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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Shiny, shimmery, splendid

i went to the UK edufair on saturday, spent about half an hour there. the rest of the afternoon was spent accompanying my classmate Chris on a shopping/browsing expedition. You may think this sounds perfectly ordinary, but trust me, it isn't. Have you ever went shopping with a guy whom is on first-name terms with all the salesgirls at the Chanel and Dior counters in KLCC? It was an experience to remember. there i was, fumbling through the price tags, internally reminding myself not to shriek in disbelief at the expensiveness of everything, while he was going in an out of changing rooms and lamenting the fact he didn't bring enough cash to buy the exquisite(and jaw-droppingly mahal) jacket,etc. ahah, i had fun though.

So anyway, the real highlight of my weekend was on sunday night. i went to the '3 diva' concert at bukit jalil. Diyana won two tickets for it(through a question and SLOGAN contest, fuh. slogan contests are so demotivating for me) and she invited me along! that, i must mention here, was a tremendously nice gesture, and i am VERY happy and grateful for it. THANX AGAIN DIYANA!!(if you're reading this). it was my first ever concert, i might add.

For those who may be out of touch with what's going on(ahem,cue aussie or other overseas students,heh), the 3 diva concert was a gig given by kris dayanti, ruth sahanaya and titi dj.

I must honestly say, i didn't know any songs by titi dj, and by kris dayanti and ruth sahanaya pon tahu yang famous je la. but seriously, the concert was great. you have to respect their voices. true divas, man. they blended together perfectly. harmonies were no problem for them. Plus, the arrangment of the orchestra was terrific la.


A lupe-nak-pasang-flash, not to mention senget pic of me and dirs. i still like it. we're both smiling good :)

We were sitting on the upper tier of the stadium, so it was quite a distance from the stage, but at least we were seated in a position directly in front of centre stage. plus, they all wore really shimmery costumes, so we had no problem spotting them :p


The only slack thing were the malaysian performers. dayang was good vocal wise, but i don't think nurul or that other woman sang that well. plus, their outfits were too much. nurul wore some backless short number, that other woman wore some kind of multi-coloured toga wrapped around her diagonally, while dayang wore what frankly looked to me like pajamas(albeit a sexy one) made with labuci. geez.

but still. For a first concert, i think '3 diva' was a really good one.

Concerts i will try my darndest to find the money and the company to go to if these people ever decide to come here:
1. John Mayer
2. Kings of convenience
3. the fray
4. Louis XIV(though i doubt very much if they'll ever come)

6 comments:

mostlyepiphanies said...

oh cool.You can now say 'hey,ive been to a consert before'

whereas I,umm...still looking for an opprtunity to say that.

Gotta go consert hunting in aussie!!

aman23 said...

haha Chris Chris. :p

concerts! If Metallica or Megadeth came here, heck, even if they came to Singapore, I would do anything to go to their concert!

Anonymous said...

chris the korean guy 2 ke?

yg kate koreans in CIMP are all main2.

A said...

aijud: ur comment got me tickled to look up upcoming concerts and gigs in sydney.

dave matthews, JOHN MAYER!!!!, JAMES MORRISON!!!, artic monkeys, heck, even bloc party are heading ur way this year.

..............(i was trying to find words to properly express my envy, but failed).

btw, thanx for recommending bloc party at ur blog aijud, i'm listening to 'banquet' as i type. good stuff :)

aman: u should have seen chris in shopping action, it was menarik, heh. metallica or megadeth? fuh. ur definitely NOT a teeny-bopper, that's for sure :)

nani: yup, that's him. in fact, ever since he bought kuih from u mase u buat that malaysian studies food sale tu, he's been referring to u as 'kuih girl',in a completely innocent manner(he calls the malay girls in my class yg pakai tudung as 'tudung girls' when he's addressing them as a whole).

the curious cat said...

aladdin! that's where your title came from. i've been trying to figure it out all day. :)

A said...

wah, i think ur the only one yg perasan it was a line from 'a whole new world'. bagus2.

disney is re-showing all the old disney movies like alice in wonderland and pocahontas. seronok.