Eat, Drink & Be Merry!

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming : WOO HOO! WHAT A RIDE!"

The author of this phrase must really be an advocate of that other phrase "Eat, Drink & Be Merry!" But isn't this what life should be all about? Isn't eating and drinking the "sun" around which we all orbit? Think about this for a second --->>> When we're happy we drink to celebrate; When we're sad we drink to drown our sorrows; When we have nothing better to do we drink to occupy ourselves; When we're stressed we drink to calm our nerves.

In a Law-Full society such as ours, it should be made mandatory that we all consume at least a pint of beer or a bottle of wine a day. After all, Wine is made from fruit and Brandy is distilled wine so that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the delicious goodness right? And Beer is also made out of grain which is definitely healthy. I mean who would ever say that fruits and vegetables are bad for you?

My folks used to tell me that they'd put about 10ml of Benedictine Dom into my milk when I was a toddler cause it helped me sleep. I believe they had other plans in mind, but that's for another blog altogether. I decided to try this on Charlie one hyperactive night and all I have to say is this: GOD I LOVE MY PARENTS!!!

Way before our illustrious forefathers discovered the marvels of water purification, ale was the "drink of the day". No one drank anything but that. No one would be foolish enough to try anything else. With all the pollution that we're facing today and that huge hole-in-the-sky getting larger by the day, shouldn't we start bringing back this practice? I say that the government should seriously consider merging the Public Utilities Board with Asia Pacific Breweries. Imaging turning on your tap for ice-cold Heineken! Now that's what I call beer-on-tap!

I've got a buddy who's finding himself "spiritually" in Bali. Shouldn't be too difficult considering that Bintang Beer is only S$1.50 a bottle. I think it's about time I headed to my fridge for a "spiritual reunion" myself.

Eat, Drink & Be Merry! No guys I said BE MERRY not BE MARY! Ladies you can BE MARY if you want.

Cheers!

Our Saintly Lives...

We go about our mundane lives not really understanding half of why we really do what we do. Sure there are lots of us who think we've got it all figured out but one day when the wall crumbles around us, we realise that the piece of vinyl canvass and wooden scaffold just doesn't count as a sturdy wall.

We fill our lives with things we hold dear (at least we think they're dear) but fail to realise that everything material is just that - material, bio waste in our infinite universe. Well, at least I know I do.

Singaporeans (permanent residents included - you know who you are!) have the 5Cs? I have the 6Cs --->>>
Car (Small one)
Cash (not much left)
Condo (uh HDB also can count lah right?)
Credit Card (almost all maxed out already)
Career (I NEED A NEW JOB!!!)
Charlie

That's my little boy by the way. My pride, my joy, my ever present companion, my vacuum cleaner, my interior re-designer (bite marks are really the IN-THING), MY NEXT MURDER VICTIM!!!

Someone once said that there are 2 certainties in live - death and taxes. Till we can argue intelligently with this fact, I think I'll agree for now.

Chug-a-lug!