Woke up early in the morning, then went to Jun Yup's house to play. His bro and sis were home at that time, but his bro left after some time. Played Diablo, pretty cool, like RO, but more bloody. Then played Rayman, which was like umm... Happyland? And Jun Yup played some game which i forgot the name.... Quite interesting, but repetitive.

After that, we went out for dinner, kindly sponsored by Jun Yup's mum. Thanks Auntie~ ^_^ Then suggested that we should tell Mr Iswandi that we're going for the gamelan performance thing. So Jun Yup sms-ed him, and he so kindly put us on the guests list.

Just when you think it makes no diff......

The guests have special chairs to sit on! Woohoo~ And so, we were there early, and got the front seats, which gave us clear view of what's going on! They were giving out feather fans as door gifts, so I went to take one. It was purple and pink! Hahas... So happy with it.

The performance was awesome! And the singer sang for so so so long... Pity her. Then they had a wayang kulit and dance, which was exciting though we didn't understand anything, coz everything was in Malay language. -_- SHUDDER!!! WHY weren't you there....

But overall, a really great performance.

The two persons who were sitting beside us left early, and they left both their fans behind, so we koped their fans. Lol. So cute, you see...

Well, after the first part of the performance was done, those guests were supposed to follow the dancers to another place for the 2nd part of the performance. However, everything was in Malay, so we didn't know what to do. Mr Iswandi appeared, then told us to follow the dancers, but in the end, we lost them and got stranded somewhere, squished between the normal audiences.

So yea. Apparently, the next part was some trance thingy, which i dunno how to type/pronounce in Malay. Ask Jun Yup, he says it really fast. Couldn't get in, so we just walked around, trying to find Mr Iswandi.

Went back to the hall, where Jun Yup saw/found Mr Thomas, the first gamelan instructor. Asked him where Mr Iswandi was, but he didn't really know WHERE, so we walked around more.

Then we saw Ms Chan, and decided to talk to her a little, but she was quite busy, so we just walked behind her, till outside. Then we gave up and started strolling again.

After that, we decided to go out of Malay village. On our way out, Ms Chan was freeier and we briefly introduced ourselves, saying we were from NUS High. She gave that surprised look and started being friendly and all... Then TA-Dah. We saw Mr Amran. He actually remembered Jun Yup! The sad thing is, he totally ignored me. I bet he freaking forgot about my existance, or he really hates me. Zzz. Hate it when teachers so that but never mind...

And that, was my eventful day.

Just to add on, I am not playing Saron for now.... Playing the kethuk-kempyang. And for ppl who duno anything about Gamelan. Saron is what plays the main melody... and Kethuk-kempyang basically goes pyang-thuk-pyang-[rest] pyang-thuk-pyang-[rest] (and it goes on and on and on)

Rather boring thing, but shall try, I guess. I'm going to be very bored soon... And I want to go for Bonangs next. I really really REALLY wanna learn bonang.... T_T

Bonang...........

Sigh.... And i miss my Saron. Shudder's and my saron.

Sobs.

Anyway, here's a word of thanks to Jun Yup, who gladly invited me over to his house to play, and also spending a whole day with me... Really happy, really. =) Love you!

And also to Jun Yup's siblings, Jun Xian and Shimin, for being around. =)

And also to Jun Yup's mum, who kindly sponsored lunch and dinner, and made me feel welcomed. Thanks! =)

And also to Mr Iswandi... Who is a really GREAT gamelan instructor. An awesome gamelan player as well... Thanks for teaching us well! And thanks for the performance tonight! Awesome, really!