But a few hours before the dinner, i received a call from one of my students - they were asking me to join them for a triple birthday celebration at Lala Chong.
To be honest, i really wasn't that keen initially. It was supposed to be nite for me and tGiF. And furthermore, tGiF dun really know them very well. But after checking wif her, she said she din mind. So we canceled our plans.
After all, how many more opportunities would i hv to eat with my students (oh yes, i must add that these students are gonna fly off to the UK in a few weeks time)? Furthermore, tGiF and i can have our monthsary meal the next day. No biggie.
So off we went. There were 2 tables that we took up - and they asked me to order for them. No too difficult since i'm familiar with the food there. Thank goodness, the food was up to standard and all enjoyed it.
But the food wasn't the main thing - it was them students. tGiF and i really had a great time with them. It was good for me to catch up with so many of them - and they were all very nice and frenly towards tGiF too. So much so if i was busy talking to one particular student, someone else would notice tGiF left alone and go up to chat with her. As the night went on, tGiF could just go and talk to them on her own.
We had some crazy moments too!!! We had a typical chinese "yum seng" session too. We toasted the birthday people. And then they had a toast to tGiF and me. And finally, i gave a toast to them. We had a crazy "yum seng" time - here is one of it caught on video:-
If you listen carefully at the end of the clip above, u'll hear the group of older 'uncles' singing "happy birthday to you...". They were almost as crazy as we were - and they were surely at best tipsy. They were singing - and at one time, after a 'solo', we cheered them and they reciprocated!
We were really glad we went - after all all, what more do we need? Good food, great company! They truly are the nicest kids in town!
*Taken from the soundtrack of the movie version of the musical, Hairspray.
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