Sunday, March 09, 2008
dStayover @ Shawn's Place (8/3/08)We might as well have called it a drinking session. Ok, we did. =)
^Alex when asked to wake up^
Alex was unanimously voted as the spoiler of the night. lol. He went to sleep at about 3am!! And missed out on all the fun. But he was tired and we love him still, haha.
Allow me to rant about my pre-drinking session ordeals. =)
While I was waiting for Alex to bathe and pack, I went 7/11 to get a drink. And I was so stupid.
Bacardi Breezers typically retail at $6/btl there, so I was naturally very excited when I (thought I) saw a promotion reading: "2 bottles for $5.50". I grabbed a peach, a lime, as well as a packet of cuttlefish (a.k.a 鱿鱼) and headed for the cashier. Imagine my jaw dropping when the cash register read $12.60! Ok, you must have realised by now that it was simply supposed to be a mere 50cents discount per bottle.
To add insult to injury, I rushed off without asking the shop attendant to help uncap the bottles. I felt so stupid as I tried a variety of innovative ways to open them like:
1. Putting a tissue around the cap and pulling with all my might.
2. Placing the edges of the cap against the side of those void deck concrete tables.
3. Knocking the bottle cap against hard surfaces.
4. Not bothering.
Well obviously, none of them worked, hence point 4. Come to think of it, point 1 - 4 happened
sequentially. haha. Well anyway guess what, my trusty bunch of keys (and some physics knowledge but don't ask me to explain how) saved the day. =)
We headed for Shawn's place and started our supposed drinking session. Here are some pictures.
^Melvin cutting the lemons for our concoctions^
This was the major twist of the night. We ran out of alcohol at like 4am, and were hard-pressesd to find alternative forms of "punishments". Guess what, we took that term quite literally and resorted to Physical Punishments, such as pushups and leg raises!
^Melvin lamenting his fate^
^Melvin in pushup agony^
Melvin was really quite unlucky I must say. When the rule was to punish the one with the biggest card, he snagged an Ace of Hearts to trump Shawn's clubs (I call it cauliflower). When we were playing "smallest card gets punished", he managed to get ALL four of the twos in the game. It was really funny how everytime he went "Huat AH!", he lost.
I didn't get away unscathed either, having to do like 2+ minutes of leg raises in one shot. Damn, some perverse part of me (please forgive the vodka) wanted to see Alex doing pushups in his state of mobility lah! Ok, one-hand pushups. Maaan.
My arms are still aching now but I must say it felt refreshing to take on a varied approach to stayovers, instead of the usual booze and... booze.
Guys, I think we should do this most often. haha. Anyone else wants to join us? =)
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As promised previously, I'd be doing a "Word of the day" kind of exercise here. To keep things relevant, I'd be highlighting useful words instead of bombastic ones which are super "Hey Poser!" inducing.
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Word of the day: Sequentially
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- Marvin
^Melvin cutting the lemons for our concoctions^
^Melvin lamenting his fate^
^Melvin in pushup agony^
I didn't get away unscathed either, having to do like 2+ minutes of leg raises in one shot. Damn, some perverse part of me (please forgive the vodka) wanted to see Alex doing pushups in his state of mobility lah! Ok, one-hand pushups. Maaan.