To Serve And To Protect..

ermz.. I'm back..

and as the topic goes.. I'm on Reservist right now.. on training.. so I spent the entire week trying to stay awake in class..

cant complain though.. coz my friends who served in the army had it much worse..

anyway.. I got back from Tokyo and Los Angeles on 17th, reached home at close to 3am.. and got ready to go for my reservist at 6am..

hmm.. things that I do for my country..

*sigh*

and still they dont allow me to smoke at Coffee Bean..

*another sigh*

must put a yellow box somemore.. ridiculously small.. end up looking like some cattle within a fence when everyone tries to cramp inside to smoke..

spent the past few days with the Pirates..

yey..

and we had a full band jamming today!

after so so so long..

I miss the band.. dammit.. and I think all of them felt the same way..

chilled out at Yishun Dam several nights ago.. and saw a Hayabusa which skidded off the road.. and on the other side, across the centre kerb.. therez another car badly damaged..

which means that the rider had skidded and thrown across the road and got hit by the car..

hope he survived.. though I really doubt that he did..

and before I continue this post.. I just wanna apologise to Noris for not being able to get the stuffs that she asked for.. yet.. coz I didnt get to pass by the stores as I was caught up in Los Angeles..

I'll try to get it before ur wedding k?

so.. Los Angeles.. the beautiful.. sunny Los Angeles..

let's see how it looks like..



ermz..

thatz just abt 5 mins away from the hotel that we stay in..



and the number of homeless ppl.. hmm..

thatz a common sight in the United States..

actually.. this is just a short distance away from a place called Toy District.. or Toyland..

itz not really a fun place to be in.. no Santas giving presents.. no Toys R Us..

but Toyland has one of the highest concentration of homeless ppl.. and it was said that if u walk thru it, u might not even get out alive..

not that homeless ppl are bad though.. just that we should stay away from the place.. for good reasons..

but of course.. there ARE lots of fun places in Los Angeles..

Like Disneyland/Disney California Adventure, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Knotts Berry Farm.. where I think the rides are scarier than Magic Mountain.. and of course.. Universal Studios..

thatz where we went to.. me, Lawrence and Alicia..

started the day by going thru Hollywood coz the two new crew had never been there before.. so.. being the nice tour guide that I am.. *ahem*.. I brought them there..



the Hollywood sign from Kodak Centre.. again..

ok.. and right after that.. we headed down to..



Universal Studios!

yey!

I had been to the vicinity and shops around Universal.. but didnt go in coz we got there in the evening, and it wasnt worth spending just a couple of hours in..

it cost USD$59 to get in if u buy the tickets at the entrance.. which I think is abt SGD$85.. but coz we got our tickets from a counter in the city, we saved abt USD$20.. at USD$39 per person..

which means a LOT of discount..

ok.. and so.. Universal Studios.. is a FAKE place..

dammit..

but I love it..

how the heck do they make it look so real in the movies.. and yet most of it are confined to a small space in Hollywood..

yeah.. thatz Hollywood.. they can really do wonders..

they can make Aliens destroy the world..



from the set of War Of The Worlds..

they destroyed a real Boeing 747 Jumbo aircraft..



and placed debris all over..



destroyed cars..



just next to the Wild Wild West..

we were told that a lot of the cowboy movies were shot here..

they can change whatever parts that they want in the scene to make it fit to what they want..



itz all a matter of rearranging the parts around..

and some of the buildings are not real buildings.. they are just facades..



meaning, only the outer part looks like a real building.. with walls made of foam so they can change it as and when they want..



they can have a tunnel bridge cutting thru a river..



and shoot it from the side if they need a broken, run-down one..



have a fake house.. where fake families live in..



with a fake lake..



or a fake Subway station in fake San Francisco..



and a fake shark..

ermz.. with real fire..

thatz from Jaws.. obviously..



in a fake town called Amity..

they really can recreate the entire world.. or even a fake universe here in Hollywood..

therez a lot of Stages.. which looks like big warehouses.. where the set are created and the scenes are shot indoors..



I managed to shoot just a lil portion of an Ark in one of those stages.. the indoor version of what is supposedly to be something like the Noah's Ark.. from Evan Almighty which is currently in production.. the sequel to Bruce Almighty.. minus Jim Carrey..

talking abt Jim Carrey..



this is from How The Grinch Stole Christmas..

itz a wonder how they built a set next to one another.. so close, and yet a world apart..



the real Bates Motel.. from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho..

and I saw...

THE CARS FROM FAST AND FURIOUS!

yey!

I couldnt get a nice angle of the Skyline though.. so I decided not to post the pics here.. but I saw it nevertheless..



the Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder..



Jack Slap's Toyota Supra..



and the 1970 Dodge Charger..

and talking abt cars..



nothing beats the Deloreon from Back To The Future!

in Universal.. u can feel safe..

real safe..

coz there are Superheroes riding around taking care of everyone and fighting evil..



evil fellas like the Green Goblin..

but he's being chased by none other than..



Spiderman!

but I think he's too busy posing for pics..

but itz ok..

really..

coz there's always..



Captain America!

yey!

but he's too busy scratching his groin..

but its still okay..

coz..



therez Storm and Wolverine!

Wolverine looks bored though..



there's King Kong too.. but I dont think anyone could fit in *THAT* costume..

anything smaller he'll look like just another ordinary angry monkey..



and therez a silly dancing bird called Woody Woodpecker..

ok.. now for random pics..



ermz.. itz not really scary.. the rides were too short.. the excitement came too fast and gone too fast..

I'd stick with Disneyland's Space Mountain..

or the Ghostrider in Knotts Berry Farm..

THAT'S scary..

or the Batman or the Riddler's Revenge or the Viper in Magic Mountain..

they have better rides there..

the rides in Universal is not made to be scary..

itz more for..



Nickelodeon..



and The Flintstones..



only Lawrence got scared of the Rex..



this was one of the first thing I noticed when we took the tour of Universal..

Jah Idol!

Bob Marley Avenue..



just a random pic.. of Coke-sponsored area..

with Angelina Jolie-inspired lips..



and a view of the lower level of the Universal Studio..

thatz how big the recreation area is.. thatz not even inclusive of the place where the stars shoot their movies and TV shows..

thatz it abt Los Angeles..

and for the guys..

stop reading here..

if u wish to continue..

DISCLAIMER:

I'm not gonna take responsibilities of whatever headaches that u might incur from looking at the upcoming pics..

I had a severe one after spending an entire day looking at PINK..

headed back to Tokyo after Los Angeles..

and spent a day in the Hello Kitty's answer to Disney..



Sanrio Puroland..



there'z even a Town Map located outside the train station.. the nearest would be the Tama Centre station, abt 15 minutes walk from the Hello Kitty Land..

and if u cant understand the map..



therez an entire legend made of Hello Kitty and Friends..



inside the Puroland..



a random pic of girls in Kimono..

dunno why.. therez a lot of girls wearing Kimonos suddenly..

maybe coz it summer..

or maybe coz itz just Japan..



the store within the Puroland.. selling Hello Kitty stuffs..

and ermz.. no.. I didnt buy anything.. I had enough of Hello Kitty and friends coz one of my Ex-Gf, Noreen, was a Hello Kitty addict..

so much so that she made me carry some Bad Badtz Maru stuffed toys for my flights..

*gulp*

ok ok.. when I was with her.. I did it willingly..

and I memorised most of the names of the characters..

and I queued up for a total of 37 hours in front of MacDonald's..

ok.. I did it.. so shoot me..



Purin and Bad Badtz Maru..



Little Twin Stars..



a weird family..



My Melody, on the second floor.. waving at the fans..



Hello Kitty and Bad Badtz Maru dancing on stage..



Kitty got her own house..



with weird Kitty living room set..

I didnt go in for good reasons.. so the interior pics were taken by the 3 stewardesses with me.. Alicia, and my two teamgirls.. Joleen and Jezz..



Alicia with Hello Kitty..



I cant imagine Joleen going for flight like this..



and Jezz messing up Hello Kitty's bed..



and a random pic.. of an Ice Cream Machine..

a real one..

I think the average age of the population that visits Puroland is 3..

small little 3 yr old girls..

and some act-cute teenage girls too..

thatz it..

and what happened to the guys then?





thatz what they do..

End of my constitutional rights..

I am not an angry person.

I think I have quite a relatively even temper.. and for most parts, I'm able to control it very well..

the times that my anger had flared had mostly been with a purpose to deny someone from attempting to intrude into my personal space.

yes.. Personal Space again..

I'm crazy about personal space.

my own personal freedom.

I remembered some previous girlfriends who attempted to control my life.

I dont think anyone ever succeeded..

Intrude in my space and I'll walk away.

I can't imagine being married.

having someone next to me when I wake up.. on my own bed..

I might go crazy..

probably wishing that I'm alone..

I wake up alone all the time now.. and I love the privacy that I have..

but then again, if I am married, it will be a totally different environment..

who carez.. I'm not even planning on it..

somehow, I think my anger flared greatly after a long long long time..

and no, I didnt do anything when I get mad..

I just get mad and that's it.

If I get angry and tell someone off, it means that I am not really angry.. I just need to have some visual effects for that person to leave me alone.

If I slam down the phone when I'm angry, it doesnt mean that I want to continue the conversation. It means that I wanna end the conversation.

Some of my previous girlfriends had thought that it was ok to pick up the phone to continue the argument, probably hoping that I would have to listen to how they want me to lead MY life..

sorry babe.. it wont work that way..

I lead my life the way that I wanna lead my life..

that's said.. here's the reason why I got mad today..

I was at Coffee Bean in Century Square.. and bought our drinks and proceeded outside to sit and drink..

and..

WHAT THE FUCK?

the smoking zone was a small box enough for 4 tables cramped together, and was already full of ppl..

so the remaining tables are for the non-smokers?

ok.. fair enough..

there are some non-smokers who prefers to sit outside to enjoy the warmth and humidity of Singapore..

so now the rest of the smokers have to quit.

but obviously, in certain areas, like Tampines Coffee Bean, the number of smokers far exceed the non-smokers..

so now the non-smokers can gleefully laugh at the majority smokers coz we are the suckers..

they won, we lost.

I'd like to sit within the box one of these days and blow the smoke on the face of a non-smoker who is seated next to me, right outside the box.

if u wish to sit next to the smoking zone, so be it.

so I ended up throwing away the drinks and going down to Starbucks where they have more smoking seats.

20% allocated to smokers?

why couldnt they allocated a CERTAIN number of seats which can be extended if the amount of smokers exceed the allocation?

I'm sure the establishments would gladly do it rather than losing customers.

but then again, I'm sure they have heard the complaints and whinings and a lot of ppl had rant and rant and of course nothing will be done..

they will still laugh at us and say that we aint got no choice man..

ok.. so thatz just whinings..

like every other smokers who had been affected by this stupid rule..

but what I dont understand is that.. why the hell are they doing this?

there are non-smoking seats available inside the cafe..

the outdoor seats are scattered.. and I dont think there's any non-smokers who had complained abt the areas outside coffee bean being polluted with smoke..

coz their own GodDamned friends smoke.

how about small children and families? they will be affected by the smoke!

OMFG!

SMALL KIDS WILL BE CHOKED WITH THE SMOKE POLLUTING THE OUTDOOR AREA OF COFFEE BEANS AND STARBUCKS AT NIGHT!

what the hell are the kids doing there at night anyway..

and please..

for fuck sake..

in the daytime, itz almost empty.

indoor.

outdoor.

whatever doors.

sit wherever u wanna sit and u'll only choke on the smoke from the vehicles on the road.

and clubs and pubs?

they gonna ban smoking in clubs?

itz a good thing that they do this anyway..

so one day..

one fine day..

when I decide that I'm leaving this place..

I wont miss it.

take away my rights.

since when did my dad told the Government to educate me whether I should smoke or not before he died?

thatz my own personal rights.

and if I wanna smoke, I should be able to smoke.

I take considerations of not smoking if there are children around me..

I dont blow the smoke towards a non-smoker..

or even a smoker..

so now.. since they took away my rights..

if I am within a smoking zone

and therez a non-smoker nearby..

I'd blow it right where it will cause them lung diseases, strokes and heart attacks..

take away my rights.. and I'd utilise every other rights that I have..

surprisingly.. none of the cities that I had visited had implemented this..

in States, u cant smoke anywhere inside a commercial building..

but outdoors? itz up to you..

in Japan, they dont like ppl to walk and smoke..

so they created smoking zones abt 2 mins walk apart from each other so smokers-cum-walkers just stop and smoke before continuing their journey..

in Europe, where itz too cold to smoke outside the restaurants, they created smoking zones in a certain part of the establishment, far from the non-smokers..

if itz full.. u can always go out..

but of course not in Singapore.. u cant go out and smoke..

coz they wont allow you too..

they are your parents now..

I wonder whatz up with the big hoohaa abt cigarettes..

where most countries are concerned abt drugs and weapons, our Customs authorities are more concerned about the one unopened packet of cigarettes in your bag..

and they go thru great length to try to catch someone with that one unopened packet..

goodness..

are they *THAT* free?

of course not.. so now they need to find more ppl to help them locate more ppl with unopened packet of cigarette.. and they employ the services of the CISCO officers.

I think if they dont really bother abt all these miniscule stuffs, the amount of money they save from employing less customs and CISCO officers will be greater than the approximately 500% tax that they are trying to gain from the packet of cigarette..

but of course.. unemployment rates will go up..

so why not deploy the officers to the booths where they stamp our passports so we dont have 2 hrz traffic congestions every Saturday?

whatever lah..

point is..

itz damn lame.

i'm whining..

jeez..

but at least, i'm not as silly as some ppl..

lemme post up a letter from a forum page of The New Paper on 21st June 2006, by Mr Andy Tang.

Police Car Parked Illegally


On 8 Jun at 12.30pm, my two friends and I drove to Bishan for lunch. We were looking for a parking lot at the carpark behind Block 513, Bishan Street 13.

We noticed a police car reverse-parked on a double-yellow line in an area where no parking lot was marked. Wasn't it parked illegally? It's hazard lights were on.

As we were leavng the carpark later, we saw a police officer approach the car and he did not seem to be on official duty

I have a few questions:

1.Are police officers subject to the same traffic rules as other motorists?

2.If they are, will they be fined for violating traffic rules?

3.Are police officers allowed to use the police car for non-official purposes?

I hope the relevant authorities can shed some light on the above matter

- Andy Tang


WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?

Typically a Singaporean.. just coz he kena saman for it, he hopes that everyone else kena saman..

Why not live and just let live?

jeez..

and for my non-smoking friends, dont chill out with me no more coz we aint from the same mindset..

I'd blow the smoke at you if you do..

and please.. reserve the smoking seats for the smokers. stay out of the yellow box so more smokers can sit there and not having some non-smokers taking our seats too..

Good boys go to Heaven. Bad boys go to Amsterdam.

yep yep..

aint that nice..

I just got back from Amsterdam, Netherlands this morning..

ahhh.. Amsterdam.. how I missed this place..

not coz of all the bad things thatz legal here.. but itz just a nice place.. and nice ppl..

I had been around the cities surrounding Amsterdam before, travelling alone, and while getting to the destination that i'm heading to, all the ppl that I stopped to ask for directions would help me out politely..

so, thatz nice..

anyway, one of the pilots on this flight, Clarence, had his first flight to Amsterdam, so we brought him around town to show him what the real stuffs are made of..

and no matter how many times I had been to Amsterdam.. I always get lost.. I dunno why.. not like itz so complicated.. but maybe coz the route is so easy that I never keep track..

our hotel is located in the middle of the city. abt 3 minutes walk from Leiseplein.. which is the main shopping street..

and therez a tram that goes around the city..



so if u get lost, just follow the tram tracks that will bring u back to the heart of the city..



running thru the city are rows and rows of Canals that keeps Amsterdam dry.. Netherlands is somehow below the sea water level, previously a marshland, hence the name Nether-land.. which means low-lying land..

anyway.. the Netherlands are also widely known as Holland.. which is not really accurate as Holland is a province, one of the many that makes up the Netherlands.. located right next to Ghim Moh, at Buona Vista MRT station.

* Disclaimer to those who came across this blog thru a search engine entry of Holland.. therez no Ghim Moh in Europe. go Wiki.

the ppl living in the Netherlands are known as Dutch.. and they speak Dutch.. which is a Germanic language..

btw.. Germany is actually known as Deutschland.. so they are basically interrelated..

when the initial Dutch stepped foot onto the marshlands where no one else wanted to go, they faced the problem of having the land really unusable coz of itz low lying areas... so they invented the wooden clogs, which basically comes with 2 kinda tips..

the rounded tips are for the farmers, and the sharp tips are for the fishermen, to aid them in hooking up the nets with the tips of their clogs..

they started building the canals for the water to flow, and dikes surrounding the country to prevent sea water from wasting their land further..

and the Netherlands are famous for their windmills and tulips too.. but of course, now, they are famous for other more interesting things, which i will mention later..

and itz not the season for tulips in summer.. though windmills dont wither in the heat..



the slim buildings and houses thatz lined along the canal.. if u notice, one of the buildings is crooked..

thatz it for the description of the place and ppl for now..

so after lunch, walked ard town with the some of the crew before me and Clarence headed down to where every visitors to Amsterdam must make his pilgrimage..



Dam Square..



the other view of the Dam Square..

another interesting thing abt the Netherlands, not specific to just Amsterdam.. everyone rides a bicycle..

a Dutch friend of mine who lives in Veenendaal told me that everyone in the Netherlands own a bicycle.. itz like a must-have..

imagine thousands of bicycles along Orchard Rd..

hmmm..

I'd rather pay the ERP and enjoy the pollution..

the closer u get to the Square, the more interesting things get..

there are shops selling Bongs..



Bongs that are big..



Bongs that are small..

some sells things to cultivate in order to put ur Bongs in good use..



let's take a closer look at it..



Dutch Cannabis Seed Starter Kit

Includes Cannabis Seeds, Compost, User Manual with Growing Instructions..

a User Manual for Cannabis?

wahahhaa.. I think we all possess natural talents.. I dont think any manual will be necessary..

ok.. probably the Growing Instructions are kinda interesting.. lets see how much Cannabis u can cultivate in tropical weather..

If the Jamaicans can do it, so can we.

so.. a starter Kit..



at EU$4.50?!

damn.. thatz only NINE DOLLARS.

for a lifetime of pleasure..

but of course.. since we cant do this in Singapore, all of u, my dear doped, screwed up friends.. FORGET abt asking me to get them for u..

Say No To Drugs.

*ahem*

God Made Weed. Man Made Booze. Who would YOU trust?

ok.. corny.. nvm..

and of course.. it gets more interesting as we walk further up from the Square..

for an anti-climax.. we stopped for a while at a Chinese restaurant to have..

what else...

Roasted Duck Rice..

yey..

with chilli oil..

nothing beats a good, roasted Donald.

ok.. to build up to the climax of the day.. we stopped over at..



The SexMuseum

Over a hundred years of sex history..

heh..

who the hell needs history..

itz cheap anyway.. at EUD3 (SGD6).. so we went in.. and took a look at pics of ppl having sex.. since the 1890s, when Canon just released their Canon Digital IXUS version 1.

damn.. most of the pics are disgusting..

I think shavers have not been invented in the 1890s.. all thru to the 1960s..

70s aint that bad coz Gillete came out with pink razors..

I cant post up the pics here coz I dont want my blog to be deemed pornographic and be banned by SafeSurf..

anyway.. for the pleasure of ur next meal, therez no need to view those pics..

and so.. we walked and walked to the place where the calling was so strong that resistance is futile..



the Amsterdam Red-Light District..

anyway.. this pic was taken at 10.15pm.. and the sun was still up.. and similar to at abt 5 in the evening in Singapore..

this place is a tourist attraction spot.. so dont think that all the ppl that u see walking ard are men on Viagra.. most of them are tourists.. but be careful if u start taking out ur cameras.. dont point directly at the girls coz they might get pissed..



Live Shows
Live Couples

Air Conditioned

Bondage/SM/Homo/Teen/Animal-Sex

only in Amsterdam man.. only in Amsterdam..

and of course.. the highlight of Amsterdam.. as EVERYONE in the world knows it..

The Girls.



the working girls of the Amsterdam Red Light District..

To walk ard here ogling at the girls are widely known as going window shopping.. but as what a female friend of mine said.. it seems so sad that the girls had no choice but to get involved in doing the flesh trade..

but then again.. I was told by a local that there are a number of the girls there who are actually students looking for fast money..

it happens here in Singapore anyway.. itz not like as if they are so poor that they couldnt afford the latest Nokia..

and they said the girls in Utrecht Red Light District are better..

thatz the oldest profession in the world.. if itz really really so so sad.. billions of girls in the world thru thousands of years would not have gotten involved in doing it..

true.. the sad situation where monsters are involved in trading the girls exists.. and these sad women and girls are innocent victims.. but I think that there are a number of girls who does it coz they wanna do it.. and in places where itz culturally acceptable, like in Thailand and Amsterdam.. they could..

I'm not saying that I condone prostitution.. but I think we should give sympathy where itz due..

and I think pimps should be castrated.

some Study Mamas from China who comes here works at a massage parlour..

some entertain old men in Geylang..

some works in MacDonald's and Shell Petrol Kiosks..

guess who survives?

sometimes, WANTS exceeds the NEEDS and when that happens, ppl resort to so many different things..

of course the guys cant do the flesh trade coz therez a quota to gigolos.. so they end up committing crimes which, by far, is more disgusting to force ppl to submit then using ur own assets to do what u want by ur own freewill..

and I think that if men are as wanted as the girls, there would be a lot of men who would be flashing their wares at the Red Light District..

but then again.. coz no one wants to see that, no men would wanna hang around..

heh.. hang around.. ermz..

if Male Prostitution are as lucrative as Female ones, I think the girls would be screaming for equal rights coz they'd say that the men would get more money..

again.. I emphasize the fact that I'm not a male chauvinist neither am I interested in their thoughts and ideas..

neither am I interested in the thoughts of the Female Chauvinists who hides under the the banner of the Fight For Female Rights..

If there's something to fight for, please.. go ahead.. fight for your rights..

most of the females have more rights than men anyway.. there are charters and constitutions that protects the females.. and laws ensuring that they have equal opportunities in work and studies..

in those countries where the glass ceiling exists for females in a male dominated industry, or inequalities just coz u are female... fine.. they have all the rights to fight..

even if they think that the wanna take out the AK-47 and start shooting their bosses.. who carez..

but of course.. itz very unfeminine to get bloodstains on ur dress..

girls earn as much as the guys nowadayz..

if u dont, and if ur pay depends on ur performance.. try to figure out other reasons than to be quick to regard it as sexual discrimination..

but of course.. if the best female worker in ur company still dont get paid as much as a mediocre male.. then itz time to whip out the AK-47..

ermz..

another DISCLAIMER: please do not kill, injure or maim anyone after reading this entry.

if u do, dont tell me. coz I dont wanna know..

and.. with all said and done.. I had never visited the prostitutes.. so dont assume that I'm writing this to say that itz ok to do it..

most of us who are not held at gunpoints have a choice in life.. so, as it is.. save ur sympathy to those who wants it..

and everyone has a sad story.. like a lil rich girl whoz cant go out coz she's restricted yet mollycoddled all thru her life..

and I'm sure Prince William wished that he is a commoner so that he can walk around anywhere he wants without his bodyguards and butlers and paparazzis and girls screaming his name..

ermz.. or maybe he doesnt..

so, for the girls who earns as much as ur male partners.. why complain so much when ur boyfriend wants to pay for ur meal?

just accept it lah.. keep ur own money for ur shopping expenses.. thatz the cycle of dating life..

we pay for u.

u save ur money from paying for the meal.

u buy make up and nice dresses.

and dress up for us.

we try to get under your skirt.

ultimately, the initial investment that we put in for paying for ur meals are paid off.. but of course, not in all instances do we get the R.O.I.

we dont treat u nice and pay for u coz we think we are better than u.

we just want to get under your skirt.

thatz it. plain and simple.

of course.. if u dont like it, say no.

for the guys, read the last part of my previous posting.

and back to Amsterdam..

the Dutch are socially tolerant ppl.. they dont really care abt u whether u are black or white or yellow or brown, or whether u are gay or straight, or even be bothered that u do whatever u wanna do as long as u dont intrude in their space..

in fact.. Amsterdam is *THE* gay capital of the world.. not coz the Dutch are gays genetically.. but coz they dont judge u thru ur sexual preferences, u are free to get married to another man, or woman, if u wish to..

if u wanna get high? head down to the coffeeshops..

the coffeeshops somehow dont serve just coffee.. I dont think they are even a part of the main menu..



a famous coffeeshop in Leiseplein.. The Bulldog..

looking thru the menu, most of the grades are sold at EU12.. or abt $24.. thatz good for a pack of 4 joints..

Cannabis, Marijuana, Jamaican Ganja, Weed, Pot, Hashish..

heh.. so many names from the same plant.. so many different grades..

anyway.. for those who suddenly found a greater interest to save money to head up to Amsterdam..

something for u to note..

it is still illegal to consume any kinda drugs no matter where u are.. so if u do, and traces of it are found in ur body, u'ld still get arrested..

Say No To Drugs.

Support Local. Drink Tiger.

thatz it for the night.. and we headed back to the hotel.. and I chilled out with one of the stewards, Raviy..

the next day.. headed down to Leiseplein again for lunch, and accompanied Clarence to the Hard Rock Cafe, which is abt 5 mins away from the hotel..



Hard Rock Amsterdam..

anyway, for those u Mats and Minahs who love to club at HRC.. sorry man.. I think the other other HRC that u can club in would be either in KL or Taipei.. even HRC in Bali is not really that fantastic.. though the Hard Rock Hotel is nice..

most of the rest of the HRCs in the world are just restaurants and merchandise stores..

and no.. I dont have the time or interest to go get some HRC souveniors for anyone.. so dont even think of asking..

go order something online if u really want it..



some fellas playing Chess outside the store..

that reminds me that I just lost playing MSN checkers with the 13 yr old Sofia a few days ago..

heh..

damn..

I'd stick to Chess..

not that I'm any good in it.. but most ppl cant play it so I can look smart by pretending that I do..

headed down to our normal hangout restaurant, Cafe de Klos.. for some steak and escargots..

for those of u who doesnt know what they are.. escargots are snails..

yepz.. we dip 'em and eat 'em..

itz a French delicacy..

not that I'm French..

I'm just a snail-eating Pakistani..

same like the fact that by eating Roasted Duck doesnt make me Cantonese..

and so.. for those who had heard of it but have not seen it..



cooked in olive oil and garlic butter..

spent the rest of the day watching football in a pub.. but headed down to the hotel pub at halftime..

itz better there anyway.. coz the pubs outside are full of German supporters..

so.. the Germans won.. jeez..

and though I think Ukraine played better than the Italians, though they screwed on their finishing.. I am somewhat glad that the Italians won..

and considering the fact that Brazil lost.. ermz.. which is a fact that I have not fully swallowed.. I dont have any favourites to win the World Cup anymore..

dammit Brazil.. why did u have to lose..

of all the places that I had visited thru the years.. the only place that I had always wanted to go.. and had never had the chance to.. is Brazil.. somehow I fell in love with the name..

and the Coffee..

and I used to have a beautiful Brazilian friend, whom I had lost contact with ages back..

but itz ok.. therez always another World Cup.. where Brazil will win.. and another triple EPL/FA Cup/Champions that Manchester United will win..

yey.

for now, considering the bad things that had been happening to the Italian football.. I somewhat want them to win this time..

Viva La Brasil!

I dont know what that means but it sounds cool anyway..