Again by Alice In Chains

So I went to a 3 days 2 nights chalet with my year 1 semester 1 classmates and after that, I went to a 2 days 1 night chalet with my School of Technological Arts Friends.

Day 1

Before reaching the meeting place, I went to buy Singapore’s famous mee goreng at Haig Road for two of my friends and one for myself. On my way there, there was loud music at a nearby Shopping mall. The music was by Starhub to promote something I guess. 2 Philippines domestic worker danced to the music as if they were in a club and swarming around them were Indian foreign workers sitting on the floor gawking at them. As I walked, the security guard came and they stopped dancing but when the guard left, they continued. I need more foreigners like these to spice up the everyday norms in Singapore.  Stepped into Costa Sands at about 3pm and the boys immediately played Monopoly Deal. The room was very small and there were two beds and two pull out beds. There was only 1 toilet and our chalet was on the first floor. The girls had to wait for us to finish our game before heading for Fair Price to buy all the BBQ stuffs. Samantha and Nicholas came after we bought our BBQ stuffs. Later on some of Pei Jin’s friends came over because it was her birthday. One of them had this cool handbag which looked like a cushion and triangle in shape. Pei Jin’s friend then wanted to play Monopoly Deal so I had to watch over them because I wanted my cards in mint condition. The birthday girl’s mom then came and gave us the marinated chicken. I did not eat much at the BBQ because I was not sure if the chicken was Halal.  The birthday cake was delicious and soon, her friends left. Watched The Tunnel and later we played Police and Murderer. During the game, I pretended to look at Nicholas’ phone to see what song is being played but actually I was blinking my eyes at Nicholas & Pei Jin. There were 5 players left, I blinked at Pei Jin but she did not put down her card, so I blinked again only to realize she is the police. On another game, after seeing my card, I immediately blinked at those who have receive their cards and 3 players were dead when the game was about to start. Darkness crept and 4 girls slept on the bed, 5 guys on the pull out bed and 4 more on the floor. I slept on the pull out bed and there wasn’t space, so all the guys weren’t able to put their hands on the bed.

Day 2

Woke up around 10 and the boys were already gone to have their breakfast. After showering, I joined Nicholas and the girls to have breakfast at MacDonald. I have not had Macdonald breakfast for the past 3 or 4 years. Later on, we went to Wild Wild Wet. The ticket price could have been reduced by paying through a POSB card which I had told Pei Jin, but oh well. Wild Wild Wet was fun and we spent most of the time at Tsunami. Water entered my lungs as an onslaught waves attacked me, so I swam away from the waves to catch my breath. We played around with this giant inflatable ball at the Tsunami. After that, we stepped into the Jacuzzi only to see a teenage couple making out and a couple of their friends. Some of us decided to disturb the couple by going to them only to pretend to play with the waterfall. BBQ for the second time and I ate a little as usual. Some of them watched Guilty Crown while others ate. Some of the girls later went somewhere and we watched two episodes of Kitchen Nightmares and it was fun. So, I watch some episodes of Kitchen Nightmares at home. We joked around until all of us slept. Pei Jin was asking me if she knows the TV programme How I Met Your Mother and I replied I met her at yesterday’s BBQ and everyone laughed.

Day 3

Everybody was asleep from the jokes and laughter but I could not sleep because my neck was sore. I sit and slept for about 1 to 2 hours and finally went back to bed because there was now space in the bed. The morning light shined into our room and we went for breakfast. Samantha, Wan Lin, Pei Jin, Nicholas and I then took bus 58 to Ikea. Walked around and I had 15 meatballs with jam. I know it looks weird eating meatballs with jam, but it’s surprisingly a nice combination. Took 58 back to Pasir Ris and I got lost finding Aloha Loyang. Reached there but there were only 3 girls and 1 guy. The guy was Malay but he had a thunder tattoo on his hand. The chalet mansion was very big. There were 4 bedrooms, 1 open barbeque area, 1 kitchen, 1 hall, 1 dining area and a total of 5 toilets. As the clock ticked, more people flocked in to the chalet. Some came late and some left early. My rough estimation is that 75% are from Diploma in Sonic Arts, 80% smoke, and 50% drink. Luke and I barbequed most of the food and the food was delicious, especially the chicken wings. There was nothing much to do over there as everybody was just chatting here and there.There was this Tamil guy who came here by car and I wanted to hop on because I really love cars but he declined.  I played Monopoly Deal with some inexperienced strangers. I had three “Just Say No” cards and I lied to one person when he wanted to deal break another person suggesting that that person might have a “Just Say No”. I was introduced to a new card game called Pig and we played but stopped in the middle because the vodka was already bought. I think about 3 Malays drank and that disappointed me. Half of the people in the chalet drank and the others took a walk to Pasir Ris Park and rest in their rooms.

Day 4

Those handful of people who walked to Pasir Ris Park consisted of 5 malay guys including myself, 1 chinese guy and 1 tipsy girl.  We walked through Pasir Ris Park to a Macdonald which is about 5 minutes’ walk from Pasir Ris MRT station. The tipsy girl vomited about 5 times and she exclaimed her sadness about her chicken wings being wasted because it was in the vomit. Looking at her, I confirmed to myself that I am never going to drink even if I am not a Muslim. As we walked through a dark walkway, some of the guys said they saw images, but I saw nothing. When we reached back to the chalet, a couple of people played Frisbee and some were sleeping because of the alcohol intake. I had like short naps in the chalet here and there and that kept me awake even though I had slept much the previous night. Around 7am, I cooked my instant noodles and those who looked at me eating were craving for it. I cooked another packet because I was very hungry but they wanted it so I gave it to them and one of them ran away with it while eating a big mouthful of it. We then checked out and I accompanied four of my friends to subway for their breakfast. I went home with Aik Siang and took bus 58 AGAIN to Ikea and then taking bus 168 from there to Woodlands interchange.

I’d say that the 2 days 1 night chalet was much more fun than the 3days 2 nights one because I met new people, ate barbeque food, the jokes shared were funnier and able to see the after effects of drinking.