Thursday, November 13, 2008

Que Pasa No.5

Met up with a good friend whom I have not seen for almost a year. The last time we met up was probaby starting of this year, during my summer holidays. It was a rather last minute thing, she was saying she will be in the town area later, and asked if I wanted to meet up for dinner or drinks. I was at the gym when she asked, and I have dinner at home, so I told her we can meet for drinks after I have dinner with my mum. Spent about 45mins in the gym, running and doing some machines, and rushed home to bathe and eat dinner.

 

By the time I reached town was about 8.15pm. Met her outside Heeren, as I parked there, and we proceeded to Que Pasa as she wanted to eat their pizza. Que Pasa is sneakily tugged behind Centrepoint, together with a few other watering holes. Even though I already ate, I couldn't help but sneak a few slices of their famed pizza. I only realised I havn't taken a photo of the pizza until there was only a slice left. -_- It was that good.

 

 

After finishing our drinks and pizza, we crawled to pub next door, No.5, as they were having Martini Happy Hour. 2 Martinis for $15 between 9pm to 1am. It is about as cheap as it gets, nowhere else I know charge cheaper drinks for that quality of a Martinis. I made her drink the strongest concoction they have, Dry Gin Martini, and it was really phwoarh! We updated each other about the various happenings since we last met, eating freeflow peanuts at the same time. We ordered their famed chicken wings, and second drink, Choya Martini, which was euuuwwwkkk. Don't understand why girls like choya, even my sis and aunts like it, to me, Choya tastes like some herbal medicine gone wrong.

 

 

 

It was a nice catching up session, and definitely not the last. Thank you for the wonderful evening.  



The prodigal? son returns.

Yay, it is very comforting to be stepping on home soil again. The feeling of euphoria surrounded me when the plane's wheels hit the tarmac of the runway. It is the same feeling I get the many times I have returned home, and everytime without fail, the air stewardess will say something like this shortly after landing; "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to singapore, and to all returning Singaporeans, a very warm welcome home." Awwww, cue warm and fuzzy feeling. The first thing I did when I saw my mum was give her a nice long hug. Hehe. My sis was saying I'm the only person who came out of the arrival gate and hug someone. Nothing wrong with showing affection right? Haha. We had a nice long chat throughout the journey home, afterwhich she cooked something for me to eat. I was rather tired already, given that GC is 2 hrs ahead, and I have been sleeping rather early the past week or so. Konked out shortly after midnight.

 

Anyway I didn't manage to finish my post yesterday, wanted to post some pictures too, but the public address system annouced for me to board the plane. Timing was a little bit tight yesterday, as I finished my final exam at about 11.45am. My friends came to school to pick me at about 12.15pm, reached the airport an hour later. After checking in and everything, it was almost 2pm already, leaving me with about 20mins to write whatever I could. It was a very nice gesture from my friends who sent me to the airport, I was initially expecting just one or two of them to accompany me, instead 4 of them came along! I'm sure it's the perfect excuse to spend the afternoon in Brisbane after dropping me off. Haha. Even so, I'm truly grateful for their graciousness.

 

Exams, yes exams. I had one paper on Monday, and one yesterday morning. Preparation for them were rather last minute, as I spent the whole of last week doing an assignment that was due last Friday. Overall the papers were challenging, but manageable. I was sufficiently prepared, and surprisingly managed to remember all the concepts and frameworks that I was supposed to. I'm hopeful for a couple of distinctions and a couple of credits, but I'll be happy with whatever I get. =)

 

Here are some final shots of my last few days at Mermaid. I miss the beach already! I'm used to hearing the roar of the waves slapping against the hard sand, even from my room, it's rather uneasy to not be hearing them anymore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Requiem for a dream.

And so, the time has come. Right now im sitting at some corner at the Brisbane Airport, waiting to board the plane. A wave of sadness overwhelmed me this morning, just after I left my ex-residence at Mermaid Beach. As I was walking to the bus stop to catch my bus to school, the skies opened slightly. It was as though my heart was crying, or the place was calling out to me to stay a little longer. Mermaid beach has been my home and place of solitude for the past 3 months. All good things have to come to an end, though sad, I will bring with me the many wonderful memories I have of the place, the people, the beach and the sea throughout my life journey. It has truly been a special chapter of my life, and I am so grateful for everything.

 

The many days and nights spent sitting on the balcony, enjoying the breeze and looking out into the endless horizon, giving me strength and inspiration to complete my last semester here dutifully. The wonderful neighbours I have, always looking out for one another, the meals we had together, parties we played together, jokes we made about each other and times we spent with one another, will never be duplicated again.

 

My last night on the coast was yet another memorable one. My housemate and neighbours thought of cooking a special dinner for my farewell, called the Last Supper. Haha. Even though most of us are frantically studying for the exams, they took time to cook up a nice and hearty meal of roast pork.

 

Opps..time to board the plane. I better end here, before I miss my flight. Thank you all, my friends. All the best in your life journeys. Cheers.

 



Saturday, November 8, 2008

Love.

Just saw a documentary on tv, which was about John Lennon, and the solo album he produced. This song is so beautiful, as good as argubly his most famous work, Imagine. 4 more nights and I will be out of this place in Mermaid Beach. Will definitely miss everyone here, especially my wonderful housemate. Better study for my paper on Monday. Cheers.



Monday, November 3, 2008

BBQ BBQ!

During the start of the semester, one of the first things I did with my friends was to have a BBQ. It was only apt that we ended the semester off the same way yesterday. Instead of the magnificent 8, there's the terrific 10 now, with 2 additions for the night. As usual, we went to buy lots of food, about $120 worth of them. Haha. Sidetrack a bit, meat and vegetables are getting really expensive nowadays! The same amount of stuff we got yesterday would probably have cost $90-$100 half a year ago. I can't believe brocholli is now selling at $6++ a kilo. The highests I've seen it go was $9+ a kilo, cheapest probably $1+ a kilo. Blame inflation!

 

Anyways, back to topic. Yesterday's BBQ was probably going to be one of the last meet ups for most of us, as exams are coming up, thereafter everyone will start making their way back to Singapore. Long story short, we had lots of fun eating, talking cock, playing mahjong and monopoly. With some of us graduating this semester, it will be difficult to gather everyone together again in the future, but I'm sure we will take with us all the fond memories. Here's to friends! Cheers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friends

HM3

Growing pains
Broken chains
A sad melody

Falling tears
Listening ears
A friend just for me

Reaching out
Sharing doubt
When life gets me down

Hands to clutch
Gentle touch
Can turn me around

Spoken words
Softly heard
Cognitivity

Holding tight
Loving light
Calm serenity

Thank you all, my friends.



Sunday, November 2, 2008

Buffet buffet!

Yesteday my school's Singapore Students Association organized a end of semester dinner at the Watermark Hotel in downtown Surfers Paradise. Previous semesters, the dinners were usually held at some restaurants, but this time, the organizers decided to go for a buffet spread instead! The SSA was subsidizing a good $7 off the orginal buffet price of $39, making it a rather tantalizing deal for a buffet. There were lots of yummy food on offer, fresh oysters, smoked salmon, ham, salami, sushi, crabs, and a few cooked food sections including indian and italian foodfare.

 

 

 

The food was great, in addition to the wonderful company of many friends. There were more than 40 people, including some friends from Malaysia, and even my aussie housemate and friends. After dinner was, of course, picture taking session. Haha.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was an awesome and enjoyable evening for everyone. Thank you for the food and the company. =)



Saturday, November 1, 2008

Happy Birthday Halloween!

 

Nursing a bad hangover at the moment. Hur hur hur. Yesterday my downstairs neighbour organized a halloween cum birthday party, yupp costumes included. Haha. She invited many many people! Roughly 30-40 people turned up for her party, all in costumes! I did not have any costume to wear initially, as I was "busy" studying for my exam the whole week, but my housemate insisted that I have to wear something. She rummaged through her wardrobe, and got some ideas. She gave me two choice, school girl and teacher. I couldn't fit into her tiny schoolgirl skirt, haha, so in the end she gave me a vest and ask me to wear it over a shirt.

 

 

 

I was trying on a few shirts to see which one goes with the mini vest. In the end, none fit, so I thought "whatever, just wear the vest with nothing underneath!" Haha. When I showed my housemate and neighbour, she was laughing hysterically. This is going to be quite embarrasing.

 

My neighbour's boyfriend was a topless waiter, at least I won't be the only one who feels exposed. Haha. My housemate's a she-devil, whereas my other neighbour is a not-so-piraty-looking pirate. I think I look more like a pirate than her, but I am supposed to be peter pan/toyboy, haha. Some of the costumes at the party ware hilarious! There were ninja turtles, mime-man, witch, dracula, power ranger, cleopatra, etc...

 

My favourite, the power ranger;

 

Later in the night, we adjorned, again, to Howl at the Moon. We were there just a few weeks ago, celebrating my other neighbour's birthday. As usual, there were many crazy people, like us, there as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Towards the end of the night, everyone (me) was getting real high. I don't even remember who this girl was, and why were we taking a photo in the first place. But oh well, it's all in the name of fun right. Haha.

 

 

 

 

 

What a way to end of the semester! Happy Halloween, everybody!



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