Sunday, December 27, 2009
4A class gathering today!!!
at first, i didn't really feel like going but since i am the co-organiser, i have to go...
so today, i woke up at about 10.50am and we are going to meet 12noon at harbour front mrt station... wah. late le. then went to bathe... leave house at 11.15am to take 188 there. planned to meet jiayi and keith at je but i was already late so decided to go there straight.and i reached there 12.02pm. late for 2 mins. guess what? only keith, jiayi and yunxiang was there. then we waited for a while... some ppl sms to say that they will be late... so we went walking around first. went to rooftop to play cards... then kelvin and marcus came... after a while, sihua and cherie came... decided to go marche to look for seats first and some of us need to go off early, some of us are hungry... began eating... chatted about our everyday lives... then fongzun, zijie and jeremy came at about 1.30pm. wah. 1 1/2 hr late. not bad not bad. sat till around 2.15pm i guess and we left marche. we went to look for places where we can exchange presents and chat... i got yunxiang's present ( a pen ) and keith got my present ( adidas water bottle )... then keith yunxiang and marcus went off... so the rest of us ( kelvin, zhanyang, fongzun, zijie, jeremy, jiayi, cherie, sihua and me ) sat at pacific coffee house and chatted... played a game called " shoot, shag, marry " . given a choice of 3 guys or girls, choose which one would u shoot ( meaning don't really like ), shag ( eh... ) , and marry... quite fun game... it shows what people think of u. hmm. ok. i think not bad la. then we sat till 4.50pm. fongzun and cherie had to leave early... then the rest of us went home. but in the mrt train, kelvin suggested that the rest of us go prawning at jurong area... i think it is quite interesting and new to me, so i went, of course with sihua (or else i will be the only girl)... haha. $30 for 3hrs ( sihua jiayi and me shared one rod ).
this experience is fun and quite exciting (only when there is a prawn biting)... otherwise, it is quite boring and requires eye attention... the lighting there makes it difficult to see the 'float'. it is also a game of patience... but fun! :) i got 2 prawns!!! yeah! and they are very big ones... very heavy when they got onto the hook... needed help from others when i caught mine! hehe. can go prawning next time too! but there are not many prawns in the jurong one, they say go to the bishan better... but bishan is so far... haha. well... it is a nice experience afterall! and we barbequed the prawns after that. although i can't really eat prawns, i still ate 3 because i have to eat! i caught them! hehe... my throat still feel quite itchy though, but its okay! yeah!
nice class gathering! hope there will be more coming soon! thanks xuelian for organising it, although she didn't come. haha.
anyway, forgot to say some other things about my switzerland trip! the transport (train) is super expensive... a 4-day swiss pass cost around $270 for one person... ( how many trips can u take with S$270? maybe it can be used for 6months's transport here in singapore? ) although it includes free entry to some museums ( really only some i think. we still need to pay for entry to the transport museum)... well. but i feel their trains are really quite good. nice seats. can eat and drink in the train... its like taking a plane, just that u don't feel the pain in ur ear... and u can choose seats. take more seats than u need too!
another thing is the taxi there is super expensive... starting cost is 6swiss francs (around S$8) and every 5 to 8sec it increases by 20cents swiss francs. we took a cab from luzern to my bro's sch, which is about 15mins journey time if my memory didn't fail me... and it cost 32+ swiss francs (around S$45). super scary. when i look at the meter and see how fast it jump, my heart aches...
so these show that transport is singapore is very affordable... i think comparing the standard of living, transport in singapore is still more affordable than switzerland... very scary... we took cab home from changi airport when we came back from switzerland and it only cost S$24. travelling time definitely more than 15mins... wah... singaporeans should be grateful. i think taxi fees in singapore are very cheap compared to other countries, like hongkong... so please, take taxi if u really need to! do not complain that it is too expensive, just say that u can't afford will do. just like i can't afford or can't bear to take taxi, because there are other public transport which i can also take. :)
well... been missing switzerland... when i went to marche today, i just realised that it is a swiss restaurant... no wonder there is rosti, and the sasuage, crepe... all found in switzerland! but it is definitely cheaper here! i miss the SNOW there, the mountains, cable cars, town, train... almost everything!!! argh... and their pace is slower, the shops close at 6pm so the workers do not need to work late and their start of work is around 9am... slow pace. very nice... no wonder many want to go other countries to work or even migrate... partly, it is also singaporeans' fault that the pace in singapore is so fast. too competitive. and singapore is very small. well... can't really blame anyone.
argh... switzerland switzerland switzerland... hope i can go there again SOON! but i don't think so, unless miracles happen! :)
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