extraordinary day...
today's been rather different in a way that i experienced some things which i've never come across before...read on and find out
first on...i met jingcheng and tianfa (both my uni mates) and we went for sakae sushi~ate hella lot of food and gorged ourselves till we almost felt like puking haha!so silly bum bum!
following which...we went strolling down town from heeren to the Istana where the late president Dr Wee Kim Wee's body laid~there was already a long queue outside twining around the barricades set up...we were deciding whether to go join the queue and pay our last respect when this friendly policeman said "here this way is the queue" and he lifted the elastic rope thingy joining 2 stands,whatever it's called...so tf asked "hmmm how long do we have to stand in line?" tt guy replied " oh it's quite fast...about 45mins should be done already" so okie...we join in the queue which was made unbearable with the intense heat...yikes!slowly...we proceed along the line~can't deny it's pretty fast though...so it wasn't tt bad!then i saw johnny boy...haha!he was on duty...his job was to usher the public up and down the bus which i thought was pretty good as compared to those who have to stand along the road for security control...
somehow got a lil excited...was laughing quite abit here and there but ya toned down coz it's a wake~not some play play thing...grief should be setting in so yes we tried to be serious~but it's like the first time i visit the Istana...can't help feeling excited over it rite?!anyway soon we board the bus which drove us into the holding area of the coffin...we had to sign the condolence book before we were allowed into the main hall~okie so we enter...wow so pretty the layout inside~so grand and all...just like how it should be~then we were told to get into lines of eight whereby each line then proceed towards the coffin and pay their last respect to Dr Wee...when it was our turn,i walked towards the platform and took a peep into the coffin...oh my,the face looks so waxy and sunken into...this wave of emotion just swept into me & for a moment i thought i was gonna cry...dead ppl just scares me *brrrr* i just lowered my head and then left...a long wait of almost 45mins for this brief 10 seconds of grief...and then before i realised it, we were out into the walkway waiting for the bus to send us back to the entrance of the Istana...
first visit to the Istana...first funeral of a late president...unforgettable experience...
okie enough of sad stuff...then after we went to bugis village and shop a lil~wasn't really into the mood...coz was pretty tired bleahh!jc left ard 9+...and then me & tf went on to meet up with yida,james,kaisi and hansen...was supposed to go to holland village to chill out...but we ended up going to this place in arab street...when ppl smoke this thing called shisa or smth like tt...it's this fruit flavour tobacco where the filter is water...smth like the olden days when ppl smoke opium kinda...didn't really like it at the beginning coz the smell was overwhelming...it's like second-hand smoke with air freshener *pukes* and the worst part was...one of them actually asked me to try it but of course i resisted bleahh!i'll never touch smoking...hmpf!james & yida left shortly after...leaving me,tf,hansen & kaisi...none of us really smoke so it's sorta like wasting that shisa thing...but the ambience of tt place is really nice though...i love the lamps and its lamp shades...really intricate cravings on wood blocks...then as the fan rotates,the lamp sways and cast these shady images all over the place...addition of arab music...wow u feel like u are an eygptian royalty haha!laying on the sofa...then with servants at ur beck and call haha!so dreamy kinda feeling...moreover the smoke and the humid weather just enhance everything even more...making one feel drowsy...lol!
well quite an adventure for the day yea?!getting tired now...so i shall retire to my bed!nites all...
first on...i met jingcheng and tianfa (both my uni mates) and we went for sakae sushi~ate hella lot of food and gorged ourselves till we almost felt like puking haha!so silly bum bum!
following which...we went strolling down town from heeren to the Istana where the late president Dr Wee Kim Wee's body laid~there was already a long queue outside twining around the barricades set up...we were deciding whether to go join the queue and pay our last respect when this friendly policeman said "here this way is the queue" and he lifted the elastic rope thingy joining 2 stands,whatever it's called...so tf asked "hmmm how long do we have to stand in line?" tt guy replied " oh it's quite fast...about 45mins should be done already" so okie...we join in the queue which was made unbearable with the intense heat...yikes!slowly...we proceed along the line~can't deny it's pretty fast though...so it wasn't tt bad!then i saw johnny boy...haha!he was on duty...his job was to usher the public up and down the bus which i thought was pretty good as compared to those who have to stand along the road for security control...
somehow got a lil excited...was laughing quite abit here and there but ya toned down coz it's a wake~not some play play thing...grief should be setting in so yes we tried to be serious~but it's like the first time i visit the Istana...can't help feeling excited over it rite?!anyway soon we board the bus which drove us into the holding area of the coffin...we had to sign the condolence book before we were allowed into the main hall~okie so we enter...wow so pretty the layout inside~so grand and all...just like how it should be~then we were told to get into lines of eight whereby each line then proceed towards the coffin and pay their last respect to Dr Wee...when it was our turn,i walked towards the platform and took a peep into the coffin...oh my,the face looks so waxy and sunken into...this wave of emotion just swept into me & for a moment i thought i was gonna cry...dead ppl just scares me *brrrr* i just lowered my head and then left...a long wait of almost 45mins for this brief 10 seconds of grief...and then before i realised it, we were out into the walkway waiting for the bus to send us back to the entrance of the Istana...
first visit to the Istana...first funeral of a late president...unforgettable experience...
okie enough of sad stuff...then after we went to bugis village and shop a lil~wasn't really into the mood...coz was pretty tired bleahh!jc left ard 9+...and then me & tf went on to meet up with yida,james,kaisi and hansen...was supposed to go to holland village to chill out...but we ended up going to this place in arab street...when ppl smoke this thing called shisa or smth like tt...it's this fruit flavour tobacco where the filter is water...smth like the olden days when ppl smoke opium kinda...didn't really like it at the beginning coz the smell was overwhelming...it's like second-hand smoke with air freshener *pukes* and the worst part was...one of them actually asked me to try it but of course i resisted bleahh!i'll never touch smoking...hmpf!james & yida left shortly after...leaving me,tf,hansen & kaisi...none of us really smoke so it's sorta like wasting that shisa thing...but the ambience of tt place is really nice though...i love the lamps and its lamp shades...really intricate cravings on wood blocks...then as the fan rotates,the lamp sways and cast these shady images all over the place...addition of arab music...wow u feel like u are an eygptian royalty haha!laying on the sofa...then with servants at ur beck and call haha!so dreamy kinda feeling...moreover the smoke and the humid weather just enhance everything even more...making one feel drowsy...lol!
well quite an adventure for the day yea?!getting tired now...so i shall retire to my bed!nites all...
posted by just me in my world at 2:30 AM
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