My Hongkong-based officemate Vince came to Singapore for a vacation during the long weekend, so we his Singapore-based pinoy_sa_ubs channel chatmates decided to meet him tonight in Vivo City. My initial suggestion was to eat hokkien mee in Food Republic till I remembered that he was allergic to prawns. We decided to go to Thai Express instead. I’m not really a fan of Thai food, so I have no right to comment on the food there. But I had a funny moment with the waiter there. He looked Pinoy to me, so when he asked me for my order, I asked, “Pinoy ka?” He replied, “hinde.” We all cracked up.
pinoy_sa_ubs (+1) at Thai Express
After dinner, we decided to have a pictorial session with the UBS logo in our Harborfront office so that we could finally have a main picture for our Facebook group page. Thank goodness Weng had an access card. She was on duty today, the reason why we decided to meet at Vivo City in the first place. Phil’s wife, who came with him, gamely took our pictures.
Weng, Recy, me, Vince & Phil @ the Harborfront office 3rd floor
I admit, this was my idea
After that, we left Weng to work and had coffee in Starbucks at Vivo. We had another funny moment with the cashier there. We ordered Java Chip Frappuccinos and the waiter asked us if we wanted to try a couple of other new flavors they had, and we said no.
Then we had a fight with Vince who insisted that this was his treat while we insisted that it shouldn’t be. As we handed our cash and he spread his arms out to block us from the cashier, the cashier suddenly intervened, saying, “hayaan nyo na sya, treat nya daw to, eh.”
We laughed and said, “kuya naman pinahirapan mo pa kami mag-order in english, tagalog ka naman pala.” So many makulit waiters today. Sure made me miss the Philippines!
Frappes all around (thanks to Phil’s +1 for being a game photographer)
In the MRT, I ran into my flatmates Gelle and Joey, and after the rest had hopped off their stations, Vince showed us the “ghost station” between Potong Pasir and Serangoon which Vince had seen everytime he rides the train.
Recy had raised the topic over dinner, saying that it used to be a cemetery and that there were ghost stories surrounding it.
I wasn’t sure what to expect, but sure enough, after Potong Pasir (Joey’s favorite station), the train passed by a station but did not stop there, and I caught it on video. It seemed scary till I read an explanation online about how it was built in advance, a forecast in case people eventually populated the area. The magicians creed makes sense. Some things are more fun when left unexplained.