Famous People Friday

Yo yo yo. It was Friday and all week there was communication initiated by Puay to get the Melakans out and partying. Well then, the day came and it out Ariel became defacto organiser (much to her frustration) and we started the night late, as in tardy. Choon How/Allan was first because he believes in punctuality. I was next, late, after a delightfully engaging post-work Friday evening gossip fest. Ariel worried that she might be waiting alone decided to be fashionably late too, arriving to rescue us us men from 2-men-bored-in-a-shopping-mall situation.

She, being a member of the press with evidenciary namecards, got us into a private product launch. We schoomzed and looked interested while sipping white wine and nibbling tiny, foodie things. There were famous people there - Beatrice Chia, Lisa Ang, Ivan Rantung, Corrine May, blah blah. The showstopper for me was aural. Aldrin from Zouk was there to spin the decks and make sure that the beat set the mood. No one really paid much attention to him - the crowd didn't seem the Zouk type. Pity really. I went over and got an autograph. He's a real nice guy.

Next we did dinner (Liz had joined us but Puay was busy) and argued over our next destination. In the end, the girls wanted to see John Molina at Rouge. I was protesting because I felt his singing started to suck. The women won eventually, singing praise of John at every criticism from me, and we were on our way to Emerald Hill. (Choon How didn't mind, he was neutral).

At Rouge, I was put to shame. Yes, Krueger and John were ok performers. Fine fine. The crowd loved them and we all sang along, yada yada. Turns out that Ariel and John go way back. Ahem. And guess what, Puay happened to be at Rouge too. Strange coincidence? I dunno. She had her new squeeze on, Jun, and there was a magician friend there too. He worked wonders with rubber. Bands that is, and had Liz clapping like a sealion on drugs.

I returned home at 3am smelling like a cigarette, partly because the haze brought the PSI up to 150. No, I don't smoke.