Monday, August 31, 2009

Jurong Bird Park, Xiangling's 19th birthday celebration, Strikeforce gathering cum Neo's farewell party!

Boss isn't in today, so finally can have some time to blog about the past weekend!

I've got like 8 matters to settle, but I don't know why I just don't have the motivation to get started on any work today. Guess I'm still feeling the effects from the enjoyable weekend that I had!

Friday night Joan went out with her friends, and I fetched her from Clark quay area around 1 am, n she stayed over at my place so we could get up early to go to JBP. Joan was worried about the weather, but I somehow knew that the weather would be good, despite of the fact that it was raining the past few days!

True enough, the weather was nice n sunny. In fact it was so hot that when we got back to the car at about 5 plus pm, Joan couldn't even sit on the seat cos the leather was so hot! Haha.. but anyway we got up quite late, around 10 am, and after quick washup, we didn't even have time to eat breakfast, we drove to JBP and reached there about 11 plus. We had already missed the first 2 shows in the morning. =P but its ok, cos we really needed the sleep! hahaha.. We spent only $18 for the tickets, cos its a one for one deal during the month of August. =)

But of cos, we spent a bit more on the food! I bought an ice cream for $3.50, the Bongo burgers meal even after 20% discount was about $22 (before was around $27). The beef bongo burger and the fish n chips were not too bad though, only the drinks were expensive. $3.50 for ice milo and $3.50 for the lemonade was already like $7!

We took a lot of pics, about 100+ photos, walked a super long distance around the bird park, from 11 am till about 5.15 pm. Joan was super amazed and impressed that in many sections, the birds were actually free to fly and roam around, visitors could get up close and personal with the many beautiful colourful and exotic birds. from the large ostrich to the tiny little red coloured small birds which could fly THROUGH the small holes in the fences, from the colourful parrots to the majestic predators, there were really so many birds to look at. the lories at the lory loft were really friendly but noisy, and the bird park sold bird food at $3 a cup. Didn't want to waste money, i would rather spend the money on human food for myself. Hahaha.. Oh, we saw one of the parrots singing a chinese song, rasa sayang, and a birthday song! Thats amazing, they no longer just say "hello", the intelligent birds can sing songs as well! i don't know if the birds are getting smarter or the trainers are getting better. haha.

i think we visited about 5 enclosures in the bird park, and the flamingo lake was really quite beautiful for weddings n events. there are probably at least 100 of those pink birds! there were a lot of swans n pelicans n herons as well, i suppose there were plenty of fish in the lake too.

Oh n joan actually went to touch a large blue pigeon n poked it. haha. those birds are really not afraid of humans anymore, probably used to seeing tourists everyday. i think the bird park is smaller than the zoo though there are more varieties of birds.

in the evening, we went to vivocity Marche for dinner to celebrate xiangling's 19th birthday. joan n i had a quick drink at the mac, cos we were so thirsty from the walking n the heat at the bird park! supposed to have about 12 pple, but in the end, everyone was late. at 7 pm only xiangling, joan n i were there. by 7.45 pm, only daryl had arrived. BK and michelle appeared later, and bowen came much later, and yishan and toonsiong were the last to arrive. The food at marche wasn't that great, but it was EXPENSIVE. not worth it, i won't go back there again. =P but its for a friend, so still ok.

We left the place around 10 plus and went to jewel box on top of mount faber, wanting to try the oreo milkshake, but sadly, they did not have that on the menu anymore. but its ok, cos the view from the toilet was very nice. the toilet itself was well designed, very high class looking, had a fish tank, and transparent glass walls facing the sentosa view! apaprently it was an award winning toilet, very beautiful and exquisite looking. had a few drinks n dessert while xiangling, michelle n joan went to find their old work colleagues. actually the view is not so nice now, cos so much construction going on in sentosa, it looks like some harbour or factory.

but anyway we talked a lot about cell group stuff, how different pple are doing, about Boonkiat's love interests, n joked about everybody and everything! it was really funny, Michelle said "BK like to play with little brother, and Momo has a little brother that BK can play with!" and then i burst out laughing, n everyone caught the meaning n we laughed until pple from other tables looked at us. hahaha! the dessert at $11.80 was totally not worth it, but joan n the rest had free drinks on the house, so not bad lah. sent XL and daryl home around 12 plus n it actually felt early n I was uploading the day's pics on fb, but joan had already fallen asleep. haha! i think it was roughly about 3 am when i finally went to bed.

the next day supposed to wake up at 8.30 to meet alicia for a short BS, then support peijin water baptism, n attend svc, but we missed everything n i woke up at about 12.30 pm! can't help it, had a bit of a fever during the night, cos Joan took all the blankets and it was really cold around 4 am! Joan prepared spaghetti and chicken for breakfast, it was satisfyingly good! we watched Simpsons n lazed around, and reached studio at about 4 pm for a short rehearsal for the song Time of Your Life by Greenday.

Neo's farewell party was an enjoyable one, lots of SF videos and even the old SF Funniest Videos made a comeback! Ian really did some nice editing and mixing for the NDP, GDOP and FOP performances, as well as the YOG performance, which sadly i wasn't able to perform for. But still, from the videos, I could see i'm still in the major performances such as NDP, GDOP and FOP, although i've not played for commerical private events much in 2009. working life is really tiring and time consuming, even if i could end work on time to rush to play for gigs, i would prefer not to, as it takes up a lot of energy and i'd have to skip dinner n rush home after the gig to get some rest. think its really time for the next generation of SF members to do the performing, while the older guys take a back seat. Hehz.. F1 in Sept, prob my last gig for the year as well as Neo's last gig in Singapore.

Anyway the food was really nice, esp the chicken and the dessert, mangopudding with cocktail. not too bad for $10. after a couple of videos, n boon's speech about UDC and SF, we sang a song for Neo, n everyone went to give him a hug. I couldn't really do it, I think I might actually cry on the day that he leaves SG! hahaha.. but anyway chowkiat did one of the best tributes to Neo, he did a drum solo for him! that was really cool, n best expression of love ever! hahaha..

Thank God for a wonderful weekend! I totally enjoyed myself, the fellowship with friends, the quality couple time with Joan. i guess what would've made it better was if i hadwent for service n heard pastor phil's sermon! =P but oh well, whats done is done, i also dunno why i felt feverish in the morning, i didn't get drenched in the rain at all. perhaps just my body overworking itself to keep up with my busy schedule! hahaha..

Alright, i've slacked the whole morning, time to eat lunch n get down to some serious work after lunch. Thank You Jesus for a fantastic, totally fulfilling weekend! One of the best weekends of 2009!! Hahaha..

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