Egad

Eww, no!

I'll take William Hung anytime.

OH MY GOD!

I literally gasped so loudly when I saw this!

They're actually going to play this at the MPO!!

I'M SO THERE!!

Can't stop listening on repeat...

"Make This Go On Forever" by Snow Patrol

This song is sooo dramatic, I love it!!

(Well okay, the studio version sounds much better)

Eggh...

Helpless When She Smiles Video

Whoever produced this video should be shot!! It's a terribly boring video for such a fab band!!

Post BSB symptoms

Now Playing : "That's All Changed Forever" - Embrace

I'm still giddy as heck from the aweeeesome Backstreet Boys concert two days ago. Not only do I have memories, pictures and videos to remind me about the best concert ever, my throat has become quite sore from all the screaming and off key singing that I did while at the concert. At least I still have my voice ;) to sing along the neverending looping BSB playlist in my car. Aside from that, my calves hurt like crap from the non-stop jumping, hopping and dancing that my body did involuntarily at the concert. Had to postpone a PT session today because I would simply die in agony if I were to force myself to hop on any machine at the gym. 

Seeing Nick Carter in person has also ignited my passion for writing (ahem! I'm not telling you why!) , which I have not done in over three years because of one very good reason ;). What a time to rekindle my love for writing, since I have until Monday to finish a 6000 research paper that I've been putting off for much too long. Still got another 4000 words to go, bleh! 

But yes, once my paper is written and other assignments tackled, I'm jumping right back into writing!

That's all for now, back to depending on adrenaline rush to finish a paper. :(

Update: BSB Concert 2008!!

Now Playing : "Back To Your Heart" - Backstreet Boys

Well okay. I know I posted a little something saying I'd update later with pictures just about a second ago, but I'm still very much hyped up from the amazing Backstreet Boys concert that I ended up Photoshopping all the pictures I'd like to share with you immediately anyway!

But first...a minor story of how it went. It was an amazing concert, no doubt about that. Before and after the concert however, was quite a different story. Galaxy, Axcess and Sunway Lagoon did a terrible job at organizing this event because there were multiple frustrations caused among us concert goers such as not having a clear picture of where to line up to go into the concert area and quite a traumatic experience involving people being sardine-canned between escalators and even to a point where people were falling off them. In short, I will never go to another concert Sunway Lagoon holds because their entry and exit points are death traps. I have a good mind to write to The Star tomorrow to tell them how Sunway Lagoon should not be used for holding large scale concerts anymore. 

Other than that, I've never been to a more exciting concert and I've never danced this much in my life before!! What an experience!!

Me in a bikini top that I wore to the concert. It turned out to be an absolutely good decision because...

...we were all forced to endure three rounds of rain, one of which was the heavy-thunder-lightning-cold wind sort. 

Here's how we looked after the terrible rain had subdued.

The rain ruined my tickets. *Sniff*

Hurrah for going barefeet!! We stood in shallow water throughout the concert, making it the first

and quite possibly the only concert we danced and hopped in water.

BSB singing while playing cards

BSB in fancy suits doing fancy moves

BSB with awesome showmanship skills

The one picture I am absolutely crazy over (and by far the clearest)--Nick Carter!!

*swoons*

See? I told you we had absolutely the best time of our concert-going lives!

*Taken right after BSB said goodbye :(

BSB Concert!!!!!!

It's official:

The Backstreet Boys concert was the bestest ever!!!

My life is now complete.

Will upload the good photos once I Photoshop them.

BSB Here I Come!!

I'm off to the BSB concert!!

Here I come!!

Unresisting XD

Okokok...I gave up. 

I finally finally finally went ahead and bought tickets to this Wednesday's Backstreet Boys concert at Sunway Lagoon. And now I'm on cloud nine!! I don't know why I was so stupid to not want (well ok, I was dying to, I just didn't really have the cash nor time to) to go in the first place and if I had remained stupid and not actually ask how long the showcase was--which infact, did not turn out to be a showcase but a full-blown 2.5 hour concert--I would have stayed home this Wednesday being all pissed with myself for not going to the one boy band that dominated my entire kid-preteen-teenage-life.

OMG

I've just realized something...

I'm actually going to finally see Nick Carter in person!!

The one celeb I obsessed with the entire 90s!!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

LMAO after this concert, my BSB fandom life will be complete. XD

Switchfoot Concert '08 Photos

OK folks, I've finally managed to upload yesterday's Switchfoot concert photos. These were the best of the heaping lot that I took (most of them were blurrish or had too many hands blocking *fume!* the lens). Most of the pictures below are gonna be of Jon Foreman but hey, you normally take 80% more pictures of the frontman, right? :P 

The video I took of them performing "On Fire" is too large, and as soon as I can squeeze that into a smaller size, I'll upload that.

Freaking long line...!

And so we waited...

And waited...

And waited. 

We were lining up since 3:50pm and only got to go inside at 6:30pm

and Switchfoot only came on stage at 8:30pm!

Switchfoot

(left stage)

Switchfoot

(right stage, Jon Foreman dividing the members right in the middle)

Jon Foreman

Freaking cool shot of Jon

Another freaking cool shot of Jon

Major uber awesome shot of Jon in the crowds

Best picture of the night!!

Eggh...some lucky prick got Tim Foreman's guitar pick!!! X(

Uber-tastic!!

SWITCHFOOT ROCKS!!!

I just got home from their concert in KLCC and let me tell you the concert was simply amazing and in my opinion rank second to Muse's fab concert! Jon Foreman did such an amazing job connecting with the audience and they even had a Meet and Greet session (which unfortunately had to be closed before we got there) and they seem to be incredibly humble people! I'm still soooo hyped up from the amazing concert but right now I'm totally beat and promise to post the pictures and videos I took during the concert once my errands are done tomorrow!

Jonathan Foreman

you are now my hero for giving us an incredible performance!

(That's not to say that Matt Bellamy isn't still on top of my list! :P)

Concert!

Switchfoot

Tralala, I'm off to see them tonight!

(Will post pics)

Where da Xmas carols?

Tomorrow is Christmas...which makes today Christmas Eve and you would think that in this situation, I would have Christmas carols on loop in my head but nuuuuuu!!! Instead, I have these two songs playing over and over non-stop in my head and it got so bad that I just had to take my iPod and start listening to it on never-ending loop and to top it off, sing!! Still, they are great songs and I definitely recommend a listen!

Jon McLaughlin and his very sing songy ballad "So Close"

You're in my arms

And all the world is calm 
The music playing on for only two 
So close together 
And when I'm with you 
So close to feeling alive 

A life goes by 
Romantic dreams will stop 
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew 
So close was waiting, waiting here with you 
And now forever I know 
All that I wanted to hold you 
So close 

So close to reaching that famous happy end 
Almost believing this was not pretend 
And now you're beside me and look how far we've come 
So far we are so close 

How could I face the faceless days 
If I should lose you now? 
We're so close 
To reaching that famous happy end 
And almost believing this was not pretend 
Let's go on dreaming for we know we are 
So close 
So close 
And still so far 

Vanessa Hudgens and her twinkly-smooth "Say Ok"

You are fine

You are sweet

But I'm still a bit naive with my heart

When you're close I don't breathe

I can't find the words to speak

I feel sparks

But I don't wanna be into you

If you are not looking for true love, oh oh

No I don't wanna start seeing you

If I can't be your only one

So tell me when it's not alright

When it's not ok

Will you try to make me feel better?

Will you say alright? (say alright)

Will you say ok? (Say ok)

Will you stick with me through whatever?

Or run away

(Say that it's gonna be alright. That it's gonna be ok)

Say Ok.

When you call I don't know if I should pick up the phone every time

I'm not like all my friends who keep calling up the boys, I'm so shy

But I don't wanna be into you

If you don't treat me the right way

See I can only start seeing you

If you can make my heart feel safe (feel safe)

When it's not alright

When it's not ok

Will you try to make me feel better?

Will you say alright? (say alright)

Will you say ok? (Say ok)

Will you stick with me through whatever?

Or run away

(Say that it's gonna be alright. That it's gonna be ok

Don't run away, don't run away)

Let me know if it's gonna be you

Boy, you've got some things to prove

Let me know that you'll keep me safe

I don't want you to run away so

Let me know that you'll call on time

Let me know that you won't be shy

Will you wipe my tears away

Will you hold me closer

When it's not alright

When it's not ok

Will you try to make me feel better

Will you say alright? (say alright)

Will you say ok? (Say ok)

Will you stick with me through whatever?

Or run away

(Say that it's gonna be alright. That it's gonna be ok)

Say OK

(Don't run away, don't run away)

(Say that it's gonna be alright. That it's gonna be ok, don't run away)

Will you say OK

(Say that it's gonna be alright. That it's gonna be ok)

Roxx

Lookie my spankin' new Red Roxx!

Now Playing : "Snow Brigade" - Mew

Imagine this;

I am a self-confessed audiophile.

Three weeks ago the best pair of earphones I've ever put into my ears got ruined.

Oh, the torture having to downgrade to the insufferable Apple earphones!! Due to a negligence of mine for not saving the proof of purchase, I was unable to get a free replacement and so I've been on the hunt to buy new ones. 

E-mailed Machines to see if they carry the product. No answer. Some customer service!

One...two...three weeks pass on. Ears getting itchy, iPod getting severely underused. Must...get...new...V-Modas!!

I seriously contemplated buying them direct from their website, but shipping would probably cost a bomb...plus, I'd probably have to wait even longer for it to arrive.

Then today, a stroke of luck! EpiCentre at the Pavilion has them!! WOOT WOOT!! Since the black cable literally tore on my last black V-Moda Vibes, I decided to get the red ones which actually look pretty cool contrary to what I first perceived and they have different cables so fingers crossed!

Alas, my journey for audio perfection has not been kind on my wallet. Now I'm totally, totally broke. *Sniff* Shelling out RM438 for these beauties was absolutely worth it and contrary to what you might think, totally necessary. ;)

Back to audio bliss!!

Unbreakable

Now Playing : "Inconsolable" - Backstreet Boys

Unbreakable.

That is the exact word to describe my enthusiasm for these guys.

After all these years of being a truly devoted fan (almost 12 years now), the Backstreet Boys has never served up one single disappointment and their newest album, Unbreakable reminds us that while there are (more) hugely successful pop acts out there right now dominating the airwaves (Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears ring a bell?) the now-quartet are the true kings of Pop. With strong and distinguishable vocals, BSB truly stands out from the sea of mostly-now-defunct boy bands and they always deliver to their inconsolable fans. 

For me, the Backstreet Boys are synonymous with my childhood and teen years. Here are just some of my life connected to them;

1. The very first CD I ever owned was their very first album, Backstreet Boys. 
   
2. The very first male celebrity I had a major crush on for my entire teenage years was Nick Carter. 
3. 99% of pin-ups and posters that used to be blue-tacked on my wall were of the BSB. 
4. I wrote fan fiction with them in it. 
5. I wrote fan mail to them. 
6. I continued to buy all their albums--original, naturally. 
7. I bought every magazine with even the tiniest article in them--heck, I bought magazines which had pictures of them in it. 
8. I cut out newspaper articles of them.
9. I cried FURIOUSLY when their only concert here was cancelled. 
   
10. My then best friend, Estu and I listened religiously to their CDs to make sure we memorized each Backstreet Boy's voices.
11. I collected all their concerts on video tapes.
12. I waited each week for the Billboard Top 100 tv show just to record their music videos.
13. I definitely memorized all the lyrics.
14. I listened to the entire Rick Dees' Top 40 just to find out if they hit top ten.
15. The CD shop is my first destination whenever news of a new album comes out.
16. I will never ever buy pirated Backstreet Boys albums.
17. Rejoiced like no tomorrow when Millennium became the fastest selling record of the 90s and they won like, a million awards.

Backstreet Boys, don't ever break-up because you are one of God's gifts to good music. 

Backstreet Boys (with Kevin R.)

Backstreet Boys (now w/o Kevin R.)

When You're Gone

I don't know about you,
but
some songs, whether
their lyrics
or
their melodies
are just so powerful
that
for no reason at all
they make your heart hurt
your eyes water
and
for some sadistic reason,
they make you
listen
to it over
and over
again.

Colors

Editors need Editing

B&W photos : Phwoar!!

Now Playing : Editors playlist

I take back what I said about Editors' An End Has A Start in my review.

Their album freakin' ROCKS!!

Wooooot!

V-Moda

Taking No Chances : Ordered heaps of replacements!

Now Playing : www.solopianoradio.com

Today I received my ear rubber thingy replacements in the mail, after putting in an order for them last Thursday after I had lost the left ear rubber thingy in the library on the same day. I must say that I am very impressed with the speedy service V-Moda provides (I noticed it arrived in Malaysia at least four days ago but had to pass customs clearance first--why it took four days to clear some tiny rubber thingies is beyond me) and I highly recommend their high-quality earphones to the other audiophiles out there. It is definitely worth the price and you won't regret buying it. I've never been happier with any earphone purchase. Using them to listen to the online radio station I'm listening to now is pure heaven. I've also heard that Shure's earphones are perfect for this genre of music, but I haven't been able to afford those yet, so I can't tell you. :P

What a beaut!! (I've got these)

Another Brick In The Wall

Dr. Mahmud showed us Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall music video today in class. However, I was sort of disappointed when it wasn't the version I liked. Here it is for your viewing pleasure!