Y Saturday, December 22, 2007
11:19 pm
Celebrated my dear daughter's birthday yesterday.To think she and Sara thought it'd have been a mammoth effort to get me to come, and that it'd be unlikely I'd show up. Sheesh.
I am not a stay at home boy! I swear!
Give me reason enough to get out, organize something, I'll be one of the first to sign up. Heck, these few days have been pretty hectic. Tomorrow will be Jollyn's performance with The Wild Empire at the Singapore Arts Museum. Granted, it cost a pretty penny at $15, but hey, I expect it'd be pretty enjoyable. I've always liked chorals, albeit more haunting and chilling ones.
Regardless, we met at Ngee Ann City and after 2 hours ish of walking around, me and MC, who were supposed to do all the sai kang, while the two Saras brought Jollyn around to distract her, we found a nice cake and settled for dinner at Crystal Jade Kitchen.
Was pretty damned funny, we wanted something nice, so we thought, HEY! Let us take a look at Crystal Jade Palace.
Wait, why's it empty? Why're all the waiters and waitresses dressed to the nines and taking such dainty steps? There seems to be something awkward about that menu! It's odd, two digits of which the first doens't begin with anything less than 5! Try four digits with a decimal point separating the first three from the last. Cute.
Alright, that's out. Angus Steakhouse then! Sounds cool, and western is always okay for all.
$100+ Per steak.
DO NOT WANT.
SO yeah, Crystal Jade Kitchen. They were late, so every 5 minutes we sat at the table ordering nothing, a waiter would promptly place not-so-gently a plastic display with mini-menu clasped in it.
*KLOP* Dishes.
*KLOP* Drinks/Desserts.
When they finally did come, dinner was a simple, pleasant affair. Thank god Louis and his cronies didn't find us. What part of private dinner do they not understand? If Sarah was right, they'd search every effin Crystal Jade in Ngee Ann City. Bloody hell, thank god there were 6+ Crystal Jade crap in the whole place. What Crystal Jade Korean BBQ Ginseng Chicken, Crystal Jade Xiao Long Bao and La Mian, Crystal Jade Kitchen, Crystal Jade Palace, etc. Lulz.
We tried our utmost and hardest to make the cake a surprise, but the waitress just kinda didn't get our intentions and blew it when she asked where to light the candles. Oh well. I bet Jollyn knew from the start anyway.
After dinner we kinda walked around Orchard to see the Xmas displays. Pretty stuff. Haven't really been to Orchard during Xmas for a loooong time. Stuffy, crowded and noisy, but rather enjoyable nonetheless. Pretty lights, interesting displays (including a man posing as a statue, as well as a man with 2 legs and crutches in sit up position. That was hella weird and we phailed to get the point of it.)
Jollyn's dad brought us home next, so yeah, great guy, really. Jollyn really oughta be nicer to him. As a side note, fellas, I still do not get what was supposed to be missing about Sara that day. Halp?
Nothing to thank me for. If anything, it was a request. Reminder, even, for something set in the past. Don't thank me. Please, someone, anyone. Give me drowning lessons.