Met up with our New Zealand Counterparts
10/12/06 22:43 Filed in: Work
Got a call
from an unknown number toda at about 12 noon. Good
thing I picked it up. Usually I would just ignore it.
On the other line was Johnathan. The teacher in
charge of the New Zealand team for the KWN
compettion.
Before this I wondered what time the Kiwis reached Singapore yesterday. Because they told us they would be heading to Singapore by bus.
Well, Johnathan is kind of free right now. The rest of the team and family went on their own itinerary. A hotel city tour.
Met up with him at 2pm outside the Meritus Mandarin hotel.
He got a good deal there from the online travel agency called wotif.com.
200++SGD for a room per night. I thought that's pretty OK for a 5 star hotel right in the heart of Orchard road!
Met up with him, had lunch at Plaza Singapura.
Got a message from Wen Jun and Ben asking me to get Kayla's or her mum's phone number because Afiq from the malaysian KWN team wants to contact her.
His son just turned 1 year old yesterday. So he better get something back for him.
After lunch we headed to paragon's toys 'r' us. He spent a total of about 50SGD in soft toy and thomas the train toys for his 2 sons.
We discussed a lot of things from education to politics, to the military and discussed a lot about the cultures in Singapore and New Zealand. I find it very refreshing.
He told me there would be a FIFA club world CUP going on today at 6pm —Auckland VS Egypt's Al-Ahly. Good game. We wanted to watch it on the big screen but decided not too 'cause usually we can't hear the commentaries clearly. So we bought chips, drinks, he got beer for himself and we headed back to the hotel room.
The game was good! Strangely, the Auckland team comprises of amateurs. They played well against the Egyptians who were pros.
I had to meet a friend at 8pm. Damn. I could have stayed a bit longer. I could only catch up till the first few minutes into the second half of the game. It was getting interesting when the Egyptians scored a goal in the first few minutes of the second half.
Well we bid adieu and he said he'd give me a call again the next day regarding Kayla's contact no.
Before this I wondered what time the Kiwis reached Singapore yesterday. Because they told us they would be heading to Singapore by bus.
Well, Johnathan is kind of free right now. The rest of the team and family went on their own itinerary. A hotel city tour.
Met up with him at 2pm outside the Meritus Mandarin hotel.
He got a good deal there from the online travel agency called wotif.com.
200++SGD for a room per night. I thought that's pretty OK for a 5 star hotel right in the heart of Orchard road!
Met up with him, had lunch at Plaza Singapura.
Got a message from Wen Jun and Ben asking me to get Kayla's or her mum's phone number because Afiq from the malaysian KWN team wants to contact her.
His son just turned 1 year old yesterday. So he better get something back for him.
After lunch we headed to paragon's toys 'r' us. He spent a total of about 50SGD in soft toy and thomas the train toys for his 2 sons.
We discussed a lot of things from education to politics, to the military and discussed a lot about the cultures in Singapore and New Zealand. I find it very refreshing.
He told me there would be a FIFA club world CUP going on today at 6pm —Auckland VS Egypt's Al-Ahly. Good game. We wanted to watch it on the big screen but decided not too 'cause usually we can't hear the commentaries clearly. So we bought chips, drinks, he got beer for himself and we headed back to the hotel room.
The game was good! Strangely, the Auckland team comprises of amateurs. They played well against the Egyptians who were pros.
I had to meet a friend at 8pm. Damn. I could have stayed a bit longer. I could only catch up till the first few minutes into the second half of the game. It was getting interesting when the Egyptians scored a goal in the first few minutes of the second half.
Well we bid adieu and he said he'd give me a call again the next day regarding Kayla's contact no.
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