Singing in the cafe...

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So, last month, I've been singing in this cafe for 3 nights a week. And guess what? They didn't pay us a single cent!!! :(
A lot of ppl have been offering a lot of suggestions and solutions but unfortunately, I can't really do most of them!
This is because :
1) I do not have any proof of me singing there except those waitresses but well, they're not gonna side me when their jobs are on the line!
2) In the cafe-singing world, the cycle goes like this. The agent will arrange you to sing and they will pay you only after half a month which means, if you sing in Jan, you'll probably get paid around 15th of Feb.

Actually i should've thought about it when my partner told me that they hadn't pay him for one month already! But the agent was his friend and i thought it wouldn't be a problem but who knows the boss still hasn't paid him until now. I seriously don't know what to do and i felt so sad because i need the money to pay my car loan!!!
I used up all my savings for my business and singing is the only income for me at the moment..even until now!

I was lucky enough to have the chance to sing in another pub though, Diamond Palace. The place is too smokey though. And ya...if you follow my FB, you would've known that there're quite a lot of hamsap ppl there.

I don't really like socializing at my singing place. Most of the time i just sing and go straight back home. But sometimes there're still some customers who're generous enough to offer us some drinks! My singing partner will always be the one who helps me deal with it! hahah

There was one time a customer almost caused a fight with my bf and his friend! He was a lil bit drunk, in his uni T-shirt some more wtf! He wanted to sing on stage and i walked to his table telling him that it's not allowed by the pub. He started touching my back and Barry's friend, who's female, saw it and scolded him. Then he started teasing that girl instead..asking her to sing karaoke with him. Her bf heard him and they started shouting at each other. Then the drunk guy told the bf that he actually wanted me instead of that girl zzz Barry got all mad and almost punched him! That drunk guy's friend stopped him and dragged him back to their own table. They were 2 nerdy students, from a very famous university some more!

I was scared but as time went by, this seems normal to me already. As long as they don't touch me and don't try to talk to me, i would still love singing there!

Singing at wedding functions is much happier and safer than singing at a cafe! Especially when you see those aunties and uncles happily clapping along to the songs! Not just uncle aunty la of course! We do sing new songs too, like Bruno Mars & my favorite, Olivia Ong!

So...help me spread the word ppl!!! Save me from the hamsap lous pls!!!!!

I'm just kidding la! Don't worry I'm just exaggerating! It's still quite safe singing in the cafe one...especially now I'm singing for happy hour only! Finally get to reach home before 12am! Unlike last month! I reached home at around 1am lehhhh...

Bestie KhaiLing said that i should blog more about my life...n see....I blog already! *Pats shoulder*

Nahhh give you a bonus picture of me behind the scene of Twenty3.

I do this all the time whenever i'm tired of the photoshoot!
ok very lame i know wtf

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