We managed to get the last row of seats onboard BUS 190 to ourselves. Vivian, being the midget of the group took the left end corner as she does not have to strain her neck, while Ah Li took the other end. After getting comfortable, Ivan dug out his latest branded purchase, a Braun Buffel wallet. I pry it loose from his fingers and placed it right under Ah Li’s nose, for her to take a sniff.

Ah Li has this innate ability to ’sniff’ out whether is the product a genuine or a fake. My elder brother once joked that ‘Who do you think you are? A K9?’. For the benefit to those who don’t know, K9 is actually part of the police unit. You know? The dogs ( Doberman, I think) which they use to track down hidden drugs, possible trail of Mas Selamat, hint of survivors under a rumble? Those are the ones! The K9s.

She looked disgusted and pushed my hand away, saying, “This kind of thing no need to sniff! Anyone is able to buy it!” In other words, it’s too low class for her nose. Her true love? Same as Maine’s! Louis Vuitton!

She later told me that she had bought ‘one in her wish-list’. A LV bag! AND, she’s feeling very broke now.

Great Singapore Sale is here again. And I’m surprised that Bukit Panjang Plaza is actually part of this madness.

After a game of mahjong at my home last night, we went down to take a look as it’ll be open till 12 midnight. As we were approaching the entrance, we saw that the whole place is still buctling with life. I looked at my handphone which read 2218.

I was looking around for cheap bermudas however I ended up buying a pair of PUMA. The design is good. ‘Certified’ by fashion critics Ivan and Ah Li. It’s going for 30% which means I only need to pay  around $56 for a usual price of $81.

… I’ll need to survive on porridge and 3A brand ‘Chai Xim’ for the rest of the month -_-”

Actually, I have my eyes on yet another pair of Aldo shoes, which cost $115. The cheaper alternative would be Converse as the design is somewhat similar.

Converse be my next shopping destination!

After the movie yesterday, we walked around Plaza Singapura. We dropped by LEGO first as both Jason and Genki wanted to take a look at some of the products. I was surprised by how cheap the big set of Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix set was, $99.90! Too bad, I ain’t a Lego ‘gaga’, else I would have bought it. However, Genki is. I asked him how come he didn’t get that steal. He said that it’s too big and there’s no place for him to ‘display’ it at home.

Da Jie has a StarHub Handset Voucher. However the queue is very long. I’m quite surprised by it. Singtel is having a promotion out in the open area just a few steps away from where Starhub’s shop is, yet the queue is still so long. How come I didnt see M1?

I really need a pair of black leather shoes. And I saw Everbest. I walked into the shop and out of it in less then 5 minutes, empty-handed. 2 things! First, the design sucks and second, the price is a bit steep. ( For that kind of design? No Way! )

Aldo is just beside it. Honestly, I never heard of this brand before. And I though that it’s some kind of ‘branded’ names like ( Giordano ) in an economical way. I managed to purchase a pair of black leather shoes which I liked. The best thing is it’s only going for $75 and with Ying Qi’s credit card, I paid only $70. What a catch. The others onyl tell me that its branded when I was walking out of the shop. *Gasp*

Ah Li congratulated me and welcomed me ( with open arms )  to the branded world. She was saying something about I’ve finally bought something decent.

Although Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the 4th installment in the Indiana Jones Series, I’d only watched 1 of those before this, which is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The one classic scene from the Temple of Doom is when the evil priest ( or something ) chanted ‘ Kalima Kalima ‘ and poke his hand right into the victim left chest and took out his ’still-beating’ heart. That sort of etched in my memory, or rather all of the cousins memory. We were still talking about that yesterday.

The movie is great. It’s like ‘going back home’ in a sense. As usual, Ford is still doing good at the age of 65 and Shia blew me off with his acting again. This would be the 3rd movie I’d watched with him in it. The first 2 would be Transformer and Disturbia.

As usual, not many people loves to eat Salted Pop corns. Out of the 8, only me and Vivian opted for it. Good! We can eat more then.

There’s a scene whereby they encounter a colony of ‘Army Ants’. I didn’t know their existence and I still thought that it’s a ‘fiction’ thing, that they made up for the film. A check in Wilkipedia proved me wrong.

THEY REALLY DO EXIST!

… However, whether they will eat human alive or not, that I will still be checking on.

Prince Caspian! Be watching that next week with my cousins again. I’m looking forward to maximum attendance. We watched the first one ( The Lion, The Bitch Witch, and the Wardrobe) together, during one of the Christmas. I havent’s figure out how come this movie opens at a time like this. Usually it’s a ‘Around Christmas’ movie.

… Or could it be the plot of this installment didn’t deal with ’snow’ this time?

… Whatever!

I will survive!

I will survive!

3 more days to Pay-Day. Despite saying that I’ll get a pair of black Pedro for the past few weeks, I haven’t purchase it yet! Since Great Singapore Sale is round the corner, might as well?

Da Jie called the other night to check on her comic ‘Inuyasha’. I have quite a few books with me. She wanted to know she bought up to which book. After which, we talked about Indiana Jones.

The results?

We will be going to watch that tommorrow. I’ve managed to gather 7 people. Woohoo! This month is quite a good month. Sex and the City and Chronicles of Narnia be screening next week.

I’m sick. Was attacked by the usual hateful combo, as in Flu ( Blocked nose kind), Sore throat ( Itchy but not painful ), Cough (those kind that wakes you up from your sleep) , Headache and slight fever. My inital plan was to endure till Friday, then I go see a doctor for MC, to enjoy my long weekend.

However, after ‘Hi! Welcome to M1′ for half a day yesterday, I can’t endure any longer. My body felt weak .Took a half day sick leave and I went Pandan Gardens to see Dr Liew. The last time I went there was like 2 years ago? Thankfully, it’s still standing. She’s kinda like a Family Doctor. When my Grandpa was still around, I would accompany him all the way from Bukit Panjang to Pandan Garden for consultation. Old people always have this tendancy of re-visiting ‘good old’ places. He always visit the Barber there too. Not only that, he would send me to Teban Garden ( Just a street away) to get EQUAL Sugar. Why? Because the Medical Hall is selling 50 cents cheaper then other places. -_-” Like I say, old people~~

This morning, I told Shirmaine about the Ultimate Combo that I’m suffering from. She told me that it’s better this way, rather then it comes bit by bit.

…. I don’t know whether to laugh or not, because it’s those kind of weird comments that makes sense in a very strange way!

Bingo! Just as Lubin and I had predicted, we went to the Swensen in Holland Village. Surprisingly, the ones whom I thought would be late, weren’t. Minutes after I reached Holland Village, I called Frank. And it took 2 calls to get him .Desmond was the one who answered the call. I told him to meet at The Indian Magazine Shop ( Thambi? ) and he asked me ‘Where is it!’

I got a shock! Have they been following the news? The Indian Magazine Shop got quite a spectacular history. I looked around frantically, trying to find a prominent landmark, as they don’t know where is Breadtalk located at. I looked up the sky, and ‘there was light’. The Windmill! The one that makes Holland V, Holland V. Thankfully, they know that reference

Lubin and MY was late. The 3 of us walked around and after looking through the menu outside a ‘Spanish Restaurant’, we decided to settle for Swensen.

It’s confirmed! I don’t have a backbone! I’d banned myself earlier on from eating in Swensen ( other than their Ice-Cream), but there I was browsing through the menu, deciding between a Baked Rice or a Burger.

MY reached before Lubin. Just as he was about to sit down, he gave Frank a very surprised look, telling him, “Oh! You are here too!” Haha… Frank has a bad reputation of doing David Copperfield. That’s why!

Lubin finally arrived. From a distance, he looked like a huge piece of charcoal. I haven’t seen him for 5 months, and he’s still as dark as ever. The difference? The braces is gone! He now has a priceless smile. Haha…

MY ordered a burger ( I 4get the name ) as the picture in the menu looks very promising. However, when his order came, it looked different from the picture, in terms of size. As the waiter was placing the plate of burger that was cut into 2, portion of fries and salad, in front of him, he said, “Life is so disappointing!”

Worse! 2 small USA flag was inserted into the top of the bun. I joked that it looks like a ‘Happy Meal’. The others went bananas upon hearing that. Haha…

Thankfully, my Mushroom Burger wasn’t that dissappointing (There’s a glimmer of hope in life afterall! ). My only concern was the Eggplant. I don’t eat that. When I was voicing out that concern before ordering, Frank told (Like he’e explaining to an idiot)  me, “You can ask them to exclude that!”

“OH! How come I didn’t think of that?” ( I’m really an idiot! )

“Yar! And Eggplant is his favorite dish!” He continued and point a finger to Desmond, whose sitting beside me. I turned my head to the right, feeling shocked. I mean! When a particular food that isn’t your favorite, it will be kind of hard to believe that it’s actually someone else’s favorite isn’t it? Desmond gave me an acknowledging nod.

On the other hand, Frank added, “He always add that as a side!”

I looked at MY who’s sitting opposite of Frank, and he looked at me. We are thinking about the same thing, ‘How Gay!’. Are we talking about ‘observing what he enjoys eating’ now? Haha… Thankfully, they are both straight.

And like old times! i’m being attacked ‘for being a gay’ again. even though I’m not. Frank came out with this sick story about how the both of us earn a living by selling our ass. And that my ass is worth more. When the going get tough, we sell to each other! Which also means, we don’t even get any profits out of it! Which explains why we are both quite poor!

… He’s crazy! Haha…

Still, it’s the old friends who will crack silly jokes like these. We spent the next hour plus reminiscing about the good old days during training. We shared 2 things in common. First, we all went through SISPEC and second, we all went through Modified Spec 2. Let’s make it 3! We are of the same gender!

Too bad Jordan, Cheng Lim, Bong and MJ couldn’t join us. Else the whole gang be there.

I’ll need to find new khakis to go watch Indy. Apparently, MY isn’t really interested in watching a man in his mid 60s running around with a cowboy hat and using a whip as a weapon.

Yes! Final Day of A3 shift. Last night, WL drove over to fetch me. Together with QL, we went for supper at what you call that place, Almeen? You know? The place opposite Bukit Timah Shopping Center, famous for it’s Prata? That’s the one!

AND Cuiling informed me last nght that her boyfriend, Weiming, had went on air and announced that I had liked Pat once. She added that she had tried to stop him but his mouth is faster than her hand. Happy Dayz.

The night before, I’d this weird call from an auntie. She enquired whether is a certain service available at Federation. I was taken aback. I couldn’t quite get the reference. She explained to me patiently, “I’m referring to Malaysia. During MY time, we called it the Federation! That was when…!”

… It’s like taking up history lesson again.

After which, we went on ahead to talk about ‘kids these days’. How education had got the better of them, thinking that they are very experience, seen it all and things like that. It was like talking to a friend about our children future and career prospect. Just that a) I ain’t an auntie and b) I’ve no children. The conversation seems so wrong.

Followed then, she went onto talk about various religions. And for the first time in my life, I heard another weird saying, “If you commit suicide, you’re bound to comitt 7 more times!” I know what you are thinking. ( Huh right? ) Don’t worry, just think about how they always say ‘A cat has 9 lives’ and you will see the whole picture!

Throughout the whole of 22 minutes, I felt like I was working for a chatline. Just that I’m not.

Finally, Charlie’s meet up at Holland V tomorrow. Hopefully, Frank won’t do a David Copperfield on us again.

4 events coming up over the next 2 weeks.

1) Dinner with Modified SPEC 2, Charlie Batch at Holland V ( Subjected to Changes)

2) Indiana Jones with MY

3) Sex and the City with Cuiling

4) Narnia with Cousins

I’d just browsed through the web. Sadly, other then Indian Jones, the screening times for the other 2 movie isn’t out yet. Hopefully, it’ll be out by Sunday. Then I can start my planning~~

I’d been looking around for a copy of ‘The Myth’ for the past few days. For the first time, Laser Flair failed me. I always ‘patron’ there to rent. $2 for an old movie, and $3 for a new one. Sadly, I couldn’t find any copies of it. I’d to tune in to PPS Live online to watch it.

Where the fuck was I in Year 2005? I’d actually missed such a great movie. The actress Kim Hee-Sun is very chio. She has the longest hair ( though it’s fake, but… ) I’d ever seen in a movie/show. The part where she fly ( levitate ) around the The Floating Palace of Emperor Qin is *wow* . I especially enjoyed the last 20 minutes. There’s a fighting scene between Jakie Chan and an-unknown-middle-age-actor using Taji.

Here’s the theme song.

My bitch, Maine, went to get her hair curled. She was asking earlier on how she looked like, and directed me to her MSN display pic for reference. I told her that I must see it in real life as pics can be deceiving. And I was ‘F’ by her.

Followed then, I asked her how long was the whole process. Was it 3 hours?

She said, “5 fucking hours!” (She’s crude)

I’m amazed by her patience and that of other gals. They will pull a face if someone is to be late for 10 minutes, but 5 (fucking) hours spent waiting in the salon is like nothing to them. Woah!

1945

Jurong East

The Waiting Area for IMM free shuttle

Like old times, Cuiling is late again. That gal had planned a movie outing ‘What Happens In Vegas’ at VivoCity, 2130 show. And she offered to drive me there, as I only knocked off @ 1930. After I hopped off the M1 shuttle, I called her to ask her where is she. Her boyfriend, Weiming, picked up the call and gave me the ‘just as I had expected’ reply, “On the way!”

I was like, ‘Where?’ Singapore, though is just a tiny red dot on the world map, but ‘on the way’ still makes a hug difference. Like another friend of mine, Eliza, whom when we agreed to meet outside Zouk at 2230, is still in fact waiting to take the lift at her home, AT that time, happily telling us that ‘I’m on the way!’

I quickly told them that I’m here already. -_-” Weiming told me to continue waiting.

1958

Jurong East -> Vivo

Inside Cuiling’s Car

Throughout the ride, they were complaining to me about Joe, a friend of Cuiling. Apparently, he’s weird. For more info, refer to Cuiling’s Blog ( http://www.lorsoh.blogspot.com )

I was laughing my ass off.

2040

VivoCity, Food Republic

Kill me if I ever patron that bloody food court again! It’s so expensive. I was horrified. My order of Nasi Lemak which include a roll of ordinary looking Ngoh Hiang, a 1/4 of omelette’s, a scoop-full of long beans and a spoonful of ikan billis actually cost me $6.40 *Gasp*. I almost hyperventilated on the spot.

Pat and Shaoya had long arrived at Vivo. As soon as we said our Hi’s, Shaoya produced her steal of the day to Cuiling, “Check this out! Cheap buy!” *Shaking Head* Girls will still be, Girls. She dug out a what-looks-like-a-bottom-but-is-in-fact-a-top outfit. I stole a glance at it, just to see what’s the big woo-haa. *Chey*

2120

VivoCity Level 2

WL and Quili is late. Again. We were making our way down the escalator and just as I was about to call Quili, keeping my fingers cross that it won’t be another ‘on the way’ sort of reply that I would get, I saw them walking out of the door to the multi-storey carpark. Could I get any luckier? I need to start buying 4D.

We make our way to the Cinema. I was thinking of getting a Popcorn Combo. You know how you will see the importance of a particular person in some social situation at times? For my case, I see the importance of Ming Yong. Haha. We always shared a Combo when we catched a show. Too bad, the others are too full. I had to ’share’ it with myself.

2130

VivoCity, Cinema

Room 11

As usual, GV’s advertisement is like never-ending. Pat even took out her notes (She’s having exam) to flip through. We were seperated into a 4-3 situation. 4 seats in row D and 3 seats in row E. I took the lead and said, “All singles, follow me!” Which explains why Pat, Shaoya and I are sitting side-by-side.

We managed to see SATC trailer. Cuiling, who’s sitting in front, turned around and look at me, while I gave her an acknowledging nod. We are so going to catch it together. Friendship never goes out of style!

I was just into 1/4 of my popcorns, when the light starts to dim. I heard Pat said, “Not so fast, not so fast! I still have one more line to go!” -_-”

Woohoo~~ The show’s entertaining. After a long day of listening to ridiculous Singaporean complaining about how expensive their bill is, how come I don’t have any voucher and best, threatening to go to ST or SH, this is just what I need. A comedy that will give me a good laugh!

My Paternal Eldest Uncle is in the hospital. 2 weeks ago, he was admitted in the middle of the night into NUH. Before we know it, he was sort of fighting for his life. The only other choice is to take out that ’stone’ and a kidney from inside of him. Else, the only left with 2 days.

I was like ‘not again’. I can’t handle another funeral. At least not that first. These few years had been a emotional roller coaster ride for me. 2005, it’s my dad. Then my close pal WL’s dad passed away from somewhat the same reason last year (2007). A week after, it’s 3rd Uncle. This year, it’s Eldest Uncle -In Law turn. A week later, yet another close friend, Pat’s mum.

Thankfully, he managed to pull through it. I think you must go through a round of ‘life and death’ before you actually know how to treasure life. When I went to visit him today, he told us ( his wife, my mum and I) that we should enjoy life while we still can.

He’s still rather weak. Even the slightest movement requires a great deal of effort. He got me laughing when I heard him said, “Even if you were to put a pretty lady beside me now, I won’t even have to the strength!”

Haha… At least, that’s a good sign to show that he’s recovering.

After like over 20 years, I only got to learn today that his birthday falls on the same day as a Chinese Diety ‘Tau Pek Gong’. Due to the fact that he’s Gramp’s eldest son, we have to refer to him as ‘Tau Pek’. How ‘qiao’! He then complained that despite being his (Tau Pek Gong) disciple, he didn’t even take care of him.

Auntie-in law then told him that he actually did, but it was him who chose to ignore the sign and symptoms of what would eventually result in the removal of one kidney.

I was touched when I heard Auntie-In-Law reprimand him, “Everytime like to anyhow say things! And say things too early! Used to say that you will push me around when we are old! See? Now it’s the other way round!”

I can’t believed that such love still exist after years of marriage and 3 children. Woah!

Before I left, he actually told me that if I were to bring him a  cup of Iced water the next time I was to visit him, he’ll be very happy!

That’s his favorite! Ice Cold Water.

Mambo night was fun. I managed to hear some of my favorite retro hits like Square Room, World Hold On and I Heard A Rumor. The biggest surprise was we bumped into WL. That guy who claimed that he hate the night scene and chided us for going (as we are all grown ups and all) went without telling us. He was there with his colleagues. I did called him earlier on, but he didn’t picked up. His reason was ‘My phone is in the car’.

Yar Right!

Sherlyn, Liling and I sharing a Jug of Bourbon on the dancefloor. Lyn informed us that her sister is impressed that we are still friends for like 11 years already.

Other than that spoiler of the night, I had a good time. Halfway through shaking and trying to imitate those synchronized dancers on the platform, Liling retreated to the Ladies for a pee break. Ages later, she re-emerged and said, “A lady had vomitted in the toilet!”

Urghz… Gross! She said that she’s in the cubicle and just as she was about to come out, she saw a puddle of puke ‘flood’ in from the space between the cubicle door and floor. I almost fainted when she said, “I thought the auntie is cleaning the floor!” I had to remind her that cleaning ladies doesn’t clean the floor with other people’s puke.

“Anyway, how you get out?” I asked.

Like explaining to an idiot, she replied impatiently, “I walked out! Using both my legs!”

Again, I asked the obvious. She also added that she had to raise her legs up on top of the sink to wash her legs. I got a shock and asked, “but i thought you are a lady? Dont you have a image to maintain?”

“Please! I’m inside the Ladies! There’s nothing to maintain!’ She snapped.

True! The only other people in impress inside the ladies are the lesbians.

After Midnight

Shirmaine’s Home

We were greeted by Maine 14 year old dog, Billy, upon entering the house. Even though Maine had told me that Billy is blind and doesn’t bite, I still had my doubt. I’m scared of dogs, you see? And I’m not about to take any chances. Therefore, after entering, I quickly make my way to the sofa and kept both my legs up. I asked Shirmaine whether does Billy knows how to ‘jump onto the sofa’. She gave me a very firm ‘NO!’.

… Billy walked over towards me and had both his front paws up on the sofa. I turned my head to give Maine a dagger look. That Liar!

She then walked out from the kitchen with huge bottle of Black Label. It’s about 1/4 full ( Depending on how you interpret life, 3/4 empty! ) Thankfully, I’d bought Green Tea/Ribena/Chips before going up to her home.She then pop in Ratatoullie in the player.

Somehow, Billy is still barking away. Maine then told me, “He knows that you are in the house! Let him smell you! So that he’ll stop!”

-_-” It was then I decided to put down my foot. True enough, he walked over and sort of lick my toes and gave it a sniff. I was trembling with fear the whole time. Luckily I don’t have a full bladder. Else, I swear I would had leaked on the spot. Once done, he walked around for a while, before heading back into the room.

I didn’t watched it when it was screening. I asked both Maine and Des how many times had they watched it already. Des said 2 while Maine said “2 and a half!”

*Raising an eyebrow* I asked her to elaborate. She replied, “Oh the 1/2 is because I watched it halfway with my sister!”

I@@

The show is very entertaining. I had good laugh. The last time a cartoon actually tickled me was Chicken Little, I think. Because it’s sort of an ‘animal’ related show, halfway through, Desmond asked, “If you can choose, which animal would you like to be!”

I go for whale. However, the thought of being a gigantic mammal sort of turned me off. Thus, I chose to be a Dolphin instead.

Desmond opted to become a Mountain Cat. Reason? I had fogotten.

Maine annouced, “I want to be a bitch!” I managed to get the reference, however Des doesn’t. He blinked at Maine and said, “No! What I’m asking is that if you can choose…”

“Yarh! I know! I want to be a female bitch!” She snapped. In other words, she want to be a dog.

“Why?” I asked, feeling puzzled.

“Look at Billy! He does nothing but eat, sleep and walk around all day long! It’s good life!” She analyzed.

Pointing a finger at her, I told her flatly, “That’s because he has good owners!” To which, Des nodded his head in agreement.  ”What happen if you end up as a female stray?” I continued.

“Yar! True larh hor!” was all she said.