saturday fever

i'd really a good nite sleep today and now totally re:charged.
lunch included clams, i cant remembered when i last had those.
its just a few hours before meeting the makankakis.
i really have a bad coordination when it comes to a 'theme' event.
i'd took out the necessary clothings to mixnmatch for this evening's event.
but its ok, as overall im always fickle-minded, i might change my mind again in the eleventh hour.

last re:visited music calamities.

bjork + wunderbrass

broken social scene

birdnbee

múm

comeback kid

i am getting back the vibe, so let's pray its for long.
where have i been missing all this while?
i'd been caught up with my work, family, friends, butterfly girls, makankakis, weddings, etc.
it's pretty well-balanced now, i must say.
i should jolly well be before i start to race my life again.

let's do a quick update on my missing by months!

october:
turned a year older just a few days before eid.
celebrated at home with my family during eid.
celebrated at french cafe, little india with 2 other bday babies, together with makankakis + him.
celebrated at fignolive, vivo with 2 other bday babies, together with hangout buddies.
so there, 3 times of celebration.

december:
designfest. i was totally immersing my heart.bodynsoul. cant blame me!
della's wedding.
roadtrip to kl with the family during the week just before xmas.
mum + aunt went frenzy over the cake stuff in the baking shop near our hotel in bangi.
sg should have something like that.
new yr's eve, roaming around sg. fireworks.

january:
new yr, roaming around sg part 2.
roy's wedding.
nad's wedding. wedding of the year.
i love the music entourage that followed suit during the dinner.
icha in sg. met up with her over supper with him.
domestic tourist part 1. hopped on to duck n hippo tour.

february:
re:visited my alma mater during open house, uber-cool bldg + glass structures.
flew off to jkt with the concert groupies/makankakis/travelbuddies.
main reason is to see bjork in action.
we csED over @farah's place in mega kuningan, while the other half crashed in hotel.
'til today, i still get goosebumps thinking of the time we had while in senayan indoor.
like a dream come true.
afterwhich met up with the indo counterparts for endless sessions of makans. thanks to icha + kiki.
we visited blok m too :P! thanks to cipta.
domestic tourist part 2. i finally took the dhl ride and giddiness engulfed me.

march:
mar's wedding.
adam in sg. brought him out with ninda.
thanks to mosaic fest, we became broke.
learnt our lessons, in future need to start saving earlier.
included in the agenda are brokensocialscene, birdnbee + múm.
the makankakis at porta-porta + badoque.

now you can see my agenda. the unhidden one.

oh, it gets more jittery now as i'm counting down. a love-hate relationship.

post-japon

im pretty much still in my japon mood.
its good that yany's been discharged from hospital & tini's recovering at home.
i am the only 'sole survivor' from the trip, still feeling fatigue though.
i like the strange feeling one had the moment you entered your home after not going back for weeks/years.
i thought i was disillusioned at that time.
work is catching up again with me.

yesterday, we had much fun @womad! this marks the last concerts/festivals for august.
and a/s/i/a/n/d/u/b/f/o/u/n/d/a/t/i/o/n set rocked the whole fort and there was this band from welsh...it sounded more like the/corrs (they are out with a new album) before adf's performance.
gimme drumnbass anytime...its sheer fun to catch up with friends too.
chilling on the greenery and seeing more familiar faces...adds to a rocking friday nite.
i cant remember this is my how many times attending womad.
these womad-goers headed for supper @simpang to end the day.




this month, ive been busy too...with alot of good buys, good price.
another white wayfarer to add to my collection too.

im archiving my japon pics into flickr right now.

its all good

i finally get to enjoy the holiday with the goodvib last evening although my feet are still aching from last nite. it was drizzling when we arrived but being patience paid off coz the rain finally stopped before w.a.b's performance. by then the fort was filled with numerous people from all over the world, at least. met with old + new friends...even some whom we wont want to meet too. it was nice to catch up old times again. the first few acts kinda bore me til the next few international acts came onstage.

i was already in high spirits when we went over to where m/a/d/m/a/t/s + s/p/i/r/i/t/u/a/l/s/o/u/t/h were spinning. the last time we met + spoke to mads was like in summer 2005. the ultimatum >>drum + bass. yany was like saying, "drum+bass', anne's fav. naik hantu lar dia nanti". i replied by saying, "semamangnyer kita semualar hantu2nyer". everyone had fun, laughter, there's even a dancefloor but we were contented on the wet grounds instead. after the session, thirst engulfed us + while buying drinks, my eyes chanced upon an ex-colleague. a hi to her and she was like, "ah, u looked drenched, having fun ey?"...i was like but of coz...its the giant who's spinning. in fact, the seven of us were drenched during the session. there was like a stale of air too.

but, the finale of the grand finale are by j/u/r/a/s/s/i/c/f/i/v/e + b/e/a/s/t/i/e/b/o/y/s. it did start to drizzle again @midnite but stopped the moment the music started. they rocked. their the giant. i am looking forward to next year's then.

argh, back to work tomorrow.

yeah, i got a week to go before saying my goodbyes + welcome the new one.

i hate farewell.

good vibs

i am going!

turn the records on

dj john b

haris
ron
me + yany

i miss being in stocktown @ tradgarden to be exact. miss the boys too. im iching to travel again.

let's get out of this country

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