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Skybar @ Trader’s Hotel

Skybar is the latest night spot in town. Located on the 33rd Floor of Trader’s Hotel (next to Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, opposite ExxonMobil office), one may get a great view of the Twin Towers and it’s surroundings. If the haze is not around of course.

Skybar’s concept is similar with Luna Bar. It has a pool, comfy seats by its side and also open air. The interior is excellent as well. There’s no cover charge for entrance.

However, the drawback of this bar is their service. Although there were not many people at the bar, it took us a while for the bartender to attend to us. He only attended to us after we screamed at his face that we wanted our drinks.

But after our drinks came, the bartender never gave us their bill. After waiting for a while and flagging my notes in the air that I want to pay my bill, we gave up and left the bar.

Then minutes later, the bartender came to us with the bill urging us to pay for it. How embarrassing.

They should to do something with their level of service!
Furthermore, the drinks are pricey. A glass of beer and a glass of gin tonic costs us RM50. Well, something that I expect from a place like this 😀

More info @ http://www.shangri-la.com/kualalumpur/traders/restaurants/en/index.aspx

Last Hardsequence @ Ruums 14.10.2006

RotiFish in the house!

The nightlife industry in KL is one cruel game. It is very common for clubs in KL to close down after few months in operation. And this time round, it’s Ruums turn. It has only been around 4 months since they revamped from Chanel to Ruums. Now they are closing for renovation and a new management will take over. No idea what the new club name will be, maybe Brooms or Vrooms. Heh.

Throughout the past 4 months, the old management has done a good job turning the place around. When the club was still know as Warp, I heard many stories about how people got so turned off when they saw middle aged men and women shaking their heads left and right to hard Chinese house music. Yao ah yao ah, wu chiew fun ah wu chiew fun,

But now, uncle and aunties were not that many. I heard that practised quality control at one point.

Anyway, Sow, Sharon Dilirius and I made a trip to Ruums. It was pretty rare for Sharon to join us but since Hardsequence is having their last night at Ruums, we decided to give them some support.

Mr. Sow

Ms Sow

Jac and Brisbane Sharon were there as well. They came with their cousins.

Sow & Brisbane Sharon

Sow & Jac

The club was packed with hardcore supporters of Hardsequence. The usual faces.

And It was a good night. As Sow put it, “Quite a good night huh. We had a table of 3 hot chicks. And the chicks bought drinks!”. Sharon and Jac brought a bottle of whisky to share.

At one point we had a competition on who can put his hands up the longest. Sow won.

We left the place as soon as it closed. The Hardsequence crew thanked everyone for their support and will update everyone on their new venue.

www.xes.cx will keep you informed of the newest development!

October events

As some may know, Ruums club will be closing for renovation. A new club will be opened soon. At the moment, it is unclear whether Hardsequance will be held there again.

A message from winrkis

Flyer courtesy of joenajib
DJs: Naughty by Nature, Christian Smith, King Unique, Bass Agents & SOUL-T
PRE-SALE:
RM35
(INCLUSIVE OF 1 DRINK & a REVEL4TION Gift)
Available from 12th – 27th October 2006 at the following locations:
Zouk KL
113 Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603 2171 1997
Radioactive Outlets
Klang Valley
One Utama Tel: +603 7724 2578
Sg Wang Tel: +603 2145 1069 or +603 2145 3968
Genting Hotel Tel: +603 6101 1623
Sunway Pyramid Tel: +603 5638 3080
The Mines Shopping Fair Tel: +603 8943 5812
Ruffey Outlets
Klang Valley
Mid Valley Tel: +603 2287 0239
Ipoh
Ipoh Parade Tel: +605 243 3215
Melaka
Mahkota Parade Tel: +606 286 7035
Johor
City Square Cyber Zone Tel: +607 222 6276
DOOR-SALE:
RM45
(INCLUSIVE OF 1 DRINK & a REVEL4TION Gift)
Available on the event day (28 Oct) from 2pm onwards at the event site only.
If you decide to stay over, here are some hotels that are recommended by Recharge.
A’Famosa Resort
06-552 0888
Plaza Inn / Agora
06-284 0881
City Bayview Hotel
06-283 9888
The Emperor Hotel
06-284 0777
Renaissance Melaka
06-284 8888
Orkid Hotel
06-282 5555
Riviera Bay Resort
06-315 1111
Garden City Service Apartments
06-283 3111
Hotel Seri Costa
06-281 6666
Hotel Tropicaville
06-281 6137
Tanjung Bidara Beach Resort
06-384 2990
More info

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My 25th Birthday

Every year I try to avoid celebrating my birthday so that I don’t get bombed by alcohol. Fortunately, this year, some good friends remember my birthday and they gathered people.
We started off with dinner at my brother in law’s place at Cowboy Station, Kelana Jaya.

20 people consisting 2 groups of friends, my former clubbing kakis and my former University of Sheffield classmates (including their respective partners). Thank you Zing, Charmaine, HHH, ivN, Sharon Dilirius, Sam, Don, Cris, Florence, Sow, Johnson, Janet ‘Chin’ (Chai), Cynthia Chan, Michie, KF and gf, Su Ween, Jon, Mindy, Frank and Hazel for turning up.

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September Events

TODAY TODAY!! CATCH DJ ANATTA’S BIKINI CENTERFOLD @ THE MALAY MAIL NEWSPAPER (8.7 9.2006) !!! GET IT GET IT!!!

http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Escape/EClubBeat/20060908105441/Article/index.html
p/s just kidding 😛 no way Msia would allow a bikini center fold.
p/p/s date edited by bimbobum. what la, xes… so sexcited! ;P
The following event is a charity event.
come over to Salivate @ Breakers, Desa Sri Hartamas on 19th Sept, 2006. watch performances from upcoming live bands – The Circumcisions play grunge and alternative music, PlayMoronPlay! does indie rock, Project Banned plays retro rock and Andelina Disease will serve you with metal rock. a few more bands will be playing as well (but still subject to confirmation).
this event is targeting a sale of 250 tickets and more, at a price of RM25 each. ALL proceeds from the ticket sales will go to Sri Eden House of 30, Jalan 2/142, Taman Okid Desa, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur [tel:03-91004081/2]. Sri Eden House is a house for kids aged 12 and below suffering from autism, blindness, deafness, cerebral palsy, global development delay (GDD), attention deficit disorder (ADD), etc.
the objective of this event is to raise some money to put some of the children through special school. RM1000 is sufficient to send at least one child to a special school for a year. why a special school, you ask? hey, they need to attend a special school to groom the child to adapt further to society – they need the help of trained/professional teachers.
aged 18 and above only.
dress code: smart casual.
ticket inquiries: vincent koay 012-2237803

For the love of Harddance!

Heineken Thirst Studio 06 is one of the biggest music competitions ever to hit Malaysia with the winner of Thirst Studio getting to produce and perform with some of the world’s largest producers.
So it’s fitting to have Groove Armada Soundsystem headlining this year’s Thirst Studio celebrations. Heralded as one of the most exciting British dance acts of recent years, the group displays the stellar skills of Tom Findlay and Andy Cato. Being a constant TV presence, they make music that is both heart-thumping and superstylin’.
Groove Armada Soundsystem will be joined by Thailand’s Futon, the electro-rock outfit that is massive in their home country and gathering a huge underground profile in Europe. Linking the worlds of dance and rock, Futon is a mix of pounding beats and anthemic choruses.
Thirst Studio is also proud to bring you some of the best Malaysian talent onstage alongside the international acts. H.U.M.P. is an exclusive performance by Thirst Studio judge and the UK’s Defected Records collaborator Haze.
Support also comes from the winners of last year’s Heineken Thirst winner Altered Image and their amazing mash up of visuals and beats, plus the Thirst 2004 winner Blink, recognized as Malaysia’s leading breaks DJ and a regular overseas performer.
And of course, the winner of this year’s Thirst Studio will also be performing their winning material making this the biggest Thirst ever and one you can’t afford to miss.
Source: http://www.heinekenmusic.com.my/

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HARDSEQUENCE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY “RAW IS WAR” – 19 August 2006

Since GanGaGuGu is spinning for this event and also that Tay persuaded me to go and despite the guest list being closed, Sharon Dilirius, Tay and I made the journey to Ruums for this event.
The place was packed!

But at or around 12AM, people started to leave the club. It seems that there were rumours that the police are going to raid the club. On the last event, the police raided Ruums and detained few underaged patrons (and also a suspected rapist!). With the fresh raid on their minds, people were churning out from the club leaving a huge gap on the dance floor. The HS Crew fused it by announcing that there would be no police raid. I was later told that the rumour was trigged by a raid at Passion and Poppy. A friend’s acquaintance was arrested after being tested positive for drugs. Apparently she was on antibiotics and has her doctor’s letter to certify it. Unfortunately, the police didn’t release her.

Patrons outside the club after hearing rumour of a raid by the police
Man, that’s fukup. Imagine you dress up nicely with make up and perfume all over before heading to the club and screaming to yourself, “I’M GOING TO GET LAID TONIGHT!” and then end up smelling like a fish on Monday at the Magistrate Court to be charged.
Welcome to Malaysia my friends!

GanGaGuGu took the decks with DJ Learn at 2AM. And the rest of the night were bang bang bang and bang until my ears were ringing. The sound system was so powerful that eraine said, “I feel my internal organs moving!”.

me & eraine

Sharon Dilirius aka DJ Anatta & DJ RotiFish (Nottifish)

Tay, GanGaGuGu (Ganjaguru) & I

While GanGaGuGu was spinning, a crowd suddenly gathered in front of the stage. The crowd was so big until Tay and I were pushed off from our spot. It seems that Azmer, the former Champion for one of the Melbourne Shuffle Competitions was on the stage. Superstar I tell you. I think he was on the stage just to chat and take pictures and unexpectedly people gathered to watch him. Tay said that the sight of Azmer to the crowd is like Canto pop fans gathering to see Hong Kong singer Andy Lau.

Azmer!

Of course, Azmer didn’t want to disappoint the crowd. He strut his shit on the stage until one Middle East Ah Kua came to grind with him O_O|||

Also, when GanGaGuGu and Learn were about to spin, balloons were released from the ceiling. FYI, Big Ben has a phobia over balloons. He was like being caught in a war zone, he had his hands covering his ears. Heh.

Upcoming events!

The World Cyber Games (WCG) is the largest gaming festival in the world with up to 70 participating countries, 800 grand final participants and 1.2 million worldwide participants. In2 MARKETING & CONSULTING SDN BHD has been appointed as the Strategic Partner for World Cyber Games 2006 Malaysia Championship ever since year 2001 till now.
The WCG has opened the millennium with a vision of becoming a global e-sport cultural festival of unmatched worldwide scope. The first WCG was successfully held in 2001, attracted a total of seventeen thousand (17,000) contestants from thirty-six (36) nations attended the finals in Korea.
With the continuous strong support and encouragement from the Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia, sponsors and the ICT industry players and most importantly the successful records from the past few years, WCG once again is raising its curtain.
For the WCG 2006 Grand Finals, we will be visiting Monza, Italy in October, best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
More info @ http://my.worldcybergames.com/
P/S MELBOURNE SHUFFLERS WILL BE PERFORMING on Friday (12PM & 7PM) Saturday (12PM & 6PM)
Also, in conjunction with the Malaysia’s Independance day, the following events will be held
Merdeka Countdown @ Miri.

Ipoh

y2k? FENG AHHHHH !!

August Events

HARDSEQUENCE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY “RAW IS WAR” – 19 August 2006

– Presale bookings and packages can be booked through any of the HS promoters or juniors.
– We will NOT be selling any packages on the anniversary night, only if you have prebooked your package earlier.
– HS Anniversary CD is available ONLY in the HS Anniversary package [RM60]
– Yes HS Anniversary Tshirts can be bought on 19th August for RM50.

Check out the pretty tshirts 😀 I want one with www.xes.cx design!
**Please note collection and purchases of packages can be made at the following times:
~ 10 August in JB @ Jazz & Blues Discovery – HS pres. OTEK [AUS] & NOTTIFISH [MAL]
~ 12 August in KL @ Ruums – HS pres. OTEK [AUS] : Between 9pm – 11pm
~ 19 August in KL @ Ruums – HS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY Tag Teams “RAW is WAR : Between 9pm – 10pm!!!
**IMPORTANT: if YOU HAVE BOOKED A HS PACKAGE BUT DO NOT arrive during the times stated for HS Package collection, we will have to sell them off to those FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. We appreciate your understanding.
contact winkris for more information
26 August 2006
Cosmic Gate live in KL @ ZOUK KL!
http://cosmicgate.e-cutz.de/frameset.php?lng=ENG
Wow, I didn’t know Commercialized singles’ party exist! Here’s one! From a single friend whose name starts with a M 😀

More info @ http://www.eccentric-events.com/
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OHM Sessions present Bass Agents – DJ Xtacid – & Friends, DJ Drive & Poison Violet @ Ruums

Ruums

Sow thought it would be funny if only both of us went for this event. And so we did.

When I was in England, my friends and I would drink at a pub before heading to the club. We save a lot by doing this.

Sow and I, being cheapskates, started drinking at home and bought some beers from grocery shops before entering the club. By the time we reach Ruums, we were quite drunk already.

Then we met Big Ben and Kok Wing (DJ Niekon), they too stuffed us with beer.

Sow

Big Ben (RotiFish) & Kok Wing (Niekon, catch him live next week @ Ruums!)

And towards the end of the night, I was so drunk that I hardly remember anything. Just bits and pieces everywhere.

Anyway, if my memory served me well, the event was great. PACKED!

New way to avoid people stealing your drinks. Cover it with tissue paper.

DJ Poison Violet is one of the rare female DJs in Malaysia that spins hard stuff. Not to mention that she’s hot. I heard she’s a former Miss Malaysia. SURE BO??

Dj Poison Violet on stage – Oozing HotnEss.

Sow also dragged me to Passion. Zing and gang were there to celebrate Eevon’s birthday. There was some sort of HBO event going on as well. They were giving out free Tshirts and also a pair of boxers. During that time, Sow was screaming my name. I had no idea why he was screaming. If i’m not mistaken, Serena C (MC) chided Sow for being noisy.

Serena C: yo! Bald Dude! shut the F up.

Then it was announced that the recipient of that pair of boxers had to take off his pants in front of everyone. The atmosphere was silent. Everyone was eager to see the white dude bare his ass. Just as he was about to take his pants off, Sow screamed, “XES WILL DO IT!! XES!!! EVERYBODY! XES WILL TAKE HIS PANTS OFF FOR YOU!!”. O_O|||

Then the camera man turned his camera on us. /(*O*)\

I hope nobody sees us on TV.

Chuo Ming’s 25th Birthday Bash 9.7.2006

Once again, the Sheffieldians gathered for Chuo Ming’s birthday. This time round, Wen Dee and Siew Lee made a rare appearance. As rare as them guestblogging on www.xes.cx.
Last year, Chuo Ming was presented with a bottle of whisky by a stranger. A stranger bought Chuo Ming a bottle in return of a glass of liquor that Chuo Ming bought for the stranger. Unfortunately, no bottle of whisky for Chuo Ming this year.
The dinner was held at Basque Lane, Plaza Mont Kiara. They serve Mediterranean food and their food was so-so, need more salt. But their Tiramisu is excellent though. Dinner set is around RM40. Ambience – quiet and not crowded.

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