12th December 2008, Friday
Went for a mini ex-colleagues gathering. Only Kong Cheow, Kah Wai, Wing Kin and Yew Hwee turned up. Others were busy. But nevertheless it's quite good to catch up with these guys. We had dinner at Cafe Cartel @ Marina Square. I had the Hawaiian Pork Chop. Eat until puke lol. Then we just walked around Suntec before going home. Had to sleep early and wake up early for Andrew's hike on the next day.
13th December 2008, Saturday
It's gonna be a long day. Initial plan was to go for the hike, then ice-skate, then finally Marina Barrage.
Somehow I couldn't fall asleep throughout the night. Therefore I stayed up until 5+am in the morning to get ready to go to Clementi MRT, where Andrew picked me and Yew Hwee up to MacRitchie Reservoir. Andrew brought Jojo along. And I was sitting at the back, with Jojo climbing all over me -_-. Super hyperactive doggy. We then met up with Andrew's ex-colleague, Saurav, and also Jiahao. Then we proceeded with our hike, starting from MacRitchie Reservoir, to finally end at Bukit Timah. It's been donkey years since I went to MacRitchie. As far as I remember, it could be back in JC or even secondary school days. Really can't remember.
We started at around 8am and ended at 11am. I think we hiked almost 12km. Jojo actually hiked more than us because she was always running around in circles and zig-zagging along the way. This dog is very fit sia lol. Very interesting trip, and definitely not for sissies, cos we bashed through the forest, feeding mosquitoes, muddified our shoes etc.
Finally we reached Bukit Timah hill, but Jojo was not allowed to gain access and Andrew was stopped by the people in charge there. Therefore we couldn't make our way up the hill.
Andrew's wife Alison then came to pick us up and drove us over to one of the restaurants opposite Beauty World centre for lunch. It was some chicken rice restaurant. Quite ok the chicken but the rice is not fragrant. They had a very crispy tofu which I highly recommend.
Next stop: Ice-skate? Olivia had invited almost everyone to her ice-skating session at Leisure Park Kallang. However I was too exhausted from the hike, therefore went home and bathed and even slept for one hour before going out again. Met up with Kah Wai, Wing Kin, Yew Hwee, Edwin, Hock Seng, Kaiwei and Jacelyn to go to Marina Barrage. I long wanted to organize a trip there and finally managed to do it. We took the free shuttle bus from Marina Bay MRT station. Saw Feihuang and his family and gf who just got off the bus we were taking. So zhunz. We then reached Marina Barrage and thus started our tour around the place. Was trigger-happy again and took lots of pictures. We split up and walked by ourselves and eventually left the place at 8+. I would have taken more pictures but the other guys had already finished taking pictures. Will definitely be back for more picture-taking hahaha. Haven't had enough. But the view there was really breath-taking. We could see the Singapore Flyer as well as the cityscape of CDB area. A great place for taking nice pictures.
We then went to Crystal Jade @ Bugis Junction for dinner and then TCC for drinks. Kah Wai told us about a revolutionary boomerang which was very fascinating. He even searched many places for it but couldn't find it. Wing Kin then bought it on the next day at Jurong Point Royal Sporting House. We can look forward to our next outing - Playing Aerobie Orbiter!
So we were at TCC chatting and relaxing. Then we went home but since Jacelyn and I were taking bus we then eventually walked to Rochor Tow Huay for desserts! It's been so long since I had tow huay there. We always used to have supper over there after our pool sessions. Must ask Ronnie to organize our uni gathering soon. Haha!!
13th December 2008, Saturday
It's gonna be a long day. Initial plan was to go for the hike, then ice-skate, then finally Marina Barrage.
Somehow I couldn't fall asleep throughout the night. Therefore I stayed up until 5+am in the morning to get ready to go to Clementi MRT, where Andrew picked me and Yew Hwee up to MacRitchie Reservoir. Andrew brought Jojo along. And I was sitting at the back, with Jojo climbing all over me -_-. Super hyperactive doggy. We then met up with Andrew's ex-colleague, Saurav, and also Jiahao. Then we proceeded with our hike, starting from MacRitchie Reservoir, to finally end at Bukit Timah. It's been donkey years since I went to MacRitchie. As far as I remember, it could be back in JC or even secondary school days. Really can't remember.
We started at around 8am and ended at 11am. I think we hiked almost 12km. Jojo actually hiked more than us because she was always running around in circles and zig-zagging along the way. This dog is very fit sia lol. Very interesting trip, and definitely not for sissies, cos we bashed through the forest, feeding mosquitoes, muddified our shoes etc.
Finally we reached Bukit Timah hill, but Jojo was not allowed to gain access and Andrew was stopped by the people in charge there. Therefore we couldn't make our way up the hill.
Andrew's wife Alison then came to pick us up and drove us over to one of the restaurants opposite Beauty World centre for lunch. It was some chicken rice restaurant. Quite ok the chicken but the rice is not fragrant. They had a very crispy tofu which I highly recommend.Next stop: Ice-skate? Olivia had invited almost everyone to her ice-skating session at Leisure Park Kallang. However I was too exhausted from the hike, therefore went home and bathed and even slept for one hour before going out again. Met up with Kah Wai, Wing Kin, Yew Hwee, Edwin, Hock Seng, Kaiwei and Jacelyn to go to Marina Barrage. I long wanted to organize a trip there and finally managed to do it. We took the free shuttle bus from Marina Bay MRT station. Saw Feihuang and his family and gf who just got off the bus we were taking. So zhunz. We then reached Marina Barrage and thus started our tour around the place. Was trigger-happy again and took lots of pictures. We split up and walked by ourselves and eventually left the place at 8+. I would have taken more pictures but the other guys had already finished taking pictures. Will definitely be back for more picture-taking hahaha. Haven't had enough. But the view there was really breath-taking. We could see the Singapore Flyer as well as the cityscape of CDB area. A great place for taking nice pictures.
We then went to Crystal Jade @ Bugis Junction for dinner and then TCC for drinks. Kah Wai told us about a revolutionary boomerang which was very fascinating. He even searched many places for it but couldn't find it. Wing Kin then bought it on the next day at Jurong Point Royal Sporting House. We can look forward to our next outing - Playing Aerobie Orbiter!So we were at TCC chatting and relaxing. Then we went home but since Jacelyn and I were taking bus we then eventually walked to Rochor Tow Huay for desserts! It's been so long since I had tow huay there. We always used to have supper over there after our pool sessions. Must ask Ronnie to organize our uni gathering soon. Haha!!
