Saturday, March 31, 2007

Met up with Kelvin eariler on today to pick up some of the notes that he used for his Year 1 in his poly course . Oof they were so heavy , so much so that now I have some marks on my right arm cos I slinged the plastic bag containing the notes cos I was too lazy to carry them by hand which my right arm ended up in this state.

But spooky enough , when I was on the MRT to Bugis , met up with another ex sec school classmate of mine , Jia Wen . Freaky thing was that she was able to recongise me & somemore I was standing right in front of her . Deja vu much & the funny thing was that I couldn't recongise her in any bit , she has changed a hell lot since I last saw her 4 years ago . Woah talk about a small world & I exchanged contact no.'s with her no doubt. Somemore she also went to S'pore Poly too , just that she took a different course. No wonder she never caught sight of Kelvin for the past 3 years since the both of them are gonna graduate next month or so .

She also alighted at Bugis too ha that's something & managed to meet up with Kelvin too & er she remarked on how much he has changed too & before that she was saying that my voice has changed . Erm not sure if that's a good or bad thing though but she didn't sticked around for long cos she had to meet her boyfriend.

Kelvin & I went to Sim Lim square cos I wanted to buy the memory stick in advance cos I doubt I'm allowed to go out next week when my parents are not around & somemore Hui Li's going for camp too so the good side of me's telling me not to abandon Hui Lin aka Big Head at home since she's still a baby .

Memory stick was reasonably priced . I saw M1 was selling it in their shops at S$88 but I got it at a real steal at S$59 for 1GB & I also made my way to the temple to pray for my exams & other issues too.

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Woo hoo happy happy happy birthday to Daniel :) :) Wow it's about high time that he grows old again HAHA but jokes aside , I really do hope that he will have a fanastic bday & if he's gonna down like a fountain of vodka today , at least he has an excuse on why he can do that !

& not to mention go easy on the knee too & dude , break a leg (pun unintended) & I gave him his super way advanced b'day pressies before he left for US & yes he likes them :) but ah what can I say ? probably in one decade's time or so , I will know & experience how it's like to be in his age/shoes so yup I made a promise never ever to complain about my age for the gazillion time since I'm too 'kind' & not to mention stop saying that I'm old where in actual fact I'm young haha & like what I said countless times before , thank you Dan for all of your encouragement/support for the longest time & for that I thank you super duper big time :)

But anyway after some serious consideration & thought for the past 3 weeks , I have finally arrived at my answer & that's I'm STAYING PUT . Sure my mum ain't supportive of what I have been doing for the local music scene but at the end of the day it's my own life to live & why should I give in to her this time round .

I definitely can give in to whatever she said but I know for a fact that if I just quit & leave the scene , I would be real miserable & I wouldn't be able to look forward to at least something daily & not to forget , learn things that I wouldn't be able to learn in school ie. life lessons & the works so yup I'm not going anywhere . Don't see any reason/s as to why I should leave due to some dumb comments that my mum made.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

I always have been fascinated with Ravens , especially since they're so mysterious yet they're usually omens & symbols of doom & destruction & somemore Raven the Teen Titan's an interesting yet deep character which I can relate to her considering that since the day that she was born , she was destined to end the world . Yeah pretty drama but she's cool.

& there's also the fact about her father whom she doesn't acknowledge him in any single bit even though they're related by blood aka Trigon The Terrible . I'm sure Kelvin can relate to this for sure . If you don't know about triple T , then read it up in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigon_the_Terrible & yes I hate Raven's dad , he's a cold blooded yet insensitive scum.Then again , I'm sure in every person , there's a Trigon The Terrible deep within each of us which I know I have & eariler at night , I watched Nevermore which basically shows the debut of her dad whom was found floating inside her mind after Raven went bersek after she couldn't control her emotions/powers when she faced Dr Light .

That face she gave , ie. 2 pairs of red eyes looming from the top & bottom is quite distributing . In fact it's the same as her dad.

& outta the topic altogether , I suddenly seems to have a lot of free time . Scary . It's like when you suddenly have so much time in your hands , you got nothing to do but when time's tight , you flip out like a mad man & you have so many things to do & rush though . Oh the irony.

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Just got back home from NUS's UCC Theatre after catching 1 of the finest local bands in S'pore , The Observatory ! Describing their music as Progressive / Alternative / Folk Rock on their official MySpace http://www.myspace.com/theobservatoryband , their music's simply great & you have no idea how psyched I was to finally able to catch them in performance which incidentally today's the last day of the NUS Arts Festival & they had the honour to close the event with a bang !

Before I stepped inside the theatre , guess who I saw ? Aloysius again ! I didn't saw him til he waved at me & somemore I walked past him oops . He said that The Observatory's 3rd brand new record A Far Cry From Here's available at the foyer already ! I was surprised cos I thought it would be available next weekend , didn't know it's this weekend so I went ahead & bought it .

Love the album cover , so funky & it screams out scarlet red ! He was so kind he asked me to pass him it so that he can get the band to sign for me since he would be backstage taking pics for them since he did the press photos for The Observatory too so why not ?

& before I knew it , Aloysius came out from the theatre with A Far Cry From Here that has been signed ! Thanks man I owe you 1 !

The UCC Theatre's damn cramped so to speak but unlike the UCC Hall , the seats are quite near the stage . I was sitted at the 4th row but I was quite near the stage so to speak . I thought the gig would last for 1 hour but instead it lasted almost 1 1/2 hours . Almost 90% of the place was packed , ranging from working adults , people around my age , basically a mixture of both .

& then the show started with the talented sextet coming onstage & the 1st thing when I stepped inside the theatre was that I realised so many instruments were onstage ! There was even a huge cello :O .

& the folks are real serious people in the business . You're talking about & looking at frontman Leslie Low who fronted Humpback Oak & The Oddfellows + somemore their newest member on board ,drummer Ray Aziz who fronts Throb in which Amanda used to be a member before jumping ship to Electrico.

The only girl in the band , keyboardist Vivian Wang's so gorgeous in person . She looks so exotic even though I know she's chinese but still damn . Their music on whole's basically experimental but yet somehow they managed to retain an original sound.

Anyway they kicked things off with the 1st track from their 2nd album Blank Walls which's Acid Pills , followed by Olives & just for the record , they didn't do any songs from their debut Time Of Rebirth .

Instead the bulk of their songlist consists of all new songs except for 1 from A Far Cry From Here so eariler managed to sample & get to know roughly how their new material sounds like which I wasn't disappointed in that's for sure.

The next whole stretch were new songs , namely Fall of man , wonderkind , Downwards is hellwards , The sink & a song from Blank Walls titled I Didn't See Her which I dig !

It was followed by the 1st track on A Far Cry From Here which's an instrumental number that's very kick ass titled Deatheat & new tracks enlightense , When I see a fire & the only track that Vivian sung on vocals on the new record which's the very cheem sounding the last grand fallible plan.

Bassist Victor was the one who played the cello on some of the songs . Wah you imagine , not only he plays the bass , the cello too ?! That's impressive . Keyboardist Evan also played the bass at 1 point in time too & Ray even though he's techincally the drummer , he was playing some percussion as well.

Did I mention ? I think Leslie's 1 heck of a great guitarist man . I loved the way he plays the guitar , goes to show that he's a real pro seeing that he has been in the local scene for a very long time & he looks even better in person , in fact better than I thought he would be in life haha

& last but definitely not least they closed their set with an encore of 2 songs , the fanastic My Whole Life & Sea Of Doubt . In a way I was glad that they didn't did any songs from Time Of Rebirth cos I personally think that Blank Walls's more edgier & punchier than their debut.

The new material they played eariler , at least it gives me a taste as to how the 3rd CD sounds which's pretty good so far on what I heard.Some was quite eerie strangely but a few stood out which I'm gonna give A Far Cry From Here a listen tomorrow when I make my way to school & in the gym as well. Despite only 9 tracks on the record & with the band performing all except the last track , I think it's definitely worth a listen although this means that I'm very very BROKE at the moment !

I would have loved to stay around & hang out after their gig finished but I have school tomorrow so had to give it a miss eventually but oveall I had a great time & definitely The Observatory are a worth see band to watch live & their music's fab ! Go to http://www.myspace.com/theobservatoryband to sample their music & give it a shot !



Haha ain't that the cutest thing you ever seen ? I love my mushroom slippers :) & also the pink mushroom chair cover up that can double up as a cushion .

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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Been so exhausted lately it's pretty unbelievable that I'm still alive techincally so to speak . Just realised that I'm gonna finish my 2nd semester in 2 weeks time & I'm gonna have my exams in April ! Wow man if you ask me , seems like yesterday I just started my 2nd semester in Uni .

Can't believe that I already have slugged it out for the past 3 months & it has been a ride . Honeymoon period's outta the window & in comes more gruesome , rough & challenging issues for me to deal with . Pretty something that I managed to pull myself though despite the fact that 2nd sem's a hell lot of notches higher than 1st sem but what can I say it has been a ride !

Went shopping eariler with Hui Li , bought some cute mushroom toys to decorate my room in which 1 of them's a chair cover which can doubled up as a cushion while I also bought a pair of free size mushroom slippers that I'm currently wearing now haha . They're soooo cute & cheery , it puts a :) in my face ! & next Mon I'm probably going to get a tomato cushion haha . I saw it eariler & it's so aww .

Looks like the cow cushion on my bed will gonna compete with the tomato cushion ie. for my attention & affections once I laid my hands on the tomato LOL

I still haven't make a proper decision as to what I had mentioned before . At most the earilest I can give an answer might be next week . If not it will be 2 weeks later . My head's saying 1 thing while my heart's saying another.Oh dear this's bad but I will get it sorted out . My mood has been better for the past few days thank goodness so I definitely hope I will arrive at my final answer in due time.

Ooh tomorrow I'm gonna see The Observatory in performance in NUS's UCC Theatre which I'm psyched ! Supposed to go out with the whole family tomorrow night to celebrate my maternal grandma's bday in advance but obviously I can't go for it seeing that I'm going to NUS but I think they will have a good meal . Well duh , it beats eating packet food .

I think The Observatory are gonna play new material from their upcoming 3rd album A Far Cry From Here . If they do , SWEET . Hopefully they will play more material from their 2nd album Blank Walls as I find the 2nd album more punchier , edgier than their debut Time Of Rebirth.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

My mood is way better today thank goodness . I don't really know what has been happening to me for the past few days but hopefully this will continue to keep up . I know I said before that I might be dropping by Home Club this Friday night to catch Jamie Michael in performance but I'm gonna take a pass this time round .

Managed to find out where Home Club's exactly & what it's . It's well a club & it's located at The Riverwalk & I wouldn't be going as I know my mum will flip should I decide to go since this coming Sun I'm going to see The Observatory in performance at NUS's UCC Theatre but that's ok , I'm sure I will be able to catch Jamie in due time , not just this Friday.

Had a pretty bad experience with a seller this afternoon . Cos I want to change my phone next month , I asked someone in the shop to explain some details as to how should I go about to change my phone & the conditions attached to it & ugh that person's so rude ! & to think initally I wanted to change my phone in Tiong Bahru Plaza but after this encounter , I think I still will be heading to Westmall to get things done . The staff there seems friendlier or so I think.

Didn't know so many details are attached to just changing a simple phone . I thought changing my phone's as easy as 1,2,3 but no such luck . So many terms to follow & abid to but I'm sure people will be able to explain to me.

Man & I thought the storage space in my phone's bad ie. about 10000KB ++ . Diveka's phone's worst ,which's only 6000KB ++ & she's toying with the idea of changing her phone too & she's so cute lah , usually when people search for a phone whether new or whatever , they look out for some functions such as whether does it has Radio , Mp3 or a good camera while for Diveka , she just want a phone with more storage space haha . I think that can be done real easily.

Got back my 2nd Accounts test results today , real happy about it no doubt ! but was a bit shocked that outta 37 people in my group , 12 failed :O but at least I'm glad that I passed . haha ET was saying that my grades are scary . No lah my grades are scary ? for a moment there I thought he's referring to the fact that I'm scary haha then yes probably hee

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Monday, March 19, 2007

I seriously don't know what the hell has been happening to me for the past few days . I have been feeling so super emo & basically just downright blah . Probably it's a sign that I'm going to relive the whole vicious cycle of depression once more .

For some strange reasons , every year , I always get very very bad depression spells during the period of March - May . Last year was downright horrible , I even had suicide thoughts which shows how bad this rollercoaster ride can be . I really hope this time it wouldn't be as horrendous as before which I really doubt so.

Continuous blast of Ayumi Hamasaki's A Best 2 Black & My Story does help I would say . Not to mention stuff like Sweetbox's Pride , Every Step is helping me . At this rate I'm taking in an overdose of angsty/emo/depressing songs .

I think I'm gonna drop 1 hell of a bombshell on everyone in that I'm sorta going on an unofficial hiatus to sort things out regarding me helping things out in the local music scene . I know for a jolly good fact that my mum's not supportive of what I have been doing on the sideline . It reeks big time so I'm gonna take this opportunity to clear my mind & decide whether should I continue on despite her objections or quit just like that .

I hope the latter wouldn't happen at all as honestly I grew quite attracted to everyone in my extended family & it will definitely be a big shame & huge shock should I say I want to leave so if you don't see me on MySpace that often that's leaving fewer comments than usual , you know why . I just want to get away & sort my thoughts out . But I will still be on here penning entries down so no worries :)

I probably need like 2 weeks to decide which path I want to undertake in that continue to do what I do best or just leave. Doesn't really help matters on the current mental state that I'm in , in that I have been super blah for the past few days . Must be an overdose of PMS or something.

Not to mention , I'm gonna stop announcing my grades/tests results as of this moment seeing that I realised that almost too much of my private life is being exposed on every written page of the numerous blog entries that I have/had penned . I don't want to get into a situation where too much of my own personal life is being spilled all over so I'm sure whoever's reading out there , can heave a huge sigh of relief.

At most I just announced my grades/tests results to certain people via MSN/SMS/MySpace then , not on here anymore. But of course my usual thoughts on music will still continue on. More or less I know the answer but to make sure , I will still embark on this break of sorts.

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

I wanted to check out something on MySpace for the longest time but I always always forget for some reason but I managed to do just that yesterday which's to search for German band Sweetbox's music & to give it a listen as to how their material sounds like.

I began to get curious about Sweetbox when I saw that Ayumi Hamasaki uses their melodies on 6 of the tracks on her 7th album (miss)understood while she wrote her own original lyrics around them so yesterday night I managed to scout around MySpace in search to listen to Sweetbox & I managed to hear some of them namely Bold & Delicious , Pride , Ladies Night , Beautiful Girl & Every Step. Unfortunately I didn't got the chance to hear Sweetbox's original redition of In The Corner but hopefully soon.

Sweetbox's stuff are not bad if you ask me & I adore their version of Pride it's so fanastic . Beautiful Girl's very cool . In fact on (miss)understood it's Beautiful Day . English rendition of rainy day ie. Every Step's brillant but I find Sweetbox's Bold & Delicious a bit weak & not so outstanding as compared to Ayumi's version but still what a find on MySpace!

& oh the lead singer of Sweetbox , her name's Jade Villalon & she's really pretty . In fact I think I'm gonna check out Sweetbox's other songs aside from the ones that Ayu uses on her album.

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Oh god my mind was in a state of shock when I logged onto Electrico's MySpace blog & read up on the latest news from them . Initally I clicked the link just for fun but something in me was saying that something bad must had happened to them & I was right !

In it , Leonard & Will wrote that poor Dan suffered a broken knee & torn ligaments when he jumped & fell off the stage during their encore set at their maiden US gig ie. the San Antonio Live Music - SAindiefest on Tue . I have no idea what actually happened but oh my god this's horrible !

I know that Dan hasn't been to US but trust that such an unfortunate thing to happen to him at his maiden trip to US . So I suppose this incident will be memorable in a bad way for him & the rest in the long run . At least saving grace was that he didn't injured his back or else that would be a worst scenerio for me to imagine but the next day the show still has to go on at SXSW where he still played with a leg brace & crutches . Kuddos bro for showing so much courage/determination/professionalism & most importantly damn strong iron willpower !

They still have 3 more shows to play in US so they wouldn't be back anytime soon but I really do hope that Dan will be alright even though I know it's easier said than done since they have another show to play tomorrow & 2 more the coming week . I dropped them a few comments on their MySpace so hopefully they will read it , not to mention Dan !

Man & I thought I was having a fucking horrible day yesterday with me practically fucking the whole Maths midterm up but compared to what Dan's going though , this's nothing for me to whine about so bro try to get well soon !

Not to mention experiencing lots of terrible power trips yesterday night so much so that I had to sleep without the fan . Barely managed to sleep well for the whole night . A few years back when I had to sleep without the aircon , I was already complaining like shit & now you ask me to sleep without the fan ?! Only my dad is able to do that , not me.

& eariler Will came online on MSN ! Spoke to him a while was asking him how're things going on at the other side of the world & not to mention quizzed him about Dan's condition . Thank goodness Dan's alright & is in a stable condition .

William told me that he had a lot of fun at SXSW with freeflow of booze no doubt & catching so many acts in performance . Too bad he didn't ate any BBQ leh & he said that they're heading to LA tomorrow to do 3 more shows before coming back home but at least he gave me reassurance that Dan's ok & that everyone cheered for him like a legend :) & before he logged off , I asked him to send my regrets to Dan in which he will do just that for me !


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Friday, March 16, 2007

Received a surprise in the mail eariler when I got back home from school which was a copy of Jamie Michael's debut album People Watching ! I was really surprised cos in a way I thought Jamie was kidding with me when he IM'd me a while back to say that he would send me a copy of his debut to me to say thank you for supporting him & his music but looks like he wasn't ! A big thanks to you Jamie , really really appericated :)

At the midst of listening to People Watching & it's awesome , I really like what I heard . His music's basically Acoustic / Pop / Folk & before I had a copy , I logged onto his MySpace @ http://www.myspace.com/jamiemichaeluk & the tracks he uploaded , I love them all , it's really good & I saw inside the CD sleeve that William plays the keyboards in quite a lot of Jamie's songs , 5 tracks to be exact . See , I told you Will's not human at all ! He's a genius man , knows how to play so many instruments aside from the drums .

It's a joy to listen to Jamie's music . I already heard People watching , Bonnie and Clyde , Whenever & Love hotel way before & I stamped each song with a *A & I saw on his MySpace that he's going to perform next Fri night at Home Club . I have no idea where Home Club's so I dropped him an email eariler asking him for more details where Home Club's located at as I'm definitely game to go check him & his live performance out as obviously I haven't seen him performed live so it will be nice to check him do his thing & not to mention , go up & say hi to Jamie , I think that will be really cool :)

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Got back my results from my 2 Maths tests & overall I'm real happy about it . Scored a fanastic 50/50 ie. full marks for the 1st one while a modest 32/50 for the 2nd . Each test consists of 5% each of my overall & I did some calculations eariler so in total I snapped up 8.2% outta 10% which's good !

The reason why I didn't do so well for the 2nd one is because some questions on set theory and Permutation & Combination pulled me down . I was also weak in P&C way back during A Maths but I was surprised that set theory's hard for me now cos I usually thought that it's quite straightforward . Mmm... looks like that's not the case but at the end of the day , I'm happy with my results ! It's an A overall % wise so what's there not to love ?

Just like what Linda & ET said , sometimes at the end of the day , results don't really matter that much . I think it's true . No point scoring everything all straight As while you yourself am a basket/bitch/bastard to begin with . What's the use ?

Power man , so many people in my class disappeared for yesterday & today's lessons . Rachel said that the afternoon Maths session , only 3 people came . Like wtf man , I know everyone's rushing big time to submit their research report tomorrow but this's ridiculous . I myself am rushing for it too but still come on lah people at least show your face & yourself for lessons lah .

My Maths lecturer gave whoever turned up for his lesson today the dreaded Maths mid term mock . Woah , all the questions are SO NOT EASY . You imagine I already had problems with the 1st one . ie. implicit differentaion . Usually they just want you to find dy/dx which's straightforward but that's not the case . It's combined with finding the equation of the tangent & the normal to the curve :O .

3 lines for the 1st question , already worth 12 marks ! I know insane . Tsk , if this's the standard for this Fri's mid term I think it's a case of c.m.i . Then again kinda expected cos the mid term's worth 25% so can't fool with it . I think tonight & tomorrow gonna do whatever I can to try to pass it.

Bought my ticket to go see Rivermaya after I finished school yay . Thought I would pay S$28 for it but I only paid S$15 for it instead haha . I thought the Ticketcharge people would asked me for my student pass cos I told them I want to buy the ticket at the student price they were selling at but they didn't phew

Am psyched to see Rivermaya perform for the 2nd time & The Great Spy Experiment's gonna open for them which's great . Haven't caught Great Spy's performance so I'm looking forward to seeing them perform . I love their material , it's great stuff . Captain Funkycurls's super catchy & so's Class A Love Affair. I hope an album will be released in due time.

Called the 2 HMV outlets eariler , no stock on Rivermaya's You'll Be Safe Here but they said that they will get new stock in the weeks to come YES . Gonna buy a copy that's for sure.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

so far in 2007

1. Have you had a gf/bf? No I wish !

2. Have you had your birthday? Yup

3. Been to church? No

4. Cried yet? No

6. Pulled an all nighter? No

7. Drank Starbucks? No

8. Gone shopping? Yes

9. Gone to the movies? No

10. Been to the beach? No

11. Met someone new? No

12. Been out of your home state? No

13. Gone snowboarding? No

- IN THE PAST MONTH -

1. Kissed someone? No

2. Slept in a friend's bed ? No

3. Snuck someone over? No

4. Snuck out of your own house? No

6. Lied? All the time haha

7. Gotten a car? No

8. Gone over your cell phone bill? No

9. Been called a whore? No

10. Drove somewhere? No

11. Done something you regret? No thankfully no ... for the moment

- LAST'S -

Things you bought lately? Breadtalk

Person you hugged? that would be Dan & Dave which happened just yesterday :)

Person to call you? my classmate Diveka

Last time you took a bubble bath? Haven't took one would love to try it someday

When was the last time you felt stupid? all the time man

When was the last time you walked/ran over a mile? just now

Who was the last person who made you cry? Not that I know of

Who was the last person you watched a movie with? me myself & I

Who did you last yell at? No 1 which's rare considering that I do that all the time

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Who makes you smile most?: Music , good music to be exact ! Oh chocolates as well !

What are you listening to right now? radio

What did you do yesterday? went to school in the morning instead of in the afternoon cos I made my way to the airport to send dear ol' Electrico off to US where they will kick some butt !

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Monday, March 12, 2007

Usually I don't switch lessons but just for today it's an exception . Usually I have lessons in the afternoon for Mon's but I went for Eng in the morning today which in the process I sacrificed my beauty sleep simply bcos' I wanted to send Dan & the rest off at the airport cos their departure flight was today in the afternoon.

Initally I SMS'd Des & Dan yesterday afternoon to say that I wouldn't be able to send them off today cos of me clearing my research report but later on at night I changed my mind & decided to go eventually cos I mean it's the least I can do for them I suppose.

Luckily my Eng lecturer was understanding to allow me to attend today's lessons in the morning . I called her last Fri & she was ok with it . Man if I were to provide a valid reason to her as to why I have to do this , I don't know what I have to say . I told my mum that she has something on in the afternoon where in actual fact it's me that has something on in the afternoon haha

Anyway after school , I had lunch with Rachel before heading to the airport . It took me about 45 mins which was ok I think . While I was on the MRT , I completed the homework that my lecturer set for me while listening to OLIVIA's The Cloudy Dreamer EP so in a way I killed 2 birds in 1 stone.

After I alighted , I made my way to Terminal 2 . I remembered that the checkin row was 7 but the funny thing was that when I walked my way to row7 , I couldn't find Dan & the rest .

I texted him , he said that they were at row6 but I still couldn't find them . Til I called him to clarify things cos I mean the screen stated row7 so I was wondering did he made a mistake ? It was only til I walked to a different direction then I finally saw him from afar & I made my way to where he & the rest were sitted.

1st saw Des & then Amanda , Marcia , William , Leonard whom were sitted down . Said hi to Des & then Dan whose back was facing me . I thought I was late but I wasn't . Dave was the late person to come & he power lah , came into the airport with the whole rockstar look in wearing shades & the works .

Des passed me a whole stack of badges eariler . Supposed to collect from him after Live but everyone was so pressed for time so that would do.It was nice to see everyone not to mention Dan (again!) of course haha . Saw that they had a lot of barang barang to bring along to US , and not only that they also had to check in their gear in which they didn't managed to check in everything as only 2 items were limited per person ie.14 items only could be checked in while the rest they got no choice but to hand carry.

I did asked Dan whether can he get me something at the Duty Free shop when he comes back 2 weeks later but I was telling him that if he's unable to get it for me , then don't but aww he was so sweet , he said that he would try to get it for me :) . Then again when I was at the fragrance shop eariler , I was snooping around , didn't managed to find the perfume that I wanted him to get for me leh.

While walking to row6 as it was a group checkin that they did , I was talking to Dan & he was going on about my 2nd Econs test result cos obviously I told him & he said that I'm so lucky cos last Thurs I was telling him that I would probably fucked the paper up but then I managed to pass it quite well . I told him that I have no idea as to what're the questions that I answered were correct which enabled me to get a pretty good pass grade so probably my Econs lecturer will return my papers so that I can have a look as to where I went wrong & correct then.

After everyone settled with checking in their barang barang , everyone went to have lunch . I had my lunch before I made my way to the airport so I didn't had anything while everyone was having some chow but I still tagged along with them.

We went to have Thai food cos Dave was going on that once they're in US , it will be pasta , burgers , burritos & etc so better have some Asian food before they're off to US so why not ? They were so kind to ask me to order anything but I didn't want to cos like what I said , I ate already so nah !

Des was asking me how my preparation for the report's coming along . I said that more or less managed to complete it of sorts & that I would rather have more tests than to do a big report but that's just me .

The waiter directed us to a room in the restaurant & Marcia was joking that it's lo hei time without the lo hei haha . Dan sat besides me while I sat besides Dave & I was asking Dan about the k800i cos he himself also has it so I was asking his opinions whether should I change my phone or not & naturally he said yes . What a charmer -.- & I also managed to ask Dan & Des about the poster for their San Antonio show as to what's up with it cos I can understand why there were disco balls , cars on it but there was a pic of a cat in the middle of the poster which was SO weird & made me go WHAT .

Not to mention their new merch in the form of T shirts yay . Was telling Dan that I'm super dead broke at the mo but aww Dan was so sweet , he said that I would get 1 on the house :) Honestly I would rather pay ie. S$20 for each shirt but then again since he said that I can get 1 for free cos I have 'special privileges' so ok bro I take it haha

Surprisely even though it wouldn't be long before they boarded the plane , everyone ordered quite a lot of stuff & they were going about Dave & Leonard needing to go on a diet or something . I thought it's cute & honestly I don't think both guys need to go on 1 . It's I that should be going on 1 instead !

& before I know it , everyone has to go inside the airport to board the plane . Another of their friend Aloysius Lim who's a photographer was canjoling everyone to take some candid pics before they went inside.I joined in the fun as well & yup this was the time when everyone said their goodbyes to me & Aloysius.

I gave my bro a super duper big hug {well not really a super duper big one but a normal one :) } & also Dave gave me 1 too so techincally goodbye/bon voyage hugs on both guys's parts before the 7 of them went in & not before Dave thanked me for all the support that I gave them all this while in which no big , it has been a great journey what can I say ?

I will catch up with Dan in 2 weeks time since Electrico will be in US for 2 weeks playing gigs & touring around . I hope everyone wouldn't fall sick big time or else it will spoil everything . Then again I hope the guys will have a safe yet rocking time when they're in US . I'm sure they will lah . Will I miss them ? HELL NO :P Of course I'm lying but yeah I will miss them when they're not around in S'pore especially Dan since I wouldn't be bugging him like CRAZY in the days to come but that will happen in full swing once he comes back haha

After Alyosius & I sent Electrico off , I started to talk to him & we talked all the way from the airport to the MRT station . Some of the stuff we talked about were interesting , mainly about music . He gave me his namecard which was so unique , it has a pic of Dan doing his signature jump at last year's Baybeats & at the back was Alyosius's particulars. Traded handphone numbers with him before saying goodbye to him as he had to rush off to home & then to the Mosaic Festival where he has to take pics of some of the artistes whom were performing today & in the days to come .

& to think I brought along my Maths stuff to study on the MRT . Guess that didn't happened but it was nice meeting Alyosius & no wonder I find his name familiar cos I know he took pics of Electrico & other artistes , their press pics , gigs pics & etc so I guess next time I will keep my eyes peel off on his name then.

I wouldn't be welcoming Electrico back at the airport cos they will arrive back in S'pore in the wee hours of the morning but anyway it's ok . Bon Voyage guys & have a safe yet rocking trip while you're in US in which I'm sure you will do so !




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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Aw man I was greeted with a piece of sad news when I logged onto MySpace eariler . Found out that The Click Five's lead singer Eric Dill has left :( SOB . Now that's something I didn't expect at all & just like what Angeline put she thought all along they have been working hard on a new album which technically yes but without Eric . Boo hoo hoo things wouldn't be the same with Eric gone & the remaining guys have announced a new lead singer has been recruited to fill in Eric's shoes .

Well he better be a good replacement if you ask me & not to mention hot . Their new single's gonna be released real soon probably next month so am I looking forward to the new Click Five ? you bet even though Eric has left but I wish him all the best in whatever he wants to do in the near future.

Am considering to change my phone to the kick ass Sony Ericssion K800i . I already have been using Motorola L6 for almost a year but have come to a point where I'm considering to change it to K800i cos I know quite a lot of people around me are using it & been raving how good it's . Even my tuition teacher's using it so you can imagine.

Called M1 eariler to enquire about it . They said I can't change my phone at the moment but it's possible next month when my contract hit the 11 months mark since I signed up with M1 last May but the catch's that I have to pay an extra $100 to top up since they have some policy going on .

I don't know man , the K800i's really nice no doubt about it with the great camera , mp3 player , user friendly functions to boot while probably the only thing I could rave about my Motorola L6's that it's damn slim but with limited capacity space , a lousy camera to boot , er.. that's a different story altogether.

But see how I still have some time to consider about this seeing that I saw in the papers that the phone's still selling at a rather steep price.

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Friday, March 09, 2007

Oh my god I can't believe that last week I was at the UCC with Hui Li & like what Dan said entourage rocking out at Electrico's last gig before they're heading to US next week to do tours there & then coming back home to an indefinite break . But still I had a lot of fun so to speak ! You can check out more pics from Live at this professional photographer's website who goes by the name of Perplexed on MySpace . Add him at http://www.myspace.com/the_tttt .

& in addition to nursing period cramps , weird mood swings & the works , I'm down with a cold no thanks to a lack of sleep . Ok so techincally there seems to have a strong association & connection with lack of sleep with reference to a cold since this's not the 1st time I had this already so I probably turn in early for today cos I slept like what 12.30am which's so not me.

I know I said last week that I thought that I completely fucked up the whole paper for my 2nd Econs test . Well guess what ? I PASSED at the end ! passed quite well I have to add .

My lecturer has a habit of reading each & everyone's names & marks 1 by 1 so eariler when he did that , I was like shit lah I would fail cos I thought that I would c.m.i big time but imagine my surprise when I scored 28/40 ! & I was telling Rachel that I probably would get 18 during lunch but wah lau 28?! damn shocking but whew at least for tonight I can sleep in peace !

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Thursday, March 08, 2007

In my previous post I put that I wasn't going for Lunarin's acoustic gig that would be taking place at NUS's UCC Hall at the Foyer but guess what ? I went for it eventually haha !

But before that comes into the pic , ooh did quite a lot of things today surprisely before I started school in the afternoon . Mmm.. let me see , well I went to meet up with my bro Daniel at his workplace . That was around in the late morning/early afternoon cos I mean , I want to meet up with him & catch up on things before he & the rest of Electrico will be heading their way to US next week so yup why not & somemore didn't had a proper sitdown tea/meal with him for a while so thought today might do ! Even my dad was quite surprised when I left the house unusually early today.

But whether is it bad luck or not , my damn 'ol period came on Tue night & yesterday I was practically a walking corpse by the time I get back home . The same thing goes for today so you can imagine . It SUCK big time & not to mention sucked the life outta me & it was horrible , the pain that I experienced & am still experiencing , it's an on/off kinda event so pity poor me.

Anyway I reached Dan's workplace just in time for once but the moment after I SMS'd to say that I'm downstairs , all of a sudden , I was struck down with a rather bad case of cramps . It got so bad to the extent that I had to squat down & just crossed my arms like iterally so when Dan came downstairs , I tried to get up quickly but was kinda a case of too little too late cos he already saw what happened & got concerned cos apparently my face looked like a white sheet of paper .

Didn't helped matters that the weather was so hot but luckily it was bearable but aw man , it blows whenever my period comes but what to do ? But at least for once , I didn't really ranted & lashed everything all out to Dan just now so phew . Cos I think whenever this happens , it will bring out the worst in me.

Thank goodness the moment I got up & started to talk to him while walking , I got a bit better sorta & poor thing he's still not feeling well & I thought my current situation's bad.

But it was good to see Dan once again & YES this time the big bad hair & eyeliner's outta the picture! Initally supposed to meet up with Leonard as well but he was busy & tied up in his studio so it was just me & Dan having a teh session .

Once we settled down & all with Dan ordering the drinks , I rested my head on the table cos the pain was starting to come back again but I felt bad that I had to drag Dan into this mess but he was so gracious about it .

I saw that he was holding a folder with the flight details in which he would be passing them to Leonard later on since everyone's gonna leave for US next week & I had a look at it & omg , the flight details is insane & SUPER PACKED like sardines . Not to mention , the flight departure & flight arrival timings are so outta place . Dammit , I wanted to send them off or welcome them back at the airport but both options are out sheesh.

Actually the time of their departure flight clashes with my timetable cos I would be having school when they're gonna board the plane :( Also on the day that they will be back in S'pore , it will be in the wee hours of the morning so that wouldn't do . Adio but Dan was so sweet , he said that it's alright for me not to send them off or welcome them back . Can lah but in spirit haha

But oh dear , I'm quite worried for them when they're over in US but I'm sure they will do fine & rocked out when they're in US !

Dan was asking me whether have any upcoming tests along the way . But of course , I told him that I will be having another Maths test next Fri & was telling him the topics that would be included & haha it was so funny , I was going on about further integration & was doing the whole sign thingy but looks like he threw away whatever he learnt in Maths when he was in JC . Then again Math was not his strongest subject so...

I went onto asking him about last Fri's Live since this was still fresh in my mind . Stuff like ticket sales , how much $ they're gonna get from the no. of tickets they sold last Fri which would go into their USA Trust Fund , that infamous puff up hairdo & eyeliner he gamely went for when he was onstage to perform & so much more . It was hilarious man on some of the things he told me but at the same time , I also learnt on somemore behind the scene stuff that went on but on the frontier people doesn't know which was GOOD !

I thought he went for Fall Out Boy's gig last Sat but nope he didn't & ah I went onto asking him on what went about during the gig cos Leonard was in charge of manning the sound for Saw Loser cos I read quite a few mixed reviews about it . I feel for Saw Loser cos after I read in TODAY & Life whom thrashed their performance cos they opened for Fall Out Boy & doesn't helped matters on what Dan told me about this & also everything that they went though since their Pug Jelly days . I got nothing against them definitely but I'm proud of the fact that they finally paid their dues & that the dust has been settled.

Dan told me about what happened to Pug Jelly & Saw Loser but at that time , I supposed it was just on the skim of things . I didn't expect how serious the problems Saw Loser had/have faced . It's just not fair if you ask me & some people can be so insensitive & cruel . If I see Sam or whoever that's in Saw Loser , I would say hi & wouldn't give them like what the middle finger & all . Like wtf man social discrimination big time.

& eariler I also passed Dan his super way advanced b'day pressies whee cos I have a tendency to be very forgetful so I thought why not I give them to him before he leaves for US next week . The pressies would kinda like doubled up as bon voyage gifts for him too & haha he was mocking at my shitty gift wrapping skills & we were comparing the way 1 gift which was done by Hui Li while the other 1 which I did just yesterday night side by side . Ya lah dude , I know that my skills are so shitty already but you don't have to do that to me leh . Just kidding !

I canjoled him to open the one that I gift wrapped with my crappy skills & yay he likes it . In fact I myself like it too the moment I set my eyes on it simply bcos' at 1st glance , I can straight away tell that it's him written all over which's a block of crystal with a lead guitar inside it . Why he even can double it up as a paperweight at home haha & I was kind enough not to put his age in front of the card & just put that he's forever young hee hee

Even I myself couldn't believe that he's going to be old once again but 1 thing's for sure he doesn't look like his real age at all aha . I commented that I was at Liang Court last Sun having dinner at 1 of the Japanese restaurants there cos I remembered he said there's a good Japanese restaurant located in there but's just that I didn't know what was the name of it but at least when I clarified with him just now , it was the same restaurant that I went & yup it's a good one , highly recommended for sure !

I realised that Dan really can gossip & bitch like a girl & it's quite cute but the bulk of what we usually talked in general is about the music industry & it's real nice of him to spill the beans on so many things cos I practically asked him the know & whereabouts about artistes that I like such as Auburn's Epiphany , Rivermaya , Mute Math & of course MUSE . I told him that Invisible would be the 4th single & not Map Of The Problemtique anymore & I was surprised when he said that he would have guessed that Invisible would be released as a single but who cares man I like both !

I also mentioned that Jamie dropped me a line at MySpace saying that he would be sending me a copy of his CD & yes I think Jamie's music's fanastic & it's definitely unique.I wouldn't mind paying but at the current state that I'm in which I'm so broke & poor , I take it in this case haha

It's also fun to bitch about the current stuff playing on air & also what artistes I like & don't like cos in a way my musical taste/s is almost the same as Dan but of course it's a no brainer that Dan's more educated & knowledgeable in the music sector so a lot of things I still learn from him.

& then later on I went ahead & asked him to open the pressie that Hui Li gift wrapped & I swear it's probably the most unusual & weirdest thing I gave a friend as a b'day pressie so far . Reason why I gave him 2 pressies is bcos' I realised that I didn't gave him anything last year so the 2nd gift was to compensate for last year & Dan's reaction was so strange when he opened & saw it . Then again he's damn smart lah ! He managed to guess that it's something that's cow related which was a erm cow head massage stick HAHAHA

I told him that I have 1 also but it's not a cow head but instead it's a strawberry massage stick hee . I figured that would be useful for him :)

But around this time , I was feeling a bit better & it was almost lunch time . Cos of the fact that I was still feeling all blah & etc , Dan suggested I better have something light or else I would really faint so we walked a distance away from his workplace to have some lunch before we walked somemore to the place where his car was parked & that was quite far lah but was manageable.

Still I appericate that he took the time off work to do all these cos I know for a fact that for the past few weeks he has been so super busy with his work + with him being in charge of all the preparations for their US trip which's why I didn't bugged him as much for the few days or so but it's cool as always to catch up with him even though eariler I was a bit late for school .

Did I mentioned ? I LOVE to sit in his car , it's damn shiok . Even Hui Li said the same thing too & it's real comfy & roomy & I definitely would love to catch up with him again once he returns back home & I was just joking about the whole pressie issue which was something I wrote in a card for Electrico in that I passed that to him eariler as a bon voyage card for them . Hope everyone managed to read it :) & nah they don't need to get me anything while they're there . Just make sure they come back safely in 1 piece ! & oh Dan , get well soon ! Wouldn't be nice for you to fall sick again in your maiden trip to US !

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So after I met up with my bro , after school ended for me which I must add it ended late , I quickly rushed back home to put down my things cos at the last min I decided that I'm going for Lunarin's acoustic gig . I sorta hinted to Tim yesterday when I SMS'd him that I might or might not be going for it.

& eventually it became a 1 man show for me simply bcos' whoever I asked , were not free be it they got plans already lined up , can't make it cos of work , sick & etc . I wanted to bring Hui Li along with me but she chickened out at the end cos she said that she had a lack of sleep with her waking up in the wee hours of the morning to watch football so ok lor I go on my own . It's not like this's the 1st time I went to watch a gig or anything.

& unlike last Fri when I went to NUS's UCC , this time I wasn't so lost as to how I make my way there . I reached UCC about 6.50pm or so but cos the bus stop I alighted was a fair distance away , I had to do a bit of walking .

Once I entered UCC , I actually saw Linda & the guys eating at the cafe but for some reason I didn't went up to say hi to them yet but decided to do a bit of snooping around UCC cos last Fri , I didn't had the chance to walk around the place.

Tim SMS'd me & asked whether would I be coming & I cheekily told him that I was already somewhere in UCC & that I would find him & the rest later on when they will perform a short yet sweet acoustic set consisting of 4 new tracks.

So about 7.25pm or so , I went to the Theatre Foyer where Linda , ET & Y were sitted on the chairs with Linda & Y holding 2 acoustic guitars while ET backed Linda up .Cos eariler the pain came back so I sat down for a while but I didn't when Lunarin started performing .

I did a quick head count as to how many people showed up for their performance . Er... less than 30 I think , including the people in the cafe :S but I suppose it was better than nothing.Besides I was glad that I went for this at the last minute or else I would have missed out in hearing their new tracks . Somemore it's acoustic to boot !

Unlike other gigs which I attended of theirs , this gig which took place eariler was pretty interesting in that Linda was telling the audience as to why & the purpose of the lyrics that're found in their new songs . It was refreshing for a change with her giving ancedotes & snippets here & there. I liked what she wore just now , real stripe-y !

The acoustic set was about 25 mins or so , they did 4 songs which definitely would be in the lineup in their upcoming 2nd album namely Ghost , Midas , 22 & Corallinne. I heard Midas before which was done in last Dec's LIME Sonic Bang but definitely not acoustic .

Was awesome hearing the acoustic version of Midas . The other 3 songs I haven't heard it before obviously but it's nice also with ET backing Linda up with his vocals . But it was a moment for me to go hmmm cos I thought Y does backing vocals too but eariler he didn't sang leh just played the guitar with Linda.

Concept of Corallinne is interesting to say the least . It was quite cheem lah when Linda told everyone about it but it's whether you get it or not.

So after the gig wrapped up , I was walking to the direction where the toilet was when Linda & ET saw me & said hi & of course definitely was nice to see everyone again & oh oh not to mention Linda's cousin TingRen who's currently studying in NUS.

Don't know why but initally I thought she was Chris OOPS but sala on my part , I think I didn't recongised her cos she was wearing glasses haha

After hanging out for a while , everyone went to the car park to pack the gear into Linda's car boot . For once gear was minimal & I didn't need to hold onto their gear & oh god eariler was so funny !

Initally I thought ET drove today but only Linda did so at the back , 4 of us TingRen , Tim , Y & me were sitted at the back of Linda's car while ET sat in front cos he commented that he's the fattest among the group haha

& what happened ? Linda started to blast some loud music & ET , Linda & Y were doing some strange moves which TingRen & I found to be distributing haha . I didn't know the artiste playing on Linda's stereo til Y told me it was Lacuna Coil ! & just like before , I only heard the name before but music wise , zlich but eariler on what I heard , they sound pretty good.

Linda let me & TingRen alight at Clementi MRT station cos the rest wanted to go & drink wine & somemore TingRen & I have school tomorrow so better not & then we took the bus back home while talking somemore on the bus before traded handphone no.s with each other after calling it a day.

Today was fun despite being a Thurs , it feels more like a Fri instead if you ask me . Hopefully when Dan comes back , he will narrate whatever adventures or misadventures (will expect more of this rather than adventures haha) that took place in US but til that happens , I will have to wait til I see him next & oh not to mention the next Lunarin gig too !

Who knows maybe next month Dan & I would be going to see Rivermaya in action once again & I would ask Dan to introduce the guys to me , especially Japs . That would be really nice & fanastic to catch Rivermaya performing again as they're 1 heck of a great live band & yup this time it's not just about You'll Be Safe Here that I know of them only . Bali Song , 214 , 241 anyone?

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Sunday, March 04, 2007

I know I put in the right sidebar of my blog stating that I might be going for Lunarin's acoustic gig that will be taking place next Thurs ie. 8th March at NUS's UCC Theatre Foyer.

Looks like I have to take a pass this time again & I know my mum would heave a huge sigh of relief cos she has been complaining & rubbing in my face that I have been 'partying' too much & it has become of a regular habit of late . I only wish sometimes she would understand on what I'm doing on the sideline.

At least I have these 'clean' things to keep me occupied or else I would hide at home all day which's not good at all.

So anyway like what I put eariler , yup , I have to forego this chance of seeing my pals Lunarin in their performance at NUS's UCC Theatre Foyer . Even though I know that they would be doing new songs + it's an acoustic gig to boost , I have to skip this whether I like it or not.

& yes I have quite a lot of reasons to back up on why I'm not going . Let me see.... I haven't had a proper start in doing & writing up my Eng research report which's due in 2 Thurs's time , I have lessons in the morning AND afternoon the next day which means I don't know what time I would get back on Thurs night should I decide to go , wouldn't be nice to ask Linda or the guys to fetch me home after the gig ends.

But yeah I'm sure the guys would understand my situation , at most I would try my best to go for next month's gig which would be taking place at The Esplanade's library but til then , until all of whatever crap & nonsense's going on in Uni , I just have to bear with it.

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Saturday, March 03, 2007

I received a surprise mail from Jamie Michael in my MySpace mailbox yesterday . Wow , I was really stoked when he asked me for my address cos he mentioned he will send me a copy of his CD as a little pressie to say thank you for my support . SWEET , thanks Jamie , really appericated & I love Jamie's music , it's very good .

& yup he's also another local artiste . Well sorta , I think right now he's based in UK cos of the location he put on his MySpace . You can check him out at http://www.myspace.com/jamiemichaeluk . His stuff's wicked , I really like Love Hotel , Bonnie & Clyde . Left him a few comments on his MySpace in that I hope to see his performance in the near future.

Perlini Silver's currently having a big big sale in that they're giving away generous discounts for their products , ranging from 30% to 70% . This promotion will be ongoing from yesterday to 11th March & you can imagine I went nuts eariler when I was at Junction8.

Thank goodness PS's stuff's affordble for me since I'm such a PS slut haha . Bought a pair of stardust earrings , 2 more bracelets . The earrings were selling for 1/2 price while the bracelets that I picked have a 70% discount each . NICE .

Dan still said that a girl can never have enough bags . Sorry man I beg to differ , a girl can never have enough bling's.


Pics galore from yesterday's Live In New Wave , courtesy of Hui Li's camera phone . My phone's camera's crap so she had to be an unofficial photographer for yesterday. Enjoy the pics !


Daniel :

Nice hair dude , damn funky & ok lah I have to give you credit now , it looks pretty cool on you but not the eyeliner leh

Dave :

Hui Li was right in front of David yesterday night when he & the rest were onstage performing . Sheer bliss for her haha

Des :

Electrico :

I love this pic a lot , the guy in the centre who's holding the flyer is their 6th member aka Leonard ! He's da man !

Jiha with David :


Wow oh wow , I had a HUGE blast eariler at Electrico's Live In New Wave which was their maiden concert & also their last gig before they're going to embark on their US tour in a few weeks's time & when they return back , they will be going on an indefinite break which will last from 6 months to a year . ie. they wouldn't be back in the limelight til late March 2008.

Yesterday supposed to have lessons til only 12 noon . But cos of a make up Maths lesson , I only finished school at 4pm instead of 4.30pm . Didn't helped matters that it was pouring like crazy when I made my way back home to put down my things , have a quick shower before going out again but at least after all that has happened , the rain thankfully subsided.

You would have thought , oh I only went to the concert with Hui Li ? well you're wrong ! In fact 3 of my friends Dila , Su-Hanna , Jiha & my classmate Si Yu tagged along with me . Si Yu bought his ticket on Mon while for my friends ? I bought for them using part of my ang pow $ cos I thought since Live would be their maiden concert & also their last gig , so why not ? Besides I know for a fact that Dila & Su haven't seen them performed live just as yet so yup.

My dad was kind enough to fetch me & Hui Li to Clementi MRT station & yup I finally decided to wore that red outfit I specially picked out a few months ago after all . Both of us reached Clementi around 6pm or so . Cos I wouldn't meet the other 4 til about 6.30pm+ at the control station , we went to McDonalds to have a quick bite or 2.

Surprisely , after we had some chow , by the time we made our way to the station , the 1st person I saw was Jiha . Si Yu came soon after & followed by Dila . Wasn't able to meet up with Su as she was late so everyone except her walked to the temporary bus terminal to take either 96 or 96A to NUS.

Hui Li & Jiha striked a conversation from the station to the bus terminal which was cool . It was still drizzling but it was alright . Seemed like I was the only idiot who was carrying an umbrella just now haha while me & Dila had some well deserved serious catch up which was good I say.

By the time 96 came , everyone boarded the bus & even with the bus guide that I brought along with me , I still had to go with my gut feeling & figure roughly which bus stop to alight at since I myself have never been inside UCC but at least we managed to alight at the right stop after all !

From there , we had to walk a fair bit which was ok . I only passed by UCC a couple of times but I never stepped inside the place but wow , when I entered , the place was so majestic & very grand looking . Awesome stuff .

By the time we reached UCC , it was almost close to 7.25pm . Su still haven't came yet so I told the rest to go inside the UCC hall & asked Dila to go & call her in vain that she would reach the venue real soon . Then again for such events , they usually don't start on time .

Except for Hui Li , the rest would be separated once we stepped inside the hall since my tickets were standing . ie. the moshpit while the rest will be seated . I wanted to get more moshpit tickets but they were sold out already ! but at least better than nothing I guess.

The hall was very nice , a bit smaller than The Esplanade's concert hall but still it's spanking & the moshpit was way out in front of the stage & it was quite a small area surrounded with barriers , security guards & the works.I showed my tickets to the ushers & they wrapped a black band around Hui Li & my wrist for indentification purposes to show to the people in charge that we had moshpit tickets.

But after we got that done , we went to the toilet cos the concert might probably last more than 2 hours long or so .Somemore we will be standing all the way so better do that before it's too late !

& here's the part that was a bit lame or so I thought . I thought there would be a lot of people in the moshpit but surprisely , I counted eariler , there were probably less than 50 people at the area where it was being cornered . But I noticed that there were quite a number of photographers in the moshpit . But that's a whole different story later on when the actual fun begins heh heh

Si Yu who was sitted in row R together with the other 3 but just a few seats away , SMS'd me before the event commences & said that I damn shoik to be way out in front of the stage with Hui Li . Of course , I bought my tickets at the very 1st day when the tickets were released on sale . ie.22nd Dec last year.

Hui Li & I were sitted sorta on the barriers while we were waiting for the concert to start.I was looking around the hall & realised that the place wasn't fully packed at all . Gee I thought all the seats would be filled up .Ah well.

About 7.45pm or so , opening act Super Illegals came onstage to perform for the audience . Their set was probably about 30-35 mins long . They did some songs that I heard on their MySpace before which were Nothing To Say , Letters To God . They're a local band yes & they did a great job .

I think they can definitely go far but I thought the crowd wasn't really feeling their music leh . What a pity cos I think Super Illegals's music's cool to say the least.

They finished their set about 8.10pm & the fun was about to start when Electrico takes the stage in a matter of mins & there was a short intermission when people who were late , started to come in & I think Su was 1 of them haha , just joking lah.

The lights were dimmed & the real fun was about to start . Everyone in the band came out 1 by 1 & oh god , when Daniel came onstage , my 1st reaction? What the hell's going on with his hair ?! & was he wearing EYELINER ?! :O

Omg , his hairstyle eariler was something like he just got up from bed that kinda hairstyle HAHAHA & wah lau , I thought that time I talked to him , he said that if he were to wear eyeliner , he would look weird ?

I saw that for myself eariler when he put on eyeliner & yes sorry bro but I have to say that eyeliner doesn't looked good for you BIG TIME .

Aiyoh & I thought the eyeshadow that I wore eariler looked bad on me . Not say looked bad lah but I thought I put too much of it just now & no I wouldn't be caught dead wearing eyeliner as I don't think it will looked good on me .

So it was like when everyone 1st came onstage , everyone in the moshpit who were initally seated in the barriers , went way out in front where the stage was . Dan saw me & Hui Li & we said hi to each other before their concert was about to kick off. Des also saw me too & Hui Li had the honour of standing in front of Dave during the almost 2 hours performance that they put up whee

Nice hair that Des had , he had a mini mohawk which was pretty cute . Loved the outfit that Amanda wore , she looked super hot & gorgeous & I'm sure all of Amanda's fans will agree with me . William's hair was just well messy & quite long.

Oh yes , here's the part where the real fun started ! Electrico kicked off their extensive long set with Studman which's like wow in that they usually don't kick things off with Studman , it's usually something else but ahh what a good song to set off the mood for the night & Dave was going on that if you want to jump over the barrier & get into the moshpit in order to rock out , go for it & that was when all hell break loose in a way cos quite a lot of people did that once Dave gave the go ahead haha

After Studman , it was Only Where I'm Going , followed by another song that I haven't heard it being done live for a very long time which was The Story Of Slantboy . Essentially , their concert featured a mix of songs from their debut & 2nd album so it was a great mix of things with a few covers thrown in for good measures.

Everyone in the moshpit was taking lots & lots of pics of the guys & girl , Hui Li included . I didn't took any pics cos my phone's camera's crap so I let Hui Li do the job.

After that , it was 1 of my fave songs from them which was Teenage Queen & the song that started it all . ie. I Want You which was awesome . The numerous solo's that everyone did , all were great as shown in Teenage Queen & yes this time , the sound system was slammin' . Leonard was there to man the sound so definitely things wouldn't go wrong when he's around. I saw him eariler where the sound system was & he's looking fine these days .

Following that , they did a medley of covers of sorts in the form of Tainted Love & I Love Rock N Roll . They did a pretty good redition of the 2 songs cos I mean I heard other artistes covering these so nice one.

I know I commented about Dan's hair eariler & that I felt it was bad on all levels but on hindside I think no lah . His fringe was alright but it's the back & also the side/s of his hair that sorta went loose & wild so eariler when I was watching them rocking out onstage & when I looked at Dan's direction , I don't know whether to snigger at him or in the case adopt the ' I don't know this person' that kinda attitute . But most of the time , it's me sniggering at him & trying my best to control my giggles haha but nah I still love him no matter what . Not to mention no matter what kinda funny/weird/funky hairstyle he has . Well I have to , I got no choice since he's my bro haha

Anyway enough of the hair business for a while . After the medley , they revert back to their own stuff in the form of Walk where I loved Amanda's touch on the keyboards especially the intro , loved it big time . It was followed by a song from their debut , a song that I think I never heard them performed live at all & I remembered when I 1st heard it , I hated that song .

What was the song in mind ? It was Feed The Cats . Initally I hated it cos it sounded weird , with the song , the title & all but now I grew to love it . I don't know why I made such a big fuss back then about this song but ahh they did a great rocking job playing that number live eariler & come to think about it , was glad that they did that song live & during in between while they drank water & talked to the audience & all , Dan & Dave had to keep switching guitars.

For Dan it was more often than Dave . I think Dan brought like 3 guitars with him eariler while Dave only made do with 2 , with another acoustic guitar.

Feed The Cats set the mood for the next few songs . ie. their slow & ballad-y stuff . But before that , it was Dan's turn to do his guitar solo which was fanastic & when he was done with it , it was followed by a song that I myself never heard them done live before or probably seldom aka the campfire song haha & no I didn't nicknamed the next song that they did the campfire song . Dan did , not me !

What was it ? It was All The World & it featured Rivermaya but obviously Rivermaya weren't present eariler so Will filled in the part where Rico originally sang . They took out chairs & both Dave & Will were seated with William playing the acoustic guitar . Dave was just sitting there singing away but before that , Dave sat onstage near us & shook hands with everyone .

I tell you , William's a genius man . Not only he can play drums , he also play bass , guitar & somemore instruments . He's not human at all haha

But I loved it when they did All The World live & it was fanastic seeing Dave singing it in a rather raw acoustic manner which was backed up by of course Will who was playing the acoustic guitar , also accompanying William was Daniel too.Followed by another slow song which was Dila's fave aka Little Girl but ahh this time , the chairs were taken off the stage & Dave was playing his electric guitar & he was backed up by the rest.

It was followed by another cover that they did but unfortunately this time , I didn't managed to catch the title of the song they covered but I do know it's a rather old number from Depeche Mode . The song strangely sounded familiar but I couldn't put a finger as to where I heard it before (or so I think) . Hmm... I probably will know in due time when I hopefully find the answer for myself in the papers. {found out that the title of the Depeche Mode's no. is called Behind The Wheel}

After Behind The Wheel , it was another song that I haven't heard it being done live for a very long time ie. Much More Inside & before they started playing it , Dave was doing some cheesy words gestures of sorts & ask the audience to mimic him . Er..ok . Was cheesy yes but thankfully it only last for a while & after Much More Inside , it was time for each member to showcase their solo parts .

It was the case of Dave introducing who's who in the band & he/she started to play his/her solo part which was NICE . Dave obviously went 1st , followed by Dan , Amanda , Des & last but not least Will.

Hello was played next & then their 2nd single from their debut which I'm sure everyone knows the title ie. Runaway . It was strange but they seemed to stop doing Stay Away live , I don't know why . They didn't do that song for a while already . Kinda missed it being done live.

& then it was Electricorp. & I always say this but it's my fave song being done live because of the solo's in between the song & also Dave always has a tendency to change the lyrics prior to the ending of Electricorp. .

Dan & Des did their fair share of jumping onstage that's for sure especially for Electricorp. . Was a bit worried for Dan cos of the numerous wires below his feet but luckily nothing went bad . Dave also jumped quite a lot too .

Fever Fly swinged into action after Electricorp. was wrapped up . I know Hui Li don't really like that song but I really like it cos of the edgy guitar riffs in it cos of Dan . You should have seen him playing the guitar solo of Fever Fly , it was so spanking & they closed their concert (or so it seems) with a rocked out version of I See The Light.

Come to think about it , the songs that they did from their debut , I can definitely tell the band made some rearrangements to them especially for I See The Light which was great.

After everyone left the stage , the crowd started to chant 1 more & encore . I think that lasted for a while before Electrico came back onstage to do 2 more songs in the form of Love In New Wave & what better way to close their set prim & proper with We're Not Made In The USA which's what they usually closed their set with .

Dan joked a while back on 987 that they should changed the song title to We're Not Played In The USA haha cos they obviously haven't played in the USA yet . Soon soon that will happened.

It was even more rowdy than before when they started to play USA . Everyone was screaming the lyrics to the song which was really shiok & people were jumping around . It felt good to soak up the atmosphere & yup like what Dave said , it's a good song to send them off in a good way once they embark on their US tour in due time.

So here's their songlist set for Live In New Wave , not including the members's solo parts :

1) Studman
2) Only Where I'm Going
3) The Story Of Slantboy
4) Teenage Queen
5) I Want You
6) I Love Rock N Roll/Tainted Love
7) Walk
8) Feed The Cats
9) All The World
10) Little Girl
11) Depeche Mode's Behind The Wheel
12) Much More Inside
13) Hello
14) Runaway
15) Electricorp.
16) Fever Fly
17) I See The Light

Encore :

18) Love In New Wave
19) We're Not Made In The USA

After the concert ended which was super fanastic , everyone started to leave the hall . Met up with Si Yu on the way while in a bid effort to try to find Su & the rest outside . Managed to spot them outside despite my efforts to reach Jiha or Dila fell flat & that was when I saw Su .

She still looked good despite not seeing her for a while cos I didn't saw her eariler obviously . I passed each of them Electrico's debut & latest album as gifts with the exception of Si Yu. Except this time , I kinda screwed up the gifts in that the album sleeves are all with Dan haha but he said that he will passed them to me after that . Besides they were planning an autograph signing session after the concert cos I mean it will be the last gig that they will be holding in S'pore so why not.

After a while , everyone in Electrico came outside of the hall & haha this time , Dan's hair was more like his usual hairstyle . I wonder what happened , was he wearing a wig or something or he just used something to strengthen his hair back ? I don't know but doesn't really matter in a way.

Before he went to the place where they lined up tables for everyone to sit down & get down to business , he saw me from afar & went up to me . I said hi & gave him a hug despite him feeling all sweaty from the after effects of him jumping up & down eariler . Eew but that's ok I can bear with that haha & he still got eyeliner on him :O

Spoke to him for a spilt sec or so cos he was rushed for time to get things autographed for their fans but not before he passed me the autographed album sleeves to complete the missing pieces to the puzzle & he gave me an autographed copy of the repackaged Hip City too . Aww thanks :)

I gave the sleeves to Dila & the rest & haha Dila & Su's reactions were so cute in that they squealed with delight when they saw that I got the sleeves autographed specially for them which saves them the trouble from queuing up eariler cos there were quite a lot of people queuing up to get Electrico to sign things , take pics & etc .

Surprisely the queue moved quite fast . Everything finished about 1 1/2 hour or so . Si Yu in a way was jealous so he went to join the queue with Hui Li accompanying him . He bought Hip City , 1 badge & the sticker . Wah lau the sticker & badges that were on sale were so ex . 1 badge cost S$2 each while the sticker cost S$1 . Somemore the CDs that were on sale ie. their debut & Hip City were going on for S$19 each.

With the exception of Dan who I met eariler , everyone saw me behind the queue which was cool . Said hi to them of course , talked to them a while thanking them for a great fanastic rocking night eariler too .& by this time , Leonard came outta the hall & everyone started to clap & cheered when he arrived with me following suit in doing the same actions too.

Hui LI & the rest was wondering how come Electrico were doing that so I explained to them on why they were doing that.

I introduced Si Yu in a way to the band & Hui Li used his phone to take pics of him with the band members . Dila , Su & Jiha didn't got their chances til later on when they were about to wrap up the autograph session & aw bless , they were so shy especially Dila & Su :) but at least they finally managed to meet everyone in person especially Dan haha & yup as usual , Dan thanked me & everyone in coming . Actually I should be the 1 doing that cos they put up such a great show that was definitely worth the wait.

Their manager Marcia was asking everyone to pack up & leave cos they had to make their way to the car park to pack up the gear before heading for a media party in a last bid of sorts to whore themselves when they're there haha . I did asked details about it from Dan & Des in which they kindly told me about it.

I took a pass eventually cos I mean sure I would love to go even though the age limit might probably be 21 & Dan told me he could sneaked my name in the guest list but Hui Li obviously be denied entry cos she's underage.

Besides both of us don't & can't drink so no point to go since there would be an endless flow of booze & would seem silly should we decide to go & while we were there , we would order water/softdrink/mocktail . Anyway bars/clubs/pubs are not my fave places to go so it was alright for me to take a pass even though this means that Dan didn't sent me & Hui Li back home eariler . He still said that he would dammit but nah I was cool about it . Anyway I did told him not to force himself to do that cos if he can't , then it's ok . At most he would have to pay for my transport back home haha in which nah I didn't asked him to do that lah , I'm not heartless ok !

Before I bid the band farewell , last round of pics were taken . Group pics to be exact . Was asking Dan whether would he return back after he & the rest pack up their gear in which he said no & would head straight to the media party but it's alright , should time permits , I probably meet up with him next week then & Hui Li wanted the sticker in which Dan said that he might pass it to me the next time I see him yay

After I bid Dan goodbye , the 6 of us walked to the bus stop & by this time , it was around 11.15pm or so . Took 183 to Clementi MRT station & before everyone left , I told them in that I was glad that they came & had a great rocking time especially for Dila & Su's case.

Both Dila & Jiha took the MRT back home while Si Yu took the bus back . Su , Hui Li & I walked to the taxi stand. Su thanked me for inviting her to the concert & she felt bad that I had to spend a lot of $ (for the tickets , the CDs & etc) for the 3 of them & she would repay me back the $ once she gets hold of her bursary.

I told her she doesn't need to do that & what matters's that she had fun.

Even though Live In New Wave's technically Electrico's last show in S'pore before they disappear from the limelight for about 6 months to a year (after they get back from their US tour ie.) , still at least I'm glad that for their maiden concert which incidentally they kicked things off with the month long NUS Arts Festival starting from 2nd- 25th March , at least they did a fanastic job to show that they mean business.

& if you want to go out with a bang , go out with a big one & after seeing their performance at their maiden concert , it reaffirms my thoughts as to why I support & love their music right from the start so thank you guys & girl for making my Fri night a memorable & great night to remember.

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:: Me Me Me ::



Name :: Hui Min / Karen

B'Day :: 10.1.1987

Occupation :: Uni Student

Location :: Singapore

Been Blogging Since :: 7th Feb '05

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That binds beyond life on earth ?

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