I know, I know! Don't chastise me. This blogpost is late, tell me something I don't know LOL 

Many of you have been asking me about my Johnnie Walker Black Circuit Great Britain post.

Nadia & I at the official photowall, flanked by the usherettes

Guests and A-listers were in for a treat once again, at Johnnie Walker's VIP race party, as they threw their signature Black Circuit Lounge event – with a distinctly British twist this time!

I was excited to be flown to Penang again to attend Johnnie Walker Black Circuit Great Britain 

Read my previous adventures at Johnnie Walker Black Circuit Brazil & Johnnie Walker Black Circuit Penang

The flight was pleasant, with a slight turbulence but it felt like I traversed two different universes altogether.

I was sweating buckets whilst boarding the plane from KL due to its sweltering heatwave, blistering sun and humidity. But as I alighted the plane 45 minutes later in Penang, it was unbelievably, very cold as the heavy downpour soaked our backs and shoes 

That's Malaysian weather for you. Unpredictable. Tsktsktsk. 

Anyway, no matter. I was buzzing with excitement for tonight nonetheless! 

Arriving Penang International Airport & met the chauffeur.

As the dress code for tonight's event was 'British Glamour' I wanted to (as always!) stick as closely to the theme as possible. The event was aptly held simultaneously during the London Olympics hype as well!

So after some research…

I came dressed in a velvet red bowler hat, a trenchcoat, a classy long asymmetrical dress,

dark blue nailpolish, two floral rings, laced-up boots & a Union Jack handbag

Hope that worked! 

We were treated to international & local cuisine during the buffet dinner at Gurney Hotel.

Here are some of the dishes at the buffet spread!

There was also a carving station for grilled meat. Hello chefs!

After a fulfilling meal, guests were driven to Penang Turf Club – a historical racecourse built by the British – where the party was at.  

I was quite thrilled to see how the equestrian club as transformed into a party scene just for one night!

This way please

As expected, there were door greeters dressed as traditional London royal palace guards.

Men in uniforms never fail to make an impression on me. Hubba-hubba! 

Salute!

Took some piccies at the Johnnie Walker photowall with some friends! 

Bumped into buddy Ren at the entrance

One of the many suave ushers of the party

Whilst mingling at the entrance, I was asked to speak in front of the camera for the video footage of the event. I think I spoke about what I thought of the event thus far, what I see/feel and what I'm expecting from the party by the end of the night! 

Yadda yadda I go for the camera 

((STYLESHOT OF THE DAY))

Jessicat wears : Beige asymmetrical dress & Union Jack handbag from online stores |

Accessories by Diva | Velvet Bowler Hat in red by Deeper & Harder | Boots from a bazaar in Australia

Stepping inside the Black Circuit, I caught sight of many Formula 1 related merchandise, ones by their corporate partners McLaren Mercedes & Vodafone to be exact. 

Some of the stuff on display!

Being essentially a race party, there were F1 racing sound effects accompanying us along the corridor.

With every step I took, sharp-but-not-too-piercing sounds of BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! VROOOOOOOOOOM! of race-cars followed thereafter.

Watch out! The race-cars are hot on your heels!

Finally made my way into the arena.

It was really huge, quite an elaborately decorated interior & was already packed with guests!

The color scheme of the lighting changed periodically from almost all the colours of the rainbow!

The walls were also plastered with interesting visuals of Great Britain and its landmarks

Photobooths were in abundance everywhere.

This is just one of them –

Photoception. Took a photo of the photobooth taking a photo of me taking a photo of this moment LOL

Bumped into buddy Minny whilst I was inside.

She was working as one of the usherettes for the event and collected my signature to Join the Pact.

Minny & I 

Join the Pact? What's that?

As Johnnie Walker advocates responsible drinking, their worldwide social initiative was built around the message of : Winners Always Stay in Control.

Consumers were encouraged to pledge their signatures to Join the Pact to Never Drink & Drive. 

I've given my pledge!  

Kenny & I have JOINED THE PACT – what about you? Never Drink and Drive

because Winners Always Stay in Control 

Getting my drinks at the bar. Johnnie Walker's wide variety of cocktails surely kept me coming back for more

Kenny, Hui Wen and I at our table

Cindy & I. She kept getting more and more cocktails even before I could finish mine! 

Ringo & I. Cheers!

After a while, I found out that I had missed DJ DIrect's set. He came all the way from the USA and I didn't get to watch him?

Nnnnnnooooooooooooo! S'alright, I guess. Bet he got the partyball rolling pretty well 

DJane Geri on the decks

I managed to party to homegrown Malaysian spin artist DJane Geri.

One of our rising female DJs in the country elevated our moods with popular electro and hip hop tracks.

Spin it, babeh! 

She posed for the camera when I snapped! 

After DJane Geri's set, it was time for Taiwanese DJ RayRay.

She spun herself into the music scene when she was only 15 years old. Not bad! 

Today, she is one of Taiwan's most popular DJs

London-themed visuals flashed across the backdrop screen as she tore up the dancefloor

Tonight, she dropped a mix of old skool, funk, disco & electro tracks

Cindy, Jane, Ringo & I. We girls enjoyed DJ RayRay's set! 

Charles and I by the bar

Adjacent to my table was David, one of my friends from Penang, along with Sheena & Michelle 

Buddy Kate came by my table to say hi! 

Eclectic stage dancers entertained us with their sexy dance routines

Bumped into more homies from Penang!

One of the reasons why I love attending parties back on my little island

– my schoolmates and the people I grew up with!

Jason and I with our drinks

Before I knew it, popular Taiwan-based emcee, MC Royal came over & made a toast with me and we chugged our smooth, fine Black Label whiskey.

He then challenged me to a three second slug of the bottle – to which, I had no problems with.

I upstaged his challenge at 5 seconds!

Over the years, slugging directly from the bottle has become quite a routine for me at parties.

I am notorious with my drinks like that. Heh.heh.heh. 

But ever since I've joined the pact at the previous Johnnie Walker Black Label Circuit party, I only skull my drinks neat when I AM NOT THE DESIGNATED DRIVER.

Always stay safe on the road, peeps! 

Apart from hard liquor, I fancy my exotic cocktails as well. Extra points if I've not heard/tasted it before 

This time round, I was served British tea-inspired whiskey cocktails 

Johnnie Walker mixologist Josh Ivanovic showed me how it was intricately done

Fusing the powerful, bold flavours of Johnnie Walker Black Label with the sweet, aromatic taste of tea, it was the best of both worlds in my glass.

The method of preparation was complex and was served in style!

This gave me an excellent idea for a unique tea party. Teehee! 

When the lighting changed into bright golden yellow beams and the visuals warped from Johnnie Walker Black Label montages to animated graphics of Johnnie Walker Gold Label 

Classy.

Johnnie Walker models paraded onstage with the Gold Label and sparklers fizzled & gleamed from the top of the bottles they had in their hands. 

This was probably the apex of the night! 

Shiny golden confetti soon burst out and cloaked the arena with shimmery gold!

I was practically covered in them, my bag and drinks included LOL

See what I mean? haha! 

Jane and I when the confetti showers were ongoing

Behold, the dazzling, extravagant Johnnie Walker Gold Label in all its glory

Hui Wen and I sipping on our Johnnie Walker Gold Labels

(Yes I know I look a tad buzzed & flushed by now. It was 2AM already mind you! LOL)

Leng Yein jiejie and I by the bar 

To save the best for last, headlining act DJ Benji Boko was flown in all the way from the United Kingdom to raise the temperature of the party even further!

He was dropping us some nasty, booming tracks from a decidedly British set list!

Instantly recognizable with his huge Afro & his monkey alter-ego,

Benji Boko certainly injected heaps of fun to party

Don't stop the music, Benji! 

httpv://youtu.be/-_oJsLMK234

Check out the video of the night! (You can spot me at 0.23secs & 1.56secs whee!)

We partied till the wee hours of the morning – which ended with a bang!

It was truly wonderful to have reunited and partied with so many of my long lost friends, friends from the industry and of course, made many new ones too 

Friends friends friends… everywhere! What's a party without good company of your buddies? 

Thank you for a marvellous and a very "English" weekend! I enjoyed the party to the core 

See you at the next Johnnie Walker Black Circuit Lounge party!

Yay finally!

I wanted to publish this blogpost earlier but decided to wait till the official photos were out by Johnnie Walker too!

And I’ve been collecting other photos that I was tagged in on Facebook by my friends too.

Sorry if this post took a while! I promise it’ll be worth the wait. Teehee. 

So yes, I arrived at the premises with my invitation

Oh and I absolutely loved how they crafted the invitations. Such a classy feel! 

It was in the form of a gold cuff/bangle in a beautiful shiny, black box.

Thanks for the photo, Minny!

They also gave a gold necklace to the ladies(which you will see me wearing) and a gold tie-pin for the gegentlemen as doorgifts.

This was the location – 32 Mansion – of which was decorated in a really elaborate manner!

So, are you ready to party with Johnnie Walker?

I sure am! 

At the entrance

Camwhored  for a bit before stepping inside the Black Circuit

Oh and you can see the gold necklace rather clearly in this piccie!

The moment I entered the mansion, I was in awe.

They’ve transformed the insides into something so magnificent!

Was served Johnnie Walker cocktails the very moment I entered

Decided to give ALL the cocktails a taste!

The ones in the front row: Gold Rush | 2nd row: Black 75 | final row was my favourite, Black Circuit!

There were booths available for the whiskey tasting! 

Guests were taught the RIGHT way of savouring it 

And no, the trick is not to gulp it straight down….

Teehee.

The bar where mixologists were doing their thang!

I never miss an opportunity against the photowall 😀 😀

Thanks for the photo, Jun Fook!

There were a couple of booths for guests to ‘check-in’ our location to Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare too

After I was done mingling and drinking at the foyer, I explored further around the mansion

And found my table!

Thank you Johnnie Walker, for giving me a table and having it strategically right smack in the middle of the dance floor, facing the DJ console too! 

They made my day even before the party started! 🙂 🙂

Before we knew it, emcees of the night Hanson and Hannah kick-started the event.

Lights, camera, action!

They gave us a very warm welcome and introduced the 1st DJ of the evening.

Hey homeboy DJ Reeve, do your thang & spin that shizz on the decks for us tonight! 😉

DJ Reeve from Malaysia!

My close knitted homies came soon after. Was so glad to see them again!

As I spend most of my days in KL, I always look forward to our hang outs everytime I come back to Penang

There’s more of us, but they’re laaaaate! 🙂

You’ll see them in a bit

My babes and I.  Loves! 

Apart from my very own homies & other bloggers, I bumped into friends from the industry too

Throughout the event guests were served not only free-flow of Johnnie Walker Black Label, but also a torrent of delightful chocolates! A delicious assortment of white, dark and milk chocolates kept coming at me as though beckoning me to have more.

And you all know how much of a sucker I am for chocolates. Simply couldn’t resist!

Say whaaaaaad? 😛

Oh yeah. Chocolates galore. A generous amount was served to us!

I was made a very happy girl yet again.

Yes, chocolates make me happy, if you must know 🙂

Apart from all those awesome-pawsome things about the party so far, was the fact that I got to rekindle with some of my childhood and high school bunch of tfriends all over again.

Heck, I’ve not seen some of them ever since we left school!

Penang gurls in the haus!

Girl Guides of the same patrol back in 2005!

Classmates in primary school and squash mates in high school!

Convent girls of 2006/2007 all grown up 

More of my fellow Penang peeps!

Wootwoot

I was psyched how the Black Circuit party brought together so many familiar faces; especially ones whom I’ve lost touch with. I was practically fluttering around to many different tables and coincidentally bumping into more and more old friends!

And Johnnie Walker was perfect as our toast to friendship! 

Oh and ya know what’s also great during the event?

The fact that polaroids were given out to remember the night. Absolute WIN!  

I’ve mentioned numerous times before; a party is never complete without a photo souvenir for keeps

That makes all the difference; compared to the usual digital photos uploaded online

We kept downing our drinks; but never fail to stay within limits. 

As we keep in mind to drink responsibly – as advocated by Johnnie Walker!

The emcees took to the dance floor again to “check” on us and how we were doing! 😀 😀

Also, the next DJ was announced. DJ FM from our neighbouring country, Singapore

It’s your turn to crank up the volume, deejay! 

From the window, to the wall

This party’s jumpin’ till tomorrow!

We drink the whole bottle but it ain’t over!

Errrbody’s jumping 😀

Day-O, me say Day-O

Daylight come and we don’t wanna go home 😀

We were the 1st ones to hit the dance floor, babeh!

Josiah and I 🙂

Geez duuuude, your complexion is way better than mine haha! *jealous*

With buddy Calvin

With my babe, Minny! 

Oh yes, another family photo of my homies!

(Still incomplete LOL)

Ren and I!

Let’s let’s let’s get it started in here! 

Flanked by Eric and Jun Fook

Emcees were back on the dancefloor!

I honestly couldn’t remember what they were saying cos I was having too much fun at the time.

But I jolly well knew when they welcomed the 3rd and final DJ of the night!

Let’s take it to the skies, DJ Teemaree!!! 

Read about my interview with her: here

Had a chance to sit down for 15 minutes for a short but enlightening interview 😀 Check it out yo

Another family photo with the homies with DJ Teemaree spinning in the background!

Bumped into EVEN MORE friends that night!

Eric who pimps my Blackberry!

With Chia Li!

OMG I DID NOT JUST DO THE ASIAN “5” POSE. What’s wrong with me?! -__-” argh!

DJ keep it movin!

I raved so hard when she played the electro-house tracks. 

Hell to the yeah! 

Boss Selva and I

Ahhh…. Back in the days when I was the photographer for the Mois!

Smile for the camera! 🙂

Two very tired (and slightly tipsy) bloggers

THE PARTY WAS STILL ON FULL SWING TILL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING!

Now that’s what I call a flippin’ awesome party.

No party shall end before midnight, in my books! 

And most definitely not a night like Johnnie Walker Black Circuit parties!

My highlight of the night: I rubbed my eyes twice/thrice when I saw my best friend Joyce in front of me

She was supposed to be my plus one for the party; something came up so she had to pull a raincheck on me

Imagine my surprise when I saw her – with her invitation that I saved for her? Geez. How did she get it?

Found out that one of my homies took out her invitation from my box and passed it to her outside!

Apparently I did not notice while I was partying the skies down and my cellphone battery died on me

So, finally, FAMILY PHOTO COMPLETE!

(Except a few who weren’t at the party)

GUESS WHAT!!?

Also found out it was DJ Teemaree’s birthday! 

So we’ve come to the end of this lengthy post. I hope it was worth the read!

Seriously, what’s there not to love about this party but it’s entirety? I’ve said all I needed to say and….

I give it a 5 star rating; very apt with its 5 star standard! 

I went home with memories of arguably the most fantastic party of my life ever since I returned from Australia

Thank you once again, Johnnie Walker for bringing us an amazing night. 

The Black Circuit Penang night was stellar; more than honoured to be your guest! See you around at the next party!

Keep Walking, you sexy beast of a Striding Man 😉

 Much love, TheJessicat

Ahh!

Finally had the time to sit down and blog about my birthday in Twenty-One, Bangsar!

Just like last year, I usually have a few birthday celebrations as friends come in different groups… and different geographical locations. It'll be tough to maul them altogether. This year, I celebrated a few birthdays too – with a group of fellow netizens in KL and Singapore, my wonderful Fockers in Ipoh and most certainly my insane homies back in Penang.

Mom's e-card 😀

But first! On the morning of my birthday, (slept at 5am the night before replying Facebook & Twitter birthday wishes, calls & sms-es BIG THANKEW YA!)  the doorbell rang and I lumbered outta bed to open it. Before me, stood a man with a bouquet of flowers!

Loved them so much! It certainly made my morning a cheerier one 😀

Thanks to one of my good friends June

Yes gurl, I will enjoy myself tonight! 😀 You can be sure about that hehe

Let's begin! Shall we? 😀

Dolled up and left for Twenty-One bar to celebrate my 21st burpday 😀

Studded brown clutch by Soak Republic

Two of the earliest birds! 😀 Eve and Greg

More of my guests started to roll in one by one….

Cathy and Yat 😀

With Ren! 😀

before I knew it more familiar faces appeared! So glad you guys could make it 😉

With such a short notice of TWO DAYS!

My lovely guests lookin' fab that night too!

Classmates, food review mates, blogmates and lots more

Chillin by the water feature

I feel like keeeeeeeeeling them! Eric BBM-ed me saying something came up and they won't be coming at all

Was so sad for being FFK-ed (ditched) last minute, how could they do this to me on my birthday?

mean

mean

mean

AND THEY SUDDENLY APPEARED RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES

T____________T I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry!

When I screamed, they said

"LIDDAT ONLY SURPRISE YOU MA!!"

awwwwwww. Gawd, much love 😀

While I was busy making sure everyone had a drink in their hands

Was nice to see everyone mingling about already!

We chatted, took pictures and caught up with each other

The drink of the night was Johnnie Walker Black Label 😀

Cheers Ren and Jeff! 😀 😀 Bottoms up yo!

But all hell broke loose when Eric bought me a glass of Graveyard

It's a killer and it tastes awfully vile! Aaacckk

Brass Iconography ring by Soak Republic

What a bitter Graveyard birthday present! *sniff I managed to down it ALL.

Whee! Thanks dearie

BUT. THAT'S. NOT. ALL

Eric and Jac also surprised me again with something else!

A Flaming Lamborghini

OH NO!!!!!!

I dragged the other Eric to join me in this murder!

Sharing is caring, no? 😉 😉 heee!

But he left me midway to fend for myself! aaaauughhh!

haha. But it was all gulped down in the end! Thanks guys

Random peekture of my guests during the parteh 😀

After numerous shots, bottoms up challenges, a Graveyard and a Flaming Lambo,

it was safe to say that I was starting to get a lil woozy~

With my fave Shouters! Daniel, Yen, Aaron, Eve & Satkuru 😀

I loved the Liquor Roulette set btw! More drinking ey? Muahaha

it was not long before the bottle of Black Label went dry. So I opened another bottle!

I don't exactly recall, but I was pretty certain the waitor gave me the bill to sign but no pen to sign it with!

More random party peektures 😀

With ma gurls Shantee and Esther 😀

Jac, Eric, Yat and I 😀

Ying Zi, Jeff, See Pin, Chris, Cathy and Ren

Late but always worth the wait, my diva Joe finally arrived!

He came and gave me a big fat hug and……

A UKELELE WITH GOLD BIRTHDAY WISHES ON IT!

One step closer to becoming a rockstaaaar babeh!!

m/ Joe whatchu laughing at you? 😛

Sometime after the stroke of midnight, my biological birthdate was officially over. But no, not the party 😀

It was time for the birthday cake!

Yummmm!! Dark White Chocolate Cheese cake, from Secret Recipe

My absolute fave 😀 10 STARS!

As there were lotsa smokers in da house, it didn't take long for the candles to be lighted up 🙂

Apparently, I didn't allow anyone to snatch the Ukelele away from me! 😀

Very woozy but I KNEW at this point someone made a toast to me

I heard my name and the clinking of glasses! Love you guys

Group photo yo!

With everyone sans a few who already headed home + extreme latecomers

Doesn't matter what time you come or leave, most importantly you're HERE to share a big bite of my birthday:

😀 😀

Speaking of extreme latecomers, Nigel, Mike and Jess (not me, the other Jess) came

after the cake cutting session 😀

Continued partying with everyone 😀

Let's all cut us some slack and let loose, today's a parteh time! 😀

xoxo 😀 The LAST ones to leave!

As it was a Thursday night, most of my guests were working adults which had to leave by 1am plus. Due to work the very next morning. AHHH!! 😛 😛 😛 😛 THE PERKS OF BEING A TWENTY-ONE YEAR OLD!!! *rubs it in* Muahahahah. That's for repetitively saying this to my face –

TWENTY-ONE ONLY AHHH??

SO YOUNNGGGGGG ONE!!

😛

YESSS WORRR!!!

TWENTY-ONE ONLY… HOW!!!!!?

heck, age is just a number *winks*

then again, what haven't we done by twenty one? 😛 😛

TWENTY-ONE, VIBRANT AND LOVING EVERY MOMENT OF IT!

You only turn 21 ONCE so make the best of it!

Tonight was certainly a night to remember. Thanks to each and everyone of my rockstar guests for the presents

and who made the party all the more merrier and especially sharing my big day with me

even IF you didn't get me a present due to extreme short notice, your presence was the present already!

But those who did, thanks for going the extra mile to make me smile  🙂

I don't remember this picture being taken but I reckon I was thanking all my guests on Twitter!

heck, forgive the dreadful grammatical errors I saw the very next morning >___<

Guess alcohol can really fudge up your braincells

Thank you Satkuru, Aaron and Eric for helping me take peektures of my party!

While I crashed at the backseat of the car, the boys were having their own bit of fun 😛

Thanks to Ying Zi, Chris and Anis who walked me back to my crib and ensured I was fine before they left.

Woke up the next morning with a beautiful sight –

Birthday presents from last night!

I guess these were the only memories (besides photos) that I have!

As expected, this was YET ANOTHER BIRTHDAY I DON'T REMEMBER! *sobs*

I gotta stop piling on the alco yo!

Highlight of the morning = A LEOPARD PRINT G-STRING

when I ripped open one birthday present

*faints* 😛 😛