procedural error major - match loss...

*smile* now to those who are wondering what the hell does the title mean, you have to be a magic player to understand that... seems like i take too long to update this blog, not that i might quit it or something but having to go online at a cc is just troublesome to me, i just hope that i could get online at home sometime soon...

since my last entry on the 17th, lotsa stuff has occurred in my quite uneventful current life... lets get it all listed up shall we?
1 : last tuesday(20th july 2004), was invited to be the judge for the talenttime in mmu (for the third time in four years) as well as perform in it 

• got there around 6 something, even though i was supposed to be there at 5, traffic is never a good thing when your in a hurry... joe and tech was with me and we went there in tech's car, with joe sleeping in the front seat (that boy always sleeps!)
• did a soundcheck and everything sounded ok... hope it stays the same during the show.
• went for dinner with our assigned chaperone, nithya who brought us to the canteen right underneath the girls dorm(now now, it was her choice), even though it was slightly further away from the event area, we didn't mind walking...
• back to the event and judging was go! a series of contestant showed off their singing skills and suddenly i felt like a malaysian idol judge!(mind you it wasn't simon, i think i'm more of a randy jackson...)
• one dance contestant who was slightly chubby came on and was announced to be performing to a britney spears song. lo and behold, as she started dancing she actually pulled it off, to, not look like britney, but someone who can really dance and dance well too. considering that there were only one other dance contestant she won the dance competition.
• singing competition heated up when a singer from an african nation(can't remember which country she was from) performed brandy's have u ever plus she had a bunch of vociferous supporters in the crowd. i was like, who's gonna top that?
• a malay girl in tudung stepped up with a guitar, sat down and sang shakira's underneath my clothes. somehow the guitar gave her extra points and she did sound almost exactly like shakira. i'm like, who's topping that?
• second last contestant came up, got a great reception and proceeded to sing opera!! she sounded like a pro and we had to give her the win, plus she got a standing ovation when she was done. there we have it folks! our winner.
• my performance time, this was before the winner was announced. before i continue, the other invited artistes were klg squad and northsyde. big up to them... i got on stage, got a good response and as soon as i was about to start performing, the whole hall blacked out. power surge knocked out the power supply to the building... what a way to start a show! when the power was back on, performed me with tech and joe, but my production for the song was so bad that the bass was too loud for the system... oh well, next song. i did legend of boo alone and as always i love performing this quite personal song and production sounded much better than me.
• before i left, i met up with someone there whom i haven't seen since the first time i met her and she still looks quite stunning... should call her one of these days when i can actually afford to go out and have fun... come to think about it, i haven't seen spiderman 2 and king arthur... mmmmm... *twinkle in eye*
• went home feeling happy... felt like i did some good...

2 : (non-magic players might wanna bypass this paragraph) friday, saturday and sunday was gp kuala lumpur for magic the gathering trading card game. i was up for working for the organisers as a judge since i felt that i would not play so well in a metagame that i wasn't confident with... the event was held in sunway pyramid convention hall on the 10th floor...

• got in to work on friday (even though it was on a voluntary basis to work on friday) at around 12, and started on the gpt's.
• was issued a judge shirt, black and white in color, which cost 20 usd if u wanna buy one, which i was supposed to return by the end of turn... errr... i mean, end of tournament.
• day ended around 8 something, got home and slept early to get ready for the next day.
• saturday, 8.30 am. day one of gp kuala lumpur started off with us getting split into different teams that did particular jobs, my team was the green team, handling result entry slips...
• the day ended at around 9 again, got home and slept around 12 something and woke up at 6.30 am.
• sunday, 8.00 am. day two started of with more team splitting action with me being the only level zero judge being assigned to the main gp event while the others were assigned to the side events.
• had a couple of interesting judging experiences but i won't bore anyone with those, just that right when top 8 was ready to play i was called to take my level one judge pre-test... passed that and then on to the main test, with an encounter with john avon and his mother put in for good measure in between.
• one agonizing brain freezing hour later, was done with the test and half an hour later was told that i passed it. yes! i'm now a certified level one judge! suddenly judging seems more than just working for the money. it could actually be fun!
• had dinner with all of the judges at this place called da joint besides sunway, the fish and chips were not bad... and then went home at around 12. that was the end of my fifth gp, the first one that i was a judge for...

well that was that... a whole interesting week for me, don't know about you but it also included me getting a job as an dj/mc at a booth in karnival sure heboh next weekend in bkt jalil... more money for me so that i can pay for rent next month, just wish some ppl who owe me money would pay me back, especially yogi, who owes me rm2000... now that amount would make alotta things easier for me in the meantime... anyway there's news that there might be a new financier for my first single so everyone keep your fingers crossed for me k? later...