I have not done so badly since 2003 and that subject wasn't even in English. I feel dejected, shocked and ashamed... and Traxx FM's playlist seemed to mock me all the way while I drove home. From Mercy to Drift to Friends and Have a Nice Day (this last one really made me feel oh-so-sarcastic)...
For those who were there while I ranted, sorry, I tried to stop but seems like I can't control that part of my nature yet.
I am not into self-motivation over-used quotes but I will knock senses into my head this study week one way or another. I will not fail.

Birthday shoutout

A big shoutout to a dear friend from Sunway: Happy 21st Eric!!! =D Yar, I hope we can meet up end of the year too, but if we can't meet in M'sia there is always more time in Aussie! haha. Well have a great day yo!

And another shoutout for the big guy for the 24th May, hope you had a blast Bal!!!

thank you

Miri Jazz Fest 09 - night 2

Yarr~~ On the 2nd day, I got to the hotel earlier in hopes of catching some bands during their sound checking...and I was in luck XD Got to see the South African group Jeff Maluleke perform a bit (went nut to the beats a bit with Georgie hehe ^^) Then after I reported for my wristband I went back and got majorly excited, it was dites 34's turn for sound check XD My jaw nearly dropped off when I saw Paul (from Alamode) and Quentin playing at the piano (owh man, fangirl moment enough for you?)


So I did what sensible fangirls would do...I snapped as many pictures of Quentin as I could (check my facebook for em) even with my lower quality phone camera (at least I had something :p) then I got Bal Bal to help me get super shots with his keng camera hahaha (lotsa love for the huge favour XD) He didn't seem to mind me snapping his pictures hehe. Of course I wasn't just gaga-ing at his looks, his skills with the saxophone sent chills down my spine!

I really love dites 34's performance at Al Fresco on the 7th, sadly I didn't get to see them perform on the 9th since they were the first band up =( which is why I hunted them down and found their myspace with their music! The live was so much more powerful but this is all I have now so have been listening to that everynight since Jazz Fest :) I love 4 miles, Take 26 and les petis poissons fous ^^
http://www.myspace.com/dites34

That night I was inside and couldn't hear nuts from the performances but I did get to see and greet many of the performers~ I even got to drop a line to John Neptune XD Got to say "hello" plenty of times to those from Alamode, they are so friendly and funny, going around with their camcorder haha~ I managed to get a smile from Quentin the short time he passed the area, he looked really tired tho =S

And so that night duty passed with the clowns coming in and out. haha, I remember one of the clowns took off his makeup, I couldn't recognise him but Jun shouted "It's the clown!" XD keng keng hahahaha. This time when we were allowed to go, it was the Thomson Big Band from Singapore performing (really big band, around 17 of them?). The finale was sweet~ Got to hear bits of each band perform ^^ but the Bombay Brass Band really took the floor, literally, they came down and paraded everyone out of the dome!!! It was fantastic! I would have loved to join the crowd but stay back instead, us volunteers went nuts and lined up with our own moves! hahaha it was really keng :D

On our way out to supper...I spotted a few of the performers just relaxing outside the dome, couldn't help myself, I asked if I could take a pic with em XD Awaiting the pic from Bal now weee~ as far as I could remember, in the pic was Paul Murch (Alamode), Pascal and Guy (dites 34) and... can't remember =_=|| will edit once I get the pic haha. It was great tho, got to shake hands with them ^^ [yea yea, was star stuck :P]

And during supper I got a pat on the shoulder from Pascal XD I found that really cool that he remembers me from the picture take~~ my biggest regret was that I didn't get to take a picture with Quentin T_T I saw him ordering some food but...an MTV shooting session was in between me and him T____T really should had a faster reaction then...now Ian can't stop rubbing it in my face that he took the same lift up =____=

(gee getting long huh?) I end with this. I stayed overnight then, slept near 4am after gaga-ing at the lovely dreamy pictures of Quentin Bal helped took (muaks) and fell asleep hearing an 'orchestra' going on in the room hahahaha. Would never forget this wonderful experience at Miri Jazz Fest!

Miri Jazz Fest 09 - night 1

Righto~ the first night on the 8th, I was assigned to gate control outside with Jun Jun, Min Thien (?) and Maneesha. We got on duty from 5.30pm with the ticket collecting and the tagging. It was great to be on the outside, at least we got to hear the bands play :) but I did get envious of those going in to see the performance.
The bands that night were:
Double Take [M'sian group, the singer was amazing!],
Bombay Baja Brass Band [upbeat UK group :)],
John Neptune's Steps in Time [Japanese music] and
Alamode [Aussie band x)].

Time went by slowly, strangly during the peak times like 7pm, 8pm, 8.30pm ect. It seemed like 30++ people have gone pass and only roughly 5minutes passed, we were so =o= by the slow time. By around 10pm I believe, I started swaying to the beautiful music flowing out, it was John Neptune's Steps in Time, owh the Japanese flute~~~ I was allowed a quick 5minutes break to skip over and watch the performance x) I really treasured those 5minutes :)

Finally 11.30pm rolled over and Miss Jina gave us the signal and we ran to the dome XD Alamode was playing!!! They rocked big time! It was such a blast to be able to sit there and listen to them, amazing trumpet and saxophone play by both Paul-s hahaha xP After the show was over, I got a ride home to freshen up for the next night [many many thanks Bal~~]

Newspaper clipping of Alamode :D

Jazz Fest here we come!!

It has been a wonderful night :D First the whole group of volunteers met up at the Park City Hotel for the briefing on the Jazz Fest then we got to see a band rehearsing and just my luck, it was the band playing Japanese tunes xD John Neptune's Steps in Time is the band name if I am not mistaken, the Japanese flute was owh so beautiful, I was entranced. Hope I get to hear them on my break time XD
Then we headed out to dine and got a taste of what is to come for the Jazz Fest. Upbeat music by the Bombay Baja Brass Band from UK and absolutely sexy music by Dites 34 from France. I am sure many girls will agree that the saxophonist [Quentin Biardeau] was...hmm, if left to me to describe, seemed like he came out of a fav manga/anime of mine, young, good-looking, quite soft features x)
my phone pics are blurry so waiting for someone who has a clear pic of them haha =D
I am sooo going to enjoy myself to the fullest for the upcoming 2 nights, too bad can't stay over at the hotel with the others but will make do with what time we have together :)

Edit: I decided to upload a pic anyways XP

From the right most with the doublebass: Pascal Seixas [lead], on the accordion: Guy Guiliano, on the saxophone: Quentin Biardeau, spot at the back on the drums: Adrian Chennebault.


To be fair since I already have almost everyone, on the left is the guitarist: Sebastien Janjou

May May Maiii~

A big shout out to dearest May,

Happy Birthday!!!
A whole year has passed since we tried to swing you into the lake x)
Too bad I didn't get to see you today to give a Birthday poke
All in all, I hope you had a great day =D

we all know we shouldn't

yup, I am talkin bout last minute attitude with assignments. I never liked it but why is it human (student) nature to procrastinate for as long as we can before we hit the due date? I wouldn't want to go for another 2k law essay in one day spin ever again that's for sure @.@ will have to better manage my next dunno-when-but-upcoming assignment haha.
A lot to look forward to this week x) first up is in 24 hours hehe, then the Jazz fest and of course there is meeting up with Bal again =D yup yup~~ gonna do lotsa pre-work before Thursday so I can enjoy this weekend ^^


Current addiction:
God Child from the Cain series by Kaori Yuki (mangaka of Angel Sanctuary)
a must for goth-like manga lovers!
Featuring Riff and Cain~