No pain No gain. Vanity fair couldn't be further from the truth. Not quite as kosher as a bar mitzvah but heck it just meant that i'm at the prime of my life. I've hit the big 3-0 and u know what, i still feel 18! Party at atmosphere anyone? ;P 

Ah-huh so who sez u can't have ur champagne, screwdriver & beer and still look good @ 3am club closing time?!  

Blasphewat? Sacrilewhere?

Hot on the trail of trivial pursuit, i have the Americans to thank for making my magic plasma box a 'real' part of my life. Ah-huh, all the world's a stage and all its men and women - American Idols. Ain't no mountain high enough and ain't no Da Vinci codes hard enough crack. What a revelation indeed! The venusian vertebra aka the sacred feminine theory is a very romantic notion with salient enough embelishment to rile more than a few religious feathers. As much as i would like to subscribe to it, unfortunately it was Eve that did us in (the femmesapiens) in Genesis thus... Albeit much of it may've been forgiven or it may've jus been swept under da rug to make it seem rosy. But we'll just leave it at that huh coz that's a whole separate debate altogether. Heck, me thinks the book was a real page turner and it is classified fiction at the end of the day so stop making a fuss. And Harry Potter and Salman Rushdie deserves a break too. A fatwa? For Heaven's sakes, just boil it with a pinch of salt and serve warm before bedtime. Its too much ado about nothing. Its a free world and the first amendment is a given right. Go get that hair toussled, colored red, white & blue and air-blown. Life's too short 2 stress over...plus the view looks so much more spectacular closer to the edge. Just don't fall over k!

It's all good...

2004 sped by like a horse's arse on fire, like Father Time on speed. And if he was, i just hope it wasn't one of you jxl influencers ;P Anyways in all its theatrical 365 days, it's been all good at the end of da day coz' u take the good, the bad, the ugly - put it in the cocktail shaker and voila, you make a lychee martini outta it!
Ah-huh, been there, done that and still doing it on the writing bit, both copywriting and the journalistic thing. The frequent flyer points is still ticking away albeit this time closer to ma asian roots i.e., Bangkok, Bali, Shanghai and a coupla' S'pore slings! Need we say more about the social calendar - the social mariposa thing has gotta offset working ma ass off for peanuts... It's all about balance coz' i am after all astrologically represented by a starry pair of scales. I could go on and on but let's just cut straight to the chase with some of the best of and not so sweet of for me eh... Car pe diem.

Silver Screen Savers : The Incredibles, Meet the Fockers
Page Turner of the year: Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code
Coolest Mag: Dazed & Confused (Wallpaper a close 2nd)
Just wish they'd stop the infuriatingly backwards marker censorship tho'. Sheesh!
Fav Contemporary artist: Damien Hirst
Fashion lows: Arrivedeci Tom Ford, the 80s revival (double urgh!)
Fashion highs: Hussein Chalayan, Alexander McQueen, wedges, breaking all rules
Fashion Spread of da year: Andre 3000 & Kate Moss for Rolling Stones
Best value 4 $ shopping spot: Chatuchak market, Bangkok (Bali is a close 2nd)
Queer guy in need 4 a straight eye: 'Gay Seb'
A Clubber's Wardrobe must have: FCUK tee - it's too fcuking cool. Just fcuk da DJ eh!
DJ of da year: Armin Van Buuren.
No.3 on DJMag 2004 polls but No.1 on mine ;T
TDF Cocktail: Lychee Martini (me thinks it's about time peartinis should be made available 2)
Drama club of the year: Blissthelounge (it died and ressurected with a new make-over)
Notable Danceflr burners: Alter ego-Rocker, Junior Jack-Stupidisco, Tiesto-Traffic, Eric Prydz-Call on me, Deepdish-Flashdance & Shapeshifters-Lola's theme
Most Down-2-earth visiting DJ: John Askew (Christian Smith's a close 2nd)
Most tragic dance move: Shuffling
Worst pick-up line in a club: Wanna samba with me? while James Lavelle ignited da decks @ zouk (Ayo Ah Beng, salah channel!)
After-party pooper: Scrabble (just shoot me will ya!?)
Best after-party chill: Dougie's pad
Some things never change: still reigning podium queen *grin*
The Twisted Truth: For heaven sakes i'm clean so stop asking me what kinda candy i'm on!
Didn't get enuf of: Psychedelic trance (where's ma infected mushroom & raja ram?)
Biggest Adrenaline rush: Whitewater rafting & bulldozing the diplomatic queue to make the KUL flight from Shg 5 minutes b4 take-off.
Biggest pain in the a**: Packed up 30yrs of memories & junk for house moving. Adios SS2, Hello Stepford home.
Biggest Stinker: Life jackets @ firefly watching in KKB. Eeeyoouuuuu!
Fact of da year: Pay peanuts, get monkeys!
No pain no gain: piercing the cartilege. full-on! (More champagne this way to dull da pain please)
Gerry's quote of the year: Take the knife...
Resolutions for 2005: i make 'em as i go along & break 'em when i want to. Ah-huh!

All glam'ed up for the invasion of the french at the official re-launch of blissthelounge. Make-overs make a helluva difference, and no, i dont look like farah fawcett in that hair ok!!!! Oy jeremy, u think ur gf's going to flip when she sees this pic? ;P  

Glam'ing up 4 da nite. Get ur sunnies out fellas coz' i ain't responsible if looks could kill... 

It's not fake ok. It's really angie & armin. Aiyo Henry, where ma flash? No flash no style la! 

Rank no. 3 on IDJ Mag's Top 100 DJs 2004 polls, how can anyone not burn with desire for Armin Van Buuren. He totally brought the roof down @ zouk and you wonder why arm'in love... you can sign my cover anytime!