okay here's a little more...

:)

after the blasts of arctic wind we managed to get ourselves up to walk ten blocks and more to Jimmy Mak's... where Winard Harper was playing... his band of an african percussionist, himself being the drummer, a 21-year-old trumpetist called Josh, a saxaphonist, a pianist who's smashing... was the kind of thing you'd like to listen to when you want to have a good time i guess... :) the music was amazing...

we went back and found cherlyn and darius...

morning came and we had our breakfast of bagels and cream cheese from the counter in our inn... (yes we didn't stay at some posh place) and headed off to listen to the PYTO youth orchestra- Anthony Medici Quartet... at Jake's Grill of the Governer Hotel... the quartet was made up of youth of ages ranging from 13-20... sheesh... they were smashing... although i would imagine that they might be slighted as nerds when you first get to meet them without knowing what great experts they are in jazz...

afternoon came and we hung out at downtown going into random shops and stuff...

had to rush back to get our Dee Dee Bridgewater tickets which ian had conveniently left in our hotel room...

after the lunch of burritos... 10 burritos for a cool price of $7.90... beat that man... at Taco Bell

Dee Dee Bridgewater was amazing... she's so sultry and smooth with the audience! her song of "Girl Talk" was humourous although a little X Rated(must be 21 to get in) and her songs were mostly in french, which gave me no excuses not to try to read up a little more on french the moment i get back to singapore... it was embarrassing not knowing all the lyrics but things like "Je suis" and "Joyeux" and what nots... "J'ai Deux Amours" got to get that CD...

anyhow... after which we went to the Champion's Bar at the Marriot Waterfront to catch Jake Cot... he's amazing with the bass guitar.. was playing chords on those! imagine how horrible normal people like us who go one note on the bass guitar would feel... sheesh...

of course there was this drunkard who requested for the jazz band to play hotel california or sth... he verbally abused the band as boring... goodness... the bouncer had to chase him out...

The midnight jam session back at the Governer's Hotel was smashing! we had Susan Werner the singer and pianist... the french dudes- musicians of Dee Dee Bridgewater, and the young talents from the youth orchestra and many other random artists... goodness... it was mind blowing to be standing next to famous people... haha... call me jazzawood sticken! (pun to Hollywood)

the next day was shopping at lloyd's centre... before going for the Jazz last Call at Champion's Bar again... "Go by Train"

I have heard of Lloyd's centre through my marketing class... but then again, i missed out on that example in my marketing test and now that i have seen would come to memory more easily i guess... :) the ice skating rink was tempting but not my priority for now... :)

we hadn't enough for the day so we returned on monday with our bags in tow from checking out of the hotel before 12 and shopped till we ran to catch our train which happened to be two hours late (similar to our ride there) though the speed was a little faster than the trip to portland... the train was crawling to portland... anyone would have ran faster than the train. Honest.

but for now? I am broke and tired. need finances... anyone who could offer should let me know... and erm, i have got coffee so it shouldn't be too bad...

except that next week is going to be a shiong week ahead man...

but that's after tomorrow's marketing field trip to a restaurant!

sweet.