Met up with some friends for shisha last night and as usual, we can’t have shisha without Christopher “The Ring Master” Tock. Chris can blow rings like nobody can blow them (in Malaysia), a skill he picked up in Uni. He could blow one big O, have it come out nice and slow while smaller o’s emerge at a higher speed from inside the big O. He’s currently working on blowing the letter P.
I took some photos of him blowing smoke and one shot came out looking quite sinister. I mirrored the image and whoa, it’s…a sheep. Are you getting that goose-bump-from-listening-to-a-song-played-backwards kinda feeling? I am.
Anyways, we had Shisha at Al-Safa in Bandar Utama and I’m creating a list of Shisha places in KL. Do you have a favourite Shisha place to recommend? Also include how much they charge for Shisha and what’s your favourite flavour.
Shisha is the original recipe for social media. Four centuries ago in the Middle East, men would gather at cafes and restaurants with their friends or family to chit chat over a shisha. It brings people together, to talk, share news and ideas. Similar social networking devices are mahjong/poker sessions, communal baths, bingo. Facebook and Twitter are just digital forms of it. So what keeps people coming back and staying? It’s the shisha. Does your business have a shisha?
