Christmas! Is over.
So sad.
So yesterday, at 17:00, we left the house to go to Orchard Road to take a walk and see the lights.
Got to Bishan MRT Station by bus, then took the train to Orchard MRT Station. Then we started walking.
The lights were pretty amazing.
First, we went into Borders at some cone shaped building. I can't remember the name.
I immediately headed for the manga section. Tons and tons of manga. So many! All in English! I found GodChild, Cain Saga, Fairy Cube, Eyeshield 21, Prince of Tennis, and so many more! In English!
They didn't have Parfum Extrait 0 though...
Anyway, I was pretty shocked that they actually blocked out the roads so that we could walk along the streets to enjoy the lights without being knocked over...
Along the way, we saw a huge bunch of line-dancers made up of mostly the elderly.
We weren't supposed to cut across them while they were dancing (though it'd be a fine challenge to do so without getting hit) so we crossed onto the pavement.
Then we walked on. We saw some floats along the road. Obviously, if you saw something like that from the eyes of my father (who is nuts about taking photos), you would want to get a closer look.
So we retraced our steps and found a transition point to cross from the pavement to the road after the line-dancers.
After walking a while on the streets and admiring the floats, I noticed that often, there would be people trying to 'climb' across the fences made of green strings and gree sticks (brances, more like) stuck in the ground.
Then after walking a little more, we entered Lucky Plaza, because I thought that was where I bought my pointe shoes from as the exterior REALLY looks like the mall where I did buy them.
I never found out if it was the same one.
My sis got really pissed.
So we decided to eat. The fish and chips from the indoor kopitiam (it wasn't exactly a kopitiam because it didn't say 'KOPITIAM' in huge block letters at the entrance, but it looked and felt like on) was superb. I think they added garlic to the fish.
So then we continued walking.
We saw a church (or maybe it was a couple of churches) preaching about God on the streets. Somehow, I smiled.
They had a short (or maybe not so. I didn't muck around till the end of it) video on the birth of Jesus with a choir singing in the background.
You know, I was standing right at the back (about 20m-30m from the stage) with a speaker to my left and another to my right. The one to my left was closer.
Anyway, suddenly, this man came and stood between me and the left speaker, and I felt like my left ear has without warning went half deaf...
So scary. Then I turned myself here and there, and found out that my left ear was in good working condition when I could hear the sound from my right properly.
Then the man went away and I could hear the speaker with my left ear properly again.
Maybe the soundwaves were interrupted...
After a while, we reached Somerset. Then we got on the train there. It was so squeezy we almost couldn't fit in.
Then when we reached Orchard, my dad commented that he was glad that we didn't get off the train at Somerset and then walk to Orchard.
At Orchard MRT Station, the train was jam packed, but when some peopl left the compartment, there was space for more. But the people are so stupid! They just cram to get inside but never let the others get out.
How would they expect to get in like that?
Then we reached home, and bathed.
Then I opened my presents! Well, I chose and hand-picked them myself, so it wasn't much of a surprise, but I was still very happy!
The first one I unwrapped was Mr. Bump from Mr. Men series.
I mentioned him quite a while back in one of my posts when my mum dragged me shopping for clothes.
He was the most squishable soft toy I have. The dog (another soft toy which I also hand-picked) I got from Christmas 2 years back was 2nd.
Just so you know, I have a soft spot for soft toys and I'm not afraid to mention it.
As tomboy as I may seem, I still like the feel of squishable stuff in my hands. Mr. Bump was made of a very smooth material too, and that's what made me like it even more.
Then I opened Parfum Extrait 0!
My only English manga! And also my only manga that isn't from the Prince of Tennis Series.
I spent 1 hour reading it...
Oh. The bliss.
My father got presents too. Probably from his colleages and church acquaintances.
He got a packet of chocolates and sweets (he had Ferrero Rocher!).
Then he also got this plague that reads 'Purpose' and below it has a verse from Romans.
Merry Christmas to all!
Oh. I just remembered. Today is boxing day...wonder why it's called boxing day...
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Oh! I haven't talked about Genting yet.
Day 1: Got on the bus to Genting at around 23:00.
Day 2: Arrived at Genting at around 05:00
Day 2: Went to eat breakfast in a place called '老地方' at 08:00
Day 2: Went to Outdoor Theme Park at around 9:00
Day 2: Checked in to Hotel at around 18:00
Day 2: Ate at some strange food court just beside the Indoor Theme Park at around 20:00
*Chinese food there is horrible...
Day 2: Fell flat on bed after playing at the Indoor Theme Park (and then bathing) at around 23:30
Day 3: Woke up at 09:30
Day 3: Went for lunch in MarryBrown at...uh...maybe 12:00
Day 3: Looked around the shops at aroun 13:00
*Checked around for good places to eat dinner at the same time.
Day 3: Went back to room at 16:00
Day 3: Went for dinner at 18:30
*Played "FuzzyWuzzy", "Mutton Chicken", "Bang", "This, This, That", "How Many Maa-Maa", "Black Magic", "Johnny"
Day 3: Exchanged presents and ripped the wrappings off at 20:30
Day 3: Went back to room at about 20:45
*Bathed, Quiet Time
Day 3: Fell asleep watching American Idol...
Day 4: Breakfast of Maggi Noodles in room at who-knows-what time
Day 4: Checkout at 12:00
Day 4: Lunch at KFC at around 13:00
Day 4: Leaves Genting at around 14:00
Day 4: Has dinner of Lor Mai Kai and Siew Mai with houseflies at around 18:00
Day 4: Gets off bus at around 21:00
Day 4: Reaches home after long wait at Taxi stand at around 22:00
