A few hours break out of Singapore

19th Feb at 12+pm, Msn conversation(Modified to go to direct point):
SC: Waa, no go out today?
S: Duno where to go. Any suggestion?
SC: M'sia...
S: Good idea. Let's call Andrew along too.
SC: OK!

And so, off we went to our neighbouring country, Johor Bahru.
Met at 3.30pm at the Woodland custom and took a bus to JB.

First thing we reached City Square was to purchase tickets for movie. Big Momma's House Part 2 was my first movie in JB. Each ticket cost RM$10 which was dirt cheap! Exchange rate was 2.27, which means the movie ticket only cost about SGD$4.40! This show was not release in S'pore yet, which means we got to watch it first before many other Singaporeans. The popcorn package (popcorn + drink) only cost RM$6.90 which was SGD$3.04. With the cinema voucher, Golden Village would still need $5 for the same package.

However...
The popcorns sold at the cinema was not as nice compared to our Golden Village. The seats were not as comfortable compared to Cathay Cineplex Orchard. The sound system was not that powerful compared to Singapore cinemas. But who cares?! With the price you paid, you can't expect too much either.

After the movie, we went Sentosa [NOT referring to Singapore Sentosa!] food centre for dinner. It was a sumptuous dinner! We had Sambal Kang Kong, Salad You Tiao, Sambal Sotong, Cereals Prawns for main course and Satay and oyster as side dish. For drinks, Sugar Cane for Andrew and me and Dragonfruit juice for Hui and SC.



Now you see it...
Now you don't.
We walked around Sentosa to digest the heavy food we had before taking a cab back to custom. Due to Sunday, the crowd was quite huge at around 10pm. We waited quite sometime before able to board the bus back to Singapore custom. Luckily, the road condition was not that bad and we managed to reach Singapore around 11pm.

Slept at 1am and prepared to drag myself to work the following day...

Globe of Love

Since today is Valentine's Day, I shall make this entry a special one. It will not be written by me, but my other 1/2. Let's see what he has to say..;)

"Since it's so special, we thought of a special gift which both of us will do together...Yesterday (13/02), we bought a puzzle globe from Marina Square and drove home immmediately to assemble it...leaving a few pieces for the finale...

Today, I drove down at 6pm from my office (Changi) to Dear's house (Clementi) to fetch her go Chin Swee Rd (Jurong West)...Wondering what we went there for?...We went there to pick up "Xiang Si Dou"...Wondering what we need it for again?...Read on to find out...

After that we drove down to Little Bali for our Vday dinner...We ordered 2 glasses of vodka 7-up, 2 glasses of burbon coke, 2 glasses of red wine, 2 plates of spagetties and half a dozen of fried chicken wings...We ate and drank slowly...listening to the music and chit chatting away till 10pm+ then we left the place and went home...

Once we reach home...we immediately took our shower (by ourselves)..then we wrote one alphabet on each of the "Xiang Si Dou" that we collected to make out the words
"HAPPY VALENTINE DAY 2006"...then we pour them into the puzzle globe...and seal it up with the last few pieces of the puzzle...and the gift was completed...We call it the "Globe of Love"...Yeah!...

Now the "Globe of Love" is sitting in a secure place...absorbing every single drop of love that's continuously growing between us..."

Recipe for Globe of Love:
Ingrediants:
1) 240 pieces Jigsaw Puzzle (Can have more pieces depending on your preference)
2) Love Peas (Xiang Si Dou). This can be replace with anything that fits into the globe.
3) Marker

Steps:
1) Assemble the jigsaw puzzle and leave 3-4 pieces unassemble. If your items to put inside the globe is big, then leave more pieces unassemble.


2) Use the marker and write 'HAPPY VALENTINE DAY 2006' onto each pea. You may write anything onto the peas depending on your preference or replace the peas with other things.


3) Put in the love peas (or other items) into the globe.


4) Seal the globe with the last few pieces of puzzle.


5) Put it in a secure place and admire it with your love one as and when you like it.

Byebye, Jenny

7 of us went to airport to sent Jenny off to Perth for her further studies in Master course today at 11+pm. Flight would take off at 1.30am. I hate to go airport departure hall to sent people off as it was always a touching and tear-dropping scene. Jenny will be leaving Singapore for 2 years, but will be back during holidays. Besides us, Jenny's bf, bf's sister, dad and her other friends went to sent her off too. The moment outside the departure hall saying goodbyes to friends, family and someone dearest is always the most cruel thing to do when you knew you are not coming back within the next 6mths! I could see tears rolling in her eyes at the point she was bidding gdbye to her bf. Being the kaypohs standing in a circle to see if the couple would hug or kiss to bid farewall had actually made them embarrassed. Just a wave of hand with Jenny touching his face expressing 'Pls take care and must wait for me to be back!' had ended the farewall and having both separated for 2 years. Times zoom past before you realise it. Pretty soon I will see Jenny again. But too bad she'll have to miss my important day event.

Anyway, Miss Chiang, all the best to your studies and pass the exams with flying colors!! Please inform us when you will be back to Singapore and we shall organise another gathering just FOR YOU. :)

Photos at Changi Airport T2

Reunion

A reunion steamboat lunch with my fellow secondary classmates and teacher had made 5th Feb a meaningful day. A total of 13 people turned up for this lunch at Limei and Jiwei house. Our special guest was someone we feared in Sec 1 and 2 but have now become one of our seniors whom we gave our respect to. She's none other than our Sec 1 to 2 form teacher, Miss Ng Soo Ling. Thanks to Phyllis for inviting this long lost VIP whom we havent met her for sooo many years. We were no longer teacher and students but friends. We were her first group of students when she just started out teaching and was posted to PPSS. And now, being a teacher for 12 years, had made us realised we were no longer the teenagers wearing white shirt and navy blue skirt that had to reach school in time for flag raising ceremony singing the Mari-Kita song. We are now a bunch of middle-age woman having an income by fighting with the politics in the cruel working society. How I wish for a time-machine that could bring me back to the days of Class 1E1!

Anyway, we chatted about the past and individual update of our current life to Miss Ng. She is now teaching in Singapore Chinese Girls Sec Sch and this is her 4th school (PPSS, Tanglin, Nanyang Girls and SCGS). Ofcoz, not forgetting to introduce our partners to her as well!

Thank you to Limei and Jiwei for hosting the lunch at their house and also the wonderful steamboat food. Also a big thank you to Miss Ng for the sponsoring of Yu Sheng. And not forgetting Phyllis for the delicious hand-make durain pudding!

Photos for your leisure