Pkchukiss - Reality Wine

I take tardiness with annoyance. That was why I was irritated with myself when I woke up at the twilight sunset to a silenced phone which showed 6 missed calls.

After changing my clothes hastily and pausing to cringe when the fatigued muscles ached again, I rushed to meet up at Lau Pa Sat, the well known historic icon of the country’s short history, and famous tourist trap with its exhorbitant prices and the famous Satay Club.

There was the home-bound crowd flowing in via all the entrances into the station, and I got knocked around a bit while trying to beat against the human flow to reach station exit.

You know how typically constrained a business district skyline looks, but it somehow feels less constricted when you are actually in one? I actually thought the buildings looked gorgeous, if not stale. Must be all the air-conditioning pouring out of the open sliding doors. The various building management had the entire structure’s air-conditioning set to artic, and I saw men in business suits ripping their ties and jackets off immediately after stepping out into the tropical heat.

The Satay Club looks as if it hasn’t changed for a long time ever since it moved from its previous location to make way for that horrendous piece of architecture affectionately known as the Esplanade.

So we ate and discussed all the scandals and juicy gossip tidbits that we could lay our memories upon while finishing some of the most expensive alfresco meals available in the country. It’s great to know that we all managed to finish our national service without much disturbance.

Here are a couple of photos for the purpose of attendance-taking:

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