Went back to school today for social and grooming etiquette:)

I was almost late today, and dear Hong Hui was clearly getting a little...well angry. ( Sorry! )

Hong Hui: I am waiting at the class benches now, where are you?
Me: I am in the car outside Hwa Chong now, but I can't get in cuz the main gate not open. There is no security guard on duty. U wait ah I walk to the gate near the canteen side.
Hong Hui: ok i walk to the canteen and wait for you there.

Meanwhile Hong Hui walks to the canteen from the left wing.

Just as Huilin begins her walk towards the gate behind the canteen, the security guard appears out of the blue and opens the main gate. Huilin turns back and enters the main gate. Calls Hong Hui on the cellphone.

Huilin: Hong Hui! I am at the class benches on the left wing. Where are you?
Hong Hui:#$@#^%# I AM AT THE CANTEEN already! Huilin! I just walked from the left wing to the canteen.
Huilin: okay i walk over to the canteen.
Hong Hui: NO!!!! u stand at the central plaza. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move.

Hong Hui and huilin finally met each other. It was 7.57am. 3 minutes to 8am, the start of the etiquette course.

Hong Hui: Huilin! We are almost LATE! It's such a irony you know? We are attending an etiquette course and we are late? I am going to kill you! @#%#%@%( Murderous look in her eyes)

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Attended the class with Mengfei and Hong Hui. Poor Ah Ma was in the other class, seperated from her dear Far-ma-lay.

I would say it was a rather useful workshop:D ( Tsk tsk Koh huilin y didn't u come? Hong Hui was grumbling about it lol )

It also helps that the trainer made the lesson fun and engaging, offering us tips on personal branding and enhancing our image quotient.

It's strange how guys don't know how to tie a tie properly. Either the back is long than the front or the tie has no shape. Cedar can proudly say that they have produced girls who can tie their own tie beautifully of the right proportions with the exception of yours truely. Yours truely has been wearing a school tie for the past four years but sadly still can't tie a tie properly.

Shame on her.><

Oh i learnt two bombastic words today: sommelier and maitre'd.

Betcha don't know what it means:P

The trainer was telling us how the eyebrows were extremely important features of a person.

But she advised us against plucking our own eyebrows.

Trainer: I have heard of girls who attempt to pluck their own eyebrows. First they pluck a few from left. Then they feel the right is thicker than the left so they pluck somemore. Then they feel the left is thicker than the right so they pluck somemore. It still doesn't feel right so they pluck somemore . It still doesn't look proportionate so they pluck somemore. But Alas! Just when they almost got the PERFECT eyebrows, they realise they have no more brows to speak off.

Hong Hui and I then studied and investigated each other's eyebrows.
Hong Hui: Do you think my eyebrows are okay?
Huilin: Erm how come one of your eyebrows has a tail while the other one doesn't? Your eyebrow looks weird.
Hong Hui: ( turns hysterical and hits poor Huilin.) ^%%$^#@#@ We should go for eyebrow shaping course! The great Singapore Sale is coming soon! 29th May! Where should we go? Jean Yip? Marie France Bodyline? Adonis?Do you think it will be weird if we suddenly walk to the salon and only ask them to shave our eyebrows? Should we get Koh huilin to come along? Let's grab Elaine too. She's an expert at this. I want to style my eyebrows! I am so excited!

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The most fun part I feel was the dining etiquette course.

We were experimenting with the use of chopsticks today.

The trainer asked Hong Hui to demonstrate the use of chopsticks.

Trainer: Hold the chopsticks with the first three fingers. Try moving the chopstick up and down.
Hong Hui: *Tries with all her might to move the chopstick as best as she can.
Trainer: No that's not the correct way, all your five fingers are moving, only the first three fingers are involved. Observe how I do it.
Hong Hui: Cannot leh. My fingers are all connected. See, I can't move three without moving all five.
Trainer: YOU MEAN MY FINGERS ARE DISCONNECTED??

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The trainer also taught us how to peel prawns without hands.

She demonstrated with such ease that it eluded me into thinking that it was easy peasy.

She got me up to demostrate.

First I cut off the head of the prawn. The prawn resisted my attempt to chop its head off. The plate shook with vigour.

I think the person sitting opposite me was super lucky today. At least the prawn didn't flew out from my plate.

Trainer: Don't use so much force. You are a lady mind you.

Then I forked it in its tiny body. Ouch!

Next I proceed to deshell the prawn. Try as i could, the shell remained stuck to the red body.
With a few moans and groans here and there, I managed to get majority of the outer covering off.

I admit it was a messy attempt. I wouldn't eat it if I were you.

I seriously think hands are better.

Oh well.