That really sums up Julian's Trailer Park Trash Bash @ 28th March 2009. First and most importantly, need to extend a HUGE thank you to Juls for coining up this insanely fun theme and for his generosity for hosting it.
To all that came, hope all of y'all had a rockin' good time, and will think back of that crazy nite with much laughter for many years to come.
In case any of you were wondering what the objective of the theme was meant to be, there is a simple explanation to it. If we're not mistaken, the meaning of trailer trash originated from the U.S. It's a derogatory term for white people of low socio-economic standing. The belief that those of low standing within society often reside in cheap trailers inside trailer parks. As such, there is a popular cultural conception that they are too poor to afford much. Now, we in no way mean to berate or degrade such people, its merely a theme. In Malaysia, its akin to calling certain people Jingjang or Ah-Lians or Bengs. It's just a name, we don't meant anything malicious by it. Anyway, back to Trailer Trash, if we have anything in common, it's our love for drinking, albeit in different ways. We know they don't drink and party at big upscale clubs. They do it Trailer Trash style. And that is what we attempt to bring to you guys. So there you go.
We did our little research and got items which we believed were relevant to the theme. Building a trailer was of course the main priority. The neighbour which we replicated in the form of a giant poster were the next step. Misplaced tyres, fire extinguishers, empty cans of engine oil, empty bottles of beer/broom/rubbish lying around the compound and a makeshift sofa were the other form of 'decorations'. We also had a children's pool filled with ice where the beer were thrown in. A makeshift Trailer Trash's chiller so to speak. Lastly, to associate lower class society to crime is a must. The idea to have mugshots taken then came about. We made everyone that came take a mugshot at one wall in the venue and later printed it out for them to take home as party gifts, along with a free trucker cap.
The setup now close to completion, we then waited for Julian's guests to arrive decked in trailer trash style clothing.
We'll attempt to summarize Jul's big nite here with some key moments (excuse any discrepancies,quite hammered to remember the exact sequences of events !)
Party was supposed to kick off around 6 p.m. But there was this nasty storm which really scared the s*it out us around 5 p.m. Luckily it was just a brief storm which eased up right around party time.
First to arrive was none other than the man of the nite himself, Mr Julian Lee. Juls arrived with the cam whoring-green liquid in a bowl drinking-nigga wannabe Soo Meng Tiong.
Brought with them Popeyes, ice and other stuff like lime and salt to compliment the tequila shots. Shortly after, Vic, Zebra, Yvonne, Mich, Molly & Sebastien aka Sebaruddin rolled in complete with more ammo ( chicken franks and cases of beer ).
Fast forward - Ramesh & Felicia, Alicia & Farique, Adelyn & Ee Shoon, Adrian & Su Ling, Nadine & John, Wendy showed up. Everyone forced to take tequila shots, party started to come to life. Ate some chickens, mingled, played with Ramesh's dog and continuous drinking till 8.30 pm.
As it was earth hour, the lights went off for an hour. We then took the opportunity to 'surprise' Juls with a cake for his belated birthday. We sang, he got a lil embarrased, blew out the candles, made his wish, and then hell broke loose. The funnel made its grand entrance. Jules was not to get away from being the first victim of the nite. Beer, Tequila, more beer, saliva all was thrown into the funnel. Jules, in all his drinking capability took position, squated wushu style and gulped it all in...FOO LAA MAK !!!
OK, what happens after that was all a blur. Fast foward again.
- More funneling for everyone.
- Rick Kee, James arrived. No time to waste. Straight away 'funneled' them
- Jo diligently worked on the mug shots. Sweet outcome
- Tiong decided to work his charm on some helpess girls. Not so successful we think
- Lots of 'we-are-men-lets-drink-like-a-men-bonding"
- Whiskey from the bottle
- Tiong decided to go crazy and 'supplexed' Debra and Yvonne.TOGETHER. Not separately.
- Laughter everywhere
- Good music
- John became superman. Drank an insane amount of Chivas on the back of 'moral' support from the boys
- Wendy went crazy with the camera
- Some people decided to sing Lisa Loeb's "Stay" accapella style.
- Wuen, Karen and Jacie came later. Jacie almost got lost and she came dressed for the wrong party.
- Fred and Shirley came. Apparently Tissa became his best friend.
- More mugshots. This time in a group. This time it was crazier.
- Rick Kee was supposed to leave for another party, but we found him behind his car 2 hours later, unable to move.
Time flew by quickly, it was now 2.30 a.m. Friends, both old and new said their good byes. Had some problems with the shutters, James showed what a handy man he was, rectified the problem. All got home safely.
We hope everyone got up with not too much of a hangover. We hope that everyone will think back of Jul's party with good memories. Memories that remind us that good company equals good times. Thanks Jules and thanks all. Lastly, Happy Birthday Julian !!
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