Originally I was going to spend New Year's Eve at Judith's New Year's Eve Party, but Kegan informed me about the Exco New Year's Eve outing a few days ago, and I couldn't miss it. We had originally planned to meet in Seoul Garden @ Marina Square for dinner at 8.30pm. Unfortunately, as a home dweller, I was lost trying to look for the place in Marina Square. I eventually found it after being lost for about 30 minutes. In attendance: Kegan, Shao Ming, Wei Loong, Jane, Edwin and Wee Cheng. Bernice came a few minutes after I did. What happened was that the bill actually turned out much more expensive than we expected, so after some deliberation, we decided to leave the place to find somewhere else to eat.
After picking Xin Jie up from the Barbie sale at the quadrangle, we went around the mall looking for a place that did not have a queue outside. We eventually found Waraku Restaurant, a Japanese restaurant on the ground floor. Since we came in a big group, we were immediately allocated a room which looked like a meeting room (how appropriate for the Student Council Exco). I ordered an Oyako Don, while quite a number of them ordered Curry Udon. The food was rather nice, and the service was exceptionally good. Very typical of a Japanese restaurant which I've seen on Japan Hour.
We left the restaurant a few minutes past 10. After we took two group photos, we said goodbye to Edwin (who had church duty on New Year's Day) and headed to the Esplanade Bayfront to play with sparklers and watch the fireworks. The place was simply crowded with every sort of person in Singapore. We found a spot about 80 metres behind the concert area and started playing with the sparklers. After we were done with the sparklers, Wei Loong and Jane made their way home while the remaining 6 of us walked further away from the concert. We eventually found our fireworks watching spot, in front of a ship-like sculpture.
While waiting for midnight to come, we chatted and took a few photos here and there. When the prologue began (play of lights on the other side of the river), everybody directed their attention to the lights and some began to cheer wildly. Since we were far from the concert area, we couldn't hear the countdown. So when the fireworks began, it just began. What followed was 5 or 10 minutes of fireworks of all sorts. This was the closest I've ever been to the fireworks while watching it, so it was an entirely new experience for me. I just couldn't help screaming when sparks exploded into a myriad of colours and sparkling lights.
When the fireworks were finally over, we started to make our way back home. Shao Ming waited at the bus stop for the bus. The rest of us walked through the huge human jams towards the MRT station. Halfway through, Wee Cheng cut across the road to one of the entrances into Citylink Mall. So the four of us continued towards the Raffles City Shopping Centre entrance. On Bernice's suggestion that there may be no more trains leaving Jurong East at this time, Bernice, Xin Jie and I took the train heading towards Woodlands, while Kegan was the only one who took the train heading towards Boon Lay. Xin Jie was the first to get off at Dhoby Ghaut. After what felt like an hour's ride, Bernice alighted at Chua Chu Kang, while I got off at Bukit Batok, after which I walked home.
This was my last day of 2005, and it went down in my life story as the best New Year's Eve I've had so far.
After picking Xin Jie up from the Barbie sale at the quadrangle, we went around the mall looking for a place that did not have a queue outside. We eventually found Waraku Restaurant, a Japanese restaurant on the ground floor. Since we came in a big group, we were immediately allocated a room which looked like a meeting room (how appropriate for the Student Council Exco). I ordered an Oyako Don, while quite a number of them ordered Curry Udon. The food was rather nice, and the service was exceptionally good. Very typical of a Japanese restaurant which I've seen on Japan Hour.
We left the restaurant a few minutes past 10. After we took two group photos, we said goodbye to Edwin (who had church duty on New Year's Day) and headed to the Esplanade Bayfront to play with sparklers and watch the fireworks. The place was simply crowded with every sort of person in Singapore. We found a spot about 80 metres behind the concert area and started playing with the sparklers. After we were done with the sparklers, Wei Loong and Jane made their way home while the remaining 6 of us walked further away from the concert. We eventually found our fireworks watching spot, in front of a ship-like sculpture.
While waiting for midnight to come, we chatted and took a few photos here and there. When the prologue began (play of lights on the other side of the river), everybody directed their attention to the lights and some began to cheer wildly. Since we were far from the concert area, we couldn't hear the countdown. So when the fireworks began, it just began. What followed was 5 or 10 minutes of fireworks of all sorts. This was the closest I've ever been to the fireworks while watching it, so it was an entirely new experience for me. I just couldn't help screaming when sparks exploded into a myriad of colours and sparkling lights.
When the fireworks were finally over, we started to make our way back home. Shao Ming waited at the bus stop for the bus. The rest of us walked through the huge human jams towards the MRT station. Halfway through, Wee Cheng cut across the road to one of the entrances into Citylink Mall. So the four of us continued towards the Raffles City Shopping Centre entrance. On Bernice's suggestion that there may be no more trains leaving Jurong East at this time, Bernice, Xin Jie and I took the train heading towards Woodlands, while Kegan was the only one who took the train heading towards Boon Lay. Xin Jie was the first to get off at Dhoby Ghaut. After what felt like an hour's ride, Bernice alighted at Chua Chu Kang, while I got off at Bukit Batok, after which I walked home.
This was my last day of 2005, and it went down in my life story as the best New Year's Eve I've had so far.
yours truly, tobias at 11:53 pm
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