Advice to anyone who wants to go KL over public holidays- book your bus tickets way in advance. We booked ours 3 weeks b4 good friday and it was nearly all soldout.
A view from Park Inn where the plumbing still doesn't work well.
10 times zoom is fun. Steady hands and strong sunlight helps. Paul did loads of shopping. The girls would have been proud of him.
A view from our room window. This is Paul (on the right) rushing back to the hotel just b4 it started raining heavily.
I found the very-hard-to-find Levis' 505 black CORDUROY in Pertama Complex. Thanx Joe Kidd for the recommendation. The only thing that interest me was rock band teeshirt hunting. On the 3rd floor of Bukit Bintang Plaza there's a stall that does bootleg tees. Pick 2 designs and have 2 tees for RM50. The quality is not great but its passable at S$12 a piece. I choose a New Order and a Bjork. I swam a lot too utilizing the hotel pool to the max. 40mins on the 1st day. 20mins on the 2nd day (cos it was raining... and there was an awesome display of lightning flashing across the sky. Some were too close for comfort). 45mins on the 3rd day and 40mins on the last day. Make every cent count. Kiasu right?
Nite view from the hotel room.
Most nites we drank and chirpyhappy. Nite 1 Kelvin and Daryl borught us to one of the best bak kut teh (Just tell the cabbie, "old PJ Town, Public Bank there") ive ever had. Then its pub hopping at Bangsar ending up at Ronny Q's where we met Adrian of KLUE mag. At 11ish together with Sharon, we checked out Velvet Underground KL. Its the same as Singapore's- similar layout, look and feel. Yep same music and clubbers too. We sent Sharon back to Mandarin and peaked into Gareth whateverhisnameis post gig party makan. Nite 1 ended at a canto pub drinking premium Tsingtao (golden label!) and listening to a canto band mimicking GnR's Knockin' On Heavens Door and Beyond's Hai Guo Tian Gong. Nite 2 and 3 was less intense.
This is along Central Market busker's alley.
A short walk away from Central Market is S&M Shopping Center (yes, its S&M shopping center). In the basement there is a dozen video stalls selling anime with the biggest selection ever. Another must-shop-do for me is Music Magic (unit M26, Central Market) where I get my bahasa indo cds.
Observatory's Time Of Rebirth at Music Magic.
Music Magic stocked 20 copies about 1.5 weeks ago. By last friday, 7 were sold. Two days ago on sunday, I counted 9 copies left. On the other hand, Andrew (the boss) recounted to me about two Singaporeans who came into the shop. Time Of Rebirth was playing and it caught their interest. Upon enquiring and finding out its from singapore, their interest downgraded to disdain. "Forget it lah singapore bands cannot make it..." etc etc the-usual-use-their-backside-to-think-comments vomited out from their arsehole mouths. Andrew said "I should have told them this Observatory is a UK band". Yes, make them buy it and discover to their embarrassement its a Singapore band that they like after all.
Last nite Monday Sessions at Bar None returns with ace performances by Steel City Skies, Force Vomit and Tiramisu. I wished i had boot it but at the same time im glad i didnt cos i could cheer and clap and not worry about "spoiling" the recording. This is one i'm glad we sat front row.
A view from Park Inn where the plumbing still doesn't work well.
10 times zoom is fun. Steady hands and strong sunlight helps. Paul did loads of shopping. The girls would have been proud of him.
A view from our room window. This is Paul (on the right) rushing back to the hotel just b4 it started raining heavily.
I found the very-hard-to-find Levis' 505 black CORDUROY in Pertama Complex. Thanx Joe Kidd for the recommendation. The only thing that interest me was rock band teeshirt hunting. On the 3rd floor of Bukit Bintang Plaza there's a stall that does bootleg tees. Pick 2 designs and have 2 tees for RM50. The quality is not great but its passable at S$12 a piece. I choose a New Order and a Bjork. I swam a lot too utilizing the hotel pool to the max. 40mins on the 1st day. 20mins on the 2nd day (cos it was raining... and there was an awesome display of lightning flashing across the sky. Some were too close for comfort). 45mins on the 3rd day and 40mins on the last day. Make every cent count. Kiasu right?
Nite view from the hotel room.
Most nites we drank and chirpyhappy. Nite 1 Kelvin and Daryl borught us to one of the best bak kut teh (Just tell the cabbie, "old PJ Town, Public Bank there") ive ever had. Then its pub hopping at Bangsar ending up at Ronny Q's where we met Adrian of KLUE mag. At 11ish together with Sharon, we checked out Velvet Underground KL. Its the same as Singapore's- similar layout, look and feel. Yep same music and clubbers too. We sent Sharon back to Mandarin and peaked into Gareth whateverhisnameis post gig party makan. Nite 1 ended at a canto pub drinking premium Tsingtao (golden label!) and listening to a canto band mimicking GnR's Knockin' On Heavens Door and Beyond's Hai Guo Tian Gong. Nite 2 and 3 was less intense.
This is along Central Market busker's alley.
A short walk away from Central Market is S&M Shopping Center (yes, its S&M shopping center). In the basement there is a dozen video stalls selling anime with the biggest selection ever. Another must-shop-do for me is Music Magic (unit M26, Central Market) where I get my bahasa indo cds.
Observatory's Time Of Rebirth at Music Magic.
Music Magic stocked 20 copies about 1.5 weeks ago. By last friday, 7 were sold. Two days ago on sunday, I counted 9 copies left. On the other hand, Andrew (the boss) recounted to me about two Singaporeans who came into the shop. Time Of Rebirth was playing and it caught their interest. Upon enquiring and finding out its from singapore, their interest downgraded to disdain. "Forget it lah singapore bands cannot make it..." etc etc the-usual-use-their-backside-to-think-comments vomited out from their arsehole mouths. Andrew said "I should have told them this Observatory is a UK band". Yes, make them buy it and discover to their embarrassement its a Singapore band that they like after all.
Last nite Monday Sessions at Bar None returns with ace performances by Steel City Skies, Force Vomit and Tiramisu. I wished i had boot it but at the same time im glad i didnt cos i could cheer and clap and not worry about "spoiling" the recording. This is one i'm glad we sat front row.
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