the gozzip 'session'
I waited for fei to come and pick me up. he reached around 2:30pm. after that we went to pick dave and went directly to the bangsar putra LRT station. when we saw dave (at his place), i was damn surprised, he was like wearing his usual attire (u know lah, the 'microsoft-like' t-shirt, and his 'rockstar jeans'). and i said to fei, "i thought he (dave) told us to be presentable?" "why the hell he's wearing this?" and fei won't even let him in the car, unless he changed his clothes. at last it was just a pretty misunderstanding. hahah... he put his 'presentable' attire in the guitar bag.
went a head to the LRT station. bought a ticket, board the train, and after more than 8 stops, we were finally there. and there were lots of people inside the train. step ot of the train and we walk out from the station (we're in jalan ampang). ampang park (shopping complex) is just the opposite of us. walk about 20 minutes to holiday villa. dave was pointing at a building, and he told us it was that building. when we're getting nearer to the building, he sadi to us that it was not the building.."Dey...macam mana ni?" it was a building further down the road. we walk pass through a few embassy, the french, thai and british. we even walked pass the Land Rover's office, with an obstacle course outside. it was like....damn ganas. there was this slope that was like 45 degree high..
Finally reached there lah. went inside the building. went straight into the hallway. finally we came across a small lobby area. dave went inside the restaurant, then i heard all these screaming. i was the 2nd one to go in. fei was like nowhere to be seen. he was going to the toilet. then i was formally introduced to them (rebecca, ling and naz). Nice meeting them... becky was like the speedy one (she admit that she talked very fast). and i do agree with that. hahah... ling was like the outgoing one. and occasionally you would hear her scream... and naz was like the busy one helping out becky with the muffins, spring rolls and etc... later becky asked us to do her some favour. she needs to scrapped off those sticky tapes out from her main glass door. fei and dave would do that.
i got other things to do. i need to like 'design' a new logo typeface for her restaurant's name. it was supposed to be the Gossip, but she said it was taken or something, then she changed it to the Gozzip. and i would work out the logo on the computer at the counter. it was quite slow...but i can wait. we got time...hahah (since we were early to reach her place). we even got something to eat (some sandwiches), coz the drummer boy was hungry..hahai will be using adobe illustrator to do my task. tried a few typeface..finally got a few that i like. so i asked them for some sort of approval. finally we used this typeface called 'Freedom'... but my job was not finished yet. i need to print it out (if can enlarge the printed 'logo') and traced it on a piece of board (painted red). unfortunately, she was using this oil-based paint (and it will take quite a long time to dry up) so we need to wait for it to dry. and i need a pencil to trace out the outline of the typeface on the board (and was still wet.) i can't get a pencil to do the job. and i was like arghhh....... (but didnt show it lah) hahah...need to control before i turned into the ugly green beast (no point for you if you guess it right). and at the same time we (or shall i say me and dave) took turns to S.O (show off) ahh...before i forgot, we even met victor (becky's boyfriend) and he was the one that deliver the guitar amp (to the restaurant). And there was some complication regarding the gears. there were like no gears for that day, except dave's acoustic and a 'red-shadow' amp that victor borrowed from a friend. we (the band) were like..."Oppss...how can we get through this one?" Luckily we got a plan already. haha. it was S.O.S for dave. we just let him play all he wants. haha. around this time, ling's friends were here too. some college mate.
While waiting to for paint to dry, it was like erm...5pm++. and we got a message from wai that he reached ampang park already. and since the others (becky, ling and naz went back to change), dave got hold of the key and need to 'jaga' that place. woohoo..dave the pak guard.
And i had to leave my 'job' to go and meet up with wai and bring him to the gozzip. and it was nowhere finish. I still feel a bit bad coz i didn't complete my task. "So..so..so..SORRY, becky. I hope i can do something when i got back home." I try to think of something, maybe i do another board for her and pass it to dave, and ask him to pass it to her.
Walk to Ampang Park station with fei. met wai. and fei was a bit hungry. we were thinking of buying french fries from McD. unfortunately, we didn't buy the french fries, we bought the whole set of meal.. hahah. we phone dave, asking him whether he wanted someting to eat. he told us that cheryl samad was there already, and asked us when we're coming back.
Walk to holiday villa. as soon as we reaches becky's restaurant, there was hell lot of people. it was like 3 times the people that was here earlier on. and i even saw mr fingerpicker playing some chords (and it was those 'cool' chords~ E, B C# open chord, that had been long time abandoned by dave) to Karen (a superb vocalist from ling's college). at that time, we havent knew that she was quite good.
We went into the room that dave was in. lepaked there for a while. chatted for a while, play the axe, and do some kutuk session and stupid jokes. after a while, ling came into the room and 'halau' (shooo-ed) us out of the room, coz the opening will be held soon. we all proceed outside the building. that's where the official launch of the restaurant took place. everyone were seated, and the MC took charge, followed by an opening speech by becky, and every from the kickstart contestants will launch the restaurant by kissing a piece of cloth (with their lips laden with lipstick. and i shoot a pic of dave and finas. and dave certainly looked like a fag. sorry...ya. i'm just telling the truh) that was taped with double-sided taped earlier on by us.
Eating time!! fei finally got a taste of the spring rolls he had been preying for so long. haha...at last fei, u can eat them 'openly'. it will be served together with some sauce, if i'm not mistaken it was thousand island mixed with 'something'. but i don't know what lah. not long after that, dave will play guitar for a friend of ling, karen (probably because they can't use the minus one with the guitar amp). played a spanish song, from some kind of tv soap opera thingy. good singing. and i have to pity dave cause it has been a long time he 'played' those chords... those basic chords and some power chords.
1st session settled. dave walked back to our table. we were served rice with curry chicken with some fried shallots. dave helped them to serve the guest too. after that he went to his S.O.S (Show Off Session), played the regular that he had been practising for these 2 years. Finger style. he played classical gas, blue moon and day tripper (with lady madonna). dave, you really lived up to your reputation in the S.O.S. 'neck bending', 10cent face, harmonics etc (next time maybe u can learn to play with your teeth or something. can add some deadly trick in your arsenal. he came back to join us for the main dish. occasionally, finas would come and chat with us.
2nd session. mr.fp went out to play again. well..it's finger style stuff again. hahah... you are predictable, funcheong... nyek2. so, when he's playing, finas joined us. we (me, fei and wai) chatted with her. just those regular topics, work, field of study, etc. i was asked bout my current situation, and finas gladly offered to help to find a job. thanks finas :) she will try to ask her sister, fiza. and i asked her bout her work in nestle. it was not quite a good working condition. kesian...just try to be a bit patient, ya...finas. and later she suddenly asked me whether i'm the drummer. Ermm..i said i'm not the drummer, i'm the guitarist. so...she requested me to play a song for her. i said OK... In my head, i was like...yikes...a solo performance. Alamak..what i'm gonna do?? so i try to keep my cool, although i'm damn nervous inside. So, i told finas that i'm gonna play the opening song, the bossa nova song for her.
Ohhh...i finally got a session of Show Off Session (thanks to finas, haha) if not i would sit there and enjoy the whole show. i went out there with a stool. sat down and announced that i would be playing a bossa nova tune. then i played lah....everything was ok, soon after i started playing. since i'm beginning to gain some confidence, i tried to change the key higher (a semitone / half step) then it struck me, i played the wrong chord. my fingering was wrong. ARGHHHH..........(anyway have to control myself a bit).
I went back to my sitting place, then dave went out again, now he asked me to play "bring on the good times". he will be on vocals and i'll be the guitarist. this time...i didn't kantoi. woohooo.....and i enjoyed it. hahah... (really felt sorry for the guys lah, fei and wai). next time, we'll gonna rock the house.
Becky brought us some mocktails. a pinkish colored beverages called 'the karma sutra'..Ooo...ganas. hahha...hmm..quite good. and actually it tasted like erm.....sugus. hahah... ohh..btw, we got some muffins with chocolate and sprinkled with castor sugar. good stuff!!! hahah...
becky said she felt quite bad coz she didn't the gears for us to play. maybe next time lah, where we can rock the house. and one more thing, we were planning to learn more cover stuff. and there's a simple solution, everyone would suggest a song to play (as covers). wai choose "interstate love song" (stone temple pilots), and i think i'll do a beatles cover "across the universe")
We bid farewell to all of them. we walked back to the ampang park station. becky offered to drive us there, but we said we can just walk there. so..goodbye. reached ampang park station, buy tickets (the usual procedure lah). reached bangsar after that. walk to fei's car, and suddenly something unexpectedly happened. one of the guys suddenly did a "tonite i stare at the blank sky' and actualy saw something. A NEW JAMMING STUDIO!!! the rest of the story...no need to tell lah. we go check it out, ask for the price, jammed for an hour, a bit of gear problem for me. why!why!why! cool gears and axe.. played a gibson epiphone, got problem. switch it to a washburn. still got problem. it was actually the jack's fault. learn to play with a new kind of set-up. quite different from BW's. there a footswitch where we ca n change channels (clean or dirty), and it (the behringer amp) got a bulit in efx precessor. erm..it was like 99 of them. cool place to hang around esp with it's large interior and comfortable sofa. and a tambourine too...
Send dave back, wai will be staying will him. then balik, and me and fei chatted for a while. erm..like for half and hour before he went back. He needs to work on saturday... i'm also damn tired...
went a head to the LRT station. bought a ticket, board the train, and after more than 8 stops, we were finally there. and there were lots of people inside the train. step ot of the train and we walk out from the station (we're in jalan ampang). ampang park (shopping complex) is just the opposite of us. walk about 20 minutes to holiday villa. dave was pointing at a building, and he told us it was that building. when we're getting nearer to the building, he sadi to us that it was not the building.."Dey...macam mana ni?" it was a building further down the road. we walk pass through a few embassy, the french, thai and british. we even walked pass the Land Rover's office, with an obstacle course outside. it was like....damn ganas. there was this slope that was like 45 degree high..
Finally reached there lah. went inside the building. went straight into the hallway. finally we came across a small lobby area. dave went inside the restaurant, then i heard all these screaming. i was the 2nd one to go in. fei was like nowhere to be seen. he was going to the toilet. then i was formally introduced to them (rebecca, ling and naz). Nice meeting them... becky was like the speedy one (she admit that she talked very fast). and i do agree with that. hahah... ling was like the outgoing one. and occasionally you would hear her scream... and naz was like the busy one helping out becky with the muffins, spring rolls and etc... later becky asked us to do her some favour. she needs to scrapped off those sticky tapes out from her main glass door. fei and dave would do that.
i got other things to do. i need to like 'design' a new logo typeface for her restaurant's name. it was supposed to be the Gossip, but she said it was taken or something, then she changed it to the Gozzip. and i would work out the logo on the computer at the counter. it was quite slow...but i can wait. we got time...hahah (since we were early to reach her place). we even got something to eat (some sandwiches), coz the drummer boy was hungry..hahai will be using adobe illustrator to do my task. tried a few typeface..finally got a few that i like. so i asked them for some sort of approval. finally we used this typeface called 'Freedom'... but my job was not finished yet. i need to print it out (if can enlarge the printed 'logo') and traced it on a piece of board (painted red). unfortunately, she was using this oil-based paint (and it will take quite a long time to dry up) so we need to wait for it to dry. and i need a pencil to trace out the outline of the typeface on the board (and was still wet.) i can't get a pencil to do the job. and i was like arghhh....... (but didnt show it lah) hahah...need to control before i turned into the ugly green beast (no point for you if you guess it right). and at the same time we (or shall i say me and dave) took turns to S.O (show off) ahh...before i forgot, we even met victor (becky's boyfriend) and he was the one that deliver the guitar amp (to the restaurant). And there was some complication regarding the gears. there were like no gears for that day, except dave's acoustic and a 'red-shadow' amp that victor borrowed from a friend. we (the band) were like..."Oppss...how can we get through this one?" Luckily we got a plan already. haha. it was S.O.S for dave. we just let him play all he wants. haha. around this time, ling's friends were here too. some college mate.
While waiting to for paint to dry, it was like erm...5pm++. and we got a message from wai that he reached ampang park already. and since the others (becky, ling and naz went back to change), dave got hold of the key and need to 'jaga' that place. woohoo..dave the pak guard.
And i had to leave my 'job' to go and meet up with wai and bring him to the gozzip. and it was nowhere finish. I still feel a bit bad coz i didn't complete my task. "So..so..so..SORRY, becky. I hope i can do something when i got back home." I try to think of something, maybe i do another board for her and pass it to dave, and ask him to pass it to her.
Walk to Ampang Park station with fei. met wai. and fei was a bit hungry. we were thinking of buying french fries from McD. unfortunately, we didn't buy the french fries, we bought the whole set of meal.. hahah. we phone dave, asking him whether he wanted someting to eat. he told us that cheryl samad was there already, and asked us when we're coming back.
Walk to holiday villa. as soon as we reaches becky's restaurant, there was hell lot of people. it was like 3 times the people that was here earlier on. and i even saw mr fingerpicker playing some chords (and it was those 'cool' chords~ E, B C# open chord, that had been long time abandoned by dave) to Karen (a superb vocalist from ling's college). at that time, we havent knew that she was quite good.
We went into the room that dave was in. lepaked there for a while. chatted for a while, play the axe, and do some kutuk session and stupid jokes. after a while, ling came into the room and 'halau' (shooo-ed) us out of the room, coz the opening will be held soon. we all proceed outside the building. that's where the official launch of the restaurant took place. everyone were seated, and the MC took charge, followed by an opening speech by becky, and every from the kickstart contestants will launch the restaurant by kissing a piece of cloth (with their lips laden with lipstick. and i shoot a pic of dave and finas. and dave certainly looked like a fag. sorry...ya. i'm just telling the truh) that was taped with double-sided taped earlier on by us.
Eating time!! fei finally got a taste of the spring rolls he had been preying for so long. haha...at last fei, u can eat them 'openly'. it will be served together with some sauce, if i'm not mistaken it was thousand island mixed with 'something'. but i don't know what lah. not long after that, dave will play guitar for a friend of ling, karen (probably because they can't use the minus one with the guitar amp). played a spanish song, from some kind of tv soap opera thingy. good singing. and i have to pity dave cause it has been a long time he 'played' those chords... those basic chords and some power chords.
1st session settled. dave walked back to our table. we were served rice with curry chicken with some fried shallots. dave helped them to serve the guest too. after that he went to his S.O.S (Show Off Session), played the regular that he had been practising for these 2 years. Finger style. he played classical gas, blue moon and day tripper (with lady madonna). dave, you really lived up to your reputation in the S.O.S. 'neck bending', 10cent face, harmonics etc (next time maybe u can learn to play with your teeth or something. can add some deadly trick in your arsenal. he came back to join us for the main dish. occasionally, finas would come and chat with us.
2nd session. mr.fp went out to play again. well..it's finger style stuff again. hahah... you are predictable, funcheong... nyek2. so, when he's playing, finas joined us. we (me, fei and wai) chatted with her. just those regular topics, work, field of study, etc. i was asked bout my current situation, and finas gladly offered to help to find a job. thanks finas :) she will try to ask her sister, fiza. and i asked her bout her work in nestle. it was not quite a good working condition. kesian...just try to be a bit patient, ya...finas. and later she suddenly asked me whether i'm the drummer. Ermm..i said i'm not the drummer, i'm the guitarist. so...she requested me to play a song for her. i said OK... In my head, i was like...yikes...a solo performance. Alamak..what i'm gonna do?? so i try to keep my cool, although i'm damn nervous inside. So, i told finas that i'm gonna play the opening song, the bossa nova song for her.
Ohhh...i finally got a session of Show Off Session (thanks to finas, haha) if not i would sit there and enjoy the whole show. i went out there with a stool. sat down and announced that i would be playing a bossa nova tune. then i played lah....everything was ok, soon after i started playing. since i'm beginning to gain some confidence, i tried to change the key higher (a semitone / half step) then it struck me, i played the wrong chord. my fingering was wrong. ARGHHHH..........(anyway have to control myself a bit).
I went back to my sitting place, then dave went out again, now he asked me to play "bring on the good times". he will be on vocals and i'll be the guitarist. this time...i didn't kantoi. woohooo.....and i enjoyed it. hahah... (really felt sorry for the guys lah, fei and wai). next time, we'll gonna rock the house.
Becky brought us some mocktails. a pinkish colored beverages called 'the karma sutra'..Ooo...ganas. hahha...hmm..quite good. and actually it tasted like erm.....sugus. hahah... ohh..btw, we got some muffins with chocolate and sprinkled with castor sugar. good stuff!!! hahah...
becky said she felt quite bad coz she didn't the gears for us to play. maybe next time lah, where we can rock the house. and one more thing, we were planning to learn more cover stuff. and there's a simple solution, everyone would suggest a song to play (as covers). wai choose "interstate love song" (stone temple pilots), and i think i'll do a beatles cover "across the universe")
We bid farewell to all of them. we walked back to the ampang park station. becky offered to drive us there, but we said we can just walk there. so..goodbye. reached ampang park station, buy tickets (the usual procedure lah). reached bangsar after that. walk to fei's car, and suddenly something unexpectedly happened. one of the guys suddenly did a "tonite i stare at the blank sky' and actualy saw something. A NEW JAMMING STUDIO!!! the rest of the story...no need to tell lah. we go check it out, ask for the price, jammed for an hour, a bit of gear problem for me. why!why!why! cool gears and axe.. played a gibson epiphone, got problem. switch it to a washburn. still got problem. it was actually the jack's fault. learn to play with a new kind of set-up. quite different from BW's. there a footswitch where we ca n change channels (clean or dirty), and it (the behringer amp) got a bulit in efx precessor. erm..it was like 99 of them. cool place to hang around esp with it's large interior and comfortable sofa. and a tambourine too...
Send dave back, wai will be staying will him. then balik, and me and fei chatted for a while. erm..like for half and hour before he went back. He needs to work on saturday... i'm also damn tired...
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