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The time I had arrived, I was on the premise of the Ultra Park, Bay front Avenue and the crowd here was berserk; plus, there were the hottest girls on the planet, lovely Singaporean girls with no escort or arm candy. A deep gutted feeling that this could be the day when I finally set out for a ONS or anything better on a spontaneous basis in Singapore took me by surprise. Colin sure wasn’t in the mood to place bets on my chances of getting laid as he was all over the place once we entered and was making sure he knew every nook and corner of the place as he knew, like our previous outing, we wouldn’t really know how to get back out after a drunken and other substances rampage.

Holding my ticket in my hand I proceed to where the crowds, by the multitude, were heading. I checked in and the band on my hand was now proof that this was going to be some night. With three outdoor staging areas: the Ultra Main Stage, the Live Stage, and the Resistance Stage, there was going to be a pulsating vibe throughout the music festival. I was expecting to be drenched in music by 40 artists including Afrojack, Alesso, deamau5, Axwell ^ Ingrosso, and many newbies on the scene too. With an attendance of 11,000 party-goers, I was already impatient as I entered the Ultra Main Stage area and was impatient to book myself for the next full blown event. The energy in the area was sky high and if I could stack 6-footers in a vertical line for every piece of the adrenaline rush I was experiencing, I would surely reach the moon and set foot on it.

The crowd there was amazingly wild for a city like Singapore. Though the nightlife here is quite a kick for an all-party-no-sleep American, with the bar was raised to exceptional heights. Colin was beside me all the while as we made our way to the center of the area. We held in our hands a glow stick each to attract the ladybugs our way and bang the living lights out of it when the music was cranked up. I’ve partied with Colin before and he’s quite the party-popper, not pooper. He strategically places himself and moves within the crowds to get the optimum level of sound intensity and also backstage action as he possibly can. The light dimmed as the crowds gathered. I could see a sea of people ahead of me and behind me, Singaporeans and folks from other nations as well; I know this because it was pretty evident and also because some of them were literally carrying their country’s flag. The sight was truly mesmerizing and I was enthralled!

The Blackout

At an EDM festival is you are looking out for the next best thing after the music, you surely be looking for the lights! The lights grab the show and serve as a great support to the heavy music thrust upon us. Ultra Singapore was one hell of a light show. The pumping music took up as DeadMau 5 took to the stage. The crowds of over 20,000 people were stomping and jumping to the intoxicating music and Colin and I were two among them. The feeling was crazy; with the music, I could lose my mind. The lineup then geared for DJ Snake and he spun the wheel to a crazy start while ushering in Afrojack and later Alesso. The later artists were equally formidable and tuned out our sense to the highest level possible. The feeling was that of trance setting up on us. As the beat kicked off, Colin insisted that we check out the other two stages as well.

The Live Stage was equally exuberant and filled with magnanimous crowds just like that Main Stage and while we landed up there, we were hit, like a meteorite would, by the brilliant music by Slumberjack. The sheer brilliance in the music even aroused me erotically and my feelings of the initial getting laid bit revisited me. Music, beer, and lights—the combination was deadlier than I thought. Music so refined and palatable was unheard of and frankly, unseen by me before. At that moment, I thanked God for the friend I had in Colin. “Brad! Over here!” Colin has to be followed around, otherwise, he and you both would be lost in the crowds. There would be glasses exchanged and drinks doubled, but the feeling would be completely out of this world. As I followed him, I realized he led me now to the Resistance Stage. Damn! He was smart and he knew his way around. Whatever happened during the time we got lost! Back to the scene, we were now listening to Zig Zghs belt out a big one. My feet didn’t give way yet and this was just day 1. I couldn’t explain at the time of how awesome the light headiness felt.

Day 1 ended on a very high note and I was home only at 7.30 am. When it was the perfect time, I slept like a baby.

Mental note: I got high and I got low but I didn’t get laid................!