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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
When mummy beer and daddy beer fall in love, you get baby beer!
Never knew that they made BIG bottles of Hoegaarden too!
WANT! But it’s not like I can finish it in one sitting and if you don’t finish a bottle of beer in one sitting you might as well just throw the rest away loh.
Who wants to share? 
The bottle of beer in the following picture was given to me by Suanie’s old friend - Ah Seng
It looks kinda dodgy right? Opaque bottle, no label, plastic bottle lagi.
But this is definitely one of the better tasting beers I have EVER tasted.
It’s like fruity beer. Like Shandy with lots of alcohol and an aftertaste of berry-ish sort of fruit.
And guess what?
Ah Seng made it himself.
MADE. IT. HIMSELF.
SERIOUS SHIT.
Oh wait, was I supposed to say it out loud? Ah Seng!! Better tell me now! I will faster take that sentence away! Dowan you to kena fine or jail or whipped. 
He didn’t name his beer though. If there was a competition to name this beer I would’ve submitted “ASS KICKER”. And there’s will be stick man logo jamming on his guitar. Which would be fucking awesome. Ah Seng, if got beer naming competition for your beer I got chance to win or not?
Wah, late already. Better zzz now otherwise tomorrow sure suffer. Haih.
Goodnight!
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
So I was asked to go check out Dragonfly which was one of the five (?) dance halls in Saint James Powerhouse Station. Each dance hall had a theme, and the one that we went to had a Cantopop theme. In between r&b and hiphop DJ spun music there were live performances by import Chinese and local artistes sing popular mandarin and Cantonese songs….and in case you were wondering, this is NOT my sort of thing and didn’t know about the venue until we were already there.
One big similarity between Singapore and Malaysian clubbing seen is that crowd control is absolutely non-existent. Learning from KY I made a quick note of alternative exit doors, just in case.
Best thing about Singapore clubbing scene is that there’s no smoking in the club. If you have to fag, you’ve got to take it outside. One thousand points for Singapore. But the good part stops there.
This is the second time I’ve been clubbing in Singapore. The first time really sucked for me and I think I’ve written about that some time back. This second time wasn’t that great either and the whole experience was quite awkward for me.
Guys were buying girls drinks (these are strangers), girls were happily accepting them and expecting more. Both guys and girl were role-playing all the time. The guys playing the male chauvinist macho man while the girls were very “manja”, feminine and act all cute-like. I never noticed this in Malaysian clubs, but it seems very evident here. And this is strictly based on the observations I made last night. Actually, I see this even in the daytime, but that’s a story for another day.
Another thing, when we go clubbing back in Malaysia we’d go in a group with a mix of boys and girls. Sometimes we don’t have a table, so we’d “tumpang” one of the group member’s friend’s table, and the whole group will join in. But here, the guys only allowed the girls to tumpang, and basically told the guys to fuck off. It’s quite sickening. After that, all the enthusiasm for clubbing in me completely went out the window. Talk about in your face biased selfishness.
Dragonfly (I keep thinking that it’s called grasshopper for some odd reason) has the tiniest dance floor ever. And this is me talking, the one who keeps bitching about how small Malaysian dance floors are. Dragonfly’s dance floor makes the smallest ones back home look like football fields.
Wait, let me tell you the most fucked up thing – do you know what Singaporeans mix their whiskey with? Believe it or not - Green tea. Green motherfucking tea. Not coke, not soda. But freaking green tea. Let me share with and assure you that this is the most foul tasting gunk ever. How to describe the taste… it tastes exactly like what you expect drain water to taste. Why the Singaporeans really love this horrible concoction will completely baffle the average human mind.
My group wanted to leave at 4am. I was ready to go at 2. I found out that the Dragonfly club closes at 6am – much to my disappointment. I had wanted the night to end early. Do all clubs in Singapore close at 6am?
This outing is very close to making me swear of all Singapore clubs. Maybe I’ve just been to the wrong clubs, met the wrong crowd. You know what they say, third time’s a charm.
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
It took me too long but I finally did it.
I went for that Cova’s Beer Buffet.
We must be there on time, I told Eyeris. We must be there on time and early so we can pace ourselves throughout the four hours and make the most of our money!
We entered Cova at about 5.15pm. Sat down. Ordered our Kilkenny. The Beer Buffet please.
Oh it’s not a pint! It’s a glass! No matter. It’s a buffet anyway, we can order as many as our livers and bellies can take. Woah! It’s actually not too watered down like most places, excellent!
First glass. Down easy. Thirsty, man.
Second glass comes. It’s weird man. Let’s order some finger food. We need to eat anyway, we’re staying for dinner!
Second glass down. Hey are we getting loud? That couple didn’t want to sit anywhere near us. But it can’t be because we were loud. It’s only our second glass, kan?
Need to pee.
MMmmm. The sauteed mushroom is finally here! Delicious! Everything tastes great when your tastebuds are covered in ale.
Third glass down. Er, people are looking at us wei. What? Never see people drinking before dark is it? Pffft fuggoff. Let’s order something else… har? Scones? Set.
Scones come! Yum yum yum! Is the food here ACTUALLY good or is it because we are already high? Whatever! Yum yum yum!
Fourth glass… eh. Need to pee.
Look at that! Some loser finished his dinner but didn’t even finish his pint of Kilkenny! Almost 1/3 left! Wtf is wrong with him! Loser loser loser loser!
Need to pee.
Fifth glass… Fries! Fries would be SO excellent now. Omg I’m feeling it already whee! My tummy so bloated lah I hate this feeling. The only reason why I can’t drink too many of this lovely thing is because my tummy capacity is too limited. I bet they were counting on that. You! Keep drinking! Don’t let me down! Okok I still drink lah. slowly Slowly. Fifth glass mah! Fifth glass more than make back our money already!
Need to pee.
The fries are yum! Wah! Four types of sauce! In soup spoons! Wah check out the presentation!
Half of fifth… wah you so fast finish. Here finish my half want to order fresh glass hehe nyeh!
……. I dowan d. *HiC*hIc*HIc*hiC* *bUrP*
Total damage = over RM200 spent in 4 hours. 3 types of finger food. Kilkenny beer buffet for 2.
Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. 
Verdict:
The beer buffet was worth it.. but I think everything else on their menu is pretty much daylight robbery. I mean, even a CAN of COKE costs RM8.
I heard this offer lasts until the end of the year.
PLEASE MAKE ME HAPPY. SPONSOR ME.
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Was lucky enough to attend their preview last Thursday.
This club is going to be FANTASTIC.
Let me tell you why.
First of all, it’s in P freaking J. A hundred gajillian points for that. Granted we’ve always had clubs in the PJ area, but none of it can ever be quite like this one. Euphoria is like Zouk and Velvet, only so much BETTER. Let me count the ways.
1.Proper ventilation
This if the first time I could actually breathe without choking in here. Plus the higher ceiling makes the place look humongous and spacious. Actually the main reason why people can breathe in here most probably because….
2. NO SMOKING IS ALLOWED
Smoking is only allowed in the outdoor lounge area and Designated Smoking Areas, which is basically a room for smokers to hang out and smoke each other to death. I find it very difficult to describe to you in any language how insanely ecstatic I was when I found out about this. If I’m not mistaken, this brilliant concept was brought over from Singapore, where they had recently banned people from smoking inside clubs. Clubs in Singapore had to either build a special room for smokers, or smokers had to take their dirty business outside. This is seriously the best damn thing that could happen to all non-smokers who love to club and would like to be able to keep breathing.
3. Excellent music
But what about the music I hear you cry? Well if you’re anything like me, you are fed up over the fact that the clubs in Malaysia only spin you three types of music. 1) Overplayed RnB & rap. 2 ) Old cheesy Retro. 3) Hard feng tau trance and techno. Who can forget those annoying wannabe-Timbaland DJs who like to scratch their CDs badly? Ugh. Do local clubs share the same CDs? If I’m going to pay a cover charge of RM40 and one stupid drink just to listen to you playing Ice-Ice Baby or Bon Jovi or the fucking Umbrella song I might as well just stay home and listen to the radio FOR FREE. Euphoria plays PROPER dance music. They do play RnB and retro but they REMIX it with infectious dance back beats which makes you want to get up and DANCE. Euphoria actually feels like a proper London Dance Club. Unfortunately, the dance music greatness isn’t very consistent because they do bring in the local DJs to spin, and when that happens, oh hello same old boring overplayed shitty songs. But when it’s good, it’s GOOD.
4. Tasteful, classy interior
It definitely looks better than a cave or a blob of cement. Everything is like a “wow” or “woah” or “holy wtf”. The deco is really amazing. Chain-mail curtains. Custom-made chairs and tables. Cozy sofa and pillows. Carpeted floors. Ambient lighting. Five-star hotel looking toilets. Running-water wall decos. Glass-floor bridge (A must try! But not when drunk, or when wearing skirts or dresses, seriously girls what were you thinking?). Every part of the club looks different, it gives you the illusion of your “own little space”. I absolutely love that they put in so much effort to make this place look so pretty and not make it look like just another regular dance club.
5. Two dancefloors
Wooden dance floors, Seriously, who makes them like that anymore? Everybody’s into cutting-costs and cement these days. And as if making them wooden isn’t wonderful enough, it VIBRATES to the beat of the music.
6. Premium
This is the ouch part. Somebody’s gotta pay for all the expensive, classy deco, awesome systems and good music isn’t going to play by itself so it’s obviously going to be you and me. I heard that it’s going to be a bit more expensive than your usual Velvet to open a regular bottle of whiskey. But Cover charge as follows: RM50 on Fridays and Saturdays, RM40 on Wednesdays and Thursdays, RM20 on Sundays to Tuesdays. Admission is inclusive of 1 drink.
But if you’re younger than 21, don’t bother trying to get in. 
This place is seriously going to ROCK it big time.
Official Opening’s on 2 July. Guess where I’d like to be then?
Official Website
Write-up on Klue
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
I’m actually quite a big fan of pool. The game with cue and balls, not the tank that holds a lot of water for people and animals to swim in. I took up the game during my college days, and I would actually practice on the snooker table because once you get the hang of snooker, pool is nothing. Do you have any idea how frustrating snooker is? Everytime I missed I swear it puts me into a murderous hulkrage.
Wait, before you happily challenge me for a game I have to admit that my game now really suck. Haven’t been playing for about 5-6 years already. These days my aiming is always off and most of the time I will miss the damn pocket. Gaya ada lah, mutu takde. I wished I was better at this game though. It’s one game I thoroughly enjoy. Especially with drinks.
Anyway, I was in Genting and was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Guinness 9 Ball Pool Tour tournament which boasts the participation of some of Asia’s best pool players.
Camwhoring opportunity. Cannot resist.
Watching a pool game in real life is so much more exciting than watching it in on the telly (I used to enjoy catching snooker tourneys on Astro - more balls, lengthier game). Being part of the live audience, you actually get to FEEL the atmosphere, see the whole table and watch the player’s facial reactions in REAL TIME without the cameraman mucking things up for you at the most crucial moment.
Live commentator, commentating
These people really make pool look so easy and are lightning fast man. As if it’s not stressful enough that they pot in the balls, there’s also a 40 second time limit for every shot they take.
In less than one rack, I was already rooting for this Taipei player, Chang Jung-Lin. He won 2 other previous legs before (in Taipei and Penang) and it looks as if he is set on bagging this one with his eyes closed.
My Asian pool hero!
He’s really brilliant. When I saw the first match (this was in the quarterfinals already) between him and some other guy, I saw him tearing apart his opponent apart 9-0. It’s like watching a giant stomping an ant. One small mistake and he is all over you like a bull with his balls tied up let loose in a china shop. And he’s only 23 years old.
What Chang endearing were his facial expressions. He makes the funniest facial expressions when he is studying the table, or after he takes a particularly difficult shot. By default, he puts on this serious, stern, poker-face which makes him look 10 years older than he really is. But on the rare occasion when the opponent makes a blunder, that stern looking face breaks into the cheekiest grin you ever saw on a young boy, a reminder that he’s still only 23. There were also times when he’s analyzing the table where he’ll suck in the air on hold it in his mouth – making him look like a chimpanzee, hehehe!
Monkey face!
I tried to watch the other matches without him playing but lost interest after one rack. It lacked the brutal killer spirit that Chang’s games possess.
The most interesting match I saw was the one between him and a Korean player, Ryu. They were both out-snooking each other and this actually went on for a few turns. The game was pretty intense until both the players broke into a giggle and candidly high-fived each other, much to the audiences’ glee.
Ryu in action. He put up a good fight but lost to Chang 9-2
Chang breezed through the semis without breaking a sweat and was matched against a Filipino player nicknamed Gaga in the finals. It was the most exciting match to me because unlike the other games I saw, Gaga managed to actually put up a decent fight. Chang had to earn every point. Any mistakes he made were severely punished by Gaga who promptly cleaned up the table. Boy that Gaga was lightning fast. So fast that sometimes he place himself even before the cue ball stops. Unlike Chang who likes to take his time between shots, Gaga gets into the game and just shoots - speedy and almost effortless (almost like O’ Sullivan for snooker). But in the end, Chang was the better player, beating Gaga with a pretty comfortable 11-8.
Gaga in action. Notice his leg up, hehe.
WAY TO GO CHANG! MY NEW IDOL! 
Chang taking his final winning shot.
To pass the time in between games I hung out at the hospitality area.
Pretty tables
Pretty Warhol-like wall
Complete with a pool table…
The Black Challenge semi-finals were held here too!
….. and a Guinness bar.
Reason for happy!
Needless to say, I was quite happy. :p
Glug glug glug
There also another tournament going on at the same time - the Guinness Black Challenge finals, a 9 ball speed pool challenge for amateurs that were picked up from all over the country.
Congratulations to the winners!
Sigh. Watching this tournament really made me feel inadequate. I now have a strong urge to brush up my lack of skills and take up pool again.
And to end this post, here’s a shot of hot chicks for your viewing pleasure….
A booze event is never complete without its harem of hot young things
… and an old, not so hot one for your viewing displeasure.
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