Build up to my holiday..
Alright, the constant worrying of the results aside, there've been a couple of interesting events this week. Went on an outing with Esper on Monday, with the highlight being a cable car ride @ Sentosa. Really felt kinda weird being a tourist in my own country, but at least it was free. ^.^
I would say it's quite interesting, really, however odd it may sound coming from me. Somewhat like taking the time to smell the flowers, and a suitable time it is since I don't really have anything better to do. I'm always lamenting about Singapore being a small and boring place to grow up in, but such outings with Esper does tend to prove me wrong. Unfortunately, just like a tourist, going around this little island and finding things to do tends to be a little stressful on the wallet. :(
Just not long ago, I was at Grand Copthorne having dinner at this "Grand Shanghai Restaurant". A really peculiar place indeed with all seating facing a main stage... I felt as if I was in a tacky cabaret in China back in the 1970s. The star of their 'live band' was a freakin chinese girl dressed in a cheong sam and singing or rather, screeching, canto/mandarin songs aloud. Apart from the cacophony that I have to endure, the food wasn't fantastic for its price ($100+ per pax). And a 11 course dinner stretching for 2 hrs tends to get your arse numb and appetite waning.
Not that I am really complaining.. it was free anyway for my uncle gave a treat as it was his daughter's birthday. He has been telling us how long he had waited for an occasion for all of us to dine at this dishy (in his opinion) restaurant.
My uncle was ecstatic tonight and so he should be. Into his sixties, he's retired. Both of his daugthers are married with children, and I suppose that makes him one hella happy grandfather. On this occasion, he was able to be seated with everyone he held dear at a table in his favourite restaurant. Watching his healthy grandchildren playing, enjoying the 'so-called' oldies, and the ambience that was reminiscent of his earlier days, it was obvious that he relished every second of tonight's dinner.
Being me, I fell deep into thoughts again.. wondering when/if it will be my turn to be in his position - To acknowledge that my duty/work is done, and that the simplest of things like a dinner with my children and grandchildren would mean much more to me. By then, I should've forgotten what happened for the bulk of my life, and the latest of events like these would be where I draw happiness from, and turn into the sweetest of memories when I depart the land of the living.
I would say it's quite interesting, really, however odd it may sound coming from me. Somewhat like taking the time to smell the flowers, and a suitable time it is since I don't really have anything better to do. I'm always lamenting about Singapore being a small and boring place to grow up in, but such outings with Esper does tend to prove me wrong. Unfortunately, just like a tourist, going around this little island and finding things to do tends to be a little stressful on the wallet. :(
Just not long ago, I was at Grand Copthorne having dinner at this "Grand Shanghai Restaurant". A really peculiar place indeed with all seating facing a main stage... I felt as if I was in a tacky cabaret in China back in the 1970s. The star of their 'live band' was a freakin chinese girl dressed in a cheong sam and singing or rather, screeching, canto/mandarin songs aloud. Apart from the cacophony that I have to endure, the food wasn't fantastic for its price ($100+ per pax). And a 11 course dinner stretching for 2 hrs tends to get your arse numb and appetite waning.
Not that I am really complaining.. it was free anyway for my uncle gave a treat as it was his daughter's birthday. He has been telling us how long he had waited for an occasion for all of us to dine at this dishy (in his opinion) restaurant.
My uncle was ecstatic tonight and so he should be. Into his sixties, he's retired. Both of his daugthers are married with children, and I suppose that makes him one hella happy grandfather. On this occasion, he was able to be seated with everyone he held dear at a table in his favourite restaurant. Watching his healthy grandchildren playing, enjoying the 'so-called' oldies, and the ambience that was reminiscent of his earlier days, it was obvious that he relished every second of tonight's dinner.
Being me, I fell deep into thoughts again.. wondering when/if it will be my turn to be in his position - To acknowledge that my duty/work is done, and that the simplest of things like a dinner with my children and grandchildren would mean much more to me. By then, I should've forgotten what happened for the bulk of my life, and the latest of events like these would be where I draw happiness from, and turn into the sweetest of memories when I depart the land of the living.
