Thursday, January 01, 2009



Yay, 2009 is here. Happy New Year. Whee.

Okay, so 31st December was like awesome. Like awesomely awesome. And when I say "awesomely awesome", I really mean awesomely awesome. Why? Because it was an entire day spent with the most awesomest people in the world: churchies!

I woke up at eight in the morning. This was an ill omen, for I was supposed to actually get out of bed at nine. Thus, I spent an hour tossing and turning, taking quick short naps for fear of oversleeping should I actually fall asleep. When I did finally leave the cold grasp of my coffin bed, it was with heavy eyes and a barely-conscious mind.

The hot shower woke me up though. This is, mostly, due to the fact that the "hot" shower was in fact, scalding. Apparently, while fiddling with the heater settings, I turned it too much. It is at times like this that I know God is protecting me. Otherwise, I'd be dead a long time ago.

Dad sent me to Kovan station, which means I didn't actually save any traveling time. However, what I did save was roughly 5 minutes worth of walking time. And since I'm about as physically-inclined as Stephen Hawkings, this was a great boon for me.

Met Kaye at Bugis at about 10.15 and took the devastatingly-long 5 minute stroll to Cineleisure. There we realized Lianne had already booked the tickets. Kaye and I adjourned to the calorific Burger King for Kaye to grab breakfast and for us to start our quiet time/devotional buddy session. Turned out pretty good, quite enjoyed it haha.

Group became pretty big as lunch-time drew near. In all, there were Me, Kaye, Lionel, Darius, Elbert, Faith, Lianne, Gerald, Luke, Marcus, Engkiat, Phoebe, Shireen, Charmaine, Abby, Darren and Joseph and yup... I think that's it. 16 people, whee. Watched Bolt (again) and enjoyed it more this time, because I was actually paying attention to the film instead of watching the animation itself or studying the camera angles. This is because I am insane.

Went bowling after that at Marina Square where YongEn joined us. He booked the lanes for us :) but didn't bowl with us :( This is probably because YongEn's ( reputedly ) some imba-ass bowler and we're just too peasant-ish to waste time on. And though I didn't buy any Ironwood Branches, it was still a good game. Well, good games. Won both games with a 117, 139 score. What was even more fun was that everyone was bowling super well for the second game; like everyone was getting 70. Lianne, Abby, Faith and I all broke 100 and we were like "oh yeah!". Charmaine took pity on us and didn't show her amazing Phoenix Bowling techniques that would shake us mere mortals. But we all know she's imba anyway. 200+, like lulz?

Went for dinner at the totally awesome Soup Spoon at Bugis after that. It was so. bloody. awesome. Shared Clam Chowder and a Smoked Ham and Cheese Sandwich with Faith and boy boy boy was it ever so damn good :3 Lino totally approves of the fare at this Soup Spoon and though copious copious and copious amounts of pepper and salt had to be thrown in, it was a thoroughly lovely meal spent in the company of super awesome people. Marcus did some pseudo-magic quick-change trick where Marcus attempted to change t-shirts in public without actually taking off the first shirt. I was then cradling my BeardPapa Cream Puff in my arms and singing Nong Nong Ago softly and lovingly to it in preparation of the time when I would devour it. Because that's what parents do. They raise their kids, then eat them.

Church Service was good. I didn't fall asleep, amazingly.

Went out to Udders for ice-cream after that. Ate a super sinful 2 scoops of Caramel and Cookies and Cream. Abby and Aly taunted me and said that I'd become horrendously fat. Played Polar Bear from 2~4 which was retarded and totally psychological! For the record, Daniel Zhang is awesome. BryanK is a jolly polar bear. Abby, Aly and Lianne are the psycho three and should be banned from sitting close to each other. Abby in particular was high and strategy-less, the equivalent of Tanya really. In the end, she drove Daniel to the brink of insanity with her random firing and arrowing of people and caused him to crack, thereby hinting he was the polar bear. So Abby's our hero.

Haha, okay, I'm quite lazy now cause it's 12.18, so I'll just leave some memorable quotes from the day ^^

Bryan: Okay, so it's down to either Alyssa or JonZhang [to be voted to be killed]. So who votes for JonZhang
[No one raises up their hands]
Bryan: Okay, so Alyssa is dead.
Alyssa: Huh, that's not fair.
Me: Actually you got the best death ever. Everyone else was killed viciously, either by polar bears or an angry mob. You were more or less just ignored to death.
Alyssa: Oh yeah, that's totally better...

~

[New game]
Daniel: Okay, so it's the first morning, wake up. There's word that there are polar bears amongst you, and you have to pick someone to kill.
Kegan: I volunteer Linus.
Me : Huh, why?
Kegan: Just because.
Me: ='( *sniff*

~

[Later]
Daniel: Okay, now we need to kill someone.
Me: Let's kill Kegan.
Kegan: I'm already dead.
Me: Just in case. You never know. Damn polar bears.

~

Darren: Wouldn't it be interesting if Bryan [ the game master ] chose the same people as the last round to be the polar bears. [pauses and realizes the implications of what he said] Errr, which is NOT to say that I'm the Polar Bear. Err yeah, forget what I said.

~

Darren: Let's see if I were a panda- err... Polar bear I mean.
Randall: Who do you think you are, PanDarren?

~

Kegan: So so so if I were a polar bear, surely I would have a strategy. Right, because polar bears must have strategy and they're smart. But but but you see me, I just randomly vote people, so I got no strategy so I can't be the polar bear!
Daniel: In other words Kegan, your defense for not being a polar bear is that you're stupid?

~

Shelley: Okay, Daniel, what's your reason [for not being voted to be killed]
Daniel: My defense? Well, um, I'm NOT A POLAR BEAR?

~

[After 'waking up']
Aly: Kegan's a polar bear!
All: O.o
Someone: How do you know?
Aly: I felt him 'wake up' just now. Can feel him move.
Kegan: What the hell, are you guys going to believe her?
[Later]
Shelley: Okay, you voted to kill Kegan, so Kegan's dead. And Kegan, you are a?
Kegan: ... polar bear...