Wednesday, August 11, 2004
We the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people...
1pm-5pm: ZZzzz
5pm-11pm: Parkway BK, Gen's place to watch Singapore Idol
Went to BK to study a bit before the rest came for dinner, Marilyn, Marissa and Matthias were already there. So I studied till 6.30pm when the rest of them turned up. Elden started asking for advice on slimming, while munching on the 2nd of his burger bonanza. LOL! Priscilla started speaking in Western-accented Mandarin, to the mirth of Dione the Higher Chinese Queen and the rest of us. And so we talked in Mandarin about how to lose Elden's weight all the way to Gen's place.
1pm-5pm: ZZzzz
5pm-11pm: Parkway BK, Gen's place to watch Singapore Idol
Went to BK to study a bit before the rest came for dinner, Marilyn, Marissa and Matthias were already there. So I studied till 6.30pm when the rest of them turned up. Elden started asking for advice on slimming, while munching on the 2nd of his burger bonanza. LOL! Priscilla started speaking in Western-accented Mandarin, to the mirth of Dione the Higher Chinese Queen and the rest of us. And so we talked in Mandarin about how to lose Elden's weight all the way to Gen's place.
As you can see, I like to name all the people present at events so here goes the list of those at Gen's place:
Daphne, Darren, Dione, Elden, Gen herself, Jared, Joanna, Jonathan, Kelvin, Marilyn, Marissa, Matthias, Michaela, Noel, Priscilla, Samantha, Sandrine.
We reached Gen's place just in time to watch the fireworks from the NDP. And since Gen lives on the 23rd storey and her block has an almost perfect view of the national stadium... we saw all the fireworks, even their launching points! It was amazing, breathtaking, awe-inspiring.... the best I've seen ever. To our joy, the fireworks came on again after a few minutes. The 3 min tribute to PM Goh was touching... Thank you Heavenly Father for the gift of such a great leader.
As we approached the most anticipated moment of the nite - Singapore Idol, we got ourselves ready and comfortable, chips and drinks in hand. This 1st episode showed a dearth of good singers, and was basically a lambasting, laughter-driven episode. We all gasped when we saw Alastair, and how he was totally put down by all the judges for forgetting his lyrics. Besides him, Joy and Shaun had also taken part, both faltering in the 2nd round.
We have 2 Singaporean versions of William Hung so far!! LOL! And in the next episode, they'll reveal to us the Banana man! absolutely hilarious!!! Christopher Michael Lee, one of the main cantors for the Eucharistic Congress and Aileen's son, put on a fine performance and got through, so go Catholics! We rock!
We stayed on to watch another hilarious episode of Friends... the one where Joey "masters" French!
And so ended another wonderful day....
So as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation!
