What’s the point?

Ok, so now there is another player on the block. Stereolab at Pan Pacific Hotel has started its Sunday nights. Attendance so far is not bad cos there is free flow of champagne and mini-burgers till 12 and free flow of vodka from 12 - 3.

Yup, you heard that right … Free Flow!

I dunno how they cover costs, cos, no one actually needs to buy a drink. And it is champagne!

Nevertheless, not sure if the crowd will keep coming once they end the free flow and start charging cover (i dun think anyone paid cover last night!)

Seriously, how on earth do they cover costs? In theory, they are making losses every one of these nights right?

Anyway, why look a gift horse in the mouth? Just enjoy while it lasts, i guess.

ps. unlike other places where free flow is ‘controlled’, here it really is free FLOW. Once the waitstaff see an empty glass (or flute for that matter) in your hand, they immediately whisk it away and hand over another filled to the brim glass.

Rumour has it that a certain organisation is sponsoring this giveaway but i have no idea why that company would do it.

Anyway, till it ends (which i heard is soon), let’s eat, drink and be merry! 

One of those ‘take-a-step-back-and-think-about-what-life-is-really-about’ emails i received.

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio.

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more":

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.

8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.

35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift."

Marriage of Convenience is one of the Indignation events. Chanced upon Aiman’s works and they seemed good. No knowledge of the others’. Drop by if you can.

Just posting an ad i received.

Inaction and calculated reservation just might pay off! Read this from Mr Wang.

In Jul 09, there was a promotion for a free Macbook if you signed up for this cost-more-than-usual Singet package. Was tempted cos i felt like getting a new laptop and thought Singnet should do as well as my current Starhub. After all, my current Starhub contract should be over by now.

But it came with some Miotv thing which i didnt want. And i didnt know if i could maintain my cable tv if i had to sign up for this miotv thing as well. Didnt know if my current connection would be affected. Did i need to sign up for any new accounts which would disrupt my current click-and-surf connection? And the white Macbook (ie. old series) was not free since the 2-yr contract promo costs like $600+ more than just the std internet connection package, but still a saving as the laptop costs like $1600 almost now. At the end, while waiting and waiting and thinking and thinking … it was 1 Aug 09. Promo over!

Now i read about all these complaints and think … sometimes laziness saves the day.

But no new laptop then?

You kidding me?! Just bankrupted myself getting a new laptop! And it aint no slow white 13 inch macbook (hint hint!).

And another idea hit me. Always had this fantasy of chilling out at cafes surfing the net and chatting etc. Just never did it cos dunno how to use that Wireless free surfing thingy. Now found out i can sign another 2 yr contract and get free mobile surfing modem! But i realise my new laptop will also probably never see the world outside my room … but still. Maybe, just maybe

Latest scientific update on the issue of orientation. Article here.

WASHINGTON - US PSYCHOLOGISTS are slamming therapies treating homosexuality as an illness, and warning mental health workers against promising patients their sexual orientations might be changed.

Sounds like something Harry Potter would say after waving his wand? Well, i certainly need magic to do what i hope to accomplish.

Am trying to distract myself to the max so that i wont be in constant depression over the state of my life. Cause of depression is the usual, so not much to add here, except that my way-too-many anniversary at this sucky job and 2nd anniversary of celibacy do exacerbate things

(did you get that? 2 YEARS of NO SEX!)

And the distractions?

Am taking night classes.

Am reactivating my driving lessons.

Am going to the gym.

Considering getting a new handphone.

And a new laptop.

And checking out private property which i know very well i can’t afford.

I even started doing work … during office hours.

And i am still not distracted enough out of depression! Argh!

"I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back sometimes." - Alicia Keys at an award ceremony

You may be aware of the competition for a slice of the Sunday boys party between Zirca and Butter Factory. Seems KL too has sensed the lucrative nature of this night, especially for this weekend which will be a long weekend in Sg and some may get tempted to travel North [we usually go South ]