It’s already Sunday! How nice these 2 days have been. NBA match was great, and so was the Fifa world cup. Witnessed a opening match with a goal glut of 6. Heard the commentator said that usually the opening matches are low scoring, and mostly boring. But the match between hosts Germany and Costa Rica proved otherwise.
Games aside, tuition on Friday was one of a kind. Went through the chemistry paper and realised that she’s rather weak in acids, bases and salt, and the periodic table. It took me quite a while to recall the difference between a base and an alkali. We spent most of the time revising the reactions of acids and alkalis. Next week I would be going through the “most-difficult-to-explain topic” – preparation of salts.
Funny thing happened half way through the session was that smoke suddenly came out of her rubbish chute. She thought it was fire and asked me to check it out. How smart. Trying to be the “hero”, I walked bravely towards the chute and gently felt the metal chute, checking if it was hot. I didn’t get scalded or burnt after touching it, and so the moment of truth came. Took a deep breath and held it as I opened up the chute, bracing myself for burning flames which might pour out at the same time. What came out weren’t flames but just MORE smoke. And I realised that this smoke ain’t black nor sooty. It was white had a really stinging smell to it.
Quickly, I shut it back and went out of the kitchen, shutting the door behind me.
“It’s pesticide.” I said.
“Really meh?? Can check again?”
“YES it’s pesticide. And I’m NOT gonna go back in there to get suffocated…”
Yups. There were smoking the insects in the rubbish chutes. That’s the first time ever I’ve seen that being done. Just perhaps they should have informed the residents about the smoking before they started doing it to prevent unnecessary alarm and panic.
Met up with Ber to do some shopping at Orchard. Checked out the prices of watches and I think the one at Fossil is not bad. =) I’m sorry the “SOB” thingy as I really thought you were kidding around, and thanks for the boxers! I didn’t know what to tell my mum when she saw it. I was like… errr….. ya.. Haha. And oh, this year’s Christmas’s gonna be SOOO good. Right Ber? =)
Had dinner at the Food Republic. It was our first time there and there were so much to choose from. We finally settled for the scissors rice 2 person set meal. 4 dishes, rice and soup. She even wanted Char Siew Bao but resisted the temptation to buy it before we finished our food because we might not be able to stuff any more after the rice. True enough, there weren’t any more space for Baos.
Food Republic is a place with really good food. Almost all the stalls have got newspaper cuttings that show excellent food reviews and also photos of famous people eating the stalls. It’s well decorated and gives this “I feel like eating” kind of feeling. There were even drink and Dian Xin sellers pushing carts around the area, giving us this 60s-70s kind of feeling. Generally a good place for meals, just perhaps it might be a bit too congested when the crowd starts to come in at rush hours.
Woke up early this morning and met Weihong to pass him the logistics file and the key press key. Went back home and slept for another hour. Woke at 10 and prepared for tuition at Phyllis’. Thought that I should leave early because they’ve shifted down to Paya Lebar and I might need more time to orientate myself round the area. Bought Macs for them. It’s funny why they don’t wanna have lettuce and mayo in their spicy chicken. Picky kids. Tsk tsk tsk. It wasn’t that tough to get to their place, just that Phyllis might have given me bit of wrong information. There were TWO Singtel buildings on the way there. Shall I drop at the first one, I would most likely have to trek for half an hour to her place. Thank goodness I didn’t. =)
The place’s called “Le crescendo” and it’s really near the Ubi driving centre. It’s a new condo with rather lavish interior designs of the lobby and outdoor areas. The apartment had a good over view of the surroundings and the furnishing was kept simple. Just a down point I felt was that it might be a little bit too small for my liking. Heard from dad saying once that condos nowadays are “shrinking” in size and they are “not worth the money”. Well, maybe they don’t mind living in a cozy place and enjoy the benefits of having a gym, tennis courts, swimming pools, etc. at the condo.
Went down to the court and played for a while. Or rather, quite a while. Overlooked the time and was late to meet Ling for dinner. Turned out I was 45mins late and the chicken rice stall at Far East closed when we got there. My apologies!!! *smiles* End up we had “chicken rice” at Anatolia. Did some catching up and crapped a lil’ about that gay incident. Ya thanks Ling, like you said, I’m charming and attractive. But apparently, I charm and attract the WRONG type of people. Like aunties and xiao mei mei’s and… GUYS. Think I need an extreme makeover. Haha. =)
Took a bus down to my place to catch England against Paraguay. Quite an interesting match with an own goaled scored by the Paraguayans early in the match. Match ended with one nil and we both agreed that the Paraguayan keeper was fantastic that match.
Borrowed dad’s car and wanted to drive her home but somehow, a craving for brinjal dawned upon her. And so we drove down to Balestier for supper. Called Ber to join us, but she wasn’t feeling really well. So, being reeeeeeeeeeally nice friends, we bought the food up to her place. The food was nice, and I thought that the porridge somehow tasted nice and more ‘aromatic’. But two of them simply dismissed it and insists that it’s just ‘normal porridge’. Owells. What to do? They had flu. Must be. =p
Sent Ling back soon after and here I am, blogging away at 2am in the morning. Still contemplating if I should go for morning or afternoon service. I’m feeling sleepy now. I need to decide soon. Till then, good night to all. Have a great Sunday ahead. It’ll be good. =)
Games aside, tuition on Friday was one of a kind. Went through the chemistry paper and realised that she’s rather weak in acids, bases and salt, and the periodic table. It took me quite a while to recall the difference between a base and an alkali. We spent most of the time revising the reactions of acids and alkalis. Next week I would be going through the “most-difficult-to-explain topic” – preparation of salts.
Funny thing happened half way through the session was that smoke suddenly came out of her rubbish chute. She thought it was fire and asked me to check it out. How smart. Trying to be the “hero”, I walked bravely towards the chute and gently felt the metal chute, checking if it was hot. I didn’t get scalded or burnt after touching it, and so the moment of truth came. Took a deep breath and held it as I opened up the chute, bracing myself for burning flames which might pour out at the same time. What came out weren’t flames but just MORE smoke. And I realised that this smoke ain’t black nor sooty. It was white had a really stinging smell to it.
Quickly, I shut it back and went out of the kitchen, shutting the door behind me.
“It’s pesticide.” I said.
“Really meh?? Can check again?”
“YES it’s pesticide. And I’m NOT gonna go back in there to get suffocated…”
Yups. There were smoking the insects in the rubbish chutes. That’s the first time ever I’ve seen that being done. Just perhaps they should have informed the residents about the smoking before they started doing it to prevent unnecessary alarm and panic.
Met up with Ber to do some shopping at Orchard. Checked out the prices of watches and I think the one at Fossil is not bad. =) I’m sorry the “SOB” thingy as I really thought you were kidding around, and thanks for the boxers! I didn’t know what to tell my mum when she saw it. I was like… errr….. ya.. Haha. And oh, this year’s Christmas’s gonna be SOOO good. Right Ber? =)
Had dinner at the Food Republic. It was our first time there and there were so much to choose from. We finally settled for the scissors rice 2 person set meal. 4 dishes, rice and soup. She even wanted Char Siew Bao but resisted the temptation to buy it before we finished our food because we might not be able to stuff any more after the rice. True enough, there weren’t any more space for Baos.
Food Republic is a place with really good food. Almost all the stalls have got newspaper cuttings that show excellent food reviews and also photos of famous people eating the stalls. It’s well decorated and gives this “I feel like eating” kind of feeling. There were even drink and Dian Xin sellers pushing carts around the area, giving us this 60s-70s kind of feeling. Generally a good place for meals, just perhaps it might be a bit too congested when the crowd starts to come in at rush hours.
Woke up early this morning and met Weihong to pass him the logistics file and the key press key. Went back home and slept for another hour. Woke at 10 and prepared for tuition at Phyllis’. Thought that I should leave early because they’ve shifted down to Paya Lebar and I might need more time to orientate myself round the area. Bought Macs for them. It’s funny why they don’t wanna have lettuce and mayo in their spicy chicken. Picky kids. Tsk tsk tsk. It wasn’t that tough to get to their place, just that Phyllis might have given me bit of wrong information. There were TWO Singtel buildings on the way there. Shall I drop at the first one, I would most likely have to trek for half an hour to her place. Thank goodness I didn’t. =)
The place’s called “Le crescendo” and it’s really near the Ubi driving centre. It’s a new condo with rather lavish interior designs of the lobby and outdoor areas. The apartment had a good over view of the surroundings and the furnishing was kept simple. Just a down point I felt was that it might be a little bit too small for my liking. Heard from dad saying once that condos nowadays are “shrinking” in size and they are “not worth the money”. Well, maybe they don’t mind living in a cozy place and enjoy the benefits of having a gym, tennis courts, swimming pools, etc. at the condo.
Went down to the court and played for a while. Or rather, quite a while. Overlooked the time and was late to meet Ling for dinner. Turned out I was 45mins late and the chicken rice stall at Far East closed when we got there. My apologies!!! *smiles* End up we had “chicken rice” at Anatolia. Did some catching up and crapped a lil’ about that gay incident. Ya thanks Ling, like you said, I’m charming and attractive. But apparently, I charm and attract the WRONG type of people. Like aunties and xiao mei mei’s and… GUYS. Think I need an extreme makeover. Haha. =)
Took a bus down to my place to catch England against Paraguay. Quite an interesting match with an own goaled scored by the Paraguayans early in the match. Match ended with one nil and we both agreed that the Paraguayan keeper was fantastic that match.
Borrowed dad’s car and wanted to drive her home but somehow, a craving for brinjal dawned upon her. And so we drove down to Balestier for supper. Called Ber to join us, but she wasn’t feeling really well. So, being reeeeeeeeeeally nice friends, we bought the food up to her place. The food was nice, and I thought that the porridge somehow tasted nice and more ‘aromatic’. But two of them simply dismissed it and insists that it’s just ‘normal porridge’. Owells. What to do? They had flu. Must be. =p
Sent Ling back soon after and here I am, blogging away at 2am in the morning. Still contemplating if I should go for morning or afternoon service. I’m feeling sleepy now. I need to decide soon. Till then, good night to all. Have a great Sunday ahead. It’ll be good. =)
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