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the past 3 days in KL has been nothing but traumatising.
on the way to KL i felt my throat drying up
and the next day I woke up with such a major sore throat i was FROG-MAN.

imagine a cross between a croak and a manly voice, that is.


i religiously lived by the hour to Klinik Kok's strongest antibiotic
and slept in the entire day, even skipping my first rehearsals with the KL band,
and had soupy noodles for every meal since.

The next day I went for rehearsals but coughed nonstop everytime I tried to talk/sing.



Of course my fellow advertlet blogger Dennis had to endure my constant hunger pangs, diva princess attitudes of being too cold, need a jacket, need water, need lozenges etc...

but he nursed me back to health! :)


We just came back from our 1st showcase at Bangkok Jazz and it was a success!
My throat was numb from all my red difflam lozenges, my nose was kinda blocked,
but i did ok!

Dennis was da bomb as usual!




Can't believe it's 6am now.
Gonna crash and wake for our 2nd and FINAL show tmr!
If you're in KL, come by to Bangkok Jazz!
Show starts at 10pm tmr!



...

the stars are filming us for no one

... my favourite line from carol ann duffy's poem :)







it was an awesome experience.



we played thru the sunset...


Kewei and Friends, ie.
my buddy Daniel Purnomo on guitar,
the doctor Benedict on keys (1st time working together!)
Rahman on percussion (we used to play together as a fusion trio in Sentosa!)
Mr Nice Guy Jonathan Lim on sax/flute
and newfound friend Dennis "Leehom" Lau on the electric violin (all the way from KL!)


Loving You :)



erhu and violin duet :)


a very spontaneous duet jamming - Besame Mucho


i took a picture of my audience!
"hold up your drinks, cheeeeerss!"








dennis took most of the pix, so he is in most of them. HA!


with dennis and tat tong, arranger-producer-studio-freakkkmaster ;P

the truth is, somewhere up there in the heavens,
our stars were aligned,
and fate brought the 3 of us together last week
and we spent most days hanging out,
united by the love for music,
and admiration for each other.
(ok, maybe just my admiration for them...)

expect something from this trio very soon :D
collaboration in the making!






and dennis... he came all the way from KL,
to record his very own song...



with me!



His self-penned pop-soul-funk "Walk With You",
solo turned duet :)



we cooped up in the studio for 2 afternoons,
with our sound engineer Desmond from Loop System
and my shifu/big brother David Tan as producer!



Loop System is the coooooooolest studio. Ever.
It is chock full with equipment, well-organised,
neat, impressively detailed, and complete
with a stunning display of starwars/godzilla/ultraman/etc collectibles
and 4 cats.


the boyz.





post-recording celebration dinner!
on the rightmost is eric from taiwan,
whose stars collided with ours as well :)


eric is joanna wong 王若琳's guitarist,
who was here in town for some publicity/live shows.

he joined us in a week of outings to Oosh, BluJaz Cafe,
Harry's @ Holland V, Sentosa, what not...

i had a terribly fulfilling week, absolutely maxed out on great music-making!