I would take out the first placard which has "Marry Me Zee!!!!" while Deejay will takeout another one which says "He's Serious!!!" while holding up a big finger pointing to me

Since I wasn't being optimistic so I thought when she says no, I'll put up another placard which says, "Aww, How About A Date?"

Again if she says no, then I'll put up another placard which displays, "Nvm, I'll Ask Yuna Then." Then Deejay would put up another placard which shows, "NO!!! She's Mine!!!"

And so on Friday evening I started working on the placards. My first attempt at it was really, really disastrous and I had to ask for my sister's help because she's an aspiring drawing artist. The work took us from 5.30 pm to 1.00++ am. During our toil at 6.30 pm,

Me : Ria, ape ni, it's one hour and we haven't even finished drawing the outline for one side of the board!
Ria : We're watching the tv while doing this, memangla tak habis cepat.
Me : Aiya, this will take foreverla.
Ria : Belum lagi colour them kan.
Me : *Ughhh* *Starts watching TV3* (Unlike you I do not have an astro)



She also reminded me that it might rain ("Choy!" said I) and I was thankful for not throwing the plastic that came with the mounting boards. My sister and I felt very proud of our end product:


Armed with a guitar and plastic of placards, I made my way to Cap Square Boulevard. We lost our way at first, I don't know why but I always seem to get lost whenever I want to go Koko Kaina's (I prefer calling her this way) performance but we reached Cap Square Boulevard. No I didn't take pictures of the place, takut habis battery afterwards when I need it but it was kind of newly built. Nothing much in it but there's a cinema, which is a good thing since I could choose to go there if KLCC and Mid Valley is too crowded. So when we reached there we were greeted by kids in uniform (Federal Reserve Union) and we went jalan-jalan for awhile.

Then I decided to hang at the stage and watch the sessions. First I saw was Isaac Entry, apparently he has Iban blood in him (go, go Sarawakians!!!). His style of singing reminds me of John Mayer and he was really friendly with the audience. Most prominent I think was the song about PJ, it seems that he really missed the place when he was away. The guitar works was simple and soothing and there's a touch of reggae to it. He also did a cover of Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry. I wonder where I can get his stuff.



Next up was Bo - Bedroom Sanctuary, no I don't know who he is but the host of the day, Taya, says that he's multi-talented. He's the turn-table specialist for Cosmic Space Monkeys (God, how long has it been since I've heard about that band). He tried connecting with the audience but to no avail. Anyway, his songs were quite slow, though I like slow songs, I think his are dragging much. The lyrics and melody was nice and all, I guess if the tempo was a bit faster I would have enjoyed it more but well it's just my thought.

Waltz was up next but I didn't stay to watch because my stomach was making noise, so I went to makan. Deejay messed around with a Celcom promoter on our way to makan. I didn't even look at the stalls, I don't know why, maybe they don't look like food stalls. There weren't much choices in Cap Square so I settled for buns and sausages.

Then I went back to watch Reza Salleh. He came up, no hi, no hello, terus perform the songs, and though in between the songs there were some uhh, "conversations" but that's about it, I don't really feel the link between him and the audience. Oh well, at least his songs were great, hands down.

Rashdan Harith was funky with his band. I like the bassist, really adds substance to the overall music. I should get his EP (Just realized I'm not good at giving reviews). I have this affection for bass because it's simple but if you know your way around it, it becomes very complex and very, very tantalizing to the ear. Bassist are greatly underappreciated these days, so do drummers. People tend to think the two are very easy and choose not to learn them. A sad thing really.

Next was Yuna who was really wonderful with her darling voice. I think she sang all her songs in her EP and with the addition of "Rocket". She would sweep a lot of people off their feet if she could be promoted overseas. I love her guitar, I've seen a lot of guitars but this particular one that she was holding caught my eye. I wonder what brand the guitar is, when I have the money (I wonder when is that), I think I'll get myself one. Yuna really looked tired and she seems to be worrying about something else, I'm not sure though. I kesian her le, I think she has exams and the amount of people wanting to get a bit of her attention after her performance would have really worn her down even more. She looked as if her performance was another chore to her. Ahhh, the pain of juggling between studies and life. But for all that, I got her EP. Wee~

My highly anticipated performance of the day which most people would've known already finally came. Dressed in blue and wearing that cheerful smile on her face with a ukelele in her hands, yep ladies and gentlemen, it's Miss Zee Avi or better known as Koko Kaina *screams like a girl in a boy band concert* Before she came on stage, I was fumbling with my placards, trying to block it from everyone else's view. She saw me and said "Hi, Nico" (on stage summore) and I was like, wow, wow, wow, she remembered my name!!! My heart was beating really, really fast, adrenaline I suppose but eventually I put up my placards when she finally settled down. The look on her face? Priceless. She was really taken by surprise, I guessed she had never expected it. Too bad I didn't record it, it never crossed my mind to bring two cameras. Bummer. She didn't answer my question so Djawad said loudly, "So what's the answer?" Krishna echoed the question and she took awhile before answering, "Did you bring a ring? Hmm, I want a white unicorn. That should be in our pre-nuptial agreement." I was in a daze for awhile when she said that and then I flipped my placard which showed, "Aww, how about a date then?" to which she answered, "Where can you take me?"


I wasn't prepared for that the things that flashed through my mind while searching for an answer was climbing mountains, swimming rivers and seas, and Coliseum. I did thought of France and Italy but I wasn't sure with my current financial status. This was when I realized that I do not know of any fancy places to go to if ever I go out on a date and that I lack a car or the driving license to take anyone out comfortably. Gahh, I feel so pathetic. So she performed a few songs, started off with Poppy and then The Traveller, Honey Bee, Just You and Me, You Belong to Me and Kantoi. I made a fool of myself in that last song, which I would not expose here due to the great shame I have inflicted upon myself (or so I think). Her voice was heavenly and I was put into a trance (happens everytime when I listen to her music and classical pieces from the Baroque and the Romantic era) almost immediately.


(The author wishes to write more of his feelings but would prefer to keep these feelings to himself )

Right after her performance, I took my guitar out and went to her. She saw me and went out and hugged me. I was taken by surprise again and everything started to move very fast for me, I couldn't grasp what was going on. She asked whether I wanted to take pictures and so we did with various poses, I was nervous because I was sweaty and sticky (hates it when that happens). *Note to self, always bring toiletries to every outdoor performance to clean self after three hours*




Me : Would you sign my guitar?
Zee : Aww, you want me to do that?
Me : *takes out pathetic sharpie* Please do

Then suddenly a lady came out of no where with a bigger marker pen for Miss Zee to sign. I should have thanked that lady for providing the marker pen, that was really nice of her to take the trouble to look for a marker pen. She saw my shirt which somehow covered the sign Crazee Causa to just Zee and gave such a cute expression.

Miss Zee also said I made her week and when somebody asked what was her reply to my proposal, she said, "An indefinite maybe". I know a lot of people would say aww, or omigosh, or don't worry Nico but to set the record straight, I had never expected for an answer, I'm happy the way I am. A yes would be an early Christmas gift for me and a no would mean nothing much to me, I did all these to show my gratitude to her for producing such wonderful music and songs which have helped me pull through a lot of things. Sometimes I do all these just for the sake of doing it. And it is to be noted that I lost my tongue during the whole thing and I think that everything happened to fast for me. I wished it could've been longer.

Life is bliss, no?

(The author was told that his blog is starting to look like a fan blog dedicated to Koko Kaina to which he agree that it is. He shall try to tackle on current issues and the art of science in future posts as he thinks addiction should be kept to one's self)