heretics unite ~~ brooches!

hey all!

went out on an excursion with kn and TEH (the eastern heretic) yesterday after work... to city hall!

we went on a romp across the white bridge spanning the s'pore river (oh what a disgrace. i don't even know the names of our landmarks :P ah, blame social studies for the useless propaganda and insufficient practical knowledge - for all you know, miss lim, if we ended up flunking our a levels we could still be trishaw-women and wax lyrical on the bridges and lime-coloured supreme court roof!). that was rather nasty cos i was dressed in a mid-sleeved white cardigan (my 2 streetwise kakis were decked in 1. sleeveless SEXYSEXYSEXY camisole top and 2. white teeshirt) and had a long skirt to boot. the end result was a very sweat-drenched NANA complaining all the way from the bridge to the shop (located on south bridge road).

the aircon from the shop was a very welcome incentive for us (well, at least for me) to start purchasing anything we could lay our hands on in gratitude for the reprieve from the sweltering heat. haha! eventually kn got herself 2 packets of earring-appliques, a chain of black pearls and a roll of 0.4mm fish wire (to re-thread the pearls), whilst yours truly bought 2 chains of pearls - 1 black and 1 au naturel :) am rather pleased with the purchases (though a tad on the ex side), they will come in useful for the date tml! :) denise was agitatedly anxious about our evaluation of her recommendation, but honestly dear. the shop was great and the goods were good, so fret not! we appreciate your recommendations! :D

after the frantic shopping spree (and a-very-happy-denise-armed-with-2-more-chops later), we proceeded to march gaily to that IT mall (shucks, the name evades me all the time!) where my mates retrieved CASSSSHHHHH *ka-ching!* and NANA thick-skinned-ly accepted KN's offer to treat me back for a lunch that i had treated her to aeons ago. moral of the story: make friends, lots of friends - you'll be reaping what u sow! :D that is true, and i thank the Lord for all my friends :) so we traipsed back to Petals, a subsidiary outlet of the SHATEC group of restaurants (after Rosette shut down, regrettably) and had our tea there :) kn and i shared a set meal comprising of caesar's salad, lobster bisque and grilled salmon with flat lobster in orange hollandaise sauce, followed by hot apple crumble :) sounds yummy? it was, to a certain extent, considering that all the food was prepared from scratch by SHATEC graduates :) i'm proud of the young aspiring chefs - well done! the orange hollandaise sauce was especially endearing - i was expecting an inappropriate, clammily sweet sauce of orange puree, but was refuted by the nicely seasoned offering that had just the slightest suggestion of citrus and was infused with a rich creamy base. looks like i might just have to tweak my notorious criticism of fusion cuisine - not everything tastes like high CRASS crap :) though i feel i must mention that the traditional lobster bisque doesn't contain carrot shreds :P heh. i guess they were trying to work in the concept that Singaporeans require more dietary fibre :) but i hold the opinion that our peristaltic functions are fine, it's just our attitudes that are severely constipated :P denise sampled the tiramisu and proclaimed it to be acceptable. the nice thing was that the waitress/waiter brought us samples of the desserts for us to choose - much better than the usual blind imagination of a piping hot dessert that ends up to be a horrendously thinly-sliced, lukewarm disappointment :) we were torn apart laughing raucously over a range of topics ranging from scandals, passing-out ceremony dates (NANA hereby retains the proffered suggestion of being a free escort for the exchange of free food and drink :D) to the use of a spade-shaped culinary device that was offered to kn at the start of the main course.

kn: *picking up the spade and examining it* what is this, a butter knife?
(waitress puts a bread roll on kn's plate)
NANA: i think it's some sort of a dessert thing.
*mrs wong yells in hapless supplication and faints - the horror of her pet student getting this question wrong*
TEH: no la! looks like some main course thing.
NANA: oh yeah - got flat lobster right. maybe it's...
kn: oh, to pry the lobster one!
NANA: ... no la! to flatten the lobster la! maybe it's not flat enough, then u're supposed to PIANGPIANG on it before eating.
*the others collapse in laughter*

... various happy experiments/surgeries were done on the main course using the spade before the waiter came to retrieve the plate...

TEH: *addressing the waiter* so what is this for?
waiter: for cutting the fish. *duh look*
kn: *GASP* i was half correct!!
NANA: oh man.
*kn and NANA die laughing. kn chokes on her tears*
waiter: *incredulously, to kn* are u okay? *to denise* your friends are (hand signal = NUTS) :P

loss of decorum in public = priceless :D

sigh. sorry mrs wong. please don't write to cambridge and request for a revoke of my A1 for f&N haha :) i really mugged hard for the egg essay... despite not being able to identify spade-shaped objects at the dinner table :P

i realised that i could fit into size 12 skirts! yayness. haven't seen size 12 since... sec 1. haha :P but the top needs more toning!!!! gambatte ne! :) swimming later - 20 laps at least!

i scouted the entire raffles city for a brooch/ruffled white shirt but was disappointed until kn spotted a wonderful brown suede/felt one (with weird dreamcatcher-like feathers sticking out at 5 positions along the perimeter). i promptly purchased it excitedly and requested for the feathers to be cut off (we must be the weirdest customers in a long long time) and also bought kn a nice blue-sequined brooch! :) hehe. so we're even, dear! hahahaha. the blue brooch set off her lacey camisole perfectly. very lovely :) kn suggests that i place my brooch on the non-dominant side during the interview so that the judges wouldn't jiggle their eyes out oogling at a brown flower on my chest when i gesticulate :P

denise bought a pair of golden-sequinned shoes! they're princess pumps and are really rather cute. but the sequins are rather blinding :P OKIES OKIES truce!!!!! u have WONDERFUL taste, dear :) pls don't kill me.

wish me luck for the coming interview, guys! i need loads of luck. and i pray to our Lord that i will have the strength to perform well! :)