Having bought the weekend pass months ago (early bird stage), I thought I would spend Saturday going around while it's still light out. After a busy morning out and stopping at home for a few things, I went over after lunch and parked at VSQ (RM8 per entry but a short walk to Astaka; told the guy that I was only going to take a couple of hours so he agreed to charge me by the hour) and checked things out. Luckily I wore my Bogs rubber clogs, but I didn't go nuts as I didn't have higher boots on. But there was no way I was going around barefoot. Got the wristband on and checked it out...
I don't know why I was so surprised to see parents and their young kids - considering how much the tickets are, unless there was free entrance for under-12s that I missed...
The non-food vendors didn't really catch my eye personally as I'm not a fan of clothes shopping when I'm all sweaty and sticky. At least the food and beverage vendors were a step up from the usual fare you might find at these events - mostly local businesses (with understandably limited menus under the circumstances). Of course the bigger sponsors have booths as well, like Air Asia, Tune Talk, Mach by Hong Leong Bank (free food and drinks in exchange for your particulars :T), Says.com, etc. You can even buy Chatime bubble tea here, but don't expect the full menu.
I don't know why I was so surprised to see parents and their young kids - considering how much the tickets are, unless there was free entrance for under-12s that I missed...
The non-food vendors didn't really catch my eye personally as I'm not a fan of clothes shopping when I'm all sweaty and sticky. At least the food and beverage vendors were a step up from the usual fare you might find at these events - mostly local businesses (with understandably limited menus under the circumstances). Of course the bigger sponsors have booths as well, like Air Asia, Tune Talk, Mach by Hong Leong Bank (free food and drinks in exchange for your particulars :T), Says.com, etc. You can even buy Chatime bubble tea here, but don't expect the full menu.
Didn't take too much swag from other sponsor booths as it would entail having me get rid of them later. But I did take swag from the Levi's x TiC (Tongue in Chic) hub (where it's so cold, people inside were wearing layers while everyone else was sweating their (nonexistent?) nuts off outside) after signing up for Loop membership (which you usually get if you spend RM400 at a Levi's store, but it's free signup for this weekend for this event). The only items I was most excited about was the Paperlounger and flexi water bottle, the rest I could have done without. I pulled the Paperlounger apart (it's a one piece) and lugged it home. Surprisingly comfortable, those things are.
Before leaving, I also managed to find the booth selling official Urbanscapes merch and got myself an official Sigur Ros tour tee shirt (try finding a Sigur Ros tee shirt at Petaling Street). At RM 95 it's not cheap, but still cheaper than S$50 pricetag at the Singapore gig on Friday (that I heard on the interwebs) or even on the website.
Didn't stay long as the gran needed a ride back. But it was plenty knowing that I'd be back the following day...
(Stay tuned for Day 2)
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