I am Rainbow

On the same day as L’Oreal Warehouse Sales & etc, PotatoGal’s house warming was in the evening till night.

I had bought 2 pretty colourful bowls about 2 weeks before the event which I almost wanted to get for myself except that I have 3 bowls to use at home already. Obviously I couldn’t bring the bowls to the warehouse sale - I’d had to compete *ahem* - there would be lots of people - boy, too many people on the actual day! - the bowls would just get in the way. Even putting bowls at the bags counter wouldn’t be safe.

After shopping at the warehouse sale, I headed back to Times Square to buy PotatoGal’s house warming gift.  Target: plush toys. The 1st target was the kiosk at GSC floor - there were signs of RM9 each and the staffs always offer discount but there were mostly CJ-7 toys. Uh. I’m not into CJ-7 the cute dog or the toy but the movie was ok. Not sure about PotatoGal.

Then I walked up another floor and found the loolipop lolipop/ hit people flush toy in red. It was either that or light pink (nice but easy to get dirty) and black (not so good, not sure if PotatoGal / family were superstitious as old thinking Chinese associate black with death).

Not enough time already! PotatoGal called to say she would pick me up at Monorail soon.

Asked the staff at C&J to fold the big box & put my gift inside. Now I had to carry the big box and my purchases from the sale!

At the station, when I saw PotatoGal in her car, I got in. At the same time, another girl got into the car with me! Turned out we were waiting at the same time & place hehe. It was her cousin (or something).

Her new home was somewhere deep in Cheras! It was so far inside that I wouldn’t be able to go there alone the next time. Actually on the 2nd time when I went there, it was quite easy, albeit long journey.

Mmm.. mmm.. seemed someone had a target or already dating!

The renovated home was gorgeous! So many people - her relatives from the kampung came - were in the new home. It was the 1st day! All the furnitures were new & matching.

Only I was there… I watched some shows shown on the tv with other people & wished my ex-colleagues from the fashion company would arrive quickly. No such luck. I endured a tv show called Young Guns (or sth like that) from Taiwan featuring B & C Grade actors & actresses. OK, not fair to say B & C Grade but I had never seen them in any popular tv dramas. It was pretty sexist. There was a game where you need to break up/off with the other person in a opposite sex pairing. Both contestants have to wear jackets with velcro straps. The guys were quite violent and they were with bulky muscles already. Grr. In another game, 1 group has to go into a snow room, ride the slide, eat ice cream, find an item in an ice bucket without jacket. The other has to eat spicy food only. Please. Those girls who had to go into the snow room had big breasts in skimpy clothes (low cut spaghetti dresses or tubes).

When Smooth Operator arrived, I had already eaten the buffet food. We waited for the others to arrive.. Supervisor (nick only since she left the company already) and Hairstylist came to the area & got lost, then decided to go home. What lah!

So Smooth Operator told us, “See my ear? 1 day I looked into the mirror and see my ear only 1 side got earring.” He turned his head left & right, preening in front of an invisible mirror in front of him.

“It looked not balance. So I went to pierce the other side. Immediately,” he clapped his hands, “my manager treat me better. My manager is,” he waved his hand effiminately, “gay one. He’s very bad one. Only treat gay guys nice. The ladies ahh.. always kena from him. Then oh, those other brands promoters come to my shop & cup my butt ask, “Eh, mau main?” I reply, “Tak mau!” They ask, “Betul tak mau? Mari lah..” Eeeee!”

I asked him, “You didn’t know pierce on right side means you are gay or open to guys?”

“I didn’t!!”

From my gay friends, they confided that the first thing that they check out is the earring side on a guy. Besides the crotch haha. Of course, not all gay guys are like them.

So if you are heterosexual, best not to puncture your ear on the right unless you want to give gay vibes out ;)

More on gay symbols:

• Love & Pride - Additional Gay Jewelry
• Wikipedia - LGBT (esbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) symbols
• Symbols of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Movements

The birthday for TBone & Sam was delayed almost 2 weeks as TBone went back to his hometown to vote. Jim had suggested, “Chili’s! Long time didn’t eat that.” Chai had suggested with fevour, twice - once for someone’s previous birthday CNY & again, this time - “SS2 Korean food.” Personally, I’m not into Korean food after eating at Mid Valley (top floor, old wing) with Niki. Expensive, not tasty.

Since Sam’s reply was, “Anything lah!”

“Then we go eat mamak lah!”

“OK ah!”

For 1 of her previous birthday, her bf took her to mamak to eat & he watched the English Premier League. The best of bf? Not from the way he celebrated for her birthday. But relationship is not only about celebrating special dates…

TBone said there were other nice Korean food places, 1 in front of his home too. So I told everyone the location, time & place. Chai said loudly, “Ha?! Choose so far! If not nice, then we’ll hit him!”

“What time u’ll reach?” I asked her.

“Mm.. 5sth. Want to buy cake?”

“Mmmm ok!”

“Um.. you think ok ah?”

“Why? Oh, I think.. they are quite… open minded, so… they wouldn’t mind,” I said slowly, unsure. For someone as flirty as Sam, she’s very traditional in some ways, like insisting men pay for dates, the husband & bf yiong wife & gf.

Later, Jim called me, “How are you going?”

I thought for a sec. Blank. “Ya oh! I didn’t even think how I’d go! Haha!”

“I come fetch you lah,” he offered.

“Ah ok ok! Thank you!”

Turned out we were the earliest. Rounded the area to search for cake shop. Found 2 only - Bread Story (or the other Bread Talk?) and Orange Zone. The cakes in Orange Zone looked SUPER familiar! I asked 1 of the girls there, “Do you have other outlets?”

She pointed North, East & West, “All also got.”

Huh? Guess she didn’t understand my question :)

As we Jim was paying at the cake shop, TBone called us, “Eh you are there already?”"Yeah, we’re inside already (not).”

“Ok, I’m coming up now..”

“OK, see you there.”

As we were getting into the lift, he called again, “Eh I don’t see you?”

“Got ah, we’re inside at the back ah.” I hung up on him.

There was a printed sign on paper at the lift:
Maximum 7 people
or there will be problem

Below this was sloppy handwritten:
What problem?

We both laughed. What problem? Lift cannot move or get faulty lah!

Inside the lift, Jim asked, “So how would you stand in lift if it suddenly drop?”

I remembered M’s recent experience with office lift that dropped a bit after maintenance.

“I would probably squat down or hands bracing the wall, 1 leg up to brace against the wall.”

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“That’s not safe at all! Your balance is one sided,” he said. “Have to hold on to the handle.”

“Of course hold handle lah! If there’s no handle?”

“Then stick to the wall.”

Mmm.. if the lift was packed, better stand next to someone who doesn’t have BO & drop dead gorgeous. Wait, not drop dead. Just gorgeous will do. Haha.

Once the lift was opened, I saw TBone holding his handphone to his ear, trying to call me again probably. We had 6 people.. so we got to sit at the table next to the glass window with those drop down leg area :D

Eh?! It was the same place I had been to for Eddy’s farewell but it was another branch in Taipan. Didn’t eat there though. So I had no idea if the food were nice.

The culinaries are simple. So many outlets already, they must be making big $$ :)

Never used metal chopstick before, felt heavier than wood and plastic chopsticks.

Then the soup and sauces arrived. “The rice drink is very good for health, cleanse your toxic & heat,” according to Sam. “Drink more, drink more.” Yam sheng! The soup tastes like Japanese’s miso soup.

So hungry, we didn’t wait for the remaining 2 guests to arrive.

BBQ the meat & tube to suck the smoke.

When Chai & then Mich arrived, our stomachs were already full so we piled dishes after dishes for them.

Thought Mich wanted to diet but she kept asking the waiter to refill, gesturing the whole wide table, “Whatever lah, refill lah!” 3 times! Till the waiter told her haltingly, “Cannot refill already.” Hoho.

After we finished eating the food, we had complimentary watermelon (free for everyone who eat there) - ngam ngam 7 slices for all.

A candle for each Sam & TBone. Orange Zone’s Tiramisu cake

At 1st tasted like normal cake but once you tasted the mousse, mmm…

The super sweet & thick cinnamon, honey & sth else drink

It was RM50 for everyone to treat the 2 birthday people, including cake. Michelle balked, “Wah, it’s quite expensive here too!!”

Chai added, “But it’s for 2 people, so it’s very cheap already.” Yeah, we chimed in.

Then we headed for 2nd round - TBone’s home. “I got a lot of beer at home.” Once they heard “BEER”, their eyes lit up. “From Chinese New Year time!” His wife even served CNY biscuits to us, still in those tins!