Saturday, August 11, 2007

PK's Big Retro Birthday Bash

One of my old friends and investment partner Prakash threw his birthday at his fav. watering hole, BarNone. As expected it turned out to be a interesting night out on the town with the usual suspects around and everyone very naturally getting completely wasted. Felicia, Karen Hoong, Amos.....well...thing were really cooking with PK trying to try out for the next season of Singapore Idol! Oh well...all togther a interesting nite out on the town especially considering PK didn't even get anywhere close to drunk!

Ferrari Club Local Drive then Silverstone F1 at BarNone

Its the first week of July and it was time for the Ferrari Club to have their monthly local drive. This time around, I had helped by organizing a gathering to watch the Silverstone Race at BarNone. We all met at Dempsey Road...a total of 10 cars including Tim, Jaacky, Dr Ben and of course Royston who had asked me along as his guest on the drive. Royston was leading the drive up around Selatar so off we went.....and just as we hit the CTE, Jaacky's QuatroPortte had some engine trouble and had to retire. So there were 9 of us left. You can imagine the stares we got...9 high end Ferrari's and Maserati's tearing it up through town then up to Seletar! The sounds were quite awesome! We ended up back at Marriott just before 7.30 pm down at BarNone who had kindly offered to be our venue and food sponsor. Arthur turned up together with Stewart and a few other friends. It was a great race with the Flying Finn taking the chequered flag! Mumm's was our kind sponsor for the bubbles and we got our immediate past president of the club to pop the bottle in true F1 tradition! Thanks to all of you who were there and especially to Marco, Eng, BarNone, Mumm's, Ferrari, Hong Seh...Royston.....hich!!! Now if you wanna have a nite out on the town...riding up to a club with your posse of Prancing Horses is the ONLY way to go!

Sunday, July 29, 2007

The Aussies Are Coming

Stewart had a few friends in town so we decided to make another big night out on the town with the rest of the boys in Velvet. Got my corner table finally and rolled in with Royston, Ismay, Stewart, Matthew and the boys. As the Verve started flowing even Shawn who just got back into town dropped in with Jeremy who was leaving back to Sri Lanka the next morning! Woah...what a big night it turned out to be! Michelle popped in....and so did Vig and in a short time...we were all having a huge party! Woah....talk about a headache on Sunday!

KL comes to Singapore!

It seemed like only days before we were in KL with KuAl rockin' the clubs and before you know it, he calls to say he and his brother are heading into Singapore! Of course it was time for us to return the favor and show them the scene here. The last time Al was around we were in St James....this time it was MoS!This time round even Alana and a few friends came along for the nite out on the town here....so since it also happened to be Rose's birthday we all got together with Felicia and had a good time out from MoS main room and ending up in Smoove.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

SINGfest 2007!!!

Yes...the unbelieveable has happened.....Singapore will finally have their very own Music Festival and I am totally thrilled to be part of it....Can you imagine..On the 8 Aug 2007, Pet Shop Boys, Cindi Lauper, Sugar Ray, Shaggy, Sasha Bach Band! And on the 9 Aug 2007.....Gym Class Hero's, Hinder, MXPX, The Noisettes, The Academy Is, Cobra Starship,....One Buck Short from Malaysia and our very own Great Spy Experiment! And all this at Fort Canning! Man....its gonna be a big few nights out and ALOT of work for me!

Last Nite in KL!

Well...after a really long day at Sepang, I was sincerely debating the logic of doing another big night out on the town in KL but since I was here...I decided to go for it while Roy and Ismay took it easy and ordered loads of room service it seems! Off I headed to Heritage Row and checked out a few new places such as Maison...Atrium and a few more where I bumped into everyone from DJ Love, Groovedoctor, Azam and then onwards to Velvet again where I spent time with my old boss Peter Chong and Tan. Of course things naturally got totally out of hand and I ended up at some strange after hours party at KL Tower with Sebastian Hagel and a whole bunch of others...... and getting totally pissed! Lucky thing it was just a roll down the hill back into my hotel! Alas, another big night out on the town in KL and again I cannot wait to come back!

Formula V6 @ Sepang.....and I got behind the wheel!

Once again a big thank you to Alex who lent us his driver and car to send us up to Sepang to catch the Formula V6 race that was held in conjunction with the Japan GT race. We got there in the heat but in good order and found the Tara DTM team paddock. Hafiz was just about to get ready for his run in qualifying but was gracious enough to entertain us. MAN IT WAS HOT!!! Royston and myself were sure facinated by the thrill of being in the pit that was just a few levels away from our beloved F1. Hafiz even let both of us get into his CAR!!! Man! That was one of the most unexpected but thrilling experiences ever. I don't know how much each car cost but I do remember it was more than a few hundred thousand EURO's! Well...of course, since we had pit passes, we joined him in the line up before the qualifying race with some fantastic close up pictures. Check out his helmet guys! Well.....unfortunately Hafiz was knocked out by someone else in the team which was very bad news indeed. While I don't think Ismay had a really good time, Roy and myself sure did and the time of our lives with a chance to do something very few people could....and all this before another nite out on the town in KL!!!

KL Nites with Roy & Ismay and ALL the Boys!

Well well...finally...off we went to KL to catch the Renault Formula V6 race where our good friend Hafiz Koh was racing with his team Tara DTM at Sepang. However, before we got there...Roy, Ismay and myself had decided to take the bus up and of course, that night....we just had to go and join a party! It was Kamal's birthday and of coure we were invited so after my very successful meeting with Alex Wong from STM, we headed off to get a quick Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa and then to the party at Damansara Heights. Alex had kindly lent us his car and driver and good thing it was too cause it POURED and we got all a little lost. Of course all the boys where there. my two brothers Boy and Jamie, Al, Kudin, Myra turned up with the girls...and even Ozlem from IndoChine! Well....in the pouring rain, we trooped of with Kudin to Velvet where we caught up with Cher and the rest of the lads there. Ridzman turned up...and so at the end of the night, Roy and Ismay headed back to the hotel. Of course I was not ready to call it a night and off I went to Heritage Row. Naturally I found a party...at Bar Blond....and finally managed to get home with a rather large hang over to head over to catch the qualifying race in Sepang. All in all a excellent nite out on the town in KL!!!!