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the.gayguy]]*

the dude.

.fendy
.taufiq (white)
.appreciates(almost) all sorts of music
.tries hard to play guitar:P
.raffles
.070790

.wishlist*
.a decent, non-Ibanez 24-fretted guitar with floyd rose (preferably a Schecter)
.pink braces
.EQ pedal
.a lot of cash(need, not want)
.my bro's ephiphone hardcase
.a hardcase for my Squier
.a mini humbucker for my Squier(bridge)
.a mini humbucker for my Squier(middle)
.a mini humbucker for my Squier(neck)
.a new hp
.new amp
.Seymour Duncan humbuckers for my epiphone
.strike out at least one of d wishes above
.to-do-list*
.fix my Academy LP neck & frets
.fix my Epiphone '96 LP neck & frets
.organise a gig
.jam with my cuzzins/their frens
.get a life
.get decent grades for promos
.be nice
.strike out at least one of d stuff above
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  • .sing with me*



    Thursday, December 30, 2004
    yeaee!! i got new layout.. damn original.. my fren helped me make.. tanx juliet!! n itz like.. omg.. im speechless man.. but too bad my comp spoil.. so sumhow i cant c d correct layout unless i log into blogger, go to d template n preview.. but i still luv it tho.. hahax.. niwaes, actually i wan 2 change d song.. wan 2 put heran tak heran.. okaylah. mayb a bit basi.. a bit vulgar oso.. but i luv it.. but since it duzn fit d layout.. n since my fren hates it, i wun change it ar.. oh well.. niwaes, i went 2 RJC ydae.. qoutes frm bunge(flower) "c*****! cantek s*** c*****!".. hahx.. niwaes.. adly n anwaar was as irritating as usual.. but din bother layaning dem.. dey were crapping abt how crappy mats nowadays ar n all dat.. started when they saw my mesh cap.. n i was like wdv ar.. adly was saying like d mats now so kental ar.. mesh cap merepek ar.. den he said if he knew he wud hav started wearing mesh caps since long ago n start d trend.. i wanted to say dat if HE started wearing mesh caps, d mats wun evn touch it now.. i mean, who wans to follow an asshole?.. but i din ar.. waste of breath oni.. n anwaar was like toking abt tappered jeans.. von dutch shirt.. von bitch.. wdv.. n he was like damn proud ar he got wear von bitch b4.. he was saying like "merapek ar von dutch ni semue.. aku pakai von bitch, lagi style".. i omoz laffed.. hahax.. i wanted to say sumtin like " lu jakon ke ape? von bitch ni semue dah 'been there, done dat' nyer bender lar.. style konon.. tak kene lar dngn lu.. n btw, kau ingat kau sorang jer pakai? dah lame lar sia.. Sapek ngan amri sblom puase dah pakai gi dk.. dah tak stel ar.." hahax.. i WANTED 2 say.. but too long.. hahax.. so i bottled it up.. n anwaar was like toking crap abt mesh caps n all dat.. den he told me he bought 8 frm thailand.. n i was like wdv.. hahax.. omg.. look at d time.. gtg.. continue my stori sum other tyme.. toodlez!


    strummed the guitar at 12/30/2004 06:16:00 PM

    Sunday, December 26, 2004
    *stretch*.. wdh.. tired.. junnow dk was fun.. omoz perfect.. my ragam was correct.. pitching was good.. oni 2 things.. VOLUME.. and my HEAD.. damn lar.. sebab aku slalu dk maen kepale.. pasal lu nengok muke aku smacam je? tak nah nampak budak ri ckp mlayu kape? wdv.. niwaes, back to d cerite.. aku gi maen kepale.. maen badan.. budak2 laen tak maen kepale aku maen kepale.. shuk da bilang.. aku da try cube test tak maen kepale.. tapi da naturel.. slalu ngan ningrat, ngan tarian syf, ngan bayana previous performance semue maen kepale.. abes ni.. so its like semue tanjak stiff, aku nyer goyang goyang.. malu sia.. abeh ustazah pon tak brape happy.. bap kite perform kat stage luar.. ustazah set kan timeslot ngan tempat kat dlm cc.. shuk mintak kat luar.. tapi best ar.. jadi org lalu lalang, ngah kat kedai semue kluar tengok.. anak seni maen kat dlm.. hahax.. tak goyang ar.. woops... riak.. aku dah serik.. hahax.. back 2 d topic.. kite pakai baju hitam.. sluar smat hitam.. sendri2 nyer.. den white vest.. white tanjak.. cantek dok.. hahax.. kay.. now.. btwn anak seni n bayana nyer performance.. i cant relli judge ar.. no matter how impartial i can b, i takot my judgement will b influenced by sum subconcious favourisme due to d bonding wif bayana.. but honestly, anak seni is damn lentok.. i dun mean boring ar.. tapi mcm slow n steady jer.. bayana nyer mcm fast paced siket.. juz my taste.. anak seni nyer klantan pon slow.. niwaes, dey performed in d cc hall.. we performed OUTSIDE d cc.. so i cant judge volume.. speaking of which.. mudhirah marah seh kat kite.. bab kite patot kat dlm perform.. abeh shuk nak kat luar.. jadi buat kat luar ar.. abeh mcm basthird seh.. mule2 aku, fed, abeh siape lagi gi angkat platform naek stage.. semue org nengok seh.. abeh mule2 nak test cukop tempat ke tak.. abeh shuk panggel awok2.. tros paluan pulak naek.. tros kate nak ambek gamba lar.. abeh tibe2 nak stat.. hahax.. yj sampai buang sliper kat blakang.. den we performed.. den finish.. den cabot.. hahax.. mcm aper je.. o yar.. my cuz came.. die tolong ambekkan gamba.. terok seh.. mase aku ngah okay die zoom kat juare ngan karot.. paluan pon die zoom.. abeh mase aku muke stoin die zoom.. siak ar.. den she gave me dis bracelet/necklace.. damn kewl.. d same one as shukri's.. hahax.. o yar.. my mum was oso ard.. n so was sarah.. she came koz bayana performin.. shortly afta we perform, she balek.. den i balek naek taxi.. hantar my cuz.. den go back home.. mandi.. sembayang.. den lie down on d bed.. sms sarah.. thanked her like a mill times.. coz like she's d oni person out there who i noe watching us perform.. pathet.. ouh well.. gtg now.. toodlez..


    strummed the guitar at 12/26/2004 11:02:00 PM

    Thursday, December 23, 2004
    2nd post 4 d dae.. hmm.. wad did i wan 2 post abt? o yar.. hav i posted abt going 2 kkh? o yar.. oh yar.. n did i mention i met zul at kkh? zulhairy.. den did i mention i was begging my mum 2 buy me dis damn cute winnie d pooh costume or shirt or sumtin.. its baby size.. hahax.. o yar.. juz wanted to say dat 2moro got DK TRAINING! hahax.. d last one.. koz dat dae we sucked.. hahax.. so, im NOT GOING JOHOR!! hahax.. commited lar katekan.. hahax.. no lar.. coz my mum tired lar.. 2dae work halfday, den go kkh wif me, den go orchard.. den do nuthing at hm.. hahax.. now sound asleep.. hahax.. i wonder y she so tired man.. i mean, i was awake in d morning oso.. doing housework.. cleaning d dishes.. a hell lot of em.. den clean up my rm, my parents' rm.. d other rm.. d hall.. d dining area.. d kitchen.. sweeping.. n lotz of other stuff.. n roasting d rebane n anak.. hahax.. not realli roasting ar, juz turning on d fire in d kitchen n holding d anak/rebane on top of d flame.. d anak was damn bloody tite after dat.. d rebane took like ten minutes or so to tighten.. imagine dat ar.. holing d rebane upside down 0.6 m frm d flame which is abt 0.8 m abv d floor.. or sumtin liddat.. 4 ten mins.. damn.. afta dat i sedak den play d rebane till loose again.. damn smart rite? ouh well.. wait? how did i get into diz topic? nvm.. niwaes, i got cold n a sore throat now.. my voice is definitely not in top form.. still cant reach d high pitches.. damnit man.. n 2moro im gonna loose it again.. n i got saturday to heal.. den sunday to break my voice 4 d 4th or 5th time.. hahax.. oh yar.. damn.. dey still not sure abt wad time d performance.. but neverdless nid to mit at arraudha at 10.. oh well.. speaking of dk.. damnit man.. anwaar junnow nak carik pasal seh.. but im not gonna mention it lar.. tho i can giv clues.. its basically abt bayana offering to perform at ri if d pbmir too bz wif other stuff dat dey cant do dk, n abt anwaar saying no to d free offer coz he looks down on bayana juz coz dey giving a free offer, n abt me having d URGE to say to him(butididnt) dat a bayana 7-7 awok n 3 paluan is much louder n better den a 17-21 awok n 5 paluan under d leadership of d current pbmir budaya ic.. but i wun mention it lar.. juz givin clues.. damn.. waiting 4 ppl to go online.. haiz.. omoz 11 now.. i betta turn in.. muz hav plenty of rest.. 4 261204 performance.. ouh well.. toodlez!


    strummed the guitar at 12/23/2004 10:18:00 PM

    juz came back frm orchard.. me mum forced me to buy new uniforms.. 3 pairs.. den buy 3 pe tshirts.. den 2 house t shirts.. den 2 pe pants.. all L.. grr.. i can still fit M.. haiz.. b4 dat i went kkh.. woohoo.. can go OBS.. oh yar.. 4got to mention dat b4 dis my OBS form bounced back.. koz d stupid GP ticked d "Fit to go OBS" box, but put a comment "aviod strenous activities"(my mum's request) dats like LAME.. i mean, its OBS.. if im supposed to avoid strenous activities, mite as well not go OBS.. but now my doc gav green lite.. yes.. MY doc.. actually a prof.. hahax.. ive been under his care since i was a few mths old.. he watched me grow.. n i watched him watching me grow.. hahax.. okayz.. now.. ydae i had dk.. nite session.. my parents finally gave in.. i broke my voice, AGAIN.. n ihfahm was like "eh shuk! shuk! ri suare da pecah ar" n sneering.. n bunga oso.. but now i sumhow fixed back.. oh yar.. ydae i laung-ed damn a lot.. until fazli warn me "kalau tak leh tarek, jgn tarek.. line aku kau jgn curik until kau dah boleh challenge aku".. hahax.. n i was tellin him, "takpe kau.. jage.. 26 nanti.. 26" damn funni.. but afta i broke my voice oso i laung.. n got d ending tepok 10 we got to laung like "terima kaseh saudara, terima kaseh saudari", den d rest sambut.. den do d intro again.. so i did it ar, coz sapek not ard.. den d intro i did damn high.. hahax.. so i did oni 'tinggi si bayan terbangggg'.. den d rest i keep quiet, coz cannot reach.. hahax.. damn.. lame.. niwaes, 2moro maybe going to johor.. if not, den i going to ar raudha to collect d costume 4 26 dec.. den mite slipovr at my grandma's, coz mayb saturday i going picnic wif my cuzzez.. den maybe if i too tired i overnite again till 26th.. hehex.. coz muz mit at 10 at arraudha.. oh well.. woa.. diz is like my shortest complete entry.. gtg nowz.. toodles!


    strummed the guitar at 12/23/2004 05:53:00 PM

    Tuesday, December 21, 2004
    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa(-chak-)aa..

    Tinggi Si Bayan terbang...
    Rendah Si Bayan renang..
    Tinggi ilmu jadi peransang..
    Walau rendah masih nyata.. nan terang...

    Si Bayana.. Bayana.. Si Bayana.. Bayana.. Si Bayana... Aaaaaaaa.. Si.. Ba.. Ya.. Na..

    -kita mula-
    -PALU!-
    *tepok10*
    eh-ah eh-ah..
    Bayana! Bayana!
    Fuyoh! Tingginye! Rendahnye!
    Tatatatata! Tetetetete!



    hahax.. dah takde keje kape aku.. hahax.. yg aku gi tules intro for 26 dec nyer performance asal seh? hahax.. btw, yg lepas '*tepok10*' tu laungan untok tepok spuloh.. duh.. hahax.. oh god.. y m i toking broken malay? hahax.. wdv man.. im bored now.. damn.. no tanx 2 my mum.. if she allowed, i wud b at ar-raudha now playing dk.. hmm.. playing duzn sims to b d rite word.. practicing.. arr.. dats betta.. wdv.. damn.. 2moro oso got dk practice.. betta not tell my mum.. or else she wun lemme go.. hahax.. she had neva allow me 2 go 4 nite dk sessions b4.. damn bad.. kalau kat skola sampai pukol 12 pon tak kesah.. haiz.. wait, not true.. dat time dramafeste till 11 or twelve.. n she got damn pissed.. hahax.. niwaes, BayanA is concurrently having dk as i speak.. or as i write.. or type.. wdv.. niwaes, got nuthin much to blog abt.. actually hav ar.. but sum things r betta left unspoken.. damnit.. i shudn hav asked.. wdv.. niwaes, i have a cough now.. juz recovered frm sore throat.. a BAD sore throat.. can hardly talk.. hahax.. since saturday.. coz i nvr use my voice properly.. koz i was testing out new laungans..hahax.. i suddenly came up wif sum crap.. hahax.. oh yar.. speaking of saturday.. had dk session frm 1 to 3 plus.. actually till 4++ or 5++.. but i request to go earli.. coz nid 2 take care of my grandma coz my aunt nid to go out.. but in d end my aunt din go out.. niwaes, when i came back frm dk, my aunt gave me coke.. wif a hell lot of ice.. n i was like AAAHH!!.. hahax.. so my sore throat got worse.. but nvm lar.. my aunt leadi pour rite.. it wudn be nice iff i decline.. but it was a hell of a big mug.. but i din finish it.. so i put in in d ref.. den at nite went to sum jemputan org kawen.. at jurong.. took taxi.. my aunt force me to go.. coz she dunno how to get to da venue.. so i shower as quickly as possible (8 mins.. record time sia.. usually ten to 30 mins.. hahax..).. den wore my jeans, my belt(STUD BOYZ!! hahax..), my orientation shirt, my glasses, mess up my hair, den went off.. hahax.. afta we finish at d jemputan we quickly went off.. den met my mum n dad who came a bit later.. so my mum asked me 2 ajak my aunt go gek poh.. so went frm blk 747.. i walked under sum blks.. omoz had d urge to take d lift n singgah at sumone's hse.. but lucky got my aunt, or else i wud hav.. den took my aunt to gek poh.. den my when we went out i saw my dad n my fren's dad across d rd.. den i bought sum lozenges.. i think its called Dequadine or sumtin.. by Glaxowell.. got 25 lozenges.. den took taxi 2 my grandma's hse.. den i slept overnite while my parents went home.. den came sunday.. woke up at 6 plus.. den went out at 7 plus.. my cuz sent me to arraudha.. reach there at 8 sharp.. waited for shukri n d rest of Bayana outside d usual classrm at d 2nd floor.. at 830 he sms said dey were at d outside tables.. damnit.. den went in.. ate together(evn tho i alreadi had breakfast).. hahax.. actually afik n redzwan oso da makan.. but we still makan.. orang dah bagi makan kan.. tak baek tolak.. den we walked to pasar biru.. oh yar, 4got 2 mention y.. we had 2 distribute flyers for d 26 dec carnival.. Faedli was d supposed leader, but his adek told us he sleeping at home.. niwaes, finally managed to finish givin all of em.. i helped fazli(lili/gergerl) n redzwan(f-off) oso.. den returned to arraudha.. lepak till almost one.. tok tok n tok.. i asked abt history of bayana n all dat.. den shuk ask me if got any skool or majlis kahwen or anithin wants free dk performance, tell Bayana.. so.. ANYBODY LOOKING FOR A GOOD YET FREE DIKIR BARAT PERFORMANCE FOR ANY FUNCTIONS OR CONCERTS, PLEASE CALL ME!! hahax.. den he told me if Adi Ningrat wants help or guidance frm Bayana oso can.. wad m i toking man?? hahax.. wif d kind of Budaya IC pbmir have, dat kind of thing will remain only as an 'if'.. juz like.. erm.. nvm.. *knocks head on table*.. niwaes, monday, ydae.. had dk practice at teck whye sec.. d first hr or so got teck whye cheerleaders practicing in d hall.. damn jambu sia dat cheerleader.. hahax.. kiddin.. n faedli was like 'mocking' dem ar.. hahax.. coz sum of dem wanted to do handstand but din work... as in a full hand stan.. body straight.. hahax.. n i was like, come on man! u 20 yrs old.. dey like oni secondary kids.. hahax.. my voice was leadi damn bad.. but i shouted to my loudest.. n shukri was still complaining dat d team wazn loud enuf.. which is quite true.. coz moz werent evn opening their mouth, let alone making a sound.. i finished my lozenges during d first hr.. hahax.. u got dat rite.. 25 lozenges.. in 3 dayz.. no wonder my tongue got ulcer.. hahax.. den finish i went back to arraudha wif shukri n hazwan.. den dey went gombak, i went to my grandma's.. now tryin to get back my voice.. i cant evn do d intro.. damn.. 26 dec.. moz probably performance will be at 2 oclock +/-.. i playing as awok.. awok blakang.. hahax.. first time seh.. slalu maen depan.. oh well.. gtg now.. chowz!


    strummed the guitar at 12/21/2004 09:14:00 PM

    Saturday, December 18, 2004
    hahax.. get to blog.. finally.. eh peeps, sori ar my posts have been hanging halfway fer d past few posts.. or izit juz d past post? haha.. niwae, i jemuring my rebane and anak.. no, not my baby.. anak rebane lar.. hahax.. n itz not mine.. d skool's one.. hahax.. my mum izn dat plzed wif me bringing hm d rebane n anak.. she scared i rosakkan.. err.. wdv.. if i can sedak d rebane wif a pen knife wifout tearing it, keeping it at hm fer halfmonth will be easy.. hahax.. damnit, d sun was hot juz a second ago.. now sum cloud blocking d way.. damn.. like junnow.. it was damn hot.. but d moment i put d anak on d windowsill d cloud kacau.. yeaee.. d sun came up again.. hahax.. speaking of which, shukri came back to bayana trainings.. dah seminggu bertapa di pergunungan kelantan.. hahax.. jkjk.. is there evn any mounts in kelantan? haha.. no lah.. he went kelantan to compose new kelantan.. hahax.. lame.. geddit? konfused? haha.. nvvm.. i dunno wad he did at kelantan.. but he went there for a week.. den came back.. holiday i assume.. damn. but went he came back.. wa lieu.. hahax.. he bought bayana a NEW REBANE.. hmm.. rebane sounds englishy.. re-bane.. hahax.. rebana.. ahh.. dats betta.. d sound was damn nice sial.. hahax.. n it wasn evn sedak-ed yet.. i quote frm muhaimin(bunga) "garing sial!" .. n i quote again "blom sedak dah gareng.. kalau da sedak..hahaz. but its true ar.. damn nice.. as compared to pjc nyer rebana.. its torn on one side.. but plastered ar.. heheh.. d anak not bad.. but after jemur its damn nice oso.. like dat time si bunge(muhaimin) brot back.. he jemur den sapu ngan minyak.. or izit sapu minyak first den jemur? didn ask.. but it was damn nice sia.. hahax.. niweas, now damn tense.. 11 more days.. to THE performance (pls notice d emphasis on the word 'the').. yes.. d moz important one yet.. d preview sucked.. d perjumpaan hari raya screwed.. we muz make diz one d most bestest performance yet by BayanA.. like hazwan said, shukri said (wah.. mcm hadith nabi liddat.. abu hurairah berkata: bahawa baginda Rasulullah bersabda:.... ) dat diz performance decides d future existance of BayanAbadi.. if we screw up, shukri will break d team.. as in, NO MORE.. but if we do well, he'll kip it.. n nex yr we go small comp first.. den maybe if we can kip d team till 2010, we mite go mega.. there's no point keeping d team if we screw up on 26th dec, koz it will b damn memalukan.. d grp leadi 2 yrs old, yet screw up.. n Keris is like begging Shukri to be their karut or sumtin.. so we relli hav to prove to SHukri dat we are worth his time, his commitment, his leadership.. woa.. dat was scary.. hahax.. for Adi Ningrat? i have no comment.. or dare to give any.. its quite gd oso lar.. juz dat we've neva joined any comp.. or any dat i noe of.. o well.. gtg now.. muz prepare mentally 4 26 dec..



    ""-make it or break it- shukri" -hazwan" -me


    strummed the guitar at 12/18/2004 05:06:00 PM

    Thursday, December 02, 2004
    sialan.. i missed a reunion outing.. for my class.. P******.. niwaes, hmm.. anybody noes a cure for a CONSTIPATED CAT? im not joking.. my cat havent shitted for more den 24 hrs leadi.. now its sleeping ar.. hahax.. d names Bayana Hitam.. hahax.. Bayana is my dk grp name.. Bayana Abadi.. so i kol my cat Bayana Hitam.. or juz Bayana.. but when its naughty i call it Seha (Say-Ha) haha.. sum joke frm Bayana oso.. d juara's gf or sumthing.. hahax.. niwaes, got lots to took abt.. so i try write wad i remember ar.. firstly, dk.. i learnt evrithin at d last hr.. or last 2 hrs for dat matter.. n PULLED IT THRU..hahax.. but shukri wasn happy wif d overall performance ar.. it sucked.. n i hav to agree.. den had to come back a bit earlier.. at 9 plus.. koz i had to buy butter for my mum to make sum kuih tart for my frenz d nex day.. hahax.. den nex day went out.. argh.. gtg.. byez..



    strummed the guitar at 12/02/2004 02:53:00 PM