Excursion!

Today, woke up early and met for breakfast with Gek Teng at 730am down at the hotel. CT and his colleagues had to leave to go to the plant at 730am, so I arranged that time so it will not be so crowded. It was a light breakfast. I had muffins and home,self-made waffles. Yum. After that, we met at 9am at the gym and did some gym. There was a TV at the gym, so can watch TV at the same time. Quite fun.

After a workout, we went back to out hotel rooms to bathe and change to go out at 11am. We were meeting the rest of the wives to go out for lunch and to zoo. There were about 7 wives and 6 kids. We went to "Red Lobster" for lunch, paid by company. So, I ordered a lobster chops. It is lobster and scallops on a skewer..grilled. Very nice! I loved it. Maybe because it was free! The kids were playing and making a mess when they ate. When we left the place, the whole floor was so dirty. The wives with kids are all malays. They were the ones who just came (Technician batch). Only me, Gek Teng and Angeline were without kids.

After lunch,we took the same coach (which brought us here) to the Knoxville Zoo. It was more for the kids. There were not many animals. Nothing compared to Singapore. Do take a look at the pictures I took..

It was tough handling the kids as some of them will start crying..or start running everywhere.. I had a busy time baby-sitting them. Very energy-draining.

After zoo, we went back to hotel and our husbands just reached back as well. I excitedly showed CT my pictures I took. CT also told me what he did in the plant and how it smelled like Chicken Feet. He said the workplace was really smelly. Ha..

CT was supposed to have dinner with the rest of the company people at this sports bar, while the wives had to take care of the dinner themselves. But all of a sudden, CT called and told me to come down and join him as the wives are now invited. So, after a quick bath, I joined him. It was nearby and boy, it was like an adult playground. There were lots of pool tables, arcade machines, soccer tables, and this long table which is called "Shuffleboard". The best thing is we did not have to pay a cent to play and to eat. The food was cathered and it was fried chicken wings, nachos, potato skins...all finger food. So, we ate finger food and drank ice tea the whole night while playing. I played many times of pool and played "Shuffleboard". It is a long table which you are supposed to slide the pegss across the table without your peg falling off. More points won if your peg is closest to the edge on the other side. I was an expert in that as I played against CT's american & Singaporean colleagues. It was very fun. I partner CT's american colleague. It is 2 people in a group...and we trashed the other group! It was real fun.

I also played pool..CT played very well. It was a fun night. However, the only bad thing was that people were smoking..so it was smelly.. We walked back to our hotel with Kok Fong and Gek Teng at about 9 plus while the rest stayed back to drink a lot. Heard some of them got drunk.

After going back to our hotel rooms, we watched TV as we were not tired yet. Watched Iron Chef America. Very nice. I love to watch how they can turn a simple ingredient to something so exquisite. Like magic!