the past week
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Here's what I've been up to for the past weeks, sleeping over at Sabrina's for Saturday and Sunday, started with tennis from the second photo. I didn't bother to include Valentine's day, but it was still an enjoyable day. Went to watch Juno, a loosely tied movie but with a plot we can easily relate to. The soundtrack was refreshingly creative, worth a shot youtubing.
The day of the results, we exchanged some farewell cards, should we have parted ways, but luckily three of us four got in. Cheryl's appealed in but pending the results. Sigh. Here goes anyways, with pictures to sub for some content I may lack.
You say I post too much about the girls? Well fine, I printed this picture and wrote some postcard liket hing, gave it to those in the picture whom I still keep in touch with. I.e. mark, ben and yi chen. 'Cept I haven't met Yi Chen yet, to pass it to him.
We played about two hours of tennis, an exhausting but thoroughly fun round. This was taken by Sab's sister, Trina, who's just as fun as her sis. :o
Dessert at some Hong Kong restaurant, one of the horde that have overtaken Singapore. Not too bad, an ice shaved dessert with fresh fruits, sweet, albeit a commonly spammed concept.
Saturday night, just before we were about to watch a movie then turn in. We went to bed by 3am that night, only for me to wake up at 7 the next morning from my irritating body clock. Sigh.
En route to Sab's church on a Sunday morning. We didn't plan prior, but only found out later that Cheryl and I were wearing same brands, Esprit tops, swatch watches and Fox bottoms. :Y
Blacks and white. The University of Newcastle free dry fit tee we got from attending a talk, was not bad. The design and the versatility of using the shirt was a compensation from the boring talk we were put through. Heh.
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An impromptu plan on Tuesday, we decided to go over to my place to cook dinner, after Joseph screwed the badminton plans upside down. So here's what we came up with, the food I mean.
Appetizer, Japanese cold soba noodles and dipping sauce. This was a bit of a cheat, since it was ready made and easy to prepare, but what the hey, it was still yummy.
Main course number one, grilled cheese and mushroom sandwich, with ham, cucumber, buttered lightly and another slice of cheese. On the side? A golden ommelette with mushrooms, bacon, and slices of onion. In all honestly, it was the best ommelette I've ever cooked, and the best sandwich I've ever made. Friends around can make you lots more motivated to be a perfectionist.
Main course 2, the finest dish we cooked up, bacon and mushroom Aglio Olio. Our first time, stir fried with lots of cloves of garlic, onion and who can forget chilli padi. One potent and awesome dish that I'd cook anytime for my family. The aroma's good enough to whet your appetite, just ask Joseph.
Dessert, a colourful combination of cucumber, raisins, apples, parmesan cheese and italian dressing. Interesting concoction, spontaneously by Sabrina.
Combine allt he courses of the meals, and multiply by three, and you get a feast fit for a roman king. As you can infer, some ingredients repeat themselves often, and that's the whole crux of budgetary expenditure. We stretched our dollar to an extent I didn't know possible. Isn't it gastronomic? Japanese, Italian and something club sandwich-y. Part of the joy was gobbling it, but majority came from the preparation. A daunting task but sure worth the effort. :)
Grub's up! It was no easy task gobbling all that chow down. All mouth watering and all in huge protions. Thoroughly satisfying though, because by the time we got down to eating, it was 6pm. We started out at 3. Cooking's not for the impatient.
We went over to East Coast Park shortly after dinner, the allure of sunset was a plus, including the convenience of just heading out the back gate of my estate to the tranquil seaside.
Soon this will be crawling with canoeists or up market food and beverage outlets, so for now let's really appreciate it's true value. A more or less pristine seaside as compared to the intoxicating over charged Sentosa.
Artistic? I hope so, nowadays I try playing around with the colour, it may be that of a beginner, but a start to some skill at least. End of Monday.
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We took this shortly after bubble tea at the nearby frequented outlet, passing by the homely letters of Tampines JC. I asked the security guard to snap this shot. Lol. (Friday last week)
I got home at around 9, too tired to upload and just in time to make up for my 6 hour rest. At least we didn't go through PAE without one outing. Ah, the sense of belonging to TPJC. It's there, but I couldn't be bothered for some segments of the orientation. Only the talks, mass dance and choir auditions, that I skipped. The mass dance, I had a slight interest in, but I was feeling really crabby then. Cuz while some know the results of their JC appeals, Cheryl hasn't, and I know I'd be miserable if she didn't get into TPJC.
Hope this post was worth the delay and wait for you.
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