Congraulations Bervin & Joey

Finally, the first of our group of 3 "brothers" got married & I was asked to be one of the "brothers" for this happy occassion. First time having such heavy responsibilities for a wedding & naturally there was butterflies in my stomach. Will the "sisters" give us an impossbile hard time or would it be a stroll in the park? the only way to find out is to go through it & find out first hand. Had to wake really early the next moring so the groom invited us over to his new flat to spend the night & also to spruce up our dirty cars. After hours of washing & polishing, everything was done & we went for our bachelor's night. Eating economy bee hoon & drinking coffee at a nearby coffeeshop!!! The actual ROM was held a few months back so I guess it is a bit too late for a wild of wild fun with strippers & booze. Sigh. Hahaha.

The nevue of the wedding dinner. There were 60 tables!!! OMG!!! When I get married & if I do host a wedding dinner, it will be a very grand but extremely private event with just 5 tables. 1 for the groom's family, 1 for the bride's family, 1 for relatives, 1 for friends & 1 spare table. Just 5 will be nice. We can entertain our guest s properly & it will not be a turn-up-just-to-show-face event. I like personal touches where every guest will be addressed by name. Luckily the evening passed with incident & we can all rest easy.

Ja neh!!!

Double O @ Mohamed Sultan Road

It has been quite a while since I last went clubbing (most of the time was spent drinking at Thai Disco 2 in Golden Mile Complex. The previous band has fulfilled their contract (Black Fire) & somehow the present band (D2) can't really fill the very larges shoes left behind. Not to mention an excellent group of colleages that you definitely want to spend time with even after working hours. So off to Double O, where they serve some of the cheapest (if not tHE cheapest) drinks in town. SGD$ 12 for housepour jugs & SGD$3 for tequila shots. Extremely affordable for everybody I must say.

Nothing much to sohur about the music there, but when you are high on alcohol, almost everything can get to tapping your feet to the beat or letting your body loose on the dancefloor. The smoking room nearest to the dancefloor is very cramped & there is almost zero ventilation. In contract, the smoking room nearest to the live band area & pool tables is spacious & you can actually feel the air-conditioning. The live band, consistsing a male bass guitaristt, a male guitarist & a female singer whp also plays the tamborine. Drinks here are more expensive. Juggies going for double the rpice (SGD$12) while a frozen peach margarita costs SGD$14. Still affordable to the average blue collar worker like me. I told the gand we should get high on cheap drinks before coming out for some chilling in the live band area.

Seems like we are addicted to this place, something to look forward to at the end of the week. It is a form of closure for some of us, a way for us to sit back, look back at the events of the week, chit chat & find time to bond. Starting a relationshio can be hard work, but it is nothing compared to maintaining it. Social obligations can be a really heavy burden if you burn yourself at both ends of the candle.

Ja neh!!!

Potato - รักแท้ดูแลไม่ได้

Thanx to Clark for introducing me to this Thai love song. Really love it & the name of the band is the same as one of my favourite food too. What are the odds? Anyway, was at TD2 when the D2 band played this song as a special request. Bought back so many bittersweet memories when I was with my two thai S.O.s.

Anyway here is a link to the lyrics translated into English.

Ja neh!!!

The Ritz carlton (S'pore) & Maserati GranTurismo

It was a Friday evening & me & a few colleagues were trying to catch a cab to Mohn Sultan so we can have out end-of-week drinks in Dbl O. Before that, we have 2 games of bowling at Marina Square. I did not play as I was really trying my best to fight off the ever-powerful Zee Monster & I wasn't really in the mood to hurl a heavy ball down an oily lane so I can knock down ten whitish thingys.

Seems like there are no cab drivers who are willing to stop for us by the road. I wonder if it is because they are just complying with the rules of having to pick up passenger sonly at taxi stands in the city area or they were just waiting for us to call a cab so they can earn an extra few dollars. Or it could simply be that those taxi drivers are blind.

An alternative was to walk to the hotel lobby next door where there would be a taxi stand for guests of the hotel as well as desperate people like us. In my mind, I was hoping there will not be too many hotel guests as they are given priority & there would not be too many people in the queue overall.

The driveway to the hotel lobby was long, curved & impressive. So this is what the driveway of a self-declared 6-star luxury hotel look like. Nevertheless, it created the feeing of being exclusive & private, yet grand & inviting, provide you can afford to stay there or have a meal in their restaurants.

At the top of the stort climb, this was the sight that greeted me. I was blown away, slightly overwhelmed by the aura. I wanted to come here often. Drive up in my sports car, accompanied by a very attractive partner (could be physical attractiveness, could be because she has a great character that makes everybody like her, etc) to stay for the weekend or just to have a meal. People would know me on a first name basis & I would feel comfortable in such settings which could be intidimating to the man in the street.

I booked a room during the following week for my birthday. Will have some pictures of the place posted soon after, if not I will provide a link to a short write up of the place & the stay in general. Hope the hospitality is legendary.

Ja neh!!!

P.S. have not been writing for quite a while so the words just did not come out easily. Do forgive the substandard post.