Confessions of a City Slicker

Geylang, being the red light district in Singapore has several sex toy shops which are pretty well stocked, compared to their pathetic excuse of counterparts in Penang.

Tai Mai, being the innocent unexposed virgin that she is needed some education.  Anyway, I was pretty interested to see her reaction to those items.  I didn’t count on how hysterical she would get!

The first 2 shops I dragged her to were, well, common.  You know, surly kid sitting behind the counter eye balling anyone who walks in, answering customer enquiries with an indifferent attitude.

The third shop we went to had considerably more customers.  It’s no wonder since the people of the shop actually comes right up to welcome customers who walk in and give personalized attention.

Tai Mai, just like in the last 2 shops we went to, was obviously uncomfortable and displayed it by keeping her head down, hugging herself and hiding behind me.

Jimmy, the guy who attended to us showed us some of the more commonly available items like the kinky G-strings and blow up dolls, all of which drew exclamations of "Eeeehhh" from Tai Mai and made me roll my eyes.

I asked Jimmy to show me the bullet vibrator.  He demo to us by running it first on my wrist and then Tai Mai’s arm which made her jump and squeak, much to his and my surprise.

The real show was when he brought out this huge dildo. 1/3 of it moved when it is turned on.  That’s when she freaked out.

I have never seen someone react like that to a dildo, not in this day and age.  I know my nieces just laughed and giggled when a pop up ad came out on their father’s computer, but that’s another story.

Back to Tai Mai, she kept saying she felt sick, she needed to puke and finally she’ll wait for me outside while I continue my foray into the world of sex toys inside.

"OK by me," I told her but reminded her that this is Geylang.  If someone dragged her off while she is outside, I wouldn’t be able to hear her or do anything about it from in here.

So she went to stand (more like cower) behind the door and turned her back when people enter the shop.

It’s amazing how someone who was able to carry herself so well while networking just a few hours ago can act like such a mousy prude now.

Anyway, I managed to find some stuff for my 2 fav gal pals.  Sure beats the usual key chains or T-shirts most tourists go for as souvenirs.  Didn’t get the vibrators because they cost a bomb.  About SGD 100 and above for 1, if I remember correctly.

I really wanted to see the other attraction in Geylang which Em told us about - the girls in the aquarium thing, but unfortunately the bouncer at one of these clubs wouldn’t let me in

After the fiasco over the dildo, I didn’t dare take Tai Mai to these places in case of another outburst.

Second night in Singapore and Tai Mai and I found ourselves exploring Geylang on our own.  We asked our cab to drop us off at the heart of the red light district.

You can spot the working girls there almost immediately even though they dressed to blend in with the crowd.  Just simple T-shirts and jeans.  No sexy, revealing outfits exposing big longkangs here.  I think one of the reasons they are so easily spotted is because most of them are China dolls.

So while we were having dinner at one of the coffee shops there, a Caucasian kid, I would guess maybe German judging from his accent, came over to our table and asked me in Mandrin (rolls eyes) "Ni How Ma?"

"It’s OK, we don’t speak Mandrin either", I said to him and winked.

So he started asking us the usual ice breaker questions.  Since I was busy with dinner, I let Tai Mai entertain him, joining in occassionally, changing the subject when I felt that Tai Mai was revealing too much info.

Hey, we’re 2 girls in a foreign land here talking to a complete stranger.  Better to keep things "general", know what I mean ;-)  Anyway, what does this kid want?  It’s obvious there is something he wanted to ask us, but didn’t dare to.

The light came on after he went back to his table nearby and I overheard his conversation with his friend, "Not one of them, too well dressed".

So the kid was looking to get laid!

Wait a minute…..WE WERE TOO WELL DRESSED FOR HOOKERS?

Have to give it to him, the kid has good taste :)))))

Phew!  Finally managed to clear the backlog of work since I came back from Singapore.  With a seminar to organize after coming back, now I can finally settle down and blog about the trip.

The main purpose of the trip was to attend Anthony Robbins’ seminar.  There is only one way to describe a seminar conducted by DA MAN - pure ENERGY.  It was raw, exciting, pulsating from him to us, his captive audience.  It was everything from his enthusiastic opening to his world clap which is the first thing we learned.

His seminar is interactive rather than the usual passive speaker to audience type.  The audience was asked to do things like talk to and greet perfect strangers who are no longer strangers after that.  Networking was easy peasy later on.  With the frequent requests to shout and jump around to the music, the whole thing felt more like a rock concert.

Tony Robbins shared many stories with us including how he got Andre Agassi back in shape during his losing streak, but more on that later on.

I will definitely encourage anyone with the opportunity to attend his seminar to go.  It’s no wonder that after 30 years in the business he is still the Numero Uno motivator in the world.