The Ripped Soul

OKAY. Sorry for not blogging. Was way busy last 2 nights and way WAY waaaay too tired to do anything. Soooo.. expect a REALLY long entry. Kay?

Stacy's birthday was a blast. (though frankly speaking, i was quite sad at the end of the day..) Met the gang at Dhoby's NEL control station and we left. The moment the guys saw me, they were like..

"SHIT JESS! WHAT'S THAT?!"

And they came over and they fiddled with the school tie that I wore. Initially they cursed and swore cos I was wearing the school's tie, but later on they realised that it actually went together with my shirt and pants. SO COOL LA SHITE. Will post pics when I have em.

So then I gave her the HUGE bag from action city with the damn dolphin inside. Maria was like, "EHHHH! WHY YOU NEVER GIVE ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!! I LIKE THIS DOLPHIN! Next year k?"

.... RIGHT.

Some people are just SO not shy - as said by Miss-T herself.

Then we headed to PS.. then went up to the arcade upstairs. Played some games, wasted a dollar, maybe two. I'm no arcade-idiot.. never been a fan of the arcades, never will be a fan of the arcades. There's a reason why I invested my savings in a PSone console y'know.

Then we wanted to play pool, but 2 of the guys and Maria and Miss-T DIDN'T know how to play - and were thus deciding against it VERY strongly. So we went to LJS first to makan. Saw someone working behind the counter, but didn't say hello... so fine. I also buat bodoh ah. Then we ate. Talked nonsense, joked around obscenely for a bit.. then we headed to The Singapore Shopping Centre. Never been to the place, let alone heard of it.. but JJ knew about the place - so ookayy. Whatever the birthday girl says - goes.

Went up to the snookerium there. Then he called me.

Him: Hey, Jess.. I think we're gonna have a little problem here. The police confiscated ALL the cds I got for you. Except for the Advent Children one.
me: Oh hey! ( I wanted to say his name but I realised the people around me were MY classmates; I knew I'd so get suan-ed if I said his name ) Oh my god, then how? Was it a warning or a fine? Are you going to jail? What's gonna happen?
him: nah, no worries.. its just a warning. But its just to let ya know la k. All the cds you wanted. Over the hedge, x-men3, grand turismo ( GRAND TURISMO?!?! WAHLAOEH! DAMN you Mr. Policeman!) .. ya. All the game CDs also - gone. So sorry yeah?
me: ohhh maaaaan. sigh. nah its okay.. alright then. I'll cya around when you're home.. take care k.
him: yeah I will, you too. k bye.

Sigh. And just like that - gone. I wonder how the AC cd got past. HMM. So yes, I'm sad that the grand turismo CD didn't get through. Because Sg is SO updated now with xbox and ps2 games, PSone is so out of the window. Pirated shops which used to sell the games are GONE. You can't find them in the heartlands anymore. And so - that means.. no new PSone games. Damn that sucks.

ANYWAY - so then we played pool. The kids with the camera were fooling around.. and were selfishly taking shots of themselves. I WANTED SHOTS OF THE -GOING -TO -SHOOT -THE 8BALL -IN POSEEEEE! But no one wanted to lend the camera! Irritating people. But I had fun. Everyone was teasing that I was the best player at the table. BUT JJ SOMEHOW HAD ALL THE LUCK! So whoever it was that partner-ed with her - won the game. No kidding.

Left for Marina Bay after that. But then.. Maria and Brandy pulled me to one corner.

them: jess, wanna buy a cake for jj not? like surprise her type?
me: err.. yeah ok. whatever.
them: but then how? want to buy also cannot buy infront of her right? then marina bay like dont have.. thats why ask go marina SQUARE so can buy the cake while they wait at seoul garden or something..
me: HMM.

I got to work. I'm the master of surprises. Ok, NOT all surprises (Dawn's present for my birthday still catches me off guard whenever I recall it. I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT AT ALL LA SHITE!) So I thought and thought. We were at the train station. Even to say that I urgently needed to go to the toilet - wouldn't work.

Then, a brilliant idea. We were at City Hall (cos earlier, everyone was arguing where to go "marina square" "marina south" .. and I very happily jumped out of the train and everyone followed and started cursing me). City Hall's ALWAYS buzzing full of people. So I told them...

me: okay. i got a damn freaking good idea. later when the train comes, DO NOT go in with them. we go in by another door, say that their carriage was full. when almost ALL the people are in, get out and mingle with the crowd. then we'll get the cake. cool?
them: hmm. okay.
me: you understand what i just said anot?
them: ya i think so. when the buzzer sounds that time then we get out right?
me: ah.. something like that la.

The train came. Gave the bag that I was holding to T. I was wearing all black. Carrying an orange bag that's SO huge will give me away when I walk up the escalator. Walked in the train casually. So did they. The moment the next passenger - who also wore black - walked out, I followed. I mingled with the crowd. Then Brandy made the BIGGEST mistake.

"JESS!"

Wah. Die. Walked up faster. Went through the ticket counter and rushed to Breadtalk. Got the chocolate cake (which tasted like heaven - oh so damn sinful) since it was for $35. I paid first, told the rest to pay me later. Then they SMSed Maria - cursing and all cos they didn't know how to go to Marina South.

Rushed down for the train - missed it. Then we stood around (it almost seemed like old times when we were still the clique in school) and started talking about our surprise. Got quite a number of laughs out of it. Called her and she started scolding me on the phone, then said that they were WALKING there? Oh my gaaaawd. And you people call me crazy. Any idea how far it is to walk from the MRT station to Marina South where the steamboat's at? ITS SO DAMN FAR!

So then anyway we took the train there. Changed to a bus 400. And we reached there earlier than them. Then we wanted to hide the cake. BUT WHERE? Then they called me. "We're lost!" Die la. How to find them? So I told them to walk towards the neon lights - if they saw any. Told M we had to act fast before they spotted us. Too late. As we were arguing, they happily walked right past us. And one of them saw the cake. Started singing the birthday song. SURPRISE RUINED. So then we walked up to the counter, damn uncle said we have to pay first. Wanted to pay first, the lady said ALL 8 of us had to pay. If we wanted to keep the cake, had to go to Superbowl cafe. I went to the superbowl cafe, some ahlian behind the counter with her F-up look said I need a receipt. WAHLANEH.

Kept the cake anyway. Steamboat was damn tense. I was the only idiot who knew how to cook the crab and crack its nuts open. The live prawns were still jumping even after being hammered with the ladle. No one could bbq the meat properly. All was chao tah (overcooked) or raw. The spicy squid was popping oil. I got burnt. Basket. And the guys could make friends with some adults from the next table [???]

But I enjoyed myself. Went to the arcade next, played air hockey - and I'm REALLY glad to say that I won M! Hahaha. (: Then we had the cake at this coffeeshop which was closed. Cake was awesome. DAMN NICE. I loved the chocolate. THEN SOME IDIOT HAD TO TOUCH MY FACE WITH CHOCOLATE ON HIS FINGERS LA! Then we washed up, cleared up - drinks there cost me a bomb! Can say that I spent something like $5 on drinks alone. Crazy right?! - then they played "Hai dai" and "pei pai pei" [is that how you spell those? i don't know. never learnt chinese so my hanyu pinyin is NO WHERE. forgive me for the spelling errors, anyway.] And M and B were snapping photos. T was screaming along with M and B whenever they saw a cockroach. J was playing with the cockroach. I was waiting impatiently for the bus..

Rushed for the last bus. Rushed for the last train. Played concentration with the group. EVERYONE WAS STARING AND LAUGHING IN THE TRAIN. LOL. Andandandand.. it was SO DAMN FUN. Especially when B started including all the ahlian poses. HAHAHHA ."this is the game of concentration *piak*piak*clap* no.2 pose" lol.. and i'm proud to say that I WAS THE WINNER! Hah. Must be because I played this game with LC first way back when it was still known as YM and not LC. Sigh.. talking bout LC, I actually miss those gatherings where we'll just come together and have drinks and snacks and play. From circle games of "consumables" to "concentration" to "chop chilli chop" to "indian poker" to "playground catching @ Mulberry Park near HQ" ...

Fun times. Really fun times.

Anyway, reached home at about 12mn. Mother was furious. I looked at my wallet. And just like that, $60 is gone. Oh and initially in the entry I said I was sad right ? - its because when I reached there, they told me that they actually went out together many times before. As a group. And its just sad to know that they didn't call me along -kinda thing. But whatever. I went to bed. Next day at 7am..

mum: eh princess. (shut up. only my mother can call me princess.) wake up. you bringing out that small fry to see xmen ah?
me: huh? which small fry.. *dazed*
mum: Veronica la! she call so early just to ask if you going to bring her out anot.
me: aiyeaaaa... but andrea not going..
mum: i didn't ask you if you and andrea going anot.. you going to bring that small fry out is it? she said you're going to bring her out or what...
me: *suddenly remembered about the sneakers and the promise I made to her* ....ah.. okokok. just let me have 5 more mins of sleep first. tell her to go get ready. her shoes and all.. i don't want any dallying later. Zzz..

Woke up at 9. Had breakfast, showered, changed. Bad hair day - so wore the cap. Went down to Mama G's with mum. Picked up the brat and we left. Went to PS - the cinema queue was DAMN freaking long. So screw it. We went to Comics Connection - got her a keychain she wanted and a poster of KIRA from Gundam Seed for Steffi. I swear I should take up the role as Santa Clause one day when I'm a millionaire. All the kids will love me. LOL

Then she decided to go to the Cathay .. so we went. The lady at the box office who served us was laughing cos we were arguing on where to sit. So I asked her for the best seat in the house - AND WE WERE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE (BEST VIEW) - IN THE Grand CATHAY! OHMYGOD I love that place please. LOVE IT. Then we went to get popcorn. That brat wanted Nachos. So fine, got her the nachos. The babe behind the counter laughed as I tried to convince that little brat not to take the nachos but a hotdog or something. But she still wanted the nachos. And she got the nachos. Damn. SEE WHAT I MEAN? I CAN'T SAY NO!

Waited 35 minutes till we were allowed in. The Grand Cathay was awesome please. The place looked like a f-ing concert hall. AND it was awesome cos we were well serviced. The usher ushered us to our seats with a thank-you and enjoy-your-movie.. SO SWEET LIKE POPCORN!

AND PLEASE. Xmen3 was DAMN freaking f-ing awesome. Over 5 stars, it'll be 4.5. Especially in The Grand Cathay. The sound system, the seats, the effects.. WOOHOO! Makes you feel like as if you WERE right there in there, fighting the war with Logan. Sad though. WHY DID CYCLOPS HAVE TO DIE?!?! And whoever it is that told you Storm died was lying. Bastards. I can't believe I actually fell for that. I'd so cry if that REALLY happened.

Walked out - walked to town. Walked to the sneaker hut - got my new shoes ($59) - the sneakers I wanted didn't have my size. Regretted buying when I walked into Nike at Heeren. Damn DUNKS there cost $62.95. F**K!!!!!!! :(((((((((

Then walked to HMV and went snooping around.. then went to TBP and got laces at Ice Lemon Tee (service was horrible) .. and got the CDs my mother wanted - Flashdance and Saturday Night Fever. $12. Best buy.

And just like that, $100 gone. BUT I got a TON of people who owe me cash.

CH - $5
MissT - $5
Deb - $7.50
Mr. N - $150 (which will cover the expenses for the past 2 days)

AND NOW. I feel like I got SO many errands to complete.. like going to ECP and checking out the pits.. then choir.. but I don't feel like going anywhere. Damn. Maybe I'll just have choir then dinner. SIGH. I'm so broke..