Malay's birthday

I went to the casino! But I didn't gamble =)

Yesterday morning I went to the gym for rehab and finished up on the bike as normal. I then went for a hair cut (finally!) because I didn't want to look like a bum for my hearing on Tuesday. I told the lady to just cut the sides and back, and she cuts all over. Oh well. Dumb and Dumber haircut all over again.

I then went home wanting to shower, but the tub was being used by my mom to clean something, so I waited for her to get home. I went downstairs to wash my car, and got it all sparkling clean again. I used a bit of touch up paint on the front right arch which makes space for the tyre because it had been scratched a bit. Not saying my dad did it, but I can't remember doing it.

Even after mom got home, I decided I didn't have much time left so I drove out to work to get a bit done. I had half read a case on Friday and for some reason I had the urge to finish reading it. My access card didn't work for some reason, but luckily some guy was driving into the car park, so I just walked in. He asked about me and I showed him my card, and then he said I should use the doors.

Don't you think I would if I could you fucker?

I snapped back at him that they weren't working and walked to the lifts. I did sort of finish reading the case, but then there were some repetition which I couldn't be bothered figuring out which was repetitious and which was not, so I went back home and had a shower.

I headed to the gym again for rehab, and couldn't believe how long I was in there for because it was time to pick Malay up. He had messaged me asking if we could go a bit earlier, so I rushed to get home and asked him to wait for me at my place. Unfortunately there was a lot of traffic, so I got stuck a bit, but finally saw him at my place, so I went up and changed and then we went to my car.

We got stuck in traffic too, but it was a good time to talk. I don't think he really wanted to go to the casino because he doesn't like gambling, but he was too nice to outright say no. I probably stuffed it up in terms of organising, but G being a dick didn't really help. So yeah, that's my excuse. I was actually trying very hard to hint to Shuing to organise it, like asking him where he thought we should go and that, but he never took up the hints. I thought he was the best person since he had the most time on his hands now.

When Malay questioned the choice of venue via messaging, I said no one was gambling, we were just going for the buffet. And I was adamant about that - at least for me.

We were stuck in some really bad traffic but finally made it to the city where he had to stop off for a bit to pick up a usb drive. We then went to the casino and were about half an hour late. We met with Shuing who was close to arriving as well, whilst the others were already there.

They said they were lining up for the buffet, so we went to the line and the lady stopped us. Shuign said we had friends waiting in line already so she let us go. Turns out that they were actually waiting in line downstairs, that's how long the line was! I walked back out with my head down and we joined them at the bottom.

I found it a bit hard to get talking with them at first. I think Thai was upset we were late, but Brain was just...Brain. It didn't take long before we made it back upstairs, but there we waited a long time in the line. G suggested going somewhere else which pissed me off, and Shuing said it wasn't a good idea because then we'd just end up wandering around and saying let's go back to the casino, lol.

I noticed Brain was dressed almost exactly the same as Malay: white shoes, jeans, grey jacket with a white shirt underneath. It was pretty amazing, lol. I sent Shuing a text about it and he checked it and called me an idiot because Brain was right behind him, but he didn't see it.

As we edged closer to the front, Shuing, G and I discussed how the money would be split up to cover for Malay. It was $40 per person and $46 per person to cover Malay. You got a 10% discount if you were a member. After much discussion, we decided the best way would be to pay individually and then leave the change to the next person, which would eventually add up to cover Malay. Shuing chucked a bit of a fit when he thought there was potential of him paying more than his share (which I call a long standing tradition). I thought it was a bit childish of him, but maybe he had a point, lol.

I told Brain the plan and he looked back at me like "why are you telling me? I'm just one person. If you tell others and they do it, then I'll follow". I got pretty pissed off right there and then. The guy just has no sense of direction at all.

Anyway, when we got to the cashier, I got my discount but then G and Shuing couldn't get theirs because their cards didn't work. Shuing had a bit to say to the guy but didn't create much of a scene. Funnily enough, Scope's card worked, lol.

Even after paying we had to wait in line. I couldn't help but glance continuously at the lady organising the tables, she was fairly attractive. Or maybe the fact that she was busy at work made her attractive.

We eventually got our tables, and as Shuing noted, it was in the same area that we were in last time we were here. I felt a bit disappointed to be sitting away from Malay, but didn't say anything. When I came back with my food, I noticed he had changed seats to sit next to me. I think it was Shuing's doing.

My plan for the night was to get small fillings on each trip so that I didn't fill myself up too fast, and to go easy on the carbs because they weren't worth much and filled you up a lot. But I couldn't help but go for chips and gravy a bit, hehe. I think on every trip I made (three) I came back with gravy on top, lol.

I sat opposite Thai's wife, and noticed that, as always, she was quiet but made herself appear to be happy just to be there. In that sense, she was similar to Eva. I tried to make convo with her, but it had to be general since her English wasn't very good.

As we ate, I noticed G had built himself up a bit of rubbish on the table. When I said something, it got everyone's attention and G was like "well where am I supposed to put it?" He then did the unthinkable and placed a serviette on top of the pile, as if it would cover it up and no one would notice, LOL! It was like trying to cover up a corpse with a napkin. I seriously wondered how this dude has a girlfriend and got so many dates from the online dating site, when I can't even get one. FUCK!

One thing I noticed about Shuing was that he always wanted to know everything. Maybe he thinks it's about him or something, I don't know. But like sometimes I would just make a comment to Malay, and Shuing would pick it up and ask what we were talking about. Or when I joked that Brain (who was sitting next to G) could pretend he didn't know G by asking him "excuse me sir, but do you have the time?" and Shuing missed it but kept wanting to know what we were laughing about.

Malay and I made a few trips to get food together. He was on some adventure to collect as many types of potato as possible, lol.

Towards the end, I saw G shift to his left and sneeze onto the ground without covering his mouth. The old man at the table next to him looked at him for a long time, and I seriously thought he was going to say something. Far out. I give up.

When we all reached dessert, I made a bit of a fun time out of asking people who had jello's to turn it upside down for a photo, hehe.

We were all pretty much stuffed by the end (as expected). The long running joke about G's pile of food kept going, and became more realistic as time went on. The staff there were very quick to pick up dirty plates, but they seemed to make a conscious effort to not clean up that mess. When we stood up to leave, Malay said one of the cleaners just stood there looking at G's mess. My half of the table, on the other hand, looked pretty damn clean.

I wanted to go for a walk around the casino to watch. When we entered initially, I saw that a lot of the place had been renovated. In a way, it brought back some memories, as if it was a basketball court I used to play on a lot. But then I saw the roulette tables and thought that everyone playing was stupid. For a second, I saw it in a foreign light.

But we ended up walking out, and my plan was to go bowling, so we did, but Malay came with me because I had to move my car. I told him that I was afraid Shuing was over-analysing everything and creating tension where there wasn't. For example, he reckons Ele hates him just because he beats her in poker. But I guess the truth for me is that I fear how accurate his analyses are. While we were lining up at the buffet, he said he wanted to pay after eating so he wouldn't end up paying more than his share, and started telling me that it was a legal right and that everything else worked that way where you pay after the service. I said not everything was like that and suggested prostitution. He asked me how I knew...

Anyway, I found a golden spot which was really close to where the bowling alley was. I think Malay wasn't really interested in bowling either. He said it was a "Michelle thing" to do, and just wanted to sit around having a coffee. It worked out in his favour anyway because the bowling place said we had to wait half an hour, so we just decided to go downstairs for a coffee.

We ended up getting stuff from this ice cream shop which also made coffee. I didn't buy anything mainly because I didn't feel like anything, and also because I figured I'd try to save some money seeing that I'd paid more than my share for the buffet but didn't say anything.

So we sat around the table talking, and I was taking the piss out of G by teaming up with Scope to say that Woody from Toy Story was real and that he had no way to prove otherwise, lol. Then we got talking about Michael L's facial expression in every photo, how it's always the sleepy look. Even at his own wedding, he had that look. I don't get it man. And I don't get why Eva likes him. I don't get any of this shit!!!

Malay could see that Thai's wife was getting tired, so he suggested leaving, which we did after a few more minutes. G took Brain, Scope and Shuing in his car, and I took Malay, Thai and his wife.

It wasn't as boring as I thought, because we just joked about pedestrian lights and trying to piss off other drivers. It probably wasn't the best night we could've had since I seemed to pick everything Malay didn't like, but I guess at the end of the day, all that matters is that we were all together.