Night Out with Bong and Mo (4)

Walked around the Marina area: Bugis Junction - Suntec - Marina Square - Esplanade - One Fullerton - Asian Civilization Museum - Victoria Concert Hall - Padang - War Memorial Park (which is lesser known as the Civic District because during the colonial years, this area was the administration centre for the British) with Peiying, Daphne and Jieying. We had to recce this area in preparation for our Geography fieldstudy package, where we designed a fieldwork package on the topic of tourism and we were going to bring 'students' (our 15 other classmates) to go on this fieldtrip and do some Geography activities. We had a great time charting our route, straying into Zara, admiring the bright full moon at Esplanade, taking pictures at One Fullerton, and strolling all the way to the War Memorial Park (which I affectionately call the 'Chopsticks' and they could not accept it).

Glowing moon and the Singapore Flyer

After that, met Bong and Mo at Boat Quay, where we spent the rest of the night playing board games at Minds Cafe. Although the ambience of the place was totally destroyed by the howling laughter from some of those inconsiderate patrons (especially two fat PRC-looking geeks), it was generally a comfortable place. We played Scrabble, Taboo, Payday, and I really loved this Giftrap game, whereby supposedly we had the choice of giving gifts to one another. First, a few gifts (as shown in the picture cards) will be placed on the board, and we have to rate the gifts in order of our preference. Then we have to guess what kinds of gifts each of us will like, and 'give' them to the respective person. For example, if there is a match between the gift I prefer a lot and the gift they give to me, it shows that they understand me very well.

Mo and Bong seemed to be able to guess each other's preferences correctly. I was the baddie who could not. But one thing for sure was Mo prefers laser eye surgery, Bong prefers a golden Buddha and I prefer a year's subscription to an adult magazine.

A very careful Bong

We were so engaged that we stayed till past midnight. We were playing Jenga when Mo's leg accidentally hit the table and caused the whole tower of wooden blocks to topple over. Then we realised it was getting late and decided to go home. Never knew playing board games could be so fun!