today has been quite a full day for me! i was up at an ungodly hour in the morning to rush off to debate training, where we did an impromptu on This House Supports The UN. this gave me a sense of deja vu for more than one reason. i remember prepping this motion for the first round of nats in J1, so i thought setting this would be highly intelligent since i already have a set of full cases and research materials. unfortunately i woke up too late to locate either, and was further hindered when i realised my toenails were rotting and needed to be repainted. so you'd imagine i was pleasantly surprised when i found i could actually give a full debrief on the UN and its track record without saying 'i think this is something everybody should go back and research on' too many times. then i remembered that once upon a time i did have quite a hand in organising RMUN, hence the knowledge. till then i actually thought i was experiencing a moment of innate intelligence :( 'twas a sad realisation!

after that i was whisked off to a reunion at my paternal grandmother's place, where tons of aunties took turns feeding me. upon my arrival, it was determined that i "look better now" that i've "put on some weight", hence the need to ensure the continuance of this trend. from then on, i was thrust with chicken rice, laksa, various other dim sum thingies, and 3 different kinds of cake: carrot, chocolate fudge and CHEESEcake. of course, i had no choice but to succumb, though i did draw the line at quail's egg in the laksa and hard-boiled egg in the rice. anybody who knows anything about me should know that i hate egg in all forms, except when it's processed into chocolate or cakes. other than that, it is no point trying to trick me into eating egg- i have evolved a highly sensitive egg radar and can smell egg even when it's disguised in sushi or custard puffs. i am the supreme food connoisseur.

eventually, i was released from my hostage situation and free to meet someone for a movie and dinner. we caught MI 3, which was really really heavy on stunts right from the start. plus the sound system in the cinema must have been on maximum, because whenever there were explosions the resonance was deafening and i literally cringed a few times. the movie reinforced my belief that tom cruise has been majorly losing hotness since katie holmes, who is clearly one billion times uglier than nicole kidman. there is a theory that if you're around ugly people a lot you become ugly too, and tomkat certainly prove this is true. luckily, jonathan rhys-myer was unexpectedly more attractive than he was as gay sports coaches in bend it like beckham and matchpoint, so the show was not completely devoid of eye candy. plus, he does speak some sexy italian for a while, which i got to observe better because walker gave me advanced notice yesterday ;D also, i have concluded that lawrence fishburne definitely does not have as much charisma as an intimidator as hugo weaving had as V in V for vendetta. barring moments of Mr Anderson lapses, i still think his voice oozes incredible sex appeal, which is something i suppose guys will never understand. if i was mean i guess i would define a sexy voice as the exact opposite of one of my debater's voice, which is like the epitome of testosterone-less gaydom. i have never been a nice person, ha ha.

for dinner we had to settle for sakae, which wasn't even having their sushi buffet promotion. this was a huge step down from the jap ala carte buffet at tsubaki which the boyfriend has been craving for for months. he was horrified that the restaurant is now closed for weekend lunches but is determined to conquer the buffet on his next book out. he is extremely picky about his food and hates being associated with places frequented by "noobs". we also discovered a ben & jerry's parlour in the middle of suntec, where i was eventually swayed towards chocolate mint and hence deprived of trying dublin mudpie, which is the week's best seller! now i will never get to eat the most popular flavour of the week :( i was also reminded of my standing ambition to start a gelato store, which will have a name that's much easier to remember than ben & jerry. it will be called GELATO STORE. simple, pronounceable, fuss-free, and the added advantage is that everytime someone says 'i feel like getting something from a gelato store', there'll only be one place to go! haha!