The meeting-up-cum-night-ride tonight was good. It felt like the good ol Friday leisure night ride was back. Being a farewell dinner of sorts for Dan who's going to Norway for his SEP, the focus wasn't on the ride. We headed East from our meeting point at the esplanade, where there were huge balls floating on the river at its front, and cycled a short distance to Upper East Coast Road. This was the first time i've been to the night eating place. The drinks and desserts they have are reputedly very good. I ordered 'si mud' tea which is basically just milk tea; it tasted all right. Not long after we sat down, two prominent local celebrities came along and they received immediate attention from the waiter who served them promptly. Heads turned and there was murmuring across the tables - as did happen at our table - but that was about it. No one stared rudely or continued to talk about the pair of celebrities after spotting them initially, much less approach them. Most of the patrons are young adults (late twenties to thirties) who were there having supper with their friends - very much like ourselves indeed. EY commented that in S'pore the paparazzi is not needed - because this place is so small, word gets around quickly. I say our local celebrities and other well-known public figures - whatever their profession is - have it good, coz our media/paparazzi ain't the invasive sort found in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The ride was good because, as with past friday night rides, which were then a more frequent event, it finished off with a chit-chat session over drinks and light makan. Typically i'm the more quiet one because i have little intimate knowledge about cycling news and bikes, unlike the rest of them who are truly well-informed cyclists. My ignorance therefore precludes me from contributing much to the conversation. Nevertheless, laughter usually flows with easy abundance, for there would always be crass humour, coarse jokes or cheeky, laugh-out-loud comments from someone amongst us.
Tonight was no different.
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