Event #1
The HDD walking pass an arcade.
Wai Kit: Hey, who knows they might have the...
Wai Kit: ... takopachi game.
Weiheng: What the. You mean pachinko.
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Wai Kit: Andy, what's happening at Man Utd.
Andy: Come on, give David Moyes more time man.
Thomas: Ok lah, Man Utd had all the tough games at the start of the season. They are picking up points now.
Wai Kit: But he inherited an award-winning team!
(My place one weekend early in the BPL season.)
Thomas: Who is the manager of Villa now ah? I remembered there was quite a shuffling of managers...
Thomas: I know Roberto Martinez was linked to the job...
Liang Ji: Brendan Rogers left Swansea for Liverpool...
Wai Kit: It's...
Jeng Wee: So are we planning something for Heng's bachelor holiday?
Andy: I thought you're planning one for him?
Thomas: Walau, I just came back from Australia man.
Jeng Wee: Have we decided on the country?
Thomas: Hmmm, it really have to depend on how many days of leave we all can actually take - the last time I heard he was quite interested to go back Taiwan again.
Andy: You dog, there's not much time left.
Thomas: The wedding is not gonna be anytime soon lah, but yeah I agree it's quite 急.
Waikit: Accounting.
Andy, Jeng Wee, Thomas: Huh?
Waikit: Quite 急... 会计...
Weijian: I think its time to change our weekend activities... getting abit sick of it already.
Thomas: Yeah, all these late night Mahjong sessions are really physically draining, especially when we have soccer the next day.
Thomas: Maybe we should meet up earlier in the day or something, there's more options available in the day for group activities.
Thomas: Like cycling at East Coast Park, or kite flying at Marina Barrage.
Weijian: We could go back to our bowling sessions.
Thomas: Or how about a picnic session with some kite flying?
Weijian: Hmmm...
Weijian: If we're gonna have a picnic why not have a pot-luck instead?
Thomas: Hmmm... if we're having pot-luck we probably should hold it at someone's place. It's more relaxing that way.
Weijian: Then we will end up having...
Both: Nevermind.
Weiheng: So what are your thoughts on long distance relationships?
Weiheng: I mean, since you're here in Singapore you can consider the local guys here.
Friend: Well, but then it's gonna be really difficult where you can't meet up...
Thomas: Ah.
Friend: Hold hands...
M***: (muttering) Who cares about about holding hands...
Thomas: AHEM.
Thomas: I remembered he told me once that he blanked out on an exam for about half an hour.
Weijian: You know why? Because he has a habit of not sleeping the day before exams.
Thomas: Last minute studying...
Thomas: It was in my junior year that I finally appreciate the benefits of revising consistently and having a good sleep the night before the exams.
Weijian, nodding his head: Revise consistently, a good sleep before.
Wai Kit: Well, I always made sure I had a good sleep before.
Wai Kit: But not necessary the revising.
Thomas, Weijian: ...
(Looking at one of the historical photographs found in the halls the mounument.)
Weiheng: Hey, that's Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen.
Cindy: Oh...
Cindy: Isn't he the one who wrote The Art of War (孫子兵法)?
Weijian: Actually she doesn't really have a good impression of him.
Thomas: Like?
Weijian: Like he's quite a good-for-nothing.
Thomas: That's too venomous a phrase man - after all he is a friend.
Weijian: Hmmm... how about 'good-at-nothing'?
Thomas: Well... the wording is slightly better but still its quite strong.
Weijian: ...
Weijian: He is bad-at-everything.
(1) Thomas Li
You love rock, be it alternative, grunge, Britpop, psychedelic or funk. Queen, Beatles, Oasis and Red Hot Chili Peppers are some of your favourite bands.
(2) Alex Koh
As long it feels relax and 'trippy', its your cuppa tea. Chillout music are your best bet when you just want to spend a lazy evening, if you get what i meannnnnn...
(3) Tan Weiheng
Music from the 70s gets you in the groove! Carpenters, Barry Manilow and Bee Gees draws you onto the dance floor. Groovy baby!
(4) Yip Wai Kit
Most people don't understand death and heavy metal, but to you all the screaming and growling vocals brings you peace of mind. To hell with the Jonas brothers - Slipknot is the real deal!
(5) Gunawan The Kim Boon
Chances are you will be at home listening to the latest Chinese pop music, where you will be memorizing the lyrics and practicing the songs so you can finally put the training to good use at the next karaoke session.
(6) Andy Chor
Basically you don't really care about the genre of music. As long it attracts the babes, you like it.
Wai Kit: Hey isn't that car modelled after that Jim Carrey show?
Thomas: Huh, I wasn't paying attention at the news. What car?
Wai Kit: That one that looks like a huge dog. The dogmobile.
Thomas: Oh the one with Jeff Daniels...
Wai Kit: Fun and Funnier.
Thomas: IT'S DUMB AND DUMBER LAH!
Wai Kit: Oh shit.
Wai Kit: But it's only one word wrong what.
Teo: You know, you should never go shopping with Andy.
Wai Kit: Huh, why?
Teo: Cause he will go around the whole of Singapore and yet he might not even buy it.
Teo: There was this one time where I followed him to Queensway to get a pair of shoes - he went to every single shop but didn't buy any.
Teo: He ended up buying at some departmental store.
Weijian: Maybe he doesn't plan before he shops.
Teo: There was also another time where I followed him around the whole of Singapore to get a suit.
Teo: He was trying this suit...
(Andy is flexing his arm and chest muscles with the suit on while the store assistant looks on.)
Andy: This size is good.
Shop Assistant: The sleeve is might be a little short though.
Andy: The length looks perfect to me.
Shop Assistant: Yes, but it will be too short if you bend your arms or raise your hands.
Andy: It's alright, I don't bend my arms much.
Thomas: So did he buy that suit?
Teo: No he ended up tailor-made one in JB.
Lixian: But i mean... if what she said was serious and not just drunk talk then I think it's a very good thing - at least she really does think about me in a good way.
Thomas: Drunk talk is honest talk man - at least you're in her good books now.
Lixian: Haha... I was certain that I was in her good books all the time...
Lixian: But I didn't know its THAT good of a book.
Lixian: You're serious? Drunk talk is the most honest talk?
Thomas: Yeah, alcohol triggers what you really feel inside man.
Lixian: Yeah qu.
Lixian: So what you doing now?
Thomas: Doing FYP stuff - after tonight I can finally relax... when you talking to her?
Lixian: What you mean when I talk to her?
Thomas: WHEN YOU TALK TO HER!
Thomas: When are you talking to her?
Lixian: Hahahahaha, shit.
Thomas: Fuck.
(The coffeeshop's television shows a commercial with Daniel Wu endorsing a Loreal product.)
Thomas: Actually I didn't really like Daniel Wu initally, but after I watched some of his recent films I must say he is quite a good actor.
Wai Kit: He is not bad, along the likes of Takeshi Kaneshiro who have both looks and acting ability.
Thomas: Not really - Daniel Wu is more of a 'macho' good-looking kind.
Wai Kit: In either sense he is better than that jackass, Edison Chen.
Thomas: Haha yeah - did you see his 2 second scene in The Dark Knight?
Weijian: Speaking of that show did you know that the main chinese villian in it used to act in the first local English show?
Thomas: Huh? You mean the accountant? I didn't know that.
Wai Kit: I know - he acted in...
Wai Kit: Masters of the Universe.
(Moment of silence as Thomas and Weijian struggles to find out what's wrong this time.)
Thomas: IT'S MASTERS OF THE SEAS LAH!!!
Wai Kit: So what is the difference between someone with a double degree compared to another with a double major?
Thomas: Someone with double degree belongs to two schools, for example he/she can be from both the School of Economics and the School of Law.
Thomas: A double major student belongs to one school only and has only one paper.
Wai Kit: I don't get it - doesn't a double major student gets to study another field? Isn't that the same as taking a second degree?
Thomas: Hmm...
Thomas: It's like when you order two burgers at two separate counters. So you get two separate receipts right? Now that is a double degree.
Thomas: Someone who take double major is like you order a burger and a packet of french fries in a single receipt.
Wai Kit: I still don't get it.
Weijian: Ok Wai Kit, for example you buy a piece of pancake.
Weijian: Double degree is you buy TWO pancakes, each with a different ingredient for example red bean and peanut.
Weijian: Double major is you put two ingredients into ONE pancake.
Waikit: Ohhhh, I get it now. So you just don't get as much depth in the second field as compared with one with a double degree.
Thomas: WTF? My analogy was good enough to be understandable.
Weijian: Thomas, you suck.
Weiheng: Wai Kit, you actually need so many people's efforts for you to understand one simple concept.
I was having dinner with Wai Kit, Weijian and Siqi at Bedok's Botak Jones and catching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Apart from the delightful dance and theatre segment it was more like a educational session during the Parade of Nations segment, with 10-20 countries which I've never ever heard before.
Caption contributed by Wai Kit
Most memorable nation: Argentina. Most of them were prancing around happily soaking in the atmosphere. Either they are happy to be there or (which I'm highly suspecting) they had a few drinks prior.
