Friday, August 18, 2006

Happy National Day!

Singapore has turned 41! & IH actually celebrated it! :D It was held on 8th Aug where we had high table dinner. It was made possible by 1 of our tutor who is a Singaporean and he initiated and organized it. We got to decide the menu for the dinner. Recipes were given to the kitchen. Hmm although they don't taste authentic at all, but guess they were passable?!? hahaz at least they did give me the feeling of being back at home, especially when the different national day songs were being played and we tried to sing and hum along to them :) There are 25 Singporeans in IH (thought there were more!)~ while there are thrice as many Malaysians instead :P

On the actual day 9th Aug itself, I wore red to school (of coz!) hahaz yup along with a few other fellow Sporeans from physio too. We ate dinner in Nasi Lemak House (a restaurant specialising in nasi lemak from malaysia) not bad but found it quite spicy :P It's quite rare to have really spicy stuff here & heard from a few of them that somehow the rice was not as fragrant as before. Maybe coz the rice had been left for quite some time since it's already at night.

We tried to watch the NDP through the online webcast in my friend's apartment but it failed. Arghzzz. It kept buffering and we simply couldn't get the connection. That's so terrible. heez we ended up watching "House" on tv & playing pool in e common room.

If I'm back in S'pore on nat day, I'll definitely be out watching the fireworks or catching the live screening of NDP somewhere out on the open fields with oac or etc. I miss those times! Although I can say that I'm having fun while enjoying & enriching myself with the different living and schooling experience here [: ( minus the times of stress+workload], I do MISS Singapore! Can't believe it ~ I've finished a semester & it's only 4 mths away to going back!

:) the 2 high tables of Singaporeans where we had wine & orange juice served

singing along with steph as she performed "Where I Belong" by Tanya

the fact sheet on each table which Jeanette & I created :)

starter: nonya kueh - followed recipe & made by IH (think it's left for quite some time..the glutinous rice was kind of hard)

hainanese chicken rice cooked by IH..although doesn't taste authentic at all heez nevertheless a gd effort still

dessert: bobochacha - haha it looked really different, without all the yam & coloured pieces of transparent flour (they cooked it in the early afternoon & all e sago made it sticky)


the Langkawi nasi lemak I ate at the Nasi Lemak House - delicious squids!

it's census day of the Aus population on that day also which is conducted every 5 yrs..everyone had to up up this booklet of Qs after dinner..hahaz being lame here..not that I particularly like to do the census :P

posted by i was here ;) @ 12:34 AM

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