heypi bird-day, davis

celebrated his birthday by having dinner at plaza singapura's (ps) the manhattan fish market. originally wanted to get a wallet as a present for him, but didn't manage to find one because there wasn't one to be found in the first place. the variety of clothes in ps can be rich and fulfilling, but the lack of an accessories store for men (one that sells wallets, bags, etc.) can give one a headache if he/she decides to get such a gift impromptu.

anyway, let's move on the food, shall we? quantity and quality-wise, manhanttan fish market clearly wins fish&co. the meals were also value-for-money, and for $9.90++ you can get a fish n chips set similar to that of fish&co.'s which probably costs $13.90++ if i remember correctly. the platter i ordered was also delicious, especially the flaming prawns. well my friend who recommended us the restaurant said the meaning was supposed to be literal, but turns out, nothing came out. just the waiter bringing my platter to me, used some huge lighter or blow-torch thingy and flamed the prawns, and after several seconds it was handed to me; no fire or whatsoever (not like i was badly affected or anything). the sauce/gravy they used to "spice up" the flaming prawns was awesome. it was somewhat like tartar sauce mixed with cheese and a little bit of "white wine... eh, no, it's red wine... i mean white wine, yes white" wine (as said by my friend who's very particular about such fine little details). oh, and i had coke float ($4.90) as well, but to me the drinks were just normal.

total damage for 9 people: $200.80 including gst and service tax, which i honestly think is a decent price for such a delightful meal. definitely the choice to be when you're thinking of eating seafood that's bang for buck and won't tear that wallet of yours in two.

and i shan't mention what jiajian did back then in the restaurant, however it was very brave of him and everybody deserves a chance. you'll never know until you try. good one, jj.

soccer was definitely better today, even though the turnout still wasn't what i truely hoped for. man, still hoping for the day we can play 11-a-side with serious-mode switched on.
scored one or two today, but now i'm beginning to enjoy playmaking whenever i get the chance to.

tired, signing off.

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i hope field soccer tomorrow will yield me more goals. lol.

111208; the day the earth stood still

i'm not going to be too elaborative on this one. sitting on the very first row SUCKS big time though.

so, it was about some extra terrestrial objects (spheres to be exact) that crashed down into various spots on the earth, and the biggest one which eventually produced the main star (keanu reeves) and some huge robotic indestructible thingy (which, i must say, the artists really need to go back to the drawing room for this one). so keanu reeves, acting as the alien named "klatu", was on a mission - to save earth. note how he so cleverly disguised his actual intentions by saying "earth", NOT "earthlings" nor "humans" for that matter. of course, as a natural human reaction, everyone got a huge shock and things started to get a little rough for our foreign friend, with co-star jennifer connelly (acting as helen benson if i'm not wrong) helping him along and playing a rather big role in this movie as well.

so then, the american military finally devised a method to trap the huge robot and brought it to some military research facility. by then, the "process" had already started. the robot has the ability to disintegrate itself into (insert any huge number here) of metallic-looking grasshoppers that in turn, have the ability to turn any (and i mean ANY) material/object into its buddy (yes, imagine your television "corroding" into those bugs). now, away from all these destruction, klatu witnesses the other side of human beings - love, and how true feelings reveal themselves in times of adversity. what unrolls from the plot was something straight out of some anime, klatu's heart melted and he got touched by the sight of helen and her son hugging each other (with tears rolling from their eyes), so he changed his mind, and proceeded to save mankind then. how? just by touching that ball of swirling clouds and light. easy as abc, 123.

done with my mini-review. i missed out some parts, but gah, who cares.
oh before i forget, overall rating - 3/5

081208; of field soccer and shopping

had a field soccer session last saturday morning. or rather, early afternoon.
it wasn't satisfying. after playing on the courts for nearly a year, my touches on the field and everything about me was c-r-a-p-p-y. still managed to score one goal though, heh.

the day before soccer i went over to queensway with a couple of friends to buy my soccer boots. wanted to buy the nike total 90 laser ii but well, let's just say it wasn't my day. the shops which had my size don't even bother to listen to my bargains, and those which did, they don't have my size. which just plain sucks because i had set my sights on that pair since quite some time ago.so then, since i was kinda urgent to get my boots for soccer the next day, i settled on an adidas predator powerswerve:
so anyway, that's that. had ktv yesterday night, talked way into the wee hours of morning after it, took a cab home, slept til about 2pm today, then went to bugis for another shopping "spree".
bought an everlast sneaker for $35.90 from og, credits to quek.

in a rush, signing out.