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ANNOUNCEMENT!

Mysterious – Journey to the Sound has not been cancelled. It has only underwent a change of location.

Below are both their official statements made 14 hours apart.

It has just underwent a change of location. The show is back on, fellow ravers!

See you at Club Platinum 21 KL! 

The address is as follows:

Club Platinum 21

The Icon

21st floor RooftopWest wing

JalanTun Razak

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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As if the tidal wave of rave parties and music festivals has been decreed to remain on a continuous high all year round, we now have yet another exciting event to look forward to this weekend.

A 12-hour endurance rave, no less!

I personally am still replenishing my depleted energy from the back-to-back rave last Friday and Saturday, but I bet I’ll be fine come this Saturday for Mysterious – Journey to the Sound. Certainly not going to miss this for the world.

Event details:

WHAT? Mysterious – Journey to the Sound

WHEN? 26th April 2013 (2PM // Saturday)

WHERE? Malaysia International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC)

at Mines Resort City

HOW MUCH? RM158 (regular) // RM258 (VIP)

For some of you who aren’t too familiar with the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) scene, you might be wondering – who are these DJs? Are their tracks nice? Have they made any outstanding remixes, Beatport chart toppers or are they listed on DJ Mag’s top 100 DJs in the world? 

Let me tell you one thing. If you’re a fan of vocal trance, progressive house and electro, you will be in for a treat as Mysterious Asia – Journey to the Sound is hosting some of the world’s most talented acts this weekend.

Allow me to introduce you the 9 international artists of the night.

I was going to feature them in no particular order, but since the DJ set times have just been announced, here they are according to their time slots on the line up!

REECE LOW (5pm-6pm)

Electro and House DJ-Producer based in Melbourne.

Check out the rest of his works on Soundcloud – here

JACOB VAN HAGE (6pm-7pm)

House & Progressive House DJ-Producer from the Netherlands.

Check out his live performance at Tomorrowland 2013 on Soundcloud – here

2 FACED FUNKS (7pm-8pm)

Progressive & Electro DJ-Producer Dutch duo signed under Armada Records.

Check out their latest release – Underdog! Loved it.

BOBINA (7pm-8pm)

Russian Progressive House & Trance DJ-Producer. Ranked #47 on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ list.

Radio show host of ‘Russia Goes Clubbing‘.

Personal recommendation: His 2011 album ‘Rocket Ride’

*Do note the time clash between 2Faced Funks and Bobina. 

Well, as the locals say, pandai-pandailah adjust your time, kan? 

TONY ROMERA (8pm-9pm)

French Electro, House & Progressive DJ-Producer.

I’m nuts over his latest ‘Go Nuts‘ and his remix of Nicky Romero & Calvin Harris’ ‘ ‘Iron’!

NARI & MILANI (9pm-10pm)

Italian Electro DJ-Producer duo. Take a listen to their works on Soundcloud here!

SANDRO SILVA (10pm-11pm)

House DJ-Producer from the Netherlands is known to be Laidback Luke’s prodigy!

Who can ever forget his collabo with Quintino on ‘Epic‘?

Gets me jumping each time it is played. Except when I’m driving of course. 

Thumbs up!

TENISHIA (above) ALONG WITH SUSANA (below)

Top Maltese DJs with fine works of Progressive Trance. Listed as #65 on DJ Mag’s Top 100.

Check out their tracks and remixes on Beatport.

That soothing, melodious voice you hear on tracks by Aly & Fila, Bobina, Markus Schulz?

It’s none other than Trance vocalist, Susana. And we’ll be hearing those vocals LIVE!

Check out her collabo in ‘Without You‘.

And that’s a wrap! A brief introduction on all the international acts.

Now it’s your turn to get to know them and their music this weekend, yeah? 

Oh, and on a side note, I will be interviewing Bobina as well as Tenishia before their set.

If you’re particularly interested in something about their lives/DJing or anything at all, do let me know if there are any questions you want me to ask them.

I will try my best to accommodate your questions into the interview! 😀

Will I see you this weekend? I better! 😀

Let’s rave our 12 hours to the skies. Are you ready? ‘Cos I am.

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For more information on Mysterious Asia – Journey to the Sound,

Log on to their official website at: www.mysterious.my

LIKE them on their official Facebook page at: fb.com/mysteriousfest

Follow their updates on Twitter at: twitter.com/MysteriousFest

Follow their latest uploads on YouTube at Mysterious Asia Debut 

Contact them via email at: memberships@mysterious.asia

Sunday is over and I've just finished half a jar of chunky peanut butter.

I'm a tad impressed by my urge to snack, especially at midnight LOL

So… what rocked my week?

The pinnacle is most certainly the fact that I won 'Best Dressed' in Samsung Malaysia's Super Sweet BFF Hello Kitty party! *throws confetti* 

This came down as quite pleasant surprise if I do say so myself!

I was gobsmacked when I was nominated. My name was called out as a finalist and finally, a winner.

Just me impersonating Hello Kitty for the afternoon.

It may be just a menial fashion award to some, but to me, I was over the moon 

I think it's due to the sad fact that I've never really had much luck in terms of winning anything during events. I'm an absolute ill-omen at Lucky Draws/Lucky Dips; till a point that I've stopped harbouring so much as a glimmer of hope when numbers are being drawn out 

So yes, I'm overwhelmed. Really. Thank you, dear judges and Samsung Malaysia for my lovely prize of a Samsung Galaxy Y Limited Edition Hello Kitty smartphone!

At the Super Sweet BFF party with bestieJoyce

*Full blogpost soon!*

Apart from the above party, my last seven days kept me busy. Was out and about, as usual. I appreciate my off-days where I'm not frantically rushing one deadline after another or darting to one event venue to another.

Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy what I do. Just… whenever things begin to take its toll on you, all you want is just to be whisked away to paradise for a day where nothing requires your absolute commitment, solid attention nor expects anything of you.

I guess I just (sometimes) miss my me-time 

Monday. Where am I off to?

The start of the week (while I was still recovering from my bout of fever) saw me attending A Cut Above's charity gala ball : A Musical Evening for the Children at the Grand Ballroom of Sunway Hotel Resort & Spa.

I had a wonderful time at this event of love, kindheartedness and goodwill. It was my greatest pleasure to support this philantropic initiative by A Cut Above. They managed to raise more than RM300K for their efforts! 

Charity begins at home. But it mustn't stop there.

*Full blogpost coming soon!*

One rainy evening proved to be worth enduring the insane traffic jams to the city.

I was totally sold upon laying eyes on some gorgeous timepieces of various European make. It was my honour to hold them in the palm of my hand (very gently, mind you!! Each one of them costs a few grand!) and wear them for the night.

Attended the private wine & dine function of Red Army Watches Malaysia

*Full blogpost coming soon!

What's a week without some food-hunting?

Here are some of my top picks this week 

Lunchdate with bestiePam at Manhattan Fish Market @ E@Curve

Fully recommended: We shared a platter for two – loving the whole flame-charred tiger prawns!

Lunchdate with bestieJoyce at Malone's Irish Restaurant & Bar @ Pavilion KL!

I recommend the Stuffed Chicken Breast with Mushroom, which was what I ordered and loved

She enjoyed her Chicken Crepe Roll but it was too sweet for my liking

Weekends soon crept in and it can only spell P-A-R-T-Y for most of us looking to let our hair down.

Might as well go crazy over some drinks, loud music, bass-thumping beats and of couse, the company of your partymates while we still can 

My rave kakis. Someone's missing, ey?

Unfortunately, bestiePam was really tired that Friday and slept through it all! 

Attended Showtek's techno/harstyle rave in Zouk Club KL

The weather today showed no mercy as it didn't stop pouring; not one bit!

I took this as the perfect chance to sleep in – the cool morning breeze lulled me back to dreamland quite instantly! It really has that effect on me 

The other half and I didn't go far for food today, we opted for some pub grub at our neighbourhood German bar, Deutsches Gasthaus!

Clockwise L-R: Pigs in a Blanket, Honey-Rum Chicken & Moroccan Chicken

(excuse the poor quality of the photograph, pub lighting can be inadequate!)

The food was simple & delicious for regular pub fare and kept me satiated me for a good full day.

Definitely somewhere I'd go back to eat again if I didn't feel like eating out too far 

And that's my week in a nutshell. 

As I said in my previous edition of The Sunday Times, tardiness won't be part of my blogging schedule anymore. I shall dedicate the whole of December to clear off ALL my backlog. Let the memories roll! So don't be surprised if you see blogposts of stuff which happened several months or years ago 

Heh. Guilty as charged, but never too late to rectify things. Have a great week ahead dearest readers! 

Much love,

 Jessicat

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The Sunday Times is a weekly series; published every Sunday night to recap the highlights of my week, capture what piques my interest and to briefly highlight my recommendations for to-go and to-eat places!

Some of the photos in this edition are posted instantly on my Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr & Facebook

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I'm still buzzing from Friday's massive David Guetta rave! My body hurts all over, but the pain is oh-so-good.

You know you've been to a hell of a wicked party when you wake up with a sore neck & shoulders, painful calves & aching arms. Friday night saw more than 20,000 revellers at the Paddock Parking of our famed racing circuit, the Sepang International Circuit.

I'm ready for a night of mayhem!

*disclaimer*

Didn't feel like lugging my DSLR camera around as I planned to party the hardest.

So all the photos in this blogpost are taken by the iPhone 4S 

Selca while waiting for boyfieKon to get ready – one of the rare moments I'm

ready before him because I've got so little clothes on LOL 

When it rained all day on Friday, I was fully prepared to rave the night away away nonetheless.

Double outfit of the day!

I chose a rainbow-coloured coordinate while boyfieKon wore his comical Futurama tee

Come rain or shine, the show must go on, yes?

But thankfully, the EDM gods must've heard our plight & stopped the rain before the event even began!

I headed down to Sepang with boyfieKon along with my buddies Larry & Sabrina.

The crowd

We missed local electro-techno DJ Xu & Australian DJ Kaz James' set upon arrival. Bummer! 

But we managed to watch the full set of Alesso, David Guetta & our homeboys DJ duo Blink & Goldfish. 

The very second I arrived, I put on my Ray-Bans & dived straight into the raging mosh pit, as usual!

What's a rave party if you sit at the sidelines and not get down raving, jumping, shuffling, headbanging your heart out? I just had to. The atmosphere was beckoning me – couldn't resist! 

We were trying hard not to get pushed and shoved even more when we took this photo! 

Shakey shakey!

boyfieKon and I at the crazy mosh pit! 

Alesso was spinning while I was springing along with full gusto!

The energy in me was roaring to go all out tonight.

I went beserk when 'Raise Your Head' was playing LIVE before me.

Oh Alesso!! 

Met up some friends at the mosh pit and I was so stoked! 

What are the odds? Bumping into your friends in a sardine-packed crowd of tens of thousands?

Buddy Hisham was one of them 

So glad to bump into buddy Anis at the mosh pit!

No, actually, we didn't bump into each other 

She called to ask where I was and managed to squeezed through the violent mosh pit just for me!

Major love for my girl, Anis 

I was actually surprised she was here!

Looks like there was more of a partygirl streak in her that I didn't know 

More camlovin'! 

boyfieKon joined us 

Friday night was also the first time I heard 'Every Chance We Get We Run' – a collabo between Alesso & David Guetta – which you can check out on the latter's latest album : Nothing But the Beat 2.0.

Alesso dropped many familiar tracks including all his original tracks and shot us to the sky with the mighty ones that clinched the #1 spot on Beatport!

Do you remember which ones? The atmosphere was uplifted yet again with 'Years' and 'City of Dreams'.

Milkyway backdrop!

I looked up to the sky, raised my hands and sang (screamed, actually!) along to the beautiful lyrics.

Don't know about the rest. I was flying high as a kite to take notice of everyone else around me.

But I'm pretty damn sure everyone else enjoyed themselves during Alesso's set. I know I did 

Loving the cityscape backdrop!

He ended his 1.5 hour set with crowd-favorite, 'Calling (Lose My Mind)' – a 2011 collaboration with Sebastian Ingrosso, paving the way our main headliner, David Guetta to steal the show.

We yelled for an encore but Alesso didn't return 

While waiting for the next act

Moving on….

David Guetta's entrance was nothing short of dramatic. See it for yourself! 

The helicopter-chopping sound effects & background music of his grand entrance reverberated from the giant sound systems surrounding the rave zone, invoking much suspense and anticipation from us all.

Thousands of us were chanting, "GUETTA! GUETTA! GUETTA! GUETTA! GUETTA!"

Finally… our World #1 DJ made his debut appearance in Malaysia!

He kick-started his 2 hour set with 'Titanium' featuring Sia which shot us all into a delirious frenzy.

YOU SHOOT ME DOWN! BUT I WON'T FALL!

I AM TITANIUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMM!

I then started live-tweeting the songs he played for my friends, readers & followers who were unable to be there!

The first 5 songs Guetta performed were :

'Titanium' feat. Sia, 'She-Wolf' feat. Sia and a remix of 'Quasar' by Hard Rock Sofa, 'Sexy Bitch' feat. Akon and 'Craissy 2k12' by DJ Obek.

The moment I heard the very hint of 'Metropolis', I went absolutely crazy! 

I loved the song so much. It was a collaboration between Guetta & Nicky Romero

A colossal burst of shimmery confetti then filled the night sky as David Guetta dropped a deeper, pulsating beat to move our feet.

He sure had the bass tomelt the face!

Silly selca with confetti paper which landed on me

I traversed into a state of ecstasy and raved like no one was watching.

LOL candids that boyfieKon snapped

Being amongst an exuberant crowd jumping in unison felt like we all came here for one sole reason.

To gather in the name of EDM and muster all our energy to rave the night away 

Guetta's crowd interaction was fab. He even jumped onto the DJ console and jumped along with us!

Among the rather touching and heartfelt things he said was:

"I'm so happy to be able to be here and play for you for the very first time"

"This is my first Asian tour. Looks like tonight is going to be the best night and the biggest Asian tour I've done. Over 20,000 people. WOW! Thank you for making it so special"

At one point he even brandished his French flag and waved it in the air!

Guetta also pumped up the crowd with his original tracks 'Sexy Bitch' feat. Akon, 'Love is Gone', 'Bad Girl'. 'Without You', 'When Love Takes Over', 'Turn Me On'. 'One Love, 'Memories' feat. Kid Cudi, 'Where Them Girls At' and a truckload more!

Other songs he remixed were 'Fix You' by Coldplay, 'Apologize' by One Republic, and I Gotta Feeling' by the Black Eyed Peas among many others.

Sillytimes!

Some of Guetta's older songs actually reminded us of our late teenage years where those famed songs will be blasting non-stop in all the clubs every weekend. 

FLASHBACK!  Think 2009's 'Sexy Bitch', 2007's 'Love is Gone' and 2009's 'When Love Takes Over' 

We sang along with him when his track went "I'M DAVID GUETTA, BITCH!" instead of "I'm in Miami, bitch!"

I found that very amusing; he was chuckling while playing that too. We could all see his smile from a mile away!

Here's a video I made of the event. Do watch it! I've spent quite a while on it 

Watch out for the parts where David Guetta spoke to us in the crowd & jumped right on to the DJ deck with the explosion of sparklers and confetti bursts!

httpv://youtu.be/m5MYY3VX-UI

David Guetta & Alesso LIVE in Malaysia 2012. Enjoy! 

As Guetta clocked in his last 20 minutes of his set, boyfieKon and I decided to withdraw from the crowd & *finally* help ourselves to some ice-cold Heineken, hang out with some buddies and get a comfy place to sit down.

I didn't realize we've been standing & dancing for more than 3 hours! 

Hisham & us

Steve & us

Ben & I

Fireworks shot away from the stage and sky-rocketed into the air several times as David Guetta's set came close and closer to the end. It was magnificent! 

Looks like boyfieKon and I made the right choice to sit back and enjoy the more laidback crowd at the back lounging around compared to the insanity of the mosh pit.

Got an official photo taken for us! 

Goldfish & Blink took over right after as the closing act of the night. They dropped various tracks by Hardwell, Ferry Corsten, Tiesto, Swedish House Mafia, Knife Party and many hours in their 1 hour set.

The DJ duo also included a never-heard-before song booming from the speakers. It was 'Flags', their latest, original track produced in collaboration with Sidney Samson.

It's not out yet, but we all heard it first! 

httpv://youtu.be/plGQNPnNCb4

Here's a little snippet to how it sounds like

We left soon after Goldfish & Blink finished their set. 

Wasn't looking forward to throng through the crowd all leaving at the same time but we made it.

We had some dimsum at Jalan Ipoh thereafter… and its good night to all!

So yes, that made my Friday a notch more exciting than usual. 

Raving & soaring to progressive, house & trance amongst 25,000 fellow EDM-ers.

A night of world-class DJs spinning, an impressive stage set-up & lighting, and good company.

Bring on the next rave! 

Thank you Future Sound Asia for a phenomenal night! 

During the weekend, I flew up to Penang Island to attend a hardcore indoor rave, all thanks to Heineken!

Yup, you guessed it. It's none other than the Heineken Progressive Tour.

I've always loved Heineken's parties.

So much energy brimming from my partysoul whenever I'm thrashing about at their dance floor!

One that somehow landed me on our local newspaper, The Sun last Friday.

Before I share the photos of my weekend trip and the mad-awesome time at Heineken Progressive Party at 32 The Mansion in Penang, I'd like to announce that the celebration continued with their regional tour in Ipoh and Johor 

Remember this Heineken bottle launch party? *click*

In conjunction with that launch of Heineken's new bottle in the city, the Heineken Progressive Tour keeps the party momentum going with the same experience heating up 3 more states in Malaysia!

So if you missed the KL, Penang and Ipoh one, don't fret.

Mark your calenders for this Saturday, 15th September 2012!

Heineken Progressive Tour will be jet-setting down to Johor Bahru's Lost Malaya

Mini Compo, Nick Haydez, DJ Faith and KBnL Dancefloor Hell will be your entertainment for the night 

See you there!

Stay updated with Heineken on their Facebook page and their Twitter feed!

The world's #1 international premium beer now has a new facelift!

To commemorate their new iconic bottle design, Heineken decided to throw an epic new bottle launch party and fly world-reknown Dutch DJ/Producer Ferry Corsten down to Malaysia to shoot their party to the skies even further.

Being an avid fan of Ferry Corsten & a frequent raver, Heineken's invitation to this party

just made my mid-week more awesome then ever!

After registering my attendance & getting the stamp on my wrist, it was time to go inside the party scene

I was all set to rave to the progressive trance beats and bombs of Ferry Corsten with my mates.

What could be better than raving with ice-cold Heineken to give you that boost of rejuvenation you need? 

((STYLE OF THE DAY))

TheJessicat wears: Graphic cropped top by Forever 21 |

High-waisted skirt by a bazaar in Singapore | Red bangle by Diva |

Dreamcatcher by a bazaar in Singapore | Wristlet by Burberry

Gold Winged kicks inspired by Jeremy Scotts by Adidas |

The moment I stepped inside, I caught sight of the gorgeous new Heineken bottles in a glass enclosure.

Such a beautiful, sparkly display! 

Heineken's new iconic bottle design

I wrote all about it here if you wanna know more! 🙂

My party-mates for the night! 

By the time we stepped inside, the party was already in full-swing.

The music was resonating everywhere, the lights were bouncing back and forth & the crowd was pumping!

Partying to the opening acts of the night

None other than local DJ duo DJ Blink & DJ Xu of LapSap fame!

Sipping on my ice-cold beer while LapSap turns up the volume!

It was a delightful treat for all the guests tonight as the Heineken came in torrents of a never-ending flow!

Everybody loves Heineken! 

Some party piccies of my buddies and I at the Heineken Progressive Tour.

Let the happy faces of the partygoers roll 

Soon after, our MC of the night –  MTV VJ Utt, welcomed us all again and gave a toast to Heineken!

HIP HIP.. HOORAY! To a successful bottle launch party! 

Cheers! Let's clink our bottles & savour the goodness

We were then shown a short introductory video clip on Heineken's New Bottle.

I was enticed. It was really well done!

It was a lovely insight on the new Heineken iconic bottle design.

After the video showcase, it was time for the main act of the night 

Sparks from the fireworks broke through the air and guess who finally made his appearance?

Ferry Corsten!! 

Specially flown down to spin for us at Heineken's party,

Ferry Corsten's 2 hour set was roaring to go!

The entire party scene transmorphed into a massive indoor rave party in a flash!

It was insane. Totally reminded me of how good Ferry was!

The last time I partied with him was at the christmas party in Zouk!

Podium dancers then appeared with their rather flashy, neon outfits

and entertained us with their eclectic moves

Here's a close-up on the dancers! Epic costume, ey? 

We be getting our kicks on to the lights of Electronic Dance Music! 

While we were raving close to the stage, the security guards & bouncers kept ushering us further away from the stage and shoo-ing us to retreat.

We thought they were just being anal and a bunch of party-poopers but we were so wrong!

Giant spurts of fire burst out from both sides of the stage periodically

No wonder we were being shoo-ed away!

They just didn't want us to get charred by the immense flames!

Safety first! Why, thank you so much for making sure us guests weren't prone to danger 

Okay, back to the party!

Ferry was as good as ever that night. 

He played his well-known tracks such as Punk, Radio Crash, Sweet Sorrow, We Belong, Into the Dark, Brute as well as remixes of other DJ/Producers tracks such as Tiesto, Marcus Schulz, Swedish House Mafia, Avicii and many more!

We went absolutely mad headbanging and shuffling to his tracks 

Stopping for a photo!

Taking a short break!

Draining our bottles of Heineken was a perfect way to cool down before raving again 

Indeed. 

Ferry continued escalating the party momentum to infinity and beyond! 

Towards the end, confetti burst out everywhere

It was truly an event full of jubilation, celebration and merriment

Congratulations on your spanking new iconic bottle again, Heineken!

Thank you, I had a fantastic time being a part of your celebration tonight