Tuesday, February 10, 2004
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Honestly, guys, what do u'all think about Valentine's??
There's this blog I just read bout this girl dissing Valentine's with the excuse that it's just one big commercial scam.........have a look, guys, it's an eye-opener, to be sure: *damn.........I lost the link.......arrgghhh!!!* haha.....anyways........this Valentine's day has really got me thinkin.............I came home 2day just wantin 2 write a plain ole blog but ended up lookin at that Valentine's Day-disser and it was like Wasabi to my brain...........it spread through my brain cells and before long I was asking every1 online on their view on Valentine's. And 1 thing led to another n I discovered Perng has a crush on a certain someone that I was suspectin..........and it seemed like every1 else would be merry on Valentine's and I would be left behind like unwanted baggage.........left behind pondering over my loneliness and letting one thought swell to another till I can't find a single thing that's good bout myself and find my self-esteem all spilt out like a cracked keg. All the more since Perng has been bugging me bout me and my crush all day long.........bastard =)
Later I found myself telling him this: Its so fuckin ironic man........not too long ago I was so stable.........n I was wonderin y every1 else was so depressed 4 no good reason
N now it hits me.........hehe n I can't nail it N i guess I have nothin 2 say bout it.......bout those times my mind is troubled by things that I just can't put a thumb on...........it's so..........universal........like a full stop at the end of the sentence. U dun ask y the full stop's just a dot and yet its so important...........shit I'm trying to sound like Henry Miller here...........his book "The Tropic of Cancer"........get it.......
I have to go. In this mood I have made it a point to do a sketching that I've had in my mind for a long time tonight............hope it'll turn out good..........
Peace, people.
Honestly, guys, what do u'all think about Valentine's??
There's this blog I just read bout this girl dissing Valentine's with the excuse that it's just one big commercial scam.........have a look, guys, it's an eye-opener, to be sure: *damn.........I lost the link.......arrgghhh!!!* haha.....anyways........this Valentine's day has really got me thinkin.............I came home 2day just wantin 2 write a plain ole blog but ended up lookin at that Valentine's Day-disser and it was like Wasabi to my brain...........it spread through my brain cells and before long I was asking every1 online on their view on Valentine's. And 1 thing led to another n I discovered Perng has a crush on a certain someone that I was suspectin..........and it seemed like every1 else would be merry on Valentine's and I would be left behind like unwanted baggage.........left behind pondering over my loneliness and letting one thought swell to another till I can't find a single thing that's good bout myself and find my self-esteem all spilt out like a cracked keg. All the more since Perng has been bugging me bout me and my crush all day long.........bastard =)
Later I found myself telling him this: Its so fuckin ironic man........not too long ago I was so stable.........n I was wonderin y every1 else was so depressed 4 no good reason
N now it hits me.........hehe n I can't nail it N i guess I have nothin 2 say bout it.......bout those times my mind is troubled by things that I just can't put a thumb on...........it's so..........universal........like a full stop at the end of the sentence. U dun ask y the full stop's just a dot and yet its so important...........shit I'm trying to sound like Henry Miller here...........his book "The Tropic of Cancer"........get it.......
I have to go. In this mood I have made it a point to do a sketching that I've had in my mind for a long time tonight............hope it'll turn out good..........
Peace, people.
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Hey guys........wassup.........????
Well, its been awhile since I've blogged.....have made it a point to do so on a few occasions but it always slips me. Mainly, today, I just wanna say that I have been jamming with myself well from bout 2.30-7.30............it's the most time I've spent with my bright red Gibson (who sadly hasn't been getting much attention lately) for a long long while and MAN DID IT ROCK!!!! Never knew how good these things can feel after u've stopped doing 'em for so long.............Check out the pic.........no, those are NOT part of Medusa's head.........they're my 4 playing fingers.......on my tiny left hand (both of 'em are tiny........really tiny). The 0.9 mm gauge strings really saw through your fingers in no time........but the extra twang and the effortless bending definitely makes it worthwhile =).
Actually, I got the incentive to play this much today coz my literature class was cancelled (again...) and tomorrow's Thaipusam!!! YES!!! DAY OFF!!! PARENTS R WORKING TOMORROW!!! (at least I guess so). And after I was walking home with Xuan and he left, out of the blue "Get Free" by The Vines flared up in my head.........(I always have a song in my head, ALWAYS......probably explains alot hehe) and it was so good that I was singing to myself and headbanging even though I was near the roundabout and there are always alotta cars there...........So I told myself I HAD to go home and learn 2 play it.........actually the 1st time I heard Get Free was on the MTV music awards.........but, as I recall, The Vines totally messed it up that time..........they were trying too hard.........they really cranked it up till it was TOO heavy and Craig their frontman was seriously acting like he was on dope or something and went around kicking the amps and the *ah damnit I forgot what u call those small speakers which are placed at the front of the stage facing the band so they can hear their own sound*, and at the end of it all I think part of the drumset was bashed to the ground.....always sucks when u try too hard........anyway, last year when I was at a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Seafield Subang, there were a bunch of amateur well-mannered malay guys trying to do a gig as a band...........one of the guitarists was not bad, and neither was the drummer........but the vocalist couldn't sing for half a nut. So ends up they did several songs without ANY vocals......mostly simple songs like the one easier ones MY band jams....Smells Like Teen Spirit, Song #2, When I Come Around and the like.........but then they did Get Free.....and out of the crowd one of their buddies came to sing......and, whoa, did that song blow me away.........only then did I notice how cool it was when it was done right.......so when I went home I d/led it off Kazaa, and, to my relief, it sounded more like the Melayu guys' version than the MTV Awards one........I wanted to learn it there and then, but never really got round to doing it.
Phew........one LONG paragraph just on The Vines and Get Free.........most of u guys'll probably deem everything I've said above as insignificant, and the rest of u probably just skipped through it..........lol...........it dosen't matter.........I love this shit =) I've always dreamed of being a rocker =D Muahahaha..........I can seriously feel myself improving....I blasted the air cond in my parents room (where my com is) to 16C and brought my amp over.........then I put the gain on real heavy and started on Get Free........easy shit songlah..........but nonetheless, great song to jam. Then I did some revising.......Nothing Else Matters Solo.....Hell Song Solo.......Smooooth by Santana.....Sweet Child O Mine Solo....even the original Hotel California Solo, which I completely gave up trying the last time but have got a small grasp of it now.
Well, hehe, there's tons more to say, but I guess I've seriously bored u guys to the ground on this post........matter of fact I may have done the same to myself hehe..........I'll leave u guys with this quote from John Frusciante of The Red Hot Chili Peppers which I think is really simple but something that we really take for granted..........."We should feel lucky to live in a world with so much music"
Live the music, people
Well, its been awhile since I've blogged.....have made it a point to do so on a few occasions but it always slips me. Mainly, today, I just wanna say that I have been jamming with myself well from bout 2.30-7.30............it's the most time I've spent with my bright red Gibson (who sadly hasn't been getting much attention lately) for a long long while and MAN DID IT ROCK!!!! Never knew how good these things can feel after u've stopped doing 'em for so long.............Check out the pic.........no, those are NOT part of Medusa's head.........they're my 4 playing fingers.......on my tiny left hand (both of 'em are tiny........really tiny). The 0.9 mm gauge strings really saw through your fingers in no time........but the extra twang and the effortless bending definitely makes it worthwhile =).
Actually, I got the incentive to play this much today coz my literature class was cancelled (again...) and tomorrow's Thaipusam!!! YES!!! DAY OFF!!! PARENTS R WORKING TOMORROW!!! (at least I guess so). And after I was walking home with Xuan and he left, out of the blue "Get Free" by The Vines flared up in my head.........(I always have a song in my head, ALWAYS......probably explains alot hehe) and it was so good that I was singing to myself and headbanging even though I was near the roundabout and there are always alotta cars there...........So I told myself I HAD to go home and learn 2 play it.........actually the 1st time I heard Get Free was on the MTV music awards.........but, as I recall, The Vines totally messed it up that time..........they were trying too hard.........they really cranked it up till it was TOO heavy and Craig their frontman was seriously acting like he was on dope or something and went around kicking the amps and the *ah damnit I forgot what u call those small speakers which are placed at the front of the stage facing the band so they can hear their own sound*, and at the end of it all I think part of the drumset was bashed to the ground.....always sucks when u try too hard........anyway, last year when I was at a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Seafield Subang, there were a bunch of amateur well-mannered malay guys trying to do a gig as a band...........one of the guitarists was not bad, and neither was the drummer........but the vocalist couldn't sing for half a nut. So ends up they did several songs without ANY vocals......mostly simple songs like the one easier ones MY band jams....Smells Like Teen Spirit, Song #2, When I Come Around and the like.........but then they did Get Free.....and out of the crowd one of their buddies came to sing......and, whoa, did that song blow me away.........only then did I notice how cool it was when it was done right.......so when I went home I d/led it off Kazaa, and, to my relief, it sounded more like the Melayu guys' version than the MTV Awards one........I wanted to learn it there and then, but never really got round to doing it.
Phew........one LONG paragraph just on The Vines and Get Free.........most of u guys'll probably deem everything I've said above as insignificant, and the rest of u probably just skipped through it..........lol...........it dosen't matter.........I love this shit =) I've always dreamed of being a rocker =D Muahahaha..........I can seriously feel myself improving....I blasted the air cond in my parents room (where my com is) to 16C and brought my amp over.........then I put the gain on real heavy and started on Get Free........easy shit songlah..........but nonetheless, great song to jam. Then I did some revising.......Nothing Else Matters Solo.....Hell Song Solo.......Smooooth by Santana.....Sweet Child O Mine Solo....even the original Hotel California Solo, which I completely gave up trying the last time but have got a small grasp of it now.
Well, hehe, there's tons more to say, but I guess I've seriously bored u guys to the ground on this post........matter of fact I may have done the same to myself hehe..........I'll leave u guys with this quote from John Frusciante of The Red Hot Chili Peppers which I think is really simple but something that we really take for granted..........."We should feel lucky to live in a world with so much music"
Live the music, people
