Can't believe I would be clubbing on the 2nd day of CNY.

Traditionally CNY would be a sedate affair, with a few family dinners to attend and people to visit whom I've not met for one whole year. So it was a very spontaneous thing when we decided to pop down to Zouk on a Monday night from my uncle's place.

It turned out that Paul van Dyk was on the turnstables that night. I was shocked by the long queues and the crowd, which comprised mostly of people whom one would expect to be visiting relatives, chomping down New Year goodies etc. After much difficulty, we managed to get in, even though the people we went with were members. It was horribly bad. had to stand outside for almost eons.

Once inside it was another battle to find a place to park our feet, much less our butts. It was so packed we were squashed body to body. "What have I gotten myself into?" I thought at that point.

But all was good after much shifting around from one packed corner to another, and trying not to lose any member of our group. We got really up close though not personal to Paul van Dyk and managed to get come pictures. There was a videocam spying about, and if we were lucky we might find ourselves on the next issue of Juice or something.

And the music was really good. It was the first time I had paid any attention to the man, and I must say, he plays good dance music. Far better than the CDs they've been advertising on TV.

Here are my conquests: the man in his full musical glory...

Apparently I was not the only one trying to get his picture...

Another shot at the man... Actually he could be anybody, but it was said that Paul van Dyk was in the house, and he's the one at the desk, I naturally assumed one was the other...

There you go... close-up...