Incredibly, it’s the last day of frujch. I don’t know how we got here so fast, but somehow we did.

WE WILL MISS ALL OF YOU.

For all the smiles you’ve given us, the understanding you’ve exhibited (during the lunch hour rush!! We know it’s hard when you’re so hungry), the constructive feedback, compliments, jokes you’ve shared with us, 21st birthdays and gatherings you’ve celebrated at frujch, ping pong balls you’ve thrown at beer pong, applause you’ve given to the great performers during HalfTime & TipsyTues/TipsyThurs…… thank you!

Frujch Me Baby One Last Time’s going to be everything frujch represents - a place to unwind with your friends in SMU, talk nonsense and just chill. The very reason we started frujch in the first place. 

So, come on down to say bye :)

WHAT’S GOING ON? 

• PhotoBooth
• Acoustic Sets
• Starry Starry Night
• Stereometa Spinning
• Badges
• A pic-note-swap
• Frujch book

[2pm - 6pm] PhotoBooth
Gather your friends and commemorate your last day of term! Take a photo in frujch and get it printed on the spot for a token fee of $1.50! 

Photography by Jacqueline Chang, a very talented lady with a knack for capturing wonderful visuals . We’re just too lucky to have her do this for us.

[1.30pm - 6.30pm] Acoustic Sets
Let your sandwich please your stomach, while the music pleases your ears. Nothing beats having live music.

1.30pm: The Marks
3.30pm: Huixin
4.00pm: Nisa
5.00pm: The Rockstar Lullaby

[7.30pm - 10.00pm] Starry Starry Night 7 @ Big Steps
We’re definitely not missing out on this SoundFoundry event! Support the bands, people! Especially Jives & Knives as the vocalist is none other than Alvin! You should listen to his originals with EN-X.

p.s. yes, we’ll be setting up a booth to sell beer + spirits as usual! The Get Even, Steven promotion is ON and watch for the other promotions!

[10.30pm - 2.00am, post-starry night] Stereometa Spins
DJs (John, Fadz, Paresh) take you to a soundscape you don’t want to leave while you enjoy that nice, chilled beer. Party the night away before we close the doors for the last time!

[All day] Badges

Order it at frujch!
 

[All day] A pic-note-swap

See your picture on our board? TAKE IT! Just leave us a signed note (paper provided!) in its place!

[ALL DAY] The Frujch Book

Write what you want in our farewell book. Tell us about the first time you fell in love with Port O’Bello Melt or when you stumbled upon frujch or…anything! It’s up to you. :)

HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART I (1981)
Director: Mel Brooks (Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The Producers)

Note: Not for the easily offended!
A rollicking good slapstick comedy that runs through mankind’s greatest moments like a fire-engine. Have a little laugh today as we put up our favourite Mel Brook’s comedy on our not-great-but-can-do screen. And what better time to do this than April Fool’s when we remember not to take everything too seriously!

Sypnosis from imdb.com:
From the dawn of man to the distant future, mankind’s evolution (or lack thereof) is traced. Often ridiculous but never serious, we learn the truth behind the Roman Emperor, we learn what REALLY happened at the Last Supper, the circumstances that surrounded the French Revolution, how to test eunuchs, and what kind of shoes the Spanish Inquisitor wore.

 Get an idea of what it’s like!

1. How Music Was Born

2. The Last Supper

A Madcap Headcovered Hatful of Beerballs
by the Mad Hatter

13th March 2008, Thursday

‘Twas mad, mad mercurial sort of creatures that joined my party the night before last! Numerous odd shapes and sizes they appeared in. Meself spied goofy ears, bright wigs, satan horns, army helmets, an Arabian princess, a 1930s aviator and a sparkly fairy of disturbingly XY-chromosome origin.

22 teams and all crazy at that! The party guest list was as follows:

1. MILF

2. Touch

3. KingFisher

4. Who Lose Has No Nipples

5. Sailors

6. Captain Jack Sparrow

7. F.A.G.S

8. Brew Crew

9. Uncle Heng’s Team

10. Uncle Heng II

11. Uncle Heng III

12. Porcelain Dreams

13. FLIPS

14. Paul’s Tipsy Team

15. Aplus

16. Team WRC

17. Tequila A

18. Tequila One

19. Project Namatse Dogs

20. amBEERsadors

21. Beer Bellied Beans I

22. Beer Bellied Beans II

Me madhat mate, Jonny-Bosom-Friend-Of-Me-Heart, presided over the championships as usual while Mistress M, Mistress V and LittleLouLou gave rousing performances as competent gamemasters while looking very pretty.

Preliminaries went by quickly like a wee birdie on a train, then the semis (consisting of Uncle Heng’s Team, Project Namatse Dogs, Uncle Heng II & KingFisher) went by like a wee birdie eating brussel sprouts on a train and then we trumpted for THE FINALS OF THE LAST BEER PONG CHAMPIONSHIPS :

KINGFISHER VS UNCLE HENG’S (CLAN)

A short video of finals

When solaris was three-starpoints high in the sky and the daffodils were dancing, the finals escalated to a heart-stopping one-last-cup tension and by one final lucky throw, KINGFISHER was crowned the 2008 CHAMPIONS !

So ’tis thy..hasrmhfsidhfffs….ffffpphh!!!!!

(The Dormouse politely interrupts. He sits very snugly on the Mad Hatter’s mouth because the latter Hatter - ha.ha.- is talking to much. It’s time for the pretty pictures.)

beer pong was amazing.
amazingly fun.
amazingly loud.
amazingly crazy.
thus,
we are exhausted.
(but in a good way.)

more later.
thanks to all who were there!

Beer Pong’s in less than 18 hours and are we excited! Tons of facebooking going on with all the frujchaholics asking each other what’ll be on top of each other heads tomorrow (literally) and teams getting their spirits high (figuratively).

We can’t wait!!

22 teams again, but with even more participants this time. What’s amazing is that out of those 22 teams, 10 teams are returning participants! Frujch Beer Pong loyalists - rock on! ALL the champions are back once again… with descendents, apaprently.

 There’s the champions for Beer Pong I (Sailors, who have reproduced to 2 teams: Sailors & Captain Jack Sparrow), Beer Pong II (Uncle Heng’s Team which has even more eyebrown-raising powers of reproduction: Uncle Heng’s Team, Uncle Heng the 2nd, Uncle Heng the 3rd) and Beer Pong III (BeerBellied Beans I , BeerBellied Beans II…who even have their OWN LOGO. these people are SERIOUS.)

All will begin at 7.15pm on March 11th, Tuesday(TODAY!) and there’ll be free beer for you so long as you dress to the theme! What’s the theme? Very simple.

Headgear &/ Colours!

headgear= hat, scarf, bunny ears, a sitting duck.. .anything as long as it’s on your head!
colours = something bright please!

So drag those musty hippie-mama headscarves out of your parent’s closet, rummage your own wardrobe corners for colourful threads or run out to get that straw hat fast! (hint: Chinatown! cheapcheap!)

 There will also be exclusive zouk invites , movie posters sponsored by United International Pictures (UIP) and this great hangover-cure tablet (useful,eh?) to be given out.

Stereometa will also be playing and we guarantee you, those djs play good music.

But more than that, it’s the last time to slum it out at beer pong, the frujch way, so come on down and have some fun!
 

Alcohol Promotions going on:
1. Shots @ $4
2. Hard liquor + mixer @ $4.50
3. “Get Even, Steven” Beer Promo: buy any even number of beer bottles & get the same amount of $ off!
(e.g. buy 2 bottles, get $2 off. buy 4 bottles, get $4 off and so on…)

here’s the updated video about how to play beer pong the frujch way!

Our latest & final menu bursting with frujch food & beverages! Click on the tab, “Menu” above to view the whole menu.

New additions include:

Clam! Save the Chowder(left): a thick, filling clam chowder
Lord of the Cheese: a triple layer of melted cheese and ham sandwich
A.muesling: healthy muesli with yoghurt and a touch of vanilla. add fresh strawberries or bananas!
Miller’s Favourite(right): a romaine salad with portobello mushrooms, tomatoes, chicken ham, parmesan cheese & dressing

We leave you with the 1st story in our frujch series of “What’s in a name?”.

CLAM SAVE THE CHOWDER

The wind was blowing hard against the cliff. Lightning flashed, outlining the menacing silhouette of Count Spoon. It was futile; Shell’s hand was already slipping from Clam’s grasp. She twisted away with a sudden jerk. Falling into the dark abyss she looked back at Clam’s white face and screamed: “GO CLAM! SAVE THE CHOWDER!”

Food photography by Marvin Lowe
Sandwiches created by Malcolm Lee
Menu item names by Jonny (with some input from us!)

THE LAST
BEER PONG
CHAMPIONSHIPS
11 March 2008
Tuesday
7.15pm

Registration for Beer Pong Teams closes 7th March 2008, Friday.

“From the people that originally brought Beer Pong to SMU comes the final night of drinking, throwing balls & cheering madness.

Plunge into our version of a Mad Hatter’s party next Tuesday, 11 March and remember to put on your finest headgear and colours!”

The very last time we’ll be holding this signature event of ours, so come and join us in making this one night an incredible mad time - one that we won’t forget even when we’re all old, wrinkly and slurping porridge through our dentures.

As many of you are already familiar with our Beer Pong Championship, we won’t bore you with too many details. For those who are new and curious, just click on ”BEER PONG CHAMPIONSHIPS” under “CATEGORIES” in the bar on the left to read about the past ones!

As for those who need a refresher regarding the rules of the games, here’s the edited video (yes, no more nonsense about swatting! It’s back to the simple rule of NO SWATTING IS ALLOWED): 

 (Somehow YouTube refuses to upload our updated video. In the meantime, you can view the original video, but ignore the part about “swatting when the ball is thrown”.)

To register, simply send an email to frujch@sac.smu.edu.sg with the following details:

1. Your team name
2. The names of all your members
3. Your team leader’s name, contact number and email.

Once you receive the confirmation email, please make your payment of $18(PER TEAM, NOT PER PERSON) at frujch before 7th March 2008. Friday.

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Download the rules, registration and prize details here.
Photos of past Beer Pong Championships here.

This week (3rd - 7th March) we’ve decided we’ve had enough of WHITE! Eh, yes. If you haven’t noticed yet, that IS suppose to be the official frujch-behind-the-counter work outfit colour. It’s not that we hired people that only have white clothes in their wardrobe.We’re going on a colour-strike and if you’re with us, here’s how it goes:

MONDAY BLUES
PURPLE TUESDAY
RED HOT WEDNESDAY
GREENLOVERS THURSDAY
BLACK FRIDAY

Wear the colour-of-protest proudly on the respective days and we’ll be around snapping pictures of you comrades to post  up on our facebook/wordpress account!:) If we happen to be busy and unable to get your picture, help us out and take one yourself to send to us! We like people sending us pictures of themselves in frujch.

 Alright, here’s to the LAST FIVE WEEKS OF FRUJCH!!!

Today’s the day we launch frujch as an official BookCrossing Zone!

 Being the booknerds that we are, we were extremely excited when we found out about BookCrossing(BXing). It was a little confusing to grasp in the beginning, but once we realise what it was, the light in our heads went on with with a resounding “DING!” This was something we HAD to bring to SMU.

 Because we are of great faith that there are many of you out there who are as equally enamoured on books as we are. Now’s the chance to share those books and let others share theirs with you! It’s FREE, it’s CONVENIENT (after all, you do have to come to campus right?) and it’s lovely to find someone that shares the same tastes as you.

What IS BookCrossing(BXing)?
Wikipedia - the lazy man’s 5 sec know-it-all guide - defines it as “the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise”.   This ingenious idea was pioneered by BookCrossing.com, a free online book club which began and encouraged the practice.

Their goal?
To “make the whole world a library”.“ 

So, what if….

                          …..you want a book(s)?
Just come down to frujch (or any BookCrossing Zones) and pick up any book you take a fancy to! Once you do that, you will see there is a BXing label with a number of it. Simply log onto the website and state that you have “caught” this book. Once you have read it, you can “release”(leave it somewhere!) it again and if you want, write a review for the book.

                          …..you want to bookcross your book(s)?
If you have no clue, bring them down and we’ll help you out! Don’t worry about the procedure or the labels, we’ll guide you through the former and we’ll provide the latter.

To make this work..

• Please do register the book with BookCrossing.com when you pick it up. If not, we won’t know where our book went!
• Do bring your books to bookcross with others! If not, the shelf will run out of books very soon!

Which books are on our shelf?
Go to our bookshelf page (http://bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/frujch) and click on “ALL BOOKS” (mid-page, left).
There’s The Rule of Four, Zadie Smith’s The Autograph Man, Tracy Chevalier’s The layd and the Unicorn, Terry Pratchett and more!