Mobbed

I enter Arthouse and feel strangely nervous. There were posters of Jesse everywhere. It was only a few days ago when it was just us two hanging out- I taught him some jazz note sequences on the keyboard, we ate maccas overlooking the harbour, got inspired from a Dendy movie, and then strolled around Balmoral beach. We talked about how we can't wait till summer and plan to one day get drunk and compose songs and see what they sound like the next day. Overtime I have forgotten that he is Kid Kenobi and look nervously around at all the people waiting in anticipation for him to play. It felt surreal that they were waiting for him.

I see Tom (Q45) and walk to the VIP section with some friends. Had my fourth champagne. I meet Tom's friend DJ Farj. Danced a little. Chat to others around me. Everybody loves his new CD. He has been touring around the country and tonight was the night for his launch in Sydney.

And then Jesse came. I suddenly see heads turn, people stand up and a surge of people head in his direction. Everyone wants a turn in speaking to him. I stand aside waiting for him to see me. But he doesn't. I sidle up to him feeling like a groupie. He gave me 10 seconds to talk to him. And then busy once again. Mobbed. I see Cameron (MC Shureshock) near me and speak to him a bit longer. We both miss Chris. He asked me what drink I wanted. Champagne please. Didn't want beers that night because wanted to stay awake. Jesse came back with my drink and then got ready to play. Felt left aside again. Tom stumbles around trying to escape from a girl. Hilarious. She glares at me.

Then the breaks start. Hysterical crowd all excited. Some people come up to me and chat. Idle chit chat. Chat chat. And then the punchline- "So how do you know Jesse? I saw him talking to you". Time passed by really quickly. He closed off with his mix of Barcelona. Then was mobbed again. Mobbed mobbed mobbed. I told Farj it was weird seeing this and I wasn't used to this. I ask Cam if this always happens and he nods. Felt unimportant. Cam gave me a drink voucher. A Corona this time. I love beer.

Jesse told me he was leaving. Lefroy, another guy and I went out with him. Jesse looks business like and says he's got to fly to WA the next morning and puts me in a cab with one of his best mates Lefroy (DJ Ritual) because he lives in the north shore too. He then disappears. I end up in an apartment in Surry Hills. "Just a 10 minute stop", says Lefroy. Ok. We sit back and I start talking about how the night was weird for me. Lefroy says that Jesse is two different people. He is a different person in public. And that he really does care for his mates but he has to act the way he does in order to be successful.

Paul hands me over a joint. I suddenly realise that they had been smoking for awhile. For some reason I didn't notice the awful stench of pot. I said no thanks. Haven't touched a cigarette since I tried my first cigarette when I was 18 and lost my voice for a week. Talk talk. Another offer and in my mashed up state and dizziness I had a drag. I look at the wall and see a photograph by Bill Henson, the one where the girl is flying mid air. That photo has always grabbed me but now it grabbed me in a different way. Chat chat. Giggles. Shit- do I hear birds? Crap. It's morning. Lefroy and I jump in a cab. I sleep at 7am. zzzz....

Mum wakes me up at 10am. Walk around a gift show for 4 hours. Feel a bit mixed up. I tell Mum that I want to go home. Get fresh air when walking around Darling Harbour but then I hear something familiar. Jesse's CD is playing in some shop. Great.

Where do I turn to when I feel a bit down or confused? The Hotnesses of course. Send a long email to Hotness 1 and 2. Get an email back from Chris in Chile saying that I'm a selfish twat. That Jesse has to be like that and who else has seen his neatly labelled shirt cupboard? I laugh. Everything is better again.






Photos (in order): some posters, crowd, kat&me, kat&Dave&me, Lefroy (Dj Ritual), Tom (Q45), Jesse&Cam (kid kenobi & MC shureshock), jesse

Frangipani & The Floating Circus of Lights

What I remember of Garth Crane was that I used to sit next to him in class until one day after working late on an assignment I said I had to go home and wash my hair before I went to sleep. Garth looked at me incredulously and asked me why. Apparently he has never washed his hair before except when he goes to the hairdressers where they wash it for him. I hadn't had much contact with him ever since.

I knew he was a bit lazy with uni work but I knew he was in a band. And then the other day I was listening to the radio and heard his band get mentioned. And then heard it play again another night. And then I got a few emails about shows. And now an email from Garth about an album being released this Friday.

I like it how people at uni have started taking different directions in life. Come support Garth and the rest of his band (Frangipani & The Floating Circus of Lights) this Friday night at Candy's Apartment in the X (22 Bayswater Rd). They call it North Shore hip hop. I think they all used to be Barker boys... Also listen for them and other great music on FBI 94.5FM. It's good after 6pm on weekdays.

I made a profit!

Last Friday I went to Home bar to meet up with Ben to catch up and to see Hotness 1 (ie. Michelle) because she works there. Cindy and Para came up a bit later and we had free drinks cuz Hotness 1 is cool! =) Sam then gave us free tickets to see Goldie (drum & bass DJ from the UK) the next night. We then went to the Establishment (havent been there in yeaaarrrsss! so not a place i would go on a fri nite) cuz Ben's friend worked there and we got more free drinks! Funny because Cindy believed a friend who told her that sweat gets evaporated in the back bit of the Establishment and then drips down on people later on during the night.

When Ben walked me to my bus he saw $5 on the ground and told me to pick it up and keep it. So at the end of the night I had made a profit from going out! Haha! Score! The next night I used the free tix with some friends that I got from Sam. I made 2 new friends off my friend (the blonds in the photo). They are great girls and want to adopt me in their 'family'. Have found some new clubbing buddies! Seems like a lot of gay people and people in their early 30s have been wanting to adopt me in their groups lately! Also saw Little Fish at Dendy with Nhan and Tony on Sat- was good! Hung out with JP at Chattys on Sunday and then went to church. Jason came along that day - yay! Have found a church that I learn quite a lot from. I just got a sms then that made me really happy. Jason thanked me for taking him to church as he learned a lot and it helped him get through a bad day. That was the real profit of my weekend!

Interrogating a Bum

Today I was sitting at the train station when a bum asked me for money for food. (I have lost my train of thought as I just got a phonecall from some ppl in the snow who sound very drunk/stoned haha! Sorry I didn't go guys but will go on the road trip to Byron Bay definitely). Anyways! Usually my first thought would be to say no because they will probably use it for drugs or alcohol but after going to the Womens Katoomba Convention (sort of like a Christian camp) I thought perhaps I should give some money to someone who needs it...

BuM: Excuse me Miss, I hate to ask you this but I have no money and I'm really hungry but do you think you can spare me some money?

Me: (Paused to complentate. Need to assess if this is a real bum). Where do you live?

BuM: In a boarding house.. it's so awful there

Me: Why is it so awful there?

BuM: The food is so bad and it's hardly liveable there... it's so bad I try to get away everyday during the day

Me: (Quite curious). So do you just ride the train everyday during the day?

BuM: Yes

Me: Where is the boarding house?

BuM: Marrickville...

Me: Why don't you eat there?

BuM: The food is so bad... we don't get anything like steaks and stuff

Me: But if you're really that hungry, you should stay there and eat there.

BuM: I hate living there.. its so bad

Me: Have you tried St Vincent de Pauls? They might have better meals

Train comes and bum just hops on the train without talking. I was going to give him some money anyways but I think he couldn't be bothered answering my questions anymore.

Kid Kenobi Sessions out NOW!

There has only been good reviews so far with Jesse's CD. I've only heard bits of it while they were making it but it sounded good! First CD is club and the second CD is dub and looks like a lot of people really like the different direction he took with the second CD. It's out in all music stores so go support Jesse and Cameron (MC Shureshock) and experience some great music!

When I saw the cover I laughed because the pic looks so funny. (Warren- I told Jesse that you thought he looked like Enimen and looked hardcore & he thought it was really funny cuz he is the least Eminem person ever!). Pity they didn't take my advice that Kid Kenobi Sessions is a boring name for a CD! Should be called FunkyFairyDust or something... haha!

Something else I want to plug is Ritchie and Pansy's new store that will be opening soon on Burton St, Darlinghurst called 'Another' which will be selling cult street wear. Pansy used to be manager of Bracewell at Market City and Ritchie worked at General Pants. They are the most fashionable couple ever and I wish them best of luck with the store! So if you want to look trendy like them, head to the store!

How Bazaar (haha)

Yesterday Para and I went to some 'Fashion Destination' evening at the MLC Centre which I rsvped to from Harper's Bazaar. I wasn't quite sure what to expect but thought might as well go anyways and Para likes going to these random events too. When we got there, we walked up a red carpet and then 6 photographers jumped out at us like the paparazzi and all these flashes went off. We were like okayyy....

When we were welcomed inside there were free drinks everywhere and lots of fashionably dressed up people. We walked in and there was a catwalk and a jazz band playing. It was quite strange because there were waitors serving canapes and cocktails although we were in a shopping area. So we would be holding a 42 below vodka cocktail in one hand and dipping breadsticks into dip on like the Gucci store counter. Was funny when a male model came on the catwalk cuz suddenly everyone was interested (nobody paid much attention to the girls). Both girls and guys started taking photos with their camera phone. As you can guess, all the guy were gay or just very very metrosexual looking. I am getting slightly better at distinguishing between gay and straight. Actually no I'm not.

Whenever I am with Para, we always get photographed because our combined looks represent multiculturalism I guess! He is dark skinned and was wearing funky clothes and I'm asian and was wearing bright colours. A photographer took our names and we'll be in the 9 to 5 magazine next week so look out for us in it! Would be funny if we end up in Harper's Bazaar.

It was a pleasant evening despite all the hoo hah. We didn't care though because we got free food, drinks, CDs and entertainment. Was funny how people turned around to look at us when we made comments like how boring the speaker was ("..because I was tall, I naturally became a model"), weird comments like "she's got a really long neck!" while the host would be emphasising the latest must have bag, and people giving us weird looks when Para told me that someone at the Post Office asked him how to attach a stamp to a letter etc.

Para and me holding a CD

Armani Mania ...

... is my fragrance at the moment.

Not like me to buy something that smells girly but my Mum got me a sample and I quite like the smell so bought a bottle. Smells girly and has a spring flavour to it but not too flowery. Oh dear Im not very good at describing smells am I.

The Ghost

My male best friend's grandmother passed away recently and since I'm very close to Adrian's family, I tried to spend more time with Adrian. I was going to go to his house to watch DVDs one night when Mum told me not to because in Chinese tradition, you are not meant to go to the deceased person's house 7 days after they die. I think all that stuff in bullcrap but I put up with it just to respect my Mum. But its a bit annoying. Adrian wasn't allowed to come to my house either because he would bring death with him to our home. And I wasn't allowed to stay out too late the next day because it was still "Ghost Day".

But that night his Uncle was woken up by his mother's ghost and he tried to call out to her but couldn't. When Adrian was sleeping, his grandma's ghost tried to kiss him. Now I find this all very strange since I don't believe in this stuff and Adrian is the most Christian person ever.

But last night when I was sleeping, something interupted my dream. Something entered my thoughts? mind? body? (dont quite know how to describe it). It wasn't Adrian's grandma but some other ghost. And I knew it wouldn't hurt me, it was just trying to say hello or something, but my heart was still thudding and I was scared. I woke up feeling shaky and looked at the clock besides me and the numbers 0:00 glared back at me in red.

Hopefully it was just a dream and coincidence but creepy shit hey?