Wednesday, December 19, 2007

The K-Gang

Went to karaoke again, by popular demand of the K-gang. For RM36.80*, you could eat, drink and be merry ….and see quite a lot of things….

It was hell of a fun night (even though I sang a few songs less due to numerous calls from office regarding a batch job error)… laugh until I had stomach ache (serious, but was fine after a cup of hot milo)… I am broke, but I am happy… Err....can I pay later? (Mr My Hump: Haha nice try...)

Thank you for being my friends, y’all. You certainly painted my life colourful.

*Pay to Mr. My Hump.

Here's a rollcall for those who went:

Mr. Beauty Pageant Winner: Carefully paced himself to eat and drink first before singing “impact songs”. Great voice after a few drinks. However, tend to sing very sad and old songs. After heeding advice from Mr. Hacken Lee fan, he can sing a “break-up” song while jumping and clapping happily. Have to become the “lips” for Miss Wrong Lyrics as she depends on the movement of his lips to sing those Chinese songs. He must be thinking Miss Wrong Lyrics must be deaf or something. Well, he’s right, she’s tone-deaf.

Mr. Hacken Lee Fan: Can sing any song – in and out of key. He can sing duet – with both guys and girls. He even sing both the guys and girls part… He learnt a new thing yesterday that the “red” lyrics are actually meant for female singing. He is allergic to old songs – self denial that he’s an oldie himself.

Mr. My Hump: Practiced the song My Hump since the last karaoke session and can finally sing the whole song rapping non stop. Enjoyed singing all those X-rated songs such as Girlfriend, Doncha, Fergalicious, London Bridge but denied that he chose those songs. Hello- the songs don’t just get chosen by themselves, ok…
Also manage to sing a Chinese song which he had practiced very hard – “Special Love for Special You” although you can only hear him singing the first line of the chorus while the rest of the song is a drone coz he forgot most of the lyrics…

Mr. Shy Guy aka Bachelor Boy: Can sing a lot of songs well but chose to be quiet, hoping to project a strong silent type image and also to hide his true age. However, when he sang Cliff Richard songs (probably trying to follow his footsteps to be an evergreen Bachelor Boy)… everyone could guess his age. Mr. Shy Guy caused Mr. Hacken Lee Fan to sneeze non stop due to the “dust” emitted by old songs.

Miss D24: Didn’t sing the whole night except for some humming and lip synching. I suppose she cannot kick the office habit of humming and lip synching . She wanted to sing “Green Green Grass of Home” for Miss GGG but is too shy. She needs more K sessions to build her confidence.

Miss GGG: She’s green but definitely not raw in singing, being able to sing all the current hits. Conjured up a fan club right after she stepped into the K box. Can duet with Mr. Beauty Pageant Winner and Mr Hacken Lee Fan nicely – that’s after Hacken Lee Fan learnt not to sing her part as well. She complained that she hasn’t heard of most of the songs that Mr. My Hump and Mr. Beauty Pageant Winner sang. So you know the generation gap there…

Miss Wrong Lyrics (Yours truly): Learnt some new Chinese words. All these while she’s been singing Chinese songs to wow her non-Chinese speaking friends not knowing that she has got the lyrics ALL WRONG. Created hell lots of jokes due to all the wrong lyrics, much to the chagrin of the people hearing her singing as wrong lyrics is just as bad as bad song pitching. She definitely must update the lyrics in her PDA.
Oh, this lady doesn’t really need the lyrics from the Karaoke projector TV because she reads the pinyin lyrics from her PDA phone. She probably needs myopic glasses soon due to too much stress in reading the fine letters.


And here is the one who didn't go:

Mr. Aeroplane Jet: We learnt a new thing today – The Aeroplane Mode function on your PDA phone. When you decide to “fei kei” (stand up) your friends on an appointment, you can just press this function and it’ll send a message automatically to all the people in the forum to indicate that your “jet” has arrived. Mr. Aeroplane Jet stood us up last minute telling us that he has forgotten all about our outing. Hrrrmmmppfff shows how important we are… Well, still okay lar, at least this time he remembered his manners and informed us. Well, the K-gang still insist that they want me to “sing” bad you in my blog….muahahaha

And here are some who wanted so badly to go but couldn't make it:

Mr. K-Desirer: Want to sing K day and night. Day Day ask us to organize K session. Even suggest K-Lunch but we are not professionals and have no prior formal training, so we can’t K so much. Mr. K-Desirer is a living example of a person who cannot get the things he desired too much. This is the 2nd time we organized a K-session but he is away on business trip. So we know he'll have to sing these 2 songs in the next K-session - “Desperado” (English) and “Ming Lui Yau See Chung Sui Yau” (If you are destine to have something in life, you’ll get it eventually) (Cantonese by Sam Hui)

*Note: Don’t worry lar, there’s still 2.5 bottles of liquor waiting for you. We’ll definitely have another K-session- just for you. (coz Mr Beauty Pageant Winner says that he cant shine without you.. muahahah)

Mr. Football Drunken Master: He was too drunk to join us because he was beaten like Liverpool* and Chelsea**. KO after being beaten by other fellow players.. err… drinkers on Sunday night after the 2 Premier League games. I think his initial ambition was to be a goalie coz I heard that he was found drunk - lying curled up in front of his back door, beside the trash bin – much like a goalie after a great penalty catch. Hmmm.. we now know what he must be dreaming of then – but his wife dreams were cut short when she had to retrieve him from the trash. Wonder where he slept for the rest of the night… Must have been a hard night since he had to call in sick….hahahahahah

*Liverpool vs MU 0-1
**Chealsea vs Arsenal 0-1

Friday, December 07, 2007

Ota sensei is leaving Malaysia for good? Shocking!



Just gave a casual call to Ota sensei today as I was in the vincity after watching Enchanted in Pavilion and what a shock to hear that she was leaving Malaysia for good! And next week too! She's just soooo hardworking. She's leaving on Saturday night, only after her last class in the afternoon of that Saturday itself!!! I have not seen a teacher more dedicated than that!

Anyway, I was really glad I gave her the call, and thus able to meet up with her for coffee.... It wasn't tearful or emotional or anything like that... but the news left me with a heavy heart knowing the person who taught me how to speak Japanese - who was strict enough to ensure I have a strong foundation in reading and writing (she punishes us for the slightest mistakes in writing and grammar, thus making us remember well) would not be as a phone call anymore...

Ota sensei, thank you for everything that you have done for us... you're the best Japanese teacher I have ever met,... and all the best in everything you do... I wish you every happiness and hope that you'd find your prince in shining amour soon ... :P

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Karaoke Keng... (Farewell to our friend...)

Thank You very much, Peter for the fun time at BTS Neway... We wanted to repay you with some songs, but you had to leave early.. awwwwwwwwww.... In fact, almost all the songs which we sang after you left, were dedicated to you:

1) LKS & Patrick - My Hump and Fantasy

2) Kelly & Chee Keen - Harlem Yu's "It's fated (that we met u)"

3) Deric and Lwee - The Eason and Vivian Chow song - "Love you too late"

Till the next time, Farewell old friend...



Monday, December 03, 2007

Babies...



There's a new baby in my house. And Bryan is behaving very very lovingly... and that's such a sweet sight to behold. Havent had the chance to take too many pictures of the 2 month old baby (and I didnt dare to use flash too... but here's some adorable pictures....)

Sunday, December 02, 2007

Back to back celebrations 3 - November Birthdays



There are just too many great birthdays in November... Oh, let me count the names...

1) CT (2nd Nov)
2) Cathlyn (4th Nov)
3) Richard (11 Nov)
4) LWee (9 Nov)
5) Kee (15 Nov)
6) Win-ni (15 Nov)
7) Wai Mun (17 Nov)
8) Yours truly (20 Nov - Greatest of the lot - definitely hahaha)
9) Looi (22 Nov)
10) Simon (26 Nov)
11) Kenson (30 Nov)

And how do you celebrate the birthdays of these great people.. oh, let me count the ways...
1)Eat, Drink and be merry
2)Eat, Drink and be merry
3)Eat, Drink and be merry


CT's Bday Celebration @ Euro Deli

Notice there's only one piece of small cake from all of us hahaha...



Kee's and my bday @ German Pub

The best birthday breakfast ever.


The best birthday breakfast ever - note the traditonal red eggs & angpow



Adeline and I celebrating @ BTS



My extended bday party @ Secret Recipe, The Weld.




Simon's bday @ Scarlet, Cineleisure