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Fancy a can of Whatever?


Nice Shop! ....................................The Skyline

2 Ulu's in a Ulu Ulu Village! ...............Wank?



No Wanko! (it's a clothing shop!)


Me bro and Halal BK WHOPPERS...... Me and Python!



Zebraaaa .........................MEEEEEEEEEE



This Guy studied at Bradford uni!


Best Shop Ever?............................ Night Safari



me and some random Bull ....................Night Safari



Me Bro Raffles Hotel


A can of Anything?................... Best Cup of Tea




Best Market EVER .......................Now that Crab is SCARY





Gotham Building

Singapore............LONG POST

Right it has been a great holiday, had soo much fun and explored all over Singapore and done loads of shopping, my suitcase is actually heavier then my mums lol.

I am pretty damn broke now...but I don't really care that much about it.

I arrived and didn't sleep at all, my mum and bro picked me up at the airport, you may be wondering where my sister was?......she was out shopping lol

THE WEATHER damn, was like 30c humid pretty much the whole, sometimes it would rain for like 10mins proper hardcore and then stop. It was really good, the sun wasting blazing and yet it was nice and warm, we spent our days out and about for like 19-12 hrs at a time, was too much fun and exhausting!

We drop my stuff off at his place and head up onto Orchard Road somewhere, and explore some of the malls, we hit up Plaza Singapura first, man it is massive, they sure do love to shop out here.....there are shops everywhere.

We go for a meal at this hotel that has a buffet, and my sister joins us, nice food and everything is halal....wait let me say that again...EVERYTHING IS HALAL! Every takeaway (McDonalds, Burger King, KFC), I have had a Big Mac b4 when I was in Egypt years ago and never rated it....but the Whopper from Burger King...that is the stuff of legend, esp The Double Whopper With Cheese...damn I just drool thinking about that!

At the nice buffet I was at, a women stops me and asks me if I am Canadian ( everyone who knows me, knows I wear a Canadian arm/sweat band pretty much all the time, if you don't know why ask me sometime lol). I explain that I lived there for a while and she recommends some stuff to try as I have no clue what half the food on offer is lol.

Well we get back, and I start to fall a sleep in the taxi ride back and go straight to bed.....any guess how many hours I slept.....go on 1 guess.........





15 hours, not slept that long in ages!

The next few days involved me bouncing around all over the place shopping here and there, no where near to the extent of my sister has done...I hasten to add.

My favourite market was Bugis Street Market, it is Singapore's largest street market, its where you g when you want funky designs and not your run of the mill stuff (anyone who knows me, knows that those are the places I love to shop), in a way think of it as a massive version of The Corn Exchange in Leeds, but much more packed out with loads more people and a shit load more shops.

One of the things about Singapore I love, is you just feel safe, they actually have posters up that say LOW CRIME, DOESN'T MEAN NO CRIME, if you don't understand they are saying still be vigilant because if you remain vigilant then crime will remain stupidly low, become complacent and crime and come back.

Families sit outside and eat at restaurants at 1am like it is an everyday thing (well to them it is!). I have yet to find a place in all my travels that remotely comes close to rivalling Singapore for such diversity and mixture of cultures, living in complete harmony. I heard it wasn't always like that years ago, there were riots and all sorts, but now they make sure that there is no real segregation, people in apartment blocks are always mixed from various cultures on purpose and so on. I never came across a slobbering drunk, or any violent behaviour of any kind.

I went out for a like 2 hrs on Friday night with my bro, just to experience what it was like. A very different dynamic (or maybe my mind decides on that), we hit up this bar called Attiqa or something, it is supposedly where girls go to me foreign guys and vice versa, met some interesting people in there, forget girls I ended up spending my time talking to this semi drunk French guy just about random shit and shooting the shit, said hi to a few girls nothing spectacular to report.

One girl stood next to me (tiny asian girl), on a side note, is it just me you fancies doing all sorts of naughty things to with petite women?! I just imagine ravaging them against the wall and them being totally up for it lol...well anyway, I smile and say Hi and I hustle forward and I see her again we chat briefly

Me: give me a hug *smiles*
Her: *looks a bit shocked but is all smiles*
Me: come on *smile*
Her: *smiles and playfully punches me on the arm*
Me: *damn she is a bit feisty I like!* I plough the hug lol

And then I loose her into her group of mates, and I didn't wanna plough into the group, even though she looked back a couple of times...ok ok either

1. I didn't want to jump into the group out of being nice...
2. I bottled it...
3. I didn't know how to proceed with the situation...

I would go with all 3 but verge towards the last 2 options lol.

Me and my bro chill about a bit more and then bounce back, as we are up early 2mrw sightseeing and shopping!

Then another night my brother also took me to this place where there are loads of fit prostitutes in bars etc, as it isn't illegal out there, he goes everyone has to go check it out, its like a new comers initiation thing. I decided to go because I knew it would make me feel incredibly uncomfortable, and I am all about pushing comfort zones, you walk in and the girls walk up to you and start touching you very seductively and all sorts, their chat up technique is as follows:

Her: hey you what's your name *touches your arm and chest*
Me: Bilal
Her: nice to meet you *shakes hand*
Me: nice to meet you too

My brother is like pawning them off to be the cheeky git, with the line "have you met my brother" lol and then I pull off the mother of get out clauses, as these girls are persistent, I've never had a girl so actively plough and touch me. I pre planned my get out clause, its something I use loads lately (just for kicks).

Her: I like you
Me: I hate to tell you.......but I am gay
Her: *first looks shocked....and then frowns like a sad puppy*
I can't really describe the look, I should have taken a pic of it lol
Her: so you don't want me to go home with you?
Me: I'm sorry I am gay, I am just here visiting my brother on holiday.
Her: *looks like a sad puppy dog again* and says rubs my arms and smiles and says goodbye to me and her friend/business partner who is running her stuff on my brother.

My brother looks at me and says

Brother: save me Bilal

So I play the blocking person, I do what every girl has done at some point in her life, drag them away from the person trying hit on em...I became a modified cock block lol. I yank my brothers arm and yank him away, I laugh and tell him that's what you get for trying to be clever and pawning them off to me lol.

I pre planned that I was going to say I was gay to get me out of any sticky situation, as I heard the girls were overly enthusiastic/aggressive. I knew it wasn't something they would have heard often , esp in a place like that.

Lets hope my mum doesn't hear about this lol

I point out that these prostitutes were all fit, I mean if I was in any normal bar or whatever I'd be like damn gotta find out more about her. The place had a very fun vibe about it, there were old/fat guys and tourists enjoying the company of multiple ladies...just having a good time, I've been told people go to these places when they break up from relationships/are old/crap with women or tourists, trust me the attention they give you can make you feel like your the biggest and badest player in the world, and that feel good factor can clearly be seen in there. The girls get a tourist visa come work for a bit then go back and then hop back over again.

I swear the place initially made me feel pretty damn uncomfortable, but after a bit it was fine and then we left after drinking our orange juice and sprite lol.
I remember a time where I would have been judgemental of people who went to these places and the girls, but now I'm not judgemental in the slightest... A bit mental yeah sure lol but judgemental nah, everyone is entitled to do what they want with their life, who is to say what path they have chosen or what reasons they have but who cares, it is their life and let them all live it, any way they choose.

I ordered 2 suits while I was out there, from Far East Plaza, one a nice shiny dark brown (same as the Zara suit I left on the train!) with nice stripes on it for causal going out in and a nice grey suit straight up for interviews and important stuff, with a nice white Egyptian cotton shirt, took 3 fittings and some final adjustments but they look the bizzle......... I remember trying them on and thinking

*man if I saw me out on the street or in some bar/club, I'd so wanna fuck me even if it meant being gay for that moment* lol

Now my mum has a habit of focusing on the negative pretty much all the time, like most Asian parents I know, they will happily ignore all the good stuff going on around them and focus on the negative aspects. This was annoying my brother (he has lived away for ages) while me I am used to it and just let it pass through me.

My mum wanted to stay out later then some of us, my sister and her went to watch a Bollywood film and wondered in at 1am, us lot being the sarky gits we are, imitated what mum would say to us

Me: aye kere waila eh, hone ander anerou, itna dare bar ne rarewo. Next time itna late ahwo gar meh kunda larchursa wat ander neh ar sak neho (what time do you call this, coming home, don't stay out so late, next time I am going to put the bolt on so you can't get it)

Then I over exagarate a bit like my mum does

Me: 3am ander anay o, tusi ke ker na o?
(3 am you come home, what do u do?) even though she walked in at 1am.

We all laughed about this, my mum included.

Some other fine comedy moments from my mum:

Sister: (at 12am after a hard day shopping) lets go home
Mum: why do you want to go home for, all your going to do is sleep lol

Brother: lets go to Chinatown
Mum: Cha na Time? (time for tea)
Brother/sister/me: *laughing* no mum Chinatown! Will you stop thinking about tea for 2 minutes lol

If your Asian you will understand the comical value of these, more then if your not Asian ;-)

Mum sees my sisters reflection in the glass door at Burger King, and thinks she is on the other side and goes and opens it, then she realises that my sister isn't there and turns around and sees my sister stood next to me lol, my mum is like I didn't realise you came in the other door so when I saw you in the glass I went to open the door to let you in lol.

We spent the whole holiday joking about how my mum had become a proper loafer on holiday and that she could never say anything to us ever again.

Every so often when a really cute girl would walk past me or we would get standing at the lights, I would randomly say "HI", it has a weird reaction in Singapore, it is soo out of the norm that some girls just looked shocked, some were actually like "HI" back with a nice smile and would start talking but you could tell they were very nervous and most game me a nasty dirty look too lol, my mum saw me do this a few times and just laughed and so did my bro....I'm on holiday baby!

We all went to Underwater World over on Sentosa island, it was really good they had feeding pools where you could feed the exotic fishes and touch them and all sorts, was awesome and the best bit is I finally got a Python snake wrapped around my shoulders and had my picture taken, while I was holding it, you could feel it tensing up and everything and your like ahhh shit don't bite me or strangle me lol, another comfort zone pushed!

We went to see this light show over on Sentosa island too, it started off really OTT and then it went ok, was pretty good actually.

Me my bro and my mum went on a boat ride along the river at night...I was tired and fell asleep on the boat lol....I woke up and saw a cockroach run across the boat floor.....niceeeeeeeeeeeee lol

My brothers letting agent is Muslim and he has helped him sort out his apartment and many other things, they took us all out for a meal, his family and our family. They have a good heart and its great to see them helping out.

This is why I like travelling, experiencing new cultures and meeting new people and just seeing what's out there, life is way too short not too. Travelling is one of my biggest passions, the feeling you get when you are out and about can't be described, some people live their job....not me, it pays my way to go doss about places while I still can!

I bought some new glasses from this optician, this just goes to show what a small world we live in.....he studied at Bradford University like 10 years ago and lived right near Bombay Stores and loved Mumtaz Pann house, but said it was very expensive, the more I travel the more I realise the world is soo small. The glases give me a waynes world kinda look...which is cool and they are black and orange...YES ORANGE! But they are a tad bit uncomfortable, they dig into 1 side of my nose a bit, I will see if they can be adjusted at all...cos they are sexy mofo spectacles.

All in all I had a great time, was nice just to kick it and relax and have a laugh, my suitcase actually weighed more then my mums on the return flight......go figure...

This post was done on the return flight from Singapore, this post is massive its amazing what you can write when your interested and passionate about it (shame I had so much trouble at uni writing essays lol)

I am sure I have missed bits out that simply don't spring to mind right now, but either way hoped you enjoyed the pictures....you nosy people!

Bilal

P.S you women who have there eyebrows threaded all I can say is OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Post on a Plane 2

Right I am sat on this plane, and I have to say the air stewardesses are absolutely stunning on Singapore Airlines, my brother wasn't joking when he said so.

They are not super drop dead gorgeous, it is more then that, it is the way they carry them selves and everything they do...its so damn attractive...its insane lol

And the entertainment system on this plane is nuts, you get your own tv screen and you have like 80 tv channels of stuff to watch from all the latest films, and you can rewind and fastforward and pause it as and when you please, it is all quote amazing esp since I am in economy class.

I wanted to chat up some girls while waiting for my plane, I waved at a few women who looked very bored at work, they smiled and waved back...I didn't really push it and I saw 1 girl who had the funkiest hat...so I asked her were she got it

Her: oh this hat...I got it in Milan...from the H&M there.

I was like oh em ok cheers, see on my own I find it really hard, its all about beliefs baby, and that is what its all about.

But I just gotta keep plugging on, I've come this far and I shall keep on going!

I am wondering what is the best way to overcome the jet lag I am going to face when I arrive in Singapore, I arrive at about 3pm local time, should I sleep on the flight or should I try and stay awake and go to sleep at night in Singapore, but I am not good at staying awake too late here.

Post on a Plane

Right my original post seems to have got lost in the bowls on my phone somewhere,

So I am making a post about the last few weeks off the top of my head lol, while I am sat on the plane to Singapore

Right where to start....lets see.

The last few weeks have been interesting to say the least, I met a girl in borders one Thursday evening late night shopping, we both sat down on one of the sofas in Borders, how did I start the convo.....it was situational, I asked her if all the magazines in the middle of the sofa were hers, she playfully said no, and I left it at that.....then she picked the convo up from there. So from that sign I just ran with it.

We talked about everything, her shoe obsession, and how she spends more time buying shoes then actually doing her Uni work, she is studying Interior Design at Huddersfield Uni. I don't really find her attractive in that sense, but she can banter hardcore, and she can be verbally aggressive...I think it is a cover for some insecurities, well we have all met people who are always on the offensive first, because they are afraid to be on the defensive.

We just text each other most of the time, I have tried to arrange meeting up at certain times, but it never pans out....and I am not bothered.

Once I told her to join me while I was in Leeds with Royal, she was like ok I'm bringing a M8, I'm like sure whatever. She never turned u and I was never bothered, I think it was a test to check my reaction. I got a text from her later like nothing had happened and I just acted like nothing had happened either, my guess was she thought I'd do the typical thing and say why didn't you turn up etc etc...but I really just wasn't bothered lol.

We have had in depth text msg convos about sex and her relationship, with a guy which is strictly about sex only, she calls him her BF, but admits that is just to make her feel better and to stop her friends judging her badly (the pressures of being a women and being an Asian women at that). I pride my self on not being judgmental at all these days, everybody is entitled to do what they want with their lives.

She can be very aggressive with her words, she is like....don't call me cute I hate it...say it again and I will rip your head off!.....my reply.....wow you really like the kinky talk don't you...I like it! Lol

She is all talk really.....I'm sure of it, but hey that's another story.

I was out 1 night and was in bottom Revolution bar, this girl walks past

Me hiiiiii

Her heyyyy

We hug and everything exchange pleasantries and everything and she tells me she is looking for her friend, and she is about 5 foot tall or so. Well her friend turns up I hug her and everything and we kiss, then her friend cockblocks me and they leave, I head outside too after a little bit to meet the guys, I see some other girls and I hug them and everything...and just as I am doing that, the other girl who cockblocked me b4 turns up and is like......What about US?!..I am like hey lets all hug...she is like get lost....weird how jealousy works lol

I see them again heading into another bar, I am like heyyyy again and they smile and the cockblock starts walking in...I grab the girl I kissed, and I tell her to give me her number, she goes she dnt know her number off top of her head, and while fumbling for her phone, her other friend is pulling her inside, while I am pulling her other arm to keep her outside lol

Me: hey left me talk to her for 1 second and you can have her back

Cockblock: no you can't....you have enough girls as it is!

Oh the irony there, see this would have been the perfect time for a business card, but I didn't have any on me...lesson learned lol.

Another night, a nice blow-out

Me: hiiiiiiiiiii

Her: get lost

Me: but I love you

Her: fuck off

Me but I want you to have my babies lol

Her: mutter something not nice and backturns me lol

Its a shame people come out on a night and decide to be sooo rude, but hey that is just some people for you.

I had a restart of my MC in some sort of form, but I am here to work with Harl, not everyone else that turns up, but to be fair...I was pretty ill and I nearly lost my voice that night too, bit I gave what I could...which wasn't really much given the circumstances, he said he would contact me mid week to arrange a full rethink/overhaul...but surprise surprise...I never heard from Harl...am I going to have to keep pursuing him again...I hope not...I seriously can't be arsed with that, and I told him next time I see him...no one else is to turn up, not Sy Ryan Diaego...nothing against them, but it is strictly business between me and Harl and no 1 else. I explained it to him and he agreed, he says he can't stop people going to the same places as him, well you best stop advertising what ure doing if ure teaching me, cos its 1 on 1.

I don't think Harl realises that I know what has been going on behind the scenes, and there aint much that is majestic these days....I don't care..I am only bothered if it affect my MC.

Kush keeps saying that I should put more trust in Harl....and I agree, but first he has to earn it again from scratch, esp since he is still doing the same thing, saying one thing and then not following through, he knows I won't cover his failures anymore....so Harl...I am waiting m8...I expect a whole load of stuff once I am back from my holiday.

Man I had written a post to put up here a while ago on my phone but I cant find the damn thing now.

Well I will make a post while I am on the train or on the plane or something and hopefully I will have plenty to write after my trip to Singapore!

W000000t

Love you all long time!