Friday, November 18, 2005
Now and Then
A number of us were intrigued by the recent news report of a man who committed suicide over a girl he met at a pub "Now and Then". The man also nominated 30% of his CPF to the woman. So where is this place? What kind of people frequent this joint?I had joked with Mindy that if I feel suicidal, she might just find me sitting at the "dark corner under the TV", all alone. Mindy has in turn teasingly replied that she had wanted to visit the place too as some guy may just nominate 30% of his CPF savings to her. Chee Yong too expressed the same sentiment and ofcourse we quickly reminded him there was nothing to suggest that Now and Then was a gay pub.
Tonight 7 of us decidded to check out that place. And surprise number one - Now and Then is just one block away form our office! We walked by the place so often but no one ever noticed it.
Surprise 2 - The place is cold and dark and almost every lady there was Filipino. What about the men? Half were caucasians and the others, local Chinese like the 6 of us. The youngest must be from our group - early 20, and the oldest present must be me!
Surprise 3 - There was bar-top dancing, hugging and kissing. But surprise number 3 mus be our disappointment too. Throughout the night, not a single one of us was apporached by anyone - male or female! aarrr ... How come?
Surprise 4 - When we came out of the pub, someone we knew walked past us and gave us the shocked look.
