Chartreuse

In case all of you were wondering if I went to either one of the dance parties, well I went to both of them! :P ..and I managed to wake up at 10am the following morning to hand in my company accounting assignment and attend my lecture and tutorials! I know I know, they don’t call me SuperShaz for nothing you know. tee hee hee ..wait, I'm suppose to be Devilishaz right? Okay I better stop before someone starts calling me SuperSizeShaz. >.<

Anyways, the Gravity Dance party in the Mercury nightclub rocked my socks off. It was suppose to be a Japanese dance party as the organiser was part of a Japanese association but the turnout was mostly other Asians. They started off with a break dancing performance, and after the applause and whistling when it ended, they vacated the dance floor and everyone bombarded the place! My girlfriends and I grabbed a few drinks before we decided to hit the dance floor. My boyfriend? Well he doesn't dance so he was just drinking with his buddy at the V.I.P section upstairs and yeah… probably a good place to check out the chicks. Ahems… All of us were extremely high that night, which is excellent because what's clubbing without being high?

The next night, I proceeded to the Klub Kandy dance party at the Family night club and boi... was I disappointed! The music was good, but damn it was packed! We had to squeeze our way through the crowd before we could get to the bar and the dance floor? Its a man eat man world out there. You gotta push and shove and push and pinch, okay, maybe not pinch alright, till people make way for you to dance. But after a few drinks, its always after a few drinks, we started to lighten up and I felt a tinsy bit better. Tee hee. The dance party was still better at Mercury though! *Sorry ruby :P*

Ooh by the way guys, if any of you happen to like strong liquors, please drink Chartreuse! It is green in colour, you know... looks like Midori, but I tell you, it so doesn't taste like Midori! Chartreuse has been my all time favourite ever since I came back to Brisbane and hey... you can save money by drinking Chartreuse! Why? Please allow me explain. A shot of tequila normally costs around six aussie dollars, whereas a shot of Chartreuse costs around eight aussie dollars. Now you are wondering how can Chartreuse be cheaper? Waiiit!! I'm not done yet! This is so... because you probably need around eight to ten shots of tequila before you can seriously feel it in you, you know.. like really damn high, whereas for Chartreuse, tee hee.. three or four shots will keep you dancing for quite sometime! It makes me smile like this -> ;D every time I have one! See! now you know why it is cheaper to drink Chartreuse!

You still not sure about Chartreuse? Fine. I'll google some information about it for you...

Chartreuse is an herbal liqueur made by the Carthusian Monks near Grenoble, France. According to the tale, the formula for chartruese was invented by a 16th century alchemist as an attempt to create aqua vitae (the waters of life.) Aqua vitae was believed to restore youth to the aged, endow animation to the dead, and be a key ingredient in the creation of the philosophers stone. Though this attempt at its creation seems to fall somewhat short of the legendary effects, it was promoted as a heal-all tonic by the descendant of the alchemist, and was bequeathed to the Carthusian Order upon his death. This formula of 130 herbs has been secret for nearly 400 years. Today, only three brothers of that monestary know how to make chartreuse.

Charteuse is made in three varieties; yellow chartreuse, green chartreuse, and VEP elixir chartreuse. Yellow chartreuse is a pale golden color, extremely sweet, and tastes roughly like plum wine with a touch of honey, or perhaps a delicate version of Benedictine (which is probably related.) Green chartreuse is fiery; the shade of green actually named for this liquor denotes an intense herbal taste vaguely reminiscent of absinthe. Also like absinthe, it has an extremely high alcohol content. VEP elixir chartreuse, the rarest and most expensive kind, sacrifices a small amount of green's intensity for all of the sweetness of the yellow.

Though the precise herbs in chartreuse are not publically known, there is a small quantity of thujone, the active chemical in wormwood (and consequently, absinthe.) This considered, it is no surprise that the intoxication caused by chartruese is both stronger than it's alcohol content (110 proof) would otherwise indicate, and slightly different because of thujone's psychoactive qualities.

Green chartreuse is particularly loved in the party scene because of it's efficiency; a very small quantity can maintain a buzz for most of an evening, and a larger quantity can take the sharp edges off of everything. For many, it is the poor man's absinthe; it has a smidgen of its psychotropic effects because of the thujone, and it has an herbal taste and a sharp kick reminiscent of absinthe experience. A few shots of green chartreuse, and you're completely wasted.

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