The Meeting of the MLS4 Gen 2

So we have finally had a MLS4 meeting, sort of, except for the family of vid ko who is still karaokaying in Yapunland.

It was a very memorable gathering, and our dream of the Gen 2 playing together finally realized 75% (w/o who else the vid family).

The last time MLS4 lived together under one roof was 1997, and 11 years on here is where all of us are. From ordering hawker food without drinks to having loads full of wonderful kids and beautiful wives. Though we are still ordering hawker food without drinks (in US I can actually order plain water, free one).

Here's the photos for the fond memories:

The little Ian with two jie-jie

The Boyz...The Girlz...Isabelle: "Hmm...I must keep my demure posture and resist the temptation to make funny faces like jie-jie..."VID KO, WE MISS YOU!!

Karaoke カラオケ

Back in the old days, the MLSF liked music and singing. Those days, we couldn't afford the luxury of entertainment. A trip to the karaoke means it was somebody's birthday or we just finished the exams.

I like country music. Leong-kor, I think he liked Leslie Cheung songs. I still remember a particular number that he used to 'lam lui' woo girls. Was it 追? Foonyeh was great with his Alan Tam renditions. Seang-kor, did you do that Ah Niu number. I can't remember.

Anyway, I found out a website where you can sing and record till your hearts content. I did my first recording there. Tried my best to imitate the King with my version of I want you, I need you, I love you. So, what do you think. Off key, off note, or just plain off.

I don't know if there are sites which has Chinese or Japanese songs. Anyone?

The Lords of the LING introduction

Cast

Main character (in ascending merit)

Warrior A - seangkor
The wanton maker (record holder that makes 4 wantons per minute). He is really actually very handsome, like casanova, popular among girls and guys. Famous with his guitar playing and song writing skill. Infamous for his photography cum drinking antic at the Wedding of Warrior C. Had been banished to USA for his scene at Kuantan.
See Part 4 The Battle of the Photographer and the Drunks at Wedding Realm.

Warrior B - foonyeh
Biscuits stealer. Own the first PC that the 4 warriors used to train the art of fighting aliens in UFO. Possess the deadly skill of directing people to the wrong directions. With divine knowledge and interest in Animal x. His most deadly skill is in playing computer games - Diablo, Warcrafts. He was also the #$%^ that set his alarm clock to wake up his roommate so that the roommate can wake him up.

Warrior C - vidko
Possess the gift of heavenly wisdom and the curse of PHDed early. Had been an exile to Japan. A quiet and intelligent story teller. Appear to lead a scandalless life.

Warrior D - leongkor
The relunctant Hero. The most humble, considerate and handsome of all. The natural leader. He wrote this story. Pioneer to and own the first pager, handphone, PDA.

The K-le-fers (without any order of merit)

The Orc - Micheal C
Hobbits - James and Andrew T
Evil Knight 1 - the gold fish seller
The victims - the aunties that were scolded by the photographer

The Lords of the LING

I received an email from my PHDed friend in Japan, saying that I didn't blog for a long time. So I am back. And I bring along my latest work, I am writing a script for a future blockbuster. Here are my draft of the first few chapters of my work. Feel free to contribute or comment. I got a feeling this script will become big.

I am still working on the title of my story. Here is one of my best so far.

The Lords of the LING

Part 1
The Fellowship of the meiLING

A long time ago.......so long ago that handphone was not yet created, when men and boys are still using coin-operated public phone. Evil forces had gather at the land of Mordor. In Mordor, lived my creatures of unspoken evil i.e. James and Andrew the hobbits, Michael C. the orcs and so on. Fearing that Mordor will plunge into ethernal evil, God arranged help and sent many warriors from the land of Aisyalam. Many warriors responded to the call. Some come by scholarship, some by their famaship and some just ship themselves there on their own. Some of these warriors have turned evil and most have been forgotten.

But there the special 4 that came. They are Warrior A, Warrior B, Warrior C and Warrior D. Warrior A, B, C, D were strong, valiant and .................they................................move out............................one day.................


(3 years later)

Finally the 4 warriors couldn't stand the evil place Mordor, and one by one they decided to move out. (I got an insider story, that one of the Warrior instigated 2 other warriors to move out because the former warrior didn't have enough points to continue to stay at Mordor). Hence, the mighty 4 come together to become the Lords of the LING at a dungeon in Meiling Street. (Again, the insider told me the same warrior that instigated the exodus, that got the raw deal to rent the dungeon for 1100 sketels). And the Fellowship of the LING begun......

To be continue........
see chapter 2 (The great Wantons war at Mount Doom)

The MLSM reunion 2006.12.05 (Tue)

After an extended period of absence due to powerful meditation, three of the MLS boys -> men finally met. And what do they do when MLSM meet. They eat. And boy do they eat. All-you-can-eat Szechuan steamboat with not-so-funny "America" joke from captain to boot. Kuet Foon what's the name of the restaurant again. Second guy from left is a stand-in for one of the MLSM who couldn't make it this time. Sorry, had to block out face due to personal request. For the friend who cannot make it this time, next time we meet at House Of Mao@Novena, OK.
And after the hearty meal, the MLSM did what they always do after a good meal. Karaoke! And boy can they sing. Cantonese, Mandarin, Malay, English, Japanese, Rap, Hip-hop, HK heavenly gods, until screen cannot tahan and said goodbye.
Since no personal request here, the other guy's face is open for all to see. Since he does such a good rendition of BeeGees, we will invite him out again next time.

We Were Nerds (not really)

Time flies and before we know it, the meiling street fab 4 has all turned into grown, mature men, blissfully married and with loving families. Thinking back to our “young and wild” days, we engineering students were not considered the hippest in the campus. Heck, we were even considered as “nerds”, just one step above the thick-glasses, thin-haired mad scientists and professors. There were times when all four of us drool over pretty arts/social science girls that dates only athletes or funky art hunks. We the engineering hunks were hidden behind plain t-shirt & jeans, and buried under tons of lecture notes and assignments. At times we enjoyed couple of cheap and diluted alcohol at the el cheapo Guild’s Club, the only in campus disco in the world, and till now we still fondly remember how leong ko got drunk and danced with a horizontally challenged girl, yet insisted she was a beauty when sober in the next morning.
Anyway, fast forward to the present day, though non of us previous nerds have yet to achieve the success equivalent of Bill Gates, Larry Page or Sergey Brin, nonetheless all four of us were considered successful in our own terms, even in highly competitive society like Singapore, Japan and US. Gone were the days when we survived on Maggie mee before exams, gone were the days where we did not order drinks when eating out, even at hawker center right across the street. And the most important thing is that all four of us have married beautiful trophy wives (none of them former art student), and we have proud children that became our new drives in lives. Hats off especially to foon yeh who were, among us, the first father, as well as the father with the most children.
Congratulations guys, I think we have all done well in life so far. Advice to art girls in colleges…behind the plain jeans and t-shirts and thick glasses, lies great treasures awaiting to be explored…muahahaha…

Definition of Meiling Street (cont)

Part 2
As fate has it, these fabulous 4 (hereforth known as Fab 4), young, handsome and innocent, moved together into a tiny crampy HDB flat in the middle of Merlion's heartland. They rented the 2 bed room flat (in the land of the Merlion, it is called the 3 room flats in order to satisfy everyone's desire/imagination to own bigger places) from a dirty old man (ok, not dirty, just old) for a hefty sum of $1000. Due to their inexperience and innocence, they were conned into living in the pig's den, therefore commence the humble beginning of the MLS Fab 4.

Since there were only 2 bed rooms, there was a difficult decision of who is gonna sleep with who (no, not like that you twat). Anyway, all 4 were satisfied with their roomate and were extremely happy about the brotherhood they formed.

Since they were in their NUS (Nerd University of S) final year, engineering school, the 4 supercool nerds started their day with the rude awakening of alarm clocks (x2 each, 8 in total), followed by hasty dressing into engineering school uniforms (jeans and nerdy T shirt,equip with beat up NUS school files and a school bag pack filled with the necessities - umbrella, CD player/walkman and tissue paper), then the jostling at the bus station (can't remember what was the bus number).

At the school, 2 of the Fab 4 would play with hazardous chemicals while attempting not to blow themselves up, the other two would fiddle with machinaries, while attempting to not to cut their own fingers. At the end of the day, all will be back with a tired body and hungry stomach, and they will dine in at their favourite kopitiam, right across the street from their humble abode, at the 2nd floor of the wet pasar. The golden rule of dining out was never to order drinks since they could always drink freewater at home afterwards.
(to be continue...)

Definition of Meiling Street

Part 1
Meiling Street is a place within an island, located between Pacific and Atlantic ocean. Legend said the island was once roamed by a mythical beast - a white skin amphibian creature, that look like a lion that is 20 meter tall. Some folks claimed this beast can shoot jet of water at its prey from as far as 30 meter away. Some said the creature eyes can shoot laser beam, rivaled only by another legend that wear a red underwear outside its pant.

Back to the origin of Meiling Street. Legend said Meiling Street is a small peaceful area, which has not much history on its own, until that fateful day................4 of them had moved into Meiling Street.

[to be continue]

The Legacy

Dear friends,

This is where you shall put your thoughts and photos so that our legacy can be known forever and ever.

-dav-
for The Meiling Stree Four