eve of new year's eve party at bar none

bunch of colleagues suggested clubbing to celebrate the coming of a new year. the initial plan was to check out ministry of sound but the snaking queue put them off and they went to bar none instead.

not really keen about partying generally cos usually the music sucks, i hate the smell of smoke in my hair which stays on the following morning even after washing, the cover charge and drinks are almost always bloody expensive and i think queuing up to get into a club is a total waste of time. but well, since its a celebration for the coming of a new year and someone had entry vouchers, i thought i ll just give it a shot. called ken beforehand to make sure there wasn't any queue before i drag myself out of home - yup i was catching the last episode of a very engaging japanese drama serial. got to bar none just before 12 and there was no queue! called ken again thinking he would bring one of the entry vouchers out so i don't need to pay the cover but he was high and delirious and wasnt listening when i asked him about the voucher and said i havent paid the cover. he just went on and on saying he was having so much fun and asked me to just come in. so i just walked in without paying cover, which felt very good. as good as walking out of balaclava once without paying the bill becos the service there was so bad and we waited so long for the drinks.

anyways, one big attraction in bar none is the live band, jive talking. their performance that night was just blah-blah though. listless and no Energy.

regardless, everyone seemed to be having lots of fun and loved the music. maybe too intoxicated to know the difference.





















back to the point that clubbing is really boring and meaningless. until i find a club worth going to, i shall be curling up at home, reading and watching tv...

natural gas

warning. this post contains some scatological content.

kabs forwarded to me this website on sunshine house a home for cambodian children orphaned by aids cos i was looking for a charity to raise funds for. a group of us are planning to trek kota kinabalu, said to be the highest mountain in southeast asia at around 4095m and my boss said, why don't you use that to raise funds for charity. yah, why not? i've always wanted to do something for the cambodian children.

kabs and i went to sunshine house some two years back as a side trip of our marine conservation expedition to koh kong, cambodia. you'll never be quite the same after hearing the stories of poverty and lives torn apart by war.

so anyways, sunshine house is in kampong speu in phnom penh. it is set in grassy fields with rolling hills in the background. very clean and well-run and you get the feeling that the children in this home really have a chance in the world which they will not have if they were out there roaming the streets, fending for themselves. this home provides more than just a roof. it provides these children with hope.

and one admirable thing about the home is that it aims to be self-sustainable. there's an eco-farm where livestock are bred and sold for profit. the waste produced by the animals are collected and processed to produce methane gas which is used as fuel for cooking. how eco-friendly!

so how is this shit gas produced? the manure is collected in a covered lagoon. acid-forming bacteria is introduced to break the stuff down into fatty acids. then methane forming bacteria is introduced to break down the acids into methane and carbon dioxide. this process also helps remove much of the odour from the manure, which is then used as plant fertilizer. the biogas produced can be used as fuel or generate electricity. this is a very simplified description. of course, the process is a little more intricate. click here to read more.

chocolate

it is said that chocolates causes an endorphin rush.

i can do with some chocolates now. a whole box of chocolates... feeling out of sorts lately... don't feel like talking to anyone, don't feel like doing anything, don't feel like...

Nine 9 West Camel Suede Tote Bag

my new bag. i luurve it. esp the little details like the heart shaped key chain, handphone pouch and it is very roomy so i can put a house in it maybe. bought by bonz at a sale in florida and 'couriered' back by her friend.