Hi all!!

CNY's over so fast!! Hope all of you had a GREAAAAAT time during CNY (cos I sure did :D) Anyway I'm supposed to babble about what happened during our JC2 'bai nian' session on sunday :D For those who didn't go for it, the itinerary was first to visit Kimberlyn's house, thereafter Joan's house and finally Alwyn's house. At each of the stopovers we would hand our oranges respectfully over to their parents before eagerly awaiting the arrival of the lovely red packet that would come sailing over into our hands (comeon who doesn't like $$$??) Other than getting nice stuff, we also got to EAT nice stuff.

For lunch, it was pizza hut + sushi + Old Chang Kee assorted food. I can tell u that it was fantastic and we ate to our hearts' content ;) Imagine popping a sushi roll, filled with that luscious tuna melt, fragant and delicious rice together with small pieces of crunchy and juicy cucumbers into your mouth before slowly chewing and savouring it, feeling the euphoria coursing through every inch of your veins, letting the flavours mingle and overwhelm your tastebuds and enjoying the process of mastication before the little bolus rolls down your throat, aided by the wave-like muscular contractions we call peristalsis... ahhhh pure bliss! :D:D

Anyway, no matter how exaggerated that was, it cannot be denied that we did really enjoy our food. And let me stop here to add in the comment that Kimberlyn is rich. O.O Her house is like some classic landed property, concealed cleverly behind rough brick walls. Enter her house and you will just stare in shock cos you would NEVER expect something like that in a HDB ESTATE!! Lo and Behold! The grand piano sits in one corner of the living room (actl it takes up half of the living room). We plonked ourselves on this nice long 'king-like' chair which supposedly only royalty sits on and demanded to play the Xbox we saw.

We later went over to Joan's house located in Pasir Ris Drive 1, a stone's throw away from White Sands. We went up to Joan's house and entered it and immediately you see this bigbig space in the living room being unused. Enter Joan's room and you would see this beeeeg mirror staring at you (hmm one wonders what it might be for... wana make a guess?) together with an extremely rusty stand that Joan claims is 13 years of age (wow...) Being the traditional mugger she is, her tabletop contains a neatly stacked pile of this year's work (notes, worksheets, time etc.) all ready to be grabbed and completed (if it wasn't already completed). In her room she also showed us her treasure trove of books which she 'claims' she had not read recently. As with all girls' rooms, her room was painted a nice shade of pink (to me I have no idea why girls like pink...)with a cupboard containing numerous awards. Contrary to popular belief (including her own mistaken belief, to one's amazement and amusement), she HAS kept long hair before as could be seen in a photo on her desk. We then watched Madagascar and Shanghai Noon and ate manymany CNY goodies as well as drank drinks kindly provided by her family before we left for our last destination.

Alwyn's house is nicely located near the Red Light District for his own easy access and just a 1min walk away from his home is a bustling street that contains places to shop. Coming out from the lift, he waves to his maid located in the kitchen while he whips out his house key and opens the door. His mother and father make their appearance just as we were about to enter and we made a mad rush for our oranges located safely in our bags. Upon retrieving them, we entered his house cautiously, armed with our two oranges, each clenched in one palm. What a sight for sore eyes! The steamboat table was almost set! It appeared that we were anticipated for quite awhile. While waiting for his family to make the final preparations before we began the war, we switched on the television, just in time for our favourite soap, Ai! We sang to our hearts' content, drinking the delicious starfruit juice drink as we sang! Oh what a dazzling display of singing prowess! His parents stared, 'awestruck' for moments, before finally uttering "you guys also got follow arh?!" We turned our heads to them and nodded, vigourously before twisting our heads back to catch the show.

Steamboat was delicious, with strips of abalone, clams, scallops, fishballs, vegetables, sliced chicken, sliced fish, mushrooms and many many many more! It was a feast! We tucked in, mouths full of food. The war had begun...
(sorry post cut short need my sleeeeep :D not thinking straight)

Signing off,
HCSE News Reporter #666