This Saturday evening had been set aside for a double birthday
celebration, and so after a very quiet day we headed out to Robertson Quay to
get cracking on celebration number one.
First up was Guy’s
birthday – one of Nick’s colleagues but who we see quite a bit of and share a
number of friends with. There was around 10 of us gathered to celebrate with
Mexican food and nibbles out by the river. As with all good birthday
celebrations there was even a cake wheeled out just before we had to leave – a
peanut butter and chocolate monster that put me on a sugar high for the next
few hours!
Next up we were going
to find Mike and Tilly – the only friends I have that came from London at
pretty much the same time as me, so there was no way that I was going to miss
his birthday fun times.
We met at a fabulous
French place in the new ‘up and coming’ part of town, where we found a group of
three couples nestled around a table, drinking wine and engaging in very grown
up conversation. Our arrival obviously signalled the end of the good behaviour,
and as the couples started to drift away we began to make our next plan for the
last portion of the evening.
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When it was just the
four of us left Mike announced that another group of their friends were out
dancing at Brix, and that we were all going to join them. Having never braved
Brix before, a group trip with friends felt the like best time to venture
forth.
Brix is the bar /
nightclub located below the Grand Hyatt hotel in Singapore, and it’s famous for
having live music, a great atmosphere, staying open later than most other
places in Singapore, and for having some really classy hookers regardless of
what time or day you visit.
Singapore has a couple
of bars where ‘ladies of a questionable reputation’ gather and make deals to
make their money, so this has become a fairly acceptable element of nights out
here (not the hiring of the hookers, but their presence in the darker corners
of streets/bars, depending on where you go), but I had never been to this
particular bar to see if for myself. As everyone had told me, it was really
just a great bar for dancing, and as soon as we were in the door and had
ordered a drink we made our way through the massive crowds of expats just out
having a good night until we found the group of friends we were joining.
New friends located we
headed to the dance floor and pretty much took over the whole space. I was
having an absolute ball until Nick informed me that his ex-girlfriend (from
around 5 years ago who we knew was moving to Singapore the week before but who
I was hoping to never have to meet) was one of the girls dancing directly next
to us. Knowing that this would lead to an awkward chat and introduction I
proceeded to shimmy my way over to Mike and Tilly in an attempt to power
through the awkward.
It was fine really, she
seemed very nice and I was more than happy to be introduced, but I was also
very happy to be with Mike when that intro was made. He’s one of the few people
in the world who understands the importance of a good solid shimmy and
ridiculous dance off when you’re not sure what else to do with yourself. From
now on, whenever I’m in doubt, I will find Mike, and we shall shimmy.
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