Paranoid

The Android never thought he’ll ever get to see The Manics perform ‘live’ in Singapore… yet he did this very night at Fort Canning Park. And what a heck of a night it was.

James Dean Bradfield was fan-fuckin-tastic on stage, hopping around like a tubby imp WHILE delivering his guitar solos. Nick Wire looked larger than life… and he also looked like he was going to melt from the humid weather. Finally Sean Moore… well, Sean Moore’s just really, really short.

The punk rock band from South Wales were simply awesome. Dishing out great hits like Motorcycle Emptiness, Autumnsong, You Stole The Sun From My Heart, Design For Life and If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next. They even performed their rock cover of Rihana’s Umbrella!

The Android’s only gripe is that they only played one song (1985) from the Lifeblood album… and The Android loves that album.

Oh well.

The Android shall sign off now. Sorry if there aren’t enough photos… head-banging and photography don’t mix.

As JS would be leaving the Tribe (to be a teacher) soon, he graciously invited all of us to his palace place yesterday after work. And so, everyone headed over after a delicious crab dinner at House of Seafood @180 and ice cream at ICE³.

Once there, the dudes were quick to hook up the PlayStation3 and the gals wasted no time in setting up the mahjong table. The adrenaline was short-lived though. Alan, Carol and Tobing left after barely warming up the seats, Michelle dozed off after a bathroom break, the girls gave up after playing only ONE round, and the guys left at about 3am.

Nonetheless, The Android had loads of fun playing Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Thanks for the invite, JS!!!

Jaffry and The Android fixed up a little get together for the Tribal peeps last night at Timbre. We made reservations a week in advance as there were too many of us… and also due to paranoia from our last unsuccessful reservation.

We pigged out, we had a couple of beers (ginger or otherwise), and we took lots of unflattering photos of ourselves. At some point, the girls were even taking turns trying to destroy Stevie’s iPhone (don’t ask).

Though the food was as great as ever, The Android was kinda peeved at 53A. As the vocalist, Sara didn’t sing with the rock n’ roll passion that Barney had and the band was taking requests like 987FM. The music really affected The Android’s mood and he didn’t enjoy himself as much as he’d like to.

So, it was off to Ben & Jerry’s at Dempsey with Yilin and Stevie, after everyone left. Chunky Monkey always saves the day.