In each issue of The Real Destination Singapore, we provide you with your own personal celebrity Singaporean to help guide you around the city. In the January/February/March 2006 issue, local rocker, John Molina, from Rouge nightclub on Orchard Road was your guide.

John is one of those guys that probably should be more famous than he is. His career has seen him play most of the top live music haunts in Singapore, most of the time along with his band Krueger, except for a period when he quit the music business to scuba dive, cycle around South East Asia and sell satay in Phuket.

Those days thankfully have now passed and he's back in the Lion City with Krueger, belting a raw mix of rock at Rouge nightclub at Peranakan Place on Orchard Road - one of Singapore's best locations for live music. If you're a fan of live music, then do get down to Rouge to catch them as they're one of the best live acts in Singapore.

River Area and City Hall
One place John likes in this area for a meal and a drink is Timbre (45 Armenian Street, Tel: 6338 8277, Mon-Sat 6pm-late, closed Sun. www.timbre.com.sg). This place has some good food – or as they like to term it,"Soul Food". From pizza and tapas, to bangers and mash, the food goes well with the live music that has made it a popular nightlife spot in Singapore (not surprising, as the chef is also a musician). Every night there is a different band playing, ranging from acoustic sets to full four-piece bands playing rock and pop music. Especially look out for four-piece bands, EIC on Wednesdays and The Ngak Band on Fridays.

Orchard Road
John spends most of his time on Orchard as the lead singer in his band at Rouge nightclub at Peranakan Place - here you can find him and his band Krueger belting out a range of rock live on stage.
But Orchard is famous for its shopping, and as lead singers in bands always need to look good, we know his recommendations for shopping here will be good. John especially recommends The Heeren shopping mall (Corner of Cairnhill Road and Orchard Road, map 3G). "It has almost everything - a very good range of clothes, accessories, bags, chains, rings, watches and sportswear - and all very hip and funky". In here, his favourite stores are New Urban Male for menswear and sportswear (#04-08 The Heeren, Tel: +65 6738 8329) and the famous Singaporean men's and women's fashion and accessories store 77th Street (#05-03/06 and #05-30/31 The Heeren, Tel: +65 6235 1944).

Chinatown
Chinatown for John is a destination for shopping and eating. On Food Street he recommends you try a little of the local food available: "This place is great to just walk around and pick out something you like, then settle at one of the tables on the side of the road". John also recommends shopping here " there’s no specific store, just the whole atmosphere and variety of the area makes it a great place to buy accessories such as wristbands for himself and “clothes for my mum!"