Anat Gp BBQ

Headed down to float yesterday to check up on its progress + materials.. Some of the materials have arrived already, so work has progressed. =) Yepz, helped in fattening up our "Pringles" can of chips, by layering the tower of buckets with 2 layers of cans.

It was deja vu all over again, as i taped the cans ala candy cane in RAG'04. Thankfully, most of the cans this time were clean and dried already. With the exception of a few cans in the black trash bag.. O_O When you tip the Carlsberg beer can over, an unknown liquid dripped out -_-""""" fermented beer. Beer is fermented to begin with. I wonder what you get if you ferment it even more. O_O"""""""

Well, the cleaning aunty was really nice! =) There we were, sprawled over the floor removing the ring tabs from the cans and re-shaping them, surrounded with used cans, and i noticed her staring intently at us. I was abt to allay her fears that we'll clean up the area, before she scolded us. =P Then, the aunty kindly gave us the cans she collected & cleaned (she was going to sell them to the recycling centre for $$) felt really touched & guilty.. Thanks a million!!

Yah, she was really nice.. And even suggested that we dig in the green can-recycling bins for more cans to wash and use. -_-""" Well... That would have been so RAG'04 indeed. Fond memories.. and foul-smelling memories of the flies in the bin flooded back. O_O Let's try not to scavenge for cans, shall we? =P As Jan put it aptly, if everyone in medfac contributes 10 cans - 5 batches of 200+ pple = 1200 pple X 10 cans = 12,000 cans. WOAH. That's definitely sufficient for float. Alright! Calling for cans.. =) and other useful materials, e.g. you find wooden materials left around @ void decks of HDBs, if they're not rotten, they can be used! Whee~ Do our part for float & the environment at the same time.. =)

Went for lunch with Jan, Dave & Pofun @ NUH.. it was nice seeing everyone again after a 2wk hiatus.. =) Aren't you glad some things never change? =)

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Had to leave shortly after lunch, cos it was our Anat Gp BBQ! =) Met up with Teresa before she gave me a lift to Clementi to meet the rest. B4 that, we made a detour to STA to get our ISIC cards.. =) And a certain half-written sms on her hp flashed in my face, revealing a dark secret.. Muahaha.. =)

Oops, i digressed. Yah, we were 20mins late to Clementi MRT. And lo and behold - we were the only ones there. -_-"""""" Sheesh. We were supposed to do the shopping ourselves. =P So, off to NTUC we went.. And Ruxin joined us (thanks RX!! =) dun think we could have handled all the food by the 2 of us) and we had a great time picking the foods + hardware needed for the BBQ. Gosh, thank goodness for Teresa's car also - I seriously could not imagine 2 girls + 1 guy carrying all the food + drinks + charcoal all the way back to PGP BBQ pits via bus. O_O

Boo-boo 1

We trooped down to Zhongyang's kitchen to make use of his facilities.. =) Hee.. Much slicing & dicing + washing, the girls exhibited their future "housewife skills" to great perfection =) After which, we trooped down to the pits to meet the rest. We kinda got lost trying to find the parking lot for Residence 5 where the pit was. -_-" the signboards were real useful - arrows pointing to Residences 1-4, 6. all except 5. I guess it should have dawned on us that there was no Residence 5 sign because.. WE WERE ALREADY AT RESIDENCE 5. -_-"""""""" Talk about a major boo-boo.

Anyway, the pit was in a really nice location. =) Sheltered pavillion + tables & benches, with a fountain nearby & the soothing sound of running water.. =) It was such a gorgeous place.. =) (Thanks ZY for booking the pit! =)) And so we started cooking! =) Many thanks to El for bringing her tongs + skewers =) couldn't believe that i almost forgot such important equipment.. =P

Luckily, I invited Janice along. She was absolutely powerful. O_O Janice almost single-handedly started the fire, arranging the charcoal in the zhen4 fa2 for opimum lighting + cooking. Me & Fuqiang contributed our arm power to fanning the charcoal.. =P (Thanks so much Jan!!! The BBQ couldn't have started without you! Haha.. treat you to lunch next time =))

Boo-boo 2

So we started the fire & the cooking.. And after a while we realized that the food wasn't exactly cooking. O_O so we puzzled over this for a while, until we realized that the aluminium foil which we had laid over the metal grill was absorbing too much heat, slowing the food cooking process. Eep. So off went the alum foil, and after that, it was almost plain sailing. =)

And the best part - the food wasn't burnt! =) Haha.. pre-BBQ fears of having to order pizza or head over to the nearby restaurant-pub for dinner, were allayed under the skilled hands of our chefs.. =) (Kudos to Teresa & the rest for doing so much of the cooking.. =)) It was great - just sitting around the benches, eating, talking, laughing, listening to music from ZY's ipod speakers.. =) What a wonderful everning.. =)

After that, we even managed to convinve Teresa, ZY & Toh Han to give us a sample of their Salsa lessons.. =) Haha.. it was hilarious.. =) Ended on a high note.. Can't wait for out next outing! =D