Cause people kena the stupid channel flooding virus again, the channel is keyed for now. The key is the usual server pass, zerobyte

Hey, don't look at me, I didn't set it :P

-Jeiel Aranal

* = highlights of the day

Saturday 24th Oct

12pm Went to NP for gym with Boon. Left at around 1+.

5:45pm Left for the Esplanade for the Made In Singapore gig.

* 6++pm Reached the Esplanade Outdoor Arena just in time for Parking Lot Pimp's (former Urban Xchange) set. DAMN they were good. They really heated up the stage with their energetic rock/rap/punk performance. The band also had a reckless air & an in-your-face attitude about them.

"... We were previously this band making pop music. Now we're trying out different stuff & more funky music. We have an upcoming album, it will probably be out by February. I dunno how many deadlines we have broke already.. I think our record company's gonna kick us out it we break this one *uneasy laugh*"

They were right about the funky bit. I think they got tired of being kept in a mold, & now that they burst out with a new name (hence Parking Lot Pimp), lyrics, style, they are now busy trying to enjoy being musicians. Life may not taste so good nowadays, but at least they are bringing out their real standard now. >:]

After PLP, Electrico was up. And I thought they were an electronica band! We (Boon,Jamie,Edmund,me) went for dinner & only came back towards the end of their set. Electrico was also great, ending with an encore of their track "I Want You". They were very professional. When they experienced "technical difficulties" (guitar string broke), Desmond (Electrico's bassist) came up & did an imprompto bit for entertainment:

"OK, whenever I'm up on the mike it is surely a disaster. *chuckles from audience* I'm not really good at this.

*plays bass, supported by drums*

... Should I stop singing now...
I think I run out of bloody ideas- "

At which point David (lead singer) came back on stage & said "and that is our upcoming single - "I Think I Run Out Of Bloody Ideas". BWAHA!

* 9pm++ After that was the Universal Blues band (ublues) i was expecting slow, laidback, melancholic stuff. Way off the mark! It was a night to remember. Trevor (smooth lead singer with cap), Danny (keyboard/guitar), Francis (aka "Jeiel", "Give it up for the PANTS!") & Gary (drums) brought the place down with a tempo-charged performance. They even got some of their friends to dance at the side of the arena, & at one point, a couple on stage doing a sizzling number ("We think that this will help solve the dropping birth rate problem in Singapore." *evil grins*) We had such a good evening that we planned to come again on Sunday.

10pm Boon & I left for Orchard MRT Station to meet up with Jason @ 10:15pm. The original plan was that he was to help us take photos of us doing PKing about town. It was raining, & Jason was still @ home. ("had to get my cam.") We had no choice but to cancel. Went for Coffee Bean instead & then to my house for Maggi Chicken/Abalone Porridge.

1am Was supposed to go with Boon to Edmund's house @ 2am. I totally knocked out & sucuumbed to slumber. (Apologies to Boon&Edmund)

Sunday 25th Oct

3:30pm Phone rang while I was eating lunch. it was Boon.

"Eh Tom, Delon & I are in his car now. You want us to come & pick you up anot. "

Sweeet.

4pm Delon's car reached my place.

* 4:15pm I rushed down after shower/wear clothes ("WTF.. HOW COME NONE OF MY SHIRTS ARE IRONED!!!") Delon drove us to Woodlands to pick up Jamie. Man did he screw up along the way!

1. Delon: How to get to Woodlands ah? Me: CTE loh. *Drives onto CTE* ME: Eh Delon, you are on the CTE... in wrong direction lah!

2. After a arduous journey, (Delon: ARGH! F' Woodlands! F' Tom!) we finally reached Woodlands Central.. only for Delon to drive on bus lane into the underground interchange. (Me: WTF you doing! I shut up for 5 seconds only then you happily go & try drive through the interchange ah!)

Finally picked up Jamie & left for the Esplanade. Jamie could hardly control her libido excitement for the Swim Shady set. (Jamie: They are not so good lah, but they are cute what! Me: ? So no excuses right? Horny means horny lah.)

* 5:30+-9pm+ Reached Esplanade.. too late for the Swim Shady set. OPPS. Listened to TicTacTone, & then UBLUES!!! Too bad it rained after that, Electrico's set got cancelled! We had no choice but went to sit at Suntec's Coffee Bean to chill out instead. I think Jamie's blog entry is more detailed.

10pm Went back to Boon's place, sat around awhile then left for a coffeeshop @ Potong Pasir which had cable TV. Objective: Manchester United vs. Arsenal match @ 11pm.

* 11:20pm Arrived @ to a crowded place packed with soccer fans/punters in front of the small TV set. Reminded me of one of those historical photos of people in the 1960s gathered around a single black&white TV @ Community Centres. The game had already started for about 16 minutes. For the next 84++ minutes, Boon & I sat glued to the screen. A heart-stopping penalty goal by van Nistelrooy at the 73th minute (Me: "If Man U wins only by a penalty, it won't really be a total victory") was followed by Alan Smith's passing to Rooney, who scored at the 90th minute & clenched the game for Man Utd. It was a sweet match, one to remember for a long time.

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And today, I am supposed to get back to German/Italian Unification history revision. Eh boy! Fun's over. Go back to work.

-Thomas

Thomas, Boon, Delon and I caught the Made in Singapore performance at the Esplanade Outdoor theatre in the evening of 24th Oct. I was am still angry for missing Swim Shady's performance. For this, I will beautify the page with :



this. TADAH. So awesomely cute. Anyway. We arrived late, so the first performance we got to see was the one by TicTacTones, this acapella (read:boring) band. They weren't too bad, but they failed to make an impression on the audience. At least that was what i thought. The U-Blues managed to resurrect the scene (literally) with its fuckingfantabulousexcellent music and good audience rapport.




We all thought that the guitarist looked like Jeiel, especially when he smiled. Actually he smiled throughout the entire performance, it looked like it was stuck onto his face. We're talking about the third guy from the left. MR JEIEL! (oops). They were so good, I bought the CD even though it was released in 2000. =) Mean stuff in there. All the while, i saw a band member of the Swimshadys sitting just across me. And i didn't have the courage to let him sign my CD. *RARR!*

We had intended to stay for Electrico 's gig which was scheduled to be after U-Blues, but unfortunately, a drizzle spoilt everything. Feeling crappified, we headed down to the Coffeebean outlet at Suntec City where we had a good long chat over coffee. Oh yes, we took photos.


- Thomas &thenineplanets -




- Us -


- Boon (with a HUGE smile) -


Really crappy picture, but the point is to announce Delon's new achievement - "Most Middlys Received from Bus Drivers for Driving in the Bus Lane".

All in all, I felt that it was quite an enjoyable night. Please feel free to
a) add your comments
b) rant at me to remove any unedifying pictures.
c) slam your head against the door repeatedly for missing out on the last public performance by the U-Blues in a long time. You can now shoot yourself in the head.

=D Proudly brought to you by mies`. =DDDD
p.s - pls do not edit muh posts. thanks. a. lot.
p.p.s - the ublues album doesn't contain the black cat bones track. baDD. nothing like what we heard.

-Unknown

Well.. Was thinking that I'll be going in later.. Didn't expect the date with the army barber to be so soon. Ah well.. Go in with a vengeance lah >:]

-Thomas

hey hey ~ :P found a very fun RTS game which i tink shld share with u all abt it....and hope everyone can play

it is Warhammer40000: Dawn of War..

a very tft alike in terms of race and behavior...but the setting is sci fi....and also involves magiks
races in teh game
space marines (human)
orks (orc alike)
chaos marines (undead alike)
eldar (night elf alike)

click to link to the game's website http://www.relic.com/product/dawnofwar/index.php

-The Bear