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Monday, December 27, 2010

Chapter 196: Christmas Exchange (Edited Version)

Went to Hougang with my parents before i set off to NEX. I had diarrhoea from yesterday and am still having it. So I ran to the first floor toilet of Hougang Mall from the coffee shop, only to find that its fully occupied. So I went up the escalator to the second level. After finishing business, we went to Challenger. All went right until a lady walked up to me. She said "Hello, 我想要请问你一下..." I felt that something was amiss and gave the curious/shocked look at her. She then added "你是不是买东西的人?“ ?!!?!?!?! I told her no of course. Just how on earth did I look like an employee of Challenger. First, I wasn't wearing the black shirt of challenger... I was wearing WHITE (worlds apart, directly the opposite, on the contrary...) Secondly, I was carrying a bag.. like which employee would do that during working hours... Thirdly, I am name tagless.

Ok, then we went to popular, then i went to the toilet again for you-know-what. And then to Harvey Norman and finally i had to set off for the MRT. For the benefit of those who are weak in acronyms, MRT means Mass Rapid Transit. If u still do not know what that is, google is your best friend.

So I took the MRT and reached serangoon. Now for the dying one million dollar question. WHICH EXIT DO I TAKE!?! Since Darren stated in the SMS that we're meeting next to the bus interchange, with a GIANT winnie a pooh statue. The word "bus interchange" caught my eye and i chose that exit, I was praying i was right all the time...

I ended up outside a block of flats. Familiar sight. Oooohhhh! This is my ex-ex-house! Not much memories cause i was too young then. I looked around, walked around. Saw the shopping mall :) Walked to the main entrance (i think it was the main one..) And i checked my phone. Darren called. He directed me around to where he was. I was still searching for that "GIANT" winnie a pooh which he mentioned. It ended up being relatively small...

When all the rest arrived, we went to take the lift up to 4th floor to the shaw ... (i forgot the next word, is it "theatres" or centre"??). Oh and i was hoping that my stomach will be alright and i will not have the runs... Thankfully it went well. We ended up not watching movie, but we went to the arcade. Jeff bought $5 worth of tokens, while darren, nich khaw and I bought 0. We think arcade is a waste of money LOL. So we watched jeff play.. well, he is working.. so he can afford it! Unlike us LOL. He ended up spending all at the game "rambo" ( a FPS - First Player Shooting Game) Then we went to find the girls who were playing ... some whacking game (I dont remember the name)

Then we went to NTUC, while jeff left for work. Workaholic I must say :)
Nich khaw (nk) and I decided to buy pepsi twist (2 for 1.95) Then we went on the disappearing act :D
While paying, there was this anonymous newspapers on the roller (or whatever u call the black colour thing that roooooooolllllllllllllllllssssssss) And we got charged for that !?!?!?! Like wth. Thankfully nk told the cashier that we didnt own it and it got striked off the receipt. Oh, there was a 5 cents change which... OMG where did it went to? I dont rmb where i put it... ah nvm. Then nk decided to do the paparazzi act. He took out his DSLR camera and took shots of our friends behind their backs! He's got the potential to be a paparazzi, so watch out!

Then we went to eat dinner at a scary timing of 5+ !! I normally consume dinner at around 7... Haiz. So we ate. I ate some baked cheese with chicken, some mushroom rice.. ( the name was long and complicated to the extent that my simple mind could not capture and regurgitate it here in words.) By the way, that place has poor internet reception! I cant mousehunt!!!!

Then we started exchanging presents via draw lots system. Nk got my present, which is the coin bank which I asked my sis to purchase. The present ended up being a "whacko" used to hit darren -.- And... the worse part is yet to be revealed. I got a present from shili.. and she bought a POUCH THAT IS MEANT FOR GIRLS !!!! I was like "what am i going to do with this...." In the end, the person to benefit the most from this is my sister -.- Cause I ended up giving it to her... and I paid her money too (for the coin bank i bought to give nk) ! Well, that doesnt really matter since my sis has already bought me earpieces for my iphone for xmas gift weeks ago. Oh and there were other epic presents too... like Vanessa was trying to make up the $5 requirement by buying toothpastes.... LOL.

Then we went to popular, they were hunting for monopoly deal. We hunted from shop to shop, store to store, up to down, down to up, left to right, right to left, searched the centre, upturn/overturn the whole mall, searched from isetan to 7eleven but to no avail.
To express it in mousehunt terminology:
7:00 pm - NEX
I sounded the Hunter's Horn, but my efforts were fruitless. A Monopoly Deal Mouse ate a piece of cheese without setting off my trap.

Then we went to zhiling's house. We started playing card games. We played alot of different kinds of it, like peek(i guess thats the spelling), 49, slapjack, indian poker etc etc. They were all adrenaline rushing game... It was very stressful as there is a heavy emphasis for reaction timing... In the peek game, higher level people are supposed to make lower level people talk to them, while the lower level arent supposed to reply or risk upping their levels by one. So silence is the best policy. Despite this, there were urges to speak and ask questions for those unclear of the instructions, so they ended up getting owned. It is actually of advantageous to me cause i seldom speak!!! Which makes things easy for me and not fall into the trap of ppl trying to coerce others to talk!

After taking some photos, we left. And that marks the end of the day, with homework untouched, newspapers unread, soccer watched!

Oh SOCCER! I watched the game, man utd beat sunderland 2-0 at home with 2 goals from Dimitar Berbatov! Woots, top the table 2 points clear! I hope they will go on to seize the EPL trophy. :)

The next big thing to look forward to is New Year. And the thing to look to is FIREWORKS! And yes, fireworks are important, very important to my life, without it i will not exist, i depend on it for my survival :)

P.S. Alot of people owe Medical Certificates for failing to turn up for the event.


kamikorosu @ 9:13 PM





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