I think things have suddenly or rather gradually changed for the better. Just like how Koh Blooded Lizard turned happier again and started hanging out with us, for the last time he was nowhere to be seen. He was reading Men's Heath one day and I was appalled by the comments when some 21 (Office) people who thought that it was a gay magazine. And what totally made me confirmed, and re-confirmed again that their brains are shallow and simple, was one comment made in Chinese which is "Nan ren xi huan kan nan ren (WO)" - which translates to Man like to see Men. I have nothing much to comment on those pathetic fools of knavery. *shakes head in total disgust*
Nowadays, ComicReader seems to be in a perpetually good mood too, and don't laugh, please don't, *psst* he's thinking of learning Japanese. Ok, why am I not surprise, the reasons as explained by him are that:
1. Will be able to play Japanese games
2. Read manga
3. Enjoy anime
4. Love for the language
5. Act kawaii (I say)
I happened to do a totally unwelcomed medical cover on friday, and it is funny that I am learning German while he is learning Japanese. One reservist commented that we medics are very 'international' (sic) and jokingly asked if we needed a hokkien peng medic.
I'm done with German A1 level, whee! and exams were on saturday, I've lost many many many marks in dictation ... grrrrrr. No more german for a few weeks before the next term starts, I'm going to miss it so much. And half-unexpectedly I went to watch a Philharmonic Chamber Choir concert at the Esplanade on saturday. I heard the advertisement on 92.4, and was rather attracted to Britten's Ceremony of Carols. I was surprised to hear that my German teacher was performing on the same night, so some of us went to support her, and of course I was seriously interested in attending the concert myself.
Meanwhile, we had a leech attached to us, *psst* he's a doctor. He's a super duper pure-bred country bumpkin. Firstly, he doesn't have a car, secondly, he doesn't even have a ATM/credit card. And just the other time, he asked me why I'm not going home after lessons, and every week it was the same answer, "I'm going out with friends", to which he replied he didn't have many friends. And just on saturday, he managed to impress me again with his austerity. He asked us where we lived, followed by the question of "How do you know this place so well if you're not living here?" For which I thought to myself, *hello? This is CityHall MRT ... TOWN!!!* My friends and I looked at each other in deep bewilderment.
We had a fast and I-thought-it-was-cheap dinner at (what was it called again?) Local Delights (opposite the Thai restaurant). $6.90 for a plate of Shredded Chicken Guotiao Noodles, the woman said it was special, and yes very special indeed. Please donot ever every eat at that place again! This is a word of precaution to all the Esplanaders and a reminder for myself. Again: Please donot even ATTEMPT the food is expensive and unpalatable, unless of course you are rushing for a concert and have no choice but to consume something from there.
We hurried back to the concert hall, and I saw kids queuing up to enter, and wham damn, I'm going to watch a noisy concert, I thought to myself. And true enough, it was very irritating, and worse, a small Hongkong boy who kept speaking Cantonese to his mother sat beside me the whole time. "Why they haven't sing Jingle Jingle Bells?" he asked in Cantonese. The creasing of plastic bags or wrappers sounds made me more irritated.
When it was the intermission, I heard a man going to the counter to complain. Haha!
"Why did YOUR management allow people in even after 8 o'clock? What a SHAME! I am going home!" And he went off in a huff.
After the concert, we went to Fullerton. You know the bridge connecting the road at Esplanade to Fullerton Hotel? While I was ascending onto the bridge via the stairs, I saw dark shadowy sillhouettes cuddling together, unmistakbly couples making out beneath the bridge. *Weird Fascination*
Now here's Stille Nacht (Silent Night) in German! It was sung during the concert. They sang the version arranged by John Rutter, and they sang Poulenc's O Magnum Mysterium (some people should know this!)
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Alle schlaft, einsam wacht
nur das traute hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im Lockigen Haar,
schlaf` in himmlischer Ruh!
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
hirten erst kundgemacht
durch der Engel Alleluja;
tont es laut bei Ferne und Nah:
"Jesus der Retter ist da!'
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Gottes Sohn, o wie lacht
Lieb aus deinem gottlichen Mund,
da uns chlagt die erttende Stund,
Christ, in deiner Geburt.
Nowadays, ComicReader seems to be in a perpetually good mood too, and don't laugh, please don't, *psst* he's thinking of learning Japanese. Ok, why am I not surprise, the reasons as explained by him are that:
1. Will be able to play Japanese games
2. Read manga
3. Enjoy anime
4. Love for the language
5. Act kawaii (I say)
I happened to do a totally unwelcomed medical cover on friday, and it is funny that I am learning German while he is learning Japanese. One reservist commented that we medics are very 'international' (sic) and jokingly asked if we needed a hokkien peng medic.
I'm done with German A1 level, whee! and exams were on saturday, I've lost many many many marks in dictation ... grrrrrr. No more german for a few weeks before the next term starts, I'm going to miss it so much. And half-unexpectedly I went to watch a Philharmonic Chamber Choir concert at the Esplanade on saturday. I heard the advertisement on 92.4, and was rather attracted to Britten's Ceremony of Carols. I was surprised to hear that my German teacher was performing on the same night, so some of us went to support her, and of course I was seriously interested in attending the concert myself.
Meanwhile, we had a leech attached to us, *psst* he's a doctor. He's a super duper pure-bred country bumpkin. Firstly, he doesn't have a car, secondly, he doesn't even have a ATM/credit card. And just the other time, he asked me why I'm not going home after lessons, and every week it was the same answer, "I'm going out with friends", to which he replied he didn't have many friends. And just on saturday, he managed to impress me again with his austerity. He asked us where we lived, followed by the question of "How do you know this place so well if you're not living here?" For which I thought to myself, *hello? This is CityHall MRT ... TOWN!!!* My friends and I looked at each other in deep bewilderment.
We had a fast and I-thought-it-was-cheap dinner at (what was it called again?) Local Delights (opposite the Thai restaurant). $6.90 for a plate of Shredded Chicken Guotiao Noodles, the woman said it was special, and yes very special indeed. Please donot ever every eat at that place again! This is a word of precaution to all the Esplanaders and a reminder for myself. Again: Please donot even ATTEMPT the food is expensive and unpalatable, unless of course you are rushing for a concert and have no choice but to consume something from there.
We hurried back to the concert hall, and I saw kids queuing up to enter, and wham damn, I'm going to watch a noisy concert, I thought to myself. And true enough, it was very irritating, and worse, a small Hongkong boy who kept speaking Cantonese to his mother sat beside me the whole time. "Why they haven't sing Jingle Jingle Bells?" he asked in Cantonese. The creasing of plastic bags or wrappers sounds made me more irritated.
When it was the intermission, I heard a man going to the counter to complain. Haha!
"Why did YOUR management allow people in even after 8 o'clock? What a SHAME! I am going home!" And he went off in a huff.
After the concert, we went to Fullerton. You know the bridge connecting the road at Esplanade to Fullerton Hotel? While I was ascending onto the bridge via the stairs, I saw dark shadowy sillhouettes cuddling together, unmistakbly couples making out beneath the bridge. *Weird Fascination*
Now here's Stille Nacht (Silent Night) in German! It was sung during the concert. They sang the version arranged by John Rutter, and they sang Poulenc's O Magnum Mysterium (some people should know this!)
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Alle schlaft, einsam wacht
nur das traute hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im Lockigen Haar,
schlaf` in himmlischer Ruh!
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
hirten erst kundgemacht
durch der Engel Alleluja;
tont es laut bei Ferne und Nah:
"Jesus der Retter ist da!'
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Gottes Sohn, o wie lacht
Lieb aus deinem gottlichen Mund,
da uns chlagt die erttende Stund,
Christ, in deiner Geburt.
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