Tuesday, January 30, 2007
::A fruitful weekend!::
Saturday: Met up with my ex-colleagues (relief teaching at Anderson Sec): Reuben, Xiaole and Xin Yu at Wheelock Place's Big O cafe..nice place with great ambience. :) Talks about hectic semesters at NUS and SMU...with lots of projects and stuff. Hah...student life =) XY joined us after that...finally had a chance to catch up with this busy girl. Heard from the other 2 that they had to book her 1 month in advance and ended up not having the chance to meet her up as she was too busy with school activities. :)
Evening was spent at Soon Bee Huat Trading P/L's anniversary Dinner and Dance (they are basically suppliers)...great experience! Held at Singapore Expo and this year's theme was "Lost gold in the city". The DJ was super funny and engaging.. there were a few thousand contractors invited. And I was super lucky to win the 15th prize:$100 Taka voucher! :) heehee. Had a glimpse of the company's big-shot boss. :D
Sunday: Met up with Mr Tay (my ex-teacher) at Quality Hotel's 莲心素食餐馆 for lunch buffet! Thumbs-up for the food there!! But they can't be compared to those in Beijing: Vegetarian restaurants at 天厨妙香 and 荷塘月色! Quality Hotel's quite an ulu place which I wouldn't have otherwise known..it's at Balestier, next to Ruby Plaza. Had a good time catching up and lots of sharing. (That was the first time I saw him in a Batik shirt :) heh)
Thereafter, went to meet my ex-colleagues from VE..Kat, Yikang, Jieying, Serena. Dined at Cafe Cartel. Really happy to see them! Oh no..they say I have the China accent already! Ha...Thanks so much for your card (with courtesy from Kat) and presents! :D Went singing at Kbox till 3am ^_^ I'm just so glad that they came and it felt good talking to them again. All the best to YK's exams at the end of the year!
Monday: Went to NUS to crash lectures (现代文学） again..hahhaha..this time there were new crashers! Heh...Liangchou and yiQ! :) But my mind drifted as he touched on irrelevant stuff..hah. All in all...there were many learning points. I'm thankful I have the chance to do my undergrad at PKU. :D Oh yes..finally had the chance to meet the famous Eric! Haha..all the talk about him from seniors in PKU...his face mask in the study room...his corny actions!
1 sem later: Rebecca. Yunz. yiQ. Tzehee (We are still looking gooood!)
Yay! The reunion of the china-bound~! We met at Tampines for dinner and finally settled for Han's...it was a great time catching up. (Dear Rebecca, the Chinese ain't that bad to get along with..hehe) Well it seems there's a big contrast in the behaviour of the chinese in China and those that we see schooling in Singapore! The ones in SG (from past experiences in ANDSS and HCJC are quite aloof and self-centered) Yet the ones that I witnessed in Beijing are generous, amiable, a little 单纯 (in terms of thinking, especially for the Yr 1 and 2s..probably because they've never travelled out of their hometown) , extremely 好客 (they enjoy treating us to sumptuous treats!) And so I've gathered that it's probably because Singaporeans seem intimidating! hahah..with our wide usage of Singlish in daily communications...they find it hard to mix around with fellow Singaporeans and thus clicked within themselves.
Despite the meet-up being short (yiQ shared his 东北 holiday snapshots with us)...it's heart-warming to see old friends again. All the best to them!
InDuLgeD~|1:23 AM|
1 sem later: Rebecca. Yunz. yiQ. Tzehee (We are still looking gooood!)