Yesterday after long time I received an invitation from this
friend
to visit this pub called Insomnia in Chijmes. The party was
supposed
to start at 9p.m. but I reached there early, my friend and her
group
were not there yet. I thought that I will just hang around and
come
back later. When I came back at 9:20 my friends were already
inside
and there was a long queue outside. Well, I waited for 25 mins.
in
the queue. Meanwhile, I chatted with two guys who were in front
of
me in the queue, Stefan and Marco from Germany!! Nice guys!
They
have been in Singapore for a week now and have planned to visit
KL
and Bangkok next. Meanwhile, the queue moved and my number came.
I
was really shocked to know from the Caucasian guy at the door
that
this is a special party and only members and regulars are
allowed.
Then I asked him, "I have been here quite few times and I didn't
see
you checking any membership cards or anything and there's
nothing
written on the information board as well! It just says Women
and
Men's Party on Wednesday."
His reply was, "I don't care I can't let you in!". I felt so
bloody
insulted and knew exactly why he just can't let me in even
I'm
paying cover. Although most of the people in the queue were
tourists, over 90 % of them were Caucasians.
I know this is very common in western countries. In fact, I
faced
the same problem when I visited Frankfurt on a business trip. But
I
was always so proud to tell that this will never happen in my
adopted home, Singapore. How proudly I used to tell this to
those
visitors from Europe!
Couple of months back I remember similar thing happened to
our
friends.It was a same place Insomnia. Let's come together and
boycott this place Insomnia and end racism.
Cheers