Understated Sixzero

Class Birthday Party

Too bad to all those who didn't go to the class birthday party. :)

I admit, it was a last minute decision. On a comfortable saturday evening, I was at home reading my notes when suddenly peter called me out of the blue. "Hey are you going for the class party?" I kept insisting I was a bit too old for this, but since a number of people were going, I knew I was going to give in eventually. Ahh. But it wasn't too bad. At least 1/4 of the class turned up, translated to numbers would be the 5 of us: peter, zhiyuan, minhao, laykiat and myself.

I met layz at paya lebar mrt first before taking a cab down to the house together. Lucky for us, the cab driver knew where he was going.

The house was a nice big cosy place. A rather steep staircase led up from the front to the living room. Inside were bright chandeliers hanging over those seated underneath, who were busy eating and singing along to the guitar-played music. The catered food was just outside the living room.

Chivalrous peter and zhiyuan got layz and me food and drinks and peeled the prawns for us. :)

After eating, we decided to go for a spin in peter's car. Yes, peter just got his licence on monday and already he was allowed to drive his mom's car alone. (!!!) Oh well. And I insisted that I should get a feel of his mom's Nissan Sunny. :) It was very smooth, although the steering was a bit tight (because it was new). But overall, I'm happy that I finally drove another car other than my mom's big and bulky Toyota Picnic.

With the rest in the car, I drove layz to paya lebar mrt first coz she had to go off early. Then I literally had a spin in peter's car coz in my haste, I missed a turning and had to go pretty far before I could U-turn. Wasted a bit of his petrol.

We finally returned to the house, where we waited for the item the great great grandjuniors said they were putting up. But since they weren't doing anything and taking a long time to figure out who should sing and whatnot, our impatience got the better of us and we went up to the host to thank her before leaving the party.

This time it was minhao's turn to drive. And since he never drove an automatic car before, it was pretty funny to see him try to start up the car. zhiyuan said he was going to fall asleep already before the car even started to move. Haha. But in the end, it got started and the ride was understandably shaky.

Then it was zhiyuan's turn. And it was more scary because he had no licence whatsoever and only drove a tank before. And according to him, to stop the tank, he just has to jam-brake it. So his tendency to wait until just before turning before braking was high. Guess he wasn't used to the sensitivity of the brake but eventually got better.

Peter took over the car in the end and drove me back home. :) Then I'm not sure where they went after that.

posted by solitude @ 6:39 PM