Yo! The king is back, as promised. Hahas! (dont' ask me why I said that. :p)
Technically, this should be Post-Christmas Celebration. O.o
See the date? It screams, "28 DECEMBER 2009!"
Yep, so hold your asses before you scold me 'idiot' (though I think you would still do so anyway...)
To be frank, this outing required major planning because I could not bring handphone(my second last day of no-Handphone out day!)
Well first off:
- I need someone to help me take care of my younger sister (my original plan was to bring her along)
- We need to decide on a decisive meeting place or else we all get lost. (Double bad for me because I am not bringing handphone! But of course, I'm not telling anyone. XD)
- We need to decide on a place to watch movie(my plan actually, will explain later) but it was settled later anyway. ;)
- We need to decide on a time to meet without reaching late for Lai Yin's Church Event(will explain later)
>>Okay, stop!
Information over-load? Maybe not. Let me clarify things one by one...
How this pretty outing all started...
True to her name, Lai Yin is a good liar.Why? Well...
She 'claimed' that this was a class outing. You know me, I wouldn't attend any event church-related (especially since Jian An's Church Aggressive Preaching then)
Brr...*Shiver down my spine*
Back to the point, so why did I attend the outing, because I was told that the class was going. Zzz..
Oh well, thankfully, that lie shattered from within(I mean yeah, when the truth just plain stands out, the lie is so obviously...a lie. :o)
Just F.Y.I., the event is at night so I had nothing on for the whole of afternoon. Great.
Well...unfortunately, I found out too late. I already arranged things to make sure I can definitely head outdoors that day. (And hell no am I going to let my efforts go to waste.)
Okay, PLAN B!
I already assured(I'm not going to use the word 'promise') my dad that I would take care of Lera so I can head outdoors without getting slammed by "No one is taking care of Lera" crime at home.Due to the above-mentioned twist of events, there is no really little people coming for the event.
I think that's where the Background Information kicks in...(a bit random but...)
After the outing where we watched the movie, "Bodyguards and Assassins", I wanted to watch Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and Chipmunks. Since I was going out for Lai Yin's event anyway, I might make use of the remaining free time to organise a movie outing beforehand.Well, the movie outing was supposed to be a class outing too, I mean since the class supposedly would be heading out for the Church later anyway.
That did not went well. Hahas.
Right, PLAN B. Not exactly, plan B actually but let's just call it. ;)
I intended to invite Johnston and his sister to the outing as well but I'm not sure if the class would not mind.
With three-quarter of class out of the picture, calling Johnston over shouldn't be a big problem. Hahas!
So we can say, everything went according to plan.
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Latest twist of events, Yan Zhi is coming as well. As soon as I'm aware of that fact, I invited for the movie.
In the end, he could not make it for the movie since his cousin was 'one month old' which is very important for us, Chinese Race. ;)
So I don't blame him. Just a bit disappointed. That makes even a few of us going for the movie. Oh well.
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Finally, with the discovery of the Cathay Coupons in the Nan Yang Polytechnic Book(you gotta love their advertisement. Hahas!)
We initially wanted to go to Cathay, but the nearest Cathay Cinema(as shown on their website) airs movies at night, which is too late for us to make it.
No matter, we decided on Plaza Singapura, Golden Village. (Well I did, because everyone said anything which wasn't very productive, no?)
The Big day, yay
Did you notice I had not confirmed the time? (Actually we did, I regretted giving her the option of 12 noon or 1pm. I wanted 12 noon! The earlier the better!)This morning is going to be super busy, if everything went according to plan. Without telling anyone, except for my aunt, I had decided not bring my younger sister along. To compromise, I asked a favour from my aunt if she could help me take care of younger sister while I was away.
Thank you, Aunt! If it wasn't for you, I may well could not go out at all! ;)
So I was out in the morning, bringing my younger sister to my Aunt's House.
After that, I headed towards the 1st Meeting place: Compass Point.
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I just realise bus 83 is actually very fast. (I thought it was only quite fast, guess I thought wrong) (then again, someone said it was slow...O.o)
I mean, it took me less than 10 minutes for me to reach back to Sengkang from the Punggol Bus Stop. Too fast!
Shocked, because I'm officially very early. The time now at this side is 12:14PM.
*Shake head*. On the bright side, we're meeting at 1PM. I guess!
I was getting bored to tears so I decided to eat lunch myself (since they weren't eating lunch and Johnston is eating beforehand)
After eating Chicken Rice(Mmm!), the time now is 12:30PM+
Gah! Another half-an-hour!
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Actually, not quite. Saved by some miracle. LOL
Before that, thank you for your wonderful present! ;)
(This is directed towards Cynthia, ;) Okay, despite being a super late present. Hahas!)
Can't believe I would live until this day to receive it. (Kidding!)
Back before the randomness...
I was wandering around the Bus Alighting area when Cynthia arrived. (care I mention that she's half-an-hour early?!)
Looks like I'm not the only early-bird here...lols.
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I guess she was rather shocked to see me so early there too. (I mean hell yeah, I don't expect myself to be this early too...You can thank bus 83 for that...)
Since I had nothing else better to do, I followed her. (Unlike me, she's early for a reason)
Well, I'm going to tell you what's she early for, the pattern is intriguing. (Will explain later)
She
- Went to top-up EZ-Link
- Went to her workplace to collect something
- Return library books
After all that, we went back to the Bus Alighting Area to wait for Wei Ting. (She missed a bus. Oh my god...)
Reminds me whenever I was returning home from Aunt's Home after work. (Miss Bus 75% of the time)
Oh well...You know what's the cool part? Wei Ting arrived but did not see us. (okay not exactly cool, but call me childish...)
I sneaked up behind Wei Ting, waiting for her to turn her head. She was exactly shocked. Haiz...she was just curious where I sprouted from. =.=
Now let's do some comparison. Wei Ting also had a few stuffs to do:
- Claim stored value of faulty EZ-Link card at Ticket Office (seeing something?)
- Had to return books. (Still negative? Nevermind...)
Now that all those that's supposed to gather here is here, it's time to head towards Plaza Singapura.
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Turns out that I gave vague information to Johnston, he had no clue where to meet there. So I had to borrow a phone and call him. (Thanks for letting me use phone!)
While I waited for Johnston, the girls went ahead to shop for the Christmas Presents (which was a must for the event later).
A few more things to clear up:
- I found out that morning that Guan Hui was coming too(though she did not turn up in the end)
- The cinema at Plaza Singapura was flooded! And the Alvin and the Chipmunks was fully booked til at night! ZOMG!
Hahas~! Turns out that the website gave wrong information about the Cathay and it's showing Alvin and the Chipmunks around 2:30PM. (wait, was it 3PM? Forgot.)
Having said that, I think I'm in trouble for giving them wrong information. (Lesson Learnt: Cathay website cannot be trusted)
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Found them at DAISO and done the introduction. But the girls very mean(okay, I meant shy!), don't dare to show their face. Ok....?
:?
Well, as we walked towards the Cathay, the topic was: We forgot your friend's name. What's his name again?
Hahas! I'm sure Johnston don't mind. I mean, you can't really expect people to remember names so easily, right? (I mean, even Johnston couldn't yet. ;)
Movie: Alvin and the Chipmunks 2
Woots, bought the movie tickets!As the girls accompany Wei Ting to put on her Contact Lens, Johnston and I chatted.
(Random time! Wei Ting and her number 12 *Roll Eyes*)
We were late for the Movie because the snack bar had this really long queue!
Well, first of all, it's funny (and cute! As I'm sure many would say ;)
The graphics is not bad too. Hmm...
Sad to say, the plot isn't very engaging. Though the twist were a welcome. Too little singing (AKA Action)? Perhaps that's what is lacking. Hahas.
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Yeah, until now, I have not watched Sherlock Holmes. T.T (I will...one day...)
Lai Yin's Church -- Victory family Centre?
No offense, but that doesn't sound like a church name. Then again, CityHarvest doesn't sound like one either...After the movie, we bought the presents (for Yan Zhi, Johnston, and me) and went to Yishun.
Met the tall guy and the liar there. Hee...
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The event turned out to be nothing that I expected. Perhaps I was thinking of something as grand as the CityHarvest celebrations.
So there was no Christmas Carol Singing. So I'm kind of glad that I did not bring my younger sister after all. There's really hardly anything to do.
Frankly, if my friends weren't there, I would be bored to tears. Thank you, guys. Yeah! I'm not alone. So there was laughter. Ironic that I paid $6 for laughter. I could had gotten the laughter part without the $6. (Lesson Learnt: 50% Chance that what's Lai Yin is offering you is a rotten deal. Wait, make that 25%. Wait...)
And I was promised by Lai Yin that there won't be aggressive preaching. =.=
What's with the "no maybe will make it next saturday but MUST"?
What happened to freedom of religious view?
Well, I doubt anyone went next Saturday anyway. (Definitely not me nor Johnston)
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Well, for the sake of memory, we had some games, food and some talk that we hadn't a slightest clue.
Oh and, Johnston won the "Guess the Lyrics: Christmas Edition" and was awarded a Post-it Notes. Zzz...
Well at least, that's as near as Christmas Carolling as it can get.
P.S: And you can know somehow that Lai Yin did not intend this to be a class outing. The venue was so small, it was close to full with just a few of us + the rest of the church members. If the whole class came, there won't be space to breathe. The lie becomes obvious now, huh?
At this aspect, I thoroughly disappointed. What happened to the good old Christians that I used to meet? (like Marcus?)
Tsk Tsk
Our unlucky journey home...
I mean can you believe? Everytime we reached a bus stop, we miss a bus! Sad that I couldn't accompany Johnston home, guess the Gods had something else planned for me.
Watching Johnston walking back to the MRT Station made me guilty.
Several thoughts came. "Did he regret coming?" "Was he sad?"...
*Shrug* But he had that sad face look for quite a number of days. It's scary. (Note to Johnston: Cheer up!)
After missing around 2 buses, we decided to wait on one bus stop and wait for the bus to arrive.
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Walked home with Yan Zhi and had a heart-to-heart conversation. (Must more in-depth than the first time. Shocking news indeed)
Of course, the contents are personal so you won't see it here. (yeah I know this is supposedly the 'Secret War Journal' but the contents will only be at the Top-Secret War Journal. So I guess you lucked out, kid.)
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Reached the Lift Lobby at around Midnight and saw my father stationed there.
WTS?!
What was he doing here? He's supposed to be asleep!
Turned out that he needed my help in moving some stuff from the shop back home. (He tried calling me, only to realise I did not bring out phone. Hahas, makes you think twice before not letting me bringing it out. *Insert Evil Laugh here*)
Being the good kid I am (*Puke* I heard that!), I helped.
Slept at 4AM on the next day. Boy was today a busy day. *Snores*
On the other hand
Sorry peeps, I forgot to talk about 27 December 2009 (I noticed).On 27 December 2009, two main events happened.
First, I received my Merit Bursary Award from the Ministry of Education. The ceremony was rather dull but the time invested was rather worth it. ($.$ Money Face! LOL..joking)
Secondly, Aunt Michelle came near my house to give my younger sister her Christmas Birthday!
Thank you Aunt Michelle!
~Finito~
