Eski

after all the whining for the last coupla months about how much i wanted to check out the newest bar in town - eski bar - i finally got to see it. we went to the one at tanjong pagar, supposedly the original.

boy was i disappointed.

it was really really small and cramp, like the size of a cargo container(maybe even the container's bigger) and even still its divided into 2 parts, the chilly part that's like 1-2 degrees celcius and the normal chill out behind(with aircon of course).

the chilly part was a good touch and seems like the reason why everyone was popping by. wednesday night between 9-11pm we were there and there weren't more than 20 people in the bar at any one time. maybe wednesday nights are its most unhappening nights.

you can see your breath while you talk in the chilly room. and cuz it was really cold, wearing the normal shirt and pants was definitely insufficient. though they offer parka jackets for free...and if you bring your own you actually get discounts off drinks. but its so small you can feel the waitresses eyes on you 24/7(maybe cuz we were the only patrons in the bar at times!).

that was the good part.

the chill out portion was even smaller though its furnished to look bigger than it really was. we had a nice little seat near the exit of the chilly room. drinks weren't cheap(guess you pay for the chiller), $12 for a tiger/heineken and $14 for an erdinger and up, $40 for a jug a house pour.

the biggest downsides were firstly, the service sucked big time. the only waitress in the bloody chill outt room had her vampire eyes fixated on us almost the whole time, as if we were gonna run of with their heaviest bar stool. i mean hello, we aren't on television lor! and then every now and then, and i mean a VERY frequent(4-5min) now and then, she would take two steps right to the side of our table and lift our beer bottles to see if they were empty. i mean, wah lao eh, eager beaver siah! i like to sip slowly slowly can? and she did it so damn many times it kinda pissed us all off.

secondly, this is one of the few bars i know where you are charged the 10% service charge(what service?), the 5% gst, and the 1% dunno-what charge. wah lao what a rip-off, our order of 2 tiger and 1 erdinger(menu total would have been $38) came up to $45. wah lao. i dun remember many other pubs charging all these charges for drinks and house pours. isn't it supposed to be a single nett charge? i'm not in a bloody restaurant you know. hmph.

thirdly, the toilet sucks big time. its like the last corner of the bar. last last last corner inside inside tiny tiny little cubicle. i mean its so damn small, that after you close and lock the toilet door(its unisex), you STILL can't stand in front of the toilet bowl to pee because there is no space. so the furthest you can stnad is at a 45degree angle by the toilet bowl.

and the best part of all?! because there is no push button flush, the flush can only be activated by sensor. oh dear! how? you can't stand in front to activate the sensor in the first place?! soooo, there is a little note there that tells the user to place his hand in front of the sensor for 10 seconds after he has peed. such brilliance! i never could have thought of that. only saving grace? the tap is automatic sensor too.

haha.

the insensitive irony of the sanitory sensor.

so in the end as we were about to leave we took our still-got-abit-left beer bottles(to spite that lousy waitress) with us to the chilly part and hung out for awhile to see how long we could hang around in that cold.

think we didn't last 10minutes in that freaking freezer. brrr.

in all, i'm proud to say i've been here, done this, dun think i'll come back again. and i'm not speaking for myself here.

once bitten, twice shy.

on a better note, it was a good meeting for myself, steph, june and jeff. haven't met up in a really long time and each of us had our stories to tell of whatever we've been up to. jeff was with dbs and doing pretty good, steph's our sole survivor and june's working in borders. kewl.

'twas fun i say.

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this age guesser is so precise! darn i was hoping for an 18 or 19...haiz...there goes my young-at-heart status. but hey! i chose sponge bob square pants for the first question!

You Are 26 Years Old

26 Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

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