451. Partying

Friday (13th Oct)

Took our consultants out for dinner @ Kirishima, Cititel Hotel and then adjourned to Soho to end the evening. Alas, the evening didn't end until 5am. :P

At Soho, one of the consultants ordered a "screaming orgasm". I was rather amused (ok, ok, more shocked than amused), so I grabbed the cocktail menu to see what other interesting drinks they have. Lo & behold! The "Slow comfortable screw against the wall with the kiss". Talk about kinky names for a drink. Wan Yean blogged about a local drink called Koteh lo, but I think "Slow comfortable screw against the wall with the kiss" takes the cake just for the time it takes to say the whole sentence & the expression other patron's face when you order it.

Hmmmm, did anyone notice it's Friday the 13th?

Suffering Bastard, Screaming Orgasm & Slow Comfortable Screw Against The Wall With The Kiss. Hmmm, I've got a few names myself :)

Saturday (14th Oct)

As expected, after such an eventful evening, I was late for work today. After work, took a nap and got ready for Mandy's b'day party. It's a pool party, so swimwear is mandatory. The party started with catered Thai food, fruits & of course drinks (pretty good margaritas & Strawberry Daiquiris). After all the food, cake and drinks, it's time to hit pool. It's been almost a year since i last swam. Had a really good time just fooling around in the pool. :)

Mandy & her cake; Her braveheart impersonation (she got her face smashed into the cake)


Raine amused with the breasts on the cake decor; Mandy & her man, Beau


Me, Ee Lyne, Say Keat, Ana & Raine; Raine, Ana & Ee Lyne


Raine in the water; Me in the water


Raine learning new tricks; Me "jumping" thru the loop held by my trainer


The dry crowd; Seng & Wee

Sunday (15th Oct)

Basically, woke up late and Yippie picked me up to One Stop to meet Chong @ One Stop. We got some DVDs, UPS and hubs for my office. Then we headed over to Gurney Plaza. Stopped by the Canon concept store. I was thinking of getting the 400D. The lady was very helpful in explaining the functions and specs of the camera. Gave me a pretty good deal too. After considering the pros & cons, I decided not to get it. Figured that a high end compact would be good enough. Probably the Powershot S80 or Ixus 850 IS. Oh well, back to more research. After dinner, headed over to my office to install the UPS and hubs and also to clear off some work. My consultants complained the they couldn't connect to my server. So had to stay and make sure that everything went well. Finally went home at 3am. *Yawn*

450. Tao!

Finally went to Tao @ E-Gate yesterday evening for their eat all you can Japanese cuisine. I think it's really value for money. The food is pretty good. Don't know how they managed to make money (especially with customers like us). After the makan, we went over to Flix to end the nite. It was a farewell of sorts for Chong's friend. Ran into Wilson John. Haven't seen him in a long time.

Photos taken while taking Chong's friend around town

The Marina; The Ferry Terminal

By the Church Street Pier; The Penang Bridge



Chong & I @ Tao; Still checking out the amount of Wasabi they gave us


Adrian & I; This is what happens when I've had one too many

This evening, on the way back, Wee told me that it's Say Keat's b'day celebrations at Bailey's. Oh well, guess it's gonna be a long nite. :) But after a few drinks and a graveyard, they actually decided to continue on at Soho. I took the opportunity to excuse myself and headed home. On the way back, stopped to grab Nasi Lemak as supper. Should've eaten first before drinking.

Guess which one is the b'day boy ;) (Hint: He had way too much to drink)

449. IQ? What IQ?

Stolen from Mikey's Funnies

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The IQ of the group is the lowest IQ of a member of the group divided by the number of people in the group.
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Heard this song on the radio the other day :) What a coincidence, 'twas feeling a little nostalgic. I didn't know the inspiration for this song came from such deep feelings, until I did a search online.

MEAT LOAF - "It's All Coming Back To Me Now"
(feat. Marion Raven)

(Jim Steinman)

[Boy:] There were nights when the wind was so cold
That my body froze in bed if I just listened to it right outside the window
[Girl:] There were days when the sun was so cruel
That all the tears turned to dust and I just knew my eyes were drying up forever

[Both:]
I finished crying in the instant that you left
And I can't remember where or when or how
And I banished every memory you and I have ever made

[Boy:]
But when you touch me like this (touch me like this)
And you hold me like that (hold me like that)
I just have to admit that it's all coming back to me
When I touch you like this (touch you like this)
And I hold you like that (hold you like that)
It's so hard to believe but it's all coming back to me now

[Girl:]
It's all coming back
It's all coming back to me now

[Boy:]
There were moments of gold and there were flashes of light
There were things I'd never do again but then they'd always seemed right
There were nights of endless pleasure
It was more than any laws allow-baby, baby!

If I kiss you like this (kiss you like this)
And if you whisper like that (whisper like that)
It was lost long ago but it's all coming back to me

If you want me like this (if you want me like this)
And if you need me like that (if you need me like that)
It was dead long ago but it's all coming back to me

It's so hard to resist and it's all coming back to me
I can barely recall, but it's all coming back to me now....

But you were history with the slamming of the door
And I made myself so strong again somehow
And I never wasted any of my time on you since then!

But if I touch you like this (touch you like this)
And if you kiss me like that (kiss me like that)
It was so long ago but it's all coming back to me
If you touch me like this (touch me like this)
And if I kiss you like that (kiss you like that)
It was gone with the wind but it's all coming back to me now

[Girl:]
It's all coming back
It's all coming back to me now

[Boy:]
There were moments of gold and there were flashes of light
There were things we'd never do again but they'd always seemed right
There were nights of endless pleasure
It was more than all your laws allow-baby, baby, baby!

When you touch me like this (touch me like this)
And when you hold me like that (hold me like that)
It was gone with the wind but it's all coming back to me

When you see me like this (see me like this)
And when I see you like that (see you like that)
Then we see what we want to see-all coming back to me

The flesh and the fantasies-all coming back to me
I can barley recall, but it's all coming back to me now....

If you forgive me all this (forgive me all this)
If I forgive you all that (forgive you all that)
We forgive and forget and it's all coming back to me now

[Girl:] It's all coming back to me now
[Boy:] We forgive and forget
[Both:] And it's all coming back to me now....

448. In retrospect

During the week, basically it was the usual week except for a trip up Cameron Highlands. Haven't been up there for quite some time. Haven't been there to relax, most of the time it's just take a drive up and once we're done with tea, it's back home. This time, I actually get to take some time to walk around a bit. This is also the first time I actually stopped and walked around a tea plantation and take in the scenery. Really glad I went on the trip. It was very relaxing and had a great time just doing nothing. Been up here many times before, but this trip really stood out. It'll be laser etched in my temporal cortex. Lovely. Bought a "bunch" of strawberries and also some fresh honey.

The infamous Ye Olde Smoke House, the place for tea, fruit cake & scones



The Cameron Bharat Tea Plantation, my first trip to a tea plantation


Kok's Self Plucking Farm :) All things must come to an end, on the way back to reality


On to the not so interesting stuff, replenishing my office essentials and also finishing the strawberries with Chong and Adrian


Was feeling a bit down, so took a break with Wee at Soho. He said this was a perfect pint of Guinness with a nice doming crown & bla bla bla, I didn't have my camera with me, so had to settle with this pathetic phonecam shot

After that, it's BBQ @ Casa de Lai. Everything was pretty normal except Lai's Unagi. He claims that he caught it, but I doubt it. The eel was pretty delicious barbaqued. Nice. After the food, we proceeded to kill time. Dennis brought a tazer, so they were playing with it. Then they found "Siu Keong", Adrian tazered the poor bugger. It was actually stunned for a while. I wonder if it can actually feel it too.

In front of Casa De Lai; Wood's car


A view of Lai's garden from his room; Siu Keong stunned

Was watching American Chopper on Astro over the weekend. The show features bike builders from Orange County Chopper (OCC). Never quite like the bikes on from the show, but they were showing the Sunoco bike (on the left) and for once, I saw a bike from the show that I can appreciate. After looking at their site, I found that they designed an iRobot theme bike as well. These 2 I really like.

Sunday morning was typical breakfast with the guys. It was a lovely morning (for more personal reasons). Went over to Tesco to do some grocery shopping. You know, the typical essentials for my pad. Junk food, drinks and a songkok. Yup! A songkok (The songkok is a traditional headgear worn by Malay men usually for religious and ceremonial purposes). Jack hates it, so I had to get it to irritate him. He says he'll beat me up if I bought it. I did, but he's too busy playing with his new phone (The Samsung X820, the world's slimmest phone with the thickness of only 6.9mm) to beat me up. We basically just lazed around in the afternoon. Gosh, got a lot of work to finish up before tomorrow.

The Songkok; The dingbat modelling it

Had beef steamboat @ Kham Khee Restaurant for dinner. It seems that it's highly recommended by the local magazine. I highly recommend it too, but the service is substandard loe. We had a friend visit us, so on the way back, we stopped by scenic locations and took photos. Would've stopped by the Penang Bridge too, if not for the fact the the haze is still quite bad.

The front of the restaurant looks quite run down, but the food is good


Shot taken right in front of the restaurant


Nicholas, wife & daughter

Some old buildings along Lower Penang Road & Komtar

Damn it! In today's Formula 1 race in Suzuka, Michael's engine blew and Alonso finishes 1st. Now Michael is 10pts behind Alonso. If Alonso gets even 1 pt in the final race a fortnight from today, then Michael's hope for the 8th driver's title before he retires will be over. Sigh!

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My Random Thots:

In the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Smith (Jolie) said, "Happy endings are just stories that hasn't finish yet!"

Really? Is it like that? In that context, then I think many of my life stories have finished liau. There are some stories I refuse to let it end, there must be at least one with a happy ending. Surely I'll write it in due time.

See, this is what happens when I get only 4hrs of sleep. Half assed philosophies. Time to sleep.

Holy long posts Batman! This must be my longest blog post yet!

447. A Convivial Weekend

My parents are back and that also means there'll be a reunion dinner of sorts. Wee & Raine decided to take up chef duty. He's confident he finally got the recipe for steam fish down packed after the 3rd try. :) It was probably one of the better family dinners we had. Guess the time apart made the heart grow fonder?

Jack's back & Jeff flew in later in the evening, we picked him up and took him to Green House for supper.

Was suppose to go church, but my uncle from Sitiawan came up to visit and will be picking up Jeff from the airport for breakfast and all. After our "breakfast" at noon, we're off to One Stop to get some DVDs. After enriching the lives of pirates, we decided to kill time at the video arcade. It's a good deal, RM4 an hour. Unlimited access to all sort of games. Some video games there I won't even look at if not for the fact that they're "free". We tried all the "stupid" games which I normally laugh at & wouldn't be caught dead playing (there's an oxymoron for u). Played them guitar games, piano games, DJ console games & most shocking of all the dancing machines! So, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in his life ever (never before & never again), Mr can't-dance-to-safe-his-life will actually attempt to dance on the Para Para Paradise 2nd Mix! Again, viewer's beware, graphic content!

The ancient snake fist opening stance; busy working my mojo


Frantically waving my arms making magic (no one was impressed); My final score 26428pts. 17 great moves, 26 good moves and 41 misses and got D grade. Mei would've been proud :)

After all the exercise, it's off to Gurney Plaza to meet up with Penny and gang to watch "The Banquet". I must say, it was really good. Very artistic. Some twists in a plot makes the story interesting, but this one stretched it a bit too far, just a bit. A chinese take on Hamlet they're claiming this to be. The great casts and cinemagraphy makes up for it. Definitely worth getting the DVD. Also managed to get a S-Video connector for Chong's PS2. Bought it for him as rental fee for letting me have the PS2 for so long (still having it btw). A very small price to pay really. :)

Wrapped up the evening with dinner at Dome after that, it's back home to enjoy the DVDs. Oh, and the fact that Michael kicked Alonso's ass over the weekend in Shanghai should end Alonso's trash talk about how FIA & Ferarri is conspiring against Alonso to hand the championship to Michael (Hmmm, maybe the Renault mech was bribed by FIA/Ferarri to screw up the tire change during Alonso's crucial pit stop). A convivial weekend indeed.