nothing beats spending time with some really close friends.

spent the whole day on valentine's with the ocip team, for local cip and our own outing of course.only kx, oli, dong, mimo, yijun, josie, fiona, dawn, melodie, gen and i turned up for the cip part. there were so few of us that turned up. the cip was a mixture of disappointment and joy. its rather depressing when you knock on the door, and no one responded. i was with dawn and fiona, and our success rate is actually 0/5, one of them opened but he wasn't the person we were looking for. we did help an old lady though, she's 87, thats really old. she's wheelchair-bound, and said there's a vehicle that would come pick her up for her physio at a hospital. she said that all in hokkien, which only dawn and i could understand so we had to translate it for fiona. but she's really a nice lady, talked to dawn and i for quite some time.

fyi, those are 1-room rental flats meant for the elderly and needy that we are visiting. while my group was walking around some 13th storey, i came across this pair of BIRKENSTOCK.

i dont know if you can see the brand from the pic, its rather clear on my screen. so we were curious and we sort of like walked past and peeped inside. we saw 2 bunk beds, 1 crumpler, 1 bilabong pencilcase, another pair of birkenstock and nike.do they seem like they need help? some of the 'residents' at the place were quite weird too.

after eveything ended on time, we left for Marina Square by train. the train was quite packed. so while the rest were in one carriage, kx, gen, melodie and i were in another. then gen said that i look like zz, which wasn't around yesterday. and said he looked like some kinda octopus. so, in conclusion, octopus-zz-me all look alike. (._.l) i should stop hanging around with zhong zi, im always seen with him. even cecilina and josie told me about that too. went to changing appetite at the first floor that looks like the basement because the second floor looks like the first.

the food wasnt the best but the company was fabulous. the usual dinner seating happened again. remember the buffet at some hotel at little india? john came late, and the best spot was reserved for him. i dont know why that spot will always be empty, waiting for you to occupy it. he snapped his specs, so you can call him partial blind till thursday. but he still can see the 'flower'. maybe he heard it. so he sat on the same row of seats as i did, just at the other corner.

so he sent me an sms.

john: never leave seat for me.

melodie using my phone: Haha have fun with your beloved plant!

then john just shouted across the table. "i would point you the finger if i could see you!" then the same 4 of us from the same carriage laughed out really loud. if want to know how john felt, refer to ggscrewed.blogspot. spent like about 2 hours at the restaurant eating and talking. talking and joking around took up the most time. spent another 20min under the centerstage sign discussing where to go next. initial plan was sue anne's place. then melina's. we went to mr. ong's place in the end. its not exactly that near for me. there were 8 of us, 4 followed dong's car and rented some dvd. the rest of us took a cab. at his house in punggol, watched a hilarious movie called 'she's the man' or somewhere along that line, and played bridge.

the best part of the day was during dessert at delifrance at night. there's this super long french name for the dessert i ordered. i cant read that, so i pointed. then i asked the waitress how she read the name of the dish. she said 'banana and walnut'. (._.l) i have eyes, i can see that it is a banana and walnut pie with vanilla ice-cream.

i have come to this confirmation after yesterday. fiona is disgustingly disgusting. gen is slow, but with a tinge of humor to that. melodie is a bit cranky although she looks normal when nothing sets her off. melina is quite slow, quite cranky, quite i dont know how to explain. i still love the ocip team. happy valentine's and total defence day.