mayday

so, the may day holiday is over. even me who's working in pizza hut which are glad to be open during public holidays got my day off. i didn't actually asking them for 2 days off. it's just that when i check my working schedule for saturday and sunday, my name isn't there. i dont know wether they forgot about me or they just know that i couldn't work (as i've always ask for a day off during the weekend for all sorts of reason). i was planning to give my own reason but as my name isn't in the schedule, i just keep my mouth shut. so i have a 2 days off during the weekend and as i wasn't suppose to work on monday and tuesday because i have class, and as it was suppose to be a public holiday, so i have no class on monday, i happily joined the other for a holiday as well! ahahaha.. i didn't really regret missing the opportunity to triple my salary working on public holiday as i've had a very nice weekend.

on saturday, i went to kl to fetch my beloved girlfriend. i wasn't really 'fetching' her. i went to kl by bus so it didn't count as fetching isn't it? but that doesn't really matter. we went to kinokuniya at klcc to bought this nick hornby books. they got this offer which they've packed 3 of nick hornby (nick horny?) books which is, high fidelty, about a boy and fever pitch into one price, which is $70. there was also the same offer for sue townsend, adrian mole series, but we didn't have enough money to buy both of it, so we ended up sharing money to buy nick hornby's books, 60 - 40. we wanted to watch tentang dia but she said that klcc's cinema is way too cold and she didn't bring along her sweater, so with nowhere else to go and do, we headed back to shah alam. i called dean to confirm whether he's at home or not, and since he's at the cyber cafe at sek 2 with my car, me and my girlfriend just drop by seksyen 2. we went to klang after that to have nasi lemak taman melur for dinner. its been quite some time that me and dean went there to eat nasi lemak and it was the first time for syikin. i dropped dean at home after that as he had to accompany at least i speak (it's an awesome band!) for their jamming session, while i dropped her at seksyen 7 where hafiza and her boyfriend was chilling out. i got back home where wan, zairi, adan and roti was already there. later on, i went lepak2 with zura and her boyfriend, hafiza and her boyfriend, and syikin, when suddenly pudin and atiah arrived to have their dinner, so they joined us. and later on, when at least i speak finished their practice session, they joined us as well, along with wan and the gang. all of us went into separate ways after that. the guys from at least i speak and wan and the gang stay for the night at the rumah kedai. i discuss our lyric for tomorrow with wan as there will be his part to sing as well. we didn't sleep for the whole night (they actually call it morning, but i use night to describe the darkness) as guys from natrah will be arriving at 5 o'clock that morning, and we have to fetch them up. dean, wan and i went to fetch them with 2 cars. on the way back, wan's car ran out of fuel. luckily we're able to call dean to bought some fuel.

so the day move on. it was sunday. the day of the may day gig. i only slept for a few hours. dean, wan and some other guys didn't even sleep! some of us went for lunch before going to the gig venue. we arrived at the venue at around 1.30 pm. only a few people was there. i went lepak-lepak at the mapley before going up at the venue to see what's going on. the gig started around 4 o'clock with at least i speak as the opening act. this was the first time i watched their performance. all that i could say is that they're awesome! they play some kind of screamo/emo violence with keyboard. they even cover one song from reain. their performance was aggressive as any band can get (at least at pauls place). the next band is sarjan hassan. i've bought their demo and i like it. they play typical trash. at this time, syikin called me asking for direction to this place. as she's just nearby, i went to the side of the road so that they could see me to make it easier for them to detect this place. there was also zura and her boyfriend, and hafiza. we have some drinks at the mapley before going up. syikin was the only one among them who was going while the rest of them have other things to do. by this time, sarjan hassan has finished performing and it's time for natrah on the stage. they took quite some time to set their equipment and sound. but i could say that this band was one of my favourite. i've watched they played sometimes ago at JB. their music didn't change much, just that they have this mellow part going on and off on each songs. as far as i could remember, they played faster while in JB. i like their old sound better, but their new sounds is great as well. they even cover one song from sweet charity for their closing set! ok, so nazzaq took the stage after that. as they said it, they play death grind. their sound was so tight and packed. the only thing thats missing is kia's drum beat. the drum is almost unheard. maybe the guitar was so loud, but overall, i really really like this band! it was rememories from singapore turn after that. shaiful zerox was their vocalist. i haven't heard their songs yet. borhan from bullwhip records had released their tape here. i was expecting something like lead II nitrate, but it's different. they play screamo with some grinding parts. they have this dirty sound. i think that's what they mean by pissed off screamo they stated on their flyers. as they're finishing, people are waiting for a legendary band, FSF!! the venue is packed with people while fsf played their set. people are singing along, moshing, slamming, creating circle pits and having fun! cool band!! the second last band was nyiblorong. as we're starting, people are going downstairs after a tearing the place apart with fsf. nothing to say much, just that i really felt tired after that. syikin said that my voice was scary. deported was scheduled as the last band, but as i'm soaked in sweat, i went downstairs with syikin and zeezam to have some fresh air and drinks. some friends was already at the mapley so we joined them. actually i was planning to go back upstaris to watch deported, but i felt so tired and lazy to do so. sorry man. i regret didn't see them played as some people claim that their sound could be compared to bad religion. they've came from taiwan and i missed their set. what a shame.

the gig went off great, if not for the broken transparent plastic they put in front of the drum. i really dont understand why they should put that thing. they insist that we leave it there even after the organizer requested to put it away, and then when it's broken, they want us to pay. urghh..

we went back to shah alam after that, and after having dinner with acad, jalut, pudin and otam, i sent syikin to hafiza's house...

i woke up early on monday. i followed syikin back to seremban, planning to watch some movies, but none of it seems interesting. suddenly we remember lokman and in no time, we're at bahau. i went back to kl at 7 pm and reached home around 10 o'clock. dean and pudin reached home from the book fair at pwtc shortly after that. mat pitt, fahmi and labu came at our house as we're relaxing after our day out.

so that's all for it. all that i could say is that i really enjoyed this holiday. the times spent with friends and girlfriend. thanks a lot to everybody who came to that gig and watched us played. chiow...

p/s : additional info - nyiblorong will also play in JB on this 22nd along with mass separation, kutabare, xyogyakartaX, bruce lee and other bands for a benifit gig for domestik doktrin.