Magical TurnAbout-- Let Me Spin A Tale, A ThouSaNd LighTs, A StaGe as Grande

Monday, December 24, 2007

Instead of starting to go on about how i spent my Christmas eve this year, why not a more realistic angle: How much I spent my cash in just a short one day! Here it goes...

1) This morning, I woke up late because my mom forgot the time to wake me up. Ok, i am dependent on human alarm clock but i just can't seem to wake up based on the mechanical one. So, there be it. And, I have to cab down. Yes, you did not get it wrong: I meant CAB. And, i foolishly took a Comfort cab too. So, as you can calculate the journey from one part of Singapore to another, that will be how much my cab fare is to school. Let me put in the surcharges: $2 (morning extra) + $2 (CTE) + $2 (PIE). That is only the surcharges alone. So, do some calculations and you'll know I start my day with a hole in my pocket, not literally.

2) Lunch was fine. But, we(candy, Peggy and I) decided to treat ourselves to something better so at Clubhouse. We ordered 3 dishes and feasted on them. The price was still quite reasonable.

3) Then, went to town to meet with Jel, Zijie and Marcus Chua. Apparently, they 'planned' this for quite some time but when I reached there late.. ok, sorry. haas... they still have no substantial plan or something called a plan to begin with.haas, the both of you... So who should be planning? haas. So, we just began to walk around aimlessly and fruitlessly. I bet we must have combed the streets of Orchard for at least 4 times to and fro? Ok, that's pathetic. 3 bored souls just walking... Oh, but i ate an Ice-Cream. So, bored as we are, we decided to go catch a movie: quite silly a notion because holiday pricing is EXORBITANT! But, the movie is at night. So, once again we have nothing to do. But, this time Marcus Chua met us and we were having a good laugh at his shaved head (haas, quite nice to touch! ) and he looked so different even after just one week in NS. But, yea.. back to how we acc him to shop for his clothes and stuff... After which, we wanted budget dinner isntead of the original fanciful one we planned. So, LGS is shall be!

4) Last part of the night, after catching the quite boring and still in the process of analysing movie, I am legend, we walked around Orchard again. This time, the lights are all lit up but the human traffic is as horrendous as ever. It's almost as if the whole Singpaore is swimming amongst the tiny concrete pavement. So, we decided to escape to somewhere saner but still high in the count of ambience: Clarke Quay! Ok, well, i wanted to take the river taxi because in my 18yrs of being in singapore, i have never been on its wooden boards and touch its smooth furnishings. Not to mention, feel the bob of the no-currents singapore waters. Well, but in the end, after touring around the area, and we see that the river taxi is closed by the time we want to take it. So, we kind of explored the place and soaked in the ambience and finally settled in TCC to drink and fill our stomachs. I must say the food and drink is superb but so is the price! EXORBITANT once again.

well well, now you must see that i shall be a hermit crab for the rest of this week. I hope. But, we shall see about that. At least i have to complete my work before even thinking of stepping out of the house! But, yea, that's how i spent, literally now, my Christmas eve. And, yea, the wee hrs of Christmas...

Merry Christmas!

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