Oh Yes It's Ladies Night!

Every Wednesday evening, Singapore tries to drag ladies out of their homes to get them out on the town and drinking to keep the alcoholic male-dominated work force entertained. A selection of bars and clubs will have special offers for women, with either discounted or free drinks on offer for portions of the evening. I suppose the plan is to get ladies drunk straight after work and to entice them out for a lengthy drunken night on the tiles on what would otherwise be a fairly slow night.

            So far, I haven’t yet ventured out on a full-blown, well-planned ladies night. I suppose that you if you do your research you can probably tour the town and have a fairly messy night for minimal cost. Maybe I’ll do that when Debbie is here – I don’t think that’s something I need to get too used too, as midweek drinking is never going to be good for my waistline, let alone my poor liver!

            Last night I did have plans to meet up with Jules, but rather than going out and getting horrendously drunk we were intending to attend an international mixers night, to meet other expats and to see what the events are like and whether they’re worth attending in the future.

            We met straight from work at a bar on Boat Quay called Red Dot, which is a local Singaporean owned and operated micro-brewery. Jules was there with a couple of her colleagues who had just finished a training dy. It wasn’t exactly the most ladylike start to the night but we had a couple of drinks there before the others headed home and Jules and I made a plan of where to go next.

            Two drinks in, the mixers night didn’t really seem that tempting, so instead we opted to try and go to a rooftop bar called Lantern for a quieter drink and a bit of a catch up. This plan failed as rain started falling just as we arrived. We detoured to Five Bar and ended up bumping into Nick and his colleagues. After one very quick drink just to be polite, we scuttled away (I didn’t want to cramp his style when he was out with the boys) arriving at a lovely water side bar called Pelican, where we settled in for one last glass of wine and a portion of chips to share whilst we nattered away and set the world to rights.

            Eventually it was home time, so we jumped on the MRT and made our way back to our respective flats for a very reasonable bedtime after a lovely night out. I definitely can’t say the same for Nick who I think will be feeling slightly worse for wear whilst making his way through today!