Singapore Raw Deal Qualifier - Part 2

Smoke covers the Arena.....Pyrotechnics burst all over the ring. GoldBerg, GRA (Guest Ring Announcer) introduces the incoming tag team. "Entering first into the ring, weighing.....Not disclosable......The Very Naughty Girl....Perhaps She Needs a Spanking.....Azmin 'Babe of the Year' M. Khalid (a.k.a Closet Smoker). With her..or..him.. weighing at...also undisclosable...The One Who's Got It, Will Flaunt It, but can't find the proper crowd to do so, Dawn 'Lita' of War..ahem..RAW! What an interesting Tag Team this is, Babe of the Year and Lita. Facing them, weighing somewhere from 70kg to 90kg, the Man all about nipples, the Toothless Aggression, Shaz..'the Crippler'..li! And finally, the Main Event, the Showstopper,..erm. Sorry, wrong intro. Let's do this again. And finally, the Undisputed............musical chair champion , the Sanctimonious Son of a B!+C#, Andy 'JellyKoh' Putra! The entourage is finally complete!"

A thousand apologies. Continuing from Part 1, the rest of the team arrived at the Hotel. Andy, Shaz, Dawn and Azmin arrived close to 4pm. Azmin came to the room while the rest went to room 5-0-6(did I get this right? No matter. You'll see why). FYI, we were at room 6-0-2. Azmin immediately took over as FBI's (oh, did I mention that's what Ahmad's been playing, while I was GoldBerg?) sparring partner and they playtested while I watch Indy Jones. After several games, we got tired and chose to call the rest to go out for dinner. As I didn't know how to make room to room calls (and got away pretending I don't ask directions, he he!), Azmin called reception and found out how to do just that. So what does Azmin do next? He proceeded to call room 5-0-6. "Hello, may I speak to Andy please?.....Oh, sorry." Azmin then calls 5-0-4. "Hello, may I speak to Andy please?.....Oh, sorry." You see, Azmin seemed to have forgotten the room the others were in. So he decided to call every room on level 5 (p.s. Hotel had 6 floors only) only to discover....they're not there! As Azmin has a reputation of, well, absentmindedness, he was second guessing himself if the room number is correct. Me and Ahmad just watched (and laughed within). Eventually we found out the guys changed rooms to 2-0-6. So any amount of attempts by Azmin to call them would have been futile (unless he called every room in the Hotel, which he would have..)

Fast forward to us finally meeting up in the other room (from now on referred to as "Fog Bank". "Fog Bank" is a Magic: the Gathering Creature that has it's own story, but later..) Had several more playtest games, of which one of them was between Jericho and GoldBerg. A short sypnosis of what the match was like. Jericho beaten to a pulp, but spared from pin. Jericho being it's usual insolent self, recovers and pins GoldBerg with Victory Roll..That's the musical chair Champ for you. Finally hunger got to the better of us, the guys (Dawn has a hot date with a friend from Singapore, so left the guys to fend for themselves) made a move to hunt for food. So guess what was for dinner?

BURGER KING!!!!!!! Located just opposite our Hotel (a bit out of the way), Burger King was dinner (2 of 5 Quest completed). There was a scratch and win contest, in which everytime you buy a set meal, you get a chance to win a car! Of course, for us, we got 4 small fries and a Whopper (of which Ahmad happily kept for a rainy day). I shall fail to mention what happened to the Mountain of Man..Fries resulted from 4 additional free small fries. Go figure.

We were stuffed. Literally. Considering that everyone went for the bigger sized burgers (and yes, they aren't pathetically sized like Malaysian BK), let's say everyone probably added 4kgs +/-. The guys decided to chill and jalan-jalan (walk around) to help digestion.( I don't care what research says, it does help, ok!) We waltzed over to Suntec Convention centre and Ahmad decided to fulfil his Father's request.....(Sorry Ahmad, didn't mean to mention it but it wouldn't be complete) safe to say everyone did a little sightseeing, found the venue (again) and some did some shopping. Once we covered Suntec, the guys wanted to chill further and I decided to head back. (What happened while they chilled will have to be added by Azmin, Ahmad, Shaz or Andy. Frankly speaking, doubt it was eventful..he he).

Reached the Hotel without the slightest care on my own. Set myself up real nice, low lights and TV with live Football and I got a call. Dawn was back from her 'hot ' date didn't have keys to the 'Fog Bank'. After letting Dawn in, for some unknown reason I fell asleep only to be awaken by a bunch of loudmouth men trash talking. They thought they didn't wake me, and proceeded to return to their 'Fog Bank' to (I thought was playtest) hang out. So I decided I required further playtesting and forced myself to wake up on go to the 'Fog Bank'. I guess what, like Azmin aptly put it in his Top Ten list for Singapore, man was I dissappointed. Here is a group of Malaysians, who chose to travel 6 hours to Singapore to pit against the best wrestlers in (South East) Asia, decided playtesting comes second to Freddy VS Jason!!!! Wha' the F!?? The rest, as they say, was history. After some playtesting, everyone's fitness began to fail and you could hear snorring. Ahmad, Azmin and I went back to the room (them first, me later) and while watching football, we started to write our decklist. At this point, and also for the fact that GoldBerg has been trashed badly during playtest, I popped the question to Ahmad & Azmin? "You think I should play Evolution instead?"..Bottomline is, I wrote my decklist for EVOLUTION (bye bye GoldBerg.......not yet).

Had supper with Azmin later. Unfortunately BK is closed (it was about 12am) so failed to complete quest. Oops, forgot to mention, on the way back to Hotel from lunch, bought BK as takeaway. So 3 of 5 Quest completed!! Missing Lunch and Supper! Back to Singapore, @ 12am. They actually had a row of restaurants/pubs/stalls open so food was readily available. I had Wan Tan mee while Azmin had snacks from 7-11. Spoke at great Lengths...............about football and wrestling. Returned to bed about 1am. FYI, Azmin set alarm at 6.00am, Ahmad at 6.30am and me 7.00am. We woke up at 7.30am.....Long live Snooze!! It took another 1 hour+ to freshen up and pack, and then we had to wait for 'Fog Bank' to check out as well. All in all, what was planned as "let's do breakfast tomorrow morning" became "let's get to the venue before we miss registration!". We were late. Really. Well, at least by my standards (as an ex-T.O., I hate being late for an event. hate it). So there we were, 6 persons lugging around city streets of Singapore with our luggage bags looking like refugees...Me all set to set the world alight with EVOLUTION!!.......(I know, let's not kill the suspense, ok..)

And we are there, at Suntec Convention centre, Level 3. ................................................................................................................................................to be continued.......


****Editors note - FYI, there will be the last part followed by an epilogue. Be patient and you will enjoy the concluding episode...I think. Also, apologies for the spelling errors and poor grammar of the previous post. Not to mention the length of the post. All feedback welcomed. Travelling party welcomed to rectify discrepencies. Regards..GoldBerg, Guest Ring Announcer*****