PARTY...!

You know about the many stories former or current trainees tell you about...the one where theres heaps of parties to attend. Well...lets just say it so damn true! Theres just so many that its inevitable that sometimes you need to take a break from them, learn how to say no...or just dont show up at all! Parties too can sometimes be sooo monotonous, ie drinks, dancing, see who makes out with who, etc.

Well this entry is about parties that stands out! Its a rare and amazing gem that has everything a really good party should have, besides the usual and the fact that everyone who is everyone are all there. So rare that the moment the first promo mail is sent, hype surrounds it like how bees to pollen. So amazing that you party the whole Saturday night and you spend the whole Sunday raving about it!

Pics of the crib, the deco's and food!

This party was held 2 Saturdays ago and it was organized by the PORTUGUESE SPEAKING trainee community. Notice the highlight as I for one am not taking credit for it...simply because i wasnt part of the organizing committee (OC)....simply because despite what its worth, my Portuguese blood (all 2% of it) doesnt qualify me automatically! So all Brazilians (last count was 4) and all Portuguese (2) trainees were the Ocs, hyping up the event two weeks before, preparing traditional food, drinks, music etc. As for me...despite having a Brazilian colleague working a backhand slap distance from where i sit...knowing full well I would be coming and all...I had to still provide an RSVP confirming my attendance! The travesty!! My ancestors would have turned in their graves! It made a mockery out of my 2%!

L-R: Sandro (Bra), random(Bra), Manu (Bra), Segala(Bra), Paula (Port), Tathi (Bra) and Pedro(Port)

The party was also a house warming event for Portuguese Paula...baptizing the most coolest crib i ve seen for some time, all pimped up with Ikea juice! She probably set the bar up there in terms of having your own apartment!

With the crib all decked out in Portuguese and Brazilian colours...the mood was set! Music at full blast...smell of traditional food baking in the oven...plus the inevitable lemon (some say lime) smell from making caipirinhas...soon everyone came in droves. Last count was a good 50 people in Paulas place.

The atmosphere was simply amazing...alcohol was in abundance (not that I was soooo into it)...much rapport happening...the occasional 3 or 4 people already showing their low tolerance to alcohol rather soon! First person passed out at about 10pm...!

Party people

Random funny moments include this Romanian dude who got really wasted...tried to dance with every single GIRL he could get his hands on only to be rejected! Poor Phillipina Jennie Lee had to scurried off as she was grabbed from behind by this dude! Out of desperation, he was left dancing alone with a Scrat…from Ice Age!

Scrat and his Caipirinha

ME and the nights "hotties"

Another scene happened nearing the end of the party, when an elderly couple arrived unannounced. As the host was already into her hour mark stuck in the toilet...we were confused as who do this group belong too. They began asking for drinks, we politely obliged, soon 4 other random people arrived. Then it hit us that these were random party crashers! Apparently the excuse one elderly miss gave for being there was that she was looking for her husband (she actually searched in the balcony even!)!

I’ve learnt a few things…you know it’s a great party when;
- Hype surrounds the promo
- Ppl passing out by 10…followed by the HOST a couple of hours later
- Scrat was even having a caipirinha!
- People arrive unannounced…then more random ppl arriving on the pretext of searching for spouses.
- Ppl actually staying back to clean up…gestures of appreciation I presume.
- You spend the whole Sunday raving bout Saturday’s party.

Trip to You-Kay!

Mini Tarts:
I had a NIGHTMARE last night...i dreamt i was in this really beautiful city, along the highways were nice, lushing greens, even a billboard of my company was there...i thought i was in familiar territories aka HOME, till i realised...i was in SINGAPORE!
GOSCH!


Ok forgive my "scown" folly...it wasnt intentional Wendy.
Stupid me havent eaten one yet...what more spell it!
Sigh...

Nevertheless...the top of the pops of my lovely YOU-KAY visit, sans British accent (i still love the Aussie accent most, but it was fantastic listening to the varied accents of the good ol Queen's language!).

Check it out at bonniearthur.blinklife.com
...scown not included.

Above pic is THE London Pic...the Tower Bridge by night. And below is a London collage.

London calling...

"London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down...

London Bridge is falling down...my fair Lady"

While it will never ever happen...but for many Malaysians that would probably be the first time ever they're introduced to London and its famous bridge. For me, the city has captured my imagination ever since that song...plus the country has always been a reference to all the books that i ve read and loved (from Robin Hood to King Arthur, from Brer Rabbit to Mr Meddler, from FHM UK to Maxim UK). Plus i absolutely love Brit Pop and rock...Also my all time fav shopping place was Topshop, based in London. Not to mention being an addict to the English Premier League...thanks to it i ve widen my geographical knowledge of England!

Today, in a few hours time will mark the first time i am going to visit London...ok to be more exact England...but London will be on Friday. Nevertheless i ve never been more excited about a trip such as this...am brimming with anticipation here! I remember once sharing with good friend Petrina back in uni days of how one day i am gonna walk in London...shop in Topshop while wearing a trench coat and having a scown while sipping tea! Oh boy...its sooo materialising siall!!! Trench coat and all!!

And making it possible is Dee...(thanks sooo much!), living near Nottingham (area of my ultimate childhood hero...Robin Locksley from the Hood, like literally the Hood!). So its gonna be fantastic...i ve got my itinary planned, meeting some other friends as well...its good to go!

From the famed Underground to Buckingham Palace, from Westminster Abbey to Number 10 Downing Street, from Big Ben to the River Thames...i ve heard it all....now i am gonna be there!!

So...i ve got my Big Ben (hahahah!!) and i ve got a fair Lady being my tour guide in London Bridge...awesemmm!!!

Can i have my hour back please?

Mini Tarts:

1) You know you ve been Germanised when you say "Gosh" Germanly..."Gosch"! Hahahaha!

2) Its Halloween...

3) Oh my Gosch!!!

Back in Bolehland, the only people who knows about the Daylight Savings Time would probably be followers of the English Premier League...or those who happen to chance upon it in the papers. For us in Asia mostly, live games are now an hour later...means sleeping much more later...and worst would be Champions League games, instead of 2.30am its 3.30am!!

Not realising when exactly it happens, imagine the reality check that i am in Europe when people were all reminding each other to turn the clock back an hour on Sunday, 3am!

I was like..."So, we all turn this together?" "Is there a specific time to do it?"

Ok, being all 'jakun' about it...i thought wouldnt it be cool to have an extra hour of sleep...or, hey, its a Sat night, we were after all at a party...and its AN EXTRA HOUR of party!!

Blue area - Areas that observe daylight saving time

Orange - Areas that once observed daylight saving time

Red - Areas that have never observed daylight saving time

Of course this being something which i am going through for the first time, naturally i ll wiki it!

So, its commonly used in temperate regions...which explains why most south east Asian countries dont know what the heck it is, simply because theres equal balance of daylight and nighttime. Often touted as energy conservation (how ridiculous!?), people tend to use less energy if theres more sunlight. But thats how it began, ppl lobbied it through hard facts stating energy really is conserved if this hour is brought forward or backward, depending on the amount of daylight there is.

It usually begins by bringing the hour forward on the last Sunday of March, then bringing it back on the last Sunday of October (at least agreed within the EU). Which explained last Sunday's extra hour! Now its 7 hours away from Malaysian time!!! And there are more and more recent countries buying this whole Daylight Savings Time idea. And to answer Alicia's question of how do people know its THAT time of the year...well its not as if like puasa (fasting) time, where there is this guy from the Kings courtyard with the cap mohor saying "Esok kita raya!" (tommorow we celebrate end of Ramadhan) Theres no one saying "Tommorow at 3am, we re gonna turn the hour back to 2am!", but merely reminders via media.

Personally i dont buy it...but its important enough that your own Microsoft OS changes it automatically for you! I think its weird for ppl for changing and resetting their clocks twice every year...imagine those huge clock towers, which are of course NOT DIGITAL!! Imagine changing the clock hands of Big Ben!! Or any clock towers for goodness sake!

Nevertheless i had an extra hour of party...plus an extra hour of sleep...sayyy, i am beginning to like this idea!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!