Mid Autumn Festival

Seafood

Today is the aftermath of Kerrendor and Minou's wedding affair. Its Saturday and we were getting ready for some fever. We were going to gate-crash Elyxia's colleague's chalet at Pasir Ris. He kinda promised to give us the living room and dining area, but we ended up with only a small room with a toilet attached. Its roughly the size of a small HDB bedroom, and the toilet is half the size of the room.

Suvena and I hitched a ride in Hevun's black sports car to the chalet. We were the early birds, and had only the comfort of the small room with the toilet. It was 6pm when we arrived, and past 7pm when everybody else (with the exceptions of Flowerpot and Wooo) stepped into the small room with the toilet. Twelve full-bodied adults starved and crammed in a small room with a toilet is a bad proposition, so we took a stroll to Fishermen's Village to have out seafood dinner. Our scouts lead the way in the pitched dark park, and we were fortunate to have reached our destination, having encountered a group of kids chanting and screaming around candles arranged like a pentagon.

We were divided into 2 groups of 6. My group, made up of Silvermist, Sheylara, Elyxia, Khalrik, Suvena and me, had sambal squids, sambal vegetables, sambal barbequed sting-ray, black pepper crab and mee goreng. The other group consisting of Talin and wife, Hevun, Dagonnex, Davienne, Kerrendor and Minou had more dishes, but my group had the quality ones. Dinner was great!


Big Red Lantern High High Hang

The natural thing to do after dinner was to stroll back to the chalet to play with lanterns. At the chalet, we fixed up our lanterns for the photo-shooting and lantern fighting. I had an Ultraman retractable lantern that kicked ass in the lantern fights and looked absolutely glamarous in the photos. It was weird, hard as we tried, none of the lanterns caught fire. They always do in my childhood days ....

Very soon, it was supper time. We laid out our S$500 plus worth of mooncakes on the dining table. The varieties were plenty: durian, chocolate and truffles, crispy yam, cognac, green tea etc etc. This whole hour was so exciting and a complete blank to me. I remembered mooncake being stuffed into my mouth, and waking up standing behind a black sofa while holding a lantern in my right hand.

Since Talin owed everybody big time, so he got his wife Joey to wash the utensils. After much nudging from us, he finally proceeded to the sink and pretended to wash the dishes. While the washing was being done, Silvermist was being out-classed by Hevun in Dead or Alive 3; Dagonnex was kicking everybody's butts in Dead or Alive 2. Soon they realised that the Xbox did not belong to Talin, and they all scampered into the little room with the toilet. Then suddenly, Flowerpot and Wooo arrived!


Bang Bang Ah

Eating a high cholesterol seafood dinner, followed by sinful mooncakes made everybody feel guilty about themselves. I remembered how my grandmother used to clean oily stains off the stove using table-cloths dabbed in alcohol. Being the genius I am, I suggested drinking some alcohol to cleanse our intestines. Intellectuals connect very well with each other, and soon we were doing the advance form of colon cleansing. We had various cleansing solutions with us, like Cordon Bleu, Chivas Regal, Raspberry Vodka, Johnny Walker Black Label etc, remedies for all kinds of conditions!

Davienne suggested a very complex game where everybody had to throw cards and call each other names. Joey was perplexed because everybody kept calling her Zimbabwe. So we changed the game a little, but still Joey was being targeted by everybody. Guess Francis was not such a good name afterall.

We were waiting for our Indian Chief to suggest something less complex, but she did not get the hint and continued staring at the gibberish on the table. So we tried to throw her a bigger hint by playing "Indian Poker", but she was still looking at the gibberish. In fact, she began emulating and scribbling the same kind of gibberish onto pieces of paper. She was sitting between 2 doors facing the South .... I guess that could be the reason!


Exorcism

Its best to act blur when we suspect encounters with the One Kind. Most of the gang carried on with the Indian Poker, while Silvermist and I sat in a corner observing the surroundings and happenings. Soon, we had a rough idea, and started our rituals. There was smoke and the windows behind us opened and closed. Offerings of Cordon Bleu and Green Tea Raspberry Vodka can be found strategically placed along the window grooves. At a certain point in time, Minou even managed to snap a figure in black snarling at her through the window.

It was quite a while before Silvermist and I finished our rituals. We joined the circle on the floor, and miraculously, Indian Chief moved and sat beside Silvermist. I was expecting some gibberish, but all seemed fine. She seemed to be suffering from the after-effects of the gibberish stuff as her reactions were retarded. She went "Ah" when she was "Banged"!!

Flowerpot had a feeling that it could be remnants from the One Kind. Everytime she was "Banged", she went "Wooooooooo". I suspect it could be some tribal ritual. While Indian Chief seemed to be recovering, Silvermist and I started to feel a little weird. Both of us began to "Bang" and "Ah" at the most inappropriate of times. No!!!! One Kind is now targeting Silvermist and me!!

At this point in time, Suvena revealed the most potent weapon we had. She slowly uncovered the pot of "Holy Water" hidden behind the television console. In between badly timed "Bangs" and "Ahs", Silvermist and I scrambled to consume the water to exorcise the One Kind. This seemed to go on forever ....

"Wah! Keep your noise level down! My colleague messaged me until handphone no battery liao!" exclaimed Elyxia.

Suddenly, everything began clear again. I could see Davienne and Sheylara on my right. Suvena and Joey were sitting on my left. Talin, Flowerpot and Dagonnex were intensely peering from opposite of me. I turned and realised Silvermist was next to Sheylara. The pot was empty now .... our work is done. I hoped Elyxia's colleagues understand what Silvermist and I were doing here, we had expelled One Kind!


Aftermath

All exhausted and giddy from over-cleansing and the exorcism, we began to leave in packs. I tried to leave first (so that I don't have to do the cleaning up), but Suvena was busy debating the "Big Three Circles" and "Big Four Happiness" with Dagonnex, Davienne and Hevun. We ended up leaving last, but we still didn't clean up the room.

Suvena, Dagonnex, Davienne and Hevun were still engrossed in their discussions over the possible formations, the latest being the "13th Ones". Amidst the conversations, we ended up at my home. Not satisfied with mere dialogue, the 4 of them sat around a table and began proposing and countering each others' strategies and tactics.

Being a peace loving person, I chose to distance myself away from these acts of violence and hid myself in another room with a toilet. It was not long before I heard Davienne say,"I want to disturb Morte!"

A dog will jump over the wall if cornered, and buddha jump over the wall is an excellent dish. I sprung to my feet and with a whisper of my voice, magically bode Davienne farewell. Dagonnex and hevun magically left through the door and Suvena appeared lying next to me snoring. Although I did not even touch any maths, the aftermath of the exorcism also seemed like a dream ....