how do you do a 9 for a 10-脸拍
went to mdm wen's house yesterday for an early CNY house visit. it is certainly great to meet my sec sch classmates again, especially when im super free. we were supposed to meet at bishan mrt and i was a little early, so i went to borrow more books again. i think im about to finish reading all the iris johansen books in bishan library HAHA.
after that, we headed to mdm wen's house. for some reason, even though i had been to her new house before, i kept thinking her house was at the old location. on the way to mdm wen's current house, i realised the mistake when the bus which we were taking went by my house. it was then that i remembered that she actually shifted house a while ago, and to get there, i must travel in the direction OPPOSITE of the route from my house to j8. so i kinda made a wasted trip to j8. but well, im quite free now, i could do with the exercise. and i also got to borrow more books haha.
we had dinner at mdm wen's house. and she bought LOTS of food for us. i have a really small appetite, and if not for my other classmates, i guess alot of the food would have gone to waste. ): throughout dinner, mdm wen asked us to psycho her child not to go into NCC. apparently her son was drawn to that CCA because of the chance to touch a rifle. and we immediately told him about how he would have all the opportunities in the world to touch rifles in army, and there was no need to rush himself into the experience so soon.
after dinner, mdm wen immediately told us to "get down to business". by that, she meant playing mahjong. i havent touched mahjong since sec 4, so i totally forgot alot about the tai2 and playing strategies. so i teamed up with
zhenghao who said he was a little rusty too.
we had a really interesting strategy, which was playing to break even. so we go for stuff like gang4, even if it disrupts our tile layout, so that we will be able to get money from the others on the table, and even if we lose, the gang4 might hopefully cover our losses :D we had a really excellent pairing, as we got lucky with the tiles on multiple occasions. so in the end we still managed a POSITIVE score! it was fun getting to feel the tiles and "wash" the tiles again, but i certainly have a lot more to learn for mahjong.
after the game of mahjong, we took group shots. after that, mdm wen suggested a 10 脸拍! so we took some really embarrassing shots. and after taking numbers 1 to 8, we were stuck at 9. we tried thinking of ways to show 9 but none of them could make the mark. haha... i remember usually people only do 7 脸拍 instead of 10... so mebbe there isnt a no 9. anyway, i decided to name this entry after this intriguing question so that maybe some experts out there may chance upon my blog and enlighten me on how to take a pic for 9. :D im just curious haha...
by the time we were ready to go, it was already quite late. it wasnt an issue for me, but there were people who lived quite far away, so mdm wen's husband gave us a lift. and before that, we each got a red packet from mdm wen. wow i think this is the first time ever that i didnt receive my first red packet for cny from my parents. anyway, it was a really memorable and enjoyable night, all thanks to the mdm wen and
yihan for organising the gathering!
consilio et animis
1/24/2009 10:29:00 PM
