~Saturday Night Alone~

Sitting here all alone,

in this music cafe down the road.

Dim spot lights cut through the cold, cold Saturday night.

With a cup of " wake me up" in sight, the mood here just feels so right.

Relishing the feeling of solitude, enjoying the ambience of calm.

I can literally see the passing of time.

Sitting, waiting, thinking.

Thoughts of peace, love and afternoon naps.

It seems as if tranquility is flowing from a tap.

Slowly as the crowd streams in,

Lights begin to shine, music begins to play.

The quietness evaporates into the distant mist.

So ends my forage into the distant meadows,

as i slowly cease to be alone.....

... pardon the amatuerish thingy above... trying to sound chim...hahahahahah. Basically it was after my guitar lesson and i was passing time alone at Hark Music cafe, waiting to go down to union square to meet jwo, alicia and joon. Alica was flying back soon and wanted to go down to union to salsa. Anyway, hark is a nice place. Very garden themed, nice and idyllic, drinks were resonably priced, place was dim yet not too dark and the performers were good. Yep. It was much much better than dreamz music at marina square. There, it was cramped, too dark, there mainly served bubble tea and the performers were not that good(they talked to much and were very very lame..... bleah!!!). The worst part was i had to pay a cover charge of $12.50 on saturday!!!!!!!!! I mean WTF so expensve i might as well go chiong and get high or go salsa on ladies night.... $12.50.... daylight robbery sia.... Hark in comparison was so much nicer and the people seemed much more professional( especially the performers.... they could really sing... :p ). Quite a nice place if you wanna jio someone or cuddle up to someone nice.....lol. I think i'll be going there a few more times... hahahahah. By the way if yer wondering what the hell is a "wake me up", it is.......

Wake Me Up

A refreshing drink with Tequila + Bitter Lemon + Peppermint. $13.50

... i got it for 8 bucks because it was happy hour. Quite nice.....

My half full glass of "Wake Me Up"...I think the black thingys are shredded mint leaves...

Random shot of the place.....

Another random shot of the place.......

Shot of the peromance stage... the couple infront of me must think im some sorta psycho... snapping photos of the place n GASP!!! them!!!....lol

By the way the place is much dimmer than that shown in the photos. Somehow my cam couldnt capture the dimness even after i turned off the flash.... Oh well... Nice place right....lol

Later that night i went down to union to meet the gang and dance with alicia. Jwo and alicia were rather apprehensive to dance at first as they were paiseh because there were so many pros there but i mean everyone has to start somewhere right...lol. After a couple of dances they got much better and comfortable. I also danced a couple of times with alicia. She's not bad for a beginner i must say. Well she managed to follow most of my leads. Must have been abit amusing to see someone soooo tall dancing with someone with such a great difference in height but i think we pulled it off quite well..hahahahahaha. Danced merengue with joon, the only non dancer in our group. She caught on relatively well cos merengue consists of only 2 steps. I proceeded to spin her round and round until she got dizzy...hahahahahahahaha. Went to dance with some other strangers too and someone even asked me for a dance.... so happy.....lol.... Oh yah alicia and joon said when i dance i seldom look at my partner and always look somewhere else but they said that it brought up a certain "seh" (charm, style) that looked very nice... Eh eh...... hahahahahahahahahahahaha and that i kept spining and turning quite fluidly which made it look very good too...hahahahahha... Well u all flatter me liddat my head gettin very very big liao... quick someone get me a pin to burst it...lol... But thanks alot gals....Feel more confident...hahahah.

Pic of the gang after a couple of hours of salsaing at union square. Im drenched and look like a cock as usual....lol

Well, Alicia is flying back on wednesday and wel,l do take care, enjoy your time in uk and if people bully you, can always tell jwo and me. We'll press a secret button and suddenly a laser beam will fly from the sky and zap that toopid bugger cos we actually bought a super security statellite from ebay using money we earned from selling char kway tiao and lor mai kai at jurong,changi and woodlands...wahahahahahaha. Bear with it and before u know it you'll be back with us on a trip to some idyllic beach resort in malaysia in december..... CYA SOON!!!!! :)

p.s. this blog looks kinda cramped.... I tried a couple of times to leave spacing between the photos n paragraphs but somehow when i publish the blog, they bunch up agian...sigh...