Okay, so I went to the Japan Waseda Brass Band concert in Komtar, with Ming Yi, Gaik Sean, Yi Han, Jing Ning and Khai Wen. Made us find like crazy people. =.= We couldnt see the MPPP sign while it was so dang big in front of us. And we somehow went to the staircases instead of the lift while we knew we had to take the lift. So, we went yellow lift, yellow lift, yellow lift, AH, HERE! LOL! And finally found the auditorium.
Thought we were late but, hee, someone was even late than us.
Okay, so the concert started and no one sang the national anthem? =S Then we were like OMG, dang nice. I love the horns and trumpets. =p
And the violinists were so cool that they can switch between percussion and strings.
So yeah, we kinda went crazy and so. We went encore encore encore after they finished the last song of the repertoire, which was Pirates of The Caribbean: Symphonic Suite Dang nice! ;D
And we somehow met some weirdos which kept on nagging on us. Hmm, we just kept our smiles on but inside our heart we were already like WTH. =.= Skip that.
After encore, it was encore again, and encore again. LOL! So yeah, I did record some videos. Since I think those who weren't able to make it there would be dang regret like most of them did when they couldnt go for the Nakamura concert.
It eventually ended after 2 hours plus.
While we were going back.
1st shot took in the lift.
2nd shot halfway and the lift door opened. =/
We soon realized that we went to the wrong floor.
So we went back to the lift and, heh, 3rd shot.
Yi Han, Me, Gaik Sean, Khai Wen, Jing Ning and Mieng Yi. =)
So, here's the video. Enjoy! =)
Dont expect too high quality as I only used my iphone to record it. ; )
I had no choice but to hear you You stated your case time and again I thought about it
You treat me like I'm a princess I'm not used to liking that You ask how my day was
You've already won me over in spite of me Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are I couldn't help it It's all your fault
Your love is sick and it swallowed me whole You're so much braver than I gave you credit for That's not lip service
You are the bearer of unconditional things You held your breath and the door for me Thanks for your patience
You're the best listener that I've ever met You're my best friend Best friend with benefits What took me so long
And I've never felt this healthy before And I've never wanted something rational And I am aware now And I am aware now
I went to Hard Rock Hotel yesterday. It's really cool! There's a big all white Michael Jackson sitting statue. There's The Beatles everywhere and I love the Beatles! Hahaa.
I didnt manage to walk every part of it, excluding the rooms of course. But, I like the pool and beach area. If y'have little sisters or brothers, bring them there! They'll definitely love it. The kids' pool area is really cool. And there are rooms that have direct pool access. =D
If you dine in the Hard Rock Cafe area, you'll get to see loadsa instruments or even costumes donated by stars. They had one waitress fully in charge of at least one table, nice system. My bro tried the Legendary 10oz burger! While I had Grilled Hawaiian Chicken. De-boned and nice sauce! ;D But the size of the food is like Chillis, BIG. =s
They dont serve ice water, unless you buy the mineral water and ice, which will cost way lot more than buying a glass of drink. Mostly contains alcohol, but of course, we chose the alcohol free ones. =) So, mum tried the mango something, which is red in colour, taste nice. But I like mine the most =p Something berry smoothie. I like the smell a lot a lot.
But, y'know what, the amount of each glass of drink is almost 2 cups of any usual drinks we had in any restaurant. And the price is very nice too, which is 20++. LOL! If you like the glass, you can purchase the drink at RM80, or so, then you'll get the Special Collectable Souvenir Glass.
While dining there, of course there's loadsa legend, really nice music playing. There's a small Rock Shop, and stage in there. Zoey, who was in charged of our table told me to go up the stage and had a pic taken like a rock star. LOL!
Btw, if you go at night, it's only limited to 21 years old and above. And do remember to bring a jacket along, even during day time, cuz it's very cold in the Hard Rock Cafe.
So yes, head over to Hard Rock Hotel someday, even just visiting. You'll be thrilled with loadsa different things. The walls, the light and everything...
I am so going to search for the small little legos of The Beatles one day. I didnt manage to find it. Boohoo.
i've uploaded these. theresa was the camerawoman. asked her to use my video cam to record. thanks to her. =) but she always capture the wall and curtains instead. and she wasnt steady enough, causing the video cam panning too fast. which explains the blur effects all over it. lol. never mind. thanks to her, still. =) at least i have one records. then i'll just wait for the school dvds. ; )
i was visiting a couple of websites. and i went to WWF. i read a couple of stuff and i started to pledge. =) i've even join the passport thingy. i signed to help save the western gray whale and help protect wild life in malaysia. and i pledged to save the sea turtles too.
i've added a couple of banners to the side of my blog and here are some links.
but end up i chose to buy 100 Best Classics Discs and a magazine. cuz i thought since i still have so many Jodi Picoult's, so it's better i dont buy any new books yet.
but this morning, i went google search. and tada! i get to read most of it, for free.
i'm currently reading Empress Orchid, but some pages are not in it. =(
so i've spent most of my time in front of my dad's computer, trying to finish it up.
it's quite nice. as what i usually read are so western. this is more asian type and more chinese. lol.
and yeah, there's a few things i learnt in this book too. but eunuchs...... it's so... =S
maybe guys wont like this book, but girls, try reading it. =) or maybe is there any guy who'd read it up and let me know his opinion? haha.
btw, i'm going to cinema later on. with family, though. to watch monster vs alien 3D. haha.
we're lucky that gurney has the 3D. as the other 3 are in KL.
i'm gonna go finish up that empress orchid, now. ;)
Happy belated birthday to a friend!
i'm sorry i remember the wrong date. i'm a couple of days late. but still, always be happy and healthy. good luck in everything you do now and in your plannings for your future. you'll always have my blessings. =)
Happy birthday to Anthony, too! always be happy and healthy. =)
She's always on my mind From the time I wake till I close my eyes She's everywhere I go She's all I know
And though she's far away It just keeps gettin stronger everyday And even now she's gone I'm still holding on So tell me where do I start Cause it breaking my heart Don't wanna let her go
Maybe my love will come Back someday Only heaven knows And maybe our hearts will Find their way Only heaven knows And all I can do is hope and Pray 'cause heaven knows
My friends keep tellin me That if you really love her You've gotta set her free And if she returns in kind I'll know she's mine So tell me where do I start Cause it breaking my heart I Don't wanna let her go
Maybe my love will come Back someday Only heaven knows And maybe our hearts will Find their way Only heaven knows And all I can do is hope and Pray 'cause heaven knows
Why I live in despair 'Cause wide awake or Dreaming I know she's never there And all this time I act so brave I'm shaking inside Why it does hurt me so
Maybe my love will come Back someday Only heaven knows And maybe our hearts will Find their way Only heaven knows And all I can do is hope and Pray 'cause heaven knows
Heaven knows.....
nice song. starting to like Dido's album too : Safe Trip Home
snuff box, the boyfriend scene. starring the very funny Matt Berry. lol.
the touch my body by mariah carrey became tuhs my barreh. =.= read the subtitles as you watch. thanks to jes for sharing this video in plurk. i laughed so hard when i watch it. xD
animation. it's not very funny in the beginning. but i find it quite amazing. lol.
currently addicted to starry starry night this song. freaking love it.
i really do like stars more and more nowadays. haha. oh and i suddenly feel like i like oldies more too nowadays. old jor? then dont like those rock music? *well, i never like rock music* preferring slow and smooth and comfort the ears music.. hmm. *i'm not that old yet!* *laughs*
anyway, starry starry night will autoplay on my blog. =) then next is river flows in you. currently addicted to this two. enjoy! =)
Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue and grey, Look out on a summer's day, With eyes that know the darkness in my soul. Shadows on the hills, Sketch the trees and the daffodils, Catch the breeze and the winter chills, In colors on the snowy linen land.
Now I understand what you tried to say to me, How you suffered for your sanity, How you tried to set them free. They would not listen, they did not know how. Perhaps they'll listen now.
Starry, starry night. Flaming flowers that brightly blaze, Swirling clouds in violet haze, Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue. Colors changing hue, morning field of amber grain, Weathered faces lined in pain, Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand.
Now I understand what you tried to say to me, How you suffered for your sanity, How you tried to set them free. They would not listen, they did not know how. Perhaps they'll listen now.
For they could not love you, But still your love was true. And when no hope was left in sight On that starry, starry night, You took your life, as lovers often do. But I could have told you, Vincent, This world was never meant for one As beautiful as you.
Starry, starry night. Portraits hung in empty halls, Frameless head on nameless walls, With eyes that watch the world and can't forget. Like the strangers that you've met, The ragged men in the ragged clothes, The silver thorn of bloody rose, Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.
Now I think I know what you tried to say to me, How you suffered for your sanity, How you tried to set them free. They would not listen, they're not listening still. Perhaps they never will...
" ...... my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars -- points of light and reason... and then you shot across my sky like a meteor. suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. when you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. and there was no more reason for anything. "
although this is 2005 but i like their mallets a lot. cymbals' style was nice. and although you see many mistakes but they're so good that you wont even wanna care about the mistakes. =)
Nakamura Gakuen Girls High School Wind Orchestra Concert & Workshop
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
i went to the concert. so OMG. when i reach there, the lobby was crowded. i cant even find laurine. =.= good thing i saw wei kiat, tall enough. lol.
i thought i was late but am not. met up with laurine, man thing, ai ling, a few more trombonists, wei kiat and yi wen. =)
even in the lift, too many malays squeeze in with us, we all inhaled. haha. and lift was overload. lol.
and i was being so bad. i counted the people who were not people we know, "omg. so charm. 1,2,3,4,5.. uh.... " and laurine understood what i meant. =p
all the way, we laughed so much. while waiting in the ballroom, jes called and said need our help. but laurine and i couldnt get out cuz our tickets are not with us.
so jes got in before wei kiat come. and i asked for our tickets and he thought our tickets are with laurine and we all thought our tickets are with him. =.=
so concert started with some tradisional music to welcome the guest. then i felt the guy mc's voice is so familiar. i was gonna ask jes and the female mc said "i'm fluorence tan" "saya ang..." pop! i remembered. it's mr ang, my tuition teacher. well, used to be lah. lol.
next was sggs members played national anthem. faint jor. =x
after haswani conducted a few songs, it was nakamura's turn! so excited. their sound were so OMG. you'll not believe it is live. most of the time, you'll feel like you're hearing the mp3 you download from web.
they are truely one band one sound!
they even became choir. sweet sound they have. they're so talented!!
but too bad they are all small size. they would be really pretty if they're taller.
i love all the songs they played. the part where the mallets have solos, the trombone solos, trumpet solos and bass clarinet solos. hehe. they were so good!
especially the piccolo and flute soloist. so omg! she's so cute, have sweet smile and always played good solo. i'll show you her pic, later on.
when it ends, everyone cheered for encore. and mr ang so lame. he kept stop them from playing. keep say stuff like it ends here...
and the audience kept shout for encore. so they encore about 4 to 5 songs. they prepared so much. =D
oh! and i like the disney songs which they wore the cute hats that bought from tokyo disneyland. so cute. there were stich, tiger, daisy ducks, minnie mouse etc etc.
it ends around 10.50pm. we went and find mr ang. he looks like agong with the malays costume on. well, like wei kiat said, more like ah gong. =p
cuz he couldnt recognize me and jes. he just know we look familiar. i said i'm amanda. he was still blur. he only remembered when i said i'm alex sister. =.=
then it's very very long until he remember jes. cuz he thought for so long and suddenly "oh! jesmine..." =.=
we were waiting for the lift. but crowded. plus js members wanna bring the timpani down.
so we thought of go to the front lift. but worst. crowded til sot jor. and not allowed to use the staircase.
so we ran back to another lift. not very long it was our turn ad.
we went in, and there were members from chung hua kuala lumpur in it with us. the girl kept press the button non stop. and the lift sot jor. when it got to B2, we were stuck in the lift! o.O
everyone was shock. dont know who to call for help, plus handphone stated no network coverage. and suddenly, the lift moved again. frighten us.
and those people pressed B2, we got to basement. and they wanted to go back up again. but good thing i made decision to get out of the lift. yay! we were safe then. hehe.
got up the staircase and ran to the lobby. phew! what a frightening incident.
then i saw shayne there. speaking about shayne, he didnt recognize me. =.=
i was sitting at the row behind him during concert, and he sms-ed me. but we decided to fool around cuz we thought he were fooling too. but i got bored of it and felt wasting money. so i sms-ed him to ask him to turn to his right and look back. he looked very very far away. =.=
until i called out and he was like so shock. LOL. and when he showed me the msg in his phone, sort of frighten me. =.=
so i got home around 11.45pm i sms-ed laurine, called her didnt answer. then only i remember her phone dont have battery ad. i sms-ed her mum's hp but no reply. i thought she'll call back or so. but she didnt and i fell asleep. too tired. =/
by 4.30am, i woke up. i checked my phone and i saw wei kiat's msg. i didnt get what he meant at first, but after thinking for a while, i understood. i felt like killing shiling at that moment. haha.
but, still i didnt have the full details about the workshop thingy. and i couldnt sleep. so i waited til 7am and called laurine. but she didnt asnwer my calls. i called like around 10 times. =.=
whilie waiting, i sms-ed wei kiat to ask him to lend me his sticks cuz i dont have mine with me. then i couldnt wait anymore. i decided to call her house. cuz i called the others and no one answered my call. felt so sorry for disturbing so early.
finally i get to talk to laurine. but, then, no one is going to the workshop.
which means am alone. i succesfully contacted shiling after many calls with different numbers. cuz she's at her relative's house.
phew! she said okay when i ask her to go along. but one thing, i have to went all the way down to new jetty to pick her up.
luckily we weren't late. they didnt start at all until 9am. but we were so charm. dont know where to sit. wei kiat wanna put us with js since there's only two of us. but seats full. he asked us to sit with chchs, but we didnt want to.
while waiting, shiling did not have any drum pad or sticks. funny. she got drum pad from wei kiat, sticks from tee yeau.
luckily it started and everyone is divided according to sections. while standing there and wait, shi ling dont wanna hold on to her bottle anymore. we went put on top of tee yeau's car. haha.
then i helped shiling to sms-ed him to let him know. very funnily, he replied me " 'on' my car? "
soon, the session starts. it was introduction 1st. we felt so shy. =/
they asked which school are we from. there were pei hua jb, pfs, chchs, js, chung hua kl, union, and when it was our turn, tee yeau helped us to answer. oh thank you so much!
then it's individual introduction. started from pei hua johor bahru to pfs to bm high. then it's gonna be our turn. shiling and i were so nervous. and tee yeau were saying cold jokes. lol.
luckily we were loud enough, did not asked us to repeat again. =D
and it's the nakamura girls' turn. they're nazuki, yuki, mika and the other one, i forgot. =(
then we were divided in to groups again. chung hua kl, union and us, pcghs were one group. our instructor was Yuki! =D
she taught us a lot of stuff. but we sort of have communication problem. lol. she told us she's not very good in english.
but somehow, we did communicate well. =D
see, this is what we call music is our language. haha! when words fail, music speaks. =)
she is so geng. there's nothing she dont know. but somehow, all those stuff she taught, shiling and i ad know all. so no questions were asked from the two of us. and we sort of feel boring.
but after we got to latin percussion, it was quite fun, with yuki kept laughing so much. then haswani came and stopped us all.
cuz it's gonna be combine time! woot!
while waiting for them to arrange the chairs and brass and woodwinds to get back to the hall, we took picture with yuki. hehe. actually i wanted her email only. but then since she was so nice, i asked for a picture too. =p
this is my instructor for the day, Yuki Arimizu. =)
then, while still waiting, MitsuoNonami have got nothing to do, so we decided to take picture with him. asked wei kiat to be our cameraman. haha. and he helped us to ask nonami too.
nonami is so friendly. i thought he's those strict type one. haha.
after that, they combined. cuz there were too many percussionists and not enough instruments. most of us just sat down and listen.
omg. like haswani said, "with different races, age, sex from so many different bands, you guys played as one band one sound"
yes, seriously, it was really one band one sound well, only if you dont fuss about those little tiny mistakes for this session. it was damn nice and good. i was sitting behind nakamura's trumpeters. so nice! =D
then, nakamura performed for us again. and it's all different songs from those they played in yesterday night concert. they really do prepare a lot.
while waiting for them to get ready, shiling and i were searching for seats, then wei kiat called out to us. he have saved two seats for us beside him. and this shiling, damn charm. she purposely sit on outer one. let me sit with wei kiat and say "must one" =.=
luckily both wei kiat and i are chincai people. and we're always sort of on this xi-guan-jiu-hao situation. so like we say, let them continue to say. as long as we do not have anything like them say, just ignore. cuz definitely will meet such things one. haha.
but i really wanna whack shiling. haha. actually nothing one. but because of one message she sent. luckily someone complain to me. haha. by then the nakamura is ready. they played another version of disney songs again. with all those cute hats again. let me show you. well, shiling, me, wei kiat and yi wen were sitting in last row. exactly by the wall, so we stood to watch. and stood on chair to take pics. lol.
they played lion king too! and song from merry poppins! so nice. was sort of swaying along to the music with wei kiat. haha. cuz shiling only stood and watch, yi wen was standing on the chair taking videos.
at last, they wanted to play a very last song for us. mr ishizaka said we cant have anymore encore cuz they needa head to jitra. sad. but then they changed their mind. they didnt play the last song. instead they sang us two songs. edelweiss and white christmas. oh so nice!
so it ends and while waiting for people to clear off 1st, i told wei kiat something. hahaa. laughed til charm.
oh and i wanna kill shi ling at that moment.
then they were starting to pack things.
while waiting for my mum to pick us up. tee yeau, wei kiat, yi wen, shiling and i were chatting. and tee yeau acted like a kid. haha. when we take pictures witht the nakamura members, he will faster run to us and use his cam to take for us. then it's his turn. lol.
this is the cute piccolo and fulte soloist i've been telling you all. she's Aya Uemura. she's so sweet. but if you see her during the practice session, haha! she's fierce. she scolded her member for doing things very slowly.
oh! dont bother bout me. i'll get another one from tee yeau. he took for me in his cam too.
next is this girl, i do not know which instrument she play. but she's the tallest girl in the band. if not mistaken, her name is Arisa Suenaga.
and tee yeau took with her too. and he was like luckily she's not taller than him. =.= lol.
while waiting, we sort of bullied tee yeau. =p yi wen showed her a pic, it was quite near his face but not very near, but he back off so much so that he can see it. and we all started to say he's lao hua ad! haha. then wei kiat say let's give him face, say he has long sightedness nicer. lol.
oh and i took picture with my new friend, yi wen. after we took the pic, i asked her what's her name. she told me it's yi wen. and i was shock. cuz she's the one that wei kiat gave me her number before. just that i do not know her. lol.
here, this is yi wen.
she's bagan jaya's vice president. =)
okay, back to nakamura gakuen girls wind orchestra.
they were not affected by anything! even the audience clapped along and their tempo is still stable. they have all these 360 degress styles. but the volume and quality of their sound never got affected.
and they dont look tired at all after playing more than 13 songs plus singing. and, they're all small size girls. but the energy they have, the speed they breathe in air into their body, the knowledge they have, the friendlyness they have, they're never arrogant!
if you were there, i'm sure you will keep on shouting encore and dont want the night to ends.
the running notes they played, semiquavers non stop but still clear and loud enough.
the cymbalist played semiquavers, dare to muffled the cymbal with enough strength on the body, etc etc, they never played once with any air in it. which means feng sheng laah.
Nakamura Gakuen Girls' High School Wind Orchestra, i love you girls!
haha. especially to yuki. thanks to her so much. she tried her best to teach us as much as possible even though she cant communicate well in english. i pitied her so much. she was like suffering to understand all those questions that were asked by chung hua kl. but she never feel frustrated to teach us.
and at the end, she even asked for my name. and she remembered me and smile to me when she's heading to the bus. =)
too bad i didnt take pic with mika. i knew this from tee yeau, mika is 17! but she is shorter than shiling and me. too bad.
nakamura, gambatteh! hope to see you girls in penang soon again. they're heading to jitra now. =)
btw, merry christmas everyone! loadsa loves to all my friends. =D
This 5th book is the repetition of the 1st book but this time it's from Edward's point of view, of how he thinks, how he struggles with his desires and stuff. =)
a must not miss too. haha.
i'm currently looking for eclipse. but out of stocks in MPH. sad. =(
anyone wanna buy it for me as christmas presents? haha. just joking. anyway, i think tomorrow i'll get breaking dawn 1st. incase it is out of stock before i get one. =D
i wonder when will pmr results be out? i'm so nervous about it ad. hope it wont disappoint me and my family. at least 4As or 5As please. but most important is dont fail. esp history.
i needa reload my digi number. or else my maxis' bill will explode. hehe
spm gonna end soon. that means another month will end. and its gonna be december ad. december - the busy month. sort of lah not really very busy, though. but might be very tiring.
the guy from dell called up. he assisted me to repair my computer attempted to repair but uselsss. 1st we checked out that it is not windows corrupted or whatsoever it is but just software corrupted my dad said might be those programs i downloaded hello? how long have i been using all those programs. but whatever it is. as long as he is not mad at me. =)
i just received an email. china's chinese eat soup with baby in it. i mean HUMAN BABY! and mostly female babies. can you believe it? it's so freaking disgusting. and brainless! how can you just get a baby, put her into a pot, add in all those chinese medicine, and BOIL HER UP. then serve it out to the customers. and the worst is, its the customers who asked for this dish. and paying around 3500RMB or 4000 for each order. then they will pay hundreds to the mother of the baby.
can you believe it that when the baby soup is served, the baby is black in color?!
i know the mothers do this is because of they're poor. but please, it's your own baby. can you just sell it of, to be cooked?! perhaps just get help from those aid society or whatsoever it is. at least, dont torture the baby.
i think it's so disgusting that i dont dare to post the pictures up. but if you wanna have a look, leave me your email address (if i dont have yours), i'll forward it to you.
___________________________________________________ TOO MANY MOVIES TO WATCH, TOO LITTLE TIME.
TWILIGHT will be on cinema on the 27th of november which means 2 days later i cant wait! but who's gonna o with me? T.T
QUARANTINE already showing Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew’s videotape.
sounds interesting. and scary. lol. hope i dont scream my lungs out. well, i never do. haha. unless experience it myself. =)
WILD CHILD 4 December A spoiled teen girl in Malibu is sent to an English boarding school where she learns the value of true friendship.
i've seen this movie's ads on aussie and british mags before. malaysia is so slow. lol anyway, emma roberts is in. review given on mags was nice though.
ANGUS, THONGS, AND PERFECT SNOGGING 18 December Georgia Nicolson is a 14-year-old who lives with nosey parents who don't understand her and an annoying little sister, not to mention she has to wear a beret to school. She would rather be blonde, with a smaller nose and a nice boyfriend. Revolving around her hilarious journal entries, prepare to be engulfed by the world of "Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging" as Georgia experiences the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager.
sounds nice too. i wanna watch it all. but one thing, i dont really like to watch movie in cinema. hehe. weird right? but, it's because, sometimes they'll be some brainless people there. secondly, dont feel comfortable while sitting there to watch as at home, have pillows, can sit at position i want and even lie down. not good for eye sight, actually. lol.
but still, sometimes i like going to the cinemas. with friends. hardly get to hang out. so once in a while it's quite okay. hehe.
Short the name, Am`s.
Plays the piano and percussion.
Loves instrumental, jazz and classical.
Likes to read. Fond of hugs.
Loves family and friends.
Call me being eccentric, but I've quite an aversion to liquor and abhor smoking.
Peace ; )
*Psst! I always either forgot or lazy to tag labels on every entry. So do excuse me if you cant stuffs under some labels.* =)
` More Lomo Cameras
` Learn another language; Korean?
` Get income :/
` New piano seriously.
` Vacations; Visit an Europe country
` A long break from everything