Friday, December 26, 2008
And if the bright lights don't receive you...
another interesting few days... (actually, now that i think back it's only been a day but certainly seems like so much more)
lunch with 04 at marina square on christmas eve noon. they watched yes man in the morning but i caught it already so didn't join them til after the morning... haha. changtai was at his usual best, managing to twist and turn everything that was on topic haha. off the bat i started to argue with him over my qualified enjoyment of the movie already (ok, i think it sounds like disappointment a lot of times, but i always end with i liked the show...) and lots of lame stuff to follow. one of these days must really go surprise him at starbucks ps. i used to go there pretty often what with alpha lan sessions at paradiz and my need to do some work for tuition. but not so frequently now... maybe one day should just specially go down
bq was hilarious as usual too... just when we were jibing him for always ordering the weirdest food on the menu he went with a failsafe lasagne. break the trend of weird food, sure, but he still got the worst of the bunch in the end lol. always one lah. whereever we go he never fails to get the worst deals and stuff. the lasagne was like bolognaise sauce drowning some yellowish bits which doesn't seem like the sheet, lasagne pasta at all... i guess i'd probably still like it if i ordered, but he was like complaining so much and stuff. and compared to everyone else's orders i think he really got it worst again
after that we followed wl and hh's suggestion despite vehement protests from ct. gift exchange! but instead of bringing gifts there to exchange we were all given time to shop for the gifts with a 5-10 dollar budget (they initially wanted a hour. we successfully cut the time down to 20min. but in the end ct and hp were so late lah)
thought it's quite a good idea. store into idea banks for things to do next time haha... i was browsing around the diff shops along citylink mall and marina square before i met the rest so knew exactly what i wanted to buy... mph had a small collection of books going for under 5 bucks then wahaha. i already bought two for myself on the way there actually but quite wanted to read them so walked back to citylink to get one more for the gift thingy.
next stop to times back in marina square. while i was getting blu-tacs on my way to meeting up i saw some bookmarks which i thought were pretty cute. but was like thinking to myself, i have absolutely no use for them, and i doubt anyone will... turns out a bookmark was a perfect complement to a book gift haha. gift settled within 15min =). too bad i wasn't the first one back. tied second with bobo haha. if only i didn't have to walk so much.
went to changing appetites for dessert. my second time there. but we sat down, and before ordering anything was doing the gift exchange thing. could see the waiters like walk past us so many times wondering when we will start ordering. but who cares bout them. nice finding out all the weird gift ideas others had. we had like earrings, boxer shorts, quite a lot of food items and all sorts of whatnot.
The book and the owl bookmark that had its head cut off was from me. i got the dessert pocky and caramel corn =)
looking forward to opening that dessert pocky haha. never really into the normal pocky but when i went to japan a few years back was totally hooked on almond pocky. super ex to get them here though so seldom eat them now. now like pocky introducing more and more exotic flavors. hope this one is nice. thanks wl =)
dessert next. one of my fave indulgences heh. could remember the last time alpha had dessert at changing appetites. one for one sundae was on offer that time. we ordered like one for ourselves each and had two more to share between us. at the start we were all gushing bout how nice everything is and how worth it it is but at the end everyone was totally complaining and struggling to finish... i had a huge sundae and helped finished two brownie slices that time. one of those days where u eat so much sweet stuff the feeling in ur mouth starts to get sour instead of sweet. the others vowed never to go back again. i thought i quite liked it barring the end haha
so now this time. no offer sadly. i knew immediately what i wanted. the trio brownie volcano. i find that the most worth it dessert dish. it's 10 bucks, yes, but not only do you get ice cream (two scoops at that) you get three slices of brownie. and not just normal brownies, it's fudge brownies! (though after eating the whole thing you'd so wish it was normal brownies. but it's about the first few totally fantastic sinful bites man!)
and as usual, hated everything after the second brownie. if only i didn't hate mango would have traded what's left of mine with what's left of ct's cheese the chicken. oh well... forced the rest down. wasn't too pleasant but dessert is still one of life's greatest pleasure so i'm not complaining. left soon after that, not before bout half an hour to an hour of further crapping session heh. hope for more 04 outings in the future. too bad woei jin was in china (san lu!). i like missed way too many previous outings cos they love to pick my duty days to go out then
was on my way to sembawang for a gathering. jason msg-ed me halfway through my train ride. thought i'd join them instead lol. went to chinatown after that. dinner at people's park center. was still super full at that time. didn't buy anything after looking around. but i look at the food the rest got. shocking sia. char kuay tiao, oyster omelette, 20 dumplings, 10+ xiao long bao, ngoh hiong (which i reccomended but turns out the new store isn't the nice store. the nice one moved house to maxwell! wth. at least it was decent), 10 bucks tian ji porridge, 5 bucks pathetic amount of intestines (nice, but 5 bucks?!), prawn hokkien mee. siao. in the end just ate the things here and there full le
starbucks later. my fave double expresso. damn funny with all the gossipping and for things to actually happen in the 2min i was buying drinks lol. moved to mac next before counting down across chinatown street. quite deserted. got a few siao people playing with the sprays below so we didn't go down. so just shouted merry christmas down the street after countdown. weird christmas. but quite fun haha
went to mac near xavier's house next. supper and a few ghost stories and stuff. found out bout the mysterious smiling-at-donut syndrome haha. after a while pj and i started moving nearer and nearer to dreamland haha. xavier went home after that. last bus was over so we cabbed to sunny's place
pj ko-ed almost immediately. we three guys had fun playing prank on gen who was still online. i can't believe she didn't find out bout us haha. a bit of boytalk after that. i guess sunny's right. if things happen that way let it happen lor. i have lots of ideas and evil tricks up my head but oh well. shouldn't act on them. if it is really mr. R acting up just let him suffer the consequences.
after that sunny started introducing us to his playlist and all the weird songs. the 29 minute song (which i dozed off a bit at the 15 plus min mark with the piano part and all). the sounds of the amazon lol. got one uplifting josh groban one for me and jason lol.
next morning we were joking bout settling the playlist for the 07 batch's potluck. quite funny. then all the emo songs started coming up and all. fun. breakfast after that. i can't believe milo at the coffeshop at his place cost 1.10 lah. WTH! sunny was super high then. but we went back home rest in the end. all super tired. i dozed off for bout 30min. jason and sunny didn't. pj only one to ko the whole way. she missed the funniest 3rd gear part lah haha
slept like a pig when i reached back. my aunts came over. i was sleeping my way throughout. granted i hardly talk much to my aunts and cousins other times (generation gap i guess... and not like i'm the most sociable around...) also but this time i was totally away to dreamland... i guess really crashed yest
oh well. looking forward to more fun times later tonight and sunday =)
lunch with 04 at marina square on christmas eve noon. they watched yes man in the morning but i caught it already so didn't join them til after the morning... haha. changtai was at his usual best, managing to twist and turn everything that was on topic haha. off the bat i started to argue with him over my qualified enjoyment of the movie already (ok, i think it sounds like disappointment a lot of times, but i always end with i liked the show...) and lots of lame stuff to follow. one of these days must really go surprise him at starbucks ps. i used to go there pretty often what with alpha lan sessions at paradiz and my need to do some work for tuition. but not so frequently now... maybe one day should just specially go down
bq was hilarious as usual too... just when we were jibing him for always ordering the weirdest food on the menu he went with a failsafe lasagne. break the trend of weird food, sure, but he still got the worst of the bunch in the end lol. always one lah. whereever we go he never fails to get the worst deals and stuff. the lasagne was like bolognaise sauce drowning some yellowish bits which doesn't seem like the sheet, lasagne pasta at all... i guess i'd probably still like it if i ordered, but he was like complaining so much and stuff. and compared to everyone else's orders i think he really got it worst again
after that we followed wl and hh's suggestion despite vehement protests from ct. gift exchange! but instead of bringing gifts there to exchange we were all given time to shop for the gifts with a 5-10 dollar budget (they initially wanted a hour. we successfully cut the time down to 20min. but in the end ct and hp were so late lah)
thought it's quite a good idea. store into idea banks for things to do next time haha... i was browsing around the diff shops along citylink mall and marina square before i met the rest so knew exactly what i wanted to buy... mph had a small collection of books going for under 5 bucks then wahaha. i already bought two for myself on the way there actually but quite wanted to read them so walked back to citylink to get one more for the gift thingy.
next stop to times back in marina square. while i was getting blu-tacs on my way to meeting up i saw some bookmarks which i thought were pretty cute. but was like thinking to myself, i have absolutely no use for them, and i doubt anyone will... turns out a bookmark was a perfect complement to a book gift haha. gift settled within 15min =). too bad i wasn't the first one back. tied second with bobo haha. if only i didn't have to walk so much.
went to changing appetites for dessert. my second time there. but we sat down, and before ordering anything was doing the gift exchange thing. could see the waiters like walk past us so many times wondering when we will start ordering. but who cares bout them. nice finding out all the weird gift ideas others had. we had like earrings, boxer shorts, quite a lot of food items and all sorts of whatnot.
The book and the owl bookmark that had its head cut off was from me. i got the dessert pocky and caramel corn =)looking forward to opening that dessert pocky haha. never really into the normal pocky but when i went to japan a few years back was totally hooked on almond pocky. super ex to get them here though so seldom eat them now. now like pocky introducing more and more exotic flavors. hope this one is nice. thanks wl =)
dessert next. one of my fave indulgences heh. could remember the last time alpha had dessert at changing appetites. one for one sundae was on offer that time. we ordered like one for ourselves each and had two more to share between us. at the start we were all gushing bout how nice everything is and how worth it it is but at the end everyone was totally complaining and struggling to finish... i had a huge sundae and helped finished two brownie slices that time. one of those days where u eat so much sweet stuff the feeling in ur mouth starts to get sour instead of sweet. the others vowed never to go back again. i thought i quite liked it barring the end haha
so now this time. no offer sadly. i knew immediately what i wanted. the trio brownie volcano. i find that the most worth it dessert dish. it's 10 bucks, yes, but not only do you get ice cream (two scoops at that) you get three slices of brownie. and not just normal brownies, it's fudge brownies! (though after eating the whole thing you'd so wish it was normal brownies. but it's about the first few totally fantastic sinful bites man!)
and as usual, hated everything after the second brownie. if only i didn't hate mango would have traded what's left of mine with what's left of ct's cheese the chicken. oh well... forced the rest down. wasn't too pleasant but dessert is still one of life's greatest pleasure so i'm not complaining. left soon after that, not before bout half an hour to an hour of further crapping session heh. hope for more 04 outings in the future. too bad woei jin was in china (san lu!). i like missed way too many previous outings cos they love to pick my duty days to go out then
was on my way to sembawang for a gathering. jason msg-ed me halfway through my train ride. thought i'd join them instead lol. went to chinatown after that. dinner at people's park center. was still super full at that time. didn't buy anything after looking around. but i look at the food the rest got. shocking sia. char kuay tiao, oyster omelette, 20 dumplings, 10+ xiao long bao, ngoh hiong (which i reccomended but turns out the new store isn't the nice store. the nice one moved house to maxwell! wth. at least it was decent), 10 bucks tian ji porridge, 5 bucks pathetic amount of intestines (nice, but 5 bucks?!), prawn hokkien mee. siao. in the end just ate the things here and there full le
starbucks later. my fave double expresso. damn funny with all the gossipping and for things to actually happen in the 2min i was buying drinks lol. moved to mac next before counting down across chinatown street. quite deserted. got a few siao people playing with the sprays below so we didn't go down. so just shouted merry christmas down the street after countdown. weird christmas. but quite fun haha
went to mac near xavier's house next. supper and a few ghost stories and stuff. found out bout the mysterious smiling-at-donut syndrome haha. after a while pj and i started moving nearer and nearer to dreamland haha. xavier went home after that. last bus was over so we cabbed to sunny's place
pj ko-ed almost immediately. we three guys had fun playing prank on gen who was still online. i can't believe she didn't find out bout us haha. a bit of boytalk after that. i guess sunny's right. if things happen that way let it happen lor. i have lots of ideas and evil tricks up my head but oh well. shouldn't act on them. if it is really mr. R acting up just let him suffer the consequences.
after that sunny started introducing us to his playlist and all the weird songs. the 29 minute song (which i dozed off a bit at the 15 plus min mark with the piano part and all). the sounds of the amazon lol. got one uplifting josh groban one for me and jason lol.
next morning we were joking bout settling the playlist for the 07 batch's potluck. quite funny. then all the emo songs started coming up and all. fun. breakfast after that. i can't believe milo at the coffeshop at his place cost 1.10 lah. WTH! sunny was super high then. but we went back home rest in the end. all super tired. i dozed off for bout 30min. jason and sunny didn't. pj only one to ko the whole way. she missed the funniest 3rd gear part lah haha
slept like a pig when i reached back. my aunts came over. i was sleeping my way throughout. granted i hardly talk much to my aunts and cousins other times (generation gap i guess... and not like i'm the most sociable around...) also but this time i was totally away to dreamland... i guess really crashed yest
oh well. looking forward to more fun times later tonight and sunday =)
