2nd UGS mini-gathering, Pizza Hut/Spiderman 3/iGloo

We UGSers took advantage of the day off on 1^st of May to catch Spiderman 3 on the first day it was shown in Malaysian theatres. For this 2^nd mini-gathering, 5 UGSers turned up and two non-UGSers. There were Garrick, Tay, Zhe Rong, Andrew, Lau, Siaw Fern and me.

Well well, it seems like we never learn from mistakes and planning is never quite as thorough for gatherings. The plan was just to meet up at Pizza Hut for lunch at noon and then head for the 1.30pm show. I got tickets on Sunday, thinking that there it would be hard to get tickets later on, and rightly so. Once again, I’m sorry that I turned up late for lunch, but when I got there, they just started ordering. Somehow, we only ended up exiting Pizza Hut at 1.25pm. Needless to say, we were late. Sorry Andrew we made you wait. Urgh.

Anyway, during lunch our order was messed up, they added extra cheese toppings for both the pizzas, and on top of the extra two servings of garlic bread that someone ordered, we ended up paying more each than expected. RM13.60.. Hmm..

See? We had eight pieces of breadsticks, and on top of that two servings of garlic bread. Whew, this people certainly aren’t on Atkins diet.

And see the extra cheese on the pizzas? We didn’t ask for that, and didn’t realise we were charged extra for that till much later.

Thank goodness both Garrick and Lau drove, or else I don’t know how we could make it to Star as fast. Although, taking into account the time we had to spend to look for parking.. Hmm, I do wonder which way would be faster, to walk or drive.

Anyway, when we got into the theatre, Mary Jane was already belting out her song on Broadway, I’m not sure how much of the beginning we missed. The movie was unexpectedly long, two and a half hours! Some kids in the audience were getting restless and they certainly were not quiet about it. Ah, but the movie itself was quite good. Although I did get carried away sometimes, such as seeing Spiderman and Harry duel it out among the skyscrapers and knocking off bricks while doing so. Which made me wonder at the speed the bricks were falling to the ground, how many people would it injure or kill?

Then after the movie, we were just gathered around the lift area discussing where to go to next. And we really had no idea. Déjà vu again, reminded me of a previous ugs gathering. Then meanwhile, Andrew just suddenly disappeared without a word. One moment he was standing near the doors, then the next he wasn’t there. Only found out later that his car had arrived afterall.

After some time, finally settled on going to Hock Lee. Wasn’t all that much to see. And when we got thirsty and went to the food court, there wasn’t much to drink either. Then, Garrick suggested that we go to this place that serves a special kind of shaved ice at 4 and a half mile.

Here’s where Garrick’s favourite parking space in Hock Lee is, at Basement 3, the lowest floor where nobody really parks except for a few cars. The place is eerily quiet..

If you’re an Apple lover, you probably listen to music on your iPod…
Probably owned an iMac or iBook before..
Look forward to laying your hands on an iPhone..
If you’re an Apple lover, you will pronounce the name of this place we went to as “iGloo” (aih-gloo), just as Tay did. Brainwashed by Apple liao.

This place basically sells flavoured shaved ice with toppings, and they cost RM4.50 and above.

I had a Milk Ice with Chocolate toppings, RM4.80. The ice seems kind of fluffy, I’m not sure how they make it with that texture. Saw the machine used to make it though, and it looks like the same kind that I saw in a tv travel show before at Hong Kong, or was it Taiwan. Then the menu shows that this place is actually an interenational franchise. Who would have thought..

Anyway, the tables there were all glass topped and they built a shelf beneath it where magazines were put for the customers’ perusal. But they seemed to be some kind of advertisement stuck to the glass-topped tables which made it look kind of off-putting.

Everybody ended up mostly reading magazines instead of conversing. Or pointing out things in the magazines. Hmm.

The display on the glass window was interesting though it didn’t really seem to fit with the overall theme.

Candid shots never quite turn out eh.. Just like this one..

And here’s a photo of Garrick and Zhe Rong engrossed in their magazines. Sigh, leaving me looking like a madwoman snapping away photos. No camera companions this time.

Okay, so the gathering this time wasn’t too bad. But could have been better? Hope to get more people to go next time, especially the admins.