C) Of Gluttony and Chicken Wings

3 weeks overdue.

It was on the 30th of October at around 2pm that I received a sms from Kin Mun asking whether I would like to join some of them for dinner at Yuen Steamboat. I agreed. So at about 6 something i left to sunway pyramid where i was picked up by Donovan and headed to Yuen's. Yuen Steamboat is one of the more popular steamboat restaurants in Subang. With 3 floors and a wide array of food to choose from, its any food lovers dream. Not to forget the much sort after chicken wings, but more about that later.

It turned out that Jason had brought the whole matriculation gang together with their friends from Penang to Sunway for a holiday break, so we occupied 2 tables. We in our Franciscan spirit occupied one table while the other occupied the other. And thus the feast began.

As the minutes turned to hours, the number of plates increased steadily. Everyone let out their inner glutton on that day as we devourer plate after plate of seafood and meat. However the only drawback to steamboats is that we have to wait for the food to cook, which brings me to the topic of the chicken wings.

The chicken wings was the only ready-to-eat food available. So naturally it was in high demand. If you don't move fast, you don't eat. We then realised that if we wanted to get the wings we had to fight, to participate in the great Battle for the Chicken Wings. It was war.

5 things to do to win in the Battle for Chicken Wings
1) Keep track of the status of the tray containing the wings at all times.
2) When the lady takes the tray into the kitchen, you know that the time has come. Get ready.
3) Send a contender from your table, armed with plates and a tong.
4) Patiently wait for the tray(now filled with chicken wings) to arrive.
5) Use your tong to ward away enemy tongs while you use your plate to scoop up the chicken wings.

And you have just successfully participated in the Battle for Chicken Wings and emerged victorious!

Our contender Kin Mun fighting a winning battle

We stayed on eating until 11pm until we finally left with a full tummy, content.

B) A Night of Horrors and Wonders

Life can take us by surprise in many different ways. Sometimes it's pleasant, sometimes it shocking and sometimes it's just downright nasty. However, there are times when the unexpected happens, when all three types of surprises happen together in rapid succession. Now this phenomenon is very rare and can only happen if all the pieces align themselves on a particular day. And that day was 27 October 2010.

Now before we can talk about that day, we have to understand and know the pieces that were involved in the alignment. Let's rewind to about a month and a half before 27 October 2010.

It was a hot, sweaty afternoon. A group of men and women were waiting in a classroom on the 8th floor of the Inti Tower. Each one of them, men or women alike dressed to kill. The sound of satin ties against cotton shirts and the tap of heels against the floor signified one thing : These people were here for a purpose, a mission. A mission to prove themselves worthy to be called "The Committee". Even though the air-con was on full blast on that day, the tension in the atmosphere made it seem that we were all standing under the hot sun outside. Each one of them resorting to their own ways to calm the storm of anxiety quelling in them. Finally it was time. One by one they entered the Chamber of Trials to be tested. What happened after that shall remain a mystery. We have no idea what happened in that Chamber, all we know is that 1 week after it was over, 20 of us were summoned. Summoned to become "The Committee".

Ever since then The Committee have worked on several projects. Projects that demanded our full attention and energy. And one of those projects was "Halloween Night".

Planning for Halloween Night came under the administration of the Drama and Musical Division of The Committee. With Eugene Tan and Tracy Wong as the leaders of the division, a task force was formed. A task force dedicated to make sure that the event was carried out with perfection. A group of people tasked with making the pieces and finally aligning them.


As the day for the event approached, each piece was slowly beginning to take form. Like all projects, some pieces began to fall apart, some pieces taking to long to complete. However, we pushed on, overcoming every obstacle, all to ensure the prefect alignment of each piece on that day. 


Finally the day came. 27 October 2010. The Night of Horrors and Wonders. Halloween Night 2010. The time had come to finally align the pieces and see the whole picture. And the end result...



WAS AWESOME!!!!!



All the pieces fitted perfectly! The emcees, the performances, the DJs, THE DRAMA, the background music, the costumes, The Joker, the blood, the sword, the fake hand, the pumpkins, the worms and crickets... PERFECT FIT!

Everyone had a pleasant surprise watching the well synchronized and directed drama, got shocked by the amazing acting skills and make up our actors had, and finally nastily surprised by all the disgusting costumes that the students came in. (especially that gay mask that Avinash wore... and not to mention a sword XD) Jason even came as The Joker! And he looked just like the original Joker! How cool is that?

That Night was really a night to remember.  Kudos to all the committee members who worked so hard to make all the pieces fit! You all rock!

Some pictures of the night

Pumpkin carving with the Hand

You dare steel my prey?

 Survival of the fittest, only the strong shall prevail

After all are killed, we are one big scary family

 Dance Performances

 The Drama : The Curse of Bloody Mary

A) The Conquest

This blog has been dead for sometime now since i was kinda busy with assignments, homework and all that crap. (Actually I was just lazy, but saying assignments and homework makes me sound more hardworking.)

So now I will post 3 short posts throughout the duration of this week.

A) The Conquest of The Grandfather and The Tabor.
B) A Night Of Horrors and Wonders
C) Of Gluttony and Chicken Wings

Starting with

THE CONQUEST OF THE GRANDFATHER AND THE TABOR


THE GRANDFATHER

Click the video and let it load as you read the short description of the hike.

click here for higher quality video

Let's turn back the clock two months ago, on the merry day of August the 24th.

4 men set out at 7am in the morning. Their goal, to conquer the Grandfather of Mountains, Gunung Dato. Standing at 870m, it was Men versus Mountain. The journey to the peak was arduous, with slopes and pitfalls scattered along our path. However, we surged on, overcoming ever obstacle and finally reaching our goal, the peak of the mountain. What a sight to behold as we gazed towards the horizon, breathing in the magnificent scenery that was before us. Lush forests as far as the eye can see, green hilly ranges spanning from the north to the south, and the endless blue sky that stretched before us. We could not help but to feel insignificant to the glory of God's creation, tiny ants when compared to the evergreen giant before us. All the money, statuses and material things of the world were nothing as we stood upon that pinnacle, away from civilization, realizing that no amount of wealth could have bought us that few moments of ethereal bliss.

However, as much as we wanted to stay upon that peak and suck up the picturesque scene before us, our need to fill our stomachs overruled. So we embarked upon the long journey down the mountain and back to civilization. 1st thing we did when we reached the bottom, drove to the nearest 7-11 and slurped down a Slurpee. And it tasted like heaven.

THE TABOR


Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, October 16th.

This time 3 men and 2 women set out at 7am in the morning. Their goal, to climb the 4 peaks of the quartz rich mountain range of Gunung Tabor. Now Tabor wasn't like Dato. While Dato was relatively simple with no hard slopes, Tabor was an amusement park of steep slopes. From the begining to the end, it was slopes and rocks that needed to be climbed. Situated just adjacent to the Klang gates, the scenery was truly wonderful. Being a mountain range, the path required up to climb up and down in order to reach the final peak. There were 4 peaks in total, with the final one being a deathtrap. The danger was real. One slip, one misstep, and it's sayonara my friend. The path was in such a way that we were walking right at the middle, where either sides were a long drop down, but we persevered. All of us managed to make it to the 3rd peak but only 3 decided to take the challenge and continue on to the final and highest peak.

Now the last peak, as mentioned earlier, was a deathtrap. Why? Simply because we had to climb a 85 degree incline to get there. With only an unreliable aged rope as a support. The journey up was one of the scariest things i have ever done. It was you versus nature. Pure concentration was needed as I slowly made my way up, looking for footholds and handholds. Finally after much huffing, the peak was reached. The Tabor was conquered. Since it was getting hot we just rested for a while, took some pictures and then started the real scary part, the decent. Now just take whatever fear you had for the accent and double it for the decent. It was that scary. By the grace of God, we made it to the bottom of the peak without harm and then continued with out decent down to the starting point. Suddenly after that crazy slope, going down the mountain was very easy. It seems that after we overcame our fears and traveled down that 85 degree incline, we were suddenly fearless men and women of the mountain. (RAWR!!) All in all, we reached the bottom safely.

It was Legen-

Dary!!