News From Halloween Weekend
November 3rd, 2009
on the first night of the halloween weekend, my roommate Piglet (she picked this pseudonym on her own!!), one of our suitemates Monkey, and i all got into a big fight. i had honestly wanted to just stay in with some soup and catch up on Grey’s Anatomy and post-midterms sleep, but the big buttery blocks of tension in the air thwarted that plan. so i half-heartedly dressed up in my costume and met some friends at the same bar we were at for halloween last year, basically The Bar of our university. it’s where we all had our first freshman year party, used our fake I.D for the first time, had / will have our 21st birthday celebration, spend every Halloween … i guess one could say it’s an institution. just remember not to eat there during the day, when it sunlights as an Italian restaurant.
it was a good, long night filled with many laughs. i didnt drink as much as i did last year, but everything else was exactly the same, except we were all a year older. it felt just like yesterday that i was prancing around The Bar in my very short sailor costume and Martian was being quite grumpy about it. i remember seeing all the same faces a year ago, and what they were wearing at the time. it’s amusing to know that even after a year later, their drunken greetings dont change as they wrap their arms around me to say hi. they say all the same things, in the same fashion and lazy lull.
this time last year, it was colder, and i loved school so much more than i love it now. i was so bright-eyed and excited about the novelty and the abundance of everything. now everything has the sanitized bleakness of industrial-sized something. it’s been a long story, which perhaps warrants a whole new post of it’s own. dont worry, i’m happy — it’s just that i constantly struggle to reconcile two polar parts of myself that seem to grow apart in distance more and more each day. apparently, it happens to all of us.
as i was leaving The Bar, i dropped by a 24-hour pizza place to get some food for myself and Piglet. i knew she’d be hungry, and that she was ready to kiss and makeup after our big stupid fight, so i got us some soup and three slices of pizza that we could have while watching a korean drama (Autumn Tale, or Autumn in my Heart, to be exact). i was having some trouble balancing all that food in my hands as i was walking back to the suite, so i sat down. i chose to sit down on that stone bench in front of Furnald, right at that very moment, to arrange the paper plates of food, and on a whim, i chose to take a bite out of one particular slice of pizza — the ziti one, that was basically pasta-on-pizza.
that was how he stopped to say hi. “this is a really funny sight, a yellow duck sitting on a bench eating pizza.” that smile. that stunning smile. “it looks good, by the way. where’d you get it?” and that’s how i offered him some pizza, and we started talking — about pizza, about restaurants near campus, about hong kong, about how singapore and malaysia split in 1963 and the different versions of that story (he knew the real version, which was impressive), about universities built on lakes, about the selfishness of people from our school (or at least just the undergraduate student body, which i am in, and which he is not in), about selling out (which he did, which i am on my way to, it seems), about politics, about religion, and life. before i knew it, we’d finished all the pizza and an hour had gone by. it was really cold that night, and i wasnt dressed in very much, but i wanted to keep talking. i jokingly said to him that men are so simple: you offer them some free food and they sit with you to talk about nothing at all (or plenty) for an hour. he laughed, but walked me back home.
pictures from halloween weekend!:
#1 i walked into The Bar and saw this guy, and i thought he was dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan (it was dark; i couldnt see the yellow of his outfit!!). i thought he was trying to be ironic, so i found it really funny and laughed. he didnt understand why, and finally he explained to me that he was really dressed as a Brown Mustard bottle. hmph. that’s just so in your face -_- the irony would’ve been funnier.
#2 yes, i was dressed as a duck! i thought i may as well, since everyone thinks i remind them of a duck (?!) and i love ducks anyway. this is me with julie.
#3 julian and david, who both dressed as CEOs, haha. they came in with a bevy of office ho’s too!
#5 stephanie and julie. so pretty <3
#6 these girls were next to our table, being completely rowdy. we started talking, and i complimented one of them and said she was really hot. she replied with, “well yes but no one’s been hitting on me tonight!”
#7 Posh Spice. i asked her if that was her little gucci dress, and she said – “huh?” clearly not a true Spice Girls fan…
#8 it’s ALI G!!!!
#9 and then people started wearing my hat. this is alex
#10 and bikram. yes, like the yoga
#11 A, who is so boobilicious <3 sorry, the more unique names are gonna be truncated as always... i'm being googled way more than usual lately by people from school, so i'm getting a little nervous. locked my twitter as well, but feel free to request permission. i add everyone.
#12 isnt she totally adorable
#13 us with BRUNO!!!
#14 with the pi delta psi guys + singaporean girls
#15 he was a condom -_- i didnt understand, even when he started charging at my groin headfirst. i thought he was a trash bag…
#16 and this is the bartender from The Bar!!! he came dressed as a barmaid :D :D
#17 and he posed for this picture so willingly. it was his idea, even. GLEE!
#18 A and i. she came as a flapper
#19 his name is actually Gabriel
#20 the mighty morphin’ power rangers!!! when the green ranger was still around. taken during the pi delta psi halloween party, which was so packed i got my foot stepped on twice and burned by a cigarette as many times.
the second night of halloween was spent at the above frat party, where i didnt take anymore pictures, because i was (miraculously — given the sardine can conditions) wrapped in conversation. the third night of the halloween weekend was spent in … Boston! pictures to come soon. for now, i have to study for my huge macroeconomics midterm that’s happening in exactly 24 hours :(
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1. Voon | November 3rd, 2009 at 8:20 am
wow i miss all these dress-up themed parties. im trully old T_T
2. Voon | November 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
why got 3 halloween nights one. not fair. i spent mine cooking hot pot and drinking beer and singing beatles with bunch of men. >.<
3. claudia | November 3rd, 2009 at 8:35 am
hahaha the bartender is the best hahahahahahaha
4. candlelyn | November 3rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
everybody love your duck cap,LOL.cute~
5. sheon | November 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 am
siapa itu lelaki yang bersembang dengan kamu di kaki lima sambil makan pizza?
posh spice is hawt!!!! hahaha….the condom charging at your groin! haha…exactly what i did when i was dressed as a sperm!!
6. Patricia | November 3rd, 2009 at 9:41 am
i enjoyed reading this :)
7. bs | November 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
no pics of pizza guy?
8. KY | November 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
looks mighty fun!
9. sweatlee | November 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 am
i miss you :( i saw the police and sailor costumes of yours at mongkok. how i love thee.
10. bananatan04 | November 3rd, 2009 at 12:54 pm
gah. horrid picture!!!!!
btw, stealing universal remotes is a favorite past time of most dorm peeps. LOL. though i’ve never heard of stealing from a suite. common lounge definitely.
11. Lisa Cheah | November 3rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm
The duck costume is just sheer brilliance! I loved it! Haha! :D
Good Luck on the midterms!
12. TikTsin | November 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
quack
13. howzan | November 3rd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
last year i said your costume looked like donald duck.
this year you dressed up as a duck. haha!
the irony…
14. CraSH | November 3rd, 2009 at 3:13 pm
2 Little ducks that i once knew,fat one skinny one 2 by 2, but the 1 little duck, with a feather on its back, he ruled the others with a quack “quack quack”
Down by the river they would go,wiggle waggle wiggle waggle 2 by 2, but the one little duck with a feather on its back, he ruled the others with a quack “quack quack”….
cute~
15. michelle | November 3rd, 2009 at 4:08 pm
i shall dress up as cleopatra next year! hehehee.
16. smartypants | November 3rd, 2009 at 6:19 pm
aiyuh….what you learnt at ‘duckling’ age still applies!
- never talk to strangers
- at night, try not to linger anywhere alone.
- never take food from strangers (ok..this one is for him)..hehe
17. Ee Vonn | November 3rd, 2009 at 6:38 pm
WOW! Interesting! ;)
18. pinkpau | November 3rd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
voon: haha thurs, fri and saturday night ma! hot pot + beer + beatles + men sound good….
claudia : damn funny to see him serving drinks haha and then sometimes people would put dollar bills into his top
candlelyn : i love my cap! it’s really soft and fuzzy
sheon : saya tak kenal dia sebelum ini… dia seorang grad student kat sekolah saya. HAHA I KNOW! when he told me was a condom i thought of u immediately :D
patricia : glad u did :))
bs : no la! wouldnt it be weird if i asked to take a picture of him!
KY : but it wassss
sweatlee : i miss u too suet li liew :( this weekend i kept thinking abt u randomly wtf
bananatan : but these guys WALKED INTO our suite!!!!! why so teruk wan. anyway we caught him. one of them was an alumnus and the other was a student… WTF. why graduate already still wanna come back and disturb us T___T
lisa cheah : haha i put some feathers around me on the 3rd night! i think that made it look a lot more duckish… the first couple of nights (without the feathers), ppl were still asking me what i was dressed as -_-
tiktsin : quack!! ^___^
howzan : haha that’s right!!! actually if i were donald duck i wouldnt have worn pants..
crash : omg i used to love that rhyme when i was young… he RUUUUUUULED the others with a quack quack quack!
michelle : oh do that!! very easy. dont even need to buy a costume especially if u have a long white dress and those gladiator sandals :)
smartypants : haha he was pretty harmless…!
ee vonn: what is?
19. Voon | November 3rd, 2009 at 7:00 pm
so cheating one! where can 3 days.
no la you’re wrong. vodka + lady gaga + women = strong
20. xiao | November 3rd, 2009 at 7:11 pm
it’s really funny. i saw a soft toy duck that had a head exactly like your hat before I met you the other day.
Now I have to choose between buying the duck or a lobster (boston icon!) for christmas :(
21. pinkpau | November 3rd, 2009 at 8:33 pm
voon : NO
xiao : hahaha, wait, to eat? to dress up in? to decorate house with??
22. Xin | November 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
u look gorgeous with the costume =)
23. *dAwN | November 3rd, 2009 at 10:38 pm
I almost forgot that it was Halloween. :) So I didn’t wish any of my friends in US Happy Halloween!
The bartender maid was the best. He had this “oh mo” look (if you watched Wondergirls’ Tell Me mv, you’ll know what I’m talking about! :P)
24. fatin | November 4th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Gabriel is cute! >.<
25. joiz3 | November 4th, 2009 at 9:28 am
love your write-up on your little encounter with pizza guy. deliciously sweet! ps: i like your duck hat. :P
26. kiasu andrew | November 4th, 2009 at 10:59 am
azn frat.
coming in a “ceo suit” is not a costume.
27. Voon | November 4th, 2009 at 11:02 am
wah don’t angry ma.. pinkpau is the best ^^ ^^
28. Nicole | November 4th, 2009 at 11:41 am
mr.pizza was the highlight of all those fun halloween pics! simple but very sweet! =))
29. sheon | November 4th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
great. a condom reminds you of me. thats just great. well well….
30. WP | November 4th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I love your duck hat!!
And the Power Rangers costumes were a pretty unique idea…though of course you need to be in a group to pull it off!
31. Samantha | November 5th, 2009 at 1:13 am
OMG you looked amazing in the duck outfit. i went as blossoms from powerpuff girls this year, with two of my friends being my sidekick wtf.
the barmaid dude was farneh as. :)
32. ZeekNotGeek | November 5th, 2009 at 1:37 am
Welcome back to the blogging world, Pau!
such a long time since the last update and good luck Macroecons.
i hate economics. :(
33. ZeekNotGeek | November 5th, 2009 at 1:38 am
oh, i mean good luck in your Macroecons.
34. Artie | November 5th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Your power rangers must think of new world order everyday…..thats like the Illuminati pyramid in their hands….
Btw…Wish me happy birthday u wonderful friend!!!!
35. chareli | November 6th, 2009 at 9:12 am
gabriel looked more like some underwear model with wings on!
cute hat! where did you get it??
36. Hasan | November 6th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Aflac endorsement?
37. 1Malaysia | November 7th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Looks like you had a very fun Halloween weekend after all. I’m surprised that nobody dressed up as Pirates. There’s always one in these costumes party.
38. vvens | November 7th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
su ann! that is the cutest halloween outfit i ever see you wearing :3
39. jas | November 8th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Wow, Gabriel is dreamy…!
40. pinkpau | November 8th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
xin : haha thank u! i think that’s the first time i got that compliment this halloween. mostly people just said i was cute :P
dawn : wondergirls? that’s korean, right?
fatin : haha yes so i’ve been hearing
joiz3 : many more encounters to come, when i find the time to write :)
kiasu andrew : neither is putting on a pleated skirt and coming in a naughty schoolgirl costume!
voon : ^___^
nicole : glad u like the story :)
sheon : haha cos you two did the same things!
WP : not that unique la :P they just bought the shirts! someone this year came as a twister board… she painted the entire board onto a white cloth and wore it!
samantha : haha! i know three girls who went as the powerpuff girls once too! but it’s not always immediately obvious. did people guess who you were?
zeek : i love econ! but i wish it wasnt so math-y sometimes :(
artie : I DID
chareli : from a shop selling baby clothes.. haha
hasan : aflac duck is white!
1malaysia : there were many pirates! i just didnt take pictures. many schoolgirls as well. and little bo beeps, cleopatras, firemen, police woman .. etc
vvens : hehe glad u like it!
jas : yes everyone’s been saying :P
41. Samantha | November 8th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
no they thought of me as the girl who wore too much pink!! FML.
42. suki | November 13th, 2009 at 12:25 am
that looks like a lot of fun! :)
43. Irene | December 18th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Nice Halloween.
I see some crossdressers there, but they are not passable.
I am just wondering if girls freak out more on a (i)non-passable, or (ii) passable crossdresser.
What do you think, Pinkpau :)
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