People frequently ask me how I manage to have the time to blog when I claim to be the so called busiest guy in the gang. Well the answer is simple, I take roughly about 5-10 minutes to blog. What I blog about is straight from my thoughts (ain't that suppose to be the idea of blogging?) I don't really think of what to blog about unless of course the entries posted are very stagnant and only talks about what's going on in my boring life. When I get stuck, I'll turn to my buddy Aisyah for ideas than it's back to the keyboard to rant about the 'happening' things. I don't really check for speling mistakes (like that one) and neither do I check for the tenses using (like this one too) so if you happen to see any form of spelling mistakes or wrong grammatical/tenses used, please pardon my English and feel free to fill up your own ______. That's fine with you right?
So the agenda for the day was to meet up with the rest to slack around town and do a little shopping for next week's Flame Awards. The Flame Awards ceremony is basically just a ceremony to so call show their appreciation to the people who they feel have contributed the most to the development/achievement of the IG (interest group). I know who the winners are but I won't mention any names now. Let's just wait for the ceremony aite Mummy =)
Reached town at around 4 plus, all thanks to some ass who said he wanted to meet up but ended up at God knows where. Reached Lucky Plaza and headed of to Cineleisure to have lunch. Was checking out Youth Park to see the food stall but it was still close. Too bad, wanted to try the satay actually. Was eating Burger King, left the place and we aimlessly walked the streets of Orchard. We came across the Gamelan gang! We played the Gamelan following some counting done by the guy with the mic. 6,5,3,2,1 something something. All we had to do was to follow the numbering on the Gamelan. It was confusing. I saw a couple of Djembes chucked in the corner. Was itching to play them but they said that the Latin course will be due at 6. Never ever put a Djembe or any 'hitable' hand drums near Hafez. It kills him not to touch it!
We came back in time to hit a few rhythms with them. They were conducting a short 1 hour intro to Latin Cuban music. Well, the beat was very very identical to ours except it was much slower. And they were teaching us from scratch. Well, the gang was basically hitting the Djembe randomly which I think pissed the girl off but still we got back on track! I think she tought we didn't know how to play the beat but hey, we acted well. It was rather good. I think I'll teach the Babies the beat when I see them. Last but not least I asked if we could play a round on our own. So Zul, Dan, Umar and myself played the famous beat that we always played and wa la, there you have it! Shock faces! Bluek!
Left the place with smiles and laughter on our faces. There was this short 'call and respond' thing back at the small drum circle and you know I had to 'show off' my rolling skills. Hehe. Headed to Far East to have dinner with Huda. Went to Lips to get my retro rock hat and a pair of gloves. Zul got himself an afro wig which rocks lahz! Oops, shit, it was suppose to be a surprise. But either ways, the guy in the shop knows me so we got our little discounts. Actually, I'm amazed that he actually recognizes me. Must be the hair. Got a stud belt and that's the end of shopping.
Ate upstairs and we ended it with a short break. Huda went back to work to close the shop while the guys headed back to Taka to check out what else was in store for us. There was this performance going on. Bangra! I loike. Very very shoulder moving! Hehe. There was this small kid who was playing the drums. I think he was only 4-5 but it was really an eye candy to see him perform with the rest of the big boys. So that's the end of the whole day. Met Huda again and straight home we went. I was feeling sick. My body was feeling really cold and I swear the only part of the day that I felt better was only during the drumming session. Other than that, I was just feeling sick and restless. So what's next week?
Here are the pictures Dan took. Man I love his pictures. Let's end it with a little colour.
The still life of two kids...
Me, myself and the moving life...
.: WhaT's NeXt :.
