eat, drink & make merry with my new diving mates
it was a cool saturday evening when 7 people gathered for a meal at Suntec City's Marché restaurant. arriving at 7.49pm, i thought i was late but was wrong. berdnerd had arrived moments before me and the rest were still some minutes away. andy soon arrived and we started messaging the rest to check where they were and got a very cheeky reply from belinda. "Count to 100 and you will see me." in a way we just looked at our watches and she did not appear till it was 120 seconds. Hahaha. moments later Alvin and Alda soon arrived. the guys were actually partially full when we came so we just dragged our feet looking at the various food available. we all agreed to get some stuff and share, splitting the bill even thereafter. raymond soon joined us and we began our hearty meal. there were some recaps of their adventures on wednesday night at zouk, of how somebody got named sissyboy. alda, being the innocent little lady (she still not 21), used the term bang very liberally, wanting it to mean collision but erm...the rest of us had another image. by the time belinda explained to her the alternative and more generally used meaning, she was like, oops! hahahaha. throughout the meal, we had great fun laughing at each other's mistakes and taking friendly swipes at each other. (ooh point to note to HSBC credit card holders, 20% off the bill when paying with your HSBC credit card)
after our meal, we decided to take a stroll over to brewerkz to chill. it also helps us to digest our meal. we went through citylink mall and turned towards connaught drive and up to the WW1 memorial. along the way, we noticed a very familiar bus. it was the bus that used to be the internal shuttle service of NTU. alda got so excited and wanted belinda to take a photo with her. haiz.....
The view of the marina square skyline from the Lim Bo Seng memorial was pretty good and i could not resist stopping to take a shot of it. sorry for holding you all up.
i quickly caught up with the group who were waiting for me at the deserted tunnel linking the asian civilization museum and lim bo seng memorial. i noticed how the tunnel looked like one of my design modules picture and that it looked pretty good for a group shot.
the group were mentioning that there was no difference in belinda's voice although it supposedly had lost the huskiness factor. she claims to have recovered partially from her sore throat but it seems that her voise has not changed much, to me that is. as we passed indochine at the asian civillization museum, i was mesmorized by the singing coming from the lounge. i suggested to the group that the music was pretty good and it would be a good place to chill out. alas, there was a private function going on and we could not gatecrash. so we continued strolling on to clarke quay with raymond and alda involved in some sort of friendly dissing and kept running in circles around us. hahaha. while we were crossing the road next to parliament house, berdnerd noticed a caucassian trying to take a peek at alda's skirt as she sashayed across the road. oooh, nasty. hahaha.
we all stopped at the reverse bungy thing at clarke quay to kaypoh a bit, looking at how it's like. my verdict after looking at it? not worth the $20 for it. i rather save up for my skydiving qualification. passing hooters, we were commenting how that the singapore version was very dissappointing compared to their usa counterparts. hmmm...in what way, go figure. hahaha. at this point, andrew called travis and said that he has arrived at millenia walk. we were like, WHAT! how could he mix up robertson quay with millenia walk. hahaha. travis told him to hury up and meet us at brewerkz.
by the time we reached brewerkz, we were pretty tired from the walk and quikly got seats. i managed to get myself a seat that was facing the screen showing the charlton vs chelsea match. berdnerd was struggling the entire time not to turn his head to look at the screen. hahaha. tough luck. we wanted to go with a tower of berr but with their towers all out, we decided to go with jugs. we started with wheat ale & golden ale. it was pretty ok, although i have to agree that wheat ale was pretty light. by the time we finished the first 2 jugs, andrew soon found us. belinda asked berdnerd if he wanted to sniff her snowball drink, claiming it smelt like puke. berdnerd was going what the?! but we soon passed her drink around and had a sniff and sip each. later, we took the stalk from the cherry from her glass and was mentioning that some people could tie a knot with their tongue. travis proceeded to try and he did it. kowtow kowtow. the first 2 jugs were soon finished and we tried oktoberfest and indian pale ale. oktoberfest was nasty! andy could not take the smell of it, claiming it to be too strong. jeremy joined us soon thereafter. the topic kept changing about, from somebody's infatuation with somebody, to each of our perculiar diving habits. it was a laugh recalling out dive trip. the mass orgy dive was the most intresting. alex was always at an inclined angle during the dive and alvin could never find him, even when he checked all around including between his legs. how andy got lost during his navigation dive. my phototaking moments were really breathtaking. hahaha. i practically slammed onto the seabed, causing sand and silt to kick up like a helicopter landing, each time i was positioning to take a shot then proceeded to take off again. it was really a blast hanging with the group. (ooh another point to note to AMEX credit card holders, 15% off the bill when paying with your AMEX credit card)
by the time we were done it was 1.45am. we bade farewell and there were mentions of an east coast park outing next weekend. we never know, what with school starting again tomorrow but if it is on and i got nothing on, i would go. i began my trek home from robertson quay to my home in bukit merah, a one hour walk. it was ok, helped to burn off some of the calories from all the food and drinking tonight. it was really a night where we ate, drank and made merry.
Food for 8 people at Marché
after our meal, we decided to take a stroll over to brewerkz to chill. it also helps us to digest our meal. we went through citylink mall and turned towards connaught drive and up to the WW1 memorial. along the way, we noticed a very familiar bus. it was the bus that used to be the internal shuttle service of NTU. alda got so excited and wanted belinda to take a photo with her. haiz.....
2 Ladies & Their Internal Shuttle Service
The view of the marina square skyline from the Lim Bo Seng memorial was pretty good and i could not resist stopping to take a shot of it. sorry for holding you all up.
Skyline of Marina Square
i quickly caught up with the group who were waiting for me at the deserted tunnel linking the asian civilization museum and lim bo seng memorial. i noticed how the tunnel looked like one of my design modules picture and that it looked pretty good for a group shot.
Deserted Underpass Tunnel
Andy, Travis, Alvin, Belinda, Alda, Raymond & Berdnerd
the group were mentioning that there was no difference in belinda's voice although it supposedly had lost the huskiness factor. she claims to have recovered partially from her sore throat but it seems that her voise has not changed much, to me that is. as we passed indochine at the asian civillization museum, i was mesmorized by the singing coming from the lounge. i suggested to the group that the music was pretty good and it would be a good place to chill out. alas, there was a private function going on and we could not gatecrash. so we continued strolling on to clarke quay with raymond and alda involved in some sort of friendly dissing and kept running in circles around us. hahaha. while we were crossing the road next to parliament house, berdnerd noticed a caucassian trying to take a peek at alda's skirt as she sashayed across the road. oooh, nasty. hahaha.
we all stopped at the reverse bungy thing at clarke quay to kaypoh a bit, looking at how it's like. my verdict after looking at it? not worth the $20 for it. i rather save up for my skydiving qualification. passing hooters, we were commenting how that the singapore version was very dissappointing compared to their usa counterparts. hmmm...in what way, go figure. hahaha. at this point, andrew called travis and said that he has arrived at millenia walk. we were like, WHAT! how could he mix up robertson quay with millenia walk. hahaha. travis told him to hury up and meet us at brewerkz.
by the time we reached brewerkz, we were pretty tired from the walk and quikly got seats. i managed to get myself a seat that was facing the screen showing the charlton vs chelsea match. berdnerd was struggling the entire time not to turn his head to look at the screen. hahaha. tough luck. we wanted to go with a tower of berr but with their towers all out, we decided to go with jugs. we started with wheat ale & golden ale. it was pretty ok, although i have to agree that wheat ale was pretty light. by the time we finished the first 2 jugs, andrew soon found us. belinda asked berdnerd if he wanted to sniff her snowball drink, claiming it smelt like puke. berdnerd was going what the?! but we soon passed her drink around and had a sniff and sip each. later, we took the stalk from the cherry from her glass and was mentioning that some people could tie a knot with their tongue. travis proceeded to try and he did it. kowtow kowtow. the first 2 jugs were soon finished and we tried oktoberfest and indian pale ale. oktoberfest was nasty! andy could not take the smell of it, claiming it to be too strong. jeremy joined us soon thereafter. the topic kept changing about, from somebody's infatuation with somebody, to each of our perculiar diving habits. it was a laugh recalling out dive trip. the mass orgy dive was the most intresting. alex was always at an inclined angle during the dive and alvin could never find him, even when he checked all around including between his legs. how andy got lost during his navigation dive. my phototaking moments were really breathtaking. hahaha. i practically slammed onto the seabed, causing sand and silt to kick up like a helicopter landing, each time i was positioning to take a shot then proceeded to take off again. it was really a blast hanging with the group. (ooh another point to note to AMEX credit card holders, 15% off the bill when paying with your AMEX credit card)
View of Clarke Quay & a Shadow Walkon
Standing (Left to Right): Belinda, Berdnerd, Raymond & Alda
Seated (Left to Right): Travis, Andy, Andrew, Alvin & Alvin
Seated (Left to Right): Travis, Andy, Andrew, Alvin & Alvin
by the time we were done it was 1.45am. we bade farewell and there were mentions of an east coast park outing next weekend. we never know, what with school starting again tomorrow but if it is on and i got nothing on, i would go. i began my trek home from robertson quay to my home in bukit merah, a one hour walk. it was ok, helped to burn off some of the calories from all the food and drinking tonight. it was really a night where we ate, drank and made merry.
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