In a Reverie

Highlight of Reverie's concert:
(Other than warbling to I'll be there for you and Enter sandman)

Paul Gilbert's 1:38-long song...

"There are 6 billion people on this planet,
But I'll only ever fall in love with two,
One is a black and white photo of Grace Kelley,
And the other you might like to know is you"

It's been on repeat n driving my neighbor nuts...
But I dun care, hahahaha...


(Dammit... Really thought it was a ticket :P)





Following pics with permission from Steven...
(Unofficial photographer of the day, lol)
Well done, guys! :o)


The Band @The Rock concert
(LT13 never looked so good, haha)




Opening act by Lin's Dubious Brothers (JamX finals kaki)...
Guitar-vocals duet...




Jon...
Keith... Shane...
(Ah leem i dun see uuuuuuuu!)




Jez Satriani pose...
And the blue moon...




Encore:
Off to never neverland....

We Got In!!

And best of all, we clinched the
Best Original Composition



bwahahhaa~~~
So they really like our rojak compo n screwed-up lyrics on love eh?
(Heard we got a pda, but wait... how do u split ONE pda?)


The warblers Shi Li n I at work...
(Credits to Steven, Porshee, Yijia & Shi Li's friend for the pics)




Weiguang, Victor n Ivan on a goreng spree...




My drumstand and I...




My mike n I...




Oh AND it proved to the NTU OVERDRIVE judges what they've been missing out on, hah!

Absolutely exhilarated since we got more than what we hoped for...
finally made my 4 years of stay in hall much worthwhile :D
Which has been a far cry from the supposed life of scandalous hostelites and campus sex sports... hahahaa...

Guess it pretty have been a lucky day:
Flagging a Maxicab to the comp ($2.40 vs. $18 booking)...
Rain ceasing ONLY during our performance
(supporters could cheer w/o being soaked)...

Thanks a mil to our dear peeps who braved the rain just to catch us:
Fellow Rockers & Acas, Salsa peeps, Nj juniors, Classmates, Gsk peeps and Reverie...
Not to forget mum & dad's support miles away :)


The ever supportive salsa peeps
+ Jinsheng (oops pardon the beret)...




Even the mats were our fans... lol...




Wouldn't have done it without your rowdy cheering, haha!
No worries about missing us...
u can still catch us again at the finals on 5th feb!

Cya then, We'll bring the house down!!


The Rachels!
(An all girl's band... Almost... hahhaha :P)

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In brief:

Post JamX prelims:
1. Dinner @The Western with Rockers





The official Rocker's milkshake...
(And not anything else, u sick peeps :P)




2. Crashed LADC's CNY salsa party
(dammit didn't win the $1000 worth of free classes ang pau
& was too exhausted to salsa properly)...





Madcaps... literally...




3. Memoirs of a Geisha with Salsa peeps
(Love it, prob skewed opinion due to beautiful direction and coincidental emotional slump haha...
OH and totally love Brian's FAKE GEISHA idea :P)...


Perfect week,
with 3 lil miracles granted:
1. Not being called up for practical's ppt (Haven't done it, lol)
2. FYP deadline pushed to after CNY
3. Getting in JamX finals


Finally
got a super belated xmas pressie of the Dan Brown series... woo thanks lots!

YESSSSS

Wahahahahah

Yes yes yes!!!

(Totally gross, but admittedly entertainingly creative, lol)

The Rachels @JamX

"A World Less Ordinary"
(An original)

Time slot: Sat 21 Jan 4.45 pm
Venue: Youth Park (Opp Cineleisure)



Affiliation: KR Rockers
Cya there peeps!

P.S. Cannot advertise issit... my 1st n last opportunity to contribute my 2 cents worth of singing in a band competition wat, haha...
Hope to get into finals (results will be announced Sun).

P.P.S: Also realised our title (Sarah's brainchild) sounded similar to a song by Carbon Leaf and the movie itself A Life Less Ordinary ... oh, like we give a damn, lol...

P.P.P.S: Did a rough recording last week... it was pretty crap...
So gonna warble, and pray harder... haha

Best highlights of the band practices:

1. Lyrics contributions
(when it was still skewed towards a certain issue)

Rach: You rock my world boy, but do you rock HIS too?

Rach (& a bit of Sher):
(Tease) me, (please) me....But don’t play me like a toy
You know you’ll satisfy me....You turn me upside down boy

Sher: Filled the room with a hair ablaze...
Caught my eye through the smoky haze...


2. Shili works her charm

Shili: "blabla... and when victor climaxes...."
Vic: "OoOooo... It'll take a long time then!"
(Ed: she meant guitar solo... haha)


3. 3-way with Shili & Ah Lim til 6am
(Msn phone lah, wat r u thinking :P)

a) Ah Lim singing and Numaei-ing

b) Darth Vader series:
Lim: "Shili, Wa si lu lau pek..."
Shili: "Lu orang tua lah..."
Lim: "Lu si orang utan lah dei..."

Dec 05 in Photos

Xmas Eve @Subang

Disclaimer:
Pics courtesy of Jason & Porshee.
Yet to own a cam myself, as reflected on the wishlist, so too bad...
I'll still be cheapo n nick photos ard :P


The start of the Xmas weekend spent bk in Msia... with the SMSU gang savouring mouth-watering seafood and crrraaaabbb for lunch... while I had my measly meal of a sandwich while being stuck in a coach in a jam... grrr

Met up at Coffee Bean in shades of red and santa caps in lieu of the xmas spirit... Chi Wei's the best-dressed in PINK... apt for his character, heh

Oh I admit, the only thing red on me was my streak of hair... and it still counts :P ...
Jacin n I took turns being camera shy...

Thau Shen violated the red shades rule...
and was gonna be banned to wear the santa cap for the whole night...
including the club at Pyramid...

Boxing Day @Aquaria

Boxing Day at the previously mentioned Aquaria KLCC...

with a spineless Sherry embracing the acrylic hemisphere...

Getting bored at the queue to the entrance...

The tunnel... ain't it look like Underwater World?

The aquarium

More fishy encounters... with the prehistoric-like crustacean and the psychedelic eel...
now we know where our batik prints come from...

The fish, the drowning tree and Mike...

Luminescent fishscales...

Rub-a-dub-dub... 5 in a tub

Spot the underwater sea monsters...
Sebastian... and the "Loch Ness"...

Eating fish after seeing fish at Manhattan Fish Market...
the conventional ones stuck to fish n chips...

Unlike us 4 gals... who jealously guarded our precious seafood platter from the prying eyes of the others with a flimsy barricade of menus... oh we don't really care...

Geri's Farewell Party

The Xmas pressies!
CW: The "one-of-a-kind" flower, Tinkerbell, the red-hot lamp, the Absolut mini series...

The more hilarious ones:
the Drinking game, the Flower, the Butterfly and the Boobies...
no prizes needed for guessing whose brainchild it is...

Can you see the grimace in anticipation of the opening of the presents?

Playing balloon marionettes...

Oops haven't written the cards yet...

New Year's Eve @S'pore

And finally Kenneth's bday party on new year's eve itself...
suddenly ended up the official cake cutter...
not bad for someone who rarely holds a knife... haha

The food was good, what with Northern Indian... mmm, missing the UK tikka masala man...
Brian came along with a bunch of new year tophats and halos... couldn't resist a few broadway poses with my toyboys, hahaha

Formed an alliance with Cheryl to tease poor Eddie..muahaha

Meet Jinsheng and his inflatable Judy...
she does need lotsa blowing power...

Then off to Clarke Quay for the countdown...
only caught half of the Esplanade fireworks (the damn building was blocking the view lah)...
and suffered the full wrath of the snow spray war on the bridge...
even with us getting a few scratches while hiding in the bushes...
nope didn't see any ass grabbings, unfortunately...

The Fellowship of the Salseros...
squashed between Porshee and Brian, barely getting my head in the pic...
but Happy New Year all the same! :D

After a bit of running about in Clarke Quay dodging snow sprays and prancing around to random music (let me hear u say YYMMCCAA~~~) and ogling jealously at huge Bentleys and Lambos...
the salsa gang adjourned to Cheryl's for part 2 of the Drinking game...
which fortunately didn't turn out as mad as the eventful night at Brian's...

The culprit itself...
YY's genius of a Drinking game...
unearthing the worst of a Pandora's box...
I swear all the damn spaces are about taking at least 1 drink...
Going to the Bar was the ultimate.. with drinks the no. of times on the dice... madness

Team Sherry litterally became one when Eddie pulled out of allergy... and Peter had to leave... wutttt... leaving poor me alone to the mercy of the other teams... well at least I wasn't the first to zonk out, hor Porshee? haha...
Tho I didn't get to escape from the forfeit of being pecked by Eddie...
While Porshee had his closet fantasy come true when Youyi snogged him... hard...

Other random pics

Some random pics of Phelicia's farewell party at Union bar...
Sweet YY got her a sinfully delicious choc mousse from Bakerzinn...
yes became official cake cutter again...

Quattro Loco and our many antics...
the Sherry pose, random bar top dancings... and the shagged cow look...

Shots with lady Phelicia...

Another random pic of Jazz@Southbridge...
spastic poses of Keith, Posh n Sher...
we were admittedly a bit of a rowdy bunch amongst the older, solemn customers... but hey, would've been mundane there w/o us aye?

The last random pic...
of a spontaneous Friday nite out after Salsa fiesta to gelato supper at Clarke Quay...

Then later lured to 1NiteStand by the free entry...
couldn't catch any comedy shows unfortunately, n the place was packed with ang mohs and spg's.. scary... also got picked up by a big hairy blondie... eeee...

Stayed up till 4 at Tanglin 7 Eleven debating whether to stayover at Porsh's...
got postponed instead to the next day at Brian's after salsa at Union...
with 3 of us literally zonked out before even touching any alcohol... hahaha...aiyo