Sunday, July 20, 2008
21:52 by FoxTwo Saturday, 19 July. A date where many people will remember for other things. My drinking buddies and I however, remember this date for a different reason - the birthday of a drinking buddy.
The original plan was to have a nice simple dinner, after which we'd adjourn to a nice quiet pub somewhere and just chill and recount tales of yore when we were young.
Of course, everyone knows that plans made for "birthday parties" never work out exactly as planned.
We practically gorged ourselves at dinner. Lotsa yummy food (sorry no pics! Too busy eating to take pics!), and I had heaps of helpings of the pork ribs, toufu and whatever that was on the table. Yes, sorry too. I was too busy eating to learn the names of the dishes on the table :)
After dinner, we all felt kinda bloated. However the night was still young, and the first stop after dinner was Balaclava, at Suntec City. After settling ourselves down at a nice spot, drinks quickly appeared at the table.
The band was very good, and we enjoyed the rendition of several songs by them. After which, The Cake (tm) appeared.
Ok, it's just the box of the cake in this shot, but here's the cake unveiled.
Yeah it's full of chocolaty goodness. Enough to put on a few pounds on you if you are heroic enough to finish the whole cake! That's why our friend can be seen here praying before she lifts the knife to cut the cake.
There she goes, cutting the cake!
For some reason, women appear to have a very high metabolic rate. The Cake (tm) wasn't enough, and they just had to order the "special dish" of Balaclava - the Sweet And Sour Pork. Ok I only ate a piece of it, and it's nice, but heck, my senses could have been numbed by the drinks already.
Being women, she just had to show off her gifts.
That was gift #1. Now for gift #2.
Then drinks ran out. Then they said "Let's go to MOS". Ah well, 2nd place then, off we went! MOS was crowded as usual. Lots of chio bu around. Yeah no pics of them, because I don't wanna be pummeled into tiny itty bitty pieces by their escorts. It's also a good thing that we skipped the long queues and went directly into MOS without any problem, due to their (the women) good relations with the management and staff.
More drinks magically appeared on the table, and within seconds the table started to become crowded.
What's even more amazing is that after my buddy and I had gone to the toilet and back, even MORE drinks appeared on the table. Seems like the women just wanted their lychee martini fix and they appeared right there.
By now it was almost 3am. The party was still going strong, and the women decided MOS was boring, and wanted to hop over to Barfly. Now, the previous time I was there, I was pretty far gone and didn't remember much. This time however, I was alert and sober (well, more sober than the rest of them anyway) and I managed to get some pics.
Yup that's the headless mascot of Barfly. Never noticed it the first time I was there heh! Amusingly, the manager of Barfly decided to surprise the birthday girl with a novel drink - The Flaming Waterfall! Here's a pic of it getting set up.
And here's the video of the whole process, from the lighting up to the drinking by the birthday gal.
Sorry but I had to increase the brightness of the video. My digital camera doesn't have a built-in lightsource. Most digial cameras do not have it anyway.
Needless to say, no mercy was spared on the birthday gal. She was woozy after the drink and had to sit down. Soon, Barfly had to close, and the manager offered to bring us to Luna, another club near Barfly. Like little troopers we went off with them. The manager posed for a pic at the entrance of Luna
However, what caught my eye was the cool walkway inside Luna itself.
By now it was getting close to 5am, and it was time to call it a night.
Yeah I got home nice and tingly, and no, I wasn't plastered or anything. Just a nice feeling to hit the sack and sleep soundly till whatever time I wake up on Sunday.
21:52 by FoxTwo Saturday, 19 July. A date where many people will remember for other things. My drinking buddies and I however, remember this date for a different reason - the birthday of a drinking buddy.
The original plan was to have a nice simple dinner, after which we'd adjourn to a nice quiet pub somewhere and just chill and recount tales of yore when we were young.
Of course, everyone knows that plans made for "birthday parties" never work out exactly as planned.
We practically gorged ourselves at dinner. Lotsa yummy food (sorry no pics! Too busy eating to take pics!), and I had heaps of helpings of the pork ribs, toufu and whatever that was on the table. Yes, sorry too. I was too busy eating to learn the names of the dishes on the table :)
After dinner, we all felt kinda bloated. However the night was still young, and the first stop after dinner was Balaclava, at Suntec City. After settling ourselves down at a nice spot, drinks quickly appeared at the table.
The band was very good, and we enjoyed the rendition of several songs by them. After which, The Cake (tm) appeared.
Ok, it's just the box of the cake in this shot, but here's the cake unveiled.
Yeah it's full of chocolaty goodness. Enough to put on a few pounds on you if you are heroic enough to finish the whole cake! That's why our friend can be seen here praying before she lifts the knife to cut the cake.
There she goes, cutting the cake!
For some reason, women appear to have a very high metabolic rate. The Cake (tm) wasn't enough, and they just had to order the "special dish" of Balaclava - the Sweet And Sour Pork. Ok I only ate a piece of it, and it's nice, but heck, my senses could have been numbed by the drinks already.
Being women, she just had to show off her gifts.
That was gift #1. Now for gift #2.
Then drinks ran out. Then they said "Let's go to MOS". Ah well, 2nd place then, off we went! MOS was crowded as usual. Lots of chio bu around. Yeah no pics of them, because I don't wanna be pummeled into tiny itty bitty pieces by their escorts. It's also a good thing that we skipped the long queues and went directly into MOS without any problem, due to their (the women) good relations with the management and staff.
More drinks magically appeared on the table, and within seconds the table started to become crowded.
What's even more amazing is that after my buddy and I had gone to the toilet and back, even MORE drinks appeared on the table. Seems like the women just wanted their lychee martini fix and they appeared right there.
By now it was almost 3am. The party was still going strong, and the women decided MOS was boring, and wanted to hop over to Barfly. Now, the previous time I was there, I was pretty far gone and didn't remember much. This time however, I was alert and sober (well, more sober than the rest of them anyway) and I managed to get some pics.
Yup that's the headless mascot of Barfly. Never noticed it the first time I was there heh! Amusingly, the manager of Barfly decided to surprise the birthday girl with a novel drink - The Flaming Waterfall! Here's a pic of it getting set up.
And here's the video of the whole process, from the lighting up to the drinking by the birthday gal.
Sorry but I had to increase the brightness of the video. My digital camera doesn't have a built-in lightsource. Most digial cameras do not have it anyway.
Needless to say, no mercy was spared on the birthday gal. She was woozy after the drink and had to sit down. Soon, Barfly had to close, and the manager offered to bring us to Luna, another club near Barfly. Like little troopers we went off with them. The manager posed for a pic at the entrance of Luna
However, what caught my eye was the cool walkway inside Luna itself.
By now it was getting close to 5am, and it was time to call it a night.
Yeah I got home nice and tingly, and no, I wasn't plastered or anything. Just a nice feeling to hit the sack and sleep soundly till whatever time I wake up on Sunday.
