Saturday, September 30, 2006
4 once i think ms tang is right.
im OBSESSED with guitar.
seriously.
ok i foresee some cynical comments from my friends if they read the prev 3 lines.
"NOW then u realised ur obsession?"
"Baru SKARANG kau tau?"
"Sucker!"
ok nvm.
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seriously.
ok junnow parent teacher meeting.
my mum went.
2gether wif my bro n his wife.
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k niwaes. the first weird thing.
she sumhow found out dat my bro plays guitar,
and having seen me play b4,
she kinda infered that my bro's quite gd at guitar la,
so she askd him if he wants 2 b guest player at d sec 4s graduation dinner.
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2nd thingey.
at the end of everything.
she told me, put my guitar aside 4 d next 3 weeks la.
cts coming.
ironic, coming from her.
coz nex saturday the lit dpartment making their students put up sum short plays.
n my job... play an aprox 2 min guitar solo.
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speaking of that.
i cant find any easy stuff 2 play!
im fcking skrewd.
i at first tot of doing Eugene's Trick Bag
1 min plus.
by steve vai.
apparently i underestimated him.
ok la the whole song overall quite ok.
got sum parts relatively fast.
i think within one wk of constant practice
i can more or less do that fast part
if not mayb i do slower, coz it'll still sound decent la i figured.
but but but.
got this one part.
i dunno what u call it, i call it the 'Goddammitt!'.
first time i saw this was like in Rising Force(by Malmsteen!) solo.
what he does is play sum notes on like fret 3 or 4 that area there
then jump to fret 15 16 liddat
and do it damn fast.
well not really damn fast la.
if it was fret 3 4 to fret 4 5 can la
but jumping 12 frets
and not playing single notes u noe
do like sum rapid 3 notes thingey jump 12 frets do 3-4 notes thing jump back etc etc
alternatively i can like play on same frets but string 1 string 6 string 1 string 6.
so like my hand under neck den on top of neck den under neck den....
which is another technique which i call 'HELL NO!'
Neil Zaza does it.
ok my point is i got no song 2 play
:S
ok my tagboard... v weird... haha. *walks off to make kopi*
strummed the guitar at 9/30/2006 09:18:00 PM
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Ok thats my guitar. n d word FunK on it. if u turn it around. it'll still be funk! yay.
n thats my toe. yups, d one without nail. lol.
strummed the guitar at 9/24/2006 06:34:00 PM
omg. i was reading my post dated oct 1999. actually it was a mistake. was posted on 2004. but niwaes. gosh. i feel like crying. nvm veri long story.
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n btwn 'i feel like crying' and '. nvm veri long story.' i was reading sum of my 2004 posts.
i've changed a lot.
4 d better?
no not really.
sigh.
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n slamat berpuasa 2 all muslims in d world!! :D
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greg is a freaking shithead la.
he at first told me he bought ESP Eclipse 2day.
n like his display pic oso got dat ESP Eclipse picture la.
n like after talk2 4 damn long, he said 'u wanna noe a secret? i got dat pic frm d net. lol. k nice messing wif u(or wazit messing u up?). gtg mug math'.
wdf.
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i've changed.
n i cant stand changes.
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sigh.
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*stomach growls*
strummed the guitar at 9/24/2006 06:14:00 PM
Saturday, September 23, 2006
n o yes.
my dad wun lemme sell my Squier Strat.
YAY.
haha im seriously happy.
now thinking of how 2 raise money 2 buy new guitar n gadgets.
n i think i wanna buy a marshall stack amp.
200+.
strummed the guitar at 9/23/2006 09:11:00 PM
sigh.
2 dat person on d tagboard.
really sorry 4 drifting away.
n k sorry but who r u?
as in I have been drifting away frm quite a number of people these days.
these days? who m I kidding.. I've always been drifting away frm people.
tsk.
but I think I know who that person is la.
or at least I narrowed down 2 two people.
but whoever it is.
I am very sorry.
but I guess ur life will b better without me.
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sigh
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anyway people.
I had my toenail removed.
the big toe. left leg.
totally removed.
the whole thing.
coz I got in-grown nail u see.
since last year SYF in somewhere ard april.
yes, that long.
so like my mum decide 2 bring me 2 my cuzzin's work place.
a clinic.
no my cuzzin not a doc.
juz d nurse.
haha n it was like damn funny la d procedure.
well no not really.
juz dat the doc had 2 gimme a lot of anesthetic jabs.
wait did I spell dat word right? lol.
first he said 2 will do la.
so like yeah. one jab, 2 jabs. done.
den like 5 mins later.
Doc: feel numb yet?
ME: no.
ok so he jabbed me one more time.
:S
den i was like talking n babbling all d time la.
like at d very first time.
d doc juz dab sum alcohol on my toe
n i was like 'adoi2 sakit seh'.
haha.
k wdvr.
den like yeah he slid a blade under my nail.
den yanked out d nail.
bandage.
yeah done.
n d doc was asking if i felt pain after he bandaged it.
den i said no.
den he was saying 2 me, now no pain, but once d anesthetic fade away, we'll c if u man or not.
wakaka.
n like true enuf.
while walking out of the clinic, i started feeling d pain.
at first it was irritating.
then it became almost unbearable.
n when i reachd my block i had 2 CLIMB THE STAIRS.
ouch.
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k datz it.
im boring.
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RS... song choice....
no time 2 practise.... how??
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*RS: Rafflesian Spotlight.
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o yes like during d whole surgery
my cuzz was talking2 2 me la 2 distract me frm d pain.
yea it still hurts with 3 jabs.
but i rock u c >.<
anyway she told me if i wan 2 like make public perf at east coast she can help
coz her fren like run dat place.
wherever dat place is la.
lol.
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gtg mug math.
strummed the guitar at 9/23/2006 08:55:00 PM
Saturday, September 16, 2006
ok i SHOULD be doing my CRP now.
but heck juz post a quick entry.
Lit teacher wants to see my parents.
coz i din hand in CRP.
both of em.
wdh its just 2 assignments.
ok come to think of it.
those are the ONLY 2 individual assignments that were assigned to us.
fine.
but niwaes, got a pink letter la frm her.
i think im gonna hate pink 4 d rest of my life.
haha.
tsk. serious matter. not funny.
ok intended 2 show my parents d letter 2day.
but in d morning my mum leadi exploded.
coz i went 4 a haircut, n i din get my fringe cut-ed.
tsk. small issue oni.
but hav 2 agree wif her la, my hair looks a bit weird now.
weirder than usual i mean.
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n i cant believe the thought of selling away
one of my guitars actually crossed my mind.
tsk. im so dissapointed with myself.
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haha k this is random:
U noe rite nowadaes got d starhub adverts at bus-stops
wif a pic of a guy/gal and the words Im a Hub or sumtin liddat
haha i was juz thinking like mayb if d 2 habibahs n rg were 2 like campaign for prefect elections or wdvr nex yr in jc,
they mayb can do sumtin liddat.
Hab's poster: Im a Hab.
Bib's poster: Im a Hab too, but people call me Bib.
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shit m i fcking lame or what...
strummed the guitar at 9/16/2006 05:35:00 PM
Saturday, September 09, 2006
my 150th entry on the dashboard.
how dashing.
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ok sometimes i really cant stand myself.
i'm like soooo lame.
haha. lame. cant stand.
god... see what i mean?
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haha im using dashes( - ) in between paragraphs
coz apparently the spaces dont appear
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haha dashes.. fisrt paragraph.
god.......
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anyway.
i want kirk's signature LTD les paul
i mean its like damn kewl ah
900 bux.
24 frets
floyd rose
his signature humbuckers
and his guitar design
k i know i told ari i dont really fancy signature guitars
but this is kirk's!
haha.
kirk hammett is metallica's lead guitarist btw.
lol.
n its damn worth it.
900 bucks.
an average LTD is abt 450.
if u upgrade one humbucker it wud b 200 bux + 50 bux for installation
yeah now this guitar has two good humbuckers
so its would cost 500 bux more than an average LTD
ie 950.
yeah now u're getting it for 900
plus im quite sure they throw in a case as well
damn good ah.
as compared to Ibanez signature series
the non prestige ones i mean
900 bux
but
yeah ok design.. the same la as the original signature model
but humbuckers
same as a normal Ibanez guitar
so you are paying 500 bux more just for design
which is to me totally bullshit la
but ari's guitar ok la
well its ok AFTER discount
haha.
1000
500 bux on humbuckers, we put it like that
then the other 500 for the design, the guitar, the floyd rose..
ok la.
but if it was at the original price of 2k.
ewwww. haha.
ok nvm sorry for being very technical here.
cant help it.
haha.
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I LOOVEEE my Squier Strat.
and i refuse to get a Fender Strat.
no not because i dont have money and even if i have money im a freeking scrooge and i wont want to spend it.
though its rather true.
haha.
but niweas.
i still suck at guitar.
its not the guitar that matters(much.. lol).
its the guitarist.
no point getting damnnn expensive and damn good equipments
if u cant play.
ari suggests i get effects pedals instead of new guitars/upgrade humbuckers
thats what my dad suggests
and my brother
and most probably everyone else if i ask them
haha
ok nvm i lost my train of thought.
hmm.
o ya.
i love my Squier.
some people *cough*ari*cough* thinks the sound sux.
and other people *cough*greg*cough* agrees with him.
but i don't care.
my pedals covers the sound.
seriously.
except when i dont touch the strings.. there will be this irritating humming sound
haha.
but during shows i dont do that what.
worse comes to worse i get a NS(noise suppression) pedal.
or turn the volume down to zero in between songs.
or get Hum Cancelling pickups. like YJM or HS-3.
but hmmmm. Malmsteen uses YJM and HS-3 pickups.
but he still uses a NS pedal.
hmmm.
ok fine i wont upgrade my Squier pickups.
but i really want that Kirk guitar.
i mean its like 24 frets.
i need a 24 fret guitar with floyd rose!
2 play metallica.
and some other metal
o wait no i only play metallica and iron maiden.
and iron maiden they use fender strats
ie their songs dont go beyond 22 frets.
ok fine so i only need it for metallica songs.
ok so why not get an average LTD for 450?
and spen the other 400 bux on pedals?
hmm.
gd question.
ok mayb coz i'll most probably want to upgrade the pickups in the near future.
so might as well buy a signature guitar with good humbuckers
than an average guitar and then spend money and time upgrading it.
right?
i dont know.
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n yes pedal issues.
ari recommends digital pedals.
multi effects la.
so does my dad.
cos its more 'worth it'.
ard 200 bux, u can get like up to a hundred different sounds.
got delay.
dozens of distortions/overdrive sounds.
octaver.
wah.
its like 10 pedals in one la.
but i want analog ones.
analog pedals i mean.
one costs abt 150-200+.
haha now u know why my dad wud prefer a multi effects.
but i don't need so many effects.
i've got an overdive
and an autowah(which i don't use AT ALL... not the point)
i only need a digital delay..
a good wah pedal..
and a Metal Zone.. for metal songs kind of distortion.
yeah thats it.
clean sound. overdrive. metal distortion.
digital delay. autowah. wah.
enough. 6 sounds.
and i havent even started playing mix and match.
i dont need a sound factory like ari's.
haha.
but the problem is.
3 more pedals...
3 x 100-200+
abt 600 bux.
a multi efx= 200 bux.
sigh.
haha.
wdvr.
ok better resume to doing my english thingey.
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haha o yea my parents are getting abit worried la.
for the past week i've been wearing my mum's cekak2.
hairband.
haha.
n my mum's calling me Sutun.
its sum show on Suria abt sum gay guy.
lol.
k wdvr.
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ah yes.
growing up is scary.
but we all have to go through it.
and what's more scary to me is that.
i spend like 18 yeas studying.
then i spend the rest of my life in the office.
and die.
thats it.
ok damn its times like this when i wish i really am a rockstar.
haha.
but its still the same.
spend the rest of my life playing guitar.
and die.
i am sooooo optimistic.
o yea.
one more reason why im starting 2 give up on becoming a rockstar.
its not like a bed of roses la, life as a rockstar.
speaking of roses i wonder when Ros coming back from KL.. nvm.
anyway. bands. a lot of politics.
seriously.
i was reading Slash's biography or whatever u call it on Wikipedia.
got stories about Guns n Roses/Snakepit/Velvet Revolver.
ooooh veri ugly.
almost bitchy too.
i mean like even VR got problems.
and its his latest band summore.
and i don't want 2 b a band leader.
im bound to be like ari.
ok i hire you evn tho u suck.
ooh ok i found a better guy.
you're fired.
ooh o no that guy cant make it.
can u join us? u can la.. ure good.
ok that's how i summarise my band experience with him la.
i mean im talking about myself only la.
some other peeps in his ever changing band.
i mean im not saying he's a bad guy la.
he's a nice chap. honest.
but yeah i guess he has to la. for the sake of the band.
does he?
hmmm.
k nvm.
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sorry for the very long entry.
i haven't finished you know.
but i'll stop here la. haha.
strummed the guitar at 9/09/2006 12:07:00 PM
Saturday, September 02, 2006
yups that's hendrix people.. with his turn-arounded guitar. all hail :D
strummed the guitar at 9/02/2006 09:40:00 PM
sigh.
growing up is scary.
:S
n ok btw I'm listening 2 metallica again. gosh.
i think almost one year since i really listen to them.
time does fly, apparently.
anyway.
i cant imagine.
next year i'll b in jc.
and the next i'll be preparing 4 a levels.
and the next i will be having NS.
and the same for the next.
and the next i'll be in uni.
4 how long i don't know...?
and then.... what?
i feel like making music my career.
im talking about bands and all.
i mean i seriously don't quite care if i don't have the 5Cs when i grow up later.
as long as i have:
just enough cash to support myself
true friends
my loved ones
living everyday doing the one thing that i like the most:
Playing guitar
but.
loved ones.
my parents.
they always say like whatever im doing now
no not jamming and surfing the net
as in going through school and mugging
is 4 my future
i may not appreciate it now
but its for my future
and i'll be happy in the future
with good education
and a good job
and lots of money
they(my parents) don't want anything in return
they just want me to be happy.
but will i?
id rather have a failing career as a musician
than a succesful one working in an office
as in seriously
ok imagine IF my career in music really works out
i get to go on tours with my bandmates
i really hope its still noel, greg, xuan lang and aaron
really luv working with them
ok niwaes
imagine
i get to go on tours
perform
play guitar
n ok fine mayb get lots of money
that's jsut a bonus
ok lets just say i earn like an average income
spend time with fans
with friends
compare with
i work in an office
ok wait. lets put the best possible scenario that might happen.
i become a CEO.
i own a company
i become filthy rich
but sit in meetings everyday
spend hours in the office alone
face the computer for hours
go home late everyday.
i'll have no time 4 myself!!
yeah fun right?
ok i wanted 2 put sumtin abt family in both scenarios
but i dont know which path will allow me 2 spend more time with my family
so we put that aside.
niwaes.
id rather pick the first one.
seriously.
but what about my parents?
they brought me up
even though they didn't have to
they put me through school
my dad works hard everyday
2 provide the best he can afford for me
and seriously. sometimes i ask 4 a lot.
guitars.
guitar stuff.
guitar stuff.
more guitar stuff.
n like...
ok not the point.
d point is
they didn't have 2 bring me up
but they did
they could have left me 2 at Toa Payoh
but they didn't
n they all they ask 4 in return is 2 c me b a succesful person
n i dont think becoming a rock 'star' is success to them.
so yeah.
sigh.
strummed the guitar at 9/02/2006 09:13:00 PM
