...The Beauty Of Life...: MERDEKA YOUTH JAM TIME SQUARE!

Gosh! It has been like ages since i last updated my blog. Schedule has been pretty hectic lately with all the classes that are going on and events popping up here and there. I must say it's kinda tiring at times when you don't even have time to catch your breath! But with the support of my friends and my babe, it really helps! Thank you! So yea, since it has been ages i'll just blog about what happened last night. Tha Band finally came back after the beach bash to perform at the Merdeka Youth Jam at Time Square last night. This time, the band had 2 new addition. Dexter and Melvin. Dexter was on the accoustic as he was taking over the place of Kevin since he wasn't able to make it and Melvin is our new keyboardist! It is the band's first time playing with a keyboardist and we weren't too sure about what songs to choose that fits the keyboard. We got the news from Jazz pretty late. So, we had to do the songs we did previously with a little bit of changes and try not to make it as complicated as there is not much time to play around with. We finally chose "Check Yes Juliet" as we found the intro and the song was good and it suits the mood too. Second song choice was "This Love/Won't Go Home Without You" as we find the arrangement unique. The third song was a new song that everyone had to learn. It was "I Don't Wanna Be" by Gavin DeGraw. I love the songs! Especially Check Yes Juliet! Just can't get enough of that song! and now my babe is addicted to it too! lol... I had to work in the morning and headed over to Viv's place to fetch her after that. Was suppose to head over to UPR for the Street Market but due to time constrain we were unable to make it. We headed over to a studio located at Farlim and our band started practicing. Everything went well...Jay,Mel,Dex and Ariff headed back to work as Viv,myself and Ben headed over to Time Square to check out the Equipments prepared for us. It was then 7pm. Myself and babe headed over to the Ramadhan Market to "buka puasa"! You should see her face when she saw all of her favourite food!!! Happy to see her happy! :D So we had to wait for the muslims to buka only we were able to do so. But it was a good experience for us. It was then 8pm. Another 2 more hours and it would then be our turn! The others are still yet to arrive and during that time, i'm already starting to feel nervous and scared at the same time! There were alot of good bands present! Oceans of Fire were the main band that are most talked about by other bands! 8.30. and the members arrived. Had our band briefing and chilled out for awhile. Went to spend some time with my babe as i didn't get to spend much time with her as i was busy preparing for the performance. The next thing you know. It's already 10pm! We were telling each other, after them it's gonna be us! We were starting to feel it! The pressure! Butterflies in our stomachs! Darn! And the MC's announced our band name! THA BAND!!! (By the way the MC's were Bill and Yugen)We went out and started off our first song. Nobody knew the intro we were playing. Guess in their minds they're thinking "It's gonna be another boring performance". and the tune of Check Yes Juliet came in! The crowd cheered! They started singing to the song! That made us felt great! SEMANGAT MAN!!! The next thing you know, we were already at our last number! Time really flies when you're having fun on stage! So yea, it was the end. But then the crowd started cheering "One More! One More!" We looked at the MC's and wonder if we could. MC's said, go ahead! SWEET! We had to discuss among ourselves as we did not prepare any back up song! We didn't expect the crowd to ask for more. So we decided to do "I'm Yours" and the crowd enjoyed it! Overall it was an AWESOME performance! AWESOME crowd! AWESOME lightings! AWESOME songs! AWESOME SUPPORT! and last but not least! AWESOME BAND MEMBERS! Would like to thank JAY a.k.a MAESTRO, BENJI, MELVIN, DEXTER, ARIFF and GIAP SENG for making this happen! Had an AWESOME night! Finally, we stayed back for the countdown as we chilled at Roti Bakar to celebrate a great performance and fetched Viv home after that! It was an AWESOME night i must say! Guess that's it for now! Till Then! Tchao!