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Last week and the week before, I have friends who have asked me if I wanted to go to Rootz and Zouk for a nice night out. I am glad they asked me, but I had to decline because I made a vow to myself to stay off clubbing indefinitely. I think I’ve kinda outgrown the clubbing life. Majority of the people in there are younger than I am they all look and behave like kids….seriously! Well that’s because THEY ARE! Most of them barely out of college or just graduated with a job and have some cash to blow.

I admit I was like that once, and I was thinking back, sharing with a few friends the other day. The best clubbing days were during my college days. It amazes me how we use to go clubbing and raves every Friday and Saturday night without fail. It also amazes me how we even find all that cash to do it while only living on allowances from our parents. No matter how far the raves were; from Malacca to Genting to Port Dickson, you’ll see us there. I was reminiscing the days where we were underage and went in anyways. I remember we use to go as early as 9PM before the crowd came and before they start the cover charges just because we college students wanted to save a few bucks. Also having only 1 drink for the whole night was enough for us to have fun. We even parked the car at the cheapest car park possible even though if it meant a longer walk to the clubs. I guess that’s how we manage to save and go clubbing twice a week eh?

There was one incident in this club called “Hot Java” (circa 1998-1999 I think)  which is now more known as Benard’s in Centrepoint in Bandar Utama. Imagine this scenario: We were in college; we went in with some underage girls; police came for a raid; my friends and I hid in a walk-in cold room in the premise to avoid the cops…well the owner of the club asked us to hide there as they didn’t want to get fined for letting in underage patrons either. Scary right? But that’s all the fun bits!

I remember the number of kill-buzz raids that ruined the night. The numerous drunk stories. The numerous of substances (shhh..you didn’t hear it from me). The supper/breakfast before we head for home..

Now I can no longer stand extremely crowded places that you have to push your way through just to get to the toilet and worst of all, you have to shout or write a message on paper just to communicate. Yea, it looks really stupid when you see 2 people writing text messages on their phones and showing the other person the message to let them know what they want to say because the music is too loud to even talk!

These days, I will rather spend my time in bars/pubs with the company of a few good friends where we can sit, drink and chat. The only way you will ever see me in a club now is if there is a client event or a friend’s birthday. Other than that, I will most likely decline.. SORREH! Call me an old uncle but it’s true…I AM too old for this shit!

Happy Chinese New Year and belated Valentine’s Day to everyone. As you can see, I have not been updating my blog (again) for quite awhile. I’ve been busy the past week with me starting my new job and settling in. Thus far, everything is good as I think the nightmare hasn’t really begun yet. Even the remaining days of this week would be rather slow as most people are still away and most likely to only return by next Monday. Well, good for me to get use to things in the office then I suppose. Most parts of last week was spent going for pre-CNY lunches and dinners with clients and media owners. Not that I’m complaining, just that I think I might have put on a few pounds even before CNY and my whole exercise regime just went out the window.

If you must know, I’m trying this exercise regime to have a healthier lifestyle. Cutting down on carbs and fatty foods, playing badminton weekly, swimming and hitting the gym once awhile all to be ready in July. What’s happening in July? Well, I’ll be climbing Mt. Kinabalu in Sabah with a group of friends. I’ve always wanted to climb it, but never really took the effort until this year. It’s part of my “to-do” list in 2010.

Meet Aurora
Aurora Zeya Inger Bespolka is my Goddaughter. Yes, you heard right…I’m a Godfather already (man I’m old). She is actually my niece and is the cutest thing ever. I was supposed to be in Norway for her baptism last year, but due to financial constraints and work commitments, I couldn’t make the trip. But I’m glad I got to see her this CNY. She’s been talking non-stop being ever so inquisitive in her British accent. She is such a diva I tell you…every time you take her picture, she will pose with a smile and will always want to see the picture after you took it, talk about quality control. She also got this princess handbag that she keeps her water bottle, towel, soft toy and her red packets…I’m worried she would want to upgrade to an LV bag soon.

just look at the diva!

Most parts of CNY was spent with family and relatives; eating and gambling. I guess essentially that’s what happens every CNY. During the next few days, there will be a lot of CNY dinners too but this time with friends. Good time to catch up with a lot of people who I have not seen in a long time. Gosh, I think I have to work harder in the gym once all this is over. Until then…

On Friday, a bunch of us Twitterers met up (or Tweetup) to go for some local stand up comedy. Dubbed “MACC or Malaysian Association Of Chinese Comedians – CNY Edition”. There were about 9 of us who met up for dinner before the show. Thanks Mei Ying for getting the tickets and organizing it, although we all know Andy made you do it…hahah. 

Group pic with performers Phoon Chi Ho, Kuah Jen Han and Douglas Lim after the show

I got to say, as it was my first time going for live stand up comedy, it was really really good. Performed by comedy trio of Phoon Chi Ho, Kuah Jen Han and Douglas Lim, most of the jokes were related to current events happening in society here in Malaysia, and also why the local Chinese (yellow) people are dubbed “second class citizens”. I would definitely recommend you to watch the show to have a good laugh. But do go with an open mind, as some of the jokes are crude and might be offensive to some.

Photo by Andy Gan

In line with my 2010 resolution, I have setup a second blog on Posterous called “the demonick perspective”. This blog is not a personal blog but strictly for my views on branding, technology and social media. Actually its contents are more related to my work and what I do. Why is it in line with my 2010 resolution? Well, it’s something I’ve always been wanting to do for awhile, but it never took off due to lack of time and also pure laziness. Starting this blog requires me to do research…a lot of research and reading up on case studies in the industry. So in a way, it really takes up more time than updating this blog. But if you look at it, it’s actually beneficial for me too because I’m learning in the process while conducting these research. Let’s just see how long I can keep this up…hehe.

Click here to read “the demonick perspective”

I don’t usually wake up early on Saturday mornings, but yesterday was different as I had to do my portrait photo shoot. Yes, you heard right, it’s a photo shoot entirely on ME. A very special thanks to Siew Yen, who is such a gem to proposed the idea some time ago. She is not a professional photographer (not yet), but is keen in experimenting as well as learning using test subjects/guinea pig like me. I agreed to it as I thought it would be fun and being the vain pot that I am…why not right? Immediately we were thinking of where to do the shoot. We had a few venues in mind, but we chose Jarrod & Rawlins and Aliyaa in Damansara Heights as it had the setting that we were looking for…a bungalow turned bar/restaurant.

Below are just some of the samples that were taken. There are just too many to put up, so I just picked a few for you to have a look.

So what do you all think? Any comments? Yes, I know I do look a little “kayu” in front of the camera but I’m not a pro either…but I’m happy so it doesn’t really matter what you think then! :P