Come One, Come All to Old Kum Leng

Your Hon Secretary is frankly, still bleary-eyed. So I can only give a rudimentary round-up of last night's and the other night's events. After I get back into rhythmn and have my feet planted on the ground again, I'll upload the pictures of last night and perhaps, give a more complete account of our great dinners in our blog.

First things first:

For last Saturday night's dinner at The Ming Room, let me say thanks to Choon Kit (correct me if I'm wrong and I apologize for attributing the "b.........d" quote to you - it was Weng Choon who said it). Then, thanks for drinks at La Bodega, to Seong Voon (you left too soon for us to thank you and also where were you last night?).

For last night's "thanksgiving" dinner at the Golden Palace where we had really good SUCCULENT tur(n)key, escargo, babi again and lots more, Weng Choon deserves our undying thanks. Not only did he outdo himself by procuring a huge turkey in the middle of October, he actually got almost everyone to come again without resorting to threats but by ahem, a gentle reminder ("I went to great length to get the turkey. Don't disappoint me!").

We hope you had a great time with Bee Li....

Oh yes, thanks to the ladies who contributed the wine. Let it be noted that Siew Lee has offered her two bottles to be carried forward to our next gathering, which will either be when Dr Wong comes back or for Weng Choon's birthday, whichever comes first.

The feasts were sumptuous. But you will all agree with me that the company was far, far more delectable. For a while, we were all kids again and everything (well, for the girls at least) was innocent and fun. Until Weng Choon got into his third glass of wine...

(On Sat night, In Kok Cheng's absence, Weng Choon had held centre court and regaled us with stories real or otherwise. We were so touched we almost cried. Good Kisah Benar material.)

Last night was memorable for the buses story of course. Weng Choon got on the bus without the 'stop' bell, Chew Hong jumped off the first bus and hopped onto a second. Yoke Chen got onto a first-class bus, sigh.... while some of us had rickety old buses that kind of started and stopped and stalled and sputtered on. But Yuet Ho was better - she jumped plane.

Last night even had a short session ala "Sg Besi Idol", with Kok Cheng showing us his repertoire of dirty ditties in Hokkien, Mandarin, Cantonese. Yoke Chen, for the finale, gave us a commendable but brief version of Chin Tian Pu Hwei Chia.

But all good things must come to an end and we had to Hwei Chia. For the newcomers Poh Sing and Swee Sim, we hope you enjoyed yourselves; it was wonderful having you guys.

Eating her heart out is Chooi Ngor who called to say she should have come last night and go in late to work today and tell the the gwei(lo)s in her office to meet later instead. Too good, too innocent, too obedient... never change la, Chooi Ngor. The good thing is, she has found Ng Lai Keng, so the next time, one more girl's coming.

Siew Lee sms-ed to say she's still vomitting and pooh-pooh-ing. Jaga kebersihan ok, you men.

Oh, yes, thanks to Weng Choon for burning the CDs for everyone. Can you also forward to those who weren't present and also upload your photos for sharing. If not, we boycott your birthday.

So guys, keep February 18th open.