Why must Arthur Guinness choose September 25th, 1759 to sign the lease for his Dublin brewery?

As to cause, 250 years later, a poor guy names James to stop studying in the middle of a night, in the last few days of his crucial study week, to go out and have… beer!!

It was Arthur’s Day yesterday! And it’s gonna be my final exams the day after tomorrow! RAWR!

I had been anticipating September 25th for quite a long time ever since the ads of this incredible ‘worldwide celebration’ were flooding cinemas and TVs and websites everywhere…

Friends had been inviting me to join partying with them on Arthur’s day and everything was all hot and going… And then only to realize a month ago that it would be only a mere couple of days before my final exams!

3 days before exams… That’s so great, Arthur. 

But then suddenly, it was announced that the Black Eyed Peas were coming to Malaysia as KL was to be one of the five cities in the world to host this celebration!

And the greatest and most unbelievable surprise of all, our dearest government, who attempted to ban alcohol sales in certain parts of the country, who fined and caned a model and mother simply for drinking beer, and who had initially banned all Muslims from attending the concert, had suddenly gotten to their senses in the last minute and allowed anyone above 18, Muslim or non-Muslim, to see the concert!

(Although it was approved on the grounds of encouraging tourism LOL, but that’s beside the point…)

See that’s the power of the Black Eyed Peas and Arthur Guinness’ black beer combined!

So if a huge miracle like the government compromising and allowing beer concerts and not arresting Fergie for not wrapping herself up all the way from the neck to knee should happen, who the hell cares about exams??

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For two-hundred-and-fifty remarkable years… TO ARTHUURRR!!!

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*Drinks…*

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*knock*

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P.S. Whoever named Arthur should be very happy on Arthur’s Day. When do we get a James Bond 250th anniversary?

Met up with old-time mates – David, Glen and Steven a few days ago.

(Although this photo was taken ages ago… )

Now all of them, except Steven, are working. And it has been years since we have hung out together.

They may look all good and nerdy on the outside, but believe me, they are some of the craziest people and fun friends I’ve ever met!

Being old-time clubbing kakis, we went to MoS last Saturday night.

With this being a catch-up gathering, I can’t believe that my camera decided to forsake me and refused to be switched on!

Out of battery on this special day where the four of us finally had the chance to go out together once again!

Especially when the venue is a place with extreme low light conditions, where camera phones simply don’t function well!

Anyway, still tried to take photos using camera phone…

I can still remember the first time I came to MoS, I wasn’t even 21 yet, and I was lucky enough to be let in… But this time around, especially weekends, identification checks were all in place, and Steven who totally looked like an under-aged kid was I think being checked twice!

With a stroke of luck, my housemate Alvin and some of friends, including foundation studies friend Soo Wai, were there as well!

Yeah I know can’t see a thing in the picture, but Alvin’s the one next to me and Soo Wai’s the one next to Alvin.

Alvin did something naughty that night! Kekeke… *keeps quiet*

Anyway, Steven, the super insane heavy drinker, totally drank like almost half of all the liquor that we had; and for the record, our experience of drinking with Steven had given us really crazy memories!

Memories like him lying drunk beside a drain while we had supper, confessing to a girl that we didn’t even know too well, as well as throwing an entire guitar from his apartment window all the way down into the public swimming pool on the ground floor while he was drunk!

Not crazy enough? Check this (unrelated) video out. Steven being smacked-down by Jon!