it was an eventful yesterday… i’m glad i applied leave.
Dim Sum Brunch
went with beng and eveline to this restaurant in marima hotel. because of my heavy breakfast i couldnt seem to eat much over there, which was a waste because it was a buffet lunch! kinda brings back the nightmares in hong kong (when esther and i just kept ordering, thinking the servings were very little. but ended up feeling bloated like anything and developed a temporary dimsumphobia.) but most of the food is still nice though. after that, went shopping, due to some unexpected incident (hiak!).
Richie’s Birthday
quite a lot of hiccups at the start. there were no reservations because the staff told us it would not be a problem for us to get seats, which was of course far from the truth. but to be fair, it would be hard to get a last minute seating plan for 9 guys. but they shuold’ve told us beforehand that there was a company’s function going on! luckily, the service and food more than made up for it. there was no “actual” live band performances because of the function, but the musicians did play lots of 80s retro, as if they were helping us warm up for MOS. LOL!
of course, there were the usuals for birthdays; presents, cakes and all. but the cake-in-the-face incident went a tad out of hand. the first time, kelvin tried to smash a piece of cake (courtesy of anthony) on richie’s face, but he realised what was going to happen. (kelvin is slow. LOL!) not very fun… but richie got smeared all the same.
then when richie was in the restroom cleaning up his face, the free birthday sundae arrived. seeing that the topping consisted of only cream, we decided that it would not be a waste to .. do the stunt again! so beng and i had a plan. beng was responsible for the diversion; i would be the ambush guy. this time, he was caught unaware! yay!!
but, if only the whole thing ends here. after that, we wanted to shift target to guojie. beng was giving me hints, but because i’m slow, i couldn’t catch the hint. in the end, while he was explaining to me what his intentions were, kelvin smashed a piece onto my face.
again, if only the whole thing ends here. we were all quite adamant in making sure guojie’s face would be dirty at least once. but damn, he discovered it before the cake could land on him. and he siamed. and guess what, the cake fell, hit the glasses which dropped to the floor and all the cream splattered onto my shirt and pants, while guojie escaped unscathed!! think the waitresses were quite pissed off at this point of time. after hastily cleaning myself up, we paid up and left.
Ministry of Sound “Opening” Day
note the quotation marks. it opened officially yesterday, but before that there was a soft launch, and though the opening time was 2200, they already let in a hell lot of “invited guests” way before that. we almost couldn’t enter, and it was pure luck that we managed to, in the end. we reached there at 2145, and the queue was already super long. we cut queue to where kelvin’s friends were stationed, and by 2230 we were still at almost the same spot.. i pity those bunch of people behind us.
then we realised that beng’s friends were almost at the front of the queue. they were tired of waiting in a stagnant queue, so they passed 4 invitation cards to us. admission for 8 ppl, just nice, including kelvin’s friends. we replaced them in the queue, thinking that we would be able to enter soon. but we waited.. and waited.. until about 2330 and we were still standing there.
that’s when things became right for us. the door bridges were asking those with invitation cards to hold the cards high in the air, which we did. and we entered the place without paying for cover. after that we realised that if we were to stay in the original spot (which we thought was so near the entrance already) we would not be able to enter because not long after it was full house and everyone else got apology letters from mos.
it was time for exploring!! mos is a huge building, with like 6 or 7 rooms, each playing a different genre. the main floor was trance and the music was deafening. we took the escalator (yes, there is an escalator!!) up to the second storey.
the opening night was probably the only night where the age restrictions were not in place. went to studio 54, which was supposed to be opened to only those aged 25 and above. studio 54 is a replica of the infamous 1970s american club, minus the sex and drugs of course. this was supposed to be the retro / pop room. the whole place was really colourful. retrospective indeed. but not many ppl over there, and we couldn’t identify all the retro they were playing. sigh.. double-o still better in this aspect haha! looking forward to double-o tonight LOL!
then we went to pure, a vip room (again, would not be open to us on other days.) and spotted david working as a bartender there. erm. still can’t imagine him serving drinks to customers. he just doesn’t look like a bartender to me. LOL. there was this gigantic hand made of ice, which i thought was a bit out of place since it kept dripping water on the floor and the staff had to continuously clean up before anyone slipped.
and then, there was a few others in the second storey. finally, we went to this rnb room in the first storey. the dance floor was caged, and the dj was spinning using some high tech mp3 format (dunno how it works, sorry). and his scratching skills were out of this world!! but again, couldn’t identify any of the songs they were playing.
didn’t buy any drinks and left after we finished exploring. so we spent a grand total of $0 in MOS. some of us were a bit disappointed (probably because the music at the main floor was trance, which didn’t work for many of us.) for me, studio 54 and the rnb room look promising… and i will consider going if they remove the goddamn age 25 barrier!!!
after everything, had supper at tcc (i only ordered plain water.. save money), wowed at the mechanics of reverse bungy jumping before we went on our separate ways since there were no theatres showing “the descent” which we had all wanted to watch.
and i made a discovery! NR1 reaches my house, and NR1 can be found near ministry of sound, muhammad sultan, music underground!!!! that means cab fares saved!!! goody!!!
fulfill at least 4 of the above.
the other christmas that came close to this was two years back, where i had a nice dinner at breeks with a bunch of guys before hastily rushing home and consult Joel for advice on what to do before enlistment. (you see i enlisted on the 26th december)
