Bomfunk MCs: Rock Tha Microphone
Friday, I had my first Flax (Kete) Weaving class and it went from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM. We will have all day studio classes like that about twice a month, the rest will be just 9:00 AM to noon. It was great, and I made my first basket that day! We also learned how to harvest flax (because we have to supply our own after the first few weeks). I think I’m going to really love that class. According to Maori tradition, you must give away your first kete object so I gave it to the first person I showed it to (which happened to be Gee).
That night, I had a ticket to go see Bomfunk MCs at the Hilly. The ticket said the show started at 7:00 PM, but I didn’t know the opening band (Odessa) so I walked over at around 8:00 PM and when I got there they were having technical difficulties or something so the bands weren’t ready to perform so the people at the door said to come back around 9:30 PM. So I left and came back at around 10:00 PM but I had forgotten my ID so they wouldn’t let me in! So I walked back to my room, grabbed my ID and got back to the Hilly in time to see the end of Odessa’s set (they were pretty good, like garage band R&B stuff). During the band change, I sat down next to this girl and we got to talking and she was really nice. Then her boyfriend came over and the three of us talked some more and it was really nice because I felt a bit awkward since I had come by myself. Then Bomfunk came on and since the bar was very empty, I got to be right up close in the front. They were awesome and I just danced the whole time.
The last song they played was “Freestyler” so it was a great finale. Afterwards, me and that couple, Kate and Ciaran, hung out waiting to maybe get a picture with the band and I went over and took a poster for the show off the wall for a souvenir. Then a guy who worked there came over and said that all the posters had been claimed by employees and took it from me. So that sucked. Then the bar closed and they told us to wait outside. Bomfunk never materialized, but Kate and Ciaran offered me a ride back to campus, which was really nice since I had already walked that way five times in the course of the night.
So that’s how O-Week ended for me.
Tags: Hamilton, New Zealand
