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2011/09/30

RockAway 2011

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The rock out concert of the year is coming to you this October! its the RockAway 2011 brought to you by One Buck Short & Friends, and it promises to be MASSIVE! The line up speaks for itself boasting some of the best rock acts the country, and the world has to offer.. Although the last minute cancelations of Sum 41 and Dashboard Confessional were a bit disappointing, but the inclusion of The Used, All Time Low and Story Of The Year is quickly making it look like the rock gathering of the year..

Honestly, although i am pretty psyched to catch those 3 headlining acts in action, i'm even more excited to watch our local boys, all 16 of them, rip it up this 8th of October at the Car Park A of the Stadium Bukit Jalil.. One Buck Short, Metalasia, Love Me Butch, Monoloque, LO, Hujan, They Will Kill Us All, Kyoto Protocol, Pop Shuvit and Project E.A.R, Deja Voodoo Spells, Massacre Conspiracy, Tres Empre, Busco, Oh Chentaku, Dichi Michi, and Twilight ActionGirl.. These are the acts that i'm paying my 88bucks to go see!

Now a couple of these acts have been going around tirelessly to promote the event and my boys One Buck Short even came by the astro studios..

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And just when i thought the "meeting up with old buddies" session was over, guess who walks in...
its the man who was born with a guitar in his hand, Rithan and of course DejaVoodooSpells...

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So im definitely pumped up, i got my rock t-shirt ready, my torn jeans, and of course my towel, cause im gonna be jumping up and down like a monkey and im gonna be sweating buckets! so if you havent gotten your tickets yet, head on down to AirAsiaRedTix.com.. Hope to see you there, and please say hi if you do see me..
Rock Rock On!... Reefa and im out..

2011/09/26

ARTHUR'S DAY

to say that the show was rocking would definitely be an understatement! it was awesome to be a part of such a huge event (in fact the arthur's day celebration in Malaysia was the 2nd biggest one only after the one in Dublin).. the set up was huge, the turn out was great, and the entertainment was entertaining..

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to be honest with you, i enjoyed the performances from our Malaysian artistes even more than Taio Cruz himself.. not selling him short or anything like that, but it was obvious that our performers just put that much more effort and preparation into their shows..

Prema yin kicked off the night with an energetic performance (i also thought her dancers were amazing! nothing to do with one of them being my gf. hehehe).. she also did a rendition of Adele's "rolling in the deep" which i thought was awesome..

next up was another rocking band, full of energy and presence, Dragon Red! what stood out about their performance was their rendition of "Careless Whisper" which blew everyone away.. good job guys..

needless to say when the queen of malaysian hiphop, none other than Mizz Nina took the stage, everyone was fired up and dancing and singing along. the fantastic visuals on the backdrop just added that much more style and colour to her set. oh and of course her dancers were good too, really filling up the stage well and making it that much more hype..

next up was the President, Joe Flizzow himself. one of the best performances of the night for me. rocking a live band, Dj Biggie on the decks and Sona1 to hype him up, it was an excellent performance.. he also brought in some asian flavour by bringing on a rapper from Thailand and a rapper from Japan. kudos to one of my very good friends for an unforgettable performance...

next up was none other than Taio Cruz himself.. no live band, no dj, no dancers, just Taio Cruz.it was still a good show though, as he got the crowd singing along and jumping up and down to his very well known tracks, but like i said, our Malaysian artistes performances were much more impressive for me..

as grandly as the night started, that just how it ended, with an awesome fireworks display filling the sky with sparks and colours to bring the Arthur's Day celebrations to an end.. well done to Guiness MY for hosting such an awesome event, im definitely looking forward to next year!

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