Welcome To My Orange School....

Next time, don't ask Potter for directions in Ipoh.

That dimwit got us going around in circles when the place was just right under our nose. Huh.

Since yesterday was Happy Thaipussam, the four of us thought of forming a study group for the upcoming test....

Wait. That's bull.

Since yesterday was Happy Thaipussam, the four of us thought of going to Bodysurf Music for practice.

Ah. Better.

None of us have been there so being the 'veteran scenester' we all regard he is (or was), we asked Potter to show us the way. We ended up spending more hours looking for non-existing landmarks than actually practicing the songs. As tiring as it was, I'm a happy man.

For the puzzled, Bodysurf Music has been the prime catalyst for the local Indie scene in the West Coast since founded in the early 90's. This is where underground legends such as Bloody Mary, Muck, Novocaine and others started to make their presence felt. So having the chance to crank up the volume there was monumental bliss. This equation will sum up the whole experience:

Funky + Trippy = Frippilistically Intoxicating

I wasn't dissapointed at all. They even have the Fab 5 setup at my disposal! So we kicked things off with the rancak Mimpi Lagi that went quite well until the guitar solo part (Ouch! Practice Farhan, more practice) and it seems that Adam and I have to work on the funky twist pre-verse part I came up with. It should add more depth to our arrangement. When it came to Teratai, Meg told us to use the D chord instead of the Dm that got me (and Adam! The Prince of Chords!) confused and fumbled with the fingerings. Switching back, again the glitch arose when it came to the guitar solo part (that's why I don't like 'em!). As much as I dislike the whole deal about it, give me a few more days and it'll be pitch perfect. I'm doing my best to change the arrangements for both songs for my fear of sounding like a carbon copy. There are no objections so far but no inputs from the others either. Fuh. It can be focus-sapping. Towards the end, we were all sloppy. Even Mimpi Lagi sounded like Teratai with the tempo we played. Maybe we were already weary from back then when looking for the studio (Damn you Potter!). All in all, everyone agreed that we're progressing. Alhamdulillah.

I didn't left Bodysurf empty handed (but almost emptied my wallet in the process). There were CDs on sale so I bought Muck's must-have split album with Things In Herds and Lucy In The Loo's People And Things. My first two CDs for the new year. Back in campus, Boy made it a splendid day by handing me over mp3 copies of Couple's Punk Rock For Sissies, 22-20's debut, The Coral's Nightfreak And The Son Of Becker, Nice Stupid Playground's My Life Is My Parents Biggest Television, Palo Alto's Heroes And Villians, Pheonix's Alphabetical, Razorlight's Up All Night, various tracks from Sebadoh, Telebury's Is There "Us" In You? and The Killer's Hot Fuss. Wow. Banyaknye....

It was Akim's 12th on Monday. I promised him a Naruto VCD and maybe I'll add in a few more stuffs when I get back. All he got so far was Good Charlotte's The Chronicles Of Life And Death. With his own dough. Haih...

I'm so in love with Snow Patrol's Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking. Sorgasmic.