semi-interesting day

i had an interesting day...went out with this girl i used to know...i bumped into her a few times recently, and must have passed her my namecard or something on one of those occasions cuz she emailed me yesterday to see if i wanted to have a nice dinner today. naturally, being the nice guy that i am, i replied saying that i'd be delighted...actually the fact that she used to be a model helped a bit lah...haha. (aiyah, i didn't bring a camera today lah...sorry loe...)

she insisted on choosing the place and making reservations...which i was, of course, more than willing to let her do...so we agreed to meet at the esplanade. al dente is actually a really nice place to eat...the ambience is great...got soft music in the al fresco area upstairs...candles everywhere...great view of the city skyline...and of course the twin durians of the esplanade itself. the food was quite filling...i had lasagne, and she had beef cheeks...i was burping cheese by the time we left...haha.

anyway, we decided to head for a party that her colleagues were going for, and ended up at this place in tanjong pagar. when we went inside, it turned out to be some award ceremony thing for some design award...the kind where people wear suits and ties and fancy dresses, then stand around with cocktails in their hands, pretending to look important and cool at the same time. firstly, i wasn't dressed for the occasion (she insisted that i take off my tie after dinner cuz we were going for a party!!!), and secondly, i hate these kinda events where everyone's so pretentious and trying to be "different"...it was so "different" that everyone seemed the same...if you know what i mean. anyway, we walked around looking at the award winning stuff on display, then decided that this wasn't a party we had to be a part of...nor had a reason to stay for...so we left.

then she decided that she was tired and took a cab home, and i was stranded at 9:30pm in the middle of the cbd with nothing to do. that's when i decided to take up jason's offer to check out union square at the amara hotel...a popular salsa joint. so i walked there and paid the entrance fees, found myself a nice corner at the bar, ordered a beer, etc, etc...and waited for jason to appear with his dancing shoes and moves. while i was waiting, i sat there and watched the people strut their stuff...and promptly got freaking dizzy...how the girls (and guys) can twirl themselves around and around so many times without puking is still a mystery to me...so basically when jason arrived at about 10:30pm, i was almost cross-eyed already...i left a bit after that to prevent the two tigers i had from coming out the wrong end...i can't imagine what would have happened if i had stayed and watched some more...and let's not even talk about taking up the dance myself. but at least the girls were pretty cute there. =)

hmmm...now that i look back at today, it doesn't seem TOO interesting...actually same ole same ole lah...going out with attached girls (oh, btw, the dinner / party / model chic is getting married to some french guy next year), getting nauseous from something or other, and then blogging about it...i need something new.

maybe things will change after the "new year" coming up on saturday...hopefully for the better. =)