The last time I was here in 1966, Singapore was a very different, it's fair to say I hardly recognised the place. I let you know my thoughts once we have had a good look around the island.
I'm delighted to say we had yet another great concert last night, much more intimate and less formal than in KL. It was a small theatre in the school with a mixed audience, quite a few had never heard Vin before but as always there were a fair number of loyal fans who turned up. Annoyingly Vin kept telling the audience I was lying about my surname and that my real name was Stan Dandyliver! Vin's set was different from the previous night and he had a number of requests which he managed to slip in. A lady mentioned to Vin that he had a much fuller head of hair than the last time she saw him, at which point he removed a handful of the noodles from the previous nights meal in Kuala Lumpur!
We were delighted to find an old friend of Martyn Wyndham-Read's in the audience called Brian Mooney, apparently he played with Martyn on a number of occasions in Australia many years ago, he invited us to join them at a late night session at the Col Bar, this well known establishment was originally an unofficial other ranks mess for the British Army back in the 60s on Ayer Rahja Road. I lived and worked in Gillman Barracks at the other end of Ayer Rahja Road, despite this I still have no idea where we are. What a great way to relax, an ice cold Tiger Beer, Vin playing whistle and lots of great music, including a young chinese lad with a double bass, who just happened to be passing by.
Today's adventure will be posted a bit later, so keep logged in.
Yours.
Stan & Vin.
The bass player was Joel Loh
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