Thursday, May 31, 2007
10:31 PM
Yeah! It's the truth, it has been a cold day.
Early morning, me, S, Nicolet and Ms Sour Milk went to Singapore (to have fun, of course). Our first destination was Snow City. It was alright, the trip to Snow City, the only thing that wasn't alright was we bought tickets for 2 hours, not 1 hour. And than, as expected, we're freezing off our butts (which is quite true, considering the only interesting thing in that measly little Snow City is the slide, and we've been playing on it, so 'snow' stuck onto our butts).
The temperature in Snow City was -6.9 degree celcius. At the beginning, it wasn't so bad, the cold was still bearable. After an hour, we had to come out for 30 minutes to defrost, and of course, our gloves were soaked by the time we put it on again. So during the 2nd hour, we're pretty much shivering, on top of that, we have frozen, pain fingers. We had another round on that slide, and we're off, never mind the wasted money. T_T We should not have gone for petty gains, we seriously thought the 2 hours ticket is worth it, but in the end, we actually spent a little more money to torture ourselves with that accursed cold.
Than we're out under the sun, but there's not much of a sun to speak of, the sky is dark, and it is going to rain. We attempted to make our way to Bugis for some shopping, but we boarded the wrong bus. It was rather amusing, if I hadn't been in that situation: us 4 little clueless girls sitting in the bus not knowing where it will take us to, only hoping it will just stop at the MRT station (which is something it should do some time or another). The only ups I can see in such a situation is we're safe from the rain outside while we're inside the bus.
We miraculously made it to Bugis (via the extra long route), and we had to satisfy our rebelling stomach before we do some shopping. I must say, Bugis had a lot of interesting stuff to see. It reminds me of Hatyai's market, but the stuff sold at Bugis is much much more 'in' compared to Hatyai. And for one thing, the people in Hatyai kept forcing us to buy their things, but the people in Bugis are reasonable enough to not do that. So yeah, I enjoyed myself at Bugis by looking at all the stuff (not shopping, I'm not exactly used to buying too much stuff, Nicolet said that's 'thrifty'). I bought a new belt and a bubble tea ice cream (I find it very nice, but Nicolet and S gave me this weird expression after they tasted it). Actually, I am rather interested in this octopus balls that are sold opposite this ice cream stall, but Johor also sell stuff like that, so I'll buy it in Johor someday. (Octopus balls reminds me of the Kraken from Pirates of the Carribean, but than again, I don't think the Kraken is suitable for making octopus balls, its meat might be too hard/elastic.)
Than, finally, we made our way home to Johor, which is currently experiancing some kind of massive jam in the city area. My sister is also back from her camp. Both are punctured, but we had fun, and that's what matters.
That's the sign to Snow City, and it's found at Science Centre, 'cause Snow City is actually just beside the Science Centre.
That's how the Bugis Shopping Complex looks like, but all the bargains can't be found here, it's actually found at Bugis Street, a street/building cramped with people and stall. I even saw a shop selling sex toys there! But I forgot to take a picture of it. (And thinking of it, I don't think taking a picture in a place with that many people will turn out nice.)
And this, is my beloved new belt. So happy! I got a new belt!
Will you ever notice me...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
10:31 PM
The above picture was copied from the book- The Thief Lord.
Actually, I drew another picture, but somehow or rather, it just wouldn't appear...
Recently, I have somekind of obsession over Venice, possibly I'm influrenced by Thief Lord, but it is also partly because my father went to Venice before and he can actually tell me how are things there, like the windows of Venice's building are so big because they use cranes to lift the furniture in. I've been bugging him to tell me so much about Venice that he got rather irritated. Recently, he told me sternly: "You don't need to imagine so much..."
Me and my friends walked downtown every Friday, to catch a bus to our tuition centre. When we skirt about the many buildings, old and new, I can't help but to think of us as dwarfs journeying across the concreted jungle, you know, like in Lord Of The Rings, the fellowship have to journey across vast lands just to throw that accursed ring into the volcano. The image I had in mind is almost like that, only the background consist not of trees, but of man-made stone and sand structures. As for why I chose the species dwarf, maybe because I'm short and stout, with legs that are strong enough to keep up with my friends, though I'm always walking behind...
The exams are not over yet, but they are going to be over soon. I've so much to write about, but it is rather obvious that my body is craving for sleep, and furthermore, I've not done my piano homework. Oh, the bitter fate of us pitiful souls...
Will you ever notice me...