You

people are many
i see only you
voices are loud
i hear only you
desires are strong
i want only you
passion is unwavering
i love only you

Where have I been?

been here, been there
been everywhere, been nowhere

Good Morning ...

Good Morning ..., originally uploaded by maotai.

i wake with a song in my heart

it is a joyous song

its beat is pure and simple

its melody is clear and uplifting

the song is you, my dearest love

good morning.

As we part

As we part, originally uploaded by maotai.

longing reflected from your eyes

stabs my heart with its steely blade

i fear to know the fullness of the pain

for as we part that it will surely be

Simple meal

Simple meal, originally uploaded by maotai.

simple meal for a simple man. hong wen mutton soup at beauty world plaza.

brings back memories of maotai and friends during pre-u days. when we would pontang the last session for the day and rush over to capitol cinema. there was a food alley there and the chinese mutton soup was divine.

most of you are too young and would have no idea that there was even a food alley there :)

so ask a respected elder like a parent or uncle or aunty. anyone who can help me track down that chinese mutton soup will get a bottle of maotai from uncle maotai. LOL

Nothing better to do

got to this from mandrake.



create your own visited country map

She said.

She said., originally uploaded by maotai.

what i want you cannot give me, she said

you cannot and will not offer it because that is the way you are

when we first met five years ago

i sense the danger to my being, the possible heartache, the pain

i know you are a well, your walls are smooth and your waters deep

for five years i enjoyed you on the few occasions

when you came into town, sipping wine and coffee

talking of our common interests, having great meals

i know you are a well, you are deep and your waters refreshing

i tasted waters from the well and it quenched my thirst

i think i did right for the five years, i went on with my life

i immersed myself in my work not thinking about the impossible

i found myself a boyfriend who looks like you

thinking that probable is better than the impossible

i think i did right for the five years

till four nights back

you called we met and i started thinking 'just once' 'only once'

as we walked your warmth overwhelmed me

as we sat across the table i wanted you

'just once' 'only once'

to have what i do not have cannot have will not have

'just once' 'only once'

i think i did right for the five years

then that was four nights back

i drank i drank deeply and sank into the well

you are a deep well your walls are smooth i find no escape

bring me to the top release me

i cannot do it alone i do not have the strength

i hate you

i did right for the five years

i love you

please release me

... and we cried, bound.

Today

Today, originally uploaded by maotai.

the day seems the same

the work, the people

and the games i play

but the familiar is different

for i look through your eyes

from my heart you reside

Remember

Remember, originally uploaded by maotai.

remember our kisses

remember our hugs

the tender moments

when our heartstrings tug

for we know when tomorrow comes

the mind returns and logic rules

then we die a little and rues that time is rude

Shanghai - Linda

Nokia(11).jpg, originally uploaded by maotai.

Linda, the boss of Real Shanghai Cafe. Maotai's hangout in Shanghai...

sgblogconspiracy - There Is NO Conspiracy

what with the rumors spreading in the singapore blogsphere that has even managed to reach maotai here in changzhou?

maotai does not believe that there is a conspiracy going on. after meeting the bloggers at the hideout last month, maotai has submitted a report detailing the personalities of those said bloggers. the truth is that there is not one conspiracy but SEVERAL conspiracies!!! maotai will reveal three of the cases he has uncovered;

Conspiracy 1: mr. miyagi is lim buey tor!
the mild mannered gentleman we know so well is the wild partying gentleman lim buey tor of whom we also know well. LBT's lifestyle; the partying, the drinking, the 5/10 games and the young women has certainly taken its toll. remember how tired looking mr. miyagi was? look at their blogs, completely different, the contrast is so wide that it could only has been deliberate! the blogsphere's very own clark kent/ superman.

Conspiracy 2: none of the bloggers look the way they actually do.
this has been aptly demonstrated by LMD whom we were misled to mean 'littlemissdrinkalot'. how wrong we were LMD is the Lethal Mistress (or master, no one of coz really knows) of Disguise. LMD has offerred her skills under the guise of nail shaping and painting. how deviously clever! one of her customers is FF, deliciously disguised as a shunu. if you are a regular visitor to FF's blog you would know that she is an axe wielding testicles crushing amazon equipped with hot irons and army boots,certainly not looking like the gal in a japanese chekopek's wet dream.

Conspiracy 3: the coming sgblogcon is a trap!
the authorities know that most of sg bloggers are actually aliens. yes, aliens. why do you think that even after years of mind numbing brainwashing singaporean style education, bloggers here are able to keep an independent mind. that is because we are not human. look at the real picture of LMD for proof. many bloggers are into deviant alternate lifestyle practises like spinning weird music, copiously downing macallan, using apple products, talking too much about sex, having too much sex, having no sex, tattooing, body piercing, bar top dancing and other deviant non singaporean mainstream social behaviour. and horror of horrors, they are not doing all these to be cool but really enjoying and blogging about it too!
with all the aliens in one place (NLB branch too!), the sgblogcon is the perfect opportunity for the gahmen's MIB (Mission to Influence Bloggers) to identify know us, to vivisect understand us and to control engage us better.

but maotai will be ready! he has his grouche marx disguise ready. he suggests that all bloggers to visit LMD's "nail spa" and get their custom made disguises for the event.

LOL
sgblogconspiracy

5/10 Showhand

how do u define a winner? the one who gets to drink or the one who does not get to drink?

To Beijing

the regular monthly for me. SQ812 1.20am takeoff which will get me to Beijing by 7am.

Breather

was rushing the entire morning. now that i have some time before my 3pm appointment, i can relax a little. at starbucks @suntec for my first(!) cup of coffee for the day and a tiramisu,

a pitstop in the rat race LOL

Band of Bruthers... Kenna demoted.

we drank + we drank + drank... absolut-ly wonderful LOL

E, you are OK. wait from 6pm. YOU are okay!!!! V, you are okay too but i think we cheenas can drink more vodka!!!!! LOL

and you appeared. we 5/10 little bit. we sussed each other out. coz that's the way men are. we pushed. we ranked.

for speaking bahasa indonesia, E you are bruther. for tuning down and keeping quiet L and V you are bruthers. L, you understand, you let me go. I KNOW.

i no longer uncle to you guys. i owe you E two drinks.

Cowboy Bar barflies get real...

the place was hideout at 31b circular road. where maotai met some of the nicest young people in singapore. makanguru the organizer was late but i spied mrbrown, mr. miyagi and james seng. they drove and weren't able to partake the alcohol to the same level as maotai. leave your cars at home the next time!!!

onelittletwit was so warm and welcoming. got maotai plugged into the group with intros and all. we have a bet, no smoking for a month for 2 dozen bottles of hoegarden. bloggers' honor! red wine at wine & company also can do.

tripleperiod, i don't know why you have problems looking for galfrens? if i were 20 years younger my problem would be too many choices!!! all the intelligent and mature ladies around, the cream of the female youth in singapore were gathered there.

good dependable mandrake, solid as a rock. with jordangoh who actually uses his real name coz he has nothing to hide (unlike the most of us LOL)

FF who really really looks like a "shunu" (drool drool... makes uncle a chee ko peh). would look so good in a sailor school uniform, who is so different from her blog persona. FF, do you have a ghost writer????


Joel is also "shunu" target. long long hair sweet sweet one LOL

MailOrderBride looked every bit as desirable as in her photos. so no need to advertise in catalogs lah LOL

celle and sandra caused a stir when they walked in... no, celle you are not too vulgar uncle has heard worse LOL yes, yes, please talk to moblog about including rssfeed, ask them to consider it for the convenience for us blog stalkers.

blend into the background mirclay, watching observing... you are a dangerous one LOL

cute cute barffie with her jeff boy boy. such a cute sweet couple!

and LMD, the one who makes me think. in your search for answers you have pushed me to do the same. to understand myself and my emotions and my needs. to constantly evaluate my stand. thank you.

yes, thank you everyone. for letting me know that a far far better world will come because you guys are.

dogs or rather skinned dogs on the way to the market. dogs here are either pets or food. 

grapes in liuzhou. didn't know that grapes can grow so far down south. 

Changi Terminal 1

am off again to Liuzhou, Guangxi China. will continue posting by email. if you are on Blogspot, i may not have access to read your blogs. yes i talking to you my fav bloggers, LMD, FF, al, twit, shion, ... at least i can get LBT. take care and see you guys soon.

China Southern CZ352

the plane to Guangzhou, another flight to Guilin and a car ride to Liuzhou.