Days prior to the event, I was getting kinda nervous about the whole thing. I kept telling people like Seong that I didn’t like the spotlight and the stage…furthermore they said that they were expecting 3000 people. Oh, and we had to draw lots to see who performs first and I drew out number 10. That’s like 3rd last band. We were scheduled to play at 11.15pm. That means we had to endure the anxiety of watching the others perform.
I did ask Justin if he was nervous, he said stuff like this doesn’t really wrack his nerves. Vijay and Zhen Xin also kinda lepak. I was feeling all sorts of emotions. Excited, nervous, anxious…I kept thinking about standing up there with nothing between me and the crowd but a microphone stand..hahaha. Anyway, we had our last rehearsal on Friday. Rachel, Rebecca, Michelle and Wee Liem came down to support us. Hung out with them for a while after rehearsal. (michelle said of making a big cardboard sign saying: Vijay I'm pregnant..hahah) That night, I couldn’t really sleep. There I was watching David Letterman…knowing that after this sleep, my waking will mean I have arrived on the 17th. So I guess I tried to stall that by not sleeping immediately. I was nervous,(it was about 3am) so I read a passage from the Bible, about an incident in Acts, where the early Christians were told to shut up or face the music. They prayed for boldness and the house shook coz of the power of God. So I did likewise…and was able to sleep around 4am.
On the morning of 17/7, they had a last briefing for the bands at MMU at 12pm, so I was able to see the rest of the bands…what a crowd…There was no break for us for we were asked to gather at MITC for sound test at 1.30. PG 165 went for lunch first. We reached MITC about 2. Guess what? They were still setting up the hall. Some UMNO function had taken place there and there was delay in the schedule. Vijay was there earlier(for once he was earlier than us) and he knew where the hall was…but he walked so fast up the escalator. He left me and Justin with our guitars, we walked right into an UMNO hall…and the told us were at the wrong place…all Vij’s fault...hahaha
Sound test was suppose to start at 1.30…(actually the sound test was suppose to be on Friday-messed up) but we only started around nearly 3pm. And we were the 10th band in line. So there begun the journey of jus lazing around the outskirts of the ballroom(venue). We made some friends in the band AWAKEN. They are really nice fellas that kept us company and helped to look after our stuff. We hung out with them till the end of the event. They were scheduled to play after us. We dedicated a song to them and they did likewise to us...haha
We saw Project Ei8ht sound test...it was really nice..
So there we were…having to listen to the other bands sound test before us. So some of them were showing their skills…searing guitar solos…drums…I did feel a biiiit intimated by some of those metal heads. We had to endure the bands sound test for a good 2 hours plus…by the time PG165’s turn came, it was about 5.30…no rest. Strangely, after waiting that long, we were getting very restless. Justin was playing with a coin and we were mucking around. All feelings of being intimated left me. I was getting weary and fed up of having to wait, so when our turn came. I just kinda went up the stage and plugged my stuff and made sure we didn’t do a remake of horrible settings as in the audition.
And just that 5 mins up there…I felt so excited that I felt like just jamming up there. But Vinder(band relations) said we hadn’t much time, so we had to cut it short and get the heck out of there. But it was unleashed…that passion of wanting to play and rock and sing…that PG165 had to suppress those feelings for a while and we couldn’t stop grinning(except Zxin coz the bass amp kinda sounded like it cracked) as we jumped off the stage. At that time, I was like…common, bring it on man…but we had to wait. It was 6pm…we needed to get home and bathe and eat. They told us to be back at 7.30…we couldn’t oblige coz we were just too tired. Suppressing those feelings of excitement, we went home to dress up/make up(vijay dyed his hair red man...dunno was it for a girl or wat LOL) and wait our turn….wow…tired but excited. Yeah, we got our band tags…cool…
Next…the night itself…and our friends who came and made a difference...
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