Surprise surprise! :)

I was in court today for a trial, so I expected to be out of the office the whole day. In between the court proceedings, I was of course checking my office e-mails on my blackberry and saw an e-mail from the Admin Assistant with the subject:

"Dear Azmimi, there are some flowers for you at the mailing table please do drop by to collect it. Thank you."

I was confused. I was thinking...hmm it's not my anniversary today or my birthday. It was one of our anniversaries yesterday...but hmm...don't think it's from Azmir cause he is occupied with his ICAEW exam and so sending flowers would probably be the last thing on his mind. Then I thought, maybe admin got it wrong and it's not actually for me :P

Whatever it was, I was curious.

Since I knew I was probably not going to make it back to the office in time before the reception closes, I asked my secretary to help get it for me and place it in my office.

When my matter in court ended at 5.45 pm I was tempted to go straight home but decided to head back to the office to check out the flowers and to print some documents as I had also gotten an e-mail to review agreements and prepare a legal opinion that the client wants the next day.

When I got back to the office I instantly saw the bouquet of flowers. I opened the card and saw that it was from Azmir for our 61st month anniversary :D

I must say the flower attracted quite a bit of attention from my colleagues. Everyone kept asking me if it was my birthday :P It was such a pleasant surprise to receive flowers at work after a long and tiring day in court! Such a memorable anniversary :)

End of FY2010

It is the end of financial year 2010 at my firm and I must say that I am very pleased with the letter that I got from my practice group leader. All that hard work paid off! :)

So as a treat to myself, I went to Charles & Keith today for some shopping. It has been a rewarding year and I think I am entitled to some pampering. So I bought myself:-

A handbag

a new pair of heels: Rosetta Charm

I also bought several new pair of earrings and then went to get a haircut. The best part about buying the bag is that I can use it for my trip. My girlfriends and I are going for a holiday in Bangkok in conjunction with my bachelorette party or hen's night as some might call it.

I haven't been on a trip out of the country for about 2 years now and am really looking forward to it! This is also the first time that I have applied for leave from work to go on a holiday ever since I started working :p The only down part is that I have so many assignments that I have to clear this coming week before I can have a peaceful holiday. So from tomorrow onwards, I will probably be working 24/7 to clear off everything.

Saturday - free and easy, Sunday - back to work!