Jalan-jalan cari makan!!

Last week we went to Sg Petani for a gig, but being the food fiend that I am, I've already planned a raid on some of the nice food places that I remembered from my last trip there, so here we go!

Day One - 17th October 2009

Went out from KL around 9am, stopped at Restoran Jejantas Sg Buloh for breakfast (sorry, I forgot to bring out the camera, too hungry, hehe) and ate some Nasi Lemak (aka fragrant coconut milk rice). Nothing fancy, but I did have to take about 3 toilet breaks on the highway as a result of the sambal!!

Arrived in Sg Petani at 2pm and had lunch at the venue (provided by the organisers), so our initial plan of having lunch at this fantastic Mee Goreng (aka fried noodles) had to be shelved. Our set went pretty well, and the Sg Petani kids rawked!

Night came, so we went straight for my next target, a stall in Sg Petani selling Nasi Lemak Bungkus for just RM0.50 each, and this includes Nasi Lemak Ayam! Unfortunately, the shop was not open that night, so we went for whatever nasi lemak stall we could find, and found one selling Nasi Lemak Bungkus for RM1.00 (again, forgot to bring camera, too hungry, ahahaha!).

Finished the night by going to a Fun Fair and got ourselves some burgers after that to end the night (I know, we kinda eat a lot don't we? Hehehe).

Day Two - 18th October 2009

Finally, we got the chance to go to the fabulous Mee Goreng place I was talking about (it's opposite the old bus station), and just look at our happy faces!


Waiting impatiently for our orders....


Mee Goreng + Pasembur - they actually pour some Pasembur sauce on top of the Mee Goreng! Niceeeee


The cooks...


Happy customers...


Happy customers + cooks giving the thumbs up!!

After filling our stomachs nicely with the Mee Goreng + Pasembur as breakfast in Sg Petani, we then started our journey back to Kuala Lumpur, but not before we stop in Ipoh first for lunch at the infamous Nasi Ganja!!


Welcome to Hollywood... oops, Ipoh!!


Kedai yang muhibbah...


The infamous Nasi Ganja (aka Cannabis Rice... LOL)


Happy faces about to consume some ganja man...


I am ganja-ed!


I am ganja-ed too, you're next uncle!


The shop sign

Look ma, NO GLOVES!! And he's the one putting the food on our plates. So that's why it's gooooooood, hehehehe. I heart you, uncle!!

We arrived safely in KL around 5pm, with our stomachs nicely full. Moral of the story? Selalulah jalan-jalan cari makan okay geng? Melancong dalam negeri pun ada bestnya, makan! Hehehe.

-aidil-

Onak Duri Bersama Couple - cerita Shahrin

Nama aku Mohd Shahrin Bin Ismail, aku sudah berumur 21 tahun, hampir 4 tahun aku bermain dengan band Couple ni. Sedikit sebanyak nak jugak aku kongsi pengalaman aku bersama band gatal ni. Selama 4 tahun aku main dengan Couple Alhamdulillah takde banyak masalah. Kalau ada masalah pun masalah sakit otak, sakit jiwa, dan sakit mental hehe.

Aku join band ni sekitar tahun 2006 masa tu dierg baru mengeluarkan 1^st album dierg Top Of The Pop! Terus terang aku cakap aku bukan peminat dierg. Sebelum aku join Couple aku pernah pergi gig dierg sekali je hehe. Mase tu dekat Little Havana Bukit Bintang. 1^st time tgk apa la band macam ni punye simple pun bole main gig dgn lagu slow, mmg tak masuk dengan jiwa aku yang memberontak ni. Mmg tak patut!!!! Haha!

Tapi lantak la. Lepas tgk dierg buat gig tu aku ada gak la tgk2 page Myspace dierg check it out sket! Hehe . Time tu band ni perlukan drummer, so aku terus contact Aidil aku habaq aku berminat nak tawarkan diri aku kat band Couple ni. Lepas dierg mengeksperimen kan aku, lepas sebulan gitu aku ditawarkan masuk ke dalam band Couple ni, macam dapat tawaran universiti bile Aidil msg ko berminat tak? Aku pun cakap I berminat la you.

Mase tu jugak Ariana pun baru join Couple dan mase tu bassist dierg Ojooe. Ojooe la rekemen aku kat Aidil habaq aku ni tititititititit. Pastu dapat la masuk. 1^st gig aku kat Starbucks Uptown Damansara, Digi punye ape ntah. Dierg ajak Couple buat show akustik.

Lepas tu Couple diajak untuk beraksi dekat Singapore pulak. Gila tak gila la 2nd gig kat Singapore, gila la! Baru masuk da wat passport sume! Dengan Couple 1^st time aku pergi ke luar negara, Singapore. Naik KTM!

Pastu da kat Singapore ada interview dengan MTV aku da la tak pnah interview ni tuk2 MTV ASIA! Cuak gile tapi redah jela. 3 slots mase tu kena interview MTV POP INC, MTV ROCK IT, MTV JUS!l Best la cube benda2 baru ni kan.

Gig-gig sampai lebam, tahun tu jugak aku dapat main Rock The World 7! Berlinangan air mata aku duk atas indie stage tu. Yeala dulu2 duk tgk kat cd je bile la aku dapat main kan. Band sendiri pun jamming je. Dekat RTW7 la aku pakai seluar sekolah pendek koyak sendiri, tak pakai baju buat show kat Rock The World! Gile rock star! Baru masuk kate kan culture cok! Hehe.

Main punye main da nak buat 2^nd album ahai! 1^st time jugak dalam hidup dapat rekod album iaitu 2nd album Couple, Teenage Disc Fantastic. Lepas da rekod 2nd album, show2! Dapat pulak main gig KAMI alahai rezeki makin melimpah dan mencurah2! Seronok gile dapat main gig KAMI tu hoi! Naik bus ramai2! Dgn band2 lain pergh! Rase macam kat oversea la katekan. Seluruh semenanjung aku dapat jajah kecuali Perlis dgn Terengganu.

Makin lama mase semakin berlalu tahun berikutnya Couple buat showcase sendiri dekat MCPA. Seronok! Show sendiri! Ramai orang datang nak support band Couple ni. Dapat jugak organize gig sendiri. Selepas tu bermula la chapter baru tahun 2009. Keberangkatan bassist baru name nye yang mulia Awang Masrin. Dia pun join Couple sebab Ojoe ada kerja lain. Lepas tu….aku sambung nanti la cerita ni…..penat…

-shahrin-

Couple goes acoustic?

Last Friday we did something we've never done before, and something I personally never thought we could actually pull off with any degree of decency, which is to do a full band acoustic set. We've done acoustic sets before, but usually with just minimal instrumentation like just one guitar and one bass, or 2 guitars with no bass, and always with just a tambourine, shaker or a snare drum to keep time.

When you have someone like Yuna also on the bill (whose music is perfectly suited to an acoustic setting) and Stonebay (who are very skilled musicians), it's kinda scary for such rudimentary punks like us to attempt to do our fast songs acoustic. But we went for it anyway. Almost everything was slowed down, and I tried my best to not screw up the solos (the acoustic guitars we borrowed were kinda hard to play, ahahaha).

The stage and lighting was nice, and the ambience was suitably mellow, so we started with Say Hi (which one of our friends said reminded him of the Juno soundtrack when we did it acoustic that night - betul ke ni? Tak mau bodek2 tau... hehehehe), and just worked our way right through the last song, Come Back Again (which we played so slow, another friend asked me if that's a new song! I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not, hehehe).

Anyways, this set should be aired for the new season of Homegrown on 8TV in the near future, so do keep an eye out for it, and yes you can laugh at our screw ups during the set! If any of you readers are from Sg Petani, we're playing there this Saturday 17th October 2009 at 2pm at Carnival Waterpark (next to Cinta Sayang Resort), supporting Hujan for their Mencari Konklusi tour. See you there?

Oh, and last but not least, thanks to Azam Hashim for the photo!

-aidil-