Waffle Time!

Today turned out to be a great day! Why? Because we had WAFFLE TIME! WHEEEE!

I had been planning Waffle Time for quite a while now, actually since before the Tioman trip. But everytime we had a date going, people would cancel at the last minute because they had something they had to attend to. While I don't blame them, I do need to get my fill of waffles.

I thought about it for a while, and finally figured that if I asked enough people, some of them would eventually come, wouldn't they? So that's what I did.

I quickly went to the Evite website when I got back from Tioman and made up an invitation. For those of you who don't know, Evite is an online application that sends out invites, and has the capability to track the RSVPs. This is a useful tool that I got to know about when Jade sent me an invitation for Andrew's surprise party.

Anyway, in a couple of minutes, I had drawn up an invitation. I gathered the emails of the people who I had previously invited during the Tioman trip and entered them into the system. Pretty soon, my invitations were on the way.

Now, when I had recieved my Evite invitation from Jade, it had ended up in my inbox. However, some of the invitations I sent ended up in the junk/bulk folders of the recipients. That kinda screwed up my plans, so to rectify it, I sent out the invite again using regular mail.

Turns out, I didn't do my job well. Apparently, most of the people I sent the mails to didn't know who I was. I mean they do know who I was, but as I had kept my name to myself during the Tioman trip where I had met all of them, nobody knew it was me (Mark) who sent the mail. So in the end, only the people who knew who sent the mail RSVP'ed, which turned out to be a miserable 3.

And out of that 3, Jens couldn't make it, as she had meetings to attend at the last minute. (Don't worry Jens, it's not your fault. These things are out of your control) So only Rachael and Adriel were expected to go to Waffle Time.

However, when I arrived at Woodlands MRT station, I was surprised to see another 2 people waiting with them, named Johnathan and Jo Lyn. The 2 of them were also coming along to Waffle Time. Even though I didn't know them, it is always nice to share Waffle Time with as many people as possible.

So the 5 of us went up to Gelare in Causeway Point. When we reached the place, we were horrified to find that it was full. I didn't expect it, but thinking back, of course it would be full. Tuesdays are when waffles are at half price, so it would make sense that people would take advantage of the deal. And also, there is a school full of ravenous students nearby with spending power (RP).

After a bit of waiting in line, we finally got a table to seat the 5 of us. Which was good as I was already drooling, thinking about the waffle that I was about to eat. Not to mention that I was very hungry due to the fact that I hadn't eaten anything throughout the whole day in anticipation of Waffle Time!

We quickly placed our orders and paid up. During the wait, I showed them the book I had brought along. It is a picture book about the island of Sipadan. I thought that as divers (turns out the other 2 are as well), they might be interested to see the beautiful pictures that are in the book.

Halfway through the book, our food came. Exchanging the book for a delicious waffle wasn't a very difficult thing to do. So I chucked the book aside, and was onto my waffle in no time. It didn't take very long for me to wolf down the waffle, considering the situation. And personally, I don't believe you have to eat slowly to fully enjoy food.

We had a great time laughing and joking while we were there, and on the way home as well. The bunch of people I was with turned out to have real ticklish funny bones, and we laughed and laughed for pretty much the entire time we were together. That is a lovely way to spend time with people. I really enjoyed myself today.

I will be planning another Waffle Time to be held in about 2 weeks, so check your inboxes! Jade, our Waffle Time is to be scheduled for another time, I'll keep you posted!