Week 49, 2024

 Not much to say or be snarky about this week, just plenty of internal sturm und drang.

• Me trying to finish up the reformer pilates credit package before erm, next Thursday? I only got one credit left, so it's not too bad. But my groin is still sore because I went to two classes last week in a valiant effort to use them up. 
• Went to my first kenduri kahwin in ages... in a dead-ish mall in Selayang. 
  

Week 48, 2024

• Dropped off the lululemon pants at The Gardens store to get them shortened (at long last). Don't need a receipt, just proof that they're lululemon. 
• Missed out on the TnG reload at this round punya tetrapak exchange. Oh wells. 
• Almost had a heart attack when the Kelisa kept crapping out and couldn't start. No idea if it's the battery, alternator, or the gear box finally crapping out. 
• Anyone got their Black Friday shopping in? 

DFP Punchline: Douglas Lim 'One Mic Only'

I dunno what took TPTB at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (DFP) so long to finally add comedy in its hallowed halls. I admit, I'm not the target demo for DFP's regular programming, and have had no reason to go the whole time it's been around. But I guess having Douglas Lim kick things off (in case anyone is wondering, Harith is performing there next year) 

Been watching Douglas plug the show on his soc med for months leading up to this, but of course I only just luan luan buy a ticket mere days before. If you buy online and sign up for an account, you can get 10% off by uploading pictures of your IC to get the MyKad discount. So I did. (If there's a cheaper option, let me know)

Anyway, dressed up a little (smart casual, but there's a whole lot of things you can't wear which I won't go into), but in retrospect, I probably could've gotten away with jeans and sneakers cos it was a matinee show, because the dress shoes I had only worn a couple times before crumbled at the heels and bought a ridiculous pair or slides at Vincci... but still got the blisters on the pinky toes to show for it.

I was 3 8 enough to buy a ticket in one of the nosebleed suites (well okay, I was intrigued by the "incl. refreshment" part) just because it's my first time there and I dunno if I'll ever go back again, so why not. 

Anyway, got there around 3 something (which was reasonable enough), checked out the suite in question, and..

Interesting tea time treat?

Me and the 2 other ladies (who were also early, fellow first-timers) were basically excited to be up there, taking pics and videos, etc. I think we all just tarpau-ed the refreshment cos we weren't too hungry at the time, lol. But I did eat the spring roll, and the rest later at home.

Mentang-mentang Gendang Suite...?

Douglas came out pre show to talk to everyone

Opening act 1: Prakash Daniel

Opening act 2: Mad Sabah

I've seen Prakash and Mad Sabah perform enough to know what their sets could be, so I'm not gonna spoil it for anyone else. They both did about 10 minutes each? 

Anyway, Douglas finally came out, talked about how he can't believe that he's performing at DFP all. He also asked the crowd to make some noise to find out who's there for the first time (quite raucous); good to know I wasn't the only one? The set was also more personal and not so political as his sets tend to be..

As it is with Douglas Lim shows, he closes the show with a song, sung to the tune of Coldplay's Viva La Vida. 

Left as they were still applauding, but not before checking out (and using) the ladies restrooms, and.. 

The stalls were self contained? Hot damn..

Finished the rest of the food in the box when I got home cos I burned a lot of calories in between after the show and actually getting home.. 

Week 47, 2024

• There's gonna be ANOTHER rideshare option in the coming weeks? Colour me excited.
• Went to Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (DFP) on Saturday for the first time in my life to see Douglas Lim do comedy there as the first standup comedian to do so in that space.
• Free dinner Sunday night at the Indian restaurant just because.

Week 46, 2024

• Now people are digging into why FashionValet crapped out so badly...
• Took them long enough to suggest alternative MyPass50 options than YOUR FREAKING IC. WTF.
• If anyone still remembers Qoo10, they're gonna gulung tikar soon. 
• Finally a Shake Shack closer to me? Not that much better, but still.. 
• Apparently the reason why Hugh Jackman got divorced was because he was having an affair with his Broadway co-star, and his ex-wife was the last to know? (Allegedly)
• The Onion owning the Infowars trademarks is on brand for them

Week 45, 2024

 Took 2 days off this week to travel down south to catch Thom Yorke. 

• Terengganu is making its own state-sanctioned dating app for (supposedly) singles and single parents alike. Which won't be abused I'm sure. 
• Finally got to try Ben's Cookies when one opened up in Pyramid over the weekend. 2 cookies for 90 cents is hard to pass up. 
• Yeah, Pyramid finally unveiled their refurbished wing (you know, where AEON was back in the day) this weekend too. Loads of opening offers. 
• Also found out that there's gonna be a Tim Horton's too? And a Signature outlet at that.
• M2M (yep, those two) announced a reunion tour for next year. Honestly, don't really care enough to want to go. 

Thom Yorke - Everything Tour; The Star Theatre , Singapore

When it was announced that Thom Yorke was gonna be doing a solo tour, I figured that this is the closest to a Radiohead gig any of us in this part of the world is ever gonna get to... at the rate Radiohead themselves are always on the brink of breaking up over something or other.

Anyhow, friend got us tickets, so yay. The only good thing about the months-long lead up is being able to get flights and erm, accommodation and to pay it off before the day. I got the PTO and I don't hate midweek travel. But I also forgot that Dua Lipa is also in town for 2 nights of her tour. 

Except the ticket. Which I COD with friend when we meet day of. Which is fine. 

We met up super early for dinner (5 p.m. reservation near Bugis) to go try this Miffy-themed hot pot meal, which I was like ok, sure LOL It was pretty hearty for the price paid (in my case, anyway); might be too much for one tiny eater, but definitely NOT ENOUGH for two. Which kinda explains the weird condition the boss mentioned when we sat to order (which I already forgot), but since we were getting one each, didn't matter la. (They had tom yam, I had the boring chicken herbal soup base)

Anyhow, we walked to Bugis MRT station and sat the long ass ride out to the 'burbs, to Star Vista. Despite having seen what the merch looked like beforehand, but by the time we got to where it was sold, the line was so stupid long we were like, nope. So we got to our seats super early and were just chilling out for at least an hour while also watching everyone else finding their seats. 

Show started around 8.20 something and went on for about 90 minutes, give or take. Most of the place was seated and quiet when he played his later solo stuff, but dude smartly closed the show with a string of very familiar Radiohead hits and that's when everyone got on their feet. 

Can't complain; it's probably a once in a lifetime kinda thing for most of us in these here parts.

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