We downed the remnants of our iced coffees and rose to follow the moving crowd. Already, I was regretting the outfit I’d chosen for an all-day event under the sun: An all-black ensemble even Ozzy Osbourne would have thought twice about.
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Perhaps he’d had enough of my comments of ‘Oh my goth, it’s so cute,’ and decided it was best he worked alone.
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The announcement drowns out the music playing as a DJ invites turntable beginners and enthusiasts to try their hands at beat mixing and scratching. Event-goers hurry on stage and take their place next to the best turntablists from E-TracX, one of the most established DJ schools in Asia.
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Seemingly appearing out of nowhere, a friend bellowed in my ear as he joined my party of one. Hafidz soon reappears, furiously tugging at his shirt collar in a failed attempt to cool himself down. Wiping at the sweat forming above his lips, he gestures towards the growing crowd outside the Aliwal Multi-purpose hall.
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