*Groans*
Looks like our budget outings have been working brilliantly these few weeks. Minimal spending with optimal entertainment and recreational activities. These few weeks made me realize that money isn’t everything. And not having any money doesn’t mean nothing as well.
Sorry for this very outdated rant, but I’d reckon I’m the worst student Winson has ever met. Monday night’s lesson saw me getting totally lost more than just a couple of times during the lesson, while Jack and Jiahui had no problem interpreting his instructions. I think I need a translator; it all sounded like Greek to me. But the upside of this inexperience was that it pushed me to pick up stuff on my own.
That’s probably because I think I’m really too stupid for my own good.
Lunchtime concert saw its last free concert at the Esplanade Theatres yesterday, with Kewei and her small band. It was a pity, because I was looking forward to more free lunchtime concerts showcasing more of Singapore’s local musical talents. I admit it’s partially because of the cheapo junkie in me, but I liked these concerts more for the fact that these musicians put in their best, even if it was for a half-hour free concert. Anway, Kewei was in form, performing favourites like David’s Regular Friends and Moon Over My Heart, A*Mei’s Ren Zhi and Wo Hen Wo Ai Ni, JJ Lin’s Mu Nai Yi and her own original composition Ru Guo. Overall, I’m satisfied with the songs she dished out, but I was definitely looking forward to something I wouldn’t hear over Youtube and David’s concerts. Her violinist Dennis Lau probably stole the show with his fancy distortion of the violin, varying its effects between a normal violin, and electric violin, a double bass and an electric guitar. Her best friend’s vocal backup synced flawlessly with Kewei’s voice, like what you always pick up on Youtube, although I had wished that she had been given more chances to sing along instead of just focusing on tinkling the ivories. Overall satisfaction, but the R&B sounded conspicuously like a David rip-off.
And if we ever meet up with your army buddies again, remind me to bring along a jaw support to cushion my jawbone from all that laughter. Now I understand why guys treasure their army buddies that much; the camaraderie they share amongst themselves is flawlessly dear. The rapport they had built during one of the most grueling periods in their lives has to be one of the strongest, and it smelt familiarly like kinship. The banter they exchanged, the harmless yet crude jokes they cracked about each other, the shuffling between languages… So the conscription system is pretty useful as well, although not every soldier which came out of there turned out the same.
The ferris wheel housed within iHub at Pasir Ris (nested snugly besides Downtown East) looked absolutely gorgeous at night. Although it doesn’t have the ability to rival the one at Genting Highlands, it’s enough for a small country like us. Hello, as if the Singapore Flyer isn’t big enough. If it fell off its pivot it’ll probably steamroll half of Singapore.
And it's time to grab some lunch and go back to Gunbound!
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