I ma smrat! (spelling errors notwithstanding)

2011-12-06T17:14:00.003+08:00

It has been 1 year and 9 months since I ORD-ed. During that time, I broke up with a girl who in hindsight forced me to make some painful choices. I have gotten together with a girl that is beautiful and respects me for who I am.

I have to remember what I was aiming for. It is now less that 18 hours before my COM231 exam and I have not studied adequately for it. I wanted to aim high for my degree. Unfortunately, I am now aiming for the equivalent of a third class honors and get done over with it.

I promised myself I would get fit and pass my ippt. I did it. Now, I promised myself I would get fit and work out to sculpt a better body, and aim for silver. I have to get started soon. My body is not young anymore, and my knee is giving me problems.

I have a lovely girlfriend who does everything with me. I forgone drinking, clubbing, and staying late nights for a single-minded conviction to my health and body. I am now veering from my path, and I need to keep myself on track.

During this 1 year and 9 months, I have found friends and missed friends. My heart feels slightly sore at how things have turned out with people whom I thought were my closest friends, and how others have treated me. I shall remain resolute; only trust whom I trust, and take the rest with a grain of salt.

Lastly, I need to get started on my novel. Write something.

2010-04-08T23:00:00.003+08:00

Songs to Learn:

Jet: Look what you've done

Driver's High

Muse: Hysteria

The Killers: When we were young

Smoke on the Water

Only God Knows Why

Ignorance

2009-09-14T10:40:00.001+08:00

I spent 40 mins trying to remember and looking and pressing funny stuff on my remote for my dvd player. So i'm gonna write it here.

For my dvd player region free unlock:
Power On
Open the tray
Push 0 four times
Push Pause button

2009-08-22T18:46:00.002+08:00

I'm not that bad.

I have better standards.

I still have hope.

I'm not that condemned.

I still have dreams.

I still have principles.

I'm not slipping.

I'm not losing control.

I'm not deceiving myself.

Am I?

Am I?

2009-05-08T12:32:00.002+08:00

I was just skimming through the Life & Arts section of The Business Times when I saw the caption on an article :"Face the virtual music".

Underneath it has the statement "Tune in to an orchestral concert from your computer and experience the quality and drama of a live performance".

I strongly disagree.

True, the internet can and has spread the accessibility of music as a whole. Lyrics, tabs, music videos, scores, the music itself and every other whatchamacallit are all available online, legal or otherwise. Even classical music.

The size and cost of maintaining an orchestra is very high, and it might mean that present day orchestras are struggling with funding and support.

In this regard, the internet might spread awareness and support, which might mean an increase in more people to orchestral listening in digital form.

However, I still think nothing can change the magic of a live act, especially an orchestral performance.

The history of each and every instrument in the orchestra and how it is maintained and played affects the sound of the orchestra.

How each individual player draws within him/herself the vibe off each other and the conductor after dedicated practice to finally perform to his/her best on this special evening, every evening.

How your inner soul is set on fire when a soloist pulls off his piece flawlessly, with flair and feeling.

The chill down your spine when the conductor flails his baton for that beautifully broiling crescendo.

The simple acoustics of the venue and where you are sitting affects the sound.

To me, an orchestral performance is, first and foremost, appreciation of the sound. But being able to be there when the magic happens and looking at all the performers doing their best, for you, the audience, makes it much more personal.

So many more things add to the enhancement and enjoyment of an orchestral performance.

Besides, the orchestra (which in its essential form is a group of people playing music for other people) dates back to before any recordings of any type was technologically available. The orchestra is meant to be played in front of a live audience.

I feel plugging in headphones, no matter how expensive and how well it works, cheapens the experience.

2009-02-15T15:28:00.002+08:00

Maybe I've lost sight of what makes me me.

Maybe being forcibly mixed with people uncouth, rude and dastardly has altered my internal disposition towards life.

I have to grow this shell to protect myself. To at least survive for another year.

Maybe I've lost sight of what I really want.

Let's make this clear now. I want to experience the world. As much of it as I can, for myself.

I want to go mountain skiing at the Alps, swim in the (still blue) Mediterraneans, find the world's best oysters.

I want to find Tokyo's best underground undiscovered rock band. I want to find America's most famous band not on TV.

I want to go to Dance Valley in the Netherlands, and Creamfields in England. I really, really want (and I will do this next year) to go to Fuji Rock in Japan, Big Day Out in Australia, and Rock in Rio.

I want to run along the sheer slope of a cliff overlooking the ocean. I want to sleep in a house on stilts, in the middle of the sea.

I want to have hot sweaty sex with a Japanese babe I picked up from Shinjuku. I want to make love with the girl of my dreams in Paris, overlooking the Eiffel Tower.

I want to sit down at a cafe in Madrid and discuss nothing with my best friends.

A courtship that isn't a chore. A wedding that isn't grand and presumptuous.

I want to go shopping in Harajuku (again, in summer this time). I want to trawl Hong Kong and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and New York looking for the most awesome streetwear.

I want to pray at the Bodhi Tree in India, at the Wailing Wall (or just look at it, if it's possible) in Jerusalem, at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City, and visit the Kabaa (I think it's banned for non-muslims to enter though).

I want to talk to Banksy and see how he works. I want to find the Alexamenos Graffito. I want to listen to Yo Yo Ma, and touch a real Stradivarius.

I want to write a trilogy.

I will need to not lose sight of my goals. I will need lots and lots of money.

Most importantly, I need to remember myself, and not hate people.

Let it be known that I said this: Feuds and pettiness cloud the mind; time spent retaliating and scheming is better spent appreciating the world for what it has.

One more year and I'm free.

2008-03-09T19:19:00.002+08:00

For all you say about what types of stuff I buy and how it looks like you can get it for $30, you should remember the little details.

My wallet costs more that your shirt, jeans, shoes, bag and underwear.

Up yours, dude.

Travis Fucking Barker

2008-01-20T02:45:00.000+08:00

God-like.

Just when i feel i'm improving in my drumming, Travis Barker breaks a hand and teaches me again how to rock.

2008-01-16T02:03:00.000+08:00

Awesoem

2007-12-25T03:01:00.000+08:00

Okay I gotta load this video up.

Super Mario Meets Vadrum:

Local Talent

2007-12-24T01:53:00.000+08:00

What do you think about local talent?

Apart from the local TV shows like Campus Superstar (which i hate) and Superband (which i hate) and Singapore Idol (oh god), I'm happily surprised to find lots of real talent in the little red dot.

Ling86 seems to be popular:

Apart from the tempo changes which need to be done more naturally and less self-consciously and a few very careless errors, she's pretty good! I haven't gone into listening her lyrics yet.

Yeah I listen to the whole song first. I don't really process the lyrics. Too busy surfing/stoning/gaming to care. But she's got some inspiration from some poet called Larkin, so if I ever get to listen for the lyrics I guess i would appreciate her more.

But listening more and more I get more tired of her. It wears off. It's just a simple ditty.

She's good but I'd want to see her composing other styles of songs rather than "simple melody + chords = slightly intelligent yet pleasing". Only when you start mixing and matching from little genres then your work will be unique, mah.

Cover of Radiohead's Black Star:

Pretty good while it lasts. Going out of tune alot tho. Why no solo ah? Take it simple ah? Or I deaf?

Some Band Covering Aaron Kwok's Ai3:

I put in only cos the bassist is nice. 7 string bass siol. Power leh. But that's about it. He don even fucking use 5 strings.

Is it really that hard to compose a song that will be easy to listen and yet memorable? Like Terra Naomi's Up Here(i prefer it to Say It's Possible).

Hmm. Something that comes to mind is A Vacant Affair. Sarah intro me one! Their track How About Enough (which I like the most) is rerecorded one. The drums were much suckier. Seems they changed drummer or something. Now their new drummer suits their emocore sound. The Departure goes from being screamo to some kinda post-punk pseudo Good!

Plain Sunset is good also. Their River Song is original, catchy in the indie-rock way.

Sian, I wanna hear more. I say so much, but I know its really hard to play as a band in Singapore and make good nice music, let along making it big.

"Idols" on tv have no talent other than looking good and singing well. Their songs aren't self-composed; they're groomed to appear as good(read:artificial) as they can on TV. So much more to ramble here but there you go.

Local singers and bands playing self-composed music in Singapore deserve more support, for so many reasons. But the most important (and decidedly corny) is that those guys are forming music history in Singapore.

Ahhh I dunno. I end with my own band covering Sweet Child of Mine with Peter as guest:

2007-12-23T01:32:00.000+08:00

A very interesting article written in 1995(that's 12 years ago) on one of Britain's richest men, Felix Dennis.

P.S. Page 5-and-a-half onwards seems to be a totally unrelated article caused by faulty programming. So there. Like you're gonna read it anyway ~_~

He made his millions in namely 2 things: Publishing computer magazines at the right time, and Micro Warehouse ($2billion, NASDAQ listed).

He aims to spend a few hours of every day writing poetry.

My father bought his book, How to Get Rich. Normally I would never touch such a book, but this guy was formally a hippie, who made a rags to riches story come true, in true blue 1970s style.

As you might have guessed the 1970s in Britain and USA interest me greatly. Many great bands (Led Zeppelin, The Who are my favourites) composed many timeless songs that fascinated me so much. So I thought it was pretty interesting to read the writings of a person who made it rich in the 1970s.

So this guy who sang a duet with John Lennon for charity (how many can make that claim? I dunno what song tho), who once was jailed for obscenity charges in a magazine, of which he was given a less severe sentence than by the judge for being 'less intelligent' than his fellow accused, is rich.

So what?

It's just so interesting to read such a character, especially from his own writing. He doesn't go into graphs or statistics or stuff like that. He simply assumes you are gonna be able to process those figures yourself, and gets on with what and how he made it. It reads pretty much like an informal book. The way he writes is pretty straightforward, doesn't make any pretensions except for the poetry quotes, but perhaps poetry is simply not my taste.

Basically it contains a few pointers on lessons he learnt while getting rich, but I like the small links it contains to the 1970s culture. Richard Branson is also another one(more connected, as he once owned Virgin Records), but I might never ever start reading about him.

So there.

Development Hell

2007-12-22T00:38:00.000+08:00

Development Hell. The two words that a programmer will never ever admit to having.

Which points us to this article on Duke Nukem Forever.

A few quotes on the milestones that have happened since Duke Nukem Forever was announced on April 28th, 2007:

"The Identity of Deep Throat has been revealed."

"Team Fortress 2"

I lol'd.

Hmmm

2007-12-14T02:48:00.000+08:00

I've always liked chinese music in the back of my mind. They're songs you can hum to. Really good melodies.

What I'm talking about is not the Twins trash(Sorry monkey) and Jolin shit you cheena fuckers are listening to today.

Ah Mei and Jacky Cheung:

The first part is boring. I've uploaded the 2nd part only. Some singaporean guy recorded to his VCR (channel 8 old logo lol). Brings back memories when my grandma house was still crowded with so many uncles and aunties.

Ah Mei:

She power la. Love her.

Ah Mei and Harlem Yu:

Hehehe fried rice. Chinese singers pronounce English so much better than Japanese. Ugh.

As always in every attempt at classification there are exceptions to the general rule. Cao ge and stefanie sun as pointed out by Ryan are awesome. Jay chou is massively talented, but he needs to widen his horizons.

One observation is that the taiwanese and hongkong mainstream music scene is(mainland china is far, far away.) idol oriented. And commercialized, but what isn't, let's carry on. The band takes backstage, and emphasis is on the singer, 100%. Guitar solos are subtle, and drums are loleasy. That's not to say that it's boring. If sung by awesome singers like above, its good. But with people who cant hold a fucking note and are just acting cute, it sucks. Examples are everywhere, not gonna name any.

Songs are also usually NOT composed by the singers, and the music and music video industry is every bit as polished as their western counterparts.

America and Britain have a strong share of idol singers, but a large portion of the music scene is made up of bands. Emo, punk, scream, thrash, death, whatever, the instrument players and the music itself plays a larger role in their music. A good guitar riff is as appreciated as a good wailing. Vast majority of bands also compose their own poison. A good thing about this is that their styles are not dictated then by their song composers (dictated by many other less obvious things). They are allowed creative control of their songs.

Why is it so? I got no idea, I didnt research this shit. Beyond, Mayday, uh.. Shin and F.I.R, thats about it?

Oh One Night in Beijing by some band at the Esplanade:

5 Stars to the old man. AHAHAHA

2 singaporean 'stars' singing one night in beijing:

I didnt know that guy could sing. The one who's singing the falsetto can sing, tho his career fails lol.

Japanese babe singing one night in beijing:

CHINA IDOL SINGING ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING:

She's NOT BAD leh. rough as hell tho. And low key.

I love that song lar. shaddup.

And still the world spins. Gently. Off about 23 degrees. Spinning.

2007-11-28T02:13:00.000+08:00

I think when Andrea Bocelli mouths along to the song when Sarah Brightman sings the beginning, it really goddamn warms my charred shrivelled heart. Why does he still fucking mouth the lyrics? Hadn't he sang a million times enough in rehearsals?

He still loves the music. He still feels it's special, that when Sarah got those notes perfectly and the piece itself is beautiful helps. He really feels the flavor of each note (orchestra and otherwise) as it builds up into the harmony.

That being said, before he mouths the lyrics he gropes Sarah and she reciprocates, clinging on to Andrea. Stop fondling each other. Yuck. This is meant to be classical music. Uptightintheasshole stuffy.

Mmmm.

Limb mates leery of tertiary emancipation; Leeks foresworn.

2007-11-28T01:37:00.000+08:00

Where's Queen? Where's Rolling Stones? Where's Sex Pistols?

Jonny's being incomplete!

The exposition is made. The introspection shall begin.

To err is human.

To put the individual's blame on a cliche is cowardly.

To coldly classify these great spontaneous acts of expression into numbers and letters detracts from the actual experience of hearing the primal instinct of the drums pounding into your feet; the wailing of the guitar screaming out the melody of what you're feeling; the vibration of the bass in your heart willing you to move; the vocalist singing what you cannot.

The introspection has finished. The conclusion will follow.

Please excuse the ramblings of an angry young man.

The poorly rich takes the slightly manic preachers to the state of self denial.

2007-11-28T01:29:00.000+08:00

There are 9 ways of smelling like a freshly promoted chief executive salamander, of which 5 ways are possible in our reality.

Last resorts do not count as a consternation. They taste yellow.

Regardless, the line-dancers lead their monikers into conglomerates; any mustachios are unnecessary.

2007-10-29T01:00:00.000+08:00

Bad brains. SOAD's bassist directed the video.

Regret?

2007-10-26T01:05:00.000+08:00

What are your opinions on the glory days of rock?

I thought the time when The Who and Led Zeppelin (1960s-1970s) would be the glory days.

The Who? Crazy drummer, bassist with godlike skills, a singer with a voice that you can't find anywhere now (seriously, no one sounds like Peter Townshend nowadays) and a guitarist who is just plain unique.

Led Zeppelin? Stairway to Heaven. Not many songs define an era as that song does. American Pie is another definition of an era. The song of hope and hippie and free love and all those corny 1970's ideals that a 6 year old kid today will laugh at and go 'Boy, that's naive.' They also wrote a few songs about J.R Tolkien (Battle of Evermore). Which does explain their distinctness. The drums on Kashmir are very distinctive. Although their performance on the above video is so disappointing.

As for the new bands that are coming out now? Post-punk sounds most promising. I can't name any bands now, I admit I am badly informed in that area. I just like Yellowcard and The Used (does Reliant K count? and Angels and Airwaves and Finch) are two of the possibly hundreds of awesome bands that are out there.

Is there a method to this madness? Simply put: I like the before, and I like what's gonna come next. The past tells me the reason for how it(whatever it is) is. People look to God, I read the history books.

The future is exciting. The future can be shaped. The future is forward, and there's 6 billion people's hopes and dreams. In the next day at least a thousand people are gonna have their wishes come true. The black and destitute homie 16 year old in USA gets his first taste of crack. The shrewd, young China entrepreneur gets his first million. The sick man waiting to die in a old folk's home finally gets to go, in his sleep.

I hate the present. It's presently hateful. What happened, and what's gonna happen, that's all that matters.

Plans, hopes, dreams, fears.

One of these day's I'm just gonna prepare myself to wander around. I don't know where or how or when but it's one of my life's dreams. If I can't I'll just dream about it...

P.S. Remind self to listen to Angels and Airwaves, Finch, Death Cab for Cutie, Reliant K, Taking Back Sunday, Muse, Funeral for a Friend, Secondhand Serenade. Recommended by bruther sarah tau huey, so that warrants a listen =D

Insomnia

2007-10-22T05:17:00.000+08:00

SIR,—In reference to your paragraph in your yesterday's issue [of the Malacca Straits Times Overland Journal], relating to our having seen a sea-monster answering to the popular notion of a sea-serpent, I am prepared to vouch for the correctness of the statement already made to you by the doctor and a passenger by my ship.

Being on the bridge at the time (about 10 A.M.) with the first and third officers, we were surprised by the appearance of an extraordinary monster going in our course, and at an equal speed with the vessel, at a distance from us of about six hundred feet. It had a square head and a dragon black and white striped tail, and an immense body, which was quite fifty feet broad when the monster raised it. The head was about twelve feet broad, and appeared to be occasionally, at the extreme, about six feet above the water. When the head was placed on a level with the water, the body was extended to its utmost limit to all appearance, and then the body rose out of the water about two feet, and seemed quite fifty feet broad at those times. The long dragon tail with black and white scales afterwards rose in an undulating motion, in which at one time the head, at another the body, and eventually the tail, formed each in its turn a prominent object above the water.

The animal, or whatever it may be called, appeared careless of our proximity, and went our course for about six minutes on our starboard side, and then finally worked round to our port side, and remained in view, to the delight of all on board, for about half an hour. His length was reckoned to be over two hundred feet.

JOHN W. WEBSTER,
Commander, S.S. Nestor.
Singapore, 18th September 1876.

The test of courage is not if you are ready to die.

It is whether you have the guts to live your life through.

Come hell on high water, will you live?

When devils walk the earth and God has forsaken us, will you live?

When all is left is none,

And man has thrown away his grace,

When the swan on the lake is the black of the deepest oil,

When Buddhism takes a stand,

When Christianity is bent to suit the world's only superpower,

When communism has proved it can work,

When The Unknown Soldier lies in his grave,

When each dog, every 6 billion of them, has its day,

Will you live?

There are no lies, only mistruths.

No evil, only the misled.

When Pride is Self-Importance.

When Greed is Encouraged.

When Lust is Sex Appeal.

When Envy is Advertised.

When Wrath is the Preemptive Strike.

When Gluttony is encouraged in billions while billions die.

When Sloth is Governance.

Will you live?

Where are the seven virtues?

And the Eight - Fold Path?

Father? Guru? Shi Fu? Venerable?

The test of courage is not if you are ready to die.

It is whether you have the guts to live your life through.

Come hell on high water, will you live?

2007-09-09T04:15:00.000+08:00

Hello jon, its that time of the year again.

Yes this is your inner conscience speaking. Long time no see eh jon? Well listen, before you rot yourself to death in shame and self-loathing, take time off to listen to what your best friends would tell you.

Don't think you'd be so lucky. Don't waste your time hoping. You're useless jon, stop pestering people.

You also have 3 months left before you get stuck for two years. What are you gonna do jon? Have you been planning for your overseas trip? Of course not jon, I'm your inner conscience! I know these things!

Now let's get on to some more stuff shall we jon? I've been listening to you blabber about writing this book. You have been talking about writing it for a long time now. How can there not even be a concrete storyline that you've set up, jon? Are you kidding me? Is this one of your procrastination journeys again, where you say you've been working on it but you've actually been doing nothing?

Come on jon, give me a break. Your inner conscience is gonna give up on you soon. And when that happens, you won't be a sad, pathetic little fucker who's dreaming big dreams. You'll just be a sad, pathetic little fucker.

Ain't it.

2007-08-20T00:17:00.000+08:00

Met up with ppl.

Thursday: Dinner at siglap with Jas and Ju. Awesome food. Seafood platter owns Fish & Co's.

Friday: Holland V with Monkey/HH/Florence. Totally sucky band at Wala2 in holland V. Jive-holic or something. The female singer totally sang like a man. ZH got high. Florence has such juicy stories to tell.

Saturday: Watched Rush Hour 3 with pri sch dudes. Slacked. Got my ass kicked at Tekken. Bugis.

Sunday: Monkey/HH/CC/Jia En. Vivo. Far East. Wahiro has awesome sashimi. Icekimo has awesome sashimi.

Rawr.

2007-08-16T01:11:00.001+08:00

okhimarathonpostaheadlolboxors:

I haven't been sleepwalking.

3 months of hell have been done with. 48 hours left till the time where i can finally breathe ( or in my case hack, cough, spit blood) freely.

Cos my attachment's gonna be done!!!!

Which is kinda bittersweet, cos like the coolest babe on earth has landed in Xedge. She's smart, she's witty, she loves rock, she rocks, she loves veggies (I HATE VEGGIES). Ladies and gentlemen, make way for Florence.

Monday:

Boss says: Hi blablablablablabla

Me: Yea yea yea yea

*Boss walks away*

Me: I hate her.

Florence: Yeah. She sucks so.

In other affairs, sarah bruther has gone to brisbane, sam has left for copenhagen, xiangmin has left for california.

Did some bar-hopping and clubbing like no tomorrow (there wasn't). Ruined my throat. I've totally lost my voice now. I make my presence felt by coughing like a cat with an XXXXL furball stuck in his throat.

Went for Esther's 21st birthday! Saw jeanette and fio(and their boyfriends, they're like symbiont creatures, can't see em without), and played some drinking games. Indian poker is the ownage!

Met up for lee2's 20th birthday! Fish & co's with a sore throat = SOREx314153 THROAT.

Ate some disappointing wahiro with Jas. Jas is like, super jaded. extremely. jaded.

Bo has $10k (ten thousand, yes TEN THOUSAND) to buy a computer. Read that sentence again. I'm not fucking kidding. Take the money and run to hawaii i say! Or you could spend $1k on the com and $9k on clothes... tempting eh?

Quek's cat died. poor miaomiao... hit and run accident at the road outside her home. NO1 CARED AND SHE WAS SCRAPED UP AND DUMPED IN THE RUBBISH BIN. DAMN FUCKING ROAD CLEANERS GIVE US THE BODY TO BURY LA.

she was so clawy.. loved to claw the string ball.. loved to claw me.. so cute and energetic. We love you miaomiao..

Visited Ms Peh at Mambai. The fun jokes and gossips we shared were good times. In life and death you were an example to everyone. You still loved the students, you still loved teaching. We still love you, Ms Peh.

Life's short. When you're at the crossroads with your future spread out so far... And people dear to you have run the race and got it over with.

In less depresssing news:

Remind self to take photo of credit card bill and show off. Haha.

After that, run overseas, (possible) gig for october, spend spend spend until NS...

In the near future, dinner tomorrow, saturday dinner at wahiro, sunday wala wala pub.

Gonna sit down and think what to do in these 3 months before going in. An overseas trip and getting drunk are definitely in the M.O.

OKAYBYEITSLIKE2AMLOL

2007-07-19T10:06:00.000+08:00

Additional stuff to read:

The Illuminatus! Trilogy
Death: The time of your life
Lord of the Flies

Waiting for kino members sale only..

2007-07-17T11:22:00.000+08:00

Comics to buy:

Hush (Batman)
Arkham Asylum : A serious house on a serious earth
Batman: The dark knight returns
Watchmen
Maus
Marvel Zombioes

Yes i spend when i'm angry.

2007-07-12T16:00:00.001+08:00

This following poem is composed entirely of actual quotes from George W. Bush.

Make the Pie Higher

I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen
And uncertainty
And potential mental losses.

Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the internet
Become more few?
How many hands have I shaked?

They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
I know that the human being and the fish
Can coexist.

Families is where our nation finds hope
Where our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize society!
Make the pie higher!
Make the pie higher!

Source: Richard Thompson

2007-07-12T10:05:00.000+08:00

Woah The Who is gonna be in this rhythm game called Rock Band (obviously). Looks to be damn nice, with their WHOLE "Who's Next" album available to play! "Won't be fooled again", "Behind blue eyes" .. Classic man... Along with Metallica, Foo Fighters, The Strokes, The Ramones wah fuck so many bands from all over.

Not meant to be hype, but rhythm games have always had famous songs before, but they're always been covers and not the real thing. And only a song or two at most. Now this game dev is saying multiple albums (of which The Who's the first) is gonna be available to play?! Sounds too good to be true.

In fact there has been several homebrew video games (notably DTXMania which HH plays) that allow the gamer to use their own songs (thus whole albums) to play, with their own drum tracks. This of course is much more customizable and its free but I'm pretty interested in how Rock Band is gonna be. It will be worth getting if more big name albums are made available. ^_^

Digression: This history of video games makes for very good reading. What began as simple programs coded as a novelty by smartass scientists has become a multi-billion dollar industry and unarguably an indispensable part of many kids' life.

OK BYE

2007-07-09T08:57:00.000+08:00

Hello, its a beautiful Monday morning, the birds are chirping and... Who the hell am I kidding.

I'd just like to say that I'd be proud to write a book that I would read myself. That I would happily buy, like Terry Pratchett, or Philip Pullman, or Neil Gaiman's Sandman series.

That is my guideline; I'll start on working with that in mind.

Having said that, I feel that Neil Gaiman's writing in novels isn't all that great. It seems that the synergy of plot with visual drawings (comics) allowed the comic artists' to better animate his abstract side; somehow it doesn't translate into his novels, where he's all by himself. You get muddled, you are supposed to feel strongly for his characters yet they all 'feel' like they've been scripted. One-sided and not rounded out.

As for Pratchett's writings, the earlier books tend to use the latter half of the book for a climax, and maybe 1/20 of the remaining for the ending. Hmm. THUD! and Night Watch are the best of his writings that I've read.

Pullman writes well; his sentences seem to flow from one to the other so seamlessly. Maybe because of his Oxford degree in English? ~_~ Much to learn from him.

Just observations. I'm saving money, and after my attachment I will start to crunch for the first draft (hopefully).

2007-06-14T23:40:00.001+08:00

I sianz of anime, punk, being sociable, friendly, helpful, metal, being nice.

I'm not good looking enough, I'm too nice, I'm too klutzy, I'm dumb, I'm sensible, I'm smart, fuck this shit lah.

I think i make up my mind liao i quitting my bands.

I going to pig out, and learn to cook.

I going to reclaim all the thing that is mine first. Too many tendrils of me are all over singapore. My money, my hard drive, my books, this that.

Of 12 weeks, and of 12 weeks later.

2007-05-24T10:01:00.000+08:00

hahahaha it's just super icing on the cake if i can find a girl who can cook.

JUJU:Work work, i got attachment next week, 3 months kampong ubi techpark.. 30 mins away from home... Compared to 1hr++ commute to NYP? hell yeah!

ONE MORE PHASE TO GET OUTTA NYP FOR GOOD!

Anonymous dude!!!! I from school cannot d/l picasa =( will do it at home~ i bet you are monkey. Am i wrong LOL

Jas! mmmm which ingredients hard to find? the worcester sauce can buy from store.. Creole seasoning can make(altho i dont know what oregano leaves and sweet paprika is, haha)... the rice can use normal rice! Improvisation baby! I wanna see a custom Jasmine Shrimp Etouffee Delight!

BRUTHER~~ Your Potato Salad is famous la!! Eaten it once or twice (or thrice) at sometime or other. Verry yummy very indulgablation! Hehe. too bad you're not eligible! Unless we elope and run away to Switzerland... WEEE~

OKAY BABIES HERES MY POST:

FYP BOREDOM

Had Botak Jones which was located in some ulu place in AMK (There are other branches.) I had the U-CRAZY-WHAT?! (Yes. Yes.) which was 450grams of imported beef patty on 2 little buns. Smothered with cheese and some shitake mushrooms on the top. Oh and like, a handful of fries.

My dota/FYP/soon-to-be Granado Espada kaki HJ ordered same, but with bacon instead of shrooms.

Esther and Carri ordered like, fish and chips. Easily devoured. DAMNIT ESTHER, UPDATE YOUR BLOG!

MOTHERSDAYHAPPYNESS

its been an unofficial tradition for my little extended family (1 cute gamer boy, 1 cute ballet girl, 2 pre-pubescent boys from TKSS NCC o.O, 1 slacking loser (me lol), 1 army kia (now FAR FAR AWAY IN THAILAND TAKING CARE OF 2 THOUSAND GUNS LOL GG, 10 uncle/auntie/popo/dad/mum) to eat together every weekend. This means either we go out to some buffet/hotel/hightea/whatever to eat, OR my grandma house.

This usually ends up with the kids(including me) playing goddamn video games, and eat eat eat. Very slackadaisical. Also the kids(including me) run and scream alot.

Right.

For the eve before mothers day ( a saturday if you ppl remember) i decided to repay all these mothers by buying them the famously long queue black pepper crab at the kopitiam in joo chiat place which is located right next to Dexter's house btw(his house smell of it EVERY EVENING. JEALOUS.)

SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT WHO DEXTER IS IN MY PRI SCH FOTO!

Right. I digress. This famous Joo Chiat Place Kopitiam Black Pepper Crab (dunno official name) open at 430, has queue starting from 330, and the queue is damn slow cos eat crab slow mah. The queue start at one end, stretch to the other end and into the bus stop. VERY SLOW.

So BrianOng (BO. HAHA BODY ODOR) repaid his favor for me staying up overnight to help his MOE website while he slept ( cos he didnt get any sleep, and i didnt do much also LOL) and as payment for me helping him get a goddamn distinction in some storyline module thereby contributing to his goddamn 3.81 GPA by helping me cut the queue and straight away order the crabs. 3.5kg. $99 dollars. 2 big overflowing bags of greasy goodness.

My family, especially my mom LOVES eating seafood. My mom can stay at the dinner table for hours picking the bones off fish, shelling prawns, eating crab. U know, these type of eaters. So I got this FAMOUS AROMATIC CRAB up at 630 dinner time, where above-said family members were preparing to eat.

So the pincer part hor... i tell you.. u take out the meat, dip in the sauce, you eat... HEAVENLY. Well my momma was really happy about it. She likes stuff REALLY HOT AND SPICY. And the crab was REALLY HOT AND SPICY! shiok. So the whole family just took a few (there was enough for everyone) plonk it on their plates and start cracking.

It was good. Cos it was a one-week thing, so i decided to give some good food to the family. So kind rite.

BLEH OK NEXT

So i was jamming last week. Wednesday. the place, Beat Merchant in Bugis, needed people to be barefoot. So i put my Havainas there. KNN i come out GONE. Those fucking group of bastard punk rock kids took it, i just know it. My poor 4 month old 49.90 slippers, i will miss you.

So my lead guitarist found a singer. Her vocals are power, but i got abit of the reservation of the music she likes. For now, we asked her to sing 2 of our songs, and we learn 1 (or 2) of their songs. Hopefully its okay.

OK NEXTTTTT

FYP last week, 2nd last day liao. So far all the 3 people who I presented think its okay, with "Good" "Good" and "Well done".

FYP 12 weeks passed faster than expected. I think its cos of the awsome company of HJ Est LeeLee and Carri. We talked. ALOT. We went shopping + dinner. We even went thru a faux breakup with Est and Lee2 breaking up with their BFs. Est and BF are back together and all's well. Dun know about leelees tho... she unwilling to say. =(

Aight. I dun miss a single thing about this room. The aircon's whacked (STUFFY LIKE HELL or very cold!), altho got to see lots of babes and even Tammy(had lunch on the bench next to her lol.). Got renew old friendships, make some new ones, strengthen all others.

Oh well. That's about it. Oh yeah currently i playing Granado Espada. Game is quite a farmfest, they unofficially support AFK-lvling, graphics are quite good, i think it might be just the thing for me once the daily grind of attachment starts. Cos WOW's too much of a time sink, and I run out of interest for PSP liao.. lol.

if you read thru all this, grant yourself a pat on the back. I started typing this post at like 930am, and now its 2pm. HAHA went for lunch in between and slack and this and that. haha

Remind self to book Pirates 3.
Remind self to bug jas and ju.
Remind self to bug quek.
Remind self that PLAY! the concert is coming in less than 1 month's time(already sold out 1 month ago lor the tickets.)

Some Photos

2007-05-21T00:22:00.000+08:00

Look at the nerd

Some photos

NULLUS ANXIETAS

2007-05-20T22:23:00.000+08:00

Hi.

Report done, AES kind of done, geting to poster now.

I want a girlfriend who can cook! LOOKING FOR APPLICANTS NOW.

Been busy/bored/busy/bored.

Oh yah I SAW BILLY ON TV LEI WTF.

Gonna blog about Friday, Botak Jones, the loss of my slippers, and other stuff.

Soon.

NOTE: http://www.unfocusedbrain.com/projects/match_color/index.php for FYP.
Also, gonna stop using Photobucket already. Really lousy and slow.

Of the whooshing sounds as deadlines pass by, of an online diary, and of the intimacy of language.

2007-05-12T00:56:00.000+08:00

did you know this is my 401st post?

Haha~

I guess i'll write something to commemorate ba.

This blog has been my dairy, an outlet to voice my pain, and an outlet for my dearest friends of mine to keep in touch.

Turns out I DO have a few visitors on my blog.

Well, I aim to write thought provoking shit here. I aim to question everything.

I realise I am quite possibly one of a dozen people who interchange between Singlish and proper English. Why write in Singlish, you say? Sometimes people can't understand you if your ideas aren't simple enough man. Why say "Tea packaged in the used condensed milk can with a stick poked through" when you can say "Teh kong"?

Why speak in English then? Well, it's to keep the mind alert and wits sharpened. And in the hope that I might be able to get that farking novel done with.

The duck's having monetary issues, the bigbutt's having toyboy issues, the ass is having NO issues, i'm having punctuality issues(but since when have I not? =D).

I wanna just go take a good nice 12 hr sleep. I go shower and sleep liao.

Oh yeah, my band's vocalist left. Very complicated, but we're jamming on wednesday agn. Mahjong on friday. Dying my hair sometime in between. Dinner with juri and jas some time in between too.

Ciaos.

2007-05-11T21:34:00.000+08:00

Thanks for your comments again, appreciato~

Left one more day to do sai kang then i do report then do finish liao

Currently waiting for my friend to stop doing my report then PLAY DOTA

bye~

2007-05-01T23:59:00.000+08:00

Ooo. Just read juri's comments.

Haha. I dunno why lah. I'm tahaning, if dun tahan then i'm not jon~

bye~

2007-05-01T23:54:00.000+08:00

Hi~

I think i go my grandma house sleep. I see her sleeping by herself in the house is so damn saddening.

Maybe I can bring my PSP, laptop and chargers can stay liao.

I can wake up early and help her defrost whatever she's cooking. I can come back and help her hang the clothes.

I think it's time for me to plot my own life liao.

Of pairs, and the life that everyone leads.

2007-04-29T20:53:00.000+08:00

My dad has written down some depressing stuff on an envelope. He said something about "finding the strength other than 'working' to pay the bills", and "meaningless existence" was inside too.

What's gotten into him? Do I have the courage to talk to him? Will I even talk to him about this?

He dreamt about pairs. A pair of cats, a pair of televisions, it sounded psychedelic. So I told him to buy 2828. Guess what came out? 2829.

Life is going pretty strange around here.

If I ever perform, I'll ask him to attend. I bet he will love my performance.

Now it's not just about myself.

Has it ever been about myself?

Is there something that cheers you up, no matter how down you are? For me, it's letting myself read a book. Or listen to music and thinking of the drumming.

What's yours, dear reader?

Of rock and idols.

2007-04-27T09:00:00.000+08:00

Hello people. I'm here, lucid and reasonable.

The the word 'idol' will be used where it means that any member of the public idolises any artiste in the music industry.

I only caught the last part of American Idol where Jack Black made a fool of himself. Its intended to be a parody of the American Idol auditioning process, where Simon makes his predictable insults.

I think the people like to watch someone putting down someone else on national tv.

I think it was so dumb. But you have to respect Jack Black to suck it up and play the fool as he most often (not always, notably) does. He's better than Sanjaya thats for sure. lol.

Bringing me on to rock idols, and americanised idols. Both have a few things in common. They both need to sing (they both don't need to sing o.o), they both dress up as what they ideally want to be, and they are usually well known.

There is one fundamental difference. All americanised idols do is sing, wave their hands and look good. That's all it does to make the audience happy. But is it good for the audience? When all the person you look up to and admire to does is sing about true love (or the break up thereof), I feel that these idols are not educating their audience. What is so constructive about ogling over his good looks. Sure they might be able to sing, but what do the lyrics mean?

Rock idols sing which sing about ideals. Of struggles and perhaps history. Well of course some compose songs like "Lick my Love Pump" too, but there's one thing in common man, they're all raking in the money.

Don't get me started on hiphop idols. Rappers, yea, respect. The ability to think fast and rap words that make sense and also rhyme demands talent that might not be found in everyone. Not some dipshits who sing "Security cell, I'm grippin oak \ Music loud and tippin slow". Bleh.

I have no time and energy to write a better lament on the horrendous quality of music that the industry is churning out now.

bye

Serenity

2007-04-21T01:47:00.000+08:00

I'd just like to say that I love the shepherd and Wash alot, and their loss really god damn sadden me. No more conscience, no more wisecracks. They'll still be there I know.

I'd just like to say Joss Whedon is a really good writer/director. The universe of Firefly has (though never explicitly *raises eyebrow*) taught about crazy western antics, bar brawls, badly pronounced chinese curses, and family.

Then he goes and kill off the pilot and the priest. Poor Zoe, she really wanted a baby too, i really fucking shocked when he died. Gave me a dose of reality. And the shepherd, he got killed when he settled down. And his mysterious history was never cleared up. I kept going through the show thinking if this was just a bad dream for all of them, that they would all wake up from.

Nope, didnt happen. Shit, shit and more shit happened to them.

I admire the way the captain and the rest went through with this. Like adults. So sad. Very sad. I'm very sad after the happy idyllic 14 episodes of Firefly, and this sobering Serenity.

At least River's more lucid now. And the captain's the captain. And Zoe's zoe. And the doc and kaylee got together, that's good... and Jayne's jayne. I hope Inara and the captain get together. They'll go on.

Everyone will go on, won't they? I mean, some will break when something gets really wrong. I think that's really sad, but there'll be others that will strive on, and that's why the human race is the most profilic sore on mother earth. And that's why humanity is so ugly yet beautiful at the same time.

Here's to Joss Whedon and his piece of art that the audience gets. And appreciates.

And fuck FOX networks for ruining the Browncoats' fun.

In other news, Jonnie has like a dozen nuclei for stories now. Start on stories or think of more ideas? Why am I always thinking in black or white? Do whatever you feel like, Jonnie!

2007-04-17T10:45:00.000+08:00

Games i wannnn
Parappa Rapper for PSP
Monster Hunter for PSP
Xenogears
Supreme Commander

Of lost friends (physically and spiritually), old renewed friendship, and restored faith in friends. (and lost faith in others)

2007-04-15T20:47:00.000+08:00

harro!

dun wanna hang out together liao ah? hanging out with your frens which you hated to hang out with, but suddenly you're all going out with themz?

Thanks for reading my blog, appreciate your kind words!

Hello world

2007-04-08T20:25:00.000+08:00

It sucks okay? It really really sucks.

My life really sucks.

I know i appear to be coping. I know I look like this retaining doesnt affect me. I look like i'm still smiling and joking don't I?

it fucking does all right? I'm wasting my life STUCK IN A FUCKING ROOM and almost all my closest friends are graduated. I'm doing nothing productive now, and I hate commuting to that stupid school and sitting in that stupid fucking room staring at the fucking imac.

I buy things. I BUY THINGS COS I WANT THEM I DUN CARE WHETHER I WANT IT OR NOT FUCK IT. Honestly I don't CARE if my motherfucking G-star jeans get wet, i don't care if i drop my fucking psp, i dont care if my brand new monitor's pretty, i don't care if my laptop is a fucking waste of money, i dunt care if my LV wallet gets stolen, I DONT CARE IF MY FIVE WEEKS OF TAKING A CAB TO SCHOOL EACH DAY AMOUNTS TO 375 FUCKING DOLLARS

I DONT CARE OKAY? I DONT FUCKING CARE ABOUT MY FINANCES I DONT KNOW WHAT I AM GONNA DO ABOUT LIFE I DONT KNOW

I'm fucking jealous gay's got his future and got his life. I'm fucking jealous that brandon has his parents' support to do what he wants and he's got something to fall back to. I'm fucking jealous that juri's all fine and dandy with her boyfriend. I'm fucking jealous that everyone's going on while I'M STILL STUCK IN THIS FUCKING ROUTINE.

Am I going to be the quiet bookwormish skinny scrawny guy that's all nice to his friends? Are you gonna still say 'its gonna be all right', jonny boy?

Fuck you jon.

I'll cope. This retaining won't affect me. I'll look like this retaining doesn't affect me. I'll look like i'm still smiling and joking, won't I?

2007-04-02T11:58:00.000+08:00

PSP Games I've got: Field Commander (UMD)
MSG:Portable Ops(CSO)
Valkyrie Profile:Lenneth(CSO)
FFVII,FFVIII,FF:T(EBOOT.PBP)
Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (CSO)
Tekken: Dark Ressurection (CSO)

PSP Games I'm keeping an eye on : Disgaea PSP
Armoured Core
Katamari Damacy

PSX Games I wanna get : Xenogears
Some Beatmania games? LOL
Some classical games i'll sift through to find

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/454995 *mother of all psp guides*

2007-04-01T12:38:00.000+08:00

2007-03-29T11:22:00.000+08:00

Finally, I have found someone who has put in words what i felt

When asked by Eric Nordern in Kubrick's interview with Playboy if 2001: A Space Odyssey was a religious film, Kubrick elaborated:

“

I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001 but not any traditional, anthropomorphic image of God. I don't believe in any of Earth's monotheistic religions, but I do believe that one can construct an intriguing scientific definition of God, once you accept the fact that there are approximately 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone, that each star is a life-giving sun and that there are approximately 100 billion galaxies in just the visible universe. Given a planet in a stable orbit, not too hot and not too cold, and given a few billion years of chance chemical reactions created by the interaction of a sun's energy on the planet's chemicals, it's fairly certain that life in one form or another will eventually emerge. It's reasonable to assume that there must be, in fact, countless billions of such planets where biological life has arisen, and the odds of some proportion of such life developing intelligence are high. Now, the sun is by no means an old star, and its planets are mere children in cosmic age, so it seems likely that there are billions of planets in the universe not only where intelligent life is on a lower scale than man but other billions where it is approximately equal and others still where it is hundreds of thousands of millions of years in advance of us. When you think of the giant technological strides that man has made in a few millennia — less than a microsecond in the chronology of the universe — can you imagine the evolutionary development that much older life forms have taken? They may have progressed from biological species, which are fragile shells for the mind at best, into immortal machine entities — and then, over innumerable eons, they could emerge from the chrysalis of matter transformed into beings of pure energy and spirit. Their potentialities would be limitless and their intelligence ungraspable by humans.

2007-03-28T16:24:00.000+08:00

In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky once came to him as he sat hacking at the PDP-6.

"What are you doing?", asked Minsky.

"I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-tac-toe", Sussman replied.

"Why is the net wired randomly?", asked Minsky.

"I do not want it to have any preconceptions of how to play", Sussman said.

Minsky then shut his eyes.

"Why do you close your eyes?" Sussman asked his teacher.

"So that the room will be empty."

At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.

2007-03-23T10:53:00.000+08:00

Good morning all my dear readers.

Just blogging about the games i'm looking out for:
God of War
God of War 2
Ico
That titan game thingy
Overlord
Disgaea

If you got any xbox or ps2 games u think roxor, commentzor.

2007-03-19T10:02:00.000+08:00

http://4thavenueblues.blogspot.com

Reading the above blog gives me a breath of old air.

Instead of the use of internet to bitch and whine, or to show badly taken photos of people clubbing, or to lambast the latest American president (While in their tenure as President, each and everyone of them are singularly the worst American president ever.), this all-american blog focuses on something less 'OH LAWL I"M CLABING AND HERSES MY NEW TONGUESTUD".

Because his problems are so old-fashioned. He's struggling with ex-marital woes, family woes, and schizophrenic woes. He doesn't have time to deal with shit like "Who's turn is it with Paris" or "LOOK I"M SMART I BLOG ABOUT POLITICS". Dealing with his own problems is enough.

His blog entries are a tad on the literal side. Reading his blog feels like reading a book.

It is good to know that there are people like that in the world. It warms my utterly shriveled black heart of darkness.

Just a notch.

2007-03-16T22:57:00.000+08:00

A reminder to buy dad that g star raw belt. he say he wants o.o

2007-03-16T21:17:00.000+08:00

Today some funny things happened.

Someone thought I was gay. But I'm not!!! I'm able to appreciate fine specimens of the human species, both female and male.

And then my friend got harassed by a pervert while taking the bus home. The salty bastard was staring, leering and licking his lips at her. SERIOUSLY LAH why you always attract this type of fking disgusting guys? You should walk around with a taser. Then can shoot people. But seriously, that pervert is damn disgusting -_-

Two things to do with sexuality today.

I could wax on and on about how this affects society, like the sexing up of icons such as Christina Augeraleirea and Jolin Tsai, but everyone's interested in, like Heroes or GST or "I went to bintan for hols yay". So there.

On a totally random point, Metallica are so fucking B. I mean, I'm listening to them and some of their songs are so goddamned metal generic shit. I mean, raspy vocals, a great (not like Pete Townshend's genius or Jimi Hendrix's legendary, just fucking generic) guitarist, boring same-old-notes-bass, and an okay drummer. What the fuck, Metallica is overrated. Master of Puppets and a few other songs are great, but that's it.

OKAY, if you are still with me, here is an extremely touching post that I got from blog jumping. About a man who's wife was diagnosed with skin cancer.

In other news, I'm gonna work on getting my archives, and links up.

I'm still trying my best to find irony, sarcasm, satire and stuff like that. It's harder than it looks. I think you need to get older to be better at it.

2007-03-15T17:03:00.000+08:00

for my fellow food aficionados;

that is, the ones who don't say 'Your tastes suck', or 'I like my food better', or 'My poly wanton mee roxxxxlol!!!!!!!11!!1';

that is, learn to SHUT UP AND SAY "MMM NOT BAD LETS GO EAT *HERE* NEXT TIME" DONT YOU GUYS FARKING LEARN MANNERS ON HOW TO BE PLEASANT YA BIATCHES

i digress.

http://www.flutesatthefort.com.sg/home.asp

Back to your daily, boring, mindless, baseless, ultimately useless on the whole cosmic consciousness, actions.

2007-03-15T10:24:00.000+08:00

The Hundreds Blog is going on my favourites list, just for the quote you see below:

http://www.thehundreds.com: So….. where do you see the future of streetwear?

Corgishoe: Fuck streetwear. Honestly, how is it street wear? What is “street” about those who make the designs and those who wear the designs? I don’t see anyone who is “street.” I hate that fucking term. “Street Wear” …what the fuck does that have to do with the lame shit that is categorized in that unfortunate genre. All the shit costs a lot. It’s for privileged people who either still like Nikes or now claim they have been wearing Vans since they were sucking on their mammy’s tit. A bunch of fucking lames all across the board in my opinion.

I woke up at 3am today. I can't sleep because I went back to using my wind-up mechanical alarm clock.

I couldnt sleep because of the ticking man.

2007-03-14T18:03:00.000+08:00

I'm struck with a small epiphany. The distinction between Singapore and its airport is a minor one. The entire country feels like one very large departure lounge; spotlessly clean, no distinct smells, climate-controlled, no one is poor, lots of shopping, no real culture, pleasant enough for the moment, but not a place you want to stay very long.

From Wherethehellismatt.

Also, remind self to blog about faulty keyboards, and the irony surrounding two people.

2007-03-09T15:40:00.000+08:00

Some random things i found:

And a speedrun archive.

2007-03-09T10:08:00.000+08:00

Very good morning to all of you dear blog readers.

I have no life, and i would do anything to get an android made in my exact image to stare at the computer from 830-6pm every weekday, like what I am doing now.

At least I've got this shiny new iMac to play with.

Look at how it compares to the other computer. AHAHHAHA ITS NEWER BIGGER AND SHINIER. Desktops lose!

So it appears that Starbucks coffee loses to Mac in a taste test. That's something cool to observe. Judging from that, it seems that nowadays people don't go for the taste eh? They go for whichever is more marketed, more aesthetically pleasing, more sexy (notice Starbucks logo?).

Just to remind you, consumers of the world, that it is your duty to choose the best (tasting, looking, functional) product; so long as you make an informed decision.

In other news, Borat recently working part time as a model in The Cathay bikini shop :

I'm bored reallllylyylyylylyl bored

2007-03-07T14:18:00.000+08:00

Song to rmb: Bride in Dream (o2jam song)
Album to d/l: the pillows
Anime to d/l: FLCL

2007-03-05T23:52:00.000+08:00

tomorrow: world combat
wednesday: jamming
thursday: nothing
friday: out with jas and juri

i might rant about my FYP tomorrow.

Songs to learn are nypmthentniettime from C.O.F, and hallowed be thy name I.M.

Gonna bring songs + books liao

Got a shiny new imac to play with.

meow

HMmm

2007-03-02T20:18:00.000+08:00

I dunno about guitar riffs, but a nice rock piece to play for drums Mirai no Katera by Asian Kung Fu Generation.

I dunno there's just something about playing drums for that song that i cannot express linguistically.

Its just fun to play.

In other news, there is no news.

2007-02-21T00:27:00.000+08:00

d/led sonata artica, guns n roses, and queens of the stone age.

btw

You are The Devil

Materiality. Material Force. Material temptation; sometimes obsession

The Devil is often a great card for business success; hard work and ambition.

Perhaps the most misunderstood of all the major arcana, the Devil is not really "Satan" at all, but Pan the half-goat nature god and/or Dionysius. These are gods of pleasure and abandon, of wild behavior and unbridled desires. This is a card about ambitions; it is also synonymous with temptation and addiction. On the flip side, however, the card can be a warning to someone who is too restrained, someone who never allows themselves to get passionate or messy or wild - or ambitious. This, too, is a form of enslavement. As a person, the Devil can stand for a man of money or erotic power, aggressive, controlling, or just persuasive. This is not to say a bad man, but certainly a powerful man who is hard to resist. The important thing is to remember that any chain is freely worn. In most cases, you are enslaved only because you allow it.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

2007-02-19T12:30:00.000+08:00

Time to use my summarising skills in school to good use eh?

What Should I Do With My Life? By Po Bronson, a guy who traveled for 2 years all over America and interviewed around 900 people. New York Bestseller List #1.

Summarised from 1 story in the book:

This guy Joe had a career in technical arbitrage (cashing in on inefficiencies of the market), one of the first guys to trade bonds versus bond futures. He'd figured he would retire by 35. But all he'd have then was money, he'd have nothing else.

So he enrolled in premed night classes at Hunter College and NYU, and eventually he gravitated to psychiatry. The book blahblahs, but eventually he found out that psychotic depression was still treated via electroshock.

The patient would be put under general anesthesia, then a current is then run through a patient's brain until it forces a seizure. This serves to trigger a 'cold reboot' of the brain, thereby releasing neurotransmitters in the brian, which control the release of cortisol(among other things definitely), of which psychotic depressives has elevated levels of.

Patients need 6-10 of these treatments within 30 days.

Dissatisfied with this primitive form of treatment, this guy Joe hunted for a cure. Through research, he found that a compound called C-1073 has found to block both cortisol and progesterone.

Joe then wrote to the FDA and received approval for testing. Then Joe was faced with this dilemma; almost 20,000 psychotic depressives commit suicide each month. Should Joe license this to a major pharmaceutical company, or should they pursue it themselves, to ensure the fastest route to the market?

Thus Corcept Therapeutics was formed. Joe used his business skills to raise $26 million (I don't know how) thus using his skills to help what he believed in.

Quote from website:
"Our lead product, CORLUX, is currently in three Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of the psychotic features of psychotic major depression (PMD), a disorder that affects approximately three million adults in the United States each year and for which there are no FDA - approved treatments."

POINT OF STORY: Good use of former skill to help in present venture. Maybe you can use your skills to help what you want to do.

Maybe you can be a biotech executive? lol.

2007-02-16T12:45:00.000+08:00

sonata arctica, no doubt, oasis, metallica, iron maiden, jon bon jovi, cranberries.

2007-02-14T02:31:00.000+08:00

lvl 48 -

Defilers Cloth Boots and Belt - 1202 honor + 40 AB marks.

Advisor's Ring - 306 honor + 20 WSG marks.

Lvl 50 -

Dryad's wrist binding for - 961 + 20 wsg marks.

So i need 2467 honor, + 40 marks of each.

Sounds like a grind, but it'll help with my gear.

And also, shadoweave shoulders.

2007-02-11T01:31:00.000+08:00

Took me 3 days and the flight of a close friend to realise my real reason for being angry.

it was you shooting me as though i am nothing.

i was very hurt, but i realise i am nothing.

only now then i get it! god damn it.

i'll get started on my life. I have no courage no determination no money no nothing.

But i have a sister like you who want me to improve... thanks alot for making sense into my head.

lucky to have you watching my back.

thanks for being my Izzie now i want the real Aix galericulata back!

2007-02-10T23:12:00.000+08:00

I AM SO GONNA PHOTOWHORE

lets start!

So symmetrical rite! I hope the shoes can be more branded next time i it WAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

REQUIM (minus Razi) at mediacorp for guitarist Zam's guitar!

Guitar!

I GIVE U BETTER PICTURE NEXT TIME I PROMISE

So there.... I have botanic gardens next up. =D

2007-02-10T11:52:00.000+08:00

Remind self about feb6 recent pay increases article found in http://business-times.asiaone.com/

lol i dreamt that i went to genting with my friend and i got left behind!!! Then i managed to find my way back!!

STUPID DREAM MAKE ME PANIC

2007-02-08T04:30:00.000+08:00

You're my friend right?

I very hurt that you can say that.

I act appropriately to everyone... I don't say insensitive things to anyone in their face before...

I shocked tat you say that.

I never said any bad things to anyone ever.

I want to think of the best for everyone.

Am I wrong?

I've been Christina for you.

Can you be Izzie for me?

2007-02-08T02:25:00.000+08:00

I like to compare the same character in different places, different outfits, alternate realities, maybe in a pinch or two... I believe nana is believable. Someone so headhardy, so chiongster and believe in her own talent... I believe there's someone out there like that. Such a character, you throw shit at her, she will take all the punches and come out stronger. You'll hate her for her self-assuredness, or you'll love her for it.

"First they came for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Social Democrats,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Social Democrat.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up,
because I wasn't a Jew,
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me."

2007-02-05T01:38:00.000+08:00

more video

ITS STUMBLING INSONMNIA TIME! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

best 6 mins of any movie. ever.

2007-02-05T01:20:00.000+08:00

I'm in one of these moods.

Where you're panicking for your life.

How are you gonna get what you want?

When are you gonna get what you want?

What is it that you want?

What do i do?

I only have 60 more years to live!

2007-02-05T01:18:00.000+08:00

ALL IS FINISHED

I WANTED TO GIVE SOMETHING OF MY PAST
TO MY GRANDSON.
I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD SING
THE SACRED WOLF SONG OVER HIM.
IN MY SONG, I APPLEALED TO THE WOLF
TO COME AND PRESIDE OVER US,
WHILE I WOULD PERFORM THE WOLF CEREMONY.
SO THAT THE BONDAGE BETWEEN MY GRANDSON
AND THE WOLF WOULD BE LIFE LONG.

I SANG.

IN MY VOICE WAS THE HOPE
THAT CLINGS TO EVERY HEARTBEAT.

I SANG.

IN MY WORDS WERE THE POWERS
I INHERITED FROM MY FOREFATHERS.

I SANG.

IN MY CUPPED HANDS LAY A SPRUCE SEED..
THE LINK TO CREATION.

I SANG.

IN MY EYES, SPARKLED LOVE.

AND THE SONG FLOATED
ON THE SUN'S RAYS FROM TREE TO TREE.
WHEN I HAD ENDED,
IT WAS AS IF THE WHOLE WORLD
LISTENED WITH US
TO HEAR THE WOLF'S REPLY.
WE WAITED A LONG TIME
BUT NONE CAME.
AGAIN I SANG,
HUMBLY
BUT AS INVITINGLY AS I COULD,
UNTIL MY THROAT ACHED
AND MY VOICE GAVE OUT.

ALL OF A SUDDEN
I REALIZED WHY NO WOLVES HAD HEARD
MY SACRED SONG.
THERE WERE NONE LEFT!

MY HEART FILLED WITH TEARS.
I COULD NO LONGER
GIVE MY GRANDSON
FAITH IN THE PAST, OUR PAST.
I...WEPT IN SILENCE.
ALL IS FINISHED!

CHIEF DAN GEORGE
SALISH
(1899-1981)

2007-02-05T00:53:00.000+08:00

Okay my comp hanged and fucked my torrents up. so irritated.

My goals:
Storyline, drums, trying to keep in shape in that order.

My reality:
Wowing, eating and sleeping.

Replace crack with WOW and you wont notice the difference.

My far-off aspiration:
Seeing my book(s) in stores, maybe performing abit with a band, suprisingly i haven't thought of a day job, a 9-5 job. Why not? I don't know.

Please jon, work hard on your storyline.

2007-02-01T05:39:00.000+08:00

Bands to Listen (bands'): Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, Scorpions, Micheal Schenkergroup, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne(that's not a band i know), Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Europe, Megadeth, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Cradle of Filth, Alter Bridge, Taking Back Sunday, Children of Bodom, Muse, Coldplay, Korn, Metallica, RHCP, MCR

Bands to Listen : Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Spinal Tap (they're a band to me), Pantera, Pearl Jam

Wahliew, don't need to listen all, gonna listen the albums that made them. Make or break, get it?

Insomnia

2007-02-01T04:13:00.000+08:00

Acoustic version : Pete Townshend : Won't Get Fooled Again.

Jimi Hendrix : The Wind Cries Mary

2007-02-01T02:58:00.000+08:00

Don't click links if you don't want to know.

http://www.widelec.org/index.php?site=detail&id=663

Please click.

Want some corniness? Yes corniness, just for you Juri, kisses!

Courtesy of SparkleTags.com

So dreamy, Sandman-like. Stonerish. I feel comfortable looking at that picture. I don't know why. Got to appreciate the effort people make in these GIF format pictures.

2007-01-21T02:18:00.000+08:00

ITS OLDIES YOUTUBE WHORING TIME

THINGS MY DAD LIKE:
Carly Simon: You're so Vain

Uriah Heep: Lady In Black

Nothing much to report here, ciaos

2007-01-18T01:44:00.000+08:00

Oh my god.

Remember Terra Naomi?

Ronald's friend recommend me, 1 year ago?

She got her big break.

Look...

TERRA NAOMI! I'M YOUR FAN! RAWK ON! FUCK CAPITALIST SHIT LIKE MTV, LETS ALL LIVE HIPPIE-LY!

Who was the other girl.... I forgot her name... The girl who sang "Atlantis City"... I hope i manage to find her soon i really miss her songs too...

2007-01-18T01:07:00.000+08:00

These two videos are related. I'm a fan of The Who, so just shoot me o.O Speed up to around halfway for the second video. Hear the screams of the fans.

Here's to John Entwistle:

An isolated bass track for "Won't be fooled again" feat. Ox:

I should get Fahrul to watch that last video. lol.

This is "Pinball Wizard" ITS SOOOO GOOD.

The Who rocks.

Sally take my hand, we'll travel south cross land...

2007-01-17T03:24:00.000+08:00

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=202727810728657762&q=Edith+Piaf+%26+Charles+Aznavour+-+plus+bleu+que+tes+yeux

2007-01-16T02:49:00.000+08:00

I'm the guy who's not photographed. I'm the guy who's not in the limelight. Don't think i don't know what's going on, you're probably too high, drunk, stoned, proud, idiotic, or dumb to know that i was there.

^_^

basically i'm afraid of being noticed

Brandon's 21st

2007-01-16T01:16:00.000+08:00

Wishing a happy 21st birthday to Brandon, where we celebrated in Marina Mandarin with so much drinks and beer.

To brandon, natasha, quek, yuetling, mama, gay, jap, monkey, yoki, jiaen, boon, lychee, wenqi, dawn, jefric(sic?), Auntie and Uncle;

YAY FOR BEING THERE

Cherish our friendships okay guys? True what you said bro, but the words "Jon has been here for me" is what i shall remember from your drunken self ahahahaha

click yuetling's blog for pics~

Shouting out to my primary school friends that during holidays, we have to have more recreational timing!!!!!

Shouting out to my jamming dudes that I WILL IMPROVE GUYS I DUN WANNA BRING THE BAND DOWN!!!!

Shouting out to jas and juri GIRL POWER!!!

Shouting out to sarah bruther OWMAYGAWDHEROESIWILLBURNFORU!!!!

Reminder to self: Four Horsemen of the (opposite of Apocalypse), tell yipteng i have gundam seed d/led, tell perry DRINKING TIME FEB ONWARDS, ask bra wad is 21st fucking wish is.

I have 60 years left to live, take things one step at a time okay?

2007-01-14T22:40:00.000+08:00

remind self download anime Code Geass

2007-01-14T14:06:00.000+08:00

i remmeber. remind self to ask the group out with sasa, ok bye~

2007-01-14T13:10:00.000+08:00

I wanted to remind myself about something?

fuck i forgot lar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-01-09T15:29:00.001+08:00

19.99

2007-01-09T15:09:00.000+08:00

US$57

US19.90

2007-01-06T02:41:00.000+08:00

Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.

So sayeth the first of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."
"God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically."
So quoeth Albert Einstein.

2007-01-03T23:49:00.000+08:00

promise i will write testis for ppl soon!

2007-01-02T17:33:00.001+08:00

Hi.

Had the most drinks in my life so far, vomited them out, danced with a cute babe (only 30 secs but AHAHA).

What have you done, dear reader?

And now, some pictures:

Ikaros by M.R.Wagner and C. K. Wilde copyright 2006

"Insert comment about materialism of the world here"

HAVE A SPANKING 2007!

2006-12-31T01:51:00.000+08:00

Kell's first original. I hope to play this again someday.

Full of My Despair:

i hopped onto an empty bus,
and slipped into a chair.
i stopped at an empty street
but somebody was there.

that face, those eyes,
do they tell lies?
the touch, that feeling,
so hard to resist.
that kiss, those lips,
a secret to keep.

chorus

is it just me or are you really there?
that shadow that tags on behind.
the conscience i never had,
this shit i cannot bear,
this life that's full of despair.

bridge

will you cut me and leave me to die?
with anguish and pain i lie,
a knife in my gut,
oh man that's just fucked,
i hope that i can deny.

Kell's second original. Very dark, brooding, hope to play this someday.

Dreams

All that sorrow and pain,
flowing in my blood.
I dunno why but i think,
it's not enough.

All that torture u bring,
it's workin in my gut.
It seems I've been screwed all the time,
but i don't blame no one.

(Chrous)

What was that u wanted?
From me??
You haven taken everything,
can't u see?!!
The fact slapped across my face,
but it never had an effect on me,
So pls....
Pls wake me from my dream!!!

I can't help not to be thinking,
that u're playin me on.
All that endless night waiting,
while I'm hearing the same song.
It's hard to keep afloat in a world,
that's pushin us down.
You kept bitchin your problems,
but i never made a sound!!

(Chorus x2)

wake me from my dream....
Pls wake me from my dream!

2006-12-30T01:43:00.000+08:00

http://www.singaporeartsfest.com/festprog.html

PLAY! A Video Game Symphony

(USA/Japan/Singapore)
Asian Premiere

PLAY! is a symphonic extravaganza featuring award-winning music from blockbuster video games performed by a full orchestra and choir. Grammy Award winner Arnie Roth will serve as Principal Conductor and Music Director for the concert series. The music will be accompanied by an array of stunning visuals that highlight memorable scenes from the video games.

Without justice, courage is weak. says:
lets go
Without justice, courage is weak. says:
lol
Hh - Kelea ` Live Alive says:
lets

i book you!

2006-12-27T23:15:00.000+08:00

Stephen Henry Roberts (1901-71) once said: “I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.”

2006-12-25T23:45:00.000+08:00

Hello. Had a long weekend.

Saturday

Went out for the Passion by Eminence concert at Victoria Concert Hall with mama, monkey, boon, sarah bro and nelson. The violinist Ayako Ishikawa SO PRETTY AND TALENTED!!!! Here's a pretty flattering photo of her

WAH SO PRETTY! Totally my dream girl... sigh! I loved "Sailing to the World" and the Chrono Cross and the Tsubasa Chronicle songs especially. Yatsunori Mitsuda was much younger that what i expected to be... so young and so talented.

Only a few technical mistakes i heard and only ONE timing error by Mr.Percussionist... but that was because he was playing a bass drum with his hands, and playing the hi-hat and another bass drum on with his feet... dun say lar, i cannot even play liek that lah!

EVERYONE PERFORMING WAS SO YOUNG AND TALENTED OMG! I performed there in VCH once.... and the concert brought back lots of memories man. It might be that I had a ticket to history, but that remains to be seen 5 years down the road, eh?

Sunday

Went out for lunch at the famous Waraku Japanese restaurant at near katong mall there. We had this little private section all to ourselves and we had to take off our shoes and stuff.

we had some crazy nice food that costed like omg 28 bucks for a small portion of shabu-shabu but tasted SO FREAKING NICE. Salad that was OMG NICE, seared tuna (u know where the chef use blowtorch over the meat) that was FUCKING NICE, udon and soba that were so chewy and elastic OMG GOOD, and barbequeued chicken done in a funky way. They smother a leaf(yes, a leaf from a tree) with miso, and put it over a fire, and put chicken on top, again SIBEI NICE LAH!

Joke of the day was the birthday boy ask waitress reccomendation for drink, she pointed to "Beautiful Lady" AHAHAHAHAH sorry inside joke. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN!

After that went to dexter house to play mahjong and liangsheng won with maximum limit. 6 DOLLARS AND 40 FUCKING CENTS HE WON LEI. WAD THE FUCK RITE?!?!?! IF SINGAPORE NO LIMIT HE WIN LIEK SIAO LAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My mahjong skills went up ALOT that night man, i am strong enough to play with ppl liao. COME CHALLENGE !!!!

After that, went to eat fei-fei wonton mien. Wah, so shiok, i cannot stand it, i ate 2 bowls of wanton mee. defuckinglicious.

MONDAY

Went to Fahrul's house for birthday celebration. ate some GOOOOOD beef and chicken wings. soooo gooooooooood i love malay food ahahahaha. I like mui and zam and nana they so fun. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAHRUL! Slacked, talked, basically had a nice time~

TRIVIA

In replies to Xmas goodwill sms, i have been called 'babe' twice. Seriously do girls even KNOW that i am MALE anymore?!?!?!
I still don't know what my band's name is LOL
All of the above people's (except monkey lol) opinion of my hair is "Beng". /sad

Songs to Learn:

Call me when you're sober - Evanescence
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N Roses
Kryptonite - (errrrrr...... lol)
Lala - Ashlee Simpson

By the way, i'm missing you JURI~~~ and the two other beauties too~ lol.

I leave you with a beautiful picture (i laughed. damn funny.)

OKTHXTATSALLKBYE

2006-12-24T01:25:00.000+08:00

hi~ went to a concert.

very nice omg~ will post more soon in the meantime :

Who the FUCK can rock better with an accordion?

Yes quek the vid's tasteless... but its gone beyond the realm of tasting and its gone up to your nostril hair!

2006-12-09T22:50:00.000+08:00

heya. met another former guildmate along with the ex-HWL, and the ex-MT.

Tistue was funny and full of crap man, ahahahaha!

Here's some cute puppies for you!

2006-12-07T00:12:00.000+08:00

Must improve.

Cannot lose!

2006-12-06T23:33:00.000+08:00

Sarah bro says to audition at BayBeats.

Maybe when we're good enough, only 3rd time jamming together (3 hours together only!!!!)

I'm greedy, but i'll work for it.

2006-12-06T23:05:00.000+08:00

I've been extremely jerkish lately. I wonder why.

Its time to stop talking and start doing again.

2006-12-05T22:43:00.000+08:00

I am pissed off.

Pissed off at this dude over here.

Since this has all been done with, I'll show you what a vestigial organ he is.

He types like a 13-year-old girl. Seriously. I quote:

"fOo~!!! mY aNkLe DiN LeT mE dOwN! hAhA.. tHe LeGaCY hAS bEeN bRoKeN! hAhA.. hMm.."

Who the hell types like that!? And who does he wanna imitate? I know:

A really good role model, i guess. If you're retarded and a closet homo.

He's my friend's FYP groupmate. Totally useless, you know, the type where it really HURTS to try to work with them.

I helped work on my friend's report, checking for grammar and spelling. It spanned upwards of 100 pages. I HAD TO LOOK AT 100PLUS PAGES OF WORDS FOR ERRORS.

But this irritating cockroach was INCOMPETENT enough NOT to know how to insert footer notes, and was ASININE enough NOT to know how to input citations.

"2. I cRaPpeD iN My pAnTs wHiLe SiNgiNg NaTioNaL aNthEm bEfOrE.. "

Does crap come out from your nose while taking the pledge? I guessed so.

What the hell is wrong with you? I mean, take a look at you, making a GIRL do your work for you. And when my friend can't cope, she makes ME DO YOUR DONKEY CITATIONS, DIAGRAM LABELLING, TABLE LABELLING AND PAGE INDEXING.

At least you don't have spelling errors in your report. No wait, that's because you CUT & COPY from your textbooks.

Do you understand why I hate you so much? I had to pick up your slack for you, while you were happily packing your fucking boxes for" sOme MeRcY ReLieF cAMp To HeLp PaCk A gIfT pAcK fOr ThE sMaLL ChiLdReN iN LeBaNoN""

Can you educate yourself before helping others?
"15. i SuCkEd oN a miLk BoTtLe tiLL i wAs iN pRi3.."
No wait, this is asking too much. I'm sorry, baby. Want your diapers changed?

This is only the tip of the shitberg, captain. You will find out that he played soccer, went on a holiday, celebrated his birthday at the cost of not going for his FYP.

Or the time where he did not answer my friend's emails and calls and SMSes to his handphone and housephone for a full weekend. Then to throw shit to the fan, he lied, saying he could not contact my friend.

I call people like this "The slime of society".

Misc

2006-12-03T23:01:00.000+08:00

Hello.

Several reminders for myself:

Japanese Drama "To the one I love" to watch.

Why elfen lied no seeds!!! I cannot download!?!?!?! /sad

NANA rocks <3 size="4">TOO BAD JAS I GOT MORE RANDOM STUFF AHAHAHA

Ella the fawn and Hogan the dog!

CONDOMS LOL

BYE

2006-12-02T22:41:00.000+08:00

Heya.

Who needs movies?

Look at today's Straits Times front page for World. Pope prays in a mosque. That is for me personally, one daring step. Very cool.

Look at the killing of a former Russian guy who was living in London. Assasination via radioactivity. Very cool.

Happy feet? Casino Royale? Pfft.