One more week of battling e-mails, trying to clean up my computer files and doing the usual. But not all is tough labor.
This week I joined the FAMMM party on Wednesday, now again held in Zhongyu Building, 7th floor on Gongti Bei Lu, opposite of SOHO Sanlitun (the other location is The Lantern on Gongti Xi Lu, see earlier post). The terrace is nice and great to relax, that day I needed it as temperatures were over 38C and I guess I got something like a small heatstroke after cycling through what felt like an oven.
See the Bali Courtyard Bar (巴厘空中海滩酒吧), before the crowd arrived for the party. The parties are nice, no pressure to change business cards, just chatting with friends – and making new ones.
What is FAMMM? FAMMM is a platform that generates emotion in five important creative industries in China: Fashion, Art, Media, Music & Movies. The FAMMM community consists of 2,000 members – comprised equally of Chinese and Western fashion editors and designers, media, trendsetters, artists, models, movie and vocal talent, as well as FAMMM industry producers and agents.
The same day I invited my two favorite KTV girls, one having her birthday. Location: the Thai restaurant in The Place (great food). We know each other like for 5 years, I have been following them whenever they switch the KTV. I use to go to KTV once per week, normally to my Japanese style KTV – much better than the typical Chinese ones. Their choice of English songs is huge and finding them is easy, much unlike the Chinese karaokes where the computer systems suck, at least for the English songs. The Japanese ones are discreet, clean, no monkey business and great to go alone or with a few friends: we all share the same big room and the same two mikes. I also sing Chinese songs, to the delight of the Japanese customers (Deng Lijun being my favorite).