Tuesday, August 03, 2004

:: some parting words ::

hey avid readers of my humble blog (if there's any, but i'd like to think there is alot, such vanity, lolz), this shall be my last blog till i come back on the 30th. left a little teaser a few days back, for those uninitiated, i'll be leavin for a month's sailing in another couple of hours.

before that, i would like to recap what happened these few days prior to now~

- Steve Vai concert 29/7 : he's of my my favorite guitarist, to hear that he's comin to perform in Singapore, i immediately made plans to watch him. missed out on his performance at Hard Rock a few years back when im still in poly cos im underage. first, someone to accompany me to. well, sure i can watch it alone, but... it will be ermm. awkward? least to me ba, i have those quirks that i wont do certain things alone, yea i know its kinda makes me needy in a way *gasps* i called my bestest buddy, binbin, to ask her and surprising she said yes w/o hesistation, well, its not exactly her type of music but then i convince her that it will be good. and then i went to arrange my leave, and got the tickets. well, i bought free standing tickets, i thought since that this kind of gigs dont happened all the time, and somemore it will be awesome to stand so close to my guitar hero~ haha. the day came, and i met bin after her work to go to Suntec together, we were there quite early, around 7.30pm when its suppose to start at 8pm, so we chose a nice spot on the left of the stage and waited... at that point the place was still slowing fillin up with people, i told bin that at least there's some girls in the audience too and its like totally mat-rockers type of crowd. saw a girl (w her bf i think) dressed macam to cheong abeit she's quite ermm, pretty. heh.
the show finally started at around 8.30ish. well, it was really different as watchin a live concert as compared to dvd though he played a similar set. wow~ he's really a true blue performer, an flamboyant entertainer too, not those wooden and unanimated guitar players who just stand and strut their stuff. the supporting band is also very good, all virtuosos in their own right. the crowd is good too, its not like those crazy jumpin crowd-surf head-bang kind, u could just stand and really take in the music and just be awestruck by the synergy of the band, breathtaking. yea, enough of gushing. well, the whole concert lasted for 3hrs plus.. by that time, i couldnt feel my legs and had to limp abit to walk after it ended. after which i sent bin home and went back after that.

*much thanx to bin for that accompany, its hard to find someone to stand 3hrs with you w/o complaining. i oughta just marry her right? haha, well, she's my buddy and though we do have a pact (which she hates at the slightest mention) that we'll marry each other when we're 35. haha, i doubt that'll happen, if anything, i guess she'll be taken by that time ba~


- Pre Sailing Bash 30/7 : well, my shipmates decided to organise a bash before our sailing, so we set to meet on friday @ Devil's Bar. before that i had arrange a family dinner in town. the restaurant was Dragon Pearl @ ngee ann city, it was chinese ala carte buffet. alright ba, not fantastic, but ok i suppose. but i can say that we wont be comin back again? i mean at that pricing, there's other places as good or can i say better that the place. wei, Genny (damei) chose the restaurant, hee, she took the trouble to org this dinner, so no complains~
yep, i left them to join my friends at devil's later. but i drop by borders before that, dont want to go there so early. these guys, monsters. im afraid that i'll get drunk before 12. lolz. but alas, one of them called before i could get to browse any books, saying that he could get me in FOC as another guy's a member. oh well, freebie, cant resist. not really, i was resigned to fate. haha. well, its my first time there, and its certainly packed that day. there, the guys were already setting up shop at a corner just near the spiral staircase exit~ my, could see a few opened bottles already, well, have to have the customary first drink and cheers, hee. then its like normal clubbin ba~ hee.. actually i made some observations that day and wanted to blog but kinda grew lazy by bored by my impending departure. well, least here's what i remembered -

shiny happy people
fact : most people under the influence of alcohol will be (1)uninhibited (2)talkative (3)tendency to lose control (temper, more alcohol, etc.) and ermmm.. (4)horny. and this is exactly what i see around me that day. guys typical clubbin schedule : drink - get high - dancefloor - check out girls - pick up girls - if unsuccessful, start from the top. hee. kinda funny, takin a backseat and observin the ongoings around you. i did drank that day, but mostly i seek refuge at the dancefloor, where a little quantity of alcohol helps in this case, i tend to be kinda stiff if w/o the effect, haha. and i totally refute that u judge how good in bed by how u move at the dancefloor. it was during one of my escapes from the crazy alcohol boozing frens that something happened - there we are, in the middle of the dancefloor that suddenly *poof* i realise that besides us, were 3 girls by our side, well, u know guys... -.-" yes yes, i did look at them, empahsise on look, not buaya-ing glanced, ogle, stared, mentally strippin, nothing of that stuff, ok? and that, carried on groovin to the beats. well, i was the closer in proximity to them, and then, just like that, my fren playfully pushed me towards them, i turned and said sorry with a smile, after which, a few similar pushes occured and then there were 2 of them left, one of my frens then talked to the girl besides me, and then intro me to her~ and she did the same to her fren too. and its Celine and Xuefen, and then, like that, we suddenly merge into a group, funny how things can changed in a moment ya? i exchanged numbers with celine and then after awhile, they left and i had to come back to reality and when we went back to the "shop", wow, oh my, alot of dead fish/corpses lyin around. a few of them really "gone" dead drunk~ then after sorting out who to take who home, we left devil's for the night. downstairs, i met a long-time-no-contact fren and its like so coincidental to meet there. and she asked me i go cheong meh? thought last time nvr one? and i sheepishly said that yea, now i do~ well i do admit, my lifestyle's changed in some aspects since im in the navy ba~ the drinkin culture~ the cocktalking/crapping culture~ haha. aiyO~

* takin a step back, i did have something to add about my supposedly pick-up. reality is, i dont really have in mind to get to know someone that night, as u can see, i needed some pushing to do that. truth is im abit jaded about those kind of things, and i'm those who kinda find it hard to open up to anyone anyhow~ but really surprisingly~ i did find myself to be quite comfortable with her and the following day, we went for a show and ended up @ a wheelock cafe (next to nydc) with her frens incl. xue. was pretty much at ease with them. *phew* jus glad things went well.

can see towards the end part, im like rushing to end it. yea, its probably the fatigue factor, its 4am now. and ive got someone patiently waiting for me in msn, no, she's not rushing me but i do feel i dont want her to be bored doing that.

well. thats pretty much it. maybe i'll drop an entry in some internet cafes. otherwise, see you people when im back~ take care, be happy and -->

ciaoz~

wen|ong @ 4:02 AM
Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say 'Good night' till it be morrow.