Incoherent thoughts
12th December 1998

You'd learn something new everyday:
According to the principles of genetic engineering, males are actually redundant because one female egg is all that is needed to clone another being.
I went out with my class on Thursday to eat at this American restaurant becuase there was a half-price promotion thing. The dinner itself was okay, only thing is we being fresh 18-year-olds, wanted to try some liquor....well, cocktails actually. Here are the results of our testing:
  • Bloody Mary: disgusting - the only one that most of us were unwilling to drink after the first taste.
  • Screwdriver: pointless but harmless - tasted just like orange juice. You know, the fresh kind that is slightly bitter.
  • Long Island's Tea: the best out of the four tested - just nice. Yum.
  • the fourth one with a unpronounciable and forgettable name: tasted like just coconut milk at first, then we realised the very bitter alcohol was in a separate layer...

Then we went on to take a lot of pictures. Somebody commented that we were behaving like tourists. But hehe...we didn't care. Together with us at that time were two girls who were going back to Malaysia pretty soon and the next time we would ever see them again would probably be next year when we come back for our results. Yucks, disgusting time to take pictures, so we decided to grab the chance and take all the pictures while we can.

There were some unhappy happenings somewhere in the middle of the outing, but everything turned out fine. Generally, I enjoyed being with those friends. I liked them. =)

Oh yes, I almost forgot to mention that it was that morning that we also went to see Jinghua off to serve NS. Well, here's to Jinghua: pass that bloody physical test and get out! Save all the trouble and your mother's worries.

Another totally unrelated outing is yesterday, I went out with Poach and Ming for a short afternoon gathering. We watch City of Glass ( I think I shall talk about it in a later entry ) then went bowling.

Personally, no offence meant, but I think bowling is a pretty weird game. For one thing, I do not see how it actually helps to improve your health. Once, I watched this some kind of Asian bowling tournament and the Korean guy who was runners-up was practically round ok. I can foresee heart problems for him, although he was looking slightly pinkish. Weird.

I mean, when I see people bowl, it is very scary seeing that fire in their eyes as they aim to hit the pins down. They shift their bodies, maintain their balance, then hit those 10 innocent looking pins down using a heavy ball. On the lane right next to ours, was this guy who looked really angry with the pins as he whacked real hard. That was scary. ( OK, this applies to games like squash and archery too I guess. ) I mean, a game that aims solely to knock something down is definitely disturbing.

Oh, and I have not mentioned how awkward it is also to watch people bowl. For one, I have no idea when to cheer them. Like when my friend hit 7 pins down, I thought that was pretty good, but she gave me this sad look. Ooh...what was I supposed to do? What about when the ball obviously did not do a good job, perhaps hit only 1 pin down. What was I supposed to do?? Normally, I'll just look away. Is that the right thing to do? Or was I supposed to say something? Damn it, who can teach me??

I guess I am a amateur in this game, I do not have a right to say stuff like that...hehe....but this is my journal. Who asked you to read? Ha...

I was just wondering how those pins feel.

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