Saturday, April 27, 2013

Tiket Download Festival 2013

Aku... Elizabeth Mysterious la ngan berita last minit Cradle Of Filth tak dapat main kat Singapura walau aku memang konfem tak dapat pergi pun.
Aerosmith kat Marina Gardens by the Bay? satu harga tiket je ye? nak cakap mahal pun kalau diambik kira semua perbelanjaan dan jugak harga band tu sendiri, mungkin berpatutan la kalau dah minat. Tu la kalau tengok harga Van Halen ngan Aerosmith main kat Australia, giler babi harga tiket dorang. Jualan tiket pun tak hebat pasal macam too saturated la pasaran gitu dan peminat pun kena pilih betul2 mana dorang nak gi mana dorang terpaksa gigit jari.
Tapi Aerosmith....hhhmmmmm...  takpelah aku pun dah terlampau banyak hiburan peribadi.
ok cakap pasal Australia, aku rasa konfem kot Maiden tidak akan menerajui (cewahh!!) Soundwave 2014 kalau ikut organiser Soundwave tetapi.........saspen giler aku!! apa pun aku tak terkejut kalau masih 2014 tapi hujung tahun ngan tour untuk album baru yang macam dah dirancang dorang untuk dirakam dan dikeluarkan tahun 2014 jugak, aku tak terkejut kalau Maiden Engand nye show tak dibawak ke Asia Oceania pasal nak kasi pasaran rantau ni sejuk sikit.

Dulu aku agak2 lepas bulan puasa, betul2 gitu minggu pertama kedua Hari Raya, Maiden main kat rantau sini sebelum rock in rio, tapi dah dorang tour USA lagi sekali ngan Megadeth opener, jadi aku rasa kalau nasib baik bulan pertama 2014 kot lagi satu jendela (cewahh!!) untuk Asia Oceania.
Last2 minggu pertama raya yang aku berapa bulan masih harapkan Maiden, rupanya Barcelona FC yang turun, mahal sey harga Barcelona nye tiket.
Tapi apa pun, baik COF baik Aerosmith dan apa2 band la, termasuk Wings kat IB ni minggu, aku cuma tahu berita ni semua bila dah lambat gitu, bila berita dah basi baru aku tahu... Leceh.

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Kalau takde aral melintang, dan 1001 benda boleh membantotkan rancangan aku, ni pertama kali aku nak cuba backpacking gi Donington Park dan tengok Download Festival.
Tu hari aku dapat ni delivery, nampak macam tiket tapi taruk kat bawah kecik tu cakap ni bukan tiket.
Aku pun tak paham.
Dah aku gatal tahun lepas masa tiket mula dijual aku gi ambik siap ngan Camping sekali. Yo yo oh je kan aku masa beli tiket dulu nak berkhemah konon tapi tak fikir masak2.
Fikir balik tak yah camping la, dah la tempat ni notorious ngan hujan dan lumpur teruk, 
aku fikir baik aku aku duk Derby, naik bas gi sini, abis tengok apa show aku suka, naik bas balik Derby.
Cakap pasal camping ni, ok ok korang tahu apasal aku ambik family camping? pasal aku malas dan psycho nak kena raining beer kalo duk camping lagi satu.
Tak suka ah dah la aku bukan muda2 lagi , family camping ni nama cam tempat sopan santun sikit kan? Dulu aku berlecak kat Sydney tengok Maiden, lepas show bau masih ikut siak aku tak suka.
So kurangkan risiko, duk Derby ulang alik pandai2 la aku kena naik bas awam.

K, Download Festival 2013.



Hari pertama , kalau jadi la..
aku dah plan aku tak mau pergi hari pertama pasal aku rasa lagi baik aku gi jalan2 bandar Derby dari tengok band2 yang waktu aku beli tiket ni sebahagiannya band2 dah diumumkan dan jenis kalau aku tak tengok pun takpe.
KORN , PAPA ROACH malah headliner pentas utama SLIPKNOT ni semua is not my cup of tea.
Mungkin aku cuma nak tengok BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE main je. Sebenarnye SCORPIONS awal2 dah dioffer main headliner pentas kedua, tapi dorang tak nak, pasal duit dan pasal prestige kot?
Kena kutuk si Scorpions ni ngan peminat2 kat UK. Betul pe, lantak la kan? ambik je slot headliner pentas kedua kan? terang2 konfem mesti ribu2 jugak pe akan layan Scorpions dari pentas2 lain waktu malam pertama.
Ada jugak aku dapat goyang2 hurray2 Loving You Sunday Morning waktu Slipknot kat pentas utama.
hah kau dua bulan lepas gitu, dorang umumkan nasik tambah, hari pertama stage kedua nye full line.

Giler ah... terus aku dah panik, pasal ikut plan aku, aku rasa aku kalo naik keretapi aku cuma sampai Derby station pun tengahari atau petang, tu pun kalau tak sesat mana2...
Aku dah plan pagi tu aku kat London ul 4 pagi nak standby nak gi ambik foto matahari terbit kat River Thames.
Dah la aku pun nanti gamble je naik keretapi gi Derby, ntah sampai ntah tak, tau2 sesat. Aku bukan reti sangat.
Ni dinamakan tak planning betul2.. hentam kromo..
kalau diumumkan band2 yang aku minat siang2 untuk hari pertama, tentu aku plan berlainan, ni aku ingat hari pertama band cam Korn, Slipknot, Papa Roach etc etc gitu je, lebih baik aku gi tengok muzium dan pasar basah, pasar tepi jalan, dan street scene kat Derby kan?
Ni sebijik cam Judas Priest tu hari main kat Singapore, kena double-bill ngan Lamb Of God, dah aku ngan kawan aku tu jam timing tapak pelan2 cun2 nak sampai Fort Canning sengaja lambat, tu pun sampai LOG masih main.
Nasib baik kejap je lepas tu dorang dah stop haha.

Jadi konfem aku mendangok kat kawasan stage 2 je la.
- VOLBEAT - hah, ni la aku paling nak tengok. Penyanyi/rhythm guitarist dia dah buat aku ingatkan James Hetfield. Dorang fusion gitu rock metal macam2 la, kalo korang tengok dorang kat youtube, tapi tak kesah la apa pun genre dorang kena chop kat dahi dorang, janji dorang best,
siap dah main cam muzik country style metal gitu then lepas tu nak abis show masuk Raining Blood. Tiba2 next song Nuclear Assault nye mamat naik stage nyanyi. Hebat ni band.
Studio albums dorang ada jemputan ahli Kreator, Nuclear Assault, Mercyful Fate/ King Diamond.
Skarang ni mamat Anthrax Rob Caggiano si producer tu yang keluar Anthrax pasal cakap nak fokus kat kerja studio, tiba2 join Volbeat jadi lead guitarist. Ribut band ni. Mesti best tengok live.

- DIR EN GREY - tak masuk sangat muzik dorang, tapi mesti menarik la tengok band Jepun ni main, tapi rasanya aku konfem tak sempat tengok dorang.
- URIAH HEEP - she came to me one morning, one lonely Sunday morning..
Mau lompat2 starjump aku...  Tapi cam puaka, aku rasa ni pun  tak sempat kot aku nak tengok, cam sial kan bila band gerek kena slot main awal.

- DRAGONFORCE - ok, ni line-up baru ngan penyanyi baru aku tak pernah tengok main live, jadi aku nak tengok cammana ngan line-up terbaru mamat penyanyi ni bawak live banding ngan ZP.
- EUROPE - YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! kadang2 kan sampai skarang tau bila aku tengah mengelamun, kepala aku ada lagu Carrie...aiseybedah.
Europe ialah band yang bagus, ngan lagu2 rock yang bagus. Kalo baca komen2 peminat muzik kat internet, dorang nye dua album terakhir hebat. Ni lagi satu puaka, letak siang2, konfem main 40 minit je gitu.
Kasi la malam sikit main seret sikit sejam dua. Boleh aku singalong Rock The Night.
Apa pun korang jangan bedek, korang dulu2 muda2 kecik2 layan Cheerokee, layan Ninja, nanti2, layan apa tu? Prisoner In Paradise? hahaha.. Gerek sey lagu2 Europe ni. Evergreen dorang.
Korang tau lagu Prisoner In Paradise tu part minah tu kena buang kerja? part dia akan dapat gaji terakhir, memang betul2 life story kan untuk segolongan kita.
Susah tau, bila tahu korang dapat gaji terakhir. Buntu kepalahotak, cuma Allah je tahu.


Moving on...
Lepas best2 kat stage 2 semua dah main, aku Mungkin pindah gi stage lain kejap survey2, mungkin aku nak tengok HIM main, dorang headline stage 3. THE SWORD semua tak sempat la kalo aku dah mendangok kat stage 2.
Dan dah terlanjur aku akan singgah pentas utama bila Slipknot main pasal aku nak survey bila berpuluh2 ribu jampacked ramai2, kat mana aku nak diri paling selamat, ok keyword, carik tempat SELAMAT!!.
nota - Hammer Of the Gods kat stage 4 tu rasanya bukan supergroup Mike Portnoy yang bawak tribute lagu2 Led Zeppelin, ni lain nye.

Hari kedua. Aku mendangok kat stage one je la.
- UFO - Binawei.. kena datang awal, aku tak suka la, aku masih ingat Soundwave aku pergi, SAXON, SAXON tau, ni kira cengkih muzik heavy rock/metal jugak, tapi pasal dorang main awal, aku tak kuasa nak gi cepat, aku gi jalan2 kat bandar tengok2 ambik2 gambo sebagai pelancong, pergi kedai2 makan2 duduk2 cam tourist dan memang tourist pun.
Malas sey. Petang baru naik ketapi pergi tempat show. Saxon kirim salam sua, sapa suruh main awal2? tapi heran la band2 power untuk diri kita, tapi promoters letak sususan cam weird gitu.
Tapi...kalau UFO,
yang ni tak boleh miss, pasal UFO. UUU FFFF OOOO !!!! walau dah takde Michael Schenker, dan rasanya bassist Pete Way tu takkan main kot ni Download.
Heran kan? UFO kena main pembukaan stage one.
Song by song, mungkin UFO antara band yang repetoire lagu2 dorang terhebat berbanding banyak band lain. Kira la, terang2 berbual, dalam berpuluh2 bands tiga hari tiga malam tu, berapa banyak la band lain yang boleh celen koleksi lagu2 UFO? heran.
Aku tak boleh bayangkan reaksi peminat semua ( dan terang2 hari Sabtu yang mendangok depan stage one mesti kebanyakkan peminat Maiden ) dan aku sendiri bila dorang start main Doctor Doctor, ngan Maiden akan headlining pentas sama waktu malam. ""Intro music is played few hours early, live""
Oooo Vinnie Moore gitaris UFO skarang...huhu... Vinnie I love your Odyssey instrumental album cassette tape when I was at school, ceeehhh.

- MASTODON - ok la, kalo aku tak gatal nak survey pentas2 lain, kalo aku rajin nak berdiri himpit2 kejangkan leher kasi tinggi haha, dan tak gi jalan2 tengok orangvke, jual makan2 minum2 ke, jual2 tshirt ke merchandise ke, aku akan tengok ni band. Ni band alrite dan ramai peminat.
- ALICE IN CHAINS - Download in the hole... huhuhu...ni mesti ramai peminat ni bila band ni main. A must see.
- MOTORHEAD - tak kesah lagu apa pun dorang main, mesti menarik. Tapi kalo aku tukang pilih lagu, aku suruh dorang main satu album Inferno dari mula sampai abis. Fetish aku kat Inferno ni. Tapi tak kesah la apa pun lagu ye tak, mesti bising giler ni band. Sound telinga aku dah la terpeleot.
QUEENS OF STONE AGES - Aku tak minat, tapi aku terpaksa la standby posisi nak kena ambik tempat pasal nak tengok Maiden. Tapi kalau Dave Grohl jadi drummer dorang malam tu, hah, aku mungkin beri perhatian sikit la haha. Kalau tak, pasang kuda2, dan dengar masuk telinga kiri keluar telinga kanan.

- IRON MAIDEN - Hoobastank The Reason I really make an effort to go to Donington Park. My dream since I was a school boy. Donington Park is the place of the original Monsters Of Rock filled with many rock bands and metal bands that I love since I was a kid till now. I wish one day the full Rainbow show will be released.
and to be there when they play a similar theme to that most famous and LEGENDARY 1988 show would be a dream come true. I hope it WILL BE a dream come true.
I dont think personally for me I can actually "SEE" Maiden "PLAY" at Donington in front of what? more than 80,000 rabid fans in a sloopy SLIPPERY muddy field? Me? I dont think I really got what it takes to push thru right to the front, and jostle with all these White and Taller People.
I just want to soak in and enjoy the whole atmosphere when Maiden play.

hari Ketiga
LITTLE CAESAR ( ni mendiang Eric Carr Kiss kasi nama or something kan, sama ngan lagu Eric Carr nyanyi kat album Kiss Hot In The Shade ),
SATYRICON (headline stage 3 sey, suka tengok youtube dorang, keyboardist dia weeewiiittsss, tak sakit leher ke haha), NEWSTED - Jason Newsted nye band baru,
GHOST, RAMMSTEIN, AMON AMARTH dan jugak sikit2 la survey Airbourne etc
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a BON JOVI stadium  show..
Now is that a great trade-off or what.. or the worst trade-off ever?

Siol je kan aku.
tapi apa nak buat, dah minat kan?
nanananananananananananaannananananananananananana..
( teka lagu apa? Aku rasa mesti ada korang tau.
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Lagu Born to Be My Baby la ) haha. ok lawak bodoh.
Tapi bayangkan pegi tengok Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora masih (merajuk/gi berubat pasal kaki togok/buat hal) sila pilih satu, mesti cam tak best gitu kan.
Harap2 dapat pergi, aku masih belum cuba ambik cuti lagi...belum carik kawan cover shift2 kerja aku lagi. Giler.
Dan kalau dapat pergi pun, jangan la sangkut lama2 kat immigresen mana2. 8 hari, 2 negara, 4 bandar, aku dah plan tido minima dan dalam ketapi ngan dalam flight aje lain2 jalan2 tengok tempat orang.

Monday, April 22, 2013

white rhino nursing/suckling, hamaryads baboons, lion-tailed macaque, black white colubus monkey etc - April 2013 visit

Takkan habis la cerita pasal minat aku kat haiwan,
ni pertama kali aku nampak sendiri, White Rhino (melayu rasanya panggil Badak Sumbu Putih Afrika??) sedang menyusukan anak dia. Tak salah aku nama si kecik Jumaane dan mak dia Shova.



Now I know, - with all that body of " "armour".



A first time for me, seeing a baby White Rhino suckling/feeding/nursing on his mom. Their names are Jumaane and Shova.
Here are two short youtube videos of the above that I recorded, from the two different angles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNYWy3_NRVo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_tf2AJ4LM8


Oh of course you have those having a relaxing time...
and I am cursing because I only got a short while on this zoo visit as I got to go to work for the afternoon shift haha.


Ni baru real nye badak berendam , syok je eh tengok dia berkubang.


Moving to something else with horns...
Majestic horns.. Huge Majestic Horns...
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Got some close-ups of one of the Mountain Goat this time when he was near the waterfall... Sorry I dont really know much about the origins of this specific kind, but the horns are awesome.
And they can really move around the steep rocks with no problem.




"dont go chasing waterfalls, stick to the rivers and lakes that you're used to"
TLC, how can they be forgotten?


Speaking of majestic, and also arrogance...
A visit to the Hamaryads Baboons section is always welcomed by many of them turning their backs against you haha..

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Proud egoistic humans are sometimes a pain in the ass..
But when animals present that same image, they just look cool.



And I just GOT to improve on my taking of their photos next time.

ok speaking of primates/monkeys of all kinds...

next that I think I never blogged about before is

Lion-Tailed Macaque -  Because their facial features and tails resembles the lion.
Tak tahu lak garang cam singa tak? haha.







They are a kind of a black and white colour combination,
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but there is another species which is actually called 
black and white colubus monkey and the thing is its first thought these species thumbs were chopped-of by the natives when they're first discovered but not so...they dont use it that much of their thumbs and it evolves.

Ciptaan Allah sangat luas dan berbeza-beza dan sampai buat manusia fikir macam2. Nanti la lain kali sambung.







This post was helped by re-re-re-listening after all these years, to the still unbelievably so freaking awesomely great Motorhead's INFERNO, one of a kind album, and yes when it comes to Keys To The Kingdom, I repeat the solo part. A moment in time really. Like I say, its really one of a kind album by them.

Friday, April 19, 2013

meerkats / orangutans - visiting them April 2013

A visit to any zoo is always therapeutic.
Korang tentu setuju ngan aku kan, tengok dan layan binatang seribu kali bagus dari deal ngan sebahagian manusia.

MEERKATS - Forever one of my favourite in the whole animal kingdom and I do try to learn a lot about them.

I managed to get a video of their sentry/guard/security/protector/head on alert and glancing all over especially because there are a lot of birds like cranes flying at quite a low level.
Then a Chinook military helicopter came passing by but at quite a distance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngMtFhPnE9E







With one on alert, the others can proceed with whatever they want to do.....
If you observe, the sentry is not bothered with having shade from the sun. He is really doing his job, which is not what you can say about humans....  sigh.


ORANGUTAN or ORANG UTAN or how you want to spell it...

PLAYINGGG....




SLEEPINGGG... and I dont think he will fall with a BIG SPLASH!





AND DOING WHATEVER ORANGUTANS DO.




I got this video of the above baby orangutan trying to catch up with his elder brother at these very high ropes while at the same eating a fruit and ends up he drop it and he was looking down to see where the fruit went. So I think he decided to wait for his Mummy Orangutan, and when she was above me, I was thinking if she was to fall on top of me..Penyek sey aku.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdLg98zGVJE



TO BE CONTINUED AND CONTINUED AND CONTINUED..

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Check out these tounges....
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k, dah hari jemaat hehe

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

What About Now - BON JOVI \m/

Every new Bon Jovi album release is anticipated.
Either I will like the whole album or I will only like just a very few songs.



This new one is called What About Now.

- This digipak version has 16 songs, seems different packaging has a differnt number of songs.
- Nice packaging, no photos at all of the band.
- No lyric sheets, ok not a problem, I'll listen harder.
Bon Jovi always has cool lyrics whether its about life, love, happy, sad or social commentaries issues.




On first listen I was quite sceptical after reading some of their fanbase reviews,

but song after song, and I like them, Because We Can, I'm With You, What About Now, Pictures Of You, Amen etc etc etc etc  although the songs are quite mellow and there are no heavy hard rockers on this one.
Richie Sambora is still all around everywhere but I know fans wanted more of his solos on this album.
Like I say earlier, there are social commentaries in Bon Jovi songs, and its represented in this album for example 'Whats Left Of Me'.
Thick As Thieves? I was at first wondering what is that haha.

The negative part of this album for me is that
I dont really like it when listening to songs 14 & 15 - Not Running Anymore & Old Habi Die Hard, which really slows things down too much. Nice songs, but it just kills the momentum.

But things picked up on the final 16th song which is definitely a bonus track...
Every Road Lead Homes To You.
Written by Richie Sambora.Vocals by Richie Sambora. His solo effort.
I think this is added on this digipak for the purpose of promoting his latest solo album, and I am not surprised if his latest solo album is more Bon Jovier than Bon Jovi themselves.
Maybe one of these days I'll check that solo album out.

Monday, April 15, 2013

bus express dua tingkat

Sekarang bila naik bas ekpres, pada aku la, bas dua tingkat lagi best.

Dulu2 bila bus express double decker mula diperkenalkan untuk selatan-kl-selatan, aku tak suka naik, aku lagi siap tukar bas lain pasal pada aku bas dua tingkat lambat dah terhegeh-hegeh macam makbonda gitu,
tapi dah lama gitu, aku rasa takde beza dah...

In fact, aku sekarang suka naik bas dua tingkat, siap aku study syarikat2 bas ekpres mana yang ada jadual bas dua tingkat pada sekian2 waktu haha.

Naik bas dua tingkat, permandangan best.....semua pun nampak haha.
Cuma kadang2 tu nampak eksiden, sedih la kan,
walaupun memang heran bila nampak ada pemandu kenderaan reckless dan jenis tak pedulik keselamatan orang lain.

Ok back to the story, bila naik bas ekspres kan, konfem kena air-kon je kan, terus membuta dalam bas...padahal ingat nak buat macam2 la, baca sokkabar ke majalah ke.
Tapi mungkin dah biasa kot bodyclock, sampai tol sungei besi atau tol skudai, terus terjaga..


 
 
Bas Gagap , K K K K K K K K K K L haha
gurau je, jangan marah.
 
Aku serious berbual, aku sebagai penumpang ada banyak syarikat bas aku sokong ngan membeli tiket dan menaiki bas dorang, dan ada mungkin satu dua syarikat bas aku cuma akan naik bas tu sebagai last resort haha.
( KKKL alrite je pada aku k, tapi tentu masing2 korang pun ada express bus companies korang suka, dan yang korang kurenggg sikit)






Apa pun, Terminal Bersepadu Selatan, perasmian rasmi semalam ye,
pada aku sebagai pengguna pengangkutan awam, aku memang suka sangat la ngan facilities kemudahan yang disediakan. Memang ada sikit dah macam airport dah, infact memang selesa abis la.
So score one point for public transport users, at least as far as TBS is concern.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Delta Machine - Depeche Mode

Thru the years, I try to keep in touch with some great British electronic music groups that are still around since the 80s.
One of them is Depeche Mode. Still one of the biggest pop name all over the world.
I got their just released new album Delta Machine, it comes with a double cd, and a nice packaging with over 20pages of photos and lyrics.
One thing never change in my opinion, Depeche Mode is still dark, and still sometimes disturbing. 





My opinion.
13 songs on cd1, 4 songs on cd2.

The album begins with a good start

"Welcome To My World Step Right Through The Door
Leave Your Tranquilisers at home, You Dont Need Them Anymore".
" All The Drama Queens have gone and the Devil got Dismayed
He packed up and fled this town His Master Plan delayed"

Heaven is the 3rd song, I think its the first single.
Seriously, this song got stuck in my mind.

Secret To The End is 4th song, and the first to get me moving, a slow build-up of momentum - this album.
Slow the 6th song has some nice guitars.
The Child Inside has some nice lyrics
" Each tear that flow down your face, Trickles then pick up the pace
And turns to a river inside, a River that will not subside"

9th song Soft Touch/Raw Nerve is certainly a happening bouncing song. I think this makes a fantastic live song.

Moving on to 2nd cd
3rd song Always is uptempo and have a nice chorus.

4th song on cd 2, and the last of the 17 songs is All That's Mine, finish the album on the high.
A head-shaker.

Nice packaging, 2cds , 17 songs that is fine with me, with some great songs , with a good price.
I think its worth it.


Monday, April 8, 2013

Marina Zooming

Hoi korang amacam,

Like many people out there, I think one of the best things about being rostered to work 3rd shifts/ night shifts/ graveyard shifts, (depends on how you called it) is when its time to knock off.

There you are going to do what you want or needs to do during the day, and seeing huge crowds of people going to work. The feeling is NICE :-)
and especially on weekdays, whatever activities that you do like going to the market or paying your bills is usually less crowded.

So I got a chance to play with a new toy, so after handover duty, I took a nice morning walk to Marina Bay area to have a quick play around with the zoom. This is the results..






Not much people around yet, mostly early birds and those doing their morning exercises...








Its inspiring to see others do their morning exercises, but when it comes to actually doing it myself,
FAILURE.






 I kind of like this zoom thing...  Should play with it more often then