i met up with jj first since that poor qiling was working till 11pm.
the moment we stepped into orchard road
we regretted going there at all
it was so crowded i was not walking
i was being pushed along against my own free will
however along the stretch outside ngee ann city
i was not pushed around much
and that's because i could not even move
i was just trapped within the crowd
and i felt a little uncomfortable
since jj and i were separated(she was a few heads behind me)
i think the tourists there were really rude and inconsiderate
there was no space to move
yet they find the need to shove and push and make their way forward through the crowd
bumping and scratching you in the process
i never would understand why parents would bring their little children to such a crowded place
how can the children even breathe in the first place?
and then there are the possibilities of the child getting lost, kidnapped, trampled on.......
tilt your head
see the crowd?
no space at all no space at all!
we wanted to cross over to paragonbut it was pretty much impossible
so we settled with just taking a picture of the view across the street:)
somehow its like a must to take a photo at the takashimaya christmas treewhen we arrived there
every possible space in front of the christmas tree was taken up
that really amused us
but we managed to squeeze in somewhere in the end

a close up of the tree:)
i think i love this photo the most!

the heeren area was much less crowded (thankfully)when we reached
we heard the crowd at heeren counting down
i looked at my watch
and it said 11.50pm
i was still telling qiling they were nuts for counting down ten minutes before 12am
but apparently my watch was slow
at the stroke of midnight
it was madness everywhere
i thought i was in a battlefield
where foam was used as weapons
foam was flying everywhere
we were lucky to escape the first wave of foam becuase we were crossing the road
but danger was lurking ahead.
we wanted to go to the balcony at heeren
meaning we had to pass the rowdy gang right in front of heeren
for the first time
we experienced fear in orchard road!
haha
i kept telling qiling to relax and just walk naturally
BUT that qiling just had to dodge, squirm and finally scream
i tell you she was just asking for it!
her scream sort of awakened all the foamy beasts
because they all turned to us and started spraying enthusiastically
i was still looking at this guy in shock as he started spraying the entire front of my top
when i walked through it all
i saw that qiling who got us in trouble in the first place clean
WITHOUT a spot of foam at all!
jj and i on the other hand had foam in our hair, on our clothes, our bags....
after cleaning upwe went into the balcony
there's something about the atmosphere there that instantly calms you
i think samsoon possessed her that nightshe was not herself haha
we wanted to take the last train at around 1 plus am so we rushed all the way to the mrt station
along the way
we successfully avoided a group of guys who suddenly sprayed foam at the crowd
but right outside the mrt station
we got sprayed again
this time also owing to qiling's suspicious behaviour
and again she escaped without a trace of foam
the train ride home was really funny
i was sitting between this guy and qiling
the three of us all happen to be looking at the reflection
suddenly you could see qiling leaning over
and she said to me (she thought she was whispering but trust me she wasn't): i like the guy next to you.
me: that was quite loud
and the both of us just kept laughing uncontrollably
meanwhile if you look at our reflection
you could see the guy was trying to act as if he didn't know what we were doing
but it was pretty obvious that he heard qiling's confession
he even leaned to whisper to his friend
we saw yanshun on the train
turns out he was going to alight at yew tee too
so he offered to send qiling and i to qiling's house
along the way
we were having trouble with our heels
it was really painful walking in them
and he said we behaved as if we were drunk
we were blabbering and laughing
and we were walking in a zig zag way
it was just the heels really
we were not drunk at all
yanshun was still telling me not to wear heels anymore since i am tall enough
Oh which reminds me
i have always been used to strangers noticing me because of my height
but it was the first time that a stranger just walk towards me and comment right in my face "Damn you are tall"
ok back to yanshun sending us home
he offered to piggyback qiling after qiling casually joked about it!
we were very shocked that he was really serious about it
hahaha

qiling and i were supposed to discuss about our birthday party