Sunday, June 04, 2006

....and finally, i can say that i had a good weekend. it kicked off with attending nad's 23rd bbq, which i quite enjoyed. there was nice food and pretty decent company. wished i had talked to more people though. at one point, i sidled up to hakeem cos i know the boy doesn't really enjoy crowds, very much like me and hey, the painfully shy ones have to band together and joke about their crippling social disability. at some point later into the night, i made friends with the birthday girl's bestie, another shy one. all i can say is, if you can't bring yourself to go around talking to people, you gotta make the most of it by making jokes and hence, making more friends. my inepitude sort of drove me start smoking again, after almost 2 weeks of abstinence. cig in one hand, dixie cup of soft drink in the other to keep me from gnawing my fingers off and fidgeting uncontrollably. this is also why i would never ever throw a party of any sort because i would make the world's worst hostess. anyways, thank you for inviting us and i'm very glad you liked your present. :) today, saw pms + z waking up uncharacteristically early [i mean it's a sunday for crying out loud] to go for zouk's flea market. we arrived there at about 12 and there was a grand total of one lone soul, who was the security guard. turns out, the thing would only start at 2, instead of the usual 11. that saw us walking alot, and i mean seriously a lot in the crazy heat to first head to great world for some food, where we saw this tour group at the food court. tour group? food court? i dunno man. then we walked back to zouk, undecided about how to while away the rest of our time and then we walked again, some distance away to a really nice cafe. too bad it was a little too expat-ified and i don't think i've mentioned this but i have a general dislike for caucasians in sg. and finally, at the 3rd time we got to zouk, the flea market was in full swing and packed to its gills. i should really stop bothering with such things because i intensely dislike jostling with people and i'm too lazy to rifle through the disorganized heaps of clothes. i should really get over the delusion that there would be gems and not many people. the flea market left me a little poorer and very much in wonder of the choices of company the people there made. there were people who brought along babies. c'mon, people were lighting up everywhere and you can't possibly have control of your spawn amongst the crowds, not to mention, wailing babies are just grating to everyone's nerves then, there are those who brought along senior citizens. wtf? i hate to make assumptions but the truth is, the older people prolly aren't going to bother looking through and shopping so they're just going to take up whatever little space there is left. and lastly, the dog owners. i've owned a dog before and i know how it is to love your canine but just cos you love it doesn't mean it has to follow you every fucking where. a flea market probably isn't a very good idea. and for the dogs, i can't imagine how overwhelming and confusing it must be to have so many people swarming around. singaporeans don't make sense.

the textual siege.

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