Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t be so keen about waking up so early on a Sunday morning to attend some seminar of something that I have not an inkling of. But this was Mian Xiang, something like or is face fengshui. I can’t think of anything more appealing than being able to read someone like a book. And I thought it’d be fun to examine my boss’ face after. Thanks to Suan for the tickets.

The massive crowd.

In the ballroom.

So off ST, FA and I to Nikko hotel at the ungodly hours of 9.30am to catch the talk which was supposed to start at 10am. We could have been on time if it wasn’t for the tiger answering his feeding call at Mcdonald’s. We reached there at about 10.30am and it was packed. Seriously packed. To be frank, I didn’t think stuff like that would appeal to so many people but obviously I was wrong. I even noticed a couple of tudung chicks in the crowd. The talk started with a basic introduction to Mian Xiang by Joey Yap, whom I thought was pretty hot for a metaphysic nerd. Before we knew, it was already tea break. Oh and yeah, I was sitting next to Jeff Ooi the whole time. Hehehe. Very star-struck, ok.

During teabreak, we discussed about our ears. From out of nowhere, some dude joined our conversation. Nobody knew him and all of us thought he’s someone’s friend. The freakiest part was when he insisted that I touched his ear. FUCKING MAJOR EWWWW, ok. I reluctantly touched his ear for 0.2 seconds. I thought the nightmare was over until he nonchalantly touched/studied my ear. Suffice to say, I finished a bottle of Dettol.

We discovered that some dude seated next to FA was actually burning some cheapass gawddamn smelly aromatherapy oil with a burner hidden in a paper bag. We were so pissed because the we thought it was some grooming gone wrong case and endured the foul smell thinking we would never find out who the culprit was. The smell was literally giving us headaches. FA told him off and he promptly put it out. Smart fella.

Wacko’s aromatherapy set.

So anyway, we attended the second session after teabreak. From that, I discovered that I have a “mistress face”. ROTFLOL. I found that I may be better off doing my own business, something I’ve given serious thoughts about. My nose supposedly retains wealth but then I realised that due to my flared nostrils, my wealth would flow out. I’m also supposed to be well-balanced about my spiritual needs and physical needs… *winks*. Basically, I’m just perfect…

Then it was lunch time. Jeff, ST, FA and I walked to Nasi Kandar Pelita for some good food. 30 minutes into dining, it rained like cats and dogs. Splendid. We were stuck at Pelita for a good 3 hours, missing the third and most interesting session. Joey Yap supposedly talked about fortunes from age 1 to 100.

ST and Jeff.

Me and Jeff.

FA digging in.

By the time we managed to run back to Nikko (albeit in the drizzle), the session was almost ending and we decided to hang around till the forth and last session.

Who needs umbrellas?

There was also an exhibition on chiropractice and they were offering free consultation. We signed up and to keep it succinct, we got man-handled. According to them, I had “hard” shoulders, a sign of stress.

We attended the final session. Boring because it was a continuation of the 1-100 years fortune talk, and it started with the age 57. Yawns. The rest of the talk was just a recap of what he said earlier. All in all, it was a very interesting talk. I won’t say it has changed my way of perceiving people but it’d definitely come in handy. It’s cool to consider the possibility of controlling your otherwise uncontrollable destiny, no harm done trying! I wish I had attended the full seminar though…damn the rain.

Anyway, we successfully left Nikko after being stuck in the basement carpark for some 45 minutes because there was only one freakin’ exit and the dude handling the payment was s.l.o.w.

ST says hi to Nikko Hotel’s carpark management.

I got back and I tasted Baileys for the 1st time. It was ohmygawdsogood why hadn’t anyone given me such drinks?? I swear it tasted like some cold, creamy cocoa.