The JB office has invited some of us for CNY lunch celebration and I took the opportunity to visit the office for work and stayed a night. Traveling to JB for work is so easy and comfortable. Hoho. The car picked a colleague and I up from Singapore at 7ish and we arrived in the JB office by 9am, all thanks to smooth immigration. It didn’t feel like I was on a business trip other than the extra heavy bag for the overnight stay.
I was told that our colleagues normally stayed at the Holiday Inn and did the same. I knew that the hotel is near to the Woodlands checkpoint, which also mean that it is near to the shopping mall but didn’t realise that it is so near - JBCC is just next to the hotel. Yay!
The hotel room is very decent and comfortable.
My colleague had a business dinner and I had to find dinner on my own. It is ok, I was glad with the alone time after talking to people the entire day.
Yum yum.
Then I roamed the mall a little. There wasn’t much to buy though and headed back to the hotel for some work. The bed was comfy and sleep was easy but I woke up several times, like how I usually would on the 1st nights in hotels but unfortunately the only night in this case.
Of course I hit the gym. The gym was on the 32nd floor and I had a shock when the lift door opened. It was dark and looked abandoned bcos the lights were mainly off and the pool was under renovation.
The gym is decent though.
I got my 5km and it was an easy jog probably bcos I had rested the last 2 days.
The view that accompanied me. I think I was looking at the Woodlands custom.
You know how we sometimes see reels of people falling from treadmill and laughed about it? I experienced it 1st hand - the falling but not the laughing. The running pad is damned rough siol. I had turned on the MTV channel and midway through my jog, I thought to increase the volume and had to pause the treadmill to get the remote. I hit the pause button but didn’t expect the “slowing down” to take so long before a complete stop. The next moment, I was on one knee and hanging on to the treadmill, which is an absolute wrong choice. I eventually slide off the treadmill and the machine also came to a complete halt.
Ouch!
I still managed to complete my jog. The pain eased after a while but the stinging started as I perspired. Roarrrr.. I survived anyhow and felt very stupid. Lesson learnt - never hang on to treadmills.
I got to enjoy the hotel bfast. The spread looked good but I didn’t quite find plenty that I like to eat.
It is ok, I am supposed to be dieting off the CNY feasting weight.
The rest of the work day was uneventful and we left the office at 4pm to head back to Singapore. We used the Tuas link this time to avoid the jam and were back in Singapore by 5ish. Hoho. Happy! I was exhausted for the rest of the evening and had an early night. I guess work trips are tiring afterall.
Mummy Lim
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