BBQ

The BBQ last night was good. Everyone seemed to be having fun and I hope no one felt left out. Chris and I did our best going around talking to the different groups of people. I guess it's not surprising that there were about 3 or 4 small groups of people and they stuck mostly to their comfort zones. I used to be like that but now I don't want anyone to feel awkward or alone because I know what it's like. I think Chris did lots of entertaining too. Everyone was really friendly and some were more chatty and open than others. The food was pretty good although we couldn't get the grill hot enough so there were a lot of "rejected" meat. The guys stayed mainly at the grill while some went upstairs to watch soccer. At least they were in a pretty big group so I'm sure they were fine. Some people were surprised that there were about 20 people present. Maybe they expected a small and exclusive BBQ? But I preferred it this way. The more the merrier after all, even though it meant more work and socializing for the hosts. Hmm...HH's friends were nice enough to bring chips. Only 1 packet was opened since there was too much food anyway and everyone were pretty full. I loved HH's honeydew sago. It was not too sweet but it might have been better with ice. YJ's friends were very friendly and fun. At least they were the kind you could "suan" and they wouldn't mind. I seem to have seen one of his friends somewhere before but I just can't put my finger on it. Plus he is from QUT. Alamak and I can't remember their names. I just know one of them is doing Business and another IT. Oh well, maybe we'll meet again, either here or in S'pore, then I will get their names right. There was quite a lot of food left over. I still have 1 pack of sausages in my fridge. I hope I can finish it before I leave. I've been trying to clear the perishables but there's still plenty.

The guys went home to play mahjong after the BBQ since they had a car. I decided to go for the second round so I stayed home and bathed. I was pretty exhausted from the whole eventful day and my feet were aching anyway. I couldn't keep my eyes open while watching tv but when I lay on my bed, I couldn't get to sleep. I've been having sleeping problems for the past few days and it's such a pity. Now that I have all the time in the world, I can't get to sleep. Such irony! In the end, when I got to their place for the second round, they took so long and I got even more tired that I went home to rest. I think they played on until about 5 am this morning. I wasn't feeling too good since I had been sneezing and my nose running the whole day.

I woke up around 11 am to go down to uni. I had to photocopy my poly results and pass them to the lecturer. I hope he gives me an answer soon. I don't have much time left.

I came back to heat up some leftovers for lunch and H came and gave me lots of presents! Haha, actually it's because he's going back soon and he wanted to get rid of his stationery. Oh well, at least he decided to dump them on me; I could really use them. Ah Hao also passed me some of his stuff the night before. Yay!!! Free stuff!!! I love it!!!

I slept almost the whole day away. Taking my "sleeping pills" will do that and I was woken up to have dinner with Tommy, Wan Shi and their friends who made this pasta thing. I have no idea what it's called except that it was good, there were lots of tomato sauce and the pasta were stuffed with chopped spinach and cheese.

Surprisingly, even though I had slept plenty earlier on, I was still sleepy. I sat out in the living room by myself watching 30 days. This episode was about 2 people staying at this eco-village for 30 days. Everything done there was done to benefit the earth and reduce pollution. They drove in cars which ran on bio-fuel (made from soy beans) and vegetable oil (purified from the unwanted oils which came from fast food joints and cafes; the dirty oils were so disgusting man, there was even a cockroach floating in it). They stayed in houses either built from sand and water (no cement) or recycled big steel containers, the kind used to store stuff. They planted their own vegetables and spices and the people were mainly vegan and there was no meat. It was pretty funny because the guy who took up this challenge was a carnivour (just like me) and he was going crazy from the lack of meat. So he took this gun and went hunting for rabbits. I think throughout the show he ate and killed at least 2 rabbits. Here's the best part which Steph will LOVE!!! They pee and shit in a bucket! Hahaha, they use these plastic buckets and just put a toilet seat over it. There's a pail of sawdust beside this so after you do your business and wipe your bottom, you take the sawdust and sprinkle it over your waste. Then the next person who uses the toilet will continue to shit or pee over that layer and this goes on until the bucket is full. That's not all. When the bucket is full, they bring this out to the garden where there is a compost pile and dump it there to be used as fertilizer. So there's this big pit of brown stuff which is all manure or "humanure" as they like to call it. Imagine the stench coming from this pit! All in all, I appreciate what these people are trying to do, but taking up their lifestyle seems pretty hard. Installing a set of solar panels for the house would cost like US$ 20,000! Having a car run on vegetable oil means that your car will be smelling of old french fries all the time. And giving up meat??!! That's waaaaaay too hard man!