Baaaa.....!!!
Another surprise!
This year was the biggest amongst the three I had with Tempest. I never expected him to do such a thing - plan a party. He always seemed reluctant to organize gatherings and very seldom initiate to meet up with his friends. Yet, this time, he actually managed to gather my closest friends for a BBQ!
Thanks SC & Al for being in the decor committee. SC even took the trouble to find out my favorite color and ensured that the balloons are in that shade. There was even a helium-filled colorful one tied to the 'dragon seat'. Haha. Oh, and that reusable "Happy Birthday" banner! My friends are really environmentally-friendly!
Thanks GZ for being the 'charcoal man' for the night. I heard he set up the fire and took charge of the cooking with Al. There were no 'chaota-ness' in my opinion but the self-critical GZ thought some of the hotdogs were slightly burnt. Ah, but there was a little glitch with the aluminum foil though. Small fire, no big deal.
Thanks to HB & KK for being in charge of food preparation. The chilli sotong turned out well. I saw how enthusiastically HB was in applying chilli sauce to a thick slab of stingray when she doesn't even cook at home. Thanks to Al, HB, KK & HJ for taking the effort to meet up and buy me a gift on a Thursday night after numerous hours of tiring work and OT. I appreciate it, and would try my best to try to use the bag :-p
Thanks to JJ who popped by to celebrate with me despite being busy and having to sacrifice playtime with her baby nephew.
Thanks to Tempest's parents who took the effort to buy so much hi-quality food! Ribs, huge slabs of stingray, huge bowl of salad with huge prawns, huge pot of fried mee with more prawns, sotong, many hotdogs, and many more chicken chunks!
And Tempest. Thank you for injecting so much surprise for a birthday celebration that I thought was already over when we had a buffet at Himawari. You probably ran up 10 flights of steps to put the pressie on my bed before running down again. I should have noticed something weird when I met you at the bottom of the stairs, but I thought you just went up to look for some cats. To think that you can manage to lie to me about the entire day! What skating with DL and playing daidee at your grandma's house. Gosh! I took them all in! Anyway, did you give my parents a shock when you suddenly appear at the door? I was truly surprised when I saw a big box lying on my bed when I reached home. I even had a thought that my brother gave me something! Haha.. But now, yes, I have confirmed that he would not do such a sweet thing.
So much for an evening . .
Baaaa...!!!
"How many cars are there in sg?"
That was one of the weirdest question posed to me by an Interviewer in some established investment bank.
The other weird one, but at least could be mathematically derived, immediately that is, was:
"How many degrees is the hour hand away from the minute hand if it's 3.15pm now?"
*STUMPED*
Are they really out to test my IQ?
Goodman Tempest!
Last Sunday night, me & Tempest went to the Play.SG kiosk outside Tampines Mall to rent a DVD. As usual, he parked alongside the road next to the kiosk. Seeing that there was another couple at the kiosk, I decided that he should stay in the car so that he didn't have to keep a constant lookout for the traffic warden while queuing up. I then got out and joined in the queue.
Five minutes later, Tempest got out of his car and I found him talking to an Indian man whose taxi was parked in front of him. The cab driver was skinny and sported a head of white hair. Apparently he had engaged Tempest's help to change his punctured tyre. He was lamenting that he was old and had no strength for such strenuous activity. I knew what he was talking about. I had seen Tempest & his friend changing a tyre at the Night Safari before. Tempest knocked into a curb and burst his tyre. Along with his friend, they took a good 30 - 45 minutes trying to figure out how to use the tools and doing the actual tyre changing. That was his first attempt. That night was the second. :-) He was considerably more apt and appeared more confident of what he was doing.
I chatted with the cab driver for a while and he seemed to hint that he was going to use the spare tyre for long term. O_O. Gosh, I prayed that his passengers would be able to alight his cab well and sound.
Anyway, the focus of this entry is on Tempest and his 'altruism'. Hahaha. That cab driver actually offered to pay him $10 for his 'service'. Tempest turned it down, of course. He sensed that it wasn't a sincere offer. Well, quite true, only $10 for all those efforts?! I bet he was trying very hard to save money by trying to engage the help of passer-bys and fellow drivers than to call the car garage. I am sure Comfort would have a few 'suppliers'.
Tempest asked if I would take the money if I were him. Heh, I replied that I would turn down at the first offer, and likely to accept it if that man was insistent enough. Tempest held the same thoughts. Though he was sweating profusely, I saw that he was really happy to have helped someone, even at no rewards. I know some of my male colleagues whose car tyre punctured and they refused to change it themselves, not only because of the lack of knowledge of how to do it, but also because they didn't wish to expend huge amount of energy on changing, then sending it to the repair shop again - double work. So, I am pretty impressed, seriously.
*Pats the big brown guy on the back*
Baaaa...!!!
