Single men are like waffles & single women are like spaghetti???

I took a cab to Raffles Place yesterday to meet Wanhua because I was late. The cab driver then told me about how hard it is to be a cab driver these days. My sympathies really. They really go through shit and still hafta tahan complaints from the general public. He said he can barely make any profit now. I hope things will get better...

We went for this seminar yesterday evening & I didnt feel as though I've learnt anything new. The speakers assumed that most men behave this way & most women behave this way. Next, they taught us the standard ways to handle males & females, based on the simplistic assumptions. They forgot that in our world today, men dont just behave like a typical man and women dont only display female characteristics. On top of that, they completely overlooked the personality differences which might affect the way two individuals interact. WH was flabbergasted at their ease of using sweeping generalisations which only serves to reinforce gender stereotypes. I suppose the only fruitful thing, was us using our own experiences to compare with the stuff they asserted. At least, they made us think about our own lives and our relationships.

Therefore, I was quite disappointed. I thought these people would have more insightful things to share with us, but they just taught from their own life experience which is EXTREMELY narrow minded. I remembered they mentioned dropping their social circles after their marriage and literally living in a 2-person world. How is that possible? And is that even healthy?! I didnt understand the purpose of the seminar, since the last few slides were about marrying early & having as many kids as possible. Like HELLO, SDU, thats a wee bit too OBVIOUS?? Nvm, I'll pass the notes to Ian anyway. Haha. Oh well, never mind, I'm grateful for the goodie bag, which wasn't that bad. Haha. Plus, we had 3 helpings, one on each level of the buffet spread. Hurhur.

By the way, we made too much noise and disturbed this row of guys in front of us. So this guy found us really irritating and told us to shut up. The thing was that, he actually applied the stuff the speakers talked about! (*cough* loser!) He introduced himself, we shook hands & told us that we can talk to his friends. I was like eeerrr. sorry about the noise. ok... (But, no thanks.)

Oh yeah, there was an article (in this magazine which they gave out) talked about how to make small talk. Ivy, WH & I found it super amusing since it borders on being downright ridiculous. Let me demonstrate...
Firstly, let's assume A & B are socially awkward creatures in a social setting. Both have meticulously internalised the useful phrases for one to break the ice with a stranger, as well as the phrases to keep the conversation flowing.

Ice breaking time.
A: Isnt this a lovely evening?
B: (attempts to keep up with the conversation with the suggested phrases.) Errr... I didnt know that!
A: (stunned, but tries again.) This food is delicious, but I'm not sure what i'm eating. Do you know what this is?
B: That's so interesting. Go on!
A: -_-||

I'll just break the glass window and jump off the building. Seriously. Gosh. (oops. Pun unintended. haha)

So, after that mind numbing experience, we went to Momo for the pole dance competition. I tell you, they have a 100% Rip-off bag deposit charge. Gosh. $8 bucks for 2 paper bags & another bag. Some pretty pictures to reduce my disgruntled-ness.

Central mall pavilion with red lights,
which makes it festive & romantic at the same time.

These are more lights strung around that area with a romantic European feel.
FYI, when I took this photo,
there was a charming guy who said "excuse me" in an Italian or a Spanish accent.
Oh, I've just noticed that Huiting & Ivy are in the photo too.
(Looking somewhat blur. Haha.)

Anyway, because the pole dance competition started really late, i missed like half of the it by the time we came back to Momo. But I'm glad that Eleanor got into the semi-finals! Shes good.

Momo sucks. The pole is like tree trunk thick & the base is some odd shaped thingie. Its meant for dancing around the pole, rather than real pole-dancing. But the hired dancers were HOT. I loved the girl in white, cause she has so much STYLE. Sizzling hot man... Other than that, the crowd, the music & the atmosphere was bad. I guess I didnt have a good time because my friends (Mad, Zk & HT, Ivy left earlier) werent really in any partying mood either. They just ignored me when i was dying to dance. Sigh. So we just went home. Yawn. Good night.