syawal 1429 AH (part 2)

a lame recap of whats on during the Holy Month of Syawal

Of Prayers and Open Houses on the 1st day of Syawal
Eid prayers on the morning of victorious celebration, at Malaysia Trade Centre, Lamcy Plaza. The only place in Sheikhs-land where you could hear the Khutbah in Bahasa Melayu. Gracefully organised by Malaysian-UAE community

Eid Mubarak Prayer, Malaysia Trade Centre

Syawal-hafizah open house

Then, we blasted off to a marathon of  open houses.  First up is Syawal-Hafizah open house at the nearby Art 2 Apartment.  The usual suspects of raye delicacies are all there for grabs.

Spend quite some time there before proceed to the next victim: Wan Azmi/Ishak/Firdaus Open House at Oriental Apartment.  Me and a few friends decided to go there by foot, and with our full baju Melayu attire i could say that we were quite the attention of the road commuters and passers-by. No tragic accidents were reported though.

Faridz/Nana/Kak Laily open house

Went back to my place for Faridz/Nana/Kak Laily open house, their unit is located on the 4th floor (mine 5th). A huge mob presence has significantly create a tremors on the floor slab 

The crowd

2nd round,later that afternoon

My housemates who couldn't make it on the morning, went to pay a visit on the afternoon instead, and me with my 9-inch muke tebal couldn't resist to tag along for a second melantak session

(additional picture credit: Zamzuri, Nazmi, Faridz)

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TAK Raya Open House

Mr Nizar the Boss, Mr Teo Ah King the Boss of Bosses, jim the Balaci

The hungry mob

The event was organised by the management for staffs and family. Part of the Nad Al Sheba site office was turned into a hall of Hari  Raye xtravaganza and ampun maaf clowning act.
 
Along with Mr Nizar (my boss), Mr TAK himself was there at the hall main entrance to greet everybody who came in droves (...for duit raye)

Najdi in full force

Apart from the usual makan2 till you drop, a karaoke competition was shamelessly organised. Brave contestants were lined up and embarrassed one after another.


Actually, a few of them managed to elevate the hall's roof with their vocal prowess.  Najdi, for example, was in different class. His rendition of Scorpion's 'Still Loving You' was sublimely delivered.  It is safe to say that the job of Klaus Meine, the Scorpion vocalist, is now in huge jeorpardy

Fortunately for Najdi, i took a 65 second clip of his performance and uploaded it into the Tube for the world to see 

'Still Loving You' by Mr Najdi

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Cityscape Dubai

Cityscape Dubai

Cityscape Dubai was an annual real estate, architecture, urban planning and design exhibition which was held from 5th to 8th October at Dubai International Exhibition Centre.

Hazrel, Det and me went to checkout what the fuss is all about on the 2nd day of the exhibition

among the many attractions was a number of rad graphical simulation to showcase a certain design/property, and thankfully Det managed to vidcap one of them:

Beachfront Living Simulation, Cityscape Dubai from jimlucky on Vimeo.

errr...is that awesome or what?

Hazrel,Det, jim

Building industry players from all over the globe attended the exhibition. I even stumbled with my studiomate Azwan aka Wano who made the trip all the way from Kuala Lumpur to Dubai with his boss...(Bro, bile lu dah famous jangan lupe gua)

(additional picture credit:Det)

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A Kenduri Doa Selamat for a departing friend

Zaki (standing) melayan cekadax tetamu

Recently one of my housemate, Zaki, has decided to move on to greener pastures.  A Doa Selamat and makan2 was organised to wish him all the best for the future undertakings.  You too bro, soon when you are famous,do not forget us

(additional picture credit:Nazmi)

Music QotW: Good Tunes Ahead

The upcoming movie"Twlight" is said to have an awesome soundtrack. What movie do you think has the best soundtrack?

two movie soundtracks comes to mind:

Even if it is one of the biggest movie flops, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero soundtrack serves as a wonderful snapshot of the turbulent early-'90s hard rock scene. All killer no filler.

Last Action Hero

1- Big Guns (AC/DC)
2- What the Hell Have I (Alice in Chains)
3- Angry Again (Megadeth)
4- Real World (Queensryche)
5- Two Steps Behind (Def Leppard)
6- Poison My Eyes (Anthrax)
7- Dream On (Aerosmith)
8- Little Bitter (Alice in Chains)
9- The Hammer (Cypress Hill)
10- Swim (Fishbone)
11- Last Action Hero (Tesla)
12- Jack the Ripper (Michael Kamen)

Then, the ultimate punkrock soundtrack: 'Glory Daze' which stars a very young Ben Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Alyssa Milano. Featuring gems from The Vandals, NOFX, Bouncing Souls and Sublime

Glory Daze

1.	Theme From Glory Daze - The Vandals
2.	It's A Fact - The Vandals
3.	Change The World With My Hockey Stick - The Vandals
4.	Here We Go - Bouncing Souls
5.	Joe Lies (When He Cries) - Bouncing Souls
6.	I Just Wanna Do It With You - Mr. T Experience
7.	My Mom - Nofx
8.	Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend - Mr. T Experience
9.	Brain Dead - Assorted Jellybeans
10.	Sports Pack - Epoxy
11.	Country Time - Hepcat
12.	Crying Jag - Tilt
13.	Baby - The Billy Nayer Show
14.	Runnin' On Go - New Bomb Turks
15.	Moron Brothers - Nofx
16.	Berkeley Pier - Tilt
17.	We're Only Gonna Die For Our Own Arrogance - Sublime

Dillinger Four- C I V I L W A R

I threw this gem on the pod one Saturday evening and basically have not listen to anything else since.  A great record with contagious hooks, awesome melodies and humorous political, angst fuelled lyrics that so many punk bands tend to omit from their formula nowadays

Dillinger Four- C I V I L W A R

C I V I L W A R is a 6 year in the making full-length release from Minnesota's punk rock fav, Dillinger Four. Its kinda a healthy new dose
of oxygen for me. Explodes right from the start and never halts in giving prescriptions of punk wisdom and sarcastic rhetoric from the opener 'A Jingle for the product' to the closer 'Clown Cars on Cinder Blocks'. 13 tracks full of melodic anthems, it's a record
that moves along swiftly full of chaotic energy.

D4

For those of us looking for the new soundtrack to turn to in times of dire consequences and broken souls, C I V I L W A R just might be the right cure. This record ranks very high on my best of 2008 list.

(stream these 3 MP3 below: 'A jingle for the product', 'Gainesville', 'Minimum wage is a gateway drug')

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krist, kurt, dave

Sometimes, a casual search on YouTube yields a total heist. That's how I felt when stumbled across this 41
minute Nirvana set from 1991, apparently recorded at a venue called the
Moon in New Haven, Connecticut, and already viewed some 350,000 times.

Many of us never got to see the trio in their early 90s exemplary form; therefore this clip is absolutely worth 41 minutes of
your golden time. Stream this vintage Nirvana now, before Courtney Love gets her mitts on it and starts charging you by the minute

NIRVANA- live at The Moon, Connecticut; 1991

Nevermind bart

(Setlist: Jesus dont want me for a sunbeam, Here she comes now, Aneurysm, Drain you, School, Floyd the Barber, About a girl, Love Buzz, Smells like teen spirit, Breed, Polly)

btw, not sure why, but on 9th April 1994 my hi skool flag was half-masted