So This Is Attica …

I felt special in Attica. I will get to that in a moment.

Out of nowhere, Cynthia begged demanded asked me to take her to Attica since she has not been there before. Huh?! Just the two of us? She then threatened told me nicely that if I don’t, her guy friends will gladly take her there. Okay, she just pressed that “I Win” button. By midnight, we got out of the Clark Quay car park and …

… we were greeted by the smoke coming out from Ministry of Sound (MoS). Or was it? I think there must have been 30 to 40 people outside puffing cigarettes. Maybe that was why the entrance was so smokey. Good news for the non-smoker for sure. That would mean inside the club, we no longer need to put up with second hand smoke. Ain’t that great? I personally love that new law in Singapore.

The entrance of Attica is not that impressive. We paid S$28 per person to have access to both “Attica” (first floor that plays Hip Hop and R&B) and “Attica Too” (second floor that plays house music). The music I must say are way better than MoS. The DJ played music by Sean Paul, Ciara, Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, and etc. It was great. If the DJ was to play Rihanna, that would have been marvelous. Perhaps he did, but …

… we headed upstairs at 1am once the private party was over. The number of speakers hung around the dance floor are overwhelming. My pair of ears had a tough time adjusting to the deafening dance beat. However, I must admit, the music was good. It was not just any House music but House music with melody.

It goes without saying that whenever I go party, something weird will happen. Be it as the new year party (2006) at Insommia Hong Kong when a working girl was being approached or the encounter of the beautiful transvestites at MoS during Christmas party (2006). At “Attica Too”, there are raised platforms at hip level. One time there was an Asian girl with super mini skirt dancing on top of the platform and I saw this Westerner stroking her outer thighs and then her inner thighs while she was dancing. Then came his friend – another muscular dude – who in turn stroked the girl’s inner thighs simultaneously with his friend. That was just so … wrong. That was just so … porn.

That aside, the entire experience has been positive. Attica is a lot smaller compares to MoS but the music is great. Now, why did I feel special at Attica? I looked around the dance floor and could hardly see another Chinese guy around me. There were lots of Western guys (and some Western women) and there were tons of Asian girls. Since I was with Cynthia, it wouldn’t matter either way. But if I was with my guy friends, I would prefer MoS’s crowd any time. I personally don’t think the Singaporeans prefer Attica – at least not the Singaporeans girls for that matter.

Caption: Cynthia at the dance floor.