I live and breathe parties, especially rave ones of booming electronic dance music with wicked basslines

And FREEDOM, proved to be one of the most stellar series of rave parties yet again.

The previous FREEDOM event I attended was the one 4 months ago in the lovely island of Penang

The party had a blue theme, but this time round, the theme was one of my faves ever!

FREEDOM rave – with a spooky twist! 

As you might've already known if you're a loyal reader, I simply adore costume parties – or fancy dress parties – or whatever you call it, cos it's so much for fun. Just as long as there's a theme to adhere to, count me in!

The more extreme or outrageous, the better 

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

When I arrived the venue, I had a tremendous – albeit pleasant – shock of my life! 

Not only haven't I stepped foot in KL Live for as long as I can remember (as I was abroad most of the year), but FREEDOM has certainly transformed the place into a dungeon of horor!

Greeted by the Count Dracula + stone gargoyles + tombstones + cobwebs at the entrance

Stepped inside to see an extensive graveyard barricaded by spiked fencing + ghouls dangling from the ceiling

I could even hear (pre-recorded) eerie screams & laughter from the corners!

There was a smoke machine in motion too.

Aye, foggy foggy, misty graveyard!

So what am I? A devilish, flesh-eating zombie with Freddy Krueger claws haha!

When I brought my clan to party with me, I implored that they ALL dress up for the occasion.

I know it's the Malaysian party-culture to get lazy/uninvolved in such active participation of themeparties whatsoever but no, I shall not condone going to a themeparty in a pair of jeans & tshirt.

And neither will my friends! 

It's time to up the freak factor!

Darryl and I bleeds it out!

Vic and I, bloodthirsty vamps for more of your blood

So…. who says Malaysians don't dress up according to the theme?

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

I'll kickstart the revolution if I had to 😉

Say hello to one (amongst many others) that will!

So as I said before, about how FREEDOM's Scream Your Choice party set-up was really impressive, check out more of what they've got done up. The entire stage was adapted into a giant tombstone!

With loads of spooks roaming around everywhere!

Just as you thought Halloween was over, yeah? 😉 

No. Not quite over, methinks.

I liked the 2 giant gargoyles mounted atop the stage which flanked the DJ spinning for the night

Dutch DJ Ummet Ozcan was one of the DJs spinning for the night

I checked out his tracks on Youtube. My faves are Arcadia and Timewave Zero!

He's pretty damn good. Could see the crowd tearing up the dance floor already

My buddies and I

What really got me going, apart from the deep, dark trance/electro/house beats of course, was the fact that this terror dungeon was full of party mascots mingling with the crowd! They were the side-acts of the night.

Here are a few which I managed to catch for a photo :

The Mummy!

A Pontianak (Malay vampire)

Guess who? It's my all-time favorite bad-ass villain!

None other than…….. Chucky the murderdoll!

And heaps more 🙂

Now that's such an awesome way to freak the shizz outta partygoers 

We were treated to a freeflow of bloody cocktail, Cranberry Vodka for the night

T'was yummy… and the lychee reminded me of floating eyeballs haha!

Anyway, more random party photos of ze clan and I from the horror rave night!

Ze clan and I 

Before we knew it, the next Dutch DJ of the night, Leon Bolier took to the stage!

He was just as electrifiying as the previous DJ if not better  Summernight Confessions was cosmic!

GOGOGOGOGOGO Leon Bolier! 

Neon, colorful laser lights were bounding all around the walls in sync with his wicked beat drops

RAWWRRRRR!!! 

Another one of my rave kakis Reze!

My entire party entourage of the night, altogether in one group photo! 

Major loves and scares!

Thank you, once again, FREEDOM, for bringing down kick-ass electronica DJs and for an amzing party experience!

I got home just as bruised, battered and bleeding as I was when I first stepped into the party! 😉

Alls well, end's well.

It's never too late for a spooky thrill!

Hola! A snippet of what I've been up to this week thus far.

Been busy with workies and of course, rave parties!

If you missed it, check out the wicked parties that has been happening throughout this week

GLOBAL presents 'The Twelve' @ Zouk Club KL

One of my rave-kakis, Pinpin!

The Twelves are an electro-pop duo that hit our Malaysian shores all the way from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🙂

Dubbed the Daft Punk of Brazil, The Twelves comprise Luciano Oliveira and João Miguel

Ready to watch them play?

Luciano Oliveira of The Twelves takes the turntables!

Work it, work it! 

Bumped into so many pals I couldn't keep hold of everyone for a group photo!

So here we are again, just by the DJ decks

Next event is one of the famed NSFW raves we have in our local party scene

Don't Believe the Hype featuring DJ Rob 'Beens' & YKEL @ The Gardens Rooftop

They're hot, they play kick-ass electro beats and they sure know how to demolish the dance floor!

I'd just like to put it out there. Rob and Ykel are such warm & friendly lads to hang out with!

Rob and I was chatting in the afternoon and asked me to join them for drinks before their set – to which I did.

The boys DJ Rob 'Beens' and DJ YKEL

Hung out with the boys for a bit and we talked about heaps of stuff despite the loud music that was booming through the speakers! 🙂 YKEL taught me some simple German words haha!

As I *might* be in Europe for a week, Rob told me to check out their fave clubs in Germany 🙂

DJ Blink and Xu of LapSap, my local fave homeboy DJs were the opening act for the night

Was given heaps of Jagermeister shots too, thanks Rob!

Shotshotshots everybuddy!

At 1am, it was DJ Rob 'Beens' turn to tear up the DJ decks. His set was simply wicked!

His electro tracks boomed through the speakers and those infectious beats really got me going

Can youuuu feeeeeeeeeeeeeeel the paaartay escalate? 😀

An hour later, at 2am, DJ YKEL took to the decks and played alongside DJ Beens.

It turned up the party dial even harder. Double the DJs, double the fun!

Awesome shizz you guys had going! 

They made my night truly spectacular.

Also, what made my day was that when I was shuffling and raving on the dance floor, a reader recognized me and was gracious enough to offer to buy me a drink! That was so nice of him 🙂 

With reader Keem 🙂 Thanks again for the drink, my fave Baileys on the rocks

Dearest DJ Rob 'Beens' and YKEL, t'was a pleasure to get to know the both of you.

All the best for your gig this Friday & Saturday in Germany and haben einen sicheren flug! 

Yay finally!

I wanted to publish this blogpost earlier but decided to wait till the official photos were out by Johnnie Walker too!

And I’ve been collecting other photos that I was tagged in on Facebook by my friends too.

Sorry if this post took a while! I promise it’ll be worth the wait. Teehee. 

So yes, I arrived at the premises with my invitation

Oh and I absolutely loved how they crafted the invitations. Such a classy feel! 

It was in the form of a gold cuff/bangle in a beautiful shiny, black box.

Thanks for the photo, Minny!

They also gave a gold necklace to the ladies(which you will see me wearing) and a gold tie-pin for the gegentlemen as doorgifts.

This was the location – 32 Mansion – of which was decorated in a really elaborate manner!

So, are you ready to party with Johnnie Walker?

I sure am! 

At the entrance

Camwhored  for a bit before stepping inside the Black Circuit

Oh and you can see the gold necklace rather clearly in this piccie!

The moment I entered the mansion, I was in awe.

They’ve transformed the insides into something so magnificent!

Was served Johnnie Walker cocktails the very moment I entered

Decided to give ALL the cocktails a taste!

The ones in the front row: Gold Rush | 2nd row: Black 75 | final row was my favourite, Black Circuit!

There were booths available for the whiskey tasting! 

Guests were taught the RIGHT way of savouring it 

And no, the trick is not to gulp it straight down….

Teehee.

The bar where mixologists were doing their thang!

I never miss an opportunity against the photowall 😀 😀

Thanks for the photo, Jun Fook!

There were a couple of booths for guests to ‘check-in’ our location to Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare too

After I was done mingling and drinking at the foyer, I explored further around the mansion

And found my table!

Thank you Johnnie Walker, for giving me a table and having it strategically right smack in the middle of the dance floor, facing the DJ console too! 

They made my day even before the party started! 🙂 🙂

Before we knew it, emcees of the night Hanson and Hannah kick-started the event.

Lights, camera, action!

They gave us a very warm welcome and introduced the 1st DJ of the evening.

Hey homeboy DJ Reeve, do your thang & spin that shizz on the decks for us tonight! 😉

DJ Reeve from Malaysia!

My close knitted homies came soon after. Was so glad to see them again!

As I spend most of my days in KL, I always look forward to our hang outs everytime I come back to Penang

There’s more of us, but they’re laaaaate! 🙂

You’ll see them in a bit

My babes and I.  Loves! 

Apart from my very own homies & other bloggers, I bumped into friends from the industry too

Throughout the event guests were served not only free-flow of Johnnie Walker Black Label, but also a torrent of delightful chocolates! A delicious assortment of white, dark and milk chocolates kept coming at me as though beckoning me to have more.

And you all know how much of a sucker I am for chocolates. Simply couldn’t resist!

Say whaaaaaad? 😛

Oh yeah. Chocolates galore. A generous amount was served to us!

I was made a very happy girl yet again.

Yes, chocolates make me happy, if you must know 🙂

Apart from all those awesome-pawsome things about the party so far, was the fact that I got to rekindle with some of my childhood and high school bunch of tfriends all over again.

Heck, I’ve not seen some of them ever since we left school!

Penang gurls in the haus!

Girl Guides of the same patrol back in 2005!

Classmates in primary school and squash mates in high school!

Convent girls of 2006/2007 all grown up 

More of my fellow Penang peeps!

Wootwoot

I was psyched how the Black Circuit party brought together so many familiar faces; especially ones whom I’ve lost touch with. I was practically fluttering around to many different tables and coincidentally bumping into more and more old friends!

And Johnnie Walker was perfect as our toast to friendship! 

Oh and ya know what’s also great during the event?

The fact that polaroids were given out to remember the night. Absolute WIN!  

I’ve mentioned numerous times before; a party is never complete without a photo souvenir for keeps

That makes all the difference; compared to the usual digital photos uploaded online

We kept downing our drinks; but never fail to stay within limits. 

As we keep in mind to drink responsibly – as advocated by Johnnie Walker!

The emcees took to the dance floor again to “check” on us and how we were doing! 😀 😀

Also, the next DJ was announced. DJ FM from our neighbouring country, Singapore

It’s your turn to crank up the volume, deejay! 

From the window, to the wall

This party’s jumpin’ till tomorrow!

We drink the whole bottle but it ain’t over!

Errrbody’s jumping 😀

Day-O, me say Day-O

Daylight come and we don’t wanna go home 😀

We were the 1st ones to hit the dance floor, babeh!

Josiah and I 🙂

Geez duuuude, your complexion is way better than mine haha! *jealous*

With buddy Calvin

With my babe, Minny! 

Oh yes, another family photo of my homies!

(Still incomplete LOL)

Ren and I!

Let’s let’s let’s get it started in here! 

Flanked by Eric and Jun Fook

Emcees were back on the dancefloor!

I honestly couldn’t remember what they were saying cos I was having too much fun at the time.

But I jolly well knew when they welcomed the 3rd and final DJ of the night!

Let’s take it to the skies, DJ Teemaree!!! 

Read about my interview with her: here

Had a chance to sit down for 15 minutes for a short but enlightening interview 😀 Check it out yo

Another family photo with the homies with DJ Teemaree spinning in the background!

Bumped into EVEN MORE friends that night!

Eric who pimps my Blackberry!

With Chia Li!

OMG I DID NOT JUST DO THE ASIAN “5” POSE. What’s wrong with me?! -__-” argh!

DJ keep it movin!

I raved so hard when she played the electro-house tracks. 

Hell to the yeah! 

Boss Selva and I

Ahhh…. Back in the days when I was the photographer for the Mois!

Smile for the camera! 🙂

Two very tired (and slightly tipsy) bloggers

THE PARTY WAS STILL ON FULL SWING TILL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING!

Now that’s what I call a flippin’ awesome party.

No party shall end before midnight, in my books! 

And most definitely not a night like Johnnie Walker Black Circuit parties!

My highlight of the night: I rubbed my eyes twice/thrice when I saw my best friend Joyce in front of me

She was supposed to be my plus one for the party; something came up so she had to pull a raincheck on me

Imagine my surprise when I saw her – with her invitation that I saved for her? Geez. How did she get it?

Found out that one of my homies took out her invitation from my box and passed it to her outside!

Apparently I did not notice while I was partying the skies down and my cellphone battery died on me

So, finally, FAMILY PHOTO COMPLETE!

(Except a few who weren’t at the party)

GUESS WHAT!!?

Also found out it was DJ Teemaree’s birthday! 

So we’ve come to the end of this lengthy post. I hope it was worth the read!

Seriously, what’s there not to love about this party but it’s entirety? I’ve said all I needed to say and….

I give it a 5 star rating; very apt with its 5 star standard! 

I went home with memories of arguably the most fantastic party of my life ever since I returned from Australia

Thank you once again, Johnnie Walker for bringing us an amazing night. 

The Black Circuit Penang night was stellar; more than honoured to be your guest! See you around at the next party!

Keep Walking, you sexy beast of a Striding Man 😉

 Much love, TheJessicat

Yay! So I took a break last weekend : made a roadtrip down to Penang for the Freedom 360 party.

They were such awesome hosts! I truly enjoyed my weekend; more of that later!

For now, let's get on to the party!

Yes, I advocate freedom.. for life! 

So after a dinner and drinks in Gurney, my childhood friend Edwin was supposed to drop me off for the Freedom event but I somehow brainwashed him into coming along to join my friends and I at the party!

En route to Penang's most popular clubbing district – Upper Penang Road!

Saw this huge balloon sign – YAY! We were approaching! 

We arrived just before 9PM and it was waaayyy to early for anyone to start partying.

But good thing we did, considering the amount of people that's gonna be here, parking would be a pain!
 

the early bird gets to take pretty pictures with pretty background!

I love this piccie! It glitzy and glamourous… and sparkly. Squeeeee 

Met up with Angel, who gave me warm, welcoming hugs! 

And ooh look! We 're both dressed according to the Freedom colour theme : BLUE 

Took a piccie of Ed at the Registration Table!

Bumped into some more friends there. 

And before we knew it, t'was time to take agazillion shots by the Freedom photowall

I love how they have so many cute props to choose from! Added fun like this always catches my attention 

With the bestie, Joyce.

Take #1

Take #2

She was my +1 for the night. Glad she could come; my best friend for 4 years and counting! 

Spotted a friggin' awesome digital photowall that kept changing everytime I tried to take a picture.

OMG MANAGED TO CATCH THIS WITHOUT IT BEING HALF SCENED WITH ANOTHER SCENE!

Let's see if I managed to catch the ever-changing LCD screen with me in it.

AND I DID YAY!

Sorry, was too amused and excited by it 😛

Okay, okay, more piccies on the photowall with the other buddies!

With Ed!

With Andy!

And finally, with Mike who assaults me T___T

After lotsa laughter and photo-taking outside, we finally entered the club. 

Rebranded to Fame, this club bears memories of my angsty teenage years; which saw my first few years of partying. It was then known as Glow. Where are you peeps off to this weekend? Glow. What about you? Glow. It was always Glow back in the day.

We were *still* too early! 

The spacious dance floor with the DJ prepping it up!

While waiting for our friends, Mikey and I sitting on the huge bass speakers – because we can

Bestie Joyce and I with a couple of the Freedom mascots 

Before we knew it, the party escalated to full swing!

The crowd came in by tenfolds, drinks were flowing like there was no tomorrow and the DJ was already pumping it up hard! Now, that's what I'm talking about  

Bestie and I – bottoms up, babe!

And then my camera somehow landed in Mikes possession and…

well… THIS PHOTO happened. Nevermind….. 😛

Anyway, where were we?

Right, dancing away, emptying our drinks by the bottles and camwhoring!

Don't stop! Keep it moving, put your drinks up! 

There's a reason why Penangites rock. And we pretty damn sure know we do 😛

Lainey came soon after! 😀 Yippeeee she came in blue too 

 I just love people who *actually* follow themes set by a party. Now, that's the spirit!

 I 

Accidentally taken without flash – but I love the silhouette of the photo!

Okay! Picture perfecto 

The DJs were spinning up a storm!

Hailing all the way from Denmark, DJ Kid Fresh was terrific! Our homeboy DJ Def did a really good job too

Together, their remixes of R&B and Trance/House made the night one to remember.

"Dance the night away, grab somebody, drink a little more" – Jennifer Lopez

Oh, we will 

We'd be partying like rockstars till the morning light

Super random photo of me. But I likey! 

I was dancing halfway while Edwin pointed his iPhone at me.

With Huai Bin and Lainey 🙂

Ohh geez, my face is slightly turning crimson already? Nnnooo.

One for the road!

I had an fantastic time at Freedom 😀

Thanks for making my weekend in Penang one helluva amazing one, as usual.

Yupyup, I haven't been updating for 3 days just because I've been too occupied!

But yeah, here's a recap on the stuff that I've been up to ever since my comeback.

1. Hennessy Artistry event at Sixty9ine Mansion @ Batu Fehringgi, Penang

Spent time with the homies and partied the skies down.

2. Being able to wear my summer clothes again after freezing myself silly during Australian winter

Just because it's ALWAYS SUMMER IN MALAYSIAAAAAAA!!! 😀 😀

No more being all wrapped up in thick jumpers, overcoats and woolly boots! 😀 

Spent time with thefockers at home & during mealtimes too!

3. Spent some girlytime and did heaps of catching up with the bestie Joyce

The BFFs reunites!  Best Friends since the beginning of college days and counting!

Chilling|Shopping|Starbucks|Hangin' out – Just like old times!

4. Spent time hangin' out with Konzylove

Being with each other all the time online; thank Science for technology! Countdown : 63 more days 

5. Ate so much local food you have no idea.

AND NOT HAVING TO PAY OVER 50 BUCKS IN MY CURRENCY FOR MY OWN LOCAL FOOD!

Nasi Lemak? Hell yeaaaaaaahh 

Feels great to be back; but still anticipating my return to Ozzie nonetheless