7th Oct 2010.
Stanley Babin: Composer and Pianist. Died at the age of 77.
Went to Stanley Babin's Memorial with Ms Antonia Lavanne and Mark. Ms Lavanne hired a mini bus to get to the location. It was huge for the 3 of us. She did not tell the driver that Mark was coming along because she thought it didn't matter. The driver got a little annoyed and told her she had to pay for Mark. Later the driver asked where we were from and when we told him we were from Singapore, he started shaking our hands. He said Singaporeans are the nicest people ever. When he was in the navy, he visited our country and one night when he got drunk, the taxi driver drove him to the pier for free. hahaha. The mini bus driver said he couldn't refuse any Singaporean so the ride was on him. :)
Ms Lavanne was impressed. She said she has to go visit our beautiful country.
The memorial was an awesome experience. Loadsa tears and laughter. Family and friends shared stories about him. His music was performed. On a side note, the grapes at the reception were awfully sweet and delicious. I think my friend said they were chilean grapes. mmm yum..
