Happy Year of the Rooster

It's a yearly tradition with this gang. This time, theme was "dressed in our auspicious colours for the year". So we did. :) And welcome Keong to join us this year.

Keong's Wedding

Keong took me by surprise one afternoon in August when he called from Geneva to inform that he will be holding his wedding event. After all, I had just been pleasantly surprised in June when he returned for the Water week and promptly asked me to meet his girlfriend. So how did the girlfriend become the wife so quickly.

In his speech, Keong took pains to emphasise that no, his wife is NOT pregnant but spoilt the message by ending with 'Not that I know of!'

In his rather touching speech, in thanking his parents, he described his father as an excellent role model for him and his siblings for his diligence and willingness to take hardship (刻苦耐劳) . He also thanked his mother for her selfless love.

Some photos below of the happy occasion.


Emcee for the event. My close to 15th (I think) experience.

Met Senyuen today

Today (Thursday) was the day of my weekly run with my colleagues. As I was slowly plodding along the long and lonely road populated with 'atas' bungalows, I noticed a fellow jogger approaching in the opposite direction. I did not pay much attention until he called my name.

Senyuen is my senior in NTUBS and a musical talent. He taught himself music, how to play the piano and later learnt arrangement and producing.

We spent around 2 mins catching up before saying our goodbyes and continuing with our sweaty business.

K 歌之 Night - 完结

期盼多日，昨夜终于K 歌一夜，星光灿烂，痛唱尽欢。 ‘迪克。荣’作为首席唱将，学友上身，一夜霸麦，耐力十足，不愧狂野之‘荣’。

我们‘其他歌手’安于作为陪衬，偶尔锦上添花，也已算满足。

良友久久一聚，特显珍贵，期待他日再聚首。

Good Time, Not So Good Food

Towards the end of the meal, HS said,"I would rather have paid $10 more to eat better quality food, or we might as well have gone to a hawker centre." I couldn't have agreed more.

I meet this group of NTUBS friends once in a long while, and because of this we normally splurge on a better dinner. The last dinner I had with them was an ala-carte buffet dinner at Suntec's Pearl River Restaurant and I still had good memories of the food.

I arrived early and was seated. Then GM called me and said they are switching the dinner venue to the Congress (I think so) steamboat buffet because MH liked the experience of cooking his own food!

It turned out to be not a clever thing because the quality of the food was poor. The raw seafood, apart from the prawns, were not fresh and had an unpleasant odour. I mostly ate the cooked food and drank my pork bone steamboat stock which was in fact quite good and the only saving grace.

I am defnitely not going back there again, ever.




My pork bone stock with only tang-oh vegetables.
HK had to settle important office matters throughout the dinner. He looked tired.

Adjourning to Mc Cafe for a late night cuppa.

With GM, friends since Sec 1.