Thursday, May 04, 2006
Title : Singapore: To and Back
Time : 11:08 pm
ah screw that title, long post ahead.
30th April Departed at 9.30am. my poor darling couldnt make it on time to send me off coz of the renowned reliabilty of the KTM. Double decker bus does not work well on long journey trips. *looks mournfully at the bright green first coach coincidentally ahead of aeroline on the highway* well they fashioned themselves after an airline it seems. so there's airplane standard food and toilet. right, thats why the price is twice as expensive. reached around 2.30pm at grand copthorne hotel. spotted a nearby bus stop. need to get to the mrt coz i had the impression that my ezlink card is in debt. a passerby helped me flag down a bus that goes to tiong bahru MRT but i did not have coins to pay the driver. Stupidly, i told him that only to get scolded and murderous mutterings. Luckily, a young man had change for two dollars. gah, crabby SBS drivers. and when i reached the MRT i realised I had $4.01 in my EZLink. the irony. still, that amount won't last long without student fare. found bus 33 that goes to dover. Bus lagged. tired to go out again.
1st may Had lunch at Bugis with Fung, elvina and Jol. Crowds came out in full force on labour day, or no labour day as fung puts it. warning: DO NOT EAT THE SPAGHETTI AT BUGIS FOOD COURT! after that SW joined us for a while and we realised jol did not have any suitable clothing for her interview!shocker. Topshop to the rescue! went to Summer Tavern with Jol to check out. She's staying over at my uncle's place for two nights.. yay, got company!

er.. what happened to havoc at Mustafa?
2nd may Back to TJ to see the tutors. But first, a trip to Bedok to buy some cake and Izzati's belated birthday presents.
 was quite taken with a florist's arrangement of two magnificent sunflowers with four roses. too bad when we wanted the sunflowers too it was sold out, so had to settle for another florist. it's fresh in this morning pre soaking in water! doesn't look too wilted rite? btw when she got it the first thing she said was there's a flower in every bit of the centre. ah budding bio tutor!
 bengawan solo for mrs than and ms teo
 taking pics while waiting for her royal majesty to arrive. when jx called her she was still asleep!
 aiyah, cut herself off pula
back through the gates of TJ, not much change visible to the eyes, just that they painted the doors a cream colour. mrs than in meeting, picked the wrong day! ms teo went to see a student who OD-ed (?!) in hospital so she's not in school yet. so who else to settle for other than F.tong. engaged us, or rather, jx in local politics. me and iz just tried to look interested. and he told me i had a pharmacy face when i said i was going for dentistry. gah! just like how he told iz last year she got cedar face and she was so insulted. TKGS mah. saw ms fong, ms de souza all going for class. finally caught mrs than during her lunch break. good to see her again but duty calls.
 while waiting for ms teo to be free, iz played with her new toy from kinder surprise, see that cute fuzzy blue seal in her other hand, thats picked by a cute but not fuzzy girl =p actually we both agreed it resembles JX!
later its off to parkway--for nostalgic purposes! stopped at the $1 bubble tea stall for some refreshments. they wanted suki sushi tea buffet too but it's half an hour away. iz wanted banquet but it was closed for renovation! stomach really rumbling now, except for jx who was bloated by her choc bubble tea and in turn burst izzati's bubble of having sushi buffet. settled for siam kitchen. its cheap, my crumbling pineapple fried rice is a bit on the bland side tho.

later at night, supposed to have ex scholar meeting but...
 turnout a bit the sad.. present: gorilla, me, yh, jol absent: fung, yc *both tuition*, sf*ankle injury*, sw*lost wallet* --no fate la extra: mobster at the back
ah well, something wrong with swensen grill but luckily not with their freezer! =p gorilla try to chat up our cute perky malay waitress, same age too, well paragon is just next door.
 hmm.. doesnt that nightie look familiar?
3rd may MDT stands for Maddening, Demoralising Torture, also known as Manual Dexterity Test. sigh. got there with 10 mins to spare, thanks to my uncle's HDB right opposite NUH

the dentist briefing us was in a jolly jokey mood, giving pointers and asking us to mould a molar and not a mushroom but that didnt put me at ease much. and turns out i have a lot to worry about. sat next to fung in the lab, which prob was not a good idea, since she was so darn good at bending wires. and so was the rest of the ppl in the lab! i know its not wise to look around but i cant help it! especially when i suck at pliers and decided to use my bare hands. then fingers feeling raw so left the other piece of wire til the end. started on the blue plasticine, im gonna make a bluetooth, yay! get it? blue mush more like it. then got into the hack-the-cylinder-into-a-cube task. and got another dentist pointing out to me my cutting technique is wrong. but i don't care bout the right way... time is running out!!!!damn that guy who finished half hour before time's up. smartass! my rounded cube is so chipped. and im so screwed.
 Miserable Dirty Task
and i bent my specs while sleeping, how am i supposed to turn up for interview with askew specs? this is so not my lucky day. i deserve a good meal at Coffee Club, Takashimaya. and my specs were rectified slightly there. *cheers up a bit*
 i applaud jx for finishing most of her disgusting smelling cheese mushroom crepe, and phoe for eating the biggest dish when she had the most filling lunch lol.
4th may 010203040506---while ppl were partying away, i was... ...asleep but such a fuzzy warm feeling to wake up in the morning with a message that said 'I Love You' from someone special.
 how's my interview outfit.. hair cannoot make it!
10.20am. thats my interview time. team B. chatted to a guy and a girl who went before me. that ex RJCian girl just reminded me of fung. that chatty nature and saying random things like oh look at the yellow leaf outside to take our minds off the impending interview. 11.00am. there's the bell for my turn. what a delay. the interview was, both surprisingly and yet not all that surprisingly, about me. was kinda expecting some other questions like politics(?) general knowledge from what other interviewees told me. anyhoo.. don't think i was that outstanding, tho i managed to make them laugh with my quote of dentists are like carpenters. and somehow they found the inept malaysian transport system amusing too. that said, at least someone praised my shoes. she was another ex rjcian, taken aback that i bought it from Nose. yeah thats it. not feet.
 gee whiz, do i sound like kellie pickler or wat? at least have good shoes.
 before leaving sg, had lunch at o brien's with dear teresa.not that great to be adventurous. houmous tastes waaay odd. too salty. guilt free meals huh?
 ooh, first coach have their own water bottle now!
hey i have to find some way to entertain myself on the bus k!
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