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Dark chocolate?
Checked.

Unsalted butter?
Checked.

Sugar? Self-raising flour?
Checked and... checked.

Unpacking groceries I got from Jason's as I type. Gonna make my killer CHOCOLATE ANNIHILATION CUPCAKES and BANANA BREAD tomorrow morning. Must remember to get bananas. Oh, more butter too. Ditto eggs and sugar...

Initial plan was tiramisu, but Jason's ran outta sponge fingers!!! Couldn't believe my luck... all the way there to get it and yet don't have! Sighs. Have to postpone to next time.

Des and Edmund are gonna try those tomorrow. Ed who??? Ok here's the story:

*Tue*
Met up with Des on Tues after badmintion (he wanted to look for sweatshirt). Ironic..... coz it was moi who bought a new one instead. It's real cool! Fire-engine red from Adidas. Almost everyone took a second glance when i wore it. LOL.

His friends asked me to join for dinner. So 4 guys + 1 gal wined & dined at a kewl Brazilian restaurant right opposite Guthrie House at Sixth Avenue. They serve da best roasted fish, I swear! Almost everything that can be eaten was roasted on a sword-looking skewer: lamb, chicken, bacon and ham, sirloin, tenderloin, ribs, chicken liver, kidneys blah blah and blah. For the 1st time, I had CHICKEN HEART. Well, I've got to admit it's saltish and springy and tastes absolutely yummilicious........

Oh Lord bless the 20 chickens who had sacrificed their hearts for the gastronomical delights of mankind...... (the boys had 5 hearts each; mine was from Des's plate).

His frens are kewl. Crappy people, and same frequency! Edmund was the first to gimme his namecard, and to ask wat I'm doing.

Divine.. brownies. tarts. cheesecakes...... SMU??

"No wonder you look familiar!" it finally dawned on me.

Turns out he was featured on last week's Urban mag of Straits Times. No wonder I thought I've seen him before. So coincidental I'd purposely kept that issue (the commemorandum edition). Read it a few times, and his "gummie brownie" got stuck in my head. To think I'd meet the baker himself a few days later! Life really DOES like to do funny takes on us from time to time..

David was nice too, navy regular. Nicknamed "Captain" by the boys, haha. He reminds me of a certain someone, but I couldn't remember who. My cousin perhaps?

I proposed Paulaners when they were thinking of where to go after dinner. Ed was two hands up, and the rest were in too. I was naturally the most happy one la... my fave pub mah. Haha.. it's like the default for me if I dunno where else to go.

Had only one glass of dark.. didn't wanna drink much coz we already had 2 glasses Shiraz during dinner. PLus needa work the next day. Got home about 3. Ed asked when I'm droppin by his place, so I suggested "this weekend? Drop by with my tiramisu.. heh." Thus the baking tomorrow.....

*Wed night*
Wed night met up with Geraldine and Kate. Gerie's timing damn good.. just as major shit happened, I received her msg during my (reluctant) lunch. Not a pretty sight at all, force-feeding...

"Hey baby, how've you been?"

Stumped by the message.. we haven't caught up in a while. Yet her sms couldn't came in at a more appropriate time. Forcing myself to swallow the rice, I replied. We arranged for dinner that very night. Asked Kate along too.. Gerie's lookin prettier everyday! But received shocking news about her break up. Never expected it to happen. Never expected her to take it so easy.

"Perhaps I didn't really put in a lot too.. "

"Thought u guys gonna ROM soon?? SHocked the hell outta me when I saw your msg,"

"NO la! Since when?? Never once did we even talk about settling down.. The thing just died, and we let it be. Can't really see a future with him.."

"Ok.. as long as you're fine," i smiled.

Went jazz@southbridge after that.. Didn't know where else to go for drinks. Me, Gerie, Des, and his gym colleague, Owen. Music's good.. pianist was fantastic. They've really improved since the last time I was there. And yes, the memories came as though it happened only yesterday. Still remember bringing baby to that place on our 1st meet up. That was where Jes, Am and Kate 1st saw him too. Brought Yayat to that place.... still remember baby asking the manager to re-cut his cigar... and the picture-taking, with us teasing Yayat about his "excellent" camera skills..

Anyways that was it. Reached home early about 1plus. Knocked out till 1130 the next day, the 1st dae of Raya.

*Thurs*
Went town.. dinner.. bishan.. ntuc.. bus.. home. Couldnt stay home, and needed to get out mix with people. Not hide at home and mope. Sorry Des, had to let your ass suffer the long bus journey home... treat you nice nice food tomorrow.

Ok, I'm woozy. Gonna shower and hit the sack. 'Nuff typing for the night.... ciao~