Are Women Just a Piece of Meat?

Over a couple of drinks at 3 Degrees, two wise men enlightened me on the topic of sex and human behaviours. What the hell would these two know? WMDM believed very strongly that men, ALL men have no emotions. What he was implying was that a man can have a physical relationship with a woman but yet have no emotions attached. I'm sure alot of women can do that too. Why the hell would people have f**k friends, right? But what infuriated me was WMDM implied that all men think this way. Sex is just that, sex. Sure if you're single and the other person's single, no problems there. But if you're married or attached, would it be acceptable to have sex with somebody else and tell yourself it was just an act and there were no emotions involved? Well, apparently these two wise men think there's nothing wrong with that. Somehow I feel that married men who stray, always tend to find ways to validate their behaviour. They come up with excuses and reasons like "I take care of my wife and kid financially, what more do you want?". Is this a reason to stray? Single men do it because they can. It's a wonder then that Ah Sook is WMDM's idol.

I was also told that marriage is like a business transaction. According to Fegg, it's just a merging of finances. So what happened to love? And living happily ever after? Does it really not exist? Cant be true. I refuse to believe this. WMDM even believes that relationships are all about investments. It's about making the right choice and choosing your best option. A man should lay down all the women he knows and make a choice based on which woman would be a sound investment. Is this really how all men think? Granted in this century, many women are independant career women, would any of these intelligent beings allow a man to treat them like a piece of meat? I dont think so. The Chinaman mentality is so yesterday but yet there are still men like this around. Princess Model and I had this discussion once and we've worked out that we know atleast 4 men like this, which is just perfect for a game of mahjong! The four of them can swap emotionless stories and validations for their mere existence.

Famous Hot Pot

I met up with a friend for dinner the other day. He said he felt like having steamboat and I wasnt too fussed. Steamboat is good comfort food during this cold weather and that night it was freakin' cold. Anway, so he calls me and tells me to meet him at hot pot. All the steamboat restaurants in town are called hot pot! Which one??? He insisted this one was called Hot Pot; located on Peel St. in the city. We had this argument for over 10 minutes on the phone and I told him to just give me the address and I'll meet him outside.

So I get there and the place is actually called Famous Hot Pot. Small little Chinese restaurant that only serves hot pots. At $20 per head, the all you can eat is worth it. You can have all sorts of meats, fish balls, lobster balls, whatever balls you can think of, there's seafood too and the best dish of all was the drunken chicken. It was so good, we had 3 serves of it. The soup base for the hot pot was scrumptious, if you like herbal soups. Yumm....

The place is clean and service is good but only downfall is, the waiters dont really speak English. I'm guessing they're all from Mainland cos they only speak Mandarin. If you go, try and bring a friend who speaks the language, makes ordering alot easier....

High in Amsterdam...Not

My first stop to Europe was Amsterdam. What a lovely city it was. The canals and the houseboats were amazing. The canals pass through almost every street in Amsterdam and it can be quite mind boggling when trying to find your way back to the hotel when you're half drunk! Actually it was quite hard finding our way around even when we were sober. I so wished we got a houseboat for one night. Swing Sister was too scared of falling into the water, so we chose to get a hotel room instead. We got to Amsterdam during what was supposed to be Summer but instead was greeted with only 10 degrees upon arrival. And to top that off, I didnt even bring any winter clothing with me on this trip. Even though the weather was so shitty, the sun didnt go down till nearly midnight and that was strange. We'd have dinner at about 7pm and come out of the restaurant about 8 and it would still be bright outside.

The first night we were there, we went into Cassa Rosso (you wont miss the pink elephant outside) to witness Amsterdam's famous live sex show. It was live alright and the performance on stage was errr...... well performed? It amazes me how people can do this on stage to an audience, but it was entertaining. Actually the audience were more entertaining. As usual the Chinese tourists (from Mainland ofcourse) hogged the front rows. One even had a binoculars with him and he was sitting in the front row! The sex show was like any other sex show but professionally done. It was like watching live porn on stage and much better than the sex shows I've seen in Thailand. Better in a sense that the place was clean, the guys and girls were hot and they actually looked like they were enjoying themselves on stage!

The Van Gogh musuem was a good tourist site. I was utterly disappointed though that my favourite painting was not on display. Where the hell did Starry Night go??? We missed out on seeing the Heineken beer factory, which was a shame. I heard from Siew Yum, November Cleo and BBs that it was a must see in Amsterdam. Oh well, maybe next time.

Bed Supper Club & the lovely wall decoration in the toilets

We managed to squeeze in a night out to Bed Supper Club in Amsterdam. It's decked out exactly like Bed in Bangkok with the white beds set up against the walls and the dj playing right in the middle. It was certainly an effort to find this club. We walked through so many alleys and streets before stumbling on to this place. A great find indeed.

Didnt get the chance to go into any coffee shops, even though they were all over the place. Just the smell of hash, is enough to get me high and make me sick. Yes, I know everyone says you've got to try it when you're in Amsterdam. But it's really not my thing so I walked passed a few coffee shops, popped my head in to have a look at all the stoned customers, and that was about as adventurous as I got with getting high in Amsterdam. Oh, and not to forget that Swing Sister and I did try a hash lollipop too. Tasted like shit.

The other great tourist site we visited was Madame Tussaud's wax musuem. The wax figures looked eeriely life like. I really felt like I was standing next to Brad Pitt!

Fond memories of Amsterdam, from the beautiful scenery to the unforgetable sex show and the working girls in the windows at the red light district. But one thing you must try in Amsterdam is the fries they sell on the streets served with mayonnaise...... yum!

Stop Collaborate And Listen!

Unfortunately, the title is a personal joke and those who were there would understand what I'm on about.

One fine evening me and my girlfriends decided to go for after work drinks at a bar called Sentido Funf. Errr.... I cant even say the name right. Situated on the corner of Smith and Gertrude St in Collingwood. It was a nice change to drinking in the city. The bar itself wasnt all too fancy but it had a huge outdoor beer garden, ideal for smokers. These days it's so hard to find a bar with a smoking area big enough to fit all of us. Princess Model and I found one on Collins St in the city, the new Collins Quarter. A very simple bar with four different areas thus the name Collins Quarter. The outdoor beer garden is great. With a rooftop to block out the ugly cold while people sit outside for a much needed ciggie in the midst of drinking. This bar is tucked away at 86a Collins St. A fairly hidden location as you have to walk through a tiny arcade to get in there.

SJ and I got to Sentido Funf quite early so we started off with a bottle of white. From what I remember, SJ only had about 2 glasses before she started rapping to Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby. None of us could understand why she was so smashed! Princess Model brought cards along so everyone could have their cards read. Nice touch, wine glass in one hand, cigarette in the other and getting your fortune told at the same time. SJ was pleased with her reading. Apparently he loves her. Well, for some strangely mysterious reason, he actually told her he loved her two days later! Princess Model on the other hand couldnt get over the fact that there was another woman. She was grumpy and depressed all night over the cards. Girls, dont let the cards rule your life!

After our drunken fortune telling/ card reading episode at Sentido Funf, we moved across the street to Wabi Sabi for dinner. The outdoor dining area was sensational over looking the beautiful Japanese garden. Siew Yum acted as the gentlemen all night, ushering SJ to the toilet and lighting our cigarettes. Only thing she didnt do was take care of the bill! SJ was so intoxicated she caused quite a stir with the other diners seated in the outdoor area with us. She kept making conversation with the man sitting on the table next to us and Ball Breaker told her to stop because the girlfriend kept giving us dirty looks. But did SJ care? No, not really. Our table was so loud and so funny, I think we scared everyone else off.

The food was really good (loved the Salmon Avocado salad creation!) and I'd definitely go back there again. How I wish I brought my camera that day. Damn! A good night with great company and for once I didnt go home feeling tipsy but instead was high from happiness after sharing such a great night with my closest girlfriends.