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The One on Ninja Assassin

2009-11-29T01:14:00.003+08:00

Was badly in need of some form of entertainment and hence went for the second movie of the week. Ninja Assassin naturally came as the first choice given the genre for myself and the main star for somebody else to ogle at. Will not try to spoil any storyline here but I would say it is a pretty action packed, blood filled and witty movie. The M-18 rating certainly makes me believe that what I had been served is a toned down version and perhaps a passport for me to catch it.

But by all means this movie is definitely not for the faint-hearteds, I would say fans of Kill Bill, GTA, God of War and Ninja Gaiden will feel right at home for this movie. (the last three are all game titles for those who are less familiar) Heck it feels like a cinema version of Ninja Gaiden, you can expect beheading, limps chopping, blood fountain level of gore right at almost every single scene. Don't be fooled by the trailer the amount of ketchup found in it is immaterial compared to the actual move

Besides, the movie did a fairly good job in detailing the way of a ninja. From the hardship of training, to the ninja tools/weapons used, it certainly makes one feel for a moment how cool is it to be a ninja.

For those watching just to catch Rain, just make sure you don't squeal like the little girls sitting near me when he makes his appearance, or when he takes off his clothes, or when he gets slashed by katanas and shurikens and whatnots. By the way, he did not have his shirt on for almost half the showtime but meh not exactly my type...

Bottomline, don't waste your ticket money if you can't take violence or people dying, or if you're just looking for Rain's bed scene. Otherwise, it is a pretty ok show to watch, just remember don't leave your balls at home ya?

The One That Tries To Make It All Up

2009-11-28T01:18:00.001+08:00

Ok ok, so I have not even tried to make an effort to post anything for the past 13 months or so. The past one year or so had just zipped through so quickly and especially when you think you have found what you are looking for, you stop pursuing your dreams or stop thinking about your life in general. I find myself becoming more and more stagnant in the past one year, in all kinds of aspects: physically, mentally, socially and spiritually. Hence the lack of motivation to post anything here, ha!

Hmmm perhaps a comeback post shouldn't be too heavy, perhaps a song to welcome everyone back. Here's I Am Changing by Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls

Look at me.
Look at me.

I am changing, trying every way I can.
I am changing, I’ll be better than I am.
I’m trying to find a way to understand
But I need, I need you, I need a hand.
I am changing, seeing everything so clear.
I am changing, I’m gonna start right now right here.
I’m hoping to work it out, and I know that I can
But I need you, I need a hand.

All of my life, I’ve been a fool,
Who said I could do it all alone.
How many good friends have I already lost?
And how many dark nights have I known.

Walking down that wrong road,
There was nothing I could find.
All those years of darkness, can make a person blind,
But now I can see, I am changing,
Trying every way I can
I am changing, I’ll be better than I am
But I need a friend, to help me start all over again.
Ohhh that would be just fine.
I know it’s gonna work out this time.

Cause this time I am, this time I am
I am changing, I’ll get my life together now,
I am changing, yes, I know how.
I’m gonna start again, I’m gonna leave, my past behind.
I’ll change my life, I make a vow nothings gonna stop, me, now.

The One on New Macbooks

2008-10-16T00:01:00.004+08:00

Disclaimer: If you think I am using this post or this whole blog to solicit for any gifts, slap yourself in the face now. Or perhaps a lot of readers out there doesn't mind giving you a helping hand too. However of course any act of generosity towards Sotongball will not be turned down if you really really love the way he is.

What better way to start a new chapter by introducing the trusty machine that enable blogging and pictures so much more elegant and stylish?

The new Macbook and Macbook Pro from Apple are real eye-candies, and these beauties are definitely more than meet the eyes. The new Macbooks are clad in a anodized, aircraft-grade, (precision) laser carved, brushed, unibody (one-piece) aluminum (think Steve Jobs meets one of the Project Runway challenges). This translates to a Macbook with less seams, less gaps, lighter weight, and a more solid feel, thus smoothly entering into Apple's whole new Aluminum world, phasing the classic glossy White (correction: low-end 2.1GHz Macbook White is still available for the nostalgist).

On the surface the new Macbook and Macbook Pro look identical, sans the difference in screen size (13.3" vs 15.4"). Inside these two beauties both house equally beastie and powerful Core 2 Duo processors and integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400 graphics. While an additional GeForce 9600M GT works simultaneously within the Pros to give you double graphics power if you ever require it (though you have to log in and out to make the switch on/off): for playing 4 WoW characters at the same time, for running all Kong Videos available simultaneously, or simply airbrushing all your photos in batches.

They are probably the first, and perhaps for a long time the only notebook to ship with a trackpad without any buttons, except that the button is also the trackpad. Pressure-sensitive clicking I guess, a very risky move as I myself do prefer to separate my clicking from the estate my fingers move around the trackpad. More importantly the trackpad is now etched glass! Most fitting for even the most fragile jade hands...

And finally the back-lit keyboard lands on 13.3" Macbook! However it is only available in the more expensive higher end 2.4GHz models. That means more irritation from idiots who like to use not only their phones, but Macbooks in the cinema.

It is really a tough call between the few new Macbook and Macbook Pro models, since they are even more so similar now. I guess the primary factor would be your budget, followed by your needs, and lastly your wants.

For the newcomers with a budget: The 2.0GHz Macbook offers no back-lit keyboard, but that's just about it. Highly recommended if you always work in a well-lit environment.

For the office workers and tertiary students with more cash to spare: Go for the 2.4GHz Macbook if you are need the extra back-lit keyboard and 0.4Ghz to work on your spreadsheets, presentations and reports well into the late nights.

For the hardcore gamers, professional photographers and film-makers: Go for the 2.4GHz Macbook Pro unless your pocket is really really deep.

Macbooks and Macbook Pros are usually cheaper in the summer season due to the Back-To-School Rebate offer starting from April to September every year, which entitles you to a free iPod together with a purchase of your Mac. Otherwise, you can also click on the Education Store section of the online Apple Store for substantial discount.

The One that Bitches

2008-10-12T00:01:00.001+08:00

Wow, been a while since I have updated. (I know this phrase is starting to sound so cliched) Little would I have guessed that I earned the title of a Princess, such an honor! Well, at least I'm not an Auntie - you know, those that yap yap yap in the wet market non-stop? They are, quite at the other end of the spectrum.

There are theories, regarding the reason why there have been so much lag in my blog (ironically some are from people who do not even blog themselves!):

That my blog is only used to find a BF.
Which retard uses his blog to find a bf? Heck I can't even know anyone new from blogging.

The truth is, I guess I got tired of blogging for a while, especially when people start using my own words here against me, or worse still displaying all sorts of low intelligence behavior by inferring my posts wrongly. If you think I'm talking about you, there's a higher chance that I am not rather than I am.

If you haven't realized, Sotongball has never failed to keep his entries as positively toned as possible. What's the point of using your blog to bitch about someone openly? Your target really deserves much less attention that you are giving him, or her for that matter.

Furthermore, Sotongball has a kind of bad habit when blogging is concerned: he would not think it's worth anyone's time to read his blog if he's just whining about how miserable his job is, how much he hates someone, how depressed or lonely is he. I'm sure you might be disappointed to learn that STB thinks the downs in his life (if there's even any) should be kept out of his blog. (Still, not that this deters any big mouths from speculating and spotlighting the otherwise harmless STB, just because STB does not get pissed doesn't mean he can be a target of gossips). Nor hardly will you find STB's word count in one post shorter than ten of the posts added together in some other so-called blogs.

Sotongball cares for your mouth because he certainly does not want you to get slapped by being so trigger happy. At the same time do him a favor because so far he have always had your (means you, you and... especially you!) best interest in his heart. The point is: please think faster than you speak/type, I know it is near impossible, but do it please?

The One after Quite A While

2008-10-10T00:01:00.000+08:00

The One with a Nine

2008-09-03T00:01:00.000+08:00

Thanks for those who came over last Saturday afternoon, sorry if I wasn't hospitable enough.

It was a special afternoon for me and I feel so blessed to have known so many friends, friends that I can truly call friends, friends that care about me, friends that see past my perceived facade.

The past one year has been indeed fruitful, from moving to a new place, to moving on from my past relationship. And in between, many events that enriched our understanding of one another, for better or for worse.

Coming to the final year of another decade, I hope to seize every opportunity to grow, to be more compassionate towards others, to iron out some kinks in life and to treat everyone with more love and respect.

Finally, to live my life for myself, not for anyone else.

The One on Redemption (Part 9)

2008-08-17T00:35:00.000+08:00

A year has passed and Julian did not manage to see Sylvester since the day he left.

But he had managed to meet Vernetta a couple of times and both of them were even starting to talk again albeit as friends.

Vernetta had come to terms with Julian’s sexuality and she knew she could never shut Julian out of her life with what they had shared before. Julian felt blessed that he had Vernetta’s understanding and forgiveness, thus he made sure that he would always be around for her when the needs arises.

After picking Vernetta up from Charmaine’s place and towards the airport, Julian asked, “So where are you flying to?”

Vernetta smiled sweetly as usual and replied, “Thanks for picking me up. I am flying to Venice for a month. Maybe I will get myself a romantic guy there to propose to me and I will not be back! How nice if it really happens? So you still did not manage to locate Sylvester after a year?” Vernetta asked.

Julian took a quick look at the still as radiant Vernetta and nodded, “Simon, my colleague who was his counselor after Sylvester requested for a change, told me that he had successfully completed his term and had found a job. So in a way, I am very glad that he is getting on fine.”

“Then what about you? How are you getting on? You are going to wait only for Sylvester, right? All other guys are of no attraction to you?” Vernetta quipped.

Julian smiled a little and parked his car at the open air car park outside Changi Airport.

They entered the bustling departure hall, it was a Saturday and it seemed a lot of people were going aboard.

Julian felt as if he needed a vacation soon, and walked Vernetta to the departure gate.

A familiar figure stood at a far corner and fixed his gaze at the couple since Julian and Vernetta walked in.

His gaze followed them to the departure gate and never allowed his view of them to be blocked.

He saw Vernetta kissing Julian at his cheeks before she entered the gate and he quickly walked towards Macdonalds when Julian waved goodbye to Vernetta and walked away.

Julian had a sudden crave for french fries so he headed towards the direction of Macdonalds.

He joined the queue and was thinking to himself that he really needed a nice vacation to get recharged.

When it was his turn at the counter, he looked up at the guy behind the counter and both Julian and the service guy’s eyes met and were shocked.

The guy, wearing Macdonalds’ uniform complete with a cap, was Sylvester!

Both of them stood there speechless and it was till the person behind Julian, voiced his displeasure of waiting too long, did Julian regained his composure.

He hastily ordered coffee and Sylvester got it done as soon as he could.

Julian took one last look at Sylvester after the latter returned him his change, he got a seat nearest to the counter and fixated his sight on Sylvester, worried that Sylvester might disappeared again.

Julian’s coffee turned cold but he did not bother to even look at it, he was looking at Sylvester all these while.

Sylvester looked even better now, his once listless eyes were now bright and attentive.

His nice dimples seemed to get even deeper and his thick eye bushes seemed darker.
His curly eye lashes looked curlier and his once lean jaw looked fuller now.

Sylvester even seemed to have built up his mass, he looked so much more muscular now, his short sleeve uniform could not even contain his bulging biceps and Sylvester looked even tanner and fitter.

Julian’s stares was making Sylvester uneasy, he saw Julian earlier when he went to the toilet.

He had never expected to see Julian again, at least not at the airport.

He was transferred to the outlet for a day and when he saw Julian with Vernetta, he too spotted the difference.

Both Vernetta and Julian seemed to have lost weight from what he saw from a distance away but he was more concerned about Julian.

Julian seemed to have aged, his once tight taut tanned body seemed to have shrunk but still looked fantastic for a man approaching his thirties. And when Julian was at the counter, Sylvester thought he saw visible eye wrinkles on Julian but Julian still exuded the manly charms.

Time seemed to pass slowly and Sylvester couldn’t wait for his shift was over, it had been over 3 hours now and Julian had not left.

Julian was waiting for Sylvester and Sylvester knew that when he saw the coffee that Julian had ordered not been touched.

When it was time for Sylvester to knock off, he knew he could not avoid Julian so he made no such attempt.

Julian walked out of Macdonalds behind Sylvester, both of them did not say anything till Sylvester was waiting for his sky train.

“Sylvester, can I drive you home? I have a lot of things to tell you. Please?” Julian pleaded.

Sylvester nodded.

They walked towards the car park in silence and when they got inside the car, Sylvester was frantically trying to think of something to say but Julian got to it first, “How are you? Where have you been? I have been looking for you for one whole year!”

With that, Julian buried his face onto the steering wheels and cried.

Sylvester was taken aback and he placed his hands on Julian’s shoulders, “I am fine, really. I have completed my programme and gotten a job at Macdonalds. Simon got me a rented room and I am fine. I am really sorry to have walked out on you that day but I knew you would be in a difficult position if I don’t leave. And I saw you with Vernetta earlier so I know I made a right decision of leaving you then.”

Julian wiped off his tears and said, “You saw us earlier? Why didn’t you call out to me earlier? If I didn’t make a detour to Macdonalds, you were going to avoid me again? Why are you doing this to me? Why are you so cruel?”

Sylvester panicked and tears welling in his eyes, “I don’t have a choice. I couldn’t yell out to you when you were with Vernetta. Both of you still looked so much in love and I wouldn’t want to come in between both of you.”

“What in love? I have told Vernetta all about us! I told her the truth the night you left. This past year, Vernetta and I are nothing more than just close friends, she forgave me and gave me her blessings. I drove her here as a friend, she is just a friend.”

Sylvester could not believe what he had just heard, “Really? You told her about us? She forgave you? You mean you have been searching for me for the past year to tell me this? That you choose to live your life with me?”
Julian hugged Sylvester tightly and said in between sobs, “Yes. You light up my life and showed me who I am. You gave me what I have yearned for and I know I love you more than anyone else. I couldn’t deceive Vernetta of who I am but I know I must be truthful to who I love. And that is you! Please don’t leave me again, you had made me suffered enough this past year. Please stay with me and love me just as much as I love you!”

Sylvester’s tears rolled down his cheeks and he declared, “I love you too! I love you too! I was thinking about you every night since the night I left, I dreamt about the times we had together and I would cried myself to bed. I hated myself for giving you up so easily but that’s because I love you so much!”

Both of them hugged and cried in each other arms for a long time, they let out all their emotions and did not want to hold back.

Finally, the violent cries slowed down to sobs and they eventually stopped.

Julian looked at Sylvester and wiped off his tears, kissed on his cheeks and said gently, “Let’s not cry anymore, we should be happy that we are back in each other’s arms after a long ordeal. I promise that I will never make you shed a tear from now on and you will do the same to me too, right?”

Sylvester nodded and Julian continued, “Shall we go back to my apartment? I want to have you all to myself.”

They drove back to the apartment and all clothes were off when they were at the doorsteps. They kissed passionately, touching and feeling every single part of their bodies, they made passionate sex that afternoon. They made LOVE.

THE END

Redemption is written by Covantai, who enjoys writing short stories yet having difficulties finding an avenue to post his entries. For more of Covantai, please visit http://covantai.blogspot.com/

The One on Redemption (Part 8)

2008-08-16T00:01:00.000+08:00

“Vernetta, shall we not talk about this at this moment? I am really worried about Sylvester.” Julian’s reaction to the proposal surprised Vernetta but she did not pursue further.

They did not manage to locate Sylvester that night and Julian was too preoccupied with thoughts that he too did not sleep that night, leaving Vernetta alone on the queen size bed.

Julian stood at the balcony, looked at the dark sky with few stars, he muttered to himself, “Where are you? Please be safe and nothing untoward happens to you, I wouldn’t know what to do if I lost you for good.”

He did not realize that Vernetta was behind him, with a cup of hot milo for him.

Vernetta moved quietly away from the balcony, left the cup of hot milo on the table and went back to the room.

Julian only went back to bed close to dawn, missing the already cold milo on his way to the room.

He overslept the next day and when he woke up, he got a pleasant surprise from Vernetta.

Vernetta had woken up early and went out to get breakfast for both of them.

Julian felt guilty during the breakfast and broke the silence, “Vern, I really need to tell you something.”

Vernetta looked at Julian and said, “You have not called me Vern for a long time. You have even substituted our names for each other back to when we first knew each other. 1 month is really long enough to change certain status.”

Julian was taken aback by Vernetta’s calm reaction and yet he can’t help but to feel as if Vernetta already knew what he is going to say.

Nonetheless, Julian continued, “It’s not you. It’s my fault. I did not know I have this inclination till Sylvester comes along. I was very happy with you but I found out that I was even happier with Sylvester. I felt like as if Sylvester and I are a family, not the brotherly kind of family, if you know what I mean.”

Vernetta still maintained her calmness and replied, “I knew something was not too right when you suggested bringing Sylvester home. You never bring your charges home, you never allow your personal feelings to be entangled with your work but you had shown all those obviously. Then after last night, I knew how we are going to take our relationship. A woman’s instincts can never be wrong, I can tell you are in love with Sylvester and I thought I would be able to have you back after his disappearance last night but I was wrong.”

“You knew what was going on? How could you tell?” Julian guilty conscience caused him to not dare to look at Vernetta.

Vernetta answered with a weak smile, “I can feel the tension between both of you. I tried to accommodate him into our lives to show my magnanimous and I want my friendliness with him to prove to you that I am capable of accepting all of you. But I am after all not a saint, I ensured that he saw how loving we are together and I wanted him to back out on his accord. I knew going to Paris was a risky move but I took the risk to allow both of you to settle any unfinished business among you. And I knew that I have to come back as a winner. So the marriage proposal was my last resort to bring you back to me.”

Julian finally looked at Vernetta, who at this moment had already started sobbing, “I never knew I would lose my boyfriend to another guy. I even thought that I would never lose you. That’s why I thought of taking the risk to make the trip to Paris at such a time when our relationship was put to the test. But I failed miserably. I have not only lost you, I lost my dignity as a woman too.”

Julian stretched out his hands to hold Vernetta but she pushed them aside, “Don’t touch me. I will pack my things after you leave for work and will be gone before you come back. You can keep or sell off this apartment but you have to return me my share.”

Julian kept his silence for a while then asked, “Where are you going then? Will you be okay? What will happen to us?”

Vernetta wiped off her tears and looked at Julian, “Don’t worry about me. I will be fine. I am a strong woman. We better not talk about our future. There is no more future.”

Vernetta got up from the table and walked to the room and closed it.

Julian cleaned up the table before he left for work, he did not informed Vernetta when he left.

When he reached his office, his colleague told him Sylvester’s case was transferred to another counselor and Sylvester had specifically requested that his contacts not revealed to Julian.

Julian felt as if his world collapsed, he had lost both Vernetta and Sylvester in one day but at least he was relieved that Sylvester did not give up his programme and was willing to continue under a different counselor.

At least he knew that Sylvester was safe.

Julian called Charmaine to check if Vernetta would be staying with her and he got a huge scolding from Charmaine who told him not to disturb Vernetta any more and even scolded Julian a faggot before she hung up on him.

The word faggot hurt Julian badly but he was relieved that Vernetta had someone to take care of her at this moment.

Julian could not concentrate on his work, he felt lost and confused.

He applied for a day off and drove to the beach, he sat there the whole morning, looking at the waves hitting the shore.

He felt the same kind of loneliness and helplessness that Sylvester had told him about. He was thinking of Sylvester, missing him badly and had totally erased Vernetta off his mind.

He stood up and facing the sea, he shouted and shouted to vent out his frustrations and helplessness.
Then he suddenly took off his shirt and jumped onto the sea, swimming against the waves, the pair of pants was immediately wet and started to drag him down but he still continued to swim towards the big ocean.

Then, he was starting to be gasping for air and he paddled in the water to balance his breathing.

His boggled mind started to clear and he realized how stupid he was, he started to swim back to the shore, his powerful strokes revealed he is a strong swimmer and he finally touched the wet sand bed after 20 minutes.

Julian was exhausted when he reached the shore, he collapsed onto the dried sand and laid there, grasping for air.

He never felt this silly and could not believe what he had just done.

He managed to sit up after his breathing was back to normal, he looked at the empty beach and was glad that no one had seen him.

He got up and made his way back to his car and managed to change into a pair of clean boxer.

Sitting inside his car with only his boxer, Julian talked to himself, “I must not do that again, NEVER! I have to wait for Sylvester to come back. I have to wait till Vernetta accepts my apology. I have so many things to complete and I have so many people to care. I must NEVER ever be so silly again!”

to be continued....

Redemption is written by Covantai, who enjoys writing short stories yet having difficulties finding an avenue to post his entries. For more of Covantai, please visit http://covantai.blogspot.com/

The One on Redemption (Part 7)

2008-08-15T00:01:00.002+08:00

When Sylvester woke up on the bed he had shared with Julian the previous night, Julian was nowhere in sight.

Sylvester put on his shorts and walked out of the room and saw Julian preparing breakfast.

He tip toed to Julian and hugged him from behind, kissing his neck in the process.

The sensation sent shivers through Julian’s body and he smiled back at Sylvester. “I have made scrambled eggs for us, to replenish all the energies lost last night.” Julian said cheekily.

Sylvester held Julian’s hands and replied, “It is really wonderful to have you with me. You show me the kind of hope that I never know exists.”

Julian kissed Sylvester and mumbled under his breath, “No, it’s you who opened up my world and makes me realized what I have been missing in my life.”

Both of them had their breakfast looking at each other and at times, feeding each other.
They felt they are falling in love and the sweetness of the situation made them see only each other in their eyes.

They did not manage to finish their breakfast as half way through, the sexual tension intensified and they proceeded back to the room to make love again.

Julian spent the rest of the week with Sylvester and they did sports, drink coffee at cafes and Julian brought Sylvester to his workplace too.

They can’t seem to let each other out of their view and did everything together, even showered together and Sylvester learned how to cook under Julian’s guidance.

Sylvester also picked up tennis and squash with Julian as his coach and they swam daily at the condo pool.

Time flew fast for the couple and on the night before Vernetta comes back the following day, Sylvester felt uneasy.

He did not know what was going on in Julian’s mind, how was he going to break the news or handle the situation.

He worried that Julian might choose to stay with Vernetta as it is the social norm and pretended the past month as nothing but pure lust.

Julian slided his arms over Sylvester and asked, “What’s on your mind? You are uncharacteriscally quiet tonight.”

Sylvester kept quiet for a while then asked, “Julian, are you going to talk to Vernetta about us? How are you going to handle whatever is going on between us? Am I asking too much from you?”

Julian kept his silence and did not reply, Sylvester did not persist any further.

They slept in each other’s arms that night and both hoped that tomorrow do not come.
The morning seemed unusually quiet and with a heavy mood, Julian was getting dressed to pick Vernetta from the airport. Sylvester declined to go with Julian and promised to wait for them at home.

When Julian left, Sylvester started to pack his belongings.

He had decided the previous night to opt out of this relationship, he knew he is in love with Julian and Julian had given him the kind of attention and love he had always yearn for.

But he knew that Julian was after all with Vernetta and they have been together for four years, a bond not easy to break.

He felt Julian’s feelings for him were probably lust and not love. He did not want to pressure Julian so Sylvester decided to run away from reality, like he always did.

When Sylvester finally finished his packing, he looked around the apartment and fond memories of the past month reflected upon him, he couldn’t bear to leave and he had no place to go but yet he has to go.

Sylvester took one long breath and walked out of the apartment.

Julian was contemplating what to say to Vernetta when he met her at the airport, seeing her so happy to see him and hugging her in public, Julian just can’t bear to own up his sexuality and he felt guilty towards Vernetta.

He took Vernetta’s heavy luggage and Vernetta clung on to Julian and enjoyed showing off her prized procession to her colleagues.

Vernetta talked about her London and Paris trip on their way back to their apartment and even hinted to Julian that she had bought a special gift for Julian and also something for Sylvester.

Julian opened the door to the empty apartment and was surprised to find Sylvester nowhere in sight.
He began to worry and went to the pool and the courts to search for Sylvester, leaving Vernetta baffled at Julian’s anxiety.

When Julian returned to the apartment looking dejected, Vernetta walked up to him, hugged him and consoled him, “Maybe he went out for a walk or maybe he went to get us some nice dinner? Don’t be so worried. He is a grownup and you are not even his guardian, gives him some freedom. He is doing very well, right? He has not touched those stuffs since he discharged, right? He is on his path to recovery and you have to let go ultimately. Plus, you have me. I should be the one that you should be worrying about.”

“Dear, I have to tell you something.” Julian confessed.

“No. Don’t say anything. Let me say mine first. See what I have gotten for you in Paris?” Vernetta interrupted.

Julian opened the box and inside was a ring sparkling with little diamonds, he looked at Vernetta.

Vernetta smiled, “We have been together for four years and I am certain you are the right man for me, I am tired of my jetting life and will you marry me? Shall we spend our lives as a married couple?”

to be continued....

Redemption is written by Covantai, who enjoys writing short stories yet having difficulties finding an avenue to post his entries. For more of Covantai, please visit http://covantai.blogspot.com/

The One on Redemption (Part 6)

2008-08-14T00:01:00.000+08:00

When Julian opened the door to his apartment, Sylvester met Vernetta for the first time.

He was taken aback by her smooth and fair complexion, exuding an aura of a well poised beauty.

Sylvester understood now that he could never be a competitor to Vernetta, he understood why Julian is smitten with her.

Any guys who see Vernetta will be more than willing to kiss her feet and Julian, being such a desirable bachelor, is the perfect match for Vernetta.

Sylvester even felt that if he isn’t falling in love with Julian, he would fall in love with the beautiful Vernetta.

Julian introduced both of them to each other and Vernetta’s easy demeanor instantly made Sylvester at ease.

He could not believe that a beauty like Vernetta has such wonderful characteristics, he had worried that Vernetta might not take too easy on an ex drug addict like him, who happened to crash into Julian and Vernetta’s worlds.

But Vernetta’s friendliness surprised Sylvester and made him even guiltier that he harboured more than friendship for Julian.

“Make yourself at home, sorry that the apartment is too small that you have to sleep on the couch, don’t allow my presence to make you feel uneasy. I am seldom here, so I might need you to take care of Julian for me.” Vernetta had the same wide bright grin as Julian, Sylvester noticed.

He thought to himself, “They are indeed an ideal couple. They belong to each other. I am just day-dreaming that I might have a connection with Julian. How could I do this to such a sweet girl? How could I betray Julian’s trust in me and wants to fall in love with him?”

“Darling, you are going out?” Julian asked Vernetta and that broke Sylvester’s wallowing in self despair.

“Yes, I thought it will be good if both of you have the whole apartment to yourselves today, my presence might caused some inconvenience. I will be staying over at Charmaine’s place tonight but I will be back tomorrow as I will be flying to London tomorrow night. Maybe we can do lunch, Sylvester?” Vernetta queried.

Sylvester nodded.

After Vernetta left, Julian helped Sylvester to unpack and both of them felt the kind of loving feeling of doing something together.

They accidentally touched each other’s hands when unpacking. Sylvester strong urge of hugging Julian intensified and he was trying very hard to control his urge.

Julian felt the same heat, he was controlling himself too and he knew he can’t do anything that would jeopardize his career, his future or his relationship with Vernetta.

“Why don’t you go take a shower and I will whip up something for dinner?” Julian asked Sylvester and he agreed.

When Sylvester came out of the shower room, Julian had already started making spaghetti.

“Hmm…smells good. You sure can cook, Vernetta taught you how to cook?” Sylvester slumped onto the chair in only a pair of shorts.

“Hahaha…thank you. I have been cooking since my varsity days in UK and for your information, Vernetta never cooks and she doesn’t know how to cook, anyway she never likes to eat home, we will go restaurants for our meals.”

Julian replied and almost dropped his pot of pasta when he turned around and saw Sylvester half naked. His eyes immediately shifted to avoid looking at Sylvester well toned bare upper body.

They talked throughout their dinner and joked and had so much fun.

Sylvester felt the bond between them really grew and he can’t help but look into Julian’s deep set eyes when he talked.

After dinner, they washed the dishes together and Julian felt the same kind of blissfulness that he had with Sylvester.

He can’t control but to steal glances at Sylvester’s torso and ever so frequently, would brush his hands against Sylvester.

They watched TV and made small talk, relaxed and tired, Sylvester fell asleep on the couch.

Julian switched off the TV and positioned Sylvester to sleep properly and covered him with a blanket.

He was about to return to his room when Sylvester talked in his sleep, “Thank you. Julian, thank you. You are the only one who cares for me. I don’t know what is going on but I love you. I love you.”

The words shocked Julian and he hastily returned to his room, his fears had came through.

Sylvester had noticed that some weird feelings are going on between them and he loves him.

Julian’s hidden feelings overflow, he did not want to admit but he too has fallen in love with Sylvester.

Vernetta met the 2 guys at a restaurant for lunch and they had a wonderful lunch.

Sylvester had noticed how close Vernetta and Julian behaved, but they were also mindful that Sylvester was with them and try not to let Sylvester felt left out.

The three of them enjoyed themselves over lunch and Sylvester offered to tag along with Julian to send Vernetta off at the airport.
After sending Vernetta off, they drove back to the apartment.

On the way, Sylvester asked, “So how long will Vernetta be away this trip?”

“She would be in London for 3 weeks then she will be flying to Tokyo for another 2 weeks.” Julian replied.

“So we will have a month plus to ourselves!” Sylvester thought to himself.

When they reached the apartment, they showered and sat down in the hall, watching DVD.

Sylvester asked, “Julian, do you think I can drink some wine? I feel like having some wine tonight, just a small glass. I don’t think I am violating my curfews by requesting that, right?”

Julian seemed astonished but agreed.

They sipped red wind while the DVD scenes started to get erotic, seeing the straight couple making out on the screen, Sylvester own dick grows to its full attention, and under the influence of the wine, he hugged Julian.

Julian froze and tried to break away but Sylvester tightened his hug.

Sylvester tried to kiss Julian but Julian turned his head to one side and pleaded, “Sylvester, don’t do this.”

But Sylvester forcefully pressed his lips onto Julian, Julian struggled but soon gave in to Sylvester advances.

They kissed like a pair of hungry wolves, taking off each other clothes hurriedly.

Sylvester nibbled on Julian’s nipples hard that made Julian moan.

Sylvester tongue moved from Julian’s nipples to his navel and down to his pubic and finally onto his privates.

Julian had finally given in to his lust for Sylvester and he truly enjoyed his first time with a guy.

He even threw away all inhabitations and went down on Sylvester, the first time he ever did that.

They were enjoying each other’s bodies to their fullest, unwilling to miss out on any single area.

to be continued....

Redemption is written by Covantai, who enjoys writing short stories yet having difficulties finding an avenue to post his entries. For more of Covantai, please visit http://covantai.blogspot.com/

The One on Redemption (Part 5)

2008-08-13T00:01:00.000+08:00

When Sylvester woke up, Julian was already preparing breakfast. Sylvester felt guilty over last night incident and kept to himself at breakfast.

He couldn’t be sure if Julian was awake last night or if he knew anything but he hated himself for betraying Julian’s trust.

Julian felt guilty too, he had known what happened last night, he enjoyed it but he did not want to admit to it.

He had never had gay sex in the past and he can’t accept the reality that he succumbed to temptation.

He tried to break the silence, “Why are you so quiet? Worried about rehabilitation? Don’t worry unduly, you will be able to kick off the habit. And I will be there for you.”

Sylvester nodded appreciatively and asked, “Julian, I need to confess to you, I did a horrible thing last night. I…am sorry…I….”

Julian stopped Sylvester from continuing, not sure how he would react, he interrupted, “Sylvester, don’t say anything. We are going to be late, finish up the breakfast and we have to run.”
Julian drove Sylvester to the centre and made the necessary registrations when all were done, Julian said to Sylvester, “Just make sure you adhere to the rules and regulations here. Do not make any hasty decisions. I will come here everyday to have counseling session with you, just discuss or tell me if you have any problems.”

Sylvester really felt compelled to hug Julian for all he had done for him but he resisted and just nodded in appreciation.

Sylvester felt the urge to tear when Julian left but he did not allow himself to cry in front of others, he was brought up to take sufferings in silence and he did not want Julian to see him so easily defeated.

Sylvester roamed around the centre after Julian left, he was really at a lost, and unsure what he could do.

Then a nurse came up to him and brought him to the isolation room to start his program.

Sylvester had not have any kicks for drugs since he was discharged from hospital but the isolation room made him uneasy and he suddenly yearned for the comfort of drugs again.

Images of Julian appeared before him, he tried to control his urge, not wanting to disappoint Julian but he can’t seem to fight the temptation and started to scream and kicked on the walls.

He started to perspire badly, feeling shivers all over his body and the feelings got worse that he continued to shout at the top of his voice.

He had forgotten about his promise to Julian and started to beg to anyone outside the room for drugs relief. He behaved more agitatedly when his pleas went ignored.

Sylvester survived through his first night in isolation and when he came out of the room the following day, he felt free and relieved.
He knew he would get to see Julian that day and told him what he had gone through the night before.

He washed himself thoroughly and made sure he looked smart in the centre wardrobe and waited for Julian patiently.

Sylvester started to feel uneasy and worried when the time ticked away and soon it was time for lunch, he wanted to call Julian but realized that he had never asked for his contact.

He waited through lunch and only managed to grab a few bites.

His eyes lit up when Julian appeared at the center, perspiring profusely.

“Sorry Sylvester, I was caught in a meeting and could not come in the morning. Have you taken your lunch? Are you feeling unwell? You look sick.” Julian apologized once he was in front of Sylvester.

His caring tone soothed Sylvester and he just kept smiling.

They talked like old friends that day and Julian encouraged Sylvester to fight his addiction and both of them can’t help but to feel that their friendship had reached another level.

When it was time for Julian to leave, he reassured Sylvester that he will see him daily for counseling and reminded him to tide over this period.

Stepping out of the center, Julian felt confused, he knew he had crossed the line of ethnics of professionalism.

He didn’t want to admit but he knew he was feeling something for Sylvester, not as a charge, but someone more.

He wanted to take care and support Sylvester as his close one, his next of kin, and his lover.
But yet, he knew it can’t happen as he was attached to Vernetta and she thinks he is straight.

He tried to talk himself out that he was just having an identity crisis but yet at the same time, he knew it was not possible to happen at his age.

He cannot understand why was he feeling this way, he badly needed to talk to Vernetta and to have Vernetta by his side now.

Sylvester had been doing very well in the rehabilitation center, with a lot of help from Julian.

He knew he was able to brave through the program as he had Julian with him. He knew he would not be able to survive if it was not for Julian.

He felt strongly for Julian and images of him romancing Julian that night crept into his dream every night.

When he sees Julian every morning, he just wants to hug him and kiss and make passionate love to him but he can’t.

He was counting down the days to his release and when his release date approaches, he felt excited to leave the centre and at the same time, worried, he had nowhere to go and he knew Vernetta was back at Singapore.

Julian came to pick Sylvester up on the day of his release, Sylvester had deliberately dressed up to wait for Julian.

Julian’s wide grin greeted Sylvester and Sylvester smiled back.

“Finally! You are getting out of the centre. You look smart today!” Julian said.

“Thank you. I have to look presentable today since I can leave this place finally and also to show my appreciation to you. Thank you so much for staying with me for the past 3 months, it’s you that I can stand up again.” Sylvester said earnestly.
Julian absent mindedly placed his hands on Sylvester and showed him out of the centre, the sudden electric feeling sent shivers down Sylvester’s spine and he felt as if his heart was jumping out of his body.

Sylvester slowed down when they reached Julian’s car and asked, “Julian, where am I to report for my curfew? Where are you bringing me? You know I have nowhere to go.”

Placing his hands on Sylvester’s shoulders, Julian said affirmatively, “I said I will not forsake you. I will be here for you till you are totally out of the program. I have spoken to Vernetta and she does not object to you staying with us for this period or till you manages to find a place to stay. She isn’t in Singapore that often so you don’t have to feel too awkward staying with us.”

The last word, us, stung Sylvester like a bee. He felt he was after all an outsider, and he hated to be the one to witness the lovey dovey of Julian and Vernetta.

He felt that Julian belonged to him and he had no intention to share Julian with another woman.

But he had nowhere to go, he needed to finish his program otherwise his rehabilitation would have gone to naught.

He struggled within himself and finally let go of all pride and selfish thoughts, he followed Julian up his car and headed to his condominium.

to be continued....

Redemption is written by Covantai, who enjoys writing short stories yet having difficulties finding an avenue to post his entries. For more of Covantai, please visit http://covantai.blogspot.com/

The One on Redemption (Part 4)

2008-08-12T00:01:00.000+08:00

They sat at the table, eating their noodles quietly when Sylvester asked, “I saw some female clothes in your wardrobe. Yours?”

Julian laughed, “Well, you are half right. They are not really mine, but my live-in girlfriend.”

Sylvester’s face showed a tinge of disappointment but Julian failed to notice that. He proceeded to tell Sylvester about Vernetta and their 4 years relationship.

Sylvester listened with interest, surprised that the gentlemanly Julian could be so trendy thinking to cohabit, and even more impressed that he has an air stewardess girlfriend.

He thought to himself, “It is not surprising that he has a pretty girlfriend. He is a handsome man, a gentleman and extremely well bred. Which girl won’t fall heads over heels with him? He is such a hot stud, very well built. His clearly visible veins on his biceps reflected that he is a hardcore gymmer. He is so hot!”

Sylvester looked at Julian attentively when the latter talks, noticing his gestures, melting at his ever ready smile.

He was paying intense attention at Julian’s face, amazed at his thick well trimmed eyebrows, his sharp nose, big round attentive eyes, clean shaven smooth tanned face and the sexy thin pair of lips.
Sylvester snapped out of his dreamland when he realized he was having an erection, he panicked.

He had never had an erection by just looking at another man, and even when he was having gay sex, he had problems trying to sustain his erection throughout the process.

He did not know why he felt this way towards Julian and he was embarrassed by his reaction.

Julian, though happy that he had a chance to tell Sylvester more about himself, he carefully avoided going into too much details between himself and Vernetta.

He did not know why he was doing that but he didn’t want Sylvester to read too much into his relationship with Vernetta, he even felt compelled not to make Sylvester jealous.

He stopped talking when he realized that Sylvester was in a daze and extremely quiet.

“Are you ok?” Julian asked the quiet Sylvester.

Sylvester smiled and nodded, not wanting to show his discomfort of having an erection in the dining table, especially when he was wearing Julian’s jogging shorts with no underwear.

They sat there for a while longer and Julian got up to clear the table and Sylvester got up too to help, forgetting about his still hard erection.

His erection pointed forward and created a 90 degrees dent in the shorts and Julian was taken aback.

Sylvester blushed and immediately adjusted his dick and sat back down, extremely embarrassed and not sure what to do.

Julian laughed out and said, “Well, I guess you are on your road to full recovery from what I saw. It sure looked healthy!”

The statement relaxed the tense atmosphere and both of them laughed.

They washed up the dishes and hung the washed clothes from the washing machine to dry.

Sylvester had never did house chores with another person in such close proximity and he felt blissful for the first time in his life.

Julian too felt different, Vernetta never did laundry and it was always Julian’s responsibilities where house chores were concerned, he felt like a family with Sylvester, doing the laundry and dishes together.

He can even felt the heat emitting from Sylvester body, at times even felt Sylvester hot breathing over his neck at the basin.

When they were finally done, Julian answered a call and came back to Sylvester happily.

He said with a joy, “I have submitted your report to the authorities and they have agreed to send you to rehabilitation for 3 months and then impose a curfew on your freedom after that for another 6 months. If you do not falter during this period, they will not impose a jail sentence! But you have to check in to the rehabilitation centre tomorrow.”

Sylvester did not know if he should be happy or sad, he was glad that he had given another chance to avoid jail term but saddened that his rehabilitation would mean he had to leave Julian, and probably gave up the kind of bond he felt with him.

Julian noticed Sylvester wasn’t very excited over the news and he reassured, “Sylvester, I am still your counselor, I will see you in the centre daily and work with you. I am still here. You must grab full use of this opportunity to get back on track. It is your last chance.”
Sylvester smiled at Julian, relieved to hear that Julian would still be here for him and that was the only thing that he was concerned now.

Sylvester was tossing around on the couch, unable to get to sleep. He was worried about tomorrow, unsure of what to expect in the centre.

He was worried that he might not be able to tough it out during his rehabilitation and also the possibility that Julian might not be able to remain as his counselor.

He sat up and glanced at the room which Julian is sleeping. The door was not closed, so he got up and walked towards the room, he looked at the sleeping Julian, sleeping so sweetly and even snoring softly.

He looked at Julian, contented that he was like a father, a brother, a confidante to him.

He walked towards the bed, stood there, looking at Julian lovingly. Julian turned around and the blanket covering him slipped down to his lower back, revealing his ass crack.

Sylvester had an instant erection and he grabbed hard at his privates, savouring the delicious body in front of him.

His trembling hand reached out to feel the smooth tanned back, Julian stirred a little but did not woke up.

Sylvester got bolder and bent down, kissing Julian bare back. Then Sylvester traced his fingers down to Julian’s revealing ass crack, fingers feeling up and down slowly and Julian let out a soft moan.

Sylvester stopped and looked at Julian, thinking that he might wake up but he did not.

He swallowed hard at the appealing butt and lost control of himself, moved down and started kissing them gently. Julian moaned again but eyes still tightly shut.
He was taken aback when Julian suddenly turned around, his hard erection in front of Sylvester’s view.

Sylvester did not dare to proceed further but when Julian continued to snore softly, he dived down and savoured it.

Julian moaned again, but Sylvester couldn’t care less, he started going down on Julian, finding pleasure for the first time serving another man.

Sylvester even moaned a little all these while and got more excited when Julian ejaculated into his mouth.

to be continued....

Redemption is written by Covantai, who enjoys writing short stories yet having difficulties finding an avenue to post his entries. For more of Covantai, please visit http://covantai.blogspot.com/

The One on Redemption (Part 3)

2008-08-11T00:01:00.003+08:00

Part 1

Part 2

The Story Continues....

Julian tried contacting Sylvester’s parents and requested them to pay a visit to the hospital but none obliged.

He felt sad for Sylvester and determined to help the young man back on his feet.

He was busy browsing through stacks of psychological books when a svelte beautiful lady came behind him and asked softly, “Working hard on your case? You want me to make some coffee for you?”

Julian looked up and smiled at the lady with delicate facial features, shook his head and replied, “You better run along, don’t be late for your flight.”

“Ok, dear. I will be stopping at Paris for 2 weeks, you better take good care of yourself when I am gone.”

The fair skinned lady walked out of the flat in her kebaya, she is an air stewardess with SIA and was a live-in girlfriend of Julian, known as Vernetta.

Julian had been living together with Vernetta in a downtown condominium for 4 years, marriage had never been on their mind as they still believe in being single and available would be a beneficial factor to their careers.

They don’t restrict each other social life though they know where to draw the line.

Julian, a desirable bachelor once named as Top 50 Most Desirable Males in a local magazine, never liked to flaunt his good looks or taut body.

He liked to be seen in t shirts and bermudas, sandals his favourite.

When at work, he would be in executive wears and led a healthy lifestyle.

He seemed so perfect to everyone and he thought so himself till the appearance of Sylvester, he had never felt so strongly towards any of his charges before.

He had counseled numerous wayward or suicidal teenagers, males and females, but he had never allowed himself to be affected by personal feelings.

He can’t help but be drawn to Sylvester bad boy good looks, the scars on his otherwise smooth tanned face, the hard well toned body.

The quiet yet determined but hurt soul. He wanted to protect Sylvester and show him the other aspects of life.

He shook his head and brought himself back to reality. “What was I thinking? How could I allow myself to get emotional?” He thought to himself.

Julian deliberately dressed down that day to visit Sylvester. Sylvester was pleasantly surprised when he saw Julian in polo t shirt and jeans.

He thought that Julian looked more dashing in this get up. They showed their best smiles to each other and started talking non stop once sat down.

Sylvester didn’t show any signs of sadness when he was told that none of his parents would be visiting him.

He said, “I expected it. They have never seen me as their family. I can never fit into their lives. They have their own families to take care of. So I think it is good that a clear line has been drawn.”

Julian blurted, “Don’t say such things. You still have lot of others who care about you.”

Sylvester asked point blankly, “I don’t have any good friends, all my friends are addicts. If I want a clean life, I have to break away from them. I don’t have anyone else.”

Julian immediately replied without thinking, “Nonsense! You have me.”

Both of them looked at each other in awkward silence and Julian could not believe what he had just said.

They kept quiet for a few minutes when a nurse came by to inform them that Sylvester will be able to discharge two days later.

Sylvester tried to break the silence after the nurse went off, “Where can I go when I discharge? I can’t go back to my rented flat. My room mate told me that the land lord had kicked us out after he found out about my drug overdose in the room. I don’t have anywhere to go.”
Julian put his hands subconsciously on Sylvester’s laps and said, “If you really have no where to go, you can stay at my place for the time being till maybe after we settle your case and when you are able to look for jobs.”

Sylvester followed Julian to the walk up apartment in Orchard, he had never been to a posh condominium before and he was in awe of everything he saw in sight.

Julian opened the door to his studio apartment and gestured Sylvester to enter.

When both of them got inside the apartment, Julian said apologetically, “It is a small place and there is only one room, so I would need you to sleep on the couch while you are here. Hope you don’t mind.”

Sylvester looked at Julian appreciatively and replied, “I have always sleeps on couches, no problem with that. I am very thankful to have you to take me in, not forgetting I am sleeping in high class couch!”

“Well, since you don’t mind, maybe you would like to take a shower and dump your clothes into the washing machine?” Julian smiled.

Julian directed Sylvester to the toilet in the room and pull out a towel from his drawer for Sylvester.

His heart skipped a beat when he turned around and saw Sylvester already stripped to his boxers.

He can’t help but look at the tanned hard chest and pecs of Sylvester and subconsciously shifted his focus onto the crotch area.

Sylvester cleared his throat and called out to Julian, “Hmm…is the towel for me?”

Julian regained his composure and nodded. Julian left the room to cook some noodles for Sylvester while the latter was taking his shower.

When Julian was almost done with the noodles, he saw Sylvester standing behind him in the small kitchen, clad only in his towel.

Beads of water dripping down the toned tanned bare body of Sylvester and with his wet floppy hair, he looked extremely different and sexy and Julian felt a stir in his broad shorts.

“Whoo. You startled me. What do you need?”

Sylvester replied sheepishly, “I don’t have any clean clothes to change into, can I borrow some of yours?”

Julian smiled and told him to take some from his wardrobe while he set the table ready for lunch.

Sylvester opened the steel full mirror wardrobe and was surprised to find lingerie and female clothes amid menswear.

He took one singlet and a pair of jogging shorts, and proceeded to take off his towel, butt facing the door when Julian appeared.

Sylvester jumped up a little when he heard Julian at the door and turned around, shorts in his hands, towel on the floor, and forgets all about his modesty in front of another guy.

Both of them looked at each other for a moment and looked away, and Julian said softly, “Lunch is ready. It’s just Maggie mee, you ok with that?”

Sylvester stood there, naked, facing Julian and managed a nod.

Julian’s face reddened and said softly, “Hmm..Maybe you can put on some clothes and join me at the table.”

Julian walked away, breathing hard, not sure why he felt that way. He had no problems with male nudity before and was extremely at ease with nude men in the gyms but he knew he was having a reaction to Sylvester toned nude body.

Sylvester, on the other hand, quickly put on the clothes and felt shy about showing his manhood to Julian.

He too had no qualms of showing off his toned built to others but yet he felt different this time, accidentally flashing at Julian.

to be continued....

Redemption is written by Covantai, who enjoys writing short stories yet having difficulties finding an avenue to post his entries. For more of Covantai, please visit http://covantai.blogspot.com/

The One on Stoner79

2008-07-28T00:01:00.002+08:00

Mention Stoner, anyone in Blowing Wind can't help but think about the pre-cum inducing, God-like sexual encounters that he has shared with us. Sotongball embarks on a journey to discover: how much more there is to this Flexi sex symbol of Blowing Wind.

Sotongball: So tell me, what are the three things in life that you are good at?

Stoner79: That will be Mahjong, Singing and Sex.

STB: Let's start with Mahjong then, how often do you play?

S79: I love Mahjong, usually play it when I'm facing emotional stress. I'm a control freak towards myself, so whenever my emotions reach bottleneck I would play mahjong to de-stress. I will call my kakis and just concentrate on the games itself. Like few weeks ago I just "broke" with someone at 6pm, by 9pm i'm already playing MJ

STB: So people say the time to get over someone is half the time you spend with him, for you I guess it's just a game of MJ?
S79: I allow myself 24 hours to get over someone, after that, a new day awaits. Anything more than 24 hours is considered a crime for me.

STB: So, do you expect your date to play MJ as well as you?
S79: It's easier to get me to a MJ table than to a bed.

STB: So those who can get you to both MJ table and bed must be really good. Anyway you won last year's singing competition right? So when did you reailze that you can actually sing?
S79: It was back in primary school, me and my cousin used to go KTV, at that point of time, everyone thought I sound like Jacky Cheung until I started smoking, then I became Ah Du.

STB: Any tips for KTV queens-wannabe?
S79: I always tell people to stand up when they sing, it opens up their diaphragm and let them hit higher notes

STB: So how is it possible that our Angelic looking, innocent cutie has so much of mating experience under his belt?
S79: Based on my look, if you never heard it from me, you'll never know what kind of things I have done. I was single then so I could try everything before settling down, I'm just being frank about my sexual encounters. Others might even have more encounters than me, just that they are keeping mum about it.

STB: So, anything that you haven't told anyone about?
S79: I can only say that those experiences are just a significant small amount of what I have done.

STB: When did you start?
S79: I'm a very curious person by nature, my motto is to "try everything once". When I was 18, there was this spa called Spartacus. I was there most days of the week. Went there once with a very chub friend, the place was OK. But my friend was trying to do something, and i was not very interested. So I left early without doing anything. but went back the following day, and the rest is history.

STB: That mean you dun really like chub?
S79: I'm a face person, I dated chubs before, the only thing I don't like is skinny.

STB: Other than face, you also look at thighs and butts?
S79: I'm attracted to thighs, I like it fair, sometimes I do look at people's butt first before I look at the face. Having said that, I don't only date people with good thighs or good buns. Did I mention I like people with good complexion?

STB: Define "smooth complexion"

S79: Smooth, fair, non-blemished skin. I once dumped someone who was very very very nice because of his obvious blemishes, when I kissed I like to kiss the forehead and everything. So can you imagine somewhere at the back of my mind I was like praying that the pimples won't burst as I was kissing him?

STB: So describe to me, your ideal date.

S79: Around my height, not sknny, fair, smart, short hair cut, decent and straight acting. There's actuallly a group of people who capture my attention: People who are well dress, especially in office wear, I do tend to look at people who wear glasses more. I think I like fair people with smooth complexion, sometimes I do like some hairy guys. Of course it's not only all bout the outlooks, I don't like Ah Bengs, I don't like people with long hair. At the end of the day they must be smart.

STB: Ever thought of settling down?
S79: I did, I was attached for 6 years. It was quite good, not messy. Like I told others, I'm quite capable of both open or monogamy. Apart from the type of person that I am, I can actually settle down. The person I was attached with, I didn't even like him to begin with, but he stayed quite near me, he asked me out for dinners, his sincerity touched me.

STB: Any current target in mind?

S79: I don't chase people anymore, I rather choose out of people whom I know that they like me. I don't want to waste my time, it's always better to be chased than to chase. Just for the record, when I was 19, I was dating this guy who was 24. During the night we would talk on the phone, in the morning I would accompany him to work and loiter around there till his lunchtime, had lunch and waited for him to knock off. In other words, I CAN be very lovey dovey.

Sotongball: So, what do you want to say to those who likes you?
Stoner79: First of all, tell me that you like me through yourself.

To catch more of Stoner, do visit the #blowingwind chatroom in Galaxynet. Or even better come out for future Blowing Wind outings and you might have a chance to meet him face to face! I'm sure you'll be able to unlock more of him if you first open up yourself to him.

The One on "Love, so Simple"

2008-07-26T00:01:00.001+08:00

當我走在寂寞的人生低潮時，您卻如久旱逢甘霖般出現在我眼前。您所帶來的愛是如此純真、簡單，讓我想起初戀的感覺，毫無浧意。

一個星期過了，我只能感謝您對我的真誠，以及願意和我分享生活的誠懇。雖然那三个字還沒出口，我們的舉動已是非常明顯的表達。可能這就是我夢寐以求，非常簡單的愛。

只想對您說：希望我們永遠不會放棄，這愛彼此的權利。

愛,很簡單－陶喆

Verse

忘了是怎么开始也许就是对你
有一种感觉

忽然间发现自己已深深爱上你

真的很简单
爱得地暗天黑都已无所谓
是是非非无法决择
没有后悔为爱日夜去跟随
那个疯狂的人是我
喔......

Chorus
i love you
无法不爱着你
说你也爱我
i love you
永远不愿意baby
失去你

Verse 2
不可能更快乐只要能在一起
做什么都可以

虽然世界变个不停用最真诚的心
让爱变得简单
爱得地暗天黑都已无所谓
是是非非无法决择
没有后悔为爱日夜去跟随
那个疯狂的人是我
喔......

Chorus
i love you
我一直在这里
一直在爱你
i love you
永远都不放弃
这爱你的权利

Bridge
如果你还有一些困惑
请贴着我的心倾听
听我说着爱你
yes i do

Chorus

i love you
我一直在这里
一直在爱你
i love you
永远都不放弃
这爱你的权利

[English Translation]

You appeared when I least expected anyone to share my life with, almost like the light at the end of the tunnel. And the love you brought was so simple and pure that it reminds me of the feeling of first love, without any excessive hint of lust.

Throughout the first week, I thank you for your sincerity, and your willingness to share your life with me. Although the cliched three words have not been muttered, but your actions and mine speak much louder than that. Maybe this is what I've been searching for all these while, love that's very simple.

To You, to us. Hope we will never, ever give up the rights to love each other.

The One on The Dark Knight

2008-07-24T00:01:00.000+08:00

Second installment in Director Christopher Nolan's new take in the Batman series, The Dark Knight is one of the highly anticipated movie in the year 2008, even more so after the mysterious death of Brokeback Mountain's Academy Awards Nominee for Best Actor - Heath Ledger.

I went into the theatre filled with much anticipation and excitement, only to find my satisfaction level bested by so much more the movie had to offer. The Dark Knight has a pitch black dark tone, many of the regular casual movie goers may not like it, but those who come into terms with it will be in for a treat of that kind of escapism the movie relays.

Christian Bale is as charming as ever, sporting more control in his life this time round than in Batman Begins. Batman has came affirmed his responsibility as the condemned protector of the Gotham and has a whole new lot of gadgets under his belt, especially the Sonar Goggle which allows him to use ultrasound to scan an entire building or even city of Gotham for enemies, making him more Bat-like.

The Dark Knight will feel like - to many whether sub-consciously or not - a movie that put more emphasis on The Joker, played by Heath Ledger (though it might be possible too that it's because we paid more attention to The Joker.)

The truth is, whether he is still alive or not, Heath Ledger did play a fantastic Joker in the movie, from the way of speech right down to the sinister laughter. Forget about the critics' crap about the movie being overhyped, just put yourself in the shoe's of Heath Ledger's Joker, and you will understand what commitment to the role is all about, so much so that it may be driving force behind the reason why Ledger died.

Movie goers will have a love-hate tendencies towards The Joker, making him probably one of the most likable villain in recent times. The Joker commits crime and create chaos which people detest, but he does it in a manner that you can't help but even clap for his feat.

Overall, the movie is well paced and filled with perhaps too much adult dialogues, not the typical light-hearted action hero movie that you have been familiar with (read: Ironman). Coupled with the amount of disturbing scenes that made a couple of us cringe, think twice before you bring your nephews and niece there.

The Dark Knight has overtaken Spiderman 3's record of the highest revenue in its first weekend of the US Box Office, grossing $158.3 million as compared to Spidey's $151.1 million. Yes partly thanks to the hype, do consider too the fact that Sotongball had watched it twice.

The One on BW3AP

2008-07-20T00:01:00.000+08:00

It stands for The One on Blowing Wind 3rd Anniversary Party

Forget about the cramped karaoke lounge, forget about the bar which only holds you for few hours. This year's Blowing Wind Anniversary Party brought us to the peaceful, tucked-faraway-from-the-city-bustles, countryside-ish chalet bungalow in Changi. Of course with the arrival on the Blowing Wind members, how can any place on earth stays in peace for long?

On friday, after a victorious poke-ball (no Pikachu inside) session with Seekstock, we headed to the chalet only to be greeted by NFB's potato+sausage+broccoli stew fragrance and that did make our stomach grumble! Not to forget visually we are also greeted by the prominent lantern looking flag with 7 tails each of color in the rainbow.

Without much delay, we converted the thank-God-it's-there perfect squarish table into a makeshift mahjong table and clack-clack away. As more people came another table opens, by 6pm the whole house is filled with TV noise, MJ tiles shuffling and more shuffling, and more, and more, and more. Few of us went to watch The Dark Knight in Downtown East and the review had already been actually written, but will only be up on Tube Thursday.

The notti fun started when the drinking session began, actually STB was playing MJ in the other room so he couldn't really confirm the account on what happened. So here's what STB thinks he know: A and B got drunk, C, D, E followed suit, E came to the MJ room to visit once a while, each time with a more high less sober face, B, C and D went out to smoke once in many whiles, F woke up and joined the drinking, A got so high that his usual slutty attribute got amplified ten folds. A started to take of his shirt, got his tofu eaten for countless times, tried to even tease us by unzipping his pants and finally got into his birthday suit for few seconds. D puked. A and B got hitched together and the rest is history... By 6am when STB went to spot check room by room, he found 3 pairs interlocking each other in bed.

To discourage the bad habit of kiss and tell, anyone mentioned above have the right to tell me to remove the paragraph above.

More MJ on the next day leading to the official party...

By 6pm, we saw a whole lot of more familiar faces with a few fresher ones coming in: Only Me, Kai, Obiyan, Oscad, Geroge, Richard, Chubbyboy and Big Chub. Hope it's not the last time we see their faces.

Right before dinner, we drew lots to separate the crowd into two teams: Team Top with orange stickers and Team Btm with blue stickers. Team Top was led by ExecQT and Team Btm is led by none other than our favorite Chat! By the way, Team Top does not mean it's all comprised of tops and vice versa.

We started dinner at 7pm, everyone was restricted to the perimeter of the chalet but luckily there was enough space to accommodate more than 40 of us. The food was really good especially the desserts and cakes sponsored by our ever generous sponsors.

After dinner, everyone is ushered into the dining hall area for games. 4 games were played including Nickname Bingo, Guess Who?, Guess the Number and The Most... As much as it is designed for entertainment, the games are meant more to get the members to know one another better, inside out.

In Nickname Bingo, we found out that no one in the house has his ear punched a hole, who goes to Ford Road, who has pseudo six abs, and who has the bubble butt that never fails to catch any horny tops' attention.

Then in Guess Who?, the two teams were separated from each other with a big drape in between covering them. Then the drape is dropped and representatives from each team is supposed to shout out the other's name/nick before he does. You'll be surprised how some old birds can't even remember each other's name...

The third game has been explained before in my previous post. Basically we had the very very very sporting members stripping, demonstrating karmasutra positions and reacting their first sexual encounters.

The last game revealed to everyone who has the longest hair, biggest biceps to the most no. of pushups in 30 seconds and lightest nipple color.

The Btms did themselves proud in the bonus round by having the person with the lightest nipple color, toppling the Tops by barely 1 point and emerged as winners for the evening.

The night was rounded off with nothing less than lucky draw. The lucky draw has been THE most anticipated program of all time in any BW event, thanks to the many kind sponsors who has been providing us with many desirable gift items over the past few events. We have practical products like Wireless Router, IP cameras, $50 Harvey Norman Vouchers down to the quirky and practical things like Tenga, Sexy Panties and Shogun Passes.

With Blowing Wind celebrating its 3rd year since the team of current moderators took over, we have seen many new faces then becoming more and more active in their contribution to the forum. Let's look forward to the next 3 years to come.

Sotongball would like to personally thank the following:

NFB - He has practically coordinated the whole event by himself, from registration, to collection of sponsored gifts, to even providing props for the games. Hats off to NFB, and he has barely joined the group for more than a year.

OralB - While busy shuttling between countries, OB has devoted his time during the party to provide support and make sure everything run smoothly. Thanks for keeping scores during the games too.

Gachi - Of course we have the sponsors to thank, but how do we get the sponsors in the first place? It's none other Gachi with so many connections to get the so many attractive gifts.

Asura - Being in-charge of food, Asu has made sure that everyone is well-fed during the party.

LupCheong - Thanks for taking the trouble to bring the big mahjong table, and also for the many gifts that you sponsored!

Rusty - For booking the chalet

All the sponsors which are listed here and more.

Everyone who made time to attend the party and made it possible!

The One on Gourmet Coffee (Part 2)

2008-07-18T00:01:00.000+08:00

Stoner pointed out I should spell out the difference between espresso, latte and cappuccino. So I'm gonna do just that. Thanks Stoner!

Espresso

Comes in shots (sounds like something notti), this is not for the faint hearted. Served usually in a petite cups, it is much stronger and definitely more potent than your regular black coffee. Good for a quickie drink, that is when you find your date boring and just want to finish the drink, and perhaps have the alertness to look for another one in the IRC later that night :p

Latte

Steam your milk till it's frothy and let it settle first, then fill your latte glass till the level of the upper handle, add a dash of foam, and lastly a shot of espresso. Voila! You made your first glass of latte, congratulations. Latte basically means "milk" in Italian, which makes sense because you're adding more volume of milk than coffee into your glass. More suited for people who wants to drink milk, or just a tinge of coffee in their drinks. It is really too weak for STB's taste.

Cappuccino

To make a good cappuccino, you need to be very skilled in steaming your milk. Refrigerated cold pasteurized full cream milk will be the best as it can be frothed more easily. Once you get your foam up and milk settled, fill your cappuccino cup with one shot of espresso, cover the cup with foam till its flat. Next, pour a bit of milk at the center of the cup till the foam is about half an inch above the brim, giving the "cap" in cappuccino. Lastly, sprinkle a generous layer of cocoa powder on the cap, and give yourself a pat at the back. It is up to you to determine how "dry" you want your cappuccino to be, dry will mean less milk and thus stronger coffee. Oh, and remember to ask your date "Is there something you wanna tell me?" after drinking your cap.

There you have it, three basic gourmet coffees, of course then you can exercise your creativity and add your own customization to the coffee, very much Starbucks-style, some of the tips:

Additional shot of espresso, less milk will obviously make the coffee stronger
Use soy milk or low-fat (skimmed) milk to make your coffee healthy
Decaf if you want to enjoy the taste of coffee and yet want to sleep at night, you can't really taste the different (trust me even STB has been fooled by his ex by taking in a cup of decaf instead of regular)
Add ice to make it iced latte or iced cappuccino of course, always add ice into the cup first before anything!
Add different flavored syrup to your latter or cappuccino, there are a lot of possibilities out there: from the time-tested chocolate syrup to hazelnut to even ceylon tea. Recommended brand of syrup is Da Vinci and Monin, bartender's favorite.
Add whipped cream instead of foam, always STB's preferred choice!

Ok, hope you're inspired enough to start your own cafe now, or at least buy a new full fledged coffee machine for your house. Go ahead, pamper yourself, you deserve it. Any more enquiries like milk steaming techniques, please feel free to direct them to me.

Sotongball hopes to conduct classes on coffee tasting and making to promote the awareness and goodness of the caffeinated drink that is the most popular beverage around the world sometime after he retires...

The One on Akated and ExecQT

2008-07-14T00:01:00.008+08:00

This week's Menday is a couple special. They are the testament that love is not entirely an overrated myth, and also love removes any hurdle of physical preferences, more importantly love can blossom between two BWers. Which couple can display love that's so affectionate even in public other than Akated and ExecQT?

Sotongball: How long have you two been together officially?

Akated: Exactly 1 year as of 14 July 2008 (Today)
ExecQT: One year of agony...

STB: Wow congrats! Care to describe to me how did you guys meet?
Aka: In the #BlowingWind chatroom.
Exec: Oct 2006 that's when I found out about this slut and his auto-cum experience with a Masseur

STB: Was it love or lust at first sight?
A&E: Pure lust, at Ritz Carlton during CNY Feb 2007 period
Aka: he was in the hotel room, logged into the chatroom, and invited me over.
Exec: I was dumped by someone else, after he came over and checked me out.

STB: When did the feeling start to develop?
Exec: Its a gradual process.
Aka: Up till somewhere in July, one week before we became official, I was still not very sure. Just wanted to be friends. We were both btms at that time, and there's only so much two btms can do. The first time i topped him was in HK, that weekend before we became official.
Exec: Prior to that, I had alot of feelings to him. Was abit painful, having to listen to all his encounters in the chatroom, forum.

STB: Wait wait, who chased who?
Exec: Obviously I chased him, with a lot of encouragements and advices from Engineer, to quote him, "to be persistent", and let him know how I felt, not to be discouraged by his responses.

STB: So Akated, when did you give in?
Aka: One week after the HK trip, we were having dinner on a Friday night, very late. Both dar and another BWer stay in the east. So I sent him and dar home, and when I reached dar's place, I slept over at his place. we decided to kiss, that's when I realized I wanna spend the rest of my life with him
Exec: He said something like "I'm ready"

STB: Awww, so sweet. "And they lived happily ever after..."
Exec: So there's hope for people over 40.
Aka: I didn't really think that I'll go for anyone above 40
Exec: Same as me, dar was physically not my type at all.

STB: So what changed?
Aka: Its comfortable in a good way. I wanted go out with someone who's muscular, sometimes you dun realise there's someone waiting for you
Exec: I told him, " dun chase after wind"
Aka: Dar was always there when i got turned down by a few.

STB: So what do you guys enjoy doing together?

Exec: Sex, wine and dine, movies, working out, traveling... Did I mention sex?

Aka: We're pretty open to experiment still, no food sex though. Always don't mind a third participant in our love-making sessions.

Sotongball: Oooooh, any particular candidate in mind?

ExecQT and Akated: Sotongball! *wink*wink*

To prevent the interview session from turning into a totally unintended session, Sotongball decided just to snap a shot of them two and round it off. Aka and Exec organize the official fortnightly dinner for Blowing Wind forum and have been traveling to Tokyo, Paris, Sydney, Macau Hong Kong and still counting...

The One on Lagging

2008-07-13T15:33:00.004+08:00

Love sometimes still needs a reboot. let the "lagging" (read: tiresome) feeling have a chance of fresh start.

「累格」-" lag" in English. Originally means trailing behind, dilly-dally and slowing down etc. In the internet age, the word has found a new definition in the form of screen freezing.

Netizens in Taiwan translates "lag" directly into 「累格」(lei4 ge2), because of the similarity in phonetics and meaning. It is widely used and accepted, thus became a common lingo in the chinese side of inter web.

In computing term, during the heat of a online gaming, if the screen freezes, lagging occurs; While loading a web page on the browser with the hourglass (or rainbow beach ball for that matter...) spinning non-stop and finally comes to a failed to load page, lagging occurs; while streaming or downloading a movie or MP3, and it comes to a halt, again lagging occurs.

In the land of Love, lagging happens too. When two lovers are completely not in the same tune, frequency thought and feeling, or sometimes even in conversation, that's lagging for you.

The cause of lagging comes from a million sources, more often than not due to human cause, the most important key lies on the "communication" between two person. Maintaining a relationship requires effort from the heart, although one is not judge on how much effort he pours in, but often from the behavior we can determine one's motive and thoughts.

In a relationship that ages multiple years, it often comes to a point when a situation of lagging must be faced, with the main culprit of the "take it for granted" attitude. "I thought he would understand..." is an age old excuse used too many times to explain one's ignorance. Just because of "I thought", therefore we take for granted and assume that the other party would understand.

Communications between a couple is not limited to only speech, but the connection between the minds and the bodies are no less important too. When two persons are living in the same place (in this context: country), although there's still concern for each other, but there's a lack of attention to each other when meeting face to face, the bodily contact is also sorely missing, lest the lack of common interests and topics. When each prefers to find his own thing or man to do, no doubt this is already Lagging.

If two were in a long distance relationship or one party is posted to a foreign land, with them under a different sky, breathing a different air, experiencing a different life or in a totally different environment, all these hinders the acceleration of the relationship. Just with the few factors mentioned above, it is enough to make two drift apart and cause lagging.

Assuming the environment set above, the most obvious omen to the occurrence of lagging can be seen when two are talking over the phone, two are trying to squeeze their brain dry to think of topics to talk about, or the moment of silences is awkward more than talking, listening to each other's breathe of the phone, this is obviously a sign of Lagging.

The occurrence of lagging hurts, but it is unlike a stab in the heart or slicing apart of intestines. The pain is more subtle, it strikes in the dark, without a chance to prevent, eating your heart away silently...

Whenever a relationship comes to a lagging it usually means an off-key season, doesn't necessarily spell the situation of parting and bidding good-byes. If something can be done at appropriate times, such as increasing the frequency of communication and ways to understand each other better, it will absolutely rekindle the dying flame in a lagging relationship. Love, like a long lasting draught, being inject its well-deserved water and nutrients into its dire phase.

Every relationship has its ups and downs, the key is to have a compromising mindset and an alert awareness, do not dwell and linger in the nostalgic, comfort zone feeling that is long lost after the honeymoon period. If you want to keep your relationship fresh, both parties would have to contribute to the relationship, a one-sided effort won't do.

Just like a lagging computer, give your relationship a reboot once in a while, let the lagging relationship an opportunity of second. third... fifteen wind.

Of course the most important thing is, as long as your heart (feelings) hasn't died.

Lagging is written by one of our writer friends in Blowing Wind, Sotongball was just merely providing the translation for our English readers according to his interpretation, without the original writer's permission still though... The original text is found here.

The One on Redemption (Part 2)

2008-07-13T00:01:00.000+08:00

When Sylvester finally opened his eyes slowly, he could not make out where he was.

He saw figures in white, hollering over him. He felt a sharp pain in his stomach but he was too weak to move.

He felt helpless, the same kind of feeling he felt when his granny passed away. He tried to talk but could not, and fell back to sleep again.

When he woke up again and slowly took a look around the room, there were other people lying on the beds besides him.

They were wearing green robes and he realized he was in a hospital, he tried to get up when a gentle yet manly voice stopped him, “Don’t move. You won’t want to move too much after all the pumping of drug residue from your stomach.”

Sylvester looked at the guy with weary eyes and saw a good looking guy in his 30s. The guy has a sharp face with bright eyes, broad smile, tanned and seemed to have a fit nice build.

He introduced himself, “I am Julian, your counselor. You are Sylvester, right?” Julian broad sunny smile immediately relaxed Sylvester.

“Yeah, I am him. Why am I here?” Sylvester said breathlessly.

“You were sent in by your friend. He found you spasming in the room when he returned home. You had a drug overdose and the doctors just pumped your stomach. You must rest well to recover.”

Julian placed his big palms on Sylvester shoulders and Sylvester felt a sense of warmth and security that he had not felt before.

He asked anxiously, “Will I be charged? Or will I be send to rehabilitation?”

Julian, with the same smile, replied, “Let’s not worry too much about that. Focus on getting well and we will talk about that in due course.”

“No, you don’t understand. I don’t want to be sent to rehabilitation or be sent to jail. I can’t be a jail bird, I already have no future, I can’t have a record, please help me Julian!” Sylvester was agitated.

“Hey, don’t worry too much, ok? I will do my best to help you. But let’s focus to get you well first, ok? I promise to give my all to help you. Don’t think too much, just rest more. Can I have your family contact? I can contact them for you.” Julian said smilingly.

“I don’t have family. I am all alone.” Sylvester lied.

Julian looked at Sylvester sympathetically and tapping his shoulders, Julian smiled again, “It’s ok. Then let me take care of you for the time being. Get some sleep, I will be here.”

Sylvester nodded and closed his eyes, he slept soundly and had a sweet dream which had not happened for a long time.

Sylvester was woken up by a nurse to take his medication in the middle of the night, he called out Julian name and realized his folly when he saw the female nurse looking at him puzzled.

He took his pills and asked for the time. It was 2am in the morning and the whole ward was dead quiet.

Sylvester felt peaceful, something he had not felt more than 10 years. He sat up on his bed slowly and peered out of the window.

He felt that he had lived again, he was not sure if it was a good thing but he knew he was given another chance to live again. He went back to sleep after a while and dreamed about Julian.

The next day, Sylvester woke up early and managed to get off the bed and walked around.

He met Julian at the corridor and was mesmerized by his handsome good looks after taking a good look.

Julian, flashing his sunny smile, supported Sylvester with a firm grip when Sylvester almost slipped on the way back to his ward.

Sylvester felt a rush of adrenalin when he felt the strong hands supporting him, his face blushed unwillingly and he dared not look at the handsome Julian.

“Be careful, don’t fall. You looked so much better today. You sure recover fast!” Julian spoke gently.

Sylvester nodded and said softly, “I am glad to be back from hell.”

Julian helped Sylvester to his bed and said encouragingly, “Sylvester, you are a strong man. You are a good looking dude. Don’t throw your life away like you did. You must learn to embrace life and grow with it. It is a waste to lose such a young handsome man like you.”

Sylvester has always been confident about his looks, he knows he is a good looker, tanned and fit built with a bad boy image.

But to hear such compliments from another handsome man he hardly knows, he felt shy suddenly.

Julian looked at Sylvester and was puzzled by his silence and he patted on Sylvester’s shoulders and continued, “Young man! You hear me? Don’t worry too much. I am going to write a good report on you and hopefully we can get you out of jail term and go for rehabilitation sentencing. But I need you to be honest with me and we will see how well the counseling session progress, ok?”

Sylvester looked at Julian pleadingly, “Please Julian, I really do not want to go to jail. You must do your best to help me, ok?”

Julian nodded smilingly and they talked like old friends that day.

Sylvester bared his soul to Julian and told him everything from his childhood days to the very day he was out from drug overdose.

Tears were swelling in Julian’s bright eyes when Sylvester finished his story.

He smiled at Sylvester and said softly, “It must be hard on you. Do not give up your life. There are much more unfortunate people who are braver than you. If they can survive, so can you. I will work on your self esteem and drug addiction, it will not be easy but I need you to put in your faith and work with me. I know you can brave through this obstacle and we can do it!”

Sylvester looked at Julian gratefully, the first person to show genuine care without asking anything in return.

He felt that Julian was like a family to him, something he never had.

Julian listened to him, encouraged him, believed him and supported him.

He felt an instant inclination towards Julian and poured all his troubles and hatred for his parents to Julian.

They talked more than 5 hours that day, and when Julian had to leave, Sylvester can’t help but felt downcast and lost that his confidante was leaving.

Julian seemed to know what Sylvester was thinking and reassured him, “Sylvester, it’s ok. You don’t have to tell me everything today. We still have a long way to go, you can tell me everything slowly. We can take things one step at a time. I will be here and not going anywhere soon. And now, you should take a good rest and get well. This counseling session is gonna be much longer term than you think.”

Sylvester smiled at Julian, his eyes brightened with expectation for the first time, asked, “You will be here for me? You really will? You will not leave without any indication?”

Julian placed his strong arms on Sylvester’s shoulders and assured, “Yes. I will be here. Don’t worry too much. I will do my best to help you.”

to be continued....

Redemption is written by Covantai, who enjoys writing short stories yet having difficulties finding an avenue to post his entries. For more of Covantai, please visit http://covantai.blogspot.com/

The One on "Season of Loneliness"

2008-07-12T00:01:00.002+08:00

今天的歌，是陶喆2004年《樂之路》的一首主打歌。也不算是主打歌因為專輯裡頭的每首歌都是陶喆的金曲專選，《寂寞的季節》可是比較好聽的新歌吧。

喜歡陶喆的歌迷，往往去唱K的時候會感到煩惱。因為陶喆非常喜歡唱高音假音，大家都可能會走音。好消息是《寂寞》曲調不太一般陶喆高，而且旋律也非常得靈活，曲子要拉要收隨你。歌詞一點也不單調，十分有意思。

想要點唱這首歌需要注意一下：你應該點現場LIVE版本(以下），會比較容易唱。

寂寞的季節－陶喆

Verse 1

风吹落最后一片叶　
我的心也飘着雪
爱只能往回忆裡堆叠　
oh~　给下个季节
忽然间树梢冒花蕊　
我怎么会都没有感觉
oh~　整条街　都是恋爱的人
我独自走在暖风的夜

Chorus
多想要向过去告别　
当季节不停更迭　oh~
却还是少一点坚决　
在这寂寞的季节

Verse 2
艷阳高照在那海边　
爱情盛开的世界
远远看著热闹一切　
oh~　我记得那狂烈
窗外是快枯黄的叶　
感伤在心中有一些　oh~
我瞭解　那些爱过的人　
心是如何慢慢在凋谢

Chorus
多想要向过去告别　
当季节不停更迭　oh~
却永远少一点坚决　
在这寂寞的季节

Verse 3
又走过风吹的冷冽　
最后一盏灯熄灭
从回忆我慢慢穿越　
在这寂寞的季节
还是寂寞的季节　
一样寂寞的季节

[English Translation]

Today's song, is from David Tao's Ultrasound album in 2004. The album consists of David Tao's popular hits over the earlier years of his career. And Season of Loneliness is one of the new songs that are more appealing to Sotongball's ears.

I'm sure David Tao's fans always find it hard to find one of his songs to sing in KTV lounge. Because of his preference for insanely high pitched tune and more often than not falsettos, most of us will become strangling chicken trying to sing his songs. Well, the good new is that this Season of Loneliness is not too high keyed, and the rhythm and tune is rather flexible such that you can achieve a certain degree of improvisation. Furthermore, the lyrics are colourful and meaningful.

For people who would like to attempt to sing this in KTV, I would recommend the live concert version.

The One on Gourmet Coffee

2008-07-11T00:01:00.001+08:00

The day/night you see Sotongball not functioning normally, he probably hasn't consumed his first cup of coffee, or simply because he might be too sexed up. Jokes aside, if you know STB well enough, you would know that his favourite drink is no doubt iced coffee, as long as there's coffee, sugar and milk in the mixture. Slit STB's throat and he can literally bleed coffee.

I wouldn't have the balls to admit that I'm the coffee connoisseur. But having gone out for so many dates and outings, more often than not we'll sum up the night in a coffee place, topped up with my experience of having worked as a barista, I would say I have enough credibility to recommend some good gourmet coffee.

Gourmet coffee in STB's terms, refers to coffee prepared from coffee machines and syphons rather than your socks coffee in the neighbourhood kopitiams. That means your espressos, lattes, cappuccino, frappe and what-nots.

Just like how different people has different preference of saunas, it works the same for coffee places. Sotongball aims to provide a review of coffee places not based on their espresso quality, but based on the differentiation they offer. In no order of preference:

1. The Coffee Connoisseur

Intro: Well well, who would have expected this to appear first on the list? I think the BWers have chalked up enough spendings (SGD88 subtotal each) in TCC to get every regular a TCC card each. Easily the BWers' favourite after-dinner haunt (or only STB's for that matter)...

Selling point: TCC is the only chain that offers service in terms of Service Crew doing the whole SOP, from taking orders to billing), of course that incurs. They have a full menu, which includes food, desserts, non-coffee drinks and of course, coffees.

2. Starbucks

Intro: This one needs no introduction, Starbucks is probably the first that comes to anyone's mind when you talk about gourmet coffee. You'll find a lot of students hanging out in Starbucks outlets because the staffs will never come and bother you as long as you buy a cup of drinks. Frequent travelers will never go wrong with Starbucks because they're just everywhere.

Selling point: STB is still in love the Christmas drink, Mocha Praline (not in the menu but you can call for Mocha with Hazelnut syrup. I believe with UOB Visa Signature card, you'll be able to get a complimentary one-for-one latte.

3. Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf

Intro: Coffee Bean is not unlike Starbucks, with maybe some food menu but STB has never really fancied their food. The Coffee Bean Card offers member discounts in form of SGD22 credit for every SGD20 top up, and on top of that redemption points. Also drinks of the month gets a free upsize for Coffee Bean Card holders.

Selling point: There are quite impressive spread of cakes in Coffee Bean, the management probably spend more time churning out recipes for cakes of the month rather than drinks of the month.

4. Mc Cafe

Intro: McDonald's does not only want to conquer the fast food market, you can see there are a lot of McCafes sprouting out either within or next to the McDonald's outlet.

Selling point: Cheap coffee of comparable quality, you can almost buy 2 McCafe iced lattes for the price of 1 Starbucks iced latte (sans the Visa Signature promotion). A good place to hang out too if you're on a budget and need a place to sit long long.

There you have it, so don't complain there's no place to bring your date to after dinner because these outlets mentioned are just almost every where.

STB's tips to drinking espresso:

Standing time of espresso is about 30 seconds, meaning if you don't finish it ASAP from the moment it is dispense from the coffee machine, it might turn sour.
Do not sip it bit by bit, it's meant to be drank in one shot, that's why it's call single or double shot.
Don't worry about making noise, in fact the louder the slurp the better. Making the espresso reach the bitter taste bud of your tongue (where it's closest to the throat) will allow you to taste the richness of espresso without compromise (or any coffee for that matter)

Sotongball always dreams of having his first full-fledge coffee machine at home, complete with milk steamer to make the perfect cappuccino with his own hand-picked blend of beans from Nepal, Jamaica, Java and whichever third world countries...

The One on Mr KK (Part 2)

2008-07-09T00:01:00.000+08:00

The night prior to the thanksgiving ceremony, KK invited me to stay over at his place as both of us were trying to add the final touch-up to the photos and video. KK stayed with a housemate, who was not in town so we were sleeping in the living room.

We shared just about everything in our lives, like me being alone in Singapore and my issues with my father back then, also about his college life in the US and his work. We were lying on a make shift double bed on the floor, made from two single mattresses, our body facing each other with an arm's length distance between us.

Suddenly, I got a flashback of him again and decided to tell him what was on my mind.

STB: You know, exactly one year ago, I could have gotten to know you during a healing session. But you were taking too long with someone else so I had to go to another person.

KK: Oh is it? It's OK I guess, maybe the timing and place was not right.

KK excused himself to the toilet. And when he was back, he lied down closer to me and said.

KK: Let me offer you a hug, an apology for getting to know you one year later.

I was already very sleepy then, half awake I extended my arms wide and rolled to his side of the bed. Coming from a conservative chinese family, it was the first time STB ever hugged anyone, the feeling was foreign yet welcoming. I felt liberated of all my burdens, it was as if the world population was narrowed down to only me and him.

I lied comfortably in the warm embrace of KK's arms, sometimes tightening my arms as if I did not want to let him go. There was very little movement from KK, my head was rested upon his broad right shoulder while he was pecking my right forehead, temple and ear gently. Heck, STB did not even know how to kiss mouth to mouth back then although he had a strong urge to do that with KK.

We hugged each other into slumber and woke up at eleven the next day, still in tact together. The hug was more overwhelming than any body contact that STB has experienced before, or even after. As STB had probably done all sorts of possible body contact with men over the years, nothing came close to the hug he had with KK for the fateful evening. The hug was filled with no lust, but love, warmth and sincerity, it really felt longer than it had lasted.

I guess I woke up first in the morning, couldn't move much as I was still in the bear hug of KK. Somehow my left hand wondered around and stroke his body over the thin layer of cotton T-Shirt he was wearing, and it chanced upon a hump which STB had been able to feel with his thigh the whole morning, it was the first hard-on that STB touched other than his own, and it was as good as the Nescafe can that he liked to drink from.

Honestly, by then STB's mind was filled with guilt more than anything. It was unnatural and sinful if you play by the rules like STB then. After some internal struggle between the head and the head, STB put his hand back around KK's waist.

Almost as if KK didn't wanted me to stop, he greeted me good morning with a smile and caught me by surprise. In return I tighten my grasp of him and my left collar was feeling his five-o-clock shadow, I didn't know back then the difference between love and lust, but thinking back I felt a good mixture of both.

We started making small talks, think it's been twelve hours that we were in each other's embrace. Somehow, KK let his hand wander off my waist too, it went past my hips, thigh and ended up at the same spot where I made a pit stop at his just now. After which we just stared at each other eye to eye for a fair bit, and my hand too was back at the checkpoint.

No matter how strong the will is, the flesh is weak. In no time we were trying to take off each other's clothes while still remaining under the blanket.

The body contact between two naked bodies felt at least 10 times better if not more. With the restrictions of where-can-I-touch lifted, it was as if I was given an All-You-Can-Ride free pass to Disneyland.

In the end, I was lying in a missionary position while KK stroked my hard dick. It didn't take me too long to cum and that was the second orgasm in my life, first being the wet dream few weeks before that which my mum refused to tell me more details. It was surprising how some white substance can splatter everywhere from my didi instead of pee.

KK then asked "You want me to cum too?"

And the rest is history...

I wasn't able to join them the following year as I became more involved with my own congregation in Singapore. Neither did I seek to fulfill the need of my flesh either by myself or with others as I was... let's just say in denial. I'm sure it was the same for KK and I have not contacted him much since, just birthday greetings every year.

Thinking back, now that I am out of the closet. All the body contacts that I had with other guys couldn't even compare with the feel that I had with KK.

Sotongball hopes by sharing this will liberate him from the guilt and bittersweet memory that words cannot express, which has been haunting me on and off for many years.

The One on Blog Creation

2008-07-08T00:01:00.003+08:00

After reading Sotongball - whatever and whatever for almost a month, I'm sure some of you are inspired to start up a new blog too. But you might be afraid to take the first step, or worse still don't even know how to begin with. Fret not, STB has put up a simple guide of how to set up your spanking new blog.

1. Go to http://www.blogger.com
2. Press on "CREATE YOUR BLOG NOW"
3. Get ready your preferred email. Can be Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail and etc. Fill up all the blanks
4. I suggest you create your blog as early as possible to secure an URL. http://sotongball.blogspot.com was taken so I had to make do with rawsotongball (which turned out to be more saucy). Don't try to be funny and use some long URL like http://rawsotongballcrispyandcrunchy.blogspot.com, it's really a chore for people to access your blog.
5. Choose a template, I straight away fell in love with the pink one :p If you're good, you should be able to figure out how to use an external template for your blog.
6. That's it, easier than shoving a dildo up your arse for some of you, or getting some of you guys to bed for that matter.
7. Your very first virgin post: Of course you must the courtesy to introduce yourself to the rest - age, height, weight, race and t/b? Oops wait this's not #sgboy. Just something you want to tell others about yourself. STB gave an opening theme to his blog, what can you do?

8. Click on the Layout, it's good to customize your blog especially on the layout and sidebar. You can easily a new page element to the sidebar like a chatterbox, a poll, links to blogs that you read and etc.

Things to note when you get yourself into blogging:

Font size and color coordination - You won't want your readers to strain their eyes while reading your blog entries.
Originality - Copy and paste from others' works is just so cheap, try to take time and come out with your own content.
Value adding - Be it arousing, entertaining, touching, educating or even boring. Do make every visitor's time reading your blog worth while.
Privacy - Unless you're out and loud and proud, try not to reveal too much of sensitive information like where you stay or shit.
Sensitivity - If you want to write about others in your blog, consult them first before making them special guest in your blog.

That's all, good luck at your virgin blog entry. Do feel free to consult STB if you ever need any help in setting up your virgin blog. Happy Blogging.

Oops, Sotongball might be adding numbers to the already over-populated blogosphere. Hope to see some interesting posts sprouting out.

The One on Gay Fathers

2008-07-07T00:01:00.001+08:00

They are among us. Some of us like them because they are exotic and usually provide no string attached fun filled with pure lust; rest of us avoid them because the morality in us thinks that we are helping them to commit literal adultery. But, what is it like to be a father and husband, yet having preference for the taste of cocks? Sotongball sets out to find out more from the perspective of a married man.

Sotongball: Tell me more about being gay and having a child.
Married Man: Having your own flesh and blood, is nothing like adopting one, or taking up pets, he's someone that grows in you. You have to go through the whole process: the trisemester, the birth. Sure, your dog will run to you and wag its tails at you, but it's not the same.

STB: Why do you compare the difference between having a child to a pet?
MM: Gay people, pple who dun get married, they can only relate to having an adopted child and pets being the closest experience. But I can tell you having a your own child is totally different. Life is so much easier if I wasn't married, but I love my kid. Every night when I see him, awake or asleep, it never fails to warm my heart, totally.

STB: Does that mean you get married just to have a baby?
MM: Ya. Wanted to have a few children actually, the horrible discovery is that the cost and the effort to raise a child is not that affordable in the current societal form.

STB: If you would have known that the cost is so expensive?
MM: Yes I'll still have at least one kid. Being a selfish bastard that i am, its a balance between work, family, and extra sex.

STB: Let's not talk about whether it is fair to your other half or not, but did you ever think about what if...?
MM: It's not so simple. The reconciliation part is, it will come when it come. But I do not sacrifice my family time to live my other life. Tat's one of the reason why i thought I should not have a long term relationship. I always come clear with people that I'm married and have kids before we even touch each other.

STB: Do you think that any 100% gay person will share the same sentiment as you?
MM: I don't think my ideas are unique, I have chatted with alot of people in the IRC who are married too. They only meet for pure sex. There are many in IRC who are BLB (bi-married looking for bi-married).

STB: By 100% gay I mean people like me, who do not even want to see a cunt.
MM: Also a possiblity for the pure gays, that is why in the bigger world, there are those who are trying to adopt kids. BUT, its still not the same as having your own flesh and blood. Gays may or may not have craving for off-spring, Maybe they dislike kids, and that's why they are gays? In any case, I don't care to speculate what others think. Why should I worried about whether others have paternal instinct or not? Most of the readers are generally mixed. Those mature readers may have the yearning, but they might not want to try because they're probably already too old. Those young ones should not have

STB: What do you have to say to those critics of your seemingly "selfish" behaviour?
MM: I'll stop comment about you, if you stop commenting about me. You're entitled to your view, I'm entitled to mine. To quote QAF, "everything is about sex". The gays are themselves already being discriminated against at large, yet you want to comment on those who are even more "freakish" in the society. Hypocritical isn't it?

STB: Maybe they think they are not "cheating" on anyone?
MM: What if I out myself to my wife, and child. And they accept it, and they even allow this relationship and allowed to carried on? would that be convincing enough? Anyway, no place in heaven for us, I kinda forgot what the bible wrote... But who cares, as long as you don't steal, kill or rape. My take is that as long as you do not pass on any STD's to your wife,

Sotongball: Any last words?
Married Man: Respect others' privacy and background. You may be loud and proud and have nothing to worry about, but what about the rest? The bottom line is: mind your own business.

To protect the privacy of just any discrete man, Sotongball seeks everyone's cooperation NOT to speculate the identity of Married Man. Just treat it as a generic married man, because who knows STB could have interviewed a few of them. Thank you

The One on Redemption (Part 1)

2008-07-06T00:01:00.000+08:00

The bright lights in the operating room were blinding Sylvester and he had flashbacks of his moments from the past.

Sylvester was four when his parents divorced, he was entrusted to his granny as both parents felt that his presence would be a burden to their social life.

He was very inclined to his granny who took good care of him, but she could never replace the kind of motherly love that Sylvester yearned for.

He was an independent child since then, never caused a worry to his granny.

He had a defiant and stubborn look which alienated him from other kids. He grew up as a loner and mixed with the bad company when he enrolled in a notorious secondary school.

Sylvester started smoking, swearing and cursing every single moment. He felt angry with everyone during his puberty age and fucked his first girl at age 13, who was 3 years older than him.

He also dabbled in drugs at the age of 13 and had his virgin tattoo at 15. He joined gang at the same time and his future seemed destined for doom.

He knew that fact himself too, he hated his parents for forsaking him and when his granny passed away when he was 15, none of his parents were keen to have him with them.

He was put up at a relative’s home after his granny’s death and he could not get along with the relative and ran away from home, slept on the streets and bathed at his gangster friends’ place.

When his relative reported his missing to the police and he was escorted back to them, his relative called his mother and demanded she bring him home.

Sylvester finally followed his mother to her place for the first time in 15 years, excited and worried at the same time.

He got a rude shock when he followed his mother into the one room flat and saw a tall dark man in his 30s, sitting at the sofa.

The man ignored Sylvester and his mother, Sylvester put his belongings on the floor when the man shouted at him, “Don’t put your things here! Put them in the kitchen!”

Sylvester stared at him and turned to look at his mother who was getting impatient and said, “Do what you are told. You will sleep in the hall.”

Sylvester put his bag in the kitchen and wanted to take a shower when the man shouted at him, “Don’t waste water! You can only bathe once a day, think carefully when you want to take your bath!”

Sylvester mother argued back, “Just shut up! Don’t keep shouting! I am going for my mahjong later! You better stop shouting or my money god will be scared off by your shouts!”

Sylvester took a deep breathe and sat at a corner in the kitchen, looking hopeless and glum.

Sylvester started working as a part time waiter in a disco and continued his studies in the day.

He would always dozed off in class and got huge scolding from the teachers who caught him dozing.

His GCE O levels were approaching and he had no intention to study.

But as a brooding good looking guy, Sylvester was the kind of fatal attraction that pubescent girls like.

Because of his good looks and street wise attitude, female classmates would always passed him school notes to read and catch up.

He would either put them aside or at times, flirt with the cute classmates.

He changed 8 girlfriends in that year and flunked his O levels. He decided not to continue his studies and worked in the disco full time till he was called up for national service.

Being combat fit, he was posted to an active unit as a combat driver.
The kind of company he mixed with, were either AWOLees or drug addicts who got in and out of detention barracks like a second home.

He AWOLed twice during his service and was sent to detention barracks and when he finally ORDed more than 2 years later, he again came to a crossroad as what he can contribute to the society.

His mother had left that man and married another man and they had children of their own.

Sylvester’s mother refused to take him in, fearing that he might be a bad influence to her kids.

With no choice, Sylvester went to his father, who had also remarried and was a total stranger to him.

His step mother objected vehemently to him staying with them, in front of him that day when he was at their door steps.

But he was relieved when his father insisted that he stayed with them.

He slept in the hall but his freedom was controlled by his step mother, especially he had decided to go back to the night spots to work.

At times, he just did not want to go home to face the fierce stares from his step mother and would bunk in with his colleagues.

Then one day, he decided to move out from his father and rent a room with a colleague.

They were enjoying themselves tremendously, drinking at their own pleasure after work, slept through the day and took drugs together.

Sylvester got addicted to hardcore drugs and would always craved for more regardless if he could afford them.

He started stealing at the workplace and was found out. The manager threatened to report him to the police but a female patron intercepted for Sylvester and offered to pay back all stolen money.

Sylvester was grateful to the girl and promised her to turn over a new leaf and they stayed together.

The girl was 5 years older than Sylvester and worked as a hostess in a nightclub.

She was supporting Sylvester for a year when both of them started quarrelling over the nature of her job and her on Sylvester not willing to go look for jobs.

She would slap Sylvester when the argument got heated, and there were scars left on Sylvester rugged manly face.

They broke off when Sylvester turned 21 and Sylvester felt lost without the financial support.

He got back to his wayward friends and started working as a runner for a bookie.

The aunties always loved talking to him and get fresh with him, Sylvester would never reject their advances and at times requested for cash in return for his “hard work”.

He got back to his old habits and started gambling and taking drugs.

He started to have gay sex when he didn’t have money to pay for his drug and gamble debts and had to use his muscular body for payment in return.

He did not get too used to the penetration at the very beginning but soon got used to it under the influence of drugs.

He made use of his own body to satisfy his urge for drugs. He also sold his body to both genders to earn more money.

At age 22, he was diagnosed to have contacted sexual diseases and was put under medication to control his condition.

He was approaching for self destruction but continued to live with sex and drugs.

Then one day, he passed out from drug overdose and was sent to hospital by his room mate.

To be continued...

Redemption is written by Covantai, who enjoys writing short stories yet having difficulties finding an avenue to post his entries. For more of Covantai, please visit http://covantai.blogspot.com/

The One on Buckaroo

2008-07-04T00:01:00.003+08:00

If you're wondering: who goes all the way to Sembawang for fine dining kind of Western Food? Yes, you're not alone. Sotongball shared the same sentiment when he sat in NFB's car, driving past Punggol, Yishun, Mandai and so on... and finally arriving at our destination, Buckaroo. No no, it's not a Japanese vulgar language. Sotongball is testing today whether does a picture really say a thousand words:

With this kind of deco in an otherwise quiet private housing estate, who wouldn't spot the restaurant?

First up: Onion Rings...

It's crispy and crunchy, not unlike Sotongball. More importantly the playful presentation of this dish suggests that, to be able to poke through so many holes, you need a really loooooong tool to help.

Next: the Buffalo Wings...

Come in half or a dozen, this is not your typical BBQ chicken wings. It's slightly wet and the zesty and tangy marinate might not appeal to everyone's taste bud. Nonetheless the meat is so tender that you can even break the drumstick from the wings by just using your fork and knife. Good for people who do not want to dirty their jade hands while eating.

Third: Deep Fried Button Mushrooms...

More like GIANT button mushrooms, one can only wish that he can encounter such a big mushroom head in his whole life.

"Try to finish me in one mouthful... Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh"

Last but not least: Spaghetti Ola Ola with Seafood...

This is yummy. Mussels, prawns and fish, stir-fried with spaghetti in olive oil and garlic. The base of the plate is at least half a cm thick of oil. But everyone around the table was trying to console themselves by saying that it's olive oil so it's healthy. Tsk tsk tsk...

That said, Buckaroo also serves your other Western staples: Ribs, Steak, Fish & Chips and so on. Four of us spent around SG$95 on the four items above plus Ribs. If you are bored of the food in town, and have all the time in the world to travel up to Sembawang for some good food and ambience. Do give Buckaroo a try, details are as below:

Buckaroo

12B Andrews Avenue

+65 67542621 OR 64814986

Wednesdays to Mondays

4pm-10.30pm

The One on Heroes

2008-07-03T00:01:00.002+08:00

Yes, yes. There is no gay couple shown in the TV series so far, and no prominent sashaying sluts either. But Heroes deserves to be mentioned simply because of the craze over it since the end of 2007, Sotongball thinks it should be due to the eye candies in the show.

By now everyone should have been able to catch Season One on Channel 5 especially those who do not know how to use bit-torrent, or not resourceful enough for that matter. Heroes reminds us of superheroes TV Series like Spiderman or Superman, multiply the spotlight by 10 or so, we have a myriad of characters with special abilities. Also, instead of wearing funky costumes like underwear outside or over their heads. Heroes features "ordinary people with extraordinary abilities".

The storyline of Season One surely wowed a lot of audiences, initially we see a bunch of ordinary people, going about their ordinary lives, and surely we can identify with at least one of them: geeky office boy, struggling policeman, junkie artist, executive high-flyer, male nurse and etc. Overnight they discovered their special abilities like mind-reading, time manipulating, flight, prophecy and what not. And STB shall not spoil the rest of the story for you.

What makes Heroes so addictive from STB's point of view are the characters in the series. Most of them are not out to abuse their abilities for their own good, but to make a difference to the world. Or as cliched and corny as it sounds, to "save the world". A very bad attempt in trying to make it relevant to us will be the inference that initially some of the character struggled with them being different, or freaks in the society, eventually how they came to accept it and do good to the world at large.

The scriptwriters and director did a good job in delivering the story. Like any good entertainment, nothing is given out blatantly at your face kind of style. The story of Heroes unfolds layer by layer, throw in a few plot twists here and there and voila, you'll be teased to watch the next episode as soon as you have the means to get your hands on it. If only STB can get a man like that...

It's really hard for STB to ramble on and on about the show without showing you guys some substance, here's some sample:

For those who yearn for more, Heroes Season Three will be aired in the US on September 22, 2008. Other than that, you can always fill in the gaps in the plots of the Series, with the side stories in the form of graphic novels over here (I suggest you start from chapter 1). Always good for those of you whose company has blocked out Youtube.

All in all, for those of you who haven't got a chance to catch Heroes. I'm sure you can get the DVDs very easily now off the shelves in HMV, or better still ask around your cliques, there's bound to be someone who has them in his hard disk.

The One on Mr KK (Part 1)

2008-07-02T00:01:00.004+08:00

When anyone asks me about my first gay encounter, I would have told them about the one during my secondary school days with my classmate. Well the truth is that there was someone else...

It was a chilling yet refreshing early Genting morning (about 6.30am), the leaves on the tree had visible dews which was a rare sight for those living in Singapore. A few of us were gathering in a waiting to start our morning prayer session, we were talking to one another about last night's sermon while waiting for the cell group leader to arrive.

Just as we were getting engrossed talking about the upcoming video game that's gonna be release by Christmas, someone arrived at the room. His presence was unmistakable, almost as tall as the door, KK spots a face so handsome and gentlemanly with a thin metal framed spectacles, his build is huggably burly, just like a gigantic Pooh bear which I soon realized it was his favorite cartoon character.

I instantly recognized him - exactly one year ago at the same event I almost had the chance to know him but instead I was shy and stranger to the whole contingent, I was still a stranger one year later. But this time round I got to know a friend (T) who happened to be my brother's schoolmate, so in some ways I was eased into the group.

T: KK, this's STB from Singapore, his brother was my schoolmate.

KK: Nice to meet you STB, I'm KK.

STB almost fainted at that point, luckily he could muster all his courage to mutter back some greeting to KK to make himself seem less anxious.

STB: Oh I remember you: last year you were giving a talk on Creation vs Evolution.

The group of us spent the whole morning in prayer and worship. I couldn't help but noticed that KK had a husky voice that some aspiring male DJ would dream of, every word was pronounced with diction, without any hint of his nationality and most importantly it was natural and deep. So far he sounded as good as he looked.

When we were back to our hometown, feeling empowered and refreshed. The group invited me to join them in their regular soccer and makan session. I thought to myself why not since I do not have much friends in my hometown and as birds of the same feather flock together, at that point of time I liked to hang out with them just as much as I like to hang out with my PLU friends currently.

As Christmas drew near, the festive mood was felt for the first time by STB as prior to that he was not exposed to the joy of Christmas parties. His family did not celebrate it and to him it was not even a holiday since the whole of November and December was holiday for him anyway.

STB followed his new-found friends for Christmas shoppings and late night suppers, as these guys were "cultivated" to make strangers feel welcomed, STB did not feel left out at all though he barely knew them for over a month. Occasionally, KK would appear for dinner or supper after he knocked off, and over time STB got the chance to talk to him more and more. KK was easily the most lovable character in the group and everybody sort of looked up to him.

As the group went for a mission trip few weeks back, they were busy coming up with a presentation video for the mission trip thanksgiving ceremony. STB was somehow enrolled into the production team due to his knowledge in IT skills. KK was also involved so all the more STB did not decline the invitation.

to be continued...

The One on Old Place

2008-06-29T00:01:00.005+08:00

After a whole busy week of of packing and unpacking (which accounts for the absences of so many posts over the past few days), Sotongball has successfully shifted to his new fridge. And he want to give thanks to the Old Fridge that has housed him for one and a half years.

Let me give you a little tour of the old place especially to those of you who did not have a chance to visit me before, for one reason or another ;) :

Once you walk into the house, you'll be greeted with a rather empty but spacious living room. Of course the PLU magazines on the rack at the bottom left hand are at your disposal to entertain yourself as a guest in STB's place.

A slightly different angle from the door, toilet on your left and kitchen on your right. STB's room is just right to the kitchen door.

Yet another different angle on the living room. You can see the dining table and of course the infamous balcony where Romeo meets Juliet... not.

Here's the balcony where STB used to smoke at, I mean, get smoked. No no no, STB don't smoke cigarettes, and neither is he adventurous enough to "smoke" at his balcony too.

Now here's something true: that's the white "Glass House" whose occupant is a bachelor in his early 40's tops. During Christmas the guys were standing at the balcony overlooking a bunch of guys who were in the Glass House. I guess either side is just waiting for each other to display their rainbow flags so that we can cross over.

Here's Sotongball's room, it is as neat as it can get and I'm sure a lot of the BWers has seen the worse of it. Really, why STB likes his room so much is because he rarely spent any time in the room. It's for him to sleep, change, surf, TV and tabao sex.

Last words to my old place,

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to experience what is it like to pay for my rent and expenses.

Thanks for being very close enough to town yet spotting a low rent.

Thanks for giving me a neighborhood full of queers, especially the good friend living diagonally across.

Hope the next tenant will love it as much as I did.

Farewell

Sotongball wants to thank the friends who had helped him to move: Chat, Buaya, Seekstock, LupCheong and OralB. And also NFB for giving STB a gift for his new house ( of course more gifts are always welcomed from the rest ;P )

The One on Chat's Birthday

2008-06-29T00:01:00.000+08:00

Yes he does not want me to interview him for whatever reason, but Sotongball thinks this good friend of his deserves to be mentioned in STB's Blog during his birthday.

Of course it's none other than Chat, aka Btm40/41/now 42 :) Those of you guys who do not know him probably do not go into the IRC channel. As Chat is not a registered member in the Blowing Wind Forum but he is always logged onto the chatroom thanks to 3G connection and Nokia E Series.

So, the four of us went for dim sum brunch in 幸福飲茶 (Fortunate Restaurant) in Toa Payoh on a Sunday morning, after torturing him to stay up together with us who were playing MJ. In the evening, bunch of us went to having 崇慶火鍋 at Beach Road. Followed by coffee in Starbucks.

Here's the makeshift "cake" we came out with for him:

As secretive as he is about himself, even the closest 3 of us did not know about his birthday till half an hour before midnight, well it also revealed how "unconcerned" we are, so the other Two please tell me your birthdays like NOW. I hope Chat has truly found a place where he belong, no more loitering alone in Orchard Road (as we can always hang out with him), no more church hopping (he's too occupied to do that now).

To make up for the absence of Singing Saturday this week, Sotongball will dedicate a song for Chat my good friend. May you prove to other gay men in Singapore there is a happy ending for singles over forty afterall. :)

光良－勇氣

Verse 1

终于做了这个决定
别人怎么说我不理
只要你也一样的肯定
我愿意天涯海角都随你去
我知道一切不容易
我的心一直温习说服自己
最怕你忽然说要放弃

Chorus
爱真的需要勇气
来面对流言蜚语
只要你一个眼神肯定
我的爱就有意义
我们都需要勇气
去相信会在一起
人潮拥挤我能感觉你
放在我手心里你的真心

Verse 2

终于做了这个决定
别人怎么说我不理
只要你也一样的肯定
我愿意天涯海角都随你去
我知道一切不容易
我的心一直温习说服自己
最怕你忽然说要放弃

Bridge
如果我的坚强任性
会不小心伤害了你
你能不能温柔提醒
我虽然心太急更害怕错过你

Happy Birthday, STB will make an effort to remind you of your "mission" by singing this song every KTV session we go to. ;)

The One on Rent (the movie)

2008-06-26T00:01:00.003+08:00

For any modern musical fans, you should have heard of Jonathan Larson's Rent. Sotongball is not those atas and civilized type who attend all these productions in the Esplanade, (though he had the privillege to perform in the concert hall numerous times) but he does enjoy a couple of good cinematized encores of musical productions.

Sotongball first chanced upon Rent's Seasons of Love in his college choir farewell practice. The intro never fails to captivate you right at the start:

link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Py_HRW-zg6k

Then, like any gay man with good taste, STB's soon-to-be-ex housemate has a vast collection of non-porno gay materials. So on a bored Sunday afternoon, STB decided to borrow his Rent DVD.

Rent reminds me of the camaraderie in the sitcom series Friends, it talks about the lives of 8 friends staying in modern New York City. Instead of the hehe hahas all the way, Rent encompasses a darker tone with bunch of outcast characters.

The story touches on the harsh reality of life. From the fear of eviction (we know how burdensome rents can be when we live outside), to being a carrier of HIV/AIDS from drug abuse. In the midst of all this abyss, it is comforting to watch the characters not living in despair and whine about their sad sad lives. But they are filled with hope and even the motivation the make a song out of every situation (duh, it's called a musical...)

People like us will love this movie for the fact that it features two homosexual couples, two men with AIDS, 1 black + 1 drag queen); and a bisexual slut with her Harvard grad lawyer girlfriend. Their relationships are quite apparently not the perfect happy-ending ones but one that most of us can identify with: tolerance for your bf's compulsive behavior, acceptance for who your other half is and sticking together no matter how bad the current situation is.

Besides, the soundtracks in the movie are quite listenable and each fits into the mood of different scenes nicely. STB's favorite soundtracks from the movie includes: Seasons of Love, No Day but Today, I Should Tell You and I'll Cover You.

In conclusion, Rent touches on many aspects of emotions. For sure, it might not be everyone's cup of tea. Nonetheless, if you're interested in watching the movie or listening to the soundtracks, do feel free to drop STB a message.

The One on Rating

2008-06-25T00:01:00.001+08:00

On the scale of 0 to 10, 0 being a total put off and 10 being an object of worship, how would you rate Sotongball in terms of him in bed?

Yes, similar question had been posted to me during the potluck on Sunday and of course I would not answer the question in front of everyone especially when the person is around too! So in the end I had to do the alternative forfeit which is to gobble down two curry puffs.

It is rude, utterly RUUUUUDE to rate someone. Because to each his own, one can be a 10 in someone's scale and a 0 in another's. It all boils down to the evaluator's taste and preference (and fetish perhaps). To make life more interesting, even someone's taste and preference can change over time as he grows more experienced, accepting, wise, self-aware or even desperate.

Ok morality aside, sometimes we just want to know how Sotongball rates his beaus (kaypoh!).

So I've came out with a template that you can follow too, let you guys rate yourself lah:

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First impression
Physically, is he my "type"? +2

If he is my type and I am his, does he play hard to get? +1 if no

During the sex, does he...
Have a clean minty breath whether or not he smokes? +1 if yes

Know how to use less teeth and more tongue? +1 if yes

Flexi? +1

Moan manly at the appropriate time? +1

Have cheesy hotdog? +1 if no

Have backsides that give skid marks? +0.5 if no, +1 if no and hairless

Have a gold mine? +0.5 if no

Know Sotongball's 2-flexis-who-top-who-btm rule? +2 if yes

Bite my titties? -1 if yes

Tickle me at the wrong time? -1 if yes

Have BO and do not know how to mask it? -1 if yes

Only expect me to "service" him and just lie there like dead fish? -2 if yes

Say he's flexi AND he's scared of pain so don't do anal or that sort of excuses? -1 if yes

Even suggest to do it raw? -2 if yes

After I came, does he...

Cum quickly shortly after? +1 if yes

Want me to jerk him off and take his own sweet time to cum? -2 if yes

Ask me whether want to swallow his cum? -1 if yes

Ask me to swallow or lick my own cum? -10 for "swallow" or -5 for "lick"

After the session, does he...

Give me a really good, satisfying and not too long smooch and say "I enjoyed it" +1 if yes

Just disappear into the shower? -1 if yes

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Score capped at 10, there you go, now you see how can some people get a zero from STB. But that does not mean that STB hate you, it just meant that you're not his type and stop trying to hit on him. Well, you'll be surprised how some of STB's zeroes turn to out to be more close to him than STB's 10s.

The One on Nintendo Wii

2008-06-24T00:01:00.003+08:00

If you do not know what is the Nintendo Wii (pronounced as "Weeee", not "why"), you must have probably been living under big gigantic rock for the past 2 years or so. Even old folks around the world are hooked onto the Wii (I'm dead serious!) Sotongball is so proud of his mum who has zero IT knowledge and interest when she finished her first game of Wii Bowling.

Since its worldwide launch in December 2006, the Nintendo Wii has sold more than 10 million units up to date, Nintendo outsold its competitors (namely the PS3 and Xbox 360) to become the leading console of this generation's console war, walk-in-a-park style. It is also the only console that has sticked to its US$250 price tag since launch day.

A quick look at this humble console's specs does not really explain well why is it selling like hotcakes everywhere:

Outdated graphics card only on-par with XboxV1 and PS2
Lack of High-Definition image - maximum output of 480p resolution
Only a SD Card slot, lack of storage
Limited multimedia capabilities

The points just mentioned above shows the Wii's limitations in even catagorizing itself as a next-gen console just before it was launched. However, Nintendo took the term "next-gen" towards a different direction, by introducing the motion sensing controller aka WiiMote.

Just like how the click wheel of the iPod does to MP3 music players, the Nintendo WiiMote make new interactive ways of controlling games feasible. The WiiMote can be a sword, gun, baseball bat, steering wheel, golf club, tennis racquet, magic wand, cue... ya you should get the drift.

I may as well just let the video below do the explanation:

For graphics whores like STB, the Nintendo Wii is definitely out of the question because the graphics are nowhere near the realistic HD graphics of the PS3 or even the Xbox360. Wii truly shines in the games that utilises its motion sensing WiiMote, games like the bundled Wii Sports will get you hooked for a week or so and can easily entertain your guests at home, hence the term "casual gaming".

For serious gamers, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Kart and Resident Evil 4 will keep your lust for the AA list games fulfilled. Full backward compatibility with all the classic Nintendo and Sega consoles allows you to relive the nostalgia of playing Street Rage or Golden Axe via the Virtual Console in Wii.

Though much cheaper than its counterparts in countries like the US and Japan, the Nintendo Wii is not that much cheaper than a PS3 or a Xbox360. A Wii bundle in Singapore can easily cost SG$500 while Xbox360 Arcade and Pro sets are only SG$399 an SG$499 respectively, while a PS3 40GB cost SG$570~599.

All in all, if you like hosting people for parties at your place or you want to get yourself or just anyone into the gaming world, get a Wii and hope that you won't accidentally break a jaw or two with the violence swinging of the Wiimote.

The One on Hosting

2008-06-22T00:01:00.003+08:00

Having invited the BWers to his place for potluck and dinner a couple of times, plus going to others' place for gatherings. Sotongball realised the importance of being hospitable to the guests that you invited to your place for any kind of events. It ensures that everyone is having a good time, and more importantly new guests will feel welcomed.

To be honest, STB must thank his grandmahler for giving him the opportunity to learn, so really STB is just posting on behalf of his grandma. As his grandmahler holds house parties (CNY, Birthday, Mid-Autumn, Xmas) every quarter of the year and lucky STB is forced to be the receptionist every time. Nonetheless, STB wants to share with you guys a few pointers to ensure that your guests enjoy the house gatherings that you plan to hold.

Here's how you can be a better host/hostess:

Do's

Send out invitation in advance, about 1 week for casual events like impromptu gatherings and up to 1 month for important dates such as Birthdays and Festive seasons.
Intro each and every guest to one another, you won't want any particular guest to spend the whole evening trying to figure out the perfect pick-up line for this new stranger at your place that he fancies
Entertain your guest so that they won't feel bored or leaving. If you don't know where to start, read this. Alternatively you can just buy a Nintendo Wii.
Use disposable plates and utensils. Yes they are not really environmental friendly and costly. But you want to washing up at the end of the day - washing up CAN be very depressing
Serve your guests the first drink as soon as they arrive, it's basic gesture to acknowledge their arrival.

Don'ts

Do last minute cooking. No point inviting people over and you spend half the time in the kitchen trying to prepare the food. Cater or organize a potluck.
Allow your guests to go into your bedroom unless you're OK with them knowing which brand of condoms and lube you use.
Try to cram 40 people into a 4 room HDB flat. Manage your guest list and invite only those who matters.
Spread around that you're having a BIG party at your place, unless you want people to hate you for not inviting them.
Openly give out the details of where you stay

There you go, hope you find this useful. The rest I guess it's left up to your experience and service level. Do remember to invite STB over when you have your house parties. :p

This post is again dedicated to one of my close friends who happens to be having a mini potluck at his place this afternoon. Hopefully he reads this in time and do try not to be too conscious about it k?

The One on "Who Can I Love"

2008-06-21T00:01:00.001+08:00

我大概花最少時間寫作禮拜六的內容。我想介紹的第一首歌是蘇東丸的最愛K歌－許志安的《我還能愛誰》

為何是蘇東丸的最愛？大多數是因為他可以輕易地唱出歌里的每一个音調，而不必冒著走聲之險。更因為曲子可讓你以歌聲情緒化，而不用耍一些誇張的動作。最後，歌詞描述的是一個人被甩了，不知所措，無法再愛另一个人。聽本人言：只有懂得放開，心才有空間來容納下一個。

我還能愛誰 - 許志安

睡梦中的人不了解我的累

我也不原谅你的美

它让我体会这个世界真的有

十全十美却无所谓后悔

会妥协的人不明白我自卑

就像我不容许我气馁

我真的以为要感动最完美的玫瑰

如果要奉献我眼泪

除了你谁都不能给

[Chorus]

见过你的美我还能爱谁

我一路的追意冷却不心灰

我的世界走不出你背影的范围

没有你会面目全非

会妥协的人不明白我自卑

就像我不容许我气馁

我真的以为

要感动最完美的玫瑰

如果要奉献我眼泪

除了你谁都不能给

[Chorus]

见过你的美我还能爱谁

我一路的追意冷却不心灰

我的世界走不出你背影的范围

没有你会面目全非

我还能爱谁

[Bridge]

放弃其它玫瑰

这是一种愚蠢的智慧

困在只有你的堡垒

享受讨好你的滋味

[Chorus]

见过你的美我还能爱谁

我一路的追意冷却不心灰

我的世界走不出你背影的范围

没有你会面目全非

没有你我还能爱谁

For English readers, this's the rough translation, please don't expect Sotongball to translate the whole song!

I probably spend the least time to prepare for Singing Saturdays. The first song that I would introduce to you guys is of course Sotongball's all-time KTV favourite: Andy Hui's Who Can I Love.

Why is it STB's favorite song? Well mainly it's because STB can hit every single note in the song comfortably, without straining his throat like how a chicken is strangled. And with this song you can be very drama with your voice and yet to just sit poise on the chair. Also the song talks about one in his post-breakup state, lost and hopeless in finding ways to move on. Well, all I can say is, once you learn to let go, you will make room for the next one.

The One on Half-Boiled Eggs

2008-06-20T00:01:00.000+08:00

We shall start Foodie Friday with Sotongball's favorite breakfast staple, the humble and yet satisfying half-boiled egg, dare I to say "just like fried sotongballs"? :p

It has served Sotongball well during his junior college days in providing him the protein that he needed to replenish, whether it's good or bad protein it really didn't matter. I remember when I was young my mum used to discourage me from eating too much half-boiled eggs because it is not fully cooked and unhealthy. But I guess since young Sotongball has realized his liking for the texture of the half-boiled eggs or something similar.

In Sotongball's humble opinion, half-boiled eggs taste the best when they are runny, the yellow egg yolk must be in whole and the egg white is white yet not so volatile. Neither should both the egg yolk and white be hard at all. A perfect example would be the picture shown below:

Sotongball has visited a few local coffeehouse chains such as Ya Kun. I would say most of the outlets has mastered a SOP of how to prepare the perfect half-boiled eggs up to STB's standard. Places like Ya Kun and Toast Box never failed to deliver so far. But STB has been very very disappointed with Killiney's eggs, the egg size is small and the yolk is hard and powdery, and it costs frigging 1.50, most expensive of all!

If you're boiling it yourself in your neighborhood coffee shop or at home, just put it into boiling hot water enough to cover the whole of each egg, and set your timer to between 4 and 4.5 mins. And voila! you get a STB's approved pair of half-boiled eggs

Just like how to approach a man, there are many ways of eating the half-boiled eggs. Some like to beat it till everything is a mess of yellow and white (can really look like cum with pus :p), some like to dip their toast into the beaten half-boiled egg (does sweet kaya toast even go with salty half-boiled eggs??), some like to use the teeny-weeny spoon to scoop their eggs, while some simply like to slurp it all the way till the last drop.

Sotongball's way of eating the half-boiled eggs:

It's a given that the eggs usually come in pairs
Cover the top surface with a thin layer of pepper
Drip one and a half teaspoon of soya sauce all over the eggs, try not to use the super salty one.
Beat ONE of the egg yolk and spread all around the other unbeaten one.
Slurp half of the mixture, go ahead be unglam and make as much noise as you like
Gulp the whole unbeaten egg yolk into your mouth, careful not to smell too much of the pepper and sneeze
Rupture the unbeaten egg yolk in your mouth and feel the explosion of taste in your mouth. Mmmmmmmm.....
Slurp the rest of the mixtures

There you go, a fulfilling experience of eating the half-boiled egg, a bit blown-up I know... Maybe you can try this method the next time you have your half-boiled eggs, which I'm sure it will be pretty often. ;)

Sotongball initially planned to visit a few coffee joints that sell soft-boiled eggs and take pictures of good and bad examples of half-boiled eggs. But failed to do so because as soon as the half-boiled eggs arrived at his table, he couldn't even remember to take out his camera but to pay full respect to the half-boiled eggs.

The One on Sex and the City

2008-06-19T00:01:00.006+08:00

What better way to start Tube Thursday with the movie STB watched for 3 times in the cinema? Once with BWers, once with my fellow hairstylist and once with Mr Not-So-Big (body size-wise), I can almost replay every single scene in my head.

Tell you guys a not-so-secret, STB has never watched a single episode of Sex and the City series before, one of his exes was promoting the series to him but he was still green in the gay scene so all he wanted then was just men, not some cunts who bitch about how bad their sex are.

So he had not much expectations at all when going into the cinema.

As soon as the movie starts, STB was trying so hard to keep himself from grooving to the catchy opening theme - Labels or Love by Fergie. He sat through the show laughing most of the time, digesting the themes half the time, and almost fight not to tear at one scene.

Laughing is because of the wickedly funny scripts, STB's top 10 favourite lines:

(SPOILERS ALERT! You might wanna skip if you still haven't catch it)

"Color? Well I can't color enough. I would color all day...everyday if I had my way I'd use every crayon in the box" - Samantha
"But I'll tell you this: When Big colors, he rarely stays inside the line." - Carrie
"Sorry my dog ran up your dick... I mean, deck!" - Samantha
"Jesus honey wax much? Charlotte is married but she's not growing a nature reserve. I could be on a death roll and not have that situation." - Samantha's triple play!
"Am I not a little old to be called your boyfriend?" - Big
"From now on you shall be called my manfriend." - Carrie
"I guess when you stop trying, things happen" - Charlotte
"In some household, fairy tales do come true" - Carrie
"I'm 41 and I still don't know what's sex" - Miranda
"Good guys screw ya, bad guys screw ya. And the rest of them dunno how to screw ya. Trust me I've done my homework" - Miranda with Samantha

The theme explored was obviously the cliched LOVE, with lots of designer brands at the background makes you think it's actually a fashion show with a storyline. It gives an alternative perspective of really how there's a second, third, fourth, countless chances in every situation, whether with the same person or not.

The tear jerker came with the scene when this song is playing, anyone with similar sentiments?

All in all, Sex and the City is THE gay movie on the year. Anyone who has watched it can't help but feel good and full of hope. Sotongball labels this movie as a Must-Watch for any chick-flick, romance lovers, or just about any gay man who do not wanna feel left out in group outings conversations.

Sex and the City is still showing in the cinemas, with limited time slots (1 per day). STB actually had to produce his ID when purchasing the tickets over the counter. Compliment or insult?

The One on Mr Rebound

2008-06-18T00:01:00.007+08:00

For those of us who have gone through a few relationships, this should be familiar to you. For those of us who haven't, it's best that you know about it now first.

Embrace it or hate it: it is totally unwise to go for someone who has just gone out of a long term relationship. More often than not, Sotongball has seen so many friends of his who dated post break-uppers, just to see them being ditched after just a few weeks of dating. These unfortunate friends of STB had just been labelled as Mr Rebound.

People who just broke up are often more emotional, either still missing or hating their ex. Some even just sub-consciously want to quickly get back into a relationship for the sake of being in a relationship, whether they wanna admit it or not.

The emotional ones should be easy to spot: Those that got ditched will always be talking about how great their ex was and blames themselves all the time for causing the break-up; Those that did the ditching will probably be bitching to you the whole time about what a whore their exes were.

Therefore, no matter how much you like that person or how long have you waited for him to break up so that you can be with him. Trust me this emotional state of him will be either be a put off for you or you will be most likely discarded after his feelings for his ex die down.

And those that rush back into another relationship probably can't bear to stay out of a relationship for too long. To Sotongball, each break up is a time-off break from a relationship. To really take a step back and examine what went wrong throughout the whole relationship and how we can make the next one better, occasionally I do witness some couples got back together after taking a break. Rushing in to another relationship immediately will just let the same old history repeat itself.

Sotongball's advice on how to avoid having a Mr Rebound situation:

For the break-uppers:

Take your time to get over the relationship that has just come to an end, before embarking to find a new love. People says the time to get over someone is usually half the time you were together with him.
Hang out with your close friends more, after all ever since you got attached you have been neglecting this group of friends who matter more sometimes and they tend to take your whining better.
Stop wallowing and start reflecting.

For the suitors:

Give them time to heal, DO NOT rush them
Be a passive friend to them rather than aggressively pursuing them. Do not harbor any expectations or you will end up getting hurt the most.
Don't be sad if they find someone else, cause most likely that someone will be Mr. Rebound.

This post is dedicated to a friend of Sotongball who just broke up over the weekend. STB almost rushed back to KL to check whether you're alright but decided against it. So I guess the most I can offer will be over the MSN support for now.

But I won't forget our promise of making you my beau if you're still single 6 to 12 months down the road! :p

The One on PlayStation2

2008-06-17T00:01:00.003+08:00

Many of you guys who are in the know surely would ask why did I kick start my Techie Tuesday with the Sony PlayStation2 (PS2). After all it is already considered the last generation of gaming console and everyone should be talking about the PS3 now. Well, if you're truly a gamer, you would know that the PS2 is far from being extinct or casted into the museum of great gaming consoles, PS2 hardware sales is still going strong.

Furthermore, this is the first gaming console that I first bought, and I think close to 500 hours of my life had been spent on it ever since I bought it in 2003. So definitely there are a lot of sentiments with me and the PS2. Last but not least, it was the only Playstation console that launched with a vibration-enabled controller bundled.

Launched on March 5, 2000 in Japan, the PS2 has climbed into record sales of 127 million units by end of 2007, almost comparable to the combined sales of 140 million units of the iPods which was launched in the same year.

It has gone through 2 major facelifts since the original model, from the squarish PS2 to the PS2 slim to the current PS2 slim with built-in power supply.

What made the PS2 shine is really its vast library of games available, coupled with *ahem* method, literally thousands of video games are available at your fingertips. It has literally any possible genre of games that you can hope for: from the staple Japanese Role Playing Games, Action Adventure, Fighting, Racing, Sports to the quirky Dance Dance Revolution and EyeToy series.

Probably half of you already got put off by the unfamiliar lingos that I have been using, well too bad I already tried to use as simple terms as possible for non-gamers to catch up. Go borrow your nephew's PS2 or better still buy one second hand set to try it out yourself.

A quick search in online second hand market yields the results of a couple of modified Fat PS2's selling for more or less S$150. Why Sotongball recommends you to buy a second-hand set is because the now-discontinued Fat PS2 has less over-heating issue; and also very likely the console is already wallet-friendly as modding had been banned in Singapore.

Below is STB's recommendations for each genre of games for the PS2:

RPG: Final Fantasy X and XII, Kingdom Hearts I and II, Xenosaga I, II and III

Action: Metal Gear Solid 1,2 and 3, God of War 1 and 2, Devil May Cry 1,2 and 3

Fighting: Soul Caliber II and III

Racing: Burnout Revenge, Need for Speed series

Sports: NBA Live, Winning Eleven

I promised myself not to go into details of any games so that I won't go on and on and on for this post :p Well that's the PS2 for you and hope you will find it a enjoyable console as much as I do if you happen to pick it up - it's never too late.

Sotongball sold his PS2 to his colleague last December due to his busy schedule and has regretted that ever since...

The One on Buaya

2008-06-16T00:01:00.003+08:00

If you're still wondering how will Menday turn out, you can now think less and read more. The first Menday issue cover man is none other than the ever sex crazed animal in the blogosphere, who happens to be my dear friend and hangs out with me more frequent than ever nowadays. Over a Sunday late lunch, Sotongball got a chance to catch up with Buaya.

Sotongball: So, why the nickname Buaya?
Buaya: Because I feel like a buaya, in case you dunno what buaya is, go and check out yourself. I like to flirt, flirting is harmless, its just fun, sounds like cool name too!

STB: By flirting, you mean?
Bua: I dunno, some of you guys say i have laser eyes. I like talking to people, you (STB) should have kena some of my flirting before (STB: hehehe *wink*). Oh I flirt with women too. I only started flirting physically recently when i know you guys (BW members)

STB: So how long have you been in BW?
Bua: Can't remember... Since the Bulletinboard days, not under the nickname Buaya though. Met some other guys there, including my first ex. After knowing him, I stopped going there till just before they shifted to Forumer, didn't realise it has changed so much since.

STB: Now that you have retired from BW, is there anything that you miss about it?
Bua: Nothing much, just that things you guys talk about during outings may not very familiar. I've learnt that I spent too much time in the forum: I could use the time to do something else, instead of waiting for the reply of posts all the time. Heck, I don't even spend so much time on my own blog.

STB: Speaking of your blog, what is the motivation in blogging?
Bua: Originally I just wanted to find a place to vent my frustration, and jot down soem reflections. It's a place to write about my past: sometimes things happen to you and you just wanna record it down before you forget, especially who's who in my phonebook

STB: Hmm, sounds like you got alot of FB's...
Bua: I dun have alot of FB's, just alot of experiences.

STB: Ok, just a rough figure, how many new "experiences" per month?
Bua: I HAVE NO IDEA, I'm not Samantha, and i'm not attractive either. It depends on my needs really, but I would say the past one month had been a productive month.

STB: So what do you think is your best asset?
Bua: It really depends on anyone's perception of "asset". Somebody said I have a very nice voice: over the phone he said my voice is totally sexy and he's crazy all over me; There was also this guy in 1-7 who ignored me totally in the pool, then started to touch me all over after he felt up my legs. For those who has gone deeper, they would say the skill and tool is what they have been looking for.

STB: Any testament?

Bua: For example Br, from my FB series said in the end of our first session that I'm a good fuck.

STB: That was definitely a quotable line. So in your case, what usually turns you on the most
Bua: You mean before any physical contact? or after some physical contact?

STB: Let's start with before shall we?
Bua: Mature, clean and manly look. Sometimes you dun even have to have a good look, its just the way you dress. You'll be surprised how some good-looking people can't even dress well. No.4s and executive wears never failed to turn me on.

STB: After?
Bua: Kissing turns me on one hundred and ten percent.

Sotongball: Before we end this session, how do you want people to perceive Buaya?
Buaya: "Sex crazed chub uncle in his 40s, 50s who goes to Fort Road everyday..." kidding! That's a difficult one, I guess I'm not a sex crazed animal. That's what people usually think i am, i really hope people don't just see me that way. Sex is important but its not everything, I'm just this nice decent innocent guy.

At this point of time Sotongball needed to run to the nearest restroom to throw out :p

Buaya requested for the right to punish STB for any form of misrepresentation. To read more about Buaya's sexual conquest from his first encounter to last night's. Do visit him at http://ibuaya.blogspot.com

The One on the First Week

2008-06-15T00:01:00.002+08:00

Wow, didn't know this blog actually lasted a week, most of my dates doesn't even last that long :p Well hope everyone has been gaining some insights on Sotongball's dull and boring life.

First things first, since I'll try to update my blog on a daily basis. It might be quite boring if I just post about sex all the time... or list down my wish list of gadgets from Monday to Sunday. So, Sotongball decided to roll out a new feature in his blog: starting this week, Sotongball's Crispy and Crunchy blog will have themed days. Yeah just like the saunas baby!

Tentative Fixture:

Menday - Tired and filled up to the brim with Monday Blues? Come and read more about that Man you've been dying to know better! Every week Menday will feature a Special Guest who has crossed path with Sotongball's life, one way or another...
Techie Tuesday - STB is a closeted geek - he doesn't wanna admit being a geek but he carries at least 3 gadgets when he gets out of the house. So Tuesdays will be reserved for STB to comment about the latest gadget that he got his hands on, or sometimes good video games that stimulate him more than some guys that he had met
Wet Wednesday - There are many ways to get wet, from getting caught in the rain, practicing yoga on the bed, to break-ups that make you wet your pillow. STB hopes to touch on topics close to any gay man's heart - Sex and Relationships on Wednesdays
Tube Thursday - Anything from the TV, to the silver screen. STB will try to give his recommendations of all the Big Screen, DVD, TV releases. To give you an idea of what STB like to watch on the idiot box
Foodie Friday - Sotongball being a food himself, loves to eat other kinds of food. Foodie Fridays will recommend all the good restaurants, food stalls and eateries that has helped STB gain a fair bit of weight
Singing Saturday - One music video will be posted every week, more than half of the time is STB's hits in the KTV lounge. You can judge for STB how bad his singing is compared to the original singer if you ever have a chance to catch STB in a KTV lounge
Smutty Sunday - Yes, yes, Sotongball like to interact with people a lot. In order to encourage audience participation, STB urges anyone to send in their recommendations on just about anything: Men, Saunas, Budget Hotels, Gadgets, Albums, Makan Places and the list goes on. Send your entries to sotongball@live.com with the details like price rates, address, opening hours, photos (whichever applicable)

There you go....

Thank you for reading up thus far. Hopefully in a year's time I can come out with a list of favourite entries of all-time.

The One on Will & Grace

2008-06-14T00:01:00.005+08:00

I'm surprised quite a number of queer folks do not know about this comedy series. Set in modern day New York City, Will & Grace features the lives of 2 gay men and 2 fag hags, namely Will, Jack, Grace and Karen.

Will Truman is an anal-retentive clean freak high-flying lawyer. His apartment is where most of the scenes are filmed, in Sotongball's opinion, it sets the standard of how a gay man's

love nest should look.

Jack McFarland is a care-free talentless artist-wannabe who is quite the every bit of a gay man's stereotype: loud and proud, flamboyant, promiscuous and superficial. He always likes to hang out with 3 other characters in the series for free meals and shopping spree.

Grace Adler is an interior designer who likes to eat her hearts out. She is likened to behave like Will's wife sans the sex. Her design firm office is the next most frequent spot where scenes are shot after Will's apartment.

Karen Walker is a filthy rich socialite covered with only designer brands. Her high pitch voice is unmistakable and she has the very lovable wicked sense of humour. Karen works in Grace's firm for zero wage just to find excuse to not be at home with her unseen husband Stanley Walker. Karen has a side-kick called Rosario who hails from El Salvador, she's a domestic helper whom Karen can't live without.

The series ran 8 seasons long with many wonderful Guests Stars appearing in different episodes, such as Elton John, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Cher, Jennifer Lopez, Janet Jackson and many more. With unheard main actors and many famous guest stars often appearing as themselves, you can't help but identify with the feelings these guys have when meeting their idols.

What makes this show outstanding is that it highlights the lives of two types of gay men, one who believes in monogamous love and another who has a different partner every episode. They are both out to their parents and friends around, with almost zero discrimination from their parents and peer. Something we would like to see happening in Singapore but sadly not achievable for all in the next 10 years or so.

Like any other good sitcoms out there, Will & Grace are filled with lots of quotable lines and never fail to make you laugh even if its a funeral scene. So do give it a try and have a common gag with your queer peers from the Award-winning series. Heck, even my straight ex roommate watches it too.

Here are some clips from the series:

Thank you Akated dar for passing me the whole series! Feel free to ask Sotongball for the videos. Now we just need to cross our fingers for Will & Grace The Movie.

The One on Saunas (part 2)

2008-06-13T00:01:00.006+08:00

The previous post has already covered on what you can do in a sauna. Next I'll tell you more about what to expect in which sauna and hopefully you will make an informed decision in your next visit to a particular sauna. Disclaimer: It's not that I am defaming any of the mentioned establishment, I will just give my opinion on it as objectively as possible.

Going to sauna is just like going to your neighborhood food court:

sometimes you eat one dish, sometimes you eat a few dishes;

sometimes you eat alone, sometimes you eat with your friends;

sometimes you need to eat with strangers, sometimes you da bao;

sometimes you straight-away buy from the first stall that you fancy, sometimes you walk around for long time and yet can't make up your mind;

sometimes you eat already, then on the way home you see another stall that makes you regret not looking around longer

The only difference is that you pay a flat entrance fee for any sauna, so it's really up to you to decide how to make your money worth.

Here are 4 of the saunas that sotongball has visited (not in order of preference):

1) Ten Mens Club

Intro: Short for TMC, this is how some of us start to codename saunas as "church" because for TMC's proximity to Fairfield Methodist Church near Maxwell Market. It welcomes all sizes and shapes and carries a flat rate of S$10 for all registered members. Crowds usually come in on Tuesday nights and weekend afternoons.

Facilities: TV lounge, wet sauna, lots of private rooms, vending machine for can drinks

Address: 21 Tanjong Pagar Rd #03-01 (1 floor below previous location of Mox)

2) Shogun http://www.shogun.com.sg

Intro: After changing venue twice, Shogun settles down at Clarke Quay for the time being. The open concept of the place with minimum private room (1 lockable at most) brings out the exhibitionist in you. The owner is pro-active in promoting the establishment to ensure steady flow of patrons around the clock. Check Shogun out on Friday nights or you can opt to stay overnight during the weekends too, chances are you won't be disappointed.

Facilities: TV lounge, wet sauna, and lots of open space

Address: 18A Hong Kong St, S059661 getting there

3) Diamond Health Center

Intro: Diamond used to have a thriving business, with good turnout of crowds, coupled with attractive massage packages. But seems like it is all in past tense now (to be fair I haven't been there in 6 months, even the last visit was less than satisfactory). We came out with a nickname for this once happening sauna - OFH (no prize for guessing the full name). All I can say is: go if you want to enjoy the full facilities of dry and wet saunas, and jacuzzi; or if you're in the mood for fulfilling your social responsibility.

Facilities: Karaoke lounge, gym, jacuzzi, dry and wet sauna, private rooms, TV lounge

Address: #05-01 Sultan Plaza, 100 Jln Sultan

4) One Seven http://www.oneseven.com.sg

Intro: If there's any ideal sauna model to follow, 1-7 is the benchmark for now in Singapore. It probably has all the criteria for a good sauna that Sotongball has listed in his previous entry. The only sad thing might be the police raid case that took place about 5 weeks ago, this might have detracted the regulars from their frequent visits to 1-7. Oh, another sad thing is that the patrons here are less tolerant, don't bother going there if your BMI is above 27 (stocky, cubby, chubby) unless you enjoy 罰站ing.

Facilities: Everything STB ask for in a sauna, with a cafe that serves food too!

Address: 17 Upper Circular Road S058415 getting there

Of course there are a few more saunas in Singapore, just that they never caught STB's interest. Just remember to wipe your mouth after eating.

Sotongball is retired from the sauna scene till further notice

The One on Saunas

2008-06-12T00:01:00.004+08:00

Some people like to call it Spa, sounds more high class and atas. Others might call it cruising place, church, temple, bathhouses, you-name-it.

In Sotongball's humble opinion, a good sauna should possess the following attributes/facilities:

Dry and wet sauna
Hot and Cold jacuzzi
Private rooms with mattress and toilet rolls
Shower points
Condoms and packet lubricants
Clean and white towels
Drinks and snacks bar
CLEAN!
Centrally located
Affordable and reasonable rates (student/NS rates is a must)
Slings (optional)
Theme nights (optional)

Of course the good mix of crowds will come when most of the above requirements are fulfilled, yeah you can't expect your inner circle of friends to go there and support you week in week out.

Used to be one of my favorite haunts, every man with raging testosterone will go there for a sole purpose - sex. (Whether they get it or not is totally a separate issue) on top of enjoying the facilities if any. So, sometimes you might hear people snoring in there, people trying to climb up the doors to peek at others, watching TV shows, or even knocking on other people's door!

Clueless of what to do inside? Haven't been to one before? Let me share with you my SOP (sotongball's operating procedure) in there

Arrive at doorstep, ask whether is there any student rate if applicable.
Make payment, get the keys and towel.
Enter and head straight into the locker room.
Find your local and strip (including your underwear!)
Wrap the towel around your waist.
Take a shower (IMPT!)
Explore the place and crowd
If you see someone your type, try to establish eye contact
If he notices and give you a signal to follow him, mai tu liao!
If he bo chap, don't waste your time, you're probably not his type. Next!
Repeat step 7-10 till you get your money worth either in the open or in one of the private rooms.
When there is no one your type, either lower your expectations, widen your taste buds, or simply enjoy the facility.
Leave the place back to your wife, girlfriend, boyfriend or family. smile

Trips to saunas can get a bit unpleasant, when some of the facilities like the steam room is not functioning well, the staffs were too lazy to clean the stains off the mattress, or some persistent ass who can't stop harassing you despite multiple gestures of saying "NO"

Things to note in saunas to make your visit as worth it as the rest:

Do not linger in your civilian clothes for too long, dress code in saunas are usually birthday suits w,w/o towels and you should respect it
Do learn how to take "NO" as an answer (its not that you're too ugly or anything, its just that the other guy is more picky)
Do be considerate and wipe off any visible stain after you release your load (never do it in the pool!)
Men are on a first cum first serve basis, so don't operate in a communist system

That's all, coming up next will be the review of Saunas that sotongball has been to

The One on Guess the Number

2008-06-11T00:01:00.004+08:00

No man is an island. Is that why Ah Chat, Buaya, Seekstock and I have been meeting rather excessively for the past couple of weeks???

Other than foursomes or orgies (which rest assured we haven't done anything of that sort together yet), there are so many things we can do. Like to dress up Ah Chat, listening to Buaya ranting about his boy, or applauding Seekstock's yet another conquest in his sauna skirmish.

There's only that much sexual encounters with strangers we can share, that many hunks we can look out on Fridae.com personals, that few cuties we can point out and say "your type?" during our almost-daily-people-watching session.

More often than not, there are some more friends who join in our almost-daily get-together. To spice things up a little, and in the spirit of getting to know each other more, one evening I suggested a game: Guess the Number (or 終極密碼 in Chinese)

Game is pretty straight-forward:

Game-master sets a secret number ranging from 1 to 100 on a handphone, eg. 69
The person on the right make the first guess, say... 50
Game-master says "50 to 100"
The second person on the right can only choose a number from 51 to 100 as a guess
Second person may choose any number, say 70
Game-master says "50 to 70", limiting guesses to that range of numbers
The game goes on until someone guesses "69" and he shall do a forfeit.

Forfeit comes in a form of Truth or Dare, loser picks either one.

Truth:

Anyone can ask the lucky guy any one question; and in the spirit of the game the person must provide an honest answer. (Suggestions: which common friend you did with, when was the last time you cummed, most kinky encounter)

Dare:

The loser will be subjected to any kind of action proposed and agreed by everyone, indecent or not. Ranging from taking off a piece of clothing to giving another guy 1-min long smooching session.

And, in return for the loser being honest or sporting, now will be his turn to be the Game-master to set the number and gain one round of immunity.

Trust me, we've gotten to know one another soooooooo much more intimately after one game, saving the need for orgy.

The One on iPhone [update]

2008-06-10T03:12:00.013+08:00

Looks the same as the previous iPhone? Yeah... so what? What's inside this new baby is:

3G chipset - quite confirmed no front camera...
GPS modules - kicks N95's ass
App store - no more illegally jailbreaking your iPhone, now it's more Mac than a phone seriously
(we have yet to find out whether is it carrier locked or not)

More than we can hope or dream of, Steve gave it all to us! You did me proud, mister! Now let's move on to more details...

It's gonna launch in 22 countries (including US) on 11th July 2008
Available in 70 countries for the next several months. Singapore will probably get it by September... but but... (click me) does that mean sooner?
Comes in 4 flavours: Black or White, 8GB or 16GB
Most exciting part? US$199 for 8GB and US$299 for 16GB tops!

Implications implications:

Soon, every Tom, Dick and Harry will be using iPhones in the streets of Singapore.
No more resale value for current-gen iPhone as it will be discontinue and 8GB iPhone 3G is selling for even cheaper price than an 8GB iPod touch! (US$199 vs US$299)
Does that spell discontinuation of iPod touch? maybe not, price for iPhone should come with 2 year contract

That's all I have this morning, I should hit the bed. Hope everyone is as excited as I am about the new iPhone 3G!

The One on iPhone

2008-06-09T20:52:00.008+08:00

On 29th June 2007. Steve Jobs introduced to the world the highly anticipated iPhone. it carries the traditional minimalist Apple industrial design DNA, while sporting yet another new innovation in its interface, namely the Multitouch.

One year has passed since, we have probably familiarized ourselves with the Multitouch interface somehow, through your friends' imported jailbroken (read: hacked) iPhones or the locally available iPod touch. We know that you can scroll through contact list or emails with a flick of your finger, resize photos by pinching them. It is simply too user-friendly and desirable.

Web-browsing on the iPhone was made an Experience with Safari, webpages appear desktoply crisp and uncompromised, like no other smartphones out there. Music was made good-looking (if it's even necessary) through Coverflow.

You have probably heard this a dozen of times: its the best iPod ever, it surfs the internet, it plays music, videos, photos. Oh, it makes calls too! And yet somehow Carrie Bradshaw does not quite know how to work that thing, not that trendy afterall, Parker...

Yet there are some flaws that hurdles the iPhone from attaining the Nokia 3310 status 8 years ago:

Expensive - introductory price of US$599 for 8GB model? I rather invest in a PS3 then... it plays games too!
2.5G - no video calls, no high speed mobile surfing, still 10 years ahead of other phones?
Carrier-locked - to AT&T? no official launch in Singapore puts you in a risk of getting an expensive paper weight anytime.
"Revolutionary" keyboard - I half expected the iPhone to read my mind! kidding!
2MP camera - my 3 year old Sony Ericsson K750i does a better job at this department

Hopefully by tonight, all will improve as Steve Jobs is expected to introduce an all-new iPhone in the WWDC, unless he wants Apple stock price to tumble... Watch this space for more updates!

The One with the Opening Theme

2008-06-09T00:01:00.006+08:00

If Blogs were like a movie... they will all have an opening theme! So why not I start with mine?

Finding a perfect opening theme is really hard if you:

1) Take 5 mins to name your favourite song at the moment
2) Have less than 1GB of songs in your PC
3) Do not own an iPod
4) Do not know what the hell you are writing about

For me, its pretty painless and quick.

As the lyrics suggest:

I'm sotongball, an impressionable person, just following the trend in blogging and hope to make some waves by adding yet another perspective into this already saturated blogosphere.

Contents might be rated R, so if you chance upon this URL, decide for yourself whether you wanna f*** off or read on. What is it about? Please take some time to interpret my upcoming posts.

Meanwhile, enjoy the Opening Theme, cause there will be only one. Will leave it to you all to figure out which movie I watched for 3 times. *wink*

Labels or Love - Fergie (not Britney!)

Shopping for labels, shopping for love
Manolo and Louis, it’s all I’m thinking of
Shopping for labels, shopping for love
Manolo and Louis, it’s all I’m thinking of

I already know what my addiction is
I be looking for labels, I ain’t looking for love
I shop for purses while I walk out the door
Don’t cry, buy a bag and then get over it
And, I’m not concerned with all the politics (?)
It’s a lot of men I know I could find another one.

Oughta know that I’m always happy when I walk out the store, store
I’m guessing Supercalifragi-sexy, nothing to be playing with
I love him, hate him, kiss him, diss him, tryna to walk a mile in my kicks

(Chorus)
Love’s like a runway but which one do I love more
No emotional baggage, Just big bags filled with Dior
Love’s like a runway, so what’s all the fussing for
Let’s stop chasing them boys and shop some more

I know I might come off as negative
I be looking for labels, I ain’t looking for love
Relationships are often so hard to tame
A Prada dress has never broken my heart before
And, ________
I’mma do the damn thing, watch me do the damn thing
Cause I know that my credit card will help me put out the flames
I’m guessing Supercalifragi-sexy, nothing to be playing with
I love him, hate him, kiss him, diss him, tryna to walk a mile in my kicks

[Chorus]

Gucci, Fendi, Prada purses, purchasing them finer things
Men they come a dime a dozen, just give me them diamond rings
I’m into a lot of bling, Cadallic, Chanel and Coach
Fellas boast but they can’t really handle my female approach
Buying things is hard to say
Rocking Christian Audigier, Manolo, Polo, taking photos in my Cartier
So we can’t go all the way, I know you might hate it but
I’m a shop for labels while them ladies lay and wait for love

[Chorus]