After one year of waiting, penang world music festival is back again with fabulous band and make u drool over the performance...

been there last year.. which was so much fun despite raining *read it here*

hopefully this year they have greater performance and super nicey band... too bad no more wicked aura... *cry*....

oh ya... pray for it to rain... lmao

will update it once im back and only if im not tired of updating the blog... adios for now... need to get ready...

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Once again, Penang World Music Festival 2008 kicked off on May 2 and end on 4th May had draw tremendous crowd to Taman Kuari, Botanical Garden, Penang. Remember in the year 2007, the crowd was not as much as 2008, despite the heavy rain, the audiences were still having fun.

This year, the music was excellent, especially the troop from Ireland with the smooth music and yet make you want to dance along, with super dancer from Badila troop that spin round and round and round that obtain extremely welcoming applause had make my day.

I only attended the Saturday night, although I wanted to attend all 3 days, but the price was a bit too much for me. However, one night was enough to blast my ears, my mind and my soul. We were welcome by the 1st troop from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, with the traditional costumes and music instruments, the singer sang Tian Mi Mi, I bet was a local delight which most Chinese grown up with that song.. :D

Come to the next troop, with different background of Iran, French and India, make the night even happening�. The troop dancer was indeed eyes catching with her spinning. And the India�s singer was COOL that he can hold his breath so long to sing. @@��

Ladies troop from France� with one man to in charge of the instrumental tune� was eyes catching, he don�t use normal instrument, instead, spoons, legs and etc was used as part of music instrument� oh, his legs dance was overwhelmed by the audiences� *clap*

Diplomats of Drummer from KL, Malaysia, was a disappointment, well to me, when they start off with their music, there was some tune that I believe it adapted from Wicked Aura, Singapore that I love so much. Hence I have so much expectation from them, but it ended up with a disappointment� but the violin player was GOOD�

Last but not least, Troop from Croatia was the best, with extraordinary music instruments that make from goats� skin (haha that cute guy have 5 goats� skin instruments in his bag that I have to give him a new name � grossmaninstrument . the lead singer�s look and charisma was like aerosmith� SUPER KAKKOI desu�

When we 1st reach the destination, it was a disappointment, @@�� parking A and B is not full yet!!!!

Anyway, at 1st the guards were busy asking the audiences to SIT DOWN, which indeed pissed me off, because I�m here to enjoy myself and I�m not small kids anymore. Lots of audiences, I bet were not happy at 1st because by sitting down you can�t dance along. Since I went to year 2007, with extremely good experience of dancing along *standing from 730pm-1230am* asking us to sit was a NO NO�

My friend said, legs gonna numb� yeah indeed yes, and our butts were painful from sitting down on the uneven land�. :P

After the Ireland troop, the audience start standing up, the guards were there asking us to sit down, but everyone IGNORE them�muahahah we won the war� yay.. !!!!!!

Best- The audiences were dancing and having so much fun there� you can enjoy the video after this� :P

Luckily we don�t have to sit for the entire concert, or I ma make super bad reviews.. yay thank god we don�t have to�.

Another problem, people were smoking at the crowd�. OMG� some were good by blowing the smoke up to the sky, some were noob that blow within the crowd� @@�� super noob attackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Rubbish, Rubbish, Rubbish� the dustbin was less than a meter away yet ppl were littering everywhere�shame shame�.

Lol if they invite Gackt Camui for the festival� I bet im going to attend the 3 days despite the price� of course provided Gackt Camui is there for 3 days� haha.. just imagine he perform Vanilla in the festival, bets lots of audiences gonna drool all over�

Yahoo, after 21 years + at last, i able to bring myself to attend a concert (although is not from famous singer that you can think about) but still it was wonderful to bring myself to attend this Penang World Music Festival 2007 despite the heavy downpour. By the way I love mother earth lol.

Okay, the event was held by Tourism Malaysia, Penang Tourism and Sarawak Tourism with lots of sponsors. And i attended the last day of the festival because idk, my friends all going there on sunday so i just tag along.. (but i do the driving).

I woke up on sunday morning, praying that they r no downpour however when the clock strike 5pm, heavy rain had visited us. I called my friends to ask whether they r going or not, but despite all the troublesome, we are still going...

I start my journey at 6pm and reach there at 630pm, and since we were early, we manage to park our car at the nearest spot (but cost me RM2). We bought the tickets on the spot (RM40 for adults, RM10 for childrens, RM20 for Students, Free for children below 6).

Without any delay, we bring ourself to the entrance of Taman Kuarri, Botanical Garden, but on the way up, we stop by a souvenir store and managed to grab a cap and a t-shirt for ourself... (luckily i do so).

When we reach our destination was around 7pm, lots of people had accumulated around the stage area, some brought their own chair, and raincoats, and of course we bring along our umbrella, since it was raining.

7pm, the blast of the speaker, the voice of the MC, had bring the stage up to life, everyone were so exicited jumping and "wow-ing". The 1st group that perform was Malaysian - Astika, however, after they finish their 1st song, the concert had to stop for a while (around 20min) due to the heavy rain n wind blast at Taman Kuarri.

And after 20 min, the concert continue with Malaysian - Astika, and one of my fav was joget, cause we dance along in the mud. By the way, i was standing right infront of the stage with umbrella on.. After the Malaysian - Astika performance at the main stage, they switch to a smaller stage which the place i stand cant see it clearly. Hence we just sway with the music in play...

And after that, the South Africa group was up to entertain us with their traditional music instrument and plays... (one word to describe BRAVO)... they make us laugh, sing, and dance along.. with umbrella on... By that time, the crowds were uncontrollable, a group of young teens and foreigners that purposely attend the concert was dancing away, singing along and wow in the mud.

45min laters, they switch to a small stage again as usual we dont bother to look but sway with the music, and during that time, there was this guy from Syney invite me for a dance LMAO, yeah i joined in the fun and dance with him... he is crazy... so funny and lol we laugh alot.

And something that i enjoyed the most in the whole concert was from Singapore, WickedAura i mean the music blast u away and you dance, and wow with them all along. The lead singer actually make fun of the crowd by saying, the left and right of the crowd were crazy n noisy, but the crowd behind was sleeping.. cause they show no response... Best music... loving it.. And i saw a lengcai, happen to be a guy's bro.. and we was chatting away and managed to take a pic with that lengcai and his bro... lol

And later the small stage with Idk, cause i cant see but sway.... and next was the Italian group, maybe due to language barrier we cant understand his joke... but the music was a bit calm but very nice too... by that i time i shut off my umbrella and dance along (i get my self wet with the rain water lol)... The funniest part of the Italian group was the last song ( i think ) where he hound like a wolve and guess what i hound along..... muahahha...

After this group, it is the end of the concert as what the MC said, when he said good bye, we say NO..... lol and soon, the Finale of the festival started with group from Solomon Island and continued from different countries and etc.....

And the dancer off the stage was getting uncontrollable as they started to kick and dance at the mud pool behind us....

later, when the stage turned into darkness, we know it is time to say good bye, i manage to get hold of that Sydney guy and wish him good bye and good nite... (by the way he actually bring rum to the concert).

Slowly, we move our tired legs to the car park and off we go to McD drive through to get our supper. I reach home around 2am after sending my friend home..... Thats all for the story... Of course my blog wont end without pictures... here you go... do enjoy.

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Received an email from Square Enix like months ago (haha cause i dont check my email..) i was over joyed with the news that they r here... erm more to they r here in Asia at my neighbour country.... :D Singapore.. if the concert ticket is affordable, Im Going :D:D my friend said gonna bring me around... YAY :D

This is what it written in the email....

...a holiday announcement from Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY music director and maestro, Arnie Roth

Dear FINAL FANTASY Fans,
Happy Holidays! I cannot believe a whole year has passed since our premiere of Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY in Stockholm. I am excited to announce on our one-year anniversary that we will be visiting even more cities in 2009! We have confirmed concerts all around the world, including many concerts in the USA and for the first time ever in Asia!

Our first concert of 2009 will take place at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 11th. And our great friend, Nobuo Uematsu will be in attendance! A special VIP meet & greet will be available to a limited number to meet Nobuo Uematsu and myself in person after the show! Please check ffdistantworlds.com/minneapolis for more details and to purchase tickets.

I am happy to announce that more post concert meet & greet tickets have been made available for Grand Rapids. They are only available by phone, so call today and do not miss out on a chance to hang out after the concert with Uematsu-san and me. We will be signing autographs after the concert exclusively for fans with meet and greet tickets.

A lot of fans have asked us when we will be visiting the east and west coasts of the U.S. and I want to thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words. Your requests have been helpful in planning concerts in these regions in 2009. Today, you can buy tickets to see Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY in Seattle with the Seattle Symphony for two shows only on July 10th and 11th at 8:00pm. The Emmy award winning Seattle Symphony orchestra will be performing in Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Auditorium, noted for its architectural and acoustical splendor.

Tickets will also be on sale soon for two more USA cities: May 16th with the Baltimore Symphony in Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, a gorgeous venue known for its pristine acoustics and versatility and July 17th and 18th with the Grammy award winning San Francisco Symphony! I know everyone has been waiting for these, so keep checking ffdistantworlds.com for info about these exciting events.

Asia tour!

We are excited to perform Nobuo Uematsu's music of Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY on tour in Asia in 2009! In May, we will travel to Taipei and Singapore for two concerts in each city. Distant Worlds will make its Asian premiere in Taiwan at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, and in Singapore we are proud to be part of the Singapore Arts festival for two concerts on the 22nd and 23rd at 7:30pm in the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay. Tickets will be on sale in March 2009.

Holiday Contest!

With each newsletter, we plan on bringing special offers available only to our fans. As an exclusive offer we are announcing a CD, T-shirt, and concert program give-away just in time for the holidays. The official concert T-shirt and program are usually only available at the live concerts and not online so don't miss this great opportunity to win these gifts. Our CD, Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY is rapidly becoming the definitive recording of FINAL FANTASY music. To participate, simply sign up and forward this newsletter to one of your friends, and you will be automatically entered in the drawing. Five lucky winners will be chosen at random from our list. We will contact the winner via email on Dec 22nd to claim the prize. Sign up and forward early and often to win!

Good luck and best wishes!

Sincerely,
Maestro Arnie Roth
Music Director of Distant Worlds



For details about all upcoming concerts go to ffdistantworlds.com/tickets
To purchase the CD "Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY" go to amazon.com or ffdistantworlds.com/cd

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