ACVickie: First Day Of 2013

Little Summary Picture I drew with crayons because I wanted to be 6 years old again.

Simon and I walked from 2012 to 2013, traversing the years in 12 hours of random walking.

Yup.

We WALKED.

We met up late in the evening, and since neither of us had a camera, we didn't get any decent photos. I would have loved to post my New Year's outfit but no can do for now! I decided to debut a white denim skirt for 2013 since I've not worn a proper skirt for a long, long time.

Maybe next time I'll get a picture with it! I love to document my life here (as Simon calls it: Documenting my life.) and 12 hours is a very long duration. Fortunately Simon has summed it up pretty accurately :

*WARNING*

THIS IS VERY LONG.

SKIP IF YOU'RE LAZY TO READ.

2012:

Met up at Jurong East where Simon had acid reflux.

- Cash Withdrawal

- Chicken Pie Talk

- Didn't buy tissue

Took the train to Raffles Place.

- Introduction to an app game, The Room

- Completely proved my intelligence

- Found a deserted Raffles Place

- Stalked around the area

- First encounter with up-skirter

- Burger King dinner with A LOT of chili

- Simon fascinated with a sound tube thingy at BK

- Walked down to Starbucks

- Simon got Green Tea Latte

- Served by "Creepy Smiling Guy" in Simon's own words

Continuation of walking.

- Found the customs house and I insisted that it looked like the airport

- Made our way to Marina Bay where we saw electric kites I called "Flying Sperms"

- Discovered a lone wishing ball that floated far away from the rest

- Blessings given to the rogue wishing ball

- Found the "Flying Sperms" controllers further down the road

- Endured an embarrassingly bad singer on a tiny stage

- Went looking for washrooms in Marina Bay Sands Shoppes

- Discovered another mutual friend (Tiny world…)

- Gawked at Harley Davison and Ferrari while fighting off flashing cameras

- Simon plagued with my incessant chattering

- Simon DRAGGED (literally) into Victoria Secrets where he held up pretty well

- Walked past an old lady wearing cool glasses with electric lights

Outside the comfort of air-conditioning.

- Bulldozed our way through too many people

- Narrowly missed a pickpocket TWICE (the same guy!)

- Second encounter with up-skirter

- Admired SEA's first Island Maison and world's largest Louis Vuitton Boutique

- Walked past breakdancing boys

- Enjoyed huge blasts of Wind

My first time entering Gardens by the Bay.

- Beautiful view of urban Singapore

- Introduced my Stickman app game to Simon

- Simon learnt that in life, he should burn the bridges he's crossed, not the bridges he hasn't

- A lot more wind, making walking quite enjoyable

- Decided our moms would love each other if they could get pass the language barrier

- Heard the Killers and Simon thought they were the Kings of Leon (tsktsk!)

- We randomly burst out singing Somebody Told Me by The Killers

- Whoops and high-fives for the Arctic Monkeys

Found ourselves at Marina Barrage.

- I had tears of joy when we heard Paradise from Coldplay

- Uncharacteristic cursing from me when Gangnam Style messed up Paradise

- MORE WIND (YES!)

- Enjoyed the pretty good DJ's mixes

- Chilling in our little spot away from the crowd in the middle of the grass patch

2013:

- Wicked fireworks display

- Fury of replying well-wishes

- Enjoyed more music while giggling at dancers

- Walked to the back of the stage and soaked in the contrast of tranquility and wild partying

- Simon witnessing for the first time, Singaporean's non-stop Ewah-ing

- Tweeted some pictures while the music got progressively crappier

- Headed down for supper because Simon wants satay

- Met the Satay Boy and had really good satay with Snapple Cranberry juice

- Fun Fact: Alaska was bought from Russia for 2 cents an acre

- Saw a statue and we both agreed Mother Nature has nice breast

- Found another artifact with the sign printed in American English

- Headed to an unopened coffee shop with the tables still unwrapped

- I remarked that the car was smartly parked in an empty parking lot

- Simon said, "There's probably a couple making out in there"

- More sniggers

- Onions assaulting my tongue while I dug the satay cup for cucumbers

- Whipped out Ophelia the iPad to watch some Youtube videos

- Official introduction of Tomorrow Land to Simon

Continuation of walking. Again.

- I liked that the unopened coffee shop had a hand-wash corner with running water

- Headed back to Marina Bay Sands Shoppe

- I started to get tired and quiet and Simon enjoyed me shutting up for once

- Tracked down the cab stand and found it impossible to get a cab

- Gave Simon's mom a call for a pickup

- Simon's mom PMS-ed and left Simon to die

- Accidentally walked into a carpark and Simon declared, "Welcome to my garage!"

We attempt to rescue ourselves.

- Walked to BayFront MRT station and found it closed

- Cursed SMRT for inaccurate information on their website

- Trekked down to Marina Bay MRT station with hope

- Met Simon's juniors who gawked at me (Awkward)

- Let down again when Marina Bay MRT station was closed too

- Simon got a bit mad and started belting out, "OH CHRISTMAS TREE!"

- Whipped out Ophelia and as fate would have it, the Killers were on with Somebody Told Me

- Bumped into the Juniors again (More Awkward)

- We walked ahead and noticed a drunk man

- Drunk man ran across red lights ("cause he can." as Simon says)

- Lent my battered up mobile to a lady because I'm so nice

First time at Lau Pa Sat (old market in Hokkien Dialect), Singapore's first wet market.

- Simon introduced satay pricing to me

- Simon bought some passionfruit tea and my favourite Minute Maid Orange Juice

- Simon napped as I played more of The Room

- Completely stumped Simon with my intelligence

- Continued our walking after I completed one stage in The Room

- Very nice of Simon to help message my sore right shoulder

- Found a 7-11 with tables and dragged Simon to explore it

- I wanted a KitKat but Simon didn't let me get it

- Simon throwing my Orange Juice around which I didn't like (DON'T MESS WITH MY OJ!)

- Administered my "Friend's Test" which Simon passed (Well done!)

- Right shoulder got increasingly pain (Odd because my bag was slung from my left shoulder)

- I bravely ignored the pain and carried on

- We started yelling out songs

- Lots of laughing throughout the night (don't' even remember why)

- Caught sight of the Pinnacle@Duxton which we've been wanting to go to

- Twirled around with my OJ and remarked that I like the name Maxwell
- Almost spat OJ on Simon because I couldn't stop laughing

- I thought that people walking behind us on the drains sounded like a basketball bouncing

We sat down in front of the Ministry of Development for a rest.

- Got Simon to help massage my shoulder a bit more

- We figured my shoulder is probably strained from my daily swim

- First time seeing a Chinese male gay couple walking past us

- Simon getting excited as he spotted Munahandhizri from YouTube

- Simon suggested Aqua-therapy for my screwed up shoulder (he meant, "Swim some more!")

- I needed the washroom (how convenient)

- Walked a great way towards a coffee shop area

- Simon decided the public toilets should be clean since it was very early in the morning (4+)

- Diagnosed a bulimic in the cubicle beside mine

- We walked all the way down to Chinatown

- Found a 7-11 and Simon got us some muscle spray and fruit tips sweet

- Turned into an alley while I recounted my friend's suicide with her eczema spray

- Simon administered the spray on my right shoulder which was a great relief

- We saw some cops dealing with some gangsters with Simon didn't like

- We detoured up to some really gloomy back alley

- Encountered some cats along the way

- I liked the cats

- Simon was very wary

It was very spooky here.

- Went down a cool spiral staircase

- Came face to face with a pitch black back alley that looked really scary

- Took a wise turn onto a random road

- Somehow we walked towards Boon Tat Street

- Simon introduces to me MudPie or SoilCake

- Stories about gangsters

- Very strange encounter with an old lady with a trolley that sparked my memory of a nightmare

- Walked passed Chinese Methodist Church

- A rooster calling made both of us jump

- I got tensed and Simon just continued walking

Finally, we found our transport home: Tanjong Pagar MRT Station.

- I felt more relaxed as we walked through the super long underpass

- I showed Simon my zombie impersonation and it cracked him up

- We sat down at the train station and waited for an empty enough train to board

- Again, lots of random laughing for no apparent reason

- My shoulder was in major pain and I was in between laughing and crying

- Simon had on his WTF expression and it made me laugh

- We saw this funny man and couldn't help sniggering

- Simon tried to smile with teeth and it made me laugh so hard that my shoulder hurt more

- We got on the 6th train where I got a seat (thankfully)

- Simon had to stand and visited the pearly gates about 6 times before we got to my stop

- Simon finally gets a seat beside me and knocks out for 2 stops

- Extremely silent as we walked from the train station to the bus stop

- Took the bus and I kept bumping my head on the divider for god knows how many times

- Simon diagnosed me as self-destructive

- Awkward tired goodbyes as Simon sends me to my block

Conclusion of the 13 hour date (minus traveling home time) was me texting Simon a thank you message and losing consciousness.

The first day of 2013 saw me STILL cleaning out my wardrobe. Absolutely loathe clearing out my clothes because I LOVE THEM! Who doesn't!? *glares*

I do know the importance of keeping your wardrobe fresh and new though, so I shall grit my teeth and continue clearing.

Just a side note:

My wardrobe is not usually messy. I hauled all my clothes from my bed into the wardrobe to get a quick picture. You don't want to see the wardrobe beside this one!