I'll make this a quick one.

Spent it in Port Dickson with a couple of extremely random friends for the Tiesto thing.

 

 

 

.. But that's where it's fun.  My mum came down to Port Dickson, not only because for a nice dinner with my dad, and with a ridiculously looking -me- .. in shorts and all in a restaurant.

 

 

 

 

But both my dad and my mum were celebrating Mother's Day, past the stroke of midnight........ at the 2 Days of Freedom when DJ Tiesto got on stage.  BLAH.

Happening gila.

 

 

 

 

.. Memang dosa.  But whatever it is, happy mother's day XDDDDDDDDDDDD

Mood: XD

Mood: XD
Listening To: Nothing at the moment.. XD









I made it though.  I start work tomorrow @ Starbucks Ikano, 8pm - 11.30pm.  Huhuhu.  Can't wait XD

.. Although I'm going to die if anybody asks me for an espresso .. or an ice blended frapp.. or.. or... a slice of cheesecake.  I tak tau any of these woi.

BUT.  Today damn syok giler.  Me and a partner in Starbucks, are rookies, and went for the First Impression to sign a couple of documents, etc.  Till both of us saw the contract and ..

... HAhahahahaha.. XD..

The key word here is CONTRACT, ok.

What my partner said:

"So, if we disagree to whatever the terms here, we have to.. cross it out with the pen??"

I was like.. Huh?  Cross what out with the pen?  Aren't we at the terms and condition/contract section?

.. Can cross out terms and conditions of a company meh?

AM CHIO OK.  I NEARLY LAUGHED MY GUTS OUT LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

knn..beh syok contract can cancel out the parts we don't like.  LOLOLOLOLOLOL.  syok giler










WHEEEE. But wtf, I have to apply for EPF??  Where the hell is EPF around this area la jibai.  Need government hospital around PJ area also. .need to get some ..whatever dunowhat fast food outlet jab thingamawig.

oh puki. diededismness.  gotta get all that sorted out by tomorrow or I'll be screwed.

Mood: XD
Listening To: KDU Students gossiping I think.

 

 

 

Besides my iPod mysteriously dying on me because of one stupid java-resource sucking website hotmail.com that shall not be obviously named, I received super good eye candy from my Azereus Vuze..

No, not redtube.com ..that's the other eye candy.. lol

 

 

 

 

I can say that.. James May was so slim back in Series 2!

 

 

 

 

Meaning.. MY TOP GEAR DOWNLOADS FINISHED AFTER 9 LONG MONTHS!!!  With a maximum of 7 peers and 2 seeds... the monsterous 36.65gbs is...fully downloaded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my my my.. XD ... Insomnia's not a bitch anymore XD

Mood: Hungry
Listening To: Mario Biondi - Never Die









I'll be straightforward.  I made it!  But the problem would be the training now.  I have to attend this 3-day training course thing, but .. damn.  They said I need to attend 1 hour of the quick tour thing in the outlet I'm working at in order to proceed to the headquarters to start my training.

With college starting next week, I'll have less time to travel all the way to Berjaya Times Square to start off with the training.  Gah.

Time to pull MORE strings.. XD

But without training, the manager said I can work in the shop.. Just to serve customers and all that stuff, so.. I can't wait.. XD..

Was so happy that the manager called me up to inform me regarding my 1st day, which is this Saturday, to go about that Starbucks outlet to get used to the place.. And y'know what.  On the phone, she told me the time.. and I..










.. instantly forgot about the time right after she hung up T_T.. Took me a few hours to realise that I wasn't paying attention LOL.










Who knows, I might start charging RM 3.50 for ice blended drinks.  8-)

Mood: XD
Listening To: Ocean of Fire - X'mas Medley

PKR S'ngor tunai janji air percuma

Mar 17, 08 9:09pm

Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim berkata kerajaan Selangor bercadang menyemak perjanjian bekalan air yang dimeterai antara dua syarikat dengan pentadbiran BN sehari sebelum hari pengundian. Semakan itu perlu bagi mengelak kemungkinan perjanjian itu - untuk mengurus dan merawat bekalan air mentah di loji Sungai Sireh, Tanjung Karang - dibuat secara berat sebelah demi mengayakan pihak tertentu, katanya di sidang media di kediaman rasminya di Shah Alam. Semakan itu juga untuk membolehkan Selangor, yang diketuai oleh PKR, menunaikan janji dalam manifestonya - bekalan air secara percuma kepada rakyat negeri itu. Beliau tidak menyebut tarikh tepat pelaksanaan program itu susulan semakan perjanjian air antara Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd (PNHB), dan Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) dengan kerajaan negeri belum bermula. Bekalan air percuma kepada rakyat Selangor sehingga 20 meter padu dirancang berkuatkuasa mulai April ini. Turut hadir pada sidang akhbar itu, penasihat PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

FREEE WATERRRRRRRRRRRRRR HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAH










NOW I SHALL NEGOTIATE WITH MY HOUSEMATE TO REDUCE MY RENTAL FEES COS MY RENTAL COVERS ELECTRICITY AND WATER BILLS.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

Mood: XD
Listening To: Dream Theater  - Hollow Years









I WANT A DAMNED MAC FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.

But put that all aside, Reason 4.0 has been out for a few months now, and I finally spent some time on propellerhead.se .. And oh my word, they just can't get any better!

So many new things to offer, and it'll take up MORE space on the HDD.

But once I do that.. I'll have problems getting it around to friends and all I guess... 'Cause of the file incompatibility issue?  It's obvious that the older versions of Reason can not open the newer versions.. So..

Buh.










BUT MY WORD.  86.9% COMPLETE.  CAN'T WAIT CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!1










http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason4/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=thor
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason4/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=thor
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason4/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=thor
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason4/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=thor
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason4/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=thor
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason4/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=thor
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason4/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=thor
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason4/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=thor
http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason4/index.cfm?fuseaction=get_article&article=thor

Mood: XD
Listening To: Handphone beeping.











Once again, I became a miser, and arrived in Bangsar area.  Iz asked me if I wanted to meet him at the studio which was somewhere around that area.  And my word, was it rather..dark to get up there.  Nevertheless, with an outdated map that showed very vague roads that never existed, but somehow DID on the map, I managed to find the spot after some..trial and errors.

This time, it wasn't much of a walk compared to that wonderful day I spent around Jelatek - Bukit Bintang area.  This was only 1km away from where I got off the bus from.  The Bangsar LRT Station.

But of course, I managed to get around the dark roads, and well, guess what I saw in the house-converted studio?



Oh my.

I must say, that is a very good looking sink; in a very good looking toilet.  But not as good looking at what you're about to see..


24-inch Mac loaded with ProTools 7.1 HD, a SHITLOAD OF GOOD FUCKING PLUGINS <3, with 2 + 2 satellites with individual monitor routing for mixing purposes.


Protools HD hardware whatever thing it is, racks, preamps, Line6 guitar rig, and a Windows mouse.


MACPRO!!!!


The first Fender Resonance guitar I've ever held in my hands.. I've never seen one of these for sale on the shelves in Malaysia..


W 5 string bass with super powerful pickups <3.  Very easy, very smooth, and very comfortable to play with.


And the half-year graduated audio engineer for the night, Keith, along with more racks and wires.

I must say.  Though it sounds ridiculous to record a song there at a packaged deal, but after checking out their stuff (especially the thousands of original sound libraries which are worth.. millions?), I'd say it's worth the money for unbelievable mixing.  What stunned me the most is that everything there was original.  No pirated softwares, no Microsoft Windows (except for a certain HP-Vista laptop of course *rolls eyes*) of any sort.  No monkeys fooling around in the studio.










I don't know what others have to say, but I think I've visited one helluva studio that night..










And the person who owns that studio (I think) goes by the name of Anton.  Some multi-award winner person who won awards in musical talents for advertisements and .. whatever he does.

Next visit: Nick Lee.  I've never heard of him, but hearing some of his production makes me want to meet him.  They say that he is the best producer/album master-er, or whatever it is, in Malaysia.  I can't... wait.. XD











PS: I apologise for the lack of pictures.  Didn't dare take pictures of the whole studio and all.. I know for those who are bored, they can watch DVDs or Astro or something.. For me, I'd walk everywhere and mess around with every instrument I see lying around.. lol..

Didn't get to play with the Sitar though T_T

Start:	Sep 27, '08 12:00a
End:	Sep 27, '08 12:45p
Location:	My house's bike parking lot.

3rd year, I think. I forgot about last year.. lol

expired: 27th sept 2005

Mood: Blur
Listening To: Prince - Kiss











I know I'm a little bit too late, but I would like to wish every one of you a Happy Chinese New Year with an open heart, regardless of the times that I have been pissed off, or being bullied by silly comments or conversations online, but whatever it is, Happy Chinese New Year to all of you.  :)

And for those that I've hurt or pissed off in a way, I'm sorry for whatever it is.

Hope you all had a safe and a happy one?

Was in Penang as some of you knew.  But was kind of tied up with the usual emotional family, until I was being restricted from .. outings, I guess.  That, and I just wanted to relax while I had the chance.

And the CNY north-south expressway traffic jam was no joke............... bah.

Besides that, I would like to wish all the lovebirds Happy Valentine's Day.  For those who aren't attached, have no fear.  It's Friendship Week or something, so .. I guess you all should know how it goes?  Whatever it is, have a great one, people. :)










---
.. E kiacc.  Palyica uv drec caycuh, E taletat du fedrcdyht frydajan
so bynahdc cyet ypuid sa.  Huf fryd dra haf oayn CNY cdyndat, E kiacc
drana'c hudrehk du pa yvnyet uv..

Pid huf, fru kejac y cred?  Desa du belg ib, yht suja uh.  Hu desa du
vuum ynuiht, E kiacc.  Ed'c y mud paddan du gaab socamv ullibeat
ehcdayt uv clnafehk ynuiht sucd uv dra desa.

Ed'c ymm ypuid druikrdc, dymg, yht pimmcred, E ytsed.  E ryja paah
moehk du udranc, yht socamv.  Pid fydlr sa.  E'mm suja uh du dra
ubdeuhym bynd eh so meva.  Desa du kad ymm dryd roban ped uv socamv,
yht cdnyeh ed amcafrana huf.  Cusadrehk suna bnuknacceja.  Cusadrehk
frana E lyh kad bnuban aqbaneahla vnus.  Cusadrehk dryd'mm pahaved sa
eh dra hayn vidina.

Lusa, dra faag yvdan Jymahdeha'c.  E'mm keja oui y beala uv so seht.

Kuutpoa.

E tuh'd caa dra buehd uv paehk y lremt yhosuna.  Ev udranc lyh tu ed,
fro lyh'd E?

Drana'c suna druikrdc dryh oui't esykeha.  Kiacc oui ymm yna dryhgvim
palyica drana'c hudrehk suna, lusehk vnus drec sana lremt'c seht.  Hu
suna luhvicehk dansc yht jykia nyhdc ypuid yhodrehk, yhosuna.
---










And bloody cock.. Knowing nuts about KL really sucks.  I'm not sure if going all the way to Wangsa Maju to the JPJ centre is worth it.  Or should I just head straight to Bukit bintang and settle it there since there's a branch there? -_-

All these because.. I don't know how to get to PJ via bus, and I've got no car at the moment.. lol

Mood: XD
Listening To: Nothing









At the moment, I'm filled with honour.  An amateur musician playing along with Berklee's Jazz degree graduate, Wilson Quah of Areca School of Performing Arts, the long-haired-extremely-yaoyeng bassist, and the drummer.  I never got to know their names, but my God, were they bloody good.

The night that I was preparing for, was my cousin's wedding.  The wedding of Michael M. McNeil and Low Mei Lin.  To overcome the curiousity, my cousin was the bride.  And God, is Michael bloody tall.  Lol.

Tonight, what my uncle (Mei Lin's father) did on stage was really sweet.  Although the lyrics were original, but the song wasn't, at least he did something really nice for his only daughter.  What he did was that he changed the lyrics to his favourite guitarist's, who is Eric Clapton, song - Wonderful Tonight - to fit the theme.

The lyrics were really sweet, and it told just about the same story of what Eric Clapton did in his song, except that it was a wedding instead of a normal party.

Don't think that everything went well.  I went on stage late, because I needed to go to the toilet.  And I found out that I pee'd even faster when I heard..


T____________________T

So yep.  The first bar we played, some people cheered becuase they knew what song, but when I came in with the harmony which made it look like a close uncle-and-nephew sort of thing (and ter-left the son-in-law in the background), even some more people cheered - but many people were surprised.

Thanks to my mum who was the videographer and the photographer (She did both at once -_-.. I never knew she grew 2 more hands), I managed to salvage some pictures from her digital camera.. hohoho.



This was the setup, and they were wondering where the hell I was.. Lol


And so, the late comer arrived..


WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.. An young spunky guitarist with an Ibanez, harmonising with a Slowhand follower with an ancient Eric Clapton Crossroad Antigua Special Edition Fender Stratocaster


With my uncle singing, and me taking over the plucked rhythm while Michael takes strumming rhythm


I remember this one!  This is the 3rd final note of the song!

Of course, didn't end there.  This shot was taken 2 nights ago, and this was the grand finale, where Wilson, the bassist and the drummer instantly caught up to sustain the last note for me to have my 5 seconds of fame in front of others XD..



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA XD










Considering skills, Wilson and his jazz ensemble was ranked at the top.  Among my uncle, my cousin-in-law (??), and me, I pulled off the best showmanship and skills on stage to a certain level that people actually commented on it.  I was really touched and would like to thank those who were there for the night!  New found distant cousins from my uncle's side, to my father's friends and Wendeedee's parents!

Before I left, I did say my goodbyes to those I know, worked with, and performed with.  After how beautiful I saw this wedding turned out to be, I never gave a shit about how well or badly I did on stage, and I wished I never did the 2-hands-on-the-neck move, because I was really honoured to play with my uncle, and for my cousin's wedding dinner. <3

Honestly, this feeling is really good!  Besides being given the honour to play along with my uncle, and my new cousin-in-law, I definitely couldn't forget that I played along with Wilson and his amazing Jazz ensemble.  It was truly a magical night.

Seriously, it was an honour to play by their sides on this night.  Seriously, to think of it, they could just hire a guitarist far better than me to take my spot and make music sound so much better, but instead, my uncle humbly asked me to perform for this occasion.  I'm very touched!

And I finally got to know my uncle's side's relatives even better.  I'm still amazed.  Unlike other successful, rich, commercial businessmen, they're all down to earth and very very humble.  It really made me smile when one of them said..

"Hey man.  I really really like the way you handled the guitar!  It was amazing to watch you play!"

Oh please.  You haven't seen Kelvyn Yeang yet XDXDXDXDXD

But yes, people giving those sort of warm comments really made me feel alive although I was on stage for less than 4 minutes.

And today, was my first time performing in a tuxedo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And no, I wouldn't want to ever do it again -_-








Anyways, dear Low May Lin and Michael McNeil, you may and may not be reading this, but congratulations upon your wedding, and I hope to see you two prosper even more as time passes..










Who cares lah.  Two lawyers marrying each other, they can already plan for their retirement now that they're together.. Lol..










Okay, time to pack for KL.  Sigh.

Mood:XDXDXDXD
Listening To: XD









Who cares about weddings and whatever thingamawhig thing when you just visited a bloody rich uncle XD

His new Toyota Vios just came in 3 days ago, but besides that new addition to the family, was the new Camry 2.4v .. Had a look in it, and I'd say, what technology.  Now you're able to set different temperatures for the driver, and the person beside you.  The car comes with a tiptronic gearbox now, and I hear that the steering wheel isn't that light anymore.. Hohoho.

But sadly, those features only comes in the 2.4v .. for those who are getting the 2.0e, will just drive the basic thing lah.

Then my dad and I kaypo'd at the other cars.  We saw the Toyota Estima, Alphard and Wish - which we weren't interested in.  Then came the Brabus S ..

Had a look at the roadtax price.  BUH.

X_X

Then we went to the garage .. I knew something was wrong when we saw another car sitting down there.  It was a 2 door.. typical sports car.  And my God, it was insane.  I've never sat or seen these cars before and I'm pretty much amazed.  It was a Brabus K8, comes with a v8 engine and a roadtax price of RM5499 or something..

Then me and my dad kaypo'd in the cockpit..lol.. Just like the SLR McLaren, it had the Engine Start/Stop button, and best of all, lied between us right below the gear knob, was the keys to the car XD

XD

XDXDXDXDXDXD

vroom xDXDXDXDXDXD .. memang both of us tangan gatal XDXDXDXDXD.. we heard the engine start up.. It was like a monster.. brrr..

And as I started the engine.. It was rather shocking.. The seats and the steering wheel adjusted itself to the previous driving profile, so .. I nearly got sandwiched -_-

Seeing these things and sitting in them are definitely 2 different things.. and ..wow ..










XD










And having a Scottish cousin-in-law is kind of fun.  First time seeing a half-tux + kilt wedding sort of thing.  Kinda cool.










AND I SAW MAMA AND PAPA DEEDEE XD WHEEEEEEEEEE










Okay..time to practice for the ultimate showdown @ E&O Hotel tomorrow .. Probably one of the most expensive sets being transported there.. 35,000 USD shit..just a bloody guitar and an amp.

And out of all levels of respect, I'm not going to lay a finger on that Fender guitar for tomorrow.. I'll just stick to my Ibanez like usual..

And tomorrow would not only be my first time playing with someone who has an expensive set, but also my first time playing with professional musicians.  Well, Wilson Quah to be exact.. T_T.. Besides that, it will be my super first ever formal performance.  So formal, until I have to wear a tuxedo to suit the theme.

Wonderful T_T.. My guitaring stuff will be cut down to 80% because of the cufflings.  -_-










Oh well.  I hate playing with fat necks..lol

Mood: Tired
Listening To: Dream Theater - Misunderstood









I'm stunned beyond any reasons.  The Happy Saturday gig was amazing.  The equipment were amazing, the sound engineers were patient people, Kelvyn is one helluva organiser, and it's been a while since I last sweated until my whole outfit was damp.

Remind me to never wear so many layers of shirts on a Saturday afternoon; especially when there's a minor heat-wave going on.

Before I go on, on behalf of the band, I would like to thank:-

• Kelvyn for giving us the opportunity to perform in your gig.
• Sound engineers and the crew of the event.
• Friends who were there as supporters:
  Caryn Foo
  Schizzow
  Paul Ang
  Adrienne
  Theresa Tay
  Eng San
  Kelvin Koay
  Cheang Hui
  Shawn @ familyboy
  Old musician friends - Ong Tai Suan, Metal @ Saw Say Hooi and Michael Lee of Uglymen; Kelvyn Yeang, Jonathan Scully, Chiat and Jonathan Chen of Ocean of Fire
  The Fudge Bucket dudes
  Emily Ismail
  Lynn & Darry
  ... And whoever was there during that hot afternoon!

On the other hand, my personal thanks would go out to Kelvyn for organising such a gig, Uglymen for surprising me that you were there once again (My mood changed on stage when I saw Michael Lee in front of me <3), my girlfriend for the Kembara as a mode of transport from Kuala Lumpur to Penang for Joshua Tan, Emily Ismail, Moe Nasrul, and Caryn Foo Poh Yuen, Paul Ang for both being there and taking care of my darling Peanut for me for 3 days, and..well, so on and so forth!

And before I move on, on behalf of Six String Samurais (actually, on the behalf of Ying Kit, Roy, Joshua and myself), I would like to apologise to Kelvyn Yeang for Moe's behaviour on stage.  You can definitely think twice before you call us to perform if Moe doesn't improve on his behaviour on stage.  You know him better than I do, so yeah.  Lol.

Besides, I already told him to not screw this up for the band since day one..But I think my words didn't work so I'll reconsider everything from this moment onwards.

And yes!  How could I not forget?


For destroying your 4pm surprise set by contributing 2 songs before our set to delay our set a little bit longer because Moe came late.

Yes, it was pretty ironic.  The band agreed to meet up at 1.30pm (actually, I didn't know about the time.  Haha), and I was there first although I was the one out the latest with Paul @ Ali's till 5am the night before.  Woke up late, but still managed to make it in time - finding that nobody from the band was there until Roy joined me a few minutes later.

Anyways, managed to catch some local acts yesterday.  I have to admit, there are a lot of bands which were better than us.  Haha.  Oracle's one of them.  They were pretty good - at least better than I expected.  The two Bob Marley looking Metalists were really cool too..

And I'm going to kick Ying Kit, Roy, Joshua and myself out of Six String Samurais and replace the members with chicks!  Eclipse was HAWWWWWWWWTTTTTTTTTTtttttttttttttttttttttttt <3 .. managed by Uglymen and............. YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Bye-bye Mangelene.  Lol

... AH.  Then came Schizzow.  Of course, being the channelv amp illiterate, I never managed to check out his new materials.  Good stuff, I'd say.  At least we all went up to the front to give him a mini-orgasm by supporting him upfront.  Lol.  And of course, I didn't pay full attention towards Schizzow himself, but let's look at the man behind the scenes; the man who's able to make Schizzow rap along an audible tune that people wouldn't usually take notice of in the background -

.. Wormy.

Good lord.. Good beats lah XD .. Enjoyed listening to them live, and I'm in no position to say this in music production, but honestly, you took me by surprise.  haha XD

And have no fear, Wormy.. Schizzow did a great set.

So, in other words, instead of saying: "Good job, Schizzow", I'd rather say: "Good job, Schizzow and Wormy".  Woooooooooooooooo ..

And well, I can't really write much.  I was hanging out with Adrienne, Sara, Angelene, Roy, Joshua, Schizzow, Paul, Caryn, etc for most of the time.  Went and had lunch, and received a phone call that changed my whole Sunday roadtrip's plan. Instead of travelling back to KL on Sunday afternoon as planned, I had to drive back alone at 7pm on Saturday night.

Thus, resulting to me missing Paku's act, again.  And also missing The Areca Jazz Ensemble act, again.  And also missing Uglymen's act, again.  And also missing Ocean of Fire's act, again.

Oh.  And I missed out Ocean of Fire's surprise with Schizzow, again.











So, what really happened during our set?

Well, Moe came late, which made Schizzow sacrifice two songs (one of them being performed in his set later on).  During my whole neck-slapping Vai-wannabe stint on one of my favourite songs, I accidentally dropped my pick and I had to grind every centimetre of my fingernails on the strings for the whole chorus.  Imagine a Flamanco-guitarist with a white Ibanez.  That's how it was -_-.  And during one of Ying Kit's solos, one of the soundman came up on stage and tweeked the power supply in front of the amp he was using and gave him a dead signal.  Joshua came in too late on the first song, Moe was out of tune like usual, and for the first time - Roy did not have any technical difficulties or his usual guysIforgothowtoplaythatpart stint.

In other words, everything went well.

... UNTIL when our set was supposed to finish, Moe refused to listen to me when I behind him, telling him "Moe, that's enough.  Kelvyn said that's enough already" when I saw Kelvyn giving me the signal that it was our last song (And calculating that we could only play up to 4 songs if anything ever goes wrong.  If any bands pulled out, we could stuff in the 5th song).  I remembered that I repeated that several times, and I swear that the crowd saw that I nearly molested Moe by the hips when I wanted to go closer to him and told him what Kelvyn signalled.  I can't believe how blind Moe was when Kelvyn placed the paper of the next band's name on the stage floor, and how he did not see Kelvyn signalling to us.  I saw Kelvyn, and I was standing right beside Moe.

I should've been more vain and used the mic and embarassed Moe.

So, I went "Moe, Kelvyn said that's enough", and right after that, Moe announced "The next song is.. Iron Man!"

Right after that, I shouted a little bit too loud, and the mic picked up the exact same sentence I mentioned: "Moe!  Kelvyn said that's enough!".

I embarassed myself though, because right after I said enough, there was a minor silence.. We didn't know what to do, I suppose, and on my right, where Ying Kit was standing..

"zha-zha ZHaaaa zha-zha Zhaaaaa zha zha zhaaaaaaaaa"

.. Ah puki, he started d.  Joshua came in with the cymbals, Roy plugged his bass back in and I had to follow up.

.. Memang Iron Man la.  Only Moe has Iron balls to break the rules and go against Kelvyn.










Isn't it logical that since he already came late, we should be playing less songs instead of 5 songs even though the band pulled out right before us and Schizzow extended our set's time by 10 minutes because he had to cover up for Moe's time management?










Wonderful.










And on behalf of Six String Samurais (actually, on the behalf of Ying Kit, Roy, Joshua and myself), we would like to apologise for delaying the schedule of the other bands that were present that day, and reducing the number of songs being played.










Anyways, I would like to thank Moe, Joshua, Emily and Caryn for following the Kembara back to Penang for splitting for petrol + toll money.  I would also like to thank Shell for petrol, and thank my housemate for purchasing the Garmin Nuvi Global Positioning System that got us lost (and made me nearly drive off a cliff earlier on during this semester) and locating all existing speedtraps on the North-South Expressway on the way back to Penang.. Yum.  XDXDXDXDXD










And remind me again, how does an automatic car's engine stall in the middle of a traffic jam?  It's probably a Perodua thing.










Would anybody want me to post up videos of which areas are the speed cameras are mounted on the NSE on the way from Penang to KL?  XD .. There's 7 or 8 of them if you're leaving the Penang Island XD

Mood: Tired
Listening To: Dream Theater - Pull Me Under









Now I really see why some people have mp3 players up to 5GBs and above.. I need more than 2GB for this whole Dream Theater discography.. All sounds too good!!!!

Anyways, just received word from both Evan and Ying Kit that we're performing at 2.20pm till 2.40pm .. so if you're interested, try and make it.










But most importantly, do not attend the gig because of this journal, but attend the gig to support the others who are contributing their musical presentation :) .. And don't forget to buy Ocean of Fire's album @ RM15 XD










Oh yeah.. I just checked out Aliens vs Predator Requiem.. Oh... Goodness me.. Can't wait XDXDXDXDXD .. It'd better be not as boring as the first one, that's for sure XDXDXDXDXD.. more blood plsthxbyez

And I didn't know that in 1Utama..they sold crabs or RM3.80 .. lol..

Anyways, here's an update about Pypy:  Finally gave her away today..she reached a stage where not only she pounces on others, but biting others when she pounces.. I managed to train a killer watch-rabbit!!!!










okbyez.  I hate you too, Michelle

Mood: Tired
Listening To: Dream Theater - Perfect Strangers









17th November - New World Park gig..considering to go or not to go due to finals .. mostly going.  Just patched things up with Moe and the gang, plus I have some few unfinished businesses to settle in Kedah Road regarding some internal outbreak.. so things should be looking good.

*  I'm still wondering how long are we given to perform on stage?  Half an hour?  If that's the case, we're able to pull off 7 songs - including 2 brand new ones .. One Van Halen style.. Worked on it for months and we're near completion!  First song without guitar shredding solos, but just hard rock.. Hohoho.. ..And the other would be Yingkit's mushy mushy love song.. lmfao.. Nickelback/Joe Satriani It's So Good ripoff..



17th December - Bro's birthday. . going to sacrifice him to his desktop PC .... I haven't confirmed if he wanted that, but I'm sure and positive that he would want it.. lmfao



17th January - NetCity will lose one DoTA/WoW player, and my place will be completely empty as he's moving down to Sydney to complete his Masters Degree in whatever he's doing.. Computer games kua..lol..

***  I'm wondering what will happen to the bike.. transport it via lorry to KL, perhaps?  XD..But like what Joshua would say in KL.. Bikes are fun..but can die wan in KL.. lmfao










For some reason, I'm going to miss him.  Lol










And .. hahaha..... 2 of my songs were used in Ying Kit's movie assignment.. XD .. so nice wans lol.










My voice changed again no thanks to the recent asthma attack I just got last week..still recovering..bah.  Oh...the horrow** ...................










* Copyrighted Mangelene typing error in MSN

Mood: Extremely Tired
Listening To: Nothing










Yep.  She's darn right.  I wanted to leave KL at 7pm, but things went out of schedule and I ended up leaving KL at 12am.  Even before I could start driving, I already received my first few birthday wishes and also the first call for the night.

Sad to say, Schizzow, you weren't the first one who wished me x( .. It was Foo Poh Yuen like..2 nights ago.  LOL

Actually, the very first one to wish me would be Debra's housemate.  LOL

So to those who sent me an SMS exactly at 12am, before and probably few hours after that:

Caryn Foo
Moe (actually, he called in the afternoon)
SchizzowtheYungShen
Rachel Chee (saint90 on multiply)
Debra (via phone)
Kimberbooboo!
Shaun Loh
Kelvyn Yeang
Aaron teh wimmin Lim
Someone mysterious who was using a private number (both you and I know who you are la.. XD)
PingPing
NingNing
Caryn Foo.. Again
CHEANG HUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!










I haven't checked my friendster just yet as I'm really tired at the moment, but thanks in advance to those who wished me!

For those who called..Seriously, thanks.  It kept me awake throughout my 4 and a half hour journey from KL to Penang.. Bloody hell. -_- ..










Esok movie marathon :D oknites.










I know some of you posted up journals wishing me happy birthday, so I'll spend some time checking on that now X(










And here's a minor update.  Seems to me that one of our fellow Malaysians who went off to UK to further his studies has secretly started a business here in Kuala Lumpur.. Maybe I can get a present by visiting his shop in Starhill Gallery @ Bukit Bintang XD




bwahahahahahaha.. Selling jewellery somemore XD

Mood: Tired
Listening To: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

 

 

 

I'm definitely not being myself these days.  I guess I'm going through another metamorphosis stage at the moment.

But then again, some few things amuses me.  Okay, not some things, but I was listening to Joe Satriani's solo in the G3's Little Wing song back in 2004.  I tried to break it down and noticed that his picking is barely audible.  Now I'm wondering, how do some artists eliminitate that DJ wannabe scratching sound from the guitar when you pick the strings with a plucktrum?

I suppose I got all the time in the world to figure that out.  I just don't want to hear that "shrak shrak shrak shrak" sound when we start shredding.

Anyways, there're a couple of bands I just came across again.  Right now, I would recommend you to listen to Within Temptations if you're a fan of both Heavy Metal, and Orchestral music.  The vocalist can go pretty much high too - the usual goth female vocals; meaning to say that they don't use falseto's to hit the high notes.

Amazing.

And best of all; the mixing product is outstanding.  It's not normal, and it reminded me of XMZ's product from his minor project, Malerjia, in Russia.  It's all about plugins, I suppose and I can't use any of those.

Hooray for Vista.

And speaking of odd mixing.  I've never heard of a band that has the bass guitar on one speaker, and the guitars on the other.  That would be Red Hot Chili Peppers.  Surprisingly, the tightness of the band is still at presence; I suppose this is about tone control and coordination of the band before one's responsibility in the song drowns the other?

Yeah, reminds me of how screwed up Six Strings Samurais can be when we go a little bit too wild.  The horror of the acoustic set last Saturday.. Daniel, Paul and Schizzow once witness an average guitarist.. devoluting into  a voilinist who tried to pick up the guitar on his or her very first time.

Right now, I'm listening to one of the best produced Hip Hop album that just came out locally.  Point Blanc's solo album.  Although I left my album back in Penang and only ripped Ipohmali from the CD, I can't enjoy all of that.. Greatness.

The beats are far beyond dope, anyways.

Jaclyn Victor XD.. still love the way how she did the vocals for that song.. hohoho

But anyways, I'm still on the hunt for Huur Huur Tu.  If you happen to find their album lying around in the International section of any music shops, let me know.  I'm dying to listen to their throat singing since the end of the Penang World Music Festival.

 

 

 

 

But now, I guess besides music, I've got another goal.. It's regarding health.  I guess it's beneficial if I happen to exercise from time to time instead of staying home .. I literally feel lazier as the day passes doing nothing..

 

 

 

 

Can I blow myself up like a balloon instead of exericising there, kellyinyee?  If it works, I'll blow you up too.  I just want to be like..Kirk Hammett, numsayin?  I'll try to make it a habit to attend Celebrity Fitness everyday.. hahahahaha.. I can't see myself doing that la..

 

 

 

 

Okay..time for the God forsaken subject in this world..Macroeconomics.. T_T

Mood: Free
Listening To: Some Gundam PS2 game









I'm blogging from Shemane's house at the moment.  Nothing much to announce since the title explains it all.










Oh well.  I guess I can't wait to get back to Kota Damansara at the moment.  I've got no idea what to do back in Penang this coming Friday till Sunday/Monday.  Hmm..










Anyways, lyrics for Season of Heartbreaks is still under works, but needs some patching up.  That's when Moe comes in handy :).










The final dinner happens tonight ..

Mood: Tired
Listening To: Joe Satriani - Theme For A Strange Island









For the first time in my life, I finally sat in a roller coaster ride.  And the conclusion is:  The roller coasters we watch on TV shows, the ones where it starts dropping down from a very high spot is scarier than the ones here.

Anyways, I went to Genting last weekend .. My goodness .. I couldn't stop laughing at every single ride XD

When the roller coaster started moving, I already started laughing.  When it climbed higher, I laughed even harder.  When it shot down..


And it kept on going on throughout the whole ride .. It was pretty exciting.. especially when you feel like as if you're going to fall off your seat when you go upside down or sideways, no thanks to the laws of physics ..

That, I gotta admit, was kind of scary.  And that higher roller coasters over at the States would be even more scarier.. haha ..










Okay, so Genting Highlands wasn't that bad as the last time I went there just to sleep at Coffee Bean back in 2004 during the whole KL trip with YungShen and the rest of the CLHS gang .. Of course, we got there by a bus trip.

But this time, we've matured, and have learnt a lot of new things.

Hyundai Matrix vs. Genting Highlands route.. XD

But then again, the Matrix struggled at 30kmph @ 1st gear when full throttle... Buh

But the roads.. the roads.. XD XD XD XD XD










Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ...










Okay, I'm going to have some sandwich now.  Done being bored

Mood: Tired
Listening To: Nothing









I was just messing around with one of the pictures I uploaded in my 3-photo journal of the PWMF, and this is what I saw..



All I did was that my itchy fingers clicked on the picture, trying to get its high-resolution picture like what I used to do previously.. but instead, this little box came out which enables you to identify your fellow multiply contacts.. Hmmm..




Now you're able to point out your contacts on multiply if you've taken a picture of them and uploaded it on your multiply photo journal.. Lol

Anyways, I posted up 2 days of whatever I've taken during the Penang world Music Festival.  Since it was raining on the last day, I didn't take any pictures .. Could spoil the cameras.. You can view them here:

Photo album - first day
Photo album - second day w/ Nikon 3700 (3.2mp camera)
Photo album - second day w/ Nikon L1 (8.0 mp camera)

And if a certain Kellyinyee tells you that she saw a clone of Orlando Bloom, he's in the 2nd day under the group - Ensemble Kaboul ..

Then again.. Nothing beats the actual thing by watching it with your very eyes.. Pictures doesn't really provide meanings at times.. lol










Note to wormy:  Gimme a few more days and I'll send you them Russian music.. I seem to have misplaced my valuable Malerija CD T.T