Send A Smile Day/Bathtub Day/Frappe Day
2005-10-07 @ 10:44 p.m.

The last day of school was interesting, but not for the reasons you might think. Only had two lessons today because Mr Purvis had cancelled his, so I had to bum in school until my 'S' Paper lesson at 3 pm. Did a bit of work, read a bit of Coelho and Mansfield, and discovered that I kind of like Hoobastank's music, and not just The Reason and Unaffected. Anyway, I was at the new Ben & Jerry's outlet in United Square with Eugene, Thong and Vaish. We met Mr Wong Toon King there, the guy who's the sole franchisee for Ben & Jerry's outside of the zoo. Apparently, when he first approached the American founders in 1991, their reply was "Is Singapore in China?" (It's really a very common mistake for Westerners to make, so in case any random passer-by isn't clear about this yet, Singapore is not in China. It's just off the coast of Malaysia, and quite near to Indonesia too. That ought to make it clear, seeing as how the whole world probably knows where Bali is now after the two bombings.) He was very friendly, and he told us he was an RJC alumnus, batch of 1984. (We were wearing uniforms.) Incidentally, and this factoid's for Thong, he co-founded RJC Fencing. If you see a Ben & Jerry's outlet at Wheelock Place in the near future, it's because we told him that's where we'd prefer to hang out, alternatives being Suntec City and Great World City. Then we headed to a nearby bar, as Thong wanted to buy vodka and get drunk. Don't ask me why! We all thought he was really weird. Anyway, the point is that the account executive at the bar is also an RJC alumnus. She shared with us this hangover remedy: Blend tomato and celery, drink and puke five minutes later. Works like a charm apparently. Then we got her namecard, with an open invitation to consult her on alcohol-related matters. Quite clearly, RJC students lead very exciting lives after they graduate. Oh yeah, Thong bought a Bacardi Breezer in the end, which is kind of sad when you consider that he was originally aiming for undiluted vodka. By the way, did you know MOE censors the Kill Everyone Project? I think they sort of missed the point of it...