i was told that we were going to a new club's opening somewhere near far east and that turned out to be thumper at goodwood park hotel, supposedly the new hangout place for celebrities. i had one of the more interesting clubbing nights. went in and found that the crowd was decidedly older.. like some models and older men, middle aged women, women who wanted you to kiss them if you wanted a chair.. went out to 7-11 to swig a barcadi breezer. back in, the band was playing latin music and an ah-ma was cha-chaing on the small dance floor. ordered a martell green tea which cost 15 bucks. thankfully there was no entrance charge. found out that it was thai hoe's birthday. saw irene ang lookalike. an indian guys sang the chinese song 'xiao wei'..the band played 'in the end' and the dj came and we danced for a while. there was a young guy in white shirt who danced like an energiser bunny (he bounces into the dancefloor) and did crazy stuff. his shirt was sweat drenched and he's presumably a regular who livens the party when it gets dull. later shook his hand. however he was topped by another older guy with a pony tail who specialises in experimental/ classical interpretation of whatever's playing. kept doing some matrix inspired backward bending and mime movements. couldn't stop laughing when they both got women to dance with. live band then came back with 'hey ya' and a string of hits. they're pretty spectacular. saw rachel lee lookalike. after we got out of the entrance this rather drunk woman claimed that she owns the club and declared all of us to be 15, 16 years old. said the min age was 25 and asked us to say 'thank you' to her. did so. then she asked us to say 'thank you auntie (her name, can't recall)'. what woman refers to herself as auntie? we just muttered something and walked away.