Dad’s Birthday & Some Soccer!

Choices today: Go watch Spiderman-3 with cous, go for a relaxing swim and tan by the pool (as the sun is so freakin’ invitingly hot today), go to campus for junior’s orientation & street soccer or stay at home to finish up another few more tutorials to last me till mid-semester.

Though I am not totally the best of shape, went for the soccer instead. Bagging 2 feet blisters on top of 1 goal & 2 assists for my team on the quick 2 goal/match eliminations we played. No credit for goalkeeping though which I sux greatly at, but one of our freshies who played is quite good at it, something I guess weiwen, alvin and me could learn or two. Lunch was on our own pockets in FC 3 contrary to food catering previously. They had blended Kiwi juice on the specials going for $1 at the drink store – great value! Basketball was on next, but left after lunch. Met Guetping and Yiying on my way out who came in for 2pm track training. Heard that the rest carried on with Bball till like 5pm? So no training?

Oh yea, did I mention that today’s Dad’s Birthday too? Celebrated the first part of his birthday with black forest cake in the morning after breakfast and before my trip to SP for you know! then back home in the late afternoon before heading to Dragon Gate Restaurant in Habourfornt for Al-la-carte buffet dinner. The food and menu have not changed much since my visit last year and the place is only like 20% filled on a Saturday night. Man! Window shopped round Vivo and showed Sheena around as she (strangely) had not been there before.

Dad’s ‘07 Birthday Dinner	Birthday Dinner Spread	Vivo City Shopping Thereafter

At least now I can finalise why orchard road is getting quietier and queirter everyday, not only because of heartland malls but establishments like Vivo as well – it’s still very crowded there. The upper 3rd floor is still a very nice cool chill out place, with loads of darkness and group gatherings there, not to mention make-up places. With no closure and free access no wonder people like to “thon” there overnight.

My FYP lecturer called me up yesterday telling me about an industry school project requiring a team to build a motion simulator for plane/road vehicles. Sounds cool contrary to the previous Air engine go-kart we wanted to build previously. A simulator means a need for a screen and hydraulic system – not cheap stuffs. Unless we can savage a projection system from school, a 42″ plasma screen costs $1999 – the cheapest I found so far in the papers today and $2399 in Vivocity Best Denki and I guess that is all our budget can cater for! Looks like I have to source direct from distro already…