r4v3r doing the Melbourne Shuffle

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2007-09-05T20:48:00.000+10:00

Well, it's pretty obvious I haven't blogged for a LONG time. I don't see myself blogging in future at this stage, particularly since I've pretty much 'retired' from the raving scene... but who knows :)Thanks for dropping by anyways!

Long time no see...

2005-05-05T00:06:00.000+10:00

5 May 2005: Dinner at Breeze, Crown TowersWell talk about catching up with old friends!It has been a long time since I have caught up with friends from my Deakin University days, more particularly with the volunteers in DUISS (Deakin University International Students Services).Angela organised a 'surprise' dinner for Eddie who is a steward with Cathay Pacific and was in Melbourne for a short

PHD

2005-05-04T23:22:00.000+10:00

PHD 30 May 2005What has become an almost weekly ritual every Saturday is PHD. For those that aren't aware of what PHD is, it stands for Pure Hard Dance. Saturday morning starts at 7.30am winding down to around 3.00pm. For some it's strange 'clubbing' during daylight hours... for others it has become the norm! The likes of Otek, Soul T, Andy Golden are just a few of the DJs that spin the vinyl in

Digital - 25 April 2005

2005-04-18T23:45:00.000+10:00

Digital Music FestivalDate Monday, April 25, 2005 Cost $59.00 +BF Venue Atlantic Southwharf,Docklands10 mins walk from Flinders Street Station. Market stalls, heaps of toilets, First Aid, ample parking, passouts from 1pm, healthy food on-site, cocktail bar, friendly security, fully undercover (in case of rain), air-conditioning (in case of heat) in one of Melbourne's best facilitated

Basic Shuffle Moves

2005-04-08T17:59:00.000+10:00

Lol... ok ok.. so I was bored, had a little time on my hands...The outcome? Hehe, here it is!Hehe looks stupid doesn't it??!? oh well!I'm sorta working on a FAQ as well.So... Elevation/Altitude/PHD tomorrow? April 9! Looks like a good line up :)

Two Tribes pictures

2005-03-31T00:52:00.000+10:00

Couple of friends, Linda, Caecilia and Me Linda and Caecilia Caecilia and Me Charlene and Me Couple of friends, Jian, Me and Mui-Ping Ben, Me and Steve Linda, friend, Lee Ling, Caecilia and Eva Packed Vodafone Arena

Two Tribes 2005

2005-03-23T13:30:00.000+11:00

13 March 2005: Two Tribes @ Tennis Centre-Rod Laver & Vodafone ArenaMyself, Caecilia and Linda turned up around 10.30ish thinking that we were early. We saw a line stretching from the main entrance all the way to Swan St and down Swan St towards Richmond Station.We were like "...is that the line? no way... it couldn't be... maybe it's for buying tickets? that long? yah maybe... oh hang on... nup.

Upcoming event: Two Tribes

2005-03-08T13:04:00.000+11:00

Woohoo... Two Tribes... *drool* hehe :)I haven't been to Two Tribes in so long... like last year!Looking forward to it. Got VIP tix this time too.Drop me a line if you're going and wanna hook up for a shuffle! :)Only minor setback is I found that Infected Mushroom is also on the same night!Oh well... still a rave :)

Pharmacy

2005-02-21T22:08:00.000+11:00

Yup, yet another late posting :)11 February 2005: Pharmacy @ Metro Headed to Pharmacy at Metro and met Brad, Ben and Steven there around 1.00am.There were more people coming out then there were people going in! Guess we were early :)Cosmic Gate were good, ASYS was even better. Din like the venue that much, but oh well, a rave is a rave is a rave! Hehe.Highlight of the night was watching some

Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year!

2005-01-07T14:36:00.000+11:00

Well, it has been so long since I've blogged I think I've forgotten how, and more importantly what has happened since then! (yes, yes i blame the alcohol!). People have gone back home, some for good, some for holidays. Someone told me to update, so here I am! Hehe you know who you are! :) Happy New Year Everyone! Love you all (some more than most ;) hehehe) Anyways I'll just do some highlights

Street Shuffle #2

2004-11-29T23:08:00.000+11:00

My apologies - had the wrong information up... here's the updated info! (click on the picture to enlarge it) Shuffle.... Hopefully see you there! :)

Ferry Corsten @ QBH

2004-11-23T16:42:00.000+11:00

Friday 19 November 2004: Lavish Well this place is beginning to be the next 'hang out' joint for us. Looks like we're all finally over Next Blue and since loft has finished on Fridays, Lavish it is! It's not a bad place, we like it because there's the outside area, so it's not so smokey. Besides which the chicks there aren't too bad! :p I must say though (and my girl friends back me up on this)

Just do it...

2004-11-14T18:10:00.000+11:00

Friday 12 November 2004: Kum Den & Loft The guys and I turned up at Kum Den in Chinatown for dinner with a friend. We were so early we were the only ones there eating, apart from the wait/kitchen staff! It was only 6.00pm too. We all were thirsty after the msg food we had just consumed so we ended up at loft for a few bourbons. There we almost decided to go to Lavish, just like last week. Amber

Playing with balls...

2004-11-12T10:26:00.000+11:00

I know what some of you are thinking in reading the title to this post... AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT! :p Hehe dirty minds, get it out of the gutter! Basketball Wednesday night saw my team (BBQ Ducks - Mark what's up with that name?!) have an early game at 6.30. It was actually a decent game this time - we only lost by 5 points! I had a chance to draw the game with a 3-point shot and well, I

Awkward moments.

2004-11-08T22:13:00.000+11:00

Ever have one of those awkward moments where one is standing in a group of friends, looking at each other in silence? Wondering who is going to make the first move or say the first thing to break that awkward silence?? Silence so deafening one could hear a fly fart? Yet all around there is the noise of people chatting and laughing, the sounds of life rolling along. Yet this bubble of silence

What a wonderful world...

2004-10-30T21:50:00.000+10:00

Busy busy busy... Long post now! Thursday 28 October 2004: F4, PHD Decided to go to PHD and tried to convince Ivan to go, but alas common sense and logic prevailed! ;) Went to F4 before the PHD as we got to the city way early. It's been a while since I've been there. Managed to have a quick word with Domique who owns the place. My friends and I used to go there all the time last year. It's a

Moving...

2004-10-22T19:45:00.000+10:00

Well haven't really had the time to blog - currently moving house! I don't know how many times you have ever moved house, but this is my first. It's amazing how much junk and crap can accumulate over time :p Tell me, is it an asian thing to horde and collect things that one will probably never ever use in their lifetime? To save and recycle containers, bits and pieces and other things? Lol

Inspirations and motivations...

2004-10-19T21:26:00.000+10:00

Well I know a lot of people have assignments and exams coming up so I thought I would try and motivate and inspire you people to study and to keep being happy with quotes and sayings. :) "I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things one goes around worrying about are of no importance

Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle...

2004-10-17T22:05:00.000+10:00

I was late getting to the shuffle... or so I thought! I drove down bourke st to swanston st and couldn't see anybody wearing phat pants and I was afraid I was going to be only one! The only person I saw was that weird spaceman doing his thing! Anyways by the time I found a park and walked down the streets of melbourne in my phat pants, I could hear the sweet sounds of raving music. I followed my

Shuffle with us...

2004-10-15T01:04:00.000+10:00

Ok, since Hayden wants to turn it into a rave here are the details :p We're meeting at 8pm, corner of swanston and bourke - out front of Nike shop. We will then go from there.If you don't know us or don't know what we look like, you'll probably recognise us - we'll be very visible with our phat pants !! :p Or if you are too shy, please leave your email/details in comments so that I can send you

Street Rave

2004-10-12T23:31:00.000+10:00

Hayden Oberin has organised a street rave for fun! Quoting from his email to me: "its not a secret rave. just me and some friends doing some shuffle in the middle of the city :-) we gona take down some CDs, a speaker and an amp and just shuffle for the fun of it. get some photos and some video. i only want to invite people who will actualy shuffle and have no problem with performing in the

Another raving clip

2004-10-10T13:03:00.000+10:00

Well finally got around to uploading another clip from God's Kitchen. It's just a small one. Not to clear though, since it was quite dark inside the main arena!! Anyways I have a couple more, but I need to reorientate the video (unless you want to watch it at 90 degrees!) Just need to fnid a program to do it! If you know please let me know! -->"r4v3r_clip_2.wmv" <--(2.54mb) Right-Click on

Roses are red, Violets are blue, these tulips are just for you...

2004-10-09T02:49:00.000+10:00

Well 'chatting' with a couple of other bloggers (Mui Ping & Jess) about the Tulip Festival, I thought I would post up some pictures from when I went last year. Something for the girls to get all warm and fuzzy about... apart from me that is ;) Anyways, most of these pictures were taken by me trying to be 'artistic'! Which is another term for me trying to impress a girl ;) Muhahaha j/k! I

A possibility arises...

2004-10-07T01:11:00.000+10:00

Well a friend informed me that there is something coming up: Hardware @ The Metro Looks alright - Hellraiser from Pharmacy is dj'ing. Any takers? :p Here's the line-up: MAIN ROOM Mainstage front and centre. Witness the Wizard alongside Melbourne’s finest techno DJs in a myriad of lighting, sound and visuals.. Jeff Mills (Chicago/Detroit, USA) Ben Cromack Phunk De Sonique LIVE Simon Digby (

Moving on... What's next?

2004-10-05T22:05:00.000+10:00

Well now that God's Kitchen is over, what's next? :p Who's up for Hard Kandy this Friday? Muhahaha! Think the next 'big' thing is actually SummerDayez... Correct me if I'm wrong?? As you can see I'm not quite ready to hang up my phat pants yet!!

..::God's Kitchen::..

2004-10-04T22:31:00.000+10:00

Well what can I say... what everybody else is saying.. it was AwEsOmE! First off we were so excited we go there waaaay early.. think around 11:00pm! It was lucky we did coz when they started letting people we got stuck in this queue lane (think there were 4 lanes with two entries each) with some powertrippin' security guard who thought it was his kitchen coz he was god, with the power to let

Low on Energon Cubes

2004-10-03T11:50:00.000+10:00

Too tired, still recovering, post photos tomoro! But I'd be interested to hear what everybody else thought about God's Kitchen... Please Leave A Comment by clicking on the 'comments'!! Thanks! :)

Relax....

2004-09-30T21:23:00.000+10:00

Tough day at work, had to speak Mandarin to clients yesterday and then today again. Only a mother could understand my aussie version of Mandarin! :p Clients hassling me for this and that. Boss is away on leave for a week, so I get the honours of picking up his slack. Grrrr... Need to relax.... How bout another cutie? Hehehe no no, didn't mean you! ;) Awwww......

Final Countdown...

2004-09-29T23:30:00.000+10:00

And the countdown begins... As of 11:30pm tonite... it's exactly 3 days!!

Anticipation...

2004-09-28T21:47:00.000+10:00

I'm am so hanging out to go to God's Kitchen... Work sux at the moment. Probably because I can't focus on it at the moment!!I think I've done hardly any work last couple of weeks, so my desk is piled up with work that I've pushed aside for now. I've been spending my time looking up rave stuff, downloading music and emailing friends. When work is driving me up the wall I just play some uplifting

Sneak peek of me getting back into it...

2004-09-26T01:05:00.000+10:00

Here's a 'short' clip of me trying to find my rythym again and practising for Gods Kitchen: Comments appreciated!! Good or Bad! :) -->"r4v3r_clip_1.wmv" <--(6.37mb) Right-Click on the above link and click on 'save as' if you don't want to watch the video being streamed.

Will I, or Won't I ... Fit into my 'phat' pants!

2004-09-25T17:57:00.000+10:00

Okie doke. I put on my 'phat' raving pants to see if they fit me... YES! They do! :) Went and bought my tix to Gods Kitchen. WOOHOO!! Anyways here's a couple of pics of me in them, one with flash and one without. With Flash Without Flash Working on a sneak preview of me practising and seeing if I've still got it! :)

TGI Friday

2004-09-24T01:09:00.000+10:00

Well it's true... thank gawd it's friday! Work has been stressful this week. Anyways I'm still soooo pumped and ready to go to Gods Kitchen. I mean check out the line-up! Gods Kitchen Information Anyways I'm gonna bring my camera and see if I can get some really good photos and also clips - especially of the Melbourne Shuffle - maybe of me doing it! :) Here's some pictures of me at Two Tribes

Gearing up

2004-09-23T23:36:00.000+10:00

Hey all! Decided to set this up to hopefully dedicate it to the "Melbourne Shuffle". Almost exactly 1 week before Gods Kitchen here in Melbourne and the line up is look awesome!!!