Saturday, March 26, 2005

Muddy Murphy's Again!!

Real quick trip back to MM *giggles*
I missed this one too I think

The Guinness Gluttons there that night I think were:

- the Bear
- Gackt247
- snNeD
- Kuali Baba

Ok..... I have no idea who else turned up

Written by: Elindra (18 November 2007)

Thursday, March 24, 2005

Do you want Dim Sum or do you Wanna have some....... *evil grin*

The PROBLEM with all these early outings is that we never thought of bringing a camera out at all!!!! Nor do we document our outings *bangs head against wall*

I sorta remembered this outing.

True_Xerion arranged for this outing to have DimSum at Geylang.
It was pretty fun. Food was good, Company lovely.

Gluttons that day were:

True_Xerion
the_Don
Ghost18
Elindra
Mr Pinky Bear
the Bear
Gedenken
Sasha
ilovemyrolex

....... I don't think I missed anyone else

Thursday, March 17, 2005

The Start of a Tradition???

Our favourite watering hole! MUDDY MURPHY's!!!

Nothing like a pint of Guinness, coupled with perfect lamb chops, Crackling Pork Knuckles with Sauerkraut and Irish Stew!! Not to mention their fantastic then $10 nett (now $12) burger!

To learn more about our favourite pub, clicky the link below!
http://www.muddymurphys.com/

This is the earliest post I can find on our trip to MM's. I didn't go this time and I think it was mainly a guy outing. This was a St Patrick's Day celebration thingy. We don't have a St Pat's holiday here in Singapore but it is a good excuse to go Guiness guzzling *lol*

An explaination on what exactly is St Pat's by snNeD:

The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn, and he almost didn't get the job of bishop of Ireland because he lacked the required scholarship.

Far from being a saint, until he was 16, he considered himself a pagan. At that age, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders that raided his village. During his captivity, he became closer to God.

He escaped from slavery after six years and went to Gaul where he studied in the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre for a period of twelve years. During his training he became aware that his calling was to convert the pagans to Christianity.

His wishes were to return to Ireland, to convert the native pagans to Christianity. But his superiors instead appointed St. Palladius. But two years later, Palladius transferred to Scotland. Patrick, having adopted that Christian name earlier, was then appointed as second bishop to Ireland.

Patrick was quite successful at winning converts. And this fact upset the Celtic Druids. Patrick was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries across the country. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his conversion of the Irish country to Christianity.

His mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. After that time, Patrick retired to County Down. He died on March 17 in AD 461. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since.

Much Irish folklore surrounds St. Patrick's Day. Not much of it is actually substantiated.

Some of this lore includes the belief that Patrick raised people from the dead. He also is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Of course, no snakes were ever native to Ireland, and some people think this is a metaphor for the conversion of the pagans. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday.

One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock. And this stems from a more bona fide Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.


I think the Guinness Thirsty Peeps that night were:
- the Bear
- snNeD
- Rhonda
- Kuali Baba
- InnoHippo
- tare
- Estee
- neuros

Anyway, We have been to MM many many times :) And yes we will still be going there in the future!!

As Bear always says~
Guinness in a can is disgusting
Guinness in a bottle is passable
Guinness on tap... is liquid velvet


Written by: Elindra (18 November 2007)