The 8th UGS Gathering

This was pretty much a spur of the moment thing, deciding to have a gathering on the last day of 2006, just before some UGSers head for National Service tomorrow, and school starts next week. So, to the people who did go, Cedric, Kenny, Danny, Tay, Jylene, Jeryl, Benjamin, Angeline and Garrick, good on you guys for making it on such short notice.. And thanks especially for Cedric and Kenny for helping to inform everyone. If Kenny is going to blog about this, probably going to mention how many people he has had to chauffeur for the gathering. Haha. Thanks anyway.

First stop was at Star cineplex, where the plan was to catch the so called "most terrifying movie of the year", The Host. Due to some mix up, we ended up in the wrong cinema hall, wasn't until few minutes of seeing Amber Chia on screen did we realise "Posessed" was on. So, half of the gang moved over next door to catch The Host, albeit 20 minutes late. The other half of the gang, tsk tsk, wasted RM9 to watch the Malaysian made movie that should only cost RM5 to watch. Well, The Host isn't all too bad. Have to confess that it's the first horror movie and first Korean movie I've watched at the cinemas. Actually, it isn't all too much of a horror, more of a thriller. In fact, the most cringing moment was watching the medical team extract tissue sample from the main character from the collarbone area using a syringe, which should be done with the patient under general anaesthetic, however the person seemed to be immune to anaesthetic. All in all, it's a movie that requires some afterthought to realise it's significance.

After the movie, another problem cropped up, where to eat. Seems a bit ridiculous, considering that Kuching is a heaven for good cheap eats, but it's actually quite tough to find somwhere that can accomodate everyone's preferences. Plus, the rain did somehow made things worse, had to figure out to get from one place to another. Finally, we did settle on going to the Philipino place at Padungan Road, Pinoy something something, I couldn't get its name. Food there isn't all too bad, but servings were kinda small, considering the price. Don't know whether the guys felt full after that meal, I don't think I did. Haha. Oh but nevermind, it's nice to try new things for a change.

So there the 11 of us were, including Angeline's friend, Aricka, all in some kinda shady looking Philipino eatery, the rain pouring outside, and foreign Philipino karaoke music blaring in the background. A bit surreal. As usual, I guess I kinda clammed up, tend to get a bit quiet at these gatherings, what with such noisy, boisterous people around. Plus, it's interesting to hear them talk, and observe. Haha.
There was Cedric, with his self mantra, "I'm a blogger", while he snapped photo after photo of the food and people. And there was Jylene, the person who introduced us to the eatery and ordered our food for us with confidence that only an experienced person could have, I have no idea how to pronounce all those weird food names. Then there was Angeline, who was watching as her brother, Benjamin was obviously not following his diet. Not to mention, Tay, who just had to showcase his gadgets, his Sony T30, blue Ipod Nano, nokia 6630, but somehow his usual companion the sony ericsson w800i was absent. Certainly an interesting lot of people.

Okay, sorry for the lack of photos, the current pc I'm using is going to be replaced next week as it's too ancient and can't be fixed, been with me for about 6 years. So, until I get my new pc, wouldn't be uploading and posting any new photos. Ah, can barely wait to experience what dual core performance is like...