Black Balloon

So now I can shift Mexcel's blog from 'People I'd like to meet' to 'People I've met'. Yay.

A summary of how it went.

Ryan cancelled on us. Which is, like, expected, considering the past few weeks. I daresay he's getting worse and more buried in his obsessions lately. Either that or he'd rather be doing other stuff than meet me and my friends and Richie's friends.

Richie says, have no expectations, and you'd have no disappointments. Wise. So that leaves Richie, Richie's friends ( including Mex), Jujube, me.

Met Richie in Sim Lim Tower (aka hardcore geek paradise, Sim Lim Square's for the softcore ones)

1. Gay jokes are gay.

Nothing much left to do there, so, Sim Lim Square.

2. Meizu MP3 players are freakin cool for their price. But I'd never know if they'll last me even half a year, Richie says they will.

3. Call of Duty 3 on Xbox360 is freaking impressive, save for the frustrating controls. Well, I DID play 2 Medal of Honour games on the Playstation (the dual analog controls on them are surprisingly smooth), and Call of Duty 1 on the PC, but on the Xbox360 it just feels weird.

4. Following the scent is NOT the best way to locate certain shops in Sim Lim Square

Then, off to Plaza Singapura. Along the way there's this promoter with a microphone outside The Cathay trying to get some participants for something, and she went like 'it's not nice to say no to a lady' and 'how about putting down that big instrument and having a seat'. WTF.

5. Richie is a nice guy

6. People are bound to be late, so why bother setting times

7. Jujube looks perkier today. Mex's a cool alkie. Lum's a cool wannabe lawyer. Both are equal evils I guess...

8. You can't get food in Plaza Singapura on a Friday evening, unless you're willing to queue for hours. I swear it isn't even half as bad in Hong Kong.

So, we walked in the drizzle to The Cathay, in hopes of getting food without having to queue up. We have hungry. hungry people with us. FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION.

9. But I don't mind the rain/So strike me once again/I've got nothing to lose/And it looks like we are in for stormy weather - Jarvis Cocker

10. Ate at The Indulge in the deep dank recesses (a basement with more than half of the shops either closed/ not yet renovated) of The Cathay. No queue! Though the food took a long wait and they forgot the rice until Richie reminded them. WTF. Waitress stepped on my toes. As in, literally. What is it with me and having air stewardesses spill trays over me/waitresses stepping on my toes/etc? Maybe I'm so hot they're swooning over me. Yay.

11. Food was quite good. Albeit a little unusual tasting. The chicken was ultra-vinegary. But then I can drink vinegar by itself (allegedly Mathemugger can too) so it's alright. But the tofu sucks because, well, it tastes too much like tofu and I hate soft tofu.





12. Bored. Aimless. Walking in random directions. Richie had to go back early so off he went. And Mex was looking for his fix of moonshine, and logistical problems made us decide otherwise. HEY DUDES WE GOT A YOUNG LADY TO KEEP SAFE HERE Y'KNOW.

13. After being assured that Mex and Lum aren't going to rape Jujube on the MRT, I went home, all alone. Yay.

It was fun while it lasted. But dammit, I think I came off as an antisocial loser. First impressions of me always suck.

Nice meeting ya folks.

Last night I dreamed of being crushed by a truck and having my own consciousness ebbing out on me.