dinner with the math department
yesterday was the last day of school, since friday was declared a college holiday. how time flies... half a term of relief teaching just went by like that!
to celebrate the improvement in the a level grades in maths, the dean of maths treated the entire department to dinner at orchard hotel. waited in school till around 6, before setting off to the hotel with a few math department teachers. mrs kwan was driving, and kindly gave us a lift. we encountered a little jam along the way, but managed to reach our destination about 5 min early.
dinner was buffet styled, and the spread was quite impressive. i went for the japanese food first -- sashimi, sliced abalone and sushis. the abalone was very juicy and succulent, while the sashimi and sushis were fresh, so they tasted delicious. i have quite a small appetite, so what i basically just tried a little of everything. satay, scallop, crab, mushrooms, roast duck, steamed fish etc.
haha i had a bad experience with the chilli crab. i just took the crab without thinking cos i love crabs, only to realise that the crab wasnt cracked. so i went to ask for the tool to crack the crab, but apparently it wasnt available, so the chef asked if he could bring it to the kitchen "to get it done". haha i wonder what tools he used, but it was cracked when he handed it back to me. as the crab wasnt cracked prior to cooking, the sauce didnt manage to seep into the flesh inside, so it wasnt really very tasty. :/
after that, i started on dessert. ms chia got very excited about this chocolate with gold on top, which one teacher took. and she was commenting how it would be good for complexion. but when she went to the buffet table, the chocolate was gone, so the rest of us never got to try it. but i spotted a chocolate fondue fountain, and placed a stick of marshmallow under the fountain. the chocolate was bitter-sweet, and thick, so i loved it a lot. i then went on to try other desserts, including a durian dessert, and herbal jelly.
it was certainly quite an experience to have dinner with some of my ex math tutors (mr tan, mrs cheang and ms wang), and having casual chats with the math department teachers. it didnt turn out as awkward as i expected, and in fact some of the teachers even joked around with me!
after dinner, i got a lift from ms wang and we chatted about my class on our way back. and so concludes my interesting last day of school. now looking forward to a one way break! :D
consilio et animis
3/13/2009 08:23:00 PM
