Avalon

Relaxed

Saturday, October 21, 2006

I must joyfully admit time did pass rather quickly this week. Wednesday was battalion anniversary dinner which prompted the string of off days that follow. Though I had to go for range and subsequently do duty yesterday, which means burning two off days, I felt surprisingly relaxed.

Wednesday's dinner was a long wait. We waited for nearly one and a half hours before the first dish came up. Talk about army discipline. We were wolfing down this plate of peanuts as though we haven't eaten for days, and the waitress had to refill it for at least 4 times, until she gave this exasperated look and said there would be an extra charge if she were to refill it once more. The dishes were well-served and the performances by MDC were not bad, a pity the audience is not exactly an artistic or appreciative lot. They had "Battalion Idol" which was loads better than the performance night event held in my sispec company. It was funny when my company representative was singing and everyone was physically lending him his voice when he sang "That way", drowning out his voice so that in the end he didn't manage to win. Haha but it was an amusing sight.

Quite expectedly Derrick performed two songs, "Kiss goodbye" and "很想你", but response was lukewarm. Obviously you won't hear those high pitch screams of "I love you" from his fans like in the tv and I can see he is accustomed to being just another "Tom, Dick and Harry" in camp. But his performance did wrap up the evening rather nicely.

This entry sounds so high-spirited, maybe because I am going to watch Lee Hom's concert later tonight. Whoo! After removing a few obstacles that tried to jeopardise my chance of going, everything turned out smoothly in the end. Really looking forward to hearing him sing live.

Envoy of the Stars @ 10:32 AM
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