go with the flow.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Friday In Town

After a fruitless search for Pei Wen's prom stuff, Karen, Pei Wen and I went down town to search for more prom stuff. We were at Topman, and they were helping me fix on the suspenders to my jeans... It was really hilarious... and that Pei Wen couldn't stop laughing at me 'cos my jeans kept hitching up and I had to squirm to pull them down. And I swear suspenders look like really sexy bra straps.. just like what Pei Wen and Karen had that day! I finally knew what it felt like, haha. After a really long while, I decided to get myself a white shirt and the suspenders, but I had to leave them at the counter 'cos Mum had some discount thing and she said she'd get it for me. Yes, I know, I have an extremely cool Mum.

Then Taariq came along and we went to Far East to get Pei Wen's prom dress. Ah, almost everyone is going in black this prom lah! Let's hope we'd all look dashing and stunning. :D

I left them and went over to New York New York at City Hall after that to meet my primary school friends. There was Joshua, Melissa, Shann and Paul and we had dinner together. It was enjoyable lah.. of course, to be with some really old friends. I think you can say that we've known each other for almost 10 years already.. Almost lah. New York New York was good.. and they didn't check my age when I ordered Baileys :) After that we had free green apple candy floss and Melissa was going crazy, doing her candy floss dance and making Shann and I really tickled. They started to shape the candly floss into weird things, and we were really having too much fun :)

Pictures!

That's a failed attempt at making a chicken-shaped candy floss. And they were trying to murder it.

And Melissa was trying to be an angel with a candy floss halo,an angel on the phone too!

After all that craziness, Shann had to go and we went walking around at the Esplanade and eventually settled at Cartel for a drink. More pictures!

Buy 1 Get 1 Free Gift

Points to note:

Gifts are already free. There are no such things as free gifts.
Even Karen can point that out!
Read again, don't you think it's trying to fool us? You wanna see "Buy 1 Get 1 Free" (so buying a pair of boots would get you another). But no! You get a gift for buying a pair, a free one somemore!
They claim that it's some branded Italian label. If that's the case, then would they be called whatever their shop is called? Which brings me to the next point...
From afar, you see that the shop is named D&C. You pause and wonder for a moment if its a mockery of the expensive label, D&G. You walk closer and everything falls flat - D&C actually stands for Dot & Comma. I'm not kidding.
The shoes aren't dirt cheap. So don't look down okay! Lol.

Monday, November 27, 2006

Thursday Stayover at Prasanna's

On Thursday, the sun was out strong. Karen and I decided to go and sun burn ourselves! We were on the deck chairs, creating puddles on the floor below. Yes, sweat puddles. I was really grossed out by the amount of sweat I had produced... but yah, when you have the two most sweaty people (Karen and I), it's kinda expected.

Mr Edwin was still rolling about in bed, so he didn't join us this time. So lazy! After burning myself in the sun for about an hour or so, I swam for like one minute. Lol. And then Karen and I headed home. She had training, so I went home to rot the day away. I was burying my nose in the book I borrowed from the library, The Ice House, enjoying the breeze and just being a lazybum. I think I fell asleep eventually.

After dinner, I went over to Prasanna's place for stayover! Wan Ting, Taariq, Edwin and Karen were there too. Initially the dvd player was screwed up, and we thought we weren't gonna watch anything already, so we played a lil bit of Twister, which didn't really work out also in the end, lol.

See what I mean?

And then the dvd player decided to work! (much thanks to Prasanna's papa) So we watched ~~She-man~~ She's The Man. I've watched it with my mum before though, but didn't mind watching it again. Seeing Channing Tatum put a tampon in his nostril is really quite morbid I know, but it's hilarious!

Oh by the way, by the way, the whole "She-man" thing came about ages ago when Wan Ting came to us excitedly one school day, brandishing the vcd in the air proudly, proclaiming that she borrowed the She-man movie! And it's very nice to watch! Hahahahahah. I only remember I laughed until I wanted to die.

Oh that's Wan Ting doing her workout/dance routine thing.She was really hilarious lah.

And that's us acting cute lah. Sorry, we were so inspired about our talk 'bout Internet Personalities. You know, you got the Alianas, the Aminahs, the Twitxzxzx etc etc. After She's The Man, we switched on Wet Dreams 1, but didn't watch, 'cos Pras and I were bitching about people on the computer. And then after awhile, everybody started crowding around.. and we were all really amused by the (graphic) photos we saw on a certain blog. It was hilarious and we were being so kaypoh and bitchy.

Look at our faces, we're like so engrossed and completely amused. After that we ordered Mcdonalds for breakfast and pigged out together till about 6am.. And we eventually went home at like 7am.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Time's Up!

I've got this mood to just blog 'bout anything and everything, particularly the stayover at Prasanna's house on Thursday and also the day out with Pei Wen and Karen and then dinner with my primary school buds on Friday. But I've got no time! It's like freaking 3am on Sunday morning and I've got this important thing on tomorrow.

Well, you could guess what it is. If you like.

Anyways, I've to rehearse and like wake up at a bloody early time, 9:30am to meet the rest and head down to Victoria Concert Hall. I am so dreading this... Just because I'm afraid I won't be able to wake up and go down. I like woke up at 12:20pm this morning?!

And tonight started off really moody for me. I was contented but unsettled at the same time, somewhat weird. I just felt like everyone was out to piss me off or something. And like who goes home at 11pm on a freaking Saturday night after the O levels? I seriously need to hang out late, and have a nightlife.

Damn it.. hope Karen and I can fix something up at Forbidden City tomorrow. Raaaahhhh.
Till then!

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Wednesday at Art Friend and Styrofoam Goodness

Wednesday morning was spent swimming downstairs, with the great company of Edwin and Karen. We were lazing about, and the sun wasn't really out on that day. After our swim, we went to Kobayashi to lunch, and then to meet Pras and Wan Ting to head down to the Bras Basah Complex.

Karen needed to get canvas for her painting, so we happily tagged along. We bought some art stuff too, hope I can start doodling again. I was fooling around Art Friend with the styrofoam erm, toys? No.. styrofoam shapes sounds better.
Let's see the photos we took! (Erm, it's NC16 so those under that scroll frantically down and don't peep at the shots!)

After that, Karen and Pras had training so the rest of us went to the National Library to ~~laugh at people who were studying~~ be bookworms. Edwin and I were just randomly taking books and piling 'em up.. and then we settled down to decide which books we were gonna borrow. I took 3 while Edwin took 6. He's ambitious.

Wan Ting was drawing in the library, and she came up with an eye picture with charcoal sticks. It was rather good actually! :D

We headed home after that, but not before getting some food from Bugis! Of course lah.. when you're in the company of foodies like Edwin and Wan Ting, how can food be denied at all?

Graduation Ceremony Photos

Yes, camwhore?

Tuesday at Graduation Ceremony and A Good Year

Tuesday we had the Graduation Ceremony thing, so we had to go back to school. I was running late, so I called up Karen, who was with Hidayah. We were all late coincidentally! And they were lucky, 'cos I was in a white merc cab and I picked them up somewhere. We cabbed down to school together, and yes, we were quite early.

At the Graduation Ceremony, we received our graduation certs and all that, and we were informed about the application for the first three months in jc thing for 2007. I wasn't really paying attention actually, and of course, we took many pictures!

I think graduating is quite a sad thing. To think that is really our last day together in Dunman is sad. And these four years have really been four remarkable years in my life, not to mention the four most tumultous years. I've left behind countless wonderful memories and made the most exceptional friends I could ever ask for. So yeah, good stuff :)

So after all the documents were passed to us and we had some refreshments, some local bands were on stage to play for us. I used the word local because that was what they called them. Its odd that they make themselves sound so good, like you know, so local and so established. Nothing can compare to The Suns, in case you were just wondering. Anyways, the bands were blah... But it was amusing to hear some really lousy vocalists. Like, if you really know and think that your voice isn't really cut out for singing live in front of an audience, then don't! It was disgusting lah.. some of the local bands. To think that these people (who are tone deaf, by the way) have the guts to front a local band. Besides, putting on an obviously fake Brit accent to sing Arctic Monkeys doesn't really make you any better!

Oh, and I don't think you are aware that the local bands I am talking about are some wannabes from my school. Really, not kidding.

Right so I'm dissing the lousy people who performed. But of course lah, there were good people on stage too. I really admired those on the guitars, like they can play really well. And there was only like one good singer, so yeah. The last band which performed was waaaaay better lah. And it was such a breath of fresh air.

After the performances, the Graduation Ceremony kinda ended and after snapping some last shots with some friends, I went lunching with Yan Ping, Jia Yu, Shing and Hidayah. We went to Pasta Mania and I had clams with linguine in white wine. It was very nice. We went back to school for choir later, and I got to see my juniors again lah. I don't really understand what's the whole dramaful thing going on with all of them. From what I see, they're doing okay. Perhaps they are just anxious over the approaching concert lah.

We left choir after about an hour and a half... and yet it seemed like a bloody short time to some. I went to watch A Good Year with Hidayah. Lol, it was funny 'cos we accidentally got ourselves a couple seat thing. You know, one of those loveseats kinda thing. But hey! It was extremely spacious and comfortable, I could even cross my legs! The movie's a feel good movie, and it basically puts life into perspective if you think about it closely. Priorities, choices, decisions, dilemma, you get the drift. Overall, it was a good quiet movie.

After the movie I went to get another hole punched in my belt at Far East. My pants were kinda dropping already. Hahahaha. And then home!

I've graduated!

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Monday at Vivo and The Gracioso Sonara Choir

I forgot to mention that I also swam on Sunday morning and then on Monday morning too. This makes it three consecutive days of swimming in the sun. I was already sunburnt by then and my shoulders and back were really scorching hot and making me feel so much pain.

Noone was free on Monday, so I didn't have any plans at all. I thought I'd just stay at home and let the day rot away, but I suddenly remembered that a certain Wan Ting was free and available to go out. I called her up and we agreed to meet up. Yeah, and we went to Vivo, like again for me, 'cos she hasn't been there yet. We walked the entire place and she was looking out for her prom dress. I hadn't found my prom dress yet. :/

After walking around with Wan Ting, I had to go meet Hidayah for the concert we were going to attend that night. I met her at Orchard in the evening, and she had just rebonded her hair that afternoon! And boy did she look better than I expected! She looks younger now, less auntie, and more modern and fresh. I like her new look too.

Anyways we met up really late 'cos her hair treatment took ages to finish. I delivered my specs to my uncle at Lucky Plaza and he told me that I could get it this weekend! Good! Then we raced down to Heeren 'cos we wanted to go get my green shirt for Tuesday, the Graduation Party. While I was trying on the shirt, Hidayah also found herself a green blouse! And it was only going at $12.90 lah. My shirt was only $29.90 and yes, the stuff we got were really good bargains man. We only spent like 10 minutes in Heeren and hailed a cab to get to ACS Barker for the concert. The driver dropped us at the back, and we had to find our way in the dark to the concert hall. And the school is so freaking huge lah, we were lucky we didn't get lost.

The concert was by an Indonesian choir, the Gracioso Sonora Choir. It's fronted by a really young conductor, only 27 years old, and the singers are all college and university students. They've got lotsa awards here and there and boy were they good! They sing like chamber music and stuff, and also do Indonesian folk and culture songs. We got treated to a really spectacular display of their really cute dances and beautiful costumes, and we enjoyed ourselves.

After that it was off to Newton for dinner. We were famished lah, and just sat down and ordered quite a lot of stuff to share. We had satays, stingray, and a beef with rice thing. And then, home sweet home. It was a great day I had.

Don't ask what that bald guy behind was doing in our pic

Last Sunday

Sunday was a pretty nice family day out at Vivocity. We went there again 'cos Mum and I were like telling each other that we haven't finish walking the entire mall. It was actually supposed to be a hot date lah, with my Mum alone, but Chey and Dad decided to tag along and yeah, it turned out to be pretty fun. We've not been out as a family together since what, August? Everyone's been bogged down by exams and work and it was great that we could finally find time to go out together and have fun.

So yes, we did walk the entire Vivo today, and a few times too. The balls of my feet were aching so bad after that although I wore really comfortable sneaks. And my ankles felt all wobbly and weak. I got myself a new pair of glasses - a greyish and white pair of Ted Baker's. And it's extremely branded, I've just realised. If you've been to Vivo, you would've seen Ted Baker's boutique on the first floor. It's so furnished with posh interiors, the faux fur and the snazzy mirrors. Check out the changing rooms if you can, even Chey insists that they are grand.

But I didn't get my specs from there lah.. Got them from the Paris miki spectacle place instead. And I must really applaud the staff there for being so attentive and so gracious! I bought my glasses, and Mum got a pair of Adidas shades for herself, and they were so kind to clean up my dad's glasses and mine. They also served green tea, which was really quite a surprise as I hadn't expected that. All I can say is that their service was wonderful and we were really impressed.

We grew hungry after that and Dad was like so keen on having Carl's Junior for tea. Like hello?!? We went anyways and shared a huge portebello mushroom burger meal, along with cheesy-beef fries and chicken tenders for Cheyenne. But that meal really made Dad happy. I was happy that he was happy. And watching him whollup everything like a small boy was so funny lah. We walked around pretty much after that, and I saw Jeremy working at GAP. I was quite stunned 'cos I didn't know he'd appear and wave (kinda frantically) to me. Ah, it's been quite some time since we've last seen each other at the Old Parliament building since Let me entertain you! And that wonderfully sexay night with Fauzi and Karen over prata was memorable, really.

Anyways Karen, I think people do appear after you've talked about them. It's really odd but yes! I believe that speaking of the devil kind of works.

Anyways, later on we had dinner at Vivo too. We had Kolo Mee! And it was really good. So that pretty sums up my day out with the family last Sunday. And yes, Cheyenne's so prettay! Ah!

Last Saturday

I met Edwin and Karen at around 10 in the morning for a swim at my condo's pool. The sun was out and it just felt so good to be swimming freely in the water. I actually think that the water is such an enjoyment, although sometimes I really do feel its creepiness. I really enjoyed myself anyways, and I got a tan too! Double yay (:

We went to Cheyenne's school in the afternoon to watch their Danceathon thing. Its just some dance fest the school is putting up. All the girls had different dances, and we were treated to all sorts of different dances. Cheyenne was performing some umbrella dance, lol. I grew bored after awhile... and was so afriad that I'd get sabo-ed to like go up on stage. (the emcees were not merciful, I tell you)

After that, Aunt Jo and Joey and Mum and Cheyenne and I went off to Parkway, where we had Swensens for dinner. I had my Black Pepper Seafood Pasta and I polished it off the quickest. It was enjoyable too, having the company of close relatives.

This is a pretty eventful but boring day. I was already like thinking that the O levels seem to be over almost too early, and it's as if the O levels have ended 'bout a week or two already. How odd.

Last Friday

I eventually awoke from my 6:30 am sleep on Friday. Because some bloody noisy people upstairs decided to drill lil holes in their walls or something. So frustratingly noisy! We'd intended to meet up again on Friday to actually go see Vivocity. The girls met earlier, 'cos they like wanted to go and try their prom dresses without us guys so they didn't have to bear with our erm, comments and critiques. As what Taariq had concluded, I say It's not like your fats will go away you know.

But anyhow, I met a seriously-sexed-up-bedroom-voice-siren, also known as the Edwin who is still in bed and on the phone with you. I swear he sounded so orgasmic (not organic, lol) and so utterly raunchy, I even thought he was fooling around with me! And also met up with Taariq. We headed to meet Karen, Raihanah and Prasanna and boy, did I mention that Raihanah looked like a young ~~expectant~~ mother? By the way, I think "young mother" is such an ironic term to use on Raihanah. But it clicks, because she's neither and yet she looks like one. Hahahhahah! (she's so going to get me for this)

Vivo was huge, like really huge. We didn't know where to start, and we did something so remarkable that day. You'd never guess it! We went to Ben and Jerry's, the ice-cream parlour, and we ordered the Vermonster. 88 bucks of ice-cream goodness, complete with too generous helpings of fudge, walnuts and a million cookies inside. Ah, I'm craving it now, and my mouth is watering just by the thought of it. Anyways, there were only 6 of us, and by like a really short lapse of time, the Vermonster was polished clean. Here are the pictures to prove our amazing feat!

Well, it got ugly, yes. And the fat gluttons all emerged. We were practically stuffing our face with ice-cream. And then, yes, the expected happened. We started to fight for the ice-cream. We were so sick of gathering round that huge tub, so some people started to pull and yank the tub closer to them so they could get a better erm, chance at eating more. We started a tug-o-war and it got really ugly. Hahahahaha. And we even tried this system. Lol, to take turns to have a scoop (the spoons were extremely small for our huge buccal cavities) Obviously, it didn't work out and we threw the idea into the sea. It was taking far too long, and Karen had decided to take things into her own hands and like, scoop an entire gigantic scoop for herself. It didn't work, unfortunately. And then it started to empty out... and the 14 bucks we spent each was somewhere in our stomachs already. It was so good that we took straws and started slurping up the sludge-like remnants that was bubbling at the bottom of the tub (melted ice-cream, a selection of 6 different saliva-types and all) Karen like blew bubbles into it (gross lah!) and she also started to poke holes in the banana slices. It was so hilarious, poking up the banana and then sucking up that lil block of banana with your straw. The bananas were really sweet (:

After that, we walked around some more and we also went up to the MV Doulos ship thing. It was boring, and worst still, Karen had dropped her phone somewhere on the ship. We did try to look for it like a million times over, but to no avail lah. Oh and we sat by the sea and played The Name Game. This game involved a good deal of screaming away and getting so excited. IT was so enjoyable. Ah, I've got some pics too. Karen was apparently trying to act all spooky and we took a picture with her (completely oblivious) behind us.

I think that last shot really reminds me of some Top Model photoshoot. It's got this uncanny resemblance to the Alter ego shoot, but also a little similar to the Model stereotypes one. Hm!

So that was the day we finally stepped into Vivo and got a good look around. I think that the place is appealing, and it's got lotsa new stuff that we've not seen before, so thumbs up! Karen and I went for our Wad Dan Hor Fun after that at Simei to satisfy our hunger pangs, and home thereafter. I had to run after the bus after her.. and ended up having chest aches and all. Gah. It was a tiring but fun day for me lah.

Yay (: