Tachikawa NO JIRETTAI BURO-GU!

Today has got to be one of the best days of my supposed ‘holiday’man!. The reason why I place as so can be summed up in one word, or more of a short-formed abbreviation: N *bleep*’ TU. Heh, ok, so maybe it wasn’t that bad, but hey, it could have been worse right? (a LOT worse..) *wink*

Alright, now, back to me. Well, why, you may ask? You know how sometimes people say that you should spare some time for yourself, just to distress and relax, without the buzz of the city life? I did just that today. I started out my day well…. how should I say this, hmmm, a little slow? Waking up at 10, a little itsy bitsy piano playin’ here and there, and woops, I fell back down onto my bed and back to slumber land! Again, waking up at 12, a little television here and there and I had to go out for a little religious obligation…and then I was back. Home. Its been a while since I spent time on the internet, you know, keeping the tabs on the latest online fads, jokes, chatting to some of the coolest dudes and dudettes out there (you know who I’m talking ‘bout ). And I did just that. Till 6 in the evening. Now THAT’S when the fun begins.

Ok, a little check on the present situation. My comrade-in-arms Grace AXP is away in some camp having fun, and since she’s the only person I hang out at the Esplanade with, I had no one to go with on my usual weekly Esplanade outing…sigh.

So off I went, alone. I made a piano room booking with the Esplanade library for around 8 a few hours before hand. Its not like I don’t have a piano at home, but the Esplanade library has just gotta be the best place to hang out you know? They have them cool ambient lighting, just sufficient air-conditioning, lush black leather sofas for you to lounge in, a small pseudo-dancing studio with comfy stools, music listening stations for you to sample the finest collections of classical and contemporary music at your own pleasure, window ledges allowing you to sit down and stare out into the oh-so-funky horizon of the Singapore city skyline and of course!, who can forget the really nice and so aptly-placed piano room, facing the Singapore river! It has just got to be the most inspirational place, well, at least at night, with such a jazzy and funky atmosphere, who can help but to just fall in love with the whole place? But of course, it doesn’t feel the same without Grace around (cue: awwwwww.. heh heh ^ – ^)

So yeah, I played to my heart’s content there, eliciting the usual curious glances I got as to whom was playing such a melodious tune (heh heh, ego check one-two ) without the aid of any musical notes. I really really really like, no, LOVE, the whole atmosphere. It’s just so amazing! T .o. T Oh well, once it was time to leave, I noticed a small little hip-hop festival happening just in front of the Esplanade, right next to the Singapore River. Now how cool is THAT? A few local hip-hop acts performed, and I had to admit they were pretty good! Them Malay rappers were pretty much waxing lyrical! Finally, the coup de grace, TOO PHAT! This famous rap duo had been doing some really good rapping over the Singapore airwaves and their funky lyrics and stage presence blew the crowd away! Spent an hour there. Great stuff! (Of course who also could not notice them really cute chicks around? ^ – ^)

And now, yeap. I’m here sipping on my Grande Café Latte in Starbucks, with my laptop, on my comfy trademarked Starbucks couch (!!) typing this out. Right out of the movies. You know how you always see them people with their laptops and their cool Starbucks coffee styrofoam cups in the movies? Well, here I am doing a pretty darn well re-enactment of it. Funky! Yeah. 50 mins of blog typing, right in the heart of Starbucks. Life IS beautiful isn’t it? Oh well, its close to 11pm. Think its just about time I leave this place. A perfect end to a perfect day. A little time to myself, a little R&R. Tomorrow’s a whole new day yo! Signing out from Starbucks City Hall at 10:59pm, jya ne~! *big grin*

P.S. There was this really vivid dream I had of something really interesting last night, it was virtually mind-boggling! Will talk more on that in my next post. Later~!