Outing 16 Oct. '05
Destination: Escape Theme Park
Loon, Terrence, Sean, Jonathan and Daryl
A day full of events ahead.. Dat was of accordance to wat we had planned. E sky gave nt e slightest clue of wat was yet to cum.. Yes, dere were clouds in e sky but e sun was out. However, true was e sayin 'as unpredictable as e weather'.. At 1045, dark clouds suddenly threatened to unleash their contents and by 1050, it was pourin heavily. It was too late to cancel as we had arranged to meet at 1100 and we either had reached already or almost reachin.. So at 1100, Loon, Terrence, Sean and Daryl met at Pasir Ris MRT station. Jonathan would be meetin us at 1230 as he had to go to church wif his family first.. We decided to go to a food court in White Sands to eat whilst waitin for e rain to stop. We sat at at a table where we could see e progress of e rain.. Den as fast as it had started, it subsided and stopped. Wif our hopes high, Loon and Daryl quickly went to buy food.. Alas! When they returned, e rain was as heavy as it was when it was at its 'peak'.. Nevertheless, a faint ray of hope still hung in us and we waited. We were finally rewarded at 1200 when e rain subsided to a light drizzle.. We were overjoyed. Our plans could still work.. We went to take SBS 354 to Downtown East. But as we were about to board e bus, thins took yet another turn.. Boy, it seemed like Heaven was playin wif us. Yahz, it started to rain again.. However, when we reached Escape Theme Park, it was again just drizzlin. We debated whether to go in or not as e sky still looked threatenin.. Besides, alot of rides were closed for cleanin. As we were ponderin, e sky helped us out of tis dilemna. It started to pour again! Hence, we went to Downtown East to play arcade.. Jonathan met us dere. After a glorious half an hour, we left e arcade hopin dat e rain has stopped.. Hopes of goin to Escape were long dashed. We still had Plan B (cycling) to put into action though. Well, we could simply do almost anythin at Pasir Ris Park as long as e rain stopped.. But once again, we were disappointed. Decided to play pool.. But e rates were a killer. 9 bucks per hr! So we played table soccer for awhile instead.. Den we went to BK for lunch. Jonathan entertained us unknowingly by 'torturin' e person takin e order, Kenneth. Jonathan keep orderin this thing and that thing for us.. U shld haf seen Kenneth's face. When we left e counter, he greeted us wif an air dat he was glad to see e back of Jonathan.. Loon, Terrence, Sean and Daryl were roarin wif laughter. Poor Kenneth! Neway, after lunch, e rain showed no sign of stoppin so we went to play Xbox games.. Booked a movie room so we would nt be disturbed. We were wrong.. People often push open e door and look in. It was damn irritatin! We played 4 different games over a period of abt. 4hrs.. Occassionally we went out to check on e weather but to no avail. It was rainin, rainin and rainin.. So needless to say, when we left Downtown East at abt. 1800, it was still rainin. Had dinner at e same food court in White Sands.. All of us were rather tired after such a long day and were rather quiet as we ate. Jonathan decided to take thins in his own hands and 'wake' us up frm our lethargy.. Under e pretence of excusin himself to buy drinks, he left e table. Indeed he bought drinks.. But he bought 6 cans of Yeos chrysanthemum tea frm NTUC! We had a real laugh over it.. =) And at last, we embarked on e journey home.. Tired but glad.
Our plans did not go as planned.. However, plans are nt wat runs an outin. U can haf an outin without plans and still work.. But nt one without ur frens. Wat matters most were dat we enjoyed ourselves and bonded closer together as friends.. And dat we did. Despite e gloom dat e weather brought, we were undaunted by it and still found joy and laughter in e company of our friends.. Tis took our friendship up yet another phase in e long road to true friendship.
