Captain America!!!

Alright, here's my costume, what do ya think? I think it's pretty awesome!

KLCC

I know I usually post about the day before but I'm going to post about yesterday and today! First of all, yesterday was a pretty plain day. We had rehearsal, I got annoyed because I feel like I'm the only one ever prepared with my songs, but I guess that's just how I am. So then after rehearsal I napped for a bit and then went down and had the buffet for dinner. I tried some oxtail tonight, it was really fatty but tasted so good! That's my favorite part of the buffet, they always have weird meats and stuff every night. This week has been awesome because it is our last week to use the rest of our monthly allowance for food so I've been ordering all the most expensive stuff just so I can use up all the money!
After dinner I just got ready for the shows, and then went and performed, it was a great night except one huge mistake. During one of the songs I was starting the second verse, but then someone played a wrong part so it threw me off and I couldn't figure out how to get back on for about 30 seconds, so it was just silent. But I just laughed it off. It happens, oh well.
Today has been a blast so far. I had to go pick up my costume from the shop so I decided I would do a little venturing while I was out. And this time I made sure I was by myself so I could go and see and do what I wanted. First I got off the train and went straight towards the Petronas Towers so I could get some actual good pictures of them. I can't believe how tall those things are! It's crazy. After I took pictures outside I wanted to go on the little tour inside and go to the little bridge between the towers. But when I went to buy a ticket they said they had sold out for the day. I guess you have to get there pretty early to get a ticket, so I'll try again Monday when I return my costume.
After the towers I went to get my costume and I just happened to mention that I am in the band at Zeta Bar and the lady gave me 50 Ringgit off the price that she originally told me! Woohoo, I knew that my status would come in handy some day! Then she told me that she was going to come Saturday night just to see me in that costume. Ha ha, it's going to be great. Once I had collected my costume I decided to go visit Suria KLCC, it's the really fancy mall at the base of the towers. They had a lot of stores from back home, Banana Republic, Aldo, Guess, Calvin Klein, all really expensive but it was still nice to see. While I was looking around I had to use the bathroom and I came across these bathrooms that said they were Premiere Bathrooms or something and it cost 2 RM to use them. I almost paid it just to see what they look like, but I'm too cheap so I went and found a free one.
Next I found the most amazing thing ever, a California Pizza Kitchen! I couldn't believe my eyes! That's one of my favorite restaurants from back home, I would never have thought there would be one here! It felt like I was home for a minute just seeing it. Then I also found a Chilis, this mall is awesome. I'm definitely going to organize the band to go to dinner at California Pizza for my birthday. I took some pictures of all these things for you guys to see, and while I was taking them I also got in trouble from security because I guess in this fancy mall no pictures are allowed, but at least I got all the ones I wanted before I got caught!
So all in all it has been a great day!

A Week In The Life

Here's the latest pictures. Our guitar player's girlfriend just got home and posted all of these, so I thought I would post them here for you all to see. They are just pictures from a bunch of nights last week at the club.
Not much to report from the last couple of days. The shows have been pretty good. The audiences have been kind of small, but tonight should be great since it's Ladies Night! Other than that I haven't gone on any adventures lately, just been rehearsing and relaxing. I think I'll go on a new adventure on Saturday if I have time! That's about it for now.

Around Town

Newest pics

Costume Shopping

Last night the shows went well but we had no audience. Probably about 15 - 20 people the whole entire night. Sucks, but we made it through it.
Then today was another adventure. I had to go shopping for a Halloween costume for our shows on Saturday night. And who did I get to go with again? Yeah that's right, the two girls, but surprisingly it wasn't quite as bad, still bad, but not as extreme.
First we went on a new train that none of us have been on yet, but that was the easy part. Then once we got down to KLCC by the Petronas Towers I wanted to stop and take a couple pictures, so I had to hurry before they took off without me. Only then did I realize that they had no idea where we were supposed to be going anyway. So annoying to me! But we finally found the place after like a half hour and it was tiny. It was called the Costume Empire but it was just this little shop with maybe a hundred costumes. I found mine right away, pictures to come soon. But the girls took about two hours. Trina kept trying on all these costumes and found something to complain about for each one. Tinkerbell didn't have a tiara or wand, the witch costume wasn't unique enough, Little Bo Peep wasn't sexy enough, she needs boots to go with the pirate costume. Oh my gosh I have never heard so many complaints. We're in another country so we're just lucky they have a costume shop at all! I don't know if the people in this band are just used to being waited upon and spoiled but they sure don't treat everyone all that great.
Finally the two girls settled on their costumes, Tinkerbell for Trina and the Sexy Witch for Gabriella, and mine is a secret!! This place only rents costumes so we had to put down a deposit and then we have to go back and get them on Friday. So what should have taken maybe an hour took about three. I should just get used to it I guess. But when I go pick mine up I am going alone!! So that was my day today, I also took some pictures along the way so I will put those up too!

Fun Times

This weekend was a blast! First off, Saturday night was the most fun night we've had here. It was packed and the crowd was so into it. We could have done anything and they would have cheered loud and loved it. It was great!

Then Sunday was awesome. I went and saw the movie, Life As We Know It. It came out back home probably like a month ago, but it just came out here so I was excited. It was really good. The movie theaters here are pretty much the same as back home except if you aren't in your seat 15 minutes before the movie then they can sell your ticket to someone else. And then there's also the subtitles at the bottom which bugged me at first but then I forgot about them. Also it only cost 12 Ringgit which is about 4 US dollars, so cheap!

After that I shopped for awhile but didn't find anything worth buying. Once I got back to the hotel I had like an hour before we were all getting together to go to dinner for our guitarist's girlfriend's birthday. So we all went back to Midvalley Megamall and we ate at this nice Japanese place. There weren't many options that looked too tasty to me though. The whole place smelled like fish and that was basically the only thing on the menu. But I did find some weird egg thing to eat and some beef wrapped asparagus, it was so good!

I found out that our keyboardist in the band is really into palm reading and stuff like that. So I had him read my palm last night. It was crazy, I don't know if any of it really means anything or not, but it was weird that he could know so much about me just by looking at the lines. Anyway after dinner we all came back and I watched some TV then went to bed pretty early. Perfect end to a great weekend.

Raw Salmon

Yesterday was great. Well OK, not great, but way better than the last few days. First off I just did the usual, gym, lunch, shower and then I decided I should try to go and wire my money home. I went to Western Union first. They are right across the street in the three different banks so I just chose one, filled out all the paperwork and then they told me their computers were down or something so I had to go to another bank. After that I went to two more banks and they told me the exact same thing....great! Then I found another place that does transfers called MoneyGram, so I filled out all the papers there, got everything done and went back to my hotel just in time for rehearsal. But once I got back I looked closely at my receipt and noticed it said sending to: Salt Lake City, California. Ugh!! So I had to run down to rehearsal and tell my band leader that I was going to be a little late then run back across the street and get it all fixed. But in the end it was fine and I'm glad I know how to do it now and I like how easy it is.
Then rehearsal was another story. I did my new song the day before so yesterday it was the girls' turns. I've always heard stories about people who are big diva's and things but I've never really experienced it until now. Trina(the girl from Trinidad) couldn't complain enough. "This part of the song was wrong, this part's too loud, I don't have any place to breathe, there's too many backup vocals in the track," everything she could say she said. It was kind of fun to watch but I would hate to be in the line of fire.
Once rehearsal was over I went down to the restaurant by the pool for dinner(they still haven't closed it yet). I noticed on the menu something that I hadn't seen before, a salmon caesar salad. One of my favorite things ever. So I ordered that for the first course and then some chicken thing with salsa...yeah I know, I eat a lot! Well when it came out it was a plain caesar salad in the bowl and then I got a second bowl with the salmon in it. No where on the menu did it say it was raw salmon. Ahhh!! It looked like gross pink mush. I guess it's salmon sashimi so I just said what the heck, try everything once and went for it. The taste wasn't bad at all, quite good, but the texture almost made me puke. So squishy and wet. Yuck. So basically I choked down as much as I could and now I know never to order that again.
After dinner I just relaxed for a bit before the shows. The club was packed. Ladies Night is always packed. Everything went great, even the new songs. Then I came right up to my room and got ready for bed. What a good day.

Alright

Well the last couple days have been just that....alright. I've made it through them and that's all that matters right now. There's always going to be hard times in any job and right now it's just one of those times. But enough with the bad stuff.
Last night the shows were great, especially the last two sets, the crowd really got into it and were up dancing and everything. It was great for a Wednesday! There were also a lot of nice people there tonight. I met some guy named Hans from Singapore and he kept saying how great we were. He told me he is here for a conference and he's going to try to bring 50-60 people down to the club tonight because he wants them all to see us! That's pretty awesome!
I'm hoping I get to go do some more exploring soon, we've had rehearsals and stuff so I haven't had time, but I really want to go see the Petronas Towers! Hopefully I will have time in the next couple days. But if not, I will find time soon.
Oh I also have some good news, one of my band mates has his girlfriend visiting him right now and she's been filming our shows so I think I'm going to have some videos to put up here soon! Then you guys can all see what it's like. Well I think that's about all I've got for now.

Ugh

Last night and today so far have not been good. Starting with the shows yesterday we were all off our game and it just didn't go well. After our first set our bandleader had a little meeting with us telling us to pull it together but it didn't really happen, I don't know what the deal was. I even forgot words to one of my songs which hasn't happened since the first day. And on top of that there were only like 20 people in the club. It was so lame! I know that we have to give the best performance no matter how many people are there but it's just so much harder.
Yesterday was also pay day which should have been awesome but when my band leader gave me my pay he told me I had to go shopping the next morning with the girls to have them help me pick out some more clothes. I was so annoyed, for one, I just bought four new things last week and we're only supposed to have to purchase two new things a month. And for two I feel like I have enough fashion sense that I don't need the girls to help me.
Anyway I got up early to go shopping and it just plain sucked. We went to this new "mall" in a place called Bukit Bintang. I used the quotations because this place was weird and ghetto. We started out looking around but all they had on the first few levels were girl clothes. So of course the girls were going crazy and I just followed along being bored. I couldn't go off on my own to look at guy clothes because I don't have a cell phone here to find them later and this place was confusing. We planned to shop for 2 hours and then head back. We ended up shopping for about 3 and a half hours. Did I come home with anything? Nope. Did they even try to help me look around? Nope. Such a waste of time. But I guess at least I got to see a new place! That's the bright side!
So that's the excitement for now. Tune in for more!

Great Weekend

I didn't post the last couple days because not too much has happened. The shows have been great, Friday and Saturday nights are my favorite now. They are always so packed and people actually get out on the dance floor and have a blast so it definitely makes it more fun for us.

I have a big fan now, his name is Nicky Yee. He came to the club on Friday night for the first time with his sister and friend and they couldn't say enough nice things to me. Then they all loved it so much that they came back again on Saturday night. It's kinda nice having someone there that I know no matter what I do they'll think it's awesome! This is a picture he took on Saturday night, so I thought I'd post it for everyone to see.

Anyway Sunday was a great day off! I went shopping at the Megamall for hours and bought a couple books. They have a Borders book store there and it's huge. So I bought a couple Dean Koontz books that I haven't read, I was excited to find some! Also I met a family from Nevada at the mall. They are just here on vacation. I heard them talking and noticed that they didn't have any accent so I asked them where they were from. It's kind of nice meeting people from back in the homeland, makes me feel closer to home for a minute.

The rest of the night I just watched Finding Nemo on the Disney Channel and ordered room service. What could make a better end to the night?

Cool cool!

No new post today but I just got the link to the article about our band so you guys can all check it out! The thing they quoted me on I didn't really say, kinda funny but I'll take it. So here it is : http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/WEEKENDWATCH_TransitBanddoesitwithstyle/Article/index_html


Enjoy!

Latest Adventure

Mr. Lambert

Yesterday was great! The title kinda says it, yes I got to meet and hang out with Adam Lambert, picture to come soon!
But first I went on another adventure yesterday. I went to this place called Berjaya Times Square. I got up early so I would have plenty of time to find my way and have time to spend there. Usually I can take the subway, I don't know why I call it that, it's more of a train but I'll just stick with subway. Anyway instead of the subway I had to take the monorail to this place. And finding out where the monorail station was located was an adventure in itself. But once I found it I only had to take it for three stops and I was there.
I was kind of expecting this to be a copy of New York Times Square but it wasn't anything like it. No big flashing lights or anything, just a gigantic building. When I first entered I thought it was just another big mall, but boy was I wrong. This wasn't just a big mall, it was HUGE! I think it was somewhere between 13-15 levels of shopping and there's also an indoor amusement park inside! Holy cow! So I started at one end and just went as long as I could. I only made it to four levels before I had to leave. But that's good because then there will be more for me to come back to. Plus I never got to see the full amusement park levels, I could only see some of the rides from where I was. So I'm definitely going back!
Now back to the Adam Lambert business. As if my day wasn't already enough of an adventure, I got to meet him! He and his crew came and watched our last two sets and in between we got to go sit with them and hang out in their little VIP section. Just us, no one else was allowed, they had it blocked with bodyguards! How cool is that? So we all met him, got a picture with him and then just chilled. I talked to his dancers and make-up artist mostly and they were all so nice. It was just like hanging with a bunch of friends, and they couldn't say enough good things about our band, they loved it! I don't know how often celebrities come here, but if this is any sign of things to come I could definitely get used to that. I'm pretty sure the band Paramore is doing a concert here this month, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that they come to our hotel too! I can't wait to see what's next!

Craziness

The last couple days have been pretty busy, we've been rehearsing and putting the rest of my songs into our show. Other than that I haven't had much time for anything else. So nothing too eventful happened until last night.
First things first, I did see Adam Lambert for about 2.2 seconds, he was walking through the lobby but he had his huge entourage of people all around him so I couldn't really get a good look at him, nor could I get a picture. But that's OK. Then later that night I was in the elevator with two of his bodyguards and I was just trying to make conversation but no matter what I said they just replied with "I can't disclose any information." So I'm thinking I won't be getting any autographs any time soon. Dang!
Then during one of our breaks in between sets I went out to mingle like always, but the girls were a little crazy last night. It wasn't even ladies night yet! So I saw one of my other band mates talking with this girl so I walked up just to say hi. As soon as I walked up he took off, so I know that's a bad sign, he was pawning her off on me. She introduced herself then told me, "You so cute, so cute," then grabbed my face and planted one on me. Now this wasn't just a little peck, this was a big dramatic kiss. Yikes! I was so shocked, if I hadn't stepped back who knows how long that would have lasted! The rest of the night she was dancing right in front of the stage blowing me kisses and waving at me. Oh boy, luckily she's just here on vacation, but unfortunately it's for a couple weeks. I'll just have to do my best to keep her at a distance.
Lastly we had this really nice guy from the UK in the audience last night and he loved us. He bought us all drinks so I poured some of mine into everybody's glasses but then as soon as he noticed mine was low he bought me two more. So I had three drinks that I had to get rid of. And this guy was so nice I even told him I don't drink but he just said, "everybody drinks," and kept dishing them out. I thanked him for the drinks, then as soon as he went back to the bar to buy everyone more, I took off up to my room. I had to get out of there!
So even after a couple chill days I had enough excitement in one night to more than make up for it. Now tonight is Ladies Night, so wish me luck!

I'm Back

So it's been two days since I've posted, but I didn't want to just post something short so I had to wait til more happened that I could write about. The title says it all! I have my voice back and feel 98% better, there's still that 2% cause I have a stuffy nose, but that will be gone soon enough!
Where to begin? Sunday I didn't really have any major plans so I decided I was going to go exploring. I ended up in lots of places that I didn't intend to(meaning I got lost) quite a few times so in the end I went back to the mall that I've already been to. I guess Sunday is the big shopping day here so the place was packed. I was thinking maybe I could catch a movie but every movie they have at the theater came out months ago back home, so I've seen every one. Plus the line to get tickets was ridiculous! I shopped around for about four hours and even found a grocery store in the mall, how weird is that? It was fun just to look through and see what kind of different things they sell there. I ended up stocking up on some diet cokes, or coca-cola light as they call it here, and some snacks for my room. Then came the journey home. I had to wait at the sub station for an hour and a half because it was so packed. I watched four trains pass me by before I could finally get close enough to get on! The rest of the night I just watched some Disney movies in my room and ordered room service, what a great day.
Then yesterday I pretty much just did the usual then relaxed in my room. Then it came time to go meet my band for dinner and it was taking forever to get an elevator. When I finally got down to the lobby I saw that they had stopped some of the elevators on that floor and had red carpets leading up to them and all the way out into the street. No wonder it was taking so long. I guess they had some kind of royalty there yesterday and that's just the usual procedure. What a life that would be huh? Oh and I can't forget to mention that Adam Lambert from American Idol will be staying in the hotel this week. He's doing a concert somewhere downtown but he's staying here. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I get to meet him! Not that I'm a huge fan or anything but hey, he's famous and it would be cool to get a picture with him. And they said that some of his band and tour crew might even come to the club and see us play. Wouldn't that be awesome? Yeah it would.
Well I think that's about it for now. I gotta get out there and take some more pictures soon so you guys have more to look at!

Great Night

Yesterday was awesome! Little by very little I'm getting my voice back so things are going great in that department. It really helps to be able to just relax all day. Our band got offered free tickets to go watch some Motocross race or something. Some kind of bike race, you know me with the sports, but the guy that offered us the tickets ended up not showing up to give them to us so we just had another chill day.
Last night the club was the most packed it's been all week. I truly felt a little famous. People were crowded all up in front of the stage and were going crazy! We were feeding off their energy and the show was awesome! Every set got more and more fun. It was the first time I really felt like I fit in, rather than being the new guy. Everyone loved us and wanted to talk to us but we couldn't even walk through people to talk to anyone. And I finally got a little confidence boost from a lady that said she wasn't going to leave until she got to talk to me. She told me I was the best one on stage! I couldn't believe it and it came at a time when I really needed to hear that. She was so nice. After the shows we all stuck around and partied til the club closed. Some of them went out, but I went back to my room for some good sleep. It was a great night.

I See The Light!

Ok, good news, I'm feeling a little better! Not a ton better but at least I can feel it moving in the right direction! Yes!!! I'm so happy!
Yesterday was a great day, nothing too exciting but we finally all went and used the pool. It was really hot out, but after we were in the pool for a few minutes it started raining of course. So we all went over to the little restaurant by the pool and got some food. It was SO good! I'm going to have to eat there more often, even though they are closing it in a couple weeks for construction(I swear that's always my luck). I had this thing called a Mixed Satay, it was chicken, lamb and beef on skewers and you get 12 of them, yes 12. Then it comes with some cucumber and onion that you can add on your skewers and this peanut dipping sauce. Mmmmm....I'd say it's probably the best thing I've eaten since I've been here! Luckily I think it's on the room service menu too.
After we ate we all went back to our rooms and we had like three hours til our show since we don't start til 10:15 on Friday and Saturdays. I tried to take a nap but I couldn't sleep so I just relaxed and watched TV. Oh and I also found out that hulu doesn't work here so I can't watch my shows from home but I did find a website I can use to watch Glee at least cause that's the most important!
The shows were great, our band leader picks the easiest songs for me to sing since my voice is a little scary right now but for some reason during the last set he chose Billy Jean. Ahh! It was a mess, it's already a hard song when I have my full voice, but when I'm sick, lets just say it was a disaster. But I made it through it, or tried to and was so relieved when it was over.
Last night I also had my first run in with a pushy customer. This lady and her husband insisted on getting a few of us drinks so I tried to sneak away but she grabbed me and told me not to leave. So she poured us all some and then we did a cheers and I pretended to drink it, she looked right at me and said, "you are not leaving here til that's gone." So I put it in my mouth then when she turned away I spit it into my water bottle. I'm always going to make sure I have that water bottle with me when I'm out in the crowd now. Oh how fun that was. I think that's about all that happened yesterday, we'll see what today has in store.

Ladies Night....Oh Boy What A Night

This sickness is killing me! I mean, I've been way more sick than this before but never has it affected my voice like this. Tonight was Ladies Night and it was pretty packed so of course we were all hyped for the show. But no matter how hyped I was, my voice was not going to cooperate.
In the first set I sang Maria Maria, I'm Yours, and Masterblaster, I couldn't get through one song without my voice cracking and I couldn't even reach some of the notes. Even when I've been horrendously ill in the past I have still been able to use my voice, but not this time. I have never been more embarrassed. I could see the looks on people's faces as they watched me struggle. As the night went on I got more and more panicked with each set, just hoping that I could get through my songs. And that's all I did, got through them. Now here's the weird part, everyone was so nice last night! Not one rude comment after I sucked it up so bad! So at least that part was good!
All I did during the day yesterday was rest, trying to get better. I've taken Ibuprofen, Guaifenisen, sore throat lozenges, cough drops, and some weird tea stuff that one of the other singers gave me. Nothing has helped. I'm just praying it will start getting better soon, but who knows. Anyway that's enough for now.

Pink Party

Last night was awesome! It was our official band launch and it was packed! You could feel the energy from everyone in the room the second we walked in. So cool. Usually we start out with some calmer songs because no one is drunk yet and it kinda just gets people ready for the louder stuff later. But last night we started right out with the high energy dancing music and it was great. People came just to see us, so they were really into it. There were newspaper people, magazines, people with video cameras, it was crazy. After our first set we all had to go meet out in front of the club for interviews and photos, I truly felt a little famous. Everyone wanted to talk to us and ask us questions. We even signed autographs!
The whole night was great, but then of course there's always a few people that are just a little too honest, or blunt I guess. I was talkin with this man from the UK and he was saying how much he liked the show and how great it was, but then out of no where he said, "No offense but there's really no reason for there to be another singer with a black girl up there, she's the only one to watch, she's really the most talented." I was quite shocked that he would say that to my face. And that wasn't the end of it either. I then talked with a local lady and she was being so nice then came the, "No offense you're really cute, my daughter would love you, but I thought you were really boring. But now talking to you, you are so nice." I know I'm in the business where I'm being judged all the time but seriously, who just says that to someone's face? And do people really think if they start with "No offense" that it's ok to say whatever?
Anyway enough with that business. All in all the night was great, and it's getting easier and easier to hear when my songs are coming up so I'm not really nervous anymore. Tonight is ladies night so we'll see how that goes!

Across the globe

I started a photo album, just click on the picture and it will take ya to it!

Mall Excursion

Yesterday was a great day! It all started with the usual gym, room service, shower, then a little TV watchin. Then I was supposed to meet with the other two singers to go shopping because we all have to have something pink to wear for tonight, it's our official launch at the club. Supposedly there's going to be reporters, news channels, magazines and all sorts of people there to watch us, talk about pressure! But anyway, I missed their call so I ended up going to the mall myself, yeah yeah, I know that sounds all scary, but it really wasn't, it's only one stop down on the subway thing and it's just like being at home in the mall just with different people.
So I get to the mall, the one I talked about before, it's called the Midvalley Megamall, it's HUGE! I went through the whole mall then found a little passageway that lead to another mall called the Garden Mall, and that one was huge too! I ended up finding just a plain pink shirt, nothing special after all those stores, but it was still a blast.
Now for the bad part, somehow I'm already sick. One of the girl singers was sick when she got here and I caught it of course because I catch every illness around me. It's pretty much just a sore throat but it's definitely affecting my voice. In the show last night there were quite a few notes I had to strain to get through but I remembered all my words!!!! Yes!!!
Everyone I talked to after each set last night said how much they love our band already, way more than the band that was here before us. So that is great news. I talked to one man last night who told me that I need to get back to the U.S. to try out for X-Factor. He told me that he knows things about Simon Cowell and if I use it in my interviews I would get on the show for sure....hmmm...I might have to think about that.
I've discovered one of the biggest challenges with this job is going to be avoiding all the drinks. Everyone wants to buy us drinks because we are the band, and it's very impolite to say no, so I just have to take them and pretend to drink. I don't know how all the others do it, even if I liked to drink I wouldn't be able to do it and then go up and sing, it totally effects your voice. But to each their own!
One last thing, I felt my first little touch of homesickness today. I woke up at 6ish this morning(courtesy of jetlag) and just felt sad, but I got up, drank some water and went back to bed, then when I woke up at 1 I felt better! So hopefully that stays away, of course I'm going to miss things about home but that sad feeling is no fun. That's about it for now.

Whew!!

So opening night is finally behind me! Ah what a relief! I wasn't really stressed about it but it just feels good to have started and have that first part over with.
Let me back track a little bit now. Yesterday we went and saw that other band at another hotel downtown, they were pretty good, they had one singer, a little phillipino girl and she was Amazing! She pretty much stole the show. Once she sang that's all I wanted to listen to the rest of the time. The other guy and girl were good too, but nowhere near the amazingness of this girl. Then on the way back to the hotel we took a taxi and it had these nasty little cockroach-like things crawling along the back seat! It was so sick! I had to lean forward the whole ride and still ended up with one in my hair!!!
Now forward to today, did just the usual, went to the gym, came back and showered, and talked to my mom and dad on Skype. Then I had a quick lunch and we all met for rehearsal. We rehearsed from 2 ish til about 6. I felt really ready after that. Then a few of us went to dinner. I had this weird steak dish, not my favorite thing I've had here. It was too red! Woof. After that I went back to my room to relax for a couple hours before opening.
At 9:15 we all met outside the club and got ready for our first set. It went great, I mean I messed up quite a bit, forgot words in almost every song, but all in all I'd say for my first day it was good! It's so different not knowing what song is coming next and a couple times I didn't realize it was my song, but they all helped me out and got me through it! Every night it will get better and better I'm sure of it! Well tomorrow's another day, I'll write again soon.

Good Times

Wow, I just reread that last post, it was long! But I had a lot to tell, so I guess it's ok. Today there wasn't quite as much excitement, but still a great day. I slept til noon, then got up and decided to find the gym. Of course they are remodeling it right now til October 18th but they have a little miniature gym set up right now until it's done. So I went and ran on the treadmill, but they measure things in Kilometers here so I wasn't really sure how far to go so I did a nice little 10k, I think thats around 6 miles....hmmm.
Anyway then I went back to my room and ordered room service, I had a caesar salad with salmon, and it was SOOO good! I could get used to this business. Then I took a shower and got ready for the day.
We were supposed to do a sound check around 5, and it was 3 so I decided to take a look around the hotel and pool. It was a nice little excursion, I checked out some of the restaurants, then walked around the whole pool and took a few pictures, I'll post some soon! When I got back to my room it was 4, so I decided to lay down to watch some TV and fell back asleep. I woke up to the sound of my doorbell ringing(did I mention our hotel rooms have doorbells?) and it was our drummer telling me that we were gonna meet down there around 7:30. So I went back to watching TV, but I couldn't fall back asleep. It's weird feeling exhausted because my body is still on Utah time, but it already got it's fill of sleep so I couldn't take anymore!
At 7:30 we met down at the club, and watched the instrumentalists all sound check, then all left for dinner really quick. After that we went back to the club and ran through all of my songs for opening day, it went GREAT! Much better than I was expecting. And now we're all heading out to see another band at another club downtown.
So that's it for now, still loving it here so far, and can't wait for opening night!

Day One in KL

So I finally arrived here in the beautiful city of KL, Malaysia. Everything went smoothly except for waiting for my luggage for 45 minutes, of course mine was the last to come out, so I had a little panic attack but luckily it showed up just in time to calm me down. I went through customs and as soon as I got out there was a little lady holding a sign that said Hilton Kuala Lumpur, Cody Jensen! I felt like I was freakin famous!
From there I arrived at my hotel where I was told to page my bandleader in his room and he would meet me in the lobby to get me settled in, but there was no answer to my page so I had to figure things out for myself. I talked to the concierge(I don't know if that spelling is right) at the counter and got things settled and went up to my room. They wouldn't even let me carry my own bags, they told me to go to my room and then my bags would arrive shortly after. Crazy right?
So I got all settled in, unpacked my bags and was watching TV when the phone rang and it was my bandleader. He was calling to make sure I made it and wanted to come meet me in my room. We met, then he told me we were going to have a band meeting shortly and then a meeting with the band manager at the hotel.
So we did all that, everyone is so nice in my band and I know were gonna get along great! After that we all went to one of the restaurants in the hotel to eat. It was a buffet, and I was in heaven!! After dinner, four of us went to do some money exchanging and while we were out we decided to check out the local mall. It was HUGE!! We only had time to check out 3 of the 5 levels quickly because we had to get back to watch the last night of the previous band in the club.
We watched the band, then they announced all of us to come up on stage so they could introduce the new band that is taking over, that was pretty awesome. And now I'm back in my room, not having slept for who knows how many hours, so I'm definitely ready for bed....Goodnight!

The Start of Something New!

I'm sitting here in the San Fran airport with nothing to do while I wait for my next flight to Taipei so I decided I might as well start my blog! I'm going to try and update as often as I can so that all of you back in the US can read and find out what kind of crazy business I'm gettin into.
So far nothin too crazy has happened except gettin lost while trying to figure out how to get to the international terminal and getting my ticket exchanged since it's under the wrong name! But other than that things are going smooth and I'm just bursting with excitement to get to Malaysia and get all settled in. That's all I've got for now.