the thing that guides you through a cloudy day
i must say im really enjoying myself back home despite really loving bristol.
its always good to get back to my old routine: eat, no black tie, eat, laundry, check blogs for gigs, go to unheard of place to catch favourite acts, eat, laundry again, eat again, laundry again.. oh and to those not in the know, laundry is a bar with live music yeah.. i dont mean i do my laundry. everyday here, is how jason mraz starts geek in the pink 'its laundry day!'., again, the bar kind, not the washing clothes kind.
and after all the food and live music and (i almost forgot!), catching up on movies, its always good to come back home to my cats. i know its gonna be really hard leaving them the 2nd time around. yeala yeala.. i havent been gone thaaaaaaat long.. 6 months je. (i hear people shouting... 'cheh, mengada!') its long enough for me to cry because i miss my cats..
there are a few things i need to write down tonight before i forget about them. when im older if this blog is still around, i wanna read my archives and go "so thats what i did then".. and for that reason i need to give u short takes on a few of the things i did, just because.
and also because ill be heading to bandung tmrw, and if i dont do this now it will never happen.
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last saturday i went to catch isaac entry live at no black tie and i was again, totally mesmerized by the quality of his voice that just demands your attention. its like something you cant not concentrate on, tho the noise level by non music appreciating people bothered me to the extent that i wanted to stand on my chair and shout "shut up" . but i of course did not by virtue of my greatest respect for isaacs voice that nasya correctly coined as 'handsome'. i kid you not, isaac entrys voice is HANDSOME. even mazhar had his eyes closed and is still talking about isaacs voice till today.
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sunday was laundrys open mic. the turnout wasnt great, i think only one person came to play for the open mic and the rest were the usual performers who goodheartedly played a few songs for us people who came to watch. i didnt catch the name of the duo who came to play but the girl who was singing sounded alot like mocca. and mocca is good. haha. albert, khailee, yuri and reza salleh sang a few of their songs,. all is good, and the world is a happier place.
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wednesday saw us all (amy, far, nicholl, kristy and me) at this new place called groove junction (in hartamas, above karma) for reza salleh. found out about it from reza salleh and went because amy wanted to. after she listened to him at laundry, she unsurprisingly fell in love with his voice like we all did when we first listened to him. haha. really nice place, owner jose sed he opened it to play jazz but had to try this 'reza salleh' dude whom his son keeps mentioning. unsurprisingly again, no regrets there and now he plans to get reza to come back every wednesday. the wonders of reza's voice ehh. haha.
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today i took bristol uni friend maryam from nigeria to madam kwans to eat 'authentic malaysian cuisine' coz it says so right outside the restaurant. she fell in love with char kway teow and nasi bojari (which i myself have never heard of before), thought cincau abit weird and absolutely loved sago gula melaka. met up with nasya, tatie and mazhar and went to gaucho grill. the meat, absolutely fantastic! ooooyeah. i love meat. was tempted to go to bangkok jazz as we were right next to it, but came home instead as i have an early flight out tmrw morning.
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you MUST watch 'perfume: story of a murderer'.. its sick, its twisted beyond reason but its absolutely amazing!.
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new indonesian song cds, good padang food, ice alpukat, spas, hotsprings, lotsa new clothes,... bandung, sorayas coming to town.
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youve got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day
yeah yeah nich, thanx for the song. btw youve gotten fatter and stop forgetting your lyrics.haha
its always good to get back to my old routine: eat, no black tie, eat, laundry, check blogs for gigs, go to unheard of place to catch favourite acts, eat, laundry again, eat again, laundry again.. oh and to those not in the know, laundry is a bar with live music yeah.. i dont mean i do my laundry. everyday here, is how jason mraz starts geek in the pink 'its laundry day!'., again, the bar kind, not the washing clothes kind.
and after all the food and live music and (i almost forgot!), catching up on movies, its always good to come back home to my cats. i know its gonna be really hard leaving them the 2nd time around. yeala yeala.. i havent been gone thaaaaaaat long.. 6 months je. (i hear people shouting... 'cheh, mengada!') its long enough for me to cry because i miss my cats..
there are a few things i need to write down tonight before i forget about them. when im older if this blog is still around, i wanna read my archives and go "so thats what i did then".. and for that reason i need to give u short takes on a few of the things i did, just because.
and also because ill be heading to bandung tmrw, and if i dont do this now it will never happen.
------------------------------------------------------------------
last saturday i went to catch isaac entry live at no black tie and i was again, totally mesmerized by the quality of his voice that just demands your attention. its like something you cant not concentrate on, tho the noise level by non music appreciating people bothered me to the extent that i wanted to stand on my chair and shout "shut up" . but i of course did not by virtue of my greatest respect for isaacs voice that nasya correctly coined as 'handsome'. i kid you not, isaac entrys voice is HANDSOME. even mazhar had his eyes closed and is still talking about isaacs voice till today.
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sunday was laundrys open mic. the turnout wasnt great, i think only one person came to play for the open mic and the rest were the usual performers who goodheartedly played a few songs for us people who came to watch. i didnt catch the name of the duo who came to play but the girl who was singing sounded alot like mocca. and mocca is good. haha. albert, khailee, yuri and reza salleh sang a few of their songs,. all is good, and the world is a happier place.
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wednesday saw us all (amy, far, nicholl, kristy and me) at this new place called groove junction (in hartamas, above karma) for reza salleh. found out about it from reza salleh and went because amy wanted to. after she listened to him at laundry, she unsurprisingly fell in love with his voice like we all did when we first listened to him. haha. really nice place, owner jose sed he opened it to play jazz but had to try this 'reza salleh' dude whom his son keeps mentioning. unsurprisingly again, no regrets there and now he plans to get reza to come back every wednesday. the wonders of reza's voice ehh. haha.
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today i took bristol uni friend maryam from nigeria to madam kwans to eat 'authentic malaysian cuisine' coz it says so right outside the restaurant. she fell in love with char kway teow and nasi bojari (which i myself have never heard of before), thought cincau abit weird and absolutely loved sago gula melaka. met up with nasya, tatie and mazhar and went to gaucho grill. the meat, absolutely fantastic! ooooyeah. i love meat. was tempted to go to bangkok jazz as we were right next to it, but came home instead as i have an early flight out tmrw morning.
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you MUST watch 'perfume: story of a murderer'.. its sick, its twisted beyond reason but its absolutely amazing!.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
new indonesian song cds, good padang food, ice alpukat, spas, hotsprings, lotsa new clothes,... bandung, sorayas coming to town.
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youve got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day
yeah yeah nich, thanx for the song. btw youve gotten fatter and stop forgetting your lyrics.haha
posted by soraya barakbah at 6:35 PM
4 Comments:
u didnt do stand up comedy >:P
this clown will be back for almost 4 months of laundry-ing this summer. haha.
Hello Soraya!
Stumbled upon your blog from Rhapsody's.
Upon listening to Jack Johnson, I realized that Isaac has the same vibe.
And thanks for remembering my name and listing it! It was my virgin performance.
haha heya albert.. course i remembered.. im back in the uk... no more msian music.:( hehe..
but ill be back end of june. haha
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