T-Models Night OUT!

Little did I know that my quick meeting with Boon was in the middle of dinner with the team from T-Models. With the Singapore Fashion Festival going on, the agency had a full roster of new and old models in town and of course Boon took the opportunity to take them all out for a bite to get to know each other better! Jeff was towed in together with Daniel (I suspect cause we needed cars to ferry the gang around but who split early for some strange reason) so after a good feed at Dan Ryan's, we then headed down for a night out on the town at a rather empty BarNone, and I will never forget the feeling of making heads turn at Crossroads Cafe when I got out of the cab with 3 HOT models at the same time! Of course the girls were all good sports and when they realized that we were getting stares, the sure hammed it up with me! Hahahaha! Damn good for the ego man! BarNone was quite empty so we all headed to Brix where we continued the party!

T-Models Night OUT!

Yin Yin....one of my oldest and dearest friends was in town recently and so Ade and me had planned to catch up to show her Q Bar and have dinner! Its hard to imagine that we have known each other since we were in Sec 1 or 2 and how time has flied. Its like we have never been apart..thats how strong our friendship is......and of course.....I her son's godfather! So.....after we had our drinks...off we went for some local nasi biryani at Boat Quay before I had to head off for a meeting with Boon. Take care Yin! Our hearts are always with you. I know you read this blog.......see you back in town soon!!!

F1 is Back! YEAH!!!!

Finally...the F1 season is back and this first race promised to be a cracker! Ferrari has a new lead driver with Kimi Raikkonen..... McLaren has new drivers with last year's champion Fernando Alonso as well as young rookie Lewis Hamilton, only one tyre supplier.....a whole host of new rules...and the big buzz of the F1 heading to Singapore really encouraged the boys from the club to turn up at 10.00 am just to catch the race at Post Bar in the Fullerton Hotel. Yep! The club turned up in full force with Franck M and family, Arthur Tay, Dr Ben....and of course Royston and Jaacky Tan! There was a fantastic array of cars parked outside the hotel which sure made heads and camera's turn! Big hand to my fellow shareholder in Monty Magazine, Gerald Tan who sponsored the event at the end of which we all had a hearty buffet lunch but had to park his Lambo in the back of the hotel. Talk about being politically correct even for a sponsor! Hahaha! Anyway.....Kimi brought home the gold with Massa doing a fantastic job of climbing from last place (due to a engine change no doubt) to sixth! Cannot wait for the Sepang race but don't think I will be going up. Not exactly a night out on the town but it sure felt like one!

Black Tie Fight Night

Yes folks......another very special event rolls around and once again, Pro-Active had a hand in putting togehter what I believe will be one of the premier corporate sports entertainment nights in town. Black Tie Fight Night!!!! Held at Swisshotel, The Stamford, Conrad had roped me in to help with the technical and production management of this event and it turned out to be a blast! Prize fighting appeals to a really basic and primevil instinct in all man....the virture of one on one combat...mano et mano....toe to toe in the ring for honor, glory and a bit of cash. Of course when set up in such a fantastic setting with a "A" list crowd dressed up to the max, it becomes even more exciting! The set up went on without a hitch with the help of the boys from Unusual. Of course the invite list was quite spectacular and my personal invite list brought a number of the boys together for a night of fun and sport. Charlie Webster from ESPN was our glam host and the whole event was recorded by ESPN for broadcast which was very cool. John Leung, Danny Tan and his date, Jeff Goh, Giorgio Ferrari, Chris Guy Harrison, David Chin and Devesh Chetty, Chew Soo Lin and his lovely wife, Patrick Ee and Sharon Wang, Timothy Chan....Michael Ma....the list goes on actually...All good friends and all had a rip roaring time! Proud to say that our fighter from Singapore KO'ed his opponent from Indonesia in the forth bout much to the delight of the crowd....and of course, the Bali Boy, Daudy Bahari defended his Pan Asian Boxing Association SuperLightweight Championship against Australian John Cotterill Jr. GO SINGAPORE! Now...all I need to do is to try to collect the balance payment.....again....

Victor's Farewell!!!

For those of you who have been following this blog, you would well know that many of my nights out on the town have been with one of my dearest and best friends, Victor Sujanani. I first met Victor way back in 1993 when I managed Max Speed Sports Bar and he came into Singapore from Hong Kong frequently for business and to hustle us at the foosball machine. Vic has always been a close and dear friend and as things happened...we ended up sitting together with Lincoln Cheng in Velvet for nearly 10 years, nearly every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday...at the same table in virtually the same chairs! Well, I suppose that after more than 14 years in Singapore and with the passing of Bobby, his dog, the time had come to return to the land of his birth, Hong Kong! Well.....we were all very sad and disappointed to see him go, the staff, our friends.....all of us....it has been truly one of the best clubbing times I have ever had! For his extended send off....most of our close knit of friends turned up...George, Don, Rodney, the Girls (er...cannot really remember all their names but Pat was there and er.....Vammy!). Of course Lincoln and the crew that has turned out to be nearly family were at hand, Alex, David Ho...the list goes on! Of course we had to give Victor a farewell gift, something unique to Velvet...and Lincoln had made the effort to reproduce the club logo and get everyone that Victor knew to pen something down together with us his "sai low's"! Farewell Victor! Things will never be the same......my nights out will be just that milder, just that less intoxicating, just that less special. We will all miss you and cannot wait for you to come back!

I wondered who Fall Out Boy were...NOW I KNOW!

The email come down from Michael that we were gonna do emo-punk rock band Fall Out Boy and I scratched my head! Ok....call me old fashioned (hey...in my day emo- was Depeche Mode's "Someboday" and rock was Van Halen's "Jump") and out of touch (I could never wear my Converse shoes with a suit!) but I will get with the program. Went to google them....and found out they were named after some superhero from "The Simpsons" so they must be cool! The show was all the way at Singapore Expo's Max Pavillion and we had a new crew to work with. In touch of technical production was Fares (more known to me as a lighing kind of guy) and the technical crew was from the guys from Unusual Productions....Alan Meng, Valerie and their crew...but here we are! The guys on tour were really cool...totally different from the John Legend Boyz in da hood bunch. A nice young young bunch of guys with a interesting mix of serious and chill out. Working with Dan Suh, Henry Bordeaux as well as Bert from Sesame Street....and the boys in the band, Peter Wentz, Patrick Stumph, Joseph Trohman and Andrew Hurley. Well...it was another night of 3000 screaming fans (mostly girls) and a whole list of friends who were asking for various favour's for their kids to meet the boys! Adeline was at hand as part of the production team of only two (no Mel Tyler this time round!).....and things went off pretty much without a hitch! Well....we did plan for a nite on the town...but the band just wasn't the type! So much for the young kids with the rock star lifestyle....NOT!!!

Farewell to Thumper (Version 1.0)!!!

Well....after a fantastic run of 3 years......Thumper (Ver. 1.0) had decided to call it a day. Of course I can go on and on about the reasons why it closes and start to point fingers at various people (those of you who know...know! Hahahaha!) But I think its more important to celebrate the good times there instead of poke at the bad. The MANY MANY fantastic nites on the town that I have celebrated with the boys and girls, meeting new friends, pole dancing, entertaining Black Eye Peas and Michael Bolton, the cast party for Lord of the Dance, Karen Mok and Rent.... putting together THUMPER's Hottest Babe Awards...my birthday, Boon's Birthday, Adeline's Birthday, Sharon's Birthday, Lester's farewell, Lionel's Birthday, the whiskey tastings, the T-Parties....Kelvin Ong and his tequila binges...the list goes on and on. Lots of friends and regulars were on hand to bid it a great farewell in its current form before its rebirth as THUMPER (Ver 2.0)!!! Over the few days of the party, friends like Royston, Ismay, Patricia, Edward Tan, Jeff Goh, the models from the agency......the guys from the hotel and even various suppliers such as the guys from LVMH, Milton and Pierre, Sam....all the boys made every effort to come down for the big final bash! Big hands to the boys from the band who played to the last nite. Of course David Chin (I wonder where was Simon...his other partner in crime so to speak...) was in full and total effect.....DJ Ahn, Ashur and his team, Big Boy Yus, Wendy on the door....and even the cool guys at the valet...we will miss Thumper as it was before but stay tuned! The story is not done and the saga is not over yet!