I am a person that has his attention deteriotes once the long-hand ticks to 9pm and a person that knocks out at 10pm. People call me the 10 o clock man. In fact, it is true because after 10pm, even though I am awake, I am a zombie, an empty shell moving but brain sleeping.
Living with so little rest these few days is really unbearable for me. I felt no sense of life in my day, till the extent of asking myself, "Is life meaningless?" In addition to that depression, comes along Army Half Marathon 21km. My god sister says that my eyes seem as if they could not open, my face's expression as if someone has died. Indeed, I am so tired with muscles aching everywhere, especially my knees. Nonetheless, not to dismay my god brother as it is his birthday celebration today, I went.
It was really an eye opener tonight. We headed to UOB tower for dinner at Sichuan Restaurant. The ambiance, the seats, the table, the presentation were high-class. Something that fascinated me was the way the waiter served us tea. It is a profession, I would say, which requires high-level of training. You might be think, what the ..? Yes, it really does.
Do you recall seeing the ancient china flask with a long "nose" protruding out from the flask? That is what that tea server used. For every single cup of tea that he pours, he presented his tea pouring skills with different stance. One of which, was the "eagle" stance. He laid the flask on his back with both of his hands protruding out, soaring like eagles. The skillful part is this, he managed to pour out the tea and yet maintain a spill less finish!
After which is the way they serve the dish called Peking Duck Roll. The chef pushed a trolley with a freshly cooked Peking duck out. Then he will sliced the skin of the duck and its meat to individual plates. Concurrently, the waitress will place the skin, meat and some vegetables into a wrap to finalize the dish. You can say that this is my first time seeing such scene.
Overall was good just that I was so tired that I could not fully appreciate the dinner. It is kind of wasted. Anyway, I ate with a celebrity. Not literally though. He was sitting a table in front of me and guess who is it? It is our local singer, Lin Jun Jie. I had many observations about him and ...
