the group dynamics was incredible - no one was trying to hoard the limelight and everyone was genuinely interested in what each other was saying. there was no qualms sharing snippets and interesting anecdotes for the benefit of one another. the topics discussed were plentiful and rich, from serious and meaningful topics such as whether a husband should offer his female colleague a lift back home in his car to fun facts like a duck having a penis shaped like a helix.
we were there courtesy of dom, who invited us over to his friend's place to just chill and have some (non-alcholic) drinks after his church service. usually in a group setting if i don't get to talk much or if i remain silent for too long, i will get sulky and uncomfortable. but in this particular setting, even though i didn't really get to talk or voice my opinions much because we were visitors and not part of their close-knit group of friends; i thoroughly enjoyed myself just sitting there listening to their conversation where i really learnt alot. it was an eye-opener and it definitely widened my horizon.
it was a really interesting way to spend the night, the experience was almost orgasmic, it's mind-blowingly good ;) jon felt the same way too. it's true, sometimes all you need is good company and good conversation; no need for music, good food or alcohol ;)
xx
so last week my little sis dated me out to this cafe called Around De World, located at liang seah street. it was also my belated birthday treat ;)
joyce had bolognaise fries as part of her starters. it's pretty appetizing, but i didn't try much though, my starters was Caesar salad heh. i'll definitely have the fries the next time i go!
my love for marinara never dies - i almost always try marinara at any pasta place. the one at Around De World took some getting used to though...maybe i'm more used to the garlicky taste of pastamania's. sis says this tastes of abit of wine hmm.
her chicky pesto, which was... another taste to be acquired. but it was pretty decent.
the desserts was pretty good. it was vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce and oreo chocolate bits.... yummy.
xx
on saturday, dom invited jon and i to this TEDx seminar... basically it's this platform for the sharing of ideas pertaining to anything at all as well as a bit of a networking session. it was a pretty insightful and enlightening time for us.
that's dom and i preparing to throw our paper planes with our dreams and hopes for the future written inside..... now at first i was kinda skeptical about this whole seminar thing. i'm always skeptical about such organied group structures - "maybe they're trying to sell us something!" "maybe it's a cult" "maybe it's MLM" or "maybe it's some form of propoganda for something else" etc. but i was proven wrong.
at the end of the thing, nobody got my email or contact number for anything, and we weren't sold anything or made to buy anything. it was purely a platform for the sharing and exchanging of ideas. pretty neat, i say.
one of the speakers was Adrianna Tan, a pretty famous travel blogger (you can check out her blog here) and below is an illustrated summary of her talk that day.
work hard to travel? just travel! it was really inspiring :)
at the end of the seminar, Charles Stitch Wong (of Singapore idol fame) was on stage to sing and do some beatboxing. i actually knew him many years ago back in church, and it was funny 'cos he was teaching the audience how to beatbox when he suddenly saw me in the audience and said, "oh hello" in the mike. lol.
the day then ended with me getting to know this lawyer and a girl who works at terrappin and knows jane; before proceeding to dom's youth church service, dinner at ikea (oh meatballs and salmon and potatoes! xx) and the aforementioned amazing group conversation at dom's friend's rooftop on the fifth level under the cooling night sky. xx
