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ぜんかい -- ゼンカイ
no longer yearning. what have we not done before?
"the world is really but the stage - create the most fulfilling play"
If you're a thief, master the art of thievery.
A psychotic mind leaves no room for regrets.
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
I had to make the exception to blog about the following even though I just posted an entry a few days back. This special obligation, I felt, was much needed, because I haven't enjoyed myself like this in a really long time.
Anyway, we the usual gang of three were usually supposed to meet every Friday, but this Saturday's "make-up" session was completely marvelous and overwhelmingly fabulous! So much so I had to take time off to post this entry. It started with a shopping experience from Vivo City all the way to the whole stretch of town. It was tiring yes, but definitely worth the squeezing through MRT and the crazy sales-whore crowds. Well for one, Ricky found a very good deal he couldn't stop talking about it the whole day and night.
The unforgettable part came during dinner. Following Ricky's suggestion, we headed to Marina Square MOF (Ministry of Food) for a Japanese dinner. We chose to be seated at the outdoors. And that seriously made all the difference. Our table was situated along a corridor just seemingly next to the NDP Parade that was going on while we were dining. We were eating while enjoying the scenery and spectrum of lights and sounds from the floating platform when it came - the magnificent fireworks, unblocked, right in front of us. It was so stunning even the waitresses serving stopped midway in their duties to turn around to admire. With each shot of firework, it seems to form layers on top of each other and got closer to us. It was this effect that made it so spectacular and unforgettable. This, I must say, is the first year I ever got such a good view of the fireworks.
With that, even the usual 'not-too-enthusiastic-about-national-events' Ricky and Nigel got really excited and felt that immense pride for our home and nation. The feeling for me was, of course, overwhelming. And the food made it all so pleasurable too...especially the dessert - heavenly. Gosh, I must have used so many words to describe such a wonderful experience I have officially ran out of vocabulary for more. After the fireworks, you could tell everyone in the vicinity was high. Songs and cheers were heard everywhere and I momentarily felt like snatching a microphone to shout "HELLO SINGAPORE!".
Somehow, through this experience, we were once again reminded how lucky we were to have met - the three of us. It was probably the best thing that happened from NS so far for all the three of us. Now this brings me to another point about life, about how unpredictable and fragile things might be. The three of us met by what I would call a "accidental-situation". In the sense either of us might not have OOT-ed, or we might not have taken the time and effort, or even have the chance to speak to each other and find out more about ourselves. If so, poof, we wouldn't have existed.
It's been a long time I am so thankful for my friends. So much so I can't wait for the next meet up. With us now being like that, I can't imagine us after ORD. Gosh. One word - explosive.
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