Saturday, March 10, 2007

Down with the sickness, a reunion and fortune cookie strangeness!

Ugh...I hate getting sick. I always know when I'm gonna get sick when I get this strange crappy feeling at the back of my throat. Woke up on Friday with that lousy throat and by the time I got back from work that day, I was already having a fever. Argh...crapness!

To make matters worse, I was due to chill at my friend's place on Saturday night. I was really looking forward to it and getting sick threatened to derail my plans! Fortunately though, I was feeling better by Saturday evening so the chillin' part went on as planned. Hmm...I suspect I got sick by eating too much keropok lekor. I had 2 huge plates of it on Wednesday night so that's probably it. I think the last time I got sick was because of over-eating keropok lekor too. Dammit...I hope I'm not allegic to it or something. Keropok lekor is probably one of my favorite food! Must remember not to overdo it with the keropok lekor next time...

Anyway, on Saturday night I went to Jeremy's place. Sulo was kind enough to drive me there so I didn't have to drive to OUG in my current sick condition. As for my return trip, Joe sent me back. Thanks a lot, you two!! The turnout for our chillin' session was pretty good! Most of the usual gang I hung out in college were there. Heh, despite graduating more than 3 years ago, we're all pretty much the same suckers. Haven't met up with a lot of them for quite some time so it was really cool to catch up with each other's lives!

One of the items on the menu for that night were fortune cookies. Apparently they come in two flavors, orange and strawberries. I can't seem to find any strawberry flavored ones though so I had to settle for orange. It's pretty decent I guess but then, I think fortune cookies are the same everywhere. My fortune? "Stop searching forever. Happiness is right next to you." My friends' reactions? Oh, nothing much. As if choreographed, they all burst out laughing at the same! Yeesh...thanks a lot, you all! Interestingly enough, I got the same damned fortune 3 times that night. While I don't put much stock into those kinda stuff, I could do with a little less wisecracks!

We also played 21 that night. Me personally, I don't gamble as a matter of principle. If it's a game of chance, I'm not interested. Of course, under my own personal definition, poker is a game of skill and not of chance. Don't believe me? Go watch Casino Royale! Anyway, Jeremy managed to persuade me to join in by passing me his money. Hence, if I win, the money goes back to him. Since he's also the banker, if he wins the money STILL goes back to him. It sounds reasonable enough so I agreed. I think at the end of the night, I got a profit of 10 sen (which of course went to Jeremy). Heh, our bet per round is almost always 10 sen so I guess the value of my win is not that much. Then again, I started out with 1 buck so looking at it in perspective, I gained a 10% profit! Woohoo! Hahahahahaha!

I think we all went back home at around 3 something. It was an excellent night. I managed to meet up with a few of the old gang which I haven't seen for ages! It was really cool chillin' together again! It was excellent to see ya all, Shah, Niradj, Anand, Joe, Jeremy, Sangeeta, Ummi, Sulo and Deebha! Oh, and a thank you to our special guests, Murni, Azmiel, Hamdan and Dyana! Cheers!

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