Less is More.

I was in danger of turning into my Mum.

Hoarding items from days of yore; the movie ticket from the 1st date, boxes from gadgets bought over the years, old uniforms, dust collecting on electronics sitting in a sad corner at home, clothes bought on a whim. And tupperware... a lot of tupperware.

It started out with a cabin bag that was excess to requirement. Then the 7.1 speaker system that wasn't making a squeak to the home theatre experience. Then the 5.1 DVD system which was a leftover for when my brother was staying with me. Good stuff, all of 'em, but bad use of space.

So word was sent out that the Haus of Tiong was de-cluttering. Of course, one has to entice them people to show. Enter Wii, steamboat and Mahjong. How they love their mahjong... The trio combo were so successful that some forgot about picking up things for a good part of the day.

However, some did go back with items that will get a new lease of life instead of sitting in a dark corner gathering sinus-inducing dust. Somewhere, someone out there is blasting their ears off with a newly acquired sound system, a room will be cooled down considerably by a large fan, stacks of CDs are being digitized into a huge archive, and hopefully someone will turn up with a better tan next time.

And at Lor Ah Soo? I can see my kitchen. Again.

Great way to...Wala!

"So what are you going as tonight?"

"I assure you, it will banish any remnants of your hubby's halloween costume from years back."

"OK onz, tonight I go Wala.."

So it was to be Kevin's birthday on the 2nd Jan of 2010. With this crew there usually is a theme for their birthdays, but I think this really takes the cake. I assured them that the crowd will literally part for them even though it would be a full house by time they got to Wala after the birthday dinner.

It occurred to me to head towards Mustaffa Centre. This place really has everything. It didn't take me long to locate the souvenir department and begin to find a size that will fit me. Luckily the costume is situated at a tiny corner so I could try it on right there, without shoppers thinking I had a particular fetish. Proceeded to make payment before whizzing off.

Word must've got out to the Barflies, cuz by the time we got to Wala the turnout was big. The same people had rushed from a party from another end of the island to join those who, as usual, were there early for a table.

For the first Sa-Thirst-day in 2010 at Wala, it definitely is memorable!!

P.S. another theme party on the same night got totally pwned by ours!

2010 woots!!

12 ways to Christmas...

On the first day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me... an AC/DC cd..hey!

On the second day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me...2 headlights,and an AC/DC cd..Hey!

on the third day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me..3 Wala furniture, 2 headlights, and an AC/DC cd..Hey!

on the fourth day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me...4 xmm,3 wala furniture, 2 headlights, and an AC/DC cd..Hey!

on the fifth day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me...

5 pints-of-Kilkennnnnyy!!!

4 XMM, 3 wala furniture, 2 big headlights, and an AC/DC cd...Hey!!

on the sixth day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me.. 6 hours spent-in-office-plurking...

5 PINTS_OF_KILKENNNNYYY!!

4xmm, 3 wala furniture, 2 big bouncy headlights, and an AC/DC cd..Hey!!

on the seventh day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me... 7 NSFW links, 6 hours spentinofficeplurking..

5 PINTS_OF_KILKENNNNYYY!!

4xmm, 3 wala furniture, 2 big juicy bouncing headlights, and an AC/DC cd..Hey!!

on the eighth day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me..8 googlewave invites, 7 NSFW links, 6hrsspentinofficeplurking...

5 PINTS_OF_KILKENNNNYYY!!

4xmm, 3 wala furniture, 2 big juicy bouncing headlights, and an AC/DC cd..Hey!!

on the ninth day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me...9, mezza9 that is, 8 googlewave invites, 7 NSFW links,6hrs wastedinofficeplurking.

5 PINTS_OF_SUPERCHILLED_KILKENNNNYYY!!

4 chio xmm, 3 drunk wala furniture, 2 big juicy bouncing headlights, and an AC/DC cd..Hey!!

on the tenth day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me...10-hank gawd we're almost done, 9, dinner at mezza9, 8 googlewave invites,

7 freaky NSFW links, 6hrs might-as-well-go-home than wastetimeinofficeplurking...

5 PINTS_OF_SUPERCHILLED_KILKENNNNYYY!! (if 1for1 we get 10!)

4 chio xmm with long legs, 3 drunk wala furniture headbanging, 2 big juicy bouncing headlights that are waiting to be teh-ed..

and an AC/DC cd..Hey!

on the eleventh day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me...11times this week i dun have a seat on the train..10-hankew for reading this..

9, I also wanna go mezza9, 8 googlewave invites that nobody wants, 7 NSFW links,6hrs eatsnakeandplurking..

5 PINTS_OF_beautiful, super chilled,KILKENNNNYYY!!

4 chio xmm long legs, short skirts, 3 drunk wala furniture doing air guitar now,2 headlights waiting to be teh-ed..

and an AC/DC cd..Hey!

on the twelfth day of Christmas, the cowboybar gave to me...the 12th men for the other team (referee kayuuu),

11 times I had to smell armpit cuz I dun have a seat..

10-hankew, preese cum again..

9, I also wanna go mezza9!

8 screw googlewave invites, so laggy one

7 freaky NSFW videos which had 2 female barflies in Bangkok with a random chick tourist after a bottle of vodka..

6hrs i spent pretending to work but i actually plurking

5 pints of CHIlled KILKEENNNAAAYYYY!!

4 chio xmm, long legs, short skirts, preferably commando for the night.

3 wala furniture kena blacklisted cuz they actually tried to climb on stage and play the guitar.. with Rene still holding it.

2 boing boing headlights.

AND AN AC-freaking rocks-DC cd.................................

HEY!!

Lions whimper at the Grand Dame of Kallang...

So I was given 2 complimentary tickets to watch our National Lions play against Thailand for the AFC Asia Cup qualifier.

With nothing to do till my regular jaunt to Wala Wala (we call it SaThirstDay now..) , I asked my new friend James to join me. Great chance for him to soak in some local action too.

We had a quick lunch opposite the Geylang Lorong 1 bus terminal. The mutton briyani at Banana Leaf is pretty decent.

Whilst washing down the food with a cup of teh tarik, James asked about the price of the ticket.

Then it hit me.

I had stuff everything plus the kitchen sink into my bermuda pockets, except for the tickets!!

Feeling rather stupid, we made our way there on foot with the rest of the supporters to the stadium. The drinks and food temporary stalls were doing brisk business. James took some photos whilst I took everything in with my Vado HD.

The National Stadium is slated to be torn down. When? Nobody knows, cuz they been pushing back the demolition date too many times. Looking at it, I do not think it is necessary to be reduced to rubble.

All they really need to do is put in proper seating instead of the benches, add 2 jumbo screens and a roof. And voila! I suspect it would cost less than tearing it down and building a new one all over again.

Now you probably asking, what about the match?

It ended 1-3. The Thais didn't play that well, but Singapore sucked even more.

The only upside was that we didn't have to watch the match in the rain.

And I was soooo looking forward to using my 100yen rain jacket...