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OMG I can't believe I got ripped off again. And at a Japanese restaurant again. What is wrong with me???

Went to Cine for sushi buffet with John and Joanne today. I wanted ala carte but according to some silly rule everyone at a table has to either order ala carte or buffet - no exceptions. Ok so fine I go with the flow. (why?????) Its $16.90 for all you can eat but I can't eat, partly because John and I had a huge slab of chocolate cake when we popped over to Jo's house earlier and also because all that rice in the sushi actually is filling. So ended up just eating under $10 worth of food; was struggling to finish my egg roll toward the end. Jo ordered this huge bowl of raw salmon and managed to coerce John into eating about half. I dunno how he did it because apparently he really hates raw fish; he insisted on putting the menu between him and the bowl throughout the entire meal until the last piece of salmon was gone so he wouldn't have to see it. And when Jo managed to convince him to help her eat some, he actually did the whole Fear Factor thing, pinching his nose and chewing the salmon very vigorously before sticking out his tongue for inspection. A little later on, the chicken came and we all tried to force it down but couldn't really finish it all. Then the waitress toddled over and reminded us that wastages were charged. I was reminded suddenly of Amanda who once made Gary stuff all the leftovers from sushi buffet in his mouth so they wouldn't be charged extra. They left the restaurant whereupon Gary promptly deposited all the food in his mouth in the nearest dustbin. Ew.

Jo suggested leaving the leftover food on the floor which is apparently what she did last time. In the end after lots of deliberation, I took one of the wet napkins and hid some chicken inside and gave it to John. Jo dumped the remaining chicken into her empty soup bowl and put the lid on. Made a hasty getaway after that. So. Paid about $17 for less than $10 worth of food...and then they added on service charge so it came out to about $20. How could I have forgotten that? Service charge always kills you. Sigh. So left very full and very broke. *sob* I messaged my dad to complain.

Me: I got ripped off again with my friends!
Dad: U must get revenge.
Me: How?
Dad: Duno. Aiya. Be more thick skinned next time. Declare you're broke before going out to eat! Then your friends will take pity on you. Btw, whose winning arh? Bush or Kerry?

But apart from that episode it was quite a fun day. Came to school in the morning rather reluctantly because apparently there was some chinese lesson. Met John and spied our chinese teacher in the carpark whereupon we instinctively took 10 steps back in an attempt to "blend" in. Then we found out that it was a consultation session and not a lesson so we left shortly after because of a lack of any good questions to ask.

John: *once outside the school gate* Ahhhh....the sweet smell of freedom. *blissful look*

Being the bored people we are we decided to pay Joanne a house visit - all the way in Ang Mo Kio. Took a train there and wandered around for about half an hour before we got proper directions from a nice lady in a Christian bookstore. So toddled along trying to look out for the right street which we finally found after much sweatbloodandtears! Joanne came down to meet us in her PJs looking very sleepy and yelling 'The two of you are mad! Mad! Its like 6am! You're all mad! And don't you have chinese anyway?' before going back upstairs along with the air-con service men. (who had disturbed her after John had woken her up first by calling for directions) So we just hung around her living room watching BBC [John: 'that's such a dweeby AH thing to do'], following the going-ons of the US presidental election and commenting on how some of the presentors seemed to share the same wig. Then Jo came down and we walked out along the stretch of road, passing by some of the other houses in her estate. Then this puny, irritating dog belonging to one of her neighbours flung itself against the gate and started yelping at us as we continued walking.

Jo: *yelling at the dog* WHY DON'T YOU JUST GROW BIGGER SO YOU CAN JUMP OVER THE FENCE AND GET US HUH??

Then we linked arms and skipped along the road to the bus stop before John disentangled himself and said that we were acting gay. Ah happy times.

posted by Jeanne @ 11:39 PM