Thursday, December 27, 2007

"Let's get that tower!"

"Let's get that tower!"

That was the fatal sentence of our night, coming from XiangUn. We were at Clare Quay's Brewerks looking through the menu, trying to decide on our dinner, when we sorta arrived at that conclusion. Oh and by the way, it's "that tower" of beer.

You know, there was the usual terms like, glass/bottle/jug and then the enigmatic "tower". Of course we were curious kids thinking that "tower" shouldn't be too much for the 6 of us, so yes we ordered that!

When the mysterious "tower" finally arrived, we were all shocked into laughing out loud. It was HUMONGOUS. I think if you put the damn thing on the floor, it'll be up to my waist! It even had its own dispenser! It contained 4 freaking litres of beer. That is ALOT of beer for the 6 of us at dinner, considering the fact that none of us are hardcore alcoholics (even though Mel still had alcohol in her blood from Mambo the night before. Haha!). By the time the waitress filled all our glasses (and mind you, the glasses were pretty damn huge as well), the "tower" was still half full.
Half way through dinner, we concluded that the only way to finish that damn thing was to play drinking games. Hahaha so we started playing "I've Never", the game where no one can really win, which means everyone will have to drink! :D

2 rounds into the game, I couldn't really cut my chicken wings properly and started feeling like I was gonna float off into space. 3 rounds into the game, everyone started sputtering the stupidest "I'ver Never's". The best of them included Ivan's "I've never been fat!". Hahaha that idiot! And then Jarrod looked right as me and said "I've never been Mongolia." So I looked right back at him and told him "Neither have I." HAHA! It was freaking hilarious. And then I was damn smart, I advised Shu to say "I've never jumped more than 170cm for Standing Board Jump" only to realise that my own score was 180cm++.

By the time we were done with that 4litres of beer and getting out of the restaurant, I was seriously floating off the ground and had trouble walking straight. Oh my goodness, it was so embarassing to be drunk at 8pm on freaking beer at dinner! I have no idea why my alcohol tolerance was so low that night!

We walked around, took stupid pictures, tried to push Ivan into the river while looking for a place to sit down. The whole time I was just whining for them to please just stop walking and sit down and then they decided to cross the river and walk down some stairs! I was perfectly fine going down the whole flight of stairs until I reached the last two. I vaguely remember seeing a woman trying to make her way up, so I decided to hurry abit even though I couldn't really tell whether there was one or two steps left, then being the smart me as usual, I decided to take one big step in my impossible wedges. And almost fell flat on my face. I was so embarassed by myself! Haha.

Thank goodness there was Shu and the more sober boys like Jarrod and XiangUn to take care of me and the other two drunkards, Ivan and Mel! THANK YOU! (: Haha Ivan was the retarded drunkard, Mel was the vulgar and high drunkard, and I was the giggly and "contained" (as Xiang Un says) drunkard.

We finally sat down at The Clinic and they ordered more drinks! The drinks come in drip packets (like in a hospital), so cute! And apparently we weren't the only ones who thought the idea was cute because this whole group of people walked past with their elderly parents and little kids and starteed TAKING PHOTOS OF US! Wth! How embarassing! I covered my face with the serviette as best as I could. I hope they didn't capture my face!

Oh and Ivan actually fell asleep there! Hahaha he was so funny when we finally woke him up to go home. "Huh? So fast meh?" Lol.

So that was my happening Thursday night which started with that all too innocent order. And I am drinking nothing but water for the whole of next month.

Look, The Tower! And we were almost done with it.

I had trouble keeping the chicken bones on my plate. Hahaha!

XiangUn resorted to using his hands.

The pink/purple people!

Hahaha long live Shu the Queen!

They tried to push Ivan into the river.

Shu En!

Okay, I think everyone was more or less in pink other than me.

XiangUn could walk in a straight line, and balance on one leg. And I couldn't!

I look like a totally wasted office girl after work here.


Hahaha my Class Rep successor.

Mel having the drink that came on the drip, and spilled it all over my shoes!

XiangUn, having his "sex on the beach". Hahaha!

The drink that made people take pictures of us.

Shu is disgusted by the boys. Haha.

The super high kids.

All gone!

Hahaha look at Ivan's expression.

XiangUn is a closet narcissist!

I like this photo!

Doesn't Ivan look like he's gonna steal something?


He fell dead asleep!

Waiting for Shu's parents to come pick us up.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

chirstmas, laid-back style

christmas, laid-back style




Christmas was a simple and comfortable affair this year. No huge fuss, no last-minute crazy shopping, no big parties. There weren't even many presents because we're all so broke for some reason or another! Hahaha. It's okay, we can always make it up at Valentine's/birthdays/our self-declared Presents Day. :D

I spent Christmas eve at home with my family, having the most delicious dinner, during which I got too high on Chardonay along with Daddy. Hahaha! My brother spent the whole time sulking at his orange juice (versus our adult-ish wine), lamenting his underage-ness. And Mommy just kept piling heaps of food onto his plate to make it up. It indeed made him alot happier! Haha and I always say I have such a funny family.

Christmas Day was spent shopping with Mommy and I'm home with new clothes and a new phone! Goodbye you pink piece of technology, I am so done with you! Then I headed over to Bev's for our hockers' Christmas gathering, and there was way too much food prepared by Bev! She's got some great culinary skills, that girl. Highlights of the evening include pranking calling people and singing Christmas songs to them non-stop until we collapse in laughter, mahjong, and bumming in front of the TV. I love how we always are so comfortable anytime. (:

And that, folks, is all for Christmas 2007! Short and sweet, and utterly enjoyable.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

on a big boat

on a big boat

First thing that I wanna say: I am so bloated! There was so much foooood on the cruise! Western, Chinese, buffet, solid, liquid - everything that you can imagine. It was Glutton's Galore. We spent half our trip just stuffing our faces. Haha!

I am going to grow so fat! The only exercise I got was from holding the guns and holding the stirring wheel in the arcade. And I think I pulled a muscle doing just that. Great huh.

And speaking of buffets, I think Singaporeans need a compulsory Buffet Etiquette Course. Generally people just have this tendency to take way more than they can finish, and than leave more than half of what they took after their tummies are filled. You don't see this happening with Ang Mohs; mainly Asians, who happen to consist largely of Singaporeans on the cruise. It is so wasteful and embarassing! Oh, and I cannot stand those arrogant aunties who complain complain complain in their broken-English, thinking they're superior to the whole world because we are Singapore and we are richer than all the neighbouring countries. Oh gross!

Depsite that, the service was EXCELLENT! I love the way they address you Mdm with the Ah and Sir with the R. :D The service crew comprises people from all over Asia - Thailand, Vietnam, China, Phlippines, Malaysia, Korea, Myanmar... And the list goes on. Their different accents were very cute and all of them were flawlessly polite! No matter how rude the passenger gets, they're always smiling and Mdm-ing and Sir-ing away. I was really impressed!

It was a wonderful break for us on the whole, fun and relaxing at the same time. Here's what I enjoyed in point form:
  • Long, slow meals together
  • Competing at the arcade with my brother
  • Sitting on the deck at night stargazing (even though it was pretty scary to look out at the pitchblack darkness)
  • Dropping by the casino to see other families dumping coins into a machine by fifties in hope that they'll win the fifty-dollar note that was on the verge of falling out.
  • Soaking in the jacuzzi and spa.
  • Taking many photos (we spent nearly two hundred bucks buying the professionally taken shots. Haha!)
  • A little shopping.
  • Watching performances at night.
  • Exploring the nooks and crooks of the ship.
  • And of course, just spending time together. (:

First Night

The queue was insanely long!

Daddy, walking to board the cruise.

First mirror I saw on the cruise, haha!

Chilling on the deck.

Me against a pretty night-time backdrop.

HabourFront Centre and Vivo City.

Hahaha first meal on board!

Enjoying the breeze.

Look at the jewel-like shoreline behind!

Hahaha I made Mommy take this posey picture with me.

I love the posh decor.

Arcading already.


Day Two

We're always eating - this was breakfast.

The kids pool against the sky and sea.

Superstar Virgo!

S.O.S

It doesn't look like I'm on a ship huh?

Hahaha the TreadWall. You can never get to the top!

Swimming swimming.

The warm jacuzzi - shiok!

The musical on the 2nd night.
Enjoying myself very much! (:

Yeah, the photographer decided to cut off our legs and the top of the tree. Hahaha.

At the lobby area, with the golden horses.

Do Re Mi.

The stained glass ceiling is beautiful!

With Daddy & Mommy!


Day Three

Is it obvious that this photo's editted?
It was overexposed and the skies actually turned out white!

Smeeeeelly brother. :D

Move along, big ship.

The huge satellite thingies.

Wheeee!

Perfect timer shot!

Hello Mommy!

The stairs are abit of a killer to climb.

Hahaha my brother in my shades.

Lunch! This place had the best ambience and the worst food.

Us two again. (: