i'm socially inept. i dun wanna venture out to meet ppl cos its just so tiring making conversation. feel more comfortable yakking to ppl i know. dun need to state the obvious of where i come from, where i studied, what i did (?) for a living, what have i been doing, what do i plan to do, how do i spend my waking hours, yada yada. its just so draining having to explain the same things to so many ppl. i gave up. this week, the only person i conversed with was my driving instructor. and its not just because she is indeed a very nice lady (have i praised the locals for their impeccable behaviour so far? other than the youths and school going kids, who zip crazily on their bikes and make hell of a noise anywhere including enclosed spaces like the public bus! PARENTS! CONTROL YOUR DARN KIDS!) but seeing as we were stuck with each other for a full 2hours this week in an even smaller enclosed space (her car!), it would be pretty awkward if the entire time she's belting out instructions to me (turn left! bear right! stop!! pull your hand brake! blah blah!)
last night we had a most scrumptious bbq dinner at the original swizzle inn . much much much better than the dinner we had some days back with O and K at the branch in warwick. woo.... i had the char-grilled prime rib and the much famed rum swizzle, while hao-e had the margarita shrimp and strawberry daiquiri. blogging about it brings back nice memories. heh. Oh! C and i found some fresh watercress at the marketplace yesterday. so today's lunch we had watercress soup. i've been yearning for some light clear vegetable soup for some time... especially after a discussion with HL about the lack of vege variety here, and how she spotted kailan on the island! KAILAN !!! how did they manage to get their hands on kailan ?! i was joking with HL that one of the chefs must have secretly brought over some seeds and planted some in his back garden. or else why doesn't kailan appear in the vege aisle of the marketplace as well?! oh, and i bought some canned longan, jackfrui...
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