had a mini and early (surprise) birthday celebration for mr koh jt at changi village on labour day. whether you believe it or not, it was my first time at changi village. ha. and it's so not what i've expected. i was picturing a restaurant by the beach, a scenic view of the sea and a lonely kelong along with it.
(image from nedbatam.com)
and it turns out that changi village is just another hawker centre, just like one you see near bedok bus interchange. the features that clearly distinguish changi village from the rest are the horrible car parking (or rather grab-whatever-available-space-there-is act) and the flocks of people queuing for delectable seafood and malay food (which has a freaking longggg queue -_-''). as you can imagine, the place was full of people. luckily there were nicey drinks stall aunty and uncle who helped us look for seats!
(image from: www.can.com.sg)
and yeah as we waited for our feast, surprise surprise! we got mr koh a yummy chocolate truffle! AND WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN THE SUPER PACKED FOOD CENTRE eh!! which was, quite embarrasing. heh.
that's not the end of the surprise.. we got mr koh a braun buffel wallet! dearest poh combed the "entire orchard road for it". lol. and so indeed mr koh was so touched. as i described to zhiming, koh was acting like a small old man (xiao lao tou) muttering (with tears welling up), "it was just a passing remark eh.." *sob sob. lol.
after the seafood feast, we moved on to get MORE FOOD! lol. some of us had sudden cravings for chwee kuey, rojak, and dessert. yes we were bloated.
koh jt was gentlemanly enough to offer us a ride home. lol. he parked his car in an.. ultra-ulu and weird spot to avoid the car park frenzy. directions went abit wrong, his sitting posture quite weird and bee went mad to give herself a seemingly vulgar "name". ha.
happy 21st, mr koh. (:
