Y Monday, September 10, 2007

9:14 pm

Okay okay super-delayed post.

Significant events mostly happened on Saturday. We went to Suntec to see Jollyn's performance/competition thingy. It was an open competition by Yamaha. Well, we weren't given an exact timing, so even if we didn't arrive late, we'd have missed her performance.

I have some grips with Suntec. It's amazingly mazy. We arrived at Suntec's buildings and towers at around 1.50. 10 minutes ought to be enough to find the place, right? So into the convention hall we stepped. As expected, it was huge. The elevators were full 120% of the time and we decided to take the escalators, despite the location (WE THOUGHT IT WAS THERE) being 6 floors up.

So after 10 minutes of running about, we got to the 6th floor. WTF? Games convention thingy. They booked the whole of the 6th floor. So we approached a security guard who gave us no directions. Fine. Bfoo suggested the theater at the third floor.

We were greeted with some bridal dresses thingy, then walked straight into this Yamaha Grand Piano display. But all we saw was "Yamaha" (rest was selectively blocked out) and immediately charged in. Oh wait, they're selling grand pianos. Well done.

So we went around, then approached this staff who was rather impatient. She seemed like a busy person, but it's her job to help lost people like us. Raising her right hand and pointing to her right, she said "Yes turn -left-."

"Left?"
"Yes LEFT."

Okay so does that make your left hand your right?

Here's the stupid thing. We actually walked past the correct location. That stupid place was located just before the Grand Piano Exhibition. Well done people. You wasted half an hour of your lives walking around Suntec's Convention Hall. G'day.

Turns out Jollyn had already performed. She felt bad that we came and missed it, so her mum gave us a treat at the World Food Fair. The satay was good =D. Met her mum for the first time, she seemed like a nice lady, but Jollyn and MC says she's fierce lol.

Jollyn didn't get into the finals, but neither did last year's national champion for some Piano competition thing. The judges have too much ear wax in their ears. That is all.

Went to the games convention next, and yeah, well, it was pretty boring. Interesting in that it's something new in Singapore, but it fails overall as a convention. Mostly a display of games, some very hyped, like Warhammer Online. Dunno, my interest in them seems to be waning. Well fine, graphics are getting better but is it really THAT fun sinking your time into those games? I don't know - I'm having a bigger kick just being around with my friends dining.

Oh I spotted something interesting, and to a certain extent, disturbing. Y'know those girls dressed skimpily in those car conventions? Well the gaming world has taken a leaf from their book and now we have "game girls". Tall, some pretty, models wearing suggestive outfits and standing at gaming booths.

Those girls are definitely paid a lot. I don't see any other reason to stand around a sea of so called nerds, who're "losers" in their eyes, having to take pictures with that uber obese greaseball. You see people who, while playing a guitar-simulation game, suffer from delusions of rock star grandeur. A nicer way to put it would be enthusiastic. But really, your whole body moving, head bobbing and those weird rocker facial expressions?

A maths paper today was great. Only -13 marks. A marked improvement. Could comfortably do nearly everything else. B3 maybe. History on the other hand was pure bad time management. =\ I will stop doing SBQs first. Blah.