Now, let me see. It is 2008 now, I have not blogged in two months, where do I begin??

 

Good Lord. It has been quie awhile ago actually. A lot has happened, but do I need to say them all? No lah. Wouldn't want to bore the lot of ya. Anyways, I'll start with the the most recent events.

 

I've recently gone back to Sabah, for my annual Christmas with the family. As an obligation, I always spend about two weeks back home. Maximise my holidays, which includes saving up my annual leaves. Anyways, this year, unfortunately, only a few remaining friends of mine are home. This includes some who are now married or getting married. I anticipated many lonely nights there. Which turned out to be far from the truth. On my first night back home, I've arrived almost at 10pm, thanks to AirAsia "efficiency" in the sky. Was supposed to meet up with an ol' friend who just got hitched and I wanted to catchup. However, apparently, he fell asleep and I was all alone in KK, driving around looking for a drinking hole (all I really wanted was a pint). I found the place! In all its neon glory! Kilkenny!! What a bloody saviour. This Irish bar along the Waterfront, which I never knew existed, which apparently has been there for 3 years or so. Damn! It's name appropriately named, The Shamrock.

 

Anyways, I walked in, without a care, ordered my pint and sat down. A slow Thursday night (which was a holiday), not many people around at all. Plus it was about 11pm. A typical Irish/English pub in first glance. Wooden fixtures, cosy and slightly dank feel to the atmosphere, the DJ blaring away on the mic with music from the 80s. That was first glance. Not long after a couple of gulps, watching the highlights of the last's night EPL matches, the DJ came up to me, sat besides me, out her arms around me and said, "Why so late?". I could smell the Bourbon in her breath, so, I decided to play it cool. She apparently is the pub manager, and as slightly inebriated as she seems, she is adament that she is like that most of the time. Ok. Anyways, she like the professional that she is, is trying to sell the idea of the place to me. Like people come to this bar to socialise and be comfortable. She asked me why pick this place? Well, from the places I know, it is either crowded with over pretentious people, or too noisy for my liking for that night. Plus, who the hell can resist those neon lights? Well, all I can say from that moment on, I constantly came back to Shamrock to enjoy my pint.

 

I've met with so many interesting characters from that bar and throughout my holidays, I came to realise that my friends were really not around and I could not have found a better place to hang out and just enjoy each others company.

 

Anyways, in relations to the year 2008, what I implying is not that I'm forgetting my old company of friends or leaving the past behind, but to look forward to what's ahead. Because I will never know what is in store for me in the future. Anyways, cheers fellas, patrons and people of Shamrock, I salute you and a Happy New Year.