the entry about doing a good deed

it was just one of those days when i got so frazzled by the hectic urban lifestyle, attending a charity dinner would have been the last thing on my mind. and so, it was with extreme reluctance that i dragged myself, wedgie-d underwear and all, to sam & debra's singapore charity golf dinner 2008.

hot air to fill the occassion, strings attached to your donation. the symbolism of balloons.

the thing to note for such events is it would be duly wise to arrive fashionably late. this advantage would be two-fold: one could avoid the inconsequential chatter blabber with early guests, and at the same time, avoid direct contact with the organisers who would, through mind manipulation and the availability of alcohol, coaxingly coerce one into contributing even more.

despite that being said, in the words of my friend luke who once told me, "you are only as generous as how much you donate at charities." so i chugged two crisp 10-dollar bills into the donation box when i arrived. it wasn't a lot of money, but hell, i wasn't there to prove his point. the only charity that i could afford to donate, as at press time, was my not-so-regal presence.

the good thing about this event was that unlike those pretentious ones thronged with aristocrat-wannabes and its ilk, passing off with accents thickly laced with pseudo american/british/aussie accents, this was quite the opposite. it was a visual anomaly to see some of the guests decked out in hawaiian shirts, capri pants and even crocs sandals. cordial conversations were kept to a minimal as the exchange of banter between the guests showed how real the friendships were. the next best thing was having dj jamie yeo as the host for the evening, who upped the chic factor with her appearance.

being starstruck, jamie requests to take a photo with me. fyi, she was on heels that were 4-inches thick, so that explains...

don't ask me what was i doing for the last picture. i am equally clueless.

bestie raymond spices things up with his flamboyant presence.

a moment with gal pal, dorin aka barbara aka lcb

one of the event organisers, who was max by day, and mary by night...

one of the highlights of the evening, in their own parodied rendition of deal or no deal, mary (max) was certainly the starlet to bid.

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