I was looking forward to hearing good old Timmy band play at Timbre (Substation) tonight, especially after the bad service at Timbre (Arts House) one week ago. As I admitted to Jay, it would be my first and last time there. Unfortunately, it was the 2nd time in 5 weeks that the Friday band was not to be Timmy. While disappointed, the Goodfellas put up a worthy performance that was a saving grace to the cool night, which started to drizzle by the end of the 1st set at half-past eleven. Thanks to the wonderful company, together with the band's repertoire of songs (including Lifehouse's "Blind", Stereophonics' "Dakota", Travis' "Closer", Coldplay's "Fix You" and many more), our session zipped by far too fast for our enjoyment.
A funny thing happened when the lead singer read out a dedication note from a bunch of guys, requesting for the band to sing the national anthem "Mari Kita Singapure" since they were just fresh out of their reservists'. Immediately after reading it, he corrected the dedication and announced to the guys (wherever they were seated) that the correct song should have been "Majulah Singapura", to the boisterous laughter of the crowd!
In addition, earlier on in the night when my friend and I just settled down to order dinner, a Vietnamese waitress took down our order of a pan-fried snapper and beef lasagne, to which she asked if I wanted it "rare, medium-rare, or well done".
Brilliant.
2 comments:
i got the worst service at timbre substation the other day.
no matter that the efficient drinks nazi (the big indian dude that appears instantly when u take out a small bottle of water from your handbag, for whatever reason, to tell u to get rid of it, and tells customers off when their imcomplete party of 10 (7 were already there) must be considerate of the queue outside; where are your friends?! order more food to keep the table, etc..) keeps ruining people's fun, and the caesar salad was tiny for its alleged $9 stature, i had to ask 4 times before i was given utensils to partake in my food, and told to give way to waiters as i was walking out.
if not for the fabulous pizza and ambience, im not sure i see any draw im going back there.
You forgot the music...
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