jb or bust. Heh..me loves busts...

I guess i should pen things down since its still kinda fresh. U can never trust a forgetful mind or a 2yr-old with $700 headphones.

Met "ii", Dimas's gf, (ok, this was how she intro-ed herself when she sms-ed me before we met up. Does it sound like aye-aye, eeee-eeee, or eeeeeee? Its the 2nd one.)at woodlands mrt and we took 950 to cozway.

I initially wanted to make my way there alone, cos i'd hate to escape a kidnap(i would cos its just too troublesome to try and run-off with a 6+ft, 90 kilo man) and have to explain why i ran and cowered like a girl when the "bad people" took their daughter away. I am very responsible, when i can help it.

Prior research on the route of my journey returned less than desirable results. Google maps do not have any of JB. So i turned to an old fren who happens to have one feet in that land.

Aza: Its near Stulang.
Me: Sop Tulang? No thanks, just ate.
Aza: Stulang la! Tell cab driver its near the marine police docks.
Me: So i can just walk from the docks rite?
Aza: Take cab cannot go hotel stret isit?
Me: Wat if go tottally diff place?
Aza: Then i take care of ur gf la.

Bitch.

Still he was nice enuff to update me cos he also added in tips for the noob JB traveller. He said i should not take the cabs right after the Malaysian customs. Something abt those particular cabbies chopping off heads. Think its the price. Anyway he said the ones behind Mobil is better and try to get them to use the meter.

With such comprehensive info, im suddenly filled with enthusiasm and almost looking forward to the journey there. Until i reached the Malaysian customs.

Cutting a long story short(yeah rite!):- (in no particular order or merit)

1. i hallucinated in the non-ventilated queue. (dam sure everyone was swaying to some music)
2. saw an old lady beat up a man for queue-jumping. (The prick deserved it.)
3. was behind a super-inconsiderate old-F*%K smoking in the queue oblivious to the numerous stares at him making me uncomfy like i was the culprit. (should have called that lady over)
4. stopped a family of four from trying to sneak past me and glared at the dad for masterminding the hostile takeover.(tip: if sneaking, do not move in chain, push me, the person ur sneaking from, away and if possible, keep very quiet. and not smiling at me sheepishly would also help.)
5. had to use my bath towel to dry myself cos, and i repeat, the place was non-ventilated.

it took 1 1/2hrs for us to clear customs. I expected longer cos i was really hoping to see someone collapse from heat exhaustion or something. Try standing inside a portaloo in the midday heat. Add in some sweet-sweet armpit stink from 200 different blokes and ur there. i was even thankful to have a breeze of exhaust fumes blowing my face when i finally cleared.

I tried catching a cab near Mobil but apparently they thought my destination was too near. One said he wants to go further. If he does then wat does that got to do with me? U want u go urself la. Just send me then after that u can drive urself to China for all i care.

When i got in the cab, finally, the ride lasted a fantastic 10mins. Like, from Bedok North to Bedok South. Waliewwww...burst my bubble sia! I tot how far! The damage? RM5.20! I got sent to my destination in a very well-maintained, clean, air-conditioned, polite, helpful and ever smiling cabbie for a price that would only got me about half the length of my dick if i had taken one from SG! I shall stop here abt our SG cabbies.

I was so happy the cabbie did not send me off to Patpong to be the most popular male prostitute that i gave him all of RM6 and told him to keep the change. Cannot say i not generous ok? 80cents still money ok?(anyway, Dimas said i can claim the fare!)

Eddy said the band is gonna reach around 1pm. Dimas said it'll be 2. Time check = 2.15pm. They reached at 3.15pm.Luckily ii and i were smart as we plopped ourselves down at a nearby kopitiam and had our lunch while waiting. I was so tempted to ask for "Fresh orange satu?" a la typical of 80s / 90s Malay Dramas but I settled for iced coffee and mee goreng pedas giler instead.

[at this point the writer realised that the story is taking too long. Like 2-days-worth-of-writing-long so he's gonna TRY to cut short whenever possible from now onwards. God help him]

Saturday had a lot of prep work and i only got to meet the lads during dinner. Which was superb cos there was a buffet and me loves buffets. Atip and i had only 2 tablespoons of rice on our plates but filled it with as much lauk as possible. Atip even got a whole foot-long fish to himself. I only half-heartedly let go of mine cos i couldnt fit it onto the plate. Stupid plate, should have got myself a tray.

Guess wat the smart organisers organised(makes sense?) for SO7 and Bhumi after dinner? Futsal. Or street soccer. Or an elaborate attempt to make us puke our guts out after eating belly-busting amounts of free food.(apparently SO7 loves Futsal.)

Awi and Atip tried shooting but the ball went everywhere except its intended target. And i honestly thought they could play! Wat a disappointment! They looked half-decent soccer players sia. I would have played if only i had my berms on. Which i did, but i was talking bout my OTHER nicer pair of berms. And anyway, i wouldnt wana show my skills. Wait people say i boastful. And ofcos, i had just eaten, which i know doctors advise to only involve in intense sporting activities after 2 hours of having a meal. So i was more concerned for my health than anything else.

Fine, the last time i attempted to kick a ball was in NS. which i totally missed. Cos i thought it was moving, but it wasn't. So i never played again. But i do watch soccer alot. So that should count...right? Right?

Fine, moving along.

Sunday nite was show day and both bands had their sound checks in afternoon. Guys, believe me when i say Bhumi have a great piece in one of their singles "Goda" - which is part of the soundtrack for the Malaysian movie Remp-it - so do check it out. Buy it when Bhumiband- Konspirasi Dunia is out in shelves. That is an order. Like, listen...and....obey?

Catch the bands this weekend, 20th Aug, at KL - Bukit Jalil Stadium if u wana have a preview of the tracks dat'll be out in the album. And yes, SO7 did not disappoint too. Worth every dollar! So go see, go see!

[I got pics but they're in Eddy's cam so stay tuned!]