Awhile ago, we threw a surprise farewell party at a two bedroom pool villa at the Capella Resorts for our friend, Marc, who'll be in Australia for the next three years.
The night before, I made jello shots and jello syringes. The red ones are strawberry daiquiris and the green ones are margaritas.
Upon check in, I was rather impressed with the service. We were also informed by the receptionist that at Capella "there is no official check out time, as long as there is availability, we will accommodate you". Needless to say this brought about all sorts of retarded comments from my friends. We ran into other minor issues though, like our fridge wasn't working at all, for one. But it was kind of cool that there was a touch pad remote which controlled everything from the lighting moods to air con, as well as a one touch button that would electronically draw open or close the curtains.
Daren, Kim (Huang), You Rong and CJ came by earlier to help me get everything prepared :) We filled all the sinks and bath tubs with beer, bought pizza and all.
Band Hero and Cards.
The guest-of-honor getting raped by the boys tsk tsk, we actually have videos of this, but I'm gonna spare ourselves the embarrassment and you the agony.
Craaaazy time in the pool... of confessions, shots, beers and cigarettes. Half the people in the pool were drunk, the other half force fed alcohol and cigarettes by the drunks...... Bringing swimming to a new level.
The sober-ish ones! Me, Cheng, Mark and Jeff.
Poor Marc got stripped naked by the boys whilst all the girls were still in the pool. I think he wasn't sure whether to stay in or to get out was worse. No one wanted to give him a towel.
Covering my face gahhhhh, fresh out of the pool unglam.
The V.I.P boy finally recovered his clothes (or at least a bath robe), here he is looking good and stoned.
Stoned as he is, the party goes on. At this point, I was still convinced I would make it for my 8am run at ECP. A few of us had previously signed up for a charity run in a bid to do some good as well as to lose weight.........
Later, some of them went out for dim sum supper/breakfast...... and others? In their intoxication and complete lack of sleep, my best friend, boyfriend and a few other pals actually trooped along to ECP and FINISHED THE RUN. HOW'S THAT FOR STAMINA BABY. Can't say the same for myself, Lau (who was smashed), Marc and Kim(Huang) who instead stayed back and made good use of the comfy beds and black out curtains.
Capella Resort & Bob's Bar
The next morning, we actually STILL had a tonne of beer left over! I think I ordered about 65 litres of beer (8 crates, almost 200 bottles?).... we had bottles of hard liquor, and the girls brought bottles of wine... Mmmm.. the night was one helluva crazy one with secrets and confessions, rock and roll, nakedness and nausea ....... and an enormous mess. Let's just leave it at that and not go into the details.
Timbre for Marc's last night in Singapore.
MMM.. look at how my friends treat the disabled.... kicking the wheelchair, sigh! Sending him off at the airport the next day. Au Revoir Marc!
Dinner at Yoshida. So yummy but so expensive. The yam dish & the negitoro maki each costs $24, and they were the cheapest items already! :/
Abit of randomness: That's Buddy and his hump buddy! And that's my Dad's platter of perfumes! Yes, my dad's, not my mum's!
BBQ
Anton playing with the control car we bought the kids.. he kept trying to tickle us by putting the car on our bodies and then using the remote to turn the wheels! Too cute.
My 2 favourite boys :)
Playing with bubbles & the games on my iphone.
Dinner with the boys. XO fish head bee hoon. We ordered lots of dishes and fish head bee hoon to serve 8 when there were only 4 of us! YUMS.
The ridiculously priced $450 crab, which was barely fleshy and didn't even taste that good..... We finally tried Hatch and while I love how the place is so chill, I personally found the food just average (the meat was good but the potatoes and toast etc, nothing fab?)...... And our favourite Crawford Lane Bak Chor Mee which we visit at least every other week.
Weekday Drinks... Holland V again, I feel like I live there.. I'm there like 4-5 times a week?
Yokie, Lauren, Jia & Siew. Was really good to catch up with the girls.
The boy cooks me supper in the middle of the night. So far I've had risotto, paprika sea bass, thai salad etc... and all from scratch! :)
And more chill out/beer/shisha sessions... You may be able to see a trend in how I spend my nights?
Kimmy wong & Kim huang .... and a group shot :)
My nails- black with a jagged french edge in silver! Would have been a perfect match for the killers concert, too bad it got cancelled ): Oh, and my entry/album is named after my bracelet, which I know doesn't look that nice but it's really pretty, I just have rubbish camera skills. We had it engraved last week with a "k" on the back panel, and "La Bella Vita" on the front.
Whenever I meet anyone, they always ask me "so what have you been up to" and my answer is always the same.... it's a resounding "ummmmm". Can barely believe I've only been back a month+ cos it feels like so much has been going on, even though really, I'm not doing anything remotely productive. Singapore for me always = family, the boy, the pals, food, food, drinks, shopping, TV, food, drinks, food...
Oh right, went to see Yeye today and I cried (it's been 3 years but still miss him.. no not howling weeps, but just a little bit).. and then we had lunch at my favourite Nanbantei (I always eat too much) before going for a shampoo/blow dry and a foot massage..
BIG NEWS: my little brother can drive, not officially, he doesn't have a license, but as I sat in the car he was driving today it struck me how everyone's predictions came true... MY LITTLE BROTHER ENDED UP DRIVING BEFORE ME. I STILL CAN'T MOVE THE CAR 2 inches without jam braking and screaming. EPIC FML ):
Now I'm waiting for the boy to come home from soccer so that we can have supper and watch Neil Patrick Harris guest-judge on American Idol. I absolutely love him & How I Met Your Mother.......
La Bella Vita, It's a beautiful life indeed! ♥ X ♥ X ♥
