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Last Minute F1

Managed to score some last minute tickets for Singapore’s first ever F1 yesterday (thanks to Lyn for that). Having no wish to go to F1 by myself alone, I dragged along my friend to watch the race from the Padang stands. It was a moment of triumph as we both realized that we too could walk around Singapore and look like we owned the place with our F1 badges¹.

The F1 certainly brings a holiday atmosphere to the place that almost makes the actual race a moot point. In some ways, it was also Singapore’s first actual world event², and there were plenty of vibes in the air that Singapore could yet be cool. The upper crust of Singapore echelons finally had an outlet to display their wealth beyond their country clubs while the general rabble could feel Singapore’s prosperity first-hand, even if it was just latching on to a small part of the F1 in some way.

Actually, the F1 was quite exciting.

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1. Of course, no amount of waving these badges entitled us to anything free or exciting except to access the circuit. [↩]
2. That people actually care about, folks. [↩]

Electrico @ Butter Factory

For those of you interested hearing homegrown favourites and recent MTV Asia Awards nominees, Electrico, they’ll be playing down at the Butter Factory (48 Robertson Quay) tonight from 9pm onwards. No doubt, that this is part of their promotion for their new album, we satellites.

Electrico at Butter Factory

If that’s not enough for you, then feast up on 1-for-1 Asahi beers, house shooters and free entry for the first 100 guests to arrive before 9pm.