Singapore Profit

American Express held a Live Platinum Urban Favours party for their Platinum members, and I was invited to it in my capacity as a blogger. It was held on Friday night at The Canary at Clarke Quay. I had not been to Clarke Quay for a long time, so it took me some time to find the place.

I met up with Brian, who is in the PR team for the event, and he gave me the invites. At first, we sat by the side, then later the guy in charge of the place moved us to a new table, which was set up right in front of the runway.

Jean Danker was the emcee, and the programme soon started.

First, a countertenor, Benjamin Wong, sang in monosyllabic sounds and in falsetto. I’m surprised that they included him at such a party. That gives hope to an amateur soprano like me who wishes to have an opportunity to go mainstream. I guessed the theme for the night was this, because the other artistes repeated their lines over and over again, which was quite interesting to unwind to on a Friday night after a long week of work.

Addy, a rock star, sang something about Ruby Ruby Ruby, and I thought that was a great song. He’s great at playing the electric guitar.

Jeassea Thyidor used to be in Singapore Idol, and is a professional singer looked resplendent in her silver dress. She has a powerful voice in the low range.

A group of guys painted in silver beat their ways, though I’m not that keen on such percussion performances.

Some deejays spun records, and one managed to get the Indian crowd dancing with a blend of Indipop and Bhangra music. I liked Chris Ho’s deejaying.

Meanwhile, models were strutting their stuff on the runway, and some of them were really tall.

While admiring their slim bodies, I was busy eating some great finger food served by waiters who went around all the tables. That certainly won’t help with my exercise plans. Drinks were available as well, though I only had two glasses. They ran out of glasses rather quickly.

I’m not sure whether three girls were hired as dancers, but they worked the dance floor after the models were gone. Some people danced with them, but most of the people remained in the comfortable white leather/ PVC bean bags. A group of Heineken ladies went around taking Polaroid photos.

One lady came to talk to me about the Platinum Card. I noticed that this card is targeted at the younger professional crowd with money to spend on luxuries. I liked one of the benefits, which was free membership for a year at a gym, if you sign up with a friend, but since I already have my own gym to go to, it would not be that useful to me. Higher membership points were available at certain places, but I’ve more or less retired from the nightlife scene. However, for those who like to chill out with a beer after work, this is one card you could consider. There was still something for me – dining offers. On top of that, there is a chance to win a Porsche with every $50 spent on the card. Not bad. But the pragmatic me will probably just take photos with the car, should I win it, and then sell it and pay off my housing loan.

The group sitting behind us were some minor celebrities, though I couldn’t really recognise them. They came in rather late, around midnight.

Robin Leong, who used to be a Channel 5 actor, is going to produce an international action movie, starring Jason Scott Lee, Fann Wong, some Korean superstar, and I think himself as well. Now, I probably sounded like a groupie, but I was a little excited about seeing Robin Leong. What happened next was totally unrehearsed and surprising. Brian, the one who extended the invitation to me, simply walked up to him and his group, and took a photo of him. I was thinking, shucks, I should have followed him. And then, to my surprise, I noticed Robin Leong and him walking towards my way and the actor-producer talked to me about my blog. He didn’t have a blog. My camera battery was towards its end then, so I’m still waiting for the photos from Brian. Anyway, it was a great end to my night out chilling to cool music. After that, I was a little sleepy and left.

Sarah Tan – Singapore Profit

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