So as the day draws close ..we prepared our selves .. (like any typical "Rocky movie" )... ermm.. yea...on the 1st nov 2008, its the heats of the Northern region..we were gearing up for the competition..afer a month long of preperation.. at noon we met at our basists( crispin @ boon) new house and had b'fast..then went for sound check....at 3...after the sound check, we went back to crispin's house to shower and prepare for the heats...then come 6 we went for our last minute practice...and the heats started at 7.30pm , we waited our turn till 9++ as ...( 2 weeks ago i went to lots drawing to determine the playing slot.. needless to say.. i got number 10 out of 13 bands.. sigh.. now back to our story) we were the 10th band to play out of 13 bands.. so we waited in agony..and got up the stage and did our stuff..it went well despite trouble with the balance of the sound..and our drummer's (Ken) hitter came flying out of the pedal..in the last seconds of the song..talk bout luck.. haha..
All the other 12 bands there were a tough opponent to beat..but friendly people... very... at the end of the nite.. we were thrilled when we were announced one of the finalist for the next day..
Come the next day ..its started out pretty much like the previous day.. but by 7.30 we got nervous again as we were drawn as the 3rd band to play.. right before we played .. ken ,cris and wee(guitarist) opted for their elixir.. BEER... i cant have beer before competition..too bad ..makes my throat dry..cant sing lol...so...at 9ish.. we went up and did our thing.. but this time ..we told our selves that we have nothing to lose and we shall go all out to achieve something..at least.. 7 1/2 minutes later.. we exited the stage while feeling pretty darn good.. cos we did what we came to do..we were congratulated by other bands as we exited the stage..
THEN i went to buy a few cans of beer to celebrate with the band..by the time all the bands played we got worried as all of the bands that played in the final were great.. after the last band played the judges went to calculate the points for all bands .. while a guest band ( a friend) entertained us .
After some time..i have no idea how long ..as it seems to take forever.. haha.. the judges came back... then the announcer asked the contestants to go to the front of the stage while the results were being announced. all the individual awards went to the band High Society, needless to say they were very professional..when all the individual awards were all presented .. its was time for the top three awards every one has been competing for these past 2 days...
so naturally me and the guys were standing in front of the stage .. hoping for a 3rd place... as we thought 1st and 2nd were out of our reach as its a very tough competition... when they announced the 2nd runner up.. it went to the band " One Live Decision " .. .. i was like Damn....there goes our chance of any prize.. i turned over and told the band...well at least we gave our best shot and had fun.. so we waited for the announcer to present the 1st runner up... there were a few bands in my head i thought was gonna take up the spot...when he announced...ZZZEEERROOO OOORRRIIGGIINNN!!!!! i went WTF!!! we actually won 1st runner up.....cant belief my F***ing self..lol... and we went to collect our trophy ..and photos... before the winner was announced we had a pretty good idea which band is gonna win.. and true enough..it was High Society..
Most of all i would like to thank my boo's support , band Crispin,Wee and Ken for their hard work and dedication and fun .Chiat for his guidance, DNA studio, Hafiz for lending us his crash cymbal , and every one who supported us all the way....Sob...Sob...
So next we are looking for more practice by the end of the month High Society, Zero Origin and One life Decision are representing Penang to compete in KL.. wish us luck... frost signing off...hopefully the photos will be uploaded soon ,,,..
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