Secret War Journal[8 January 2012][Long post]
Starting the BBQ!
Pei Shi and me doing a silly face (can't believe Debbie caught this on camera but I think it's hilarious!)
So I got bored and went to take some pictures with Timothy. Say cheese!
I have no idea why this picture is so small!!! >.<
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Ah, so the group pictures had come streaming in, enjoy! (And all our candid pictures too...)
At around 9:30, it was getting late for some of us as we all had work tomorrow.
Laura's father was nice to bring us to a populated area for the rest of us to flag a taxi. Thank you! :)
It took some time but we managed to flag a taxi and I guess everyone was already tired from the Chalet and needed a rest for a packed tomorrow. :)
Me? I had a rather candid conversation with the taxi driver. I think he found it awkward to talk to me in front of my other friends as he talked a while before going silent when the rest boarded the taxi. Nevertheless, I gained some insight from him through our short conversation. Hahas!
Actually, I am not sure if this is the last one but it sure felt it was the last one. O.o
The Original Plan
I guess there is no harm to tell you what I had planned at first. Pei Shi’s and Debbie’s birthday presents were way overdue since last year.
But! Before you jump into conclusions, we had bought the presents. We just needed an opportunity to pass to them with all the stakeholders present, to be fair.
Actually, we just wanted to witness their reaction when they open the presents. :p
With the class chalet, the opportunity presented itself, well sort of. Since Laura’s birthday recently came too, Pei Shi was planning to pass Laura’s present before the Class Chalet. Covertly, we were planning to pass to Debbie and Pei Shi their presents then too.
Or so we thought,
Lai Yin was… I guess not used to such stuff. So the plan failed. We had only a few minutes to concoct another plan which I would leave the details for later. Hahas! :)
What actually happened…?
Then came another setback, this one rather hilarious too. :p
Laura overslept. Pei Shi must be pissed because that was the whole point of the meet-up – to pass her birthday presents. Hahas!
For a moment, I thought her phone died because her phone was unavailable and she was not aware of the gathering point. Thankfully (ironic as it sounds), she was sleeping and did not turn on her phone.
Since we thought we are going to be the latest for the Class Chalet, we told Laura to meet up somewhere nearer to the Class Chalet.
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While we head towards the new meeting point, let me spend some time to describe to you the wrapper for Laura’s birthday present.
Why? You might ask. Well, it is very… unique. :p
The wrapper is made of paper (duh?!) and it is brown in color. Nothing special yet? Well, that’s the point! It is a simple paper bag, think take-away paper bags in Burger King. Hahas, a novel idea I tell you (in a certain accent)!
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We met Laura on a bus stop where a shuttle bus would bring us to our destination. Upon meeting her, we passed her our present for her. Unfortunately, she did not wish to open her present in our presence. Thus, I was not able to witness her reactions to the presents we bought for her.
The journey on the Shuttle Bus was a blur for me because I sort of fell asleep on the bus, being tired these days. Hahas.
So it begins…
Oh does it? I would think that at this point of time, after much beating about the bushes, as a reader, you would be wondering if I was just trying to be funny and just sprouting random nonsense just to delay the climax of the day.
Well, sorry to disappoint (or amuse) you but all these events really occurred on that day. Such is life. :)
Arriving at the chalet, we expected ourselves to be one of the latest group to arrive. Much to most of our surprise, there was only… Bryan.
Yep, only Bryan. That is because he was tasked to check into the place at the designated time. Guess that made him the earliest to arrive, by default.
That is…interesting. Nevertheless, it provided me some time to explore the place somewhat undisturbed due to the lack of people in the vicinity. (*insert evil laughter*)
Oh, did I mention that the moment we arrived at that place, it started to rain? Queer, isn’t it?
False start? No more,
Alright, I would stop torturing you (and myself from the excessive typing) by letting the pictures do the talking from this point! :)
Starting the BBQ!
Pei Shi and me doing a silly face (can't believe Debbie caught this on camera but I think it's hilarious!)
So I got bored and went to take some pictures with Timothy. Say cheese!
I have no idea why this picture is so small!!! >.<
--
Ah, so the group pictures had come streaming in, enjoy! (And all our candid pictures too...)
At around 9:30, it was getting late for some of us as we all had work tomorrow.
Laura's father was nice to bring us to a populated area for the rest of us to flag a taxi. Thank you! :)
It took some time but we managed to flag a taxi and I guess everyone was already tired from the Chalet and needed a rest for a packed tomorrow. :)
Me? I had a rather candid conversation with the taxi driver. I think he found it awkward to talk to me in front of my other friends as he talked a while before going silent when the rest boarded the taxi. Nevertheless, I gained some insight from him through our short conversation. Hahas!
"As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round." - Ben Hogan
