Saturday, June 27, 2009 @11:06 PM
i guess it's about time i revived this lifeless blog. after spending almost half a year in the confines of various army camps, i have come to realize that life has been inching pass little by little without me taking the slightest notice of it.
well i'm right in the mid of serving my NS and i must say it hasnt been much of the enriching experience people always talk about. at exactly 11 hours from now i'll be off on an airplane to the jungles of our beloved neighbours. brunei beckons :(
booked out from my new home in sungei gedong on friday evening. and i must say that was really a moment i had been waiting for the whole week. the living conditions at ATI arent exactly the best, especially if you compare them to the chalet we call SAFTI. no computers, no 2 men bunks. hello 40 year old ATI. :/
friday evening was spent with my family. we had a nice little italian dinner at Galbiati Gourmet deli, a decent place at rail mall.
had lunch with christine on saturday. went to tanglin mall for a change. the place was really teeming with expats and their little kids. it almost felt like we were transported to another country. (i've never wanted to leave singapore that much till now) had lunch at oomphatico's! it had such an european feeling about it, especially with the vibrant colours and cool white funitures. lunch was rather enjoyable. spent most of the time complaining to christine about my sad sad army life haha. yes i really hate it. following lunch i got to sit in christine's new volkswagon golf for the very first time! she recently passed her driving test so there was some sort of tension in me when i first stepped into the front seat. hahah no offence christine! she drove us over the dempsey's ben and jerry's where we had some ice cream. nice chillout place this dempsey area. will need a car though..
drove me over to suntec after that and i made my way to plaza singapura to meet wei en for a short while. beatrix was there as well and wanted to get her ear pierced so followed her over to far east. it felt a little weird hanging out with them especially since i havent met them for such a long while and we largely live in 2 different worlds.
later on in the evening, met the twins together with celeste and harresh at coffee bean at the forum. hahaha was quite fun having a conversation with them. visited the chocolate research facility at wheelock. cool new chocolate shop. havent tried the chocolate from there though. spent most of the other time just chatting and walking around, looking at this interesting heath ledger illustrated book etc..
left for shanan's place at abot ten. was supposed to go to the old brown shoe for some drinks initially. but then ended up at his house where they were haveing this huge birthday celebration for his uncle and there were a total of 4 birthday cakes! stuffed myself the ice cream and cheese cake. stayed over at his house for the night.
the final hours of my civilian life