7th Jamming Session, My Cousin's Wedding, My P.A. Job & 8th Jamming Session

The most tiring weekend i ever been. Jamming at night, even given opportunity to work on Sunday as Freelance Production Assistant (for cy's company, KRU), My cousin's wedding dinner at Klang, after work with cy, again jamming... For all the words, torturing is suitable to fit this weekend...

So, it starts when Friday was a 2 hours jamming session, from 11pm to 1am. I got lots of fucked up beats, blame that i didn't concentrate, after all the accident cases unresolved. However, my face got healed soon enough, lightened my worries. I know our band leader was not happy about it, everyone's seems committed more to their day jobs, i was quite slacked up my job, a week's absent to work troubles my probation period. I'm sure i'll get verbal spank from my Boss...

Whatever... (Gotta be patience...)

After the jamming session, 3 of us, Jordan, me and cy stayed in cy's home watched 'Elephant', directed by Gus Van Sant, of movies like 'Good Will Hunting', came a true story of a High School assaulted by 2 depressing students. Some people watched this movie and may not be interested at the camera moves and lots of silences, basically this movie shows lots of skills and continuities. It's not what all the directors do, perhaps for Gus Van Sant, it's special. I don't know much more of how to give comments on movies, only cy could give a better one.

So the next afternoon, slept too much, Jordan sent me back, had lunch together, Prawn Mee Soup nearby my place, just to let him taste the best of it. Then my boss called, asked me to go his house collect something. My car was at the workshop, so i had to call my dad for car usage.

After the whole journey, collected something from my boss, i headed home, in a short while, i realised the time passed in haste, hurried myself to bath, changed to nice outfit and went to my parent's house, together we'll go Klang to attend my 5th cousin sister's wedding... And i was damn early, everyone's not prepared for the wedding dinner. If i knew earlier, i should've gone back to my place and take a short nap. Around 6.30pm, only we made a move to Klang... sigh... So the 2 hours got wasted without a rest...

I was with my sister's car, when we're almost at the restaurant, a girl called me and claimed herself a friend of that shithead who hit on my car's door. So we talked and she knew i reported the assault case to the police, asking how it happened. You know, i'm sick and tired telling bad things happened to me to all the people who wanted to know, i mean i don't even want to remember it, even though it left 2 scars on my face... So before ending our conversation, i urged her to tell her shithead friend come to confront his crime mistake in front of the policeman. Again i thought of cursing that shithead, as what i did previously of how i curse on people... It really works, when it fucks with me deeply...

Dinner's great, i hardly ate, drank lots of beers, my favourite Carlsberg, got myself drunk... Took some wedding dinner pictures, take a look...








Soon, my further plan after the dinner, go to cy's house to stay overnight for the next big day...

'Freelance Production Assistant'.

Before the wedding dinner, cy called me few times to ask if i'm interested working as a Personal Assistant on Sunday, filming Music Video for Anita Sarawak... Wow, i mean, yes of course, a part time job a day, cost me less spending on weekends, but earn more. Some details gone through, i felt it's ok to work, confirmed myself then.

So back to after dinner thing, i asked my dad to fetch me to cy's house. Cy's not home yet, Ck's at home, their mom went back hometown. Later on, Ck went out also, left me all alone at their place. Surfed internet, checked my mails and blogs. About an hour later, cy came back. Almost 2am and we still have discussion to do on tomorrow's work. 3am, we went to sleep.

5.30am we woke up, hurried ourselves to KRU, but no one's there. I felt extremely tired, after all the nights staying up late and slept for few hours. Soon, the crew came, so as the director, Johan. My tasks are runner, F&B and van driver. I packed all the things we need for the shooting and i drove with the crew to Cotton Club at Maju Junction.

Cotton Club is a Jazz Restaurant, they named it altogether 'Jazzaurant', quite cool and classy place. We reached there at 7am, unpacked equipments for settings, then cy asked me to go and find a international English newspaper, also buy a VHS tape. I found the newspaper in Sheraton Imperial, The Herald Tribune Times, only the matter was where the heck i'm gonna find the damn VHS in that hour? Nevertheless, i've used my 1 and a half hour journeyed Chow Kit, Pertama Kompleks, Sogo part, Kompleks Wilayah, and some other places. Got my feet overwhelmed walking, so tired and full of sweats. Then finally i don't have to buy the damn tape in the moment, got back to the set and started to serve the crews and local superstars.

Then, Anita Sarawak came with her husband Mahathir and her make-up artist. They went to change their set costumes and the shooting started. The moments of the shootings were interesting, i can see there are different takes, angles and location. Even they've some sort of acting to blend in the intro of the Music Video. It took about few hours for the singing part with the jazz band together, until lunch time. I'm the one who went to buy and carried 15 meals and 20 packets of drinks, so heavy and quite a distance to carry around.

For the whole morning, i got myself scolded badly, because i didn't answer calls for few times. One, i put my phone in vibrate mode, once i'm walking i can't really feel it vibrates. Two, even i put back vibrate mode, if i accidently bang my phone onto something, it'll turn off just like that, automatically. Three, i was carrying food and drinks in full hands, and i can't answer the phone while i'm at it. These three reasons won't get me anything, but i remember how it happened, at least. In this line, phone calls receiving is so much essential that possibly i don't answer it, i wouldn't know they still need something for the set while i'm out. Time is not enough for a day's shoot, cuz i know.

Norman and Yusri came to the set too, a short visit to Anita. I mean, they're the boss, they have their serious look, and how would you feel while watching your boss performing live on stage?

I guess you know what am i talking about...

After lunch, i've to send the music instruments back to Sri Hartamas, a shop do rentals, sales and lessons on music instruments. I was there at 3.30pm, funny thing is the shop opens in normal hours daily except Sunday, 4pm till 9pm... I guess it wasted my little time to go back to the set earlier. I've checked out the drumsticks, the cheapest they're selling rm60+, i mean wow, i think i'll stick with Woh Fatt at Jln Silang, cheap and more selections.

And i went back to the set again, the location changed for the intro shooting of the Music Video. That time i don't have to stay at my station, helping out the crew carrying equipments and setting up. The Spotlight generator was so heavy, most of the time i carried around, got me even more tired. Somehow the settings test on camera, me and cy pretended we're the stars, acted in a short while. Then comes the stars to do the shots.

Lastly, before dinner time came, the last shots of interviews and minor acting for the music video. Then we all packed up, went back to KRU to unload stuffs, left me and cy to send back the video camera's add on equipments back to Damansara. Later on i've to fetch I-Meng, then together we went to Jam Studio for our practises.

Another 2 hours of jamming, while I-Meng's playing his new bought Sony PSP. The graphics cuntet, but he only had one game, 'The Lord of the Rings Tactics'. After the jamming, we planned to have more practises on weekdays too, starting on Tuesday night. I'll be damned jamming in midnight, my car was in the workshop, so every weekday morning i've to get up so early to catch an early bus.

In the meanwhile, Jordan was the one fetching me back and forth everyday for the jamming sessions. I owe him big time for his effort.

Thus, this fucking weekend got me late for work on Monday! What the heck, i've earned a double wages comparing my permanent job's a day. Anyhow, i've paid it all to my darling, as she helped me paying for the accident last Monday...