What do students usually talk about in class? Schoolwork? Guys? Girls? From one topic to another, we (namely Vichy, Helen and I) got to this topic about weddings. Seriously, I don't know how we got to this topic in the first place. An unmarried teacher, perhaps?

Some of these are from real weddings whilst others are just photo shoots.

After getting over my Maroon 5 fever, I'm going to blog about a certain place called Central Market, or commonly known as Pasar Seni in Malaysia which is located in the KL area.
Fine, you caught me. I'm still not over the concert. But I'm here to blog anyway.



Central Market is located at Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock and just a few minutes walk from Petaling Street. Remember the time when I said my cousins came for a visit? We went there and walked to Petaling Street then. We took the LRT there, stopped at the Pasar Seni station.

You may notice that I'm not in the picture above. Well, that is such a pity because I was the photographer. UNFORTUNATE ME.



What is inside the Central Market? You can find handicrafts and some trinkets and souvenirs from Malaysia. Well, it is not exactly cheap but at least it is air-conditioned.







The place is mainly divided into three areas, each area representing one of Malaysia's three main races: Malay, Chinese and Indian.





It is not a bad idea to go there for a walk, especially if you havn't been there. There were quite a number of tourists there. Locals don't usually go there to buy stuff though. Browsing will do.





We left a few places unexplored. Namely, the food area, which is mostly upstairs, on the first floor. The main market is on the ground floor. There's also the batik area which we left out.





As I promised, lots of trinkets and souvenirs in the Central Market. We were mostly browsing and enjoying the walk. I've been here once, about 10 years ago. And my aunt was here once 20 years ago. Oh, *facepalm*. Did I forget to mention that this is quite a historical place and had been standing since 1937?





The stalls were arranged to look like a street here. The only thing giving it away is the ceiling. You don't get to see the clear blue sky from here but anyway, it was a cloudy day that day. Good thing it didn't rain though.



There's also the street outside the Central Market. It is lined with stalls of food and souvenirs, although it is nothing compared to the stalls in Petaling Street. This is much, much shorter. But the wau looks awesome, right? And if you don't know what is a wau, it is the Malay traditional kite. And it looks something like the one on top of the corridor in the photograph above.



This is called Putu Bambu, which translates into Bamboo with Rice Flour and Coconut. And no, they don't give you the bamboo. According to my aunt's Indonesian maid, it is a dish from Indonesia. It is actually a mixture of rice flour and coconut milk which looks like vermicelli noodles. It is then filled with a little brown sugar. After that, they push the mixture into the bamboo. The Putu Bambu is not expensive but tastes great too!

Guess that's all for now. 'Til another time then.

After days of Vichy's "clothes off!" and piles of schoolwork, I finally got to attend the one-night-only Overexposed concert in Malaysia by Maroon 5. Gosh! I was super hyped. And even when I'm typing this, I can't believe I was actually there with a few thousand fans of Maroon 5's yesterday night!



Being a goody-goody, I didn't even bother to bring my DSLR nor my digital camera as it mentioned "no photography or recording". I enjoyed the concert a whole lot though.



*La me with the tired-after-school-but-can't-wait-for-the-concert look.



We reached Shah Alam Stadium around 8pm and got myself a T-shirt and some badges.



Took a picture with Maroon 5, or at least with a backdrop of them. Better than nothing, right?







With The Cab as the opening guest, the concert started at 9pm, sharp. The Cab is a band based in Las Vegas. They sang a few songs and personally, I think that the lead singer should sing more rock songs rather than slow ones.



They finished their act within half and hour and while waiting for Maroon 5 to arrive at the stadium, one of their members managed a free kick with an invisible football whilst one more acted as goalkeeper. It was for just a few minutes but I appreciate the entertainment, since they were exaggerating it.



Finally, 10pm. Three white flashy Peugeot cars were being driven into the stadium. And of course, who else but Maroon 5 could have arrived at the stadium? They started the concert with one of my favourite songs, Payphone. Immediately, I got into the concert mood.

Well, Vichy asked me to call her so I did. And she was dang hyped when she received my call. She managed to post an FB status and a tweet to tell the world. Seriously? Yes, come to think of it, she is that kind of girl.
Called Michelle and she's out to finish me off one of these days.
Called JiaWen but she didn't answer, turned out that she accidentally fell asleep while waiting for my call.
Called TamTong who was supposed to go to the concert with me but couldn't make it because he had no transport home.

They sang a few other songs off their newest album, Overexposed. One More Night, Lucky Strike, Daylight, Wipe Your Eyes.. Wipe Your Eyes is also one of my favourites. I also found out that Adam Levine's favourite is Daylight. Well, he said so.

Speaking of Adam Levine, dang, he's hot and cute! He's such a showoff but well, I kinda like it. He also said "Thank You" and "Thank You very much" quite a few times with his amazingly-attractive-and-hard-to-resist voice. Darnit. :X

Of course, they also performed songs from their previous albums. She Will be Loved is, of course, on the must-listen list. Other songs include Misery, Sunday Night, Hands All Over, This Love, Wake Up Call and Won't Go Home Without You. In short, they totally brought the house down. With all those screams, I couldn't even hear my own voice!

There was a song where Adam Levine was on the drums while James Valentine was on the vocals. James Valentine could sing quite well too.
Each of the members had a solo part. James Valentine on the guitar, Matt Flynn with his drums, PJ Morton on the keyboard, Michael Madden on the bass guitar and Adam Levine, well, he stole the show with his amazingly perfect voice.

They did not rest much in between that one and a half hour when they perform. The only time for them to really catch a breath is about 5 minutes, no more than that.

The grand finale was great! And to top it off, there was a line of "Oppa Gangnam Style". Unfortunately, we didn't get to see Maroon 5 dance the horseback dance. Well, the grand finale is the song which I could listen to for a year and never get bored (I mean it literally).. MOVES LIKE JAGGER! Everybody was practically rocking to the beat at that last song.



Seriously, I promise myself that I'll be at their next concert in Malaysia and I want to be with the standing crowd! Who's with me? x)



And here's me around 1.30am, finally at home, with schoolwork and tiredness to juggle a few hours later. I was maxed out. Hit the sacks a few minutes later. Woke up a sleepyhead at 5am in the morning, walked like a zombie to school and slept in class before school started. Hey, wait.. That happens everyday..


-Unfortunately, I still couldn't find pictures of the concert online. I'll update them in this post sometime later and excuse me for some of the pictures taken by my super-low-megapixel phone camera-