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		<title>Saturday @ The Bedroom Nightclub, Gold Coast: 3rd April 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spending tonight at Surfers Paradise, and tonight the venue is The Bedroom! So here we go! Saturdays @ The Bedroom Assessment Time: 10.30pm &#8211; 3:00am Opening Hours: 10:00pm &#8211; 5:00am Lockout: 3:00am lockout for clubs up in the Gold Coast Website: http://www.thebedroom.net.au Address: 26 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise Gold Coast Queensland, Australia Dress Code / [...]]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_1676" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1455.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1676" title="With a bartender at The Bedroom Nightclub Gold Coast Surfers Paradise" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1455.jpg" alt="easter the bedroom nightclub" width="480" height="360" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">With a bartender. It&#39;s easter long weekend!</p></div>

<p>Spending tonight at Surfers Paradise, and tonight the venue is The Bedroom! So here we go!</p>

<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Saturdays @ The Bedroom</span></strong></p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Assessment Time:</span> 10.30pm &#8211; 3:00am <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Opening Hours:</span> 10:00pm &#8211; 5:00am <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lockout:</span> 3:00am lockout for clubs up in the Gold Coast <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Website:</span> <a href="http://www.thebedroom.net.au" target="_blank">http://www.thebedroom.net.au</a> <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Address:</span> 26 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise Gold Coast Queensland, Australia <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dress Code / Door Policy:</span> Casual was ok. Jeans at a minimum. A female friend of mine was able to get in wearing thongs / flip flops / Havianas / whatever you want to call them / sandals. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Entry Fee / Cover Charge:</span> $15 <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Guestlist:</span> Do submit via the website. Events are on everyday I think. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Inside:</span> On entering, there is a lounge and bar to the right. Stools and area for about 50 people. In front and to the left is the second bar, DJ and dancefloor to hold about 200 &#8211; 300 people. Carpeted areas around as well to hold more people. Podiums spotted around and beds. Along two walls are VIP &#8216;beds&#8217; of single and double/queen size variety. These need to be booked in advance via the website. Late in the night the beds are open for all when everyone leaves. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cloak Room:</span> None <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bar:</span> No recollection of prices <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">DJs:</span> TyDi was the special guest DJ for tonight for an hour. At the moment he is Australia&#8217;s #1 DJ. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Music:</span> House <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Crowd:</span> Caucasian &#8211; mix of locals and tourists. Handful of asians and other nationatlities. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Entertainment:</span> Waitresses dressed in bunny ears for Easter and on top of this, corsets and super short skirts / and or lingerie. Enough said, and TyDi was coming tonight!<br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Atmosphere:</span> Cockfest at first then around 11-11.30 it seriously picked up and got packed. Good ratio afterwards.</p>

<div id="attachment_1677" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1481.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1677" title="DJ booth at The Bedroom Nightclub Gold Coast" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1481.jpg" alt="DJ booth at The Bedroom Nightclub Gold Coast" width="480" height="360" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">DJ booth at The Bedroom Nightclub Gold Coast</p></div>

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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Videos</span>: <br />
 <strong>Walkthrough around 10:30pm. It&#8217;s dead at the moment but it does pick up later.</strong><br />
 <p><a href="http://jamestran.net/2010/04/03/saturday-the-bedroom-nightclub-gold-coast-3rd-april-2010"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>

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<p><strong>360 view</strong><br />
 <p><a href="http://jamestran.net/2010/04/03/saturday-the-bedroom-nightclub-gold-coast-3rd-april-2010"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>

<p><span id="more-1674"></span> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Timeline:</span></strong></p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Podium victory</span> <br />
 I have managed to find myself standing on one of the front podiums. Here at The Bedroom, everyone is up for a party, and so everybody wants a go at the podium. So right now, I am standing with 3 other people on a small podium. I didn&#8217;t like this sharing of space, so in order to get rid of the two girls, I spoke to them. I was being pretty sleazy and they soon left the podium. There was now one guy left. I pushed him to the girl at the front and they shortly started making out and left the podium. Blah, I really am a matchmaker. Well, it&#8217;s just me now, so I do my little dancing around.</p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Someone tries to steal my podium!</span> <br />
 A group of indian dudes are lurking at the podium and send one of their own to dance with me. Then he slowly tries to push me off with his ass! His ass is pushing me closer and closer to the edge, and when I realised what was happening, I wasn&#8217;t too happy. I went up to the front of the podium, and just danced just a little better than he did &#8211; arms and legs flying around. That&#8217;ll show him. So much so that the poor dude had no way to get in front of me at all. HA! So he left and nobody else dared tried to take my precious podium. I got bored of being awesome, and so I left the podiumt..</p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Is she a mum or something more?</span> <br />
 Let&#8217;s play a game. Dance with as many randoms as possible. The first few were total fails. Then suddenly I spotted a 30 something year old dancing on her own. We dance and pretty soon locking lips. I think it&#8217;s time for introductions:</p>

<p><strong>J:</strong> Im James                                           <br />
 <strong>Mum</strong>: I&#8217;m Mum. How old are you?                            <br />
 <strong>J</strong>: 26                                                         <br />
 <strong>Mum</strong>: Oh, I&#8217;ve dated a 28 year old                                 <br />
 <strong>J</strong>: Oh really                                                          ??<br />
 <strong>Mum</strong>: Yes! Actually, I have four kids. My eldest son is 26&#8230;. and he has a child too!</p>

<p>OMGWTFBBQ. I am hooking up with a grandma!!! JESUS CHRIST!!!</p>

<p><strong>J</strong>: Oh wow. How old are you?<strong> <br />
 GrandMum</strong>: I&#8217;m <span style="text-decoration: underline;">52</span> years old</p>

<p>HOLY SMOKES BATMAN!! DOUBLE MY AGE!! My own mum is 56!!! Right now I&#8217;m speechless.. Have I committed a moral crime?  Certainly this couldn&#8217;t get any better or worse??</p>

<p><strong>J:</strong> What are you doing in a club?<br />
 <strong>GrandMum</strong>: Just dancing. I&#8217;m recovering from cancer &#8211; my hair is just a wig.</p>

<p>Great&#8230; she is telling me her entire life story now. At this point in time, I have pretty much lost all shame, and keep up with the courtship. I SWEAR SHE LOOKED AT MAXIMUM 36 YEARS OLD. Certainly got me fooled, as other guys were trying to hit on her all night as we danced. Amazing. I wonder if I will be still clubbing at 52. I would definitely need a wig of some sort at that age to fit in more. Or when I&#8217;m 52 I could just check out all the RSL&#8217;s and hook up with random nonagenerians and centenarians. I seem to be well on my way.</p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
 The TyDi set</span><br />
 I was busy macking on my girl but from what I could remember, it was pretty awesome set &#8211; nothing to complain about and whole crowd just kept going and going.</p>

<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arrivederci</span></strong> <br />
 We left at 3am, TyDi had already finished his set, and the crowd was getting more and more sausage like.</p>

<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Recommendation</span></strong> <br />
 Music was excellent. My asian friends didn&#8217;t like it. So only come of course if you&#8217;re into house/electro whatever you want to call it. Crowd was generally pretty friendly as well. Combined with a pretty good venue for clubbing and TyDi, <strong>The Bedroom is 8.5/10</strong></p>

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		<title>Fridays @ Sin City Nightclub Gold Coast: 2nd April 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was panic after booking the plane tickets &#8211; Clubs in Sydney were closed on Good Friday. But what relief to find out the clubs in Surfers Paradise all opened after midnight &#8211; score! So off we went to Sin City nightclub &#8211; here we go! Easter Good Friday @ Sin City Nightclub Assessment Time: [...]]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_1667" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1378.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1667" title="Sin City Nightclub" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1378.jpg" alt="Sin City Lounge and Nightclub Surfers Paradise" width="480" height="360" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sin City Nightclub Gold Coast</p></div>

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<p>It was panic after booking the plane tickets &#8211; Clubs in Sydney were closed on Good Friday. But what relief to find out the clubs in Surfers Paradise all opened after midnight &#8211; score! So off we went to Sin City nightclub &#8211; here we go!</p>

<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Easter Good Friday @ Sin City Nightclub</span></strong> <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Assessment Time:</span> 12:30-3:00am <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Opening Hours:</span> 12:00am-5:00am (Special opening times due to Good Friday) <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lockout:</span> 3:00am <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Website:</span> http://www.sincitynightclub.com.au <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Address:</span> 22 Orchid Ave, Surfers Paradise Gold Coast, Queensland Australia <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dress Code / Door Policy:</span> Casual ok. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Entry Fee / Cover Charge:</span> $15 standard. $10 or possibly cheaper on guestlsit <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Guestlist:</span> See website. They have events everyday to which you can submit guestlists to. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Inside:</span> Walk in with a bar on the left with podiums for girls and tables. On the right is the main dancefloor and DJ area. Dancefloor holds about 100-150 people. Elevated platforms around the columns. Balcony like area, and second bar as well on the far end. VIP lounges in the back corner. Everything is carpeted except for the dancefloor. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cloak Room:</span> None offered. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bar:</span> 12 Tequila sunrises and 12 Chatreuse shots for a total of $243 <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Music:</span> A mix of modern rnb and commercial house. There is also some top 40 music. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Crowd:</span> Being surfers paradise, mostly backpackers or people holidaying this  weekend up in the Gold Coast. Most are of caucasian background. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Entertainment:</span> All the waitresses are dressed in corsets and really short skirts / lingerie. Enough said. There are also permanent podiums for dancing on. <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Atmosphere:</span> Considering it was Good Friday, did not expect a big turnout, but since it *was* Surfers Paradise &#8211; there were a billion backpackers looking for a place to party! <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Video: 360 of Sin City</span> <br />
 <p><a href="http://jamestran.net/2010/04/02/good-friday-sin-city-nightclub-evening-of-2nd-april-2010"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>

<p><span id="more-1666"></span> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Timeline:</span></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span> <br />
 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">No Photos of the waitresses </span><br />
 I was so excited that the waitresses were wearing lingerie so I took a photo of a waitress and she SNAPPED at me. &#8220;No photos, you have to ask&#8221; she yells at me. Fair enough. I deleted the photo and asked for a photo. &#8220;NO&#8221; she says curtly. How did I not expect that answer. So anyway, always ask before doing <img src='http://jamestran.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">My hat is popular with backpackers</span> <br />
 I am dancing with my friends, and not even 1 minute on the dancefloor, two girls have already asked to take a photo with me. Seriously, why? I am just wearing a hat. Well I seem to be the only one wearing one in here, but I found it strange they wanted a photo with me. It might be their pick up line, but they didn&#8217;t want to talk to me after the photo. Really really strange.</p>

<p>Later throughout, random people just pluck the hat and put it on and dance with it. It&#8217;s for me to give out to others, not for you to pluck! Way too many men chose my hat for my liking that night.</p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fight!</span> <br />
 We are hanging out in the dancefloor and suddenly a fight broke out, right next to us! Usually in a fight you step back 5 or 6 steps. This one turned from a fight of 2 or 3 people to a 5-8 peron brawl, requiring as many steps back as possible. It was going off for a good 20 seconds before security jumped in to save the day. It was one of the most vicious brawls I&#8217;ve seen in a nightclub, probably because we were right next to it. A minute later, everyone is happily dancing again.</p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sexism</span></p>

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<div id="attachment_1668" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1336.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1668" title="Ladies only on the podium" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1336.jpg" alt="ladies only on the podium" width="480" height="360" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ladies only on the podium - SEXIST!!</p></div>

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<p>This sign says it all &#8211; total sexism!! Well, I got up anyway, for a photo.</p>

<div id="attachment_1669" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1335.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1669" title="Up an away" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1335.jpg" alt="dancing on the podium sin city" width="480" height="360" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Take THAT you sexist nightclub!!</p></div>

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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arrivederci</span></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span> <br />
 We left due to too much drinking.</p>

<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Recommendation</span></strong><br />
 Atmosphere of this place is very good, and the crowd is pretty friendly. Good music for everyone here also adds to the atmosphere. Cheap entry too.</p>

<p><strong>Sin City Fridays &#8211; 8.0/10 </strong></p><div class="g-plusone" data-href="http://jamestran.net/2010/04/02/good-friday-sin-city-nightclub-evening-of-2nd-april-2010"  size="standard"   ></div><fb:like href='http://jamestran.net/2010/04/02/good-friday-sin-city-nightclub-evening-of-2nd-april-2010' send='false' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='recommend' colorscheme='light' font='lucida+grande'></fb:like>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lavish @ Watermark Bar: Saturday 2nd January 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prologue Tonight was a birthday. The venue &#8211; Se7en. Se7en I heard was good on Fridays for Asian RNB for Melbourne, but what about Saturday? Saturday is House. That&#8217;s fine, I like house. &#8220;Are you on the guestlist?&#8221;. A bad sign already. Well what do you know, the birthday girl HAS organised a guestlist. The ratio [...]]]></description>
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<div>Tonight was a birthday. The venue &#8211; Se7en. Se7en I heard was good on Fridays for Asian RNB for Melbourne, but what about Saturday? Saturday is House. That&#8217;s fine, I like house.</div>
<div>&#8220;Are you on the guestlist?&#8221;. A bad sign already.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Well what do you know, the birthday girl HAS organised a guestlist. The ratio of girls to guys is 2:1. However theres about 20 of us. Oh boy and let me tell you, we looked pretty sexy.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, there is no guestlist under that name&#8221;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Oh wow &#8211; $10 for anyone who can guess why we were turned away. Oh, here&#8217;s a <a href="http://jamestran.net/2009/05/01/rejected-from-electric-love-trademark-hotel">CLUE</a>. Look what happened to them. They&#8217;ve moved onto a new event already! Some Melbourne house clubs are just as dodgy as Sydneys.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Ok, so now that was out of the way, there was only one venue left to try that I had a such a lovely time last time &#8211; Lavish @ Watermark Bar .. So here we go!</div>
<div><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lavish @ Watermark Bar (Melbourne)</span></strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Assessment Time</span>: 11:00pm &#8211; 2:30am (closing time)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Website</span>: <a href="http://www.watermark.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.watermark.com.au</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&amp;gid=4553158958" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&amp;gid=4553158958</a></div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Address</span>: 8/800 Bourke St, Docklands, Melbourne</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dress Code / Door Policy</span>: Smart Casual, but its safer to err on the Smart side. Large groups of guys are likely to be rejected here. Luckily we were with a posse of girls.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Entry Fee / Cover Charge</span>: $20, $15 on guestlist.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Guestlist</span>: See facebook page for details. A friend knew one of the promoters and she managed to get us in.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Inside</span>: Tonight as you walk in it is still the same setup. Main small room to hold 100 or so people. It&#8217;s a tight squeeze with the bar on the right side. DJ at the back. Tonight the back area behind the DJ was closed off. Upstairs there was another two rooms, one pretty loungy to sit 30 or so and the top level was just a lounge with a bar &#8211; with lots of people &#8211; presumably for a birthday. Good views to match.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Back downstairs there is a second external room with a second DJ. The room is also a smaller tight of a squeeze than the main room to hold 100 or less. Bar is also in here. Just outside is a smoking area of equivalent size. Phew.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cloak Room</span>: Yes, there is a cloak room</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bar</span>: 3 bars. Prices unknown</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Music</span>: RnB in the main room. Modern contemporary RnB you hear on the radio. It&#8217;s good and people dance to it. In the other room is commercial/electro house. I liked it here as well but my asian friends are always in the RnB area.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Crowd</span>: Asian to the max.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Entertainment</span>: No extras to entertain us tonight. No MC as far as I can remember.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Atmosphere</span>: When we came in it was good, but not packed or too busy &#8211; after an hour or so it did pick up and eventually the place became booby trapped with asians. Became very packed. I would imagine the line outside being busy still.</div>
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<div id="_mcePaste"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Timeline</span></strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Reusing my white wig tonight.</span></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">I forked out a good $60 or so on my Gandalf the White outfit for Sensation White 2 days ago &#8211; it was only fair that I make the most o fit by wearing my wig again tonight &#8211; just to see how things went!</div>
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<div id="attachment_1087" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 463px"><a href="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/100102-Lavish-Watermark-Bar-2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1087" title="100102 Lavish Watermark Bar 2" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/100102-Lavish-Watermark-Bar-2.jpg" alt="Lavish Watermark Bar 2" width="453" height="604" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">My little outfit - Lavish Watermark</p></div>
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<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stage Hogging and picking the crowd</span></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Being guests in this lovely city, we had the default right to get up on the podium and SHAKE IT FOR SYDNEY! So that&#8217;s what I did, and I got all the others up as well. I have a fan of Japanese girls looking at me with amusement- So with the approval of her friends I grabbed one and get to straight up dance and grind with her. Oh woot! It&#8217;s funny you can&#8217;t grind a random on the street without being labelled a creep, but inside a club, grinding with someone random is considered normal.</div>
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<div id="attachment_1086" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 463px"><a href="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/17443_419266845312_590300312_10293204_267177_n.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1086" title="Podium with Japanese girl" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/17443_419266845312_590300312_10293204_267177_n.jpg" alt="Podium with girl" width="453" height="604" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Podium with Jap girl at Lavish - Watermark Bar</p></div>
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<p>So things are heating up but she has to LEAVE! UGH it&#8217;s only 1am or some ridiculously early time. My dream of a japanese wife eludes me once again. Bad for me now because I can&#8217;t hit on any other girl in that room who saw me do the grinding deed&#8230; I spent the next hour looking for her in case she was still inside the club. Nothing.</p>
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<p><em><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: normal;">My Camera goes missing</span></span></span></em></p>
<p>Oh nooo you didn&#8217;t!</p>
<p>Oh yes I did.</p>
<p>The camera was in my pocket I swear to god. A few minutes later I do a random self check of my inventory and my CAMERA IS MISSING. Oh no. I am panicking right now. I spend the rest of the entire night looking for my camera, asking every single person I met or took a photo with if they somehow were stil holding onto my camera. I interrogated every person who held a camera which looked similar to mine. Soon enough, it was closing time. I asked security, bar staff, and the cloak room if anyone was kind enough to hand in a camera. Who in their right mind would hand in my awesome camera with a million awesome pictures? OH MY GOD NOBODY DID. SOMEONE HAS MY CAMERA AND DARES NOT RETURN IT???!! NO. I have so many epic photos on there from 2009, it is sad that it was lost this way.</p>
<p>Have not seen my camera since.</p>
<p>The only contact details on the camera was ONE photo of me which says &#8220;Add me on facebook James Tran&#8221; on the back of it &#8211; Since that day I&#8217;ve been logging onto facebook to see if anyone with my camera would add me, but of course, the person who has it has probably sold or kept the camera to themselves. I STILL WANT MY PHOTOS THOUGH!!</p>
<p>So thats what constituted the latter half of my night &#8211; very sad.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arrivederci</span></strong></p>
<p>Kicked out at closing time as I continue searching for my camera.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Recommendation</span></strong></p>
<p>Despite losing my camera the second half of the night, I did enjoy the first half of the night.</p>
<p>Lavish @ Watermark bar (First Half) &#8211; 7/10</p>
<p>Lavish @ Watermark bar (overall including losing my camera) &#8211; 3/10</p>
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		<title>Fusion Fridays @ Crown Casino Complex Melbourne: 1st January 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a weekend in Melbourne &#8211; tonight I was not planning to hit any clubs, but unfortunately friends felt like celebrating the new year again&#8230;. OH LOOK ITS A CLUB ABOVE THE CASINO! I&#8217;ve been before and didn&#8217;t really enjoy it (I was alone), but friends wanted a dance fix&#8230; we were literally just at [...]]]></description>
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<div id="_mcePaste">It&#8217;s a weekend in Melbourne &#8211; tonight I was not planning to hit any clubs, but unfortunately friends felt like celebrating the new year again&#8230;. OH LOOK ITS A CLUB ABOVE THE CASINO! I&#8217;ve been before and didn&#8217;t really enjoy it (I was alone), but friends wanted a dance fix&#8230; we were literally just at Sensation the night before! Well, here we go!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fusion @ Crown Casino Complex Melbourne</span></strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Assessment Tim</span>e: 1:00am &#8211; 3:30am</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Website</span>: http://www.crowncasino.com</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Address</span>: 8 Whiteman St, Level 3 or 4.. somewhere at the top.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dress Code / Door policy</span>: Casual clothing ok. No large groups of guys. Saw a group of 5 guys get the &#8216;Guestlist&#8217; excuse. I step up on my own and I am allowed right in with no guestlist question. Unlucky.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Entry Fee / Cover Charge</span>: $20 for access to fusion and the other club. $15 if you just wanted to stay in Fusion.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Guestlist</span>: None, but check website in case.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Inside</span>: Inside fusion is a main room to hold 200 or 300 people. Podium at front. Lounges at the back. Upstairs in the corner is a smaller room to hold 100 or so people which plays different music.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">In the other room, it was one room, with two bars, a total capacity I reckon of 300 or 400.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cloak Room</span>: none that I could fine.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bar</span>: Did not utilise bar</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Music</span>: Current Contemporary Commercial House in the main room, RNB in the upstairs. I wasn&#8217;t sure if it was because I was tired from the night before, but I wasn&#8217;t into the RNB tonight, but the house tunes I got into. Friends want to stay in the RNB room though here.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">In the other club.. it was just one room &#8211; a mix of rnb / pop and house. Lots of party tunes.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Crowd</span>: Mixed. Main room there were more euros. Upstairs more asians and indians.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Entertainment</span>: No extra entertainment for the crowd tonight while I was here</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Atmosphere</span>: Pretty packed throughout the entire night. Very solid, very good. However it got pretty smelly upstairs.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">In the other room it was average.. but got worse and worse as the night got on. Many sausages, with just enough girls to keep you in, but meh.</div>
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<div id="_mcePaste"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Timeline</span></strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Too tired to dance</span></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">I drank and now I am tired. I gave up dance in the rnb room. I think most of tonight we were trying stupid pick up lines</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">So why is she up on the dancefloor with her girlfriend alone?</span></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">My friend wants to pick up chicks. So he talks to them. He needs a wingman so I come in and push her against the wall and dirty dance with her. Friend copies me. IMMEDIATELY a man friend comes up and starts an argument with my friend. Her boyfriend then comes.. my god. This is not good. Her boyfriend has come to apologize on behalf of his drunk friend, and actually likes that we are hitting on his girlfriend. Sigh. &gt;_&gt;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">House music dancing</span></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">I liked house music and my energy got back up again. Ready to party! Danced with some random people. Random people looking and random guys dance with me dance to house music &#8211; they think I am awesome. So do I.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arrivederci</span></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Friend wants to leave. It&#8217;s 3:30. Fair enough. We go, but I secretly wanted to stay here and dance.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Recommendation</span></strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">I would say go to Fusion, but not the other club, it is not worth the extra $5. Or even better, find another club! haha, but this is pretty good if you like to party until 4am.. a good turnout tonight.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong>Fusion @ Crown Casino Complex</strong>-  6.5/10</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong>The other club next door I dont know the name to</strong>- 4/10</div>
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		<title>Lavish @ Watermark Bar &#8211; Saturday 19th September 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Final night in Melbourne this weekend &#8211; It was off to Lavish! Here we go! Lavish @ Watermark Bar Assessment Time: 11:30pm &#8211; 3:30am (closing time) Address: 8/800 Bourke St, Docklands, Melbourne ,Victoria. Website: http://www.facebook.com/LavishSaturdays Dress Code: Seemingly smart casual. Most folk here were wearing collared shirts. Didn&#8217;t see any daggy dressers tonight. I was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Final night in Melbourne this weekend &#8211; It was off to Lavish! Here we go!</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lavish @ Watermark Bar</span><br />
Assessment Time</strong>: 11:30pm &#8211; 3:30am (closing time)<br />
<strong>Address</strong>: 8/800 Bourke St, Docklands, Melbourne ,Victoria.<br />
<strong>Website</strong>: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LavishSaturdays" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/LavishSaturdays</a><br />
<strong>Dress Code</strong>: Seemingly smart casual. Most folk here were wearing collared shirts. Didn&#8217;t see any daggy dressers tonight. I was wearing a black fedora hat, white collared shirt, blazer, black pants, shoes, and suspenders.<br />
<strong>Cover Charge / Entry Fee</strong>: $25 full charge. $20 on guestlist before 11.30pm.<br />
<strong>Guestlist</strong>: Called one of the promoters from the Facebook webpage. She confirmed guestlist and gave me free entry as well as a bottle of champers. I forgot to redeem my free entry when I got into the club. D&#8217;oh! But I did get my free bottle of champagne. Woot!<br />
<strong>Inside Watermark Bar</strong>: A dancefloor about the same dimensions at Martin Place Bar / Bamboo. A podium right in the middle with poles. A lengthy bar on the side. Very Bamboo-Like. However, behind the DJ is a lounge VIP area to hold 2 small parties. There is also a second room upstairs as a lounge, and a further 3rd level where there is another bar and lounges. Nice view of the waters &#8211; very nice. Walk out the side, across the pathway and there is a smoking area, as well as a second enclosed room. Inside the second room is a bar, small-ish dancefloor and Dj area. 6 or 7 lounges dot the side walls. It&#8217;s actually quite a big place.<br />
<strong>Music</strong>: Main room was contemporary RNB throughout the whole night. Normal RNB tunes, and mixing done well. The latest commercial house in the secondary room. No complaints from me.<br />
<strong>Crowd</strong>: Dominantly asian, young, dressed well.<br />
<strong>Atmosphere</strong>: Crowded in the main room. Just the right amount of people in the house room, but the RNB room seemed more lively. The house room was much darker but still fun nonetheless.</p>
<p><strong>Video</strong>: 360 View of the RNB room from the back podium:</p>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span id="more-744"></span>Timeline</strong></span>:<br />
<strong>Cutting the line</strong><br />
One of my friends seems to know all the promoters here. When we got there, there was a line about 30 people deep &#8211; *Groan* , luckily the promoter friend comes out, and we ge instant access right into th e club &#8211; score!! Wouldn&#8217;t it be the greatest &#8216;fuck you&#8217; if the people in line knew we were from Sydney ? haha.</p>
<p><strong>ABC shots &#8211; we kill the bar<br />
</strong>All weekend we had been taking ABC shots at the clubs. (The ABC shot is Absinthe, Bacardi 151, and Chatruese &#8211; A really disgusting drink that gets you drunk fast.) anyway, all night we were ordering these drinks, chanting &#8216;ABC!&#8230; ABC!&#8217;. The rest of the crowd have no idea what we are on about, but the bartender girl joined us, doing the hand gestures for &#8216;ABC&#8217;, &#8216;YMCA&#8217; style, which was pretty funny. Eventually later in the night the bartender girl says that they ran out! We exhausted their supply of absinthe! Booo <img src='http://jamestran.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>The crowd chants for me &#8211; strange yet beautiful</strong><br />
OK, this is quite possibly one of those bizarre yet awesome moments. I was up earlier on the podium just dancing away with a friend and I hopped off. About half an hour later I came back, and still, NOBODY was gutsy enough to hop on the podium. By this time, the entire RNB room was packed. So I jumped up and did some stupid dance with my suspenders. Suddenly I can hear cheering from the crowd &#8211; half the dancefloor turned around from the DJ to look at James do a silly dance! This was pretty cool, but I had no idea what to do. I just put my hands up and down in the air, and everybody else just followed suit. I could see my friends having a puzzled look on their faces thinking &#8216;What the f*ck is happening &#8211; James is popular!&#8217; &#8211; hahaha I loved it&#8230; this will be forever a very proud moment in my amateur clubbing career.</p>
<div id="attachment_746" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-746" title="My fan base" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2427.JPG" alt="My fan base. They cheered for me as I went up on stage. Bizarre!" width="480" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text">My fan base. They cheered for me as I went up on stage to dance. Awesome!</p></div>
<p>In other words, JAMES TRAN HAD TAKEN OVER THE CLUB!! Well for a few seconds anyway.</p>
<p><strong>A costume party arrives</strong><br />
We were in the house room and there were all these people! I have no idea what the occasion was but they were all dressed up as superheroes I think. Actually I&#8217;m not sure.. check this guy out:</p>
<div id="attachment_750" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-750" title="Who is this guy?" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2462.JPG" alt="Who is this guy?" width="480" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Who is this guy meant to be?</p></div>
<p><strong>Meeting a promoter</strong><br />
I was taking a break, feeling all sad, and a promoter comes up to say hello to me. We talk, and I find out he has a <a href="http://cityafterdark.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">clubbing blog</a> too for Melbourne! Suffice to say though it has a different angle on clubbing, and is more from a promoters point of view. Maybe one day I&#8217;ll be a promoter and use my status to hit on hot chicks.</p>
<p><strong>Rip Off Rose man</strong><br />
We have the old asian rose lady in Sydney. She visits the clubs and flogs her roses. Tonight there was another guy flogging off roses. They were $10 each. ZOMG.. what a rip off. Well, actually, that&#8217;s normal for a rose isn&#8217;t it? But geez.</p>
<p>Later one of my friends gives me a white rose that a guy bought for her. Hahaha, awesome.</p>
<p><strong>A Tree</strong>!<br />
Here&#8217;s a photo of me randomly trying to climb the tree in the smoking area.</p>
<div id="attachment_749" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-749" title="SpiderJames, SpiderJames" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2458.JPG" alt="Letting the inner Spiderman out" width="480" height="382" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Letting the inner Spiderman out</p></div>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Coda</strong></span><br />
We stayed until closing time when they kicked us all out. It was 3.30am</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Recommendation</strong></span><br />
A very good venue, one of the best asian rnb places I&#8217;ve been to. Though it can get a bit crowded in the rnb room. I would recommend it for asians visiting Melbourne.</p>
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		<title>386 @ Chasers Nightclub Melbourne &#8211; Friday 18th September 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Melbourne for the weekend, and we check out Chasers Nightclub.. so here we go! Assessment Time: 11:45pm-2:45am Address: 386 Chapel St, South Yarra, Melbourne Website: http://www.chasersnightclub.com.au Dress Code: Casual. I was wearing a fedora hat, blazer, jeans and leather shoes. Cover charge / Entry Fee: Free before 11pm if on guestlist. $20 if on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Melbourne for the weekend, and we check out Chasers Nightclub.. so here we go!</p>
<p><strong>Assessment Time</strong>: 11:45pm-2:45am<br />
<strong>Address</strong>: 386 Chapel St, South Yarra, Melbourne<br />
<strong>Website</strong>: <a href="http://www.chasersnightclub.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.chasersnightclub.com.au</a><br />
<strong>Dress Code</strong>: Casual. I was wearing a fedora hat, blazer, jeans and leather shoes.<br />
<strong>Cover charge / Entry Fee</strong>: Free before 11pm if on guestlist. $20 if on guestlist after 11pm. If none of the above, it is $25.<br />
<strong>Guestlist</strong>: See website to submit a guestlist using their form. Open guestlists ok as well. The line outside is short.<br />
<strong>Inside</strong>: You walk in and there is a bar to your immediate left in an enclosed VIP area on busy nights. On the right is the general bar. Further up is the main dance area. The DJ booth is on an elevated platform, and smack right in the middle is a massive square podium to hold a good 10 or so people, elevated to the same level as the DJ. Fancy green lights and disco lights as well as smoke machines everywhere. This place was built for trance. There was also a second balcony level but alas was closed for tonight.<br />
<strong>Smoking Area</strong>: There is a little side room near the toilets, which looks like a male urinal from a third world country. You stand in line staring at a wall as you smoke your cigarette. Looked pretty funny. I suppose its better for the clubs to keep them inside, rather than going outside and losing their patrons.<br />
<strong>Music</strong>: RNB. Typical RNB beats mixed well.<br />
<strong>Crowd</strong>: Dominantly Asian, young.</p>
<p><strong>Atmosphere</strong>: Not too many people, but not dead, just in the middle to keep the club going.<br />
<strong> </strong></p>
<div id="attachment_735" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><strong><strong><img class="size-full wp-image-735" title="Dance area - side view chasers nighclub" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2182.JPG" alt="Side View of the crowd - Chasers Nightclub" width="480" height="360" /></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Side View of the crowd - Chasers Nightclub</p></div>
<p><strong>Walkthrough Video</strong>:</p>
<p><p><a href="http://jamestran.net/2009/09/18/386-chasers-nightclub-melbourne"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p> <span id="more-733"></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Timeline</strong></span><br />
<strong>A good impression even before I got there</strong><br />
I sent in a guestlist, and 2 minutes later I get a phone call &#8211; It was Chasers, asking me to confirm my guestlist, and what time I would be arriving &#8211; how nice!</p>
<p><strong>Inside &#8211; straight to the podium </strong><br />
As we walked in I saw the most magnificent sight &#8211; a larger than life podium in the middle of the floor &#8211; and it had nobody dancing on it!! The thing was elevated probably 1m high, so it was no easy step up &#8211; everybody had to lift themselves up onto this podium. I did my dance as friends cheer on, and as the rest of the crowd look bemused</p>
<div id="attachment_734" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-734" title="Up on the podium" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2186.JPG" alt="Up on the podium at Chasers Nightclub Melbourne" width="480" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Up on the podium at Chasers Nightclub Melbourne</p></div>
<p>By the end of the night we had been on the podium and had done laps around the dancefloor &#8211; we were definitely the crazy group everyone was looking at &#8211; I like that!</p>
<p><strong>Video: 360 from the podium</strong><br />
<p><a href="http://jamestran.net/2009/09/18/386-chasers-nightclub-melbourne"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p><strong>Not as busy as usual</strong><br />
The crowd wasn&#8217;t packed, but it wasn&#8217;t dead &#8211; it was sort of on the middle verging on collapsing in a spiral of death, but it was still pretty good. I would say similar to Verandah bar, where its crowded on the floor but deadish in other places. I prefer less crowded bars.</p>
<p>anyway one of the bouncers kindly informed me that last week, this place was quite packed and busy, and tonight it wasn&#8217;t so popular &#8211; they were hoping for it to pick up later. It didn&#8217;t. We still enjoyed it! The other asian rnb event on tonight was Seven, but perhaps we can check that out next time I&#8217;m in Melbourne <img src='http://jamestran.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Coda</strong><br />
We had to leave as two of us got kicked out for being drunk &#8211; oh well, fun times had!</p>
<p><strong>Recommendation</strong><br />
Based on tonight, I would be a iffy yes, but if I were invited to go to another club, I would go there, simply because of the high entry fee, you would expect a better place. If there were more people tonight this place would definitely be awesome. The venue itself is pretty good. Music, typical rnb but got us going.</p>
<p>I think the consensus was that we should have visited Seven.. we&#8217;ll save that for next time.</p>
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		<title>Sin City Nightclub (Surfers Paradise) &#8211; Sunday 2nd Aug 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday night at Surfers Paradise - We check out Sin City Nightclub. Fishbowl long island teas, and photo ninjas galore. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sunday night &#8211; our last night in the Gold Coast. Sin City is apparently the place to be. It also happens to be the &#8216;sister&#8217; nightclub of &#8220;The Bedroom&#8221; Nightclub, which we visited the night before, and enjoyed.</p>
<p>A guestlist was submitted, and again as previous night, we had a truckload of drinks before we left, so here we go!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sin City Nightclub</strong></span><br />
<strong>Assessment Time:</strong> 11:30pm &#8211; 1:45am<br />
<strong>Website</strong>: <a href="http://www.sincitynightclub.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.sincitynightclub.com.au</a><br />
<strong>Address</strong>: 22 Orchid Ave, Surfers                                            Paradise QLD<br />
<strong>Dress Code</strong>: Casual OK.<br />
<strong>Cover Charge / Entry Fee:</strong> I&#8217;m not sure. $10 I believe. Free on guestlist. Free entry before 11pm if you obtained a voucher. Vouchers are obtained from a stand outside the club., making the whole process irrelevant.<br />
<strong>Guestlist</strong>: A friend submitted the guestlist through the website. Guestlist also includes 3 free drink vouchers.<br />
<strong>Inside</strong>: Walk in and you are faced with a seated area. To the right is the dancefloor that could hold about 100 people or less. Two podiums on either end. Elevated standing areas along one walls, and a DJ booth along the other wall. At the back is the bar, with lounges on either side. 2 or 3 VIP areas are in the very back corner.<br />
<strong>Music</strong>: Commercial House<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>: $50 Fishbowl Long Island Teas. Awesome. Waitresses in skimpy outfits. Double awesome. Photos below.<br />
<strong>Crowd</strong>: Locals and tourists. Mixed nationalities tonight of Aussies, Euros, Asians and Indians. For some reason there were quite a few guys in here, I would say a 70/30 ratio of guys to girls in here.<br />
<strong>Atmosphere</strong>: For a Sunday night, it was quite good. By midnight the bar and dancefloor were pretty packed. You could easily confuse it for a Saturday night out. People were pretty friendly too.</p>
<p><strong>Walkthrough Video of Sin City Nightclub (Sunday):</strong><br />
<p><a href="http://jamestran.net/2009/08/02/sin-city-nightclub-surfers-paradise-sunday-2nd-aug-2009"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Timeline</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Bypassing the line and getting free drinks</strong><br />
We walked up to the bouncer and said the magic words: &#8220;We&#8217;re on the guestlist&#8221;. The bouncer let us right in. No security check. There was a line of about 20 people looking at us walk right in.</p>
<p>We walked up to the door girl: &#8220;We&#8217;re on the guestlist&#8221;. She let us right in and gave us 3 free drink vouchers. What the hell? No name checking?? No voucher check? I LOVE SURFERS PARADISE. Later though the 3 drink vouchers encouraged more drinking, so Sin City probably got their money back and then some.</p>
<p><strong>When a photo ninja becomes just plain annoying:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Our little group of people are happily drinking away taking photos. I made a grave mistake of hi fiving this Indian dancer. He saw it as the opportunity to hang out with our group and invade every photo we took. First he started by doing behind the target ninja photos (pic removed), which is fine. Tolerated.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Secondly he started sticking his grubby fingers in front of the camera which is definitely not cool:</p>
<div id="attachment_676" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 330px"><img class="size-full wp-image-676" title="How to fuck up others photos  #2 - stick your hand in front of camera" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0902.JPG" alt="How to fuck up others photos  #2 - stick your hand in front of camera" width="320" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">How to fuck up other peoples photos  #2 - stick your hand in front of camera</p></div>
<p style="text-align: center;">Then finally he just jumps into the damn photos:</p>
<div id="attachment_677" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 330px"><img class="size-full wp-image-677" title="How to fuck up others photos #3 - stick your head in front of camera" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_13721.JPG" alt="How to fuck up others photos #3 - stick your head in front of camera" width="320" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">How to fuck up other peoples photos #3 - stick your head in front of camera</p></div>
<p>WHO WAS THIS GUY??? Even though he danced ok,   I REALLY REALLY REALLY HATE HIM RIGHT NOW. Even as I peruse through these photos, feelings of anger and hate well up inside of me as I relive the moments we were terrorized by this demonic photo whore. UGH!! ANNOYING! So many horny guys are out on a Sunday night. I do not have one clean shot of the nightclub crowd without his f*cking head popping in. We actually told him to &#8220;stop it&#8221;, but of course, &#8220;stop it&#8221; means &#8220;oh yes, please.. I&#8217;m begging you to go harder at it&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>Fishbowl drinks:</strong><br />
$50 Long Island Tea Drinks, served to you by waitresses in corsets. Enough Said:</p>
<div id="attachment_679" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-679" title="Sin City Nightclub Surfers paradise - Sultry waitresses and alcohol = win!" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0874.JPG" alt="Sin City Nightclub Surfers Paradise: Sultry waitresses and alcohol = win!" width="480" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sin City Nightclub Surfers Paradise: Cute waitresses and alcohol = win!</p></div>
<p><strong>Meeting some japanese women</strong><br />
Rooster wanted to hit on women. Tonight I just wanted to dance. Ok sure, so the plan was to hit on the ugliest ones and work our way up the beauty chain.</p>
<p>We went up to two Japanese girls and straight up asked for a dance. Funnily they said yes, and so I ended up stuck with them the rest of the night. Rooster had tried to get other girls, but they weren&#8217;t so receptive.  So here I am with Jap girls and we dance the rest of the night away. Sadly they don&#8217;t speak much english at all, so we drank instead. I like that kind of arrangement.</p>
<p><strong>Coda: Friends get kicked out</strong><br />
an SMS from Rooster: &#8220;we got kicked out&#8221;. A friend had got trashed and so it was good enough to be kicked out. Oh well. Me and Jap girls leave for food.</p>
<p><strong>Recommendation</strong><br />
This is quite a nice spot for Sunday night. Good music and atmosphere too. I do recommend it for Sunday clubbing.</p>
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		<title>Melbas Nightclub (Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast) &#8211; Sat 1st August 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ly and I are following girls outside The Bedroom nightclub, being the single men that we are. Somehow with all the walking, we ended up outside Melbas.. we were still full of energy, so here we go! Melbas Nightclub Assessment Time: 02:40am-04:30am Website: Address: Door Policy / Dress Code: Casual OK Cover Charge / Entry [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Ly and I are following girls outside The Bedroom nightclub, being the single men that we are.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Somehow with all the walking, we ended up outside Melbas.. we were still full of energy, so here we</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">go!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Melbas Nightclub</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Assessment Time: 02:40am-04:30am</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Website:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Address:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Door Policy / Dress Code: Casual OK</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Cover Charge / Entry Fee: $10. Free if a guestlist was organised</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Guestlist:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Inside: Two levels. Ground has lengthy bar in the middle. Stools / tables everywhere. an outdooe</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">seating area. Out the back is a dancefloor. Upstairs is more cosy. VIP area at back for private</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">functions?, 3 large podiums at the front dance area. 2 Poles to dance with. I can&#8217;t think of any</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">place in Sydney that has poles! (The retro might have some but I can&#8217;t recall). Long bar on the side</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">wall</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Bar: Short to no lines, thanks to the huge bar. Pricing unknown as we scored free drinks all night.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Music: Downstairs is Retro / Classic music, while upstairs is primarily house but the occasional</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">rnb/pop mashup as well.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Crowd: Dominantly White Aussie. I think me and Ly were the only asians here. No problem, everone was</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">friendly here. People of all ages were about. It does remind me of The Retro Bristol Arms back in</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Sydney, but in a cooler manner here.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Video Tour:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Right after we got inside</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Timeline:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Bypassing the Entry Fee:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Girl: &#8220;$10&#8243;.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">That was enough for me and Ly to not enter Melbas. It was almost 3am already.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">We walked out and bumped into a man:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Man: &#8220;Hey, do you want free entry into Melbas?&#8221;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Us: &#8220;sure!&#8221;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Man: &#8220;Here, put these on&#8221;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">He gave us a MELBAS wristband each, and an extra two just because he didn&#8217;t need them. Surely there</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">was a catch&#8230;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Man: &#8220;There&#8217;s no catch. Go upstairs and these wristbands will give you access to the bar tab all</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">night&#8221;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">SOMETHING IS WRONG, but how could we refuse so many free things?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Walk up to the same girl, but this time we showed her our new wristbands</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Girl: &#8220;Oh that&#8217;s strange&#8230;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Me: (gulps)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Girl: &#8220;&#8230; you haven&#8217;t got stamps! Let me stamp you&#8221;. Wow.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">So we got stamped in for free!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Trying to get free drinks</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">We had our new wristbands, which gave us the power. So we marched upstairs to the bar and ordered</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">some drinks.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Girl: &#8220;That&#8217;ll be $20&#8243;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">So we showed her our wristbands</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Girl: &#8220;Ill have to check with the manager&#8221;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">She walked to the manager. He looked at us, and we madly shook our wristbands. We&#8217;re just tourists!!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Girl: &#8220;Manager says ok&#8221;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Yes! We had access to the bar tab!! So we plied ourselves with free drinks all night, thanks to a</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">stranger on the street.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">The VERY FIRST video of me dancing!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Dear Reader &#8211; you are about to witness the very first video of me dancing at a club. After 2 years</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">of blogging, I suppose it is about time a video was made. Watch as I pick up two girls through the</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">sheer power of DANCE:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;"><p><a href="http://jamestran.net/2009/08/01/melbas-nightclub-surfers-paradise-gold-coast-sat-1st-august-2009"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">Ok, ok&#8230;  so that was pretty embarassing. Though, dancing with me is an HONOUR, why don&#8217;t girls</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;">understand this?</div>
<p>Ly and I are visitng the Gold Coast. We just left The Bedroom nightclub, and we are following girls, being the single men that we are. Somehow, we ended up outside Melbas..  so here we go!</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Melbas Nightclub</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Assessment Time</strong>: 02:40am-04:30am<strong><br />
Website</strong>: <a href="http://www.melbas.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.melbas.com.au</a><strong><br />
Address</strong>: 46 Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise QLD<strong><br />
Door Policy / Dress Cod</strong>e: Casual OK<strong><br />
Cover Charge / Entry Fee</strong>: $10. Free if a guestlist was organised<strong><br />
Guestlist</strong>: Email info@melbas.com.au<strong><br />
Inside</strong>: Two levels. Ground has lengthy bar in the middle. Stools / tables everywhere. an outdoor seating area. Out the back is a dancefloor. Upstairs is more cosy. VIP area at back for private functions (?), 3 large podiums at the front dance area. 2 Poles to dance with. I can&#8217;t think of any place in Sydney that has poles! (The retro might have some but I can&#8217;t recall). Long bar on the side wall<strong><br />
Bar</strong>: Short to no lines, thanks to the huge bar. Pricing unknown as we scored free drinks all night.<strong><br />
Music</strong>: Downstairs is Retro / Classic music, while upstairs is primarily house but the occasional rnb/pop mashup as well.<strong><br />
Crowd</strong>: Dominantly White Aussie. I think me and Ly were the only asians here. No problem, as everyone was friendly here. People of all ages were about. It does remind me of The Retro Bristol Arms back in Sydney, but it seemed cooler here.<strong></strong></p>
<div id="attachment_660" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><strong><strong><img class="size-full wp-image-660" title="Upstairs at Melbas Nightclub" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1241.JPG" alt="Melbas Nightclub - Upper Level" width="480" height="360" /></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Melbas Nightclub - Upper Level</p></div>
<p><strong>Video Tour</strong>:<br />
Right after we got inside. Ground level and moving upstairs:</p>
<p><a href="http://jamestran.net/2009/08/01/melbas-nightclub-surfers-paradise-gold-coast-sat-1st-august-2009"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Timeline</strong></span>:</p>
<p><strong>Bypassing the Entry Fee:</strong><br />
Girl: &#8220;$10&#8243;.<br />
That was enough for me and Ly to not enter Melbas. It was almost 3am already. We walked out and bumped into a man:<br />
Man: &#8220;Hey, do you want free entry into Melbas?&#8221;<br />
Us: &#8220;sure!&#8221;<br />
Man: &#8220;Here, put these on&#8221;<br />
He gave us a MELBAS wristband each, and an extra two just because he didn&#8217;t need them. Surely there was a catch&#8230;<br />
Man: &#8220;There&#8217;s no catch. Go upstairs and these wristbands will give you access to the bar tab all night&#8221;</p>
<p>SOMETHING IS WRONG, but how could we refuse so many free things? Walked up to the same girl, but this time we showed her our new wristbands<br />
Girl: &#8220;Oh that&#8217;s strange&#8230;<br />
Me: (gulps)<br />
Girl: &#8220;&#8230; you haven&#8217;t got stamps! Let me stamp you&#8221;.</p>
<p>Wow. So we got stamped in for free!</p>
<p><strong>Trying to get free drinks with our wristbands of power</strong><br />
We had our new power wristbands. So we marched upstairs to the bar and ordered some drinks.<br />
Girl: &#8220;That&#8217;ll be $20&#8243;<br />
So we waved her our wristbands<br />
Girl: &#8220;Ill have to check with the manager&#8221;</p>
<p>She walked to the manager. He looked at us, and we madly shook our wristbands. We have the wristbands of power damnit!!<br />
Manager nods his head.<br />
Girl: &#8220;Manager says ok&#8221;<br />
Yes! We had access to the bar tab!! So we plied ourselves with free drinks all night, thanks to a stranger on the street. What a nice place.</p>
<p><strong>The VERY FIRST video of me dancing!</strong><br />
Dear Reader &#8211; if you have not danced with me yet, then you are about to see something spectacular &#8211; witness me dancing at a club, in the comfort of the internet!! I suppose it is about time a video was made of me.</p>
<p>Watch as I pick up two girls through the sheer power of DANCE:<p><a href="http://jamestran.net/2009/08/01/melbas-nightclub-surfers-paradise-gold-coast-sat-1st-august-2009"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p>Ok, ok&#8230;  so that was pretty embarrassing. Though, dancing with me is an HONOUR, why don&#8217;t girls understand this?</p>
<p>Perhaps trying to dance with girls at 4am doesn&#8217;t come on as sleazy enough.</p>
<p><strong>Bride to bes and her fetish<br />
</strong>Pretty much the first girls to dance with us were a bride to be and her friends. Bride was fun, but her friends didn&#8217;t want to really dance with us. No love. I am looking through the photos, and she is holding her penis in every photo. Was this supposed to be a sign? I found it bizarrely funny:</p>
<div id="attachment_662" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 370px"><img class="size-full wp-image-662" title="With a bride to be - Melbas Nightclub surfers paradise" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1259.JPG" alt="Melbas Nightclub Gold Coast - With the bride and her favourite toy. She is also holding a penis thing." width="360" height="480" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Melbas Nightclub Gold Coast - With the bride and her favourite toy. She is also holding a penis thing.</p></div>
<p><strong>Downstairs</strong> <strong>- pretty dead at 4am</strong><br />
We went downstairs as upstairs was dying. It was more dead down here though. Probably 10 people were left. All the guys were vulturing on the 2 or 3 women left. Sad, sad, sad.</p>
<p>We danced romantically to the song &#8220;and &#8230;I had, the time of my life&#8230;&#8221; to the entertainment of the bar staff, then we left.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Coda<br />
</span></strong>Through sheer exhaustion we left at 4.30am to go to the beach. The place upstairs was still busy. I&#8217;m not sure what this place is like at peak hour, but I would assume it is very packed &#8211; I would recommend this place for the older crowd who like their retro and house, while still being able to get away from the 18 year olds.</p>
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		<title>Gold Coast: The Bedroom Nightclub &#8211; Sat 1st Aug 2009</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I visit the Bedroom nightclub while on Holiday to the Gold Coast. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We were up in the gold coast, and a friend organized a club to visit -  The Bedroom. Heard it was good, so here we go!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Bedroom Nightclub Review</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Assessment Time: 11:30pm &#8211; 02:30am<br />
Address:</strong> 26 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD<br />
<strong>Website: http://www.thebedroom.net.au<br />
Door Policy</strong>: Casual OK. We were 10 asian guys and 4 girls, and had no problems getting in. No security scan.<br />
<strong>Entry Fee/ Cover Charge</strong>: $10. Free on guestlist. God it&#8217;s a bargain here compared to $20/$25 in Sydney &#8211; I love it.<br />
<strong>Guestlists:</strong> Send to the Marketing Manager &#8211; http://www.thebedroom.net.au/contact.html<br />
<strong>Inside</strong>: Walk downstairs to a bar on the right, a seating area. Dancefloor and DJ on the left. Beds line the walls of the place, representing the VIP reserve areas. Dancefloor is of normal size to hold 100-150 people. There is another bar at the back as well and more standing areas to socialise. There are 3 or 4 podiums scattered around the dancefloor which surround the poles. There were even flashing tiles on the floor. This place had a bit of everything! Well thought out, I am impressed.<br />
<strong>Crowd</strong>: Mixed, but mostly euros and aussies.<br />
<strong>Music</strong>: House.<br />
<strong>Atmosphere</strong>: Busy and loud on the floor. Everyone is dancing, its generally a very good vibe:<br />
<strong>Closing Time</strong>: 5am<br />
<strong>Video</strong>: Once we entered I had a look around:</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Timeline</strong></span>:<br />
<strong>A dance buddy comes to visit</strong><br />
Ly had come down from Brisbane to join me in some dance tonight. (We met at Brooklyn Hotel in Sydney 3 months ago). So we just went around trying to dance with every girl we could lay our eyes on. Needless to say we didn&#8217;t get far, but we did have an awesome time dancing around. The music was good, no complaints and atmosphere was enough to turn any depressed maniac into a dancer. It wasn&#8217;t dead and it wasn&#8217;t too packed to not be able to move around &#8211; it was a good balance.</p>
<div id="attachment_652" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-652" title="The Bedroom Dancefloor Surfers Paradise" src="http://jamestran.net/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1212.JPG" alt="Main dancefloor for The Bedroom Nightclub Gold Coast" width="480" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Main dancefloor for The Bedroom Nightclub Gold Coast</p></div>
<p><strong>Dancefloor lights &#8211; check them out:</strong><br />
Prettiful:<br />
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<p><strong>She invited me up, I rewarded her by spilling drinks on her.</strong><br />
I was dancing, and she saw me from a balcony. I beckoned her down, but she wanted me to come up. So I came up and we danced. Sadly her boyfriend was right next to her. Grr. Why are they always using me as jealousy bait? anyway we took some photos, and I accidentally (I swear it was an accident) swiped a drink and it spilled on her dress.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Coda</span>:</strong><br />
Well, after spilling the drinks, that was time for me to leave. Everyone else was tired from the 3 hours of dance.</p>
<p><strong>Recommendation</strong>:<br />
I would come here again. Very good venue at a cheap entry price.</p>
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