Style Magazine Anniversary @ BarFly

Yes...it was one of those weeks with way too many parties and events packed over a few days. Why do everyone seem to want to hold their parties all within the same week??? Oh well...it makes for a good nite out on the town then. Style Magazine was holding their anniversary and as things would have it, the event was sponsored by my good friend Chivas Regal!!! Indeed man! How could I resist! Well..rocking into the club just as the party was kicking off.....you can imagine the elation on catching up with Raymond, Alexis, Brandon, Daren...the incoming marketing manager for Pernod Ricard.... It was expecially cool cause many of the familiar faces were in attendance, Elaina and Angie from Kaiiten, Felicia, Rose, Ching Wyin, Conrad....the list goes on! It sure was quite fun with more than adequate amounts of Chivas floating around. Well...our last port of call with the PR team before calling it an end to the nite out on the town was Velvet where Ivan joined us! Oh boy...and its only a Thursday night!!! * I really like this pic of the Chivas...notice the golden glow of this wonderful drink!!!*

Russian Standard @ The Russian National Day!!!

I could tell that this was going to be a heavy night out on the town from the outset! Can you imagine? Its the Russian National Day......and together with nearly every Russian in town, Russina food...(the caviar disappeared REAL quick!!)....Russian models....and of course.......RUSSIAN STANDARD vodka!!! Rose, Felicia and myself arrived with a whole nearly the whole diplomatic corps down at the Goodwood Park Hotel. Naturally we barely knew anyoneone except Sulian, Julian, Billy and Giorgio. I suppose the girls had it smart with other plans to head off for dinner.....and left me to the tender mercies of the Russians. The one good thing about having the vodka flow.....you quickly make friends...and of course I ended up making friends with the executive staff of the hotel!!! Well....to say the least....more than a few bottles later....I crawled home to prepare to nurse a real bad hangover the next day.

Tatler Rebrand / Gatsby / The Usual Suspects....So Many Parties..SOOO Little TIME!!!

Yep...it was one of those massive Friday nights when there was so many parties to attend! Felicia and me had indended to attend to attend the Tatler New-Look party at AREAN out of all the places. It was indeed very strange.....a brand new club and more tai-tai's you could shake a stick at. My old friend Maylene Koh turned up out of the blue.....the last time I saw her she was at wedding no. 1 dinner in her gown looking for a smoke behind the pillar! Met Kelly from Thumper, Yuki and her daughter.....and more! Well.....when the free flow died, you can expect the crowd to split...so off we went to location no. 2....Zouk for the Gatsby party. They had really decked out the club quite nicely. The main bar had lots of cool stuff going on and they were serving colored cup cakes in Members Bar! Angie and Rose joined us.....and just before things got totally mad...we decided to split. The girls were in need of food....and me.....well....I went off to Il Lido!!! Talk about far rite??? Well.....They were throwing their first "Usual Suspects" party with support from Giorgio who had invited me to come....so of course I headed over! As expected, ALL "Da Usual Suspects" were there! There was a interesting new Vodka, Russina Standard.....there was more than a couple of bottles of Tattinger..... Giorgio, Julian, Sulian, Billy and Janet, Royston and Ismay, Vig....Jay and all the foreign models....oh well....we were all well and truly tanked up by the time the party was winding down. Now for some strange reason.....I got it in my head to go back to town to MoS!!! So of course I follow my booze-fogged brain and head on down as fast as the taxi can get me. Rocking into Sky...who do I find but my recent dive buddies! Fabian, his brother, some other old school divers....and of course...as things went on.....it turned out to be a massive nite out on the town as usual!

Fashion Cafe Nites

Ah!!! Dry land! After a fantastic experience, it was now time to get back to dry land and some decent partying. It was a Wednesday night and Roy buzzed to ask me down to hang at Fashion Bar with some friends. Of course...who was I to say no to the papak that got me my diving lesson so off I went! Met Estelle, Ying, Ismay, Priscilla and a couple of Roy's friends from KL. Not a major night out on the town but good fun none the less!!!!

Open Water Diving at Aur and Dayang...

Yes, its one of the most significant and exciting post I have had here in a long time! One of the coolest birthday presents I got was from my dear friend Royston Wu. I have know Royston for quite a while now since my days in KL when he came up with the Ferrari club and with Boon....and instead of giving me a gift, he decided to give me a diving course as my present instead! Royston is a avid diver who has cleared the technical diver stage and diving is something I have always wanted to do but never got the time or courage. After the classroom course and the pool lesson, off we went on our 7 hour trip to one of the best dive spots around, Pulau Aur and Pulau Dayang which is 3 and a half hours off the coast of Mersing.

Well, it was a mixed group of leisure divers and us on the open water course that headed out there on this trip. Was glad that I had Nelson around to give me some confidence and support since Jay and Lora didn't turn up to complete the course this time. However, was also lucky that old friend Benny from Zouk, Fabian (who I used to buy CD's from ages ago) and his brother were around. The islands are totally fantastic with fantastically clear water and a whole host of sealife alll around! Jon and his brother Matthew took very good care of us as instructors and made sure we were well competent in our skills before going to the next stage. I remember on the first time I went down I had a little panic attack but after I went down once....it was smooth sailing! Its hard to imagine but each dive took me half an hour. 3 dives on day one......alot of beer that night (we played a interesting version of poker with beer!) and then 2 dives the next day....and lo and behold...I can now call myself a certified open water diver!!!

FIVB Beach Volleyball!

Whoops...forgot about this entry......STB had invited me to the FIVB beach volleyball tournament at Sentosa so of course I managed to get George and a friend of his, Michelle, Stewart and his girlfriend to join me on a hot and sunny Sunday! Of course its not something that I should forget...beach...beer and bikini's!!! The finals were between Brazil and China and it proved to be a hell of a battle between the girls. Of course the girls actually look like men up close but it was quite a spectacle to watch! Was quite a headache with the Brazil supporters drumming up alot of cheers and hoots and horns. Unfortunately it was right next to Stewart and me who were otherwise nursing a hangover and really could do with less audio at this hour. Anyway...was quite and experience and we did find something called and "Eye Spa" which was very cool indeed! Perhaps the next time we try to do this we will avoid rabid fans wearing blue and yellow!

Closing of the French Festival

What can one say about the French.....they gave us Escargot, Fois Gras, Dimitri from Paris, Luc Besson and Champagne! Alex had invited me to the closing party of Voilah! at Q Bar and who was I to say no to free bubbly! I rocked in there just at the same time as my good friend Franck M. Some hor dourves....some hot girls....and great conversation with friends Pascal and Richard. But of course......the key to a great night out on the town as usual....large amounts of very good Mumms!!!! Sante Modmoiselle et Monsieur!