Friday - super busy at work. After a lengthy 4 hours of meeting, and several fried brain cells talking (or at least trying hard to communicate) with some counterparts later, I was just completely DRAINED at work. Meeting ended close to 7pm - on a Friday nite!! aiyo ... nemo msg me to have dinner with junie and to meet at Lau Pa Sat. I was ready to go when Junie counter proposed to nemo about going to Club 72 for drinks. "Club 72 ?" i said. "simi?"
Well, apparently it is an exclusive club in Westin (or rather Swissotel lah) that only accepts members, and Junie's boss could bring us in (if we don't mind him joining lah). I was a little apprehensive as I'm really not a people person and I don't know how to carry conversations well. But knowing that Nemo will be around reassured me coz I know he would be able to help dispel any awkward situations. So I told them I'm alright as it is a good chance to "challenge" myself in new situations. I got to learn to meet more people, to brush up my people/networking/socialising/whatever skills lah :)
Anyway, the meeting point was at my office and nemo walked over to meet me. Junie's boss, Patrick, came in his beemer to pick us up. We weren't expecting beemer so wah .... 2 of us looked at each other, like 2 swa kus, before we gamely boarded his car. We had a quick introduction before moving off to Raffles City.
We had our dinner at the food court before finally adjourning to Club 72 for drinks. Turns out that drinks before 9pm are at half price and after MUCH deliberation, we finally ordered 1 champagne and 1 bottle of red wine. Nemo mentioned that he couldn't drink as he has allergic reaction to alcohol (but he mentioned a little should be alright) which explains why we ordered the champagne so that it is something he could drink. Unfortunately such a high class place doesn't serve the usual snacks like peanuts/crackers to go with their high class drink. So we (less Patrick) felt that it just doesn't seem complete. Shortly after nemo ordered some fries (without my coercion if i may add, as I was talking to Patrick about his recent trip to Dubai). Turns out the fries were just HEAVENLY! It was the BEST fries I have ever tasted! Even better than the Outback fries that tops my list prior to trying the Club 72 fries!!! We were just soooooo impressed by the fries that we proceeded to order a basket of calamari. Unfortunately the calamari just didn't taste as good as the fries. In between the chit chat, we saw fireworks from the stadium. The view in Club 72 was just excellent. It oversees the night sky of Singapore and as we were on the 2nd floor of the club, we could see from a higher vantage and the view was just awesome. We felt very lucky that we could see the fireworks (must be the NDP rehearsal over at Stadium) and nemo was visibly excited about the fireworks. haha
After 2 glasses of champagne and many cheers, we finished our bottle of champagne. We (less nemo) carried on with the red wine. However, towards our 2nd glass into my red wine, nemo suddenly picked up the bottle of red wine and drank rite from it, emptying the red wine in one gulp! Junie and I were shocked as we thought he was allergic! In between we were all sms-ing Roentgen, to update him about our nite at the club. He was having some sinful party at one of his friend's place. He got worried about us when we all sms to report that nemo was drunk, while nemo sms that Junie and I were drunk! Shortly after, our drunken fish was bobbing away in his seat and asking us to the dancefloor on the lower level. Naturally both Junie & I declined but after his persistent pleading we relented and accompanied him to the dancefloor while Patrick remained to beo the dancers from above (hehe).
The music was alright, but just not really our era but we just danced away. In between had this drunk young girl who knocked into me twice, laughed at her reflection in the mirror -_-" ... young girls nowadays ... haiz, drink so much for what ? I think what makes a woman intelligent is if she could at least hold her alcohol, and know when to stop ? She must learn to protect herself, that's what makes her smart. Anyway, we left the club at about 11:30pm, and Patrick was kind enough to drive each of us home. Roentgen, being the worried friend, even msged us to offer to come pick us up if we were drunk and that he was ready anytime. We replied to say we were fine and not to worry about us, and also to inform him that Patrick will send us home. Along the way back, we could tell nemo was drunk, singing along to the oldies that Patrick was playing in his car stereo. Roentgen was worried and sms us to check on us periodically.
Nemo was the first to be dropped off followed by Junie. By then I was really sleepy and was half asleep. Roentgen was checking on us and when he got wind that both nemo and Junie had reached home, he sms to ask whether I had. The journey from Junie's place to mine was quite a distance (as I was back at parent's place in the West that night) and it took me a while for Patrick to finally got me home. I sms-ed Roentgen to inform him that I'm safely home and only then was he relieved. I was afraid that I might wake him up but was surprised when he replied my sms to acknowledged my sms and to say at least now he could sleep soundly. Wah! I felt so honoured leh for my lokun friend to be so concerned about our safety! But at the same time apologetic that we caused him to worry! Really felt very happy and blessed to have such a concerned friend lor!!!!! Thanks for your concern, roentgen! *thunderous applause*
Its a long time since I last went into a club. Junie was really apologetic for keeping nemo and me up so late and being a bad influence brining us to a club to drink, eat sinful food and getting home late. Aiyo, Jie Jie, please don't say that. We all had an AWESOME time drinking, eating the yummilicious deep fried fries and dancing and relieving some good old memories! Made us feel young again! Thanks for brining us to the club, Junie Jie!
All in all a great Friday night! Thanks to Junie, Nemo and Patrick for the great company! :)
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