Boys Night Out

Hey there....its a boys night out and of course we did Zouk Members! It just happened that it also was Wei Ling's birthday...so we all got together for a fantastic night out on the town. Ian was scheduled to leave for KL so we had to send him off with a big bang! Of course it just happened that everyone was in full attendance.....KP Poh, MoMo, Shawn, KC, Jessie, Charles....and all the girls...Diana, Wendy & Wendy, Cindy, Jamie.....the list goes on and on! Supprise to later find that Wei Ling is my NEIGHBOUR!!! I suppose every girl is a princess on her birthday. Small world that it is....and she plays a mean game of 5/10! Well....it turned out to be a good night in the end!

Blondie's Farewell World Tour at Hard Rock Cafe

Yes....Debbie Harry and the original Blondie was in town for their farewell tour and of course HRC was really jumping! The tickets were sold out the moment the show was announced and I was lucky that Natalie was able to get me a pair. I suppoe nearly every expat that could squeeze into the club was there and indeed it was a memorable night! Blondie could still rock the house...Atomic....The Tide is High.....Heart of Glass......all the old classics! Of course, Audrey, Veesheen, Mike Mahendran and even Patrick Ee was in full effect.I was truly a memorable night on the town!

WESTLIFE!!!

Ok...I know some of you may laugh and snigger but I actually like the boys! Their music is simple and fun! Having worked with the boys on all 3 of their concerts in Singapore, we have become "friends" in some ways....I really feel good that the boys actually remember me every time they come into town! The concert was pretty cool....they had all their tunes plus some new stuff....and the company was cool! Rhona, Phill, Michael, Liz, Shaz, Mel and of course Stephen (who was well and truly pissed by the end of the show! There was not supposed to be much of an after show but the boys suddenly decided they wanted to go shoot pool and hang out so off we went to Double O where Gary Callcott was a great host. He even let us bring in food and guess what the boys wanted? McDonalds!!! Well...they finished at about 1 am and since I was still wired and ready to party...off I went to find Ade and her friends who were grooving at one of the coolest hip hop clubs in town, the Butter Factory. For some reason, it closed early....and then we had no choice but to run off to MoS and sit in the Sky Lounge and sip more bubbly! All in all a good night out on the town!

Perrier Jouet Salon Launch @ Q Bar

Man this week is a week of champagne, champagne and more champagne!!! Finally we were ready to launch our Perrier Jouet Salon down in Q Bar and of course I would not miss it for the world!!! I live for bubbly! Of course it happen to be on the same day as the Westlife Concert at SIS but I had to swing on in. You all have to try the Rose! It is so yum! TO DIE FOR!!!! Chris Quek from Emeral Hill Group dropped in.....as well as a few others from the trade and press. If only I didn't have to dash off! But it sure was the start of a VERY GOOD NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN!

Mumm's @ The Tyler Print Institute

A touch of Red said the invite card...and of course...it was indeed a excellent night. One of the best champange's in the world, GH Mumm's had their launch at the Tyler Print Institute and of couse the champagne flowed and flowed. We had quite a few different types and of course I had a blast and a half. Rasina was there, Sunder happened to be there doing the technical support, one of my oldest mentors in the liquor trade, Jimmy Seow was there together with Jake Tay.... Wonder why I always end up with memory loss after a night out on town drinking bubbly!!! Thanks Raymond...I am still trying to remember what we did after that party!!!HICK!!!!

Pernod Ricard HK @ Velvet

Here I was, chilling out at home on a quiet Tuesday night and of course....Raymond had to call! His boys from PR Hong Kong were in town and of course, they were making Woopee! at Velvet. How could I refuse...Chivas, Velvet and good company! Well...we ended up doing the rounds real good and giving the MD of Hong Kong the Grand Tour of the club. Martin Howey is a really cool guy! A Scotsman working for a French company living in Hong Kong and partying in Singapore. Big thank you to Francis Lau who gave us the back of house tour....and of course the rest of Alexis, Eng, Gavin and the rest of the gang....and of course....the night was not over! Next thing I know...I end up with the boys in BABYFACE!!! Oh yeah! What a night on the town!

Q Bar Nites

I am sure you may ask...hmmm...for a person who has a share in Q Bar, he sure doesn't seem to go there much does he??? Well...actually I do and hanging out there is always fun! So...its a Friday nite and Ade and me decided to make a night out on the town starting with Q Bar. No sooner did we get our table then in comes Devesh and his wife as well as Rasina! Chat chat chat...drink drink drink....and next thing you know, right at the next table was my old friend, the lovely Audry Phng! She apparently was there for more than an hour before we realized we were all sitting next to each other. Well...she was there with some friends from Hong Kong...and so we decided to make a night out of it and headed of to Velvet as one would expect! Of course by this time, I was well and truly blitzed! Of course we then bumped into Chelsia....and later on...Kris who had picked up some stray angmo!!! So off we went to Living Room where we proceeded to drink more...and that angmo really made a play for poor old Kris and was getting way too touchy so, I stepped in and told him to "Piss Off". Now, normally I would NEVER be so bold, especially since I had no backup (oh...Chris Wilson was somewhere in the room though) but supprise supprise, he did slink away pretty quicky when he realized that she was just drunk and wasn't gonna give him what he wanted. Hero ME!!! Someone remind me that I only have one liver please???

Merchants of Psychedelia @ HRC

Yes...yes...I now manage a band! My good friend Jonathan Ong just put together this really cool bunch of young musicians and did one fantastic gig at Hard Rock! These boys are really good....young and talented! They write their own music and perform mostly original stuff...apart from some vintage Stones and Beatles stuff! We had a really good night out on the town after the gig hanging with these young lads! Big hand to Michael on guitar, Marcus on bass, Sister Mary on drums and keys....and of course Jon who now even plays the sitar! Amazing!

WOMAD 2006

Thanks again to the boys at Chivas, Raymond and Brandon, we got comp tickets to this year's WOMAD at Fort Canning! Jimmy Cliff was headline band for the night but there was alot more to see and do. There was just a total carnival atmosphere there that I haven't seen in a long time. Friends and family...mats and drums, it was just so cool! Ade and me had a fantastic time though we ended up sweating bucketloads! Devesh, David Chin, Vernon A again (cannot seem to escape him!!! Hahahaha!), the great Chivas girls with Pam and Karen, Jin from STB who kindly invited us to hang at the STB VIP tent....but undoubtablly the best room was the Chivas Life Bar which was the only aircon room for the entire event! You can imagine things really got jumping there! There were these cool fuzzy pillow's that they had and as expected, they got stolen PDQ (Pretty Darn Quick!!) There seem to be alot of pregnant white men walking out of the bar!!! A really fan and exotic night out on the town for all!

One Random Night Out....thanks to BP!

Just a quick random post....was suppose to catch Franck at MoS but walked into one of the most happening and longest drinking sessions I have ever heard of! BP was hosting a party at Q Bar...and they started drinking at 2.00 pm!!! Thanks to the support of Frank Ong who introduced me to Queck Chin Thean, their MD here...it really got quite profitable for the bar! Of course David Chin was the perfect host and the party really got swinging! THANKS BP! We love you!!! Then it was off to MoS with Royston, Frank, Valerie and another nite out on the town!