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Wednesday, August 09, 2006


ah...finally found that music to paste on my blog (it's above the links). it's from the Matrix Revolutions soundtrack, and just in case you're wondering where it's played in the movie, it starts when Neo and Smith have the "final fight". right before the chior guys sing the second time, there's a beat of a drum, and that's when the first punch from both of them collide. yea, i'm a Matrix fan, so what? i would still have the movies with me, if Shaun (4e3) did not borrow it and apparently lock it in his cupboard where he "lost the keys" to it. i miss the movie... if possible, one day when i get my hands on all 3 of them again, i will find a day when i feel like just slacking at home, then watch all 3 of them at one go...

well, enough of that, i'm going to talk about the barbecue now. (P.S. this post was supposed to come out about 2 or 3 days ago, but due to some complications involving my brother being the most selfish guy on Earth, it has been delayed.

Date: 8 Aug 2006
Location: BBQ Pit/Mr Wee's House/Function Room, The Petals, Hillview

i've been to quite a few barbecues in my life, with my family (including cousins, uncles and aunties. is this called extened family? cause i'm not sure if that means things like cousin's cousin or something) , but none with my friends. so naturally, this one was a different experience. i'll exclude the parts that happened before that, all the last minute buying of the food, cause personally i think the barbecue is much more interesting, although there was this part while buying the marshmallows where me and james did the exact same action at the exact same time, but i won't go into details...

when we (nani, sharon, edward,umesh, yuting, meihui, zilah) got there (mr wee's house), he hadn't reached home yet, so we hung around in the BBQ pit for awhile, before heading down to his house (edward, umesh and me).

when we got to his block, we saw kok, wj and james there, we went up to his house. the door was open, so we took the liberty to walk in :P upon entering, you are greeted by the sight of a BIIIIGGG mirror on the right. on the sofa sat mr wee's daughter. when i saw her i was kinda surprised. mr wee looked so young, and he was already married with 2 children...

fast forward a few hours, cause nothing much happened except kok trying to start a big fire with a deodarant, and ending up extinguishing what little fire we made :P

edward, kok, james, umesh and i, being bored, went down to the gym, where a stupid security guard chased us out just because we weren't in proper attire. i mean, lighten up! what's your problem, you won't even let people have some fun? when we left, we headed for the toilet, where edward took revenge by washing his hands, thoroughly. when he was done, the whole sink was filled with water and bubbles from the soap. the funny part was when he was doing it, he was saying "i take revenge, you don't lemme use your gym, i waste your water."

after that we decided to head to the tennis court. the same security guard, who seemed intent to deny us any fun, stopped us and told us that the court was only booked by mr wee up till 9, while it was 9.10, and even after we told him that mr wee had already called in and extended the time, he was still too stupid to comprehend that he was just a small, lowly little security guard working for people who pay for his meals, demanded a signature from mr wee. by the time he stopped having the fun that was deprived of him since childhood, he had wasted 20 minutes of our time. james and i played tennis for a short while, and edward, kok and umesh shot a few hoops in the basketball basket (haha, don't know what it's called) attacked to the wall, with umesh trying to shoot one-handed.

we were joined by weijian, yuting, meihui and sharon, and afterwards zilah, so sharon and mei hui took over tennis while the rest of us played basketball (weijian, yu ting and me versus james and edward, with umesh "commentating", zilah not arrived yet and kok quan leaving due to a spoilt shoe). edward and james had great teamwork, and were almost impossible to defend, for me at least, and so in then end we lost 11-8 even with an advantage in numbers.

when it was about 10.30, the ones who were remaining decided to go home. wj, james, zilah, yuting, meihui and sharon taking mr wee's car, nani, umesh, kok and i taking 173, and the rest going to the bustop at the other side.

on the road in front of the bus stop, we found one of mr wee's tennis balls shot out from the court. and at the time it was too late to bring it back, so i kept it :) next time we see mr wee i'll return it.

Thursday (10/08)
met up with james and wj to watch Adam's Apples at Cathay. then we found out it was NC16, meaning i, as a december boy, can't get in. so we decided to hang around til 1 o'clock when min arrived, and travelled to cathay (can't remember which one..haha). there, we decided to watch Click. at first i was kind of reluctant to watch it, but i thought, oh well, it can't hurt.

after watching the movie though, i realised i almost missed a GREAT movie. for those who haven't watched it yet, i highly recommend that you do. the concept of a universal remote controlling the universe may not be much, but the scriptwriters managed to make one heck of a movie with it. there are a few tearjerking scenes though, so remember not to put on ur make up ;)

Saturday
went to service with min. wj couldn't make it so it was just us two, like back in the days...lol jk.. we planned to meet at City Hall interchange, with me on the train and her boarding mine, but it turned out she hadn't got there yet, so i alighted at Lavender and waited for her train to come before boarding it.

we were supposed to meet winnie at EXPO, but since we arrived one hour early, we went to the national library book saleat hall 4. most of the books there were selling at $2. guess that's what happens when you want clear a stock of seriously outdated books...

by the way, min is one scary reader. in the space of 45 minutes she manged to almost complete reading one whole book, and it's not the kind of book with lots of pictures. maybe it's me who is slow. hm...

well, that's kind of it, actually. and i won't be updating alot now, cause i'm lazy i need to study. so, bye...

4:50 PM
And through it all, the rise and fall...