Clubbing

Noor en ik in St James

I am starting to see more and more of the Singapore clubs and of my schoolmates when they have been drinking ; )

On a Saturday night Noor, her cousins and me went to St James Power Station, a club in Singapore, some people from my school also went (you can see some on the picture of my last blog). We met some new guys who we first thought were gay, because it was an after party for the Chingay parade. Off course they just played along and waited till the end of the night to tell us they were not gay, they (like us) did not know that it was a gay party until after they went in.

Noor's cousin and her husband (Bob)

Understand why I thought they were gay? ;-)

Anyway because we had so much fun we went clubbing with them again on Wednesday and it turned out that one of the guys was a male version of Noor ;D, same dirty jokes, same showing their food while eating etc etc. It was really funny!
After the club (Zouk) closed we went and sat on a quite bridge and just talked, also because it was Noor’s last night clubbing and the last night I would see her. At about 7 we went and got breakfast and talked some more, actually we probably laughed more than we talked. It was the strangest breakfast I have ever had, talks went from Chinese zombies to police chasing ghosts, to split tongs, Jason had a very nice and long story about how to pick your nose and Noor found it so funny that she fell of her chair laughing. Which off course made it even worse. By that time Sheau and I were planning there wedding and thinking about how terrible it would be to baby-sit their children. And in case you are wondering, YES we all were sober :D

Gongxi fa cai / xin nian kuai le !!!

Happy New Year!, it is a bit late since it has been the “Chinese” new year since the 7th of Feb. On Wednesday night (6th) there was the countdown and then fireworks in Chinatown we went to Clarque Quy to go out. I finally went to a club here. I went with Noor and here cousin, his girlfriend and two other friends of them it MOS (ministry of sound). It was a lot of fun; the dance floor in one of the rooms actually turns around. After the club closed we got some drinks and sat by the canal it got really late and by the time we got home the sun had come up.

The MOS crew


After MOS; I am texting Annemarie

The first day of the new year I spend with Denyse, she is my appointed “buddy”. She is really sweet and outgoing. I went to her house and I got to meet her whole family. They were also really nice to me. I had a lot of fun spending my new year with a Chinese (Singaporean) family, and especially this family. So once again I need to express my gratitude.

The second day of the new year I went with a Dutch /(Indonesian) girl from my class and her friends to East coast beach and then to esplanade to watch fireworks and eat. After dinner I finally got to see Merlion up-close. Then we took a “tourist” boat from there to Clarce Que and then we went home.

Then it was Saturday and time for schoolwork again. I had a group meeting, for a presentation I had on Friday. The presentation didn’t go very well but I think we will still get an A (-). My group was really nice, we are an all girl group with all different nationalities.

I have been going out again too, on Wednesday, its ladies night then. We went to a club called Zouk. They play really cheesy music on Wednesday, 80’s and 90’s hits, and people on the stage do a dance that all the guys follow. It was REALLY funny. I could not see Dutch guys singing their harts out (with the song uptowngirl) and following a dance that go’s with it. Before we went to Zouk I went to a bazaar in school which was also really nice. You got a balloon when you entered, I put it on my bag and kept it there, even when I went in the club, apparently you are allowed to carry balloons inside ; )

OH and Sheau and I got our hall t-shirts!! Yeah now we are really part of hall 4!

I am getting less and less sleep but more and more fun.

Grateful

It has been a while since my last blog. My reason?! The fun’s over ;-) When I am home I have a lot of homework so no time to write my blog, sorry. A lot has happened since the last time I wrote.

Noor aka Noraishah aka Aishah aka Sasha aka Steven is here visiting her family. This meant that I would also visit them. “two for the price of one;-)” I really like her family and I feel really welcome. It is so different from the Dutch. Here I can eat as much as I can (and people who know me, know how much I can eat) without feeling guilty about it. Or I can take a nap while still in their house. In Holland that would be "not done". Anyway I spend a lot of time with Noor and her fam, it is nice to see how they live and get a “family feeling”.



Time is going so fast now but with time I am beginning to like Singapore more and more. I am beginning to build my own life. You know? I get to know more people and do different things, getting to know the school and see school activities. For example we went to a cheerleading competition of our hall (hall 4), we did not win but it was lots of fun, and they were all really good. It is to bad we do not really have these kind of things at the HES (my school). It is really nice to see the team spirit.

KUALA LUMPUR



Last weekend Noor and me went to Kuala Lumpur (KL). We stayed at her “auntie’s” house. (she is actually a good friend of her mom but they call that aunty here) the first and the third night. I really enjoyed it, and again I felt very welcome. We were there from the Friday the 25th till Monday the 28th. We arrived in KL after about a six hour drive (by a very luxurious bus). It was night when we arrived in KL but that didn’t stop the family (including the 5yr old kids) from taking us out, eating and shopping etc. Noor’s “cousin” Nazirul drove us everywhere, which was really nice. We went to sleep at about 4.30

26th> We woke up late Nazirul picked us up, we went to the twin towers and shopping. We had dinner (I had a huge hamburger).  Nazirul brought us to Aglam's house and waited for us to get ready (see pic). At night we went out with a friend of Noor (Ahlam) we also slept at her house.

27th We woke up late again, at about 16.00 Nazirul picked us up and took us to Times Square (there is a rollercoaster in the mall!!). After we went to China town to do some more shopping than we went home, makan (eat). 

Then Nazirul took us (night) fishing, can you imagine Noor and me fishing ;-D?? I always learned you had to be quiet. The fishing was really fun we played cards and ate Durian. I did not really like it, it was ok but it has a very strange structure. At one point Noor and I really needed to pee but there was no toilet so Nazirul had to drive us there, We (Noor and I) were so happy to find a toilet (I thought) but when we got to the stall there was a HUGE spider (the size of the palm of my hand). We were too scared to go in the stall and called Nazirul out of the car to take away the spider but he decided it was too big and we went back in the car (4.30 in the morning) to find another toilet. Luckily we found one and after that we could go back to continue to “fish”. Off course nobody caught any fish, but it wasn’t less fun because of it. After fishing we went home but we were lapar (hungry) and tak ngantok (not tired) so after a wile we decided to go out again (in our pyjama’s) . We went and had teh tarik (a special tea with milk and sugar) and ate noodles, while seeing the sun come up. When we got home some people already went to work/school and we passed out on the floor in the living room.

28 Last day KL
Tidor, tsidor, tidor (sleep, sleep, sleep) than we left for the bus stop. Arrived at the busstop there were 2 busses there, the “stuart” told us we had to go in the back bus. So we waited but at 18.40 there was still nobody there and the other bus was getting ready to leave. We found this strange since our bus was suppose to leave at 18.45. We asked the personnel from the other bus (again) and he said it would be ok, we just had to wait. So when the first bus left and the personnel of the other bus arrived we found out that we were actually suppose to be in the first bus!! Lucky us, we had the same
“stuart” as we had on the way to KL so he recognized us and told us it was an extra ride and there were only six people on the bus (dubble decker). Since nobody had “vip” tickets we could sit downstairs. It was GREAT!! Check the pics, it looks more like a hotel than a bus!


                                           

Grateful
During this trip I am realizing that I am (and should be) really grateful for the opportunities I have of studying here and doing all these things. That I should be really grateful for the way Noor’s “family and friends” are treating me and allowing me to be part of their live, if only for a short time. So if any of them will ever read this; THANK YOU!!