Uniquely Singapore Weekend Party @ Velvet 27.07.07

Thanks to the support of my good friend Cher, I've managed to secure a couple of small 'showcase' type appearances at Velvet over the next couple of weeks.

In addition, my ever Nastygirl invited me to make an appearance at her most recent event for the Singapore Tourism Board. I was the 'gift' to them so to speak Something - TRULY MALAYSIAN ;)

I (sort of) opened for DJ Scott from LA who was the highlight of the night (bloody awesome). Electrico, Singapore's biggest band export also performed. Boy do they ROCK!!

I was incredibly nervous before making my appearance. My debut at Velvet. My 2nd home. In my head I was under a lot of pressure. Also I was going before a largely UNKNOWN crowd. Sure I had a handful of my close mates, but Velvet does have a 1,100 pax capacity and I can count my closest friends on 2 hands (at a push).....


A COUPLE OF MY INVALUABLY SUPPORTIVE FWENS....

Sham announced me and invited me up to the podium. Once again I was blown away by the response. People were not just dancing... but watching me. Intently. They were engaging.

I felt that my music really was touching ppl....

wooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wat a HIGH!!!

Sorry I know i'm not really xpressing myself too well but it's hard to describe it PLUS I have to rush off to a meeting now *GULP*



Will post more photos once I get them off Ms Faucet.....

2 weeks ago - No Black Tie 18.07.07

Didnt really mention wat a fantastic success this night was. We had a great turn out - FULL HOUSE in fact!! Apart from having the most fantastic line up musicians backing me, the response from everyone was mindblowing. Wat I would consider the DREAM TEAM of skilled, seasoned & talented musician, included :

Mac Chew - Keyboards & MD
Gary Gideon - Drums
Amir - Percussions
Ajie - Guitar
Andy Peterson - Bass

It was a partiularly special night for me as it was the first time to perform some of my own songs with a fuller line up. In addition to having the invaluable support of my friends, it was wonderful seeing lots of new faces and particularly satisfying seeing these new faces enjoying themselves

Thoroughly exhilarating.... I cant wait to do more

A big Thank You, hug and kiss to EVERYONE who helped put the gig together which includes my sister, Evelyn, No Black Tie and my DREAM TEAM

And of course a massive thanks to everyone who came to support, old and new friends

xxx

SO stoooooooooooopid

I'm so irritated w ppl who have nothing better to do but surf ppls blogs and online social network pages with the SOLE INTENTION to LIFT photos from them and publish elsewhere with NEGATIVE & JUDGEMENTAL comments.

HAVE SOME RESPECT

GET A LIFE PLS

Another busy busy day... - 23.07.07

Had a bad night's sleep sunday night cos me head was buzzing about having to wake up early for NTV7's The Breakfast Show. They were kind enough to do a little piece on me and I AM MALAYSIA. Aleya and Naz are fantastic hosts and always make me feel comfortable. I even had to sing some of the song live on air acapella-styleeeee!

The rest of the day I was like a cranberry (ZOMBIE - geddit????)

That same night I had to go to Studio 21 again to do more mixing.. This time I brought Mia - the original studio dog - She had an awesome time.
I was so tired I ended up falling asleep in the studio....

randoms...

GOD... SO much has happened since my last entry I'm not even going to attempt to catch up...

In a nutshell :

Wednesday - NO BLACK TIE - Great success :)
Thursday - LV Opening Party for KLCC store - another great night :)
Friday - Birthday Party Shang - SORE FEET!!!
Saturday - Polo Club Tournament

....found some random pics that i wanna share...

usual sillyness....




Excited to hang up my giant poster of CONFUCIUS SAYS that brings back so many wonderful memories....




The coolest, most inspirational man in my life.... (dad and I @ velvet !)

Monday July 9th, 2007 - retrospective

well this was a great night.

Studio 21. Puchong.

Mr. exarmani lays down live bass for China.

The mixman plays us This Time, Hold On & Starlite.

MR MIXMAN

Boogaloo is very happy. This Time is on new heights with the live brass and Starlite is ROCKING.

So to reward ourselves we went up to check out and chill in Mr exarmani's studio - VERY nice indeed. Uplighters. Moody. Warm Shades. Just up my street. Shame the roof terrace isnt quite ready yet.... but it was great bonding time.


MR EXARMANI

We talked about work. Where we've been with it. Wat we've experienced.The ppl we've had to deal with. The Scandals (mum's the word, I'm sworn to secrecy so you wont find exposes in this blog i'm afraid!!). And we ended witha good ole bitching session over a couple of glasses of *ch* with stale Vanilla coke (Ms Mung char-char's idea)


LH & MS MUNG CHAR-CHAR


A BOOGALOO CHILING OUT

Nice.

All in all a great night of bonding. Another good night at the studio...

Amazing how time just flies by. It's been a week since my last entry and I cant even tell you wat I've done. Lemme check my PDA....

K... now I realise why my week flew by - last week was one of meetings and studio sessions.

Vocals for last song on the album in malay
Meetings with publishing and distribution companies as well as a radio station
Meeting about the design and set-up of my website
Meeting regarding marketing, communications & strategy regarding my album launch
Mixed 3 songs
Celebrated 2 friends birthdays

No wonder I was looking forward to my quiet n chilled weekend away....

yet i'm still worn out.... still something missing...

feel like slapping myself

big gig tmrw nite. feel so unprepared. not in the right frame of mind either.

i miss xxxxx