Hey oh. Eneeli is now. One more year to being legal.

This year, she didn’t get much celebrating done, thanks to a recent pain in the neck. But never mind that. The many birthday greetings really made her day =D

Thank you to all those who offered a sincere wish or two.
As cheesy as it is, I’m glad for these simple messages. It reminds me I’m not forgotten.

On a side note, my mum suddenly and randomly bought me a cake.

I got rather suspicious initially (Like, what’s the catch?), but in the end decided to stop thinking too much about this because over-thinking never really did me any good anyway.


I can’t remember the last time I had a birthday cake. It was eons so long ago. Anyway, the cake was one of the best I’ve eaten so far. It was from a cakeshop in Bukit-something. It’s tucked away amongst rows of olden shophouses. I can vaguely recall the location because I went there with her way back when I still donned a seifuku-inspired uniform. There’s a lot of antiques being sold along that street, if my memory served me correctly.


This cakeshop, Lana Cakes, is helmed by this veteran baker who resembles a kindly old grandmother (that was years ago). She still handmixes the cakes herself and kept the secret recipe so well that no one knows what special ingredients she used in her cakes. The shop’s famous for its chocolate fudge cakes which are so sinfully rich, it’s criminal.


I'm tempted to redecorate the cake as Domo. They have the same colour and shape after all XD


The chocolate taste is strong without being overwhelming. And the taste lingers on even after you swallow. Not to mention it’s chewy enough and crumbles in your mouth. It’s so filling that a single slice (I cut the cake into 12 pieces) made me feel kinda bloated. But that’s just me (and my host of digestive problems).


The cake is deliciouso. But it cost a whopping S$40 despite being just 1kg. >_<
I don’t know how much do cakes cost nowadays, but I get heartburn just from knowing the price.

It’s once a year, thankfully. I may or may not get a cake next year though.

P.S. There’s plenty of cake left over. Who wants a piece?





On yet another completely different side note.

Naruto Shippuden 114! Orochimaru's life story retold!
Seriously though, how he became obsessed with gaining eternal youth and subsequently the power of the Sharingan is perfectly understandable. Poor twisted soul.


The appearances of the Sharingan was nicely done. Sasuke mirroring Itachi when they threatened Orochimaru. Can't wait for their showdown (The outcome of which I already know, but heck. It's gonna be good in Anime, rather than in black and white).

Compilation of Overdue Posts (Because Eneeli Procrastinates)

THIS BLOG IS NOT DEAD.

Alright. Due to too many incomplete drafts piling up I hate emb-ing photos, this list is there just so it'll be easier to refer to previous events which I took my own sweet time over are finally finished.

Note: It'll not be done in chronological order since they're all in varying stages of (in)completion.

**Note: THE CANCELLATIONS ARE CLICKABLE! THEY ARE LINKS! CLICKY-CLICK!

1] S'pore StreetFest 2008 - D'J Party *DONE 03/04!*
2] NOMAD Preview
3] S'pore StreetFest 2008 - Hidama *DONE 06/04!*
4] S'pore StreetFest 2008 - WoW! Band Finals
5] NOMAD Fringe Festival
6] Superheroes Songs @ Esplanade Flipside *DONE 04/04!*
7] Miyuki Red White Animation Song Battle
8] S'pore Toy & Comic Convention *DONE 06/05*
9] NOMAD @ AMKSS
10] Cosfest @ D'Marquee
11] End of O' Levels
12] Prom Night!
13] TPRAWKS 2008
14] Bitch Rant of DOOM
15] First Job Ever
16] Farewell Assembly
17] Anime Festival Asia 2008
18] Project Breakout 2: A Japanesque Christmas
19] SOYA 2009
20] Ongaku Avenue 2009
21] Haute D'Horreur Camp *(PARTIALLY DONE)
22] Licensed to Play event
23] S'pore Streetfest 2009 - D'J Party
24] JCC Camp
25] SPP Camp

Although I couldn’t make it for the cosplay event yesterday, I decided to give License2play 2009 a shot anyway. It wasn’t anything like AFA (Anime Festival Asia) or even the S’pore Toy & Comic Convention. Not to insult it, but it seems like a really scaled-down event meant for heart-land gamers. Especially considering online games such as World of Warcraft (WOW) & Maple Story had made their presences known in the hall.

Not surprisingly, there was an (alarmingly) large number of KIDS present. When I say kids, I refer to brats ranging from those still being pushed around in prams to the pre-pubescent mummy boys. Of course, that meant everyone and their grandma came along (I swear I’m not joking. I saw more than just a few grannies hobbling along in there). This made the atmosphere feel more like a pasar malam than an actual event.

Yukinko Akira. Looking at his sheer exuberance made me feel exhausted.


Paper Promenade
Heavy Metal
Plastic Fantastic

Sometimes, a dose of reality really ruins your day.

Despite having just awakened my bowling obsession interest days ago, I was all fired up and ready to join the SP Bowlers. So I dropped by their first training to enquire and look around as well.

The good news: You only need to come for one of the two training days.
The bad news: Yeah, it's still $12 per week.
The worst piece of news ever: The freshies who joined are damn good already.

The last bit roughly equates to me being the laughing stock of the whole club if I dare join after witnessing what seems to be, the Beginner's Level.

Those who went today were majority guys and a handful of girls. Quite a number could be called 'pros' already. I kept seeing strike after strike. The average speed at which the balls rolled was way faster than my fastest.

(Okay, on a side note, close to 80% of my tries end up as gutter balls. Any bowling ball I throw doesn't roll. It creeps along the floor.)

Y'know what. I don't think I'll be joining bowling now. At least, not at my current level of mediocrity. Watching how real bowlers do it is so disillusioning.

I want practice. Lots of practice. Maybe I'll join when the gutter ball percentage is reduced to 20% or lesser...So....

Who's up for bowling?


Does this look like Obama bowling?

On the bright side, I saw an injured bird for the first time. Or rather, I personally spotted an injured mynah for the first time. The poor thing was huddling at the top of the stairs leading from the stadium to the CASS hill. And bleeding just above the eyes. I half-thought it was a fledging because of all the puffed-up feathers.

Since it hadn't fled when we approached it, I assumed it broke something. Of course, I didn't dare to even try touching the mynah. What if I accidentally aggravated any possible internal injuries with my monstrous strength clumsy fingers?
So Daphne and I were stuck at the stairs for a while coz neither of us wanted to pick up the mynah and we didn't know what else to do either.

Thankfully, there was this group of seniors coming down the hill. We got their attention alright, but it quickly shifted to the mynah. This short-haired girl just went ahead and cupped it in her hands without any hesitation. I feel strangely embarrassed by my inability to do the same. They were cooing over the mynah (and possibly scaring it half to death as well). Since the seniors seem to know better, we left the bird in their care.

I don't know what course they are from, but it's nice to know they're willing to stop for a wounded bird. Their commentary (and antics) provided some amusement too.

(Upon seeing the bird) "Let's take a video!"

Guy#1: "Would cream work?" (said upon seeing the bleeding wound)
Other Guys: (simultaneously) "What do you have? Hair cream?!" "What,you want to cook it?"

Me: "Er...You guys take care of the bird."
Guy: "Hey, we stand here until some other people come. Then we pass the bird to them." (ROFL XDDD)

Anyway, those guys did take care of the bird I think. I saw them coming down the hill after hanging around for a while. Hope it got the necessary treatment.

My voice finally broke.

But (according to some classmates) it sounds way sexier than those chaps on the cusp of puberty. I sounded a bit like Dieh. XDD

It made presentation time a tad awkward (and probably hilarious for some).

Yet I gained a voice by losing my own physical one. Not that I had much of a voice to begin with anyway. I don’t know what might happen when my throat heals. Maybe it’ll be to square one again. Despite the fact that the situation had only improved by a smidgen for all the talking I did.

Right now, I’m almost back to my usual sound. Which is both a relief and a pity at the same time. For one, swallowing wouldn’t hurt anymore but I never did get to hear the so-called “Sexy Voice” for myself. They say it’s husky-ish.

Haiz...I got my voice back already now (Sunday).

Anyway, I finally got to see Nadiah's cat last week. He's cute (would have been a lot more if he hadn't fled from us guests when we approached), but a little thin for the typical house cat. Then again, the other house cats I've seen so far range from slightly to grossly overweight.

Budsy

P.S. I didn't use flash on the cat for the record (I ain't that cruel). The photo was lightened artificially. Coz it was taken from under the table.

Budsy's eyes are the largest cat eyes I've seen yet. They're this really pretty shade of green which isn't captured here.


This is possibly the most pitiful mewing from a house cat. I'm not sure if that's by default or not, but it is a mix between endearing and wth-ish.


Then there was the Connect event. It's some exclusive social networking opportunity for the DMC students. Though I can't say it worked out that well, considering most (from what I saw from where I stood) hung around people they were already familiar with. The food wasn't half bad though. The only item on the menu I didn't like were the swiss rolls lookalike. And they had some pretty darn good performers on stage. The female guitarist in the acoustic version of Britney Spears' Gimme More had a lovely smoky voice. I liked the cover of Marion's End of Me too =)

Apparently there was some dress-up competition in which we're supposed to dress as what we like to be when we grow up. -_-

Female Winner (One of them, no prize for guessing who)


Male Winner (One of them, no prize for guessing who)


Unfortunately I only had the sense to take out my camera at the very end. And somehow lost my nerve in being the only one filming thus far. So hence, this short clip.
Hot N Cold cover


Connect Badge
Cool design.

The day concluded with a soothing sunset. I wished I stayed on a lil' longer though. The sunset at its peak in SP is kinda cool.

I saw this rare picturesque image of a post-sunset sky. No, it's not streaked with reds and orange. But rather, it's a huge vertical mass of dark grey clouds splitting the horizon in half. And at the curved ends of both halves, the sky was awashed with a fading rainbow splashed halfway across the darkened bits. There was a building blocking the sky where the dark cloud mass ended. I have no way of properly describing that. But I lament the fact that I hadn't whipped out my camera and preserved that little imperfect beauty for good.

Hecate Outing

This is just the..what…3rd Hecate outing and already our numbers have dwindled to just eight people. Geez. But then again, we were informed of the outing only the day before which was last-minute and all.

I was late (again). Because I overslept (again).
Safe to say though, I was the first at the Waraku restaurant. Not to be triumphed or anything because I spent quite some time just trying to find the damn place too. The entrance turned out to be OUTSIDE the mall. Facing the back exit of Pan Pacific and a not-so-crowded road. Makes me wonder how they survive with so little human traffic about.

I made reservations for the first time (I think)! Yeah, a suaku is me. It was odd to be sitting by myself at a table for eight without ordering anything and for a good ten minutes too. I studied the menu like whoa.

I don't know why the staff stuck the receipt to the wall when they could have just handed it us -_-

The overstatement award goes to the udon Tang Jie ordered.
The bowl is bigger than her head (Or anyone’s head for that matter), and yet the size of the serving is…Seems…Seems to be overwhelmingly small.

However, considering that it’s UDON we’re talking about here, that small amount should be able to fill one’s stomach anyhow.

This is KeQi's meal. Which the guys kept helping themselves to.
And which made stains on her dress. What's the score now for the "Strange Substances On KeQi" tally now? XDD

Dieh's lunch set: Pork Ramen + Sushi. I really like how the soup base looked.

It would have been a better idea to order sushi instead of other dishes. The serving is small (Less Waste), it has RAW FISH and most of all...
...It's pretty. Such a lovely orange coloring.

I ordered the lunch set: Shoyu Ramen + Tsukune.

Shoyu Ramen is basically ramen with a single slice of pork that resembles char siew (but paler and healthier-looking). It was vaguely alarming to see that the soup base resembled diluted soya sauce with sesame oil. I was kinda expecting a light clear colour…Oh well. At least there’s more to it than the saltiness of soya sauce. It’s flavourful enough (probably the meaty taste to it).

Tsukune is the name of the leading male in the fantasy harem Anime that is Rosario+Vampire.

Because he is like a luscious hunk of meat which is vied for by the other supernatural potentially cannibalistic and horny girls in his school.
Hence the dish was named after him.



Well, no. Not really.

The tsukune dish is so-called because of the piece of chicken meat on top of the rice. It ain’t that nice for the record. The meat’s tough and difficult to tear. The sauce doesn’t quite penetrate through the whole piece either.

Oh, and the pretty purple things in the small container at the side? It’s pickled ginger.
Doesn’t seem as good as it looks now, eh? Shows that appearances can be deceiving.

The Waraku staff provided good service overall. They were friendly, polite and didn't mangle Japanese greetings too much. My only complaint was probably the thick accent of some of their foreign staff members. I strained to figure out what they were trying to say. But that's not their fault. The foreign staff were friendly too =)

[Btw, I think I want to join the Community Service division of CSCC. And bring up helping at animal shelters. Although the other divisions don't sound too bad either. Hmm....]

I wished we had more time to idle over our food, but apparently even with our haste, we entered the movie theatre late anyway. Luckily they always use that time to brainwash the public with advertisements.

Then we went to watch X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Y’know with that kind of title, I half-thought there would be an entire X-Men Origins series about the various major characters in the X-Men universe. Not that I’ll object to that, of course. The movie was chocked-full of mutant-bashing(QUITE literally) goodness. (I'll post my movie rant soon) Go watch the movie anyway =)

Next we went to the Esplanade. Such a high-class place, don’t cha think?
For poor people like us, we’ll skip the whole posh arty-farty stuff and cam-whore at the rooftop terrace.
Before this, I didn’t know we (the public) were allowed in. O.o…

A nice lotta photos were taken. By anyone who had a camera/camera-phone for that matter. Too bad we weren't there at the peak of the sunset. It'll look a lot more picturesque then. I wouldn't post everything since it's either on FB or someone else's blog already.
I really really really liked how the background contrasted with Dieh. And how the wind catches lightly in her hair.

Erm...I don't know what he was doing until I saw the photo on his blog. Good attempt, btw =)

This hereby proves my camera is not as useless as it seems. It caught someone in mid-air! And yeah, the guys are monkeying around again.

The guys were especially playful today. I have no idea what made them regress to their childhood days. They basically monkeyed around. From throwing pastilles at passing cars and people (LIKE, WTH?!) to attempting to break into a restricted area (I think they knocked the gate out-of-place -_-") and trying to see who can jump higher [See below]…
-_-

Then we took photos against this shiny obsidian wall.

Which came out like mirror images.

Damn nice.

But I'm not going to post the photos here because there're too many photos to resize and damnit, it's sianz. Pity the camera couldn't capture the black colour of the reflection.

The view would have been better if not for the mechanical giraffes marring the horizon.


The sunset view was great as usual.

Dieh went home to play mahjong and left the rest of us to our own devices.
On our way back, we passed a performance at the Esplanade concourse. Traditional Japanese instruments were involved. I would have liked to stay and watch though.

We went to a little place in CityLink and had a meal which made my inner miser happy. Thank you loads, Joy & Gladys!

Hmm...I left for home while the others went ahead to play mahjong at either KeQi's or TangJie's house. The irony, since Dieh went home to play mahjong as well.
Note to Self: Learn the art of Mahjong by this year! Gods. I think I'm missing out a lot because of my ignorance of gambling games.

I got to relax a little during the outing. It's the little moments like these which I depend on to keep what's left of my sanity intact. I noticed the group's a little bit more sianz today. Maybe poly life is also taking its toil on them too? Well, hopefully the next outing would be timely enough and that most of the group would be able to make it.

It's back to school now. With the projects to rush and whatnot.

P.S. If you're wondering why the photos-to-words ratio is different this time around, that's because I'm out of mojo. Writing mojo. The Ooh-La-La mojo as well.

Black Monday

I find it ironic that we of DMC 02 are getting into another uniform look so soon after we shook it off upon secondary graduation.

Yeah. I don't know who (exactly). But that sneaky someone pulled off yet another coordination again.

The mastermind sent the class rep a message and the class rep just passed it on without knowing any better and somehow the whole class subconsciously dons black clothing in accordance to said black dress code. And complains much afterwards. -__-"

Pity we didn't take a photo to commerate what would be the last uniform day.



Y'know what else's black about today?

The label "Ah Lian" is now stuck due to being a tad liberal with vulgarities. And for being able to convey a message within a single shot of shouting instead of being all demure-like and attempting half-heartedly to yell which would turn out futile anyway.

Pardon me for not even trying to put on a show of civility and instead going straight to the point.

I didn't know people at this age were that sensitive to the odd rude gesture and so on. Especially when the exchange of rude gestures wasn't directed at them. And when said rude gesturing doesn't hold any malice between the parties involved.

Judge a book by its cover, will you?

*Is feeling emo when the clock struck 12*

1st Lectures LOL

We had the official first marketing lecture today. By this guy called Rajah. Our whole class was late by 5 mins for the lecture. He was still there despite his earlier warning about abandoning lecture if a certain number wasn't on time.

But as it turns out, he did walk out of the theatre. Except that an encounter with some student smokers (and the resulting conflict) somehow enabled his return into the theatre. Funny guy, the lecturer.

The lecture was filled with little anecdotes and mentions of other seemingly unrelated topics which made things interesting, of course. Like this Chinese restaurant in London where customers are attracted by the service (or lackthereof actually). It kinda makes me want to visit the place myself one day. Then maybe than I wouldn't be so pissed with the service standard here in Singapore, if I had something worse to compare to.

I spent the better part of the lecture trying to keep up with the slideshow speed since I didn't buy the notes and forgone bringing the textbook. Only to find out later that the lecturer would UPLOAD the damn slideshow online and he wouldn't "allow our writing speed to dictate his life".
I just wasted 4 pages of notepaper there. T_T

Overall, the lecture was kinda fun. Even if there were more personal recounts than literal readings from the text, he got the point across anyway. Am definately looking forward to the next lecture =)

The next ICP lecture though was kinda dry. I wasn't bored but the energy level somehow dipped a little. If her lecture had been first, I would say she's good enough. But she paled in comparison to the previous guy. To her credit though, she involved real-life applications and included these funny vids (about miscommunication) as well. I LOL-ed at the Bush one.


A funny take on why Learning English is important.

Dialodge Session with George Bush *WATCH THIS ONE!*
This was actually a parody of a older comedy skit. The original one is below.

Abbott and Costello: Who's On First

I had to watch this more than once to understand it. The rapidfire conversation makes it hard to catch. This skit is, by the way, about baseball. Hence the first base, second base and so on.


Btw, here's another commercial on Learning English. It's BANNED though for obvious reasons.

NOTE: You might want to lower the volume coz this is kinda NSFW (Not Safe For Work)or NSFH (Not Safe For Home) for that matter.

Later in the day, we got to enter studio 19! It was kinda small but they had some cool (and very costly) equipment. It makes me a little edgy to be together in such a cramp, accident-prone area with millions of $$$'s worth of equipment. WHAT IF. WHAT IF one of them expensive cameras went thunk against the wall?


Finally took a nearly complete class photo though (short of Grace who was still on LOA).

(No, our class is not deprived of clothes to wear. We just chose to coordinate an uniform look (White SP shirt) that day.)

As it turns out, Eneeli can get to school early in the mornings, but utterly fails to do so in the afternoons.

I reached Dover Station around 12.15-ish and ended up half-sprinting to the classroom where I was greeted by everyone staring upon walking in. It just so happens that the first time I’m late, the tutor HAD to be reeeally particular about punctuality. I think I might have been already marked for the black list in the marketing module now. Way to go girl -_-.

And despite all the oversleeping, I still remained in a semi-aware state for the better part of the afternoon. There were those little shops along the corridor area and Foodcourt 6, which sold stuff like CDs, accessories and clothes. One of them had this cute T-shirt which had a cloud having a Technicolor yawn (literally). So I went closer to look.

And promptly stepped all over the display of colourful slippers on the floor. (Much apologies to the shopowner >_<)

To make things worse, I didn’t realize it until it got pointed out. Coz really, out of the corner of my eye, it looked like a colourful carpet.
*slaps self*

So far, only two textbooks were purchased and they already cost a bomb. $64.60 damnit. It’s not even the end of the week yet. My wallet weeps for its empty belly now.

I went for the Hiroshima exchange trip thingy briefing. Yeah, even though I know nuts about Hiroshima except that it got atomic-bombed back in WWII. But it’s still in Japan. That alone is appealing enough (The location, not the bombing).

Ended up not going for the interview after all. It’s freakin’ expensive. $1800 - $2000 even though it’s still within Hiroshima and not anywhere else in Japan. For that amount, I reckoned there’ll be a field trip to some neighbouring city as well. Haiz…Wasted though. It'll probably be one of the few chances to meet and mingle with real native Japanese in their own homeland.




P.S. For the record, I'm still struggling to upload Hecate outing photos onto Photobucket (IT SUCKS). The %**$#&% website hangs on me every few minutes. >_<

P.P.S. The first sentence only applies to my current school and not AMKSS =)

TPRAWKS'08 PURPLE5 Outing

It is the first time since the TPRAWKS'08 event that I've seen my fellow group members again. I think I've pretty much forgotten the names of at least half the group already. Can't blame me though. The sense of camaraderie just wasn't strong enough here.

Not many people turned up as hoped. We dwindled to a mere handful. Then the leader who fixed the appointment time of 4.30pm, turned up at 5pm+. -_-""
And to think I rushed to the Cathay, trying not to be late.

There were certainly some changes around. The two best friends were dressed impeccably well. To me, they felt more grown-up instead of being all girly and everything. Wee Kiat had a new hairstyle which was so much better than his previous crewcut. Umi seemed tired. Then again, she was busy with a night-cycling event at ECP yesterday. (Coincidentally, I was barely a few metres from the bicycle station yesterday too. But we never saw each other. Fate, non?)
And Nadzeef? Same as always. A little more bulk though.

Shortie was Shortie. Gawd. I still feel weird calling her Shortie. Her most distinctive attribute was our entertainment fare while waiting for the last person to arrive. I haven't heard this much vertically-challenged jokes in one sitting before. ~_~ Poor Shortie.

Yolanda? Well...She was much spunkier than before. My last impression of her at TPrawks'08 was a more or less, reserved person who let people like Shortie and Nadia take the spotlight then. Now...It's like WHOA. You CAN turn a lamb into a tiger after all!

We went to Ben & Jerry's to eat, slack and talk cock. I never actually set foot in such a high-end ice cream shop before (Swensens doesn't count). Turned out to be quite comfy though. They had those plush velvet-covered cushions as backs for the inner seats and black-and-white cube chairs for those on the outside. It would have been cosy enough if not for the fact that MTV was blasting on a huge projector screen in the background. And of all things to show, it HAD to be the making of the Paris Hilton New BFF show. Whatever its name is anyway.

The food was decent though. There were "value" combos which were expensive in their own right but more affordable compared to the original menu items. I liked how they presented the nachos and cheese dip. Pity it wasn't Valentines' Day, since the heart-shaped dip-holder would look better then.


Shared a combo with Umi. I tried the famous Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream which Yolanda was raving about. It was...Oddly nice? I don't know who to describe it. But basically it tasted like cream cheese with generous chucks of strawberries in it. I'm not sure if I liked biting into the strawberry bits. It was sweet from the ice cream and there was a mildly strong strawberry with the tang of it slowly seeping into the tongue. To begin with, I never liked fruits in ice cream. Give me sinful chocolate anyday (Phish!).

Somehow, the B&J shop ran out of nachos for my order. Is that even possible?. This was the replacement. Chocolate Brownie with Chunky Monkey ice cream on top.

I always wanted to try out their trademark Chunky Monkey. The fans made it seem like something extraordinary and all. Which is why fans can't always be trusted. Personally, I think Chunky Monkey is overrated. It's just banana-flavoured ice cream with nuts. Such a disappointment.

After the ice cream binge treat, Umi & Nadz had to leave for prayers. No offense, but why now of all times to have prayers? Anyway, the rest of us went to while away our time at Plaza Sing. Strangely enough, we went to Daiso. That cool $2 shop selling Japanese imports. I was always a sucker for colourful things. Hence my newest purchase.
10 Coloured PENS for $2!

Next was the arcade (again). Shortie & Yolanda didn't want to play. Wee Kiat went off by himself to play shooting games. The twosome were in their own little world. Perhaps I couldn't really relax around my companions. Which was why I failed miserably at the Basketball game which I had scored at just a day earlier. Haiz...

On a little brighter note, I saw a cosplayer in the arcade. No, he wasn't in costume. But I recognized him anyway. Who wouldn't? It's that really bishounen Shiki who appeared at AFA (Anime Festival Asia) late last year! OMG. I was half-tempted to ask for a photo since he's already clad in J-Punk clothing. But OMFG. He looks like an Anime character even when he's OUT of costume. =DDDDD

Ehhh...Back to outing...Erm....We went to Secret Recipe for dinner. Food there was overpriced and not really worth it anyway. Nadz ordered the Kids' Meal XD
Then someone else had the guts to try Tom Yam spaghetti. Which I heard was beyond awful and didn't even taste like Tom Yum. Like duh. How on earth do you mix a dish whose flavour lay in its soup with dry spaghetti?

I myself ordered a cheesy penne dish of prawns and mushrooms. It started off kinda bland. Which prompted me to douse it with cheese poweder. Which made it nauseating towards the end. I can't believe I'm saying this. Cheese made me ill. ICK.

Looks disgusting eh?

Next up was Rocher Road's soya beancurd or tau huey. We walked from Plaza Sing to the little shop house tucked away in a row of olden but spruced up shop houses. Apparently business there was so good that they extended tables into the darkened back alleys. Likewise, I hadn't set foot into this kind of place before.

Alleys have a really mysterious atmosphere to them. Of sleazy rendezvouses and illegal trading. Where nameless bandits dwell in wait for fresh prey and the darkness which encompasses all.

It was hard to capture that feeling of being in such a dangerous place since there were a whole bunch of other people there eating, drinking and making merry. The dozen or so electric lights placed all around sorta ruined that effect as well. Damnit.

I hate taking photos in that kind of dark. Especially since I don't know anything about flash manipulations and white balance and so on and so forth. This is just about the few remotely creepy photos I got.

Ok...Fine. It ain't all that creepy. But humor me, k?



We took a final picture together and went our seperate ways. To home, to school, to a new life. Blah blah blah....

The End

BBQ @ ECP

The social gathering was for the CSCC freshies who went for the Haute D’Horreur camp and the Phantom Obssession thing. But we didn’t really mingle much though. Mostly amongst our own camp groups. Still it counts for something.

This is probably the last Hecate outing in months to come considering how everyone is in different schools Even though we have a hell lotta people in Business. We met up at Kallang MRT, which I thought was kinda odd. I mean, what can we do there? Go Kallang Stadium & watch soccer matches?

From Kallang, the few of us went to Parkway Parade. Edward was late because he had problems fixing his hair. -_-…This is the first time I heard something like this coming out of a guy. Ate at PastaMania (Yay TangJie for the suggestion!) where we had to separate coz there weren’t enough tables. Sian.


Then it was arcade time since the mall didn’t have a Toys’R’Us shop. Their arcade was quite up to date. There was this simulation machine where the “passengers” inside get to experience tremors and violent shaking during their “journey”. Damn cool. But then it cost a whopping $4 just for TWO people. Was greatly tempted to try that though.

In the end, I went for the Basketball game. Basically it’s just tossing balls into the hoop. And I’m proud to say, between me and Shaira, we got to Stage 2 and scored 114 points.
Yeah sure. Edward & Junyang scored, like, twice as much as we did and were the highest scorers. But they’re guys who’re sportier than us. So who cares. xp

Then we walked all the way to East Coast Park. In the sweltering sun and where the winds blowing were hot. So much for East Coast Park being near to Parkway.
Apparently, the rush to reach the place by 4pm was because of the lure of the promised CCA points to the first 60 who reached. It sounded like some discount freebie thing at the marketplace. I highly doubt it since we haven’t even joined the club yet, so how on earth would we get CCA points. And I don’t believe CCA points are treated so lightly either. Who the hell made up that crap anyway (and made the whole group hurry along instead of strolling leisurely)?

Surprisingly though, there weren’t many people there when we finally reached. Probably coz they all reached first and went off elsewhere to do other things. After all that walking, the only thing I wanted to do was to soaked (my feet) in the water. Coz I didn’t bring spare clothing. Unsurprisingly the sea was warm. But better than nothing. Us girls walked along the shoreline barefooted. In which Ke Qi was ill-fated enough to get crude oil (the black sludgy kind) on her foot. XD
This is not the first time she had strange substances on her. So far, the tally was two times bird droppings and one black sludge. We’ll be keeping track, I think. XDD

As usual, I whipped out my camera. I had to this time. The scenery was a sight for sore eyes. In addition, it’s uncommon for me to see the tropical seaview to match the kind of weather Singabloodypore has. From an amateur photog’s point of view, it was bright enough so that I don’t have to care about the lighting (or lackthereof).

But the n00b me forgot to adjust the setting from “Manual”. Which sucked balls since I know shit about white balance and all the technical crap. And thus, I get photos like these.




They all look like they’re in the light at the end of the tunnel. Like in those movies when someone has a near-death experience and find themselves in this glaringly bright white place which leads to heaven and then someone tells them their time is not up and they get sent back to their bodies. If you want to be nice, it’s “artistry”.

By the time I figured out what the hell went wrong with my camera, the girls were too tired to continue walking around in the blazing sun. I had to settle for candid shots instead.



And then we spotted this group of couples who were going overboard with PDA in the sea. LOL Niang tried to stop us from watching them “Not for kids to watch!”

Guess what? I have photographic evidence of their hanky-pankying! Who wants them uploaded?! XDDD

Then we had a lethargic game of Frisbee amongst ourselves and the opposing wind .

Actually no.

It was more like Fetch since most of us spent more time picking up what the other has thrown.

And obviously in every BBQ, there’s always several who jump to be the cooks for the day. In this case, Tang Jie & Ke Qi fulfilled the roles unexpectedly.
Junyang's just eating here.

Along with a lot of other GUYS. I suppose BBQ has got to be the few, if not only, manly form of cooking you can do. Coz it involves FIRE (being so near to it is dangerous and undoubtedly doing it knowing is very manly) and minimal ingredient preparation.

I happily consigned myself to the passive role like all those eating. But honestly, I daren’t take too much BBQ since I didn’t do anything. So it mostly mee hoon and the likes.

Niang played poker with the girls.

It became Hazel’s turn to be unlucky while Ke Qi got a reversal of fortunes. This was also the first time I heard Ke Qi’s evil laugh. O.o…

Since I wasn't keen on the cooking and I don't know how to play cards much, eating became an activity of sorts. They didn't have dessert there and I coincidentally stashed chocolate away in my bag. Yay, rite?
Unfortuantely they changed state...but still edible, rite?

...I feel utterly retarded for recording this.

Then we saw this really cool pair of guys wearing...erm...Modified skates? I don't know what they're called. But basically they (literally) give the wearer an extra spring in their steps. The duo were doing backflips and all those stunts effortlessly. We cheered them on (even though they're complete strangers loh). Maybe that's why they approached our area and gave us a close-up eyeful of they could do.

Sadly the clip I recorded was of a semi-failed attempt. But cool nonetheless. I wonder if these things can be rented...


I had to leave early coz of Jap class. But got take group pic before I left. YEY!


I wished I could have stayed longer though. And hopefully, there'll be more outings in the near future.
The view's gorgeous, eh?

Next time, I'll don shorts instead of jeans and take more photos. And dunk people in the water. Unintentionally, of course.