Looking for a watering hole

This is Suntec City.
It was Lawrence birthday and we, that is my elder brother Victor and I wanted to give him a treat so we were looking for a suitable watering hole in town area for celebrating the occasion.

On our way down we had in mind a place called the “Paulaner Brauhaus” a German Restaurant and Bar located smacked right in the centre of the city or precisely at ‘Suntec City”. The popular Suntec City is the main venue for most of the Internationally held conferences and big scale exhibitions. the WTO, IMF. trade and financial organisations. 

 

 

 The Paulaner Brauhaus at Suntec City

“Achtung!” we are entering a German Bar and found that in the middle of the building stands an impressive, shiny brew container made of copper. It is the centre of attraction, an eye-catcher as it is the only one that I know. Here I supposed the malt and the other ingredients are mixed to produce beer. We are sorry, we  are unable to relate the process of beer making as it is not in our interest of how it is done. What we are more interested in consuming the content.

 

 

From left: David, Victor and Lawrence

We selected a quiet corner for our religious ritual so as not to disturb others nor the other way round. They say that if you use a straw to sip the beer, you will find that your world would be spinning around you. The waitress appeared to take orders, Lawrence and I wanted the normal beer (white) while my brother opted for black (stout) probably to match his colour he! he!  Which was not for my liking as it taste horribly bitter. To go along with the drinks, Lawrence and I shared a meal,  the house specialty called “pork knuckle” and Victor ordered sausages with mash-potatoes. When it was served “Wow!” it looked so delicious and appetizing. We wasted no time and immediately dug into, tearing off chunks of it.

 

The pork knuckle

In the spirit of fellowship, we share our lively conversation covering a variety of topics, concerning politics, regional, local and domestic issues etc… However whatever the problem confronting us, we realize that life must go on and that we have to adapt or resolve it. Most of the time it requires patience, tolerance, exercise of common sense and letting go what is called “pride” within us (the devil in us). Recently I read an article in the newspaper on what makes a person do good or bad? The answer lies in the brain. An area in the brain known as ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMFC) responsible for highly complex functioning such empathy and the ability to make moral judgement. So most human have a sense of what's right or wrong. We are to seek God’s ways in the search of understanding in order to resolve problems amicably. The end results should be that both parties are happy, a sort of win–win situation; live and let live attitude. After all most of us from time to time do encounter problems either big or small at home, in school or place of work. Which is normal but anyway we are not God, therefore we are not perfect and do have our own short-coming. The bad thing is to judge others while failing to examine oneself closely and see whether oneself is part of the problem.

 

The two female performers on raised stage

At this stage a two female performers walked in, one with a guitar and the other a violinist. The stage is a raised platform at the center, in front of the copper brewer and the two girls had to climb up to their sanctuary. It was I think a good idea, high and aloft from the reach of the sober. the drunk or the maddening crowd. We were entertained with good variety of music, some oldies, soft sentimental and a bit of rock. The melodious music soften down our stony hearts and the drinks drown our sorrows some were self-imposed. Yes at times we feel down, it is natural as we seek solace, we want love and pity shown to us.

 

 

“Hey! house on fire”

As we consumed more there is a tendency to frequent the wash room, that is how the beer works. I suppose when the alcohol level tops up, it overshoots the load-line or the “Plimsol Mark” in shipping term. And  triggers our body internal mechanism blow-out valve  to react for a release. I would jokingly announce “Hey! house on fire” we ought to  immediately summon the two-legged fire-engines into action. So with that excuse we would take leave and go to do our business of hosing it down. Finally all good things must come to an end.

 

“this one for the road, so bottoms up”

Lawrence as usual jumped the queue and went ahead to the casher to settle whatever damages that we had created.

So thus ended our episode.