Apa Kaba?

Currently Listening To :: Ai Wo, Bie Zou (Love Me, Don't Go) :: Zhang Zhen Yue

Just a quick update...I'm here in Bali right now after a wild weekend in Singapore, some interesting experiences in Jakarta and now some fun in the sun in Bali! Well, it's probably not as glamourous as I'm making it out to be, but hell, I'm here, I'm having fun, and that's all that matters right now. It's almost like having three holidays in one, but sadly, the only regret I have is that I wasn't able to make it to Vietnam to visit my favourite Porklette there...sometimes small gifts just aren't enough. :(

Will write a more coherent update when I get the time...right now, I'm wasting precious time out on the town experiencing the Bali night life!

Qing Ren Jie

Currently Listening To :: Incomplete :: Sisqo

I finally decided to do something about my horrible template and even worse choice of colour schemes in an attempt to metaphysically shake me up. After this weekend, I think I need it. Does the fact that it was Valentine's Day this weekend have anything to do with it? Probably not, but it sure wasn't helping things.

I wonder if married couples ever celebrate Valentines day? Trying to rekindle some of the romance with overpriced roses and sweet chocolates that melt quickly in the dull heat of a mundane existence perhaps?

On a more personal note, my love affair with grilled eggplant is over. I myself couldn't believe I ordered vegetarian linguine for lunch, but by the time I woke up to myself, I was craving my sister's chicken pie...bird flu be damned!

"If you have love in your heart, then everyday is Valentine's Day" This quote only applies to those with a partner. I imagine that it would be quite difficult to continue to have a Groundhog experience with Valentine's Day when you're single...but I have been known to be wrong before.

So what do you do when you've let down and been let down? What CAN you do? Time waits for no man, while timing can undo even the most patient of waiting. Best to pack up all the positivity, estrange all the emotions and sweep away all the sentimentality. Abstract concepts mean nothing if no one else understands them, so what good can they be when you're speaking a tongue that no one seems to comprehend?

It's Monday tomorrow, and Friday never seemed so far away...

Right Hurr

Currently Listening To :: Make Luv :: Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham

You can find insight spending time in the strangest of places. A window-sill. A supermarket. Even the toilet. So it was no surprise that while eating fish and chips today with a co-worker (and with the weekends parking fine still fresh in my mind), it's funny to see how we humans are always to get something for free.

Toeing the line, cutting the corner as finely as we can without tipping over, and even if we do, hoping we don't get caught, and, even if we do, hope that we'll get let off because we were only 15 minutes overdue, only 15 kilometres over the speed limit, only 1.5 times over the alcohol limit?

I'm the first to admit I'll push the envelope, and I've learned the hard way more than once. So why do I keep going back? Speeding, parking in loading zones, driving while (slightly) intoxicated?

It's not a matter of luck, it's a matter of odds, and maybe a matter of our society. But you can't always blame others, and karma only can be responsible for so much. Just like the truth can never be hidden forever, everyone gets caught at some time in their lives. Logically, it makes sense. But we all know that logic is the first thing to (literally) go out the window right?

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After much deliberation, I finally threw down the plastic today and it's all confirmed; on the 20th it's party time in Singapore and Jakarta! Looking forward to it; although I know the shopping and culinary delights of Singapore, I've never set foot in Indonesia (or a Singapore night club either for that matter).

Speaking of uncharted waters, here's a few things that I've done over the last few days that I never thought I'd do.

*Chill at the Holidae In with me and my (work) peeps (who, thank God, didn't bring four of their friends).

* Drink a pint of Kilkenny Beer.

* Impersonate a TV commercial dance in a room full of my co-workers for cash.

* Sweat so much it felt like the night before's alcohol was seeping out of my body.

* Enjoying the intricacies of lawn bowls at the "Venue of the West".

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A Shot From The Dark Side

When you can use the force like Christian can, you can't help but get a reaction. Don't be fooled; while Li-Shaui seems suitably unimpressed and seems to laugh it off, I was temporarily blinded, having to spend the rest of the afternoon in a daze pondering how to learn the power behind the "typical Asian tourist pose", or at the very least, where could I get one of Christian's hoodies from?

Friday Night Affair

Currently Listening To :: Been Around The World :: Puff Daddy W/Mase

Some may think that it's a little hedonistic to devote a post just to my Friday night activities, but to be honest, the weekend wouldn't be the weekend without the social scene on a Friday night with my friends. No matter whether your drink is a peach schnapps and cranberry juice or an ice cold beer, young workers the world over know that Friday night sets the tone. From the time you leave work until you hit the bar where all your friends are, there's a tinge of anticipation, but most of all a sense of relief that the week is officially over and the weekend's about to begin.

Even though I've only been working for a year or so now, I can't really remember a time when I DIDN'T do something on a Friday night. Sure there are the odd family commitments, but Friday night is usually the night for the extended group (and the interesting X-Factor) to get together and bitch and moan about their week, trade stories, and drown it all (and on the rare occasion, throw it back up).

Does that mean I can't live without a Friday night out? No, but I can distinctly remember one Friday night during the winter of my old job when I was so mentally exhausted and frustrated from the week that I just caught the train straight home to rest. That train ride was the coldest, most depressing ride that exists in my memory. I've vowed to never let that happen again.

So here I sit on a sunny Saturday mid-morning, sipping my tea and feeling my body deal with the alcohol...slowly. Like a good Long Island Ice Tea, you never know what hit you until it's too late. And while last night wasn't a big night at all, it was one of those rare nights where the cocktail of ingredients blended just right.

There were tales to be traded. Drinks to be downed. Jokes to be laughed at. A little bit of X-Factor to keep things interesting. And more stories for dinner afterwards.

Here's to you, Friday night. Though I've never known you to be anything like this, you're still treating me well. Even if you only give me your polygamous love one night a week, I know that right now your love is something that I can't do without.

So take me in your arms, wrap me up in your charms, and let me sleepwalk through my stress and inhibitions, my worries and my indecision, until I can't walk anymore, and the Saturday sunlight rises to greet me...