We've been meeting J&J, Kh's super lovey dovey couple friends, to play these games. Worth it for them la... We pay they play. T__T Oh well. What to do, we love gaming so much.

As if the spending spree is not over, Kh and I hopped over to Heeren after that to get him a birthday present. He wanted the Fossil wallet that he saw the other day so I got that for him. But then, while browsing through the stuff in the shop, I fell in love with a long wallet and Kh decided to buy that for me for my birthday. Then the store assistant informed us that we'll get a 15% discount if we spend $250 or more, so I got Kh another belt to make up for that amount. After discount, ya can say that the belt is almost free. =) (Hey I always do my calculations okay. I'm not one to fall for gimmicks.)

Kh's wallet... cost about $88.

Kh's belt... cost about $58.

My wallet! Cost about $128. Really good quality and I love how it smells! It's exactly what I need. Lots of slots to keep my cards! =D The store assistant also said that this is product is specially designed for the US market, hence there are very limited quantities for sale in Singapore. =)

Desperately in need of time to do these long postponed activites before school reopens:
1) Crabbing (crab fishing)
2) Photography trip to Chek Jawa
3) Gourmet BBQ
4) Go Kart + seafood dinner @ Johor


Sighs~~ I need a life...

Vegas Showdown

Woot! Bought another one of my fave board games to add to my collection! Also got myself a P.I membership. 5% discount with the privilege to reserve board games. I know it's very lousy for a membership but my fave games always go out of stock at PI and the next shipment doesn't come so soon. Hence being able to reserve games really helps!

$85.90 after less 5% discount is $81+. Hah. Not much diff but better than nothing? It can at least cover our transport cost. =x

It's not a gambling game! Haha. It's actually a bidding and building game. Requires you to be able to manage your finances well. =)

I've been holding too many sprees for the past month. Look what that has landed me in.

Woot! Another game!

Yesterday Kh and I suddenly had an impulse to buy our new favourite game, Traders of Genoa. Went all the way to PI at Midpoint Orchard to get it, but it was out of stock!!! $%@!# We felt like buying something anyway, so Kh bought Citadels. Another game to our collection! =)

Not exactly my favourite game, but it's no doubt the most popular game at PI and Settlers. Very popular among guys especially. Have experienced times when I teach a group of guys this game, and they end up playing this over and over again the whole night. And before they leave they would ask me where they can get this game. That's how popular it is. Don't ask me why. I really don't know. I believe it is a guy thing. =X

Anyway it's so cheap. $35 for the whole pack plus expansion! Other card games like this can cost like $40-$50+, without expansion, and they're not even that popular to begin with. I can actually buy this from Settlers with staff discount but Kh just couldn't wait. zzz

Anyway, it looks like I'll be slogging my head off @ Settlers this holiday again. Was thinking of getting other higher paying jobs like (eeks!) telemarketing, but Za has put me on 36-hour shifts this week. It's so much more than I've expected. More worth it to work there now since I've got a pay rise already. Though the pay is still very pathetic, it's better than nothing!

Believe it or not, I only found out about my pay rise last month. Apparently, I had been getting it for a couple of months and I did not know it. CY and Terence didn't think it was necessary to inform me. In CY's own words,"We were not told that we have to inform you of your pay rise."

Hello? If I do not even know, then what's the point of raising my pay in the first place? Isn't it suppose to be some form of motivation? I had to knock some sense into those guys.

Btw, just realise that all the jobs I've had are very different. Hmm so typical of me... A jack of all trades, master of none. Sighs~

1) Packer (Giant, Expo Sale)

2) Sales Assistant/Cashier (Robinsons, Ladies Dept)

3) Mystery Shopper (ACNielsen)

4) Admin Assistant (Starhub, Corporate Finance)

5) Private Tutor

6) Senior Cafe Executive (Settlers @ Katong)

And I've also realised how fortunate I am to be able to work with Kh for 4 out of these 6 jobs. =D

I do love working (definitely much more than studying). And I'm proud to be financially independent. =)

Maplestory in Warcraft???

This is funny. Downloaded this map from Warcraft's Zion server yesterday. Maplestory in Warcraft!

Same rules apply. Need level 8 to become a magician. There are party quests, shops, and similar maps. Cute! But of cuz Maplestory's version of Maplestory is still better. Duh.

Press CTRL+scroll up for a closer look!

More Mahjong!

If anyone's wondering why I'm blogging at this time, it's not because I've finally managed to wake up early. It's because I haven't slept the whole night. =( Ah thanks to Terence again. It's been our 5th or 6th overnight mahjong session in 2 weeks. I can safely say that my mahjong skills have improved a lot over these 2 weeks.

Anyway, life at Settlers makes time pass very fast. So fast that I didn't have time to stop and worry about my exam results. Which is a good thing I guess. Almost forgot to check it though. Hmm.. all's well by the way.

Well, I just remembered that I haven't blog about my Thailand trip part 3. Half a year already... haha... And it's the most interesting part of the trip still. How can I miss that out? Alright, I shall blog about it when I'm less busy.