rey's ramblings

As the seasons go by

Plug-in: Thank You - Alanis Morissette

it's been quite a busy past two weeks so i haven't really had the time
or inspiration to blog but anyway here's an update on the highlights.

watched transformers a couple of wednesdays ago (4th july) after school,
at night with rastus, rasmus, darryl and it was mind-blowingly good! the

script wasn't exactly high on quality but the plot sufficiently supported the

barrage of special/visual effects and non-stop action which the movie was

high on, and which of course was what made our 8 bucks worth it. it's really

those kind of movies you have to watch at the cinema (unless you have an

equivalent at home) because without a big screen and surround sound, it

wouldn't be so much of a rollercoaster ride. but anyway, to sum it up, it was

definitely very entertaining (and cool) :) it's been quite a while since i last

watched a movie at cineleisure and i was reminded again how loud their sound

system was, haha.

watched a bit of live earth on saturday (7th july) after coming back from church/
dinner and the civil service fair at orchard hotel with darryl earlier in the afternoon.
it was quite dismal actually, definitely way below live 8 and either it was poorly
planned or there was quite a lack of public interest in it 'cos even the live concerts
had poor attendance. oh well, guess people aren't really interested in the environment
yet.

helped aunt patsy with some swimming competition after 1st sunday service the next

day at her CC. she drove us - rastus, rasmus, chih yong, guo xiang, russell and me to

delta swimming complex where we helped out with the stopwatch timing mainly. in

the end, we got to participate in the relay event so we had fun (:

went for rockclimbing training on monday evening, which was quite hardcore 'cos
i bouldered for about 3 hours plus. one dissent i have with climbing at sp though, is
that although the bouldergym there is fantastic, there's hardly any avenue for
high-walling which really makes it quite boring after awhile as bouldering can get
repetitive. partly the reason why i bouldered til so late - 9:30, was because i was

staying over at darryl's place to run the next morning (my classes were shifted til

very late the next day) and i was meeting him and the twins at 10pm. left sp at 945

after stopping at pizza hut/kfc for a while where chih yong, jia wei and edward were
playing dota. met rasmus and rastus on the train that i boarded at dover cos they
were coming from clementi. we train-ed til sengkang to meet darryl. got into a bit of
a tiff on the way with rastus but that was cleared up later on in the night (:

had a very early run at 4:30 am the next morning of about 6 km? something very
funny happened which i'll be happy to indulge only if you ask. anyway, after mee
goreng for breakfast, darryl went off to school and i bus-ed back with the twins.
had a nice morning/noon nap before heading to school again.

met val for lunch after school the next day (11th july) 'cos we both have very free
wednesdays (: haha! we tried out the really good chicken cutlet rice at foodcourt 3,
foodhaven. which i hardly get to 'cos being in school of business means we hardly
bother to walk all the way to other foodcourts.

met val again after school on friday at khatib mrt so i could pass her birthday present
to her. went home to change and train-ed to yishun (so as to make full use of mrt
concession, haha) and met russell and valerie at bk. passed russell his prezzie (oh yeah
did i forget to mention that russ and val's birthdays are on the same day, 12th july? haha!)
and then we waited for the twins and darryl 'cos we were going to watch order of the
phoenix at gv yishun. due to traffic jams etc, the twins only reached 10 mins after the start
of the movie. lucky there were ads though, darryl came later on another 10 mins into the
movie. post-movie we hanged out at mcdonalds for awhile as we met jia wei and valerie
there. jia wei was studying and valerie was with a couple of her friends. took a bus back
home with the twins when it was starting to get late, we didn't notice since macs is 24 hrs.

had a museum trip on sunday after service thanks to delia, who had some free tickets for
us. its been really long since i last stepped in to the singapore art museum, and they
revamped the whole place so it looked a lot better and was more visitor-friendly. but as
it does, visiting your own country's museum (especially considering we're such a small
and young country) is really boring no matter what. haha. darryl, jia wei, the twins and
i had dinner at subway before train-ing home.

today was poa CA2! which went really smoothly even though i was quite unprepared.
but luckily i've been paying attention during tutorials so the test went well (: trained
to dhoby afterwards to meet rastus and rasmus. rastus's classmate, shannon, was there
too. ta pau-ed macs for dinner before we train-ed to kovan to meet russell, chih yong

and darryl. then we took not one but two buses and still had to walk a bit before reaching

our church's recreation centre somewhere in hougang. we went there because the gym
was having a free trial for church members. met ben thia, dexter, sasi and some of the
plmgs girls there too. i guess people were maximising the free trial period, haha. played
ping-pong with ben, sasi and rastus after the gym session and also regretfully tried out
the iGallop, haha! took turns to bathe at the really new and nice showers before aunt
patsy gave us some refreshments in the form of muffins and lemonade (:

i don't think we'll go back there though cos firstly it's too inconvenient and far away,
secondly the admission price of $3 for a rather small gym is not really worth it.

anyway, just got back not long ago. spent quite a lot on bus fare today, haha.

oh wells, there's lsbc fun day this sunday at sentosa! our church booked the whole
palawan beach i think (:

this was taken a while back ago at church camp with some girls
from the sec 3 cell. the one taking the pic was evangeline. haha, good memories(:

~rey

I crossed the bridge at 11:55 PM

Sunday, July 15, 2007

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probably the first time i'm advertising (or helping someone to advertise) on
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I crossed the bridge at 11:34 PM

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Ruishan's Scrumptious Seventeen!

Plug-in: Come What May - Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman

before it slips my mind, let me blog about the beach birthday party

we had at sentosa on sunday in celebration of ruishan's 17th birthday!

woke up slightly late on sunday morning, so rushed down with rastus

and rasmus to vivo where we bought presents, cards etc. before taking

the skytrain down to siloso beach. we walked a bit to their spot at the

beach which was just in front of the shangri-la resort. ruishan, teresa,

michelle, ernest, wilbert and yihe were already there. adele, rachel, lucille

and grace arrived later on in the afternoon. basically, we ate (alot of yummy

food you'll see later!), laughed, played games such as twister and ultimate

frisbee, tried to build an underground tunnel which we almost did and got

into the lagoon too(: and oh yeah, the twins and i prepared this acapella
song that was self-composed by us that we performed for her later, yup.

there were a lot of hilarious moments, most of which are highlighted by in

the photos but also some which are not, like jumping into the lagoon from

the rocky side and swimming back to the beach! we left the beach once it

started to get dark and changed, bathed etc. before leaving the island to go

back to vivocity for dinner in terra cafe, where the food was standard western

but they had some really good milkshakes and house specialities! haha, it was

really an enjoyable day (:

photos from teresa:

birthday girl!

the moose and nah-nah (:

wilbert, teresa and yihe. and that's ernest poking his cheek on the right!

starting of the dig!

look who's tired!

charging into the water after digging!

going off to fetch adele/ teresa and nahnah are "very huggable"!

besties doing their "handshake thing"/mus caught being fed!

what they'd call an "unglam" moment x)

~~paul frank~~ adele preparing a hole... / ruishan's feeling suspicious...

well you couldn't hear but ruishan was going "NOOOOOOO!!!"

ruishan relents to her fate...

rastus decides to get in on the burying thing! / and that's adele drawing a torso on the sand!

rastus drawing a skeleton soldier

finished product (: and so rastus decides to do some kayaking, haha!

and yes, another "unglam" photo =D

food! (homemade brownies, wedges and all)

"thong for my birthday present??" yep, we were laughing / adele doing the movie-star thing.

shades on!

the start of a twister game! and the girls call the shots.

getting real twisted! notice the dangerous position wilbert's facing in the left picture, haha! x)

start of another twister game. and look at the precarious position we were forced into! haha.

what a stretch.

nahnah caught red-handed!

the arrival of rachel. and a crazy fight ensues.. (it wasn't real dont worry, haha!)

doing the mirror image thing.

teresa, lucille and michelle!______________doing the elizabeth swann thing!

highly comical.

teresa found a dandelion!

watch what ernest is about to do...

uh-oh.______________________________yihe and ernest, both born on jan 27th.

we tried to dunk ruishan, not successful but still (:

the ijseven and their 7 deadly sins pose.

at terra cafe.

The End :)

I crossed the bridge at 11:39 PM

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