Day 56

~music.culture.life~

That's the slogan at DXO@Esplanade. I was there today for the event i was mentoring for YCM. Today has been an exceptional day for me, I'm feeling very blessed as I'm writing this, not to mention a bit 'high' such that i thought i couldn't put it off till the morning to write this. I think XX, Des & Daryl are feeling the same way too bcos we just parted ways not long and in less than half an hour they called me out again.....for a late night out. Lol. Unfortunately I rejected their kind offer becos of my 'curfew hours' and also because my shoulders ache badly now. I'm still able to hold out a little longer to type this now-- credit goes to my sis who has just given me a nice shoulder massage. Thank You :)

There was absolutely no hint this morning that the later-half of my day wld be so great. I woke up the latest and had to eat 2 last burnt eggtarts because the other kuehs were gone. And I was having a hard time deciding whether to go to mwh or meet up with the rest to celebrate xx's bdae. Both of which i really wanted to go. MWH bcos aft today it'll be the 2nd coffeeshop outing i'll be missing (the last time was becos i was sick) and I was intending to pass the aunties some presents....XX's bdae bcos i've been missing many class gatherings alr. But for XX i was willing to 'sacrifice' cca.

Met WH and des at Taka at 2 to buy a cake for xx. We went to Rive Gauche-- our class ever-beloved confectionary ever since ZH started the trend. We knew xx didn't like chocolate, but which cake to choose? With raised eyebrows, I volunteered "I've seen xx order mango juice often"....and we all settled for mango cake. Haha. It's amazing we didn't know xx's preference after so long.

Anw the bdae girl was told no one else cld make it except lynn n Sy so she only brought 2 of the Taiwanese biscuits for them. She gave such a huge gasp when the 3 of us popped up at Sushi Tei to suprise her. It was a spirited gathering, xx was talking so animatedly and loud that though i didn't tell her, i thought that the whole restaurant cld hear her. Another suprise came when she returned from the washroom to find a cake waiting for her ;D Gal, so much effort went into the execution of the suprises, i hope you were touched!


Left them at 4+ and rushed to DXO. Alone the whole evening, i was sitting at the bar counter...trying to focus all my attention to the glass of Coke i had because i felt quite conspicuous...I was all alone when everyone was in groups and my top was glowing luminious under the strobe lights (no one had warned me against wearing white). Gosh. Then we played a game whereby we picked one of the cards littered on the floor and had to find our partners with the matching cards. The first 6 couples to complete the challenge were invited onstage. I went and Lo' & Behold there was more installed. We were grouped into fours to form a band. Our group "Hair-Raisers", whose name was proudly contributed by me, won the next round. We were to mime a rock concert to the music rolled out. 1 person was given a wig and a toliet brush as a mike. 2 were given brooms to act as guitarists. Another was given a pot and chopsticks to act as the percussionist. I was one of the guitarist and we rocked to the music. Our group won because the lead singer was so immersed in his role he jumped off-stage. Lol. A courageous performance by all of us.

There were music performance by artistes from Music Story, Project SuperStar finalist Candyce Toh and students from the various ITEs. Best of all, the event climaxed to an end where everyone hit the dance floor. I only looked on, but the energy exuberating from the dancefloor made my heartbeat quicken too. I shld be down there too, if only my friends were with me. Lol.

Then I won at the lucky draw, both 5th (a DVD player) and 6th prize (a hi-fi set). Gosh...I went upstage to carry the huge prize and when I made it back to my seat, I was called up again. It was utterly embarrassing cos I heard many ppl say "Again!!" Tonight's group was really hung up on the lucky draw, at every prize....they urged the mcee to pick another winner if no one came up within the count of 3. So you cld imagine the 'unkindly' reception when i went up yet again.

And because of my huge win tonight, I was unable to even carry the stuff further than the entrance of the pub. In the end stood stranded outside the pub waiting for S.O.S., waiting for all of them to finish their ktv session and come to help me. Standing for an entire hour in heels....that explains the shoulder ache. But god was kind to me, the DXO band started playing al fresco right before me, their crooning deeply engaging, and i even got to watch the soccer match b/w Japan & Australia on the plasma TV. Haha. Halfway through, fireworks lit up the sky....they were having NDP preview today. What a coincidence! I need not tell you how good the view from the Esplanade was...

Finally everybody came and we ate dinner at Makansutra at the Esplanade. We were supposed to meet at Clarke Quay, but everyone accomodated me because of my unexpected new extra baggages and changed location. Thanks again!! We ordered a spread of Hokkien mee, Oyster omelette, Char Kuay Teow, StingRay, Chicken Wings, Carrot Cake....Awesome.

Haha but halfway through, I got a fright. I knocked down my water bottle and it hit a cat on its head. I totally didn't know that there was a cat beside me, much less that my bottle wld hit it and it would stare at me for so long....Hate cats n i didn't dare to look down. It was Daryl who picked up my waterbottle and told me to say sorry to the cat...Sorry...

Anw I got home and Leng told me my name was in today's newspapers. I had won us a $15000 Kitchen makeover. Actually they called me last wk but I was not gg to announce this until we were done with it, but since WH also phoned me to confirm if it was me....i'll confirm that yes it's me....Lol.

I said last night that "Tomorrow will be better" and it was better!

Thanks to Des & Daryl who helped me carry all the stuff tonight, all the way to Boon Keng =) Thank you all for the excellent company today!