Sunday, July 11, 2010

Months, Minutes and Moments

been a long time, over a fortnight since i updated this blog...

gosh no wonder my tutors have been telling me my introduction in essays suck. how boring was that sentence eh?

Past few days have been council council council and a bit of other friends! but for once, it's not the suicidal chionging of proposals to meet deadlines or the endless manual labour; no, it's just pure fun and games!

Wednesday

Lost my virginity with Edmund and Zhi Peng... My Astons' virginity that is. Finally paid a visit to an Astons' outlet, the one near PayaLebar Singpost (Which has that giant Barang Barang sign that will forever haunt me) and ate there. Not that fantastic, certainly not as mind-blowing as I expected anyways. But it was decent fare for great prices and you just can't argue with that. Having an all-guys outing ala VS was great, being able to talk about everything and knowing that no one's going to say "omggg that's disgusting" reminded me of how great VS was. good food and a good night made even better by great company!

Thursday

Arrived uncharacteristically late boo. Met Hannah at 9.45 instead of the pre-arranged 9.30; Alyah came at 10.30. I had enough time to read 8days from cover-to-cover, page-by-page while waiting. We began our little walking/shopping/talking spree by scouting for my breakfast (eventually bought 明虾饺!) and then wandering around aimlessly until ChindeeBear arrived.

Hannah and Alyah decided to patronize New Look while I plonked myself in a chair and looked
bored in typical guy fashion. ChindeeBear arrived characteristically late and made even later by the confusion of L2 and B2 in Ion (seriously, you can't even tell what floor you're on!) and we eventually met at Zara. Which still stocks items that are wayyy out of my budget but nevertheless i am eyeing that super-cute pink tie. at $25 it is a major steal and i will kick myself very hard if I do not make another trip down to grab it.

Went down to Taka where they were having some food-fair. Since Hannah and Alyah were docked out in their traditional malay garb that I shall henceforth refer to as baju kurong , plenty of stall-owners were quick to point out that the food wasn't halal; this was helpful because the gigantic, practically-neon signs that said "PORK!" and the copious amounts of pork on display would have definitely been missed by my small cheena eyes. still, it was nice to see that they were considerate and polite enough to point this non-halal'ness out. ChindeeBear stole some samples before they were offered as samples and then promptly scooted away.

Bad bear. very bad bear.

Ended up going late to Kbox cause we were just having so much fun at Orchard! went down to Prologue and then I did a little wine tasting at a gourmet shop. chindeebear decided not to. visited the gourmet version of cold-storage where we noticed that even the chips were arranged in rows so straight and strict, North Korea would have approved. The cheese section proved a source of amusement; while Hannah searched for her favourite cheese, I amused myself by finding Brie and Roqueforth. Alas, Cheddar eluded me as did the infamous condom-blue cheese. After amusing ourselves, we scooted back to CoffeeBean and Tea-Leaf where our journey of self-discovery first begun for lunch. Bought the Apple Rooboois tea since the trip to Cape Town taught me that at least the tea from Africa is good. the smoked-salmon sandwich was fairly delish even though Hannah chose to describe it as rubbery as I tried to cleave off a section for her and Cindy to devour. my good deeds know no bounds.

nearing two, we left CoffeeBean and Tea-Leaf to head down to the next destination on our trip of fun: TeoHeng!

The kbox session was awesome. Alyah's drama-mama flared up in full-force as she belted out lines from That's Not My Name and Bad Romance in a voice so loud, proud, powerful and shrill that the next-door people gave us strange looks as they filed out of the room, slinking back to their miserable office lives. Some people sang surprisingly well on that day ( yes you bro ^^ ) and yet others sang in a fashion that would have resurrected the dead to kill them again.

Dinner'd at Pastamania with Hadi, ZQ, Jar, MingRong, Mel and Jesslyn and had a great debate about Singapore's culture and how students these days are resorting to more creative ways to relieve stress. Notable examples include punching a wall, punching a bag, punching something, punching someone and suicide. Citizen journalism also came under fire and I'm happy to say that I was the quick provider of many an example of why citizen journalism should be restricted to the smart and the educated. This blog does not qualify as an example, if you're wondering. I am smart and edumacated.

bus ride back with MR, Jar and Hadi was interesting. Posited a theory that Mingrong = Hadi being savagely mauled and beaten since it seemed true given all cases.

Okay, Friday and Sat shall be posted when I wake up or late tonight ( sunday that is ) cause I'm tired and there's a study date later. plus today was epic-fun + tiring.