All too soon, it's over.
Well, we already know what I did on Monday.
So, fast-forward to Wednesday, when I dragged myself outta bed at 7am to head down to ECP with Petripoo, Rui, Big K, Yalan, Jean and Agatha for a spot of sun and fresh air. I only realised when I reached there how long I hadn't been down to ECP - felt nostalgic remembering the VJ days and the AHM training. Well, ok, more nostalgic about the VJ days than the Army days, but all the memories came back anyway.
Ended up renting bicycles for a couple of hours and cycling down the stretch. The weather was surprisingly cool; the clouds were mostly out and we didn't get much direct sun, to my delight but to Petripoo's dismay. Cycled a bit, stopped a bit, took some random shots, and basically watched the day turn from late morning to early afternoon. After that, we had a quick lunch at Parkway Parade, then left the area - Rui and Jean had some psychometric test or something to go for.
Oh, yeah, the photos 2 entries ago were from the day at ECP.
Was supposed to go down to Mambo that evening, but I got nailed by a headache in the late afternoon. Tried to sleep it away, didn't really work, and so I had to pass. Ah wells.
On the bright side, because I was a good boy and stayed home and got a (relatively) early night, met up with Winston, Jean, Chloe, and Lester for breakfast at Bukit Timah market. Had a relaxing breakfast. Comfortable companionship and conversation - a good way to start the day. Unfortunately, nothing much at all was done during the day, despite valiant attempts to, uhm, get started on work. No real surprise there.
Drove down to the Indoor Stadium in the evening for Oasis, picking up Ziy and his sister along the way and getting horribly annoyed at the number of wrong turns I took. Still, got there on time, despite wasting much time on parking thanks to an enormous jam near the stadium itself.
Well, in a nutshell, Oasis rocked.
They didn't really work the crowd, and they didn't attempt to. Some muttered comments between songs, some posturing and swaggering, and that was it. The sound system was a bit iffy too - more than a couple of instances of feedback. And the crowd didn't really warm up to their renditions of songs from their more recent albums. But frankly, who really cared about these details when they launched into the anthems of our youth? Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, Don't Look Back in Anger...it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that these were the songs that everybody had been waiting for. The energy and enthusiasm of the crowd when they launched into these old favourites was simply amazing. Words fail me - you had to be there. Left the place with my voice gone, my ears ringing, but thoroughly rocked out.
Spent most of Friday recovering.
Went to listen to a Coslabs presentation on Saturday afternoon, then headed down to school for Sheares Hall production. It was...ok. Pretty farcical, which was the intent, but there were wa-ay too many Singlish elements in a British play. So, it was funny, in a lame way, but it was also too localised, to the extent that different elements of the play didn't really gel. Still, it was an interesting enough way to spend an evening, and I did get to spend time with my lovely TGmates, so no loss at all.
On Sunday, I headed down to Lester's church to start a 40 Days of Purpose campaign. I'm praying that it'll be a 40 days of awakening, of revelation, of affirmation, of growth. Of finding true inner peace and purpose.
So, it was a friggin good break. Rest, relaxation, as well as lots of fun and activities. Pity it didn't last longer. Of course, the problem is that I didn't catch up on any work at all during the break - and there will be consequences. Still, no point worrying about that now; I'll just have to get back to the daily grind and get my act together.
Typically long post. Well, if you got this far, enjoy this link. The kid's speaking German, by the way.
Well, enough time spent on this; it's time to work on Crim.
So, fast-forward to Wednesday, when I dragged myself outta bed at 7am to head down to ECP with Petripoo, Rui, Big K, Yalan, Jean and Agatha for a spot of sun and fresh air. I only realised when I reached there how long I hadn't been down to ECP - felt nostalgic remembering the VJ days and the AHM training. Well, ok, more nostalgic about the VJ days than the Army days, but all the memories came back anyway.
Ended up renting bicycles for a couple of hours and cycling down the stretch. The weather was surprisingly cool; the clouds were mostly out and we didn't get much direct sun, to my delight but to Petripoo's dismay. Cycled a bit, stopped a bit, took some random shots, and basically watched the day turn from late morning to early afternoon. After that, we had a quick lunch at Parkway Parade, then left the area - Rui and Jean had some psychometric test or something to go for.
Oh, yeah, the photos 2 entries ago were from the day at ECP.
Was supposed to go down to Mambo that evening, but I got nailed by a headache in the late afternoon. Tried to sleep it away, didn't really work, and so I had to pass. Ah wells.
On the bright side, because I was a good boy and stayed home and got a (relatively) early night, met up with Winston, Jean, Chloe, and Lester for breakfast at Bukit Timah market. Had a relaxing breakfast. Comfortable companionship and conversation - a good way to start the day. Unfortunately, nothing much at all was done during the day, despite valiant attempts to, uhm, get started on work. No real surprise there.
Drove down to the Indoor Stadium in the evening for Oasis, picking up Ziy and his sister along the way and getting horribly annoyed at the number of wrong turns I took. Still, got there on time, despite wasting much time on parking thanks to an enormous jam near the stadium itself.
Well, in a nutshell, Oasis rocked.
They didn't really work the crowd, and they didn't attempt to. Some muttered comments between songs, some posturing and swaggering, and that was it. The sound system was a bit iffy too - more than a couple of instances of feedback. And the crowd didn't really warm up to their renditions of songs from their more recent albums. But frankly, who really cared about these details when they launched into the anthems of our youth? Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, Don't Look Back in Anger...it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that these were the songs that everybody had been waiting for. The energy and enthusiasm of the crowd when they launched into these old favourites was simply amazing. Words fail me - you had to be there. Left the place with my voice gone, my ears ringing, but thoroughly rocked out.
Spent most of Friday recovering.
Went to listen to a Coslabs presentation on Saturday afternoon, then headed down to school for Sheares Hall production. It was...ok. Pretty farcical, which was the intent, but there were wa-ay too many Singlish elements in a British play. So, it was funny, in a lame way, but it was also too localised, to the extent that different elements of the play didn't really gel. Still, it was an interesting enough way to spend an evening, and I did get to spend time with my lovely TGmates, so no loss at all.
On Sunday, I headed down to Lester's church to start a 40 Days of Purpose campaign. I'm praying that it'll be a 40 days of awakening, of revelation, of affirmation, of growth. Of finding true inner peace and purpose.
So, it was a friggin good break. Rest, relaxation, as well as lots of fun and activities. Pity it didn't last longer. Of course, the problem is that I didn't catch up on any work at all during the break - and there will be consequences. Still, no point worrying about that now; I'll just have to get back to the daily grind and get my act together.
Typically long post. Well, if you got this far, enjoy this link. The kid's speaking German, by the way.
Well, enough time spent on this; it's time to work on Crim.
posted by khel at 6:21 PM
1 Comments:
very good narrative essay mr xu. now if you would include some images to make ur narrations come alive!! *step outside the summertime's in bloom*
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