weekend recap: forty winks @ NBT & porkfest @ miss phang's...

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, andrew, zac and i swung by no black tye for my first ever ska show. the band was forty winks, the sound was standard ska (in my amateur opinion). the opening acts were decent as well. unfortunately, the place/crowd was too classy for any skanking business. on a side note: as there were no seats left when we arrived @ the bar, our server was none too hesitant to kick some locals from their table in order to seat us (sometimes being white doesn't feel so right). on sunday, andrew, apsara and i caught the komuter train out to rawang to visit miss phang, the office manager, and her family. she made us some savory noodles w/ pork, followed up by some amazing curry pork and then capped it all off w/ some cookies... did i mention they contained pork (apparently we can't get enough of it)? her husband was ever willing to offer us one anchor beer after another (and eventually some smokes... obviously). after observing the way the three of us handled our chopsticks, i was found to be the only one w/ proper technique (what can i say, my parents taught me well). they also took it upon themselves to give us all new names; andrew became adam, apsara was sheila and i was given the flattering/boyish ( ? ) title of chai. here's what i got: