Monday, September 22, 2008
12:27 AM
(OK, some pics added, more to come, hopefully...)
Its our first outing!
TP students were supposed to meet at Dover Mrt Station at 9am, then go down to Bukit Timah area, to pick the Japs up from their hostel. (i still dun understand why they were arranged to stay at a hostel so far away from TP, EAST & WEST?!)
Naturally, Shi hui, mx & i were late, so the rest had left to pick the japs first, then we made our way by bus to the bus stop near their hostel. We felt so lost & unfamiliar with the WEST area~... haha! BTW, forgot to mention tt this first batch of jap students comprises of 11 ppl, 9 guys & 2 gals.
After meeting up with the rest at abt 10am, we made our way down by bus to orchard area. Tried to make some small talk with some of the jap guys who were seated closer to us during the bus ride. so far i only rem 3 of the guys names, Kohei, Yuskei & Seya (ppl always calling him SOYA by mistake! HAHA!) & the names of the 2 girls, Hana & Megumi (ppl keep calling her Maggie mee, also by mistake... shi hui ah.... haha).
Their names are hard to pronounce n rem sia... well i guess tt's wad they feel towards us too... haha!
First destination : Far East Plaza
The 2 Jap gals seated between Shi hui & Meixuan. Left : Hana, Right: Megumi
Well, tt early in the morning, u cant expect the shops to be open rite, so we ended up slacking outside KFC area, some had drinks, some ate. I tink after tt we went to walk in Far East awhile but like nothing much, so we went over to DFS, so TAKAI! (ex!!!) Couldnt stand the expensiveness of things, so we left n went to wisma atria to eat at Food replubic at abt 1pm. OMG! by this time i was already feeling SUPER thirsty, all e more seeing the rest having their food n drinks. We split into 2 tables, so i only noe bout wad was happening at my side. Singaprean grp were like buying different types of food to let them try. The japs themselves, bought Chicken Rice, they tried, beef noodles, prata, Malay rojak, honeydew sago(dessert), Tropical fruits (pineapples, honeydew, watermelon, papaya), n Coconut. Haha i can imagine how they'll be getting an upset stomach due to the various foods being consumed. The other table bought alot of desserts, including Chendol with durian puree. haha they all feared tt & ended up playing games to c who will have to drink the awful thing. Our table copied tt, but with the rojak, cos apparently they didnt like it.
After lunch, walked back to Far East, but this time went on to walk on the other floors, n some of the guys ended up buying t shirts. 1 of them got himself a pair of sunglasses. KAKOI!!! (cool!!!)
Second Destination : Heeren
Wa... the walk from Far East to Heeren, under the scorching heat was like UHHH!!!
my mouth wasnt even producing enough saliva la... haha (ok tt didnt sound rite.. haha! well hope u noe wad i meant by saying tt, if u dun, its cos i was soo dehydrated!)
Due to the difficulties faced with a big group of ppl walking ard into shops, we decided to let everyone go free & easy n be back at the ground floor at 4.30pm. I bought myself an ADIDAS waterbottle (PINK sia~). Then walked around la... window shopping...
4.30pm : while waiting for some missing ppl to gather, we started taking group photos right there n then! YES! RIGHT THERE! in the middle of the ground floor of Heeren shopping centre, can u imagine the obstructions we were causing?!?! haha!
Finally, decided to take a bus down to Vivo, even though the japs had already gone there ytd on their own. But from wad i heard, they were the ones who wanted to go back there.
Third Destination : Vivo City
When we got there, we decided to split into 2 groups. Those who wanted to go sit & play games AND those who wanted to KAIMONO (shop!) Most of the Singaporeans ended up wanting to play games, while most of the japs wanted to go shopping. So once we split, only 3 japs, 2 guys n a girl (megumi) joined us Singaporeans in playing games, we brought them to the rooftop of Vivo, overlooking the port.
First game, was the "Takenoko" game, the forfeits were super funny, but unfortunately only one of the japs gt forfeited, aww... haha! but tt guy, SUPER funny la... When we gt tired of tt game, we decided to teach them a Singaporean/TP game called "Chucky Chucky". Played on till abt 6.30pm. Finally almost time to break fast!
Mx kindly accompanied me to buy drinks from 7-eleven while the rest went to decide where to eat. We heard tt they went to Burger King, but MX didnt wan to eat tt so e 2 of us ate at LJS instead.
We ended up having to rush over to meet the rest cos the japs had a curfew (WTH? Realli different country, different cultures). Their curfew was 9pm and if they were late, they would have to be punished the following day by lowering their curfew to 8pm. So of cos we didnt want them to be late cos of us so we realli like rushed. Took MRT until dover, then took bus down. BLOODY HELL! stupid SBS uncle sia! just cos we gt down at the wrong stop, he was like so fucking pissed la! still can shoot vulgarities at us sia... we all held in our anger cos the japs were there la... E reason is cos we were realli rushing to get them back on time, it was already 8.55pm when we reached the bus stop, n lucky enough, we already told everyone to run once we gt down. N boy, did they run! the Singaporean guys & jap guys realli ran very fast, while us girls, walked as usual haha... but their efforts paid off! THEY MADE IT IN TIME!
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At the hostel, we started saying our good-byes for the night, but it was so draggy with everyone still mingling n chatting with each other, finally left at bout 9plus n walked to the bus stop. i went alone cos i was the only one taking a bus to the MRT station. I was too tired so gt a cab from kallang n after a good bath, i finally feel clean! OK another LOONNNG post! Sorry ppl, well no choice one la... longer gt more juicy details. I might have missed out some interesting things la... but im oso tired already haha... pics will come later... thanks for reading! NITEX!
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