Zoukfest - Rave On...

Another year, another high altitude event organized by the BAT's (British American Tobacco) Kent-killer - Salem Recharge & Zouk (www.zoukclub.com.my) This year, 5th March 2005 at Genting there are 3 different arenas - Gettho Heaven, Velvet Underground and Zouk, the main arena.

Hours before going up to the city of entertainment, we've been told that the door sales had been sold out, not to mention about the pre-sale tix which i failed to obtained even at Zouk itself on the night before the event. We were furious and was about the ditch the plan since we had only 3 complimentary tickets where 7 of us will be going; on second thought it was the weekend and heck, we ain got nothing to loose, so we hit the road for the chilly weather’s sake, oh not forgetting the a complimentary room at Genting Hotel that Velerie had it reserved earlier on.


As expected there was traffic jam upon reaching the peak and that is when my car’s clutch starts giving me problem. I had no problem engaging/disengaging the gears when we’re stuck in the bumper to bumper jam however when I tried to accelerate the engine starts to free-rev and that scared the hell out of me as we’re in the middle of a slope however a quick move allowed me to stop and park my car at the a curve of the road without obstructing the traffic. That was when we decided to walk up and Daniel picked us up half way through as he was coming in from behind.

Checked into the room… walking towards the venue, true enough, there were no more door sales as only ticket holders are able to enter. With 6 of us and only 3 tix, what to do? Try our luck! We managed to get thru the first inspection by showing the policemen guarding the entrance with a few of the tickets though, unfortunately only 3 of us managed to pass through the second entrance. I told the rest to meet me up somewhere at the same time I was cracking my head to come out with a way to bring them in.

Lucky for us, as the wrist entry stickers were ERAPTGEA (Easily remove and
preserve-able to gain entry again) as I was talking with Daniel about where to meet up so that I can pass the ERAPTGEA wrist stickers to 3 of them, they managed to slip in and showed up behind my back. We paid absolutely nothing to club… I think it’s pretty cool rather than paying RM75 to RM200 for a black market tix! Later on that night, we managed to get another 2 frens in by using the ERAPTGEA stickers. Three words – Poor Event Management!

Overall, the main arena was the most packed area and since we’re all trance people. We stood, squatted, jumped and shook there all night long. The whole thing was alright but it ain’t that bad at all considering it was a free party for us.

P/s: Who says Muslims are not allowed to consume alcoholic beverages?

Attendees: Tommy, Yuri, Velerie, Susanna, M&M, Daniel, Patricia and Willy.