It was the day where punk rockers, who grew up in the 90s could relish with hardcore joy.

It was the day where 2000+ fans queued all evening and gathered with one sole motivation.

14th April 2012. It was the day where Sum 41 rocked our Malaysian stage!

Sum 41 LIVE in Malaysia 2012

Yes. I am certainly one of those punk rockers at heart.

My teenage years were the most significant memories of my punk rocker demeanor.

Sum 41 was a band that I remember rocking out to – on my own – within the confines of my bedroom 

And now here I am at the upper deck of KL Live watching my teenage idols perform LIVE

Remember I ran a Sum 41 contest here? Well, I'd like to congratulate the 3 winners of my contest again!

Hope ya'll enjoyed the concert as much as I did 🙂

Bumped into one of my winners for the Sum 41 contest.

Congrats Melissa! 🙂

My lovely assistant for the day – buddy Pamela 

8PM | Bunkface kick-started the party as one of  the opening acts of the night.

They sang 4 songs altogether.

Bunkface on stage!

Rocking out with their guitars!

Playing 'Extravaganza'!

And 'Silly Willy'!

Those two are my favorite songs from them 😀 Too bad they didn't play 'Through My Window'!

I loved that song heaps! 

8.30PM | One Buck Short took to the stage 😀 😀 

They sang '10:04'. Hurrah! I remember singing to it last year in my car all the time when it played on radio.

Don't wake me up! This is our love song!

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Rahul, lead guitarist of OBS! 😀 

He was amazing and definitely a man of talent

They performed a slow rendition of  'Puppy Love' as well

What I found really impressive was their cover of Katy Perry's 'Last Friday Night'.

It was such a brilliant metal version, complete will all the growls 

OBS introduced a violinist who played LIVE! It was a terrific accompaniment to their songs

10PM | No sign of Sum 41 just yet. We had been waiting for an hour!

People were starting to get a tad restless after the long wait but there was still merriment in the crowd.

Pam and I camwhored our boredom away!

What I found really amusing was the way people find such delirious ways to entertain themselves!

The audience from the upper tier started throwing free drinks to the audience below.

While everyone else started to freeze and sing our national anthem, 'Negaraku' and bursting out into random sing-a-long songs.

10.30PM | Finally! Sum 41 broke the frustration with a sudden grand entrance

All the dissatisfaction and rage immediately transformed into high levels of energy from the crowd!

Stealing the show with their Screaming Bloody Murder tour with 'Screaming Bloody Murder'!

Lemme introduce you to the band members of Sum 41!

Lead singer & guitarist Deryck Whibley!

Bass guitarist and backing vocalist Jason McCaslin!

Lead guitarist & backing vocalist Tom Thacker!

Drummer Steve Jocz!

Over 2000 fans queued up as early as the afternoon began! Talk about some die hard fans here.

And hours before Sum 41 rocked the stage, the entire KL Live was packed with crazy punk rockers coming from all over Malaysia and even foreigners who made their way here to watch them live! 

Left side of the stage!

Right side of the stage!

When Sum 41 began playing their signature songs from the earlier albums, both the upper tier and lower tier were roaring with people all ready to rumble!

I had my fair share of yelling (singing) along to my fave songs 

Derryck and Jason giving the crowd one they'll never forget

They continued with 'Reason to Believe' and brought the house down with 'Hell Song'!

The crowd began to crowd-surf amongst each other.

There's a video at the end of this post! We managed to capture a guy surfing away 😀

Throughout 'Hell Song' , Derryck began cherry-picking people from the crowd

Picking out another one!

Bet it was hard to choose; everyone would kill to join Sum 41 onstage!

The crowd was yelling, screaming and jumping as much as they can to be THE CHOSEN ONE 😀

Just keep choosing and bringing 'em people to your stage, Derryck!

He brought up not one but FOUR people up on stage! Saw some of them giving Derryck a big hug.

Everyone got real jelly when they saw that and went 'HEYYYY!!!!' but it soon changed into an 'AWWWWW!'

Turning the mic towards the crowd so we can sing the bridge for him!

NOW I'M IN OVER MY HEAD!

FOR SOMETHING I SAID!

COMPLETELY MISREAD!

I'M BETTER OFF DEAD!

The crowd got into the zone and began to whirl up a massive circle pit in the mosh!

Their next song on tonight's playlist was 'We're All To Blame'

Performing a beautiful rendition of 'Walking Disaster'

I must say, eventhough I haven't been catching up or keeping myself up to date with the latest songs off their latest album Screaming Bloody Murder, I truly enjoyed their newer numbers.

Sum 41's new release of tracks felt darker, deeper, less punk-rock – routing slightly to the metal rock genre

Sum 41 performing 'Time for You to Go'

The next two songs were 'In Too Deep' and 'Motivation'. Boy, I swore I could feel the reverberation throughout the whole upper deck!

Imagine 2000 people, upper and lower tier, jumping and headbanging at the same time.

We be causing our own tremor in KL Live! 

Sum 41 letting Steve Jocz have his moment!

He definitely stole the limelight throughout his drum solo!

The continued their performance with 'Sick of Everyone', a number off their latest album as well.

Despite it being one of their newer songs, die-hard fans knew all the lyrics by heart.

Now that was impressive… and so much undying love for Sum 41! 

ROAARRRR WHO WANTS SOME HEAVY METAL!!!?

To our surprise, Sum 41 gave us a few short performance-covers of some really popular metal songs.

They covered songs by Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Metallica and a few others.

After 'Underclass Hero', another twist was in store for us.

Derryck then passed the mic to Tom and he gave us a stellar guitar solo and vocal performance!

Woooootwoooooot!

Tom's guitar solo

Derryck's guitar solo

T'was great seeing how all the band members of Sum 41 were so cooperative and supportive of one another onstage.

Such wonderful showmanship! Their transitions and performances jived seamlessly 

Jason and Derryck began picking out more people from the crowd to join them onstage

"I choose you!"

Performing 'Still Waiting' off their 2nd studio album Does This Look Infected?

SO AM I, STILL WAITING?

FOR THIS LOVE TO STOP HATING?

'Still Waiting' was another one of my favorite Sum 41 songs and I enjoyed headbanging and yelling throughout the song.

It was mayhem! Another circle pit started in the mosh again and more crowd-surfing soon ensued 

It was so insane till a point where security had to come and keep things back to an orderly manner LOL

Don't want anybody to get hurt, ey? 🙂

Keep moshing but be safe, fellow punk rockers!

The boys of Sum 41 performing a cover of 'We Will Rock You' originally sang by Queen

(encore)

After that performance was over, the crowd was already soaked with perspiration and brimming with their own heat.

The temperature rose and many people were seen pouring bottles of water over themselves.

Some even splashed their water on Derryck!

Oh you wanna play huh?

Let the games begin!

WATERFIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Derryck then grabbed his waterbottle off stage and splashed it towards the audience in retaliation

Derryck was soon outnumbered. The waterfight just kept going! 😀

Sum 41 proceeded to perform their final song of the night, 'Fat Lip'. 

For those of you who have been listening to them back in the day, you would know that 'Fat Lip' was the very first single released off their very first album, All Killer No Filler, back in 2001.

Geez, how time flies!

The final twist of the night : drummer Steve Jocz takes the centerstage and wows the crowd on the mic!

There you have it, the boys of Sum 41!

This was the first time in all the years of my covering gigs/concerts that the drummer actually got down

from his drumset to steal the show with the microphone instead

It was impressive no doubt!

Sum 41 then threw out guitar picks and drumsticks to the crowd.

Everyone flocked to wherever those goodies were being thrown to! Now, I wish I was at the mosh too 😛

They gave us a bow after their stunning two-hour performance

Although it was a pity that they did not perform 'Pieces', which was a crowd-favorite (I could hear people chanting Pieces! Pieces! Pieces! as early as 10PM!), we enjoyed their live performance and all that wait to see them perform in the flesh right in front of our eyes proved to be worthwhile.

Only a true fan would wait for hours (rain or shine)and still support a band to the end and back.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npZja2Iaagk&feature=plcp

Here's the video of the night

Thanks to Pam for the footages & thanks to Kon for helping me edit them! 

WATCH EEEEEEEEEEEEET 😀 😀 

You've made these two girls very happy and proud of the music we grew up with

I'm sure the entire crowd of 2000 exuberant fans can vouch for what I said

Freddy Mercury approves 😛

Sum 41 made us, punk-rockers so proud tonight!

We wish you all the best for the remaining stops of your Screaming Bloody Murder tour

A major shout-out to Rahul of One Buck Short and Livescape Asia and for putting together this amazing one-night-only show for us and making it happen!  I had a terrific time, thank you! 

Tonight's special Rockaway showcase was indeed, brilliant.

Can't wait for the Rockaway Fest this year!

Aldactone

Sum 41's music and I go a long way back. 

Growing up, I was an avid punk rocker who listened to nothing but punk music and many variants of rock.

One of my favorites was undoubtedly Sum 41.

Here are some of my notable favorites that I grew up with and know by heart 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emGri7i8Y2Y

In Too Deep

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO-mSLxih-c

Still Waiting

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8z-qP34-1Y

With Me

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By7ctqcWxyM

Pieces

…and after many years of their inception in 1996, here's their latest single from their 5th album!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNFAKSsgOU

Screaming Bloody Murder

Following the cancellation of their debut performance at last year’s Rockaway Festival – and the rest of their tour for the remaining of 2011 – Sum 41 is back in action for 2012 and all geared up to rock our Malaysian shores!

They're gonna be here pretty soon and yes, they're not here to disappoint.

Thanks to the awesome folks at Livescape Asia, Sum 41 will be rocking our Malaysian stage this 14th April 2012 for a special Rockaway showcase.

WHAT SUM 41 LIVE IN KL

WHERE KL LIVE, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

WHEN 14TH APRIL 2012 @ 7.30PM

HOW MUCH RM138 | RM158 AT THE DOOR | RM238 VIP

BUY FROM ticketpro.com.my | Rock Corner | Victoria Music | The Guitar Store

Kick-starting the event will be two supporting acts – Malaysia's own favorite punk-rock bands One Buck Short and Bunkface! 

One Buck Short

Bunkface

Can't wait! 🙂

So excited that they're making this stop in Malaysia as part of their Screaming Bloody Murder tour 

If you're just as excited as I am and want to catch them LIVE in KL, try your luck in winning a VIP ticket to the concert in this contest!

Contest Details

1. Share this contest on your Facebook wall & Twitter timeline

2. Follow Livescape Asia on Twitter

3. Like Livescape Asia on Facebook

THEN

Answer any ONE (or more) of the following 3 choices by leaving your answers (or link of the photo) in the comment section :

1. What's your Sum 41 story? Tell me your most memorable Sum 41 moments.

(Be creative, what history do you have with Sum 41/growing up with Sum 41 songs/how it impacted you, anything!)

2. Take a photo of yourself with a sign saying 'Sum 41 LIVE in Malaysia!'

(Be creative, you could impersonate Sum 41's punk rocker style or anything!)

3. What's your favourite Sum 41 song & why?

(Be creative, how the song relates to you/what made you like that song or anything!)

Judges will pick 3 winners from this!

Come on, show us what you've got. The 3 most outstanding & creative answers will win 🙂

Be prepared to rock your socks off this 14th April!

You can send in as many entries as you like! So show us that you really want to go. You could also answer to win it for your friends who love them!

And to the 3 most enthusiastic, most creative & most deserving people, no sweat! That VIP ticket will be yours to rock out to.

All the best peeps 🙂

Keep rockin, keep your fingers crossed & see you at Sum 41's VIP deck!

I'm back from Bali with theboyfie! It was such a whirlwind 😀

Never knew so many things about the place before, and picked up some Indonesian slangs too! 

Ohwell, always a new experience. Will blog about it soon!
 

Anyway, here's the story for today!

Remember this post? The sequel is finally here

Chilled out with thefockers at Esplanade 😀
 

Wanted to kill time as we were about 2 hours earlier before the estimated time of departure.

And that's SO TYPICAL of my family. They're always tip top round the clock early hmm..
 

Sat around the playground and open field to people watch

before we lugged our baggage up towards Swettenham Pier
 

Whilst walking there, I caught sight of our iconic clock tower just before the Jelutong Expressway.

Sometimes, I need to be reminded of how beautiful my hometown is, being away from it for too long. 😀

I use to take the 12 o' clock turn at this roundabout every morning back in college!
 

So after a 10 minute walk under the sweltering afternoon sun, we finally arrived the harbour.

And yes! Our cruise ship is in sight in the near distance

Picha with it! 😀 Fo shure
 

When I got inside the harbour, a surge of pleasantness arose within me.

Since when did our Swettenham pier turned into such an impressive state?

Newly painted walls, a renovated interior, impeccable cleanliness and new-improved facilities were just staring right back at me. Whoa!
 

After shutting up my hung-open jaw, I joined the rest checking into the cruise ship

We were getting nearer and nearer!

Can't wait to see what's in store for us inside. Here are some piccies as I was walking along the dock
 

So pretty! Let's just hope it boasts something similar inside, if not better! 😀

There wasn't much of a queue on the bridge when we arrived. Oh the perks of an early bird!
 

It's nice how sailors and crewmen would salute and wish this lil missy here an enjoyable cruise, flashing their best service-industry smiles. Ooohyay 😀 Sure I'll have fun.
 

1700HRS | Boarding boarding!

As I turned my back I was startled to see this
 

whoaaa. kid. do you really need that huge bolster for just  a one nighter? 😛

It's not a camp you know. LOL
 

Anyway, guess what was the 1st thing I saw upon entering the lobby!?

How smart. Using mascots to pique the interests of soft-toy maniacs like me 😀

And those of children too. ROFL
 

And and.. using framed blown-up photographs of very good looking ship engineers.

FILF anyone? hohoho

Beats Ikea's Swedish meatballs anytime. LOL i kid! 😛 😛
 

Walked up to the 7th deck where the rooms were.

If I ain't wrong, there were 14 decks altogether! Not all are rooms though, they've huge lounges and many entertainment spots
 

Like.. the *cough* casino *cough* *cough*

The rooms were pretty tiny but cosy all the same
 

Bunk beds! So old skool 😀
 

Not for the claustrophobic! Bwahahahaha 😀

After putting our luggage down and freshened up, we were all ushered to dinner.

The corridors and walkway to the dining area were pretty neat and brightly lit 🙂
 

I wanted to sit at one of these tables but thefockers insisted on sitting inside lol
 

1800HRS | Dinner!

Dinner was ala buffet style… but its variety and taste leaves a lot to be desired
 

I only found the decor and food plating (especially the dessert table) presentable enough to be pictured though

Not like I'm expecting anything near 5 Star but this will do for a rather bland and simple meal.

Back from running around taking pictures, I look like a frumpy housewife here I know.
 

Anyway, we had our family time over dinner and realized that our favorite thing served today was..

FRUITS. Ohyes, loved 'em pineapples! LOL
 

For after dinner digestion, thefockers took a short walk around the ship to explore its decks and found me by the huge glass window panes. I was admiring the view from the middle of the sea before the sun set.

That's Penang Bridge, farewell Penang! We've set sail 😀
 

Camwhored in many unimaginable places. The elevator, the bar, the engine, the balcony.. everywhere!
 

We then decided to venture upstairs to the highest deck!

It was so breezy up there I bet whoever had an open umbrella at that moment would probably have it windswept by now

Crikey. My pink bow almost flew off my head!
 

Tiny me!!

The sun was beginning to set

Cousin Shaun joined in my camwhore spree

Windier and windier!!

1930HRS | By the sunset with cousin Shaun and cousin Meng

Back in the rooms, we showered and got ourselves ready for the entertainment zones.

Oh and, most of us had difficulty with flushing the toilet.

Expose! 😛
 

When my uncle and cousins took so long in the bathroom, I asked out loud, "Bet you can't find where to flush ey?? HAHA".

And true enough, I was right! 😛 😛 😛 😛
 

Wasn't telling until they made me! The flush button was so tiny and hidden I couldn't spot it at 1st sight either.

Aight. Enough of bathroom bedtime stories.
 

Chillin fo a bit by the lounge over some dodgy gameshow

We left soon after we were done with our drinks
 

Walking towards Sunset boulevard where the casino was.

That's mom turning her back on me! (pun unintended)

Passed some convenience shops and souvenir outlets on the way but seriously, almost everything was exorbitantly priced.

But karaoke joints, massage parlours, cafes and restaurants were aplenty!

Outside waiting for gramps to buy her shawl

She bought one just like mine but in a shade of violet instead 😀
 

2200HRS | Casino de Cruise!

So we finally arrived the casino and to our surprise, it was rather huge!

They served hot Milo and coffee to all the stakeholders for the night, much like the casino in Genting Highlands. Once we hit international waters, the casino tables opened and tills of chips, cards and steel balls were running all night.
 

No photos allowed though. Oh, I won up to 250 bucks in Baccarat and Russian Roulette but lost them all back again. There there, this is where greed does not pay. If I would have left with my winnings, I'd be 250 bucks richer. Bummer!
 

Felt bored after so many rounds so I went outside for a break.

Spotted the crewmembers fixing up the Christmas tree!
  

Yes I know it's January now and no, they were not lagging in their festivity awareness, if you were wondering. This cruise trip with thefockers was in late December 😛 Was too caught up with other blogposts to blog this one hehe
 

And there was another Christmas tree already up!

Now, this was really huge and filled up the entire middle pillar of the ship.
 

0000HRS | Did not bring my bikini 'cos I couldn't swim at that moment. Just had another new tattoo done few days before (will blog about this too!)
 

So I was really… really.. REALLY BORED.
 

Played in the casino for so long, had a few rounds at the arcade, explored almost the entire cruise ship, made friends with random people, took pictures, had some drinks by the bar and really, at 1 o' clock in the morning, there is really nothing to do on a ship, is there? 🙁 🙁
 

Whatever you do, don't tell me I should be sleeping.
 

So I walked around all alone to the upper deck again to enjoy the cool night breeze
 

It was pretty scary aboard a ship in the dead of the night all alone. But then again, it takes you out of the

hustle and bustle of city life and bring about a certain sense of tranquility for the moment.
 

Just my iPod and I. Nothing else kept me company except the stale moisture of air around me and the mild, salty smell of the sea surrounding me. It was pindrop silence and I could really fall asleep here on this deckchair.
 

Except I *thankfully* had my camera with me so I had fun taking pictures of random things, myself included.

0200HRS | I was assuming that the rest of thefockers were all asleep by now.

They're all early risers, so I bet they've gone to bed early as well.
 

But luckily, the couzzies found me chilling by myself on the deckchair!

They were feeling bored to death too so we headed to the cafe for some late night bites

0300HRS | And then it was goodnight.

0800HRS | Breakfast began!

Breakfast, in contrast to dinner, was delish

As the ship was beginning to sail back towards the harbour, thefockers and I went to the back of the ship to catch the waves

Deep blue sea!
 

1000HRS | Arrival!

So we have arrived back on land. *kisses the ground
And left to Gurney Hotel to continue our holiday soon after

Your typical poser picture.

Was hiding in the shaded area  while thefockers played pingpong LOL

All in all, my verdict is that  the one-day cruise wasn't exactly an exhilarating experience but should you want some quality time off with your family and friends, this is a good idea .

There isn't really much to do but if you could enjoy the casino, breeze, time and relaxation together… in a place away from home, that would be something new.
 

Heck, there's no data nor cellular transmission for cellphones in the middle of the sea anyway so you can rest assure all of you won't be bugged by work calls or other obligatory bullshit 😀 *grins*

After sucha loooooonnngg journey, we've finally arrived in Bali!
 

What came as a pleasant surprise was that we were greeted by our chauffeur with a garland of pretty and sweet smelling Frangipani flowers hung around our necks 🙂

Thanks for a great start to our island getaway already!

Checked in to our accommodation for our holiday, Hard Rock Hotel Bali!

As we speak, it's already our 2nd day here. As expected, an amazing stay so far, 3 more days to go 😀

At the signature photowall just outside the hotel lobby

Today was crazy, they brought us around for a full day tour around Kintamani, Ubud, Tampak Siring and so many other places with foreign names I don't remember! 😀 Also, if you've been reading my tweets, you would know that we drank some coffee made out of Civet Cat faeces. (Yes, I meant shit)
 

Hehe. So catch ya later! Will blog soon 🙂

It's so freakin' rare to get any internet around here so I've just parked my arse in Starbucks Coffee at our hotel for a bit.

Enjoy your weekend loves!