because the restaurant is very open concept, the birds like to fly in and we realised that the birds are super big and fat as compared to the birds in sg. at first we were all wondering wat is the reason and later on we knew why. the pple like to feed the birds and once they cleared the table the birds will come to table and nibble on the remaining food. a bit disgusting and unhygienic.
and there is this super pretty resident red bird. the bird is pretty used to tourists taking photos because it will just stand there for many seconds to wait for us to take out our cameras and focusing on it. hahaha.
after finishing my breakfast i went to walk around the hotel to explore wat they have.
before we leave our hotel to head to the performance venue, we had our daily dosage of vitamin c pill, courtesy of the super nice michael.
our first stop was at the supermarket to purchase groceries. most of us bought tidbits, coffee, milk, mineral water and sun block lotion. one thing i noticed about the cashiers at the supermarket. they sit down at their counters. why is this so? because the customers have to take out the items themselves from their baskets or trolleys. and the customers also have to put their scanned items themselves into the plastic bags. i think this is a very good system that ntuc should use. maybe singaporeans will wake up their idea and stop buying things in bulk and stare coldly at the ntuc cashiers when the poor aunties have to scan each item and put in the plastic bag.
we reached the Chinese Cultural Centre, which is also the performance venue at around 11 am. the CCC is very grand, and they have very nice dressing rooms and clean toilets.
we started to rehearse our items on the stage, and while waiting for our turn to rehearse, we took photos.
our lunch was quite demoralising. we ate bread with chicken bits and lettuce, together with home-made cakes. zhimin got vegetarian pizza from pizza hut lor! wassup man. i ate like ten pieces of bread and a few pieces of cakes cos i was super hungry.
but thank goodness the dinner was fantastic! we had 3 choices: fried rice, fried noodles and fried bee hoon. i chose fried rice. the sauce that they provide is a mixture of ginger and garlic, and it is super nice! you definitely cant get that in singapore. if there is one thing i will miss in mauritius, it will definitely be the yellow color ginger garlic sauce.
the performance was very well-received. i was like going to cry because i danced 极 on stage, after learning the dance in just one week. i guess no one knew how much effort i put in to learn the item. i keep looking at the video clip over and over again for the past week and try my very best in memorising the steps. although during the actual performance i am still remembering my movements and secretly glancing at the rest, but i am still thankful that i managed to scrape through and most importantly i completed the "nike" move!!! yes lah!!!
all rite that's about all for day 1. we will be performing again at the same venue on day 2, so i will upload more pics of everyone in their costumes. :)
