# Thursday
School's OFFICIALLY out! We headed out to that HMV building by bus 518 after the Ess Gra paper was over, which burned a hole in my damn EZ-Link card. (NEGATIVE $1.06, mind you.) Walked around for a bit while waitin' for Dawn. Found a really cool shop tucked away in a corner of the topmost floor. Sells all those really cool and innovative trinkets that you don't really NEED but they're good to have.
There was this piggy-bank in which you put a coin in and you can see from this screen in the front of it that it actually SHRINKS before your eyes! You gotta see it to believe it.
So when Dawn came, she related her 'harrowing' experience in the train with a bunch of horny Mat Sallehs. Ah well.
Had lunch after that. We decided to head off to the Esplanade after MUCH deliberation. (-_-) There's just this really unexplainable attraction that I have to the Esplanade.
The view...the atmosphere...experiencing Art in every breath.
Take a look:
Yep, those were our antics at the Esplanade. Too bad it was low tide by the time we got there. (AND raining, I might add.) Great stuff.# Friday
Went back to Dunman yesterday. Teacher's Day, I guess. Great times, they were. Secondary school days. Teachers. Friends. Acquaintances. Surprises. Not-so-surprises.
AND POLY STUDENTS STILL RULE!!!!!!
AND POLY STUDENTS STILL RULE!!!!!!
# Saturday
Too bad we weren't in the same group for photo-taking. The Prime Minister's gonna be there, so I guess there's something to look forward to after all.
Still, I can't imagine eating a 4-course meal among people I don't know. I don't even know which damn fork to use for what dish! And yes, it IS a formal event. Bollocks.
There was a gamelan ensemble practising outside the Grand Ballroom. From Siglap Secondary School...I guess they ain't half bad. They totally re-funked the whole traditional theme that gamelan stood for, instead going for more modern beats incorporated with traditional ones. Oh, who am I kidding...THEY WERE FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!
Damn, I always wanted to join a gamelan band....and a Dikir Barat troupe. The Malay performing arts really has so MUCH to offer. Seriously.
