Life's been quiet (The same old routine, which could be good, or bad, guess it depends on how you take it). I realised there were some events that'd come and gone without me having had time to write about it. It's already May!!!
Take for instance, Good Friday when I brought my family and my cousin, Ru for a lunch treat (for Mum's birthday that Saturday) at The Line in Shangri-la. I remember clearly how when we were all getting dressed, my sis commented how it felt like Chinese New Year all over again. Because other than CNY, we rarely ever go out together as a family. A bit sad hor? I should defintely get everyone together more often for meals or maybe even excursions and holidays.
The getting there was a little hectic. Since there were 5 of us and we figured cabs would be rather hard to come by on a PH, we took the bus from our place and attempted to walk to the hotel from the bus stop at Far East, under the merciless sun. We took a wrong route (I totally blame my dad, he said he knew the way. hee. But he hasn't been to town since he stopped being a cabby and that was eons ago so he was rather quickly forgiven.) that brought us circling the back of Orchard Road but finally managed to find it. By which time we were all very sweaty and famished. Which brings me to our attack on the buffet! :p
My sis' and cousin's eyes doubled in size and lit up at the sight of the chocolate fountain and they wasted no time in getting their main courses out of the way so they could start on the tons of desserts available. My mum was surprisingly adventurous as she declared she was more interested in the stuff (such as the freshly-shucked raw oysters, other cold seafood, and unusual vegetables etc) she has never tried before. Some of them she liked, others she scrunched up her face when she tasted them. It was funny. :D My dad tried the oysters too and declared they tasted horrible. I had maybe 5 of them? They were really nice but I had to leave some space for other stuff. ha. Our table was a slight mess of various plates as we tried to get a sample of all the food. After stuffing our faces, the 4 of us took a walk around shopping while my cousin left to meet her friends. My dad valiantly stayed with us 3 women for some time, waiting while we pored over the sale items. My mum chased him off home to rest when he looked tired and my ladies both bought something (my mum a sweater, my sis a pair of cute shoes) on me. A great family day (even if my wallet was significantly smaller after)!!
On 6 April, Sunday afternoon, after my morning training, I met my sis and 2 of her friends for a play at the SRT. The Pillowman has a memorably dark plot, interjected with some very amusing dialogue. And the main actors were incredible! No wonder it was a soldout matinee.
The Tues just past, 29 April, I took the day off, laid in bed in the morning to read (annoyingly my body's alarm clock refused to snooze...) then went for a short trip to the zoo with Mac. It was fun, albeit very very hot! Some interesting things include this bat that unabashedly opened its wings, (which he normally keeps folded around himself while he rests hanging upside down from the tree branch) turned to the side and peed. hahaha. You might not be able to see the projectile curve of the pee in the photo (below) but that thing sticking out is, erhmm, you know, erhmm... his device. After the animal show at the Splash amphitheatre, I was lucky enough to be bestowed a kiss by Philippe, the sea lion. :D
Incidentally it was also Ben & Jerry's free cone day (heehee) and there's an outlet at the zoo (not many people there). So we pigged out (let's just say we had more than seconds...) on ice-cream!!! I am so off icecream for a month! haha...
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