Today I was on the LRT to KLCC when a distraught friend called.
\nShe<\/b>: Are you near KLCC?
\nMe<\/b>: I’m heading there, why?
\nShe<\/b>: I need somebody to talk to. (Insert crying sniffs.)<\/p>\n
I was supposed to be at KLCC at 1pm, but I told them 2pm since I’d be coming after work, to which I got off and decided to come at 1pm. Of course, there was due consolation at DOME (where my friend borrowed Pete Teo<\/i>‘s lighter) and we both played pharmacist (giving advice we’d never take.)<\/p>\n
My distraught friend followed to the gathering. She makes the world seem so small! She knew somebody and somebody else’s friend.<\/p>\n
I finally met my picture-taking-linker. Someone who had my link and took a picture of it. Of course, I wouldn’t reveal her link, since there I have some hesitation about linking LiveJournal<\/a> users.<\/p>\n I met an Avril-Lavigne lookalike (but loads cuter-looking) who totally rocked except for the part where she asked, “are you a Trekkie?” I mean, it’s not really a compliment to be told or asked. (To my relief she took out a Klingon Dictionary.) For the record, I used to record Star Trek: Voyager<\/i> for my aunt without the ads, and I enjoyed The Next Generation<\/i>, though Deep Space Nine<\/i> was a boring journey-less show.<\/p>\n Bah weep granah weep nini bong?<\/b> (Taken from Transformers: The Movie, as the universal greeting.<\/i>)<\/p>\n I also met a Chai<\/b>-fan. Yessir that Coffee Bean<\/i> drink that is tea with cinammon, at RM7 (without tax). All I could drink from the takeaway cup cover was the steam! I removed it for the full frontal whiff. It was, really, Teh Tarik with cinammon. I suggested Maju Curry House<\/b>, that also had Teh Tarik with slight cinammon even if you didn’t ask for it. (It was then itself that I knew the smell was cinammon!) It was near the Masjid Jamek LRT interchange station, to the left coming out of the long PUTRA LRT escalators. It was then I found out that Lionel Goh<\/a> also knew about that place!<\/p>\n I didn’t talk much with the rest of the crowd though, since I was engrossed in musical conversation with the Chai-fan and the Avril-lookalike. Topics ranged from the “have I seen you at Urbanscapes?<\/i>” to the neckaches from the Incubus<\/a> concert.<\/p>\n It was time to beckon and I met xen0s<\/a> at the KLCC LRT station, to take the LRT to Bangsar and then a cab to Su Ling’s birthday party. We reached there somewhat early and walked about, to find Ironwood, a guitar shop. I went in and jakun<\/a>ed over the BC Rich<\/b> guitars. We stood around for quite a bit before I nudged xen0s, asking him to test<\/i> the guitars out. It was neat. He did some old-school Metallica, especially the songs I never got round to getting the tabs to. There was this other cool dude with emo glasses who showed us how a Flying V<\/i> was meant to be held. He also recognized Tenacious D – Tribute<\/i> when I played the intro riff, and sang the lines!<\/p>\n