An Alternative View of the Universe

My exams ended two days ago, but I was out enjoying myself way before they ended.

A few days ago Andrew finished his exams, and I went to Lucky Dragon with him, Audrey and Florence. We ate so much and made so much noise that the night was a haze and the customers were smiling benevolently at us; after a while the tables around us emptied so that we were left alone with a radius of empty tables around us (Which always seems to be the norm)! In every restaurant we go to, the tables around us seem to empty especially quickly. I wonder why!

After that we decided to walk to the river Eire and Audrey was pretty freaked out by the inky blackness of the river and Andrew and I walking in front joked about a swamp thing rising out of the water. It was a beautiful night, though, black and starless, and there was something mysteriously surreal about it, and I expounded my theory of the alternative matrix to Andrew.

We were being filmed, I said, by the citizens of a more developed, alternate universe. They had learnt how to poke holes into the thin netting that separated universes from each other, and had chosen us as the subjects of their interest. They were all " Singaporean", so called, and could understand our jokes, our slang and our colloquialisms. They just populated the entire world in their universe, though, and their major form of entertainment was watching our exploits on National TV.

Make a joke, Andrew! The eyes of the entire world are trained on you, I said. Knock Knock. Who's there? Woo. Woo Who? Stop flirting with me! Maniacal laughter from me, puzzled and disgusted looks from Andrew. From time to time we would wave as though to the camera, and say "hi there!"like a true reality show celebrity.

Two days ago I finished my exams and my housemates decided to go out in celebration, but Deborah treated me to a very nice dinner at La Tasca and I met up with my housemates at The Lounge at Radisson Hotel, The Light, instead. Had one and a half glasses of Sangria and was feeling a little woozy by then. :o) Audrey came over to mine and we saw Andrew off to Romania. He's going there to teach English for two months.

I received a few texts from him since then and he says his host family is very nice and they're feeding him alot, and he seems to be fitting in well  and enjoying himself. Apparently, they're feeding him alot of beef. No chio Romanian girls so far, though! :oP I miss him. Swimming with Liting and Summer today at the International Pool felt a little different without him, and without the usual huge meal after.

After that Audrey and I came back to find my housemates downing pitcher after pitcher of Long Island Tea in the kitchen, and getting louder and happier by the minute. We escaped to my room where I finished Housemate Above's Vouvray (the Vooovoochex wine I was talking about - found out the name is Vouvray) and had a good chat, which was interrupted by the Housies coming in all stumbly and silly and plonking themselves on various objects in my room. It was really nice to chat with them though, and to do the little clacking of heels thing with Housemate Above. Ahaha.

And today it was down to the International Pool again, where I swam a couple of laps, gawped at a naked woman in the communal shower, and gazed at the competitive swimmers training. A very productive day, non?