Clubbing @ St. James

THIS is quite a delayed post but I'm still gonna post it. Because this is a special one.

First time clubbing in Singapore! XD

On the night of Merdeka's eve, my course mates and I went to Singapore. Yup, we went there to celebrate so that we don't have to be with the crowds for the countdown. What a stupid excuse I know. 

We went to St James Power Station which is just a walking distance away from VivoCity. It used to be the country's first coal-fired power station and now it has been beautifully renovated into a live music entertainment destination.

Inside St James there are nine outlets where each of them has its own theme, fromworld music and jazz to contemporary dance and mando-pop. The nine outlets are Bellini Room, Dragonfly, Gallery Bar, Mono, Movida, Peppermint Park, Power House, The Boiler Room and The Lobby.

As most of the outlets have an age limit of 23 for guys. Poor me and Tiong were only allowed the enter Power House and The Boiler Room. As for the girls, all are accessible. Hey, not fair lah!

The interior of St James has some unique architecture features. Such as:

The I-beam

Wire Mesh

BOILER *hot hot*

We entered the place at 10pm, which was still quite early. The reason we went in early is because that the charge would be low if we enter before ten. I only paid S$20 (plus a drink) but too bad I couldn't manage to visit all the nine outlets.

The DJ area. It was still early at that time as you can see the dance floor was quite empty.

Hmm, what was this already?

Yee Wei and Tiong

Tee Yau's ex-school mate, Tien Tien

Tee Yau and the girls

Since we were some of the early ones, we wandered around the place and took some photos. There were tables that were already booked by customers and guess what?? At one of the table we saw the name PIERRE PNG. (Remember, the actor from Phua Chu Kang and The Eye? And also the husband who donated half of his liver to his lover wife?) All of us were hoping to take a photo with him when he arrived later but...he didn't turn up the whole night.

THE DANCE FLOOR

Damn nice. Like Death Star.

Lights from pillar

Water pipes in case of emergency

Han Chee, San, TT and me

Tiong, Yee Wei and San

Chiou Yann syoking herself

Everybody

What's with that look??

One thing I like about clubbing in Singapore is that nobody is allowed to smoke inside the club. So there won't be any cigarette smell on the clothes and hair after we left the place. The way the Singaporean government works is actually to mold healthy lifestyle into their citizen's life. They banned smoking in public areas such as restaurant, pubs, cafes etc (Oops..that was for my english subject) =p

POST CLUBBING

This is where they smoke, outside

Not drunk

I like the cranes and containers behind. It is actually a ship port at the back

Tee Yau becoming Superman (at the back) already

It was until 3.30am and we decided to head back Yishun for McD breakfast. I enjoy having my breakfast there. They have what we don't have here in Malaysia.

Like this one:

The top and bottom are actually pancake. Yum~

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THE 29th summer Olympic opening ceremony held in Beijing yesterday was a blast!

Huan ying!

Incredibly neat

To watch this long awaited event, Choon Wah and I went to the 24 hours McD’s near our campus to catch it live on its outdoor screen display. Chin Keng, Chiou Yann and Bee Li joined a while later.

The crowd at McD. Mostly UTM students

To our surprise, many people were already there when we reached about 15 minutes before the event started, at 8.08pm. These people must have come very early to booked their seats.

While playing the national anthem of China

Can see the flag behind?

There were also a lot of Chinese students from UTM. And they even brought the People’s Republic of China flag to make the atmosphere more lively.

Martial arts

We managed to get a place near to the screen but it was inside the restaurant. Later on, only we moved to the outside when there were some spaces.

Like 'The Curse of the Golden Flower'

Little girl singing

The opening ceremony started with the countdown which combines the ancient Chinese history with the modern high technology. There were cheers, fireworks, LED screen, video and audio throughout the whole event.

Digital clock

There are many compliments on the ceremony which I saw in the net. I must really agree with them. It has gone above beyond and many surprises as well. Especially on the last part where the torch bearer suddenly lifted up into the air and started ‘jogging’ along the track which is a vertical circle wall at the top of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest.

The guy who ‘flew up’ was Li Ning who scored many medals during the 1984 Olympic is Los Angeles. The 45-year-old could be seen running in slow motion while carrying the torch on a long gigantic screen. The screen looked as though a painting was being unfolded as he was running.

Lighting the torch

The way of lightening the giant torch in the end is pretty amazing too. The former gymnast champion held his torch high to a flammable pipe which was attached to the Olympic torch on the top of the stadium.

These back guys

They draw on the stage

Before, the choreograph of the performances, dance and martial arts was very well-planned and directed by Zhang Yi Mou, a well-known Chinese director. Some of his famous works includes Curse of the Golden Flower, Hero and House of Flying Daggers.

A total of 10,000 performers took part in the opening ceremony. They were the Qin Dynasty warriors. They wore suits with lights. They performed the martial arts. It looked like director Zhang completed his task beautifully with success.

The warriors

I call them the yellow Digi man

Some dance

The Malaysian team. What a costume...

Over 200 teams from countries all over the world

I like the idea of the movable and digitally controlled floor stage. One part the stage appeared slowly like when how the ancient Chinese paper scroll is opened. Very inspirational!

Sarah Brightman also appeared during the ceremony where she sang the Olympic theme song with one of China’s male singer on a sphere-like platform at the center of the stadium.

The globe stage

Peviously there were rumors that artist like Celine Dion, Jay Chou, Rain, Eason Chan, Hacken Lee, Faye Wong and Jackie Chan would perform.

Smiles and the girls underneath

There were a lot of fireworks that night. There was once where the fireworks were shooting not only above stadium but all over the neighborhood. It was awesome! Just like how you watch in some explosive movies.

Raising the China flag

When the glittering Olympic rings were formed on the ground, they were then slowly raised up to sky. Very Christmas-like feeling. Apparently this was also the first time that the shape of rings were being formed in the sky.

I am still wondering how they lifted all these thing and people up

From what I’ve also found , this is the most expensive show in Olympic history, with the media speculating that as much as US$100 million has been earmarked for the opening and closing ceremonies. More than twice that spent on the 2004 Athens Olympic.
This is indeed a dream come true for the people of China and a glory that belongs to every Chinese in the world.

华人万岁!!!

ps: other than the photos at McD's, the rest of the pictures are taken from the internet. Courtesy of google news =)