Had a great day.

Went to the beach with Brian and spent most of the day soaking up the sun and doing nothing....The weather was great for most of the day, except for light showers in the afternoon. Still, that did not dampen our mood...we reminisced about the bad, old days in SigCoy and realised that the bad, old days were actually not that bad...Oh, we had a great time talking about makan trends over char kway teow and ice kachang at the hawker centre!

Brian's a chef at the Swissotel, so naturally food is a topic close to his heart...It's hard to find chefs nowadays with passion and verve...quite a few of them are chain-smoking cynics with pendulous mood swings...

Had dinner with FJ at MFM...Paid cut-throat prices to eat lousy food. 'nuff said...Went to town to do guitar shopping after dinner...An absolute waste of time because neither of us had any intention of buying. Had fun playing with the drums though...must have caused a real stir at the staid music school...I was stopped by a lumbering store assistant who reminded me of a lycanthrope.

We went to meet Evelyn at 8.30 and took her to the Friday Fiesta. The club was super crowded and we had to share a table with a group of bawdy, rowdy zoo animals. They wanted to make friends with us, so we obliged. I admit that I did it rather reluctantly as I did not like the over-friendliness of that group. I guess they are nice people and stuff...but I just wanted to have the evening to myself and I did not appreciate the sudden intrusion into my privacy. Rhonda, a lady from that group with an OTT red hairdo, was especially over-friendly. I introduced myself as Jazz:) Haha...so for the rest of the night, I had a really poseur-ish name with a musical lilt...Our conversation went like this:

Rhonda: hAAAArrr-LLLLLooooW HaaaandZzommmme!!!! ("act cute" smile...utter grossness...)

Me: hi.

R.: What's your name?

Me: Jazz ( eyeing the cute Eurasian chick on the dance floor...)

R.: Doyoucomehereoftenhowoldareyouithinki'veseenyoubeforesomewhereyoulookreallyyoungareyoustillinschoolorsomething?

Me: Huh?

R.: I LLLuuuuRRVe your name!!! It's Sooooooo coooool!!!! ( bulging eyes)

Me: ok.

R. : Where do you stay? What do you do in your free time? What kind of woman turns you on?

Me: Dunno. ( I can't believe I am talking to this cartoon character...I think she works in the ISD)

And then I do something really stupid...

Me: I've seen you here before...I th-

R.: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! (OMG this woman can really pull her words) Then why didn't you approach me? (Gleaming pirhana smile) Next time if I see you here, I'll make sure I get your aTTenSSShUNN ( takes a long swig of MY drink) heeheehee (tries to cover her what she probably believes to be a coy and flirty smile...)

At this juncture, I spotted Lucille and Gen at the opposite table and rushed over to say hi...I spent the rest of the night struggling to avoid Rhonda...much like a naked mole rat trying to run from a hungry King Cobra...

I ran 20km in the last two days...finally got my groove back...all this time I've been lying around and slacking and growing fat...now it's time to start my marathon training again! Haha! yeah!

Going to Shima for Japanese food tommorrow...First time I'm going there after Goodwood Park's renovation...Everytime I'm there I am disgusted by the behaviour of the snotty tai-tais and their spoilt, pampered children...I always find the presence of their hollow-eyed maids quite disconcerting, especially when they stare at me eating food that they don't have the opportunity to eat...I will feel guilty and lose my appetite.