From Dawn Till Dusk

It's April.

School is mounting with homework and the school band's practices are increasing with the coming of Sports Day. Semester exams are a fortnight after then. My piano classes have also just started.

Yeah, Life's schedule is pretty packed, and I needed a getaway. So what was the breath of fresh air?

International Understanding Day

On the twelfth and thirteenth of april my band and I had performances for both Interact's British Invasion and Leo's Dawn Of Festivals. Both day's were amazing!

But well, there's only room for one day in this post. And have to say sorry to you interact folks. I enjoyed it more on Sunday.

To start off the actual day, I finally awoke after 5 snoozes. Although it wasn't the alarm that woke me up, it was a phone call rather. Razlan had called up to say that I should get my arse over to Summit's grand ballroom ASAP for rehearsals. Damn.. After a long night yesterday. my bad sure felt superbly welcoming.

It was about 11.30am when I got to Summit's Grand Ballroom.

The Entranceway

The Aisle Walkway

The rehearsal was somewhat useless with the non-present drum set.

The Stage

SO me and my band just fooled about the big room. Real fun being in such a big place. Piggy back squats to ZhenBon made my legs sore. I managed to get down on number 13. But never came back up..

"Musn't have left home... without.. ugh.. SNACKS!"

The people at the registration (mainly Angie) then halau'd us cause we were making a little too much noise. So of we went to the elevators.
LEGOcity went to McD to get some grub four brunch. Then after that there wasn't much to do. Some sound checking with the mic and thats it. So I went to leave when it was 2.00pm to get ready for the night.

An Hour Goes By

My outfit for the Night

So back at the scene some people have already arrived. Some people say "Hello, Bean!" to greet me. Those who went to interact should know. Then I went into the ballroom to a bit earlier to sound check just a little bit more. Then the hall was off limits to all except the leo crew, for the event was about to start. I get myself a walk-in ticket costing 5 bucks more than the usual ticket. pfft! And along with the ticket, I got a little paper bag containing Ribena, Nescafé, Appeton, VitaminC and a Pen.

The next 20 minutes or so were spent walking around looking for people I knew till finally Su Ling requested I be inside the Ballroom. Well, of course I obliged. Got my hand stamped with some dudettes name and walked through the double doors. I was escorted to my seat by sweet ol' Su Ling. Table 35. All the way at the back! Fortunately, I had friends at table 15, so well, an emigration was in order.

At table 15, were Pravin, Shiva, SherAnne and her date, Rahga, Kimberly, Ken Yoong, Razlan, Karuna, Billy and yours truly. I walked about and met QingYin in a table somewhere far back.

About 45 minutes from the actual opening event, the lights dimmed to start the night. The voices of Audrey and Aron as the MC's boomed out to announce the beginning to, for me, an Awesome night!

The agenda for the night was as such:

0300: Arrival of guests

0315: Registration

0325: Arrival of Guests of Honour

0330: Welcoming Speech and Introduction of B.O.D.

0345: Opening Act

-Jin Ji & Tien Jia Piano Duet

-Mabel, Eugene, Hsien Yoong

-West Coast 19

-B.O.D. Sketch

0420: Games & Theme

0435: Performances

-Zhi Li, Zhi Wei, Eugene

-Jing Yi, Li Zhi, Kee Wei

- Beatboxing - Da Bleepz

- B.O.D. Sketch Part2

0500: Lucky Draw / Games / Theme

0525: Fashion Show

0545: Performances

-LEGOcity

-Kee Wei, Han Shen

-Duet + Piano - Sze Yie

-B.O.D. Sketch Part3

0615: Dinner

- Background music

- Gu Zheng - Jing Yi

- Anton & Shauin (Piano and Singing)

0700: Lucky Star / Best Dressed

0725: Performances

-Karuna

-Last Minute

-Piano Battle (Joseph & Hazel)

-The Gamblers

0810: Souvenir Presentation

0820: Closing Act

-Privacy

-Privacy * Encored!

-B.O.D Sketch Part 4

0840: Dance Floor

0900: End.

On the second opening act, Mabel and her friends performed the song "Kiss Me". The beginning was flawed by faulty microphones. But when she started over on a second mic all went well.

While waiting for the next event Pravin and I went through the door gifts. I went through the Mags and he finished his box of Ribena.

So after the opening acts. Those who attended were entertained by a sketch which was somewhat an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. The main story was Leo Romeo tryna win over Leo Juliet's heart by performing various tasks performed on each festival.

-Part one was the part where Romeo fought a bull. The theme was the Spanish Bullfighting festival. He brought Juliet it's head, and as predictable as ever, she plays hard to get.

Back at my table, Karuna had settled down from who knows where he was. And erm, he had a crush on Sheranne's date. He kept asking him for a dance.

Next came the next set of performances. The best in the bunch was Da Bleepz. Yeah, beatboxing. It's kinda cool to watch. They were accompanied by a Dance routine by Ben Tan.

After that Part 2 of the sketch came. I kinda got the scenes mixed up but i THINK it was Oktober Fest. More recognizable as BeerFest. Romeo chugged down a few cups or "Litres" of apple "booze" for his Juliet.

Now, at this point in time... Somehow my table was getting pretty packed with the additions of Angie, Xiau Fong, Zhen Bon, Tarrence, and I think about 3 other guys. So a table meant for 10 now hosted almost double.

Then next came a game. I joined in this one. We had to drink a cup of whatever these Leo guys brewed up.. drink it whole. And guess what was in this concoction. Well I lost, but so did all the other guys except Sung Ming. His drink had blended chilli, some kinda cabbage, and something else.

Before the fashion show, there was the lucky draw. None of us won. But! My friend Xien Puo did! and his prize was awesome! a trip for 2 to Bangkok!

Before the winner was announced,
XP was smuggling Appetons!

But he still managed to strike a pose!

Next was a Fashion show.

I don't know much that happened here. There was a thief in the ballroom that night. LEGOcity's drummer, Zhen Bon lost his sticks, and we were all busy looking for them. Not to mention, I was LOST trying to find the door to get backstage. My performance was up next and there I was ending up in the kitchens! Just as the MC announced "Give it up for LEGOcity!" I finally found my way backstage and rushed on to the stage. We had to assemble the practice drums somebody brought to make up for the absent Drums set. Then a little sound checking. Then there my band went performing Disease. It was a memorable one for me for all the flaws our band had. And with Fir's funky BucketHead get up.

LEGOcity onstage at Leo

*And if anyone recorded the performance or took pics of it, let me know please!

Well I have no comment on how we did. But one thing's for sure.. I sure was glad it was before dinner! The nerves were chokin' me!

After exiting backstage and returning to the hall, I passed by the table full of my other friends, Emilia, Emirul, Aqilah, Diyana, Hanna and the bunch. Sofia was there too! I was abit down from my performance. Deep down I felt like we did even worse than we did yesterday. Some cheering up from sofia helped abit. Then I somewhow she became my date for the night.

We went to get our dinner from the buffet tables.

Of course now we were allowed to walk about freely, eating was last on my mind. A room full of school kids dressed once in a blue moon in formal wear or funky stuff, and all of them have cameras. That calls for pictures!

Sofia and me

Me, Angie and XiauFong

Emilia and Me

Emi me and Emi

Then me and pops went to take some food from the buffet tables. The best thing on the menu I'd have to say was the Fish. We went back to my table 15 and sat and ate there. Alotta people were missing. From the table at this time. Not surprising. mainly it was me, Pravin and Sofia enjoying our meal. Then I left them both to get more fish. When I came back the table was occupied a little more. Angie was there, and as expected, her plate was topped with nothing else But veggies! :X

All of us were unsettled after dinner; walking about, more pics here and there. And before we knew it, it was time to present the Best Dressed award.

When the nominees went up on stage, everyone at table 15 was yelling "BUCKETHEAD! BUCKETHEAD! BUCKETHEAD!"

Here was one of the highlights of the day! In the end, BOTH my friends Firdaus and Sofia won Best Dressed! Heck, on stage they kinda make a good couple!

Mr. and Mrs. Best Dressed

Here's one of the performances by IDK. Breakdancing.

At some point, there was a hustle competition.

Debbie taught all volunteers how to dance along the the song "Kung-Fu Fighting". The beat kept getting faster and faster as the song progressed. Finally among the guys, only Me, Zhen Bon and this other dude were left from the other 20 participants or so. Unfortunately when it's at this stage it's a popularity contest in the end. So ZhenBon took home the prize and I was runner up.

The Practice Run

The Guys Showdown

Then after, Karuna Putra Widjaja had his performance! We were all behind him! The moment he was on stage, everyone from table 15 yelled out "WE LOVE YOU INDON!"

"Ladeedadeda~!"

Halfway through the song, somebody went up on stage and gave Karuna a flower! But later I matched that by giving him the Best Dressing KFC Bucket!

Next up was Last Minute with the song "Cant Take My Eyes Off You"

As we were both performers, there was mutual band respect. So we supported them and sang along!

Last but not least was a Piano Battle between Hujan and Joseph. That was fantastic.

The night continued as people started to get even more unsettled. But that was soon over when the grand ballroom dimmed to present a dance by Privacy.

Man, they were HOT. hehe, well the guys at my table seemed to think so. We even asked for an encore!

We kept chanting and banging on the tables. Well it was mainly Me Shiva and Pravin.

"We want more! We want more!"

Then there was this table to our right that yelled out

"We don't want! We don't Want!"

But we retaliated with

"You Shut up! You Shut Up!"

And guess what? We got it!

Unfortunately, there were some jerks among the crowd who brought laser pointers and shone them on. ahem.. you know where while the girls were performing. So here's the vid!

Finally, before the event came to a close, one of the major highlights of the day! WAll leo iu-goers got jiggy on the dance floor! And crowd went wild! I don't know what clubbing is like, but letting loose on the dancefloor with hardstyle music with a bunch of friends sure was great! Too bad there were no soft ballads. Me and Angie were dancing waltz at one point whilst everyone was boogey-ing in the frenzy. It was a pretty odd sensation, that.



Then I also started the train chain thing. I have no idea what it's called. But well everyone started follow me and my friends around front to back in one looooong line. Then for the final song the people i could see around me were sofia, Meeling, JianWai, Carmen, Pravin, Shiva, and Keewei and we finished off. So those who didn't go, too bad, you missed this:

The event Concluded.

Before going home, I went backstage with Razlan to get his guitars. We found Su Ling and Shauyin takiong pics of themselves in a mirror... Then they asked us to join in!


Carmeny Su Ling me and Shauyin!

Returning to the hall, everyone was taking pics. So, I joined in the fun!

Jennis me KokHong and QingYin

Me Qingy Jenny And Ben

Exiting the hall, everyone was camwhoring outside. Another Picture frenzy! Well, who wouldn't wanna snap memories of such a great night?

Phei Karu Leo and Me

There was one part where I asked Angie to help take a picture of me and JinJi. Then came some other fellow handing his camera to her and he joined in the pic. Then EVERYONE else did the same thing! So there was little ol' Angie with a bunch of cameras with the task of taking a pic of a hoard of guys and girls now. Luckily she managed to pass the task to somebody else.

After all that, Angie, Xiau Fong, Eugene, Wei Jun, Razlan and I headed of to floor 22 of summit hotel to checkout the sights in the "secret" summit club stairway.

Then off we were to McD for Razlan claimed Leo food didn't satisfy him. So he had to get some food fast.

Along the way, Angie and Xiau Fong took a bathroom break. They took suspiciously long in the girls lavatory. So us guys, not being able to go in there and check on them.. decided to take a pic. Turns out the girls were doing the same thing. >:O

Surprisingly McD was still open. And man, it sure was weird going to a fast food outlet in formal wear. All the people there were staring at us like we came from space or something. There was even some kid who kept looking at us with a gaping mouth! pfft!

Well anyway, after Razlan finished his food, we bade fairwell and went home.

What's left of the entry stamp

*Some additional pics from Interact's IU*
LEGOcity with a Mr. France
Me and Raz
Leonie and Me

Qingy, me, Phoebs and Lavy
Cluedo Sketch Cast


T & C

Me and the MC for the night YanChi


Keith and Me


Me and Su Ling again!


Fir XingSan me Nabeel and Razlan

KeeWei TienJia and Me


Steph and Me

XK | AJ

XingXing and Me

HanJyun with my Teddy!

LEGOcity onstage at Interact

Azhar Ashraf "Bean" Jamel Signing off with a Quote from Kee Wei:

"Last Minute + LEGOcity = The Best Night You'll Ever Get (;"

LéGOcity

You know, one wonder's how many times one can feel nervous in a week. Well, this week, I've got that same sensation of a thorny fruit stuck in my throat and butterflies in my stomach four times in a week. Drama competition. Next stage of drama competitions. And two band auditions back to back with my band :

LEGOcity!

Lead Guitarist : Muhammad Firdaus

Tarrence Tan : Rhythm Guitarist

Drummer : Chow Zhen Bon

Azhar Ashraf : Vocalist

Bassist : Razlan Rizal

So well, not much to say here. Just well. Here's our Auidition for LEO's I.U. Vids!

Disease

You can forward the first one to 2:50. That's when it actually starts.

Go to my YouTube page and comment by clicking Here please!

Stand By Me



She-Wolf Solo




Tootles!

Next Up

Well, as for this week's almost coming to a close, might as well blog.

My school beat the zone section for drama competition. But we lost today at district level. Boo hoo.

Tomorrow My band's gonna audition for Leo's interact iu. wish us luck!

and i just got this website about typing speed. pretty cool

60 words

Speedtest

The First Holiday In A Holiday

It was quarter to noon by the time I rolled of my bed. Abruptly awoken by a violent nightmare, and having a bruise on the side of my head from the collision between it and my bedside cupboard were clearly the signs to stop sleeping and start the day.

After some daily chores and some errands, I hitched a ride with Abu to a mall... which is?


Yeap, you guessed it. Pyramid.

Picked up Fariz on the way. Abu left his drumsticks at his place cause they were gonna jam after coming back from Yin Hun's Birthday.

So the 3 of us step through Pyramid's old wing threshold talking about Rern Sean. The good and the bad. Then without realizing it, he was just beside us when we past the door. The belated birthday boy was there with him.

So the 5 of us head toward the ice-skating rink. The only one missing from "The Gang" or which Yin Hun dubbed "The Fab6" was Aizad. He was at some wedding party.

We just lepak'd at the ice-skating rink rims for awhile waiting for Veron to arrive. When she did, well for old times sake we just buat-buat like we didn't see her. Ahah, well of course we're not all that bad. So okay, we layan her. And we of course have to do this tradition whenever we meet up in Pyramid. We stand in a circle and talk!

I suggested to go Ice-skating. But the guys mau makan first. So we headed off for Pizza Hut. Then Sofia came along. And sorta just mixed together with my skolah rendah friends. She was waiting for her her late date.

So we moved in a party of 7. In lines of two. Abu, Fariz, Yin Hun, Rern Sean in the ftont. Veron, Sofia and I in the rear. Heading for Nando's. Sofia's date arrived just as we were about to enter Nando's. Of course the distance from Pizza Hut to Nando's wasn't enough to catch up with old school friends. So we ended up making the most noise in the vicinity thanks my obnoxious laughter. After taking our orders, Veron and I went to Guardian to get some drinks. Cause well, Nando's drinks are just full of ice and just doesn't quench the thirst. So we got 3 can drinks from Guardian for the price of one. Ronnie's treat :D

So we headed back to Nando's.

Me, Veron

The Birthday Boy

Our food arrived about 10 minute after that.

Hun, Sean, Abu

Abu's burger

Halfway into my meal. Something that Ron pointed out made Fariz and I laugh out loud!

Notice the decreasing height in the pots and the heads?

Till some lady on the other table kept staring at us. And I swear, I think some coleslaw went up my nose!

Ron was like a total carnivore. The rest of us ate 1/4 chickens with sidelines while SHE ate 1/2 a chicken. Just Meat!

What's left of the 1/2 chicken.

So after that, while waiting for the check, I followed Ron to go draw some money.

And she, being the very experienced one goes up to the ATM machine.



And she does the standard procedure. And what happens? A receipt is produced. But no cash. Yeah. "Transaction Denied" Kinda odd. Maybe machine salah.

Then we hit the other ATM machines. Then semua tak boleh. Turns out she never drew money from an ATM before. So I decide to help her by asking a local. Some mid-40's chinese dude. After explaining our situation to this guy for about 5 minutes. He says to me:

"No English"

Damn man, you're in Malaysia. And you're modern enough to use an ATM. You should've been able to understand basic stuff.

Then finally I ask the security guard. He leads us to a Maybank ATM.

VOILA! whaddya know?

It's Rejected.

So the two of us give up and go back to meet "The Gang" at MPH bookstores and browse about for some books. After that we headed to the record store. Then me and Ron went to go buy smarties at giant. When we got back, they weren't there anymore. WE got ditched.

The next hour or so was spent with just the two of us walking around. Partly looking for them, partly window shopping. Then finally we decide to rehat at the bowling alley. And the guys met up with us there. WIth an addition to "The Gang". Aizad arrived from his wedding party. And he was dressed in BAJU MELAYU with slippers at pyramid. A pretty funny sight.

Now the Fab6 was complete. We just, did... nothing actually. The guys tak jadi ice skate. Bowling was out of the question cause of the tournament. And archery was unappetizing for them. We headed to some shop in the lower level to get Yin Hun a present. It was this thing that looked like a hand doing the peace sign.

My Wapanese Pose

After that, we took a look at the map of Pyramid to decide what to do.


So Ron got bored soon after and decided to just call her mom to fetch her. Sean detached and went home then. The rest of us, being the gentlemen we are, wait for her by the door. While waiting, of course, Pics were taken.

Yap Toh Voon Jr.

Aizad Abu Fariz

After the wait, Veronica left us. We bumped into Carmen in that time. Then the six of us took a cab to SS15.

We went to autosurf CC.

Fariz got some kicks from WoW while the others played other games like Half-life.




After one hour and a half there, we got hungry again. Abu, Fariz and Hun got burgers from this gerai where according to Fariz, were "The BEST burgers in SS15".

Aizad and I went to go get some grub at the food court in the middle of SS15. The rest joined us with thier burgers afterwards. Then we all trooped to Yin Hun's house. Along the way, we stopped at the park opposite his house. Mimicking some Silent Hill stunts. Then may sis arrived to pick me up and the day was done.