stolen pic

here's a picture of the stage of STOMP. i call it the stolen pic coz that's wat it is... =) they don't actually allow us to take any kind of pictures or do any recordings of the show... probably coz they're afraid someone will steal the idea or something... but what the heck, i just want this pic for the memory... at the end of the show, quite a number of the audience tried to take a pic of the stage and i only managed this one shot before we all got chased out of the theatre... hehehe... =)

stomp

went to watch STOMP last thurs with ly... didn't have much (or should i say didn't know wat to expect) expectation coz this is my first experience watching a theatre performance (not to mention a musical percussion) at the istana budaya... i remember watching a theatrical play at the actor's studio once, back in form five and it was pretty much fun as far as i can remember... it was a play performed by some classmates and a local production...

anyway, this was highly rated by the media, the ads looked good and well, it's about music and loud noise - so it must be fun right?

so... last thurs, after class, i went over to fetch her and we headed down to the istana budaya... they had this student rush promotion where you get to buy any tickets for rm77 (student price) if you purchased them 30 minutes before the show... and that kinda suits me as i'm never early to any function... hehehe...

anyway, we got seats which was about 5 rows from the stage and it was awesome! not just the performance... everything was so different... even the crowd seems more sophisticated (well, from their appearance at least... and we all know appearance can be deceiving)...

and the performance... well... where do i start... it's gonna be tough trying to describe the performance with words but i'll just try with the one performance which in my honest opinion, i thought was superb...

they switched of the lights in the whole arena and it was pitch black... then all 8 members of STOMP came on stage (well, we can't actually see them) and they held out a lighter each... you know those metal kinds with caps on them? well, they actually created music just by flicking open and closing the metal caps making "clicking" sound... and they add to the experience by lighting the lighter so it's a feast to our ears and eyes... that for me was just sublime...

and the finale was wat we all came to watch... loud, loud, loud noise! hahaha... all the hitting and stomping around... they received a fully deserved standing ovation at the end of the show...

in the end, it was worth every bit of the 77 bucks that we paid... a great night out... =)

ps: it was the first time i went to such an outing with her and i must say, it's a nice way to spend the night together...

afraid

maybe afraid is too strong a word for this post but i can't think of any other suitable word to describe my feelings right now...

well, the situation is such - i'm in my third year of studies in uniten and this current semester is nearing its end. after this, i'll have another 3 semesters to complete and that will be the end of my life as a student!

i know this situation will come sooner or later but i guess i've always thought it will be later you know? always pushing it back... always thinking it's still a long way to go... but now that it's so near, it's freaking me out.

i mean all our years as a student, we just basically followed the crowd in everything we do. after primary school, why did i go to VI? coz they say it's a good school, that's why. after completing my studies in VI, why did i further my studies in uniten? coz that's what everyone is doing - some degree or another...

but now... after this, where do i go? what happens after i got my degree? everything won't be the same anymore... i'll have a job, i'll have monthly income, i'll have extra responsibility... and that is IF i can land a job in the first place... nothing is secured after this, nothing is for sure...

ps: i hate it when i don't know what's in store for me...

tv education

i was watching ed last night on astro, one of the few series which i try not to miss... nothing really special bout the show... i just find it entertaining and humorous, so it's a good one hour to spend every week... =)

yest's episode, the story was about the relationship of a couple who has been married for 25 years. now, the husband's 50th birthday is coming up soon and all he wanted for his birthday was 48 hours of freedom where he can eat anything he wanted, drink anything he wanted and do anything he wanted which includes he can sleep with any girl he manage to court during that 48 hours... and ed (the main character if you haven't guessed it) just ain't comfortable with the idea especially as the wife said yes with a condition - she must know everything that happened in that 48 hours...

how can she accept her husband's request?her reasoning is that he has been a wonderful husband and lover for the past 25 years and he deserves something in return. but most of all she said, they were best friends throughout that time. and now that her best friend wanted something for his 50th birthday, she is ready to sacrifice something to fulfill his wishes. even if it means hurting her own feelings...

where do you find a couple like that? lovers and best friends. we often hear bout it but we rarely see it. i know it's always important in a relationship where both sides remains true to each other, but the one thing that i really believe for a relationship to last, is for the couple to be best of friends. friends who share everything. friends who talk bout everything under the sky and pour out their feelings unfiltered. sure we hurt each other sometimes but we should always be able to talk things over.

once a couple loses that friendship, it is all over. once a couple shuts up and there's only silence in the relationship, then it's dead.

fight club

without realizing it, this is going to be my 75th entry since i started this blog more than a year ago (24 july 2004)... from the time when blogging was relatively unknown till now, the time when blogs attract spammers... =)

anyway, i've always contemplated on the essence of my writings... sometimes thinking it will bore the hell out of others, at times thinking that i sound like a kid who just wants his candy bar... but when i think about why i started this blog, all that doesn't matter... this blog is for myself and for those friends close to me... this is me, so if i do happen to bore you, well, i ain't holding a knife at your throat am i? =P

anyway, for this entry, i would just like to express a longing desire that i have always kept to myself... from when i was a kid, i've always wanted to fight... fist fight, street fighter style you know? no rules with bare hands...

sure i've been in fights before, but they're always so minor and it is usually broken up before any blood got spilled... i've never really been in a fight where i got bruised and bloodied before... and you know what? i want to get into a fight not to beat someone up, i want to be on the other end of the beating... the pain, the blood... something exhilarating bout that which i can't explain...

so there it is, my 75th entry... so much for all the talk bout the fight but i've gotta cut this entry short to return to my books...

ps: just because i have this desire for violence and pain and blood, it will NOT turn me into a serial killer or some thug...

simply fascinating...

my fascination for railway tracks and everything train continues... ain't it a perfect sight?

surreal pic...

a picture taken earlier this year (feb 2005) somewhere behind my grandma's house in penang. lovely view isn't it? so surreal, it doesn't feel like the world as we know it today... especially if we've been stuck in the heart of the city for the past 22 years...

feeling like crap...

it's the end of my one week semester break now and i feel like hell... i dunno what is it with me this time... i usually look forward to going back to uni, you know? something for me to do, something to fill my time with... but now... damn, i dun wanna continue studying...

at the start of my holidays, i've planned out tons of things to do... i figured this one week break would be perfect for me to catch up with my studies and do some stuff which i've put off for a long time... however, day after day went by and now the holiday is over, i've done nothing!

this morning, i woke up feeling terrible. i really wish i still have some time to burn so that i could just close my eyes and sleep again... but i couldn't... there's tons for me to do and no time to do it all...

maybe i'm just too bored/ tired with all the studying...