Another battle evening, muscularly done, and chatting with Serene on the phone after her short snooze from the completion of some tutorial.

Indeed, much has been left out these days, which publication of occurences will be made soon; we were talking about her brother Andrew, who has gone for his honeymoon after the wedding dinner at Clarke Quay in a grand Oriental restaurant.

Serene has entered slumberland but not myself; the crescendo for the 2nd exam builds up as the day approaches; just T-2 to the 2nd Battle of the Financial Champions.

Alex has just departed for a short holiday with his wife tonight on a quickly-planned holiday which was "captured" at Chan Brothers' roadshow in Suntec at one of the weekends; the task left for me was to help feed his crystal shrimps till he's back next week.  That also served as a constant reminder as to when I can bring Serene for a short trip, in the midst of school and work schedule.  The leave portion will need some effort in getting as the year end is approaching, many might be clearing leave, especially for those family-established colleagues.