Big Night Out 09 - The Ting Tings!

BIG NIGHT OUT 09' @ The Fort Canning Park - Day 1

Featuring..

The TING TINGS!!

with special guest appearance

Wiley
&
Force Vomit

Many special thanks to Red Bull for the passes and Ann for making it all happen!

When Cassy and I heard that Red Bull was involved in the Ting Tings concert last December, we immediately requested to be put on shift for the night in hopes that we would be able to attend the concert as well. To my dismay, I found out that we weren't going to be stationed at the concert venue but somewhere nearby to target concert goers! Imagine my disappointment when I saw the sampling brief! Nonetheless, I did promise to work for the night so oh wells,work it is.

Being responsible and stuff did pay off cos Ann called the next day (this morning) and said that she managed to get tickets/passes to the concert for us!! Since Red Bull was going to be sold at the concert, we were instructed to only "sample" (distributing Red Bull cans as samples) the performers, organisers and helpers - thus the need for the backstage passes! So what's better than a normal concert ticket/pass? A Backstage Pass of course!!!! o(>3<)o

Sound checks and stage preparation. Check out our HUGE Red Bull tentage! Man I feel like bringing back all the guitars and the drums. >_<

The Ting Tings mini drum!

They even had a Red Bull mini fridge on stage where we filled them up with lots of Red Bull!

Cass N. and I with one of the sound crew. "Red Bull gives you wings!!" =D

The super long queue of fans waiting to enter

The crowd inside started out a little small as we were leaving to meet Ann and Pearl for dinner but the place filled up by the time we got back and the crowd was rockin'!! You could hear people chanting "Ting Tings! Ting Tings!" non-stop, all eager for the Ting Tings to come onstage. Finally, at around 10pm, when they finally came on, the crowd went wild!! Wow. The crowd, I tell you, was amazing! They were all so lively and enthusiastic!

And the Ting Tings? omg mind blowing can!!!!! They were sooo good and Katie did a good job interacting with the crowd! They really did liven the whole place up!

Although different from the last concert I went to (Linkin Park - lots of moshing, headbanging & screaming. AWESOME!) in terms of genre, crowd and atmosphere (?), it was really alot of fun as well! I enjoyed myself tremendously and I think I actually do like the whole open air concert concept! Its relaxing, not as crowded and there is definitely more room to dance away!!

At the entrance

Pearl, Ann, Cassy and myself all pumped up for the concert!

Jules and Katie on stage~

With Wiley




After the Ting Tings did their last encore song, Cassy and I rushed backstage to make sure we were there to offer them a can of Red Bull each and also to take a photo with them! XD They were really very nice and I would say we were really very lucky to have been able to meet them in person.


Haha and I think I can now die of happiness.

TADAH!!!

Jules de Martino and Katie White with Cassy & Me!! woot!! ♥♥

I love Red Bull!!!

The L word - Final Season

Final Season (Season 6) of the L word returning on January 18, 2009!! YAY!! ♥

Busta Rhymes Ft. Linkin Park - We Made It

We Made It
By Busta Rhymes ft. Linkin Park



Lyrics

Colour Codes
Chester Bennington
Busta Rhymes
Mike Shinoda

Together we made it
We made it even though we had our backs up against the wall


See it niggas i survived the worst but my life is glorious
But I know that I live to be hurdled and i'm so victorious
Take a look I'm a symbol of greatness now call it Morpheus
As force accumalted the wind and but a believe I'm so notorious
Didn't know I've been buying my bread even though we rapping now (yes)
And now when you look on my trip and you a nigga higher level tramping now
And you see that everyone on my middle struggers and
For your ass is never been an option
A nigga paper long like we was on the trap and the hood choppin
Get it!

Chorus
Together we made it (you see we did it niggas)
We made it even though we had our backs up against the wall (c'mon)
Forever we waited (haha!)
And they told us we were never going to get it
but we took it on the road (through the riches)
on the road (through the ghetto)
on the roooooad (and the projects to this bangin instrumental)
on the road (ride with me) yeah, yeah
on the road (you come and get it) yeah, yeah
on the roooooooad yeah, yeah, yeah, yo!


When it all got started we was steadily just getting rejected
And it seemed like nothing we could do would ever get us respected
And thus we was stressed and the worst they probably said was we're pathetic
Had all the pieces to that puzzle just a way to get connected
And I was fighting through every ryhme tighting up every line
Never resting the question and I was out of my mind
And it finally came time to do it or let it die
So put the chips on the table and told me to let it ride
Sing it!

Chorus
Together we made it (you see we did it niggas)
We made it even though we had our backs up against the wall (c'mon)
Forever we waited (haha!)
And they told us we were never going to get it
but we took it on the road (through the riches)
on the road (through the ghetto)
on the roooooad (and the projects to this bangin instrumental)
on the road (ride with me)
on the road (you come and get it)
on the roooooooad


Look in case you misunderstanded exactly what I'm building
Shit that I could live for my children (children) children (children)
Now I only wake up I smile to see how far I've come
Fighting for sales on a strip to get hustle from
From nights in jail on a bench using my muscles son
To count money like Dre, Jimmy and Russell Ones
But now I live when I dream you see me finally getting it
Let's make a toast to the hustle regardless how we get it
Singing

Chorus
Together we made it (you see we did it niggas)
We made it even though we had our backs up against the wall (c'mon)
Forever we waited (haha!)
And they told us we were never going to get it
but we took it on the road (through the riches)
on the road (through the ghetto)
on the roooooad (and the projects to this bangin instrumental)
on the road (ride with me)
on the road (you come and get it)
on the roooooooad


Download the MP3 via SENDSPACE

Madonna's 'Hard Candy' Album Launch Party @ Zouk

Many thanks to Ripplevox, I was able to snag an invite for 2 to Madonna's 'Hard Candy' album launch party held at Zouk yesterday! Having thought the event was at 7pm, my sis and I rushed all the way down in a cab, only to find out it was going to start at 8pm after we reached!

Following the theme of the event, the organisers had set up a cotton candy floss booth outside the entrance of Zouk and we were delighted to find out that it was free for all!! ♥

After queuing up for quite a while in the heat (yes it was still so hot even though it was night), we finally got inside! Hallelujah for air-conditioning! Upon entering, we were welcomed by 4 hot and saucy candy girls who offered us snacks and candies of all sorts! Now how could we refuse candy? Let alone candy given away by beautiful women? XD Other freebies included a Live Earth DVD+CD compilation and cocktail coupons!

Wondering what was going to happen for the evening, we were surprised to find a huge boxing ring right in the middle of the dance floor! There was going to be a Muay Thai, all girls only, kick-boxing match! I know most people must be wondering what has Muay Thai got to do with Madonna? Well, Madonna was trained in Muay Thai before and so I guess the organisers felt that this tiny link between Muay Thai and Madonna was sufficient to make it the main highlight of the evening. Beats me either. I thought a dance off competition or a look-alike competition would be more appropriate.

Nonetheless, we quickly got our drinks and stationed ourselves right next to the ring where we would be able to view the match up close. The lights dimmed, the music softened and we spotted MTV VJ Taya entering the ring! As our emcee for the night, she introduced the fighters for the night and the fight began! As we know, its always more exciting to see 2 chicks fighting, especially chicks who look great and have fantastic bods,therefore it wasn't surprising to find the audience (mainly the male audience) cheering and clapping for their favourite girl. Now what is an event without eye candy for the ladies as well? It was the ladies turn to cheer and clap when bare chested male models graced the stage holding "ROUND 1", "ROUND 2" and "ROUND 3" signboards during the intervals! Haha now everyone could be happy. =)

There were 2 matches altogether and both matches ended up in a draw, thus the audience ended up helping decide who was going to walk away with a Samsung mp3 player as the prize. In between the matches, there were also mini quiz and games where contestants had to compete against each other to win prizes. They were quizzed, of course, on Madonna related stuff.

The night ended with the lucky draw which both my sis and I were not that lucky to win anything. =( A great event after all and thanks once again to Ripplevox for inviting us!

The Invite!

My sis and I

Mei Mei with the huge lolipop that we managed to get from the bar!

Extremely happy that we got our lolipops!

The 1st round of Muay Thai match between the 2 girls

My fav girl resting by the corner! I forgot her name but she was pwn-ing the other girl even though she had only 4 months of training prior to this.

Front view of her

The hot candy girls with myself and my sis in the middle

The freebies!
Live earth DVD+CD compilation, huge lolipop and complimentary picture taken by one of the official photographers.

Related Links:

• Madonna ft Justin and Timbaland- 4 minutes

Cyril Takayama in Room 401

If you have not heard of Cyril Takayama, you must be one of the very few who have not. This amazing street magician whose famous tricks were the Cheeseburger, Lacoste and head falling off his shoulders trick, is extremely popular in Japan! He is said to be as good as or even better than David Blaine! Not only is he rather good looking (to me XD), he is very talented and funny!

Ok so anyways, I recently started watching this TV series called Room 401 recommended by Clarice. Room 401 is horror prank show hosted by Jared Padalecki from Supernatural and produced by Ashton Kutcher so I guess you can think of it as a scary version of Punk'd. In each episode, there are four scary situations where illusionists around the world come together to scare the living lights of unsuspecting victims! XD

In the following video, we have Cyril Takayama as our guest illusionist! Performing his signature "head dropping" trick, he scares other bus riders on the bus with this trick!

Lose Your Head

• MTV
• Music Videos
• MTV Shows
• Entertainment News

I think guys who know how to do magic tricks can score really well with the ladies. Its really the best pick up method! First of all, its something different and secondly, she'll be entertained and she'll definitely remember you! Watching magic tricks done on videos is really different from seeing it live and I'm fortunate enough to have experienced "magic" in real life thanks to Daryl who I feel is one of the best. Daryl is amazing and he has never failed to entertain us with his card tricks whenever we meet up. No matter how many times we've seen him do his magic, we are never tired of it! Check out some of his videos that he has uploaded on youtube!

Oil and Water


Shrink



Awesome ain't it?


Last but not least, I would like to share one Cyril trick that I've surprisingly not seen until today.

Milk magically appearing in cup of coffee!

WE WILL ROCK YOU - Queen Musical!

We will rock you, a musical by Queen and Ben Elton blew my mind away today! The costumes, set and most importantly, the Queen songs were awesome!! Queen fans or not would enjoy and love the show to the max! Having seated 11 rows from the front, it was by far the best seat I've sat in for any musicals at the esplanade! To top it off, Vane and I only got our tickets for $50 at student price! We were actually willing to pay $140 for the best seats since we both loved Queen so much therefore it was a steal when we got them at such a cheap price!! I LOVE being a student!

The show was spectacular with fantastic music played by the live band. I particularly loved the costumes, dance and the use of the LCD screen that cost $2 million or so I heard. Most of the female dancers were really hot with great bods too! XD

The story takes place in the future where rock is dead and all music instruments are destroyed. Galileo Figaro played by Miguel Ayesa, plays a young rebel who refuses/fails to conform with the majority who wear the same fashion and think the same thoughts. In a world where music is generated and downloaded through computers, Galileo, together with some other 'Bohemians' work together to fight against Globalsoft, a company who runs the world.

Miguel Ayesa, who starred as Galileo was a little disappointing though. He wasn't bad, just not spectacular. I thought he wasn't powerful enough and that I didn't feel the "oomph" in his performance. He was actually a little bit annoying. I figured it could be because he was supposed to be some kid. Oh well I think it was probably because I had a higher expectation before watching. I think the only cast worth mentioning was Pop, the old bohemian guy. He was natural, engaging and funny! Vane is in love with him. haha!

Anyway, the familiar Queen songs got both Vane and I moving and singing along with them in our seats. We were itching to stand up to actually dance along therefore when the cast on stage invited the audience to stand for 'We will rock you', both of us jumped up and started clapping, singing and dancing! It was great seeing the whole theatre singing and dancing along with the cast! The energy level was amazing and we were still high even after the show ended!

I also loved how they made references to Singapore such as Bugis street and Dick Lee! haha! A fun and entertaining production that I recommend to all. Do grab the student tickets if you are one because its really value for money!! It was also so good that Vane and I are going to watch it again in London this summer since the London cast would be even better!





From The Straits Times online,

"Rockin' it with Queen, well almost... Having rocked over six million people since its West End debut in 2002, the multi-million dollar jukebox musical 'We Will Rock You' hits the shores for a one month run at the Esplanade.

Thunderous tunes from rock n' roll legends Queen infused with a tickling script from comedian Ben Elton, the three hour musical tells of the age-old quest for freedom, raked with interspersed romance and the enduring vigour of rock music.

Dong Tianzhao discovers a kind of magic called Queen.

Duration: 3 min 5 secs"

Here's a VIDEO REPORT done by Dong Tianzhao.


Haven't grabbed your tickets? Hurry do so now at SISTIC before the show ends on the 27th of April 2008!

Watch the following Queen videos to see how awesome they are!

Bohemian Rhapsody


I Want to Break Free
I abosolutely LOVE this vid!

Madonna ft Justin and Timbaland- 4 minutes

Damn! Madonna never grows old huh. Really love this Music video and collaboration between these three. Awesome vid and contagious music. haha!

Madonna - 4 Minutes (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Download the song HERE

Michael Jackson & Slash Live - Beat it!!

woohoo!! Stumbled upon this vid featuring our King of Pop and SLASH!! OMGG!!

Michael Jackson & Slash - Beat it Live
Uploaded by pi-xo

Best of 2007

2007 has been one of the most memorable year for me. It was the year where I laughed alot, CRIED alot and experienced quite a no. of "first times". XD

I started off the year with a Chinese New Year Cosplay shoot, with the four of us (Reiko, Ka, Kaika and myself) cosplaying characters from Bleach. We wanted our photoshoot to be held at the Japanese Garden, unfortunately it wasn't open and so we settled for the Chinese Garden.

Featuring..

The Captains
Reiko as Toushirou Hitsugaya (10th Division)
Ka as Byakuya Kuchiki (6th Division)

The Vice Captains
Kaika as Rangiku Matsumoto (10th Division)
Myself as Abarai Renji (6th Division)

A few of us were then called to attend this event at Zouk called Eazy Peezy Very Japaneezy for the Onitsuka Tiger Launch. The theme was well as you can see anything Japanese and so I guess they needed cosplayers like us to just mingle about. Although I think the only reason why they called us was because of free labour. But nonetheless, the sushi was good. haha. So here we are, camwhoring outside zouk before going in.

Reiko as Bunta
Myself as Niou
from
Prince of Tennis

Before B1 (reiko) left for Japan in April, the bananas, B1 (reiko), B2 (myself), B4 (Sammy) and Michies went to Sentosa for our last outing together. We had a blast, doing nothing and just lazying around at Cafe Del Mar.

Red Bull

Being a mobile energiser for the Red Bull Wings Team is still one of the best job ever.

Left column:
Together with Becks at NUS beach Fiesta,
Pearl and myself in the office,
Michelle and myself at Pasta de Waraku

Second Column:
Myself with the Japanese racing girls @ Shenton Way,
Michelle and myself at Pasta de Waraku,
Redbull unite at the WCG 2007 @ Suntec

Picture of Tannessa and myself with the old Red Bull Beetle

The Muttons from Perfect 10!
I had to tag along to give out redbull to the hardworking students preparing for their exams

Swissotel's Vertical Marathon 2007
Alaina and I at the roof of Swissotel. BEAUTIFUL view from up there!

BUNGY BAR

This was one of the "first times" for me. It was my first time working at a bar. Despite the disapprovals from my parents, I still ended up working at Bungy Bar from June - November. In this case, it wasn't the job that made it so memorable, but the people. The amount of fun that we had during work and after work made all the long tiring days of work worthwhile.

Clockwise (from top left)
Myself, Eddy, Doranne, Suresh and Ayid
Eddy by the bar
Vanessa
Doranne

Not forgetting our crazy and well-missed Monday Movie Nights.

We got along so well that all of us went for a trip to Tioman in July together! Sun , sand and sea!

Another "first time" - Fishing!

The next major event of the year was my 21st Birthday! The theme was Film Noir and it was held at NSRCC.

The day before the party, Eddy busy setting up the DJ table.

The party day!

On my actual birthday, 6th August, the bungy peeps gave me a suprise birthday celebration at Bungy Bar! The cake was HUGE

Made new friends with a whole bunch of arty farty peeps.
Wan, Ayid and Sarah!
Superb photos using the Nikon D40x and Canon 400D

Haha and the closest I got to being a DJ was appearing as a guest for the Muttons @ Midnight's Catch of the Week. It was an unforgettable experience! Justin and Vernon were great hosts and are really wonderful people.

Yet another "first time", going visiting on Hari Raya in a kebaya!
It was super rush after that because we had to change for the Halloween party at Zouk!

AND! THE BEST AND UNFORGETTABLE CONCERT OF THE YEAR..... LINKIN PARK!!!!
I am soooo glad rice and I managed to see them live at the indoor stadium only about 8-10 rows from the stage! Now how close is that! It was great despite all the moshing and smelling of sweat after. Unforgettable!

This date was very memorable and it was also my first time up the hot air balloon!

And last but not least, ending my Year 2007, was a 24 days trip to Japan! (Photos of which I will post them at a later date). I hope my 2008 will be as good as 2007! XD

I think this post must have been my longest post ever in my blogging life. ha