I went for a S05A class Barbeque yesterday night. Attendance was not bad - about 20 of us turned up. Of course, this is probably mostly due to the fact that none of the girls, afaik, went overseas and neither did any of the guys. Hah!

Many of the girls who kept short hair while in RJ have now grown it long, presumably because Mr Poon isn't around to force them to tie it up with rubber bands anymore. And they all had lackadaisical looks on their faces. And Xiaoshi's gotten a gigantic pair of earrings, whose diameter is at least twice those of Elf Gone Wrong's. Naturally, I asked if her ears would come off if I pulled them.

One way to tell the health (both mental and physical) of a male is by looking at his hair. And most of our hair is looking much better after the turmoil of BMT, and not only because of the longer lengths. Chinx, in particular, has undergone a massive transformation. His locks now, though not as long as they were in school, have regained much of their former vitality, their former sheen, body and life. Must be TSS stayout life. Though his English doesn't seem to have recovered - everytime I used a word of Secondary School and higher difficulty, he recoiled and repeated the word in an awed voice.

Gender interaction and differentiation is so fun. At one point, Xiaoshi was deboning and cutting meat, while Shuyu poured crushed peppercorns on the meat and Tong added BBQ sauce. Then the others would tuck in. A table away, Julian was eating bread with Barbeque sauce, Luther was consuming his with sour cream and my condiment of choice was 7-up. Fascinating.

Zhixiang revealed that Shawn Ban was his OCS buddy, and thought him funny. And Changge said that Melvin [Tay Poh Huat] "is the funniest shit alive".

And of course I heard tales of the one and only Yaodong. Apparently during Range he was pointing his rifle anywhere, causing people to take cover. And the CO of School 1 had to go down to his company (Foxtrot apparently) to explain to the rest of his company why he was allowed to pass BMT, even though, among other things, he attended only 1 day of the 10 day field camp.


Quotes:

"[On Yingying] Na4 zhang1 lian3. Wo3 kan4 le4, wo3 yao4 da3 [The face I feel like punching when I see it]"


Why do people like egg in their mooncakes? The price goes up and the taste quotient goes down. Eee.

I realised today, after going to Ah Yat's, just how expensive Abalone is. $20 buys one maybe 3 times the size of a mussel.

Though I appreciate Ger's birthday present, I do think it's in very bad taste. A pink bear. Ugh. Supposedly to be a companion for Blue Bear. I think he's hiding behind his paws now.