Temporary band = Awesome Performance

I think this is like the 5th time I performed at leisure mall. I actually kinda like performing there, 'cuz no matter how bad the sound system is, there's like 4 floors of people looking down at you, and the feeling is really...great.

Warning: Long blabbering about meaningless stuff.

1st Practice at Pau's house - Sunday/4th Jan
We actually caught on to the 1st song: The Veronicas - When It All Falls Apart pretty fast, thanks to amazing guitarists Yu Kit and Kelly and awesome bassist Ben. And of course Pau, never forget the singers. =P

2nd Practice at my house - Sunday/11th Jan
Spending 7-8 hours with Pauline, Kelly, Ben and Yu Kit can be really tiring, frustrating, irritating, maddening but also fun and even funnier. Nav was there too just for fun, though he wasn't part of the performance. Working on the 2nd song: Mariah Carey ft Whitney Houston - When You Believe was tricky, cuz' it was waayy harder to play and sing.

3rd Practice at I-Melody - Friday 16th Jan
Kelly couldn't make it. Pau had a 'fashion show' for the three of us; she didn't know what to wear for performance day. We practiced both songs like mad. Unfortunately, I was rather emo that day (no idea why) and I think I ruined the whole practice. Go on and scream at me...

4th Practice at my house - Saturday 17th Jan
Pau couldn't make it. Jamming two days in a row didn't mean our practice intensified. In fact, we did nothing except play through twice. The rest of the time was spent on my poor computer watching Ben play Heli Attack 3 and jamming other songs. All our repertoires were different though, so we didn't have much choice. Bad news was we didn't practice much. Good news was we had fun (I did at least) and I got the guitar...just for one stinking night.

PERFORMANCE DAY 18th Jan 2009. Emergency ditto ditto ditto.
Reached I-melody at 10 with Pau. The guys reached at 11. Almost at the last moment, there was some emergency and we had to fill in someone's place on short notice so that means 3 songs. Rushed through Demi Lovato - This Is Me. Ben suppose to play drums for that song using the keyboard. Wait, don't think so highly of him yet, all he had to do was press buttons!! Finished practicing within 45 minutes (this is pure record).

Headed over to Leisure Mall, went backstage, watched the guys eat McD with mad envy (Pau wouldn't let me touch the fries cuz it suppose to hurt our voices or something according to her). Kelly came a while later and we got out of backstage cuz it was getting too crowded. Sat near one of the shops and started practicing This Is Me. People were staring like we're psycho. I mean its not everyday you see a gang of teenagers dressed in black and red sitting on the floor strumming guitars and singing.

The performance itself was not very good, because the sound system was bad, therefore we couldn't hear ourselves and our vocals were out of tune AND Ben didn't play drums on the keyboard after all, that chicken. Just cuz he couldn't find the buttons. But it was still great and fun

I think the whole performance lasted roughly 15 minutes and we ended with This Is Me along with Yu Kit's mad strumming at the end. There was some encore shouting...not bad. Hmm.

Biggest thanks to:
Pauline - because you sang so well with me.
Kelly - because even when you didn't think you could, you tried...and suceeded.
Yu Kit - because of your awesome guitar skills.
Ben - because you didn't fong fei kei this time! jk. chill.
Pearly - for being so understanding, supportive and cheering (sort of) from the audience.
Sin Mun - for your cold criticism...well, its how I improve. Sincere, really.
Jeff - you did a great job at cheering for the girl you tried to pikat but couldn't. COUGH PAU COUGH. Nvm, forget I said that.
Pau's cousins - For screaming and yelling and shouting and screeching for an encore
My cousin bro - For his awesome photo taking and support
Pau's parents - For being there, so supportive and funny and lenient with Pauline's "curfew"!
Ben's parents - For being there and so friendly, supportive, etc, too many to list.
Yu Kit's parents - For being there and for actually sending their son to practices. Jk, kinda.
My parents - 'cause they took awesome recordings and always suggested ways on how to improve the performance.

This is like, the best band performance so far. I watched the recordings; This Is Me is the best song! Buy it from me! BUY BUY BUY!

I love playing in a band. Especially a band that includes the people above.

There's a lot of conflict going on during practices, but it turned out great...I think.

The End.

~Smartee

P.S. I wish you were there. But you weren't, so just too bad for us.