Tuesday, January 07, 2003
Woke up at 630, went to mom's room and slept again beside her till 645, before finally forcing myself to take a shower. Got out at 715am and guess what, I went back to my bedroom and slept again on the floor till 745. zzzz arghghgh I cant take this no more.
Was out with the boys last nite. Picked Daniel up at Park Mall and we proceeded on to Millenia Walk. Sofian and Kian Chai reached the place together at about 715. KC had some free waffle ice cream + coffee vouchers for Padalum so we went there for Dinner. The spread ->
Pasta Chicken Cheese for me
Steak for Dan and KC
Garlic Bread and a big bowl of fries for Sofian (his usual)
Spring Chicken for all of us to share.
AND of course, the aforementioned waffle ice-cream and coffee for everyone.
Talked about the usual stuff, EPL, babes, porn etc. Somehow the subject of looking for the supernatural came up again, as is the case whenever Sofian is around, and somebody (I cant remember who) suggested going to Mount Pleasant area. Now there's a creepy place. I remember when Iva and me were still together, I used to drive along that road to go to her house and everytime, I would feel some sort of... u know.. chill. I remember also about Gymkhana Ave, that little slip road off Mt Pleasant, and how I've always been curious to turn in and find out where the road leads to. So it was decided, the fellowship will drive there tonight and see if there are Urukhais hiding in the burrows of Pleasantville.
Left Millenia at 945, and reached Mount Doom at about 1015... My car was leading, Sofian beside me, and KC and Daniel followed us. I swerved into Gymkhana Ave and lo and behold.. creepy big houses on either side, pitch dark, some uninhabited (is that a proper word?). I just drove on and the 2 way road became a single narrow lane, just wide enough for a car to pass through. Natural drains on either side. I wouldn’t have enough space to turn the car around if something happened. So I just drove on… pass big creepy trees and just total darkness. Fangorn Forest! The last march of the Ents!
The road became so narrow that I almost manoeuvred the car down a tiny stream running across the road. A few metres from there, a junction appeared, one going straight, the other leading up a slope to a mosque. This must be the creepiest mosque in Singapore. Sofian remarked, if there’s a mosque, there’s a cemetery nearby (Dan later confirmed that he saw some graves around the mosque). The road leading straight was even narrower! And there were no more streetlights after that. So I signalled KC to make use of the junction to reverse his car and drive out.
We drove to Upper Thomson Road (Casuarina area) and had coffee there. Us guys and Iva once went to that very coffeeshop after the World Cup Final and had prata. Everybody was excited, Sofian wanted to go there again, showing us the Street Directory and how the road lead to Andrew Road beside CBC and Dan recalled how that area is full of Chinese graves. KC suggested we drive down Lower Peirce Reservoir Road. I thought, what the heck, we're in the area anyway, so why not? I used to drive down that road with Iva, we would go to the Reservoir area, sit at the edge, throw stones and talk about stuff. Once .. er, I digress. God that whole area remind me of her.
We left the coffeeshop at about 11 and drove down that long and winding road, looking out for any unusual nocturnal activities (and monkeys). But the road to the reservoir was closed! So on we went and finally exited along Yio Chu Kang Road. I sent Sofian home, and Kian Chai sent Daniel. Reached Pasir Ris at midnight exactly.
But that was last nite..
Today, today... I woke up again at 745, got dressed, went out of the house at 805. Fine, I thought, I still have 25mins to get to work. But then there was a jam at PIE (accident @ Paya Lebar) and I ended up reaching the office at 905. Ho Ho.
Nothing much happened in the office, ignored Lily for most of the day, felt low down bad but, hey, I cannot pretend I'm all fine and dandy with it. Not anymore. Gave her this blog address. OOps. She's gonna read this.
Went to Macritchie for a run after work with Shih Wee. (Think I'll call him this from now on, instead of Sean. Dont ask why). This was the first time I went to Macritchie for a run since moving to Toa Payoh! Sigh.... thought of those days when me, Lily and Shih Wee would take THAT guy's car and we would go for runs almost every week and then we would chill out after that. I've got so much to write about those days. Well, maybe some other time. This entry is getting too long anyway.
It was quite a good run, the weather was cool (it rained the whole day before that), I got my brand new shoes all muddy, but I'm happy I can still complete the trail. Think it was 27minutes. We went to Serangoon Gardens Hawker Centre after that. Roti John and soya bean curd was all we had, I wanted to eat dinner at home. Since it was still early, we drove to Jalan Kayu and had Paper Prata and Tehchino. Left at 9. Shih Wee took 103 home, I called Junia to see whether I can meet her for a while to get the form for my dad but she didnt answer so drove I all the way home.
Some pics..
Me and Kian Chai on the last day of 2002! At East Coast Beach, Mervin took the pic
KL pics
Me, Sofian and Kian Chai at Batu Caves
I like this pose. Dont they look mean? Heh
I'm just testing out putting photos directly into the logs... will put more relevant pics in the future.
Was out with the boys last nite. Picked Daniel up at Park Mall and we proceeded on to Millenia Walk. Sofian and Kian Chai reached the place together at about 715. KC had some free waffle ice cream + coffee vouchers for Padalum so we went there for Dinner. The spread ->
Pasta Chicken Cheese for me
Steak for Dan and KC
Garlic Bread and a big bowl of fries for Sofian (his usual)
Spring Chicken for all of us to share.
AND of course, the aforementioned waffle ice-cream and coffee for everyone.
Talked about the usual stuff, EPL, babes, porn etc. Somehow the subject of looking for the supernatural came up again, as is the case whenever Sofian is around, and somebody (I cant remember who) suggested going to Mount Pleasant area. Now there's a creepy place. I remember when Iva and me were still together, I used to drive along that road to go to her house and everytime, I would feel some sort of... u know.. chill. I remember also about Gymkhana Ave, that little slip road off Mt Pleasant, and how I've always been curious to turn in and find out where the road leads to. So it was decided, the fellowship will drive there tonight and see if there are Urukhais hiding in the burrows of Pleasantville.
Left Millenia at 945, and reached Mount Doom at about 1015... My car was leading, Sofian beside me, and KC and Daniel followed us. I swerved into Gymkhana Ave and lo and behold.. creepy big houses on either side, pitch dark, some uninhabited (is that a proper word?). I just drove on and the 2 way road became a single narrow lane, just wide enough for a car to pass through. Natural drains on either side. I wouldn’t have enough space to turn the car around if something happened. So I just drove on… pass big creepy trees and just total darkness. Fangorn Forest! The last march of the Ents!
The road became so narrow that I almost manoeuvred the car down a tiny stream running across the road. A few metres from there, a junction appeared, one going straight, the other leading up a slope to a mosque. This must be the creepiest mosque in Singapore. Sofian remarked, if there’s a mosque, there’s a cemetery nearby (Dan later confirmed that he saw some graves around the mosque). The road leading straight was even narrower! And there were no more streetlights after that. So I signalled KC to make use of the junction to reverse his car and drive out.
We drove to Upper Thomson Road (Casuarina area) and had coffee there. Us guys and Iva once went to that very coffeeshop after the World Cup Final and had prata. Everybody was excited, Sofian wanted to go there again, showing us the Street Directory and how the road lead to Andrew Road beside CBC and Dan recalled how that area is full of Chinese graves. KC suggested we drive down Lower Peirce Reservoir Road. I thought, what the heck, we're in the area anyway, so why not? I used to drive down that road with Iva, we would go to the Reservoir area, sit at the edge, throw stones and talk about stuff. Once .. er, I digress. God that whole area remind me of her.
We left the coffeeshop at about 11 and drove down that long and winding road, looking out for any unusual nocturnal activities (and monkeys). But the road to the reservoir was closed! So on we went and finally exited along Yio Chu Kang Road. I sent Sofian home, and Kian Chai sent Daniel. Reached Pasir Ris at midnight exactly.
But that was last nite..
Today, today... I woke up again at 745, got dressed, went out of the house at 805. Fine, I thought, I still have 25mins to get to work. But then there was a jam at PIE (accident @ Paya Lebar) and I ended up reaching the office at 905. Ho Ho.
Nothing much happened in the office, ignored Lily for most of the day, felt low down bad but, hey, I cannot pretend I'm all fine and dandy with it. Not anymore. Gave her this blog address. OOps. She's gonna read this.
Went to Macritchie for a run after work with Shih Wee. (Think I'll call him this from now on, instead of Sean. Dont ask why). This was the first time I went to Macritchie for a run since moving to Toa Payoh! Sigh.... thought of those days when me, Lily and Shih Wee would take THAT guy's car and we would go for runs almost every week and then we would chill out after that. I've got so much to write about those days. Well, maybe some other time. This entry is getting too long anyway.
It was quite a good run, the weather was cool (it rained the whole day before that), I got my brand new shoes all muddy, but I'm happy I can still complete the trail. Think it was 27minutes. We went to Serangoon Gardens Hawker Centre after that. Roti John and soya bean curd was all we had, I wanted to eat dinner at home. Since it was still early, we drove to Jalan Kayu and had Paper Prata and Tehchino. Left at 9. Shih Wee took 103 home, I called Junia to see whether I can meet her for a while to get the form for my dad but she didnt answer so drove I all the way home.
Some pics..
Me and Kian Chai on the last day of 2002! At East Coast Beach, Mervin took the pic
KL pics
Me, Sofian and Kian Chai at Batu Caves
I like this pose. Dont they look mean? Heh
I'm just testing out putting photos directly into the logs... will put more relevant pics in the future.
