Saturday, January 3, 2009
Okay, on the last day of 2008, 12 of us met up for work for the Marina Bay Countdown 2009!!
Me, Ivan, Qing Chang, Jia Hao, Yong Yuan, Shi Jie, Yi Ming, Joanne, Jun Ting, Zi Kai, Xiuting(er jie) and last but not least Yuting(san jie)!
Seriously, this is a very fun clique to be with, consisting mostly of my close friends and people like Yong Yuan that I always go home with.
To Jia Hao(if he ever did bother to visit this dead blog and read this post): You are of the close friends so don't think too much that I didn't list your name down. This guy here always making himself sound so pathetic=P
So I reached the MRT control station at 1.45 pm, since Jia Hao told me he would be meeting me there. Called him when I didn't see anyone there and he told me he just got out from his house. As expected.. Since my mouth was itchy, which was like always, I went to cheers to get some sweets and saw Shi Jie waiting at the red circle.
And Jun Ting and Yong Yuan soon came along. We were told to meet at different locations. Good thing I came up or I will be waiting for Jia Hao alone.
He came at around 2.10 if I didn't remember wrongly and he told us that we are still waiting for his god-sister, Joanne. So we waited for at least 10 more minutes before she reached.
Took the train to Marina Bay Mrt. Didn't know where it was so I just followed them. Met Qing Chang, Ivan, Zi Kai, Yi Ming and er san jie there. Then unknowingly, we soon ended up at the wrong place-Marina barrage. Quite sian cos it was super hot in the afternoon and we were all wearing black. And we still have to walk a distance, take a bus, then walk again.
But seriously, I didn't know what was happening for the whole journey and that what was going to happen the next moment at all so I was just following blindly. Talked to Ivan on the way and he keep pestering me with his questions... Haha.
So when we board the bus to get back to the Mrt station, I actually went and tap my card when the ride was free-.- Everyone was looking at me since the machine was making such a din while rejecting my card. Super embarrassing can? It's like its so natural that when you board a public transport, you will try to tap right? Habits just grow on you what.
So we made our way to City Hall station and finally reached our destination after walking some distance. There was nothing for us to do at all until around 6pm, so were basically stoning around and crapping with each other. Since we were selling food, we needed to put on this apron and some paper hat as part of our walking attire. The apron was okay but seriously, the paper hat was far too... Haha. Okay, it looks weird on us=P
Luckily, in the end, we didn't wear that weird hat although we were supposed to cos nobody bothers at all=P
Still a big crowd, but not as many as we had expected it to be though. So we went around selling food items of limited variety, like Coke, Orange /Calamansi Juice, assorted snacks, Nachos with cheese, Chocolate/Sausage buns and party packs. Everyone was like demanding for drinks and that not much on snacks, and party packs which I thought will be quite easy to sell. Guess I'm wrong=P
So we went our seperate ways selling our food, but kept meeting at the base. Kind of made 2 new friends, a guy and a girl, who were ushers, since I was walking up and down the flight of stairs they were assigned to. Talked a little when I walked past them and they will also help to arrange the things in my basket. Super friendly people. Haha. Crew power!
I rememberd asking some guy, "Would you like to buy anything?" and he told me a straight NO and started complaining about having to pay the 20 or so bucks and still expecting him to buy food from me? Haha. What else can I do other than smiling? Haha.
When it was 11.55, we went to take a seat with the crowd to countdown. Since the crew can move around freely, we took the best empty seats to view the fireworks. Seriously, if you think it looks beautiful on television, wait till you see it live! Then our clique was being super high, started to shout happy new year here and there and everyone shook hands with everyone!
Should post the video on the fireworks should anyone who filmed it send me the file=P
So since the crowd has left, we went back to the base since there were nobody there for us to sell our goods. So huiming(our superior) came over and asked us whether we wanted to watch OT. Ivan, Zi Kai, and Jun Ting left after doing OT for 1 hour so it was down to the 9 of us to clear the mess. Seriously, they should stay cos it was super fun!!!
Our first task - clear some of the food! Clearing the food as in clearing it into your stomach=P It's like we get paid to eat free food? Cool please. Haha.
Then we started clearing the base. It was super dirty and messy and... I just don't know how to describe... Haha. But many hands make light work and that the process of clearing the base was super fun and childish!
We opened some party packs and started playing with the whistle, the mask, the light-sticks, the clapper, and whatever that was inside which I can't remember. To put it simply, we were being super high, crazy and childish or whatever you want to call it=P
Took this photo with er jie, Jia Hao, Shi Jie, Yong Yuan and don't know who else which we posted with clappers! Haha. we were like clapping here and then in each other's ears and being super lame! Haha.
Accidentally touched some cheese when clearing up and then very happy to realize that san jie got her whole hand full of cheese=P Being childish, we hi-five each other and she splattered the cheese all over my shirt-.- Well, who ask me want to play with her? Haha.
Qing Chang was also being high and started talking crap and doing stupid stuff. And he just keep on rambling about his nian2 gao1 joke. Haha.
Then my phone suddenly rang and I was quite surprised to see Jie Xin calling me. She called to wish Happy New Year. So thoughtful=D Since you only picked some people, I should feel honoured then=D (Don't get too happy when you see this=P)
When we were clearing up, we were like coping food and drinks here and there. Drank quite a bit of Carlsberg. Been some time since I drank but I realised I can still hold my liquor well.
As a side note, I only drink on certain occassions that I'm very happy, and not that I always drink for fun.
Took a group photo too, but should post it on another day=P
Went for breakfast after work ended at 4.30am at Marina Square Mac and went home with Jia Hao, Shi Jie and Yong Yuan after that while Qing Chang went home with er and san jie and Yi Ming went home alone. During breakfast, there was this weird old Indian lady talking to us and I don't think she's in the right state of mind. Qing Chang was being super funny by talking crap to her and like not answering her questions at all. We were all laughing like mad and I remembered everyone looking at us. Yi Ming was even feeling pai seh that he asked me to shield his face. Haha.
So thats about it. Seriously, this is the best new year I spent in my whole entire life. Everyone was fun and funny, and I think we can really clique together very well. This seriously is a clique that is super fun and I really hope that we can see one another soon! =D
Happy New Year, Happy 2009 everyone!
(Okay, this is rather late...)
n3xon sang at
11:32:00 PM