同样的机场 不同世界...

 

was too late to post yesterday so decided to do so today. You will know why yesterday ended off so late..

 

since yesterday was a saturday, it was suppose to be buddy day, but then it failed due to all of our various commitments. Yiwei [being the Yiwei of all traits] was roped into play scrabble for SINGAPORE.. lolz. Joking, for some competition. Tien Leng went off to NUS open house [which i was totally unaware of till yesterday night]. As for me, need to take care of my cousin and my sister while my parents and my elder sister go off for the weekly acupuncture session [hence i guess i will be late for most buddy days now]. Still got to read newspapers. Now that we dont order newspapers, i come to understand the importance of it. Despite having the online version, browsing through a newsPAPER is still easier and faster than clicking and waiting for the page to load. 东西往往都是在失去了才懂得它的珍贵..  Luckily, dad can still take outdated newspapers from his office. i find reading such flimsy big piece of paper really tiring. Perhaps it is due to my bad posture when reading but it sure tires me out after reading a few stacks.

 

Then the series of "malu" events started to occur. I wonder where did i heard from, but i remembered hearing that the flight timing for the people going to thailand leaves at 630. Since there is a straight bus from my place, i didnt have to leave home that early. Furthermore,  i got to 吩咐好 the stuffs to the two girls before leaving. Chiong to wash up and gobbled down a packet of duck rice [which was more like a rice cake as the rice were all "glued" together and was really hard]. Ensuring that they locked the door etc, i chionged to the bus stop...

 

2 bus39s, 2 bus359s, 2 bus3s, 1 bus81.. Just no sign of bus 53. Crap. Soon [a long one], the bus finally came and i got the message that the people are already going in when i was only at whitesands. =.= Nonetheless, i still made my way there, since i am already on the bus. Was informed that the people are going to eat at a staff canteen. Knowing that there are 2 staff canteens [maybe 3 now that there is t3], i asked the person on the phone, who happened to be daniel, which one they are going to. Being the ever well-aware-of-what-is-going-on daniel [lol.. that is niao], he told me that he will tell me again. Soon [a relatively shorter one], i reached t1. Still no nothing from daniel. Thinking that being the ever food loving 4H people, they will want to go to t1 canteen since there are more stalls [i think] there. Hence i alighted at t1, only to receive the message that they are at t2 staff canteen the moment i step out of the bus. T.T Totally retarded.

 

Moving on, got onto the sky train and messaged the people that i am really sorry for not making it on time. Though i could have done so earlier, but the retarded side of me felt more appropriate messaging now that i am in the airport.

 

From my memory, i remembered that the staff canteen of t2 is somewhere at the top storey, somewhere where the lift cannot reach. I remembered that i took a lift up and must walk a flight of stairs. Based on that memory, i tried doing the same. Then i found myself in this really spooky place. Erm, it may due to me being timid but i am reassured that that place is indeed spooky when i brought daniel and xinzi there. Xinzi took a few pictures while daniel was against that idea fearing that something will appear will in those pictures. There were a few doors in that place. The retarded side of me tried opening the door, only to find that it's lock. It was only then did i become less retarded and leave the place.

 

Walked out of the spooky place in a daze. To much of my surprise, i saw xinzi all smiley, walking in my direction. So i asked if he know how to get to the staff canteen. And he pointed in the forward direction. Initially i thought that he knew the way, but in fact, he was pointing at a working staff who was leading the way. Upon reaching the staff canteen [which was indeed climbing a flight of stairs beside a lift], xinzi thanked the staff in Chinese. and i meant Chinese [中国风]. Lol. Some how, it got this feeling of foreigners bonding in a foreign land. Not saying that xinzi is anyone foreign but such feeling is heartwarming,

 

Since i just gobbled down the duck rice cake, i was not hungry. Still, we got dessert. Btw, the people there were zihui,anting, yokesan, jason, yiwei, daniel, xinzi, tienleng and me. Fewer than expected. Heard Eugene was there earlier. Well, he appeared later after our dessert too. lolz.>.< [i seriously need a good cam - my blog is too wordy sia]. And i did also learnt the benefit of just asking. We got FREE sago topping from the dessert stall aunty. Must be due to yiwei's charming look [or is it the aunty saw his "heartbroken" scribbled on his face].

 

The same flight of stairs which was dimly lit was now painted orange as the sun set at the horizon. The nicer thing is the duplication of the setting sun due to internal reflection from the overlapping window panes. Sadly, it was not possible to be capture on the various cameras. The sight got us guys crowded on the small opening and that drew some people to peep over our shoulders to see what we were looking at. LOL.

~one of the many picture taken by tl's cam [can see reflection]

 

The girls left [to zihui: i didnt mean anything like what you said/acted lo.. my exp prob ba]. And us, the guys, walked around t2 [practically the whole of t2] looking for a decent place to mug. I helped pretend to be the subject of a photo so that the real subjects [aged workers] can be captured on xinzi's camera. LOL. There were seriously many places in t2 which i have no memories of venturing into [the spooky place being one of the many]. I have no memories of going to the viewing gallery too. I was ignorant of the presence of a intercom place. Got an interesting picture in daniel's phone. The viewing gallery was packed with muggers. Notes all over the floor. Personally, i think that i will not be able to do anywork there lo. 1stly there is notable and 2ndly, the lighting is too dim. Kinda a solemn ambience. In the very end, we found ourselves in mac. Jamie was there too. I failed to recognise verine. xP They were here to send Xumei off. DHS people sure have strong bonds sia. Which is really heart warming.

~雨点从两旁划过割开两种精神的我... [分裂 - 周杰伦]

 

The 6 guys then cramped into a supposed to be 4 people table. Tienleng and me were doing electrochem [jamie saved me with foolscap papers and tienleng too]. After the long walk, i got hungry so i ordered a foldover set. Despite having a sorethroat, i guess filling up the stomach is more important than sorethroat ba.   Xinzi gave a brain-juicing question which is as follow:

"how to you identify an odd coin form a pile of 12 coins by using a balance thrice - you have no idea if the odd coin is lighter or heavier.."

and that set things off. Everyone paused their work and channeled their attention to sourcing for the solution. All except me [ok.. i was still thinking before i got my meal], who was enjoying the music from yiwei's phone along with my foldover meal. I thought it was quite comical that all the other 5 guys were having hell thinking about the question while i was happily enjoying my meal. I guess daniel, who was diagonally opposite me, caught sight of my frequent grin at the thoguht of this...

 

we left after i am done with my meal. Yiwei claimed that he had solved the problem yet due to the reason of not wanting spoilers, those who think that they are confident with the answer must keep their answers to themselves. A little ironic but true. haha. Personally, i was not in the mood to think so i was happily singing songs etc. To me, i think that the question is just a complicated one, not one that is chim. But i got to say that i was wrong. Upon reaching home, it was already 10 plus going 11. wrote my diary and after that, i started on the journey to solve the question. The thing about this type of question is the presence of "small, big problem". Ironic? But that is the feel of it. Small as in a small chance of the problem happening but it is also this small problem that creates the flaw in the answer. I am proud to say that i got an answer which i have yet to find any flaw and am confident of it. But i got to say that i am amazed myself that i could think to this level. Hope that more people will come with a confident answer so that i can discuss my answer with the person..

 

this was also the reason why i didnt post yesterday. I did that question till 1230am of today. xP

 

I got to say the trip to the airport was one of a very different feel. I have never walked around the airport alone before. Remembered zihui saying that the title for yiwei's post is 不流泪的机场. Personally, the first song that came into my mind was also a Lin JJ song but it was 翅膀.. I really like that song. Walking pass the departure hall made me imagine the once crowded image of dhs people with their parents and friends. It was indeed like  同样的机场不同世界.. Then the board with lots of flight info stared flicking. I paused for a moment, as if something would happen. But of course, nothing happened [those only occur in man-made stories.. lol..] then i moved on to staff canteen.

even for the tour around t2 with the guys was indeed of a very different feel. Like a bunch of kids who were away from their parents and being fascinated with things around. lol...

 

~buddies unite! that hand holding the pencil is my hand!  [i sure looked tired and i wonder if i was (maybe after taking 3ngs as he zoom all the way in and entertaining himself - pardon him and his heartbroken state XP]

Well.. this is our first ever buddy night... the beginning of the mugging spree.. 大家一起加油!!!

 

today is my parents' wedding anniversary!! Will being going out to eat fish head steamboat. =) Really grateful to have such a loving family.

 

 

thanks tienleng... aye.. this is a great song..

 

 

《爱如潮水》张信哲

不问你为何流眼泪 不在乎你心里还有谁
请让我给你安慰 不论结局是喜是悲
走过千山万水 在我心里你永远是那么美
既然爱了就不后悔（就无怨无悔）
再多的苦我也愿意背
我的爱如潮水 爱如潮水将我向你推
紧紧跟随 爱如潮水它将你我包围
我再也不愿见你在深夜里买醉
不愿别的男人见识你的抚媚
你该知道这样会让我心碎
答应我你从此不在深夜里徘徊
不要轻易尝试放纵的滋味
你可知道这样会让我心碎

 

 

 

~走过千山万水
再多的苦我也愿意背*