Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Bon Odori '08

Kind of late to wright this, don't you think? Anywayz, last Saturday, i went to Shah Alam for Bon Odori '08. Khai Sern invited me to go. Not quite sure what it was in the first place... but in the end i thought it would be interesting to go check it out. Everything was kind of last minute. Didn't have any transport. Had to tumpang somebody in the end... not quite a great experience cause i don't know them very well. Anywayz, i got a ride there... and also a ride back. Going there, reaching there, the road all seems so familiar. No wonder, i've been on that highway before, follow teacher for SPBT stuff, maths quiz, been to Matsushita before for some sports carnival. When i reached there.. whoa... so many people... i feel awkward... so different. Went in, walked around the track, to the other side where all the food stalls were. Khai Sern still haven't reached yet. Then waited for him... so hard to find people, lots of people. Then met up with Khai Sern under a Carlsberg umbrella...
Seems that i only knew him. Alan in the end didn't come. What to do? Followed Khai Sern do his stuff. Gathering info for... MPS? Took pictures, scout the area... wanted to buy souvenirs but all the stalls were food stalls. At least we got a fan as a souvenir when we came in. Haven't ate dinner yet. Had to eat there... the lines were so long... well, at least for the Japanese food stalls. In the end i got a burger, a few pieces of chicken, a jalapeno sausage, and a drink. Costs RM12 altogether. Then we parted as Khai Sern left to meet his family... all alone now... eating dinner... wasn't planning to find the other group... plan to go solo.
Took lots of pictures. 72 in total... or 71. Walked a lot, stand a lot, sat for a short while... so that means i've been standing and walking for a bout 4 hours or so... still, it's fun. Really, everything is new to me... came here... don't know what it was... now knowing what it was... kind of fun. Lots of dances though i think it's all repeating itself. Three sessions of dances. Everybody joined in to dance... for me... well, i was helping Khai Sern to take photos for the first 2 sessions with my 3.2 mega pixel camera phone.. not as good as a actual camera but it was still after all pictures. About 7 or 8, Khai Sern went home... so early... but still i continued exploring and taking pictures and enjoying myself.
Was taking pictures in the 3rd session... then i wanted to go get a drink... but... i was in the middle of the crowd... well quite close to the stage. There was a circle behind me... people dancing. Tried to make my way through but in the end i was stuck in the middle and everybody else were dancing... so... you should know what happened next. I joined in the dancing and had fun doing so. Got to learn their dances though i may not know what are the names of the dances. Really had a good time dancing.
Ahh... what a great day so far. The 3rd session is gonna start. I decided to join in the fun for it will be the last time to this year. The event is about to end. Joined in the circle and started dancing, following the moves of the people on the stage... following the crowd... alone. Had a great time dancing... really, really great. Then it was all over. The end has come... those people n stage were waving goodbye... the tune Auld Lang Syne playing from the stadiums speakers. Sad that it all had to end. But still, had an extraordinarily great time there. Didn't want to leave yet but... you know...
Okay, in the end, everything was great, had a great time, feel very awkward not knowing anybody, cool dances, great day, lots of pictures (though not that good in quality), kind of stuffed with food, got at least one souvenir (the fan), an unexpected experience. Love it. Looking forward to coming next year. Hopefully i can. Gonna enjoy myself next year too. Feelings that are too profound that even i cannot comprehend.... hahaha... Lol. That's all for now... well at least that's all i can remember. So long and farewell for now!

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