2 Fast 2 Furious
Met up with some old mates from Edinbra yesterday over at Gazebo SS 15.
*start rant*
For the uninitiated, it's a pricey upmarket version of the local watering hole @ warung mamak. Basically ur paying extra for the decor (which is cleaner than ur regular roadside mamak) and the ambience (soft underlighting and big plasma screens in a pavillion-like dome are way better than the generator-lights and 22-inch tv at ur local mamak).
The service however SUCKS big time.
It could take up to 30 minutes just to get ur drinks served let alone ur bloody meals.
Then again, that might be cos none of us at the table was a hot chick in a tiny spaghetti strap dress.
Damn...I need to get myself one of those maybe just to get some fast service, non ?
Would a black spaghetti strap dress match my eye colour? ;-p
*end rant*
Neways after we were done with the social niceties we headed into regular men-talk territory (which I unfortunately, or fortunately depending on which way u see it, am not going to transcribe here cos the depths of luridity our conversation got to wouldn't be beneficial towards me upholding my innocent boy facade.) Hah! ;-p
If ur curious, the topics we covered were Amsterdam (those boys just flew back for summer hols from Edinbra, which is one hour away from the Dam by flight), which went on to weed & ho's, which *surprisingly* went on to sex, and then on to HIV & STD facts.
We had a doctor in our group who enjoyed regaling us with obscure health info. For example d'ya know that the HIV virus is 4 times smaller than a condom's 'epidermis'? Therefore all the rubber in the world ain't gonna stop ya from catchin AIDs buddy! Much to the chagrin of one of me mates yesterday..... hmmmm he must be a regular.... ;-p
Oh and we also covered topics ranging from keeping fit, to futsal, to going to the gym, to my eternal obsession with fantasy card games (a story for another day, perhaps), to regular card games like poker and black jack, to of course what else but: gambling.
Damn, these guys sure do have some gambling stories and tips on how to bet, despite their clean, innocent lil' holier than thou demeanour.
*Start Gambling School of Thought*
Here's one PROVEN tip if you ARE going to play at the Roulette table:
Choose one color (there's only two honey, either BLACK or RED)
And start ur bet with the smallest denominator the HOUSE allows.
Say the smallest bet the house allows is 2 dollars. Then u start betting on ONE colour at 2.
If u lose, double the bet to 4 for the next roulette.
If u lose again, double the bet to 8. Continue doubling the bet every time (16, 32, maybe stop at 32)
The idea is probability speaking, the roulette result can't ALWAYS be one colour for like 5 TIMES in a row. If it happens, walk away from that table cos it's rigged for sure.
Anyway, since the payout of winning if u hit the right colour is DOUBLE of whatever u bet, u will continually recover ur losses.
For the mathematically-disabled, here's an example I prepared earlier:
Say u roulette ends up on a red colored number when u bet 16 dollars; that means the payout u would receive would be 32 dollars.
Ur initial investment would be the 16 dollars u plonked down for the bet, plus 8, 4 and 2 dollars for the failed bets before it. So ur initial expenditure would be 16+8+4+2= 30 dollars.
U just made a CLEAN profit of 2 dollars!
I know, I know, slim pickings right ?
Well, u have to grow ur funds initially to re-roll it again on the Roulette table.
The main thing to remember is that once u've won. Start again low (i.e 2 dollars) on another color of ur choice (again either BLACK or RED).
Once u've won a few times, you can start playing with the big boys and start ur lowest bet at 20 dollars followed by 40, 80 and 160.
*End Gambling School of Thought*
Now being a nice, innocent lil' Muslim guy, I in NO way condone gambling and have not participated (seriously u gotta believe me! ;-p ) in any gambling activities EVER in my life.
I'm just a born-gamer and love the probability and competitive aspect of gaming...so I resort to playing lame non-gambling versions of card games from fantasy card games like Magic:the Gathering to Cho Tai-Di a.k.a. Big 2, a favourite card game variation on Texas Hold 'Em style Poker created by the ancient Chinese (jusk ask any Orientally-descent person about this game and I'm sure they'd know it lah!)
Neways, to top off the night, as we one by one walked back to our cars, we managed to check out one of my mate's sweet, sweet ride: a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII. He agreed to bring us out for a test ride and I gotta tell u, NO ride that I have ever taken in my 24 years living and breathing on this earth, has been as smooth yet blindingly fast at the same time.
If ur not familiar with Subang Jaya geography, there's a 1 km stretch of straight main road in front of the Gazebo eatery flanked by a roundabout at one end and a traffic light at the other end. So as we slowly took the roundabout, I readied myself for the ride of my life.
We took the roundabout at around 40-50 km/h then swerved into the main road at about 70-80 km/h (the grip of the car was superb, even at that speed with that angle we weren't careening off the road like some souped-up jalopy), hit 100 km/h as soon as we straightened up, then 120, 140 halfway thru, 160 then goddamnit (!) a bloody cool 180 km/h 2/3rds of the way thru!
Verdammt the only thing holding me back from shouting out loud in a squeaky voice like a lil sissy was the fast approaching end of the road and the red stop at the traffic lights!
Luckily, this lean, mean machine comes with ABS and I experienced the smoothest emergency brakes (well there was the red at the traffic lights to think about...unless we were 'dying' for a taste of crashbang pancake la) ever in my life. I didn't even lean forward accidentally like u usually do when u brake suddenly while the inertia motion of the car is still going forward.
Damn..I gotta get myself one of those babies....anyone know any bank that will willingly finance my overworked, under-paid ass for a car loan to a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 ?
;-p
*start rant*
For the uninitiated, it's a pricey upmarket version of the local watering hole @ warung mamak. Basically ur paying extra for the decor (which is cleaner than ur regular roadside mamak) and the ambience (soft underlighting and big plasma screens in a pavillion-like dome are way better than the generator-lights and 22-inch tv at ur local mamak).
The service however SUCKS big time.
It could take up to 30 minutes just to get ur drinks served let alone ur bloody meals.
Then again, that might be cos none of us at the table was a hot chick in a tiny spaghetti strap dress.
Damn...I need to get myself one of those maybe just to get some fast service, non ?
Would a black spaghetti strap dress match my eye colour? ;-p
*end rant*
Neways after we were done with the social niceties we headed into regular men-talk territory (which I unfortunately, or fortunately depending on which way u see it, am not going to transcribe here cos the depths of luridity our conversation got to wouldn't be beneficial towards me upholding my innocent boy facade.) Hah! ;-p
If ur curious, the topics we covered were Amsterdam (those boys just flew back for summer hols from Edinbra, which is one hour away from the Dam by flight), which went on to weed & ho's, which *surprisingly* went on to sex, and then on to HIV & STD facts.
We had a doctor in our group who enjoyed regaling us with obscure health info. For example d'ya know that the HIV virus is 4 times smaller than a condom's 'epidermis'? Therefore all the rubber in the world ain't gonna stop ya from catchin AIDs buddy! Much to the chagrin of one of me mates yesterday..... hmmmm he must be a regular.... ;-p
Oh and we also covered topics ranging from keeping fit, to futsal, to going to the gym, to my eternal obsession with fantasy card games (a story for another day, perhaps), to regular card games like poker and black jack, to of course what else but: gambling.
Damn, these guys sure do have some gambling stories and tips on how to bet, despite their clean, innocent lil' holier than thou demeanour.
*Start Gambling School of Thought*
Here's one PROVEN tip if you ARE going to play at the Roulette table:
Choose one color (there's only two honey, either BLACK or RED)
And start ur bet with the smallest denominator the HOUSE allows.
Say the smallest bet the house allows is 2 dollars. Then u start betting on ONE colour at 2.
If u lose, double the bet to 4 for the next roulette.
If u lose again, double the bet to 8. Continue doubling the bet every time (16, 32, maybe stop at 32)
The idea is probability speaking, the roulette result can't ALWAYS be one colour for like 5 TIMES in a row. If it happens, walk away from that table cos it's rigged for sure.
Anyway, since the payout of winning if u hit the right colour is DOUBLE of whatever u bet, u will continually recover ur losses.
For the mathematically-disabled, here's an example I prepared earlier:
Say u roulette ends up on a red colored number when u bet 16 dollars; that means the payout u would receive would be 32 dollars.
Ur initial investment would be the 16 dollars u plonked down for the bet, plus 8, 4 and 2 dollars for the failed bets before it. So ur initial expenditure would be 16+8+4+2= 30 dollars.
U just made a CLEAN profit of 2 dollars!
I know, I know, slim pickings right ?
Well, u have to grow ur funds initially to re-roll it again on the Roulette table.
The main thing to remember is that once u've won. Start again low (i.e 2 dollars) on another color of ur choice (again either BLACK or RED).
Once u've won a few times, you can start playing with the big boys and start ur lowest bet at 20 dollars followed by 40, 80 and 160.
*End Gambling School of Thought*
Now being a nice, innocent lil' Muslim guy, I in NO way condone gambling and have not participated (seriously u gotta believe me! ;-p ) in any gambling activities EVER in my life.
I'm just a born-gamer and love the probability and competitive aspect of gaming...so I resort to playing lame non-gambling versions of card games from fantasy card games like Magic:the Gathering to Cho Tai-Di a.k.a. Big 2, a favourite card game variation on Texas Hold 'Em style Poker created by the ancient Chinese (jusk ask any Orientally-descent person about this game and I'm sure they'd know it lah!)
Neways, to top off the night, as we one by one walked back to our cars, we managed to check out one of my mate's sweet, sweet ride: a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII. He agreed to bring us out for a test ride and I gotta tell u, NO ride that I have ever taken in my 24 years living and breathing on this earth, has been as smooth yet blindingly fast at the same time.
If ur not familiar with Subang Jaya geography, there's a 1 km stretch of straight main road in front of the Gazebo eatery flanked by a roundabout at one end and a traffic light at the other end. So as we slowly took the roundabout, I readied myself for the ride of my life.
We took the roundabout at around 40-50 km/h then swerved into the main road at about 70-80 km/h (the grip of the car was superb, even at that speed with that angle we weren't careening off the road like some souped-up jalopy), hit 100 km/h as soon as we straightened up, then 120, 140 halfway thru, 160 then goddamnit (!) a bloody cool 180 km/h 2/3rds of the way thru!
Verdammt the only thing holding me back from shouting out loud in a squeaky voice like a lil sissy was the fast approaching end of the road and the red stop at the traffic lights!
Luckily, this lean, mean machine comes with ABS and I experienced the smoothest emergency brakes (well there was the red at the traffic lights to think about...unless we were 'dying' for a taste of crashbang pancake la) ever in my life. I didn't even lean forward accidentally like u usually do when u brake suddenly while the inertia motion of the car is still going forward.
Damn..I gotta get myself one of those babies....anyone know any bank that will willingly finance my overworked, under-paid ass for a car loan to a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 ?
;-p
posted by NiK! at
2:34 PM
