Travelling through Singapore one Saturday
1. East to West:
Last Saturday was a day where i had the opportunity to travel around my small country. From the east where i lived, I headed to the west at Bukit Panjang ( hope this place sounds far enough for you already) where I met with my friend Shujuan and other friends to devise evil plans for her hubby-to- be and his buddies. Shujuan is getting married this saturday to Alfred, and as part of the bride's entourage, we have to plan/scheme evil embarassing stunts for the groom and his friends to partake before they can win the lovely hand of the bride. What did you think? It was going to be THAT easy hehe..Its is a Chinese fun tradition btw, we did not think of this out of the blue, on sadistic intents. :)
This is the 2nd wedding that i am attending in Singapore, 1st that i am in the entourage, but the others have already a wealth of knowledge suggestions include, pole dancing for the groom, drinking gross concoctions etc...Oh yeah at the end of the performances, we have to haggle/ negotiate for the price of angbao they are going to give us before we let them into the house. Ha that should be fun! We always find numbers with 8 auspicious,so 8888 maybe?:P Of course the groom and his buddies can think of plans to abduct the bride, getting past us and all, well honey, it ain't going to be easy.
Anyways will be emceeing for her wedding dinner, that means homework for me to do a good job,afterall its a once in a Lifetime affair, and she would probably remember for the rest of her life, depends on whether I want her to love or hate me,so yes yes writing my script.
2. West to North:
Moving on to explore the rest of my country, I went to the north at Ang Mo Kio,to visit my alma mater, St Nicholas Girls' School where there was this BIG funfair happening everywhere in the compound: carpark, school hall, school field, canteen, playarea etc..it was huge.
Was with my old classmates and we went back to our old classroom, talked about places we took places for our yearbook,posed for one again and popped in the teachers room for fun, stressing out some of our teachers when they cant remember us..haha Imagine your students from 10 years back coming up to you "Hello Ms Quek, do you rem me?"ermmm NO? haha so we spent half an hour trying to recollect their memories and naming random pple in our class so they will hopefully rem, and they played along like " Oh ya! i rem now, your face looks familiar" Poor teachers hehehe
I love my school, been to this convent school, wearing the blue pinafore, for the past 11 years, imagine. Walking down the corridors, snippets of memories wormed into my brain, from playing hop scotch/ five stones when I was 6, to drinking the ALL TIME FAVE Uncle Mobin's Ice Milo!, playing prefect when i was 15-16, where I had to "guard" the canteen access points with my LUNCH HOUR, checking on stopid kids if they were wearing the the proper attire and if they are carrying wet food into the classrooms which are not allowed, Djaying every morning to the whole sch in the morning, etc etc For the record,I was a cool prefect ok, almost everyone loved me. This school is indeed precious for me,too many growingup/puberty memories to draw from.
And look what I found, we have this new St Nicholas Girls' mascot doll for sale...muhahahaha....unbelievable.
3. North to South
Turning full circle to the South, headed to Esplanade to catch Mosaic Music Festival 2006-Montreux JAZZ WORLD CLUB by Dennis Rollins Griots t'Garage,UK.
He did a great job in bringing us "through a historical musical journey inspired by the African Diaspora as far back as 16th century West Africa: inhumane slavery giving rise to soulful field-work songs leading to blues and jazz; joyous moments through samba, soul and reggae, to the funky, urban hip-hop and garage grooves of today." with very cool imagery by the artistry of Vijay artist Nick Hillel of Yeast Multimedia.
It was held instead on the very top of Esplanade, where we were entertained with drinks at the outdoors veranda which overlooks the waters. Almost purfect, other than wishing I had a seat as it was a standing performance. :P
A trip around my country, small but still can be tiring.
Last Saturday was a day where i had the opportunity to travel around my small country. From the east where i lived, I headed to the west at Bukit Panjang ( hope this place sounds far enough for you already) where I met with my friend Shujuan and other friends to devise evil plans for her hubby-to- be and his buddies. Shujuan is getting married this saturday to Alfred, and as part of the bride's entourage, we have to plan/scheme evil embarassing stunts for the groom and his friends to partake before they can win the lovely hand of the bride. What did you think? It was going to be THAT easy hehe..Its is a Chinese fun tradition btw, we did not think of this out of the blue, on sadistic intents. :)
This is the 2nd wedding that i am attending in Singapore, 1st that i am in the entourage, but the others have already a wealth of knowledge suggestions include, pole dancing for the groom, drinking gross concoctions etc...Oh yeah at the end of the performances, we have to haggle/ negotiate for the price of angbao they are going to give us before we let them into the house. Ha that should be fun! We always find numbers with 8 auspicious,so 8888 maybe?:P Of course the groom and his buddies can think of plans to abduct the bride, getting past us and all, well honey, it ain't going to be easy.Anyways will be emceeing for her wedding dinner, that means homework for me to do a good job,afterall its a once in a Lifetime affair, and she would probably remember for the rest of her life, depends on whether I want her to love or hate me,so yes yes writing my script.
2. West to North:
Moving on to explore the rest of my country, I went to the north at Ang Mo Kio,to visit my alma mater, St Nicholas Girls' School where there was this BIG funfair happening everywhere in the compound: carpark, school hall, school field, canteen, playarea etc..it was huge.
Was with my old classmates and we went back to our old classroom, talked about places we took places for our yearbook,posed for one again and popped in the teachers room for fun, stressing out some of our teachers when they cant remember us..haha Imagine your students from 10 years back coming up to you "Hello Ms Quek, do you rem me?"ermmm NO? haha so we spent half an hour trying to recollect their memories and naming random pple in our class so they will hopefully rem, and they played along like " Oh ya! i rem now, your face looks familiar" Poor teachers hehehe
I love my school, been to this convent school, wearing the blue pinafore, for the past 11 years, imagine. Walking down the corridors, snippets of memories wormed into my brain, from playing hop scotch/ five stones when I was 6, to drinking the ALL TIME FAVE Uncle Mobin's Ice Milo!, playing prefect when i was 15-16, where I had to "guard" the canteen access points with my LUNCH HOUR, checking on stopid kids if they were wearing the the proper attire and if they are carrying wet food into the classrooms which are not allowed, Djaying every morning to the whole sch in the morning, etc etc For the record,I was a cool prefect ok, almost everyone loved me. This school is indeed precious for me,too many growingup/puberty memories to draw from.
And look what I found, we have this new St Nicholas Girls' mascot doll for sale...muhahahaha....unbelievable.
3. North to South
Turning full circle to the South, headed to Esplanade to catch Mosaic Music Festival 2006-Montreux JAZZ WORLD CLUB by Dennis Rollins Griots t'Garage,UK.
He did a great job in bringing us "through a historical musical journey inspired by the African Diaspora as far back as 16th century West Africa: inhumane slavery giving rise to soulful field-work songs leading to blues and jazz; joyous moments through samba, soul and reggae, to the funky, urban hip-hop and garage grooves of today." with very cool imagery by the artistry of Vijay artist Nick Hillel of Yeast Multimedia.
It was held instead on the very top of Esplanade, where we were entertained with drinks at the outdoors veranda which overlooks the waters. Almost purfect, other than wishing I had a seat as it was a standing performance. :P
A trip around my country, small but still can be tiring.
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