Sunday, November 21, 2004

The Finale: 4o1 Chalet (Day 2)

The movie-going group came back at around 2am in the morning. The bunch who watched The Incredibles came back first and were treated to a narration of the story of Shutter by Wee Cheng who had watched it before. Later the Shutter people came back too after Ming Hwee woke up. I actually managed to scare Amanda (a bit accidentally) by telling her, when she was about to go up to the empty bedroom to sleep, that she won't be alone. I meant that as a joke, but she freaked out and rushed down immediately.

For the rest of the night some guys continued to play the PS2 while some played mahjong. I just left my eyes open and sat around looking at the others. Occasionally I took Fang You's pack of cards and played Solitaire. At 5am the guys perked up to watch a seemingly important soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid. By the time the game ended the sky had begun to lighten.

When morning came, the girls and some guys went to the shower at the swimming pool to bathe while some of us went out to breakfast. I went out to NTUC Foodfare with Ming Hwee where the streets were quiet and we ate toast (eggs too for Ming Hwee) and drank tea. We then went for a short walk around Pasir Ris Park before going back to the chalet. I also returned the BBQ pit at a few minutes past 9.

Some time later, a group of us (around 10) decided to head out to Pasir Ris Park to play Captain's Ball. I wondered if I was a little bit too enthusiastic, because two times I slid on the grass across paths of players from the opposite team to intercept the ball, making my pants wet. In the middle of the first game the ball accidentally hit my last finger on my left hand and it felt like the bones shifted positions. Nursing a painful finger, we walked back to the chalet after the second game where a few more girls joined us.

On the advice of some of them, I took ice from the fridge and placed it on my finger. About thirty minutes later the finger began to swell and look purplish at the joints. Looked like blood clot to me. Too bad, better don't push it too hard for at least the next few hours. What I could do was play more Solitaire. After having lunch on my own at Bibik Caterers (nasi lemak), I went back to the chalet and played Solitaire Showdown with Kuan Yee. Elsewhere in the chalet, the people were either playing mahjong or PS2.

I took a short nap at around 3pm when Cai Ying called me to inform me about the Council ROD. After that, time crawled slowly till evening when the girls decided to go out to eat dinner and the rest of us went to Bibik Caterers for dinner (I had fried rice with fried fish). After dinner, it was almost going to be another long night, but I did begin to pick up the PS2 console to play some racing game which was quite fun. Time dragged till midnight...

To be continued

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