August and i met at AMK Hub after my parish lunch at Holy Spirit. i was armed with a long shopping list of things to buy. August arrived with the list in his head which i quickly added on into my list.
we went to NTUC and for the next 45 minutes, proceeded to fill up our cart with items that were OUTSIDE of our list before taking another 20 minutes to begin working on our list.
gosh.
we bought so much!
here's what i remember: besides the 4kg of prawns and 2kg of squids we bought from the fishery... 4 Red Tilapia fish, 15 potatoes to bake, capsicum, tomatoes, 2 whole pineapples, a pack of carrots, 5-7 big bags of chips, 6litres of juices, 3litres of soft drinks, 10 corn cobs, 20 chicken wings, 20 otaks, mushrooms, sausages, 4 more packs of sliced fish, eggs, and i'm sure there's a lot more though i cannot remember now.
and my mum prepared: 1 pot of beehoon, 1 tub of salad, 1 whole watermelon.
for alcohol: 2 bottles of Absolut vodka, lots of beer and 5 bottles of wine.
it was a nightmare.
but i have to say, the boys started the fire really quickly and got to work cooking everything. which is good for us!
Ruby-doo's family and Trix went to play basketball while Addy (August's sister) and i chatted the whole time. i've changed my views of her. i like her now.
we ate, we drank lots and the girls swam. i actually didn't eat much.
all i remember eating was: one otak, one chicken wing, a pc of fish and one tiny morsel of squid (excellent!) August said i ate the salad, but i don't remember.
then August and i raced. he said he's a dog and so he chases. i said i'm a human and so i run when i'm being chased. we raced to the toilet (i have NO IDEA WHY) and then we raced back.
i'm quite sure i won! and when i almost reached the pit, i saw this damn bench there that i would hit. so in a bid to avoid hitting it, i swerved. August tells me i did hit it and flipped and fell on my back.
my left knee was bruised swollen from where i had hit the bench and it was badly scraped.
my right knee had one whole piece of skin loose and flapping, attached only by one bit.
my right ankle was mildly sprained. funny, i could move around without any problem at all but later that night it hurt so badly i couldn't move. and the next morning too, i was hopping around cos i couldn't put any weight on it.
anyways, look at this picture below. i remember lying there, laughing and half crying, going "Pain! Pain!" and then, "Who's taking photos?!!"
know why i was going "Pain! Pain!" without exactly knowing what's hurting? check out where August's hand is - on my right knee. now scroll up to read what i wrote about the injury on my right knee. haha.
the night went really well. i had a lot, a lot of fun though i didn't think i would have. my friends said they did too. it just felt really nice - a very light-hearted fellowship, lots of happy-laughter moments and an easy and enjoyable time throughout.
i'm glad i was convinced to have this BBQ. it was really, absolutely GREAT!
oh. i realise i'm blogging so poorly now.
Ed is August's good friend from JC and his sister's bf for the last 6 years. he left on Mon to Copenhagen to pursue his PhD for a year. *sniff sniff*
we miss him.
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