Random Picture Post

Yep....haven't done this in a while...but suppose its time to put up some random pics taken at various party nites out. We got Boon and Satia, the new owners of Thumper Reborn, Sum Yee and gang at her birthday, Dennis and his sweet sister, Ivan and his fellow reporter from the TNP, Mindy, Bro Ian, ShuWen and a hot friend...A really hot white Porsche I saw as well as I Chou's souped up Fairlady Z350 now in George's care....one of my very random nites out on the town with Angie and her friends....

My Hat Trick @ Singapore International Cup

Stewart had invited me to the most anticipated horse racing event of the year, the Singapore Airlines International Cup witht he biggest purse of $3 million bucks at stake! Its my first time to head to Kranji for a horse race and what a way to go! Corporate BOX with a flow of wine and beer, food and of course air conditioning! Of course since it was the corporate box we did turn up in our most nifty suits and ended up having a ball of a time! Harry Chua also turned up with his girlfriend Angel...and as the racing started.....we all looked for tips to try our luck. Well...after watching the proceedings for the first 2 races, I finally jumped in to the action on race 3 and bombed out! Not a good start! But undaunted......I decided to give it another swing! There was a bit of paper floating around all the Chairman's Tips...and so who was I to disagree with the Chairman! Wind Chaser was the tip and so I put 10 bucks for the win...and guess what??? I scored!!!!!! Next race.....a quick scan....went to place my bet...and hit it again!!!! By this time everyone was getting quite excited...and the guys in the box were cheering me on to see if I could hit a hat trick....and believe it or not....I DID!!! 3 picks and 3 wins in a row!!! Quite a sensation! Nearly as good fun as a big night out on the town actually. Didnt have much luck on the cup race itself though...but none the less.....at least I made some money from the afternoon! Stewart and myself were very lucky to be able to get a lift out from Harry as the 40 000 strong crowd all headed for the door...and in the end we headed to 1 Rochester for a nice bottle of white wine before calling it a day!

Trudi's Very Retro Birthday!

Following Ismay's birthday, Trudi had her birthday party which started as a house party and and that would move onward to MoS 54. Well, Michelle and me got there just as the party was starting and Trudi had themed it as a 70's party and as you would expect from a predominantly expat party....most of her guest did dress up! It was indeed a whole collection of really funky outfits! Everyone certainly had fun that night with all the guest getting down for a right ole' boogie night out on the town! Thats one thing I must comment about these boys, when they let loose they really know how to have a good time and make every effort to follow the theme. At about midnight we had to make a quick run to meet our Swiss friends from Casino Grand Lucern, Wolfgang and his merry bunch who we had met the night before down over at St James! They were quite impresses with the scope and size of the operations there. After that...off we went over to MoS and by the end of the night we were all quite tired of travelling from club to club over the past few days......

Ismay's 21st Birthday!

Yes...young girl Ismay threw her big 21st birthday blast at Zouk and of course everyone was invited! I was actually quite shocked at the turn out! Apart from the usual suspects like Priscilla, Royston, Nelson, Michelle, Lora, Vik, Jacquline....but also Arthur turned up....George popped in...my diving instructors Jon and even Renee....But what I can tell you was that the Moet really flowed that day! At last count, we polished off 12 bottles! So this in addition to the 14 that they had during dinner....and you can see why Ismay was totally smashed by the time she got to Zouk!!!! I am actually amazed how she managed to walk! It was quite good of Jackie and Roy to make sure the sweet birthday girl managed to get back to her hotel. Of course we continued to party on and made it another big night out on the town with spending some time with Lincoln as well!

London Fog @ Hard Rock

Just a quick note about my boys....The London Fog! They did a very good set at Hard Rock with their new songs and a tight sound. We are all planning for a nice big gig at MoS or Cafe Del Mar soon before Johnny goes of to London for a month...so tune in for the big announcement! These boys clearly rock! Even Bernard Lim who previewed their demo DVD was impressed!

F1 Barcelona and Sports Car called Dino

Kind of missed this entry but had to make it cause of a very special guest called Dino that appeared. As you guys would know, I am a big F1 fan and of course my dream team is Ferrari. We gathered at The Pines as ususal to watch the race...and was quite fired up for a Ferrari win in Barcelona. The boys eventually turned up...Royston, Daniel Ou, Edward, Jaacky and gang...and the race was one of the most exciting ever! Felipe Massa won the race much to our satisfaction..his second in a row...but Kimi was a little disappointing. However the VIP guest for the night must have been Dino....yes...Edward Tan had taken out his very very cool.....Ferrari Dino!! He has been slowly restoring it to full original factory condition (thank God he is the MD of Hong Seh who distributes Ferrari and Maserati here). This is one of the only 2 in Singapore and the only one being restored to street worthyness. The Dino has been always considered special by all Ferrari lovers...and this one is just special. The sound of the engine when fired totally was incredible...and Daniel had such good luck to get a ride home in it! What a fantastic end to a fantastic night out on the town!

From Australia!!!

After a real interesting meeting at STB with Michael which resulted in me being an hour late for the concert sponsored by Raymond Weil....and a drink at PS cafe with Felicia, Rosemary and Daren (you could see the electricity in the air!!! ZAP! ZaP!!!)...I decided to run off for a quick drink at MoS since it was a Wednesday night after all. As I walked into Sky Lounge, who should I meet but one of my best buddies, Judd Howie! Judd had been my General Manager at my old club Funky Town about 7 years ago and now was working for a executive search company specliaizing in the hospitality business. How random could this be!!! The both of us had many a good time back in the day...and to see him here was really quite fantastic considering he had only arrived that day and had only a night in town. He had tried to send me email..but I suppose it got lost somewhere. He had his collaegue Ian with him who introduced me to one of his mates Stweart who was now living in Singapore! Of course we had a riot of a time!!! Judd still drinks Jack and Coke....and we sure too a good walk around Clarke Quay. Of course we went over to our old club to see how it was...(now part of the IndoChine Group) and bumped into Michael Ma who was also Judd's friend! Had a few rounds with Mike...then headed back to MoS Pure Room and ended up meeting even more old friends! Watson was there...as well as Shah whom we all know.... Well...since the boys only had one night in Singapore, we quickly had to go show them Zouk and so off we went at 2.30 am to for Judd to reminisce about the good ole' days. A quick peek at a very packed Mambo and then off we went to check out the operations of St James. Stewart couldn't quite continue (and since then we have become quite good friends)...and in Dragonfly..of course we find old Steven Cheng! We checked out Power Station which as way packed even at that hour and just before we decided to call it a nite...bumped into some other friends who insisted to ply us with Cordon Bleu!!! All together a great nite out on the own with some fantastic old and now new friends!!!! And this is only a Wednesday!!!!

Great Velvet Nites!!!

Well...after a reasonablly sedate Friday night of hopping around from event to event....it was time to have a big nite out on the town in my fav club...Zouk. I had heard that Chivas was one of the sponsors of interesting French band Nouvelle Vague so I met Ismay there to check it out! Man!!! It was PACKED to the point of totally uncomfortable. It was hard enough to squeeze our way to the Members Bar....then try to squeeze our way down to see Alexis and Brendan from Pernod Ricard..which was impossible...so we quickly retired to Velvet with Alexis. Of course it was the start of a great night out.....the Chivas flowed....the Mumm's flowed...and the company was excellent. Magdelene turned up with her really hot friend Jane! Mag is a "going-to-be" doctor...and her friend....a legal drug dealer!! Funny man! Anyway...the bubbly continued to flow and we had a blast in Velvet! George turned up for a while....a couple of Alexis friends rocked in...and we had a blast of a time. Well...we finally decided to pop up to Members to take a look around...and of course ended up for a chat with Lincoln. As the night went on.....met Jerome and his hot friend Jacquline who's top could bearly stay up! Of course Jerome wasn't helping much..and by this time we all had more than our fair share of bubbly, Chivas and Cordon Bleu...so off we went to continue the night at MoS Smoove! I must really remember to reign nights like this in more.... But anyway...it was quite fun! Met DJ Tang, Rattle and the rest of the hip hop crew before finally calling it a night and heading home to dreamland!!! What a weekend and what a nite out on the town...HICK!!!