Chalet anyone?
But the thing is, getting to communicate with Weinee's sister is more of a hassle then getting the other things done. Because Weinee's very close to her sister and it's hard to avoid Weinee from getting wary of what's going on. SO we need to improvise, we need to do things fast and without mistakes. Guess Sky and Ginny were happy because the budget was well taken care of and everyone else were very cooperative in getting things done.
It came the day when the chalet starts. Ginny, Sky and I met at IMM to purchase stuff from GIANT and have lunch there. We had to arrive at the chalet at about 1430hrs to start on preparations and the deco. Time was with us. We managed to get things cleared and ballons blown by 1630hrs. More of the helpers came and things gotten better. By 2000hrs, everyone was around, the place was filled with card and mahjong players. I had my fun with "bridge", especially I just gotten to know how to play it. 2100hrs, a call came in and Weinee's friends and her were arriving soon. We prepared ourselves and rearranged all the furniture. 2115hrs, Weinee arrived in the scene and everyone was quiet, she came in and stood in front of the cake with her blindfolds still in tact. Her friends asked her to lift her blindfolds. To her amaze, her gasped to see so many people around her; the light litted and we sang the birthday song, both English and Mandarin. Without hesitation, photo taking was executed. Once the groups were done, the cake was cut and everyone had a great time. We wanted it to go smoothly and to end by 2200hrs because the last shuttle bus out of the place was at 2230hrs and we do not want people to be stranded in the chalet for no reason. Slowly everyone left, leaving the SOW comm.
The night lasted long with us playing mahjong and everyone else chit chatting or munching on some food. I played till about 0400hrs, then I went up to chat with the rest. We had a wonderful time. That's when I started to know everyone's names and who was in our comm. Can you believe that? Haha... I took that long... Anyway, I couldn't last the night, I started sleeping at about 7am and woke up at 10plus. I noticed others watching television and eating breakfast. They were preparing to leave for Bedok for lunch and get extra stuff for the BBQ that night. For your info, it was already the 24th of May then. We left the unit at 12pm.
I gotten myself a "breezer" before heading back to the chalet. It guess it was a great idea to buy fruits for the BBQ as well. We reached back at 1545hrs to watch the last few minutes of "Sprited Away". Once the movie ended at 1600hrs, everyone was sleeping besides me, Sky, SK, Yuhan, Michelle and Ginny. SK and I decided to go for a swim, we HAD to. It's a must... Sky and Ginny said that they would catch up later after the food arrives.
The swim was terrific, cool, refreshing and adredaline starts pumping in again. Not to mention the jacuzzy(did I spell that right?) SK introducted to me. Wasn't warm or hot, just bubblings, but it'll do just fine. We chit chatted till Sky joined us and things get alittle crampy. Haha... But we left shortly after that to try out the sauna. That's a must too... I didn't try that one before. I hardly could breathe at first in the sauna. It was filled with steam and it made my breathing a little hard to control. But after a while, my body adapted to the humidity. It was a great sweat too. Could feel that I enjoyed myself in the sauna before a refreshing cool bath. Ginny enjoyed her swim as well.
When we went back, the fire wasn't ready at all. Oh no... Muslim thought it was suppose to start at 1830hrs but what we wanted was it to be up BY 1830hrs. Oh well, just have to start on it then. The BBQ was swell, everyone enjoyed themselves, a great BBQ, lovely food, cool party(of people), what else is there missing? Me of course! I was out cold after drinking the "breezer" and one cup of vodka sprite. I wasn't dizzy or drunk, it just made me tired, which I hated alot. I was so sleepy I slept on the sofa without knowing who came and who talked to me. The only thing I knew were people teasing about my red face and some one passing me warm water. Then seeing "Shi Zu" coming in and her going off the next. -_-||| Awwww man.... That night was a simple night, BBQ, TV and sleep.
The next morning, I noticed everyone up, some left for work. I kept the cushions and blanket ( I don't know who placed the blanket over me... Hmmm...) and changed into my running attire. I took a short jog about 3km before going for a swim and sauna. The guys had lunch in the unit, it was left overs but it'll do just fine. In fact, the microwaved satay were wonderful. MmmMMmmMmmm.... Yum yum... After that, we rented some bicycles for some cycling. We had 4 single bikes, 2 single bikes with carriers and 2 tendons. The one with carriers were a tourture. We had to farry the girls. I'm not saying that they are heavy but the low seats and no gear bikes gave us the challenge, that somehow we lost halfway. The guys had to take turns farrying the girls. We stopped at Mcdonalds for more lunch and to refill. The return trip was a terrible yet fun experience. I manged to get Siwei over to the end of the Coasta Sands Chalet before handing it over to Joo Teng. Must have been hard on him because right after that, it started to rain. When it was time for Muslim to take over, I replaced him in the tendon and rode with Xinmei. Sky asked me to join him to rush back and drop the girls before going back for the other two girls. I complied and raced back. The rain continuously poured while I struggled to keep my vision clear. Once back at the chalet, the rain cleared. I dropped Xinmei before rushing back for the other girls. Apparently, the others were reaching the chalet but we offered to take the rest of the distance to lightened the load.
Once back, some of us had to go back home. After they left, only the predicted 8 remained. We decided to have a game of bowling before thinking of dinner. I guess bowling wasn't the right time then because somehow, after the first game, everyone got alittle distracted. I don't know why. Guess because more people had to go back home and only 4 would be left at the chalet for the night. Sky and Ginny ordered KFC for dinner, why KFC? I mean why that? Haha.. Anyway, time passed and it was down to the last 4 - Ginny, Sky, Weinee and I.
We were literally lazing around, not knowing what to do. Ginny wanted to get an hour's sleep before pulling through the rest of the night. I suggested walking to McDonalds to have a cup of coffee and relax there. Since Ginny isn't up yet, Sky and I took permanant makers and draw on her hands and face. When she woke up, we deliberately place our face very close to her and smiled. She was taken aback and noticed something was wrong. Then she went to the toilet and yelped. Hahaha... Anyway, she didn't want to go out and she said she was having this dizziness. That decided our fate and had to stay in the chalet. Oh well, photo taking then. We played with our poses till we ran out of ideas. Then we went to sleep.....
We thought we could have woken up to catch the sun rise, but we couldn't and we woke up at 0730hrs. We packed everything before going to the beach for a small stroll. The beach was wonderful. I managed to see some animals that I learnt in Biodiversity. It's very interesting and I'm proud of what I learnt during school. Time flew past and we had to check out. Breakfast and lunch was at Bedok McDonalds before taking the last trip home.
I wouldn't say I didn't enjoyed myself in the chalet, but I only could say I enjoyed up to 90%. Somehow, I really wished I could have stayed alittle longer but well, that's not possible. Anyway, why do you need chalets when you have SOW coming? Hahaha.. That would probably be a 1 month's "chalet"!!! Everyone ROCK ON!!!!
Happy, excited and tired
The Mixed Boy