TGFW - thank god for weekends

here goes another weekend, a single guy here in singapore, no commitments - what does he do? as my friend, another recently singled guy - he works hard, play hard through out the week, which i wouldn't be able to manage myself and i wonder how he does it? he has time to work, gym, date and sex almost every day of the week, where as for me, i just leave my weekends to do my social activities.

come friday, met up with an old friend from kl, m, whom i feel unfortunately distant and unconnected due to the fact that we've drifted apart and things that happened and gave me a different perspective of him. we used to be close, we shared personal things, gave each other support as friends, we were called twins as we shared the same age, traits and our close friendship. he eventually moved on with his life, meeting new people, creating a new circle of more fabulous gym friends to the fact of neglecting his previous friends who was close before including myself. he lead people to believe things that otherwise, it wasn't a genuine reflection of his intentions thus there are many people who felt betrayed. so why do i still keep in contact? we'll despite the person that he is, he has done nothing directly to betray our 'friendship' so it's just nice to see a familiar face and see how they are. but guess catching up, i don't hear anything of his personal life. just how he is with work here, things which acquaintances would talk about.

anyway, after dinner with m at this lil japanese ramen shop in cuppage, we left to go our own way. right at 11.45am, i got a call from n, asking me to come out as it is his last weekend here before he goes back to kl for 4 months thus, i got myself changed, out the door and headed to tantric. as with friday nights, the place was jam packed, but the music was fabulous. pop mixes that has the dance beat that made everyone move. so after a couple of drinks, all of us, n, jk and a friend headed over to tabs for some clubbing. unfortunately the music was kindof blah thus we danced, and headed back after that around 2.45.

came saturday, k and me went over to s&m's place at simei and decided to get in some sun and swim at the gorgeous pool. well, the condo is filled with family, thus the pool was full of lil kids screaming, splashing and running around. i was reading uk's gq and k was wearing his low ride trunks and we couldn't be more out of place.

later in the evening, all 4 of us headed over to gary's housewarming, there was plenty good food. what was really unique was the bubur pulut hitam (black glutinous dessert) paired with pandan flavoured santan ice-cream. gorgeous.

and that night, most of the room was filled with couples and then obviously, the single ones were pointed out so that the singles can mingle. well, overall, there are some nice people that i would like to know more. at this stage, i shall take things slowly and see where it goes from there.

can there ever be too much sex....

...7 rounds, non-stop, which lasted about 4 hours... somehow, it feels rather tiring, but it's one of those moments where i get hooked on and i don't feel like stopping, right until the end, i feel so tired and can't go on any more. yet, when i was hooked, it was one after another, at the end of each, there is no orgasm, just the urge to continue with the next round. now just as i sit here and reflect, i realised that there times when i get hooked, addicted to something, i just refused to stop. and this time, it's sex... and the city. season 1.

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weekend recap - animal instinct, chilling out at emily

well, the weekends almost over. yet again, a good busy weekend. friends from kl came down, got to see my dearest V. we went over to the night safari. my second time there, but the first time was sooo long ago, i can't remember much.

had bongo burger. it was yummy, as recommended by Ash. i was pretty crowded, but wasn't too impressed with the animals there. first thing is it was so dark, everything was dimly lit, couldn't see the animals clearly. duh, it's night safari, wat would i expect? LOL.

after the tram ride, went over the watch creatures of the night show. wasn't impressed as i thought i would see more big animals. but only saw owls, mongoose... cute little furry animals doing tricks.

on sat, celebrated shaun and thyetus birthday at wild rockets and then adjourned to the bar next door. had to leave shortly to meet v at blackberry. well, i discovered a new lesbian bar right at tanjong pagar. but it was kindof boring. just a simple place with a pool table. after that, we went over to toca me. that was much nicer. gorgeous bar, plenty of people, mostly girls, well, to no surprise of cos.

it's sunday, woke up and practically the whole day's gone. i'm still lazing around being unproductive... nice.

"You just have to see that love is wrapped in beauty and hidden away in between the seconds of your life..."

"...If you don't stop for a minute, you might miss it"

It's one of the lines from the movie i just watched. after being bombarded with so many movies churned out from hollywood big machine, it's such a pleasure to discover a gem of an english movie coming from UK. it's called cashback.

got this movie off from my flatmate. watched the show without any expectations but at the end, i truly enjoyed the show. it was done with so much facets, the lines are brilliant. sensitive, profound and emotional. it's also real and true to life about how we all deal with things in life.

the story starts with an art student ben who just broke up with her girlfriend. he develops insomnia and finds it hard to forget her. he deals with it by working at sainsburys on the night shift. he meets different characters who to each, deals with time differently as they have to pass the time working at a sainsburys, which isn't the most exciting job. there, ben discovers that he could stop time and appreciate nudity of the female form. dang, this movie deals with naked women in such beauty, i almost turned straight for a second.

he starts to develop a relationship with the checkout girl and at the start, she was this pale, rather unattractive girl but as the movie continues, we see her beauty bloom and at the end, i see her in a completely different light.

i have to say this is one of the nicest movie i have watched in a long time. there is so much sensitivity in it, dealing with loss of love, a unique perspective of life, and love, and everything in between it.

i'll be catching two movies this coming weekend, indy jones and satc. i highly doubt the movies will make a mark on my mind as cashback did. but then watching an aged action hero combined with a glamorous, fashionable carrie, who's complaining.

one night in bangkok - and a couple hours more

date: 19/05/08
place: mania sauna, bangkok
time: from 5am onwards

i was done, changing into my clothes, and then this guy caught my eye, sitting across from my locker. he smiled, i smiled back. goatee, small cute eyes, korean look i like. too shy to say hi, i walked passed him, went over to the bar area, looked back, he was looking. i pretended to look for something, and then gathered up enough courage and walked over. i said hi, made some small talk, got his name, C, originally from philipines. saw D was waiting, asked for his number and said i had to leave. he asked me to say but i had to go.

next day, rushed over to big c and got myself a 1,2, call prepaid. sms him if he would like to meet up, couple of hours later, got a reply "can i see you today". replied that i would like to meet at around 7.30 but totally no reply. msged two more times and completely no reply for over 4 hours, rather dissapointed, and told dave that i didn't get any reply. D suggested to call, which i did, and couldn't get through. consoled myself that his battery died therefore i couldn't reach him.

at around, 7 i got an sms and he asked me to meet him at central world. asked him to come over to arnoma but he doesn't know where, so i headed across the road to meet him. couldn't spend cos i told him i gotta go and have dinner. told him i'd meet him later at 9.30pm. went over to silom and he msged back that he can only make it at 10.30. at 10.30, he said he's at a temple @ siam and heading over now, so in the end only got to see him at 11.00. went over to sphinx. he told me that he was a singer in a band at two clubs. omg, a singer and i'm here at a karaoke with him. his first song was 'i want to give it all' by air supply. air supply i like but never heard of this song. nevertheless, it's a nice song and he sang well. i attempted to sing one song ' i don't wanna talk about it'. my performance was no better than a frog being strangled and forced to sing. he tried his best to back my singing up. sitting together, it was a nice special moment, that both of us connected and some chemistry.

after we left the karaoke, we headed to bug&bee and had a drink. guess this was a nice date, two strangers, from two different countries, getting to know each other in another country. we were wondering where to go next and then my hotel room isn't possible cos shaun is staying with me. but then after a while, i decided to drop S a msg but no reply. in the end, i told him just to follow me back. back at the hotel, i went up and dave was with S in the room. I asked permission if i could have an hour and also for C to stay over, and i guessed i was out of line as S was pissed off. So that's the end of the possibility of spending the night together with C.

I went to the lobby and informed C that we couldn't spend the night together. I walked C back to his place which was just down the road. I asked if it's possible to go to his place but he said he's sharing a studio with his flatmate. When we reached, he called his flatmate and found out that she's still out and will be back later. so then, i headed up to his place. i had a nice time. i shall spare the details, hehe. after that, i headed back to the hotel.

the next day, i thought of not seeing him again but somehow, we ended up meeting back at central world. i followed him back to his condo and we just sat by the pool, holding hands, not speaking much, while C was waiting for his laundry at the laundromat. when his laundry was done, he suggested we go down to Heaven so we jumped into a taxi. We'll with only 1 and half hours left before I leave, this was seriously one intense last farewell. when we hit silom, the traffic was so bad that we decided to detour back to mania. when we reached mania, they only open at 5pm and that's the time when i had to leave. so in the end, we just walked down silom, hands around the shoulder, knowing we only have a short moment to spend together. we went to a nearby shopping centre and had a coffee, then we went to the arcade and played a touch screen game. the sense of minutes going by and i had to leave, was a heavy feeling in my heart. so at 5, i jumped onto a motorsai and headed back. before that, i gave him a hug, but could see the disspointment on C's face...

Summary of a single Month

Wow, a month has almost passed. The new year is almost here. I am counting my blessings, grateful for it has been a good month.

Within my first week, got to know Dave who was introduced by William Lee. He made me felt very welcomed to Sg. It was followed up by David's birthday gathering and got to know more people there, and so forth and finally a Christmas gathering at Kenneth's. Thanks Dave.

Work is good, wonderful team. Hugs Rachel, Ashley, Jonathan & Peter.

Closing the year,
1. Made new friends
2. Moving to a new place, Eunos is nice, may one day move back there
3. Time alone to erase the past
4. Focusing on appreciating the simple 'me' time

Planning ahead for 2008, my resolutions
1. Cut out smoking
2. Read more books, spend more time at the nice Sg National Library
3. Pick up French, at least beyond 'Je ne parle pas Francais'
4. Save money, clear debts

Sending out love and joy. May there be many returns.

P.S. 5 mins later - totally forgot, get back to gym and get back in shape... ;)