been to three bars (planet paradigm, chinablack and club momo) and confirmed that a) the music is mostly crap, b) housepours are basically alcoholic soft drinks, and c) alcohol is expensive. so this time, i finally managed to make my way down to crazy elephant (this blues bar in traders' market, clarke quay). nice place, although a bit small. they flash jokes on two lcd screens to keep people occupied, which were vulgar, disgusting, but quite amusing, really. some of them, anyway.

got there at around 9 plus with jiunwei to discover that the show begins at 10. on hindsight, though, we're lucky to get there early and grab a table 'coz it's pretty much packed from 10 onwards. ordered a chocolate dream (kahlua, bailey's and milk, i think. tasted like alcoholic chocolate milk. not bad, actually.), tequila sunrise (tequila with orange, i think. but realised too late that i don't like tequila.) and kahlua coffee (pure kahlua shot, 'coz i like kahlua.), then stopped 'coz i was dead broke after all those clubbing sessions. (another good thing about pubs: you don't have to squeeze through a throng of people at the bar, wait ten minutes while the bartender mixes housepours, and then try to get his attention to order a drink. you just snag a passing waitress and give your order - simple, straightforward and civilised. *grin*)

the music was fantastic too - rock & roll by two expats on electric and bass, one on the drums, and one chinese girl on the synthesiser. but then again, i've always been a sucker for an electric guitar and drums. heh.

oh yes, was listening to the music when i realised that the two guys standing in front of me were wobbling a bit with glasses of beer in their hands. strangely enough, the first question that popped to mind was 'how on earth do people get drunk on beer?', and the one that followed turned out to be 'why would anyone want to get drunk on beer?' to each his own, i suppose. *shrugs*

anyway, i'll probably make this a regular thing, barring things like being broke and stuff... anyone wants to come along? (a bit of a silly question, really, since most of the people reading this are either going overseas or are already overseas. *sigh*)