vendredi, décembre 17, 2004
Vingt
i spent yesterday, 161204, thinking, wondering, trying to reason, whether it's been 365 days since my last birthday, since it's a leap year. i dunno what conclusion i reached, except that it's just a quirk of the bugged gregorian calender. so what if i'm 19yrs + 365days and 1 day more to go. just a qian-da thing to say.
and then while im wondering about 20, people are no doubt already fantasizing about their 21st party bash. and greedily thinking about all the wild things they can now do. it has always been a pleasure for me to exit NS 3/4 of a year before i'm 21. [i always wonder abt those old pple in NS, and wonder whether they're bored with life moving so slowly.]
i'm glad abt 16th dec. it turned out quite a nice day and night. 16th and 17th both birthdays, for those who are in the know.
by some coincidental arranging, somehow i managed to persuade a dinner outing from the camp people, who no doubt only obliged because of my birthday, and which included a late movie, and which we went back home like normal people.
it should be my first birthday party in 15 years. but an unofficial makeshift one. bleh.
thank you gerald, thank you bellopheron, thank you xiaocowbow, thank you qutegurl, thank you hongyi,
for the nice cake, for indulging me. too bad gerald couldn't go for Comme Une Image, hope hongyi wasn't too bored by it.
thank you all for the presents too. i really wasn't expecting anything for birthday coz there's usually nothing much. =p
today went to Marina Mandarin to eat. wow the food is so nice. another hotel restaurant buffet thing. it's just very well cooked. and that's coming from me, okay. one of the best things is soup containing vegetable roots(eg carrots and the lot) and chicken. cheap ingredients but really well balanced taste. perfectly done. that just oozes class. damn impressive. the had some duno-what lobster soup thingy, i cannot describe the taste, simply that it's alien and incredibly inedible. most of the food just have this great taste. it feels like old recipe, sensible taste, well balanced, not overpowering, and this nonchalance and familiarity towards the high standards. they've got Mashed Potato with cheese gratin. looks great. Salmon and spinach lasagne. which looks like a mess, but taste great. then baked crayfish. which is about the only seafood that i never reject. some grilled lamb that looks stir fried with vegetables. and others. dessert was like my goodness. apple strudel, which my sis refused to eat. mocha mousse cake. lemon chiffron pie. and gelato. Gelato! instead of just ice cream. i almost couldn't believe it. i dunno where they get Rock Melon flavour though. gelato... i felt like eating double of everything, but my stomach is too hopelessly small. matthew is gonna complain that i have expensive tastes, but nvm. actually he eats more expensive stuff than me. and their xmas and new year gala dinner menu looks real sickening. each dish can be the zao-pai-cai for some lousy eatery.
happy birthday to me.
Vingt
amusing. surprising. intriguing. the feeling of being 20, at last. after an entire year(almost) of rightful denial. in truth, i do always feel like i'm a year younger. all year long i insist so much that i'm 19, that i do feel like i'm 19. 20 doesn't seem associated with 2004. and im barely 20 before 2004 ends and 2005 starts. it's been one leap year cycle since "welcome to the new millenia".
i spent yesterday, 161204, thinking, wondering, trying to reason, whether it's been 365 days since my last birthday, since it's a leap year. i dunno what conclusion i reached, except that it's just a quirk of the bugged gregorian calender. so what if i'm 19yrs + 365days and 1 day more to go. just a qian-da thing to say.
and then while im wondering about 20, people are no doubt already fantasizing about their 21st party bash. and greedily thinking about all the wild things they can now do. it has always been a pleasure for me to exit NS 3/4 of a year before i'm 21. [i always wonder abt those old pple in NS, and wonder whether they're bored with life moving so slowly.]
i'm glad abt 16th dec. it turned out quite a nice day and night. 16th and 17th both birthdays, for those who are in the know.
by some coincidental arranging, somehow i managed to persuade a dinner outing from the camp people, who no doubt only obliged because of my birthday, and which included a late movie, and which we went back home like normal people.
it should be my first birthday party in 15 years. but an unofficial makeshift one. bleh.
thank you gerald, thank you bellopheron, thank you xiaocowbow, thank you qutegurl, thank you hongyi,
for the nice cake, for indulging me. too bad gerald couldn't go for Comme Une Image, hope hongyi wasn't too bored by it.
thank you all for the presents too. i really wasn't expecting anything for birthday coz there's usually nothing much. =p
today went to Marina Mandarin to eat. wow the food is so nice. another hotel restaurant buffet thing. it's just very well cooked. and that's coming from me, okay. one of the best things is soup containing vegetable roots(eg carrots and the lot) and chicken. cheap ingredients but really well balanced taste. perfectly done. that just oozes class. damn impressive. the had some duno-what lobster soup thingy, i cannot describe the taste, simply that it's alien and incredibly inedible. most of the food just have this great taste. it feels like old recipe, sensible taste, well balanced, not overpowering, and this nonchalance and familiarity towards the high standards. they've got Mashed Potato with cheese gratin. looks great. Salmon and spinach lasagne. which looks like a mess, but taste great. then baked crayfish. which is about the only seafood that i never reject. some grilled lamb that looks stir fried with vegetables. and others. dessert was like my goodness. apple strudel, which my sis refused to eat. mocha mousse cake. lemon chiffron pie. and gelato. Gelato! instead of just ice cream. i almost couldn't believe it. i dunno where they get Rock Melon flavour though. gelato... i felt like eating double of everything, but my stomach is too hopelessly small. matthew is gonna complain that i have expensive tastes, but nvm. actually he eats more expensive stuff than me. and their xmas and new year gala dinner menu looks real sickening. each dish can be the zao-pai-cai for some lousy eatery.
happy birthday to me.
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