Saturday, met up with Ks in the morning at chinatown to sing ktv as our original plan to swim was foiled by the rain. Coincidentally, sgt tiko and i were on the same bus as he was going for work at turf city. After the 3 hour ktv session, we passed by some cd stalls on the way to the big hawker centre and Ks told me about Lin Jun Jie's latest album. When the both of us saw the price of the album, we were genuinely stunned by the price of the album which is only $9.90. The cd is also singapore edition, not china edition. On closer inspection, the cd gives a free poster and 2 free k-box k-lunch vouchers. The exact price of the cheapest k-lunch is $6.40 after adding gst, service charge and karaoke-on-demand charge. So the price of 2 vouchers is $12.80 while the cd is only $9.90! I decided to buy it after considering for a few seconds. Ks checked the terms and conditions of the voucher and it can only be used on weekdays. Still, it is a very good offer and he decided to buy it as well.
After having our lunch, we went to another cheap cd stall outside Pearl Centre and it was selling the cd for the same price as well. We passed by a giordano shop and saw t-shirts selling for $6 only. We both bought one each as well.
After my mini spending spree, i met up my jc gang as they were in chinatown as well asking the price of the malaysia trip we are organising since there are quite a lot of travel agencies there. They had already checked out most of the travel agencies and confirmed the price and agent to go when we want to book the tickets.
Zewen went to a toy shop to buy some naruto collectables and we didn't have anything to do in chinatown after that. We decided to watch a movie in orchard and ed drove us there. We reached at 4.30 pm and since the parking is very expensive before 6 pm, we drove to the private estate behind wheelock place to park the vehicle. Had to walk for 15 mins to orchard road though.
Along the way, ed told us that one of his camp mates can see the supernatural. Being the super inquisitive one about the supernatural, i asked him many questions about his friend. His friend had some scary encounters before, and there was once when he woke up seeing a ghost staring at him in close proximity. He had been asked by a number of his friends on ghost hunting adventures and had been to old changi hospital where he claimed to see a lot of those things. The room where autopsies were done and where the bodies were kept had the most number of spirits lurking there, according to him. When edwin asked him about what terence and i encountered near kranji reservoir, he told him that what we experienced is that we went into another dimension. His friend asked him whether the road terence and i were on seemed neverending and it was neverending indeed!!!!! I was utterly shocked by the truth that i had been into another dimension before!!! It explained the dimmer lighting, the forested area instead of farms and some buildings at the sides and the neverending road instead of the road which ended in a bend after around 1-2 km. Luckily, terence and i did not venture deeper along the neverending road or else the both of us would be stuck inside, his friend proclaims. He also said that time will be passing really slowly when we are in the dimension. To view the previous post describing the encounter, click http://gunzzzz.blogspot.com/2005_01_16_gunzzzz_archive.html To view the followup of the encounter, click http://gunzzzz.blogspot.com/2005_02_06_gunzzzz_archive.html
We went to cineleisure to check out the movies screening there and zewen was interested in white skin and install while i was interested in 3-iron. 3-iron is directed by one of my favourite directors Kim Ki-Duk whose previous film was the wonderful Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring. Ed was interested in Swing Girls and we decided to have a vote. White Skin was the final choice. I was a little apprehensive coz i have not heard of the movie or read its reviews before.
Jim joined us a short while later and we had dinner at cine food court. Went to hmv to waste some time as the movie is at 7.40 pm and we had more than 1 hour to spare. Derrick joined us for the movie as well. Just a few minutes into the show, my fears were proven right and the movie sucks to the core. A total waste of money and time.
We then headed to amk for supper and edwin and clarence suggested watching another movie at jubilee since we feel cheated of a show today. Jim had duty the next day and zewen was too tired and they did not join for the 2nd movie. The rest of us watched Spanglish at 11.30 pm which is not as funny as we expected. Nevertheless, it was much better compared to the crap we saw just now. Ed fetched us back home after that.
Watching 3-iron with weiming later today.
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