Meow Meow

Lord of the Ring

One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them
One Ring to bring them all,
and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where shadows lie

Nineth of September 2005 is a special day. Siemens invited me to attend a brass concert at the Esplanade. I could not go because its Kerrendor's and Minou's big day at the SAFRA Resort Bungalows! It was a Friday, and I finished work at 5:30pm, played MineSweeper with Silvermist until 6pm. Then I made my way to Raffles Hospital for him to pick me up. The day was quiet and uneventful until Silvermist arrived at 6:50pm, and we bantered all the way to the resort.

The cash card machine at SAFRA was in excellent working condition. It recognised my SAFRA card as expired (expiry is in year 2010) and took Silvermist at least half a dozen attempts before it recognised his cash card as a cash card. We got a nice spot under a tree and found our way to the party - how we wished it was not night yet.

Kerrendor and Minou were officially man and wife when we arrived. We lost no time to congratulate them and help ourselves to the food. When dinner was done, it was time to spring the highlight of the night. Kerrendor and Minou were ushered to the television set where 2 chairs were comfortably arranged for them. The members of "Studygroup" then presented to the newly-weds the mystery gift - it was a Metal Chest! In case you didn't know, Sheylara is the Indian Chief of Studygroup!

Before we allowed the newly-weds to open the gift, we made them watch a video footage specially produced for them, involving members of Studygroup. The video had footages of everybody well-wishing the happy couple, plus a little production depicting the happy future of the beautiful couple. The end of the production had the funny little "NGs" and lots of "Sheylara" in the credits. It ended with a boom: www.sheylara.com

Tears were already swelling in Minous's eyes but she had her mascara to worry about so she swallowed the lump of saliva stuck in her throat and pushed back her droplets of morning dew. To diffuse the emotional moment, Kerrendor tried to open the Metal Chest without disarming first. Boom! Apparently someone was having problems unlocking the toilet door ....


The 9 Rings

There were 9 mythical gifts wrapped within the Metal Chest. One by one the couple unwrapped the gifts. Naturally, we gave them a pretty card with our greetings within. Kerrendor and Minou beamed when reading the card. This was gift number 1.

They were then wowed by the second gift, a calendar with screenshots of Studygroup in each month, and the newly-weds were naturally featured in the month of September. The other highlight of the calendar was of course the month of February.

The next surprise unwrapped was a CD in the shape of a flower. No prizes for guessing correctly - its the VCD of the footage the couple just watched. Two thumbs up - gift number 3!

We deliberated long and hard for the best gifts, so we were not the least surprised when the couple's eyes litted upon finding a box of "Body Bingo" amongst the lootz. Yummy, present number 4!

The couple was now hoping for more sexxor toys. They could not hide their disappointment when they found their next 2 presents were a pair of "Meow Meow" wrist rests and a pair of coasters with their names neatly attached. When they realised 24 eyes were glaring at them with suspicion, Minou promptly went, "Wah, so sweet!!" Ahem, thats more like it - gifts number 5 and 6.

Twenty-four eyes were actually 12 pairs of eyes. Like the previous 2 gifts, the next gift comes in a pair too. Right-click, examine .... a pair of lover mugs, with Kerrendor and Minou pictured on each. The wide smile on Kerrendor's face could not hide his satisfaction with this present. Gift number 7 has been discovered! Its a serverwide first!

On a happy occasion like this, pairs are the flavour of the day. The couple unwrapped a pair of Korean idols symbolising eternal love. Suvena flown them in specially for Kerrendor and Minou. Gift number 8!

Now, for the biggest surprise! I think gift number 9 is the Metal Chest itself. Frankly, I could not remember quite so clearly now, after so many days. So lets assume Metal Chest is gift number 9, we presented 9 gifts to Kerrendor and Minou, an appropriate number of gifts for the 9th of September!

After the gifts presentation ceremony was over, we wasted the night away induldging in senseless conversations over pints and pints of freshly brewed beer from Brewerkz. The celebrations will continue tomorrow, but at the moment, I had better drink a little quicker before Silvermist finishes up the beer!

Suddenly everything became clear. The 9th gift was a pewter photo frame coupled with a pewter wedding certificate holder. It was in fact the 1 box made to hold them all. Minou has on the fourth finger of her left hand the 1 ring made to rule them all (Kerrendor).


Return of the King

To complete this Trilogy, and to keep my head on my shoulder, I had to show you December. Sheylara was complaining I did not talk enough about her. Not a person to tolerate mediocrisy, I took it a step further - Sheylara in more flesh than cloth!

Oh, in case I forgot, the gifts were presented in no order of importance, price or even alphabetical order. I wrote them down in the order I recalled while writing!

Most importantly, I would like to wish Kerrendor and Minou Eternal Bliss!