Friday, December 22, 2006.

Yesterday's class BBQ was great and even though it DID rain, we still had a good time.

When we met at Clementi it was only Vicky, Ivan, Xin Yi, Germaine, Clara, Metal (Eunice), Hajar, Meena, Sharlene, Josephine and I.

We took 282 to West Coast Park and then walked all the way to the park in perfect peace. Well, Xin Yi and Germ walked ahead and then lingered behind the 4 ladies, followed by the two guys, and then Jo, Clara and I who were walking rather far behind the rest of them, talking.

When we were at the West Coast Park carpark, it rained.

Sad, I know.

So we ended up waiting at some shelter for the rain to stop before we proceeded to Pit 8.

We had such a hard time starting the fire with only 12 precious fire starters that we were getting quite sad, until someone suggested we ask an uncle who was done BBQ-ing nearby to help us.

He very nicely walked over with A WHOLE BOX OF FIRE STARTERS. The shop which we ordered the charcoal & food from really was too kiam with the fire starters. It's really rather hard to start a fire with 12 cause the uncle brought 2 whole boxes of fire starters for his own BBQ.

So we learn something new everyday.

After the fire was good enough, we started with satays and otahs and buffalo wings (but they're chicken meat). Took quite a while but I think we are all pretty established BBQ-ers even though some of the buffalo wings weren't very cooked when the very eager food-testers eagerly tested them. Hah.

So we BBQ-ed and ate and drank and shortly after Mr. Lim & Beatrice came, having bumped into each other along the way. After that Vithiya called and we all went to get her and saw Keith & Wai Kit accompanied by Ivan & Vicky.

And much later on, to someone's (AHEM) very pleasant surprise, Kenneth came and everyone was teasing him and that someone else. HO HO HO.

So the attendance yesterday included: Vicky, Ivan, Keith, Wai Kit, Kenneth, Xin Yi, Germaine, Clara, Metal (Eunice), Hajar, Meena, Sharlene, Josephine, Beatrice, Vithiya & I.

16/24 - not bad, I must say.

Oh yes and I went to watch The Curse Of The Golden Flower with Melodie at West Mall today.

The show is a boob-fest. Seriously, the men on the set might have been deliriously happy during the entire filming process because there's really a lot of boobs bobbing up and down.

It didn't help that the women walked really fast and even ran. Maybe 3/4 of the male population watched the show not because of the leading actors/actresses but for the boob action. Melodie kept lamenting on why they couldn't have worn their costumes(?!) higher. And it's really quite distracting when you're trying to concentrate on the movie and most of what you see is...boobs.

We both think this is a huge ridicule to asian women. Well, in the end, the men still have it their way and I found the ending rather ambiguous. Whatever it is, the stupid thing is that most of the cast dies and ends up insane. I tend to think of it as a rather silly plot.

AND YES, the one thing I can't tolerate is incest, and there is A LOT of it in this show. Oh my oh my. Step-mother and son, half-brother and half-sister (unknowingly though, but still as disgusting!). So so so so gross. And why does the woman have to lick the guy's finger? If you call it intimate I call it gross. What if the guy just picked his nose before he filmed? Oh gross.

This show didn't have any educational value in my opinion but Chow Yun Fatt and Gong Li acted well and I couldn't help it but snigger when Jay came on screen. He looks very funny in his whole get-up.

And when he talks. Gosh. If I could laugh louder I would have. It's just a bit out of place.

He isn't that bad. At least he could cry. (:

Hah.

West Mall cinemas aren't very nice. The toilet is rather freaky, the leg spaces are pathetically small, and today, Melodie said there was a guy burping behind her and there was another man who unceremoniously talking on his phone. I sat nowhere near him but I could hear him.

Where's your etiquette, uncle?

Tsk.

Oh yah Yao Ah Ma and Mao Ce CEO sent me Christmas Cards yesterday & today respectively! Thank you dears. (:

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