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Hurts Live in KL

Posted by IcedNyior on May 11, 2011  |  No Comments

As what I wrote in Hurts is coming to Kuala Lumpur! and I’m going to Hurts concert this Friday!, I managed to get tickets thanks to Sony Music Malaysia to the TOPMAN and Junk By Demand presents Hurts live in Mist Club KL!

Its been a while since I went to a concert. I think the last time was Jason Derulo in Dragonfly club (formerly Orange) in KL. Was at Mist slightly before 8pm and bumped into Yatz inside the club with some friends.  A DJ was warming up the crowd and people were slowly trickling in.

I can’t remember what time it started exactly but it seemed like suddenly the club was extremely full, I was standing behind a whole bunch of people and the crowd suddenly erupted to cheers as the Hurts duo – Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson – walked on the stage.

Theo talked about how its their first time in Malaysia, and they visited Batu Caves (according to his Twitter @theohurts they visited KLCC as well so not so sure why he didn’t mention that) and that “we would never be here if it weren’t for you”. The crowd was predominantly female and I could understand why. In person, Theo really is hot! With his calm and stylish debonair, its no surprise why you feel attracted to him.

Just had to show a close up photo of him. Credit to daphneliciouz

Also, he’s a great performer, commanding the crowd and making you feel that he looks straight at you as he sang, giving you a piercing gaze. And to add to that, he also occasionally threw white roses into the crowd, causing girls to scream as they grabbed wildly for it.

Not to be forgotten, Adam Anderson was also amazing on the synthesizer , his fingers flying across the keyboard with full concentration on his face. At one point, he picked up the electric guitar, took a step into the spotlight and showed us what he was truly capable of – making amazing music.

Throughout the night, it seemed like Hurts performed song after song without stopping. From favorites such as Stay (complete with the music video playing in the background) and Lonely Sunday, to a cover of Kylie Minogue’s “Confide in me” – of whom they confessed they are big fans of – they took to the stage like a duck in water. I forgot to note the first few songs but in total, Hurts performed the following songs : Evelyn, Lonely Sunday, Verona, Devotion, Confide in Me (cover), Illumination, Stay and closed with an encore of Better than Love. I managed to record a short snippet of Better than Love with my iPhone below.

You know how some musicians sound great on their CD but fail to bring it when they perform Live? For Hurts, this wasn’t the case. They were nothing short of AMAZING. It was one of the most entertaining concerts/showcases I’ve been too in a long time (not that I’ve been to many). Even the friend I brought along who knew nothing about them until the day before, became a fan.

Thanks Hurts, for a great night!

For more photos and videos taken from better cameras than an iPhone, check out daphneliciouz & dustyhawk blogs.

Worthy Book Reviews – Vouchers and Free Stuff!

Posted by IcedNyior on October 11, 2010  |  3 Comments

Thanks to Tocky and the good people at Worthy Media, I was given a copy of this book

WHAT IS IT?

Worthy Book is a revolutionary KL consumer lifestyle mini directory guide for Dining, Entertainment, Retail and Services. Selling at only RM 35 per copy, Worthy Book offers more than RM18,000 worth of special discounts, free samplings and attractive values to over 100 top brands in Malaysia for you family, friends and loved ones!

In addition, Worthy Book believes in giving back to the society, so you will be pleased to know that RM 2 from each copy of the Worthy Book sold will be donated to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), Malaysia.

I must admit that I was a bit skeptical on how “Worthy” this book really was. But when I looked at their site and saw that most of the brands were places that I actually did go to (or at least am planning to go), I thought that it could be a pretty good deal after all.

#twtclub at Zeta Bar

Posted by IcedNyior on January 3, 2010  |  1 Comment

Woot! First night out clubbing for 2010 and it was with my tweeple :D

Organized by @spinzer & @meiyingt (above) #twtclub was the first tweetup for 2010. The venue was Zeta Bar, KL Hilton where we paid RM40 each to open a bottle of Black Label & Chivas + mixers.

It was my first time driving to KL Hilton and I didn’t know that the security was so strict. They moved detectors (not too sure for what) under my car and even asked me to open the boot to inspect it. Parking at KL Hilton is RM8.00 flat rate if you are a patron at any of their restaurants/club/function but you must get a coupon from the receptionist.

A few “special guests” were invited – namely the team (two people turned up) behind @Digi_telco & @StarbucksMY. They were there as individuals and not under their company. It was nice to be able to see the faces behind the twitter accounts.

The band was quite good in Zeta Bar. Can’t remember their name but the male lead was a African American guy frm US (i think), the female singers were from Thailand & Philippines, then the musicians were from South Africa and other countries. Very 1Malaysia 1World. They sang songs from PCD, Lady Gaga, etc.

There are 2 types of people who go clubbing : (1) people who hit the dance floor and (2) the people who watch people dancing & getting drunk while they sit at the side :P I am of the latter. The rest had a great time dancing to various R&B hitz.

Enjoy the pics – some are taken by Euveng :D

The twitters who turned up : spinzer, meiyingt, davybates, joycescapade, williamnka, joshlim, kwangchen – thanks sooo much for paying for my parking :D, euveng, serpentinegal & royalshortness – who went back early :(, charliechia, kruel74, GSJone, and and…errr will add more later when I’ve had sleep.

Do drop comments if you’ve uploaded pics or wrote a blog post. Also if I’ve missed out your name.

All in all, it was an awesome tweetup and cant wait for another one soon :D

Confirmed : Beyonce’s Kuala Lumpur Concert has been POSTPONED not cancelled

Posted by IcedNyior on October 19, 2009  |  4 Comments

I wrote about earlier rumours but now its officially confirmed that Beyonce’s concert this 25th October 2009 has been POSTPONED to a future date. Read the official statement from Marctesia, the co-organizers of the event.

NEWS RELEASE

Kuala Lumpur, 20 October 2009 – The Organisers regret to inform you that Beyonce “I am.” concert originally scheduled on Sunday, 25 October 2009 at Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur has been postponed to a future date, to be announced shortly.
The official postponement press statement by Beyonce’s Artiste Management, Music World will be released by this week. The postponement is solely decision of the Artiste and has nothing to do with other external reasons.

The Organisers sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused. Fans whom have purchased tickets but can’t wait for the announcement of the new date, may proceed to refund starting from 26 October 2009 to 14 November 2009 at Ticket Axcess head office in PJ. For more details on ticket refund, please contact official ticketing agent Axcess hotline at 03 7711 5000 or log on www.axcess.com.my

Source: http://www.marctensia.com/upcoming_beyonce.html

Sad now :(

Earthquake tremors in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Posted by IcedNyior on September 30, 2009  |  9 Comments

Did you feel tremors? Vibrations from the earth? Shaking in KL, KJ, PJ?

There was an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 at Southern Sumatra, Indonesia based on USGS website. Msian time is roughly UTC+8 hours

[Updated 7.13pm]
Tsunami Warning for Residents of Port Dickson and Penang frm Pacific Tsunami Warning Center – http://bit.ly/56TOh

Impromptu road trip

Posted by IcedNyior on August 5, 2008  |  2 Comments

It has been really bloody hot in KL the past few days. I’ve been spending my days wearing the absolute minimum amount of clothing and sealing off my room to the outside heat. Then I was chatting with a friend yesterday who had a room in Awana with two queen sized beds due to some kind of meeting and I was invited to come.

So apa lagi, after packing a change of clothes, my laptop (coz the room has wifi- yey!), filling my car with petrol, I shot off to Genting at around 5.00pm. Surprisingly the MRR2 wasn’t jammed. Only one lane in Kepong was closed. In less than 2 hours, I was finally experiencing the cool air from the balcony of the 26th floor while sipping tea.

My friend had meetings and events till late at night so I was asked to make myself at home. I was prepared and brought my DVDs – I’m currently watching Grey’s Anatomy (yea I know, I just started watching the series. Am currently at Season 3). This is the life, bundled up in a comforter with the cool air coming in the windows and watching TV Series.

So sad that I have to drive back today :(

Kota Kinabalu Trip – Day 2

Posted by IcedNyior on July 15, 2008  |  1 Comment

Sunday – 6 July

I got Derek to pick me up and we went to church (Yea yea, so I went to church even tho I never go here in KL) then went for lunch with Uncle Yapp and friends.

One thing that I have been craving to eat/drink in Kota Kinabalu is Yoyo. Its this milky tea (zhen zhu nai cha) with those sago ‘pearls’. KL has it but its not nice. So Derek brought me to Yoyo in Lintas and I also gave Rachel a ring to meet up as well. We wanted to drag Garret along but he was sleeping and didn’t pick up the phone.

Doesn’t Derek look like a cute adorable kid? Rach has this weird expression tho

We sent Derek’s car back home and Rach drove us to Tanjung Aru Beach. They renovated the place since I last came to KK. Its much much nicer and properly developed now. It was oh so very hot as well.

Relaxing in the park. Gorgeous beach ey?

We had a rather early dinner at 6-7pm at Little Italy. Omg! I SOOOO love the sandwhich they have here. This is the only place to get it. Their pizzas are really nice as well. Full review here in my Zestful Eats blog.

After dinner, Rachel sent me back to Mag’s place where I found them arranging the seating arrangements. Slept early because the next day will be a busy day – the day before the wedding!

KK Trip Photos (Facebook) —> Here
Part 1 –> Here

Marié Digby is coming to KL!

Posted by IcedNyior on April 23, 2008  |  2 Comments

WheE~ the gorgeous Marié Digby is going to be in KL! Yep yep! Got to know about it a few weeks ago through Facebook. She’s having a public showcase in One Utama, New Wing. More details after the jump!

Freeze For World Earth Day

Posted by IcedNyior on April 17, 2008  |  15 Comments

After all that buzz created by the KL Freeze @ Pavilion the other day, Hitz.FM requested that another freeze be organized in conjunction with World Earth Day so here are the details:

Venue : Sunway Pyramid
Time : 8.00pm or 2000 hours
Date : 20th April 2008 (Sunday)

And here’s a (because some might say that its useless and waste of time) REALLY GOOD REASON to do it:

The average person globally uses 2255 Watts of power, or a little less than 23 x100 Watt light bulbs (www.wattzon.org). Thats wasting a lot of power. Now imagine that we freeze the daily activities of as many people as possible for only 5 minutes, then we’ll be saving a lot of power.
If you’re at home and can’t join us at Sunway Pyramid, no problem. Just switch of all your power at home and FREEZE, in total darkness for 5 minutes.
If you’d like to know more about conserving energy log onto www.wattzon.org
That’s where we got educated.

So for those who missed it on the 13th, this is how you do it.

1. Go and synchronize your clocks on RandomAlphabets.com to make sure everyone freezes at the right time.
2. Be at Sunway Pyramid well before 8pm. Go about minding your own business. Most people would be congregated at the concourse or designated main area so spread yourselves out for maximum impact.
3. Sharp at 8pm – FREEZE!!! (Be creative with your poses, you’ll be viewing them on Youtube for ages to come)
4. When it’s time to UN-FREEZE, if you feel like cheering for a Freeze well done by all means go ahead. If you feel like walking away casually as if time did stand still for 5 minutes and consequently puzzle the guy who was staring at you, go ahead. As YOU please.
5. Mingle. Enjoy the rest of your evening. (As earth friendly as possible)

For more info, visit the facebook event site >> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11840893166
Download the poster above here.

Videos of KL Freeze @ Pavillion

Posted by IcedNyior on April 13, 2008  |  31 Comments

[Newest update (17 Apr) : Join the Freeze for World Earth Day this Sunday @ Sunway Pyramid. More details here.]

A freeze is basically like a big group of people freezing at a predetermined place and time. The place is usually given at the last minute. Its a flash-mob kind of thing but is just a clean prank.

Why? Why not?

“Where human beings get together to do something in unison, without speeches or reference to their age, colour, sex, beliefs and background.”

The meeting place was at Lot 10 (yea i know coz I was in the facebook group :P and was totally planning on going) then the freeze place was Pavillion and the time was 3.35pm. Some videos of the KL Freeze in Unision after the jump.