Tuesday, March 01, 2005

i am stumped.


i'd like to think it was something else, but a miracle is still a miracle.


last two Decembers rosS went up to Phi Phi Island for a holiday. i have no idea how the association was made, but he got to know a guy working in a snorkel & surf shop on the neighbouring Lantar Beach. the dude's name is amaN and after an exchange of words they got round to talking about music.

now the thing about rosS is that he gets the best contacts in the weirdest places, time and settings. be it online or in the flesh, he gets to meet people who have contacts or who are quite a big deal themselves.

so it was no surprise that this dude just happens to be the brother of an organiser for the Pattaya Music Festival.



like i said. best contacts, weird places.



so the long and the short of it is that amaN wanted to help FrontlineSoundsystem a place to play in the festival itself, but the anticipation for this April's event was cut short when the tsunami disaster happened. a check with rosS confirmed that the Lantar Beach area where amaN's shop stood was badly hit. bloody hell it was facing the ocean, for crying out loud. and so we were in shock for quite a bit and honestly, there wasn't much to hope for. what are the chances. imagine drowning in your own small snorkel shop, with the snorkelling equipments whirling and floating around you. the irony. the news definitely hit the both of us, not only because we thought we missed the chance to get a place in the festival, but also because he was a willing friend who wanted to help us. and since then whenever the Pattaya Music Festival topic came up, all i could ever said was, "i hope the dude got sick of the beach and went away for a holiday". rosS sent out e-mails to amaN to ask if he was alright, but he didn't receive any reply at all. for a good two months he sent different mails. but still no response. still no sign he was still alive.





until yesterday, that is.





i woke up real early this morning to find 4 messages from rosS, the first one being:

"PATTAYA MUSIC FESTIVAL IS BACK ONLINE, SISTERS!!! AMAN IS ALIVE!!"





bloody hell, i thought.

it is a fucking miracle.

i got off the phone with rosS just a while ago and he said he received a mail from amaN yesterday. the dude is alive. details on how he's still breathing is still hazy but thank God he's still alive. not to sound insensitive to amaN's current predicament, what with his shop destroyed and all that, but he actually said that he'd still love to get us hooked for the festival.



so.



watch this space.

bedroom*hair @ 5:11 pm

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