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Recently I paid my third visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) for the 3rd time, as the destination is not exactly a hot tourist spot, I decided to introduce the place to you.

The skinny:

• Vietnam is the 13th largest nation in the world with some 83 million people
• HCMC is the largest city in Vietnam
• Way too many motorcycles
• Traffic is at a constant state of controlled chaos
• Chicks are cute
• Food is excellent
• People are friendly
• Things are generally cheap

Currency is Vietnamese Dong but USD is often preffered. US$1 is currently about at 15800 Dong.

The following photos will give you a better sense of what HCMC has to offer.

Traffic:
The traffic is generally very chaotic to foreigner, honking sound can be heard every 5 seconds. However, it seemed relatively safe at the lower speed of flow and people aren't so full of rage like them road bullies you find in Malaysia.


lotsa motorcycles, and helmet is an option, not a must


Viet chicks on bike, you see that alot


more bikes, with valet service too

Food:
Being in South East Asia, the flavor of food does not vary too much from Malaysia or Thailand, and best described as a mixture of both with a hint of Chinese. There are very few fastfood restaurants around, and their beef noodles (Pho).. yumm.. ooooo yummm..


pho, comes with basil, bean sproud, and jalopeno pepper on the side, excellent


kerang bakar (grilled clam) is served here too


steamboat fish in slightly spicey soup base, plenty of vege on the side


mixed rice buffet style, similar dishes to Malaysian food

Cool Restaurants:
Despite being a relatively poor country, there still plenty of people with decent spending power, hence, fancy eat-outs. These places, however, are relatively cheap compared to Malaysian restaurants. For example, a decent meal for 4 fetches US$20


one of the cafes, better decorated than Starbucks, which they don't have btw


another restaurant with nice rain forest theme


my favorite pho shop, a meal costs less than US$2

War History Museum:
The war history museum is a must-go place to get the perspective of Vietnamese side on the war that killed so many.


plenty of photos taken during the war


recreation of POW cells, and how Faggot will look like if he's ever incacerated


more war remnants

Shopping:
What is a city without places to shop? They'll just instantly lose 50% of visitors. You know which gender I'm talking about anyway. HCMC has all that covered, there are plenty of places selling everything from handbags to wooden decorative boats.


pottery and more


scaled wooden boats, these are from less than US$10 and up

MAS has 2 daily flights to HCMC. If you plan to go to Bangkok for the 2nd time or more, I suggest you might want to give HCMC a try.
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Suanie had written a blog entry about our crab dining experience and especially singled out Kerol the Sotong with a few pictures of hers you can find here

I, however, think that the little animation below would show you more vividly how she enjoys her food. This is also due to the popular demand for an encore after FA's dance move animation.



p/s: comment's a bit screwed up on this post for whatever reasons, once u click "publish", you'll see the other comments tho. have fun!
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I am sure you have all heard about how FA dances, but a picture speaks a thousand words, so here goes. ENJOY!



p/s: you are still the pwn, FA.
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Romantic comedy starring Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James from Kings of Queens, and Amber Valletta.

Now, many movie reviews will have a run down on the plot, well, you are not going to find it here. I'll give you a slightly different perspective, as usual.

The chicks:
Eva Mendes the hot hispanic never fail to look sexy, with her busty figure and sumptous lips. Too bad she did not get naked.
Amber Valletta was elegant and attractive. Too little screen time tho, but her dancing rocks, just slightly less cool than FA's

The dudes:
Will Smith has gone back to his fresh prince way. While funny, it gets old after a while.
Kevin James delivered, the dude from the popular TV series "the King of Queens" stole the show with his .. er.. dancing.

The plot:
Usual romantic comedy chick flick type. Fall in love, fall out of love due to some misunderstandings, fall in love again, happy ending. Of course, with some comedy threw in.
What I got from the movie was a little bit different from the anticipation off the preview, but it wasn't really better, or worse.

The recommendation:
If you want to watch a romantic comedy, try "How to lose a guy in 10 days". The chemistry is there, and Kate Hudson would just make any guy fall in love with her.

I'll give this show a 5.5/10. Watched it since I missed my flight and had nothing to do for a night. Judging from the lack of reviews from the gang (ST, Kim, Faggot, Galvin, Radiance, Kerol), I guess Hitch wasn't such a HIT.
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You scored as Satanism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Satanism! Before you scream, do a bit of research on it. To be a Satanist, you don't actually have to believe in Satan. Satanism generally focuses upon the spiritual advancement of the self, rather than upon submission to a deity or a set of moral codes. Do some research if you immediately think of the satanic cult stereotype. Your beliefs may also resemble those of earth-based religions such as paganism. Satanism 92% atheism 83% agnosticism 75% Buddhism 50% Paganism 46% Judaism 38% Islam 38% Christianity 21% Hinduism 0% Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

I think they misspelled NO RELIGION. That's pretty much where I stand. Then again, the cute little telitubbie like icon is just cute.

Will post something about Vietnam once I feel like it.

Thanks again for everyone who came to the party, these people wrote something about the party too: ST, Kim, FA, Goh, Joanne, H2S, Chan, jacko, and thaiboxingirl
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Party was a blast, too bad for you who had to miss it due to various reasons. This is the next morning and I'm not at the greatest of intellectual capacity right now, so here are some highlights and photos. I'm sure others will post pictures on their blogs to compliment whatever I have here.

Highlights:

• Some 40 people turned out
• Lotsa us got drunk, some puked, and some passed out
• Police came three times (twice actual, third in my dreams where we were summoned =/ )
• Party was a blast, disco light's the pwn
• FA danced drunk, then almost passed out
  
• Did I say party was a blast?

Here are some pictures:


Great picture drawn by Chan of the Faggot, Goh, and ST


Gin and Juice prepared by me for the birthday boys, only 1 glass for 3, noobs!


All loaded up with alcohol


.. and food


.. and liquor


what's a party without some nice disco lights?


dance em all night long


teenage wasteland


hot chicks smoochin


more dancing


and drinking


and enjoying the food


these guys are still not too drunk yet


me taking picture with one of the hotties


and sotong was wasted


FA would say that wasn't her


not only girls were wasted, dudes too


aftermath, liquors gone


fridge empty


and carol aka sotong, seriously screwed

It was a great night, and thanks for everyone who came! Will definately have this again. I'm off to Vietnam in half an hour, housemates can do the cleaning. hehehehehe

CHEERS!

p/s: Missed my flight, crap! Lucky there's one last empty seat on tomorrow's early flight. Was too high to check my ticket for the proper departure time. heh
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In the spirit of pumping up you gals for the saturday party, I have created this image with my ultra elite photoshop skills and the careful selection of the most attractive photos of the main boys at the party. Girls, don't get too excited yet, we look even cuter in real life.

Please leave a glowing comment if you love the picture. Faggot, ST, and Goh are the birthday boys, and would be collectively adding up to no less than 80 years young by next week. Yours truely would be the host.

A slightly better but horribly non artistic map to the party can be found here

p/s: Please refrain Goh from picking up ST at the party as I did with him on this photo. Last he tried he broke his eyebrow and you can check out the scar this saturday.

Cheers and see you at the party. BE THERE!


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It's that time of year again, it's march. In this month, there is no public holiday, we've got horrid weather, and there isn't a single naked chicks sun tanning outdoor. However, all is not lost, we have a triple birthady bash party coming up.

FAQ:

Q: Who is it for?
A: Proximite birthdays for Goh, ST, and Faggot. Also for the party people.

Q: Where?
A: Me house at 8, Lorong ss3/59B (check the map below)

Q: When?
A: Saturday 19th March 2005, starting at around 8:30pm

Q: Do I need to pay?
A: No, finger food and reasonable amount of drinks/alcohol will be provided, if you are a hardcore drunk, maybe you'd want to bring some alcohol

Q: Am I invited?
A: Any and all hot chicks are invited. additionally, everyone who was here at the previous 2 parties or knows at least 2 of the 3 birthday boys are invited. Heck, you know you're invited if you check your phone.

Q: What do I wear?
A: Sexy will be good if you're a hot chick, otherwise party/funny cloths.

Q: What will we be doing?
A: Drink, dance, eat, party, and pretend to celebrate their birthdays as if we really care. Orgy not suggested, rainbow party not guranteed.

Q: Is it going to be fun?
A: We had a xmas party o nthe eve of xmas 2004, ST has the pictures posted here. Make your own judgement.

Q: Who will be there?
A: Fun and cool people like me, faggot, ST, Goh, Suanie, Kerol, Huey Fang, Chan, Kim, FA (she can dance! Zoukfest post says it all), and many more.

Q: I'm so excited, what should I do?
A: BE THERE!

MAP:

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Went to watch Sepet at Pyramid with a group of friends including Faggot, Galvin, Dree, Radiance, Elaine, and Jason. The sound system at the theater sucks, I still favor Summit's theaters.

If I were to pick a single movie to exercise my linguistic ability, it'll have to be Sepet. All the 5 langauges in my arsenal were delivered in the movie, for this alone makes the movie truely Malaysian. Btw, they are English, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hokkien.

The flick showed a microcosm of our culture, the issues of racial divide/inequalities, friendship, love, and even a hint of sex.

Enough of the boring "review" I attempted, now lets check out the highlights:

• The chick is hot, you wish you are the hair brush when she stick it in between her chest and her sarong
• Censoring board assumes that we do not know about the real world.
  
• Pak Atan spelled out MILF while playing scrabble with his wife, the girl's mom. (censoring board missed this one)
• Keong can't act worth of shit
• They shouda filtered out the sound of the lorry carrying the camera when filming Jason riding his bike
• The chick is hot, and her father knows the word MILF

Excerpt:
Mak Enom - "Orked got the scholarship even though she had only 5As"
Kak Yam - "Jason got 7As ... (censored)
Substitute "censored" with "and yet he did not get a scholarship". The board apparently decided that Malaysian can't handle the truth.

There were a few other scenes that were censored. A lenghty discussion about racial stereotypes was cut short, and the scene of Pak Atan dropping his sarong to reveal his old school underwear. While I do not condone censorship, the latter act by the censoring board was somewhat of a blessing as it reminds me of Masud.

The ending, in my opinion, was somewhat of a dissapointment in the attempt to make the movie more artistic, symbolic, or perhaps both. As you know, I am a simple man, and I demand simple things, a steamy ending would have been preferred.

Anyhow, this is a good movie. I would definately check out the version as intended by the director when it is available.

KY-o-meter gives it a 7/10, and would probably bump up a point if not for the censorship.
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ST has already posted a review of the rave party,so I am going to give you a slightly different perspective of the experience here.

First, let me attempt to list down the people I have met up there.

Initial Group - ST, FA, Faggot, Suan, Kerol, Jamie, Duncan, Audrey, Kim, Huey Fang, ah Chan
Other Groups - Goh, Saint, Henry, Joanne, Mandy, Margie, Jessica, Eugene
Random meets - Sheryl, Pam, Daniel, Vanessa, Wussy, and at least another half a dozen foosers

As the original parking lucker, we found a nice spot on the top floor of P4 parking area in less than a couple minutes, I pity people like Chan, Suan, and ST who had to maneuvour down the multi-level parking complex and wasting countless minutes they could have spent checking out hotties and bapoks alike.

Since I am in no position to try any journalism feat documenting the event, let me just give you some random highlights:

• FA danced awesome, as usual. Best described as a baboon on chilli padi
• Faggot had diarrhea (twice!), so we had to leave early just as the music gets awesome
• 7 slackers (all spotted left of my head on the pic) had to get the tickets the same day, had fun squeezing at the ticket counter
• Kerol and Suan did not lose any weight despite being squeezed at ticket counter. Btw Suan had some cold fried noodle at the rave itself.
  
• Kerol and Huey Fang wore the same jacket (RM 265!), if they are so rich, maybe they can pay me higher rentals, emmm...
  
• Baboon on chilli padi dances like FA
  

Anyway, here is a picture I ripped off ST's website, and I'll give you a who's who


Suanie, in pink on top left, attempted to doggy me, while ST the gwai lou, in white working shirt, tried to have me go down on him. Duncan is next to Suanie, holding a beer. Next to ST is Audrey, and the Faggot with his "I am cool" look. On my right is Jamie, and next to her is Kerol (too much blue-eye makeup crap). You can find ah Chan on the far left with his messed up hairdo, and Huey Fang next to him. The baboon girl in red holding a camera is FA. Goh, imitating a post-oprative cataract patient with sunglasses, is at the bottom right.

Note to future ravers: ALWAYS GET UR FRIGGING TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME

p/s: Next party would be on the 19th at ss3, check this space for more details soon.
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Imagine you are in the great plain of Africa. You have been tied hanging on a tree with a rope anchored on the ground, a candle is slowly burning the rope, and the lion is waiting for you to drop and be his lunch. (consult graphic)

Your survival hinges on the rope staying intact, there is no one around to help you. The only possible way is to somehow convince the lion to blow the candle off. How do you do that?

As usual, mouseover for the ultimate answer!


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I was passed the stick from my whiteboy Shaolintiger..

1. What is the total amount of music files on your computer?
Less than 2000 songs

2. The CD you last bought?
Last I bought was a bunch of them via one of those 12 CDs for $1 scheme while I was still in the States. There were some Radioheads and Counting Crows.

3. What was the last song you listened to before reading this message?
Last night, some japs in anime, no idea of the name. Clean anime too!

4. Write down five songs that you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.

1. Radiohead - Creep
If you are a geeky shy boy lacking self confidence, it relates. Fortunately not as much now.

2. Better than Ezra - Good
Makes me think of her

3. Dave Matthews Band - Crush
My original buaya song

4. Beyond - kaung1 hui1 sui4 yue4 (Glorious Past)
Beautiful lyrics about slavery.
Exerpt (my screwed up translation) : the beauty of rainbow lies in the inseperation of its colors

5. Softcell - Tainted Love
Memory of college ice hockey game atmosphere, there was once we went to another university (U of Minnesota at Duluth). The visiting fans from my school finished the whole song and stunned the home crowd. Ahh.. the chemistry

6. (bonus track) DotA victory song
Meaning I've won the game!

5. Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?

1. Sheryl - Wonder what she feels about my #2 choice
2. Terence - Not the most normal person, I wonder about his taste in music
3. FireAngel - The original ranter, does she listen to music or her ranting overwhelms all sound?

p/s: been working on a drawing for the next post, hold your breath!

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