Chalet @ Changi (Part 1)

Was a great eye-opener for me. This company retreat was definitely one that is not short on fun in anyway. If I can use any word to describe this chalet, the word would probably be crazy.

Well, what exactly would be so fun about a chalet of 20 guys without any girls? Hahaha. That probably would be the thought of many of us too.

For one, the food was great! The chalet is strategically situated towards the top of the hill behind Changi Village. It's a less than 5 min walk to the Singapore renowned Changi Village Food Centre. Endless servings of guilty food is therefore ensured. Here's some of the stuff we ate at our short stay there. For morning, we have food like Prata and the i-would-kill-to-have Changi Nasi Lemak. Wash it down with a good healthy big cup of Teh Tarik. That completes the morning. Lunch ranges anything from Chicken Rice, Ipoh Horfun, Chicken Cutlet Noodles or Char Kuay Teow. At night, Bbq-ed Sting Rays and Chicken Wings fill our tables and stomach along with the many zhu chao dishes that we would order. This would be followed by a serving of dessert. Are you hungry now?

Ok. Food aside. Day one past with us playing Mahjong, Winning 11 on the PS2, poker cards and Uno. Sounds boring? Not when you have money, liquor and bets involved. Through a stroke of mediocre luck, I managed to win a paltry sum of what Kok Hui called "coffee money". Bah. A tiny profit of $5 from 2 days of crusades at the Mahjong table. Soon nightfall came. I was excited at going out at night. Kim offered to bring us to see ba po. Known as transversites to the english educated. My gosh. They were drop dead gorgeous. Not all of them though. But it's indeed hard to imagine that they were once men. Long legs, slender figure, curvaceous boobs, flirty long hair, adequate make up, and the usual spaghetti top with tight mini skirts and hot shorts, they would have easily pass off as women anywhere. Anyway, the motive of a group of 10 men walking aimlessly round and round the carpark could not have been more obvious. But they did not seem to mind us staring at them. We were not alone. Scores of men up to 60++ years old can be seen gawking at them openly. The look of joy can be seen on their faces when a car stop beside them. Here comes money. But it's sad to see that this is their only form of income.

Supper at the nearby coffeeshop was an eye opener. First time I experienced a brawl! A heated argument between 2 Ah Bengs resulting in one punching the other and a fight using the kopitiam's plastic chairs and tables. Cool or what? They say its common. Oh well. Typical Singaporean. Everyone(easily 20 plus plus ppl) was watching but no one bothered to separate them. Even when the weaker Beng had blood flowing down his face caused by a blow from a chair swinging down upon his head at full force. Only his faithful Lian pleaded with the aggressor to stop. The fight dispersed just before the police arrived. WoW.

We were then on our way to explore the Old Changi General Hospital when we saw a police car parked at its entrance. Outing cancelled. Anyway I certainly would not want anything to happen to the 8 of us going to Thailand tomorrow. Heard that lots of people who return from expeditions to OCGH came back with illnesses. Creepy.

The seconday was productive with an afternoon session of debrief and goal setting for the company conducted by the OC. This was followed by a hearty BBQ session through the night.

Halt! This is not the end of the Changi Adventure for me. It continues but at another time. So here are some of the few pictures that I took. Was lazy to take so much pictures also. Bwahahaha.



Our twin-storeyed bungalow at 45 bucks for 3 nights. What a steal.


Outside- Kiam the future satay man hones his skill by fanning the fire without looking. Pro or not?


Inside- Gravin a.k.a Sushi Master(the hunk in red) teaches his eager disciples The Way.


The Masterpiece- Ta Daa!


PS2-A neccessity of every chalet.


The uninvited but definitely welcomed guest at the BBQ. Cute hor?


Ain't she cute? Couldn't resist another shot.


The result of 4 hours of sleep for 2 nights. A tired Kim.

I enjoyed myself immensly.

Now for Exercise Holiday Part 2. I'm off to Thailand in less than 12 hours time.

And my bag is not packed. This is great.

What I suffer for you readers out there. Be thankful you got such a passionate blogger here ya?

Sawadikap!