During dinner on Saturday night...

While having dinner with Alicia at Shine on Saturday, the waiter came over with our drinks...

Waiter looks at me, "Here's your Bronx Ice Tea, Sir."
(Note: Bronx Ice Tea is a cocktail made up of Absynth, Chatreause, Tequila, Vodka, Lemon n Lime, coke).

Den replies, "Oh, that's hers." And points at Alicia.

Waiter looked a bit surprised. Hands Alicia her drink, then looks at me again before saying, "Here's your Ice Chocolate, sir..."
(Note: Ice Chocolate is made up of Chocolate Sauce, Milk and Ice Cream).

*grimaces*

It's been a while since i last wrote on my Friendster Blog. Lots had happened since my last blog and there were some events in my life which had brought me much grief. Events which i didn't wish to have as blog entries so that in days to come, i wont look back at this this blog and be reminded.

Having said that, there were also many new highlights in my life, one of which was going back to Malaysia (Kuching and KL) for about a month where i had the chance to catch up with many close friends whom i've not seen in quite sometime. Also gave me chance to spend Chinese New Years at home with my beloved Grandma and Parents....something i've not had the chance to do in about 6 years... (visit the following site for photos: Kuching Photos http://sup3rden.multiply.com/photos/album/33 ). I also took the opportunity to spend a week in KL (the last time i visited it was over 5 years ago) (KL photos 1 http://sup3rden.multiply.com/photos/album/31 and KL Photos 2 http://sup3rden.multiply.com/photos/album/32 ).

In addition to that, i had a short stint in Auckland (5days) prior to my trip home. Stayed with CJ (Thanks for being a great host, man!) n caught up a plenty with Joanne (whom i havn't seen in Eons). And much to my surprise, i also go to catch up with Marcus (didn't get to meet your wife tho!) ( Auckland 1 , Auckland 2 , Auckland 3 , Auckland 4 , Auckland 5 http://sup3rden.multiply.com/photos/album/26 to 30).

I was of course too lazy to write everything up by the time i got back from my holiday. So i took the lazy option and uploaded all my photos on my multiply site (hence all the hyperlinks). Alternatively, u can view all those photo albums and more on Den's Multiply Photos http://sup3rden.multiply.com/photos.

Anyway, fast forward a few months back to the present!

Last Saturday, Ms Cheryl Chew had a Theme-d Birthday Party! The theme of the nite was Gangsta / Mafia / Triad. It was a held of a party and everyone put in quite a bit of effort into it (especially our hostess, Cheryl, who decorated her home with photos of mobsters, drawings, even outlines of dead victims.

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There were 6 different groups of dressing. And here there are:

1. Kill Bill's Number 88 Gang

Cheryl as O-Ren Shii

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Mei Ling as GoGo Yubari

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2. Kungfu Hustle's Axe Gang

Louis as an Axe gang member.
(no pun intended).

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3. The Young & Dangerous Series (HK Triads)

Hon as Brother Hon
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Den and Alicia as Brother Hon's gang members??

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4. The Godfather's (or Godmothers)

Mik, RIana, Pam, Emilia and Mark as Mob Bosses.

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5. Modern Day mafias (The Sopranos)

Vin as Cousin Vinnie..

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Adrian as... well.. i've received many comments saying that he looks more like a pimp...

6. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' Hispanic Gangs.

Mike and Faith as Hispanic Gang members.

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The following are just other interesting photos:

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Poker Time! All Weapons on the table!

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For more pics of the party go to 'Cheryl's Gangsta Album'

Freaky things are happening in the lab again!!!!

3 separate incidents in 3 consecutive days. We think the new girl in the lab is attracting the ghosts some how (she thinks so too).

Incident 1:
Lunch Time. We were all in the lunchroom happily talking away when suddenly, a fork from the new girl’s plate lifted up in the air n dropped on the table.

Incident 2:
I was with the new girl in the store room, just standing there, and this container from the inside of one of the shelves just fell over and rolled towards us.

Incident 3:
This morning, the entire lab was in a meeting. The meeting room was linked to the kitchen, and the door to the kitchen was left wide opened.
Half way through the meeting, we heard noises in the kitchen. We heard the lid for the can of instant coffee being opened, we heard the can where the sugar was kept being opened, and we heard hot water being poured into a cup. Then we heard stirring of a spoon followed by an object (probably the cup) being placed onto the table. This cycle of noises repeated itself constantly, and we were watching the door, trying to see who was in there. Coz.. everyone who works here.. is in the meeting room….. Finally, a few of us couldn’t take it (myself included).. so we ran into the kitchen while the noises were still going. And the noises stopped.. no one was there……..

FARQ!! GHOST!! (Yes.. again!)

Last Thursday morning, I was heading to the more isolated (quarantined) area of my laboratory. There are 3 sterile rooms there, and I had to set up a DNA extraction in one of them. As I got there, I 'saw' one of my colleague (Kate) in the room next to mine (it's all clear glass). She was wearing a white gown and had her back faced towards me. I peered in, wondering what she was doing, then went to my room and did what i had to do.
When I left, i peered into the room again, and she wasn't there anymore. Straight after that, i went to have coffee with another colleague and mentioned seeing Kate in one of those sterile rooms. It was then that I realised that Kate doesn't do lab work. So our curiosity was aroused and we went to look for her during lunch. She and her desk-mate confirmed that she had been at her computer all day.
So i started panicking, there's only 20 odd people at work that day. I asked all those who resembled Kate from the back, none of them was in any of the 3 rooms, nor anyway near that area that morning.
So WHO or WHAT the hell did i see?!
The only comforting thought is that whatever it was, did not turn around when i looked in, as it was just 1 foot away from me.

01:02:03 - 04/05/06

I guess it's more just Badminton Fever. 2 Sundays ago, a few of us, Eliza, Adrian, Mil, Vin, Kimberly and I (oh.. and Eli's brother and his friend) got a hold of tickets for the Mixed Team badminton finals. It was a Gold medal match between England and Malaysia.
All we had at first was a lil Malaysian flag on a stick, and a bigger one, oh.. and i had on my t'shirt "Go Malaysia!" But at the entrance of the hall, we bumped into a group of supporters who gave us a bunch of flags as well.
Before I describe the matches, for those who aren't aware of it (myself included), the scoring format for badminton has changed. It's still the best of 3 sets, but now each set consists of 21 points. And it's a little similar to PingPong, in that, you don't have to be serving to win a point.
Also, in Doubles, there's no longer a 2nd server.



The first match was the mixed doubles, and England beat us in straight sets, which wasn't a surprise. But the next match was the Men's Singles, and our representative was Lee Chong Wei (world #2) who disposed of the english player with ease. The 3rd match was one that put all of us in the edge of our seats. The Women's Singles. The English (Tracy Hallam) was seeded first, and we were only 3rd (Wong Mew Choo) ( i think). The first set went up to 29 points if i remember correctly. Similar to tennis, when the players are tied at match point, there's a deuce of 2 points, and it continues untill someone scores 2 consecutive points. And it went on forever. We (Mew Choo) won the first set, then lost the 2nd by 2 points, then barely won the 3rd to win the match. Both players were totally depleted of energy, the Malaysian coach even had to help Mew Choo carry her things.
But more importantly, the supporters were exhausted as well. We barely had any energy left to cheer for the next match, which was the Men's doubles. Which we won in straight sets anyway.
Frequent cheers of "Malaysia Boleh" as well as cheers and shouts of the players' names, filled the stadium. But among the 8 of us, only Eli and I were jumping and shouting, much to the embarassment of the other 6 who pretended they didn't know us. Also, we had a pretty good seat, almost directly behind the court. And.... in the midst of our frantic cheering, Eli's mum smsed her sayin she's watching us on TV at that moment (must've been Astro). Hehe..
Back to the matches, after we won the 4th match, the Gold medal had been determined. We jumped about waving our flags with pride, and reporters were asking all of us supporters to gather so they can take a group photo of us (been checking the Star website.. havn't seen it yet.. a bit disappointed).
Straight after that was the medal presentation ceremony. That was when we all realized how long ago it's been since we last sang 'Negaraku!' Anyway, the first photo is of the athletes parading towards the podium. In the first photo the girl in front is Mew Choo. I think you can figured out which head is mine in the crowd.

After all that, we tried to get the players to come out and take photos with us. Eli was shouting out Lee Chong Wei's name (Men's Singles), and he walked towards us. When he got to us he took one look at Kimberly, and gave her, his bouquet of flowers (each medalist were presented with a b ouquet of flowers). Man... talk about tough competition... Anyway, we had photo opportunities with some of the players, as well as their autographs.
After that, i had been frantically searching for tickets to the individual finals... but to no avail... :(