Monday, October 23, 2006

The inconveniences of convenience

Meet and eat... why not?
It was after all, an early celebration (well, small get together) for our buddy Chi Yin's birthday which falls on Tuesday. Boy did we eat... 5 of us, sat and ate from 6.30pm till about 10.30pm tonight. But time passed so quickly. I guess it was one of those meetings where we had much to catch up on. And it was good. Our dinner entertainment was a present we bought her. It was an electronic Fork which twirls your speghetti for you.
At first glance you would think that this would make the PERFECT gift for a pasta lover (think chi yin) whom i found out loves PENNE (not fork twirling friendly - in fact you can eat it with a spoon). Anyway we had to borrow a pair of scissors from the friendly waiter to cut our fork packed in a blister pack-open. And then, wash the fork, only then to find out that the AAA batteries which we went to buy on a separate occasion, could not be used because the battery casing in the fork had to be opened with a small screwdriver - which- you guessed it - we didn't have. So much for convenience. ha! and we thought we had it all planned out. Anyways, Happy Birthday in advance cheekers. Was a good time spent together.

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