A club called, Ruums.

Last Friday decided to check out the new club, Ruums. Situated above TGIF and around the corner from Nouvo and Sangria. They were having their soft launch and was well excited to see what renovations were done. I believe the official launch is on Wednesday the 31st of May 2006. This club will eventually invite DJs from around the world and have their regular guest DJs hitting the decks.

EXCITING TIMES TO COME!

Well back in the day it was known as Warp and i remember going there back in 1993 pretending to be 18 and flashing my then fake ID [yes, that's bad kiddies... wait til you're old enough] and sipping beer after beer. Then later, Warp changed to Channel.

In the 90's, clubbers had a variety of clubs to visit such as Boom Boom Room, Back Room and the scene was slowly evolving. Dance music blared from speakers and punters were out to have a good time. House music was the flavour of the season at many venues and there was no one style of dancing.

But as time evolved, so did the attitude of clubbers. I have noticed in recent months, a lack of decent nightclubs in KL. I mean seriously, the choice in venues aren't exactly much to boast about. But as time rolled on, clubs like Atmosphere that once drew a regular crowd diminished. Eventually due to the change of management it closed down. It eventually moved and renamed itself but still, it isn't quite the same. It had rebranded itself and although efforts to make it successful a joint, somehow, i'm not quite convinced.

Well most of us have heard of Zouk, it has an established name and is known to bring all sort of DJs. But apart from their newly renovated Terrace Bar (which i might add is fuckin' rawkin' and ALSO has decent happy hour prices), there really isn't a venue that's up to par. Common complaints such as there isn't enough room, the ventilation is not good, it's too packed, the club itself is not nice or [insert bitch/whinge] are common. However, that was until Ruums arrived.

But anyway, back to my topic. Friday's weather was completely fucked up! It pissed down hardcore pretty much all day which only means one thing: serious flooding. It took Lainey about 2 hours to get through the jam and another hour til we finally reached KL. It was ridiculous! It seemed like everyone and their dog wanted to get home but the cars were bumper to bumper. Eventually we got to Ruums and noticed a bunch of people standing around outside [probably ushering patrons to their reserved tables].

As soon as you enter, you turn left and the entrance into the club is HUGE. You can hear the bass already... now that's impressive. The sound system was sensational! The venue boasts about their 26,000 square feet and as you enter, you're faced with a huge space and really high ceilings. As you look, there's a second level that over looks the dance area and stage. The cement ground is unpolished and smooth. Patrons were standing around their tables with bottles of liquor and beer... mmMmmm alcamahol is good.

Come let's ALL wear black and look like we're in mourning... ahahah.

We made our way upstairs [which i'm guessing is the VIP area but it seemed like more and more people were making their way upstairs]. As you peer over the glass banister you have a clear view of the dance area and stage. My first impression was that the place is massive and i couldn't get over how great the sound system was. It was like walking into a huge refridgerator... i was fuckin' freezing!

But by the time the place packs in a shit load of people, i'm SURE the place would be great! BE GONE SWEATNESS! Eventually Chook was there and soon followed was Kenn, Duke, Bruce and gang.

Lainey and i left before 2am. We were heaps tired and was in no mood to really party. [Probably one of the first times that i've ever left so early and on top of that quite sober]. I had enough of my heels and was looking forward to drinking some ipoh white coffee and making my omelette... ehehe.

Oh and as we were leaving the Japan GT Girls were standing around outside posing for photos. So Lainey and i decided, hell why not... let's get OUR photo with them too. [Thanks Lainey for sending me the pics].

Konichiwa!