Well folks...it had to happen....a New Year dawns!!!

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Was I Naughty or Nice in 2007?....Well...Merry Christmas Anyway!

You Were Mostly Nice This Year!

Sure, you had your naughty moments... but guess what? Santa was probably sleeping when you were living it up. As far as he's concerned, you've been on your best behavior. So cross your fingers, and you might score good presents.

Were You Naughty or Nice This Year?

Super Imports Night

My good friend Simon Foo had organized the second ever "Super Imports Night" featuring some of the coolest cars and some super modifications. They also hired a bevy of hot auto models from the states to pose with the cars. They had a whole host of very cool cars and some with quite radical modifications....a very cool Ferrari F430, the Mitsubishi Evo 10 which isn't even in Singapore yet, a Ford Mustang GT, Lotus, the Porsche GT3 RS, the Blitz Direzza EA 34 D1 as well as quite a few other pimp'ed up rides! The girls were not bad and though it wasn't techincally a big nite out on the town for me....I wasn't really complaining.

Yachting Weekend.....

Arthur had invited me up to One 15 Marina to have a chat on how things at Timbre @ The Arts House were coming along as well as to spend a afternoon out with the boys on Hy Seas I and their jet ski's. Royston, Howard, Elmer and Galen as well as a few of the other boys had planned a day out jet-skiing around the islands. As we were out and running around the islands, Hy Seas II joined up with us with some of Arthur's banking buddies so after more than a few bottles of wine and some interesting thrills ans spills on the water.....we headed back to the clubhouse for a great BBQ dinner. It also happened to be Royston's birthday that day so we had quite a great nite out (not quite) on the town with great company and more than a few bottles of champagne! Hic! Cannot seem to get away from Sentosa now-a-days......

Barclay's Singapore Golf Open 2007

It was 4 days of mayhem of parking for many in the office with the Barlcay's Singapore Open 2007. This was one of the richest golf tournaments in Singapore with a total purse of US$4 million going to Angel Cabrera after a tight fight from Vijay Singh. Tiger Beer were one of the main sponsors of the tournament as were Sentosa Leisure Group so of course I took the opportunity to check it out. Borrowing a pass from the Communications Dept....I walked over to check it out on a Friday morning before the main crowds flooded in over the weekend. Quite cool I must say...great set up and a very up for it crowd. I am quite looking forward to getting involved when the resort is up and running though I dont play golf yet! Must get down to it in 2008....and hope it leads to a few less late nites out on the town and a more healthy lifestyle.....I HOPE! Hahahaha!

London Fog at Barfly!

Yes Sir.....my boys London Fog were at it again giving their first performance in Clarke Quay. It was the start of a series of local and foreign gig's organized by the great guys from MoS / The Cannery and of course we were invited to be the first band to kick the series off. It also showcased hot local band Electrico as well as a few bands from Australia. We had a good 150 to 200 people that came to check ou the scene and it was obvious that they were there strictly for the music. Of course we had great support from the families and friends and I am certain we made more than a few new fans which made a really good nite out on the town! Now....next step...to get us on the radio and the band signed to a label!

Boon's Almost 40 Birthday Bash @ Thumper

Forgot and entry for a very good cause.......One of my best friend's, Boon Ong, was finally turning the BIG FOUR OH and decided to throw a nice big birthday bash at is club, Thumper for a good cause. As we all know, Boon has always been big on giving back to charity and so when the call went out to his friends and business associates, we all answered in droves. Happily enjoying the night was our partner from Indonesia, Satia, our landlord from the Arts House, Colin Goh and members of his management committee, David Chin and socialite Yuki Lange, ex-T-Modesl booker Pamela, Jeff Goh, Daniel Ou, fellow shareholders Prakash, Thomas Fernandez and Karen Hoong, lawyer Patrick Ee, actress Jeszlene, old schoolmate Daniel Yu and even NYDC owner Sam Chia and even my good friend Kwek Kon Chun. Of course we had our mascot Bunny in attendance with Ashur....and as all of us who know and love Boon, he when invited to do a few tunes, he could not say No! But this time, he got his back up singers, Prakash, Daniel and David involved as well! Now that was funny though I am not sure if it helped in our efforts to raise money for charity. Indeed it turned out to be a great night out on the town with more that $50 000.00 raised for The Business Times Budding Artiste Fund and The Straits Times Pocket Money Fund charity. Thanks to all who supported this worthy cause! Now....the problem would be to think of something to top that next year? Maybe a now that we are forty and over the hill we need our own charity fund????

Timbre @ The Arts House Grand Opening in Pictures

Ah...another long delayed post for the the opening of Timbre @ The Arts House. After the mistakes of Q Bar, we were fortunate to find new partners such as Danny Loong and Edward Chia who together with Karen Hoong own and manage Timbre @ The SubStation. After taking over, they have been actively working to right the wrongs and restructure the business to concentrate on the local music market as well as building a loyal and regular crowd. Of course we are glad to see that they have been very successful in pulling it off and finally we decided to throw our opening party on 31 Oct 2007. A very limited number of guest were invited....just close friends and business associates to have a good night out on the town. Of course most of our partners turned up, Frank Ong, Howard Kim, Arthur Tay, Prakash Mulani, Scott Jung, Thomas Fernandez, Karen Hoong and of course Danny and Edward. Also in attendance were Richard Eu, Daniel Teo from APB, Eng and his team from Pernod Ricard, David Furhmann Lim from FHM, Julian Chee and Sulian Tan, Jeff Goh and Jeszlene Zhou and even Beppe from Il Lido, Joseph Kwok, Rozlyn from Mediacorp, popular local singer Robert Fernando and a whole lot more. We had Jive Talkin' doing a set as well as a few other prominent local musicians such as EIC. All together...a excellent night out!

Roberto's Birthday Bash @ Bice!!! (...and it rhymes too!)

My good friend and restaurant manager, Roberto, was throwing his big birthday bash at Bice. The weekend was here and after a long week...I was ready for some fun indeed! Didn't have much food...but had quite alot of wine and great company. A couple of the usual suspects turned up...Ismay and a friend of her's....Brian Masters.....and half the Italian party community. After that I headed over to Lunar to catch up with my Indonesian buddy Michael and Stanley. Jerome turned up with Gillian and freinds....and even Patrick Ee! Turned out to be a very big nite out on the town for me.....and boy did I suffer it the next day. Oh well.....thats to be expected from partying on a empty stomach. Oh well......tomorrow is another day then!