feuerwerke

well we planned to go watch the fireworks display today... so i smsed jolene, cheryl, mich-zee, ame, zarina and pet... in the end only me, jo, cher could make it... and cher brought her special friend along... so that made 4 of us...

the crowd was horrible today... it seemed like the whole world was out today and everyone decided to go watch the fireworks... but something strange happened on my way there...

i wanted to take 131 from my place down to raffles city... but when i got down, the bus stop was empty... so i figured that the bus just left... so i decided to walk to the main road to take either 851 or 166... both buses arrived at the same time... 851 was first but it was all cramped up with people... so i walked to bus 166 behind...

i got on the bus and tapped my card on the card reader next to the bus driver... then i turned my head around to look for a seat... this man wearing a beige top was standing right next to the other card reader... he was holding on to the top railing and half his face was covered... and i got the greatest shock of my life... at a glance... he looked exactly like my late daddy... from the haircut to the skin tone to the shirt he was wearing... i just couldn't believe it... even the way he gave a faint smile looked like my daddy... i couldn't help but want to look at him... but it got me so emotional i nearly started crying on the bus... it reminded me of the story my sis told me that she saw daddy sitting at the pavilion a few blocks away... could he be that person she saw? i wonder where is my daddy now...

anyway... raffles city was super crowded... everyone and anyone were there... i met up with cher and her friend first while jolene was stuck on a train somewhere out there... kids screaming and running... mothers scolding their kids... it was a nightmare... even subway had a queue at least 2metres long... BK had a queue that ran to its entrance... horrible... so we all went to funan instead... queues were everywhere also... in the end we went to cold storage and bought chicken steaks, water, focaccia, fruitloops, snickers, milk and ice cream... walked to the padang... lo and behold... all those families who were at raffles city were at the padang now... so we just sat on the grass and waited for the fireworks... it was SPECTACULAR... beautiful display... better than national day... much better... people were screaming and clapping... i so want to get a closer look next week... but then again its the singapore team... will it measure up?

cher and her friend left... jo and i walked to the artshouse... there was this quaint little shop selling "local" stuff... bags made out of the "traditional" white towels of yesteryears were selling for 45.00... old metal cups were going for 4 dollars... picked up a brochure for the film fest... anyone wants to watch "girl with a pearl earring"? 6 bucks... 10,17,24,31 Aug (PG)... Kill Bill Vol.1 on the 13,14,20,21,27,28 Aug (R21)... facing window on 10,17,24,31 Aug (M18)... dogville on 15,22,29 Aug (R21)... leave a comment...

WORKSCHEDULE
monday = multicam proposal
tuesday = radio/bmr research
wednesday = bmr surveys
thursday = bmr surveys
friday = bmr collation
saturday = chalet! primary school reunion
sunday = start on bmr paper / fireworks!

DIE AH
actualli i just realised when the bmr paper is due... but i think i can make it on time...