Shaha-ying

i've not heard of shisha but when my friend described it to me, i was like, wow cool! we can do this in singapore? i was wondering to myself if it is a borderline activity that is kept so low profile that ive not heard of.

then came the highly anticipated shisha.

it looks glorious, with lots of accessories, sparkle, in a green glass and a long suspiciously looking tube. the waiter distributed to each of us a personal filter.
(so that you dont suck on each other's saliva)

the waiter asked if we want the normal tobacco or the premium one.
we ordered one each. the normal tobacco was in strawberry flavour while the premium smoke is mango scent.

pop* pop* pop*.. cautiously taking small puffs becos i dont know how lethal this stuff is. pop* pop* pop* pop* again. more whiff and smells so sweet. emm.. like mango aroma coming out of your breath. the bubbling water pops when you suck the pipe for the smoke.

pop* pop* pop*pop* pop* pop*pop* pop* pop*pop* pop* pop*pop* pop* pop*
pop* pop* pop*pop* pop* pop*pop* pop* pop*pop* pop* pop*pop* pop* pop*

i can tell you, the thing is 3% lethal. a way distant cousin of the normal cigarette. it is all hype and nothing more. so it is just some funny thing people do to idle around. unlike acient china man with the real opium pipe, this form of idlling does NOTHING to you. so next time, people ask if you shishaed? you can say ;"you mean you do?" and laugh. haha. no lah, it was quite a fun experience just that it was all hyped up and nothing to shout about. haha. it is just like bubble tea.

k, today i went to UFM100.3 and WKRZ's office to discuss a project we are doing. i must tell you, the people there are fantastic. they are so humble, knowledgeable (is my spelling correct?), anyway-- they are simply very focused, clear headed and level headed. all charged up with life. i like them. even the anchor DJ held no airs. really do hope that we find our desperately-seeked-sponsor soon. you know, my company dreamt of a programme, went to one stat board to propose our idea, they love it, approved it, endorsed it and we ran it. but we couldnt fly becos no sponsors said yes. yet. so it is pretty stressful for us, calling them, meeting them, talk and be hopeful but have not got one that say:"come, here's $10,000"

for your info, we need ten of them to say that.

so let's just say that we pray a lot.