Epitome of selfpwnage

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!

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...

21st.. Barfly style!

There's only one way to celebrate your birthday... BarFly Style!!

Now that you are 21, there are a few things you should take note of;

1. Flashing the 'V' sign while taking photos is not cute anymore hokaay?!

2. If you wanna talk to a girl, just walk up to her and do so. Don't send a whole section of boys to do it for you, and pretend that you just want to take a photo.

3. Filling your stomach before a night of heavy drinking; Good idea. Ordering dory fish with heavy cream sauce; Bad idea.

4. The sing title is "Don't Stop Me Now", not "Having A Good Time".

5. Don't keep dissin' the CowboyBar/BarFlies, you will kena your just deserts many many times over one.


All in all, you performed admirably. And had the good sense to merlion very, very far away.

Happy Birthday, chow-keng Robin!

Mercy, Mercy me

Sometimes it takes just a picture, a few line in the papers to get people moving.

Now, I am not talking about Ris Low, or Tracy Ang. Those are fodder for idle time.

It was the typhoon that is sweeping across parts of SE Asia that did it for me. Pictures of helpless folks stranded by the floods, children who have lost their homes, families still trying to beef up their rickety abode against mother nature...

I went over to Mercy Relief Singapore's and read about their efforts there.

http://www.mercyrelief.org/?p=1041

Hence, I started my weekend with a trip to the ATM and promptly transferred a modest amount to help Mercy Relief in their efforts.

It was probably what I would be spending at my favourite watering hole the same weekend anyways.

36@Wala Wala

If you look at either side of this post you will see pictures and video of my party at Wala Wala. Suffice to say I thoroughly enjoyed myself, more so because I managed to stay upright till the end of the night.

On an earlier date with some friends, after a nice home cooked meal, they popped out a cake for me. I almost singed my eyebrows trying to blow out all the candles...

Next time 1 candle can liao, okay?

My better half had planned thursday night around a "Rockstar" theme and gave out KISS masks that she lovingly made by hand. We had fun walking around in it and taking many many photos. The Gene Simmons one was the crowd favourite, no surprise there.

Geriatric Gene Simmons on the left

I was prepared to be subjected to the Waterfall treatment, a birthday staple amongst us, but was not ready for the 2nd one, as can be seen from the video. There can ever only be ONE waterfall per birthday...

Nice T-shirt, very apt ain't it?

My own birthday treat? An upgrade to a Flickr pro account, and carting back a foldy back from Japan.

Pwhaaa!!!

Thanks to all that showed up, and those who sms-ed me birthday wishes.

Now excuse me while I go feel the burn from all *pant that *pant cycling *pant ...

PP..PUI!!

via Lancerlord

Better late than never...

Main and sides, originally uploaded by ahtiong73_.

It been a while since I met the motley crew for a nice meal.

It was through a casual conversation on plurk, coupled with the fact that I could not get a decent meal without burning a hole in my pocket whilst in Zurich, that I suddenly had a craving for curry fish head.

More plurking here and there, and after some googling, we settled for Ocean Curry Fish Head at Toa Payoh Lorong 8. I actually saved my tummy the whole day for this!

The thing to note about the group, some of us are fashionably late.

6pm became 7pm, meaning we settled down by 8pm. Those that got there early had ordered ahead-thankew JF and Aloe, so by the time we plonked ourselves down the table started filling up with plate after plate of delectable dishes.

Won't go into a detailed review but suffice to say all were well satisfied. The mouth didn't stop moving; we were either wolfing down the food or engaging in light-hearted banter. Not bad for $10/head.

We walked off the heavy meal...to another food area. Durians were bought this time to go with more refreshments. An eager drink stall lady had to come back to us twice for orders. Some of us had the bright idea to wash the durians down with beer. Mistake.

The gang dispersed slowly from 10pm onwards. All that food made me dizzy, and I dozed off on bed promptly.

Sunday rounded off nicely.

Gooners Gone Bald

5th July 2009 will have a significant place in my heart.

This was the day that 10 Arsenal fans went to Novena, Velocity to have their heads shaved in support of Childrens Cancer Foundation, on their annual Hair for Hope event.



If you would like to support this worthy cause too, consider pledging your donations to any of these guys below. Words of encouragement are welcome too!

Arsenal Singapore Botaks!!

Mr. Wenger pops into Singapore for a night.

Pause. Rewind. Play

Will miss hearing her...

Raising Shirlyn

A little bird told me about this while I was at Timbre last night, so excuse me for rushing this out.

"Another reason to get Farce FaceBook la, deh.." my friend says.

Bah.

So we all know that my sis, Shirlyn, is embarking on her journey to be a fully qualified yoga teacher. I don't need to say again how her gigs at Timbre and Wala has sustained many of us for the countless weekends beginning on Thursdays.

Yes. Her fees have been paid. Yes. Airfare has been taken care of. There's the little detail of expenses though.. And this is where I suspect many of her friends have came in to assist.

"The "Yogini Bear" Fund

Fundraising for Shirlyn's Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in Palm Springs

Host: Shirlyn Tan

Type: Causes - Fundraiser

Network: Global

Date: Monday, April 20, 2009

Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm

Location: Blu Jaz Cafe

Street: Bali Lane ( near Arab Street)

City/Town: Singapore, Singapore

Email: info.shirlyntan@gmail.com

Description:

Come share Shirlyn's dream of becoming a Certified Bikram Yoga Teacher!

She has taken the first big step to being accepted for the Spring 09 Bikram Yoga Teacher Training from 26th April to 28th June in Desert Springs.

Now she needs all the help she can get to raise funds for her fees and expenses. We hope to raise a humble $5,000 tonight to help her along with her food and expense.

Door Charge: a minimum of $15. There's no stopping you should you feel the urge to help a little bit more.

Two sets of acoustic music performances by Shirlyn & The UnXpected

One sizzling performance by Belly Dancer Belinda of Sahara Sundance.

Auction items:

One Belly Dancing Lesson with Belinda

A date with Carrie Lim (Shirlyn's lovely, single flatmate!)

5 weekly passes for Bikram Yoga at Bikram Yoga City Hall"

If you've sang along to "I Will Survive", "Geeeeylang", "Master of Puppets", "Window" with her...you'll be there on Monday.

If you've celebrated your birthday with her, your engagement with her, your break-ups with her...you'll be there on Monday.

If you ever came across her on FaceBook, at the smoking corner, in the neighbourhood...you'll be there on Monday.

You've always enjoyed what Shirlyn has brought to you. If her songs have made you laugh, made you cry, made you drunk...you'll make it on Monday.

Be there.

Monday.

The early bird...

So some of you might already know.

My sister Shirlyn, who leads The UnXpected, will be going away for 9 weeks from the end of April.

Time to get in line early at Wala Wala (still the best place to hear her) on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Shirlyn is off to LA...Soon

If you would like to show her some support while she's still rocking it out, get one of the groupie tee that I've came up with.

GSML; UnXpected Groupie Tee

The message is simple, but it'll put a smile on her face. That, plus singing and dancing to her kick-ass gigs!!

Chicken. Run.

Proof that the Barflies do not always togo when they meet up...

P.S. Okay so some of us DID end up at Timbre afterwards. So sue me woncha?!

Picking up the pieces, again...

So I had a taste of 卫生麻将-MahJong after a long time when, after the reunion dinner, I asked if my teenage niece plays. Soon we were sitting down playing a healthy, short session.

When I got home I had this itch that just wouldn't go away. Started plurking about it. If not for the last minute logistics plus the midnight charge, we would've had a game right at my place the same night/morning. We settled for one round of WahJong on Viwawa instead...

A game was finally organised last night, I was impressed at how we made the decision at such short notice. I had to lug a Mahjong table from my brother's place, along with the set. Then the splitting of the chips (I would've preferrred to play with actual cash la). After which it was a matter of waiting for the kars to arrive...

All came with significant other in tow, but the Wii made sure they were not left gawking over our shoulders. Nick Lee came with refereshments, and Cow went to buy MacDonalds for the peckish gamblers. Thiang this time had a chance to improve on her MarioKart, sans alcohol punishment. Credit to 嘻哈赌妹 1121 for keeping the spirits up throughout the night till first light in the morning.

Perhaps it had to do with the fact that I haven't touched a set of tiles for so long, I was wide awake for the whole sesion. The clickity-clacking, the friendly banter, the mindphucking amongst 4 players, the cursing at an inanimate object. It all came back to me...Funny how I used to struggle through even 2 rounds, and once dozed off while picking up a tile.

It could be that I no longer am the 放炮菜头!

Who needs FarceBook..

When you can find your 光华小学 classmate/1 SIR campmate in the CowBoyBar...

Still the Beng that I know, except that now ish Lao Beng

My name is Tiong. This is my House.

The last 2 weeks have been a blur of waving wiimotes, screaming CB Sishtas, and plenty of whiskey. The festive seasons are following closer than previous years too, therefore the non-stop celebrations.

It began innocently enough; I have a new Wii and plenty of alcohol. You bring food, come over and we play.

What surprised me was how popular my Wii parties became. The good people from The CowBoyBar are always asking about the next Wii party when they leave. Tactics of the games we play are discussed while online. Mystical creatures such as Merlions and LongKang Fairies start to appear. Couples start rabba-ing on the floor. My address have taken on different monikers.

Videos of the now-famous CB Sishtas are posted

I as a host didn't have to do much, other than the shifting of some furniture. The party practically runs by itself, as long as the alcohol is flowing. Wii and alcohol is a very potent mix, trust me. 

Luckily my neighbour either sleep very soundly, or are very patient with the racket that we create at night. 

Just in case anyways, will be preparing a CNY hamper for them.

Welcome to Lorong Ah Soo aka House of Tiong aka St Jeff's PowerStation WiiSky Bar.

吃不大。。。

Spent an evening with the nice people from CBB.

The prawn fishing was fun to watch, although from what I read on their plurks they all cannot out-fish the uncles across them. Practise makes perfect, I say. Vandalin, who was strumming some tunes when I got there, brought a nice bottle of Muscat wine which went quite well with the grilled prawns

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Next time must bring martell and sliced ginger to steam the prawns...

Then it was off to AMK for a proper dinner. We helped ourselves in opening up our own tables near stacks of beer crates. I must say I did a good job of clearing the dirty dishes left behind--occupational hazard. Such a big S11 with so few cleaners, they must be tired and hassled the whole night.

The air was so warm that I had to pop into a nearby 7-11 in the midst of dinner just to cool down.

After a satisfying meal we decided to go to the AMK Hub to enjoy free air-conditioning. I wondered aloud if residents at AMK don't like to watch weekend TV, cuz the area was teeming with people!

So what did a group with a combined age of 200+ do? We went to the arcade. Mind you, this is not a place where they have LAN games and all that. It's back to Daytona Racing, Time Crisis, Basketball Hoops, and the groups favourite, Bishi Bashii.


Cow already had a pre-paid card with him, so he kindly tapped in for many of the games we played. 大坏人 also went to get himself one, and attempted to set a new record for fastest fingering (his own words). The accolade of Arcade Lian went to this young lady codenamed 1121. She could do it with both eyes closed, if she chose to, really...

It got pretty late, and the loud ringing and flashing lights were getting to some of us. We went on our separate ways, and hope that there'll be another eating/drinking/gaming session soon...

Had myself..a real good time...

Yesterday was when my birthday celebration really took off.

I had my trepidations, not knowing how drunk I will get. The nice people from CowBoyBar were ready to unleash up to 3 "waterfalls" on me. The others from Arsenal Singapore and Batam Cable Ski were not gonna let me off lightly either.

Or so I thought.

The evening got off well enough, I started off with a Kilkenny to calm the butterflies in my rotund tummy. Ed was first to arrive and I promptly got him to chope the next table. Allen was next, so he sat at the table next to mine. Good, 3 tables of merrymakers.

The rest of the gang streamed in before the first set kicked off, with most of them escaping the downpour outside. The 1st of 2 bottles of whisky was ordered and I stuck with that for the rest of the night. Then I was roving around the 3 tables like a 小姐 at Kabuki KTV, sans tips...

"先生贵姓？第一次来吗？我是24号，您叫我小辣椒就行了！嘻嘻。。。"

Of course, certain most all parts of the night is a blur now. But overall, I didn't make too much of a fool of myself, or embarrass my friends too much. I do recall standing on the stool when my Sis mentioned me on stage though...details are sketchy at the moment, but I'm sure my friends will be filling me in.

From what my friends tell me, I was quite steady for the most part of the evening. At one point, when my dear Sis was singing her band's version of I will survive, I stayed in the wash room till she got over the verse where she mentions something about her brother when he was 3. Other than that, I think I was pretty steady throughout the night.

I abhor the dearth of birthday cakes when people celebrate at Wala Wala, so I was beaming when I came back to find a very nice one with a candle waiting for me. Someone told me that I was skilful slicing up the cake after the birthday song. That's cuz I was still sober while cutting it, I told her.

So all in all, I came out at the end of the night pretty unscathed. I was not reduced to a longkang fairy, I didn't start any fights, or go around hugging strangers. The gifts I received were wonderful, and my Sis didn't have to tsk tsk at me throughout.

I only just scrapped my knee at the end of the night. Even that I only have sketchy details. Think it involves me dashing across the road...



Thank you to all who were present, and also to those who sent your well wishes via emails/sms. Pictures of the night will be up soon on the left of the page.