HW's guide to surviving SIP:
1. Skive at every possible opportunity.
Skiving is of course the best way to cure stress, fatigue, and pesky notions of working hard. Pick a spot somewhere secluded while you don't have any duties assigned. If possible move a couch there so as to ensure ease of skiving and maximise skive potential. Have a stash of snacks and food there in case you're snowed in and have to survive for 3 days before help arrives.
2. Get to know your co-workers.
Getting to know your co-workers is yet another vital step. Familiarising yourself with them is the best way to go, in case you're forced to skin one of them to survive in arctic temperatures. A big man is better for this than a small woman, though you can fashion weapons out of her bones to fend off predators. Also, getting to know them helps in finding people who sympathize with your plight and are willing to swear allegiance to you.
3. See the outside world as often as you can.
Seeing birds and the sun is far better than seeing dust mites and that flickering fluorescent light over your head that just won't stay lit. Also, getting fresh air just means that you breathe less of the hallucinogens that they pump through the central air-conditioning system. Beat the system!
4. Cherish your off days and free time.
Every hour that you spend free is one less hour for them to twist your mind and turn you into a finely tuned killing and filing machine. Also, free time away from the office is a chance to plan your escape and break free without their video monitors spotting you and sounding the alarms.
5. Remember the law of inverses.
The more you enjoy your time, the faster your SIP will seem to pass, and the greater chance that they'll hire you again, sending you back to square one. Of course, when you do go back to school you'll just wish you were at work again, where you 'didn't have to do no dang projects and homework'.
Remember, either way, you can't win!
Thursday, August 28, 2003
King Crimson - Walking on air
Close your eyes and look at me
I'll be standing by your side
In between the deep blue sea
And the sheltering sky
If we find no words to say
To the rhythm of the waves
Then we'll both surrender there
Walking on air
And the worries of the day lie down
Under cover of the fading clouds
The secrets of the night
Come alive in your eyes
You don't have to hurry
You don't have to try
Cause you don't have a care
You're walking on air
Haven't really been doing much that warrants a blog entry. So we'll sing instead!
Close your eyes and look at me
I'll be standing by your side
In between the deep blue sea
And the sheltering sky
If we find no words to say
To the rhythm of the waves
Then we'll both surrender there
Walking on air
And the worries of the day lie down
Under cover of the fading clouds
The secrets of the night
Come alive in your eyes
You don't have to hurry
You don't have to try
Cause you don't have a care
You're walking on air
Haven't really been doing much that warrants a blog entry. So we'll sing instead!
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Another 10 reasons why I love you:
1. You're wonderfully kind and caring.
2. We're too similar.
3. You love animals
4. You go out of your way to treat me like a king
5. You've shown me many new experiences, opened me up to newer possibilities
6. You love food =p
7. You don't mind when I call you
8. You make me feel loved and important
9. You always surprise me day to day
10. I just do.
1. You're wonderfully kind and caring.
2. We're too similar.
3. You love animals
4. You go out of your way to treat me like a king
5. You've shown me many new experiences, opened me up to newer possibilities
6. You love food =p
7. You don't mind when I call you
8. You make me feel loved and important
9. You always surprise me day to day
10. I just do.
Friday, August 08, 2003
I feel pretty tired. Pretty much settled into work, is that what's brought on the fatigue? Resigned self to spending another.... *checks donut of misery* 139.97 days to go on SIP. Missed CCN day today because of a last minute job, too. Gragh! At least I get to spend next Tuesday with kitten... I hope. Must check the schedule when I get to work tomorrow. Speaking of which, I have the dubious distinction of having to work this weekend, while everyone else is enjoying the off day. Sigh. Must not let that get me down! I guess off days are off days in the end though.
Been feeling lethargic lately. Probably the early mornings, I'd say... Ah well. It's National Day tomorrow. What does that mean? To me it's just another day. I've pretty much lost track of normal week times, now it's either "working day" or "not working day". Heh.
Upside is that I've been seeing kitten everyday so far this week ^_^ Thanks love, I don't know how I'd have made it through without ya! You bring this joy to my life that nothing else can quite live up to. Also, I've been a shrink to a couple of friends - who turn away feeling lots better and praise me later for it =p
The doctor is in!
Been feeling lethargic lately. Probably the early mornings, I'd say... Ah well. It's National Day tomorrow. What does that mean? To me it's just another day. I've pretty much lost track of normal week times, now it's either "working day" or "not working day". Heh.
Upside is that I've been seeing kitten everyday so far this week ^_^ Thanks love, I don't know how I'd have made it through without ya! You bring this joy to my life that nothing else can quite live up to. Also, I've been a shrink to a couple of friends - who turn away feeling lots better and praise me later for it =p
The doctor is in!
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Long time no update. Anyway, yesterday was easily the best day I had! Yesterday was me and kitten's 3 month anniversary, and it was the Sum 41 concert which I didn't have to pay a cent to go to. Gwahahhaa.
Anyway, left the house earlyish to go to Raffles City SC to buy the flower bouquet. They only had 2 purple tulips left so I picked a nice pink one to go along with it. Then over to Chocolate Box to buy some choccies and write a note to go along with it. By the time it was about 1.20 so I had to rush a little if I was to drop it at the front desk, which was my original intention. But when I went over there, she was just coming back from lunch with Pam and so I was kinda caught =p she called me just as I reached Raffles Place, I was trying to keep it a secret from her but kinda failing. Made her worry a little as I didn't sound myself, which was true since I was really trying to keep my surprise. As it turned out I walked out from the MRT and she and Pam were right behind. Sigh.
She was surprised, to say the least, and walked me downstairs to the MRT to wait for my train with me. We chatted a bit and then I was off to work >_<
At work, nothing special. Bummed around waiting for something to happen. Then finally at about 7 or so Arti (Mulchand) was done and we went over to Fort Canning for the concert. It didn't really start until about 7.50, when Pug Jelly or whatever they are came on stage to open for Sum 41. Too bad they were terrible. Haha, now I know why John doesn't like them at all. Saddest part was when the drummer threw his sticks into the crowd and the crowd threw them right back. And one of them was talking to the audience on the mic, and they cut it to stop him talking. Funniest thing ever!
About 30 minutes after that Sum 41 finally appeared to much cheering. Concert wasn't too bad, was pretty fun. My first big concert anyway ^_^ I left at about 9.35, half an hour before the concert ended, to go meet Kitten at Dhoby Ghaut MRT. Hee, turned out she received 2 tins of Mrs Field's cookies as thanks for covering an event at Junction 8. Added to the flowers and the chocolates she got from me today, that's one big load to carry. We walked over to PS since she hadn't eaten yet, and the only place that seemed opened was Macs. So there wasn't much of a choice in the matter. Tian came down later to join us to eat, crazy Tian as usual. Met her earlier during the concert, too, complaining she was too sticky and sweaty from headbanging in the mosh pit too much. Haha. Tian left earlier than we did, though, so we just finished off our food then went on back. Kitten insisted on sending me back, so we took the train up to Yio Chu Kang to take the 70. We got down near my stop, and I walked her to the 88 bus stop to take her bus. Kitten gave me a tin of Mrs Fields to take back, and we waited for her bus to come by. Sent her off then it was back home for me. Bummed around a bit and then finally crashed for the night.
Anyway, left the house earlyish to go to Raffles City SC to buy the flower bouquet. They only had 2 purple tulips left so I picked a nice pink one to go along with it. Then over to Chocolate Box to buy some choccies and write a note to go along with it. By the time it was about 1.20 so I had to rush a little if I was to drop it at the front desk, which was my original intention. But when I went over there, she was just coming back from lunch with Pam and so I was kinda caught =p she called me just as I reached Raffles Place, I was trying to keep it a secret from her but kinda failing. Made her worry a little as I didn't sound myself, which was true since I was really trying to keep my surprise. As it turned out I walked out from the MRT and she and Pam were right behind. Sigh.
She was surprised, to say the least, and walked me downstairs to the MRT to wait for my train with me. We chatted a bit and then I was off to work >_<
At work, nothing special. Bummed around waiting for something to happen. Then finally at about 7 or so Arti (Mulchand) was done and we went over to Fort Canning for the concert. It didn't really start until about 7.50, when Pug Jelly or whatever they are came on stage to open for Sum 41. Too bad they were terrible. Haha, now I know why John doesn't like them at all. Saddest part was when the drummer threw his sticks into the crowd and the crowd threw them right back. And one of them was talking to the audience on the mic, and they cut it to stop him talking. Funniest thing ever!
About 30 minutes after that Sum 41 finally appeared to much cheering. Concert wasn't too bad, was pretty fun. My first big concert anyway ^_^ I left at about 9.35, half an hour before the concert ended, to go meet Kitten at Dhoby Ghaut MRT. Hee, turned out she received 2 tins of Mrs Field's cookies as thanks for covering an event at Junction 8. Added to the flowers and the chocolates she got from me today, that's one big load to carry. We walked over to PS since she hadn't eaten yet, and the only place that seemed opened was Macs. So there wasn't much of a choice in the matter. Tian came down later to join us to eat, crazy Tian as usual. Met her earlier during the concert, too, complaining she was too sticky and sweaty from headbanging in the mosh pit too much. Haha. Tian left earlier than we did, though, so we just finished off our food then went on back. Kitten insisted on sending me back, so we took the train up to Yio Chu Kang to take the 70. We got down near my stop, and I walked her to the 88 bus stop to take her bus. Kitten gave me a tin of Mrs Fields to take back, and we waited for her bus to come by. Sent her off then it was back home for me. Bummed around a bit and then finally crashed for the night.
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Well today was like day 3 of my SIP. I'm slowly getting into the groove of things. Generally most of the people at STTV are quite whacky, and funny to be around. Generally easy going bunch. That didn't stop me and John from likening SPH to a prison that we willingly revisited daily. We devised a system for it:
On monday, it would be known as Auschwitz, cause it was the beginning of a work week. Tuesday, the Gulag. Wednesday it'd be known as East Germany. Thursday, we still hadn't decided what to call it. Friday was Cuba because it was the last day in the week. It's funny that way. Oh yeah, we work from 2 to 10 from monday to friday for the first 2 weeks at least. Gerry (Geraldine)'s our supervisor for the most part, she's quite enthusiastic and bubbly for a person stuck without a social life. She's also the director for the news. She's awfully good. Arnold and Michelle are your quintessential newscasters, they seem kind of unapproachable but they're actually quite friendly. Arnold's from SJI, hail hail. Ah.... Vanessa and Gerard are both Director's assistants. They've more or less been tagging along with each other since Uni. To ESPN, then here. Like each other's shadow, haha. Don and Jennifer are the editors, they're somewhat older but they're still quite energetic and enthusiastic.
Ah well. That's just the gist of it. Basically me and John help out with the production of the news every night at 9.30. We help gather stats, stock info, and collate everything for viewing later. We also help to create the scripts and etc, and hand them out to the newscasters. It's a little hard to describe but as it goes along I'm sure we'll understand it more.
I'll continue this later then, just thought I'd write on what we had to do so you people would have an idea =p
On monday, it would be known as Auschwitz, cause it was the beginning of a work week. Tuesday, the Gulag. Wednesday it'd be known as East Germany. Thursday, we still hadn't decided what to call it. Friday was Cuba because it was the last day in the week. It's funny that way. Oh yeah, we work from 2 to 10 from monday to friday for the first 2 weeks at least. Gerry (Geraldine)'s our supervisor for the most part, she's quite enthusiastic and bubbly for a person stuck without a social life. She's also the director for the news. She's awfully good. Arnold and Michelle are your quintessential newscasters, they seem kind of unapproachable but they're actually quite friendly. Arnold's from SJI, hail hail. Ah.... Vanessa and Gerard are both Director's assistants. They've more or less been tagging along with each other since Uni. To ESPN, then here. Like each other's shadow, haha. Don and Jennifer are the editors, they're somewhat older but they're still quite energetic and enthusiastic.
Ah well. That's just the gist of it. Basically me and John help out with the production of the news every night at 9.30. We help gather stats, stock info, and collate everything for viewing later. We also help to create the scripts and etc, and hand them out to the newscasters. It's a little hard to describe but as it goes along I'm sure we'll understand it more.
I'll continue this later then, just thought I'd write on what we had to do so you people would have an idea =p
Monday, July 14, 2003
Gah. Work today wasn't bad, but wasn't that great either. I guess I'm just adjusting from holiday mood to work mood, I'll grow accustomed sooner or later. Woke up at about 6.45, gave kitten a wake-up call (silly baby was lazing in bed for about half an hour when I called). Then got ready for work, left the house by about 7.45-7.50 to meet John at Braddell at like 8.30.
Walked into the toilet at Braddell to find John there, so bonus. Went to the building, expecting doom and gloom, not sunshiney happiness. Went to the front desk, got directed to the guardhouse. Saw Liling. Went to the guardhouse, got directed to the security desk. Got our work passes. Went upstairs, got there by 8.45, then waited for like 20 minutes while a couple of other people got attended to (including Liling) before we did.
Finally, got brought to sign our contracts. Standard company stuff. I think, not that I’ve worked for many large companies before. Heh. Make that *any* large companies before. Learned about our induction programme, got brought to the teaching facility to learn how to use the marvellous software. We started with ENDV, which is what we use to get our feeds from the wire services from Associated Press. Then moved on to Coyote3, which looks bloody archaic and ancient. I can’t believe the whole company is using that. >_<
Broke for lunch, so we went to the cafeteria. Not as big a selection as I thought there’d be, but then again there are always various coffeeshops in and around the immediate vicinity. So no worries there. Bummed around the lobby till about 1.50, then went upstairs to learn more about the library. They’ve got an extensive magazine section, I guess I’ll check through it on my downtime. Learnt a little about LotusNotes, and the reference sections. Nothing too out of the ordinary, or exciting. Then.. went to the art/photos section and met Mel, the cartoonist. Funny guy, friendly too. But he’s not that great of an artist. XP
Breezed through that, then went to back to the teaching fac to learn LotusNotes properly. Nothing too exciting or noteworthy there either, but then we got to leave by 5! Whoo! Just hope I get to leave at that time tomorrow too.
John said he was going to go meet Kris in town, as his “only tether to sanity”. John’s funny in that antiestablishment way. He more or less inspired me to do what I did next, I took a train down to Raffles Place to wait for Kitten, having tried to coordinate with Pam as to what time they were finishing. At about 6.10, she finally appeared, and I got up to get behind a pillar. Then surprised her when she came by. =)
She walked to the train station with Pam and their new friend, Jasmine, then said bye as they got on the train. I then got on the train with her and hugged her all the way to Pasir Ris. Gawd I missed that girl. *sigh*
When we got to Pasir Ris, went to Old Chang Kee to buy some fritters and the like. Bought a can of vanilla coke, sat down, talked a little, ate, then I had to go home since mum was nagging. =p If all goes well I can meet her tomorrow too… Hopefully.
Walked into the toilet at Braddell to find John there, so bonus. Went to the building, expecting doom and gloom, not sunshiney happiness. Went to the front desk, got directed to the guardhouse. Saw Liling. Went to the guardhouse, got directed to the security desk. Got our work passes. Went upstairs, got there by 8.45, then waited for like 20 minutes while a couple of other people got attended to (including Liling) before we did.
Finally, got brought to sign our contracts. Standard company stuff. I think, not that I’ve worked for many large companies before. Heh. Make that *any* large companies before. Learned about our induction programme, got brought to the teaching facility to learn how to use the marvellous software. We started with ENDV, which is what we use to get our feeds from the wire services from Associated Press. Then moved on to Coyote3, which looks bloody archaic and ancient. I can’t believe the whole company is using that. >_<
Broke for lunch, so we went to the cafeteria. Not as big a selection as I thought there’d be, but then again there are always various coffeeshops in and around the immediate vicinity. So no worries there. Bummed around the lobby till about 1.50, then went upstairs to learn more about the library. They’ve got an extensive magazine section, I guess I’ll check through it on my downtime. Learnt a little about LotusNotes, and the reference sections. Nothing too out of the ordinary, or exciting. Then.. went to the art/photos section and met Mel, the cartoonist. Funny guy, friendly too. But he’s not that great of an artist. XP
Breezed through that, then went to back to the teaching fac to learn LotusNotes properly. Nothing too exciting or noteworthy there either, but then we got to leave by 5! Whoo! Just hope I get to leave at that time tomorrow too.
John said he was going to go meet Kris in town, as his “only tether to sanity”. John’s funny in that antiestablishment way. He more or less inspired me to do what I did next, I took a train down to Raffles Place to wait for Kitten, having tried to coordinate with Pam as to what time they were finishing. At about 6.10, she finally appeared, and I got up to get behind a pillar. Then surprised her when she came by. =)
She walked to the train station with Pam and their new friend, Jasmine, then said bye as they got on the train. I then got on the train with her and hugged her all the way to Pasir Ris. Gawd I missed that girl. *sigh*
When we got to Pasir Ris, went to Old Chang Kee to buy some fritters and the like. Bought a can of vanilla coke, sat down, talked a little, ate, then I had to go home since mum was nagging. =p If all goes well I can meet her tomorrow too… Hopefully.
Sunday, July 13, 2003
Oh dear.... 2 weeks now.
I start SIP tmw. I can't help but feel apprehension, and dismay - there are so many things to go! Places to meet! People to do! You get the idea. I sincerely hope that the people at SPH are nice people, but hey, I'll be working with John at least. He's always fun to work with. Kitten also starts hers tmw, I hope they treat her well too - that's a quality employee they've hired! So far most of those who've started SIP already are still alive... and well... the time should pass somewhat fast, shouldn't it?
I'm just going to miss waking up late, and going out with kitten so often... at least for the next 6 months. Hope all those who're starting their SIP tomorrow go to good places, with good people, and they won't collapse under an immense workload. For those who've already begun, hope that their 'so far, so good' feeling continues. I'm filled with hope (if you haven't noticed) for this SIP, but not knowing what to expect and having the feeling of 'no more fun blargh sob weep' is kinda doing me in. =/
I'm so nervous...
I start SIP tmw. I can't help but feel apprehension, and dismay - there are so many things to go! Places to meet! People to do! You get the idea. I sincerely hope that the people at SPH are nice people, but hey, I'll be working with John at least. He's always fun to work with. Kitten also starts hers tmw, I hope they treat her well too - that's a quality employee they've hired! So far most of those who've started SIP already are still alive... and well... the time should pass somewhat fast, shouldn't it?
I'm just going to miss waking up late, and going out with kitten so often... at least for the next 6 months. Hope all those who're starting their SIP tomorrow go to good places, with good people, and they won't collapse under an immense workload. For those who've already begun, hope that their 'so far, so good' feeling continues. I'm filled with hope (if you haven't noticed) for this SIP, but not knowing what to expect and having the feeling of 'no more fun blargh sob weep' is kinda doing me in. =/
I'm so nervous...
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Before you file a missing person's report, don't worry, I'm still here. Just been too lazy to update. But here's my regular, obligatory fortnightly update:
Saturday, 21st June: Woke up early in order to go to school. Had the SIP briefing and all. Woke up at 7, so I gave the kitten a morning wake up call. But silly kitten went right back to sleep. =p I left the house at about 810 or so, mum dropped me at the bus stop so I could skip one bus. Looked at my watch, saw it was 820. Remembered I had to take my temperature. And had to be there by 845 in order to do so, so I decided "to hell with it" and took a cab instead. As I was walking into the school compound, saw Liling in front. Went over to the Business temperature taking station, saw Eddie still standing there for some indeterminate reason. Me and Liling went through absolutely fine (33.4 is NOT fine, however. I'm freaked out.), but Eddie was stuck there since his temperature was higher. (35. Wow.) Went over to the LT, saw Ms. Chuah and Mrs Nah sitting outside with some forms that I assumed was attendance or somesuch, but was told it was for thermometers.
I hate thermometers, they make me retch sometimes. And I hate the feeling. Saw Joel, Jim, Kuibao, etc. How they could all get there so early in the morning was beyond me. So yeah, we all sat around, waiting for something to happen. Saw Bert, Darryl, Brendan actually looking cheerful for once. Bert. Bah.
As people filed into the LT, people asked where Maddy was. On the bus, silly kitten! But she only came in about 5 minutes late, which wasn't too bad. Nothing had really started or anything yet so no harm done. At first moved from behind the Boo Boo gang, then to the frontish row with Gi, Nat and Kenneth. SIP talk was kinda boring. Nothing interesting.
Later on went to meet Selvan for more in-depth brief on my posting, Straits Times TV if you don’t know by now. I’m now a camera jockey! Hooray! So basically me and John will tag along with the camera crew shooting newsy stuff, I’m kinda expecting minimum wage but that’s okay with me. Work 3 days, then next day off, which makes it kinda hard to coordinate days together with Kitten but I guess we’ll find a way around it.
Kitten’s happy that she doesn’t have to do Pagemaker, so naturally I’m happy for her too! She’ll be doing something she loves to do too. =)
After all was said and done, we went down to Kenny Rogers for lunch with Serene, Mitzi, and Edna who joined us later. Wasn’t too surprised to see Jenny and Guen there already waiting for us. Had the quarter chicken, while Kitten had the wings meal. Think I should have gone for that one too. Sigh. Next time, next time.
Siwei joined us later, and we were all talking and laughing and chatting like we were still schooling. Sigh. Poor Kitten had a bad tummy ache too… She wasn’t feeling very comfortable with her stomach giving her such trouble… I hate the feeling of being helpless when someone you care about is in pain, or hurting and you can’t do anything to help them. I tried what I could though…
So after eating, Kitten and me bade farewell to the rest, then we went shopping for food for Starlight Cinema later on. Just bought some seaweed chicken and some prawn balls that weren’t so nice, and some miscellaneous cookies and snacks. After that, went over to her place to begin cooking! Of course, we weren’t going to cook so early so we slacked around the house quite a bit. I got some insight as to how Kitten lived her life at least. =)
Sometime around 4 or so we decided to start cooking, so we got a wok, some oil, and we proceeded with the frying. I taught myself how to do so back in Primary 3 or so, so it was like second nature for me. Heee. Kitten was scared of the spluttering oil, and with good reason – a little of it spluttered out onto my arm, and since I totally didn’t expect it, I jumped. Bleah. Anyway, after the frying was done, sat down with Kitten at the kitchen table to drain the oil out of them. Had to squeeze the chicken and other things in order to get it all out. Kitten knows what I mean =p
Her mum came in after that, saw my handiwork and seemed really impressed. Hope I didn’t put Kitten in a spot though, about the cooking and all.
So anyway, we finished it all by about 5ish. Then we proceeded to rush like mad to get ready, and then left her place at about 5.30 or so. Bought some Hokkien Mee for ‘dinner food’, some water, then took a cab to Fort Canning.
We thought it wouldn’t be so bad, reaching there at 6.30 or so. But when we got there… it was really quite crowded. Even more so than our expectations, there were easily a few hundred people swarming around the back. No matter. Thanks to some tips offered to me by a friend, we sat near the front. Adrian and Huishi came by soon after, and we all lounged on Adrian’s rather impressive groundsheet. Ate our dinner, got comfortable, and lay back waiting for the day’s festivities to begin.
They kicked things off with some simple Q&A, and thanks to planning I was the first one there to get a Sasha’s bear for the kitten. The look on her face when I gave it to her was just fantastic. Seeing her smile, ecstatic, and gush over it was more than enough for me – hope you love it darling. =)
The movie started soon after. Kitten watched enraptured, her being the super big colossal LOTR fan that she is (it was like her 5th time watching) and me sitting there watching it for the 2nd time. I swear kitten is freaky, she almost memorized the script and spouted them at the same time as the characters did. But she’s still lovable anyway. =p
At the intermission, we all trudged off to the toilet. And there was one seriously looong queue waiting for us when we got there. Luckily, it moved pretty fast so there were no embarrassing accidents. Haha. We rushed back for The Two Towers, more enrapturedness, and I kept fading in and out of consciousness. Yes, I’m weak. Haha. Oh, and Adrian and Huishi left soon after it started (must have wanted to avoid the crowds). The Battle of Helm’s Deep is TOO cool. So we left about 5 minutes before the movie ended, since that was mostly kinda boring stuff. Many others had the same sentiment, and there was a steady stream of people leaving.
We caught a cab back to her place, and it was about 2.45. Showered, brushed teeth, et al. I slept in her brother’s studio so none of you people get ideas. =p It was quite comfy, and Kitten really DOES take at least half an hour to bathe. Haha. Silly her. So yeah, when all was said and done, I went to bed (mattress) at about 4 or so.
Woke up the next morning to see Kitten sitting down, looking at me sleep. The first time ever I got surprised by her. Just you wait! Her brother was still sleeping, mum went to Sunday School, and her dad was getting ready to go for service. Morning ritual – brush teeth, facial wash, change, and we were out of her house by about 1 or so, to go for lunch.
Walked over to White Sands where we decided to add on to the perfect 2 days, and ate at Swensen’s. Ice Cream and decent food – Way to top off the weekend. Hee. Slept on the bus home, dreaming of kitten…
Tuesday. 25th:
Woke up to my mum telling me the maid was gone. Ran away. So yeah, somewhat annoying. Fixed myself breakfast, then went out with my mum for lunch at Delifrance. On the way she stopped over by the maid agency, and totally let the maid (who’d fled there) have it. Scolded her for like half an hour, 45 minutes or so. I wouldn’t have any of it so I slinked off to roast in the car.
After that, went to buy my phone! At last! A phone which doesn’t cut out on me talking! Mum paid for it, of course, and I’m quite content. Doesn’t take a lot to satiate me in any case. Hee. The shop people were really nice, too. That’s right, if you want to buy an M1 phone, go to the shop in Hougang Green. Veeery nice people, great service.
After that, came home. More uneventfulness. Same as my life ever was, until Kitten came into the picture =)
Well, I’m all blogged out for what seems to be my weekly/fortnightly entry. Catch you all next week. Or something. Bye!
Saturday, 21st June: Woke up early in order to go to school. Had the SIP briefing and all. Woke up at 7, so I gave the kitten a morning wake up call. But silly kitten went right back to sleep. =p I left the house at about 810 or so, mum dropped me at the bus stop so I could skip one bus. Looked at my watch, saw it was 820. Remembered I had to take my temperature. And had to be there by 845 in order to do so, so I decided "to hell with it" and took a cab instead. As I was walking into the school compound, saw Liling in front. Went over to the Business temperature taking station, saw Eddie still standing there for some indeterminate reason. Me and Liling went through absolutely fine (33.4 is NOT fine, however. I'm freaked out.), but Eddie was stuck there since his temperature was higher. (35. Wow.) Went over to the LT, saw Ms. Chuah and Mrs Nah sitting outside with some forms that I assumed was attendance or somesuch, but was told it was for thermometers.
I hate thermometers, they make me retch sometimes. And I hate the feeling. Saw Joel, Jim, Kuibao, etc. How they could all get there so early in the morning was beyond me. So yeah, we all sat around, waiting for something to happen. Saw Bert, Darryl, Brendan actually looking cheerful for once. Bert. Bah.
As people filed into the LT, people asked where Maddy was. On the bus, silly kitten! But she only came in about 5 minutes late, which wasn't too bad. Nothing had really started or anything yet so no harm done. At first moved from behind the Boo Boo gang, then to the frontish row with Gi, Nat and Kenneth. SIP talk was kinda boring. Nothing interesting.
Later on went to meet Selvan for more in-depth brief on my posting, Straits Times TV if you don’t know by now. I’m now a camera jockey! Hooray! So basically me and John will tag along with the camera crew shooting newsy stuff, I’m kinda expecting minimum wage but that’s okay with me. Work 3 days, then next day off, which makes it kinda hard to coordinate days together with Kitten but I guess we’ll find a way around it.
Kitten’s happy that she doesn’t have to do Pagemaker, so naturally I’m happy for her too! She’ll be doing something she loves to do too. =)
After all was said and done, we went down to Kenny Rogers for lunch with Serene, Mitzi, and Edna who joined us later. Wasn’t too surprised to see Jenny and Guen there already waiting for us. Had the quarter chicken, while Kitten had the wings meal. Think I should have gone for that one too. Sigh. Next time, next time.
Siwei joined us later, and we were all talking and laughing and chatting like we were still schooling. Sigh. Poor Kitten had a bad tummy ache too… She wasn’t feeling very comfortable with her stomach giving her such trouble… I hate the feeling of being helpless when someone you care about is in pain, or hurting and you can’t do anything to help them. I tried what I could though…
So after eating, Kitten and me bade farewell to the rest, then we went shopping for food for Starlight Cinema later on. Just bought some seaweed chicken and some prawn balls that weren’t so nice, and some miscellaneous cookies and snacks. After that, went over to her place to begin cooking! Of course, we weren’t going to cook so early so we slacked around the house quite a bit. I got some insight as to how Kitten lived her life at least. =)
Sometime around 4 or so we decided to start cooking, so we got a wok, some oil, and we proceeded with the frying. I taught myself how to do so back in Primary 3 or so, so it was like second nature for me. Heee. Kitten was scared of the spluttering oil, and with good reason – a little of it spluttered out onto my arm, and since I totally didn’t expect it, I jumped. Bleah. Anyway, after the frying was done, sat down with Kitten at the kitchen table to drain the oil out of them. Had to squeeze the chicken and other things in order to get it all out. Kitten knows what I mean =p
Her mum came in after that, saw my handiwork and seemed really impressed. Hope I didn’t put Kitten in a spot though, about the cooking and all.
So anyway, we finished it all by about 5ish. Then we proceeded to rush like mad to get ready, and then left her place at about 5.30 or so. Bought some Hokkien Mee for ‘dinner food’, some water, then took a cab to Fort Canning.
We thought it wouldn’t be so bad, reaching there at 6.30 or so. But when we got there… it was really quite crowded. Even more so than our expectations, there were easily a few hundred people swarming around the back. No matter. Thanks to some tips offered to me by a friend, we sat near the front. Adrian and Huishi came by soon after, and we all lounged on Adrian’s rather impressive groundsheet. Ate our dinner, got comfortable, and lay back waiting for the day’s festivities to begin.
They kicked things off with some simple Q&A, and thanks to planning I was the first one there to get a Sasha’s bear for the kitten. The look on her face when I gave it to her was just fantastic. Seeing her smile, ecstatic, and gush over it was more than enough for me – hope you love it darling. =)
The movie started soon after. Kitten watched enraptured, her being the super big colossal LOTR fan that she is (it was like her 5th time watching) and me sitting there watching it for the 2nd time. I swear kitten is freaky, she almost memorized the script and spouted them at the same time as the characters did. But she’s still lovable anyway. =p
At the intermission, we all trudged off to the toilet. And there was one seriously looong queue waiting for us when we got there. Luckily, it moved pretty fast so there were no embarrassing accidents. Haha. We rushed back for The Two Towers, more enrapturedness, and I kept fading in and out of consciousness. Yes, I’m weak. Haha. Oh, and Adrian and Huishi left soon after it started (must have wanted to avoid the crowds). The Battle of Helm’s Deep is TOO cool. So we left about 5 minutes before the movie ended, since that was mostly kinda boring stuff. Many others had the same sentiment, and there was a steady stream of people leaving.
We caught a cab back to her place, and it was about 2.45. Showered, brushed teeth, et al. I slept in her brother’s studio so none of you people get ideas. =p It was quite comfy, and Kitten really DOES take at least half an hour to bathe. Haha. Silly her. So yeah, when all was said and done, I went to bed (mattress) at about 4 or so.
Woke up the next morning to see Kitten sitting down, looking at me sleep. The first time ever I got surprised by her. Just you wait! Her brother was still sleeping, mum went to Sunday School, and her dad was getting ready to go for service. Morning ritual – brush teeth, facial wash, change, and we were out of her house by about 1 or so, to go for lunch.
Walked over to White Sands where we decided to add on to the perfect 2 days, and ate at Swensen’s. Ice Cream and decent food – Way to top off the weekend. Hee. Slept on the bus home, dreaming of kitten…
Tuesday. 25th:
Woke up to my mum telling me the maid was gone. Ran away. So yeah, somewhat annoying. Fixed myself breakfast, then went out with my mum for lunch at Delifrance. On the way she stopped over by the maid agency, and totally let the maid (who’d fled there) have it. Scolded her for like half an hour, 45 minutes or so. I wouldn’t have any of it so I slinked off to roast in the car.
After that, went to buy my phone! At last! A phone which doesn’t cut out on me talking! Mum paid for it, of course, and I’m quite content. Doesn’t take a lot to satiate me in any case. Hee. The shop people were really nice, too. That’s right, if you want to buy an M1 phone, go to the shop in Hougang Green. Veeery nice people, great service.
After that, came home. More uneventfulness. Same as my life ever was, until Kitten came into the picture =)
Well, I’m all blogged out for what seems to be my weekly/fortnightly entry. Catch you all next week. Or something. Bye!
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Which Buffy the Vampire Slayer character are you most like?
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Well, I guess it could be true...
What Finding Nemo Character are You?
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You are 70% Viking!
There is some viking blood pumping through your veins. We will allow you to fight alongside us since you make the rest of us look good. We might even give you an axe to defend yourself with.
You are also 25% likely to be a berserker. We suggest you pursue this career choice if you like the smell stinky bear hide, enjoy chomping on poisonous muchrooms and have a good life insurance policy.
This should be fun. =p
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
I have not updated this page in an eternity. Me being that lazy. Lazy lazy!
Results of some test I did online, give it a go.
http://www.outofservice.com/music-personality-test/results/?complex=41&edgy=87&fun=19&energetic=75
Anyway, here's what I've been doing these past few days:
Saturday, 7th:
Went out to Zouk with da kitten, Guen, Tian, her cousin Debra, and some of their assorted friends. I met so many people from SJI there, people like Lorenzo, Shannon, Deng, and others not from SJI like Seb and Jem. Ran into Danny too, who happened to be there. It was some JC party so it was really pretty crowded. We eventually left the place at about 3 plus, then walked over to the Shell station to buy a much needed drink. Following that, we had some really good Bak Kut Teh (I could drink the soup all day), then went home by myself in a cab while Kitten, Jason, Guen, and Jason's cuz Demond piled into another cab.
Thanks to Tian who mentioned that 'funny things happen after 4', I went back looking over my shoulder to look out for freaky things that happened. And it did happen, as I turned off the lights to go upstairs and sleep, as soon as I turned my back and went up the stairs, the lights went back on again. I fled upstairs, only to be grabbed by curiousity and came back downstairs. That's when I discovered it was the maid. It was already about 5 a.m. so I showered, crawled into bed and slept.
Monday, 9th:
Went out shopping! Met Jim and Shen at Orchard MRT, whereupon we travelled all over town to buy clothes (mostly for myself though.) We began at Far East, where I bought myself a nice shirt, and Jim offered plenty of advice (I should go shopping with him more often, I should). Then we went over to Topman, bought myself a belt, Shen bought something to give to his friend who was returning from Australia, and Jim gave more advice. Went down to Flash N Splash to buy myself a new Tshirt, then over to Swensen's to take a quick break of nummy ice cream. Called the girls and asked if they wanted to join us for ice cream, but they declined. Sadly. Shen had to go off with the cake he'd just bought, over to his returning friend's place in Hougang. Siwei then joined us (even though he was supposed to about 3 hours previous), then went to Paragon to look at clothes. Got frightened off by the prices, then went to more affordable places at Annex. I bought myself a sling bag (<_< >_>), which I've more or less always wanted to get. Declared myself done shopping for the day, then went back to Topshop to meet the girls (Kitten, Guen, Mitzi, Gi), and decide where we were going for dinner. Nat and Kenneth joined us later, and after we found that the Taka food court was severely crowded, decided to settle for KFC instead. After that, sent kitten back home. Laughed at Guen's antics about ex boyfriends. Missed kitten again. Sigh.
Wednesday, 11th (today)
Went down to school earlier than I'm used to nowadays, at 10 for the sub comm meeting. Only about 9 people went, so I was left wondering why I bothered, but ah well. It ended at about 1, so since I was meeting the kitten later for our Seoul Garden Challenge I asked her to come down earlier since I was originally meeting her at 2. She came at about 2, anyway, (your hair still looked good to me darling ) so then we went upstairs to SG. I hadn't eaten the whole day so I was really looking forward to it. We began with soup, then the meats. Kitten tried a new prawn dish recipe (heh) while I stir fried some onions, chives, and garlic chicken together. Eventually, though, we decided to heck with the competition and just ate to our heart's content.
Decided to catch Bruce Almighty with her after that, so we went to buy tix. Queue was freakishly long (yeah, I know it's hols) and then proceeded to catch the movie. It was pretty good in the beginning, standard Jim Carrey fare, but his presence begins to die down in the later parts. Morgan Freeman's still one good actor though. After the movie ended, sent her back to Pasir Ris. We saw this pretty black cat we named Spooky (kitten thought Spooky was pregnant but didn't notice Spooky was neutered, haha) then after spending some time together left for home to eat a very late dinner, and faced the music for coming back late. Sigh.
And now here I am, updating the blog after more than a week of nothing.
And that's the way the cookie crumbles!
Results of some test I did online, give it a go.
http://www.outofservice.com/music-personality-test/results/?complex=41&edgy=87&fun=19&energetic=75
Anyway, here's what I've been doing these past few days:
Saturday, 7th:
Went out to Zouk with da kitten, Guen, Tian, her cousin Debra, and some of their assorted friends. I met so many people from SJI there, people like Lorenzo, Shannon, Deng, and others not from SJI like Seb and Jem. Ran into Danny too, who happened to be there. It was some JC party so it was really pretty crowded. We eventually left the place at about 3 plus, then walked over to the Shell station to buy a much needed drink. Following that, we had some really good Bak Kut Teh (I could drink the soup all day), then went home by myself in a cab while Kitten, Jason, Guen, and Jason's cuz Demond piled into another cab.
Thanks to Tian who mentioned that 'funny things happen after 4', I went back looking over my shoulder to look out for freaky things that happened. And it did happen, as I turned off the lights to go upstairs and sleep, as soon as I turned my back and went up the stairs, the lights went back on again. I fled upstairs, only to be grabbed by curiousity and came back downstairs. That's when I discovered it was the maid. It was already about 5 a.m. so I showered, crawled into bed and slept.
Monday, 9th:
Went out shopping! Met Jim and Shen at Orchard MRT, whereupon we travelled all over town to buy clothes (mostly for myself though.) We began at Far East, where I bought myself a nice shirt, and Jim offered plenty of advice (I should go shopping with him more often, I should). Then we went over to Topman, bought myself a belt, Shen bought something to give to his friend who was returning from Australia, and Jim gave more advice. Went down to Flash N Splash to buy myself a new Tshirt, then over to Swensen's to take a quick break of nummy ice cream. Called the girls and asked if they wanted to join us for ice cream, but they declined. Sadly. Shen had to go off with the cake he'd just bought, over to his returning friend's place in Hougang. Siwei then joined us (even though he was supposed to about 3 hours previous), then went to Paragon to look at clothes. Got frightened off by the prices, then went to more affordable places at Annex. I bought myself a sling bag (<_< >_>), which I've more or less always wanted to get. Declared myself done shopping for the day, then went back to Topshop to meet the girls (Kitten, Guen, Mitzi, Gi), and decide where we were going for dinner. Nat and Kenneth joined us later, and after we found that the Taka food court was severely crowded, decided to settle for KFC instead. After that, sent kitten back home. Laughed at Guen's antics about ex boyfriends. Missed kitten again. Sigh.
Wednesday, 11th (today)
Went down to school earlier than I'm used to nowadays, at 10 for the sub comm meeting. Only about 9 people went, so I was left wondering why I bothered, but ah well. It ended at about 1, so since I was meeting the kitten later for our Seoul Garden Challenge I asked her to come down earlier since I was originally meeting her at 2. She came at about 2, anyway, (your hair still looked good to me darling ) so then we went upstairs to SG. I hadn't eaten the whole day so I was really looking forward to it. We began with soup, then the meats. Kitten tried a new prawn dish recipe (heh) while I stir fried some onions, chives, and garlic chicken together. Eventually, though, we decided to heck with the competition and just ate to our heart's content.
Decided to catch Bruce Almighty with her after that, so we went to buy tix. Queue was freakishly long (yeah, I know it's hols) and then proceeded to catch the movie. It was pretty good in the beginning, standard Jim Carrey fare, but his presence begins to die down in the later parts. Morgan Freeman's still one good actor though. After the movie ended, sent her back to Pasir Ris. We saw this pretty black cat we named Spooky (kitten thought Spooky was pregnant but didn't notice Spooky was neutered, haha) then after spending some time together left for home to eat a very late dinner, and faced the music for coming back late. Sigh.
And now here I am, updating the blog after more than a week of nothing.
And that's the way the cookie crumbles!
Monday, June 02, 2003
Yesterday was fun fun fun under the sun!
Woke up kinda earlyish (for me, around 9.30). Messaged the kitten good morning as I always do, then I bummed about the house a bit until Bryan came over, to pick up some of my brother’s books for his Battletech campaign. He stayed till about 11, then I left the house at about 12 or so, with a bag of my mum’s potato fritters in hand, for Tiong Bahru, to meet Maddy, Mitzi, Ling and Jim.
Got there slightly late at ten past 1 and noticed kitten and Mitzi eating Old Chang Kee. Kitten was eating some deep fried squid thing (blech, tentacles), and Mitz was eating some Sotong balls. I thought that we were going to leave immediately for Sentosa (I was impatient to go tanning. Hee.) but then was told that we were waiting for Heinz, Jason and Kenneth to come down. They came about 10-20 minutes later, and then had lunch. Following that, it was off on the bus to Sentosa! We reached there soon after, and then I helped Maddy, Mitz and Ling buy their tix. Boarded the Blue Line bus for Siloso, on our way to meet Adrian, Huishi, John, Kris, Lynn, Lili, Liling, and all. I went to the toilet to change into my trunks, while me kitten applied some sunblock (or was it suntan?) lotion on herself. After I came back from the toilet, we waded in the water for a while (really, really nice refreshing and cold change from the hot sands), splashed around a lot, swam a little and stuff like that.
Then, we all decided to walk (or wade) to the nearby lagoon where the last time we were there, Kenneth and Jim had their ‘roll down the sandy slope’ competition. Jim won that one, incidentally. Some of us swam to the opposite shore to suntan, and I tried (unsuccessfully) to get the kitten to swim over. She stayed with Lynn while I swam over with Jim, Jason, Heinz, Ling, Mitz, Adrian, Huishi, and Kenneth. We all applied liberal amounts of the oil, with guru Adrian instructing most of us of the more strategic places to apply it. Haha. Then, we lay down in the sand, like beached whales getting roasted, with Jim keeping time. “Okay, turn!” *everyone turns over* This happened every 10 minutes, for about half an hour. Haha. Oh, Jessica, Heinz’s friend came over to our side with her Dark Tan SPF 0 (Which I didn’t even knew existed). Oh well, I shrugged. Back to tanning.
Saw with Blurry Vision™ that the girls were over on the other side, in a circle, but I’m not too sure what they were doing over there. Gossip and other things I’m guessing. =p
Eventually, got tired of lying in the sand and went into the sea to wash off. Started playing Frisbee with Jim and Jason, pointless but still fun. We kept setting new conditions (Catch with left hand! Go back further! Etc) until we got tired of it. It was fun with Kenneth heckling Jim whenever he caught the Frisbee. Play by play commentary! Kenneth is funny. So then, we decided to swim back over to the other side to dry off and eat some food (Jim and the others played mahjong. Hardcore they are) and my mum’s potato fritters disappeared in a flash. Kitten noticed I was bleeding a little from a cut I mysteriously obtained, and cleaned up my wound for me. Its little things like that that really show how much a person cares for someone. Hee. I love you too darling.
That was at about… 4.30 or so. I went off to a nearby pavilion with the Kitten, and was enjoying her company when we saw a peacock coming closer and closer to the pavilion. We were watching it bemused as some girls were staring at it from behind. Haha. It came ever closer to us, like about a meter away, before it ran off since the girls behind it came closer. We thought it was looking for the peahens, which it eventually did. To our delight (and the girls’ delight too apparently) the peacock began to spread out its tail feathers. It shook it’s booty a little to attract the peahens, but none came over to it. The girls were happily taking photos of it, but when they tried to pose with it, it kept running away. Hahaha. Serves them right. Jason was watching this spectacle with us as kitten teased him about having the tail feathers too. =p
Walked back to the tables where everyone was, as kitten went to bathe. I watched the guys play, and I learned a little about Mahjong. (Still not gonna be joining any games soon, though) until about 6. The girls (including kitten) had gone off to the toilets to shower, and change, so we waited for them. Then, me, John and Heinz went over to the showers while I got some shampoo and body soap from Mitzi (Which I forgot to return. Sorry!) and walked over to the showers. They were really crowded, so John suggested that we go over to the one at Palawan beach which was like a km away. But it was worth it though, seeing as how empty and clean (much cleaner) than the one at Siloso was.
It was funny to hear John, who hadn’t brought any footwear along, complaining about his aching feet as we trudged our way over to the mystical, fabled clean toilets of Sentosa. Made our way there eventually, and then spent a good 10 minutes or so scrubbing ourselves nice and clean. I finished first, John next and naturally Heinz (in bronze goddess mode, DAMN that’s a deep tan) came out last. Haha. Me and John borrowed Heinz’s facial wash, and came out of it having our faces smooth like a sandpapered baby’s bottom.
Made our way back (it was about 7 or so, I think), with John complaining along the way again. Haha. Saw Jim, Adrian and Kenneth come out of the dirty showers, so yeah. Our investment more or less paid off. Everyone was all nice and clean, so we all decided to leave for the mainland. John and Kris, lost in their own little world, walked off the wrong way. Silly people. Haha. Boarded the bus, and we went off to Tiong Bahru. We all eventually decided to go over to Raffles City Shopping Centre so it was easier for Mitzi to go home that way.
After some walking around, we all decided (me, grudgingly) to eat at Subway. Kitten doesn’t like bread so she went to the Soup Spoon with Mitzi to buy some Boston clam chowder (Chunky!), and Mitzi bought some tangy wedges thing. I mentioned that I wanted to eat some onion rings, so kitten went off to buy them for me. I then sneaked, ninja style (okay, not really) to the florist to see if I could get any purple tulips, since kitten said those were her favourite. Lucky day, I did manage to get it (could only afford to buy one stalk, though. Sigh) so I waited back at the table for kitten to come back with the onion rings.
Surprised her with the flower, and totally loved seeing her reaction to it. I guess I just love seeing her happy. ^_^
We all finished off our food, with kitten sneaking bites of my sandwich filling (not the bread though. Hee). Was getting kinda late so me, kitten, Mitz, Lynn, and Pam went to the MRT while we bid the rest goodbye. Pam took the North route train, so it was down to just the four of us. We got down at Bedok MRT to send Mitz on the way home, to make sure she was okay. In the bus (I forgot where it was, though), kitten was telling me about how when I saw her over in the afternoon, on opposite sides of the road, Ling told her that she’d never seen me smile so much. And I guess that’s true, she makes me happier than I have ever been before in my life. And seeing her happy, well, that’s just like having everything I’ve ever wanted before 10 times over. It’s a fantastic, warm, fuzzy feeling inside when we’re both happy.
She was also telling me how about everyone thought I was a really nice guy. She was talking to Kristine while we were all in the shower, too. Being nice for me, it’s just natural on my part. Why be an asshole, that just takes more effort. I’d rather put a smile on someone’s face than leave them scowling. I do have some bad moments sometimes but it’s never out of a malicious intent of mine. I’m just happy to be alive, and to be surrounded by people I love, especially my most darling kitten Maddy. Love you lots.
Spent some time with kitten at our spot near the MRT station, then I had to leave. I wish I didn’t have to, but if I didn’t my mother would freak. So I made my way home eventually, read up my stuff online and then crawled into bed, where I fell fast asleep.
This is actually my third time blogging all this (danged circuit breaker), haha. Good thing I finally did it.
Oh well. See all of y’all around! Take care peeps.
Woke up kinda earlyish (for me, around 9.30). Messaged the kitten good morning as I always do, then I bummed about the house a bit until Bryan came over, to pick up some of my brother’s books for his Battletech campaign. He stayed till about 11, then I left the house at about 12 or so, with a bag of my mum’s potato fritters in hand, for Tiong Bahru, to meet Maddy, Mitzi, Ling and Jim.
Got there slightly late at ten past 1 and noticed kitten and Mitzi eating Old Chang Kee. Kitten was eating some deep fried squid thing (blech, tentacles), and Mitz was eating some Sotong balls. I thought that we were going to leave immediately for Sentosa (I was impatient to go tanning. Hee.) but then was told that we were waiting for Heinz, Jason and Kenneth to come down. They came about 10-20 minutes later, and then had lunch. Following that, it was off on the bus to Sentosa! We reached there soon after, and then I helped Maddy, Mitz and Ling buy their tix. Boarded the Blue Line bus for Siloso, on our way to meet Adrian, Huishi, John, Kris, Lynn, Lili, Liling, and all. I went to the toilet to change into my trunks, while me kitten applied some sunblock (or was it suntan?) lotion on herself. After I came back from the toilet, we waded in the water for a while (really, really nice refreshing and cold change from the hot sands), splashed around a lot, swam a little and stuff like that.
Then, we all decided to walk (or wade) to the nearby lagoon where the last time we were there, Kenneth and Jim had their ‘roll down the sandy slope’ competition. Jim won that one, incidentally. Some of us swam to the opposite shore to suntan, and I tried (unsuccessfully) to get the kitten to swim over. She stayed with Lynn while I swam over with Jim, Jason, Heinz, Ling, Mitz, Adrian, Huishi, and Kenneth. We all applied liberal amounts of the oil, with guru Adrian instructing most of us of the more strategic places to apply it. Haha. Then, we lay down in the sand, like beached whales getting roasted, with Jim keeping time. “Okay, turn!” *everyone turns over* This happened every 10 minutes, for about half an hour. Haha. Oh, Jessica, Heinz’s friend came over to our side with her Dark Tan SPF 0 (Which I didn’t even knew existed). Oh well, I shrugged. Back to tanning.
Saw with Blurry Vision™ that the girls were over on the other side, in a circle, but I’m not too sure what they were doing over there. Gossip and other things I’m guessing. =p
Eventually, got tired of lying in the sand and went into the sea to wash off. Started playing Frisbee with Jim and Jason, pointless but still fun. We kept setting new conditions (Catch with left hand! Go back further! Etc) until we got tired of it. It was fun with Kenneth heckling Jim whenever he caught the Frisbee. Play by play commentary! Kenneth is funny. So then, we decided to swim back over to the other side to dry off and eat some food (Jim and the others played mahjong. Hardcore they are) and my mum’s potato fritters disappeared in a flash. Kitten noticed I was bleeding a little from a cut I mysteriously obtained, and cleaned up my wound for me. Its little things like that that really show how much a person cares for someone. Hee. I love you too darling.
That was at about… 4.30 or so. I went off to a nearby pavilion with the Kitten, and was enjoying her company when we saw a peacock coming closer and closer to the pavilion. We were watching it bemused as some girls were staring at it from behind. Haha. It came ever closer to us, like about a meter away, before it ran off since the girls behind it came closer. We thought it was looking for the peahens, which it eventually did. To our delight (and the girls’ delight too apparently) the peacock began to spread out its tail feathers. It shook it’s booty a little to attract the peahens, but none came over to it. The girls were happily taking photos of it, but when they tried to pose with it, it kept running away. Hahaha. Serves them right. Jason was watching this spectacle with us as kitten teased him about having the tail feathers too. =p
Walked back to the tables where everyone was, as kitten went to bathe. I watched the guys play, and I learned a little about Mahjong. (Still not gonna be joining any games soon, though) until about 6. The girls (including kitten) had gone off to the toilets to shower, and change, so we waited for them. Then, me, John and Heinz went over to the showers while I got some shampoo and body soap from Mitzi (Which I forgot to return. Sorry!) and walked over to the showers. They were really crowded, so John suggested that we go over to the one at Palawan beach which was like a km away. But it was worth it though, seeing as how empty and clean (much cleaner) than the one at Siloso was.
It was funny to hear John, who hadn’t brought any footwear along, complaining about his aching feet as we trudged our way over to the mystical, fabled clean toilets of Sentosa. Made our way there eventually, and then spent a good 10 minutes or so scrubbing ourselves nice and clean. I finished first, John next and naturally Heinz (in bronze goddess mode, DAMN that’s a deep tan) came out last. Haha. Me and John borrowed Heinz’s facial wash, and came out of it having our faces smooth like a sandpapered baby’s bottom.
Made our way back (it was about 7 or so, I think), with John complaining along the way again. Haha. Saw Jim, Adrian and Kenneth come out of the dirty showers, so yeah. Our investment more or less paid off. Everyone was all nice and clean, so we all decided to leave for the mainland. John and Kris, lost in their own little world, walked off the wrong way. Silly people. Haha. Boarded the bus, and we went off to Tiong Bahru. We all eventually decided to go over to Raffles City Shopping Centre so it was easier for Mitzi to go home that way.
After some walking around, we all decided (me, grudgingly) to eat at Subway. Kitten doesn’t like bread so she went to the Soup Spoon with Mitzi to buy some Boston clam chowder (Chunky!), and Mitzi bought some tangy wedges thing. I mentioned that I wanted to eat some onion rings, so kitten went off to buy them for me. I then sneaked, ninja style (okay, not really) to the florist to see if I could get any purple tulips, since kitten said those were her favourite. Lucky day, I did manage to get it (could only afford to buy one stalk, though. Sigh) so I waited back at the table for kitten to come back with the onion rings.
Surprised her with the flower, and totally loved seeing her reaction to it. I guess I just love seeing her happy. ^_^
We all finished off our food, with kitten sneaking bites of my sandwich filling (not the bread though. Hee). Was getting kinda late so me, kitten, Mitz, Lynn, and Pam went to the MRT while we bid the rest goodbye. Pam took the North route train, so it was down to just the four of us. We got down at Bedok MRT to send Mitz on the way home, to make sure she was okay. In the bus (I forgot where it was, though), kitten was telling me about how when I saw her over in the afternoon, on opposite sides of the road, Ling told her that she’d never seen me smile so much. And I guess that’s true, she makes me happier than I have ever been before in my life. And seeing her happy, well, that’s just like having everything I’ve ever wanted before 10 times over. It’s a fantastic, warm, fuzzy feeling inside when we’re both happy.
She was also telling me how about everyone thought I was a really nice guy. She was talking to Kristine while we were all in the shower, too. Being nice for me, it’s just natural on my part. Why be an asshole, that just takes more effort. I’d rather put a smile on someone’s face than leave them scowling. I do have some bad moments sometimes but it’s never out of a malicious intent of mine. I’m just happy to be alive, and to be surrounded by people I love, especially my most darling kitten Maddy. Love you lots.
Spent some time with kitten at our spot near the MRT station, then I had to leave. I wish I didn’t have to, but if I didn’t my mother would freak. So I made my way home eventually, read up my stuff online and then crawled into bed, where I fell fast asleep.
This is actually my third time blogging all this (danged circuit breaker), haha. Good thing I finally did it.
Oh well. See all of y’all around! Take care peeps.
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
I feel like flying. The last few days have been nothing but wonderful.
Monday: Went with kitten to go pick up some stuff from Danny. Met her at TM at about 3, after which we went over to Lycos Asia to pick the stuff up. The AIA building is cool. The lifts are funky, but you have to wait a damn long time. >_<
Dan looked a little stressed, but hey. That’s Dan, doesn’t seem to be able to live without some kinda pressure. =P After we left, went over to kitten’s house to drop stuff off, and I gave her a little stuffed puppy dog. She named it Jack. Hehe. She also gave me one of a pair of stuffed kitties so I’d have something of hers to sleep with (she’s got my jacket). ^_^
Passed each other some comics, then we went back to TM for dinner. Had a quick meal of Long John Silver’s, then went for some ice cream at Swensen’s nearer her place. Sat down, fed each other ice cream (like we always do =P). I’m still marvelling over how we can say the same things at the same time, without really thinking of it. Heh. At about 11p.m. I reluctantly parted company and made my way home. Last bus home again. ^^
Tuesday was my mother’s birthday (as well as Sean’s). For lunch I went to Merchant Court Hotel, Ellenborough Market Café with Mother, grandparents and uncle/aunt. Oof. The food there is excellent. Great spread. AND it’s buffet. Had about 2 massive helpings, then I gave up and sat there with contented belly. Later on, went for a disastrous haircut. *whimper* I’m still a bit traumatised by the whole thing. In the evening we went to the airport to pick up Dad, and also have dinner. Ate at Swensen’s. And had more ice cream.
I’m getting fat. =/
Wednesday, it was my 1 month-anniversary with kitten. I got her some chocolate and a little stuffed kitty that I’ve had for a few years. But what I got her pales in comparison to what she got me. I’m still very blown away by what she did for me… so fantastic was it. All I have to say is thanks so much kitten. I absolutely love what you did.
Then, we wandered around looking for a place to eat lunch. At first we wanted to eat at Seoul Garden, but when we got to Plaza Singapura we discovered… it was gone. Not only that but PS had had a massive makeover. Most of the things we remembered were gone =(
So anyway, we went to go eat at Café Cartel. The staff were friendly, and we both agreed the food was excellent. Their pasta is really quite good. After that, we went to Fort Canning to walk walk and admire the scenery. There was a wedding going on somewhere nearby the pavilion we were at, and we decided to check out Fort Canning Green, seeing as how that’s where the LOTR movie will be. It’s really quite nice =)
We were being eaten up by mosquitoes, so we went off to get a nice cool, refreshing, curiosity rewarding Vanilla Coke at Park Mall. Kitten bought a cute fridge magnet that had (you guessed it) a really cute kitten on it. We sat down at this strange place that charged about 1.80 per glass of soft drink (gag) then we took a bus to the Orchard MRT area. Dropped by Indy’s shop to say hi, chatted a bit, then we went to Wheelock for dinner.
Walked past Big O to see if we could see Belda (but she wasn’t there), then we took about 5-10 minutes walking around, trying to find Nooch. Eventually, we found it. Hidden in a nice little hard to spot secret passage thing. Haha. The ambience there is really cool, though. The bowls of ramen are freaking gigantic too. Too bad drink glasses are puny. Ate our fill, then I went to send her back home. Hee. Reluctantly left her company again, and caught the last bus home again. Haha.
Sigh…. I miss her.
Dos Vidanya (I finally found the correct spelling.)
Monday: Went with kitten to go pick up some stuff from Danny. Met her at TM at about 3, after which we went over to Lycos Asia to pick the stuff up. The AIA building is cool. The lifts are funky, but you have to wait a damn long time. >_<
Dan looked a little stressed, but hey. That’s Dan, doesn’t seem to be able to live without some kinda pressure. =P After we left, went over to kitten’s house to drop stuff off, and I gave her a little stuffed puppy dog. She named it Jack. Hehe. She also gave me one of a pair of stuffed kitties so I’d have something of hers to sleep with (she’s got my jacket). ^_^
Passed each other some comics, then we went back to TM for dinner. Had a quick meal of Long John Silver’s, then went for some ice cream at Swensen’s nearer her place. Sat down, fed each other ice cream (like we always do =P). I’m still marvelling over how we can say the same things at the same time, without really thinking of it. Heh. At about 11p.m. I reluctantly parted company and made my way home. Last bus home again. ^^
Tuesday was my mother’s birthday (as well as Sean’s). For lunch I went to Merchant Court Hotel, Ellenborough Market Café with Mother, grandparents and uncle/aunt. Oof. The food there is excellent. Great spread. AND it’s buffet. Had about 2 massive helpings, then I gave up and sat there with contented belly. Later on, went for a disastrous haircut. *whimper* I’m still a bit traumatised by the whole thing. In the evening we went to the airport to pick up Dad, and also have dinner. Ate at Swensen’s. And had more ice cream.
I’m getting fat. =/
Wednesday, it was my 1 month-anniversary with kitten. I got her some chocolate and a little stuffed kitty that I’ve had for a few years. But what I got her pales in comparison to what she got me. I’m still very blown away by what she did for me… so fantastic was it. All I have to say is thanks so much kitten. I absolutely love what you did.
Then, we wandered around looking for a place to eat lunch. At first we wanted to eat at Seoul Garden, but when we got to Plaza Singapura we discovered… it was gone. Not only that but PS had had a massive makeover. Most of the things we remembered were gone =(
So anyway, we went to go eat at Café Cartel. The staff were friendly, and we both agreed the food was excellent. Their pasta is really quite good. After that, we went to Fort Canning to walk walk and admire the scenery. There was a wedding going on somewhere nearby the pavilion we were at, and we decided to check out Fort Canning Green, seeing as how that’s where the LOTR movie will be. It’s really quite nice =)
We were being eaten up by mosquitoes, so we went off to get a nice cool, refreshing, curiosity rewarding Vanilla Coke at Park Mall. Kitten bought a cute fridge magnet that had (you guessed it) a really cute kitten on it. We sat down at this strange place that charged about 1.80 per glass of soft drink (gag) then we took a bus to the Orchard MRT area. Dropped by Indy’s shop to say hi, chatted a bit, then we went to Wheelock for dinner.
Walked past Big O to see if we could see Belda (but she wasn’t there), then we took about 5-10 minutes walking around, trying to find Nooch. Eventually, we found it. Hidden in a nice little hard to spot secret passage thing. Haha. The ambience there is really cool, though. The bowls of ramen are freaking gigantic too. Too bad drink glasses are puny. Ate our fill, then I went to send her back home. Hee. Reluctantly left her company again, and caught the last bus home again. Haha.
Sigh…. I miss her.
Dos Vidanya (I finally found the correct spelling.)
What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me
And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me
Anna's ghost all around
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees
Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
And now we keep where we don't know
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
With one you loved so long ago
Now he don't even know his name
What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all
Friday, May 23, 2003
Haven't blogged in nearly a week! Hence this is blog lite:
19th May:
Went to school for the pre-SL workshop. Played some games and gave feedback, and that was about it. Then went down to TM to catch Matrix Reloaded, awesome movie. But just as Danny said, don't go with expectations, you'll enjoy it so much more that way. I slept at 2 a.m. that night just trying to figure out what actually happened in the movie even though I had to wake up early the next day. =P
20th May:
I woke up at the unearthly hour of 7 (gah) to go for the SL workshop. It wasn't really much, being in the logistics committee, we just did what we were supposed to and then played games in the Log Room. Ended around 7 or so, then went home.
21st May:
More of the same as the previous day, just that we ended a LOT later. (10 p.m.) Had a nice lengthy discussion with Maddy about some issues about other people (dang I hope my bill doesn't come up to too much) and then collapsed into bed.
23rd May:
After a day of rest, I went to meet Maddy, Ed and Mitz for dinner. I got to TM at about 5 or so, then found out Maddy and Mitz were already there from about an hour before. =P So we went to Macs, had some fries in curry sauce, and waited for Ed to show up. We walked around aimlessly for a bit until we decided to actually go for an early dinner at the food court at about 6.30. We talked crap as usual, some things about monkey shirts, and nothing in particular. Heh. We stayed until about 9 (amazing innit) and then we decided to leave for home. I sent Maddy home as usual, and we fed a kitty we found. We're calling her Muffy. She's such a pretty kitty. Stayed with kitten until about 11, then really had to rush or I wouldn't catch the last bus. Luckily, I did. Got home, chatted some more with the kitten, on the phone and on IRC, then finally crawled into bed at 3.40.
I don't see myself doing a lot today, so yeah. More of the same slacking and thinking of my beautiful kitten.
Until I blog again!
19th May:
Went to school for the pre-SL workshop. Played some games and gave feedback, and that was about it. Then went down to TM to catch Matrix Reloaded, awesome movie. But just as Danny said, don't go with expectations, you'll enjoy it so much more that way. I slept at 2 a.m. that night just trying to figure out what actually happened in the movie even though I had to wake up early the next day. =P
20th May:
I woke up at the unearthly hour of 7 (gah) to go for the SL workshop. It wasn't really much, being in the logistics committee, we just did what we were supposed to and then played games in the Log Room. Ended around 7 or so, then went home.
21st May:
More of the same as the previous day, just that we ended a LOT later. (10 p.m.) Had a nice lengthy discussion with Maddy about some issues about other people (dang I hope my bill doesn't come up to too much) and then collapsed into bed.
23rd May:
After a day of rest, I went to meet Maddy, Ed and Mitz for dinner. I got to TM at about 5 or so, then found out Maddy and Mitz were already there from about an hour before. =P So we went to Macs, had some fries in curry sauce, and waited for Ed to show up. We walked around aimlessly for a bit until we decided to actually go for an early dinner at the food court at about 6.30. We talked crap as usual, some things about monkey shirts, and nothing in particular. Heh. We stayed until about 9 (amazing innit) and then we decided to leave for home. I sent Maddy home as usual, and we fed a kitty we found. We're calling her Muffy. She's such a pretty kitty. Stayed with kitten until about 11, then really had to rush or I wouldn't catch the last bus. Luckily, I did. Got home, chatted some more with the kitten, on the phone and on IRC, then finally crawled into bed at 3.40.
I don't see myself doing a lot today, so yeah. More of the same slacking and thinking of my beautiful kitten.
Until I blog again!
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Niobe.
Simple and Practical.You enjoy life experiences.
Who you are in the Matrix.
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Sunday, May 18, 2003
Past 2 days was quite fun. Yesterday was Priya's 21st birthday celebration, and almost the whole gang went down to celebrate! Parents dropped me off at the place (place called Bangles and Anklets in Little India), and coincidentally ran into Maddy, Gi, Fiona, Heinz, Yongjie, Jim, Kenneth and Zul right outside. Went inside, saw more peeps we knew, like Adrian and Huishi, Lynn, Melissa, Lay Peng, Farah, and later on Vani, KB and Ali would join us. We had a very spicy dinner. So hot I didn't feel like going for seconds. Most people were feeling it too, so after that very quick dinner most of us were sitting around talking crap. Since the deejay that Priya had hired was pretty boring after all, we just chilled out and listened to music.
Then, they began the programme for the day. Most of it was the embarassing party games and stuff to entertain, some of which I don't have to mention. =P But anyway, suffice it to say that everyone had a rip-roaringly good time. From the quiz time to the impersonations and all, and of course the wonderful company of my darling kitten, I had a really good time. At about 11 they announced that it was dance time! But most of us were still kinda stoned, so our butts remained rooted to the seats. Soon afterwards we worked up some (dutch) courage and started dancing. Only 2 songs had finished when the deejay began playing.... INDIAN MUSIC! So about all of Priya's Indian friends were really grooving to the music, while the rest of us were trying to figure out how to dance to it. But we managed anyway =P
They closed at 12, and the princess Gi wanted to walk around, and find some place to mingle and chat for the rest of the night. But since most people were kinda tired, we walked to the bus stop instead. All the way at around the City Hall area, so we walked and walked and walked in the stuffy night air, sweating profusely, pausing occasionally for air con breaks. =P
In the end, Kitten shared a cab with Fiona, Tuesday and Lynn, while Kenneth, Yongjie, Heinz and Jim took the NR 7. Leaving me and Gi to take the NR 6. Since I didn't have to take a cab and waste more cash, sleepy and tired old me didn't mind a bit. Along the way we talked and chatted about some stuff, then I noticed I was near my house. Since the bus didn't stop AT my house, I walked about 20 minutes before I finally reached home, turned on my computer, checked my online stuff, and then collapsed into bed.
18th May
Woke up at 9 to go to school to meet Jeff, and some other Log Comm people to buy stuff for the SL workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday. That wasn't really too hard, and at about 1 I left to go meet Kitten for lunch at TM. Had some nice Swensen's ice cream, then we went walkies for a bit. Following that accompanied her to her pony supplier, marvelled at her knowledge of various ponies (you're amazing darling) then since it was about 5, we parted company reluctantly. Wish I could be with her 24/7.
And yes love, I know you'll be watching me from under my bed so I don't have to worry =P Love you.
Good night all.
Then, they began the programme for the day. Most of it was the embarassing party games and stuff to entertain, some of which I don't have to mention. =P But anyway, suffice it to say that everyone had a rip-roaringly good time. From the quiz time to the impersonations and all, and of course the wonderful company of my darling kitten, I had a really good time. At about 11 they announced that it was dance time! But most of us were still kinda stoned, so our butts remained rooted to the seats. Soon afterwards we worked up some (dutch) courage and started dancing. Only 2 songs had finished when the deejay began playing.... INDIAN MUSIC! So about all of Priya's Indian friends were really grooving to the music, while the rest of us were trying to figure out how to dance to it. But we managed anyway =P
They closed at 12, and the princess Gi wanted to walk around, and find some place to mingle and chat for the rest of the night. But since most people were kinda tired, we walked to the bus stop instead. All the way at around the City Hall area, so we walked and walked and walked in the stuffy night air, sweating profusely, pausing occasionally for air con breaks. =P
In the end, Kitten shared a cab with Fiona, Tuesday and Lynn, while Kenneth, Yongjie, Heinz and Jim took the NR 7. Leaving me and Gi to take the NR 6. Since I didn't have to take a cab and waste more cash, sleepy and tired old me didn't mind a bit. Along the way we talked and chatted about some stuff, then I noticed I was near my house. Since the bus didn't stop AT my house, I walked about 20 minutes before I finally reached home, turned on my computer, checked my online stuff, and then collapsed into bed.
18th May
Woke up at 9 to go to school to meet Jeff, and some other Log Comm people to buy stuff for the SL workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday. That wasn't really too hard, and at about 1 I left to go meet Kitten for lunch at TM. Had some nice Swensen's ice cream, then we went walkies for a bit. Following that accompanied her to her pony supplier, marvelled at her knowledge of various ponies (you're amazing darling) then since it was about 5, we parted company reluctantly. Wish I could be with her 24/7.
And yes love, I know you'll be watching me from under my bed so I don't have to worry =P Love you.
Good night all.
Friday, May 16, 2003
Mmm.. been kitteny goodness these couple of days. Yesterday was Vesak Day, so I had to wake up earlyish to go to the temple and all. Dragged myself out of bed at about 9.30, while brother remained snoozing in bed. After a shower and change, he was still sleeping. Sigh. He ate my hashbrown too. Grrr.
So we went to the temple to pray (ours is in Bedok) to find that it was crowded as usual, and inhaled quite the bit of incense before we left shortly thereafter. The parents dropped me and my brother off at Tanah Merah MRT to go down to town, while they picked up Ah Kong and Ah Por at their place. Me and Bro reached Goodwood Park a good 15 minutes before they did, and it was already 1230. Sigh. Lunch only started at about 1, when the cousins finally arrived.
J-ren (he's the one whom most of you met at my birthday party) is the best one, he's cute in a mischeivous kind of way. Watches a bit too much TV though, he speaks with a redneck accent now. For some odd reason. U-wen is the terror. He's already 10 and he hasn't learned an ounce of social grace. The peking duck for example... grargh. He'd never tried it before, so the waitress gave him a piece of the skin to try. He liked it so much he took another 3 pieces without the wrapping or extras, and just took and took as if he'd cooked it. I think a couple of people at the table went without because he'd taken the skin. Inconsiderate. It went like that for about another hour of so.
Anyway, left at about 2 heaving a huge sigh of relief. Mum dropped Dad and Bro off at Sim Lim Square, and then we drove over to Tiong Bahru where I was supposed to meet kitten and buy food for the everyone else at Sentosa. Met up with her at about 3.10, and then bought some snacks (must remember kitten loves Campfire Marshmallows) and got on the bus soon after. Eventually got there at about 4, we took the monorail and shared it with some strangers. Reached the Palawan stop at about 4.30, walked in one direction for about 10 minutes before we realised we were going the wrong way, and then promptly did an about turn and walked towards Siloso (turns out we were at the wrong beach). Sadly, by the time we got there it was already 5 so we couldn't tan (sun was more of a sweating sun than a burning one) so we just waded around in the water for a while.
Eventually it was just me and kitten in there so we just floated about, getting knocked about by the waves and stuff. Hee. Fun. We got out, all pruny and everything somewhere around 6ish, and then went to go change. Man the queue was horrendously long. I think I got out of there at like 7 or so. Walked with Heinz to the showers, then walked back to the 'campsite' since the rest of the guys were going to shower. And they needed someone to watch over their stuff, so yeah. I waited for them for about 45 minutes, and in the meantime stoned on a stone and thought of her. Then we all left at about 8.30 to go eat dinner. We walked all the way from the visitor departure centre to the world trade centre to discover the shops were closed (it already was reaching 9ish) so we took a bus down to town, Lucky plaza and had Macs for dinner. Yum. Or something. Then took a cab home together with Nat, dropped her off, and then reached home tired but satisfied.
16th May
Woke up this morning to a message from kitten. Got up, lazed around a bit, then played PS2 all the way till 4. Then I changed and left the house to meet Maddy, Serene, Bao, Eddie, Mitzi, Jim and later on Siwei to go have coffee, sit around, talk crap and just hang out. Heh. I think the people at Coffee Bean (Centum Sa) must have been wondering what they put in our coffee to make us act so weird. From Jim the Fernleaf Avenger, to Jim the Cheese Man. To talking about disgusting secondary school teachers. To really bad hot chocolate. It's like 2 weeks never passed, and I've never seen this group so happy. We were laughing and talking and just basically overflowing with life! It was wonderful. =)
After that, we were left with Serene, Siwei, Bao, kitten and me. We went (actually it was just me and kitten who ate, the rest watched) for dinner at the Century Square foodcourt, and talked and chatted a little more. After that, it was about 8.45 so I went to send kitten home. When we got down, we saw a cat who meowed quite a lot (and really noisily too). We walked to the provision (mamak!) shop nearby, since kitten wanted to get some sweets, and we bought a can of cat food for the hungry kitty. We watched it eat for a while before I went upstairs to her place, since I needed to wash my hands and use the toilet.
Her parents happened to be home too, so I meekly introduced myself to her mum and dad (they're really nice people), took a look at where my kitten slept every night (messy room!), looked around the house, saw her bro's studio (sigh) then she walked me to the MRT nearby. Along the way we saw this beautiful kitty, had wonderful brown, black and white patches on its body. Spent some time playing with it, then continued to the MRT. I missed the train, so enraptured was I by her presence. =P
Eventually got back at about 11.30. And here I am.
So we went to the temple to pray (ours is in Bedok) to find that it was crowded as usual, and inhaled quite the bit of incense before we left shortly thereafter. The parents dropped me and my brother off at Tanah Merah MRT to go down to town, while they picked up Ah Kong and Ah Por at their place. Me and Bro reached Goodwood Park a good 15 minutes before they did, and it was already 1230. Sigh. Lunch only started at about 1, when the cousins finally arrived.
J-ren (he's the one whom most of you met at my birthday party) is the best one, he's cute in a mischeivous kind of way. Watches a bit too much TV though, he speaks with a redneck accent now. For some odd reason. U-wen is the terror. He's already 10 and he hasn't learned an ounce of social grace. The peking duck for example... grargh. He'd never tried it before, so the waitress gave him a piece of the skin to try. He liked it so much he took another 3 pieces without the wrapping or extras, and just took and took as if he'd cooked it. I think a couple of people at the table went without because he'd taken the skin. Inconsiderate. It went like that for about another hour of so.
Anyway, left at about 2 heaving a huge sigh of relief. Mum dropped Dad and Bro off at Sim Lim Square, and then we drove over to Tiong Bahru where I was supposed to meet kitten and buy food for the everyone else at Sentosa. Met up with her at about 3.10, and then bought some snacks (must remember kitten loves Campfire Marshmallows) and got on the bus soon after. Eventually got there at about 4, we took the monorail and shared it with some strangers. Reached the Palawan stop at about 4.30, walked in one direction for about 10 minutes before we realised we were going the wrong way, and then promptly did an about turn and walked towards Siloso (turns out we were at the wrong beach). Sadly, by the time we got there it was already 5 so we couldn't tan (sun was more of a sweating sun than a burning one) so we just waded around in the water for a while.
Eventually it was just me and kitten in there so we just floated about, getting knocked about by the waves and stuff. Hee. Fun. We got out, all pruny and everything somewhere around 6ish, and then went to go change. Man the queue was horrendously long. I think I got out of there at like 7 or so. Walked with Heinz to the showers, then walked back to the 'campsite' since the rest of the guys were going to shower. And they needed someone to watch over their stuff, so yeah. I waited for them for about 45 minutes, and in the meantime stoned on a stone and thought of her. Then we all left at about 8.30 to go eat dinner. We walked all the way from the visitor departure centre to the world trade centre to discover the shops were closed (it already was reaching 9ish) so we took a bus down to town, Lucky plaza and had Macs for dinner. Yum. Or something. Then took a cab home together with Nat, dropped her off, and then reached home tired but satisfied.
16th May
Woke up this morning to a message from kitten. Got up, lazed around a bit, then played PS2 all the way till 4. Then I changed and left the house to meet Maddy, Serene, Bao, Eddie, Mitzi, Jim and later on Siwei to go have coffee, sit around, talk crap and just hang out. Heh. I think the people at Coffee Bean (Centum Sa) must have been wondering what they put in our coffee to make us act so weird. From Jim the Fernleaf Avenger, to Jim the Cheese Man. To talking about disgusting secondary school teachers. To really bad hot chocolate. It's like 2 weeks never passed, and I've never seen this group so happy. We were laughing and talking and just basically overflowing with life! It was wonderful. =)
After that, we were left with Serene, Siwei, Bao, kitten and me. We went (actually it was just me and kitten who ate, the rest watched) for dinner at the Century Square foodcourt, and talked and chatted a little more. After that, it was about 8.45 so I went to send kitten home. When we got down, we saw a cat who meowed quite a lot (and really noisily too). We walked to the provision (mamak!) shop nearby, since kitten wanted to get some sweets, and we bought a can of cat food for the hungry kitty. We watched it eat for a while before I went upstairs to her place, since I needed to wash my hands and use the toilet.
Her parents happened to be home too, so I meekly introduced myself to her mum and dad (they're really nice people), took a look at where my kitten slept every night (messy room!), looked around the house, saw her bro's studio (sigh) then she walked me to the MRT nearby. Along the way we saw this beautiful kitty, had wonderful brown, black and white patches on its body. Spent some time playing with it, then continued to the MRT. I missed the train, so enraptured was I by her presence. =P
Eventually got back at about 11.30. And here I am.
