Explore new places everyday. Nice! Today went to Ken's housewarming party at The Premiere. Most of the Block 22 guys were there. They had a lunch catering outside their house. Chin Keat and Kong Hooi were also back in Singapore, and KH now even stays temporarily at Ken's new home until he finds a job. So we hid inside one of the spare rooms to talk cok and let them copy some of the movies I brought over. Then we also celebrated Zhichao's birthday. I then went over to Huimin's house which is just next block. Fwah they really must have spent a bomb on their home. Lavishly-decorated interiors and plenty of accessories all over the house. Out of all the three homes I've been to for the last two days, theirs was DA BOMB. Next time got chance then go over take pix. I just stayed there for a while to see see their new home, and also browsed through their wedding photos which obviously were worth loads of money too. They had 4 wedding albums OMG.
I then left to go for my Jap lessons as usual. There's Kanji test today. And term exam next week! Ganbatte!
24th July 2009, Friday
Met up with Kah Wai after work to take our Citi shuttle to Tanah Merah MRT. We then went on to the new ION at Orchard. Woot the moment we came out of Orchard MRT, there's a new row of gantries which lead directly inside ION. Fwah we were amazed by the touch sensor screen directories. They even had 3D visualizations of showing you how to get from one point to another. Freaking cool.
We then walked over to 鹿港小镇, a Chinese restaurant, to meet Claire, who was queuing up already. We ordered the Guitar Duck, some crispy tofu, baby cabbage, and Gougei (read Cantonese) soup. The duck was quite good, very crispy. Then the soup was not bad either. However the crispy tofu that came next looked rather different from what was being shown on the menu. I merely commented on "how come so dark colour one ah?" to the waitress and she immediately removed the dish to give us a new one. We thought it was pretty good service. But then another lady came back to ask if we were ok with that tofu, since the oil used to fry the tofu was already that dark already, therefore they can't give us whiter ones. We didn't really minded the colour, therefore she returned us the plate of tofu. Hmm... the tofu were diced a bit too small. Not enough 口感, and the taste and feel of the crispy exterior almost overpowers the little bit of white fleshy tofu on the inside. FAIL. The only saving grace was the Gougei soup and the Guitar Duck. Then we felt that the baby cabbage took too long to be served, so we asked one of the waitresses to hurry the serving of the dish. In the end we decided to just finish up everything else and go, since it seems that the dish wasn't coming at all. I then told one of them that we wanna cancel the dish. Then a guy in smart casual, who seemed to be the branch manager or something then came over to ask if we got our baby cabbage already, and pointed to the bowl of empty Gougei soup and said "oh isn't this the baby cabbage?" I was like O_____O|||... You don't even know whether you've served us a dish or not, and you don't even recognize which dish is which. FAIL. Then we just finished up everything and ready to pay the bill. It was then another waiter served us the baby cabbage. Hey dude! We've already cancelled the dish, and I think the manager still ngeh ngeh wanna serve us the dish. FAIL. Utter failure. Luckily we din eat the baby cabbage, cos our bill in the end amounted to $38.10 only. If added the baby cabbage, would have been $50. Ahahaha. Oh well, so much for a meal at the new ION. Next time shall try other restaurants.
We then went to find Jiahao who was coming to meet us. Then we explored all around the place. Amazing shopping centre. Definitely the best in terms of tenants, design, layout, and of course the bomb that the ION management spent on the whole building. We even checked out the toilet hahaha! Even before you go in, the sign that leads to the toilet sorta looked like those you would expect to see at clubs. Then the moment we stepped into the toilet, wacauz... I'm sure it'll put many 5-star hotels' toilets to shame. There's a toilet attendant inside, making sure everything was in tip-top condition, and there are little screens above every urinal. OFMG. We explored all around the place, then went to the food court at B4. Wah the decor was awesome too. Definitely beat Food Republic hands down. We ordered a bowl of dessert each and then sat and talk cok for quite long. Then we met up with Edwin at 11+, outside the ION. We went to check out KPO, wah looks like a nice place. But it was already 12 when we reached there and it closes at 1am. Therefore we went to check out other places. Will definitely go there soon.
So we ended up at Alley Bar. Never been there before, therefore it's quite a nice experience. It wasn't crowded at all, because most of the crowd were at Acid Bar. Oh well Alley was much quieter with lounge music playing in the background. We got some comfy seats and ordered some drinks and talked cock throughout the night. Most of the time we were talking about games ahahha. Edwin ordered plenty of alcohol. Wah power.. Most of the time he was drinking and munching away, quite unlike him. Hmm... In the end he fell asleep and therefore we decided to play a prank on him. We all secretly left the table and got the waiter to wake him up. He then told Edwin that we all left. Edwin then actually walked out of the place quite unsoberly and din realize that he actually walked past us. Wahaha...
25th July 2009, SaturdayWent over to Yongkang and Hwee Suan's home at The Premiere. Ya I've been to 3 homes at The Premiere already. LOL. It was like a mini 98S18 class gathering. I was the first to arrive. Then it was Soo Chyi and her bf. Then Suhaimi, Hanwen and wife as well as little Bennett. So kawaii!! Our very first 98S18 baby is already 6 months old some more. Others that arrived included Huimei and bf, Wenhan and gf. Everyone there was playing with little Bennett all the time. Then Esther joined us for a while and we then celebrated Huimei's birthday. Wah both days housewarming I go also got birthday celebrations. 2 birthdays on 2 housewarmings on 2 consecutive days at 2 different blocks at The Premiere. O_O YK and HS played great hosts by frying plenty of finger food while we enjoyed watching Transformers on their big plasma TV. They also played mahjong while I watched them play, and sometimes playing with little Bennett. A pretty nice gathering-cum-housewarming party. Then I walked home which took roughly 15 minutes. Super near lah. LOL.
