It’s Mr. Dave Jeow’s 20th birthday!

Coincidentally, it fell on a Sunday and the four of us, namely Chris, Dave, Eugene and I, headed to AMK for a Kbox session. Dave’s favourite. Well, ours too. Lol. Though it was a session slightly shorter than before, it was fun! We were allocated a room right opposite the executive’s, which was humongous with a capital H.

Sang to our hearts delight. Solos… duets… and bands. I loved Chris’ rendition of ‘Nan Ren Hai Yang’, a love ballad sung popular by Zhou Chuan Xiong. Oh so nice… Haha.

Towards evening, we took a bus down to Marina Square for dinner at Hot Pot Culture. Food wasn’t that bad, neither was it all that fantastic. Among all the dishes, my favourite was the BBQ pork. We ordered 2 plates of that. Yums~

We ordered cooked food, which took a million years to arrive. Thinking that they were long forgotten by the chefs, we made a second order. Shit. They came in double portions after awhile. Now, we had more to finish. The guys were filling themselves up with food. Hahaha! I just gave up. Didn’t want to torture my already dying stomach.

The price was slightly steep and no drinks were included, not even ice water. Damn. Water rationing even took place. Precisely because the drinks were pretty expensive and MSG seemed to have been poured generously into the soup. Water was scarce. The only alternative left was watermelons!! A tray filled with it and within seconds, all were gone – onto our plates. We gobbled down the pieces of watermelon like some kids who had just escaped from the desert, deprived of water.

But it was a whole new experience. A mini hot pot for each person, and the choice of soup was of personal preference. Hot and spicy was pretty nice. Sour and ohhh~~ made the taste buds leap from their positions. Chicken base was the usual that we had at hawker centers and food courts.

Hope Dave enjoyed it. Buffets no more. As Dave put it, “I’ve never felt so vulnerable without water in my life.” Lol.