tripping the starting line

i don't wanna be at all negative but the year has not gone off to a very best start.

we went to sentosa on jan 1st, purposely to catch the magical fountain show. not that it has anything to do with new year celebration, i just realized somehow this attraction escaped my radar.

implementing kiasuism since the very first day, we went an hour early to snatch good seats. like in marina bay last night, the rain chose to pour down the moment we set our asses on the bare stand. not to worry, we were well equipped with umbrellas.

an hour of our precious life went on a waste before eventually the show started, sharped at 7.40pm. the fountain shot up in the air in rhythm with music and glaring lasers, and boy, did we go ga-ga over that...

then it stopped. disappeared. nada. just like the adam air budget airlines that went missing in indonesia. by then it was all music and lasers only for the rest of the show. oh, and the poor clown too that had to talk to the now-invisible monkey that was supposed to be projected onto the water screen.

what a waste of time and effort. i mean, give me torchlight in a dark room and i could produce the same effect. i don't know why they couldn't stop the whole thing and attempt to fix it. perhaps those repair-men were all on new year holiday, or like typical other services in s'pore, the whole system just collapsed whenever events turn up un-ordinary.

to think that was the 1st show of the year, not very promosing for sentosa, huh?

the crowd waiting for 7.40pm show

to make it worse, 2 of my fishes died the next day. i know they were behaving abnormally, especially my calico ryukin that out of a sudden proned to getting its tail stucked in the aquarium filter, but they were not supposed to die. it made my effort buying medicine and tank to quarantine them went down the drain.

the good thing is, i have this friend that mentioned there's a chinese saying that pet fish dies so that the master can discharge bad luck. i don't know about that, but i almost felt not too bad anymore throwing the carcasses later down the rubbish chute.



deceased : calico (top) and pearl scale(bottom right)

what's important is that i need all the luck when i sit for driving basic theory test (btt) this wednesday. plus a bit of read-up too of course. after a short noon swim just now at the pool downstairs, instead of pouring lotion all over my body and sun-tanning like this guy beside me, i laid down reading this basic road theory book. now tell me who's sexier??

i got another wedding to attend to tonight. this time it's the wedding of one of my dearest friend, to be held at carlton, bugis. i bitched about weddings everytime i write about them in this blog but i'm not going to say anything nasty this time. it's my new year resolution. i'm going to be good and pleasant this year.

right after i curse that stupid time-wasting burn-in-hell sentosa fountain show.


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