Don't look under a girl's skirt

Thurs 9 Nov 2006

Don't look under a girl's skirt. U never know what u may find.

Went for the Smirnoff Black Casino Royale party @ Cynna. Unfortunately there were no James lookalikes and Audrey & I were the only handful who dressed up. Nik was in a suit. There was no happening music, explosions nor cool gadgets either.

We were given 4 chips where 3 chips gets u only 1 martini. So rather than gamble the chips away and risk not having drinks at all, we exchanged our chips for a drink each.

Saw Johan as i always do at these parties. He stole my gun!

We were rather bored so we had our own lil party in a corner.


Then we got bored w/ that and joined Lola & Butterfly Dawn @ Vintry.

Blue Bear Chair

I'm getting keys to my new place soon! Went to Ikea w/ Sin Cyn last night to get ideas on furnishing. Spotted a few pieces which would suit the place well and is value for money too. I esp like the kids furnitures tho i won't b buying them to furnish the place since it's gonna b rented out. But no harm testing. Got caught on camera testing a blue bear where u sit and it and the arms hug u. If only the made adult sized ones! It's so small, my bum was on its crotch. I also like the blow up hedgehog. No more Minnen Rattas so I'm glad i got Ashton earlier. No more Mysd Vinds either, much to my surprise. And the Klippans don't seem that appealing anymore tho they were one of the best selling sofas for a while. Sin Cyn and i were just discussing how mad it is that we know the Swedish names of the products and even know what size, colour and fabric they come in!

My 1st Rock Climbing Experience

4 November 2006

After sending Zach for his very first service, I headed to 1U. Whenever I get the chance, and when the guy from Zoo Negara is there, I buy fish food (RM2 per pack and proceeds go to the zoo) and feed the fish there. They look like carps but carps are expensive and there are hundreds there so I’m not sure if they really are carps.

And after several invitations from Ewan and turning him down just as many time, I finally went rock climbing at Camp 5. That’s supposed to be the best climbing place in KL right now. At first it was extremely scary and intimidating being faced with 3 storey high walls. Watching climbers at the top by tilting your head backwards for a few minutes gives you a neck ache. However, after a climb or 2, I found it intriguing. I didn’t follow the same coloured holds of course but I was my first time and I managed to reach the top of some of the walls using every and any colour. It’s such a mental thing where its you against you and pushing yourself that lil bit more every single time. Not a sport for those w/ a fear of heights esp since all that’s holding u up is a rope. Just need to cut my nails a lot shorter next time. I’m surely gonna ache tomorrow. And prob dream about multi coloured holds on walls.

Another Saatchi Piss Up Party

Fri 3 Nov 2006

Today was the inaugural Saatchi Creative Showcase where everyone in the agency gathers together to review the best creative work done for that month and to reward those who went above and beyond the call of duty. Simply put, its a reason for everyone to get drunk.

We had about 1 dozen bottles of wines and at least 3 each of whiskey, vodka, tequila bottles at the bar. And more food that 70+ ppl could consume.

Somehow water gets flung around at Saatchi parties. The sofas in La Bodega Lounge was absolutely soaking after our Christmas party there last year after Steve flung the contents of the ice bucket onto John. Thus time Gus got wet. Kekeke!

Body shots off Beryl’s cleavage was interesting too.

By 8+, most ppl couldn’t walk straight or were doing strange things like biting ppl.

Went to the opening of Rain at Modesto’s. Met several groups of friends but the place just wasn’t that happening so much so that by 9 +, ppl were leaving.

I headed to Ivy w/ the TWBA gang. Was good but as usual got extremely packed by 1am.

Checked out Bed since I didn’t go for the opening. Was a lil disappointed Everyone was so poser like. And there weren’t enough beds to justify the club’s name. And shouldn’t the waitresses be wearing nighties / pajamas? The concept is cool ut execution so salah. Sigh.

Was a pretty good and moderate night. At least I got to dance for a couple of hours.

Sober looking Raj

Finally a pic of a sober (looking) Raj and more of the rest of us- From Finish Asun's camera.

More pics from Revelation

Received even more pics of Revelation from Kimberly. Seems like there are even more pics of PWD Raj! Raj do u remember any of these?

And just a few of the rest of us ......

God answers. Wet Dogs.

Went for the first time, to one of SIB's cell group tonight in D'sara Heights. Was an interesting n powerful experience cos i was praying the past few nights on a certain matter. Then during the prayer session, the pastor came up to me and said she had a msg from God. And when she spoke the words, it spoke right to my heart and addressed the exact thing i was praying about. I was in awe. I often forget to speak to God but when i do, he answers :)

It stopped raining by the time i left. Nevertheless, the dogs were still wearing yellow rain hats. Aren't they cute?

Good night all. And Happy Day After Halloween. All Saints Day or something......

Happy Halloween! My Jack O Latern is Full

Unfortunately my Halloween party had to be postponed due to Revelation which in hindsight, my party could have been more happening and definitely would have lasted past 1am!

Thinking of a Halloween themed Christmas party now .......

As usual, went Trick Or Treating round the office. I went round to only one floor and my Jack O Lantern was full already! Everyone is always so nice, giving me candy, chocs and more. And those who didn't have candy, gave me money!

Last year, Steve gave me RM2.

This year, i got a total of RM5 from Primus, Fong and Edmund!

Based on this, next year is going to be an even better Halloween!

No major plans for tonight since Halloween falls on a Tuesday. But there is a Halloween party at Laundry at 9pm. Thinking of going with Random Kevin.

Marsupial and i were discussing his nic and agree that tho he's random, he likes soya beans. And Soya Bean sounds funnier. So he should be called Soya Bean Kevin from now. :)

Soya Bean Kevin! Hurry up with work and lets go.

What Revelation Revealed

Saturday 28th October 2006

The rave of the year is finally here! Drove down with PsychoWhenDrunk Raj to meet the rest of the gang.

We started drinking in the room and as you can see, was a whole lot of fun.

2 ppl puked even before we left the room to head to the rave before 11pm .... ..i won't mention names....

Marsupial & Random kevin locked out at the balcony

PsychoWhenDrunk Raj not drunk yet
PWD Raj drunk
PWD Raj shows us he's not drunk and that he can balance on his head. Don't know if Finnish Asun was trying to knock him over.
No clue what PWD Raj is trying to do to Blue-Eyed Kim or why Randon Kevin was in cahoots.

Don't have that many pics cos everyone was snapping each other. Send them over guys so i can post them up!

And notice that all the pics were taken in the room. Why? Cos Revelation revealed that:
- Naughy by Nature didn't show and most of us went esp for them
- they only served beers so our high couldn't be maintained
- network was so congested that we lost part of the group and couldn't contact then for a few hours
- and the event CLOSED AT 1AM! Apparently the authorities came to shut it down and didn't give any reason to the organizers (but we all know why, don't we?)

So at 1am sharp, we all walked back to the condo which was like miles and miles away. I'm sure it was miles away if the A Famosa area spans 520 hectres and the condo was on the opposite end from the rave.

Made it back, mood was ruined so everyone eventually went to sleep. Didn't even have the mood to drink some more.

What a party. Sad to say that i had more fun at the Hotlink party a few months ago, also held at the same venue.

Apprehensive about Revelation 5 next year.

Alcohol creates love

Friday 27th October 2006

The night started out quietly at Luna till Sainthy rightly broguht up that once everyone had a lil to drink, they'll wanna party.

So we headed to Heritage Row. First to Mojo, then Ivy and finally settled at Savanh where we all got high and took pics w/ some strangers. Alcohol just makes you love the world!

Pickles Baby doing his dance

Susan and half of Bubs

(Alcohol also makes your hand eye coordination a lil wonky)

Susan, Raj and Bubs and a stranger in the middle
Sainthy and half of Bubs

More strangers
I mist say that this was one of the better nights out after a very long and dry non clubbing spell. i love it! :)

What will tomorrow reveal?

Thursday was a tough day to kickstart after 5 days of hols. But lo and behold, its Fri already! I'm leaving the office to go for dinner, possibly some mild drinks, for tomorrow is Revelation in Malacca!

For those who didn't get the email notice, my Halloween party has been postponed. No point competing w/ Revelation. 100 ppl dressed in costumes vs 20,000 ppl jumping around. No fight.

Posts and pics when i get back! Have a great weekend everyone!

Taylors Reunion

Wednesday 25th Oct


The last day of the Deeparaya hols! Where did all the days go? At least the holiday ended up on a nice note. Drinking at a Taylors Reunion with the old gang, mainly members of the Tomato Family and its associates. It's amazing how we can retell the same stories over and over again when we meet each year, and still laugh till our jaw and tummy hurts. I love u guys fellow Tomatoes. Sainthy, be careful there in Romania less the Count comes after u. Won't be so bad if u meet some of his vamps tho, huh? I'm coming to to visit next summer!

Bubbles drives an E Class

Tuesday 24th Oct

Ah. It's lovely to drive around KL on the first day of Hari Raya. Went for Jap buffet at Saisaki w/ Paul the Tigger. Must say that thats one of the best, in terms of range and value, Jap buffets I've been to. Ya, know its been around for ages but I'm so not a KL girl. I may technically live in KL but I'm a PJ girl at heart.

Andrew came to pick me up in his (replacement since the C Class is in the workshop) E Class to go to Luna. Was really bored and listened to music on my phone whole i danced by myself. But in the end got roped in to play some card drinking game called either 'Up or Down' or 'Bigger or Smaller' ... something like that. We all got a lil high but Bernie got an unfair advantage sicne he can just take the lift down and crash into bed.

After he left, we all decided to call it a night. But Andrew was almost comatose by then so i had to drive the E Class. Eeek! It's full of bells and whistles. Initially didn't know how to turn off the lights or release the break. But once i got it going, it was surprisingly easy to drive!

Dropped Andrew back home and drove myself back.



Wednesday, 26th

Woke up, drove the E Class to Andrew and thoroughly enjoyed the smooth ride. No no no! Don't convert me! I'm a Beemer Girl!

But i think i could get used to it ....... U think?

Happy bday Beryl! Man U wins 2-0!

Sunday 22 October 2006

Driving in KL during a long festive season is amazing. U can drive at 120kmh on roads u usually manage at 40kmh. Plus no cops. Doesn't the road look beautiful? When do u ever see Jalan Bukit Bintang looking like this except during long stretches of holidays?

Had champagne lunch w/ Paul the Tigger @ Prego. This is the life. Looks like this will be the norm from now on. Free flow of champagne, apple martini, lychee martini, sangria, wines etc gives u a good buzz by mid afternoon. Having the Starwood member card helps when it gives u 50% off! :)

Problem is once u are buzzing at 3pm in KL, what else do u do to maintain the high? Well i sure couldn't think of anything so i went back for a nap :) What a waste of alcohol, eh?

Woke up, met Red Dod, Ivan, Colin and gang in Bangsar to watch the Man U v Liverpool game (by the way Man U won 2-0 Kekeke!) then went to Gombak for Beryl's b'day.

There were so many candles on the cake that u couldn't see much of the cake.

HAPPY 32ND BDAY BERYL!

After the party, headed back to Bangsar to meet Red Dog and the gang for more drinks and dance to some crappy music at Bar Flam. Ivan was wearing a T shirt w/ copy i didn't understand. Can't stand perplexing copy which i don't get even tho it prob doens't have a meaning. Is that a brand? Or a type of monkey? And he was holding his banana so smugly. Couldn't take it so i punched the monkey. Poor Ivan.

Bubbles Clubbing Mode is On

Friday 20th Oct 2006

After Ghetto last night (the coming out of Bubbles Non Clubbing Mode 3.0) sleeping for only 2 1/2 hours, the body was naturally a lil weak so Friday night out was milder.

Got calls to go to Velvet, Ivy, Atrium, Loft and Savanh. Guess ppl found out i was out of my non clubbing mode. Hahaha!

Decided to ditch Velvet since the rest of the spots were at Heritage Row. Bar hopped for a while but ended up in Savanh where Sainthan n Vigknesh was. Sainthan was back for the Deepavali hols and he's not working in Romania. I asked if Count Dracula was there n he said the castle was. How cool is that? Unfortunately there weren't any Kate Beckinsdale look a ikes there (ala Van Helsing). Kekeke.

Also saw Red Dog and gang. Not seen him in a while. We had a dance or 2. He's one of those guys whom i can truly dance with. Not many guys in KL can groove. :( And for those who can, they tend to want to lead but with Red Dog, we move in sync so easily.


Left the club just before 3am.

See u again Sainthan before u leave for Romania. And by the way I'm coming to visit next year! :)

The end of Bubbles Non Clubbing Version 3.0

Last night marked the end of Non Clubbing Version 3.0

It's been about 1 1/2 month of not clubbing. By my definition, stepping into a club does not constitute clubbing. Was having this conversation with Gary Banana.

Gary Banana: What do u mean???!! If u go to a restaurant and u eat, u r having a meal right?
Bubbles: Not if i go and have a light bite. Then it's a snack and not a meal. :D

Went with Marsupial and Jas to Ghetto and met up with more friends. Thought it was going to be a chilled night and was planning to take it slow since I've not been clubbing for more than a month and that says a lot!

Thought i needed to be eased into it but apparently not! I felt my clubbing mojo flowing back!

3 bottle between 9 of us, we were feeling a happy tipsy high and laughed at everything. Don't u love that feeling?

After Marsupial and i screamed for siew yoke meen, we finally ended up eating bak kut teh some where in KL cos the driver had final say. Kinda too drunk to remember where we ended up.

Got home at 6am.

Woke up at 8.30pm for work.

Bubbles is back baby!

Do fish get bored?

Seated here in front of the fish tank at the Rainforest in 1U having a smoke and waiting for Adam of the Pillar to arrive for buka puasa. It's 730pm .... past buka puasa time (think its 701om 0r 704pm today?) but he did say that he's stuck in traffic in KL. Oh well i have about half hour more to kill till his ETA.

Checked out the new Gap boutique opened at 1U yesterday. Nothing much that caught my eye. Also the prices were exorbitant. And the fact that Gap is cheap stuff in the States but we pay premium price when it gets here. Like Topshop i guess. It highstreet wear in the UK and here its like this great brand. Cost of living here in KL is just so high. Dollar for dollar, we're losing out. GBP1.50 for a latte at Starbucks but RM9.98 here in M'sia? Not fair when we earn about the same, dollar for dollar.

Anyway very broke right now. Bought too many new toys which I'm enjoying tremendously but I'm paying for it now. Good thing there's free wifi most places these days. Like right now. I can blog while waiting for Adam.

Wonder if fish every get bored. They swim around in a little tank. Well the ones here get a big tank but what about those in small little aquariums at home? And do gold fish really have a 3 second memory? And whats the plural for ‘fish’? Still ‘fish’ right? When do we use ‘fishes’ then?

Oh-oh. This small kid is looking at my screen. Now he’s jumping up and down on the bench I’m sitting on. Why do kids gravitate towards me when I don’t favour them all that much?

I’m ignoring him.

He’s still jumping.

I took a pic of him.

Nah!

Hahaha! He’s gone.

So I’m sitting here looking at fish, blogging, watching Robbie on the telly. I like Rude Box. Still sore that he's not coming to Asia.

Where’s Adam? I’m hungry ………….

I'm BORED!

Friday
- dinner w/ Andrew in Bangsar
- drinks w/ old childhood friend, Jason, & friends @ Decanter Too
- drinks @ Riblee's for Ken's farewell
- drinks w/ Colin @ Finnegans Hartamas
- almost had drinks @ Clear but they were closed by the time we got there
















Saturday
- can't remember what i did in the day
- dinner w/ Charlie @ Tarbush, Starhill (dinner was yummy and i no longer boycourt the place cos smoking is now allowed in all the F&B outlets there)
- drinks w/ Charlie @ 7AteNin9
- clubbing @ the newly renovated Rain, Modestos w/ Shan & Jas. Raj & Teoh were there. Also met Ravin & Mohan from college.

Sunday
- breakfast @ Taman Aman Park w/ Colin while walking his dog Cael
- lunch w/ Patrick @ Friendster where we had coffee, learnt Photoshop, finalized the design of my Halloween Party invite, ate cake, talked about movies, learnt how to type out Chinese words using 'pin yin', got educated on hot Chinese film stars, drank more coffee smoked a pack of ciggies.

I did all of that in the last 48 hours and I'm bored! Michelle & Beryl are right, my attention span is getting shorter and shorter.

This is very worrying.

Usually clubbing gives me limitless joy. I go clubbing, have the time of my life each time, wake up and feeling fulfilled. The high sometimes evade me and i know I've come to the end of my clubbing cycle and i just stay home for a few weeks and lo and behold, clubbing is all new and exhilarating again.

But I've abstained from clubbing (some ppl have been telling me that my definition of 'not clubbing' is a lil off but thats another story) and now that I'm starting again, i walk into the club and NADA. The music doesn't hit me. The groove doesn't take over my body. The alcohol isn't as sweet. Whats happening????

Think thats what throwing me off. And losing concentration in everything else which i do. For the past 15 years, clubbing has always been my thing. Has it really hit me? Is it my time to retire? I'm scared! I don't want to leave!

Breathe. Or do a Larry and meditate (tho there's more than one meaning to his definition) (we all have different definitions for everything. This opens up the door to innuendos and misinterpretations) Anyway .... Arrrrgh ... See .... I'm getting bored and losing track again!

Okay. Breathe. Breathing.

I think and i hope that this is merely a longer down cycle. The joy will / should come back again. Meanwhile I've had a plethora of ideas, from myself and from friends, to keep me occupied in the meantime. Some ideas include:
- batting at the new baseball place @ 1U
- go diving (but thats next year after the monsoon season)
- colour more
- make plastercine figurines (or more cakes)
- volunteer @ PAWS
- explore new eateries (that starts this weekend w/ Paul the Tigger)
- walk friends' dogs
- do oil painting while drunk (I'm waiting for u to set this up Lola!)
- shoot guns (Think Selangor shooting range may be more fun that the one @ City Square)
- fly a plane
- throw myself off a plane (Australia next year!!!)

Think that will keep me occupied from the next week or 2.

More ideas anyone? Help me!