The RECCOS Chronicles 6c: The Cave...

So now that we're dressed and ready to partae, we went ard introducing ourselves as the superheroes we dreamt to be, the terrorists we wished we were, and the Star War character he wished he wasn't...


Meet... Jane? Jane I think... Nvm let's call her Jane!
Anyway she invited me to ride her (broom) and of cos I couldn't deny!
See? BerD is all so happy!
Hard Fast Facts abt Jane: Fair, very feminine, friendly and has got mega-watt smile!
Classed, atas and damn glam... Easily, the best set of racks of the lot!

fast-forward >>> The next morning after a mad night of clubbing...
shaoshaoshao and I went for a jog ard the Boujoulais region...
Beautiful scenery aside... I run until sibeh gan shagged...
And when I returned to the chateau, dear missy Jane juz woke up...
And from her bedroom window, she called out oh-so-sweetly to me...
Juz to greet me "GOOD MORNING!"

Wah liew... Nose bleed man tell you... There she was... 
Standing at the window, hands behind her head... Tying her hair...
Chest *ahem!* out... Mega-watt smile... Good Morning, BerDie!

I run finish liao fat liao shagged liao... See this kind of power de... 
Legs soft already become lagi soft...
Her husband would be 1 lucky bastard...
Waking up every morning so such a lovely sight...
... Bastard...
But honestly... Not for me lah...
Cos she belong to the "ATAS" type de... BerD is "Bawah" de... XD


From left: Superman-Shao, Spiderman-Seng, Alcoholic-Angie and Joker-Jase!


From left: Adam-Adam, Eve-Eliza, Elmo-Eric...

This pic is worth a special mention... Eric on the right, is SUPER humble, SUPER friendly...
And has got eyes to die for really... I can imagine many girls going smitten over looking straight into his eye!

Kudos to Eliz too... Elysee... Elysse... Dunno lah... Very daring wor! Bra + leaves = Eve!

And that fat schmugg-looking Adam Schmugg-mugger (his name damn kickass de...)
He also deserves a special mention leh...

Flashback 1: There was this once on the bus... I was seated all the way at the front...
Dunno where the rest of those bastards were... And while we were on the road...
I was sleeping (as usual)... Or so I thought...
Adam, our dear fren... Had to wake me up...
Juz so I could watch him perform an air guitar...
Juz imagine... Adam with a constipated cheebong face...
Performing an air guitar... And waking me up juz so he could perform to me...
Why sia... Why why why!? Why does shit happen to me?!
It was that fateful then... When I started having violent dreams...
Of Adam and a certain camera tripod...
(P.S: Soon enough it was someone else who had those violent dreams...)



Gladiator GG Jesus Christ: John, above... Is an interesting guy... Very witty...
He's typically the British kind of guy... Who could perform on standup comedies anytime...
Britain who grew up in Aussie... And now on a tour around Europe with new-found frens...
Now how cool is that?
And why was he on a tour around Europe?
Well apparently, he's been working for a while now... And he got sick of it...
Some IT fella... He said he's been too much of a nerd for a long time now...
He specifically mentioned... Life isn't about working... It never was....
Now how COOL is that eh?! Loved him...
Apart from Taylor (to be introduced later)... He practically one of the few whom you could hold an intelligent conversation with...
The rest are juz... "Hey! Guys! Did you watch the show on TV last night?!
The policeman's shorts were like... Ultra short!" *giggles... (Reference to some bimbotic gals...)


Alex Brenson aka Slut of the Night + BerD: He said "Grab your fill, bitch!"
He's also 1 cool dude... That bitch above! 1 crazy bitch in fact!
He's always drunk... And always crazy... Along with his partner in crime - Grant...
There was this once... Grant and Alex had this crazy bet to get across a river - DRY.
Obviously that didnt happen... And would never happen...
They did get across the river though... Alex however, came out 1 shoe less...
HAHAHAHAHA and for the whole day the day after...
He was walking around Europe barefooted...
UBER COOL! Some kind soul in Germany took pity on him...
And offered to sell him a pair of footwear...
A pair of soccer boots. Yup, SOCCER BOOTS!
Hahahaha I dunno that one is kind soul or pure jek ark...
But Alex wore his €20 pair of soccer boots proudly around Germany anyway...


BerD + 2 very lovely + loving ladies! Cathy/Catherine (I forgot... Someone fill me in pls...) aka Catwoman on mi left and Angie aka Alligator Hunter on mi right! That Cat-woman hor... Ish beri the foxy leh...Beri the MEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOW!


GooSe and I-forgot-who... (Hint: I don't give a flying fark abt people I dont like...) But quite an eye candy lah...


Epitome of EFFORT.


Catherine/Cathy/Catwoman in the background!
Ish beri cute wors! Beri beri foxy wor!
She goes ard saying MEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! (With paws showing!)
To XW: Ya lah ya lah this kind I like lah... Okay? LoLoL
P.S: I swear by my balls a certain beasty terrorist was staring at Jane's boobs here in this pic...
Plead guilty, you horny terrorist!


A shot of Da Cave - Everyone's queuing up to buy drinks... It's also at this fateful place where Tim and BerD, the last 2 Singaporeans standing, met their match. 
The "Snake Shot" as we all know it...
Well... It brought Tim back to his bed...
And BerD too... But not before he... XxXxXxX (Pls contact BerD for details...)


RECCOS and the world, meet Ryan - Rod Steward for the night!
Oh and have I told you peeps?
How he totally made our 1st view of the Eiffel one of the most memorable images of our Contiki tour? 
Eternally etched in my mind... And for that... I'll always remember this man...


Meet the 3 lovely gals from Montreal!
(P.S: For those who didn't know, me included, their city is ranked higher than Singapore in terms of the desirability to live in!)
From left: Gabrielle ala Garbage, Don't-Know, Forgot.

So... Anybody got anything to say abt the pic above?
Cos I FREAKING HELL DO! Yuppie yup yup!
That one my type! Confirm! Type BerD. She's really a fun gal lor! 
Sweet, pixie, cute...
Cute, pixie sweet...
More on her later... See more of her pics 1st!


Oh man... This pic rocks to the skies I'm telling you...
Whoever took this pic... KUDOS TO YOU MY MAN!
Cos whever I see this pic... Alamak...
1 Canadian cutie pie... 1 Italian-Canadian cutie pie also...
Wah lau eh... Nose bleed. Confirm.
My knees go soft and my eyes become all dreamy again...
Makes me wanna go back to that moment there and then...
At the Boujoulais...


Goose a la Gladiator, Gabrielle a la Garbage Gal and Shao Shao Shao a la Superman!

Enter: Gabrielle Cardin
She's one helluva babe I'm telling you! Petite, fun-loving... Cheeky... Cute... Pixie... Awesome hair... And wat a nose! RAWR! You all probably know by now lah... I've got this thing for petite gals... Feminine yet sporty and all... Hahaha...

Oh and did I mention she's cute?
She's cute bcos she plays soccer with us guys... 
And uber cute cos she cheats by hugging me... 
But who the hell is complaining!?

Fast Forward >>> I remember at Fusina, Italy, juz outside Venice...
RECCOS played soccer and oh man!
She chased me all over the field! Weeeeee... Hahahaha...
I can totally imagine her to be a really fun gf...
One you can juz take to a park and play soccer with!
Awesome gal... Sporty too! =)


Here, she pays tribute to te legendary Anaconda, by offering him a toast of red wine! RawR!
All hail da Anaconda from the depths of South America!

Euro Secret! - Well it wont be a secret no more if I share it here right?
But what the hell... I am compelled to share this bcos... 
I wanna showcase wat a brudder Snake that sly piece of shit really is deep down inside...
He actually knows I had a crush on Gabby wor!
(But it wasnt hard to guess then... Cos she was obviously also interested in me! I think...)
Well that fateful afternoon before the mad party in the Cave...
She climbed along the parapet outside the windows of the castle we were staying at in the Boujoulais region...
Very happening right? Hahaha! And she came over to our room! Gwehehehehe...
I was sleeping (as usual...) and she wanted in into our room... 
I tell you that sly slithering snake very brudder...
He claimed he dunno how to "open the darn window"... So he asked me to do it instead...
While the rest chose to say/think he toopid! I think I know better!
He's FARKING TOOPID I TELL YOU! No lah... He give me chance lah... Wat a bro.
Okay lah nothing much happened except she wanted to show me ard the castle, holding my hand! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Hahahaha!
Although I thought I knew the layout of the castle a lot better than her...
But oh well... I juz played along also... Bwahahahaha.... I can still recall... Sibeh shiok ah! (^^,)


RECCOS + Gabrielle Cardin + 1 more gal - Bettina Miessl (Not impt.)
P.S: Check out Yoda... Totally kickass I tell you! Awesome shit!


RECCOS + Ryan (Rod Steward) + John (Dressed as Jedi, our dearest driver - another cool dude), BerD da Anaconda and Gabby - See how much she likes me?
She simply cant hide it! LoLoLoL!

Oh and did I mention? Gabby even bought me a drink!
It's the 1st time in my (loser) life perhaps, a gal ever bought me a drink! GAWD!
It goes to show 2 things -
Gabby really likes me deep deep! Gwehehehehe...
And that Singaporean gals juz expect to be treated to drinks but never think of doing likewise for her guy... (o.O) Oh well...

Hahahaha seeing the pictures taken at the Cave...
Brings back awesome memories everytime... ANYTIME!
The Initials Party...
The Cave in itself...
The poisonous Snake shot (that almost killed me and Tim...)
And most of all... My dearest cutie pixie sporty Gabby! d(^.^)b

The Reccos Chronicles, Part 6b: Transform and Roll Out!

We return to Chateau de Cruix with the €uro 8 after a gruelling session of trekking, seeking rest.
But it was not to be, for they were reminded, that tonight, yes, tonight, they HAVE A COSTUME PARTY!!!
The €uro 8 was momentarily stupefied, for the combination of cold, hunger and fatigue has taken its toll on them.
They needed time to think, and what better way to think than to do these:

Card playing to stimulate the mind.

Napping to refresh the weary brain and body.
*NOTE: I have no idea where Seng da Hairy Lamb is. He is not playing cards or sleeping. Deduction: He went to sh*t.
BerD to Tim >>> WRONG AR-TARD... How abt he's TAKING DA PIC?!
I mean... You got this from his folder rite? LoL

We'll take a little shortcut here and travel a few hours later, where the bodies were rested and the minds recharged. The €uro 8 began to salvage, to cut and paste, to beg borrow steal, to invent, to modify, all to prepare themselves for....

INITALS PARTY!
*the theme of this party is simple, dress up according to your initials. Ie: Dress up like an Amazon if your name starts with A, Bee if your name starts with B, Cock if your name... you get the idea.

And now, it is my honour to unveil, the showcase to the world, the creativity, the ingenuity, the spontaneity of the €uro 8.
In alphabetical order, I give you......................................

Berd.
As Berd(Bat)man
Goose.
As Goose-diator(Gladiator)

Jase.
As Joker. Seng.
As Seng(Spider) Man.
Sw.
As Snoring(Super) Man

Teck Beng.
As Tabby(Teddy) Bear.

Timmy.
As Tim-minator(Terrorist lah!)

*Note: There's no solo picture of Mr Yz, so we'll introduce him later. Question is: Why did the Euro Cam Whore not demand a shot of him to be taken?

After the €uro 8 were more or less 'dressed up', they decided to have some fun, immortalizing this night with a few random shots...

Jase da Joker held at 'gunpoint' by Timmy da Terrorist. (Note the small kickass gun, the batman logo and half an ear sticking out. I wonder whose ear it is...)

There we have it! The owner of the sticking ear!
Beng da Teddy Bear being head-butted/impaled/rammed by Mr Yz. As Yaoda(Yoda).

Some are smiling, one look lost, one look constipated.

And we leave the €uro 8 here, while they do up the finishing touches, to their costumes.
We'll return again, as we foray into the midst of the action, at the party itself.
So till next time........

Timmy out.

PS: Berd this is for you. If you wanna blog about the party, go ahead. If not then I'll blog and you can add in, Muhahahahahahahaahah!!!!!

The Reccos Chronicles, Part 6a(Version 2.0)

Here's the long awaited post by your Resident(and might I remind you, the MOST REGULAR) Reccos blogger.
The Boujoulais Region, Version 2.0
Only this time, I'll let the pictures do the talking.
For Berd da Anaconda was too kind, to not put these side-splitting pictures in(to salvage what little pride and reputation the €uro 8 possess, I think).
So, so so kind....

Therefore, I give you.....
the OTHER pictures.....

Some people clap their hands when they're happy.
Some people laugh out loud when their happy.
The €uro 8?
They have their unique way of expressing euphoria.

Guess who got the best out of this deal?
The cock-a-nathan who suggested that we 'SPREAD' all over the place, while he himself booked a slot a wee bit further from the camera.... *Don't look away, the one in the bright coloured sweater!!!*

It seems like some of us were heavy influenced by fairy tales.
Here we have Hansel and Gretel.
Older, uglier and using absolutely the wrong method to leave a trail behind.
*Ah Mr Bai, dunch bluff, you also one of them. I would urge the jury to note the action of zipping up by the accused, Mr Bai(aka Snake) which suggest the conclusion of the foul deed that he committed. Ladies and Gentlemen, I rest my case.

Proof that an underwater organism(Jase da Oyster) and a reptile(Yz da Snake) can appreciate nature.
The intense look on their faces says it all...

Sometimes, a man can develop a slight problem of thinking himself to be someone or something else he is not.
I believe the proper term is: hallucination.
In this case, the subject fancies himself to be a BIRD instead of a BERD.

How can we ever leave our Heart-Throb out?
Ladies, feel free to swoon at this glorious sight...

There're also a few inconsiderate blighters who cannot seem to fathom the terms: toilet and decency.

Just have to add this in.
If you ask me, I have absolutely no idea what this pose is for, why this pose was ever made, and most importantly, why this picture was even taken...

That's all for now folks.
But there're be more, I promise.
More (mis)adventures of the €uro 8, coming right up after this messages.................

PS: For those who are interested/still remember the question posted in this previous post, the answer is 4. shit.

A note of apology

It's almost going to be a month without any new entries here.
So sorry for the delay.
There's been unforeseen circumstances like WORK and more WORK.

So yah, the shit's been cleared, the dust settled.
The next blog post cometh....

--Timmy out

The RECCOS Chronicles 6a: La Région Boujoulais...

The €uro 8 traded the flavours of Paris - romance, history and culture, for something else basic, down-to-earth and closer to nature. Along the way, we had a taste of what was to come. We drove past pastures and soccer fields, which of cos, left a tinkling feeling amongst us (and our feet). One of which, was more like a personal backyard field more than anything else we've ever seen!


Yz, tear down that park in front of your house and construct one of this for good o'RECCOS sake? =D

We had a service stop at what used to be a military HQ during WWII. I don't think anyone of us 8 could remember the name of the place... Nothing much abt that place, but worthed taking a look at...


Tucked away in the countryside of France about a (total of) 7-hour drive away from the heart of Paris, we arrived at the picturesque region of Boujoulais... A region of wine, wineyards, wineries and just acres and acres of beautiful BEEEAUTIFUL landscape...



We stayed at a chateau, Chateau de Cruix, bought over by Contiki themselves. Funny how amongst the 7 cameras, none of which captured the old fortress-turned-guesthouse... So here's some random shots out of the area instead...


Yup! There's even a swimming pool in the chateau!


Chatting about the good o'days... Good o'days which lasted for way too short...


Introduction to wineries and the process of wine-making... Along with wine tasting of cos! [P.S: Take a good look at the pic. Not just the wine... A lot of good looking people!]

Hike to the Top Of The World:
One of the activities incorporated into our itinerary was a hike to the Top of the World - basically up to (one of) the highest knolls in the area... With the help of this:



Yup. A hand-drawn map. Outrageous! But I loved every single bit of the hike... We were equipped with that hand-drawn map, along with a basket of goodies! 3 loaves of baguettes, a big slice of cheese, apples, oranges, mineral water, some cups and a couple of serviettes...

If my memory didn't fail me, the 6 ends of the 3 baguettes went to: sw yz jase tim goose and ME of cos. (It's not hard to figure actually, the other 2 just aren't sly and cunning enough.)

We took a long time to get to the top of the world... And back down... 5 hours hike I reckon. But heck, we thoroughly enjoyed it... With loads of great pics taken...


We went past a ghost town, colourful no less...


With alley ways between brick houses reeking of coolness...


Past a pasture overlooking the region...


Before stopping to vandalise a bench standing innocently along the track...


We then continued through the woods... Nonchalantly...


Up steep rocky slopes...


Before reaching NEAR the top... It rained along the way and it was cold!

And that's the top, up that uber steep slope behind us here in the picture above! We felt kinda shortchanged... Since the view from atop that knoll was nowhere near anything we've seen along the way! There wasn't a clear view of the surrounding cos of trees and bushes! Plus it was raining super heavily when we reached the top...

We hung around that spot to eat wat's left in the basket... Nothing more than half a loaf of baguette and that same whole slice of cheese. And all of the fruits. I even recall begging from the others for their leftovers... 1 puny basket cant feed 8 hungry RECCOSians!

With the food all finished... We took out our handy deck of playing cards and played Big 2 (Dai Dee) atop that knoll... See? It pays to travel in 4s... Better still, 8s! 

We spent the rest of the day preparing for the night ahead... And what a night it proved to be... That we shall cover in the next post... I'll juz spam our group photos and other random pics to conclude the Boujoulais region...


Seng helping 2 of our tour mates who were lost...


I juz had to show everyone this pic again...


Atop a knoll overlooking the ghost town - On our way down...


Make a guess now - Who took this pic?


Seng, Goose, Snake, Timmy, BerD, mokie, Beng, Jase making the €uro 8...

P.S: Dinner that day more than made up for lunch, pork ribs in sweet and sour sauce, along with strawberry ice-cream (which timmy gave to me) to top it all!
PP.S: Just for the record, sw farts like once every 5 minutes throughout the entire journey, and all of them were smelly. VERY VERY SMELLY!
PPP.S: Jason digs his nose with 2 fingers! And this is proof! Muahahahhaa!


Jase concentrating on getting nose wax from both nostrils at the same time!