29 posts tagged “tv”

Singapore, 13th November 2009

The rain was relentless on Friday th 13th but it could not be more perfect for SGGURLS' big bash. The temperature dropped from a smouldering 31 deg C to 26 deg C. Perfect for looking and feeling glam.

 

The Indonesian dishes piled on the kitchen table top tantalised our senses. If the food didn't spice things up, our super emcee sure did. I was given the privilege to kick off SGGURLS' program. Though it was an easy assignment, I had struggled with it for two weeks. There was a drought in the inspiration creek. It should not be suprising since the gurls had searched for the meaning of SGGURLS' existence for two years. There I stood in my 5" heels in front of my friends, nervous like a newbie clown. Something unexpected happened when I looked around the gargantuan hall. In 35 pair of eyes, I found inspiration. I realised that they have enriched my life beyond any monies the world could offer. My mouth moved involuntarily. I started talking about the fabulous dishes that reflected the diversity of our group. That night, not only did the "T" in the lgbt celebrate but it was a night which we celebrated the enjoyment of each other's uniqueness. When my short blurb was done, I was relieved but more importantly I was speechless that I found enlightenment in the most unexpected of times. 

SGGURLS' very own diva, Destynee,  gave two awesome performances despite dancing with bruised ankles caused by her shoes. Still she danced her heart out. Kayla invited some of the gurls to speak of how they felt about SGGURLS. It was humbling and motivating to know that a group like SGGURLS meant so much to so many people. Adaline stepped forth and told us how SGGURLS got started. Deanna's very frank testimonial melted our hearts. Florence, Elisa, Daniel (founder of SGB) shared their insights on transgender lives. Our multi-talented Trish, who made our beautiful logo, told us said that SGGURLS had encourage her to socialise more.

The star feature of the program entailed celebrating the birthdays of two very special friends, Rebec & Hendricka. Rebec has been very supportive of SGGURLS'. We met Rebec at Cows & Coolies. She made us feel at home when there were trepidations in our hearts. Our talented mujeres bonita,Claudia, graced us with two unforgettable spanish numbers. Kayla closed off the program with lucky draws. When the official program ended, the party went into fifth gear.

A big thank you the moderators who made this happened (a big giant hug to Kayla who was the anchor woman who made this happen, Trish, Ada, Des, Deanna, Elisa, Ivys' Jr+Sr, Joy) and our friends who braved the rain to be with us.

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For more on Asia's transgenders, please visit the following sites.

China: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chinagurls

Thailand: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangkoktrans

Malaysia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mygurlz

Singapore: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sggurls , http://www.sgbutterfly.org

 

19th Sept 2009

Singapore

This Satuday I learned that sometimes last minute and no plan can be quixotic formulae for a fun filled night? It was an auspicious day with triple nines in a date, the eve of Hariraya Adilfitri and the first night after the Chinese hellgates closed. I was quite confident that things would workout eventhough it was the first time we held an SGGURLS outing in Ootique. We had to pickup a girlfriend of mine from the early SM days. She's the archetype Singapore Airlines stewardess: exotic, beautiful, cool and oh so girly.

When we arrived in Ootique, there was a hen party in progress. I was absolutely delighted to see a bunch of beautiful girls (real girls mind you), spotting strap-ons and hopping around the shop. I just can't help but grin silly at the much sexier versions of the Everready bunnies as they disappear into the horizon. We were greeted by Ootique's resident sexologist, Dr, Martha Lee (a real life qualified clinical sexologist). Mistress Cyra spotted a wicked smile when I did the introductions. I wanted to ask but I had learned not to bug a beautiful woman on her bemusements. Martha gave Mistress Cyra and slave a tour of Ootique. When we entered into the toy shop, Tiffanie and Annie were like deers caught in headlights. They were hunched a display case ogglig at battery operated devices. :-P Martha revealed that Michelle had been slowly stocking up very high quality adult toys. Ooo ... i wanted them too. 

We waited patiently for our dear Trish to show. A few of us pooled our resources and send one of our dear friend on a brave mission to TCC to get an extravagant cheese cake. Our beautiful Trish finally showed up, much to our relief. The birthday celebration went in full swing. While we ate our cake and had fun, we decided to make full use of Mistress Cyra's slave. In return for crashing the on-going Hen party, we made him give the beautiful bride-to-be a foot massage that rivaled Osim. 

Before more chaos and amorous activities set in, our head bunny, Kayla, called our SGGURLS' meeting to order. On the agenda were the status of the 2010 calendar project, the donor's money, the plans for the 2nd anniversary and halloween. No swords were crossed in the meeting but I can't say the same for the two duelling nymphettes swashbuckling their red hot vibrators after the meeting. I am not sure what the gurls were doing to the two poor manequines. When midnight rolled by, the gurls were itching to go to Dixie's for their round usual rounds of KTV and pool. I think the KTV and pool were not the attraction but the permission to smoke in an aircond room. As for the outcome of the meeting, I'll leave our Chairwoman to announce them.

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More on our transgurl groups and ootique, please visit the links.

Ootique: http://www.oohtique.com/information.asp

Singapore's trans groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sggurls ,http://www.sgbutterfly.org

Malaysia's trans group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mygurlz

Bangkok's trans group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangkoktrans

China's trans group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chinagurls

 

 

Singapore, 23rd May 2009

It was another sweltering night with 37 degrees heat index (30.5 degrees + 90% humidity).  The gurls met up for what I thought was going to be a night of relaxation. The chairwoman, Destynee, was a task mistress. She bulldozed two tough topics on the agenda. In attendance were our dearest friends and founders of SGB (www.sgbutterfly.org) who had guided and supported us, our wisdom meister Bobby, Ada, Trish, Kayla, Destynee, Joy, Elisa, Linda, Rayne, Hendrika, Zermine and Fifi.

The thorniest topic was tabled first. Does SGGURLS needs its own website? SGGURLS had reached the limit offered by Yahoo's free group service months ago. Elisa asked a very innocent question: "what's the purpose of the website?" A debate ensued as to its purpose and contents. It was no doubt a tough and complex issue half of which had to do with SGGURLS identity. After the group is only 1.5 years old and like any teething baby, it has to find its own footing. Bobby suggested that we delay the decision on the website but keep the topic alive with ongoing discussions. Linda recommended that make this a two step decision: decide 'yes' or 'no' for the website, then form a project team collect the requirements from its members. Daniel offered his experience from running SGB. He suggested that we not focus at the number of members but rather look at actual participants. He said though there maybe 1000-2000 members, participation is less than 2%. Additionally, he proffered the mission of SGB was an education portal. Should SGGURLS embark on having its own website, the mission for the website must be clear.

The second topic was the 2010 calendar project. This was another hairy topic. I had to explain the three reasons for doing the project. The first being team work. SGGURLS has pulled off many events. They were tough but relatively straightforward projects. The calendar project would force the gurls really to look within its members and identify their best talents and use these talents to create an out-of-the-box calendar that will wow its buyers. Secondly, this calendar project challenges the notion that tgurls prefer to go stealth because they don't want to be marginalize by society. Trish and Rose brought up these valid points. In today's context, society still treats us badly. So it's better to just keep quiet, earn a living and not create any trouble. This calendar project is meant to show that trans are people who like any group if given an opportunity will accomplish incredible things. Thirdly, this calendar project is to showcase people with talent. I proffered several examples of trans glam in Asia. The photo studio for gurls in KL, Suzhou and Shenzhen do such wonderful work that it had that made many of its viewers say: "I can't believe these people are really guys". Like the transgender tiffany show, it is another milestone for the transgender to own the day.

 

Singapore, 4th April 2009.

It was a warm night but the 31 degree celcius didn't stop the gurls from romping around town having a fabulous time eating, shopping, catching a movie "Confession of a Shopaholic", having dinner and chilling out in the hottest lesbian bar in town (TOCAME). We caught up with old friends whom we haven't seen for a very long time. Some as long as 5 months (right, Ivy?). There were a lot of hot topics that were brought forth but not before playful Nic got the SM stuff out of her blood. This was unfortunate (or would be more appropriate to say, it was fortunate) for Adaline. The gurls indulged in a little photo taking so that to remember that friends matter. One can never have too many friends. Friends help us remember the good, the fun and the silly times. There was laughter, tears and lots of goofing around.

When we were a little bit more settled, the hot topics poured out. They were Hendrika's Fetish Ball 2009 plans, SGGURLS' 2010 Calendar, Adaline's Clothes X-change party, SGB's request for SGGURLS' participation on PLU Indignation and finalisation of the Bangkok Trip next week. The topics were no doubt hot and requries a longer discussion but with the Taiwnese version of beat it blaring in the background (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAVBpLFYW_U,)  it's hard to get into in-depth discussions. We touched on the topics at a very surface level.

Some headway was made for SGGURLS' 2010 Calendar. Destynee will be our calendar's Editor in Chief, Trish our Chief Graphic Designer, Zermine & Bobby will be our photographers, and Nic will be the overall gopher. Our good friends who happened to be also the Tocame owners agreed to be one of the locales for our photoshoot.

Hendrika and Nic brainstormed for the Fetish Ball 2009. We have to merge some of our meets together and jointly do this with SDAM. The advantage is that Hendrika is also a SDAM mod.

There will be a group of gurls going to Bangkok this Tuesday. If anyone still wishes to go, please contact Adaline for our SGGURLS and BANGKOKTRANS joint agenda.

Edwina, Trish and Nic discussed SG Butterfly's request for SGGURLS' participation in PLU Indignation forum. There was some concerns but overall there were most positives, then negatives.

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For more information on our groups, please visit us at:

Singapore transgender social and networking group -
SGGURLS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sggurls 

Malaysia's transgender social and networking group -
MYGURLZ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mygurlz

Bangkok's transgender social and networking group -
BangkokTrans: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangkoktrans

BDSM social and networking groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdsmCHINAnetwork ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdsmASIAnetwork,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sgdomsubs

Hottest Lesbian lounte in town:
Tocame: http://www.blurbme.com/find/place.php?leId=13089

Singapore, 14th December 2008.

Our deepest apologies for those that came to this party. Our usual space on the third floor at Backstage were renovated and we were not informed ahead of time. We were at the balcony for the most part until 10:30pm, we got a table in the bar. There were several people who came earlier. Sorry to have missed you if you couldn't find us. The blonde mascot was late.

 Without our usual space, there was no chance for us to strip down to our intimate wear. We should have renamed this party, wear your lace inside your clothes and keep your clothes on party. :-(

Plan B kicked in. Once we had our table, we commenced with the main event which was to celebrate Ivy's birthday. Ivy Sr. is one our lovely SGGURL moderator who we have had the pleasure of knowing more than a year ago. We still remembered Ivy Sr. was dress as a wicked witch with a Jaws head magic. She was in the original pic that graced our SGGURL's site when it first started which we took at MOX. It's hard to believe that the year had gone by so quickly.

 We had a round of agave fire water (80 proof) on the house after the cake cutting. That was enough to loosen up everyone especially the resident land croc. Nic was busy trying to figure out the laces underneath everyone's clothes. See photo with a piece of thread still stuck in Nic's teeth when she took a chomp out of Trisha's bras strap.

We were in good spirits after the shots of tequila, we made our way to Cows & Coolies to meet up with Becky. There was some serious pool competition going on. Destinee tried her hand at pool. We were wondering if she was playing pool or just looking sexy.

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For more on Asia's alternative lifestyles, please visit us at:

transgender support and social sites: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sggurls, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mygurlz, http://groups.yahoo.com/bangkoktrans .

BDSM groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdsmASIAnetwork, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdsmCHINAnetwork

 

 

Singapore, 12th October 2008

The SGGURLS moderators convened at DYMK bar at about 9pm+++. Some of the gurls were already there since 6pm as they attended Leona Lo's talk. Before the Moderator's meeting started a variety of topics were discussed. The most memorable were highlights from Leona Lo's inspirational talk about the challenges that a trans-gurl will face. Destynee said that the best part of the talk she liked was that a tgurl needs to be self-reliant and not hope for the knight in shining armor. There's no such person. Trish agreed and said that building up a means to achieve financial independence was a key to a successful pre and post transition.

The topic of purging came up during the discussion. A spot survey from the moderators showed that almost all the Mods (short for Moderators of SGGURLS) who were present that night had purged their fem personalities at least twice only to be defeated by a stronger resurgence from their fem side. Nic said that "we're born with a curse never to escape the need to be a woman." Trish however disagreed and said that it was not a 'curse' but a blessing. Trish summed it up best by saying that Trans people (MtF, FtM) are the only people with a unique understanding of what it means to be a man and a woman. All the Mods agreed that it's quite difficult if not impossible to escape from wanting to be that elusive girl / woman. This need is like the programming in salmons that compel them to swim upstream.

The Mods also discussed about how a pressing issue of harrassments of members and Mods in the SGGURLS forum. The Mods discussed the term 'harrassment'. Harrassment means to incessantly contact the gurls without any regard if the communication was not welcomed. We discussed about some specific cases that happened for the last two weeks. It was agreed that if the harrassers persist, then the Mods will take appropriate actions. The approach is to reason with them first. The banning of harrassers will be a last resort.

When Kaila & Joy finally arrived (10:30pm ), Trish called the meeting in order. The Mods meeting was chaired by Destynee and Kaila. Destynee briefed us the status of the arrangements. Kaila went through the agenda. Destynee gathered our decisions for the halal menu which made many of us hungry. If the menu sounds as good as the actual food, most of us can't wait to get their hand on the food. Nic and Destynee worked out the finance for the SGGURLS nite. We discovered that we were short of about S$200. The Mods brainstormed on how to cover the shoftfall. Smart Joy suggested that each of the Mods contributed an additional sum. The sum to be worked out. Ivy suggested that we also ask if some of the bars, etc. wanted to sponsor our SGGURLS nite. There were some items that still needed to be worked out particularly drivers and the drinks portion. Destynee suggested that the Mods bring 1-2 bottles of their favorite drinks. Nic suggested that maybe make it optional (but much appreciated) if participants would also bring a bottle of their favorite wine or liquoer.

The Mods also got to meet up with Angeline who posted her photos on the board recently. Kaila exchanges some tips for her on how to overcome her shyness. Most of us already think that Angeline is brave for joining the Mods meeting. After the meeting, the gurls adjourned to smoking heaven ("Cow&Coolies"). For non-smokers the place was smoking hell. But our friends in Cows&Coolies already very familiar with our group were fun. Their friendliness and craziness made up for the blured vision from the heavy smoke.

Special thanks to Rayne who was our official ("arrowed') photographer for the night.

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SGGURLS (a Singapore based social network group for tv,cd,ts): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sggurls

MYGURLZ (a Malaysian based social network group for tv,cd,ts): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mygurlz

DYMK bar: http://www.dymk.sg

Cows N Coolies: http://www.streetdirectory.com/businessfinder/company_detail.php?companyid=21564&branchid=8466