Wednesday, December 20, 2006

A Flock of Seagulls

Contrary to popular belief, I've not been building homes and feeding leper children from the slums of Calcutta. Yearend contemplations dampen my magnanimity although its the Season of Giving. A thought for the people of Kelantan, was spared though. Same sex disco dancing is so passe.

Back when A Flock of Seagulls was a singing orgy, I threw a party for boys. It was a Newton like discovery.

What do you expect when the parents had to leave for 2 days and you have one day to organize the party to end all parties and the girls on your list usually need like a week to convince their parents its safe to come over to my place since I wear my sister's clothes because it was New Romantic to do so.

5 guys turned up.

After an hour of square dancing, we thought it wised to merge with another party in the neighbourhood since silhouettes of girls were spotted. It was a merger of almost equals. 12 guys and 2 girls ended up square dancing.

Moral of the story. Make sure your mum and baby sister are away if you dont want the party to end at 10.30.

26 comments:

madnoh said...

I conveniently place all memories of sausage fests in the back of my mind. Way, way back. Even kept a vow of silence.

I still have nightmares.

Anonymous said...

How funny!!!

Btw, the party at my hse never ended at 10.30pm, even when I was 15. Boys and girls stayed till whenever they like...

heh!!!;)

Anonymous said...

you still look very pretty in your sister's clothes.

Leen AshBurn said...

Square dancing?? Good god.

Anonymous said...

how old r u ? 40 ?

Anonymous said...

punch bowl filled with air sirap ke?

Anonymous said...

New Romantic - hmm. A metrosexual cum SNAG eh?

And why wasn't I invited to a partyyyyy?

*skewers Sic6sense with lethal glance*

pugly said...

I don't know which is scarier: you dressed in your sister's clothes or a bunch of fellas in girls' clothing square dancing.

*shudder*

Anonymous said...

square dancing is so last century... you should try line dancing *grin*

Anonymous said...

Hi John Taylor :D

Anonymous said...

maddie, ehhh..you're making it sound worse that it actually is. the only thing we feasted on was cocktail sausages.

dil, nice. cleaning up must be a pain the next day.

babe, i've returned the nail polish though.

leen, it was good indeed. anyone can do it. :p

pantani, nearer 40 than 30 if you must know.

princess, that and cocktail sausages with cheese. kalau ada budget, shandy and satay.

bunny, the clothes i left behind but i do the occasional manicure.

pugly, the scary part was we enjoyed it. lol!

yati, line dancing so auntylah. :D

Anonymous said...

lily lauper, lol! i was a Roger Taylor wannablelah.

Unknown said...

12 guys and 2 girls reminds me of a movie I watched once. I think it was a European production. LOL

Anonymous said...

so what if i'm so mak cik? you're just jealous :-p

john taylor... roger taylor... my fav was andy taylor :-p

Yng Lyn said...

hi roger taylor ;)

seasons greetings.. make sure you hold parties in a haunted house ;)

Anonymous said...

sicko,

Btw, I never clean up.... not too domesticated unfortunately...;(

anyhow, you have a very merry christmas and happy new year!!!

anttyk said...

Ho ho ho. Sausage fests scare me.

Unknown said...

'flock of seagulls' this is truly down memory lane for me,the lead singer's hairdo akin to a pair of wings.

square dance?????????i will gladly jive my shit out in kelantan.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Anonymous said...

tiger, must be a german production. sure got golden shower. :D

yati, i think andy was recently sacked from the group. cant believe they're still around.

lyn, a merry one to you too. then again, you merry the whole year. :D

dil, thanks!

anttyk, personally i prefer dunkin donuts.

daredevil, have a good one too!

Anonymous said...

andy wasn't sacked... he left! anyway... i'm more of an A-HA fan :-p Morten Haarket is still gorgeous! i went to see them about 4 years ago and they were (are) wonderful!

anyway... MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Anonymous said...

i remember guys with those hairstyles would have (and might still have) a round flat plastic brush with the handle (sikat bulat) in the back pocket. from time to time will whip it out and comb their hair, then fingered their 'remos' into shape

Leen AshBurn said...

I hope you remembered to take out the shoulder pads from your sister's clothes. That woulda been, so...salah. Merriest Christmas and Happy HOlidays to ya!

Anonymous said...

Wow - you really feel strongly about this subject don't you? Take it easy - no need to get all wound up...

Anonymous said...

I remember a party someone organised for me in Scouserland.

There were girls (all m'sian students) all right but were like sitting among themselves and the boys among themselves.

I was about to go up to a pretty one when someone pulled me aside. Apparently if you approach anyone for a dance, it was like proposing to go steady with the girl.

I was out of there the next day. It was like a National Geographic excursion into tribal hinterlands.

BTW didn't lose any hubcaps there ... :D

Anonymous said...

yati, Have a good one yourself!

bk, the comb was not just functional but a fashion statement. you were observing as an adult?

leen, thanks sweetie!

anon, not sure what you're on about.

sir cipan, this must have been in the 50s. :D

Anonymous said...

For nostalgic purposes, I give you "I Ran (so far away) by A Flock of Seagulls.

Yup, I ran and ran away, so far away from any memory of sausage fests.