Hangin’ out at the arcade

iTunes’ party shuffle is playing a copy of: Perfidia – Xavier Cugat – 2046 Original Soundtrack, of which I have the original CD and therefore didn’t steal music.

Because today’s a public holiday, Sunday night was without that familiar cramp in the neck from thinking about Monday’s workload, even though I actually have to work later in the arvo today.

A friend is visiting from DC, where she’s been working with the World Bank, at a totally unenviable job, where she gets to jet around to such horrible places as Vientiane, Dili, Nuku’alofa, Apia and every other Third World capital you could poke a stick at. No, I don’t envy her job at all.

As you can imagine, she gets really bored with Singapore really quickly. She arrived Thursday evening, and already she’s suffering urban island fever. So, it was up to the wife and I to think up something exciting for her to do. I suggested karaoke, the wife suggested arcade games. So, arcade games it was.

Sunday night at the Superbowl Superfunplace or somesuch was pretty quiet for a Sunday night, and we got to play some of the more popular games, like the use gun and shoot people one, and the drive car really fast one. My World Bank friend was very reluctant at first, but warmed up after she found her favourite game, the shoot the bubble one.

Then as we were skipping happily from one machine to another, a very familiar voice called out my name, and a hand was laid on my shoulder. Bugger. Gangsta from my gangsta past, I thought. Then I remembered I had forgotten that my old platoon mate actually owned the Superbowl Superfunplace. Then I remembered this platoon mate is the only person ever to have beaten the crap outta me.

The wife says my face was white as snow as I excused myself to join my old mate for a coffee in his backroom office.

Of course, nothing untoward happened, else I wouldn’t be here blogging. No, actually, if anything untoward happened, I’d have a lot more to blog. But you know, life’s pretty straight these days, and for that platoon mate of mine, pretty depressing, it seems. Business ain’t that great at the Superfunworld.

After we finished $20 worth of coins, we took my World Bank friend out for prata, but couldn’t find a single prata shop open, so we ate chicken rice instead. There, my World Bank friend continued griping about how she thought her brains would melt if she stayed in Singapore for an extended period of time. She said it was amazing how parochially suburban Singaporeans tended to be. I said, no leh, before changing the subject to what colour my new car’s interior was going to be, and how expensive my car repayments was going to be, but how it was still cheaper than running my old bomb of a car.

Then everyone got a bit tired, even though we tried our best to ngeh ngeh stay out the whole night. Three police road blocks later, we got home, and here I am, blogging about everything this evening. Parochial what parochial?!

East Coast Lagoon Food Village
The most beautiful hawker centre on the planet. East Coast Lagoon Food Village. Who cares if no one outside Singapore knows wtf a ‘hawker centre’ is? (Is it a place where people go play with their hawks?)

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14 responses to “Hangin’ out at the arcade”

  1. the wandering soul Avatar

    is tat the famous nasi lemak place?

    we once drove ard at 4am on a dozen rum&cokes looking for the place! needless to say, all we found were empty carparks wif suspicious looking cars with fogged up windows!

  2. the wandering soul Avatar

    is tat the famous nasi lemak place?

    we once drove ard at 4am on a dozen rum&cokes looking for the place! needless to say, all we found were empty carparks wif suspicious looking cars with fogged up windows!

  3. Mr Miyagi Avatar

    There are a few famous Nasty Lemak places. There’s one in Changi Village but that closes at midnight, and it’s not that great. There’s one called Fong Seng on Clementi Road, and it’s a Chinese Nasty Lemak shop, and it’s not that good, and there’s the Famous Adam Road Number One Original Nasty Lemak place at the Adam Road Food Centre, and that one’s pretty good, but best to go just before lunch time on weekdays.

  4. Mr Miyagi Avatar

    There are a few famous Nasty Lemak places. There’s one in Changi Village but that closes at midnight, and it’s not that great. There’s one called Fong Seng on Clementi Road, and it’s a Chinese Nasty Lemak shop, and it’s not that good, and there’s the Famous Adam Road Number One Original Nasty Lemak place at the Adam Road Food Centre, and that one’s pretty good, but best to go just before lunch time on weekdays.

  5. Bubblemunche Avatar

    Just read that post about Tua Bui Yeo Yeo! I’m reminded of those HK gangster shows 😉

  6. Bubblemunche Avatar

    Just read that post about Tua Bui Yeo Yeo! I’m reminded of those HK gangster shows 😉

  7. Cowboy Caleb Avatar

    gosh, didnt know arcades still existed!

  8. Cowboy Caleb Avatar

    gosh, didnt know arcades still existed!

  9. Mezz Avatar

    I honestly have no idea how I came up with the idea of arcades. Were we talking about the tag team racers? Hmm… Nonetheless, it WAS really good fun, I tell ya. Feels like teen spirit! And yea, hard to find those arcades around nows-a-days…marina south it was. Almost the LAST of its kind. *wink*

  10. Mezz Avatar

    I honestly have no idea how I came up with the idea of arcades. Were we talking about the tag team racers? Hmm… Nonetheless, it WAS really good fun, I tell ya. Feels like teen spirit! And yea, hard to find those arcades around nows-a-days…marina south it was. Almost the LAST of its kind. *wink*

  11. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    hawker centres hahaha, nobody can ever understand what it means (except a singaporean of course), the closest someone came to udnerstanding what i meant by hawker centre was ‘ah those food centres they have in dubai!’… well not exactly but i don’t see how much closer it could be for them to fathom.
    ivan – ivanandxia.com

  12. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    hawker centres hahaha, nobody can ever understand what it means (except a singaporean of course), the closest someone came to udnerstanding what i meant by hawker centre was ‘ah those food centres they have in dubai!’… well not exactly but i don’t see how much closer it could be for them to fathom.
    ivan – ivanandxia.com

  13. mb Avatar

    Nasi Lemak must try Punggol Nasi Lemak, Upper Serangoon Road near Old Tampines Road.

  14. mb Avatar

    Nasi Lemak must try Punggol Nasi Lemak, Upper Serangoon Road near Old Tampines Road.

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