17 April 08
- sakura sushi ($22++),
- cineleisure rent-a-room ($2++) - basically a room equipped with facilities like Xbox and computers, so you can play dota and watch movies like the lake house. movie rentals cost extra, unless you have a special voucher like sheila had.
- a walk down orchard road with your og mates after pros (PRICELESS)
- eating dou hua at a famous yet ulu, old yet airconditioned restaurant/coffee shop (70c)
At 3.30pm, we agreed to play basketball: boys against girls. tried my best, but the girls kept scoring. argh! Sometime later, we decided that mixing the two genders would allow for a more balanced game. I joined the team that included glen and charlene, and this time things went better, but more because I was on a better team. [note to self: need to practise shooting/stop playing basketball]
At 5+?, the ten of us started playing soccer. basically it was the guys + sheila doing the shooting. lol. stupid ball kept flying into the drain too! all the guys except jason got a chance to pick the ball. Sometime later, jason, christina, theng whye, julia and charlene left, leaving me glen sheila weilun elizibeth for the dinner outing: another famous recommendation of sheila's (think last weeks post anatomy tauhuei.) TADA! XO beehoon! I took sheila's car to the place, and remarkably we found a parking lot quite easily. Glen had some difficulty though.
At 8+?: the quintet proceeded to island creamery at serene centre. charlene joined us. despite choosing very carefully, we ended up with two very sweet flavours (too sweet? advert for euyangsen birds nest on tvmobile come to mind) naturally, we didn't finish the two tubs that we ordered. (cost: $2.67)
Then at 9+ we went for a walk at the botanic gardens! very romantic! except weilun kept complaining about mosquitoes, which i admit, we present in large numbers (kind of reminiscent of field camp.) and frogs kept croaking. i wonder why...
At 5+?, the ten of us started playing soccer. basically it was the guys + sheila doing the shooting. lol. stupid ball kept flying into the drain too! all the guys except jason got a chance to pick the ball. Sometime later, jason, christina, theng whye, julia and charlene left, leaving me glen sheila weilun elizibeth for the dinner outing: another famous recommendation of sheila's (think last weeks post anatomy tauhuei.) TADA! XO beehoon! I took sheila's car to the place, and remarkably we found a parking lot quite easily. Glen had some difficulty though.
At 8+?: the quintet proceeded to island creamery at serene centre. charlene joined us. despite choosing very carefully, we ended up with two very sweet flavours (too sweet? advert for euyangsen birds nest on tvmobile come to mind) naturally, we didn't finish the two tubs that we ordered. (cost: $2.67)
Then at 9+ we went for a walk at the botanic gardens! very romantic! except weilun kept complaining about mosquitoes, which i admit, we present in large numbers (kind of reminiscent of field camp.) and frogs kept croaking. i wonder why...
22 April 08 [the programme was very similar to 18 April, but no two days can be the same...]
3.40pm: I arrived at PGP porch expecting everyone to be there. but only jon was there. lol. but soon enough (in 20 mins) people started arriving and we headed down to the foyer to play table tennis. I was not terrible at table tennis, but most of the people were better! hahaz. not that i minded though. i think i picked up a few skills here and there, though if i really want to improve i would need to play on a more regular basis. jipson and alfred joined us for the games!
As more people arrived (charlene and sheila arrived i think more than an hour late) there were insufficient tables/rackets. so most of the girls (except sheila) went to play tennis
Then me and jonathan got bored of table tennis too and went to see how the tennis game was progressing. it turned out that it had just ended. so jon and I started attempting to play tennis! (I'm sorry, zikai, anyi and vipul at this point cause I suddenly could not remember how to play tennis like we used to. but its been 2 years.. so..) hmm jon and I remember that the furthest we got to rallying was like 5 hits.. so it was like.. erm really bad.
At this point jason christina and sheila emerged into the court and at this point i decided to head back to the foyer to continue practising table tennis. i had a rather intense game with glen ( i think for him it was rather relaxing) trying to learn how to spin. the thing about playing amateurishly is that a lot of time and energy is wasted trying to pick up balls that you missed. but i guess thats part and parcel of learning..
At 6+ we headed off for dinner at Adam food centre where some friends from another og was enjoying their meal. what a small world! I got to try the famous nasi lemak from a stall whose fans included the sultan of brunei among others. I didn't find the food particularly special, except the chilli paste they spread out generously on the plate. The paste was supposed to be crowd puller, so I finished almost half of it despite the fact that I am not a huge fan of chilli. And it was not bad, but maybe not enough for me to come back repeatedly for it. hehz. my only complaint was that the portion was a little bit small, so luckily I shared a bit of mutton soup with alfred as well. Perhaps the light dinner was why the og headed to our next destination: island creamery!
Most coincidentally, we met our friends there again! what happened at island creamery was a blur, except that people kept gossiping and glen kept taking random photos of people trying to catch them in their most "unglam" poses! [these photos are now on facebook if you're really interested] we were rather noisy, and i hope we hadn't spoilt the mood of other diners in the vicinity. and the flavours for the night were reverso (very chocolately and fudge-like, i bet my sis would like it), burnt caramel and soursop. (Much better choices compared to those on our previous visit) Soursop was a refreshing flavour after you have had too much cream for your palate.
Despite the wonderful flavours, the icecream was not all finished due to the fact that the remainder had melted into a semisolid slush which looked much less palatable. ah well. but it was still a lot of icecream nevertheless, so it was a natural decision to take a walk down the botanic gardens into the law campus.The first thing that struck me when I entered the premises of NUS law was the sheer grandeur and colonial feel of it compared to the medicine campus at Kent Ridge. And, despite its age, the law campus didn't feel old. Being there was like getting transported into the 1960s, when our parents roamed the earth. This was the impression I received just by entering from the side gate. When we reached the courtyard, the beautiful scene simply overwhelmed me. (ok, I'm exaggerating here, but it was beautiful, even at night) The landmark in the courtyard, we guessed, had to be the four pillars guarding the gigantic tree that reached high above us. we had a field day trying to guess what the four pillars represented, and given the rivalry between law and medicine, this meant a lot of ribcracking jokes. haha.
But despite the wonderfully cool midnight breeze blowing in our faces, we wanted air conditioning. Charlene knew the way! I still don't know the name of that building, but it was a medium sized hall framed with glass windows and fitted with two sets of sofas. Comfortably, we hopped onto the soft cushions of the expansive chairs and began our long conversation that went on long into the night. What was that game we played? with red green and amber? traffic light! whatever it was, playing it got me home at a ungodly hour of 1130pm, even after hailing a cab.
As more people arrived (charlene and sheila arrived i think more than an hour late) there were insufficient tables/rackets. so most of the girls (except sheila) went to play tennis
Then me and jonathan got bored of table tennis too and went to see how the tennis game was progressing. it turned out that it had just ended. so jon and I started attempting to play tennis! (I'm sorry, zikai, anyi and vipul at this point cause I suddenly could not remember how to play tennis like we used to. but its been 2 years.. so..) hmm jon and I remember that the furthest we got to rallying was like 5 hits.. so it was like.. erm really bad.
At this point jason christina and sheila emerged into the court and at this point i decided to head back to the foyer to continue practising table tennis. i had a rather intense game with glen ( i think for him it was rather relaxing) trying to learn how to spin. the thing about playing amateurishly is that a lot of time and energy is wasted trying to pick up balls that you missed. but i guess thats part and parcel of learning..
At 6+ we headed off for dinner at Adam food centre where some friends from another og was enjoying their meal. what a small world! I got to try the famous nasi lemak from a stall whose fans included the sultan of brunei among others. I didn't find the food particularly special, except the chilli paste they spread out generously on the plate. The paste was supposed to be crowd puller, so I finished almost half of it despite the fact that I am not a huge fan of chilli. And it was not bad, but maybe not enough for me to come back repeatedly for it. hehz. my only complaint was that the portion was a little bit small, so luckily I shared a bit of mutton soup with alfred as well. Perhaps the light dinner was why the og headed to our next destination: island creamery!
Most coincidentally, we met our friends there again! what happened at island creamery was a blur, except that people kept gossiping and glen kept taking random photos of people trying to catch them in their most "unglam" poses! [these photos are now on facebook if you're really interested] we were rather noisy, and i hope we hadn't spoilt the mood of other diners in the vicinity. and the flavours for the night were reverso (very chocolately and fudge-like, i bet my sis would like it), burnt caramel and soursop. (Much better choices compared to those on our previous visit) Soursop was a refreshing flavour after you have had too much cream for your palate.
Despite the wonderful flavours, the icecream was not all finished due to the fact that the remainder had melted into a semisolid slush which looked much less palatable. ah well. but it was still a lot of icecream nevertheless, so it was a natural decision to take a walk down the botanic gardens into the law campus.The first thing that struck me when I entered the premises of NUS law was the sheer grandeur and colonial feel of it compared to the medicine campus at Kent Ridge. And, despite its age, the law campus didn't feel old. Being there was like getting transported into the 1960s, when our parents roamed the earth. This was the impression I received just by entering from the side gate. When we reached the courtyard, the beautiful scene simply overwhelmed me. (ok, I'm exaggerating here, but it was beautiful, even at night) The landmark in the courtyard, we guessed, had to be the four pillars guarding the gigantic tree that reached high above us. we had a field day trying to guess what the four pillars represented, and given the rivalry between law and medicine, this meant a lot of ribcracking jokes. haha.
But despite the wonderfully cool midnight breeze blowing in our faces, we wanted air conditioning. Charlene knew the way! I still don't know the name of that building, but it was a medium sized hall framed with glass windows and fitted with two sets of sofas. Comfortably, we hopped onto the soft cushions of the expansive chairs and began our long conversation that went on long into the night. What was that game we played? with red green and amber? traffic light! whatever it was, playing it got me home at a ungodly hour of 1130pm, even after hailing a cab.
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