CG15/00: Gross, Gore and Romance
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

CG1500 @ Fullerton
Cordelia. Anthony. Me. Candy. Siew Fung. with Sook May taking the picture

It's the time of the year for the annual CG15/00 outing. We had originally planned for a kite-flying outing at ECP but somehow, it turned out as a watch King-Kong movie session @ Marina. King-Kong was great fun. Peter Jackson meant Lord of the Rings to me. I wasn't surprised to see some spectacular lost-civilization near Skull Island. The casts of Jurassic Park/Lost World and Starship Troopers appeared as guest performers. The famous T-rex chased after human and some raptors chased after some long-necked dino. Human fighting against super-big centipedes and leech-like creatures. Gives me the shivers just watching the bugs creep up on the crew. Oh yah, the Perfect Storm scene also appeared with the ship nearing Skull Island in a very dramatic action sequence. Ok, you get the idea; watching King-Kong is like watching a couple of block-busters in one sitting. You get the best scenes of everything. Cordelia got emotional towards the end when Kong died. She even came up with the theory of why King Kong will make a good boy-friend.

1. He knows where to bring a gal to a scenic and romatic sunset/sunrise.
2. He is willing to fight for his love.
3. He knows how to make a gal laugh by acting silly.
4. The rest, I forgot... hehe...

Candy was very analytical: she asked why would the T-rex go for a human when it just ate a giant iguana. She says:"The human would be like a toothpick for the T-rex only mah!" Yeah, it really make no sense when T-rex wants to challenge King Kong for a toothpick.
The gang went to TCC at Circular Road for a coffee after the movie. Too bad, photography not allowed since there are some art pieces on exhibition at that time. The decor is very very cozy: bean bags, cushions and low tables only. For those who don't know my class; Siew Fung is a doctor; Corde is a pharmacist; Sook, Candy and Ant are life scientists while I am the chemist. This created a very potent mixture: our topic went from cute, sweet gals to "jump from at least a 10-storey building to die" (Siew Fung: the chance of dying from jumping increases by 10% with every storey increase). The topics were really literally revolving around how to die and what happens when someone dies traumatically. Of course there are some moments of silliness from me: can we use a cobra to stage a robbery? Say: I will make the cobra bite you if you don't give me the money. And there are questions which are really illuminating: call the zoo if you bitten by a snake for the anti-venom. Well, the first thing I thought would to be call the ambulance. But Siew Fung said that only the zoo can identify the snake and only then would the effective anti-venom be administrated by the hospital. Make sense. Chatting with CG15/00 is never boring and I always learn something new :)
Outing ended with a dinner @ 2245 @ Lau Pat Sat.

posted byWilliam at 12:40 AM  

1 comments:

Anonymous said... 7:33 PM  

Ah William, to clarify a point. The first thing you do when you get bitten by a snake IS to call the ambulance. Getting medical aid is the MOST IMPORTANT because it is usually hard for the casualty or bystander to identify the snake anyway. If possible, bring the snake along to the emergency room and only then will the zoo be called to help identify the species. Antivenin will be administered if 1)the bite is venomous and 2)there is moderate to severe envenomation. Full resuscitation facilities must also be present. Hope that clarifies things. If you get a snake bite, please call the ambulance (not the zoo) FIRST!!

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