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Saturday, December 20, 2003

long, long week

and it aint over yet. only saturday, and have alreadi been totally sucked of all my energy by this weeks spectrum of activities.

came back frm genting on sunday, late in e night. had enuff of travelling on long-distance buses. e entire day just eat n sleep, eat n sleep, and sit on e comfortable yet movement-restricting tour coach. no chance to digest food at all, breakfast den lunch den dinner came almost all together w little time to swallow e food properly even. will surely recommend underweight ppl to consider a trip to genting highlands. e place for food, food, food and more food. just keeps eating all day. 5kg minimum addition to ur current weight guaranteed. only exercises for e three days were e euro express(indoor roller coaster), corkscrew(outdoor version), and space shot(elevator tat goes high up to e misty fogs of e genting sky den suddenly plunging all e way down). hmm not bad tho. puke-inducing stuff.

okai den came e real start of this busiest week of my life.

monday, karaoke fun w so6e classmates. total havoc, w kevin's lousy imitation of e screechy blardy irritating but interesting voice of shin songs, gz n i's out-of-pace partnership in many destroyed jay chou hits, and victor's participation in e serious noise pollution of s.h.e songs sung at several pitches lower. cx n xiao3han4 joined later too, but din sing much, haha. real fun having all of them around, and starting to fall in love w out-of-tune singing sessions like this. we shall all practise n practise, next time den can marvel frens n family w superb singing. for now, we shall train our ears to tahan our current standards of chinese n canto singing.

tueday, slacked e morning n afternoon away, had brunch w cousin n dad at IMM's carrot-something food junction, got ramen, rosties, baked salmon, chicken chop n many more on e menu, not a bad place to eat in. ordered teriyaki salmon, which turned out quite nice w e japanese rice n not-so-salty miso soup. den went walk around e place n finally found my truman show vcd, which is one of e shows i totally liked. after which it was back home to more slacking around w cousin in front of e computer blasting soviet tesla coils w allied prism tanks. real fun tho.

after tat, went to ps for movie w sister xia and nick. met up w felicia to pass her e laptops cables tat i careless took home by mistake, n also justin's angel-mortal gift. real bad memory these days, had to spend a long time a while ago figuring out wad i did on monday even. hmm well den jason n chuisan was there too, n called up becky n vick as well, so in e end all eight of us came together at e ps foodcourt for a late dinner at eight-plus before e movie starts. hahah took a grp photo at e food court! if we fake a bit of accent we surely can pass off as tourists sia. anyway, 9pm came, n off to infernal affairs e third we go. confusing to e max. or maybe i just blur la, cant catch many of e hidden meanings in this episode. nvm, waiting for vcd to come out, den can rewatch ten more times n hopefully clear all e qn marks.

wednesday, supposed only rest day of e week, sleeping happily until dunno wad time, when e nokia phone suddenly shakes in a continuous, random manner on e shelf top, pulling me out frm dreamland. croaking in a lousy wake-up voice, i dun even noe who im talking to at first. mumbled some rubbish, den e person at e opp side tot his phone got prob, n used house phone to call back. turned out to be justin looking for free ppl to play half-court bball at e other side of e world in bishan's ri compound. somehow agreed. den went back to sleep. woke up soon after, n went to watch my truman show vcd. real nice show, even tho its e second time watching it. after tat spent n insane 1-hour plus on e slow-moving mrt to e province of bishan. in e end around 5 ppl was there, challenged some others at ri to a four-on-four match, n concluded e session w two well-timed blocks, several good jump-shots, and just plentiful supply of lousy passes n stupid moves on my part. den it was down to e tradition of having ban mian at qiu lian's in s11. ban mian is damn worth it. 2.50 for whole big bowl of sweet-salty ikan bilis soup filled w delicious cai xin, crunchy fried ikan bilis, meat crumbs, and hand-made ban noodles. coupled w justin's generous offer of his carrot cake n e ice-cold teh bing, it was a cheap, filling meal. shopping centre food courts shud be banned frm operation man, always overcharging for substandard food supply. coffee shops are e best.

thursday, longest day of e longest week. morning went over to ymca stevens road. got called over to help out w e young creators' camp cos e leaders had some appointments tat day. followed e 15 kindergarten/pri-sch kids to sentosa, when we indulge in an informative tour of e images of singapore museum. informative tour to ppl like me n e kids is just listen-n-forget stuff. had first hand experience on e difficulties of handling even my share of 7 children in e group. spend as much energy as u want getting them to queue up in one straight line n walk slowly behind is pure wastage of chemical potential energy as dissipated sound energy. bunch of hyperactive beings, released into e island of attractions, and u have just gotten urself a wrecking-hell of a noisy tour group. had lotsa fun playing games w e kids, u know those kinda games tat u slap each others back of palm n try to evade being slapped kind? yah those kinds. even learnt frm them how to play "zha4", a variation of e common ji-gu-pa with rock, metal blocks, and guns to replace scissors papers n stones. also introduced to their version of hard-attack, in which kanna cheated by all of them who are intelligent enuff to invent theories of their own to go about e rules of e game. kids are real smart humans k. perhaps e portion of humans around who can realli see e world w/o filters n do as their mind wishes. e rest of e population are just mind-controlled by e dysfunctional society.

well, back to e pt. left e kids at around 2, bid goodbye, n took e ever-efficient mrt to pasir ris to meet up w junior class ppl n gz for their class chalet n bbq. rained damn heavily as white sands there, which is quite a put-off. rain means no bbq, means no food to kope. okay nvm, had a nice snack of meatballs at e white sands food court, den rushing to e chalet meeting zonglun on e way to hopefully find food to kope. ended up being disappointed, w only around an hour left to use before i hafta rush off elsewhere. played bridge, daidi, n when vics came, played a highly intellectual game of hearts. junior class guy damn powerful, shot e moon at e critical round, killing off vics n gz, having 100 n 101 pts respective, n himself emerging as ultimate winner w 58 pts, n me trailing back w 76. woah. how did i rem e numbers man, hahah. okai 4-D recommendation this week shall be 5876.

den, went a blardy long way back to boonlay area, taking a cab at lakeside so as to reach city harvest by 8pm for e christmas church concert. turned out to be a he yao sun concert. hmm not bad la, dun realli listen to her songs. met a couple of my fren's frens, who turned out to be real frenly ppl. said byebye to them at around ten, had to leave early cos dad not too happy w my late nights these few daes. so went home straight n cooked myself some chilli noodles w egg which tasted fortunately edible as dinner.

friday, ymca interview! yeah, got many many of my questions of e job situation there answered, and confirmed employment frm jan 5th 04 onwards. looking forward to working w e ppl there, who seem a realli welcoming n enthusiastic bunch. stuck in ymca due to e sudden heavy downpour which just kept getting heavier by e minute. successful left at 8, only to find myself taking 190 on e wrong side of e road to end up at chinatown instead of chua chu kang where i initially intended to change bus to 180 n go home. instead walked to outram mrt n took e mrt yet again to boon lay station. waited a tamade long time at e 179 bus booth, finding myself packed in a tiny double-decker aircon sbs bus together w nearly 100 other passengers. dropped off at 651 coffee shop to get myself dinner, which consisted of chicken chop n bbq-chicken wings rice. of course cannot finish by myself la. shared w parents n sis, in front of e tv. den went online n played daidi w xia n her fren n her fren's fren. only until e very last round den i won. damn my gambling skills are deproving like mad. after tat talked to xueping on e phone, tryin to keep her awake, n she tryin to keep me awake to keep her awake. dunno wad she talking, n dunno wad i talking as well. until at around 2.30, den e ymca ppl over at aljunied decided they had enuff supper n got her to help out w e jumbo sale prep, n so i went to slp. okay din slp at once, flipped thru many pages of e official naruto character infobooklet tat i just bought today, which is quite a disappointment to say e list, cos dun have new developments introduced n limited to only e characters tat appeared up to around book 18.

saturday, today, went opp beauty world w becks for lunch at this indian food stall, which served delicious pratas, tasty nasi brani, and weird mee goreng which tasted suspiciously like hongkong fried noodles. oh n milo dino was an interesting try, w pure milo powder sent down my going-to-be-sore throat. not bad tho, taste like cadbury chocs in powdered form. den went wisma for becks to check her ear n walked around a bit, before joining e incredible long queue of shoppers waiting for taxi behind taka. took like 30 mins of waiting time to get on e cab, n sped off to nus cultural centre for dance concert. half of it rather, only made it there at e interval. smiled n talked a bit to her cousins, den left in cab again for clementi to change to mrt n get back home. found myself walking thru e usually crowded jurong pt, looking for hair wax to buy but not finding any, den ended up at 7-11 n leaving w a bottle of pepsi energy cola. black colour drink w red coloured fizz. interesting combi, until i found out tat e red fizz sticks on to e teeth like plague. yucks. not a drink to be consumed outdoors, unless dressed as vampire heading for a costume party. original pepsi still rules.

yup tats bout it. realised i've been typing like a tourguide making an itinerary for a one-week tour of singapore. aiyah tink shall be using blog like dumbledore uses e pensieve(dunno e spelling, e memory-recording silvery basin stuff). memory seriously failing me by e day. and just like e korean show winter sonata's constant focus on e idea of precious memories being lost n regained, i do not want my memories to be lost just likedat. i may get old, but its e process of getting old tat i will want to still remember when i start having white beard n crinkle-filled skin. hopefully, by e time i reach by 30s or 40s, technology can allow everi human on earth to stop ageing n never die. i dun mind tat seriously. this life of mine is just too hard to let go even after 80+ years. hahah. maybe im asking too much, maybe im just scared of endings. or maybe i just love to live in this screwed up but interestingly unique n ever-changing planet.

hengster @ 8:09 PM
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