yo!

am settling down (like fish-crap settling in the bottom of the tank) in front of my com in the office and typing this! hurhur. big revelation. (luckily there's just me. or maybe there's a closed circuit TV. but who the hell cares haha.) still stuck in holiday mode i guess. spent yesterday (4/2/06) in Royal Plaza on Scotts with my family! and today here trying to do some work cos seriously monday isn't enough (nor tuesday. nor wednesday. i guess you get the drift).

i ate so damned much yesterday! gosh. haha. we went to bainian at aunty yong's (who whips up delectable laksa and hey-mi i.e. prawn noodles) so i gulped down a bowl of extra-extra-extra loaded laksa. hehheh. and her almond cookies were so utterly to-die-for. i hugged the bottle and refused to let go until some other guest politely but firmly pried it out of my grip. haha. but i must say that she added too much salt to the cookie dough for the pineapple tarts, though. the dough was salty! *ack* haha. watched charlie and the choco factory (Johnny Depp is soooooooooooooooooooooo keeeeeeeee-eeewwww-t!) and collected angpows. then we chugged off to check in at the hotel. ah that was bloody funny. the voucher entitled me to a stay for 2 persons, so i decided that 5 people would be too conspicuous and earn us a cancellation of the entitlement. i told dad and cliff to pretend to be tourists touring the lobby (which didn't have very much to look at except the big fat portly blue-uniformed porters) whilst me, jerlyn and my mum signed in.

dad: so now what you want me to do? take the luggage and sit down can?
me: ok lor. just don't come close to us. at all. pretend you don't know us. (pushes dad in the general direction of the front doors)
cliff: jiejie why can't we sign in with you? i thought you have the voucher?
me: (exasperated sigh) do you realise that "2 persons" are not designated to have 5 heads and 5 separate bodies of varying sizes???
mum: (nervously) eh the counter girl keeps smiling at me leh. (buries face into the gameboy screen)
jerlyn: yay! hotel pom-pom!!!!!!! hotel pom-pom!!!!!! jiejie are we going to hotel pom-pom???
me: ya la ya la. keep quiet. shhhhh. (tries to look dignified) errr hi, i'd like to check in. i made a reservation quite a long time ago... the confirmation number is abcdef.
counter girl (hereafter known as CG): ok ma'am, let me check. (types something) err sorry we don't have your records with us. could i see the voucher please? (types something) OOOOOOHHHHH you got the number wrong! it shoudl be abDCef!!! (grins like she just struck lottery)
me: oh i'm sorry. (mortified)
CG: so it'll be 2 persons...? deluxe non-smoking room? (gaze wanders over to the crowd behind me comprising my mum (furiously playing gameboy), sis (shrieking hotel pom-pom), dad and cliff (trying valiantly to look like nervous terrorists by clutching the luggage bag together and siddling close to me))
me: errrrrrr, ya. 2 persons. (nods firmly)
CG: *raises eyebrows* ok. could I have your IC please? (writes down particulars) oh happy belated birthday ma'am! *grins beatifically*
me: *stunned retarded look* huh? oh ya. *remembers that i'm supposed to be registering under mum's name* thank you. *shrieks* oh no! i'm 39 years old!!!!!
CG: errr. yes. so it says on the IC. *frowns*
me: oh ya oh ya. hehheh. *cold sweat*
CG: alright ma'am. thank you. here's your hotel room keys. it'll be 2 queen sized beds, would you mind that? (probably thinking "2 persons" means a weekend of torrid sex and amazing fornication)
me: ah, no, no. that'll be perfect. (thinking 2 queen sized beds means i don't have to squeeze 5 heavy duty fatties into a single bed for 10hrs)
cg: *raises eyebrows* alright. *mental image of a celibate couple sleeping apart for an entire weekend* oh i see you drove here, ma'am. please let me issue you with a free parking voucher. *takes the parking coupon* may i have your vehicle number please?
me: *glances around to ask dad* oh please hold on. *realises that the entire clan has beautifully decided to abandon me just at this very critical moment and wandered over to the swarovski crystal display* oh my gosh. errrr.... 1715... something something. errrr..... sorry i can't remember the letters in front! *wishing fervently for a shovel to start hole digging*
CG: nevermind, ma'am. you can just fill it in yourself later. have a nice stay! *sunshine grin with severely disbelieving undertones*
me: thanks! *scuttles off like a hermit crab*

haha. oh boy. that's it man! the next time i win a hotel stay for 2, i gotta register it in my own name and choose only 1 designated partner. who wouldn't mind a weekend of torrid sex and amazing fornication. haha! :)