Iron Maiden!!!

15 Feb 2011 - Iron Maiden performed in Singapore for the first time !

The skys were not very kind to us as we waited and queued to get in. It rained, stopped, rained, stopped for dunno how many fucking times. But it was all worth it when we managed to get into indoor stadium and everybody was just shouting "Maiden Maiden" !

First to perform, at exactly 8pm, was Rise To Remain.






Austin Dickinson is the vocalist for Rise To Remain. He is also the son Bruce Dickinson, the vocalist of Iron Maiden.

Rise To Remain performed for about 30mins, and it was another around 30mins of waiting when Iron Maiden finally opened the show with the first track off their new album, The Final Frontier.

The full setlist

1.Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
2.El Dorado
3.2 Minutes to Midnight
4.Coming Home
5.Dance of Death
6.The Trooper
7.Blood Brothers
8.The Wicker Man
9.When The Wild Wind
10.The Talisman
11.The Evil That Men Do
12.Fear of The Dark
13.Iron Maiden
Encore:
14.The Number of The Beast
15.Hallowed Be Thy Name
16.Running Free

When they performed 2 Minutes to Midnight, the whole Indoor Stadium basically exploded! Everyone was pushing, jumping, squeezing. And the singing by the crowd. SIMPLY FANTASTIC ! We basically sang the whole concert!

Blood Brothers, Fear Of The Dark, and the last 3 encore songs... to be honest, I nearly cried as I sang together with them. I saw 1 gal wiping away her tears. The scene was incredible. You have to be there to experience it.

The best part was when Eddie came onto the stage. If you dunno who eddie is, go wiki and search. He's an integral part of Iron Maiden.

I'm glad I went to the concert.

Pictures time.


Steve Harris and Dave Murray, with Adrian Smith at the back.


Steve Harris and Janick Gers


Adrian Smith


Janick Gers


Dave Murray and Adrian Smith


Bruce Dickinson




Notice the 2 backdrops. It's different. They really make it a point to change the backdrop to the album cover that they are gonna perform.

And the stage. It was fabulous. Really got the Final Frontier space look.

Best concert I've ever went to.

Please come back again to Singapore!!!

Irritated (Part 2)

1) People, when u wanna prop up your legs against the seat in front of u, do it once and don't adjust anymore, when there are people sitting in that particular seat. Yes I know you wanna adjust so that you can get more comfortable, but the person sitting in front of you is getting fucking uncomfortable and tulan with you. Unless you wanna get beat up in public transport, don't even do it. Sit like a civilised person.

2) SBS drivers...we know you guys got a new batch of buses, but do you really have to test the brakes with all the passengers in the bus? Pls....pls..... jam the brakes slowly when stopping ok!

3) When you board a public transport, do you think that you should have a seat cos you paid for it? FUCK YOU ! The money you paid is for transporting you to your destination. It does not come with a seat. The seat is a bonus. So... REMOVE YOUR GODDAMN BAGS AND GROCERIES FROM EMPTY SEATS ! Let other people have a chance to enjoy that bonus.

4) Wah lau, it's raining and the roads are slippery, but heng ah..I got umbrella... People, pls spare a thought for those without umbrella walking behind you. Just because you got umbrella and you won't get wet doesn't mean you can slowly take your own fucking time to walk.



Those things aside, sometimes I wonder... how do people see me...

The old man with a funny and very vulgar blog? The fat guy that talks alot of cock? The heavy metal guy with a drumset and thousands of metal songs? The clown that always do and say idiotic and senseless things?

Wonder how many will cry when I leave this earth for the heavy metal paradise...

多少次 迎著冷眼與嘲笑
從沒有放棄過心中的理想
一剎那恍惚 若有所失的感覺
不知不覺已變淡

Things that irritate you when you go out...

Now..i'm just bitchin'...

Not in any order...

1) Your bus is stopping behind another bus at a bus stop. People gets off the bus and some board it. The first bus moves off and so does your bus. But then, it moves just a wee bit before some idiot at the bus stop flags it... again. Can't he walk abit? Why must he be so special and wastes everybody's time???

2) You try to get off a bus/escalator/lift. Someone is in front of you. However, that sucker suddenly stops onces he/she steps out of the bus/escalator/lift, making you bump into him/her. Worse still, he/she turn around and give you a "What the fuck you trying to do? Rob me and molest me?" face !!! NBCCB...

3) It's a goddamn weekend and the streets are fucking crowded. Some people just like to walk fucking slowly, especially in front of you. You say "excuse me", but they fuck care as if they own the bloody street... FUCK LAH... wanna stroll, go garden lah...

4) Something I don't understand... why some people blast their music from their handphones in public? If you wanna listen to music, get a fucking earphone and plug it in and listen to it yourself. No money to buy earphones ah? Then stay at home don't go out lah! No one wants to listen to your music.

5) When someone says "excuse me" to you, move your body away, and not just your handbag... aunties especially. Some individual had the unfortunate experience of being shouted at by me in a SBS bus early in the morning. If you don't want that experience, be considerate a bit more...

6) You are walking past a shop...in a hurry. Someone comes out from the shop....and then just nice stops in front of you, counting the change or putting the change in the wallet. FUCKING CB... cannot move out of the area first ah?

7) If people are so lazy to take out their EZ link card to tap, then why the fuck they bother to go out? Sometimes when I see those people moving their handbag around the tap machine trying to tap and blocking other people from getting on/off the bus, I feel like taking the handbag and throw it out of the bus, then kick the person off.

8) Some people are just not afraid of vehicles. They can take their fucking own sweet time to cross the road when the lights turn red. Drivers, HORN THE BUGGERS if they continue to walk slowly when you're supposed to move off. Exemptions being the elderly, handicapped and me..hahaha

9) Singaporeans are amazing. No matter how crowded the MRT is, they will always find space to squeeze in, without giving a thought that some people, especially the elderly and kids would be pushed and fall.

10) And if the elderly and kids fall, then the blame should go to those who don't give up their seats to them. SHAME ON YOU. But of course, when other people offers you their seat, take it with a smile and say thank you. If you wanna reject, say it with a smile too. Don't just act blur or look away.

11) Ladies... I know you love your handbags and love to sling them on your shoulders, but please realise that while your handbags are expensive and nice, we feel very uncomfortable when your handbags keep knocking into us when we stand behind you. The least you can do is to clutch them in front of you. I feel like punching you in the face when your handbag knocks into me and then you turn around looking at me as if I'm trying to steal your things.

Ok... got a few more things to add..

12) Driver...pls signal if you are gonna turn left or right. Don't waste my fucking time by not signalling when u gonna turn. I will only get angrier when I have to wait for you before I can cross the road, and then suddenly you turn left... CCB

13) People... do not...I REPEAT...DO NOT hail cab near bus stops. Just because of 1 fucking person, have to make the whole bus stop and wait for you to slowly board the cab... and if the cab driver refuses to go where you wanna go, we have to wait for you to slowly argue with the driver and then slowly get out of the cab..

14) AND DO NOT ASK THE CAB DRIVER TO STOP NEAR TRAFFIC JUNCTIONS AND BUS STOPS !!! See reason above...

15) When you see an accident on the road, keep fucking walking/driving/riding/cycling... unless you wanna be in the accident yourself. Stop causing jams...

16) And if you're on the bus, you don't have to look at the accident scene from your seat, and then walk to the back of the bus and continue looking. If you so bloody interested, get off the fucking bus.

17) I don't understand why some people talk so loudly on the phone. We don't wanna hear what your wife have cooked for you for dinner, or how you spend all your CPF money on a China womana and didn't even manage to fuck her... We really are not interested in your conversations. So, pls stop shouting over the phone...

Ok..I know...I need anger management... hahahahahaha

Xmas Eve

Yes...I know it's abit late to say this now...but......

To who it may concern:

Lucky my friend never ask me THAT question we discussed during your lunch break on Xmas eve...

HENG AH !!!

Old Traffordish

Before you start reading this, if you don't even watch football or if you're a Manure fan, get out now.





Old Trafffordish...that was what Arsene Wenger, the manager of Arsenal branded the refereeing during his side's 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford after leading 1-0.

The referee gave Manure a penalty after Rooney DIVED in the penalty box after Almunia's challenge. It was a FUCKING DIVE !!! And they equalised through that penalty. Nevermind. Darren Flecter brought Arshavin in the Manure penalty and....no surprises...there was no penalty. I wonder why Arsene Wenger is so upset about the incident. It's clear that ALL referees are afraid that Alex Ferguson will bite them like a mad dog if they ever award a penalty against Manure at Old Trafford. What really made Wenger break was the disallowed goal near the end of the match. It could have been 2-2...no wait...it should be 1-0 to Arsenal. The penalty should not have been given. If the referee had allowed the Arsenal equaliser to stand, Rooney will surely bite him like a mad dog. That's 2 mad dogs in the Manure camp now...and still counting.

Manure vs Man City. The great Manchester derby. What's so great when there's clearly only 1 winner? Manure scores, Man City equalised. Happens 3 times. 3-3. Referee indicates 4mins of injury time. Eh??? 94mins have passed and why the ref did not blow the final whistle?

95mins and Owen pops out and scores the winning goal. Final Whistle. Well done ref. Another controversy in the BPL. Just like WWE. Drama every week.

It looks like the ref was waiting for Owen to score. If he did not allow that to happen, Anderson will bite him like a mad dog. That's 3 mad dogs. And he's lucky that Roy Keane is now at Ipswich as manager and he can only bite his own players.

Explanations were given as to why the game ended on the 95th min. Man City had taken too much time celebrating their 3rd goal which was in the 90th min. So, additional time had to be added. Basically, what's he saying is that the extra time taken by Man City to celebrate their 3rd goal became their undoing as it resulted in the winning goal for Manure.

For me, the best player for Manure against Man City was Ben Foster. He managed to concede 3 goals. Hope he will be England's no. 1 goalkeeper for the coming World Cup. He's a fine young lad.

Alot of other cases have proved that referees are biased.

Manure vs Spurs. Spurs had scored and the video clearly showed the ball crossed the goalline. Yet the referee disallowed it.

Manure vs QPR. 7mins of FUCKING injury time...so that Cantona can score and dashed QPR's hope of staying in the EPL. I think anyone's dislike of Manchester United stems from one particularly harrowing experience. Mine happened on March 16, 1996. My team, QPR, struggling after the sale of Les Ferdinand, were in a relegation dogfight but hope had been revived by the time United came to town. At 4.57pm QPR were heading towards a famous victory, one we like to think would have given the team the momentum to stay up that year and rapidly alter the course of our history. Instead by 4.58pm QPR had drawn after an impossibly late Eric Cantona header had deflated a confidence that was destined never to recover, 13 years down the line we’re still waiting. And QPR was relegated at the end of that season. It sparked off a series of unfortunate events at QPR, including another relegation to League 1. Damn...

No wonder they say Old Trafford is the Theater Of Dreams. Ya..you must be dreaming if you expect to have the referee's backing when you play there.

Now I hope Manure will get their just desserts just like Chelsea for poaching a youngster through 'unorthodox' means...

New stuffs that I've been listening to...and 2 things that puzzles me...

Right...first off..wanna say something to my beloved QPR...

BETTER WAKE UP YOUR FUCKING IDEA BEFORE YOU HAVE TO FIGHT RELEGATION INSTEAD OF CHALLENGING FOR PROMOTION !!!!!

Ok... back to normal. Been listening to a few bands and some are actually quite funny. I know you must be thinking "Metal got funny one meh?". GOT.

Check out Beatallica. They are a mash-up band that mash up Beatles and Metallica songs. The lyrics and music alternate between both bands. It's refreshing to hear something like this after headbanging to your ipod for a long time.

Also check out Van Canto. They are an a cappella metal band from Germany, founded in 2006. It is composed of five singers and a drummer. They fuses a cappella with heavy metal, creating what they called a cappella metal. 2 members does most of the singing and the other 3 members will imitate the electric guitars and bass with the help of amplifiers. They had covered Metallica's Battery, Nightwish's Wishmaster, Manowar's Kings of Metal, Iron Maiden's Fear Of The Dark etc. They have some original songs too. Check them out at youtube. It's actually funny when you see their reactions when they perform.

Ok...2 things that puzzles I think not only me, but alot of other people also.

1 ) Why the fuck is Tohari Paijan the New Paper Football Analyst???

2) Why the fuck is Shebby Singh presenting football on Starhub when all the other guests are international footballers?

Oh ya...not forgetting...Megadeth new album out on 15 Sept. It will be louder, faster, and more amazing riffs and solos. Be sure to get our copy early. I have already pre-ordered mine.

No eating/drinking on MRT?!?!?!?!

Wow...4 months since I last updated this blog...

I was reading yesterday's New Paper and saw the article on where you get fined for eating or drinking in the MRT. Not even sweets or just a sip of water. It's gonna cost you $30 for the first time. Medication? Approach the staff...

Let's see.....

On a train to somewhere...not even close to a train station yet...

Old Man : Hhhhheeelllllllppppp......I've got a heart attack, I need my medication ! It's in my pocket...

Passenger 1 : Quick ! Somebody help ! Uncle, no scared, I got your medicine with me liao...

Old Man : I can't swallow without water...

Passenger 1 : Anyone with water ???

ALL passengers in train : No wor...MRT say cannot drink or eat...bring water for wat?

MRT Staff : Can I help?

Passenger 1 : You got water or not?

MRT Staff : Don't have...As a SMRT staff, I must set a good example to all commuters and...

Passenger 1 : DIAM LAH ! don't have say don't have, don't talk so much...so now how? Uncle, you try swallow the medicine without water...

Old Man : Okok..i try

MRT Staff : Sorry ah uncle...cannot eat or drink in the train...why not you wait till the train stops at the next station and we carry you outside so you can eat your medicine?

Passenger 1 : Where got time? Wah lau eh

MRT Staff : Ok..I go intercom and ask...wait ah...

The following day, New Paper headlines...

Elderly Man dies of heart attack in MRT due to the No Eating/Drinking rule.

So...what happens when this type of scenario happens? Just a sip of water cannot drink, eat sweet cannot eat, eat medicine must ask staff...And for those who think that the MRT rule is not strict at all, think again. Think carefully. The above scenario can happen to anyone...

I mean, eating noodles or curry puffs or popiah are indeed too much. Sweets like Mentos, clorets, don't even have wrappers ! Just pop one into the mouth and keep the rest. It's not like we are gonna spit out the sweets...

New York City is fining people for not giving up their seats to the needy. Singapore is considering to enforce this rule. Don't even think of it. It's ridiculous. Sure, some Singaporeans are inconsiderate, but I believe these are the minorities.

People like taking pictures of other people occupying 2 seats or leaning their butt on poles or putting their things on empty seats denying other people a seat. Post it on the internet and people start criticising those inconsiderate people.

Why haven't anyone take pictures of someone giving up their seats to the elderly or needy?

Why haven't anyone take pictures of someone helping blind people cross the road?

Why haven't anyone take pictures of someone helping the needy board the bus?

Why haven't anyone take pictures of someone helping to inform blind people of the number of the approaching bus?

I'm sure all of us have seen some or even all of the above. But nobody remembers them.

Singapore is already a FINE city liao...pls don't add somemore fines lah...

Think about it...