Tues 24 Jun This was one of the option but it wasn't the BIGGEST and I felt it was too skinny .. plus, he is NAKED! This was Huiyi's fave, I thought it was cute too, but same thing, not the BIGGEST! We had dinner at Shokudo .... I think Huiyi was surprised when I msged her earlier "I am hungry" :) This was really nice. It is basically a salad rolled up to look like sushi. Salmon with Spinach in a Basil Sauce. I enjoyed this alot too, not your typical white or red sauce. Seafood Pizza ... YUM! After dinner we went to get the bear! It could be planned any better as while we were getting it, Evon arrived. Taking a pic with Howard and his new friend. Oh no! His butt is too BIG!! So we stuffed him sideways. OUCH! So we placed him in the backseat with Howard. Howard preferred facing him and being on top ;) Safe and sound in Shanice's truck. His tummy was too FAT to fit behind the driver's seat. We headed down to Jalan Kayu for prata! Evon and Huiyi shared a Bee Hoon Goreng. My Kopi Tarek.
YQ was talking to me online and asked if I could help him get Shanice a bear, and this time he wanted the BIGGEST one! I knew that this job was too big for me to handle so I dragged in my friends to help :)
So Evon was the first person I pulled into the conversation and we were discussing where to find the bear. Since I was meeting KL the next day for coffee, it would be a good time to check them out.
Wed 25 Jun
Met KL for coffee (if u scroll down u will see the "boring" post, but it was because there was so much I couldn't blog about) and after that I dragged him on my bear hunt. It was great to have a second opinion and have someone ask questions.
I went to Orchard Cineleisure on my own b4 meeting KL but then he followed me to Taka's 2 outlets and he was the one that told me Centerpoint had one too. It was nice to have someone along for opinions and also to ask questions :)
After the movie with KL, I made my way down to Marina Square where Evon said there was one. OMG that bear was GINORMOUS and it was the cutest thing ever!
I went home that nite and we have a meeting on MSN with YQ and this time Huiyi was pulled into it :) It was also on that nite that there were multiple windows opened and it seemed that we were all talking to Shanice individually too. We had to be very careful with our conversations so as not to accidentally type the wrong msg into Shanice's msg box.
It was a big decision about the bear cos we weren't sure which was the biggest. YQ had to do lots of research about it .. think he is an expert already!
Thur 26 Jun
I called a few more stores to check what they had but the only other store that had a 36" bear was one that didn't have a T-shirt on. It was another MSN meeting between the 4 of us that nite while we were discussing how to carry out the mission ... or as YQ put it, to plant the "bomb"
At first we were thinking of putting it in her hse but when we realized that she was going to Macau next week, plans had to be scraped. After much discussion, we decided to do it on Sat when we met up so that meant we had to get the bear on Fri.
Fri 27 Jun
We needed "Evon's Delivery Service" to transport the bear but since she had to work late on Fri, I met up with Huiyi first. Evon managed to convince her friends to watch a movie at Marina so that we can meet there.
It was a feat trying to get the bear down to the carpark. The gals had to clear the way for me as the bear was obstructing my view! It also became heavy pretty quick and I was starting to perspire!
We shut the trunk and while we were walking away, the alarm sounded. We went back and tried shutting it again but it sounded again as we were walking. We think that the problem was that is butt was in the way! All of us were starting to perspire in the unventilated underground carpark .... so it was option B.
After finally getting it in the car safely, Evon had to rush to meet her friends for dinner. Huiyi and I then proceeded to Gloria's Coffee for a drink and chit chat about the Taiwan trip. We stayed till about 10+pm b4 heading home and when we got home, it was MORE planning.
Another meeting on MSN, more windows more confusion :)
Sat 28 Jun
Woke up and signed on MSN. How would I to know that YQ was talking to Shanice via video so when I msged him, she heard the "Deng Deng Deng" of MSN. And of cos YQ told her the truth when she asked who msged him.
GROAN!
And the worst part was she actually guess why I was talking to him!
"U asked Serena to buy bear again huh?"
He tried to act blur but we thought the cover has been broken. I was disappointed as I had failed the last time because she had recognized my handwriting. But we still decided to go on with the plan.
Evon had to steal Shanice's key after they arrived at her hse and we planted the bear when she went out to fetch me from the LRT station. Because she parked the truck just below Evon's hse, we were so worried that she would hear us from upstairs! We had to be really quiet and hoped that she did not suddenly look out the window.
The "bomb" had been planted and now all we needed to do was get Shanice to her truck. We even asked WT to helped us filmed since he was the professional. He had to transfer out alot of pics from his SD card and had even figured out what was the best way to get the most light.
We made almond jelly, potato salad, transferred pics, looked at pics, had dinner, transferred more pics, looked at more pics .... the nite went on and on.
It was close to midnight and finally WT had to go .. he had to work the next day and we had no idea. Felt so bad as he was waiting for us. Looks like we were on our own. Finally at about 12.30am, we made our way out for supper but we took Evon's car, crap, no chance. At this time, I texted YQ telling him where we were heading and he was still awake. The original plan was it would be done sometime in the evening. Poor YQ didn't want to miss it so he stayed awake the whole nite. At this time, he has been waiting for more than 16hrs WITHOUT sleep?
We had a quick supper and headed back. Evon drove up the the top floor where the truck was and the first time we passed the truck, we all thought that Shanice would spot that ginormous bear in the front but all she saw was the paper under the wipers that she thought was a parking tic.
Evon stopped the car and had her headlights on, shining on the truck and I was getting my camera ready in case she saw it, but NOPE! Did not see it again! As we were walking up to Evon's, Shanice kept asking Evon
"U not going to turn off your headlights?"
She had to have asked at least 3 times and Evon just kept brushing her off and telling her that it was ok, no one comes up here.
After grabbing our stuff, we made our way back to the truck and had our cameras ready. Shanice opened the back seat of her truck to put something in and still DID NOT see the bear!!
She then turned around and Evon had her camera out so she quickly turn ....
"I've never taken a pic of my car at nite...."
That has got to be the lamest excuse ever!
Shanice then turned back around and that is when she finally saw it and had the shock of her life :)
Here is a short clip of it. You can actually see Evon quickly turning to face the right when Shanice turned around.
Yipppee! Mission accomplished! YQ was supposed to call at that moment as we had texted him telling him to. But we waited and waited but no call .... we all figured he had finally knocked out.
A very happy but tired Shanice and us with her bear!
We stood in the carpark and started telling Shancie about the whole plan and all the scenarios we thought of and she said that we "think too much". She did have questions in her head throughout the day but it just didn't connect in her brain :)
By the time I got home it was close to 4am but I still went online to check on the mastermind. I managed to wake him up with my MSN msg and Evon and Shanice were slowly added into the conversation as they came online.
We talked about the whole thing and updated YQ about it. We all had another good laugh about it. It was 5.30am b4 I logged out and went to bed.
It was a fun and successful mission all because of the ppl that were involved! Now we have to cross our fingers and hope to strike 4D!
