Monday, January 26, 2009
Chinese New year cum Australia Day!!
Hope that all of you will have a happy and prosperous new year ahead of ya!!
As for the Aussies out there....
I had a full on day yesterday...and boy it felt sooo good...especially after staying at home for such a long time now. It's like I feel alive again!! I got up at 9am in the morning, took a bus to the city and met up with Ivy. We went shopping...but it's more like window shopping for me....Ivy was the one who was trying on clothes and buying em'. I was kinda broke from all the christmas spendings and my new Strat. Plus...I'm not exactly the shopping for clothes kinda girl. I normally shop for my favorite TOYS. Lol...if ya know what I mean.
Anyway, we spent like a whole afternoon in the city. After that, I had to attend a BBQ at the beach, organized by my former Malaysian managers, Raja and Cindy. Selina who was Raja's wife was there too...and of course Shristi. So the five of us went to Coogee Beach for BBQ. There were sooo many Aussies there...and to be honest, I felt really outta place for a moment there.
So we were just minding our own business, eating and laughing away...enjoying ourselves at a booth. And beside our booth were these bunch of drunkards who had been doing all sorts of crazy stuff like throwing beer bottles on the roof of the booths, making really annoying noises. We just ignored them, and try as best as we could, to enjoy the rest of our evening.
All of sudden, I felt something splashed all over my face. I thought it was raining or something....but when I looked across, I saw Shristi and Raja's face drizzled with red stains on their faces. For a moment there, I thought it was blood. Then I touched my face and hair...OMG...I had them too! So I turned my back, and I saw a smashed and distorted bottle of ketchup on the grass...with blots of ketchup stains around it. And then I saw this guy with a red shirt and white cap ran away with a cricket bat. And snap...I knew what happened right away. That fuckin idiot smashed the bottle of ketchup with a cricket bat and the sauce just splashed all over our faces and clothes. OMG...was I pissed off.
That group of drunkards didn't even apologize...but they knew they were in trouble...coz they packed their stuff immediately and wanted to leave. Everybody around us were just staring at us (coz we were showered in tomato sauce)...and it was fuckin' embarassing. I mean, I want my few minutes of fame someday...but not because I was fuckin' drenched in tomato sauce. But obviously, I couldn't have done anything about it...coz they were pretty big guys! I mean, face it...how am I gonna fight them if the confrontation turned into a brawl.
But I had to let out my anger somehow...so I just yelled, "Fuckin' hell....that was not cool, ppl!! THAT WAS NOT COOL!!" Cindy overreacted a little by calling up the cops. I honestly didn't think it was a good idea, coz the police's job is to arrest thugs who commit crimes...not drunkards who uses a bottle of ketchup as a cricket ball. And we really shouldn't bother them with little incidents like that. But anyhow, she called up the cops anyway....and they did send ONE cop! Lol. It's like I could see the look on his face when we told em' what happened. I kinda interpreted his facial expression as, "Fuck me..would you gimme a break??!" So that was the "KeTcHuP InCiDenT"!!
Although nobody got hurt from the ketchup incident, it kinda killed our mood a little. So we decided to go home early. But then Cindy decided that we could hit the casino at night...since it's chinese new year eve. And traditionally, we, the chinese would gamble during this celebration. So we did hit the casino...but I didn't really felt like gambling. I don't know...I guess I just lost that thrill that I used to have towards gambling. Or maybe I was just broke...lol.
There was this really funny part about the decor in the main entrance of the casino. Because the first day of CNY falls on Australia Day, so these two events kinda share the date. So there were really beautiful CNY decors all around the casino...there were lanterns and all sorts of red colored stuff hanging around the casino. And in the middle of nowehere stood 4 Australian flags! Lol...I just thought that was hilarious. I mean...those flags were outta place man! It's like red all around...and suddenly 4 big blue flags. And those flags were the only Aussie decoration they could think of. And dude...isn't Australia Day more important than CNY?? I mean...we are in AUSTRALIA after all!! Lol.
Another thing, when the clock struck 12, I didn't hear no Australian national anthem! All I heard was..."Dong dong dong chiang...dong dong chiang." Lol. So there were lion and dragon dances...but it was lousy man! The KK ones even better oh!! The lions looked so old and dirty...and they weren't even synchronized. Cacat la!!
So after the lousy lion dance performance, we went up to the casino and began our gambling night. Cindy went on by herself with roulette, while me, shristi and selina played some poker machines. Since they don't know how to gamble, we just went to the 1 cent machines. I don't normally like pokies...I mean...it's just plain boring and the winnings are little. And it doesn't really give me the thrill. But since I was so bored, I decided to put 10 bucks as my base...and see how the night goes. Well...to cut the long story short...I managed to win 70 bucks by playing 1 cent pokies. Lol.....winning 70 bucks on 1 cent poker machines is like winning 7000 bucks in a 10 dollar black jack table. Well, maybe not exactly...but that's how the ratio works out to be. hehe. I was really lucky that night....must be the red underwear I was wearing!! LOL...
Anyway...after just a couple of hours gambling, we decided to call it a night. So I drove them home...and then drove myself after that. I was really proud of myself for that dwelling into gambling last night. I don't usually have such self-control...especially towards blackjack!! So I guess it's a good break through for me.
Alright guys...once again, I wish all of you a very happy new year! Have a good one! Cheers, buds!!
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