Dailies 230508
My family had dinner with my neighbour Alec, and his mum, who came to visit him. We dined at Ellenborough Market Cafe, Swissotel Merchant Court. Both of them are from Texas, Houston. Alec, from Rice University, is here on a student exchange program with NUS, returning in September.
Alec’s family and ours.
He was telling me weeks ago about how his mum wanted to meet my family, and that she would rather spend the money on having dinner with his close friends, than on tourist spots. When my mum called for the bill, there was no bill. Halfway through our dinner, Alec sneaked off to the cashier and paid for our entire table. Geesh!
We went for some drinks at Indochine, Forbidden City, and Dad came back from company dinner early to join us. And… I think they’re very nice people. Despite how the Internet and gossip portray them Americans as being biased against Asians, I think that they’re actually people who are always appreciative (eg. they say a thank you for almost everything), and… they tend to look at shitty situations from a positive point of view. It’s also very rare to see both mother and grown-up-child still being so close and sincerely praising one another.
Alec’s mother, Anne, made an interesting comment that night when I almost missed a turn, and swerved left really hard, nearly hitting the kerb before Central Mall.
Haha! Chris! You just drive just like a New Yorker.
Heh! I have absolutely no idea what that means.
