This time I didn't order Black Pepper Beef, but Prime Ribeye Extra Cut @ $15.90. The portion was pretty big, I'd say. The succulent beef was just heavenly. おいしいですね! Mummy ordered Black Pepper Beef. Cindy ordered Prime Sirloin. Father ordered Salmon Fillet. I also ordered 2 sets of Cream of Mushroom and one set of Vienna Sausage. The whole dinner combo cost just a bit more than $60. Still the best place for good and cheap western food. Just looking at the pictures again makes me wanna drool already.
20th March 2008, Thursday
Had to rush to Brewerkz to get seats, because phone reservation couldn't be done cos all 40% of the seats allocated for reservation were all snapped up. And Lilin wanted to help me by reaching early too, but alas she failed her mission yet again. Lousy leh hahaha. I
even reached Clark Quay station earlier than her. And so I waited for her to arrive before we walked over to Brewerkz. Luckily there were still seats available, however they only had outdoor seats. So the two of us sat there and chatted and waited for everyone to come. The waiter even asked us whether our friends were coming, cos I actually asked for a 10-people seat. The waiters must be thinking these two bastards sit here so long, occupying 10 seats, but not ordering. Hahaha! Hey I was so damn hungry already, but those kids took forever to come. Finally Chester and girlfriend, as well as Don, arrived first, after we waited for like one hour or so. Then the rest of the guys came too. There was Patrick, Zhongming, Chin Keat, Kong Hooi, Yok Hian. I ordered Brewerkz Sausage. Lilin ordered that too, and we chose the 3 different types of sausages available. The spicy one was so hot man. Brewerkz sausage was just so-so. Garlic one, didn't really taste garlic in it. We ate and chatted until 9:30pm or so, before we started walking over to dbl O. Before moving off, we took a group photo, and also one with the 3 of us old guys, Don, Chester and me in it.
I told them that the three of us took some photos outside Brewerkz few years ago too. They don't seem to remember. However I went to search for the pictures again and found them. See how time flies. Luckily we guys still look pretty much the same, right? Or do we exude an air of maturity and manliness now compared to our uni days? Hahaha!
I met Yijie outside Brewerkz, who is now working at Standard Chartered. Cool man. Then on the way to dbl O, I met Weiyi. Both were old AHS pals. Weiyi is now working in an advertising company. Sounds interesting. His workplace is very near dbl O some more.
Charles, Marcus, Guanming, Johnson, Junfeng were there waiting for us already. The few of us then went in to get the chops. I didn't realize that there wasn't any $20 cover before 10pm, cos it was actually the eve of a public holiday, so all cover was $25. Worst still, the girls who came also believed me that there was no cover for girls. So poor Huiwen and Diana who actually came to the doorstep of dbl O, came and chatted with us for a while before going back home. Andy and girlfriend, as well as Ah Liang and Charlene arrived also. Geez next time no more such blunders liao, cos anyway I don't think we'll go back to dbl O ever again. Coz the crowd was like all Malays or little kids (18, 19, early 20s). I see some were like 15 or 16??? Anyway we felt so old already. Last time back in uni it was still ok, but now we all felt a bit out of place already. And so Junie, Kaiyang and Gladys joined us much later.
So altogether there were like almost 20 of us down there. Haven't had such a big outing since uni days. Actually I haven't been clubbing since uni days!! That's why I had the urge to organize such a big gathering for the block. Main objective was to meet up with all the old guys and gals, as well as go CLUBBING. Although the whole clubbing session wasn't really that enjoyable, since Chester and Don, as well as many of the girls and guys didn't join us, but it was nonetheless a good gathering for all of us. However the club was so packed by midnight, I couldn't feel the aircon, if there were any at all in the first place, when I was grooving on the dancefloor. Zouk is much much better man. The juniors went to grab a place at the lounge area, where they opened a bottle of champagne. So we all joined in and had a large 乾杯 session. We also took a large group photo with Junie's camera, however I am unable to upload that picture now cos I still haven't got it from her! Still haven't seen her online since that day. ZZzz... Will be uploading that pic here when I get it from her.
By around 12 midnight, all of us went down to the dancefloor, including the juniors. However, I think due to the boring hip-hop music, plus the sardine-packed dancefloor, and non-existent air-conditioning, the juniors went back to the lounge area quickly. I hung around with the older people for a while before going to the lounge area to check out those juniors. They were playing some puzzles with straws. I joined them for a while before Guanming told me they were leaving, therefore I also left the place. The juniors then all left the place too. Right outside dbl O, Johnson and Junfeng noticed a girl leaning on the railings, looking dazed and about to puke. There were several other guys also noticed that she was unwell and approached her to offer assistance. Seems like all were ready to pick her up, instead of really offering her help. Wahaha! However according to J and J, she was very pretty as well as hot. I didn't really had a good look at her, cos I went back inside the club to get some things from Charles. The girl eventually left on a guy's car. Awww...
So we then left the place and Guanming drove us all back home. What a night. Was almost half-dead when I reached home. Old liao, can't club much already. Ahahah! Actually it's cos everyone had a long day at work, therefore we all got exhausted very early.
21st March 2008, Friday
Woke up at 11am and met Guanming to take bus 15 to Parkway Parade there for brunch. Haven't been to the hawker centre there since primary school days?!? I remembered the last time there was with Marcus, Meiyi and Meiyi's sister. Forgot who else there were. It's like more than 15 years ago at least OMG. Time really flies... I went to find the popular wet Char Kway Teow. It was still there! I immediately ordered a plate. It tasted nothing like the good old days. And it wasn't as wet as before. Most probably it wasn't the same person who cooked by then. Geezz... what a waste. Won't be eating there anymore I guess.
Next up we walked to H.I.G.H and waited for the rest of the guys to arrive. Had a fun afternoon DotAing with the gang, mostly 5v5. Then several people left and it was down to 6 of us. I suggested bringing them to Aston, however I saw the ever-existent super long queue outside the famous restaurant, and therefore told them we should just eat Katong Laksa instead. We had laksa and sat at the restaurant until 8+ before going home. Went home to have a round of GPQ with unXplaineds. Now we defeat Ergoth much much easily. Wahaha. Day 1 of long weekend gone.
22nd March 2008, Saturday
Went to Sim Lim Square to exchange my lousy keyboard. The letter T and number 6 were spoilt. I actually wanted to get my free front USB panel from the shop, Bliss Computers, but I forgot all about it! WTH! It was raining cats and dogs outside and I roamed around SLS until the rain got smaller. Then I walked over to the hawker centre near the Bugis Village and had 杏仁露加汤圆(4pcs) @ $2.40. Tastes so-so only. The one at Ghim Moh market is cheaper and better. I then walked on to Parkview Square, where Junfei's company resides. First time I enter that building. It's the building used by 双天自尊 for filming as the casino. As I escalalted the steps to the main lobby of the building, I noticed several statues of famous people erected by the sides. The whole structure of the building, with all the decorations consisting of statues, fountains etc gives it a feeling of grandeur and luxury. No wonder they used the building as a casino for filming.
I went up to Junfei's company and we talked through our investment policies and stuff until 7pm. Late liao wahhaa. Supposed to meet MKG at Tampines at 7. Therefore we finished up and I went to meet the guys for dinner. We ate at the new Long John's Silver on the top floor of Tampines Mall. Uncle joined us for dinner only and then left when we went to watch Step Up 2: The Streets. Ah-ma brought 2 of her friends along, and so Peyyong, Peiyi, Siying and I all went to watch the movie. I had long wanted to watch this movie cos of the hype and of cos, the most popular hit song at the moment "Low" by Flo-Rida and T-Pain.
Ah-ma told me at the start of the movie that should she be blaming me if the show wasn't nice. Looks like it's definitely a no. The show was just da bomb! It showcased all the wonderful dance moves of those street dancers and professional dancers. Definitely a show worth catching. 4 Stars!
Right at the end of the movie, Ah-ma said she wanted to watch Rule #1, and therefore we thought we might as well watch it then. Hahaha. Movie marathon! And even better. First a "2" movie, then a "1". We should have watched Crows Zero too. LOL. Anyway Rule #1 features Fiona Xie in her maiden role on the big screen. Her voice-over sounded so slutty. Still like her hoarse but cute original voice hahaha. The show wasn't that scary at all. It's just all the irritating sound effects that create a creepy effect, but otherwise it's still quite a horrorless movie. The twist is quite interesting though. Took some time to really figure out the actual meaning of the flow of the story. Not too bad a show either. Give it a 3.5 stars. Worth catching too if you're into horror and suspense. But it was a great evening. Haven't had a movie marathon at the cinemas for a long time. Don't even remember the last time I had one LOL.
