$1 Bread Loaf, Anyone?

Hi guys,

Firstly forgive me for not providing an update sooner. Setting up internet here is proving to be a test of patience and dexterity. I’ve just got a technician to set up a landline in my room and have applied for the internet. Unlike back in ‘you know where’, they can actually send a technician to set up everything for u. But over here they will send the modem to u and u are expected to call them to set it up. Thus, I haven’t been online at night. My biological clock is tuned to fit the sunrise and now I sleep at 10pm (which is 8pm for u guys) and wake up at 7am (5am).

How is everyone? Glad the blog is more active as usual with ang heng’s posts filled with technical terms. JJ we not Profs la can put in more layman terms anot. Other than the usual posters, where is ppl like Bing, psycho, teh, he quan, ben, mandy, du, and the rest? Tapi all post one-liners very happening man, gives me wonderful insights to your lives.

With alonso’s departure from pool, it emphasizes the need to move on in life and open a new chapter. I’m sad for pool, but elated for him. Haha.. see the parallels I’m drawing with my departure anot? Kong qiu la. Glad that u guys finally are going back ‘home’ to St wilfrid. Remember to jio matthew, tim and desmond. I too have found my soccer home at a field so surreal we have parrots grazing while we play. Pls come visit me here I guarantee the soccer experience of a lifetime. Even mandy can play non-stop for 4 hours in this weather where there is not a single drop of sweat nor smell on my shirt after 2 hours.

Over here they organised a NDP live telecast in a theatre where all Singaporeans are invited to watch the NDP live and say the pledge. Quite interesting. Over the course of my stay here, I met plenty of Singaporeans and Malaysians residing here long term. The numbers were much more than I expected. Btw my pastor looks like zidane. Haha..

Life in school is getting routine. Just did a project with a Sharapova lookalike who was a professional tennis player. Will show u guys photos, taller than me . haha..An interesting story to share is that the gauge of how liberal it is here can be exemplified by my female lecturer. In an audience of 400, and the course was film and television studies, she said the ‘F’ word in the mic when the film she was showing stopped halfway. Everyone laughed.

Food here is expensive, but groceries are a steal. I bought a 700mg loaf of bread for $1. For the uninitiated its twice the amount of gardenia bread and about 15-20 slices. The whole bbq chicken like those u find in cold storage is $8 and its huge. The best part is in cold storage u get bones on the inside, but here they actually put delicious filling!~ And u guys knows me right, if I say its filling means its filling.haha.. On the Kt side, the KFC here sux to the max. Expensive, extremely small and the whipped potato is dry and tasteless. Worst part is, u have to pay for tomato sauce! Siao ah.

Subway here is solid too, $7 for a footlong, cheaper a bit. The best is the movie tix. Coz of my concession, I watched District 9 (PETER JACKSON) for $6.50 on a weekend. And I dunno why, I think the ppl here dun like movies coz it was the opening day and the theatre was 30% filled.

On a more sombre note, anyone can update me on the 2 students killed by the train. It is damn near the place where I used to eat lunch everyday beside school. News feeds are scarce and details are sketchy so I’d appreciate it if got any interesting news to share. Btw I heard PS3 slim released liao and PS3 normal ones are cheaper now. All go buy liao mai tu!~~

K guys got to return to my assignments liao. Take care to all of u guys. I’m gonna join an unconventional CCA here if I mention u won’t believe it. It was too tempting and is a chance of a lifetime coz they don’t have it in Singapore. So stay tuned. Pics will be up in 2 weeks once my home internet is up. Send my regards to the sporty lao kip at st wilfrid and the dessert stall at Boon keng.

Till then, G’DAY MATES~!

alvin