So I decided to take a good listen to Yuna's "Someone Out of Town" and thought it was an easy song to transcribe. Well, I'm not actually transcribing it but I got the chords down.

The chords are: (barre chords) F, Am, G.

Repeat them for the whole song. Listen to the song and you'll get the feel of playing them. Enjoy

I've noticed a lot of people have been visiting my blog to get to Yuna's chords that I've transcribed, well I've made it much easier for the visitors to navigate for the link if they ended up here.

It's on the column to the right if you're here looking for it. Good luck with the songs.

Yuna's chords ------------------------------------------------->

Liked the song and thought I should list the chords down for you people. I wished I could tab Miss Zee Avi's songs instead but I would always be busy enjoying the song rather than concentrating for the chords and I need better hearing skills anyway.

A note, the fingering for this D chord is like you would an A chord, not the barre chord but the open A chord. It sounds better that way. So here you go



Now grovel at my feet!!! Hehehe.

This is another one of Yuna's songs entitled Dan Sebenarnya. I can't figure which C I should use so whenever you see a C chord, try the C or the Cm chord. I've also done the chord diagram for the chords for your convenience. Aren't I nice? *Ducks and quickly evades a barrage of bullets*

Here you go. Lyrics of Yuna's songs were taken from http://malayapark.com/wp/yuna-dan-sebenarnya/

This is the chord diagrams


This is the lyrics

Because I'm a really nice guy and am in the Christmas spirit, here are the chords for Backpacking Arounf Europe and Deeper Conversation by the one and only Yuna! I'll post it with the lyrics later but for now I'll just write down the chords because I'm freakin lazy.

Backpacking Around Europe
D, A, G, Gm (Yeah for the rest of the song, these are the chords, just repeat them.)


Deeper Conversation


Transcribed by the one and only, Nico Afwill Torunjuo Abel. Alright!

I promise to put the lyrics... once I feel rajin enough to do it. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!!!

(Update: I've come across Deeper Conversation lyrics and merajinkan myself to assimilate the chords. And oh, I've colored the chords for ya)

(Update: Blogspot is acting dumb on me. So I replaced the text with an image if you don't mind)

Life can be really bliss. U.O.X. block party was amazing and uhh, crazy for my part. Since I didn't want it to be only me and Deejay coming, I sent out news of the event to everyone who lives near KL that I know. In the end those who came with me was Deejay, my two roomies, my two younger brothers and their friend. Also, as Miss Zee Avi a.ka Koko Kaina was going to perform, I knew I had to do something different stupid and crazy again. I don't know what propels me to do such things, I guess it's what addiction does. So, I thought of making a placard which has, "Marry
Me Zee" written on it and when I talked about this to Deejay and he gave an even better idea!!! The plan goes like this:

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)

Yesterday while trolling around the net, I decided to do my weekly check on Koko Kaina’s YouTube page, hoping that a new song would have come out. But to my disappointment, there were none, so I just decided to scroll down which a few seconds later I saw something that caught my eye. Koko Kaina was going to have an event, on 28^th June which was like, freaking next day. Clicked on the link she gave and ended up at UrbanScapes website, saw the ticket price and the location, was good but the date… It clashed with the day my friend Gigi’s flight to Russia. And thus, the battle of decision making begins…

Nico I : Go to the event my man, there’s nothing to lose.

Nico II : Don’t you idiot, don’t you remember, you have to send off Oi (Gigi, ma good friend) to Russia.

Nico I : B-but, Koko Kaina’s performing. KOKO KAINAA!!!! After this she might be super famous and you won’t have the chance to meet her face to face!

Nico II : You must remember, you value friendship over everything. Or are you going against your principles, eh trash?

Nico I :But, how much would it cost you to get a return ticket to KLIA?

*Checks with people and on the net… RM70*

Nico I : RM70!!!!! Where the heck are you gonna get that much money???

Nico II : Ahh, fuck that. *Pause* Shit, howla eh?

Nico I : *Smses people to tag along*

Nico II : What the hell are you doing?! Stop that!!

Nico I : Too late, looks like we know where we’re going. NGAHAHAHA.

Nico : Stupid subconscious minds…

And thus I went to Klue UrbanScapes, after *hanging out* with my parents in Tesco Ampang and being lost for half an hour. Aqram was there to accompany me even though it was on such a short notice. All the way from Klang summore, a thousand thanks would not be enough to appreciate what he did.

It was 3pm and Koko Kaina was only going to perform at 6.30pm. What to do? Aqram and I checked the schedule which was…

There was Estranged and OAG before her who’ll be performing. But there’s Yuna too! OAG and Yuna performances clashed, so we decided to see how things will go. So after loitering around the building and enjoying a few sights which were…

Teddy, reminds me of someone.

The dude's name is Amir

Then we moved on towards the Lawn Stage where Citizens of Ice Cream were performing. If you asked me before who they were I would say I don't have the slightest idea. Now I do. They were performing some kind of instrumental songs without telling the audiences what was the title or maybe I didn't catch them saying it because they were talking so soft on the mike. They played with the trumpet/horn? and the songs were okayla but not the type I would listen to over and over again. My verdict? An okay band live but I'll be waiting for their songs to be recorded so that I could judge it properly.

The Citizens of Ice Cream playing

Next up was Dian Bang, which at first came on with only two guys, a guitarist/bassist and a dude who I think works with the synthesizers and effects. The first song was also okayla, can tahanla but then the second song killed my ears. The frequency went too high and gave me headaches. When I thought they were another instrumental band, two girls came up, one with a tamborine. And the girl without the tamborine started singing. I can see she got the feel of the music and all but I think she was syok sendiri. Like those who go for a karaoke session and goes all high and everything. Their lyrics were full pa dap pada and not much words. Personally, I'd rate them 2/5.

Dian Bang with only the two dudes.

The whole team finally came up on stage

So the first two bands didn't communicate with the audiences, which was a dissappointment. Estranged was performing next but the lack of crowd made me puzzled but my clock showed it was only 4.25 pm. Took the Estranged team awhile to set up their stuff and all. Then the crowd came... only to sit on the freaking grass!!! A short conversation took place...

Nico: Tuan hamba, bukankah mereka-mereka ini patut berdiri? Khabarnya yang berada di atas pentas itu kumpulan rock?

Aqram: Hamba tidak mengetahui sebabnya tuan hamba, hamba merasakan mereka ini malas.

Nico: Ataupun mereka ini tidak bisa mengetahui cara-cara menikmati persembahan sebegini.

Aqram: Mungkin benar katamu itu hai Sang Beruang.

Nico: Hamba sememangnya handsome dalam bab-bab ini sepertimana yang engkau ketahui selama ini Sang Robot.

And so Estranged performed with their first song, again I didn't get the title (I'm very bad at this). I guess the band was confused to why people sat down so the vocalist started urging people to stand up, which the crowd took quite awhile to do so.

Oooh, I'm in a rock concert... right...

Chocolate Syrup was in the playlist and Estranged announced that their second album will be out. They ended it with two songs, Itu Kamu and a song from their new album. The funny part was during the second last song, Itu Kamu because the vocalist was trying to get the crowd to get involved with the performance. It was a vain attempt.

*The part when Itu Kamu repeats enters*

Estranged Vocalist (Rich): Everybody sing along!!! Itu kaamuu!!! *Shows mike to the crowd*

Audience: *Silent*

Rich: Okay guys one more time!!! *Shows mike again* Itu kamuuu!!!

Audience: *Silent*

Rich: *Shakes head and smiled* I can't hear you guys, c'mon louder!!! *Shows mike again* Itu kaamuuu!!!!

Audience: *In a very faint voice* Itu kamuu

(Band stops playing and the audience's voice can be heard singing)

Rich: Okay everybody, that's what I wanted to hear!!! Thanks for your support and everything!!!

And thus it ended on a high note even though the crowd was really bad. Kudos to Estranged for trying to make things happening.

After that, Aqram and I went off because we didn't see OAG anywhere in sight. We went searching for drinks to quench our thirst. Along the way we checked out the Angkatan Baju Malaya which had lots of clothes designed by independent designers (I'm not into clothes or fashion). Most of them had interesting designs but a lot of the clothes were for ladies, so I got bored halfway walking and scoot off to the building in the search for drinks. We went upstairs and bought two cans of coke for RM8 (I could've bought 3 of those things at my place!). I was worried when I saw the Accoustic Session overflowing with people. So we decided to plough through the crowd to not miss Koko Kaina eventhough OAG was performing at the moment. Everyone was watching Mia Palencia whom I think had a very beautiful voice (from what I can hear from farla).

Then Yuna came dressed in yellow. I think she had a sweet face and when I heard her singing with the guitar in her arms... it blew me away. She has a lot of fans and I can see why. People sang along to a few of her songs and she sang a song she just wrote a week ago. I was honored to be one of the first to listen the song live. Someone should sign her, it would be a waste if so few people know about her. My opinion? Enjoyed her song throughout her session. She plays and sings the kind of song I'd listen to over and over again. Her voice conjures up an image of me sitting by the beach and enjoying the sunset.

People overflowing.

Nico: Shit, where am I gonna sit for Koko's performance?!! NUUUUU!!!!!

Next came Otam, a guy who has this deep and I don't know what's the word for it but it his voice resembles Louis Armstrong to me. I can't forget his first song, Pulau Perhentian. Funny lyrics and it was great too. Another dude whom I just found out on that day existed. If only I was a freaking rich man, I would've set up a record label and sign them in no time. Otam was entertaining but he suffers the same fate as me, we sweat easily. But it was paled by his humor and spontaneous jokes. Ahh, his music was great, I'd give him and Yuna both a 10 out of 10.

Otam performing, a cool guy and a joker too.

And guess who I saw while Otam was performing... Yep it was the one and only person I came all the way from Cheras (I know it's not that far considering Aqram came all the way from Klang but meh, I wanted to sound hyperbolic) to see. This person was the sole reason I decided to come to UrbanScapes and her name isssss Koko Kaina!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Her voice will save many souls and her smile will blow any men (and ladies) away.

Nico: *Goes green and starts to mumble* I'll kill you if that what it takes to be beside her. Hehehe.

And the lady I've been waiting for went up the stage but at that time pulak my camera decided to to have a weak battery which forced me to only have one good photo of her performing and a few bad shots because of the lighting and the camera But I guess some things are just meant to be kept in the heart. She started off with an acapella, asking the audience to snap their fingers to the song. Ahh, how I was melted away when I heard her voice. I thought I was in heaven. And then she sang Poppy, a song about a lover who's a drug addict. Her voice was so serene and God, words can't describe how beautiful it was. One thing that surprised me was her attitude, which reminded me of my friend back in high school. She's like this gutsy type of girl with... I don't know how to describe it. You'll have to see my friend to see the resemblance. Anyway, she looks like the type someone would be happy to hang out with but you know that's just from what I can see, I'm no mind reader. Oh, and she was not quite... tall (trying not to use the word sh*r*, hehehe) and her friend who played the guitar as lead/bassist/shaker/percussion was really good too. *Sigh* I wished I was that good so that I could play with her *Goes into a corner and cries silently* It was then I decided to do something no one could've think of. *Evil grin*

After she finished performing, I aksed Aqram to take a picture of me with her. I told him what I was gonna do and he was like "You're kidding me". One thing I hated was that, people kept cutting my line to talk to herla, take picture with her but I was silent all the way for patience is a freaking virtue. Yeah, the amount of people that wanted to talk to her, interview her, was not alot but many. So I waited until the last girl who took pictures with her and jumped into the chance. Asked her if she don't mind me doing one pose with her. She gladly accepted it. And thus,

She rejected me at first but...

I should've done the devilish + darlie smile, oh well, too overwhelmed I guess.

Koko Kaina: Now you'll have to buy me diamonds from Habib Jewels, remember Habib Jewels or Poh Kong, they're beautiful too. And it must cost you at least thousands.

Nico: (Crap) Sure, how many thousand? (Walao, so mahal one!)

Koko Kaina: At least four zeroes at the back. *Said that with a big smile on her face*

Nico: (Shitted in his pants) Ehehehe, okay, thanks for the pose! You really make my day!

I wished I was her boyfriend or her friend or something, I'd be the guitar if that's possible. But meh, things don't always go the way we like them to be so if I can't do so, then I'll have to look for other options or rather, look back to my fanclub in Russia, hehehe. Geez, I have this knack for being attracted to really hard-to-get girls. I fell in love with her voice, if I was blind I wouldn't care how she looked like, all I cared was the voice.

And so ends the experience started by spontaneity and obsession. Wow.