been posting alot of pics lately..guess i'm trying to make up for my lack of words with pics instead. like they say...[b]'a picture paints a thousand words'[/b]. ha.
just had instant noodles for dinner. curry flavour..ahhh... :)
been feeling very unproductive. tried my hand at composing new stuff, working on songs that i've [i]KIV[/i]ed for a while. [b]zero. zilch. nada. neigh. [/b]
u get the pic.
exam's coming soon. time to hit the notes...
[i]something for all guitar efx enthusiasts to drool over..[/i]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]eric & i pulled our asses all the way down to changi airport to send off Angel. it's been a while since we saw the morning sun....~[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]eric's first trip to the airport via MRT. ooohh..the excitement![/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]a bunch of school kids on excursion. how peculiar...[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]joshua(back view), eric & REQ.[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]nicotine deprivation can do alot to a person.[/b]
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[b][u]24-04-04[/u][/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]the observatory doing their stuff at tower records. nothing short of incredible sounds & music.[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]L to R : dharma, victor & leslie on various guitars.[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]vivian on keyboards with evan on efx, modulators & an iBook(i want that).[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]here we go again.....:roll:[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]"4 little chimneys in a row, smoke till their lungs r gonna blow." [/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]bumped into an old childhood friend of mine, huinan, at the observatory gig. wat a pleasant surprise.:D[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]when you're broke & hungry, EVERYTHING tastes good...no matter how pathetic the amount served.[/b]
was browsing thru friendster & seeing by chance alot of old friends & acquaintances. was considering to just drop a note to say hi to all of them but held myself back. just didn't feel like 'knowing them again'.
anti-social? thick skin? proud? arrogant?
[b]maybe. [/b]
was reading some of their profiles...some r pretty interesting, some cliche & of course, the lame ones that conjure up an image of howling winds, a lone crow flying by & getting shot down instantaneously...:roll: but of course, not saying that my profile's fantastic or anything. it'll prob induce the same effects on certain individuals as well...haha...
but it is somewat weird that my recent pics attracted enough attention to have at least a couple of strangers msging me on both friendster & this tblog. go figure...~
been feeling a little moody the past few days. hope the feeling fades out soon enough.
oh yah, has anyone tried the [b]NO[/b] chocolate bars being sold at 7-11? it's pretty nice & it's only $1!
think i've just killed the song [b]perception of me[/b]. drum arrangement was bad, guitars were bad, everything was bad.
listening to a rough drum track steve & i created for the re-arranged version of [b]cyber suicide[/b]. sounds nice but still needs alot of 'filling up' & re-arranging to do.
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was a tediously hot afternoon. tried doing some stuff but couldn't really get down to doing them. felt like a day to just melt into a pile of sludge & collect mould & fungi on yourself...
went out to town & met up with jyn, eric & his cousin before heading down to bugis to meet kenny. proceeded to chinatown where steve joined us for a round of karaoke(no $$ still spend so much...haiz...). felt like i was strangling a chicken during some of the 'tougher' songs. murderous...
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it's 7am in the morning & i'm still wide awake. what am i doing? suddenly, a sense of loss is felt in my bones. i haven't felt it in quite a while. hopefully, it'll pass over soon enough. have alot of ideas in my head for things but dunno how much longer will i be putting them off.
i'm back here straight after a blackout that lasted close to an hour that pretty much affected the west of s'pore. it was too stuffy inside my house so we decided to take a walk out to the roads....me & art ended up looking like beggars by the road side, practically begging for some light! :idea: wahaha....hilarious scene...
i've never seen my neighbourhood this spooky before. it was like a scene straight out of silent hill!! totally pitch dark..like we were waiting for some zombies or demons to come out & scare us shitless...
while i'm downloading l'arc~en~ciel's dvd video for their limited edition SMILE album([i]100kbps!! mwahahaha[/i]), this just crossed my mind....
i miss my cousin. just had a nice chat with her on the phone 2 days ago. she's such a delightful girl that i enjoy talking to on the phone & whenever i see her([i]which isn't often btw[/i]), i'm happy.
i still remember when i was 16, she was 12..& we both happened to be on the same trip to phuket with our families. when i first saw her, [b]she had such an angelic face that i almost fell in love with instantly.[/b] so pure & innocent, she talks almost in a hush-hush manner...which never fails to put a smile on my face. :)
but i guess, after the initial rush of testosterone/hormones, i wanted to know her better. we started corresponding via mail([i]pen & paper, thank u[/i]). it was only recently that we started chatting on the phone. she doesn't have an easy life. she's gone thru some pretty difficult times & i think she may still be.
somehow, she exudes this 'aura'(?)...that makes me just wanna give her a hug & take care of her. i'm not saying that she can't take care of herself or she isn't strong. more like...i just wanna be there for her.
all this may sound like a case of incest to u but hear me out([i]chill![/i]). she's my distant cousin, no blood relations. even so, she's in penang & i'm here in s'pore. and i doubt our families will allow it while breath still flows thru their very lungs.
maybe all this is just a dream....a delusional dream that i hoped would turn into reality.
[i]p.s:somehow, lyrics for The Cure's 'lovesong' comes to mind...[/i]
[b]c'est la vie....~[/b]
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am i becoming more optimistic? friends have been telling me that i seem like a happier & more cheerful person lately. it wasn't too long ago that i thought everyday was like natural disaster.
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]essential needs...what would we do without them?[/b]
just shifted the speakers from my room's com to my main com. much better sound now...better for me to work on songs & stuff..8)
had a fairly interesting night with the guys(sans jiehui) at eric's place. talked thru the arrangements for most of our songs & how we should execute it. pretty productive evening lah...followed by an extremely late KFC dinner that eric's mum bought. now, [b]that[/b] hit the spot... :P
been thinking of cutting down on smoking. with cigarette prices increasing so often these days, it's gonna be pretty tough to upkeep such a habit. furthermore, if i still wanna remain as a vocalist in my band, i'd better preserve my rice-bowl...~
been playing this game called Syberia recently. fantastic graphics, sound, music & more importantly, story. shan't bore anyone with the details so just check out the site for more info. finished the first game & now playing thru Syberia II . visual orgasms...~ :shock:
been working on this song called [b]perception of me [/b]since early 2002. it's never been really properly worked on & rarely played during jam sessions. lyrics have been changing as often as the melody itself([i]at least 5 versions?!?[/i]). here's a brief peek at the chorus line that i think i'll settle on:
[b]please don't tell me it's not working i'm turning back, i'm turning consequences of what's meant to be aren't you happy you're still with me? ... ... stop holding back, stop holding for me[/b]
initially, it had a very [i]concave scream [/i]sortof feel to it but after numerous attempts at the studios, i think we've pretty much developed it further into our own style, something heavier, darker..
hopefully, we'll be able to present this song at our next gig, along with some others... :)
& in relation to eric's latest entry, i wonder when was the last time i had [b]any[/b] dream....
back from a day at sch, learning bits & pieces of how a console mixer works in terms of routing signals to specific devices & vice versa. ok, i know the jargon's kinda like an overkill but i just somehow prefer to use it, like a constant reminder of wat i've learnt in class but still, i've got a long way to go.
i'm learning as much as i can but i also need to remember that [b]there're others out there who r better than me[/b].
had dinner with my sis at the bt.panjang plaza foodcourt followed by ice cream at swensens. her tummy's getting bigger. it's scary.
overslept today & missed class for the first time. felt really bad cuz i never wanted to miss any lessons, regardless of how sucky my lecturers were...
i was up all night with eric, art & jyn at my place. we were trying to work on the songs 'blood' & 'morning dew'. i think i got kinda frustrated to the pt that i didn't even wanna touch my guitar & computer. i was so drained out of ideas & the lack of inspiration wasn't really helping at all.
i sent neil a copy of 'morning dew' & in less than half an hr, he came up with a snazzy remix that totally blew me away! i felt so humbled & somewat, inferior at that moment. yah sure, maybe cuz he has the right tools & equipment to get it done but the fact that he could pull of a brand new arrangement on it was just madness! sigh....i still have such a long way to go...
alarm clocks, hp alarm on full blast tomorrow. no more excuses this time. :roll:
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]taken on the rooftop of old changi hospital. odd.[/b]
i'm running out of ideas on how to work out some new songs. juices starting to run dry...need some sort of spark to get it all going again....
anywayz, found this pic of the guys hanging out before our esplenade library show. rather amusing..
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]kenny, eric & jiehui hanging out with their brudders..[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]& a rather scenic view of bt.panjang on a rainy day..coincidentally, eric & art left me stranded with a tray of food while they were busy enjoying the sights...~[/b]
after much consistent buggin' from eric, i've moved over to this tblog account. must say it's much better than blogspot. no ads..easy to customize(though at first, it was a little tedious for me).
don't really know wat to to write about at the moment so maybe i'll just post a pic for starters..
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]an old run-down shop house back in my hometown of penang..taken last year[/b]
=http://img48.photobucket.com/... [b]the ferry i service i took as a kid everytime we travelled from penang mainland to the island itself[/b]
