Dinner With Sock Boy

It's always good to catch up with old friends and this I did couple of nights ago. I met up with Free & Easy at 3 Degrees for a few drinks while waiting for Ball Breaker. Sock Boy was supposed to meet me at 3 Degrees at 6pm but you cant teach an old dog new tricks. He didnt show up till 8.30! Ball Breaker and Sock Boy are really old friends and this didnt seem like anything new to her. Apparently he's famous for being late. Thank God F&E was there to keep me company. F&E had problems of his own. He had spoken to me earlier on in the day and was feeling rather depressed over his new target. He's doing all the giving and she's doing all the taking. And so he has now decided to just be free and easy, thus his new name F&E. The poor boy thinks this is karma. He's let down too many girls in his life and this is retribution. From the sounds of things, it seems like this girl is taking him for a ride. But he obviously doesnt think so. She keeps telling him that she's not ready. Should he keep waiting for her to be ready?

Mr S and Swing Sister dropped by to meet us too, and all of a sudden it seemed like a big party at 3 Degrees when Siew Yum and November Cleo showed up.

Ball Breaker and I ended up going to Meshiya for dinner and Sock Boy met us there. I cant believe he was so late and couldnt even give me a call to tell me he was going to be late. He deserved to pay the bill that night! Hmmmpph! I enjoyed dinner and tried the Sashimi Moriawasen bento box this time instead of the Chirashi Don. It was just as yummy. For some reason Ball Breaker ended up with food poisoning all night and we both ordered the same thing!

Sock Boy was very nervous and anxious about his upcoming wedding reception. He was whinging alot about his future wife and how demanding she's been of late. She wants renovations and refurbishments done to their house and she wants them done yesterday. And done with top quality accessories. They spent $12K on their sofa alone!! Poor Sock Boy. Ball Breaker and I tried to tell him that she's nervous too about her family coming from overseas and she wants them to see that she's marrying well.

It's such a shame that I wont be here to attend the wedding at the end of this year. I would've loved to have been there. But the highlight of the night was when Sock Boy told us that Bob had invited him to his wedding in KL. WTF? Sock Boy was a little surprised, as he isnt really Bob's friend. Obviously Sock Boy cant attend his wedding in KL cos he's got his own wedding to organise, but I doubt he would go even if he wasnt getting married himself. But I dont think Bob is aware that Sock Boy is getting married. Looks like the whole of Melbourne is invited to Bob's wedding in KL apart from Ball Breaker, Princess Model and myself; errr.....but nobody is going. Well, that saves me some money to shop more in KL :-)

Collingwood Children's Farm

Sunday was such a nice day and it would've been such a waste to be indoors. Luckily I decided to tag along with my NBF, Siew Yum, to Collingwood Children's Farm. I had always wanted to go there to check the place out. Now I'm satisfied that I've done it. It's a very small patting zoo for kids right in the heart of the city, well sort of in the city. Siew Yum was there with her god son and we had a great time patting the cows, goats, pigs and horses. Siew Yum wanted to catch the chickens but I warned her about the bird flu! Hahaha.... The pig, actually the pigs, were ginormous. They were so massive that I think it had difficulty getting up and walking around. But they were oh so gross but cute at the same time.

Cant say I would go back there again. It's a case of been there, done that, not doing it again. But there is a lovely cafe outside the farm, ideal for breakfast or lunch on a sunny day. I'll go back there for that. Next destination is the Melbourne Zoo. Havent been there in a long, long time. Wonder if it's changed much.

After the farm, Siew Yum and I headed down to Riverland for a few drinks. After all it was 27 degrees, great drinking day. The two of us spent the afternoon having D & Ms, just chatting about ourselves and what we can do next year to put our focus on the big $$$. Kam came by to join us and so did the rest of the crew. November Cleo came down with Mr S and Swing Sister. These three are OOC and MTK. November Cleo partied all the way from Thursday night right through to Sunday. Good effort. Ball Breaker and I didnt join the rest of them for dinner. After 6 beers (I lost count after number 4), it was a good idea to just go straight home. Had a good night sleep and so not looking forward to the big week ahead. Not a big week of work, a big week of events and parties. Sigh.....

International Whiskey Experience

Ok peoples, I've been invited to an International Whiskey tasting experience and I can bring 3 people. So if you get my email invitation, please sign up. Let's go get smashed for free! Sounds too good to be true, but what the hell. If we dont have to pay, I say we should be there with bells on!

Wedding of The Year

Yeah, I know this post is long, long overdue, but better late than never right? Ever since I got back from Europe, I've been too busy at work to spare any time for this blog. Actually, I've just been lazy!

So, the wedding of the year was in KL. A very small and tasteful set up, unlike those typical Chinese wedding banquets. Everyone from Melbourne was there. Well, a shame really that Bob and FF didnt show up. Was so looking forward to seeing them. The day started off with the groom and his entourage picking up the bride from the house. The girls had such a blast giving the boys a hard time. Cutey enthusiastically covered all the sushi with mountains of wasabi the night before. Even Ball Breaker played a big role in the guarding of the bride! It was such a hilarious sight to see the groom try to climb over the gates. He made it to the end, but not before having to serenade the bride with his own rendition of "Oh Carol".

The wedding reception was held at Ciao Italian restaurant in KL. A marquee was set up in the garden area of the restaurant and it was beautiful. Unfortunately, it decided to pour all night but that certainly didnt dampen anyone's spirits. The bridesmaids were gorgeous, especially Cutey, so smart in her white outfit. The biggest highlight of the night had to be SJ's speech. Well, she was the best friend after all, so it was her role to do the speech, and I had to hold her hand and walk her up to the stage. SJ had been dying for this moment. No, dont get me wrong, she was literally dying. She had tried to pawn of the duty to me and Ball Breaker, but neither of us wanted to deliver this speech. Back in Melbourne, SJ had a well prepared speech and act she wanted to deliver. She even practiced her speech infront of Azamat and Boyscout one night at Cookie Bar. Well, all that went down the drain didnt it? It was really quite funny, cos for someone so loud and confident, she really had no idea what she was doing on stage. So much so that she called the groom "Lob" instead of "Rob". I just couldnt stop pissing myself on stage. But I'm pretty sure nobody really noticed SJ's speech, cos most of them couldnt take their eyes of her white g-string under her white dress (yeah, the bridesmaids had to wear white). So, it was all good in the end :-)

SJ was noticeably pissed on the night. She spent quite some time chatting to some guy and the guy comfortably had his hand on her lap. It all seemed like it was going the right way, but didnt anyone tell SJ that the guy was gay? That was too funny.

The after party moved on to Palate Palette. Ball Breaker and I didnt stay long though. We left with Ribena and AJ to check out Sky Bar at Traders Hotel. After all we were spending the night there. The bar was beautiful and the view was even better. Could be a good place to celebrate New Year.