Halfway

2011-01-09T08:27:00.000-08:00

Been waking up feeling like i've got a heart burn. oh my god.

2010-12-27T13:59:00.000-08:00

I love you.

2010-11-10T07:32:00.000-08:00

snap.

2010-09-26T01:26:00.000-07:00

"

Fate, is when you can't control anything.

You give your shot to control whatever that's happening, but when you can't control it, then late fate steer.

Luck, is when preparation meets opportunity.

Many find opportunities but they aren't prepared for it and that's why they call themselves unlucky.

"

Mrs Marlyne Chi

2010-09-08T05:40:00.000-07:00

I learned. And I'm glad.

2010-08-26T08:52:00.000-07:00

I'm glad it happened. I couldn't believe it happened. Now i want to make sure it stays the way it is. :)

I've decided to slow down, i feel i'm grabbing every passing opportunity to improve myself, make myself a better man. Gotta slow down and concentrate what i have now.

Thanks love, as always.

2010-08-18T06:02:00.000-07:00

Having the skill to adapt to changes is a scary thing, for the rest.

2010-08-16T15:09:00.000-07:00

I've got no fucking hope. Really.

Why are you treating me like I'm not good enough. I want to try. I want to learn.

Yknow I'm doing this just because I don't want you to go through the turmoil that happened to you and I was there. Way to go. Way to bloody go.

Thanks Allah. Thank you soo much. My faith in you has never diminished. I thank you so much for puttin me through this hardship. I hope you're very, very, very happy now.

Look, I don't know whether to be angry, sad, disappointed, regretful or just, normal. But whatever the case, everything's inevitable and we have one shot when in reaction. So I guess from this day on, I'll be my old self, living life like he normally do, but with a plasticine heart.

2010-08-09T11:22:00.000-07:00

"Better Man"

Send someone to love me

I need to rest in arms

Keep me safe from harm

In pouring rain

Give me endless summer

Lord I fear the cold

Feel I'm getting old

Before my time

As my soul heals the shame

I will grow through this pain

Lord I'm doing all I can

To be a better man

Go easy on my conscience

'Cause it's not my fault

I know I've been taught

To take the blame

Rest assured my angels

Will catch my tears

Walk me out of here

I'm in pain

As my soul heals the shame

I will grow through this pain

Lord I'm doing all I can

To be a better man

Once you've found that lover

You're homeward bound

Love is all around

I know some have fallen

On stony ground

But Love is all around

Send someone to love me

I need to rest in arms

Keep me safe from harm

In pouring rain

Give me endless summer

Lord I fear the cold

Feel I'm getting old

Before my time

As my soul heals the shame

I will grow through this pain

Lord I'm doin' all I can

To be a better man

2010-08-09T06:30:00.000-07:00

I'm so thankful.

No, really.

At least for now, i know what i should be doing and continue life as it is.
A better person i shall be.

It's daunting to see oneself change, time and again, but can the rest accept the change?

Letter to my young,

2010-07-25T02:44:00.000-07:00

Dear 18 year old self,

This is the vehicle that soon you might get and you've been dreaming for.

It's an Austin Mini Cooper S, a classic. Just wanna say that you can't speed around with this baby. It's such a vintage vehicle and i know you like vintage stuff. Don't wreck this baby. So be patient. In fact, this vehicle would train your patience.

Tell you what, don't drive this baby fast cos, if you speed past, no one would notice the car. Drive at a reasonable speed. Cruise this baby, and others will pass you(overtake maybe) and look at that driver who's driving that vintage vehicle, which is you!

So if you happen to get the opportunity to own one. Go for it!

With regards,
Your future self.

Dear friend.

2010-07-25T01:58:00.001-07:00

Dear self,

Life was nice to me for some moment.
Life was not nice to me for some moment.

It's a bitch sometimes. I thought things would go smooth. Not until something cock up.

What am i lacking? Good topics to talk about? Many interests? Body language? More actions? Jokes? Looks? Build? What?

Or am i being too critical of myself, thinking too much, or am i just being plain lazy.

Or,

Am i just myself?

Talk about accepting one another. How much can i accept? How much can you accept? How much can we accept? When will that line be crossed. Even if it does, are we ready to know the boundaries and do what we can? Or should our stubborn human side of us, choose to act like, "this is all over. i can't take it. I won't choose to go through it all again.". This is frustrating.

Whenever i bump into something that leads to conflict. I'm not frustrated. I'm glad. Weird but, like, finally, this is something that i'm not doing right and now i'm aware of it. So why not work on it. Who knows how much i can benefit from this? Nevertheless i would do what i can, balance whatever i have, and just be, what i believe i would be.

Regards,
Your... self.

2010-07-24T19:11:00.000-07:00

I've not been a good writer these days. My minds all messed up. I've been told I say things which have no link sometimes. So much for aspiring to be a good speaker and a conversationalist? Way to go Danial.

I shall let this be an avenue to how my thoughts would be structured.
Hopefully, I'd turn out better.

I'm ready.

Cover.

2010-07-12T08:22:00.000-07:00

It's been days. It's been weeks. It's been months. I can't help but struggle through it all. With so many things to do, so many things to catch up, all i can do at the end of the day is look up in the sky, and just heave a sigh.

"You'll be fine tomorrow".

That's what i always say. I'm trying my best to organize my time; balancing friends, family, studies, commitments, passion, and life. But i guess no one has achieved the perfect balance right? Or rather do we envy and perceive friends to have had the perfect balance? It is no surprise if you had wondered, "How can you handle all that?".

Nevertheless, like what Khengleng has said, not to take life so complicatedly and enjoy it.
Funny, that reminds me of the quote i always say to my friends -

"Enjoy life."

"Waiting since today, for tomorrow", 12/7/10.
Danial.

2010-07-11T08:53:00.000-07:00

I know where i stand now. :]

2010-06-27T11:00:00.000-07:00

Here's me and him talking about naming our own children. Omg. We're thinking very far.

2010-06-27T10:56:00.000-07:00

Chatting with Wei Lun is like hell. HAHAHHAHAHA

2010-06-25T10:15:00.000-07:00

Oh 26 of june.

Managed to play Live.
I think i pissed off a friend.
I think i'm pissed with a friend.
I'm going into s.a.t. mode.
Hui Yin's(HY) influenced to saying s.a.t ;p
OP JUVI briefing was oooooh.
OP JUVI EXHIBITION @ THE UNDERPASS
Helped Quan to change his speech topic to Charity.
Toastmaster's last training session was oooh and i'm sorry HY if you didn't learn anything.
HY got facebook raped.
HY went on a revenge by tagging Myna birds with my name.
But nevertheless i reached 1k photo MUAHAHHA.
Gonna perform on 9July. Bassist. Blues.
Dinner @ Kim Gary with Melissa.
Lunch @ Ikea with Wei Lun & Nicole.
We improved our wedding ideas.
Rushed to do an econs assignment due on 26 JULY not 26 JUNE.
Gonna visit Khalis while he promotes, TEA.
I finally understood when to use major and minor pentatonic scales!
I think i gained weight.(?)
Gurion said my leg calf is unproportionate to my body.
I think i prefer Chicken Ramly Burger to Beef Ramly Burger.
Supper with the Toasties @ Al-Azhar
The cheerleeder and the jockie effect.
The Neg Hit.
Interesting financial ideas.
Chit Chat sessions with Leslie and Boon Heng!
Post Comm trip!
Went to Chilis just for their Caramel Appletart... but after waiting for Valentia for a long time... we found out they are not available today so we had Chocolate Paradise Pie instead.
Valentia gave me a good cupcake!
I owe Valentia a trip to Chilis. (And probably HY HAHA)
Timbre outing soon!
going to BFD soon.
Gentlemen Jack?
operation juvi.
i wasted my holidays not catching up on sleep.
i'm in s.a.t mode over certain things now.
i will be in D mode.
School's gonna start. Gonna be fresh by then.
I give up JUST saying an advice. Cos i believe it doesn't help.
Watch what you say.

Don't look for the right time, be aware of the inappropriate time. You feel it, do it.

2010-06-18T09:33:00.001-07:00

That's how i feel at the end of the week.

sweet tunes.

2010-06-15T09:49:00.000-07:00

I feel, i'm gonna just rearrange my priorities, not stressed up easily and do things, swift and with less tension. :)

2010-06-12T11:59:00.001-07:00

2010-06-12T11:58:00.001-07:00

this is what i call, music.

2010-06-12T11:22:00.000-07:00

I really felt bad when i told Hui Yin that i didn't want to attend the BFT. After hearing from Mel and Khengleng about their experience in the BFT training, i was dying to go for it. I was always interested in being a facilitator. To me, that decision was aligned to my passion, as to what Shaun had said. But, or am i just using his advices to justify my decisions? Let alone i actually persuaded two of my good friends to go for it, and i'm backing out? darn.

So then i went for the briefing and i got something out of it. Even if i go through it, i just won't feel that, satisfaction. It's hard to describe. Lye said, our ability/amount/efficiency/effectiveness of leadership skills we can impart to others is capped by the leadership on ourselves.

I got to admit, i don't think i'm good at leading my life. I can't even discipline myself in certain aspects- physical, mentally, spiritually or socially. So i decided that i should, not control but, steady myself before i do to others. No matter how long it takes, but once i find that moment i feel i'm ready, i'm going for it. At least i can decide to do something aligned to my passion, ready and certain.

Goodnight everyone.

2010-06-12T11:16:00.001-07:00

As of 13 June.

Studying with Melissa for 2 days felt like a week's worth. Thank's Mel!
MPI paper was wtf.
ACDA paper was not challenging.
APPG paper was... a bit challenging.
CT's are over!
Wedding Celebration at Hadi's church!
watched Karate(Kung Fu) Kid at Grand Cathay with Mel, Hy, Wei Lun and WX.
We saw Karatepek.
Rochor Road Beancurd is awesome.
Midnight charge is not fun.
Blues is freaking fun to play.
I missed mentorship on Saturday.
I declined going for BFT when i actually persuaded two people to go.
I have a tumblr. http://sunsetblues.tumblr.com/
I need to skate + lose weight.
I'm gonna audit and reorganise.
I feel i should lead a week, aimless and just, not care about everything.

Life is a lot better, shared.

Roses in Autumn.

2010-06-10T07:27:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, you just wanna strangle that person.

Sometimes, you wonder how they think that way.

Sometimes, you wanna cut ties with that person.

Sometimes, you'd just don't want to know them.

But in the end, if you survived it all with them.

That feeling, is just damn bloody awesome.

2010-06-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

What's the benefits of staying up all night to study? I find it obsolete and a waste of your bloody time.

Taio Cruz Ft. Ludacris - Break Your Heart (Tyler Ward family acoustic c...

2010-06-03T09:46:00.000-07:00

track list

2010-06-02T08:06:00.000-07:00

As of 2nd June.

I actually motivated Hadi to concentrate in class and in return he does the same. Now that's quite a teamwork.
YAY i fit M. :)
PM Lee's speech and feedback session was splendid. Witty, intelligent, funny and humble. Those are the few things i noticed from him. I'm proud his our PM.
If you want help, help yourself first. It's true.
I'm killing myself with this ACDA report.
I'm filling up too much with commitments? Am i?
Can't wait for the CTs to end
Yes i have to study. Oh yes.

Who are we to judge? Praise, don't judge. :)

pen it down.

2010-05-29T08:37:00.000-07:00

The week was great.

Hui Yin's birthday celebration with a watermelon as 'cake'. Part 1.
Toastmasters competition.
Filming for an MV.
Baking a cake(twice) at my place with Mel and Iqbal.
Having a YEP reunion at the Marina Barrage.
Khengleng has a talent in flying kites.
Hui Yin's birthday celebration with a real cake as a celebration. Part 2.
Having Hui Yin view the MV we made just for her.
I screwed econs e-learning test.
Hadi has an awesome password: LALALALALALA. <--that's his password.
Op Juvi meeting with boss.
Gonna do a study schedule.

Off to do my work then. Tata.

Our lives are recorded down, year by year, day by day, by the hour, by the minute, by the second, on this fabulous journal dedicated to each and every one of us, and,
it's written in pen.

2010-05-29T00:36:00.001-07:00

Via: Online Schools

The Only Exception

2010-05-12T08:27:00.000-07:00

Those are part of the lyrics of a song which has been commonly played on radio. Check it out! It's *REFER TO PICTURE*

Check it out!

2010-05-12T05:31:00.000-07:00

I never thought listening to blues while doing my work was that great. AH :D

2010-05-09T07:39:00.000-07:00

1 hour more till the start of a new week! And the next thing you know common test is here! I never realised how much time passed by until i opened my organiser to plan for the months ahead. And there i was stunned and afraid at the point I'm in. Geez. I guess i was distracted to the many commitments and tasks?

Went for a BFT briefing with HY, Valentia and Wei Lun! The journey was hilarious and the destination was enriching to. I want to be a facilitator, no not just for camps or workshops. But for the people i meet, the people i interact, the people i work with, the people i socialize with, or even my family. This may sound technical and theoretical but yes of course i don't use this as a basis to my actions in life. I just have to be aware. But nevertheless to do this of course you need leadership and one learning point that's stuck and nagging in my head right now as i'm typing this is, "The leadership within you is the cap level for you to extend your leadership to others."
In other words, how can i impart leadership skills when i'm not a good leader of my own self? Bam.

Or maybe i'm thinking too much about this, no wait, everything else.
Alright, start of a new week. Start of a improved attitude. :D

2010-05-03T10:22:00.000-07:00

i like this!
“It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.”
-anon.

2010-04-30T14:00:00.000-07:00

Have you ever faced this situation:
People take you seriously, you're known to be someone to commit and depend on. But, you had to put that on the line when you have to spend time with your family. Well yes of course, family first. Now wouldn't that put people's impression/seriousness/trust on you in jeoardy?

Sometimes I don't understand; yes to family first, but all the time?

Tata. Off to spend my weekends and waste my monday, while missing a lot of things.

2010-04-21T08:49:00.000-07:00

Is it that hard?

Album pic

2010-04-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

I'm just randomly adding.

2010-04-19T09:26:00.000-07:00

It's been great spending time with my family, YEP gang, khengleng, huiyin, quan, sue, winona and the list shall go on. It's refreshing.

Time to plan!

I see the need for constant improvement and feedback (:

2010-04-11T10:28:00.000-07:00

The weeks have been hectic. I really need to plan my bloody time. Like micro-planning.
FIP is so soon. Let's hope it goes smooth. Then i will have to get back on track on what i've been missing or have not started.

2010-04-11T10:22:00.000-07:00

Birthday celebrations were awesome from 8th April onwards.
After midnight wishing, celebration with people i have to be serious with, 'surprise' by 3 ladies, another surprise by the YEP gang, and another present received.
I thank everyone for it (:

Winona once asked me,
"So what do you want for your birthday?"

Well,
to my opinion the typical answer would be something tangible. Something they want or need at the period of time or they wish to have for quite some time but just couldn't find the time to get it.
But my answer was nothing, i didn't know what i want, neither do i know what i need. Considerations aside, i don't know what i want/need.
Uh-huh.

track jump

2010-04-07T05:09:00.000-07:00

Never expect things to go your way. I know you think it's right but it isn't to me. Talk about accepting? Sure, I'll accept, but i'll also work on it. Not JUST accept.
and
NEVER expect fukn change overnight. Never.

DAY 1: Dumaguete

2010-03-30T01:30:00.000-07:00

DAY 1: FLIGHT TO DUMAGUETE
Our energy levels were high; we were excited for the whole trip. To some, it was their first to actually go overseas to do community projects. Who knows what this whole trip may entail? Knowing that Philippines is a developing country we can only expect that wherever we’re going, it’s not going to be like Singapore. Hours passed from our flight at 10pm ++ and we reached Manila airport, our energy levels were down, as time goes by while we wait for our transfer flight to Dumaguete our energy levels went on a slow decline. Upon reaching Dumaguete airport everyone’s energy level’s shot up drastically. We’re here. In Dumaguete, we couldn’t wait to start our community project! We were greeted with smiles everywhere. Though the locals look at us curiously, despite they never fail to say, “Mabuhay”. This meant welcome.

The trip there
We boarded on a Van, driven by this man who preferred us to call him, Chan. No he wasn’t Chinese, he’s Filipino. We sat on a van that wasn’t in a condition that whenever you board the van, there’s this squeaking sound, it takes time for the ignition, let’s just put it simply, it looked it was at least 7 years old. :)

The 15 minute ride to the Saceda Youth Lead Centre (SYL Centre) was meaningful. The road wasn’t made of tar, concrete I guess? There’s no definite road marker on the road. There was not even a pavement for pedestrians to walk, wait there is, the road itself. The pedestrians, vehicles, and even animals, share the two lane big road. Just try to imagine Malaysia’s trunk road. Talk about Malaysia, the environment looked like some places in Malaysia. Uneven roads, cracked roads, small potholes to act as ‘humps’, few road signs to be seen, construction along the way, on the road and at homes, homes that were newly built but looks like it was still vacant for some time, and not to mention, no traffic lights at all. Despite that, everyone in Dumaguete moved around peacefully despite the environment. Do we do that in Singapore? Do we complain when parts of our infrastructure is not up to standard? What about here in Philippines?

And so we arrived

And so the 15 minute ride was over, and we reached SYL centre. We arrived at the porch and throngs of students, wearing blue polo shirt which i presumed was their uniform went to the van and carried our luggage. The rest greeted us with a warm smile and said ‘Mabuhay’. While some of us actually felt bad that the students are lugging our luggage, we even went to collect the luggage ourselves, some took initiative and even offered to take the luggage of our hands. We were persistent not to let them take, and they were persistent not to let us carry. In the end all the luggage was brought at the porch and we, including the students proceeded to their mass hall, where they have their breakfast, lunch, breaks and even dinner.

The opening ceremony
It started with Hazel, one of the staff doing the opening ceremony, and everyone started first, with our national anthem, followed by theirs. It was splendid, they sang it enthusiastically and so passionate! We compared our energy and enthusiasm levels to theirs when we sang our national anthems. Are we proud of Singapore when we sang our national anthem? Not to mention some us forgot bits of it too. That, was the first eye opener i had. After the singing of the national anthem it led on with speeches by the representatives from the department of education, the staff of SYL and not to forget the man behind everything, Mr Dave Saceda. He’s the one who allowed us to do our community project right over at his school which he started from scratch. Always active in his participation on programmes for youths, Mr Dave Saceda, whom we refer as Sir Dave, has come a long way to where he is now. Not to mention, when we came, it was the period when there was an election going on and Sir Dave is running for office. He’s also part of the Liberal Party and his advocacy is on youths.
And after that, knowing how famished we are, we ended it with lunch. YES (:

Meet the students session

We proceeded to the classroom to meet the students. Singaporeans sat in a row facing the SYL students, sitting in a row too. We could see the Shy, anxious and excited faces from all of them. Or rather, we were doing the same too! And so, we started off with introducing ourselves, followed by them. Then, we had a Q&A session. From all the exchanges we got to know that, their dialect is not Tagalog but Bisaya, English is used as a form of instruction, the syllabus structure is about the same and their education system/structure is similar to Singapore, but just different names. Our primary school is known as elementary school to them and our secondary school is known as high school to them. Now, after high school, this is what sets their education system different than ours; after high school they could proceed to college or university or vocation school and off to work you go. But rather in Singapore, after high school(Or rather secondary school) we could go to Junior College, ITE and Polytechnic then after that, we could proceed to University and off to work you go!

We had a showcase of talents, the teacher dance, a duo, followed by singing. They ARE talented. After that, we had some energizers and hell yeah it was fun.

Jog to explore
After the fun filled time in the classroom we proceeded to the porch to take our luggage and walked to our dorm. It was comfortable i didn’t expect less or more. Then the boys went to change to their sports attire and we decided to go for a jog, on their roads, to explore the village we’re living in. Not to mention, at 5pm, everyday, the students would go for a 1km jog. This is like their PE to them. We couldn’t pass that chance. I couldn’t pass that chance. So off we went for a jog! We passed by other schools, students, parents, and villagers. They were looking at us curiously but heck, we were enjoying ourselves here!
And we reached back in time to wash up and have our dinner!

Dinner and Stars

Dinner was good, food was provided buffet style but of course, it was home cooked by them, Filipino style! After that everyone went back to their respective dorms to rest because of the tiring day we had and some stayed on in the mass hall to talk about their respective experiences throughout the day. After much chatting we decided to leave the mass hall and head to the dorm to rest when the suddenly, there was a blackout. I was expecting screams and complains, but, “OH MY, SO BEAUTIFUL!”. What was it? I looked over to a friend and she was looking up. I looked up and said, “OH MY, SO BEAUTIFUL!” The stars were, so bright and clear! We never got to see that in Singapore! Orion’s belt, Mars, The Big Deeper, those are the few of the many planets we could identify! We were in amazement over the spectacle. It’s really amazing. And that, was splendid enough to end our first day in Dumaguete.

choice of tracks.

2010-03-28T08:45:00.000-07:00

I thank Hui Yin for bringing up this.

Balance
and
Decisions aligned to passion and capability.

Are we balancing our commitments?
Like balancing commitments to our family, self, friends, school, community, the world or even the one you'll soon love. Are we able to balance it all? It's something which i believe we can work on to achieve balance. All it takes is just willpower, mindset, challenges and not to forget failures. So far Hui Yin thinks that i can balance it. I thank her for believing in me. But, i just feel that something, will tip off the balance. It's a matter whether i'm ready for it or not.

Decisions aligned to passion and capability.
This reminds me of the sharing session by Shaun, Alvin's mentor at KAP Mac last saturday. I didn't plan to go for the sharing session but since i was there to do some FIP work i thought to myself, why not? All in all i did get a few learning points out of it. One of it is, are the decisions we make aligned to our passion, something we're passionate in doing? Is it just for the sake of pleasing others? Is this something that you look forward to when you wake up? That reminds of a sentence that i quoted to a friend, "Keep yourself busy with things you're passionate about.".
So now, i am gonna reconsider what i want to commit. Is it aligned to my passion? But first things first, what are my passions? What's yours?

Commitments. Let's see what i got.

Current commitments
1)Family
2)Friday class
3)TDPS LOL
4)Social interaction
5)Aikido
6)Inline Skating/exercise
7)FIP
8)Music(Guitar/Vocals maybe?)

Future commitments
1)Arabic classes
2)Haiti Thing
3)Toastmasters
4)Probably Trybe?
5)Probably TAM?
6)Free tuition
7)School duh?
8)Music(Trying to learn blues)

Prioritising and time management. Can be done. ;D

Thanks Hui Yin for facilitating my thoughts process. Appreciate it :D

sugar we're going down.

2010-03-27T22:59:00.000-07:00

It just irks me when you're having a group discussion on a certain thing and a few people are bombarding how bad it might turn out, raising their concerns and just keep quiet after that. In other words, just plain twirps who just complain.

If you wanna be an effective person who just complains, tell you what, provide a solution after complaining okay? That could contribute A LOT in a discussion.

Moral of this short post: Before you complain, think of a solution.

New Track.

2010-03-23T09:13:00.000-07:00

It's been two days since i reached Singapore but i'll say this.

Back from Dumaguete, Philippines!
I have a lot to talk about but i'll summarise it in one word; Worthwhile.

Had an awesome day and evening spent with Hui Yin and Khengleng. It's real great chatting with them on issues we like to touch on. It's also enriching. (:

I'll end the post with a quote i got out of the conversations we had.
Quoted from Kheng Leng.
"How can you please others when you can't even please yourself?"

2010-03-06T19:31:00.000-08:00

PHILIPPINES!

It's 11.32am now and although i'm anxious about flying over, i've not even packed my bags yet.
Well right now i can't wait to be Changi Airport now. Check-in time's at 9pm and our flight's like past midnight. Can't wait.

And yesterday, we had a DPA BBQ cum REUNION and it was great ;D
A good time out before we(Mel, Hui Yin, Alvin, Me) go to philippines.
Did i mention John's place was great? YEAH BABY.
And oh, Thanks John for letting us use your place (:

Off to pack my bags.

BON VOYAGE.

"Sleep first, gentleman later" Well said. :)

Load playlist

2010-03-05T08:39:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah!

The stay at the loft was well spent.
-Dancing to Jai Ho at night?
-Playing music at night?
-Going to the 'child care centre' to do a community project with the kids- boosting their speaking skills.
-Having late dinners?
-Having to sing songs like a choir? GLEE STYLE BAYBEH
-Serious heart to heart talk with KhengLeng and HuiYin!
-True colours
- Many more but i bloody forgot.

Can't wait to go to Philippines!

And life my friend, goes on.

OPERATION TRIPLE SURPRISE

2010-02-28T00:34:00.000-08:00

Well Saturday was super FANTASTIC.

1 - 4pm.
Jamming session with band playing 4 songs. Quite good.

4pm onwards
HERE'S THE FUN PART.
So here's the jiss of it.

Operation Triple Surprise

Plan 1: Shuhailah plans to bring Sharina Nair to Nabins and we'll be there to surprise her to celebrate her birthday.

But we improved it.

Plan 1.1: Sharina Nair will also bring Shuhailah Salim to Nabins and we'll be there to also surprise her but Sharina doesn't know that we'll be surprising her. And also Shuhailah doesn't know that we're gonna surprise her? I hope you're not lost here. HEH.

In summary.

Plan 1.2: Sharina will surprise Shuhailah with us & Shuhailah will surprise Sharina with us.

Now now, we can't leave it just like that right? Just a simple double surprise?

Plan 1.3: Instead of us(Iman, Amirah, Athifah and me) being there to surprise them. We'll just put Ahmad to wait there to surprise them.

THUS. A TRIPLE SURPRISE. HAHAHAHAHA.

So this is what happened.

6.20pm +: We arrived at Nabins and had a tough time deciding on where or rather how to surprise them. Relying only on the smses sent by either Sharina or Shuhailah(Secretly btw) to estimate the time we had to execute our plan, we actually had time to do something - relax and also, make a video.

6.30pm +: We used Amirah's DSLR(LIKE OMG SO NICE I BANYAK SUKA OHMPH) to create a video of us doing an intro of the birthday surprise, cloverfield(the movie) style, with me blabbering. After finishing with the video we decided to position the camera to video their reactions, candid camera style!

6.45pm +: SMSes were received! We left the place and we decide to hide at the bus stop near Nabins so we could observe them entering the place then we could enter to surprise them.

6.50pm +: The Duo walked pass Nabins. HOW? HOW? WE NEVER PLANNED FOR THAT. Iman said, "I think Sharina saw me!". Believe me, my heart was beating so fast and i thought our plan is gonna fail!

6.51pm +: They were approaching the bus stop and we were hiding behind the billboard, my shoe was exposed. SHIT.

6.51:30pm +: They walked pass the bus stop and they didn't see us! HAHAHAHAHA. The moment i said, "Go go go!". We rushed in the direction to where they came from and hid behind a car. My goodness, felt like we were running for our lives.

6.54pm +: We were hiding behind a car. Looked like as if we were gonna steal it. LMAO. But nah, and did i mention there were 4 or more people observing us? HAHAHAHA.

6.58pm +: They entered Nabins!

6.59pm +: Iman hears this from Ahmad's phone(We called Ahmad and asked him to leave the phone lying there so we can hear everything and if we hear their voice this gives us the cue to enter Nabins) - "Oh hi shuh and Sharina! Surprise! Happy Birthday!" (Hope i got this right). We entered the place and as we climbed up the stairs we sang the birthday song.

7pm+ : OPERATION TRIPLE SURPRISE COMPLETE.

Note from blogger: Timing of the sequence of events may not be as accurate. But at least the sequence of events is correct. Sorry for the inconvenience and i hope you enjoy reading.

And so someone turned 18 (:

2010-02-26T08:54:00.000-08:00

And happy birthday Sharina Nair!

Show Lyrics.

2010-02-25T09:32:00.001-08:00

This is the beautiful world i perceive,
everything goes right through this sieve,
I always know that times like these,
i should give whoever a smile and just be pleased,

Misery,
stop crawling back to me.
Tragedy,
stop crawling back to me.
Serenity,
please come back, to me.

Autumn Equinox Lyrics.

2010-02-22T10:38:00.000-08:00

Appearance is a vague thing.
Acceptance is another.
Fitting in is another.
Understanding too.

So? Need i say more?

2010-02-21T23:50:00.000-08:00

Arguments are something most of us hate come to, or even start it.
Even if boils down to it. How do we settle it? How do we end an argument with something good. How? Is about approach, reaction or content? The people, conditions or setting? Or, a whole list of factors, mashed together?

So how do we face an argument?

Carpe Diem

2010-02-21T20:22:00.001-08:00

Carpe Diem.

2010-02-20T23:07:00.000-08:00

Use Somebody by Paramore(Cover)

and.

Brick By Boring Brick by Paramore

and last but not least.

Ignorance by Paramore.

Yes MOST of it is acoustic. Yep I know that's just a habit of mine. I prefer songs in acoustic version.
Hayley Williams and her band are awesome. Talented and great musicians.

Co-writers

2010-02-19T08:33:00.000-08:00

It's been ages since i've been to Khalis' blog. Though we do meetup every friday and any other other days to jam and also chit-chat. Not to mention, he's the one guy who sparked my interest in blues. Though i'm not good enough yet. I'm still gonna learn at whatever pace i can get.

Honestly, i like this;
'Never regret meeting anyone in your life.' Despite those failed relationships and mistrusted friends, never have regrets.

Well that's just a small extract from his blog.
I don't intend to increase viewership for him but here is his blog.

Show track list

2010-02-18T04:44:00.000-08:00

Me and Winona decided to do acoustic covers!
We even came up a track list and we even came up with the album design.
Respect to Winona. Check it out.

So our tracks are:

The Riddle by Five For Fighting
Slow Dancing In A Burning Room By John Mayer
I want you back by Jackson Five
Your Song by Elton John
Say Hello by Rosie Thomas
While my guitar gently weeps by The Beatles
Torn by Natalie Imbruglia.

Alright then i shall end the post. EM3 tomorrow :D

Choose Track

2010-02-17T07:45:00.000-08:00

I was going through my hard disk and found this few songs...
-Annie's Song by John Denver
-Back for good by Take That (love this)
-Drift away by Dobie Gray
-Your song by Elton John
-Wild World by Mr Big
-Listen to the music by the Doobie Brothers
-Danny's song by Loggins & Messina
-Lemon Tree By Cake.

:)

Next track.

2010-02-16T08:31:00.000-08:00

TUESDAY!
Parents are back from the CNY trip in malaysia. But while they were gone me and my sis did enjoy as much as we can.
Highlight: Chilis is damn bloody super fantastic-ly awesome. Try it. It's at Tanglin mall!

So, we woke up at 12pm and got ready to meet Joshua in clementi to have lunch.
So we went to Pasta Fresca Di Salvatore at Boat Quay. Food was good but pricey. Loved the tiramisu and pizza ^^.
Right after that we went to Suntec City and Marina Square to do some shopping and i think i saw what i want when i drop by a violin shop but they were selling guitars too.
I just HAD TO check the shop out to see WHAT THEY GOT. AHHHH they were nice alright.
Solid spruce top with a cutaway.... so nice. NVM i shall work hard for it!

After doing our rounds we decided to have our dinner at Timbre at Boat Quay! In the mood to burn some calories we walked from Marina Square to Timbre. Passed Esplanade along the way and they were having live music. Oh how i wished to perform there, and to play blues if possible.

Alright back to the point.

So this is how Timbre looks like roughly.
We were seated at the table beside the guy in black in the right most part of the picture.

All in all atmosphere was good(Well of course with mum, sis and Uncle Joshua). Oh i loved the pizza, we can actually choose half of the pizza to be of another flavour!
Not to mention there was live music. So far if i heard properly, the acoustic band's female lead singer sang, "I'm yours", "Brick by Boring Brick", "Drops of Jupiter", and "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World.

And in the midst of it all i was being an irritating fella and tried to taunt Winona about me listening to Live music while she's out with her 'family'. It was great at first until she said, "I'll post that vid up on facebook". Okay i literally stopped.
HAHAHAHAHA.

They day ended with a cab home and i just had to blog cos of how wonderful this day was (:

Autumn Equinox || Equinox D'Autumn

Press Play

2010-02-15T01:21:00.000-08:00

Quan just made a damn good point. I overlooked it.
"Dude you just have to be contented with what you have. Look at the big picture. You may not be able to play the blues but your life is good now. You should be contented instead of asking for more."

Now my ankles all healed. I guess i can go inline skating! Gotta catch up on what i missed but maybe, before that, i should go jogging. OH YEAH!

Thing to do when exams end:
1. Play pool
2. Jogging
3. Inline Skating
4. Learn blues
5. Catching up sessions
6. Shopping for clothes
7. Mental preparation
8. Get ready to sign up for driving license
9. :)

Autumn Equinox || Equinox D'Autumn

Belated

2010-02-14T10:11:00.000-08:00

Happy Chinese New Year and Valentines day people.
No wait.. it's over.

But what i really learned throughout the years was:

Valentines day is isn't about findng love, but rather, giving/sharing your love especially to those who need it; friends, family, relatives, strangers, animals etc. :)

2010-02-14T10:08:00.001-08:00

Welcome.