During one of our practices on the lead up to our Just Kick back for Charity event on the 7th of February, we recorded an impromptu video of a cover song that we ended up performing.

So if you missed out on our live performance, this ones for you.

This is…

“Paper Bag” by Fiona Apple.

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Thanks for the life you provided to your family. Although I will probably never understand the struggles you’ve been through in your life, it makes me feel proud and humbled to be a part of your life. You are a mother of 12,  a grandmother to many more, and on top of that a great grandmother that lasted for more than a decade,

Thanks for showing me that life isn’t about how much you get to accomplish, but about sharing the moments that matter with the people you love.

And although we barely spoke, watching you smile in the presence of your family always brought warmth in my heart.

I know your in a better place now.

Rest in peace.

 

Much love & respect,

Adam

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This is a story about how my day started off like this…

… to ending up like this.

Let me explain…

Saturday the 4th of February marked the day of the Melbourne DayGlow Festival.

DayGlow is a newly established music festival renowned to be “The World’s Largest Paint Party”.

Now your thinking “Ah, that explains the rainbow unicorn jizz covered photo above!” “No wonder your covered in paint!”

DayGlow 2012 was held at the Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse.

To cater for the thousands of attendees, a gargantuan tent was put up in the middle of the grounds.

Rocking up at 4pm, I was pumped and ready for an afternoon of paint, music and celebrations.

Nothing prepared us for the visual celebration that followed.

Everybody was covered in neon bright paint.

People were running around and shouting screams of excitement as shooters armed with paint bottles targetted their next victims.

It took only seconds before I was greeted with ‘friendly’ hugs and pats by strangers I would probably smack the living daylight out of if it weren’t for DayGlow that I greeted with a hearty smile.

We had VIP tickets, and VIP entrants were given a bag with a token for a free bottle of paint and a T-shirt that read Music Is My Drug.

Bottles of paint was purchaseable for $10 each. Bloody expensive if you ask me!

So I supressed my desire to become the next Picasso and let my body become a canvas of artistry.

People were just so willing to squirt their fluids everywhere.

o_O

Awkward phrases aside, everything happened so quickly.

With the doof doof  playing in the background, the music soon took over my body like a trance.

On stage there were paint canons that sent explosions of paint upon musical climax.

The festival was seperated into two sections; indoors and outdoors.

Paintbottles were restricted outside, but it didn’t matter. Everyone was already covered in juice.

An outdoor DJ booth continued playing to cater the a chillout session.

The water-based paint wiped off as easily as it stuck on

The festival went on until nightfall.

As the sun slowly set and darkness took over, the laser lights gleamed brighter into the night.

The arena stayed packed to the brim as the people waved their hands frantically in the air to the music.

The main stage was glorified by the names of The Stafford Brothers, Bombs Away, Timmy Trumpet, Sebastian Morxx & many more.

In my five years since turning 18, this was the first music festival I ‘ve attended.

Loud music and head bopping had never been something I thought I’d enjoy, but coupled with the presence of an amazing group of people, it turned out to be pretty legendary!

Its general knowledge that music festivals are normally accompanied with illegal supplements.

Here’s proof that you can still have fun without the need to pop pills! I have never and will never condone such behaviour.

Besides, MUSIC IS MY DRUG!

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After being MIA for over 6 months, Just For Kicks is back with a more boisterous line up of songs than ever before!

Consisting of the beautiful sounds from vocalist Gwenda, accompanied by yours truly Adam Tam on Guitar, and a surprise guest act teaming up with JFK that is sure to blow your mind away, its true that missing out on this glorious event will destroy thousands of hopes and dreams for the young and disadvantaged across Australia. Fact!

Alongside a number of profound acts including Broken Scar, Christina Peng, Mel Toh Band and more, Just For Kicks will be performing in alliance with Limelight’s The Smith Family Appeal campaign this Tuesday, 7th Februrary 2012. Come by and help FVE and The Limelight raise more for The Smith Family as thousands of disadvantaged kids head back to school in 2012!

What do The Smith Family do? The Smith Family is a children’s charity helping disadvantaged Australian children to get the most out of their education, so they can create better futures for themselves. Help break the cycle of poverty through access to education.

So come support Just For Kick support The Smith Family support the young and less fortunate across Australia. (Support-ception!)

Want more? Check us out on facebook to catch a Blooper Reel!

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Of all the festive celebrations that come and go through the year, my favourite of all would have to be Chinese New Year.

Families & friends host open houses, celebrating the joyous event with lots of food, drinks and warm smiles. The color of red flood the streets, buildings are brightly lit, and oriental symbols wishing a happy and prosperous year decorates the cityscape. This is Chinese New Year in Malaysia.

However, I cannot say the same for Australia. The streets of Melbourne remain unchanged as people roam ignorant and unaware.

So celebrating Chinese New Year in Melbourne would require a different mind set.

This new years, I made it a little more special by preparing a surprise feast at TamVilla!

Oranges! Although they aren’t the proper mandarin orange, Chinese New Year is never the same without them.

To start off, I prepped some snacks. There was Seaweed Biscuit Crackers & Hot Peanut Balls, followed by a serving of Tau Sa Pie.

When dinner time rolled around,  I plated some “Fish” Siu Mai & Man Tao as an entree.

And as a main, we had a whole Roast Duck a la our local Chinese Restaurant!

Tish also cooked up a delicious serving of Tofu & Beef.

And to top it all off, a bottle of Single Malt Glen Morray Scotch Whiskey! (Man, I am getting old…)

 

Chinese New Year is a time to celebrate with family. But although my family was scattered across the globe, I got to spend the beginning of the Dragon New Year with my Aussie family.

My housemate Daniel had never heard of, let alone experience, Chinese New Year, which was a treat I’m sure he enjoyed. He’s even learn to say “Gong See Fa Chai”!

Gong Xi Fa Chai from the TamVilla family!

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