okay, so ive been missing for a few days. tts coz i was at a chalet, 3D2N. was v gd, juz hangin around, talkin a lot of crap, some sense, but basically it felt like a holiday that we've been longin for for a very long time. esp for me, i felt like after so much work, it was only right that i have this break. tho gettin the food, fannin for the fire and lil bit of cookin was more like work than fun, i let that pass.

when winfrid told me the budget was 65 bucks, i was like, wtf, thats impossible. on friday, junwen came over for a while, before headin back home from OCS. we watched some punk'd episodes and we had lunch at my place. then i head over to IMM where Jesica, Junli and me got the food as well as some other things to get us through the duration of the chalet. actual amount came up to 100, and that was all the necessities only. ah well, things like these always goes above budget.

yea, then we took the train, all the way from Jurong East to Pasir Ris. it wasnt as long as we thought it was, then we checked in and waited for others to arrive. Junli and I started the fire and got it all goin. heh, after the chalet, Junli and Winfrid has effectively taught me all about fire in BBQ and stuff, i feel like im a master of it now. small huts on fire, then go for the massacre, then keep blowin at concentrated spots of white hot charcoal to reignite, etc, etc. i was actually engrossed in keepin the fire goin stronger than the actual cookin.

soon after, everyone else came and we were juz sharin common jokes, racist jokes, and a whole lot of crap while eating. thats how its supposed to be like, isnt it. too bad some ppl had to go off, some had things to do the next day, some were still working on sat, so some went off to sleep, some stayed awake n juz talked. allan, glen, zhengwei, jesica and me decided to go to a food place nearby, about 15 mins walk. when we went out of our rooms, we heard someone moaning. we tot it was nothin until we heard it like three times in a row. clearly a women, clearly someone havin sex. glen n i looked at eachother wide eyed. i mean, it was quite loud. then we called allan n we heard one more moan. zhengwei got all excited and ran over, but by then, we couldnt hear anymore. haha, it was funny to see zhengwei's reaction. then we headed over to eat, to make up for the food we ate on BBQ, noone actually eats a lot on BBQ. i had somethin too spicy, so i was havin probs later on in the morning. when we came back, we expected silence but actually everyone was playin the drinkin game. flip a card, and drink cups of water as instructed, among gettin some nasty details about some people along the way. in the end everyone had a bit too much of water and we were juz goin to the toilet every now n then. i went to toilet like 6 times when we eventually fell asleep. by the time we all decided to sleep, it was about 6 in the morning. it worked well for me since i cant really sleep. koustav had to report to OCS thing by 0645, so he went off with zhengwei. andrea, adeline and clarisse had to go off quite early to work and all, so we were left wit few ppl in the end. allan also went off to do his stuff and jesica had to go for dance. in the end it was only jaime, winfrid n me. i woke up around 10 somethin, i was pretty much awake when whoever was goin off n all, so i figured i only slept proper for like 2 to 3 hours. jaime n winfrid were sleepin like pigs, they woke up like near 1 plus. i had my breakfast by then was juz walkin around the whole place, surfin to check my mails and all. when i came back, the two were still sleepin. when they finally awoke, koustav came back, and we deciced to go to the pool to swim, jaime and winfrid wanted to tan. i hadnt swam in a long long time, so it felt real nice. by the time all that ended it was already 4 plus, we all showered, jesica came back, and when we went to get our lunch/dinner, so did adeline and clarisse. we got ourselve the big feast from KFC and juz fed onto em, that made me quite full, so i didnt really eat for the night. then we were juz bummin around, clarisse brough top spin for the xbox, so jesica and i started playin that while others were playin card games n all. i played wit clarisse for a while, but she was way too good, since she's been playin. i couldnt control my shots and she kept returnin my strokes wit hard balls, eventually i cracked. but i got her back wit my Kuerten. then we started playin this career mode, where we make a fresh character and start participatin in ATP cups and courses. it was rather interestin, like GT2 simulation disk. i continued to play while others made supper for themselves and all.

we went off to bowl and we had a real nice time. i beat the 120 scoreline again, somethin tt doesnt happen to me often. i hav to thank partly to a v attractive no 12 bowl. i was always the 11 guy, but i thought i giv 12 a try, it seemed more comfortable to me. when i let the ball go, i realised it went off exactly how i wanted it, wit precision, enough power and most importantly, it went straight, without curving. the first bowl i made wit the 12 came off as a strike. and couple more followed, but i got a lot of 9s and 8s. the first game was pretty ok, but wit the 12 ball, the second game went fabulous for me. jaime n i were exchangin our forces, he hit couple of superb shots as well. ultimately i think everyone had a strike at least once. winfrid was the most funny coz he would bowl so slow and it was almost like pushin the ball forward then bowlin. n it rolled slowly til it picked up its pace n go hit the pins; most didnt make it though. haha.

after comin back, i tried to see which place was showin soccer matches. i realised wit shock tt gillingham was beatin charlton 3-1 at half time. but most places closed after 2 and they were not showin anymore matches so i went back to the room to play top spin. i finished the shanghai cup and went off to see wat was goin on, couple of ppl were too tired already, so they went off to sleep. i was feelin weird, since i had slept little. the funny thign was tt i was not feelin tired but v alert n all. probably coz of over activeness of the brain due to lack of sleep. i went on to play wit the fire, blowin, addin charcoal and heatin things for fun. glen, zhengwei, jaime, adeline, clarisse and i were juz talkin til then. after tt, we juz decided to go to sleep. since i couldnt really sleep, i proceeded to play top spin. i did somemore courses and fnished some tournaments. by the time i was too bored to play, it was 6 and everyone was asleep. i juz lay on the floor and tried to get some sleep. we had to check off by 10, so i had to make sure i wouldnt fall into that long sleep. i suddenly woke up and realised it was 0820 and i was like shit, i need to start clearin up. so i woke couple of guys up to get things goin. when i finished my stuff, i was juz waitin for the others to wake up and clean up, so i continued playin top spin. i managed to finish all the pro-am cups and made it to 14th place, amazing, considerin i was still pretty much an amateur and got only handful of skill stars. all the other ppl in top 30 n stuff had like lotsa stars, but i juz applied wat i knew of playin tennis n beat ppl who were higher ranked than me.

we checked out n headed to macdonalds at white sands. we settled the money prob and glen n koustav went off, and we all took the train to wherever we were goin. allan was goin on the cruise wit some councillors and he went off together wit adeline, clarisse and zhengwei at outram. i went off at queenstown and went back home, showered and tried to rest. woke up about 5 hours later on.

the first thing my dad told me was tt the february thing was now confirmed. so i am leavin early for sure now. sigh.

but from the last three days, it was really pleasant and enjoyable time that i will probably remember for the next few years wit clarity. the ghost stories and religious things we shared on first night kinda confirmed my belief that religion isnt exactly wat it is, it a long theory i came up wit it, i;ll probably blog about it next time. at the same time, i realised these are the kind of parties i'll be having quite often once im in universities; thing would be more ugly i suppose, wit all the alcohols bein consumed means ppl would be doin crazy stuff drunk, ppl makin out in the toilet n stuff like tt. in a way, this is more controlled, or like toned down.

but spendin lnog time wit friends like this is always fun. over a long period, u see a different side of friends u never noticed. i guess some ppl saw me as this order freak, after BBQ, i was like cleanin stuff to make sure the place wasnt too dirty, reorganisin the room to remove all the rubbish, wakin up ppl to get ready, always plannin stuff, etc. yea, i could try not to be like tt for once, but hey, its better that way. haha.

but yea, to all the people who were there, hope u guys had great fun, maybe last time we got to do tt before ppl went off to army and all, n i guess i wouldnt be wit u guys soon so yea, definately has been great, thats for sure.