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28 February, 2004
2:02 AM
- A Day To Remeber -
1. Split a whole glass of water onto laptop!
2. Hockey training
3. Met Mrs. Black...
Had my hockey training till 3. Reached home at about 4pm, ate a very late light lunch, then went for a comfortable long bath. (Still pretty disturbed by my laptop.) Was supposed to meet Mrs. Black at 6.30pm @ Metro Paragon, but made sure this time i got there by 6! Left home at about 5.30pm.
Just before i alighted at the next stop, Mrs. Black called and asked me where i was. Think she was really shocked to hear that i was already there, cos she was still at home lor! (KAO!!) So she tried to rush down while i walked around at Orchard MRT Popular. Eventually i fell asleep at a staircase.
She arrived at about 6.45pm, and we made our way to Ding Tai Feng restaurant at Paragon. Its quite similar to Crystal Jade's La Mian Xiao Long Bao...the kind of food they serve, the way you queue, etc. Our queue number was 161! Had to wait for about 20mins before our turn. Mrs. Black kept complaining about how hungry she was, boasting about how the xiao long bao there was better than Crystal Jade's, drooling at the "rice fried in egg" dish etc. Come on lor, that dish is how easy to prepare at home, nothing special at all...=p But she was just as talkative as before, and we chatted until our number was finally flashed, and we rushed to the counter like a gush of wind. One waitress came up to greet us, and led us to our table. It was jus pretty funny the way she spoke...i think i was the taiwanese accent in her chinese...and i giggled, and she saw me! Haha, how embarassin...=p Then we sat down and continued chatting while we waited for our food. I swear, the spotlight shinin rite above me was makin me perspire like mad. Tis a bad bad idea to use spotlights in restaraunts that serve hot soupy stuff!
The dishes finally arrived! (Din take long actually.) We ordered 8 xiao long baos, a plate of rice fried in egg with pork chop, and a bowl of plain soy sauce noodle. Was quite a lot to me, considering i've been eating puny amounts in hall. These dishes can definitely last me a few days lah! So we tucked in. Oh, fyi, the xiao long baos in Ding Tai Feng restaurants have at least 18 folds on the skin...so if u manage to find one with less than 18 folds, u could prob ask for a refund or something...haha! But seriously, the xiao long bao was wonderful. The noodles, hmmm...kinda tasted like instant noodles. As for the almighty rice fried in egg dish...ok lah, it was quite tasty...but i'm still quite sure i can easily prepare it at home! =) So as usual, i did most of the eating (tho she claimed she did), and we finally finished everything...felt super full, and she claimed she felt the same...BUT...
After paying, she immediately pulled me to the ice-cream shop lor! She was machiam drooling at all the flavours can...i mean, how full can a person get if she can still DROOL at ICE-CREAM?! I will neva forget that excitement she had on her face... So sadly, i had to force more room in my poor tummy to accomodate half a cup of chocolate ice-cream to satisfy her. This Mrs. Black is really...unbelieveable. After THIS desert, she actually craved for MORE DESERT! Goodness...and i really thought she was on a diet...*shrugs* Thank god she gave in this time...
As we walked towards the MRT, Mrs. Black stopped to buy some Famous Amous (spell check) cookies for Mr. Black. My all time favourite is the macadamia n choc chip cookie...simply irreplaceable! =) Heh, but Mr. Black likes the plain choc chip ones (yulks!), so she got those for him. Then we sat down outside Orchard MRT, and i had the remaining 3 'sticks'. From there, we talked abit about how each other picked up the 'sticks', how she used to do it without me knowing, to how Mr. Black hates it. We also talked about her life now, my situation etc. Twas really a nice and cool 3 'sticks' (1 'stick' is approx. 5 min). Almost like the perfect chill out...jus that this was really short.
And finally, she had to go...Mr. Black was already waiting for her since dunno wat time... Oh well, we had a sweet good-bye hug, and then we parted.
Inspiring Words
"The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident."
- Charles Lamb (1775-1834)
"It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place."
- Abigail Van Buren
"Just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds."
- Hugh Elliott
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself."
- Oscar Wilde
"The best thing about pain, it tells you you're not dead yet."
- the movie G.I. Jane
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need."
- Kahlil Gibran
"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in
you."
- Dale Carnegie
"Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear."
- William Shakespeare
