the club, a (very) short history

the kacang puteh club is almost one year old!!

the club was founded in august 2005 in the hallowed town (city? whatever) of princeton, nj, at a diner following a series of photo-taking sessions by the girl kacangs (mostly for match-making purposes - the photos i mean). existing singaporean clubs in new york were too straight-laced, and not filled enough with funk nor fun. so seven singaporeans that day decided to take matters into their own hands and formed what is now known as the kacang puteh club. in keeping with the name of the club, members are all kind of nutty, and come in a variety of shapes, sizes and flavors, thrown together in no particular way. benefits of the club include this forum for airing grievances, sharing joys, and talking about nothing in particular, and some other privileges we have yet to identify. the club currently has three chapters - new york (headquarters), singapore, and boston. london chapter, as mentioned in a previous post is closed due to undesirable characteristics of the city and lack of members. space is still available for more taos (see post below). no joining criteria, only that you accept one of the ridiculous tao names.

the founding members are:
tao huay (elmo), ex -ceo, relinquished position following decision to leave HQ
tao gay (superstar), also abandoned HQ for singapore
tao pok (funnybacon), ditto (they say it's for business but i suspect it's really for the char kway teow)
tao ni (springlily), most ideal candidate for now for the still-empty ceo position
tao see (travelnutz), recently relocated to ny HQ from london, responsibilities to be defined
tao hu (zambonisam), logistics and (five-star!) lodging coordinator
tao suan (quierotango), no particular duty except to promote interaction on this blog
tao ki (natto), tommy, not singaporean but admitted by virtue of much time spent with singaporeans, knows some singlish

new recruit(the only one since formation of the club):
tao you (ah nut?), in boston

ps: by the way, happy birthday tao pok!