jazz fest at bukit kiara equestrian

hey,did u guys catch the jazz fest at bukit kiara last week?my friends n i drove down all the way from penang that weekend to watch the talented musicians perform..
it was supposed to start at four,but we reached just in time to catch camelia..well,since it was a saturday,it was ladies night at finnegans,hartamas we thought of having a margharita before the function,but we decided against it,fearing we'd be too high to enjoy the performances...so we saved it for the post concert pre-bangsar celebration that night.

anyway,camelia was great...n so was ning..if i remember correctly,she sang pasti,the lady is a tramp and stardust.im an advocate of ning,much to the cheh's n yuck's of my housematers..but this performance of her's convinced them that i have excellect taste in local artistes.heheh.heck,i even got mai yin to embrace ferhad's music...i thought it was gonna be an impossible feat,but each time i go online,i play the pernah mp3 over n over until she voluntarily puts on his cd these days (yes,i bought the cd for 45 bloody ringgit)
ning wore a simple 3/4 quarter sleeves,knee-length,red dress that accentuated her voluptous figure n worked marvellously with the crowd.
we were right infront standing with a group of ppl(like the classroom kiasu's) while the majority sat on the grassy field of the equestrian club.

next in line was sheila,who simply radiated the crowd with her smile.she wore a long spaghetti dress in multiple shades of blue.its unfair how someone that age can carry that dress well.i know i cant, so too many 21 year olds...she looked as if she put on some weight,and had that extra glow in her eyes...a definite sign of happiness.she sang warna-warna and something else too,if im not wrong...fly me to the moon.

next up was silk from india...only those who could appreciate indian music would have found it good,coz it seemed like half the crowd decided to get up n visit the toilet n stalls nearby during their stint.shanker mahadevan,the lead singer sang beautifully n had a lil malaysia-india conversation with the crowd through one of his songs.his percussionest deserve commendation for his excellent display of talent working with his babies....he played like an excited child given a new toy,n his instruments surrounded him llike a throne.

the supposedly grand finale was anggun.after looking at her on stage,i have to say she's way,way far from being anggun. a whiny high class prostitute was more like what she was.she wore a strapless corset top that was overflowing with her assets n a skirt so short if could double up as a tube.imagine,she was on the stage,singing with her legs wide open,batting her stupid eyelashes n squeezing her already spilling boobs.the guys in front of us was actually zooming in her lower half with their camera's.
she gave what she thought was a sultry rendition of her one time hit ,snow on the sahara with actions that got the male hormonal levels hitting the roof.to her "r u guys enjoyin urselfs tonite?",the guys obviously screamed 'yeah',while many of us girls there were embarassed to be women fro a while.did she think she was in some cabaret show in vegas?my friends who used to adore anggun changed their minds that night(they were females,obviously) while the guys were busy arranging to buy her album the next day.is this what we define as the women's lib era?creating dense female flashers?my friends n i were so disgusted by her performance n left halfway.

oh yeah,we managed to take a picture with steve thornton,the international percussionist n had a small conversation with him...we saw him at the kuching jazz fest as well...the pictures will be up soon...

after we left,we headed to finnegans hartamas to treat ourselves to those free drinks,after all...we had to endure anggun for that few minutes,didnt we?i had 3 n was already talking nonsense...apparently i tried to demonstrate to my friends that i could walk in a straight line...everyone else drank too but maya n i were the highest of them all....then we headed to bangsar to PARTY.....saw reshmonnu n yogi B there...the party was just about to reach its peak(as in the music was getting great) n then bangsar was RAIDED!!!talk abount an anti-climax....

ANGGUN SUCKS!!

racial integration...?NOT!

ahhh...finally i can sit without a lecturer staring into my face...but the screen isnt that exciting either..is highlighting short hair impossible?i thought it could be done,the wear u that tight rubber cap filled with holes n hightlight the strands that r pulled out from the holes...right?anyway,in the spirit of xmas,i was thinking of highlighting my hair...yeah,i'm bored.but the stylist in this particular salon said that it cant be done...cheh...nvm,i shall find out.

anyway,im sick and tired of all this racial integration crap n what not.whoever said that malaysia is a multiracial,harmonious nation must be retarded or something...are they blind?or deaf?at wisma sanyan in sibu(its a god-forsaken shopping complex) hari raya decorations were already up on the eve of diwali..ketupats n all.eve of diwali?what kinda sensitivity is that?another interesting point for the ignorant,diwali isnt a public holiday in sarawak..n we boast about our 3 main races,"masyarakat berbilang bangsa,terutamanya kaum melayu ,cina dan india"...thats how it goes in all the textbooks right?...superficially.

how can the main celebration of one of the 3 dominant races in our country not be declared a holiday in all the states?if sarawak was a PAS led state,i might be able to see the logic(or the absence of it in this case?),but BN?shame on them.samy vellu should push for this,isnt it?well,i guess some ppl just have toll counters to think about.

last week,i saw the most ghastly thing,ketupats on xmas trees in sunway pyramid..i know we want to localise everything,but please la...dont make the tree look like a rojak job gone wrong.lets leave the identities of the celebrations alone.oh yeah,i almost cried when i heard the hari raya song in the kongsi kongsi tune..if this goes on,we'll hear the same tune in modified lyrics 5 times a year(NY,CNY,raya,xmas n diwali)...it loses its distinction and uniqueness,does it not?

then there are the ads on tv that portray this so called integration..petronas does lovely ones,esp during merdeka...notice that most of the ads focuses on the oldear generation or older times...i wasnt born in that era,but from what i hear,tolerance was much practiced then..which is a far cry from now.do we see integration on the streets?among our children?if im n indian n i dont mix much with my race,i'm known as a poser..same applies to all other races i guess.i wanna know what went wrong.i wait for the day when everyone only has to tick 'bangsa malaysia' on government n official forms,no kaum n agama(does it really matter in the passport if ur a buddhist or christian?)..(dont let me start about the exam papers)...

only then,and only when every citizen is given equal rights to prove themselves(think the quota system) can we say that we are halfway towards this fantasy integration thingy..

beat

hmmm...no inspiration la now...must go and bertapa somewhere..
xmas is round the corner,bought a tree from gurney and its almost done...cant wait..can u sense the enthusiasm?
pesta hoki is killing me....