Thailand Trip 2004

Thailand trip - Nigel

2004-12-20T16:13:00.000+08:00

The Thailand trip was great. The shopping was good. Training was okay. And soccer was fun. Everything was good. It is the best time of the year to get away frm buzzing city here and to bond with our team mates. During this trip, I've gotten to know my juniors better. Its cool.

As for food, it was fantastic too. Almost everyday was seafood or buffet ... it was cool. I love seafood. And as the blog url suggest, the most memorial place we ate at was the cabbages and condoms restaurant. The food was average at best. But, there was this really pretty waitress that spiced up our food. Lol ... i shan't touch too much about this. But, she was ...hmmm..... u can say almost flawless.

Now, for poker. It was fun. But tension ran high after many people lost big. Ronghua was a big winner. I won big ... but, lost big too. So, it comes to a square. Luckily for some people in a big lao sai of debt, zengyi our OIC called everyone to cancel out our debts.

On the second night, we stayed in this really big resort. Ten to a room. surprisingly, everyone frm sec1 to 4s manage to squeeze into a house. It was cool. At night, we played bear and hunter. This is the funny part.. guess wad... Zengyi said I am the most successful bear in VSXC history. lol ... I went on a killing spree. No one suspected until the showdown between BBD and me. I guess I fooled everyone wif my innocent looks. LOL.

The only thing tht isn't too pleasing is that avery and I have problems waking up every morning. Mr Ho was pissed. One morning, in an attempt to wake us up, Desmond banged on our room door so violently that even Jing Ming and Joel staying in the room beside us woke up. The sad part ...we continued sleeping, claiming we didn't hear anything when des told us later...serious. The irony here is that Avery claims to be a light sleeper. So, its weird uh.

Okie ... Thailand juz holds so much for fun. Too much for me to finish writing. So, i shall end. Thailand was fun. I miss Thailand.

The Adventures Of Him and his Fantasies (ThaiTrip2004) - by chewy

2004-12-20T16:11:00.000+08:00

...the darkness finally had been driven away and birds chirped to welcome the arival of the new day. through the dense curtains, dawn-blue light peeped through and chanced upon a handsome young lad. he lay there motionless. not even a twitch. without the slightest notice, his tired eyelids opened abruptly. struggling to get up, his eyes wandered around the room and paused for a moment at the wallclock. It read, '6:30am', blinking red. with a renewed burst of incredulous vigour, the young man bounced right off his bunk and started off straight for the loo. he was late.

(and that was how my thailand trip began. lol.
okay, so i'm not really that handsome and my maid woke me up for the trip, but what the heck, let it be beautiful yea? read on dudes.)

braving through stormy weathers, he was nevertheless well prepared. his fellow aides were already down with aircraft-sickness, and begged for the plane to slow down, but he was not afraid, he was not one to beg, he wanted it. venturing into the unknown was his middle name. looking out of the aircraft, he was temporarily stunned by the amazing view. "what more lays uncharted, i shall uncover it all,".

(okay this was the plane trip. ...fine, jingjie was the only sick guy and i was playing daidee with joel during the flight and the view was just clouds but hey! read on)
PS. this is fun.

the cold weather reached the extremes. beside him, his companions were falling down one by one due to the unbearable cold and wooing wind. the wind lashed out at them, as if cutting the up, right throught the bones. the cold further numbed their senses. yet they fought on. they weren't going to lose to a blizzard.

(this was the interval part. bloody hell it was damn cold lar. nigel got face abrasions from running too fast against the wind. lol, they sec 2s got off easy with only 15x200m. the sec 3s had to do lie 20x200m??!! f***. pain like crazy lar. should have brought moisturiser)

the young adventurer braved through the deep forests and had many injuries and abrasions. yet he fought on. the rich canopy above blocked out all sunlight and he had to use his ultimate wits to plough on and survive. something told him that this wasn't going to be easy. but who said it ever was. determined he fought on and on and on, till his legs went numb and blood seemed all to common to wipe off. the furiousity of the intense jungle was catching up to him. he was losing the battle.

(lol, twas about the running part. damn f***ing tiring! i think i had too much lactic, almost everybody was in front of me, can diee la! but i continues to run, never once did i get into a van and for that i can be proud, lol, but the abrasion was pretty bad lar.)

then he arrived. the undiscovered city. he was invited to play a game with the locals. little did he know that he was about to put his life on the stake. he entered the 'quiet room'. almost everyone was silent from the concentration on the game. he was genuinely stunned but curiosity made him watch on. eventually he couldn't take it and joined in the game. the game of death called 'poker'. perspiration. whole droplets of it. he was sweating yet his hands felt like ice. the danger of calling a bluff. the danger of betting on the last card. the anxiety. was engulfing him whole.

(heya! poker for you dudes. scary huh? i was glad about the 'bo kiam' part, lol, lost over 1200baht! but won 1400baht! lol, won 1000 baht in two rounds leh, damn lucky, got two straights!)

after surviving the death match. he proceeded on to uncover the labyrinthine and intricately woven city. one could never be too sure about the place. surprises at every corner, he was hungry for novelty. goods of unknown origin and unimaginable prices(this goes both ways). women too attractive, alluring, beauteous, bewitching, well-formed, wonderful, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, stunning, spenldid, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, sightly, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, angelic, appealing, charming, classy, cute, exquisite, gorgeous, graceful to describe.

(lumdeedum, shopping and operation sui mak mak! the vocabulary certainly took me some time.)

it was at that moment when love struck. not the handsome lad of course, thought he was already adored by many. cupid and eros chose instead his friend, the handsome but not really so handsome lad. the handsome but not really so handsome lad fell in love with the waitress lady. the waitress lady was demure, she was soft-spoken, but the invisble connection between the two built up and even became steady with the rapports of his friends. the handsome but not so handsome lad and the waitress lady. a glance could speak volumes. a smile could exchange love vows. but that was a love not to be, or to be?

(lol, jingming!!! suimakmak queen at cabbagesandcondoms!)

but the young explorers had to leave after all, bringing with them intangible memories and tangible souveniors. but most importantly they learnt teamspirit, friendship, and a good eye for pretty women. the end.

(ahahahaha, my thaitrip story! okay last words here.
erm, to nigel: sorry roommate! sabo you end up like moi always late! ahahaha, but you were great fun! would love to be your roommate againg next year.

to jingming: oi, dun worry, we'll go back next year to fetch your wife-to-be.

to joel: hey! i'll bring a present for you in korea! i promise! need me to get one for shirley as well?

to desmond; sorry bout my face. i looked in the mirror and said what i said to you. seriously got a bit asshole-ish. lol.

to zengyi: hey, what can i say about my poker king! ahahaha, luckily they bo kiam otherwise you die, lol, and im jealous for you getting into RJC first!!

to ronghua: my capitan! most inspirational and motivatonal capitan! you rock, must get champ next year yea?

to the sec 2s and sec1s: hey, train hard, dont end up like me! end up like err.. rh! capitan! i'll miss you samuel! *muacks*

to the sec 4s: sobs* sniffles* best of luck in your future everythings. you're the greatest teachers of all. thanks and i'll remember you guys ALWAYS. feel free to come to my future company to ask for jobs next time. *wink*

to the ppl in my van: sorry you had to put up with my horrendous singing!

and last of all VSXC ROCKS, WE SHALL LIVE ON FOREVER AND WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP... BOTH OF THEM!

2004-12-14T22:36:00.000+08:00

Hi I kinda feel out of place here. But anyway, as cliche as it may sound, Thailand is really marvelous.

Apart from the chiobus and the runs, its fun fun fun out there. The much-awaited Poker came to an early close on the 2nd day, as tensions were running high. Some lost huge, some won big, but in the end, its friendship and team spirit that triumphed over money. We decided to cancel all debts and hopefully enjoy the rest of the trip. And hell yes did we.

Shopping was great. We went broke bargaining for great apparels at ridiculously cheap prices. A contradiction, but if you look at the quantity of goods and what not bought, it doesn't seem so anymore. Even brands like bodyglove are selling their clothes and shorts and attractive prices. Okay I'm not advertising here.

We had great experience at hotels. Duang Tawan and Wan Come were ordinary but always giving us the expected hospitality of 3 4 star hotels. Both have great location considering the night markets and ROTEE. 7 eleven too, it's always a store and more. The resorts were fun. The one where the whole team stayed in a bungalow was definitely an eye-opener! There we play bear and hunter like never before. People showing their debating talents, and especially Si Liang. WOULD YOU JUST STOP BEING SO CLEVER?!

okay just kidding. Anyway, bear and hunter was funny too. Joel and Avery quarelling over a cheat. Ah c'mon we all know the bear. YABADOO? YABADOO! But all's fine in the end, as always.

And we finally saw the bear instincts of Prabin. This one hell of a BOBINDRA's son is damn fierce at everything. First the accent, i still laugh over it. And his uncanny ability to come up with funny antics. TOO MUCH. hahaha. Prabin i really hope you show more of your bear instincts, both of the track and on the field. On the papers too. Show Pow Chew whos King of Nepal.

5.30pm Thai Time, We had 2 intervans

Van1 vs Van4, 8-5
VAn2 vs Van3, dunno.

To be honest, I"m not impressed by Van 4's tactics. I'm from van 1 actually, and Van 4 peeps are pumping high and hopeful balls for the likes of Blue monkey and poker king aka vincent to head. Just how many goals did they score from headers? Truth is, they ruined our samba and sexy football. Credit to Joel, I will never forget that goal ah. ;)

Always trust Alan to spice up the trip. On the bus he demostrated a Monkey cum Elephant dance thai retro that sent the whole bus banging and getting into the groove...

Of laughs. Really hilarious if you ask me.

Okay Jingming. You're welcome. Bye.

I Miss Thailand Now - by Desmond.

2004-12-13T23:43:00.000+08:00

The nine days flew past just like that. Sigh. I got homesick after the 6th day, because i was left with 50 baht in my wallet. When i got no more money, it felt meaningless to stay in thailand. Like what zengyi said, when the well is dry, you'll feel like dying. But now I really hope I can go back to Thailand.

The poker days didn't last long. Haha. Everyone played so fiercely on the first day la. Then when we went to our resort the next day, I also played a bit of poker. But because poker was so popular by then, there were so many players that we had to split into 2 groups, the pros and the amateurs. Of course i went to the lousier group. But Ronghua was like sucking out all our baht la. Stupid Ronghua. Like some God of Gamblers. Still remember got one game he got double As and Kings.

Oh then Jingjie told me that BoBinDra saw ants in his toilet, so BBD peed on the ants to kill them wif his toxic urine. Haha Jingjie say his urine hardened then all the ants got stuck and frozen in his urine. Poor ants. Haha. Don't know whether it's true.

There was one night when tour guideThong guy sang while we ate dinner. Then Shamir played his guitar and sang after dinner. His voice is so nice la. He played Hold On, Bright Lights, Obviously and some other great songs. His voice is just so charming. Then Xiang Long played the guitar and Zirui, Arvin and the rest tried to sing Stand By Me. They sang until they don't know the lyrics then they replaced the lyrics with lalalalala.

We bought Heineken for Mr Ho on the second last day. But he said he didn't need it so we drank it instead. Haha. Then I went to Jingjie's room. They were preparing something for Mr Ho too. They wanted to make a card for him. But at first they couldn't find paper so they took the small pathetic piece of paper beside the room phone. Xiang Long drew a retarded Superman whose body is a bit out of shape. Then Jingjie wrote "Hey Uncle HO! How's life?" Of course they didn't give that to Mr Ho la. They were just kidding. They wrote a neat and very nice one and gave it to Mr Ho the next day.

Okay I'm quite tired of writing already. But Thailand was so fun. Well, I miss Thailand.

chronicles of an adventurous trip, DAMN RIGHT -by rh the rot one

2004-12-13T22:12:00.000+08:00

EH, LIMPEH'S TURN TO BLOG LIAO.. hahah.. i shall straight away write in SINGLISH since my english isn't any better.. 0_0 LIKE what COMMANDER C.U.M(CUM) OIC tay zy, and what sui mak mak sharp eyes jm have said, ho has decided to bring us on a trip again to award us for our "hard" work this yr(this is supposed to be gd) which isn't hard enough to fly us to australia.

AND SO, a group of horny bumble bee fly to chiang mai, thailand on the 25th dec. as expected, sui mak mak operation got into action right away at the airport, so there goes the number up and up til the last day of the trip. newcomers are quite "LUCKY" this yr, as they were pack into action pair that gives them thrill and all the adrenalin pump they do have right before they run a natl race, with acts like being late, forget and broken. BUT that's why the trip's FUN! though might be bad for ho's heart abit.. DO NOT DO THIS OFTEN. the running was OKIE, but for them to say i was superb ending up 1 to 2km infront of everyone at the end of almost every training, which i think is because they slack not i superb?? the weathers and the running spots was PERFECT other than having some FREAKING DOG chasing ME WHEN I RUN, but thanks to mr JACK who scare off the dog for me!!!! the horny bumble bees found their way or rather had vans brought them there, to a Inn & Resturant named CABBAGES AND CONDOMS. now u see how it's relevant to the blog. it's there that OIC n sharp eyes STEAM AND STEAM AND STEAM non-stop, all the way til now this minute they are still thinking of returning to that resturant next yr to visit the SUI MAK MAK waitress. jm think of her so much that he actually thought he saw her at sport shop "active nation". so that's how amazing that lady is. and of course some of us could not resist the temptation of buying condoms at the Inn's Gift Shop. big buyer was avery i guess, 2 packs (what's he gonna use it for??).

NOW, the real deal of the yr, freaking cheap adidas stuff and even levi's jeans. u wanna noe how cheap is the levi's? code 510 jeans here in SINGAPORE is 169 SING bucks, code 510 jeans in thailand convert to SING bucks is ONLY 60+, god damn it's 100 dollars different. so was the swensen ice cream there too!! we eat and eat afew times and tired christmas special flavour!!! lime sherbet's still the BEST! and to thai specialty, Mac Donald's PORK BURGER, ROTEE WITH BANANA & CHOCOLATE and HOT DOG BUN OF 7-Eleven. drooling* omg, mention of it makes me ARGHHH!! it's realli nice til we can risk scolding for being late to buy it. alright, that's bout enough for today, i didn't even blog this long in my own blog k.hahah.. hey guys, take care ~_~

The Afternoon of Broken Glass (krystalafternoonaught) -by jm the great

2004-12-13T13:28:00.000+08:00

Operation 'SUI-MAK-MAK'
ALERT! ALERT!
101 CHIOBU-S SPOTTED!
SYSTEM OVERLOADED!! TAE-TAE-TAE
PLEASE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!!!

Its that time of the year again, as usual lao ho would organise a training trip abroad. As we have only won the 'C' Div but lost the 'B' Div title, the destination was Chiang Mai, Thailand, instead of Australia. So, the initial plan for spotting 101 kangeroos and koalas have been changed to spotting 101 transvestites and transsexuals. Haha nah, just kidding. Me and Zengyi were the In-Charge for this operation called 'SUI-MAK-MAK'. In short, Sui-Mak-Mak in thai means our Chio Bu in hokkien. Over the days, we took in some members like Ronghua, Joel, Avery namely the Sec 3s who joined our Operation which lasted for a total of 9 days. Targets spotted were varied. Tall, Short, Fat, Slim, Sexy all fitted in our categories. As long as they are chio and not ugly. ^_^

I'll never forget the Sui Mak Mak from Cabbages and Condoms. Cabbages and Condoms is an Inn between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai as it had been mentioned from the previous entry. Why Cabbages and Condoms? Zengyi figured that perhaps over here, getting a condom is as easy as getting cabbages. The waitress working there was ranked as my #1 Sui Mak Mak. She's relatively tall, shy-looking, pretty and bears a nice figure which all these totals up to a hot babe. It was our first time having lunch at C&C, having met her for the first time, i was charmed by her beauty. I think she noticed me when i kept on looking at her from afar, so she gave a smile and walked over to the other side. It was that smile that really melted my heart. At first it was not too bad, my crush was not so deep. However heaven decided to play a cruel joke on me where fate set me into meeting her for the second time. We went there for lunch again. However this time, she was dressed up differently. She wore a thai traditional costume and put on some make up. Her cheeks were soft pinkish and the mascara around her eyes made her look gorgeous. The perfect girl i had always sought after. This time i was the last to leave the restaurant. I didn't dare to look at her initially, but when i walked past her, both our heads turned and met each other. Momentarily, smiles just breached across our faces. Tentatively that was her polite way of saying Hi or Goodbye. To me, its was the correct way of making me love her even more.

Right now, i can still vaguely remember how she looks like. Yes, that smile, has been imprinted in my sea of thoughts. She must have been tired because she kept running through my mind, i must be a bad shooter cause i kept missing her. But i do know one thing, i'll meet her again, that i am sure. ^_^

Thailand Trip 2004. Edited by Zengyi.

2004-12-12T23:59:00.000+08:00

VSXC are a bunch of mostly oxygen deprived kids. We run the hills and slopes like antelopes gliding on the african plateau. We train with upmost determination and preseverence as we overcome the labyrinth of lactic acid forming in our calves and thighs. We scream out "VSXC forever" as every 100th stride approaches, united in our belief that we are the chosen ones. The only ones to stand on the champions' podium come every running meet. We in turn are lead by the veteran bald man. And so we march on under the Victorian flag.

Well, whatever. This is rubbish.

VSXC are a bunch of mostly girls-deprived kids. We walk the slopes and stop on hills, like slouths climbing the flattest of tree branches. We train with absolutely no determination and perseverence as we bow in deference to the lactic acid accumulation. We never scream during our run, except when we want to stop, and we say out loud "LEG CRAMP ARH!", which occurs usually during our 5000th strides, which tends to be at the ending of the 4km mark. BUT we're still the chosen ones to be the champions.

The VSXC has just completed their annual pilgrimage to the holiest of all sites in Asia. Sawadikarp Thailand. Thailand has always, offers the best shopping for these boys in VSXC, offers the best scenery, offers the best scenery, and also the best running spots.

Why best scenery twice? Well, the boys at VSXC refers to "females" as scenery too. And that scenery was aplenty. The boys in VSXC, namely jm and zy, had 101 chiobu-s in that repertoire of pretty girls. And the best was at this homely little restaurant, right in the deserted outback of Chiangmai, Cabbages and Condoms. This thai girl we saw, had the face of an angel, and the body of a devil. She was dressed to the nines in traditional Thai garb, enveloped with this fruity scent, which made every boy in a 50-metre radius to salivate, and sadly, fantasize. And this included the thai tour guy Thong-brother who asked the poor VSXC boys to pay 10baht for a photo with the goddess of beauty, in which i asked "If i pay 50baht, what will i get?". No harm for asking an innocuous question.

And i'm sick of writing in normal english. I mean limbei is Singaporean, obviously i should be speaking in Singlish right. Ta Ma De. So yeah, one exciting incident down.

Poker was a downright failure. P.Po.Pok.Poke.Poker. The first day of poker lead to a combined revenue of 1000+ baht between members of the Geylang 69 VSXC poker team, namely jj,jm,j,xl,zr,zy. Feelings were ignored, relations were strained as all of us were in a quagmire, or in singlish, lao sai of debt. So on the second day, zy again the nice man, decided to call on the entire VSXC to bo kiam the gambing debt. He was such a nice man. But it could be slightly due to the fact that he was also in a lao sai of debt. About 200baht. MAN!

Running was also a failure for once again nice man zy. He ran errr 4 times? Izzit? But only completed the run 2 times. He enjoyed the company of the van in 2 other occasions. The most memorable one in which he was picked up by Lao Ho, as he was walking in dejection. Haha. But running was a breeze of el-ronghua as he steamed past the rest. But unknown to the rest, we discovered GNC's Eat me and run damn fucking fast pills in his bag. He's not honest man, that cunning ronghua.

Anyway, zy the once once again nice man is getting alittle tired now.

He'll await the post of the others.

While waiting for the damn bloody thing to load. Henry the botak man just scored with a cunning kick.