It's Daughtry, Baby!

It was a last minute thing, but I managed to blag a ticket for the Traffic Jam Street Party with Daughtry at Central Park Avenue, One Utama just a couple of hours ago. Thanks to Yovein and Sher. You guys rock!

But by the time I got the Central Park around 9.15pm, a couple of warm-up acts had already done their sets. And it felt at that time that the whole place kinda lacked atmosphere. Probaby it was still early and a steady light drizzle was subduing things a little.

But the VIP tent was a pretty cool setup. Pretty spacious and offered the best seats at the venue. VIPers also had the option of moving straight to the front of the stage, which was where I was parked for most of the night.

And oh yeah, apart from the regular finger foods, the good people of Sony Ericsson also served up Starbucks coffee and mee hoon (a controlled item these days, mind you)...

And hour later, the warm up acts were still playing. And while Daniel Lee and the Stylistiks are great performers in their own right, it simply felt like they were at the wrong party lah. People wanted to rock and what they got was Sean Kingston remixes instead...

By 10.30, the crowd was getting a little antsy and even cheered for the amp covers being taken off. Indeed, the set-up guys were pretty popular...

At 11 sharp, it was finally time to rock out with the man Daughtry himself. Woo hoo! The sound was pretty good and the energy of the whole band was above average.

Overall, Chris and co delievered almost all the tracks on their debut CD with a couple of new tunes thrown in. The dude can sing, but probably needs to brush up on the crowd interaction bit.


50 mins into the set, they called it a nite but after (somewhat enthusiastic) chants of "We want more!" Daughtry returned for an encore which included the monster hit "Home"...

Overall, it was a straight-forward power-packed performance devoid of any gimmicks. But I don't think anyone was complaining...

* Download Daughtry tunes by clicking here

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Hairy Issue

OK I know that for someone in his early to mid-thirties (ok, ok, mid-thirties lah), hair style shouldn't be an issue. But hey, I'm in showbusiness baby, and I need to look good for that occasional TV appearance and well, for this blog : ) Hence the current dilemma. Truth is, I'm a sucker for trends as well and I've been thinking about going botak. Uh huh.

But it's a gamble, I know. What if I'm actually a conehead? Then I'd have to go Samy Vellu, which would be a total disaster. So what do I do?

Maintain this current boring look?

Or go really short again?

Or what the hell, just keep it long and relive those glory days of a few years back...

Hmm... decisions, decisions

ntv7's 10th Anniversary Party

So last night, the feel good channel (and the number 1 chinese station in the country) ntv7 had a grand do at the KL Convention Centre. The venue brought back memories for me cos it was at the same ballroom that we relaunched The Malay Mail a couple of years ago.

Anyway, it was a rare case where most guests arrived early (including moi), mainly due to the anticipation of those pesky roadblocks being set up in and around KL. So a few hundred people were seen milling about in the foyer area a good one hour before tha ballroom doors finally opened. But I did take a peak inside and was thoroughly impressed by the chic and grand setup. Great job guys!

And while waiting for the festivities to start, naturally the camera started to snap away...

With ntv7 CEO Dato Anothony Bujang. Congrats Dato'!

With C-Lan Paul... (notice the bling on the man)
With famous blogger Budiey

With Metrowealth mogul David Teo

The real party started close to 8.30pm when MC Jien greeted the guests and VIPs and got the ball rolling. Side news: Jien and wife ex Channel [V] VJ Sarah Tan welcomed a baby some 3 months back and they're now one truly happy family. But er, I forgot to ask if it was a boy or girl. Duh.

Plenty of performances were lined-up including some of the best the local industry's got to offer like Ning Baizura, Anuar Zain, Faizal Tahir and Suki.

ntv7 anniversary

The Queen of Outrageous Joanne Kam Poh Poh also performed. And as usual she got the crowd all hot and flustered with a string of dirty jokes and anecdotes, even dragging a couple of lucky men on to the stage for added effect. (Photos of which are unpublishable I'm afraid. Ahem)

Highlight of night of course was the blowing of candles on a gigantic 10 Feel Good Years Cake.

Which tasted pretty good...

Thanks for the wonderful time and congrats again to ntv7 for 10 very feel good years!

Watch special ntv7 anniversary promo here

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