1:10 PM
Friday, November 24, 2006
Yesterday was a day of outing with mom and bro. Haven't gone out with the family for ages and yep it was fun! Went to Sakae Sushi to have brunch (breakfast and lunch) and of course, we had sushi. :) Mom invited grandpa to join us too because he love the fishes there. In Sakae, they call it the "Unagi" or whatever. So anyway, mom got cheated because she had this 100 dollars Sakae coupon but in the end we still had to pay 63 bucks. So much for free treats. Like the saying goes, "There's no free lunch in this world" and its so damn right true.
So after sushi, mom, bro and I went to Lavender to get our passports updated because like I mentioned earlier, we are going to TAIWAN! We had to go through the whole gruelling process: Taking the queue no, waiting and rotting there until it was our turn. Yea.. That's just about what we did there .
After that bro suggested that we went bowling. I wasn't keen on the idea initially because I always seem to get the lowest score. :( Well anyway, I gave in eventually and it's off to Safra in Yishun. We didn't bring socks so mom had to invest like $3 on 3 pairs of socks? haha and oh ya.. mom taught me to bowl. It's not as if she's a fantastic bowler or anything.. She taught me to aim by looking at the arrows on the lane. She taught me to swing the ball before releasing it. If she hadn't mention those arrows in the lanes, I wouldn't have noticed its presence at all. lol. what a lousy observor I am. So after she pointed out the arrows, I find it much easier to bowl and for the first time I my life, I STRIKED! WEE! I hit my highest score of 81! LOL. Nothing to boast of though. I saw a professional next to my lane and he hit like 200? Now that's what I call wicked.
It's funny how hours seem to fly pass when we are having fun. We finished like 3 games and had dinner at the coffeeshop near yishun interchange after that. It was wanton noodles for 3 of us! lol. It's been so long since we sat and ate as a family. Wish Dad was there. He never seem to stop working. Well anyway, while on our way to the MRT, there was this DVD/VCD promotion thingly and mom couldn't resist it. Being a huge fan of Korean movies, she HAD to get one of those serials, especially since it's super cheap at 50% off. While we are at it, bro went to the nearby gamestore to check out some gaming stuff. Oh yah, and I came upon this pair of slippers and fell in love with it. Ok maybe I'm exaggerating but it was quite unique. Mom bargained with the shopkeeper and pushed it down by 2 bucks to 22 dollars. wahaha and I insist on wearing it immediately after purchase.
I wish we could go out like that more often. Oh and lastly, I love my family! :)
3:40 PM
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Some people work their guts out just for the sake of having something to eat. Some people simply enjoy the luxury of having ten course meals served right under their noses. These are what we called people who are "born with silver spoons". Question. Has anybody given a thought on those with the "bronze spoons" or "copper spoons"? Or worst, the "wooden spoons"?
Life is indeed unfair. So much so that on one part of the globe, you'll realise that obesity problems are prevalent, somewhere like in America for instance. Turning your attention to another part of the world however, the people in Africa are starving with every passing day, hunger eating into their flesh until they are consumed right to their bones. The misery. The hunger. The pain. How can anybody deserve to live like this? It's funny how some people worry about not being able to having their proper meals daily while others seem to not even think twice before throwing their leftover food away. What can I say? The world is simply a scale that have gone off balance.
How about criminals that have escaped punishments for their crimes while leaving poor innocent scapegoats to cover up for their evil deeds? The unfortunate fact is that there ARE people from all around the world who have been but put to death for one reason or another, but definitely something that they have not done. Again, life is unfair. Or unjust as I may say. Money is how the world works. It is what makes the world operate, just like a machine. Bribery, corruption, illegal trades and deals rule the underworld. All it takes is for the innocent person to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and it is enough to cost him his death.
So did anyone said life was fair?
I guess not.
10:18 PM
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Two days ago, I arrived at Sheila's chalet at around 11pm. Uncle Ivan drove me there and guess what? I fell when I was rollar blading. AGAIN. It was already bad enough when I inflicted a gigantic bruise on my kneecap the other time during rollar blading at the void deck at Sheila's flat. This time, the wound ended up on the knee itself. *sigh* Can't help it that I'm prone to accidents.
Anyway, the chalet was ok. After my fall, I stayed indoors with the WRS peeps and basically just talking crap because there wasn't much to do actually. Sheila's Dad helped by providing me with antisceptic and a piece of plaster. And I went about dressing my wound while keeping my eyes on the TV because some of my classmates were having a game of Street Fighters. I think all of us stayed up till at least 1 to 2am... From what I know, almost all of them fell asleep while watching some kind of horror movie. Was it the Hills Have Eyes? I can't remember... I only remembered lying in a corner of the overcrowded room, slowly drifting off to sleep while holding on to my MP3.
The next morning, after washing up and grabbing a sandwich, I decided I was still hungry. Initially I wanted to tag along with a few of my classmates because they wanted to have a game of pool somewhere at Tampines I think. Then Shiyu and me figured that it wasn't worth spending money on such things. For one thing, I can't play pool for nuts. It wasn't cheap either. After all our purpose for being out of the chalet was clear : FOOD. And so off we went to Changi Airport. Shiyu, Firdaus and I. Only remembered one thing about being there though. It was Freezing. We decided to wait for the lunch menu at MacDonalds at 11am and I had my usual: McFillet meal, student price of course. Then we strolled around the Airport and man it was classy. Definitely world class.
After that we headed back to chalet and the weather was super hot since we were under the scorching afternoon sun. There wasn't much to do under such weather so staying indoors was the best option. Around like 2 to 3pm, the it became cooler and shiyu and I decided to go outdoors. She rollar blade while I bike. The weather was great on our way to the bicycle rental store. It started drizzling once we reach our destination though and that was so sad la... I was so looking forward to biking since I haven't been on a bike for ages. And so naturally we headed back from where we came from. Considering the fact that the chalet wasn't exactly very near the rental store, sure enough we got caught in the rain. The howling wind made the tree branches crack under pressure and twigs were thrown about by the howling wind. And there we were under one of those tiny shelters they had at parks. Ashik had came to join us though. Probably because he saw us while on the bus together with Mei Sing, Shaun and Seok Hwee. The rain got heavier unfortunately. Ashik, being the gentleman that he was, offered to walk back to the chalet to get umbrellas for shiyu and me. We denied of course. So we started playing games right there and then. Truth or Dare, some silly hand games and stuff. hhaa. And yep, we had fun.
The rain persisted and Ashik went to get help for us after all. He returned with Firdaus with 2 umbrellas and shirts to cover Shiyu's skates. We felt so bad after that because Ashik was soaking wet. Once we reached the chalet, we made sure that Ashik hit the bath no matter what. By then, Sheila's relatives were already streaming into the chalet and her parents were preparing for the her birthday party. Oh yah.. and sheila was wearing this blue flowing goddess-like dress with a tudong on and it looked great on her. haha. It was a pity that it rained on her birthday. Meixing, Poon Khai and I helped by bringing balloons all the way downstairs. We tried sticking them to the wall but it didn't work.
The party started soon after. I must admit that Sheila had a HUGE family. I'm not kidding. Because her parents were of different races, she had both chinese and malay relatives. It was quite weird though. I wasn't used to seeing mixture of chinese and malay relatives. The birthday cake was served and the usual birthday song was sung. And yea, the cake was delicious. Wonder if it's homemade... Sure looks like it. haha. Sheila is such a happy person. One of the nicest I ever met too.
So anyway while they wer starting up the BBQ, Sheila's aunt had some games in stored for us. We played Amazing Race. In one of the tasks, we had to tie ourselves and spell sheila's name using our legs. LOL. That was fun. Another group had to spell Sheila's name using their buttocks though and it was hilarious. haha. The next task was what I call being overboard. We are required to fill ten plastic bags with SALTWATER and it was already extremely dark at the beach. Actually what we were suppose to do was to go down to the coastline and fill those bags with seawater. I don't know about others but I find this too dangerous. I mean, being at the beach itself already held some kind of risks but asking us to do it at night? When we can't see anythign at all? What if we drown or something? Even if one of us drowned I don't think anyone knows because it was pitch dark. So what our group did was to head to the nearest girl's toilet. Poon Khai, Yee Ling, Shiyu and I. We filled the bags with tapwater and added a pinch of soil in it to make it look like seawater. After all the card says SALTWATER. It didn't specified SEAWATER.
After the game was over, BBQ was almost ready but I didn't feel like eating. All I wanted to do was go home actually. Homesick I guess? LOL. Anyway, we set off at around 8pm I think. It took me 2 bus rides and 1 MRT ride to get home. Well anyway, it was a good experience. Sheila's birthday party rocks! WHOO!
And once again, Happy Birthday Sheila!
8:32 PM
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
It's been sooo long since I blogged. Oh yah and did I mention that PW and Chinese are finally over?? As in OVER. I will never have to touch these two subjects EVER again. lol.. feel so empty suddenly. It sure is kinda weird... I mean I'm so used to doing PW. For a moment I thought it had become part of my life and now the burden is finally off my shoulders. Chionging EoM, I&R, PI, WR, OP. Those were the days.
Yesterday was my OP and I was so lucky to have a fairly easy question. Overall, our group did well.. I THINK. Sure do hope we get an EE. :)