The Essence of a Saturday

Went for my first rag dance practice (after hearing that there's cheerleading practice at 11am) at 2pm. In maroon camp t-shirt and jeans. And No. 3 shoes.

One of the freshies who were there with us exclaimed: "hey, why you wear army shoes?!" well, at least they look good. even though i hadn't had time to kiwi them yet.

the ancient art of chacha was quite an insight, after numerous showings of "huang jin nian hua" showing the "le ling" (elderly) in their grandeur dancing gracefully, i have finally picked up the skill. well, at least 6 out of 19 bars of it. it was amazing that i did it in one session. not perfect, but i can remember all the moves. chingay - no such chance.

nevertheless, it is not easy - movement is on the floor, that's where my eyes are on most of the time. very different from chingay dance. hand actions hail from ballet. it is a very graceful dance, relaxing. and it's a partner dance (but my partner is the dance ic so i suck thumb...). we need to twist your legs (particularly the feet) in various weird shapes.

haven't practised yet since i came home. nvm.

went to meet ms and nx for an outing after that. yes, my idea to "chap" (interrupt) in. went west mall.

ms and nx were late cos they were lost somewhere in amk and yck, after the bhbh2 post-trip activity at yck MINDS. it's a place for the disabled children. i would have loved to take a look, but the dance came up first.

reached West mall at 6pm. i'm so hungry, we ate at the food court. hell expensive. i had $5.00 teriyaki chicken and $1.50 chendol. saw this actor from tcs8.

walked around a bit after dinner, prowled the fourth floor to the first floor (ground floor) mainly looking at girls' stuff. ms wants something for her teaching attire, which... i am not in a position to comment.

we went to this stall outside westmall and ordered tea (mine was $0.80, but i helped pay for their stuff! omg! miser's cash is precious...) at this "authetic" coffeeshop. then i ordered this half-boiled egg and toast cos i haven't eaten one before. wanted to go watch movie but... decided against it.

tot i had time for 2b gathering, so while ms was sending nx home, i asked her to (graciously) give me a lift and drop me at jurong west ave 5. was abit shagged by then. but then...

went into 272 (278? 282?) westwood road and was greeted by walter, wang, bryan, benny, jiancheng, runxin, shuqing, huiyu, kaikiang, weiting, xiaoqi, clara, hanyi, and jiaxing, who was the host. damn, i can still remember their names. lol. it seems like the memorizing of the name list during sec 2 helped. haha.

of course, there were great memories spent with this bunch of people, some good, some bad, and now that we're all in our twenties.. it's a refreshing experience. most of them are attached, except me and wang (my "gay buddy"), bryan, jiancheng, and... that's it. didn't wanna dwelve too much into their marital status.

only two activities to be held: eat, and play. interact along the way. there wasn't much left to eat, so we played: mahjong (with real money) in the room, and big 2 in the hall. played till 2am, then we decided to leave.

was a nice gathering, partly bcos of the whisky with coke that i drunk. otherwise i'd never have opened up. but anyway. good to see these people still around. there's another outing two weeks later.