OAG Merdayka Gig

With the sudden downpour of KL rain, you'd expect KL Tower to be left cooling and cloudy, perfect weather for the gig if you're going clad in a hoodie and jeans. How very wrong I was. The moment we stepped out of the car, Ija and I, I knew I was in for a sweat-dunk. With Ija continuously complaining about his eyes needing shades, we climbed up the steep hill towards KL Tower, where the OAG Merdayka Gig was held. Being about two hours late, I met up with my two Myspace friends, Azam and Nad (who knew me through Kolep), as they waited for me above the escalator (my, my I felt like a Queen! :] )
Walking along the numerous stalls set up by all the Angkatan Baju Malaya gangs, to name a few like Dadu, Durjana, BlackSheepClothing, and lots more, we went to seek for the two brothers Kolep and Kodyp at the Durjana stall, where we settled while waiting for the good bands to start the day, and also where Ija bought me a Couple t-shirt. On the stage as we entered was Soundgardens, playing an Alice in Chains cover, with great music, but... a 'satisfactory' vocalist to wrap it all up. Followed on by the were The DeadMushrooms; the commentor tried (and failed) to make everybody laugh by saying "The Deadmushroomsoup! -_- I almost choked on the Nad's 100Plus in disgust.

I realized by the end of the day, that I was a HORRIBLE blogger this time, as I had completely forgotten to take pictures and videos of any other bands except OAG, but that can be forgiven as the gig IS a gig for OAG anyway... :) right?

So. Just as I was telling Nad and Azam how I don't really have a soft spot for Bunkface, unlike the hundreds of other girls there, Bunkface stepped onto the stage, and before I knew it, Nad and Azam had dragged me into the midst of cheering and frantic fans. Oh god, I tell you, I was so out of place. They started playing, and I didn't even feel any single excitement bubbling inside me to even try to pogo. No. I remember complaining about those idiotic girls who just stood at gigs and didn't do anything. I felt like them. But unlike them, I actually didn't want to be there, I was only there to stop people from crushing all over tiny Nad. HAHAHA. Not only was Bunkface unappealing to me, I ended up losing my favourite white shades after their performance, which only made my dislike towards them increase. ALSO, some dude in orange was totally trying his best to feel me and Nad up, and I stared him down with such vigilance he was out of the place before Ija could reach him to do anything about it. HAHA.

Next up, with a rush through my adrenaline to realize I was about five seconds late to welcome them, was Couple! :) I ran into the crowd as they played the first tunes to "Gonna Be My Gurl", along with Ija this time, as he was a fan of Couple, and also to protect Nad and I. Couple were of course, undoubtedly fabulous, energetic and gave everybody in the crowds a real reason to push forward the barriers separating us from the stage. After the first song, they gave us an all time favourite "Rock N' Roll" along with "Tentang Kita", a Malay choice to celebrate the independence of Malaysia. A tight, enjoyable performance full of sing-alongs and moshing. Loved it.

The commentor ruined it by saying "Give it up for Bunkface!"... -_- COUPLE GODDAMIT!

SkudapSkudip was next! Hell yeah! This time Azam and Nad decided to take a break while I went into the crowds with Kolep and that guy with the afro... I always forget to ask for his name! Grr.

Skudap/dip's "soundcheck" was enough to drive everyone crazy, and when they bounced in with the jovial "Mari Berdanska"... phoo, you could see people skanking here and there and everywhere! Great, great sounds filled with crescendos and buildups every now and then from the trumpets. Loved them! Then they played another tune followed by an encore "The big, big blue monkey!" that sent everyone sailing to the skies. Ecstatic performance, they were definitely not a disappointment. Pity I didn't have any recordings of their performance [I was too busy dancing with people!]

The commentor once again made a fool of himself by saying "Itulah Skudip Skudap!"
Skudip Skudap? What is it, opposite day? -_- SO not impressed.

Took a break as Azam, Nad and I went to get some drinks - Azam, being a guy, got me to belanja him PSHT some guy... - while I treated Nad and myself to ice cream, YUM! The man at the ice cream stall reminded me not to drink my water too quickly, which I thought was very nice of him. I was soaked and drenched in sweat, my heart thudding a million to one, and it would've been a great risk if I gulped down the whole of my bottle at once! Complained about Bittersweet not being able to perform at KL Tower on the way back to the stage, and suddenly we froze to our places at the sound of "Generasiku" by OAG already starting. Horrified that I was about to miss the song, I ran to the audience, only to realize I couldn't do much anyway considering I had an icecream to finish. Drats. So we stood there, Azam and I, head bobbing to Generasiku, singing along (whenever my mouth wasn't stuffed with chocolate cream).
"Generasiku, bersinar mm mmm mm mmm mm!"
Hehehe.
I couldn't really see what Radhi was wearing from afar and when Azam used my camera to take a zoomed in shot, I almost dropped my ice cream from laughing. Radhi was equivalent to an asian Kenny from Southpark.
Right!?
After the first song, Radhi indulged into a long, moving speech on independence (and indie-pendence) and performed a great live performance of "Akustatik". Soothing and a great sing-along song, it melted everybody's hearts even to the extent that no one seemed to bother when Feezul (or was it Nizam) played a wrong chord for a while. But Azam and I had looked at each other and went "Ohhhh, salah chord!" hahahah!

OAG then went straight into 60's TV, with Radhi brandishing his shoe up for everybody to see, asking if they wanted it. Then talking about completely off-the-topic things about the shoe before saying "Ah, tak boleh la, ini kasut mahal tau. Ini sponsor tau." LOLZ. Funny man.
60's TV! Got us all jumping up and down, singing at the top of our lungs. Loved, loved, loved it. I can say with no doubt that this was my favourite song they performed that day. Following on, was OAG's Merdeka song which I have no idea what the title is, but it was really great, everybody was singing along, and punching the air as we shouted "Merdeka" in tune to the singing. Amazing stuff, OAG was definitely the band of the day, along with Skudap Skudip who later on joined them on the stage to brandish the Malaysian flags while everybody shouted "Merdeka!" in unison.

A great show overall, and it ended with us leaving to lepak at some mamak, which was ultimately delayed by Ija going to see Radhi to say hi, followed by me being halted by Eric as he recognized my face, and asked about the Singapore gig which I had requested for OAG to perform as well. Straight after, we realized we had lost the parking ticket, but were blessed by a wonderful guard who allowed us to pay RM15 instead of RM50. :) God bless you, encik.

Waited for AGES for Ija to return from the ATM machine, and sat on the steps of Low Yat Plaza humming to songs we played on our phones, and taking pictures. Had a particularly interesting conversation with Nad about the whole Chinese/Malay controversy, which she surprisingly understood, as she lived in Sabah and had lots of chinese friends, some of them reluctant to mix with her, while some were more open to other races.
"Chinese mothers are scary" said she, "They're usually the ones who tell their children to beware of Malays, hahaha!"
Couldn't agree more! xD
Went to Kitaro behind Sungai Wang with Azam, Nad to meet up with Ija, who had apparently looked here and there for us, as he had forgotten where he placed us. His memory... gosh! Talked to Ija about business plans and left before Azam and Nad came back from Sungai Wang as my mom was rushing me by then. Ija stopped by a shades stall and got himself and me new shades, haha!

A great night, with lots of laughs, smiles and amazing live music! :)

With lots of smiles from the memory, Celine will end here! :)

Rock N Roll @ KL Jam Asia

Okay, so tonight wasn't the best gig I've been to, I can start off with that. But again, it was a chance to spit out bits of random indie talent we can find stuffed in between every crack in the big mix of a Malaysian boulder. And you can always find entertainment when that happens.So yes, this time the spitting out occurred in KL Jam Asia @ Hartamas, which I had initially gone to support ENRAI anyway.

I arrived there half an hour late, with my cousin Kenny, to meet up with Jarrod, ija, San, Mus and Dela, but I walked into a sea of black shirts and "I will eat you" expressions, choked by a sudden wave of cigarette smoke, only to realize none of my friends were in KL Jam... er... awkward. I called Jarrod (YEAH HE'S FINALLY BACK!) and he said they were in Spicy Kitchen so yes we walked all the way across the street to Spicy to have some drinks and to chill. Finally met San's gay partner KANESH! xD hahah! And I met Dave as well as Nick, Ija's "future brother-in-law", along with Helena (San's Girlfriend) and later on I met FARAH, Mus's girlfriend. Like... finally. -_-

9something pm. Went to KL Jam to check out the bands performing. We entered to a band, Human Actually, fronted by a girl, who I felt was a little too still. She didn't move and even though I had complimented her voice to sound a little like Lan from Meet Uncle Hussain, her movements were no where near the energetic twirls and jumps he does. Pity though, that band had pretty good potential.

Next up was Deumuseth, which caused Dela pain in her ears after their performance. A hardcore death metal band, I felt they totally kicked asss, despite the extremely long (and unnessecary) audio intro of some recital... Nah.. it ruined it. But that was forgotten when the singer punched in with a sharp, high scream that pierced everyone straight into the heart. A tight performance by these guys. Ija was going nuts for the guitarist (he was his ex band-member), while I was going nuts when Jarrod told me the guy at the technical booth was Faiz from Forty Winks. Heehee. Wait, I just went completely off track... Oops. xD

SO. Deumuseth, a good performance, I suppose. But once again, it was a little too much metal for one night... Probably because the amps kept screwing up and all that, and the crowd was kind of dead (I was pretty dead meself) so the atmosphere for METAL just wasn't there.
Next up after them was Stereo Sakit. I heard a lot about them from Ija who's close to the bassist (Hadi Lizard, ex-Komplot bassist), so I guess my expectations from them were pretty high. But they turned out to be... just alright. The music was friking nice, I have to admit but the vocalist was shadowed down by the loudness of the music, though I feel his voice could have sounded amazing.The band members were slightly...er... well partially, probably because they were high on something, and the vocalist admitted he was keeping his pee in. The drummer just dropped his sticks and stumbled off stage after their last song which I found rather... ungraceful. haha. Yeah.

Midway through their performance, Dela had to leave, which she was so pissed about as she had wanted to stay to watch Enrai perform, but oh well, Dela, I recorded vids for you! :)It was rather lucky she didn't stay anyway, Enrai only performed at one something, and trust me my momma was pissed shitless.
After Stereo Sakit, it was time for Kujo! The name sounds cool, so what about the band? Kind of ambient/rock, sounding like they worship Radiohead (with all the vocal influences as well), they sounded rather alright. Jarrod and I got bored after a bit as the vocalist kept going "Whooo~" for the majority of their songs... Yeah. Then the vocalist tried to speak Malay which was pretty amusing for us, but we gave him support for at least trying xD HAHAHA this part of the night was funny, I turned to my left and gawped as I saw some middle aged and oldER white people standing around looking at the bands. Okay, I know you get a lot of Caucasians here but at that time in KL Jam... WHAT!?Nick was as awed as I was. I went "They must be ex-rockers." Turns out a lady's brother (caucasian sister, malay brother... adopted/remarried perhaps) was the drummer for Y2K. Wait was it Y2K or Kujo? Can't really remember...

By then, my bum was sore from sitting on the ground for so long, and really, I was yawning more than I was headbanging... I guess I enjoyed the night, yeah, but it could've been much more energetic. I left without a sweat on my back. And that's not good if it's coming to gigs.
Back on the topic of Y2K, whom I have heard a lot about, they turned out to not be as WOW as I expected. It's kind of like... expecting gold and getting bronze. Yeah. They had some funky punk music going on which kept my head moving and feet tapping, and they entertained us with their masks, but other than that, their performance didn't blow me away like I usually want punk bands to. The vocalists were too soft (the mic's fault), and one of them actually didn't have a very in-tune voice either... and they just decided to put a girl up on stage to sing which I didn't really see the point in...Jarrod: Maybe they're trying to up their sex appeal.

Then.. then... it was... Infiltrated! Yeah! I think...? Yeah! The band before Enrai. Again they were a metal band, and that almost made me punch the floor. I mean, it's not because they were BAD it's just... there was just too much already! It was hilarious when they introduced their last song as "This Is Not The End" or something like that... Them: This is our last song.. it's called "This is not the end"...
Me: NO!
Nick: Argh....
Jarrod: O-M-G!

I think I saw some of their friends/fans glaring at us. Hey we weren't insulting them so chillaxxx...
And finally... ENRAI!!!! A twist to the many metal bands before. Dancedancedance. But it sucked because it was so late so most of the crowd had left by then, and like Kenny said, they deserved more crowd than what we were left with.Ija was half-drunk/exhausted by the time they were supposed to perform, so you can guess how it was. xD The music was tight, per usual, with a flare of energy coming from each of the band members, dancing, bobbing and moving around, using the stage space well.

Ija was CRAZYYY, he was everywhere, but he seemed to have exert so much energy in his first song, he had no breath for the last three. But he pulled it off with a good performance, though in the end, I have to admit I didn't feel like the wait from 9pm to 1am was 100% worth it... maybe 70%. :P
My camera died halfway through recording Wrong, but I did manage to record the full version of Realiti Fantasia, which I'm happy for. :)

Overall, an OK night, it could've been much much better. But the bands that performed weren't BAD, they were actually all good in their own ways, but maybe with better amps, better crowds and better atmosphere... they can kick ass. Yeah. And less booze, Ija. xD

Celine wishes she hadn't left her chocolates at KL Jam :(

KL Indie Fest '08

The biggest indie festival in KL to date (so they said). A hot day, an outdoor stage, indie clothing booths lined up beneath KL tower, it was definitely a bubbling day. After being ditched (not on purpose) by the friends I had asked to go with me, I resulted into going to the Festival alone, feeling slightly nerve-wrecked and not in the mood.

Walking past all the clothing booths after buying my ticket, two voices went "Hey Celine!" and I found two guys (Saufi and Jufry) of the same gang I was chilling with at MCPA during Escape the Flock in June walking towards me. Phwoar, you have no idea of the relief I felt when I finally met someone I knew. I mean, I knew I was definitely going to bump into familiar faces, but hey these guys were my gig buddies! So there it was, a start of a strong friendship. So I went to the DurjanaDesign booth, apparently it is owned by Rezza himself and was greeted by everyone heehee. Felt so... wanted. HAHA! Just finally got to know most of their names (Kolep, Kodyp, Bobo, Eno!) and bought two t-shirts (One "KL INdie Fest" shirt and a "We Love Indie" shirt from SukaHatiClothing).

I blurred out at one point when I didn't realize the bands were already playing, and I thought the music was coming from some radio speakers or something. HAHAHA. That was retarded. So we went to check out some bands, we weren't impressed, just ended up fooling around with some others in the crowd, taking lame pictures, slowdancing; It was funny when Jufry and I danced and everyone was like "Move back, move back!" and formed a circle. xD Went back down, went back to Durjana's booth, which was our main lepak spot. Oh, this bit was the best. Somehow one of the dudes got hold of a guitar, and we put an empty box on the floor and did a choir/guitar thing with Hujan songs. Hahahaha!
Us: Waktu dukaaaa dulu kita lalui bersamaaaaaaa...

And we also forgot the words to some parts....

half of us: (end of first chorus)... Jika ku berik - DI BAWAH ANGIN!! BAHAHAHA

the other half of us:Senyuman manis.. what?- DI BAWAH ANGIN!! BAHAHAHAAh,

that was fun stuff, and we asked some girls for song requests. Sang Bila Aku Sudah Tiada and forgot the words as well. Sigh.

Went up to the Observation Deck in KL Tower and looked around trying to find Selayang and Mont Kiara. Jufry and Saufi told me how they were friends since they were five years old, which I found SO ADORABLE. Argh. Anyway. Went back down, went to the gig area, and went to find the other guys... Again, the bands still weren't that impressive, and I started to feel extremely exhausted, no idea why, so Jufry accompanied me to the black platform where the big screen would be set at night for people who didn't want to sweat in the audience to sit and watch. I laid down and just chilled there for about an hour, talking with Jufry about school, studies, life, family, music, posers, idiots.... Was a relaxing moment there. I soooo wanted to fall asleep.

Dragged myself up to leave and we went to grab some bites to eat. Me, Eno, Jufry and Saufi went to some "mamak", and had sandwiches which was a pathetic dinner, but honestly I wasn't really hungry anyway. We had taken a picture of the KL Tower which Jufry posed in front of before we went to eat and it was really funny because the flash was really bright so he looked so much fairer.

Me: Wow, Jufry... fair!....
Jufry: yeahhhh
Me: Tak. Mungkin!
Saufi&Eno: Hahah!
Jufry: You wait.... *glares at me*

I did wait, but nothing happened.

We went to get our spots in the moshpit, and waited for the bands to begin. I was getting so extremely annoyed at the hosts because they kept speaking for SO LONG... I was like... MOVE ALREADY! Haha. So the line-up that I managed to see before I went home was OAG, The Pilgrims, One Buck Short, Republic of Brickfields and Meet Uncle Hussain.

*before one buck short's performance*

Host: Anyone can pinjam saya seringgit?

Other host: why?

Host: Coz' I'm... One Buck Short... can you all guess which band is next?

Er..... no, I can't. -_-

*after their performance*

Host: I need one buck to go to Brickfields.

Me: Republic of Brickfields!!!!!!!!!! *ignores the hosts as they speak on and on

Hosts: Yes, the next band is Republic of Brickfields!

Er........ no shit. LAME!

I managed to record one video from every band in that lineup except for Meet Uncle Hussain, because I was too busy moshing. -_- I was like... "OH MY GOD I LEFT THEM OUT"... cheh. OAG were of course always the best energizers to kickstart a gig, and were absolutely funky. They did a great cover for "Don't Look Back in Anger" by Oasis after an instrumental intro of "Beautifool" which was like a karaoke for the audience because Radhi wasn't on stage yet. Then they sang their "Merdeka" song... about independent music or something. And finally, Generasiku and Slumberrrr. Whee.

The Pilgrims were alright, nothing great, nothing bad, just alright. They had a new singer, and they haven't been gigging since the 90s... so... it was some fresh moment for them. One Buck Short. I crowdsurfed to them, but I didn't feel comfortable at all, because I could feel hands creeping up to my chest, and I was like "No, not good, I should fall now." So I did. Sigh. I should've worn my hoodie. Argh! Other than that, it was just pure, good, energetic moshing, which was the highlight for me, because I didn't get grabbed or anything while moshing... Was amazing.

Republic of Brickfields... hell... they were... HEAVEN. Haha. I was so into the singing, the dancing, the zoning out and the listening to the guitars and drums fill my whole body thing. Foooo.... I was blown away. And also by Aru's hair. Hee. They performed a song I didn't know the title to, then Ganjaran, Emansipasi and Orang Planet. They tried a few times to start "Bila Aku Sudah Tiada" just to hear the crowd's reaction, and it was probably something they expected when people didn't want them to play it. Anyway, they ended with a cover of "Sweat (Alalalong)" by Inner Circle. Haha! They were MY best band of the night. Definitely.

Meet Uncle Hussain, almost equally good. I guess they were equally good, but it's just the fact that raggae to me, beat MUH for the night yo. :) MUH performed a small demo to their new song, then Lalala kerjalah, Pari Pari, and finally Lagu Untukmu, which was CRAZY. Everyone was moshing, headbanging, singing along... Just great. I loved loved loved the night.
As I walked out I saw Dayang also from Escape the Flock, and she asked me to stay for Bittersweet, but...oh well, I had to leave. Waved goodbye to another MCPA-recognizable face and ended my KL Indie Fest night. Ahh...

Enthusiactically reminisced by Celine

Escape the Flock @ MCPA

Went to a gig yesterday at MCPA Hall; Escape the Flock organized by BlackSheepClothing. Went to MCPA hall at around 2pm and waited for Mus to arrive. He spent an hour and a half getting lost trying to find the place, which almost drove me NUTS. Not to mention that half my other friends I invited cancelled and didn't want to come. Gila babi...

So. 3.40pm and he finally arrives. Whoopdeedoo! *note sarcasm* My mother leaves and we go up to the hall. It was awkward at first; no one knew no one so all we got were stares and... more stares. Luckily, and annoyingly in a way, the gig hadn't even started yet. It started when we arrived, as if it was waiting just for us. Pahahaha.There were tshirts and CDs and all the cool indie stuffs being sold all at the side of the hall opposite the stage. I got myself an "I love music" tshirt as well as the "This is not a free Tshirt" tshirt by Black Sheep Clothing.

The first band up were Imaginary Frens, who were pretty alright. 3 months new into the music industry, the vocalist was a girl and she was rocking her way on stage despite the mic being a bit gay. I recognized a girl, Dayang, from the mamak who I saw carrying a bag and saw her hands free so I asked her where she put her bag and got mine to be kept safely under the tables of a t-shirt booth. Gigged with her through most of the night. Next up was HIX (Housed In eXile), whose vocalist, Luq, is the vocalist for Creamson as well, another screamcore rock band. Went up to me and said "Celine?" and I was like what what huh who what. Honestly, despite having spoken to Syam Creamson lots of times on Myspace, I never really took the initiative to know the faces of the band members, just the songs. So of course, I had no clue this was Luq talking to me, which meant I had no clue how he knew me in the first place. -_-

Ija arrived halfway through Hix's performance, and after they finished, we went to the mamak next to MCPA once more to get a drink as Have a Nice Death was performing. Too much hardcore metal can kind of bore you after a while. Ija said he was looking forward to The Padangs as they were rather Indie, and I said "what I thought they were a metal band?".Turns out I was right and he was wrong hahaha! He confused The Padangs with The Rhamans who were the indie band. We had gone back into the hall and a metal band was already performing midway. Asked Luq who they were and he said "The Padangs". HAH Ija I win. :D

What really got me disgusted was staring at a bunch of guys later on in the day who were apparently "hardcore dancing"(??). It was like moshing but in a whole new level which punched in some kungfu acts and stomping around like they kena rasuk or something like that. I just could not help laughing. It was not moshing. NOT. NOTTTTTTTTT. I had turned to two guys who were selling CDs (I think they were the Suicidal Clothing crew) and even they were shrugging at what those guys were doing. Long hair dude: Why don't we show them what real moshing is.Haha! Man he was cool. But I refused to have us be the only three people properly moshing in the midst of kicking and punching and stomping weirdos. Nu-uh.

The kick start of the day for me was definitely Forty Winks, a newly emerged ska band. Absolutely funky songs, it got everyone up and jumping. I was standing for the first four or five bands in complete boredom until THEM. We danced, we skanked, we went completely out of our bodies. Singing along to Tiada Masa was pure heaven and MatMinah was cute (the song, okay). They definitely got everybody sweaty and happy by the end of their performance! From then onwards, things started getting better and better. Kept sticking to the same two people while in the crowd, Edi and Dayang. The Night Act were extremely danceable to; a techno/indie/dance band. The keyboards drove us into such a trance-like mood. But I have to say the lyrics to one of their song was like a mixture of Komplot and Skudap-Skudip "Mari berdansa...somethingsomething irama"... hahaha not really that original! But they were AWESOME. The vocalist was so short though. BAHAHA. Sorry. But honestly, when he stood next to me after his performance and spoke to me about his band, HE WAS SHORTER THAN ME. ARGH. Hey, which reminds me...:

*in the middle of the day*

Me: Why are all these guys so short? *stares at the "hardcore dancers"*

Ija: Bahahahhaha it's in the genes man.

*5 minutes later*

Restraint's vocalist: I want us to play a game! Two teams! It's called The Human Pyramid! We need small guys! Small guys!

Me: Ah, you'll have no problem finding them. There's plenty.*covers my mouth as an Indian guy beside me starts laughing*

Yeah I know that was mean. -_- Couldn't resist you know. Haha!

I really was dying to mosh but the guys who were screwing up the moshpit just put me off completely. So we chilled and went downstairs to buy some drinks to rehydrate ourselves; each time we passed the booth that was keeping my bag for me, I waved at the dudes sitting there until we familiarised ourselves with each other. As we sat outside, OAG arrived; I was quite disappointed because I thought I was going to have to miss OAG because they were the last act, so I was glad I could talk with the band members for a bit. Eric and Fizo came up first, and shook Ija's hand (old mates doh). I sent Jarrod's regards to Fizo (completely under his order!) and like Amir TWKUA when Jarrod sent him my regards, Fizo was completely blank for about 3 seconds.

Me: Fizo right? Jarrod sends his regards!

F: Jarrod?

Me: Jarrod.

F: Jarrod?

Ija: You know.. Jarrod from (i didn't hear what he said)

F: OHHHHHHHHHHHHH Jarrod. Cool cool.
Took a picture with Eric, hehehehehe like a fan drooling over her favourite celebrities I was. :D

Met Radhi OAG (Okay I was ecstatic, not just drooling!), when we were back in the hall. He had pounced on Ija with complete hyperness (AND EVEN HE WAS SHORTER THAN ME WTF!).

Radhi: *To Ija* YO BROOOO!!!! *To Me* Helooo! *shakes my hand* Eh, have I met you before??

Me: *shaking his hand* Er. No......?????

Radhi: *His hand still holding mine, immobile as he stares at me staring at him*........I'm Radhi............

Me: Aiyo I know who you are la! But no I haven't met you before....

Radhi: AHHHHH... that's my wife! It's her birthday.

Which showed God was completely on my side today because he had to leave early to have dinner with his wife... which meant OAG had to switch from being last to being... the next band on! WHOO! During their setting up, I was blurly staring at Fizo without realizing it until he looked at me and he suddenly grinned caused me to jump. And I grinned back and we started laughing mutedly. Funny moment! And the same thing happened with Nizam. Hahaha. So OAG performed and completely kicked butt. I couldn't get a decent shot of Radhi on stage at all because he was HYPER. I took five pictures of him, and deleted all five. Whoo, generasiku, bersinar bagai mentari oh!~ I wished they had performed Beautifool though... But Permysuri was enough to make a great ending song :)

Positively the best band of the night, in line with Forty Winks.I went to sit at the table where my bag was kept and chilled with the guys there after OAG left (and no, I did not let a chance to take a picture with Radhi escape me!). Dayang came by to the table as well and suddenly everyone was taking everyone's pictures. I was introduced to the rest of the guys who were seated at the table beside me and my mom earlier at the mamak. Let's see... the only names I could remember were Dayang and Rezza (probably coz' he was flirting with me HAHA) One dude passed me these MASSIVE shades (okay, they aren't shades, just big models of shades) and I wore it, looking completely stupid. Everyone was like.. *Takes out camera-phone from pockets n surrounds me. SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!* I was like: WHATTTTTTTT.

We waited for Couple, the final band FOR ME as I left after they performed "Rock N Roll". They were completely crowd-friendly, I think about every single guy in the crowd tried to crowd surf (and fail after two seconds) during their performance. I totally enjoyed "Say Hi", "Rock N Roll", "Gotta be my girl" and "Tentang Kita". Er, basically all their songs, teehee. Whoo! Tentang kitaaaa, elok dilupakan semuaaaaa woahh~

SO. Er, this write up was longer than I expected... But yeah! The gig was definitely worth going to, and I made loads of new friends, even though names were forgotten......... BUT. After two weeks of solid mock examinations, what more can I ask for? :) Loved it. LOVED IT!

Oh, and Mus, you were right. My mom DID offer to send Ija home. HAHAHAHA. But he only asked her to stop him at the nearest LRT station.

And it's a bummer that Komplot had to cancel performing.

Gigged and Tested by Celine, :)

Sunburst Festival '08

WHOOOOOOOOOO. After weeks and days of arguing to grant me access to this ONE day... it was worth all the crap. Not to mention my losing my purse with my Sunburst ticket in it, which resulted in me having to buy another ticket. Heartbreak, depression and ugliness all morphed into beauty filled with music, hyperness and funfunfun!

My dad came to pick me up in the morning to have some early lunch/late breakfast... awkward seriously, but I could finally breath when he dropped me outside the Bukit Kiara Equastrian Club at around 3pm. I stood around, realizing with horror that I had run out of credit and Nin was nowhere to be seen yet, nor was Jarrod/Mus. I was getting fidgety to be honest, while trying to put on a "I am so totally OKAY" expression as I stood alone without a ticket or a friend. Damn. Then FARIDAH CAME TO THE RESCUE, and I borrowed her phone, made calls, SMSed, and waited for Nin to arrive with her cousins, and saw Ms. Sime, my music teacher, walking past. Hey, she owes me one, I told her about this gig. ;)

So... completely AGITATED and fidgety I was, while waiting for Nin to quickly arrive, I heard Gerhana Ska Cinta performing my favourite song by them "Teman Ku" from where I was seated, and I felt pathetic. I wanted to go.in.and.skank.so.badly! FINALLY, Nin arrived, and we rushed in when I told her Gerhana Ska was almost finished already. Horrified, we realized the stage they were playing at was the FURTHEST from the entrance, so we ran across the whole bloody field. And we skanked. Hell yeah. But to be honest, the crowd during the performance AND for the rest of the day disappointed me. They weren't crazy, the majority of them wasted away their RM200 per ticket by just standing around looking cool.
Er, hot? Like, totally not!
We managed to catch Senyuman Ragamu and Inilah Ska by GSC so at LEAST we had a good time for that.

So. We chilled around after GSC, and wandered to the stage where Gigi was performing. The day was still way too early and the field too empty, the atmosphere just wasn't there yet. I got bored after a while (again I blame the crowd), so we sat around waiting for Pop Shuvit to start, and was introduced to a friend of Dela's, Atif. He was Meet Uncle Hussain's friend + photographer, so Nin and Dela were bugging him about going backstage and all that. Didn't really work. Aha.

Pop Shuvit played, and to be honest, despite them not being my favourite band, they definitely have a way of boosting the atmosphere level. Or shall I say, the atmoshphere. Bahahahahaha no. -_-They performed Where the Sleeping Dogs Lie, Mara Bahaya, Freakshow, Old Skool Rocka... In fact they performed a lot of songs. They lasted 45 minutes, but the only best part I could say about their performance was when it started.to.rain! Heaven! It was those first few drops growing into a huge downpour that got our adrenaline going; people were starting mosh like crazy, which got Ms. Sime to get worried about me, only to end up laughing because I was able to push back any guy that crashed into me with a glare. Muaha. Girl power yaw. Oh and MoOts came to join us in the rain, which was kinda cool, I suppose. :)

Nin rushed in midway to pass me my hoodie, thank god, and two random dudes asked me if I knew Mus, explaining they saw me in pictures with him. Hwahwa, their names were Wan&San, which cracked me up.
a) Both had the names of my friends
b) and it didn't help that they rhymed. xD
Mus arrived, I squealed at the sight of WuShen, whom I hadn't seen since... my mom's birthday lunch! Hugged Jarrod, introduced them to Ms. Sime, and took Mus to see his two mates (who he told me later on that he didn't really like, so, oopz). Nin had a few awkward moments with Mus, but what do you expect immediately after a break up ey?

Continued to wait for Love Me Butch/Hujan to start. Nin, Maria and Dela insisted to watch Hujan, so I went to catch LMB with Jarrod. :D It was funky. HAHAHA Syarul was completely clueless that his fly was open and it took everybody so long to get him to realize.
Crowd: OI, you're fly's open! *points to their pants*
Syarul: [unable to hear due to the music + rain] *wriggles his eyebrow, obviously getting the wrong message*
Crowd: NO NO! YOUR. FLY. IS. OPEN!
Syarul: *laughs* [probably thinking WTF, are they gay?]

The look on his face when he realized was priceless. :P
We just missed Stumble Upon A Glass as we ran to the side where LMB was, so we screamed along to the rest of their songs... Reconcile, Barricade and Hollywood Holiday. Was worth it, but it would've been better with more moshing, I guess. But like I said, I didn't really expect much from the crowd. Rushed back to the other side to catch Hujan. I found it pretty funny that people carried umbrellas while watching them; Hujan... umbrella... get it? xD
Ran into the crowd, stuck with Jarrod, turned to my left and saw Nin looking at me. Stared at each other, recognized each other, screamed with glee, and got together. LMAO. That was pathetically funny. I kept seeing the same bunch of guys near us, and they were lyk "Hey, you again!"... haha yeah. Hujan's performance was dead due to the lack of enthusiasm coming from the crowd. Bloody hell, HUJAN WAS PLAYING WHILE IT WAS RAINING, PEOPLE SHOULD'VE BEEN WILD!!!! -_-

Nindy kept bugging me about seeing Eyang, the drummer for The Fugitives, friend of Jarrod, San and Wu, and pointed to a guy with a girl, but I shrugged it off, only to realize it was him, as we watched George Clinton + Psychadelic Funk perform. They were pretty darn funky; there was this weird, short dude wearing diapers on stage which was hilarioussss. Their music was... well... FUNKy obviously haha! Danceable, but somehow I wasn't in the mood to really dance, so I strolled off after a while and went to watch Bittersweet perform. Yay!

Bittersweet. Definitely one of my fav shows from that day. At least the crowd I was mingling around showed some sort of enthusiasm by singing along and jumping together (there was a guy in blue that was so damn cool, he was dancing with me haha!). But some bald dude with a feathery scarf and bowler hat was eyeing Nindy, so I pushed her to the side, and stood beside him instead. It didn't really make things better, coz' I ended up getting grabbed by that dude. Oh well, it was a good day and I didn't want to get pissed too much by losers like him so I let it pass. Danced and sang along to A Perfect Match, Kucing Hitam, Capital E and was introduced to their latest single "Burn Berlin Down". :) Was a nice show.

Evening had already arrived by then and it wasn't long before the sky started to fade into a dark hue. Adhi ordered some pizza for us, and I saw The Roots performing. Saw a tall familiar figure, laughed, and went to join Mus at gawking at the big screen as the drummer of The Roots did a heck of a drum solo.
Mus: *staring* Damn...
Me: *staring* Yeah... shit...
Random people: *walks past us, stares at us... continues walking*
Me: You know we look like retards right?
Mus: Yeah.

XD went back to my table, lost Mus as he went off, then saw him again chilling with his big brother and his friends on another table, so I went to chill with him. Nin passed me my pizza, gave me a look when Mus didn't say 'Hi' to her that said "See, what I mean?", and went back to our original table. I forced Mus to eat some of my pizza, when Jarrod came to join us, and we started walking around the place. Bumped into Ms. Sime(Simmers), who was pretty tipsy (heck, she was pissed drunk apparently, which she told me a few days later haha, when she had managed to hitch a ride from Widy Gerhana Ska :) lucky person.). I reminded her Mus and Jarrod were Enrai members, and we were cut short as fireworks were set off into the skies, illuminating the whole event. It's always funny how everyone just stops what they're doing to stare at the fireworks. But it was a beautiful moment. Simmers then turns to Mus and goes "Ah, you're Nindy's boyfriend aren't you!", and the silence that followed almost sent me bursting into laughter at the sight of her face as she realized something wasn't right. She excused herself rather quickly after that, and was horrified when I told her the next day that Nin and Mus had just broken up. Bahahaha, man, she's a weird one.

Went to get some pizza/food, because Jarrod was hungry. Piggy backed Mus to where the line was (a very, very long and slow line, if I may add), and that was probably the moment I enjoyed the most from that night. Just chilling, laughing and talking with my two close buddies :) Heehee. Kept worrying I would miss Meet Uncle Hussain's show, thought it was already going on, only to realize it was One Buck Short. Mus and I started playing tag, and the three of us were whacking each other with towels. HAHAHA what the hell was that about huh? xD

Nindy found us, supporting a hurt leg; probably twisted a muscle, and I guess that was Mus's moment to straighten out any awkwardness for the night by carrying her back to where our table was. xD "Well, if I'm going to be in the same place as her, might as well go with the flow" he said. Lolz, good on you.

While waiting for MUH, I saw Hanafi on stage playing for Reza Salleh... gosh he was hawt. Er.. what? I meant er... his guitar playing was hot. Yeah. :D MEET UNCLE HUSSAINNNN. Again, gay crowd, except this one guy who sang along with me to "Pura-Pura" with so much enthusiasm. :) Hafiz was his name if I could still remember clearly... Lan started off funny, introducing the crowd to "Pura-pura!" when the music that started playing was for "Lalala kerjalah." Bahaha. Lan: Huh?Band members: Huh?Audience: What...?Hahahahah! Oh I got grabbed during their show as well, but this time I couldn't see who it was. Gay guys. -_-

Sat around waiting for my dad to call and say it was time to go, while listening to John Legend play his lovely tunes. Soothing moments. Nin left before me, so I was left with Atif as Jarrod had gone to check out Incognito and probably John Legend as well. I was appalled at Atif's consumption of cigs.
Me: TWO packs a day!? How many cigs is that?!
Atif: 40 la.
Me: WHATTT!?
Atif: I used to smoke 4 packs okay
Me: *speechless*

I made an attempt to take his pack off him, which I DID muahaha. I would've gone home with the cigs if he hadn't been so conscious of the cigs in my pocket.

So I went home, Jarrod walked me out and met my dad (the first of my gang of friends to have done so LOLZ), and cursed the fact that I missed Incubus, Amy Search and Estranged, and cursed the fact that my phone was spoilt because of the rain... but Sunburst... was a blast :)

Celine apologizes for posting this sans pictures.