Urbanscapes - Day 2 (Sunday)

Parking: Parked at the open air car park near the Asia Jaya LRT station for RM4 per entry (it was RM3 at adjacent buildings, but I can't be arsed about it and didn't want to begrudge them the extra RM1) around 6 something p.m. Also saw the cops ticketing the traffic obstructing cars outside the Armada Hotel as I was walking to Astaka. Even the driving school opened up its premises and charged RM5 for parking.

Got a different coloured wristband, bag got checked (no, I wasn't packing arms or booze) and I was on my merry way.

The plan was to have dinner, catch Shelah (Edwin Sumun's drag persona, currently on a farewell tour) on one of the smaller stages, and then wait some more for Sigur Ros.

Dinner: Braised lamb shank with mash potato and polenta from Dave's Deli

Weather: The good weather of earlier didn't hold out - it bloody rained for almost two hours; from the time I sat down to dinner at the Levis x TiC hub at 6 something until Sheila Majid finished her set at about 8, 8.30 (?) p.m. Luckily I got a free disposable rain poncho (even though I brought my own) from the merch booth before it rained. Other people got "free" umbrellas from other booths. Waited out most of the downpour at the hub, but still went and wandered the F&B stalls. Spent too much money there.

Best picture I could take of Sheila Majid from what seemed like 100 feet away 

Swag: Got Levi's swag, since I still had both the RM50 voucher and Loop membership card from the day before, I flashed them that (got another stamp on the arm) and I got the small canvas tote with the mini battery powered fan and water container (yay). Got another Paperlounger, which I lugged around with me like an ass, but covered it with the black garbage bag I brought from home, knowing that I would need the latter to sit on when the time came. Tossed both garbage bag and Paperlounger on the way out.

Watching other people in plastic rain ponchos I suddenly thought of something someone posted on Facebook - something about whether can cari jodoh (meet your significant other) at Urbanscapes - and I chuckled to myself. You can imagine why.

Of course Shelah got rained out and didn't perform; but that didn't stop people from interacting and taking pictures with her (you literally cannot miss her, either). I should've known - I would've just saved my dinner money and left home a little later, but then there's the parking situation...

Cutting to the chase - it stopped raining just as Sigur Ros's road crew were setting up and testing everything around 9 p.m. and the band came on at 9.30 p.m. I'm surprised it only took them under half an hour to set up. Thankfully, the weather also held up. The show finished with a fireworks display around 11 p.m. After that, it took me about 15 minutes to get back to the car and left.

If anyone wants to read about the gig, stay tuned for the standalone/Part 3 of the series. Otherwise, the Urbanscapes blog posts end here. Thank you for your patience.