Surprise surprise

Surprises are delightful to the surpriser and surprisee, whether they are carefully constructed surprises or unexpected ones.

SY, Des and I were roped in to surprise XX with our unexpected presence at lunch. So while we were shopping for cake, Yilynn and Siying successfully distracted XX by shopping for presents. I'll digress a little to rave about the utterly decadent cakes from Rive Gauche (French for "left bank of the river"), a little cake counter nestled in Taka basement. Our whole class is crazy about it ever since we tried the choc cake at ZH's bday last year.

This is the mango mousse we got for XX. I much prefer the choc one ZH and Des got for their bdays. HEAVENLY.

So XX got her surprise when we popped up suddenly. Satisfied with the success of our plan, we settled down to a passable meal at Sushi Tei in Paragon. Unfortunately, the service was better than the food.

SY was the second surprisee of the day, having walked away with not one but TWO lucky draw prizes at a party in DXO. And the prizes were good - a DVD player and HiFi set. I felt vicariously excited! Hopefully, luck is infectious.

Our class is noisy. Hmmm "class" is the wrong word actually since our class outings usually consist of the same few people but anyway we seem to have the knack for drawing unwanted attention from teachers then and passers-by now. All in the name of camaraderie and fun of course.

Our class is gluttony. Gatherings always involve pigging out at some nice eatery and desserts to follow. This time it was hawker food at Gluttons Bay at the Esplanade. Oil-laden arteries clogging hawker dishes - char kway teow, fried carrot cake, Hokkien mee, BBQ wings, sambal sting ray, oyster omelet - all whipped up in true blue Singaporean style. The weather was mercifully cool and an excellent band was belting out favourites next door. Probably one of our cheapest and nicest night out.

Met Andy and Cui who had as much directional sense as tourists. Tsk. Welcome back Andy!