No no, I do not suffer from that problem at all. In fact I’ve mastered the technique whereby I’d zone out, breath in through my mouth (cos you don’t want to breath in with your nose in a public loo) and breath out. If you do it right, you’d be relaxed enough that when you breath out, the pee would come naturally as well.

Failing that, there’s the other technique of waiting until you really have to go. So when you get up to the urinal you’d be gushing away like a wide opened tap (cool imagery, I know). However, you got to time this right because if you are already bursting at the seams and there’s 10 guys in front of you, chances are you’re gonna pee in your pants right there and then.

Or you can risk the humiliation and the disgusted looks by going into the ladies. But guess what though? Usually the female toilets are more packed than the mens – why must they all go in pairs?!

So the technique is to give yourself a little buffer of time – go when you do have to go, but also when you can still wait for around 5 minutes. How to get this right? Practice my friend. And I have been going into the toilets at the clubs for a long time to know what I’m talking about. Wait that didn’t come out right …

Yesterday was the first time that I used my VIP card at The Cott, a good 4 months after I’d bought the card. And it was worth it.

The queue was one block long at 5pm and was not moving at all. Usually to avoid such a scenario we would go quite early at 3pm. Yesterday we just walked right up to the VIP queue and got waved straight through. Sibeh shiok.

Unlike clubbing in Asia, the way it works in Perth is that you either queue or you buy the VIP membership – being friends with the bouncer doesn’t help you at all. Everyone gets treated equal, which can be good or bad depending on how you look at it.

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As I’ve mentioned previously, the crowd is mostly white and preppy. Amongst the hordes of blonde Paris Hilton clones (again, can be good or bad depending on how you look at it ), I saw a girl who looks like Tara Reid, pre-boob job and pre-Wild on Tara skankiness. That made my day. I drove home with a grin fixed on my face.

Mmm, Tara.

Alex and Paul – Australians of Romanian and Scottish descent respectively. Paul’s maternal grandmother is part-Dutch part-Indonesian. He’s mixed up alright

Deeane – Australian Vietnamese (Chinese), Simon – Australian Chinese (parents from China), Lydia – Singaporean Chinese

Yvonne, my cousin- Australian Chinese (parents from Malaysia), Marella – Australian of Bosnian descent, Elaine – Australian Chinese (parents from HK)

Dima, Nishan, Ruvinda – Australians of Sri-Lankan descent, Edweena – Malaysian Indian (Sikh)

Simon – Australian of Italian descent, Reucas my cousin – Australian Chinese (parents from Malaysia). Bandmates.

Kim – Malaysian Chinese, Nadia – Singaporean Indian (edited 7:56am – she’s terribly confused, read her comment )

Amy – Australian (dunno of what descent, never asked! ), and me – Malaysian Chinese.

I’ve also been fortunate enough to have worked with a diverse group of ppl including the Irish, the English and the Scottish, as well as an Australian-Croatian, a Chinese (China), an Australian-Filipino, Australians of Greek and Italian descent, a Bangladeshi, Indians, Japanese and of course Australians of Anglo-Saxon descent.

To me, ppl who close off their minds towards other cultures because of prejudice only disadvantage themselves.

One human race. One planet.

Technorati tags: multiculturalism, Australia, anti-racism

Similar pics to those that I’ve posted on Singapore Day 1 Pics, except these are from June’s camera. You’d notice an obvious “rounding” of my face as I post the rest of my holiday pics up.

We were waiting at a junction waiting to cross the road. We looked across the road and saw 2 girls kissing. Simon and I drunkenly yelled out, “WOOHOO!” Guy next to us said:

“Lesbians, mate … they are only good for a root. They are not good as girlfriends.”

Woo, how profound.

As tagged by Re | Me. Post title stolen from her.

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Four jobs you’ve had in your life:

1. Dishwasher at Edward’s College, O’Connor, Perth (my parents operated the canteen)
2. Newsagent counter-clerk at Court News, West Perth (owned by my parents)
3. Waiter at Penang Kopi Tiam, Kardinya, Perth (owned by my parents)
4. Restaurant manager at Mix, Nedlands, Perth (my restaurant)

Four movies you could watch over and over:

1. Die Hard
2. Hard Boiled
3. When Harry Met Sally
4. Cruel Intentions

Four places you’ve lived:

1. SS2 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
2. Marcus Avenue, Booragoon, Perth (what are the odds?)
3. Garland Court, Kardinya, Perth
4. Stewart Way, Kardinya, Perth

Four TV shows you love to watch:

1. CSI (all 3 of them – ok I cheated there)
2. Law & Order (all 3 of them – ok I cheated here again)
3. House, MD
4. Grey’s Anatomy

caveat: Asking a TV addict to just choose 4 favourite programs is unusual torture. I’ve left out programs on Foxtel and have restricted myself to shows that are on air now. Suffice to say, I watch a lot of TV.

Four places you’ve been on holiday:

1. Tokyo, Japan
2. London, UK
3. Singapore
4. Sydney, Australia

caveat: my parents loved to travel when I was younger and I’ve left out many places that I didn’t organise the trip to myself.

Four websites you visit daily:

1. Bloglines (by extension all of the blogs on my bloglines – ok I cheated again, sue me!)
2. News.com.au
3. Sydney Morning Herald
4. Dilbert

caveat: a limitation of 4 is once again too little for an IT professional. I’m v. scatter-brained when it comes to my web-surfing. I also read a lot of tech sites and other international news sites.

Four of your favourite foods:

1. Peanut-butter on toast – every morning since god knows when.
2. Nissin instant noodles – favourite flavours are XO-sauce and Tonkatsu
3. Steaks – medium-rare
4. Fried Kuay Teow

caveat: and many many more … why limit yourself when the world is your smorgasboard?

Four places you’d rather be (I’m gonna give this a twist):

1. To eat: Penang
2. To party: KL/Singapore (I’m not good at keeping to limits )
3. To immerse in a gigantic cultural melting-pot: NY/London
4. To do nothing: a beach in Langkawi (because it’s still unspoilt and the tourists are not overwhelming), a hot-spring anywhere in Japan (oh-so relaxing and quiet)

… because there’s no place I’d rather be, to live than here in Perth. Not only because I’ve got my family and good friends here, but also because it has a little bit of the 4 things that I’ve listed above.

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I am not gonna tag ppl because I don’t tag ppl with memes – some don’t like it, and when some don’t do it I feel all rejected.

I caught up with some ex-colleagues for lunch in the city today. Damn I miss working in the city. Mostly because I don’t get to see smartly dressed women where I work at the moment. All I get are young uni students. Damn the injustice of it all!

*sigh* Guess I will just have to make do with what I got.