Hello dear frens!
thx hamid for your shocking expose! he may be a gd soldier, but he certainly is a lousy friend. either tt or his friends must be really hopeless & boring conversationers. have u ever dozed off while having lunch, with
ok now i got a whole bunch of fotos to share courtesy of harti's cam! it's been a wk of firsts for many of us. an exciting end to chp as we enjoyed a last fling of fun before having to buckle down & study for e looming pros.
first up was the Very Special Arts (VSA) charity run organised by medsoc. our beloved happy family CG signed up to play captain's ball. with a power-packed team name like noel lim kai, we blasted our way thru e competition & almost won...almost ok. not only tt, we raised money by running & even caught the rare sight of our school principal wearing micro-mini shorts & baring legs that might have last seen the sun in 1975. ah all in all, it was great fun, though me, mc & huilin raised a pathetic $20 (at $2 per lap) combined. congrats though to harti, who by herself ran 5 rounds plus!!
on wed, a few of us decided to go watch the soccer match at kallang stadium. combining forces w wei keong's crew, about 15 of us med ppl ended up cheering on s'pore in a sort of exciting match. for harti & kok wei, it was e 1st time watching soccer live. kok wei, at first confusing e thai team to be e s'pore one (& who can blame him for they were wearing red?) & likely cheering on the wrong team in e 1st few mins of e game, had a blast i'm sure w harti, following wei keong's lead. wei keong, being a passionate supporter, cursed, booed & cheered w great gusto, even shouting out e horn cheer with much aplomb. in fact, everyone had a fantastic time doing e kallang wave over & over & over again, jumping up & down, spilling coke all over e place & enjoying guo zhang's donut factory donuts.
finally, also included are some pics from the thaipusam parade tt harti, hamid, hamid's fren malik, neela, kok wie, guo zhang, kenneth & me went for. we were so enthusiastic, we even followed e procession, choosing a favourite kavadi to follow, before realising tt we would be trapped until e end if we continued on. it was a truly eye-opening experience, for in a trance state, e devotees felt no pain, did not bleed & could walk & dance with such heavy loads on them. amazing!
to end off our cultural experience, harti & i experienced e tossing of e "yu sheng" (sorry for e spelling) at kok wei's hse, tog w our chp grp, again for e first time.
so...anyone up for sth malay or eurasian next? hehe here are the fotos...
VSA Captain's BAll
Kok Wei, Kenneth, Me, Hui Lin & Guo Zhang - team Noel Lim Kai with Harti not in view as she
Someone from e other team scrabbling madly for e ball
Kok Wei in action!
Us resting & eating e free potato chips
Ah! The original fav place gang tog! Lovely isn't it?
Ladies & gentlemen, a rare sight - pls focus on e top L-hand corner of this pic. Partially
Hamid, pedas is it? Cannot tahan ah? On e other end of e scale, MF, Marvin & Hui lin looking gd
Witness the symbolic passing of the correct item of necessity to Boredin as e boo-boo
The latest pretty young thing from Taiwan. Looking oh-so-sweet and as demure as a chinese
The med ppl at the game! Was fun eh!!
Hamid in this foto, looking a tad disturbed...
A patriotic donut!
Kok Wei & Harti, first-timers! Behind, you can see e pakcik armchair critics who amused
If u twist ur neck, here's a pic of wei keong doing the horn cheer.
Nice! Another grp foto...
The devotee whom we followed closely behind during the procession
Taking a rest after a spot of dancing to whistles & drum beats
A red swastika kavadi
View of the procession from the top
In the temple - a devotee dancing so vigorously his kavadi is a blur
Finally, a pic of CHP grp 4 before tossing the salad thing. Here's to lots