Shannon Speaks.

Just to answer a few lil questions posed by our dearest editor.



DINNER & DANCE

The annual CS Dinner & Dance (DnD) will be held at Coco Latte this year, on the 27th September 2006. Most of you should know by now that the theme's Hollywood Shit Chic, and tickets are priced at 25 bucks each. I distinctly remembered the organisers promising a discount of 3 bucks (a whooping 12%) first during the camp, but i guess that didn't entice many people to sign up. The discount rolled over to the homecoming bazaar, where i spotted a sign which states the same 3 dollar discount for the first 50 dudes or lasses that sign up. I spoke to the chairperson of DnD to ask if we could sign up at a later date, i understood from her that only 'ten plus people has signed up so far'. Ummm. And she promised me that 'we could work out something regarding the price' if i bought tickets from her at a later date.

So people, do your math, arrive at your own conclusion and make a decision. I think for 25 bucks, there might be some alternatives.




FOOD REVIEWS

Canteen A

The only canteen with a calorie & trans-fat laden fastfood outlet, this canteen actually serves pretty decent food. Avoid this canteen from 12 to 2, it'll be virtually impossible to find any seats within 5 minutes of your arrival. Extend that to 15 minutes if you don't try to run shamelessly across the canteen, shotput your bag onto the seat that someone barely vacated 10 seconds ago, or make a big scene over your fellow seat-contender from the business faculty.

A few worthy mentions:

- The japanese food store is probably the most popular store around, though my friend has mentioned that it's 'japanese food cooked in chinese style'. They serve excellent chicken katsu don and unagi don (at three dollars & 3.50 respectively), though the chicken katsu curry would taste loads better if the curry was thicker and warmer.

- The western food store is believed to be good. But i beg to differ. I think the only edible stuff there is the chicken cutlet. Don't ever try the fish and chips.

- Canteen A boasts the biggest fruit stall in the entire NTU, and they've got very affordable fruits and fruit juices, coming from as cheap at a dollar for the more common juices such as watermelon and honeydew (i think) juices. The fruits are fresh, though you've gotta take a chance with it's sweetness. I've tasted totally bland watermelon before, but i guess at these prices you have to take a chance.

- One point to note, canteen A actually sells cheaper can drinks than canteen b. Go check it out.

Canteen 16

- Being one of the two canteens nearest to my hall (the other being canteen 13), i went there quite a couple of times already. The place's new and nice, complete with aircon and feels like a food court. The drink stall actually serves ice-blended drinks at a little over a dollar in a really nice tall glass, so i guess it'll be worth going over to take a look and a drink when you guys have the time. (Of course, you can always pop by blk 3a to visit me as well.)

- The 'zi char' is touted as one of the better ones in NTU. I tried the beef hor fun once, and i found it pretty bland though. Too oily, but they actually did away with the MSG. So frankly, i don't know if it's healthy or not. Maybe someone could try the 'zi char' dishes and tell me more.





That's all, i guess. Mom's nagging for me to go. Cya.