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A wild night

Thursday, August 27, 2009

So last Wednesday, I was hanging out with Robin and Idrus as usual.
And out of nowhere, Rob said he's taking us out for the nite,
No matter wat we say, he'll show up at our doorstep and he'll drag us out.

Obviously, I had no say in this,
So by 9pm, he showed up at my place together with Dana, Ainel and Tyrone,
And we took off to a disclosed location.
None of us knew where we were going...

Moments later, I found myself in Bukit Bintang.
Parked the car, walked a bit, and he took us to this bar opposite BB Plaza...

It looked like a regular bar...
Music, DJ, live band, drinks, the usual stuff...
Only difference was, there was a stage right in the middle of the room...

We waited and waited, and at around 12.45, we all got ready for this "show".
The host announced the start of the show,
and the "Divas" hit the stage.
Apparently the shows are only on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturday nites...

They were pretty good, I must say.
Started off with dances..
Followed by a stand up comedian...
Ended with another dance...
Sounds like some regular club kinda show rite?

Honestly, I didnt notice till like a few moments into the show..
And I wasnt really sure till Rob pointed it out to me...

We were really lucky coz we were sitting near the dressing room,
So after the show, we managed to catch them while they were on their way back
Dana n me managed to snap a pic with them...

The "ladies" for the nite...

Hell of an experience.... :D
Thx a lot Rob..
Seriously...

MTV World Stage Live In Malaysia 2009

Friday, August 21, 2009

Gosh, I have been neglecting my blog for so long now...
This post was supposed to go up like about a week ago now...
Anyways, here it goes...
Blog entry abt the best gig I've been to... So far...

So the day started off with KaySim picking me up from my place,
Together with SheeWuee, we left for pyramid to meet Hema & Wilson who joined us a little later.
We found ourselves settling in TGI Fridays for lunch.
Needed to fuel up for the long day ahead of us... :P

So after lunch, it was already 2 something, so we rushed to Sunway Lagoon's main entrance since the gate was scheduled to open at around 3.
To our surprise, the line wasnt that long after all.

Tickets!

I was thinking, since its an MTV event, I expected the line to be CRAZY...
It was still long, but wasnt long enough to keep us waiting that.. well.. long.. XD

On another note, while we were lining up, we spotted a few familiar faces...
Met Charlotte, after a long time... Together with Hema's sis..
And well, some others as well....

So after passing the gates, and the ridiculous number of bag checks, we got into the venue..
With smuggled mineral water and chocs at our disposal.. :P

There were XPAX banners everywhere.. And I do mean EVERYWHERE...
One could only wonder the amount of money Celcom actually forked out for the event.

Huge XPAX logo welcoming us.

So we got in, played a little game where Hema almost won herself a new Nokia handphone.
Sponsored by xpax of course..
But in the end, we all just walked off with free drinks.. Haha...

Xpax booth

So we carried on walking in, (It was a long walk to the Surf Beach itself)

This is what we do to kill time.

And when we got there, the mere size of the area for the gig just stunned me.
I mean, seriously... I had no idea how big the place until i actually stood there... It was massive!
No problem at all holding 15000 people for the event.

And the stage...
All the sound equipments.. and the lightings...
Just left me in awe...
Awesome!

Honestly, till the thing started, nth much happened.
We picked a spot, and just chilled all the way till the event started.
We waited for like an hour if im not mistaken?

Our spot

The dudes..

And then we had a little surprise,
The sky darkened, and it started raining...
We were so not prepared for the rain.
If it wasnt for the wet weather kit they provided us with, we would've been soaked wet.

Not the most glamourous thing to wear, but it kept us dry.
Till the rain stopped.

Now, for the performances.

Bear in mind, I only had normal tickets,
Therefore, I couldnt get close enough to actually snap pics of the bands.
So some of these photos u see are from the internet... Some from MTV...
Im gonna keep it short, or else I wud just go on and on abt the performances.. :P

Estranged opened up the evening belting out their hits, getting the crowd headbanging along to their rhythm.

Slave In Us
Ketika Ini
Yang Pernah
In No Time

By the time they hit "In No Time" they literally had the crowd jumping and screaming all the way till the back.
Our local boys rocked the house that evening.

To my surprise, after a short break, the next band to hit the stage was Boys Like Girls themselves...

Love Drunk
Hero/Heroine
Thunder
The Great Escape

It was as if the event organizers even had the weather controlled in their hands
Coz right before the band played "Thunder", the sky darkened, & it drizzled a bit..

But the highlight of their performance would definitely be "The Great Escape",
Where Martin Johnson got so hyped till he climbed the rafters like 30 feet in the air!!!
The crowd just went crazy. And that is when I knew, I was definitely in a MTV event... For sure..

Never expected them to be so crazy Live... XD

As night falls, the next band up was Raygun.

Cant remember their set list, but their performance that nite definitely made me a fan.
Gonna go out and grab their CD as soon as i recover financially... :P

Next up was the gig's only solo performer, UK's new phenomenon, Pixie Lott
The only song I recognize was her hit "Mama Do", and honestly the only song i liked that nite from her..
Other than that, my only prob was the performance aint exactly live... They were playing a minus 1, and yet they had the "band" up on stage putting up an act...
Well, maybe the bass was playing, I duno, but defnitely not the entire band.
But any hoots, it was still a great performance...

Next up was Hoobstank, and by the time the VJs announced them, the crowd were already going crazy, even before they stepped up on stage.
My 2nd favourite performance of the nite, after AAR of course.

There was a minor complication at the beginning, where Doug's mic just stopped in the middle of a sing-along he did with the crowd.
He then went on to grab a new one, and continue the sing-along with the crowd, and thank God, the Malaysian crowd responded well...

My Turn
The Letter
Crawling In The Dark
Ghostbusters
The Reason

Yup, u read it right. Hoobastank covered "Ghostbusters", the 80s hit.
It triggered a massive sing along from the crowd.. It was just crazy!!!
Of course it couldnt match the noise from the crowd when they played "The Reason"
The moment they played the simple keys intro, everyone screamed on top of their lungs, and sang along throughout the entire song.
Crazy, I tell u... Crazy!

And then...

Its finally time for The All American Rejects to hit the stage.
For me, these guys were the main attraction of the night.
When they were announced, the stage darkened, and everyone just went insane.
I could hardly hear myself,
But then again, maybe its coz I was screaming along with everyone else... :P

Dirty Little Secret
Swing Swing
I Wanna
The Wind Blows
It Ends Tonight
The Real World
Gives You Hell

I was surprised when they actually played their early hits, "Dirty Little Secret", and their very first single "Swing Swing". Totally did not expect that at all.
Tyson Ritter did not dissapoint at all,
He was literally working his ass off from the moment the first chord was hit, all the way till the end of the set.
Causing him to sweat from head to toe, as if he just took a shower.

There was this part during "The Real World" where the band goes quiet and it was only vocals and keys playing.
The crowd went even more crazy when every single lights were switched off, and I do mean every single light that was on that nite...
There was only a beam focussing on Tyson, and he sang that particular part as if he was the only one left in the world...
It was magical.

And as expected, they closed their set with their new single "Gives You Hell".
And damn, the distortion on the guitars were freaking heavy!
Till at one point, Wilson actually thought it was the bass that was on distortion... XD

Kasabian were the closing acts, but we didnt stay on for them
Yea, not exactly proud of myself... But still, I had loads of fun..
We left early to avoid the crowd, and it was getting real late.

All in all,

MTV World Stage Live In Malaysia 2009
An event that will always be on my mind.
Best gig ever!!!
It'll be hard to top it though...
VERY VERY HARD... Its really that good...

But most important of all, I get to experience it with some of my close friends...

I had a hell of a time...

Catch the world premiere
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 @ 9.00pm on Astro.

Hype building up!

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Extremely close call...
For a moment I thought i lost my voucher for 2 tickets.
Came back home after a long day out, right after class all the way till 12 something... AM.
Realized 1 of my voucher is nowhere to be found.
Scared the shit out of myself, turned my room upside down, still couldnt find it.
In the end, I had no choice, the event's less than 24 hours away,
I got my dad to drive me all the way back to my hostel to check that room over there...

Was praying the whole way there,
And Thank GOD, i found it.
It was in between some books. In 1 of my storage boxes... -.-''

I totally forgot to blog about this,
It just happened like 2 days ago. Got me all hyped up abt it.
Well, before this, I only had 1 voucher from Xpax to claim 2 tickets.
So it was only gonna be KaySim n myself... (I knw... I knw.. Dun say a word abt it..)
Hema n tall Ng wanted to go as well, but couldnt get tickets.
Just to try my luck, I joined every single contest I cud find that was giving away the tickets.
And like 2 days ago, while I was in campus chilling, for no apparent reason, I felt like something just told me to go online and check my twitter account. (I dun have internet in my hostel at the moment)
And this is wat i saw.

I literally flipped!!!
I was speechless...
My prayers were answered!!!
Good thing i checked it that day itself, coz it was the same day of the deadline.
And I had like a few hours to reply to them.
Got that done, next day got a phone call from them,
With Izat's help, I got myself to Menara Star at PJ and managed to claim 2 more tickets.

And as of today, thanks to Martin's fren who only bought 1 of his 2 tickets,
Wilson gets to come along as well...
So from onli KaySim n me..
Now we have 5 ppl going altogether..
Not bad huh? XD
I am so looking forward to it...
Can't even seem to sleep right now...

Oh yeah, my only regret, it aint the best seats of the nite...

Thats the floor plan for the nite...
And guess wat tickets I got?
Yea.. Red Zone.. Unfortunately..
But I dun really mind, really...
Just wanna be there to witness the whole thing... :D

Can't wait!!!
Its less than 24 hours away!!!

I do.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Just watched this a few hours ago.
Totally recommend it... I mean, its like I was laughing every 10 seconds throughout the entire movie...
Its totally a must-watch.
Although it has the typical chick flick kinda story line.
But who cares? Its Sandra Bullock we're talking about here.. :P

Im kinda losing the will to blog here...
Classes are about to start real soon.
I wonder what this sem has installed for me...