“Zouk at Jiak Kim Street will always be like home to me.”
This is the exact spot where we met in 2011. It was a week after my 21st birthday and I remember vividly that it was a Tease Night at Phuture with DJ Ghetto.
My girlfriend and I were having a blast dancing on the dance floor. We were used to just enjoying the company of each other and we know damn well how to protect ourselves. However, that particular night, we got unlucky as we were surrounded by a group of guys. We are not interested in dancing with guys and would usually move away as soon as we see them approaching. However, no matter how hard we tried to move away, we were still surrounded by them. At that moment, a tall (and I mean 190cm tall) guy with Justin Bieber’s signature long hair, tapped my shoulder with his awfully long hands from the back. He signaled to us and asked if we were okay. I shook my head and he held out his hand for me to hold. He subsequently pulled my girlfriend & I out from that circle of wolves. It was like Prince Charming saving the damsels in distress. I know it sounds super corny but that was exactly what I felt. My girlfriend and I were both relieved and grateful to the guy with the then super famous Bieber’s hair.
We continued to dance and enjoyed the rest of the night undisturbed. When the lights came on, we went to thank the guy again and exchanged numbers. Needless to say, things developed and he proposed to me, on the exact dance floor we met in Phuture! Many presumed our relationship would not last as we met in a club plus, he is 2 years younger than I. But I guess we proved them wrong. In face, we just celebrated our 5th year as a couple together! The guy who saved my girlfriend and I 5 years ago is now my fiancé and we are still very much in love.
Zouk means a lot to us and we just HAVE TO get our pre-wedding photoshoot done at the venue where we first met before it moves out of Jiak Kim. Therefore, we went ahead with it earlier this year at Phuture, despite us only tying the knot 1 year later.
Even though I do not frequent the club as much as what I used to, Zouk at Jiak Kim Street will always be like home to me.
Goh Shi Qi