To quote a Switchfoot lyric, "In all my life I don't know if I've ever felt so alive"
Possibly one of the best concerts I've ever been to. It wasn't just because of Switchfoot's stellar performance that night, but the fans and new friends that I got to make because of Switchfoot.
Switchfoot strut their stuff on stage exactly how I would love to watch them live, and the fan turnout was unbelievable. I read from somewhere that there were about 2,000 people packed into that small hall but I'm pretty sure the crowd sounded like a strong 10,000 people instead. The energy from the crowd was just amazing, I think Switchfoot themselves were surprised with all that love the fans were channeling towards them. A little too much screaming however - but ah, you can't escape fangirls in a concert, can you?
I'm just going to summarize and make this short and sweet. These are the few highlights from that night (with links to several videos taken by several amazing people):
- When Switchfoot first got on stage, they played a teaser of Meant To Live. I got so excited right at that moment I thought my head was going to explode. And then Jon said, "Mari kita rock sungguh-sungguh!" which indirectly translates to = let's rock our hearts out. Then I collapsed. And died. That wasn't even song #1.
- In the middle of American Dream, all of the sudden they just froze on stage. I still have no idea how these guys could stay so still with all the cameras flashing. Surely, they were once trained to be the Queen's footsoldiers in Buckingham Palace? Two minutes or so later everyone came back to live again and totally rocked out the last bit of Malaysian Dream.
- "Is it true that this is our first time here?! So where have you guys been all our lives?" Jon quipped right before the five of them jammed to the intro of We Are One Tonight. Totally made my night.
- During On Fire, Jon ran towards the crowd and out of nowhere he started singing, "Don't leave me high... Don't leave me dry" and I nearly melted at that spot I'm telling you. Incorporating Radiohead to one of your most well known sing along songs? Brilliant.
- Jon showing off all that family/brotherly love towards Tim. He even hugged/put an arm around Tim during This Is Your Life. Adorable!
- Crazy In Love cover! I swear, Switchfoot has made me love Beyoncé to a certain extent. Plus, Jon even randomly went "ella ella ella!" in the middle of performing Gone. This video is a must watch. :D
- Dare You To Move. I never thought this could happen, but during the last song of the night, I seriously got rather teary eyed. Now, DYTM is not exactly my absolute favourite song from them (!) - however, Jon gave an extremely uplifting speech concerning how we find release in music and I guess the whole idea of hearing the crowd singing along the first verse with him on his acoustic and Romey/Chad/Tim/Drew joining in later... It was. Just. Perfect. I didn’t want them to leave the stage at all.
I guess the best part of this concert was being able to talk to so many people that shared a common interest with me regarding music. No doubt we were strangers to begin with, but it’s simply amazing how we were able to bond so quickly just by talking over about the Switchfoot gig. I think it’s safe to say that Switchfoot came and rocked KL hard leaving fans very contented. Hell, they even took time to have a meet and greet session after the concert. I’m sure they were exhausted since they went surfing earlier that day. And when Jon gave me a small wave from the M&G table = airport trip, so worth it :D Not to mention how he said, "Hey I like this! This is nice!" and scribbled something on my banner with my crayon. Lol.
Managed to get Tim's set list for the night (THANK YOU LOUISE). Here's what they played last Saturday:
Intro - Meant To Live Oh! Gravity Stars Politicians This Is Your Life Lonely Nation We Are One Tonight/The Shadow Proves The Sunshine Only Hope Learning To Breathe Crazy In Love/Gone/Umbrella American Dream Dirty Second Hands On Fire/High and Dry Awakening Meant To Live
ENCORE
Dare You To Move
No Chem 6A, Daisy, Sooner or Later etc. but I'm certainly not complaining! They've already took the time to come all the way to this part of the world to perform for us. Here's hoping somehow other great bands would do the same some day! Eventhough I totally forgot to compliment them on their amazing gig that night, I think Switchfoot pretty much know that every single person there inside the hall went to bed that night with "salvation is heeerreee" ringing in their ears =]
had quite an awkward talk with YS last night. she was awake at about 2 in the morning! amazing! she left for Aus on the 21st of Jan. it's been a week since she left.. well, we talked about:
what is my problem anyway? why do i feel like the way i do? what is there to be guilt-ridden over on my side? I need to get a grip..
on a brighter side.. (brighter, -snort- ) I heard lifehouse's Blind (acoustic) last night. Morten IMed me just as I was about to leave. so I ended up getting scolded by mom for "using the comp til 2 in the morning on a school night". can you believe i've been up for roughly 127 hours with less than 20 hours of rest? didn't even sleep in the afternoon this whole week! been really really busy. with school work, basically. so yeah, anyway, Morten uploaded the lh interview from The Boxx, and awww. it's great to know that lifehouse is back. Can't wait til the album hit the stores. i've been waiting for so long. I need new material! :( ::March 29th... hang in there!::
ain't it funny how a single music band can lead to so many other great inspirations? I will never forget the good ol' days back in the Asians Unite thread in the lhmb. guh. i miss it so much. i've changed in so many ways ever since. i'm not sure if it's a good thing or not, but to my parents' eyes, i guess it wasn't a good thing. joined the lhmb back in 2002. and it was then that I started realizing there's so much more than school and paying attention in class. generally, i guess i lost interest, and had vaughn beat my ass up in studies.
they were there though. they were always there <3 and that's one thing I love about the whole lhmb crew. we stick with each other. as corny that sounds, i had found a new 2nd home. when it got shut down though, i was in a mess. the board members splitted into two and i wasn't sure which new board to hang around more. with tons of school work being a burden to me, I retired as a poster whore and i guess as the days pass by, they managed to move on. so did I. lifehouse was MIA for the past year and a half, and I only posted once in awhile in all three forums. only 300 in a year, i think. amazing. from 3131 to 300. Lifehouse is back now, though. and I was shocked when Liz2 from New Zealand sent me a PM last week, asking how i was doing. more old members started to lurk around the lifehousefans msg board, and i realized, they're still here. and we're still the same 'old school'. Ahh, the old lhmb days...
hohum, this is getting a little too personal. lol. change of topic..
i'm tired. i need some sleep. badly. K-L turned 17 today. dont know if i'll live til i'm 17. we'll see. til the next time i update!
i asked ES if she'd bring me to the cinemas to watch Sylvia. a Gwyneth Paltrow (?) movie. and she said "ohh i've watched it already!!" and then i told her that i really wanna watch it. and she started asking why?? seriously, i don't even know why. i'm not that depressed, am i? i hate it when i have to contemplate with myself on how i'm really feeling. ES said there weren't any ah bengs or ah lians around the cinema theatre. and that it was in the international screen theatres with lotsa old/mature ppl in it. i still feel like watching it none the less. i cant watch it with my friends. they won't understand! i guess it's the book EY bought, Prozac Nation, that made me wanna watch this movie. soo ES watched it coz Kenn wanted to watch it. so he says, there's a Manic Street Preacher song that has a Sylvia Plath quote, "i pray to God, but when i look up to the sky it's empty" or something like that. oh please let someone bring me to the theatres to watch this boring depressing movie.
about 2 minutes after my conversation with ES, she was on the comp, i was "studying", she suddenly asked me , "Go watch Princess Diaries or something, Za." haha. princess diaries. well that's too bad Michael/Robert/Rooney leadsinger guy ain't there nymore. don't even know why he's not in the 2nd movie?! besides, i'm sure disney'd air it by next year, or something...
well i better get back to studying? didnt see the point of the above ^^ post at all. will write you after the exams, or when i feel like it. heh.
it's been like what, almost 6 months since i got this blog? amazingly, i've not done anything interesting to it yet at all. my bad. i guess it's just that ... i don't even have my reasons for it. gah.
i hate hate hate the Gazette team. i fucking hate it. why the hell even did i start to write for the Gazette? why the hell did i even had the thought of running the Gazette? im so fed up of my guilt. sometimes i just wish that everyone else wouldn't be here to actually question me about something i highly despise. no one knows what i really want deep down, though. just the other day me, louise and liy, we were having talks about God. wtf? i didn't see that coming at all. from thousand foot krutch. to Jesus Christ.
been in a reading mood lately. i read Harry Potter again. and became highly obsessed with it. i never knew JK Rowling's site had like this small seek-for-the-clue game in it. i can actually spend hours figuring out the clues. and Fluffy told me that in that phone, you're suppose to key in the number that leads to the Ministry's Office and you'll receive some special piece of parchment(sp?) wow. easily hunged on a silly quest to solve the clue.. and wow, almost all the questions that was running through my head, she answered it in her FAQ section. like, why didn't the Ministry use owls to track Sirius Black down. haha.
-again, i have to leave this entry halfway done.
i've a whole lot of work yet to finish. so i'll probably be back to next time round to update more often. i promise!
school's not exactly a really nice place. yesterday was the day where parents take the trouble to go to school, and talk to those whiny teachers. pffft. so mom parked her car over at that Da Chong restaurant, and we walked about 300m to the hall of my school. it's such a sucky place. we were first in line, actually.. before some jackass malay guy came over to my class' queue and cut right front of me and just sat down on the chair.
so me and mom sat down in some miserably arranged chairs. what do they think we're here for? queueing up for the train? saw Yee Leng and said hi to her.
Pn Lim @ Mrs Chong came over and started talking to mom. mom stood up, but i just sat down at my seat and forced a smile at Mrs Chong. i don't like standing up and talking to her. i mean, i don't feel nice looking down while talking to her. she's pretty short. and well, it's kinda odd, if you know what i mean. but haha. mom. she was practically towering over her. so yeah anyway. she started talking to my mom. and she said that she need not worry about me. ahahha. that i'm good in class. and don't put too much pressure on me, coz teenagers cant "handle" it, it seems. and while she was at it, all i did was smile and nod at her, thinking oh please! and then she said that she knew ee len. and asked mom where/what my mom's daughters are persuing... so mom said "oh Ee Len's in UTM doing quantity surveying... Ee Ying's in UPM, studyig medicine and Ee Sann's over at Uniten, currently working as a lecturer and at the same time, taking her masters in mechanical engineering" blablabla. and Mrs Chong went all poppy eyed and said, "oh?! that's good! they're all so smart and saving up a lot of your money at the same time!" or something that sounded like that.. and then she looked at me and went, "you know, your sisters are all in college, and you're the youngest one. you definitely don't need to worry. and education's really expensive now you know? so study hard, and your parents are saving so much money for your education. see how important it is?!" heehee. oh please i went again.. keep in mind, i'm still sitting down on some chair. haha. so yeah. then Mrs Chong started asking about Dad, and mom said "oh he's not opting for optional retirement yet" don't you like have a daughter in High School, Mrs Chong? and then she asked what mom's doing. and mom went, "ahh, i've opted for optional retirement. and i'm now working in a private lab" and Mrs Chong went, "yeahh. government servant don't earn much" and the whole topic on education being so expensive and important came up again.. and she told me to study hard again. mann. i thought it'll never end. thankfully that jackass that cut the queue earlier on was finally done talking to Pn Aida @ the Big Fat Glob of Glue. so we said g'bye and thanked Mrs Chong (for what? i really have no idea)(but yeah. she sorta asked mom not to put so much pressure on me. haha.) went over and talked to the BFGG. she said that i'm alright in class.. damn, am i really not a trouble in class? i thought i talked a lot to my own kin. and that i don't mix around much! then mom asked her how i can improve my BM. and she went about how much exercises i need to do. and that my karangan's weak. and that i don't talk BM much. at least she noticed. and everything went silent. awkward moment. i forced another smile. and somehow Ee Sann came to the topic. but the BFGG has no fucking clue who she is. haha. and then we left. and eww. i actually said "terima kasih, cikgu". UGH. PLS DON'T MAKE ME SAY THAT AGAIN!
and then i went and cut my hair. Ee Ying's friend was kinda in a bad mood. totally snipped off my hair like there's no tmrw :( and it's ugly now. oh well. not much difference anyway. mom said. so after we're done, went and ate some vegetarian and mom went to the ha gau shop and bought some wan tans for dad. 10 for RM1.50.. and mom said that lady's stupid. haha. normal price should be around RM3.00 or so for 10. practically ran out of her stall and got in the car in a hurry.
came back. took a shower. and dammit. i'm so sick of those workers working in the house. major renovation. guess mom and dad'll be staying here for quite some time now.. blasted the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack til it's around 2.20 pm. got dressed. and went out to catch the 3pm Spider-Man 2 movie with vonne. went up to Yamaha.. drooled over the guitars. and found Ei-Leen and Vonne there already waiting. Edwin joined us a lil while later halfway through the movie. bumped into Suet Yen. she's kinda annoying at times. i dunno why. we just don't agree on quite a number of stuff. she has bad taste in men. hahhaha. so then yeahh.. watching Spider-Man 2 in kajang... extremely hard to concentrate. shheeeesh. it has got to be the noisest cinema theatre i've ever been to. malay kjg ppl are just plain uncivilized ppl. damn stupid baby with those shoes that make noises. can't their parents keep them shut down at home or something? thankfully it was my 2nd time watching it. wouldn't have understood it nicely if it were my first. haha. tobey maguire at times, his cleft sorta makes him look good. but welll, still not my type. damn Kjg cinema. they didn't even play the credits!!!!!!!!!! and i only heard 3s of Vindicated and they cut it off to some sick malay song. ugh. how thick can they get?! if i do tell you what happened throughout the whole time i spent with vonne, it'll probably bore you down. nothing interesting happened.. just that, oh she said that she loves the movie, and wanna watch it again for the 2nd time..
ok, so then i got back.. and slept. while those darn workers carried on banging and making so much noises. but i slept anyway. an uneasy sleep it was. and mom woke me up at around 7.15pm. saying that we're going out for dinner at Pizza Hut. wohoo, i thought. two Pizza Hut dinners in one week. fattening it may be(oh yeah. what is it with edwin and not eating fattening food? *rolls eyes*), but yummmmmm.. ah ma seems pretty sore with Ah Chia. told practically the whole world that having daughters are so much better than having sons. quoting that sons don't take you out for dinner and stuffs. poor thing. Ah Chia practically stayed in Ah Ma's house all his man-hood life with her. and that's what he gets? oh well. i guess you can't blame an old lady for being upset...
played the comp til around 11.30pm. and at 12am i watched Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. damn i love those goons. :)
see what i mean?
Staight Guy to Straight Guy : wow i love how they changed your whole outlook and you don't look gay at all!!!
Gay Guy to Straight Guy : it's called cool, you jackass!
lmao. they can be so bitchy sometimes
that should probably sum up a part of what happened yesterday.
I am abrasive, some people really hate me, but there may be a group of other tight knit assholes and bitches that I can hang out with and get me. Everybody else? Fuck ‘em.
