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International Gourmet Weekend

Tis past Friday was Good Friday... which is a public holiday... so had a long weekend... Good Friday is GOOD... haha... why can't they also have Good Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Good Week, Good Month etc?

Went to 木船民歌餐厅 on Friday... for those of u who duno, it juz moved to Grandlink Square at Paya Lebar... used to be at Clarke Quay area... they serve vietnamese food... which is not bad... plus they have singers who will sing your dedications... however, the new place is quite "lok kok"... and u may wana wait some time b4 visiting... they are obviously still in the midst of moving & things are in a mess... I waited more than 3 hours for my food & they still got my order wrong somemore... but the 老板娘 recognised their mistake & din charge me for the food plus treat me to a free drink... good service... so I was a free-loader tat day... except the $8 entry fee (inclusive of 1 free drink)...

Watched 10000 BC yesterday at cineleisure... had lunch at the 兴旺茶餐厅... hong kong cafe food... average standard... the movie is ok, not spectacular but tis type of show have to watch at cinema de... so no regret...

Yesterday dinner was at a italian restaurant at Prinsep Place (opp Paradiz Centre)... forgot the name of the restaurant (some italian name beginning with T)... food-wise some good some average... their seafood soup can be a main course due to its huge portion of seafood (mostly clams)... quite worthwhile for $10.90 (at 1st we tot it's quite exp for a soup but when we saw the amt of ingredients in it, changed our minds)... the pizzas were good, pastas not bad, their grilled meat not tat good (it's realli juz plain grilled meat, w/o much seasoning), dessert juz go for the tiramisu, the rest sux... dining at the restaurant will set u back around $40 plus per pax, which i tink is quite ok for an italian restaurant... we were initially worried the bill might end up like more than 100 per pax...

Hokkaido trip (more or less) confirmed... redang met with some hiccups... apparently I may end up sharing a room with 3 guys I duno... the 11-hour bus ride is another turn-off... now abit undecisive whether still wana go anot... hopefully the planning for the year-end trip to New Zealand (or Taiwan) will go smoother...

March Holidays

March one-week holiday coming to an end... back to work tmr... it has been a disappointing week... a precious holiday totally wasted...

Biggest disappointment is tat I nv got to go abroad... since I started working... I aim to be able to go on overseas holiday during EVERY holiday... but tis time round, started planning abit too late... so intended to juz go to malaysia for a short weekend getaway... beta than nothing rite... but tat toopid MSK had to choose the best timing to escape... now the causeway is jammed like F**K... no choice loh... abandon plan...

Then the weather... it's getting really messed up recently... raining cats & dogs for the past week... only started to clear up tis couple of days... holiday mood is dampened... outdoor activities hindered... stuck indoors most of tis week...

Another thing is the work... yes... WORK... alot of people always admire teachers for having so many holidays... they have no idea how much work we have to do during the so-called holidays... holiday is a period of time for us to clear our backlog... coz during school days, the work will juz keep piling up... no matter how fast or how efficient u are, u can never keep up with the rate of work coming in... juz looking at the stacks of compos & test papers yet to be marked is enuff to kill off watever little holiday mood tat's left...

Then yesterday... there's "supposed" to be an army recall/mobilisation... our unit told us tat there will SURELY be one during our last ICT... they even went to so much hassle to ensure tat we get our field pack items ready and tat we got our uniforms sewed (unit logo, sg logo, name tag etc)... everyone from our platoon was waiting at home to be recalled... waited & waited & waited... wasted one whole day sitting at home like an idiot... turned out there was no recall... toopid SAF... wasted my precious Saturday... and the weather was good somemore... gggrrr...

Some things tat I managed to do tis holiday... top on the list... Exercise Reunion was carried out successfully yesterday night... it was a get-together dinner gathering for our army gang (officers, specialists & troopers included)... turnout was the best so far since ORD... and the dinner place was good... River Palace restaurant at Riverview Hotel... it was an ala carte buffet dinner at about $32 per pax after taxes... quite cheap for dinner buffet... and the food was quite nice & to our liking...

I oso managed to go on the Singapore Flyer... for those of u who duno wat it is... it's the gigantic ferry wheel near esplanade... ok lah... nothing spectacular... juz a bigger & taller version of the traditional ferry wheel... juz for experience... but it doesn't come cheap... $29.50 per person... I burnt about 60 bucks for two... heart pain... and take note... do not share a cabin with kids... they will either get realli rowdy due to excitement coz of the height or boredom due to the long ride... totally spoil the mood (esp if for couples, the ferry wheel can be quite romantic, u dun wan to have kids running around or crying)... lucky i was smart & anticipated tis... I let 2 ang-mos behind us join the family in front of us in queue... wise move...

I also got to watch two movies tis week... 'Meet The Spartans' which is (supposed to be) a crap show... and 'Koizora' or 'Sky of Love' which is a nice romance movie... plus my latest order of dvds arrived juz in time... else I wouldn't know wat to do while trapped indoors tis holiday...

Ok... tis post is getting too long... can see I'm really bored at home... back to watching my dvds...

NUS Sex Survey

The infamous NUS Sex Survey... a piece of news tat's causing a bit of a hoo-ha recently in sg... other than the MSK escape & Malaysian election results (but these topics are too serious & political for open discussion)...

If u are a mountain tortoise who have totally no idea wat I'm toking abt... a NUS publication recently did a survey where results showed tat 64% of NUS students have sex at least once a week... the findings attracted alot of "wow"s & "what?"s from many singaporeans...

I had wanted to post my comments a few days back when I saw the news article... but was busy & it slipped my mind... until today when I read Jamie Yeo's article in mypaper... and it totally echoes my tots... I absolutely agrees with wat she wrote...

To read about wat she wrote (& wat I tink)... pls go to http://www.mypaper.sg/

Juz to add on... I seriously tink many singaporeans are over-reacting... or they are juz criticizing for the sake of criticizing ( which is a common sg trait )... sg is a country stuck between Asian conservatism & Western liberalism... singaporeans are always tempted or "gianz" to try certain things but we are carrying the burden of morality, constantly living under the cover of a conservative Asian society...

The truth is... many things are happening around us... but some people still can't accept or choose not to believe wat's going on... alot of issues & topics are taboo or hush-hush... juz mentioning them or openly discussing them gives u the label of being immoral... not to mention admitting to doing them...

In a way... I'm glad NUS did & revealed tis survey... acts as a cold bucket of water to wake up some people's idea... but I am a fair guy... from an objective point of view, tis survey cun realli be taken at face value... firstly, the num of participants is juz 56, which is not a substantial figure to pass judgement... secondly, it was an online survey so anyone could have done the survey... the credibility of the survey remains in doubt... therefore, I dun feel much abt the survey results... juz bemused by the public's reactions...

64%? C'mon... no big deal...

To view the original survey results, go to
http://ridgeonline.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/sex_survey_results.pdf

Low

Haiz... it's one of those "low" days again... both tired & moody...

Had a long & tiring day yesterday... brought a bunch of students to Chinatown from mornie to 2.30pm... then straight away had to bring my soccer boys out for tournament... reach home abt 7pm... wanted to juz go to bed but had work to do... sianz... 1030pm buay tahan... concuss...

The school is checking our class files on Friday... still not done... everything still in a mess... sigh...

I waited more than 4 hours today for someone to have dinner... in the end she "fly me areoplane"... sobs... cun blame her lah... she realli busy... but cun help feeling dejected...

Now staring at the stacks of compos yet to be marked at home... absolutely no mood...

I need my holiday...

End Of ICT

ICT is over... somehow I dun realli feel happy (which is usually wat people will feel when completed ICT)... coz I abit 舍不得 my brudders... plus the thought of going back to work & all the piled up marking juz turns me off... lucky the march 1-week holidays is coming soon... so I at least have something to look forward to...

Finally found a kaki to go Hokkaido... most probably going in June... but everything's not confirmed yet... so fingers crossed... should be going down to NATAS travel fair to find out more info... still trying to find more kakis thou... coz a non-couple 孤男寡女 go abroad is not realli such a great idea... althou she said dun mind lah... but still awkward... but if realli cun find anyone else, then bobian loh... for the sake of Hokkaido...

Juz add on some grumbles... to get it off my chest... the taxi charges are realli atrocious nowadays... the 35% surcharge thingy is ridiculous... I spent more than 100 bucks on cab fares during tis past ICT... the highest fare was when me & my fren living in Yishun called a cab coz it's hard to get one during book-out timing... the meter charges was $30 PLUS a 35% surcharge of $10.50 PLUS the booking fee of $3.50, adding up to a total of $44... $44!!! kaoz... last time u take from one end of sg to the other end oso dun nid tat much... lucky I managed to hitch a ride from those driving on some days... if I had to take cab everyday, then pocket sure burn big hole liao...