MUSE is officially the weekend home for the group of us here in Shanghai. MUSE is probably as successful as any club ever wish to be. It commands premium price and nights after nights of packed house. Backed by celebrity investor and experienced shares holding management staff, MUSE enjoys the tier one club status status, keeping its position amongst the countless formidable competitors. It is the place to be for the more financially stable hip partygoers here in Shanghai. It is not unusual to see famous models, professional athletes, actors/actresses, TV hostess, flight attendants, and deep pocket business men there, as the matter of fact, those are the people we party with on regular basis.

The price is not cheap at MUSE, a bottle of Greygoose can set you back 800RMB (~$120), with the minimum spending requirement for a reserved table starts at 3000RMB, this price easily double the fee at other establishments. However, the premium buys you a different type of crowd, mostly well educated, well doing individuals, who often have foreign backgrounds or understands the western culture, and can speaks fluent or passable conversational English. In comparison, the more "local" pubs and clubs are more tailored for the local audience, usually very young aged, they'd plays the Chinese styled hip-pop/techno music, and often time some retarded MC would be on the mic yelling senseless english phrases all night long in attempt to pump up the atmosphere; oh yeah, there are those really "local" clubs that features bouncing dance floors, you will be involuntarily hopping up and down as the springs underneath the floor forces you to "dance", while it is a great assistant for those who have no rhythm, it is very annoying to me as I can't even stand still on those things.

As a second home, we'd often running into other "distant family members" here, we would spend some time at our table, then hop over to other tables to socialize with friends in other groups. I swear there are people here I see everytime I come, it is almost like a high school Homecoming Ball.

So, on the weekends, there is always someone in our group sending out SMS message informing the rest the reserved table number at MUSE. While it is sickening to go to the same place night after night, but somehow, the feeling of second home always bring us back, time after time.