Valerie ChuaWith ZoukOut’s 10th anniversary round the corner (a decade of awesome music, dance and art!), be prepared to party harder than ever.
Zouk’s pulling out all the stops with double headlining acts for the first time this year. Watch out for David Guetta, French house & electro music producer/extraordinaire, and trance music DJ, Tiesto, who’s on his Kaleidoscope World Tour.
Whether you’re a hardcore ZoukOut-er or a newbie at the party scene, UrbanWire has come up with 10 ways to prep yourself to make sure you have a blast at the party.
1. Do ample research and preparation
If you’re reading this article, you’re on the right track! Well our first tip for you is: get your timings right. It’d be really embarrassing (and sad) to get ready to party and find yourself at an empty beach.
Where: Siloso Beach, Sentosa
When: Dec 11, 8pm to 8am
How: Be sure of the timeslots and to suss out the best spots to catch your favourite act or performer in action. Psst, the headliners usually don’t come until 3 or 4am.
2. Pack light
Although there are lockers to put your stuff in, they are limited in number. To save yourself the trouble, just bring the necessities – your photo ID, tickets and lots of extra cash because I doubt you wanna be scouting for ATMs when everyone’s partying away.
3. Dress appropriately
Bring out the bikinis or boardshorts for an awesome beach party! But based on our past experience, we have 1 tip for you: do-not-wear-slippers… ever. Just take them off and dance with abandon – something you can only do when you aren’t at risk of losing your footwear or having your toes stepped on every 5 seconds.
4. Settle transportation
Unless you want to wait in the cab queue with 29, 000 other people (the expected turn-out) when the event ends, you should call for a cab beforehand, or better still, carpool among your group of friends – but that is if one friend is willing to stay off the drinks. Remember, don’t drink and drive!
5. Eat an early dinner and make sure it fills you up
To not miss out on any part of the party, be sure to have dinner before making your way there as the astronomical prices and limited food selection may become a real turn-off.
6. Hydate yourself
Drinking too much alcohol will cause dehydration. You don’t want to faint and miss out on the party do you? But, don’t over-hydrate either! Based on past experience, the toilets there won’t be too inviting and I’m sure you wouldn’t want to spend half the time queuing up for the toilet right?
7. Don’t mix your alcohol
Stick to one type of alcohol. If you really want to, go easy on the mixing because it can get you drunk easily. I’m sure you’d want to remember the fun time you had at ZoukOut 2010 instead of just plonking dead on the beach with no recollection about anything the next morning.
8. Get a wingman/woman
It’s all about the partying and the new friends you can make! Get your buddy to double up as your wingman for the night so he/she can get you some action. But aside from partying hard, party safe as well! Keep tabs on each other and away from trouble.
9. Keep an open mind
It’s all about the partying and the new friends you can make! Mingle with people; don’t hide in the corner by yourself. However, make sure you don’t attract the wrong kind of attention either (check: tip 8) and if you’re really uncomfortable speaking to someone, make sure you tell your friend.
10. Just let your hair down for the night and party away!