yummy.

monday morning weekend has been a blast. good food. good drinks. good company. the only thing lacking was the co-operation of the weather. after holding off for 2 days, it decided to rain when we were having a barbecue.

in any case. haven't had this much fun at a barbecue since poly. then again, haven't really been to many apart from the occasional chalets. on a "sad" note. after eating loads and having a can of beer, somehow someone decided that i should go for the half-yard challenge.

sidenote: a half-yard is essentially this long test-tube-like-thing that can contain up to 3 cans of liquid, in this case (and actually. it's only used to contain..), beer.

so for the hell of it, i went for it. after downing close to 90%, i choked and then i struggled to finish the last few bits. after which, it was a dash to the toilet and then wham. a long burp and a few bits of chicken later. all was back to normal. was told i downed the whole thing in around 12 seconds plus. so i would say that is an achievement considering i don't like beer and this was my first time drinking a half-yard.

but tim did it twice so i won't complain and compare much. his first try was around 10 seconds and his second was 9 odd. his replacement, kai sheng did it around 10 plus too if i remember correctly.

here's a tip for drinking beer that alan mentiond:

SSG - sip, sip, gulp.

applicable only to those who think that beer should be finished in one go and not slowly over conversations and some finger food. haha!