Woo had an awesome rocking time at yesterday's LIME Sonic Bang & this's only Round 1 ! Round 2's happening later on but let me give you the gross as to what happened yesterday night .But before that , happy belated b'day to Yee Ma who turned older & wiser yesterday :)Ok so I left the house at 3.30pm right after I caught the new episode of Totally Spies aka The Suavest Spy & oh my god , I'm in love again haha . Why ? Read the synopsis to find out :"Jerry calls the girls to WOOHP to give them an urgent mission. It appears that a longtime nemesis, Kyle Katz, an ultra suave, ultra intelligent, teenage jewel heist expert is up to his old tricks again. When they receive the dossier on Katz, the spies are shocked to discover that he is amazingly handsome! Even though Jerry cautions the girls to be careful of looks and demeanor, the three girls eventually become completely infatuated with their adversary. The girls are so distracted by Katz, that he is able to prepare for his next big score right under their noses! Can the spies stop Katz before his suave ways destroy their friendship and, ultimately, WOOHP's chances of ever finding him? In a b story, Sam whose recent win at a science fair earns her an unwanted gaggle of nerdy groupies."Goodness , Kyle's very very HOT & just like what the synopsis mentioned , ultra suave , ultra intelligent & he's BLONDE somemore ! AHHH & I swear during the 1/2 hour of the show , my eyes were all on him ahaha . So I guess Dean has some tough competition in the male front of Totally Spies then heh & for a villian , Kyle's extremely smart/sly/cunning but handsome !!!& there's a scene in the episode where Clover & Kyle were flirting outrageously while dancing in a magnificient ballroom . Come to think about it , I'm gonna watch the encore of The Suavest Spy next Sun , I don't care haha !See that's the thing , I can't stop falling in love...ANYHOO , like what I was saying , I left the house at 3.30pm cos inital plan was to help Lunarin's roadie Tim to sell merchanise at the LIME Flea Market which's taking place from 1-9pm on both Sat & Sun.However , when I reached *escape around 4.30pm , I was looking though the area , almost 100 stalls were hovering there but I was unable to find Tim & the rest of the guys & girl so I called Tim up & turned out that the rest were late so he asked me to wait for him outside Cathay Cineleisure Orchard (CCO).After I hang up , before that , I on the Bluetooth in my phone cos Nokia were giving away free downloads in conjunction with LIME Sonic Bang if you have Bluetooth in your phone so I just on it for fun & haha I managed to download this :
Thought it's really nice & I think the pic's ok what , don't see the fuss about it .
I met Tim a while later on & he passed me the LIME goodie bag in which you have to present the Dec issue of it in order to redeem it at the counter & honestly , the goodie bag's very lame lah , nothing but vouchers & such.
Was nice to see Tim again & then he called Linda up asking where she's & to meet & all . So eventually I ended up going to Long John Silvers & haha this's the funny part cos the 3 of them were just in front of us & me & Tim were at the back so I was running towards them so it was pretty cute .
Was lovely to see the 3 of them again as usual & I passed Linda a bag of their xmas pressies so in short , 2 bags are cleared & 2 more bags to clear haha . Cos around this time , it was outta the way cos neither have the time to sell the merchanise nor go to somewhere far as Lunarin have to go backstage to get ready by 6.45pm so it was either ET or Y that suggested to go to The Coffee Connoisseur (TCC) then everyone was like ok lor & mind you , I haven't been inside TCC YET :O . Yeah I know I'm such a nook
On the way up to TCC , made small talk with Linda & ooh she changed her phone again , it looked really good .
Once we reached TCC , everyone sat a particular place & proceeded onto ordering drinks & sandwiches . I didn't ordered anything to eat cos I wasn't hungry but wah , Y & ET behaved like hyenas or something haha so they ordered drinks & sandwiches to eat while me , Linda & TIm just ordered drinks .
& here comes a funny part in that the waitress that served us , you know what's her name ? Ariel ! hahaha so I was nudging the other 4 when Ariel was taking down our orders so it was pretty strange yet weird then we started laughing . People if you don't understand what's so funny about this inside joke , that's bcos Ariel's a song that can be found in Lunarin's The Chrysalis album , track 6 to be precise & I tell you , the acoustic version of Ariel is fucking awesome .
TCC was playing music that's not in my generation cos the songs that they played , I only can recongise 2 in the form of Red Hot Chili Peppers's Under The Bridge & Metallica's Nothing Else Matters . Finally I managed to hear the original version of Nothing Else Matters cos UK singer/songwriter Lucie Silvas did a fanastic redition of this song & she's a great under-rated musician .
Suddenly I feel so young cos I realised that whatever songs that TCC was playing , I don't know the artistes & all but the other 3 knew so it was pretty cute . & then a song from this band called White Snake , started blaring in TCC & Y was mimic-ing some strange antic movements & it was so funny , even ET stopped eating his sandwiches for a sec as the stuff that Y was doing , it was quite disturbing haha & before that , ET & Y opened up the pressies that I gave them & it's a mini cute snowglobe inside all 4 boxes . :) Even their roadie Tim got 1 too leh . See I'm too kind , I know I'm not shy haha Linda was worried that they will screw up later on when they're performing cos yesterday's soundtrack , pratically everything went wrong so was crossing fingers that nothing wrong will happened .
& I took this when I was in TCC , pretty interesting :
The pic reads : "Latte" is the Italian word for "Milk" . So if you request for a Lattle in Italy , you will be served a glass of Milk . Everyone 'rotted' in TCC til 6.30pm & Y went to order another drink & he's quite cartoon cos when his 2nd drink came , there was whipped cream on top & he went onto removing the whipped cream cos he was saying that it has trans fats & he gave everyone a 'lecture' as to why trans fats's bad , where it can be found & etc . I swear ET was all O.O when Y was going on & on & on about it . Adio , so it's really true that Y's a vainpot cos he's worried about getting fat & was lecturing about ET in that he need to exercise more etc & etc . I already know from Linda that Y's a vainpot but I didn't expect that he's that vain ! Y was telling ET that he should exercise more & probably should jog to work from his house . Wah lau , like that can be accomplished seeing that ET's gonna move to the West side of S'pore next year so this means that should ET wanna do such a thing , he has to get up at 1am & jog all the way to his office from his new home then haha .
Then around this time , we realised that the waiters had a change in shift cos we didn't see Ariel LOL cos now , all the waiters are males . All the females have left the building
Left TCC around 6.30pm cos have to go to the car park to collect all the gear from Linda's car & when passing by , saw a huge billboard of LIME Sonic Bang & I was pointing to ET about it & was asking him whether is it strange seeing his pic plastered on there & it's quite funny cos at this point in time , I find that I can relate & talk to ET better & more than Y .
Went to the car park & here's the gross icky part cos when Linda opened up her car boot , the right side , we saw something gross in that a cockroach was crushed ! EEW it was so disgusting & Linda went onto fliming it using her phone haha
& in comes Y the CC aka cockroach controller haha & he's quite cute in that he used a plastic bag in his right hand & asked Linda to pass him tissues to clean the disgusting parts . Don't know how the hell a cockroach managed to get crushed in Linda's carboot , of all places & the strange bit was that no blood was there . Y was saying that roaches don't have blood , only bug juice . Erm right -.-
I didn't carried any of their gears cos I was worried that I will strained my back again so we were off to *escape & around this time , the performances were about to start & the skies didn't looked good as it was quite overcast so was praying hard that it wouldn't rain or else the event will basically be washed out .
All except me , went backstage cos they had backstage tags so I had no choice but to wait around where the barriers were . Tim came out soon after & we went into the VIP area where the stage were cos he's 1 lucky dude lah in that he won a pair of VIP tickets & he's so kind , he gave 1 to me aww & the left & right sections of the arena were cornered off with barriers aka it's the VIP area & was quite heavily guarded with security guards .
I showed the VIP pass to the guards & we were in there in no time ! Around this time , StrikeForce just finished their set & today's emcee was 987 DJ Daniel Ong . Was the 1st time seeing Daniel Ong in the flash & around this time , the Project Superstar 2 Finalists were brought out .
The 6 ladies were brought out 1st for a while , followed by the 6 guys & I have to say that the VIP sections are not necessary glamarous cos the way that the stage's being designed , it's not that good so view wise , I can't really get a good close up of the Project Superstar 2 Finalists as they were right in front . Unless it's a band performing & all , then yes there's a good view & they should do something about the lighting as it's very dark & it's only until an artiste finished their peformances then the lights will come on so that's probably an aspect that LIME should work on improving for next year's Sonic Bang then.
& I poked my head though looking roughly how backstage looked like , it looked really horrible & unglam so that's another issue that LIME could work on improving too .
All 12 of them were decked out in white & soon after the 6 guys left the stage , all of them came back onstage & performed a song which was only 2 mins long or so . Tim was saying that they might be lip-synching , I think so too .
Hui Li called me saying that she already recorded the phone interview that Linda did with Soo & it was only 2 mins long -.- but it's better than nothing I guess . After that , Elsa came onstage to perform with her backup band & she did 3 songs , all original compositions in the form of The Cloud Song , her debut single Drift that can be found in the Cancer Warriors CD & Distance . Looking forward to the release of her debut album. I like her sound , it's pop/rock but it's more leaning towards the rockish side & she has a great voice & around this time , I was tip-toe-ing to where the sound system was being managed & I saw Leonard there manning the sound.
After Elsa's set , in comes another local artiste Imran . He's a Malay singer & he did Compromise & Malu . I never heard of Imran before but I think he sang pretty well & besides , the Malays in the crowd were going gaga over him haha & he's pretty tall & good looking so that's something .
& finally , Lunarin took the stage & while Imran was being interviewed by Daniel Ong , they all went onstage to get ready & plugged in the gear , everything & Lunarin went onto rocking the stage up with their brand of music .
Although they only did 2 songs , it was fanastic & worth the wait . They kicked off with a very rocking & fanastic redition of Absolution which was awesome when it's done live & then it was followed by their new song , MIDAS in which Tim said that it sounded like Dry Part 2 but no lah , I don't think so .
I can't see any simliarties between Dry & MIDAS & it's the debut of Linda's Thunderbird bass guitar . It looked really fanastic & was the 1st time seeing Lunarin doing a rocked out show as the 1st gig that I caught of them during the StompCast gig at library@orchard , that was an acoustic gig but man they rocked out at LIME Sonic Bang !
I know from Fuzz & Tim that whenever they do shows , they were loud & yup it's true . In fact they were 2x times as loud as Elsa's set haha
MIDAS's fucking awesome & they did 3 solos in between of the song & funny man , Y was quite stoned & rooted to the ground -.- but even though it was the 1st time I heard MIDAS , I could tell that it's 1 heck of a great track !
& the place where me & Tim were staying , there was a group of Malays who were headbanging to Lunarin's music . I'm not sure if they're doing that for the sake of doing it but oh well
After Lunarin's set was done , Tim went backstage to help them while I waited outside . Around this time , S'pore Idol runner up Jonathan Leong came onstage to do a few short takes on Matchbox20's If You're Gone & Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars & he's even more taller than I thought in real life !
There were other acts performing as well such as West Grand Boulevard , Ronin , Futon & S'pore Idol winner Hady Mirza but I didn't caught their performances cos I was looking out for Lunarin outside via backstage in trying to figure out when they finished packing up their gear & all .
Around this time , it started to rain a bit but it was ok at least it didn't dampen my spirits & then Lunarin made their way outside & I went with them but not before I saw Leonard outside where the sound system was & walked to where he's to say hi for a bit before telling him that I will see him today cos I was in a rush seeing that I was hanging out with Lunarin so hopefully he understands :)
Had to lug back all the gear back to Linda's carboot so after that was done , went to Cheers cos ET wanted to drink something & wah , Cheers was so crowded , madness & before we went to the car park , I saw S'pore Idol finalist Paul Twohill . He was near the lift with some people.
After that was done , went back to *escape field cos LIME wanted them to take a pic or 2 in writing some b'day messages on the billboards spaces that were allocated & honestly , the pics that LIME choose aka Dec cover issue in which Fergie's on cover , is not very nice . They should have gotten like a black canvas or something cos it was quite difficult for Lunarin to write messages on there & haha , Y was writing his on Fergie's right arm cos they don't want to violate Fergie who's on cover LOL
Was the 1st time seeing an on the spot photo shoot being done & it's nothing special to speak about & not very glam too.
After the photo shoot cum writing b'day messages was wrapped up , we went to 1 side of CCO to decide where & what to do next cos Linda's car can't accomodate everyone & the guys wanted to grab a beer or 2 & some chow so eventually we landed up at Heeren's Vila'ge which used to be where Marche was located at .
Once we reached there , wah , there were quite a lot of people so I told Linda that I wanted to go upstairs where HMV's cos I wanted to buy Astreal's Fragments Of The Same Dead Star cos even though I already have a copy , I went to buy another again cos there's something wrong with the disc in that track no1 Projektion kept on skipping a beat or 2 .
The section where local/regional music's at , it's at level 2 so I quickly hurried or else I might be left behind & woo lucky me , there was only 1 copy of Astreal's CD left . Spotted Ronin's Do Or Die , it cost S$28.50 but didn't saw Lunarin's though .
Luckily I made it back just in time , was about to go in with everyone & Vila'ge's concept is exactly the same as Marche so nothing special to speak about but surprisely , the place's packed considering that it was around 8-9pm or so when we were finally seated.
Damn shiok , who would have thought that I will be having coffee with Lunarin before their gig & dinner with them post gig haha
Tim & Y went to order 4 1.5L glasses of beer . All of them drink except me & Linda was so kind , she asked me to order anything I want . A bit paiseh lah but I ordered things that will bore little or less damage in the bill front haha .
She went to order fried calamari but they ran outta it so had to settle for tempura soft shell crab while ET & I went to get plates of Rosti (swiss fried potato cake) at the other side of Vila'ge & haha , was telling ET that Y wouldn't dare to eat the Rosti seeing that he's scared of trans fats & somemore , ET asked for a fried egg topped with his Rosti too wah & both plates come with sour cream too & folks , sour cream's healthy :) .
I went onto ordering a cream of mushroom soup with bread while ET went onto ordering a bowl of mushrooms , beanspourts , tomatoes that were drenched in black pepper sauce & wah the sauce's damn kicking & extremely good .
While eating , the 3 of them except Tim went onto reminiscing their old secondary/JC life & oh god we laughed til silly & until I almost cannot take it anymore . With them reminiscing their school days , didn't realised that they had eccentric teachers & students alike but it was so funny , you should have been there to witness the commotion & mayhem & has been a while since I laughed so much too.
& of all things we talked about , is Borat haha . Linda was mimic-ing some stuff that Borat says in the movie & both ET & Y were following suit haha damn hilarious & soon after , Y was going on in another session of his lecturing , about the type of gear they should be getting/using , jamming & etc .
ET tried his best to listen but I think that didn't worked haha . Everyone was inside Vila'ge for almost 2 hours or so before we left the place . It was almost 10.30pm when I stepped outside Heeren & Linda suggested that I take a cab home but eventually I didn't & instead I took a bus back home .
& on the way back to CCO's cark park , I talked to ET for a while in that I'm gonna start school again next month & that I'm worried . He told me not to worry so much & try to enjoy the reminding last few moments in school before I come into the working world & he said that I striked him as someone who's hardworking , diligent & has an ability to cram hard a few days before exams/tests . Aww that's so nice of him to say that :) seeing after I told him about the grades I got in my 1st semester in Uni . ET said that he wasn't surprised on the good grades that I got man wahaha
We went back to CCO's car park to get Tim's bag & that's when we said our goodbye's cos Linda's car cannot accomodate everyone so Tim & me were left out haha but no lah , it's bcos' everyone's gear were inside her carboot & at the back of her car + they live in the East side while I live in the West side of S'pore so it will be quite bothersome but still was a nice gesture from Linda in that she wanted to send me home but it's ok .
Linda gave me a hug before me &Tim left the place & I waved bye bye to her , Y & ET . & then me & Tim walked all the way to the bus stop opposite Hotel Phoniex & on the way there , talked to him on his plans & what he plans to do after NS . His bus came quite fast so I told him to run for it & he did haha before I said goodbye to him .
I waited nearly 15 mins for my bus to come cos I missed it & around this time , I called back home telling them that my night of partying just ended & soon after , I SMS'd everyone thanking them on allowing me to hang out with them & I didn't reached home til 11.55pm & Linda SMS'd me back telling her to send her love to Electrico & Astreal tonight in which I will gladly do that !
Overall , round 1 of LIME Sonic Bang mayhem was superb & hella fun . Always the after gig effects were the major highlights & I would definitely love to do it all over again at the next Lunarin gig & look out for round 2 of LIME Sonic Bang mayhem coming real soon where I will be catching performances of Astreal , Electrico & somemore later on tonight.
Hopefully I will get to meet Astreal backstage upclose & personal later on , fingers crossed !
Once again , thanks a lot to the lovely guys & girl of Lunarin aka Linda , ET & Y and their roadie Tim for making all this possible for yesterday night . You guys are great to hang out with , let's do it again next time !
Not bad for a day filled with fun fun & more fun & it's exactly 1 more month before I turned 20 , what a sight ain't it ?
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