Dinner Last Night And Olympics Opening Ceremony

Yesterday was eve of National Day. Everyone was like in a pre-holiday mood in the office. I took the opportunity to clear some backlog in my work.

I was looking forward to dinner at Kuishin Bo with Dennis and Darren. Joshua couldn't join us because he had music practice. I am writing as though we had dinner at Kuishin Bo. Actually, we didn't. The place was fully booked when I called before noon. The lady asked us to walk in and queue. Dennis and I decided not to.

We went to eat at Pastamania in West Mall. I had "mee bok" (don't know the Italian name - Fer.. something) with clams and mussels. Dennis had creamy chicken with some funny looking pasta (short and with hole in the centre). Darren wanted spicy crayfish spaghetti, but we ordered clams and mussels for him. Not our fault - at first he wanted that, then changed his mind. We had the full combo. I chose minestrone soup, while the 2 brothers chose clam chowder. Dennis kept asking me if I really wanted minestrone. Apparently the last time we ate at Pastamania in Causeway Point, I complained that it tasted like water. Well, it did again this time.

The meal wasn't filling enough, so we wanted to have ice cream at Swensen's. Walking there, the 2 brothers suddenly talked about "Money No Enough 2", and wanted to watch it then. I decided not to join them. So after browsing at the DVD shop, I left the 2 of them and came home to watch the Olympics opening ceremony.

It was spectacular, that's all I can say. Made me proud that I am Chinese - hope I don't sound like a racist. If you missed it, catch the repeat. I am sure they will be showing it many times on various channels. In fact, right after the ceremony ended, they started the repeat, the whole 4 hours of it.

The lighting of the Olympic flame was breath-taking.

(Pictures courtesy of MSN)

This must have been the most touching scene.


The fantastic pyrotechnics.














This was the segment that I liked best. Wonder how they made the rings rise from the ground to the air. Fantastic.


Wish I was there.



Time to sleep. Good night.

Busy And Very Hot Day

I had a very busy and hot day today.

Read about my busy time at the BB today here.

After dismissing the Junior Boys at Shuqun Primary, Dennis and Darren picked me up and we went to Jurong Point for dinner. We planned to have dinner with Joshua Tan at the M Hotel (steamboat buffet), but Joshua couldn't change his tuition centre schedule. The dinner with him will have to wait.

Dennis, Darren and I wanted to have Japanese buffet at the new Kuishin Bo restaurant in Jurong Point, but the queue was so long, we gave up. Anyway, we didn't make reservations. We had dinner at Fish & Co instead. After that, we walked around the DVD shops.

When we went back to the car, Dennis couldn't find his car keys. There was a short spell of panic. Then cooly, we traced back the events and concluded that the car keys could have been left behind or dropped at Fish & Co. So we walked back to Fish & Co, and thank God, the car keys were there.

What a long and hot day. We plan to have dinner at Kuishin Bo in Jurong Point next Friday night (eve of National Day). This time, we will make reservations first.