Blangah Rise Primary

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East View Primary School

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Eunos Harmony Skate Park

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Bishan Secondary School

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ASA Presents: Singapore Extreme Championship

REGISTRATION STARTS AT 10.00AM ON DAY OF EVENT. REGISTRATION IS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS. EVERY PARTICIPANT WILL ONLY BE ISSUED WITH 1 REGISTRATION FORM. REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE UPON MEETING THE MAXIMUM NO OF PARTICIPANTS.

ROCK THE CASBAH: The beginning

If you can recall, sometime back, we mentioned something good is coming up, well here it is. You can view it at our facebook - Loose Grooves:

EPHEMERAL

DON'T BLINK

ROCK THE CASBAH Part 2

ROCK THE CASBAH

Something reeeaaally good is coming up. I promise.

MENDAKI. AND CLIMB WE DID.

I wonder what the boys have been doing to get invites to Mendaki's Appreciation Tea reception. Whatever they are doing, they surely are doing things right obviously. Anyway the event was attended by the honourable Mr Komeng, our Corporate Relations & Marketing dude, Hairie and our ever dependable IT guy, Amir (whose really there for the free food!).

Komeng and Hairie were completely drenched by the unrelentless monsoon rain while hiking up Fort Canning hill to reach The Legends. Despite the downpour, it did nothing to dampen their spirits to reach the intended venue and win some sympathy from the organisers along the way.

The hi-tea was in recognition to the contributions made by volunteers of various organsations. What they did were no small feat, and they deserve all the respect. Loose Grooves salute all that they have done in order to make this place a better world. Wow. That sounds so corny. The lame statement does not discount the wonderful things you have done people. So give yourself a pat on the back!

Sorry for the bad pictures though. Rain + soaked handphone camera = the photos below.

I seriously dont think Komeng is attentively listening.

Hairie & Rizal - Mendaki's Youth Development Officer.

Fellow volunteers crowding over Komeng for his autograpgh. I think.

ELAN "KING OF ANG MO KIO" GOVAN

When he is not towing the A380 - the world's biggest passenger aircraft, along the Changi runaway, he takes his children out for a drinking, opps! I mean cycling session around his neighbourhood. I doubt his children knew that, their laid back Tontenham Hotspurs loving dad was part of a feared crew. A force not to be reckoned with for sure. For he was a breakdancer! He was so good that they nicknamed him "The King"!

Once battling for supremacy with his headspins, now battling with baldness. It was in between that stage of transition that Elangovan decided to swap perfecting his cartwheels to flawlessly executing the boneless. Skateboarding has been some sort of a livesaver for him as he was going going wayward (He was convicted of shoplifting once - His bounty? A packet of cashew nuts).

"Thank God I was saved by His divine powers through skateboarding man... My late tata (grandpa in Tamil) had wanted to whack me because of my mischeif but somehow he slipped on my skateboard and fell. My Cabellero Bats & Dragon actually saved my life! I vowwed on that day onwards that I will never stop skateboarding!"

Hmmm... Although now we know that Elango skated for the wrong reasons, Loose Grooves nevertheless, is delighted to have Elango came out of retirement and signed on the dotted line to skate for LG over the wad of cash being offered to him. To make the deal sweeter, we have decided to pay him in Ringgit - RM10 to be exact; which he finds useful as he will not have to hassle to the money changer should his son intends to send him to an old folks' home in JB. The pleasure is ours dear King. Hail King!!!

The contract signing ceremony is held at the former site of his grand castle which has been made way for an equally majestic looking multi storey carpark. Below is the official photo taken by the royal approved photographer, Ronnie.

Soon to be Mrs Komeng continues Loose Grooves tradition of paying their pro riders in foreign currency.

GONG XI FA CAI

To all those responsible for making our throats sore with boxes full of oranges that we were force fed with, Happy Chinese New Year babes. Wishing you BIG BIG huat ah...!!!

KOMENG'S SECRETS REVEALED!

Komeng is fiercely proud of his Bugis heritage. Fearless warriors. Excellent seafarers. Outstanding adventurers. Oh how we wish he is one of those... He cannot swallow his pills and insists on pounding them. Even the dependable Poh-Chai got him chocked once! He is a terrible swimmer and a horrible navigator. But one thing that is commendable about our dear Komeng is that he is without a doubt, a man of peace and we should adopt his non-violence stance against aggression. Below are instances where we should try to avoid at all costs!





And for the final revelation about our boss...



So what are you waiting for? Grow a moustache!

SIT & DESTROY

Ah... Let us start the new year by making new friends! Meet Ah Leong who is in his late 30s. Do not be deceived by his looks though. This humble guy actually loves listening to death metal! He was introduced by our friend, Adam. Both of them were actually childhood friends back in Aljunied.

Leong's tragic disability was a result of a freak accident involving his motorbike which almost took his life. His body was a total mess and is now half man - half machine. Literally. Because what you are seeing is a surgical wonder! More than half of his body is implanted with metal fixtures. So why skate rather than being safely secured on a wheelchair?

"Haiya...! Boring la. At least I feel free and happy whenever I am on a skateboard."

Freedom to run amok against this discriminative society who dismiss the less able as a burden, who equals their inability to charity. How sad to see the state of graciousness in Singapore still leaves much to be desired despite years of courtesy campaigns by the government. No wonder Leong is all about destroying these preconceived ideas.

Loose Grooves has always been about the everyday man on the streets rather than seeking free exposure on some national media by volunteering at a big charity organisation. (Well, the reason we put this post up is firstly, it is because this blog is read only by the boys for our own amusement. I mean who the hell would read some random ramblings by the most professional unprofessional crew on the island? Secondly, it is nothing more than an ego booster for us to show that our English proficiency is far superior than Komeng's!)

The crew at LG were so impressed by Leong's optimist nature that they decided to change his ten year old Shorty's and present him a brand new deck. The grin on his face upon test riding on his 64mm wheels puts a tear on an emotionally wrecked Komeng.

So if you see someone zooming past you while seated on a skateboard in Aljunied, tell him we said hi!