Life is Beautiful

DiGi iPhone 4SURE I DO 1ST

2011-12-22T15:45:00.001+08:00

The first thing I will do when I get my hands on my DiGi iPhone 4S?
Here's the series of event I will do :

1. Get into my car

2. Make sure DiGi 3G is turned on

3. Drive

4. Ask Siri to text my friends "meet up at Chili's"

5. Then, ask SIRI to call Chili's to confirm my reservation

6. Show off my DiGi iPhone 4S when my friends showed up.

7. Snap a picture with the built-in 8MP camera and upload it to the Net via DIGI 3G!

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so, what's the first thing you'd do with your iPhone 4S?

DiGi iPhone 4SURE 4 ME

2011-12-22T15:33:00.001+08:00

Few days ago, my good old iPhone 3GS was water-damaged :( As for now I believe its in a state of what the geeks called 'hard reset mode'. I'm on my Day 3 without iPhone, and believe me, its dreadful.

Trading it in is now impossible, and I was gonna trade it in and upgrade myself a 4S! OUCH !

Anyways...

I'm going to narrate why I'd call it dreadful, and before that, no I'm not CONTROLLED by technology, I'm just using the wonder of human's creation and technology for a better way of managing and living my life, and believe me, iPhone does that. Find it hard to believe? Ask the other 30 million iPhone users.

Nowadays, the market of smartphone is reaching its saturation point. A lot of comments and reviews are done on certain outstanding smartphones, Apple's iPhone is on the list for sure. Upon my first hands-on on my good old iPhone 3GS 2 years ago, I stopped looking at other brands of smartphones since then.

First off, the user interface of the iOS is super user-friendly. It fits right into your needs without having you to trouble yourself by reading user manuals to use and apply its functions. Setting up e-mail accounts is a bliss, one look on the screen and I've got all I needed.

*I'm missing my Digi data plan already*

iPhone sets a benchmark and standards on how an ideal smartphone should be. As for the looks, the design is sleek and elegant, and it caught a balance between beauty in simplicity. The dimensions of the iPhone is just right, fits right into your pocket and your palm, and the weight maintained the solidity of the phone.

Not to mention, with the upgrades in iPhone 4S like 8 Megapixels camera, A5 dual-core chip, SIRI that actually TALKS TO YOU (no other phone does that!) , and so much more !!! Even if you never used an iPhone before, you wouldn't wanna miss this awesome device that delivers promising mobile experience !

In a nutshell, most smartphones are still showing the trend of 'users-fit-into-products' kind of attitude, while smartphones reversed it, "WE FIT INTO YOU". Thats what I get, and thats what everybody should get. An ideal product should be fitting your needs instead of users trying to fit into how it functions. Thank you Steve Jobs for such wonderful creation and technology, and with what I've stated above, I have every reason to stick with an iPhone, by hook or by crook.

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Quote of the day :

"If you are using an iPhone, keep using it. Any attempts on using any other mobile devices other than iPhone shall cause an eruption of downgrading process in mobile experience. Period."

Bowie

8 months later

2011-12-05T03:24:00.001+08:00

8 months later.
Life is as it is.
Major updates in between these 8 months ?

signed by Warner/Chappell Music Taiwan as a songwriter.
bought 2 guitars that costed me a 5 digit number (in MYR).
am a better person thanks to my family and girlfriend.
gf had my face printed on my birthday cake, for the first time I found out it can be done that way.
attended the magistrate court for the first time for listening due to overdue payment of traffic compound. The judge is an ass.

Oh hey, this is my cover on Jay Chou's song weeks ago. It kept on raining during the ungodly hours... I had to make one of these. Take a listen. :) Ignore the breathing sound caused by heavy flu :P

因为有你，所以...

2011-04-08T02:44:00.000+08:00

我可以抱着暖暖的心入睡 <3 晚安 :)

Recently, things are...

2011-04-05T05:20:00.004+08:00

Alright, recent updates :

love life? undoubtedly awesome possum. I'm still having an aftermath of such a beautiful encounter on her :) It's freakin' awesome!

and ...

Studies are busy as usual. Some of my course mates are surprised by my 'surprise visit' to the lecture hall/classes because my attendance is so bad that it actually misled my course mates to think that I already changed my major. Sorry guys, I do came here to learn, but, uh, not like that. Visiting professors and lecturers in their office is much more constructive, at least thats what I think.

and...

I don't get to buy the tickets for Bruno Mars (heartbreaks x infinity)

and...

I've written a lot of songs and am currently negotiating on another song after Favorite Girl :)

and...

watched HOP with wifey and its nice :) nice bunny! LOL :)

and...

I just done revising my Heat Transfer. Dozing off....

and...

mum asked me to help her to prepare her exam papers, but I'm yet to finish, argh!

and...

am trying my best to not to supper anymore.

and...

I selfishly dislikes the fact that the final year buddies I met in Wanderers are graduating soon.

Guess thats it for now... :)

I need a break

2011-03-31T04:55:00.002+08:00

How can I not be affected when you are already a part of my life? :)

I can't help but wonder, and wondering was all I did.

I'm handling everything as good and as neat as they should be.

I'm trying to be a good student, a good friend, a good boyfriend, a good son, and a good teacher.

Somehow the insecurity still eats me up inside.

Or maybe its just because...
tiredness overwhelmed me.

I shall wake up to another beautiful morning.

Good morning.

I.L.Y

2011-03-28T04:02:00.004+08:00

Good night

我爱你

17032011

2011-03-24T02:18:00.002+08:00

17032011

美丽的邂逅

美丽的意外

第一个,最后一个,唯一一个

决定了

The Story Alley

2011-03-14T05:56:00.006+08:00

Eu-Bo-Ly-Ars

From Left : Bowie, Lynette, Arsene, Eugene
Photo captured and edited by JACKHEN.

This marks the last performance

(which I hope its not and more to come in the future)

of me with

Eugene Ooi, Lynette Lim and Arsene Saw.

It was an honorable pleasure to have the chance to perform with you guys!!

Along with Zhen Yao and Fui Fui 秋慧. The sparks are always there whenever I'm performing with you guys !!!

I did not join nor involve with the preparation of The Story Alley from the very beginning, it was Yi Jing who messaged in Facebook, and told me about it. I remembered Ah Boey (An Qi) did told me about it as well, and it was her who led me to KONKOS, where they were like auditioning the programs that are gonna be included into the performances of The Story Alley.

I met Eugene and Lynette there. They were holding their entry form for their performance, I sat down and ask them what am I getting myself into, and they filled me in with the theme description of The Story Alley. As I took out my guitar and we played and sing some songs, we thought of forming a performance together by singing some famous english and chinese pop songs back in the 90s. And voila, we are formed! Arsene joined along as part of the performance.

Through endless headache moments of picking songs and linking each songs with each other, trying to bear a reason why this song should be linked with that song, changes of genres, dynamics and everything else, we finally came out with a medley that is balanced between both the dynamics and the linkage of the songs, where it won't bored out the audience, while we enjoyed it with our utmost passion.

Though I am not there to witness EVERY process of preparations made for The Story Alley, I could imagine the hard work, passion and commitment that each and every committee members and performers poured into. From the preparations of backdrop and its design, to the setup of microphones, props design and placement, understanding of the layout of stage lighting systems and sound systems, coordinations between performance, lightning and sound system, and most importantly, breaking the barrier between each other in order to communicate better and for the good of The Story Alley. To me it is totally imaginable as I've involved in the preparation of the concert of The Wanderers.

The process is astonishing, and it marks the end of another meaningful journey on the 12th of March, 2011.

I will try to mention most people's name right here, most, if not all.

Eugene, Arsene, Lynette - knowing that you guys are graduating soon, and it is, at my utmost sincerity, to thank you all for performing with me. I had great fun practicing and performing with you guys. Eugene maybe the largest influence, but 3 of you influenced me and 'unlocked' the restrictions I had while performing on stage. Improvements made on myself because of you guys. I sincerely hope that this is not our last performance. It may be the last one in USM, but one of our performance in many more to come in the future.

Chiew Fui & Zhen Yao - We were once again performing on the stage of DSP, together. The sparks are ALWAYS there whenever we perform together :) And I do looking forward to our performances to come in the future. And of course its mostly because we've been through the preparations of Wanderers' concert like no other, love you guys!!!

Ah Pao - Great job on coordinating everything... you did a really great job!! And it is really nice to have known you!!

Suna 淑娜 - Thank you for giving me unlimited moral support, and also accompanying me through the preparation like recording harmony lines late at night even though you were not involved in its preparation!!

Kah Yiing - aiyoyo 这位同学, thank you for accompanying me and willing to chat nonsense with me through my short short moment of weakness hehe. I'm still waiting for our dinner!

Caryn Leong Jen Wey - sorry for not picking up your calls or reply your messages at times, because it is always so 'ngam' that whenever u called me text me my phone wasn't with me!!! I don't mean to ignore u!! Thank you for giving me a lot of supports, and yes, the makeup as well. You did great!! :)

Ai Hua - Thank you for being a nice nice baby sitter for our performances and your support. Hehe. You are very nice la! :)

Jit Xiong & Chun Sheng - The control of the sound systems is a thing that I always worried whenever I'm performing somewhere, but not when you guys are the ones that handle the systems. Credits to you guys for the coordinations and everything else. Great job!!!!

Lee-san aka 副吟长 - Thank you for your support, and your treat on the eve of The Story Alley, and also your reminder of sleeping at 10pm. You looked decent in that sarung (though I know how much you hated it), and especially your hair! :) Awesome Possum! >

Kelsen Loh - I totally agree with you that its better for me to put up my specs instead of taking it off!!! hahahahaha. Thank you for coming dude!!!

BACKSTAGE STAFFS WHO SETUP BACKDROPS AND COORDINATING PROPS, CABLES AND MICROPHONES, YOU GUYS DID A WONDERFUL JOB! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND HARD WORK!!!

Brothers and sisters from Wanderers! - Thank you guys for coming and support our performances!!! You guys are the best :) I LOVE EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!

I left out a lot of people I know, but no worries, your name is mentioned in my heart :) Thank you, seriously.

Another wonderful chapter reached its end :)

Wanderers 20th Concert, here I come ! :)

Mainstage

2011-03-05T16:20:00.003+08:00

...

每当站在槟洲大会堂的舞台上，就一直想再那里徘徊，迟迟都不肯下台。

Technical Run/Sound check, 每当在这里表演，这两个term就一直出现。

站在那舞台上有种很温馨的感觉，好多好多回忆，当然唤起的记忆也包括了表演以外的事情。

12032011又要在那里发光发亮了。期待 :)

TIME

2011-02-25T08:43:00.002+08:00

The roads are wrapped around your waist,

they lead me, place to place.

I take trips from hip to hip,

in fact I've made a career out of it.

I've always thought the left was your strongest side,

but when it comes to you now I can't decide.

It's only a matter of...

TIME.

I need a product of your fears in the form of tears,

it's the only way I can survive.

It breaks my heart to see you cry and baby

It's the only way I'll stay alive.

Green eyes, blue skies,

natural disasters when she cries.

Green eyes, they're mine,

it's only a matter of time.

Like the climate you'll never know what weather you get,

no denying, you're the habit that I can't quit.

It's only a matter of mine.

You're tainted, I'm shakin',

I hope you turn around in time.

Tide's changing, I'm waiting,

you and I are one of a kind.

I've been a both of our fears, over my sore ears,

I still can't pick my favorite place.

The contour of your LIPS, they match your continents,

and I still love the way that you taste.

INCOMPLETE

2011-02-03T20:41:00.004+08:00

This is going to be a post of my thoughts of negativity generating from the events that are happening around me right now :

T'was a very unusual reunion lunch, as my uncle was rushing his way to send my almost-dehydrated grandpa to Island Hospital yesterday afternoon. Of all I know, he's pretty sick and he couldn't drink or eat well, and he was having diarrhea. That caused the whole turning point of the supposed-to-be reunion lunch. Or I thought, a complete one.

He's been suffering from some infections on his trachea and has been pretty sick since last August, later in December we found out that he's suffering from cancer as well. Grandpa used to be very healthy and he could walk and talk with no sign of hinting the others that he's old and he's ready to take a break.

With all the chemotherapies and treatments, nothing seems to work, work in the sense of making things better. All it did was just stalling my grandpa's last moment and he isn't feeling any better.

I haven't seen grandpa for awhile, and I thought it was ok to put the activities of my varsity and my academics ahead of everything else because it is reasonable to do so. Until when I saw him yesterday, I regretted doing all of it. I regretted for not visiting him at the earlier moment when he could talk or listen better. Now I was wondering if he could even recognize it was me yesterday.

Making this post doesn't help... but I don't know what else does. This is depressing, and I'm releasing some of my depression towards this incident here.

I hope all is well.

*rain rain... go away... come again another day...*

Happy Rabbit Year.

Once upon a Tuesday (today)

2011-02-01T07:22:00.007+08:00

初一除夕的除夕的早晨，

我坐在阳台的秋千，弹着唱着... 将近一小时了。

吉他弦的声音和雾气融为一体... 这种感觉很妙！

听到屋内的脚步声，大家好像都起床了，尤其是阿爸和阿妈...

估计弟弟和他的朋友们应该还没睡醒...

没关系，继续唱...

It's 7:35am and I'm missing you.

我在学着唱 Silly某某的歌。

I love this song very much ! :)

*deng deng deng deng deng deng deng ... *

早安！I.M.Y :)

糟了，怎么我这颗不能吃的苹果也有点湿湿地了，我的诺尔曼吉他也是...

雾气很重的说。

打完最后一行，Publish Post.

闪回房里去。

VAB & Friends PRODUCTION !!

2011-02-01T06:06:00.006+08:00

Nope, it should be called VAB & Friends' PRODUCTION.

As I was told by Anna earlier that Vivienne said, the New Year MV that we produced should be labelled as Vivienne, Anna, and Bowie's PRODUCTION cuz we are the main torque behind the whole thing, but then again, its the involvement of all of us.

Prior to what I mentioned above, Vivienne Oon came out with an idea of making a CNY'11 MV, for Wanderers, and by Wanderers. Both songs are written and composed in a very short notice, especially the arrangement, all the way from recording the vocals and instruments and mastering the tracks, its not perfect I know, but its the best that we could do in such short notice. Things are not slowing down until just now when I finished mastering the tracks and Anna put it up together with the video.

Patrick Ang suggested me to add some 'essence of CNY', e.g. sound clips of fire crackers etc. etc. When I almost agree with him, I remembered that the main objective was to create a CNY song that doesn't sound anything like its CNY. Suggestion ignored. Sorry Patrick, it will, and will stay as BLUEISH as it can be. But the intro part does sounded very 'chinese new year' already. Wait till all of u listen to it :)

新新诗－词：EricOne，曲：Anna Wong

兔年蓝调－词： Patrick Ang，曲：Patrick Ang, Bowie Ong

编曲：Bowie Ong

Casting Crew :

Vivienne Oon

Lip Heng

Wai Bin

Arsene Saw

Wei Hong

Lynette Lim

Patrick Ang

Rachel

Ah Min aka brother Grace

Khai Loon

Wen Sim

Yean Nee

Eugene

Yik Min

Can't wait for it to be uploaded and shared online!! :)

Happy CNY 兔 you!!

Highlights and Behind-the-scenes

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150094712521912

This is a story of a girl

2011-01-23T07:32:00.002+08:00

I love it when you called me 笨蛋.

It makes me feel...

CLOSER :)

I miss you.

Have a nice 1 day trip.

A MUSICALLY-INDULGED FORTNIGHT

2011-01-11T01:31:00.005+08:00

I'd say I am very much 'indulged' in music in these 2 weeks.

Performance for Wanderers's Song Composition Competition aka Internal Observation (内部观摩). I must say there are a lot of talented juniors and of course, with nice attitude! It's always easy to cross through to the barrier of communication by playing music. Music speaks just one language, and one language of its own only. It feels great and overwhelmed to see that the juniors are so eager to attend their group's song practice's schedule!! Some even 5am daily for this week!! Well I'm attending mine at 6am so guess what! hahaha.

The competition will be held at Penang's Wawasan Open University's auditorium. Can't wait :)

More over I joined USM Chinese Society's Civic Party (文娱晚会), an event where the story is based on a small town changing accordingly to the given time frame of between 70s till current.

The expression lies on the changes from different era based on art and music.

I went for the audition without having the knowledge of I need to relate my performance with the theme of the night. Meaning that if I were to perform a song, I need to have my reasons on why is it performed and what does this song have to do with the theme. I bumped into Eugene and Lynette and they told me about it. I took my guitar along with me when I was waiting outside of the meeting place of the Program Group. We jammed awhile in bossa nova and came out with some medleys and we totally dig it. And so happens, I'm performing for the night with 3 of them now : Eugene, Lynette and Arsene. Awesome :)

ANYWAYS, just a mild expression after my last post of jazz fest.

New semester, new assignments and projects, and am much musically-indulged :)

Varsity life is awesome, make it worthwhile while you're at it.

Good night/morning.

Afterthoughts : Penang Jazz Festival 2010 !!

2010-12-13T09:22:00.006+08:00

2 weeks later, the blog is dusty, and its not getting any better like the wine bottle does cuz if the wine bottle is dusty, means its about time to bear the luxury of tasting that bottle of richness. Well that's not the case for a blog so yea *what??*

Good morning!!

There were no major events for the past 2 weeks except Penang Jazz Festival 2010!!! Here are some captures on the night of 5th December,2010. It was both 4th and 5th but I'm attending 5th mainly because of the presence of Tommy Emmanuel !!

The whole thing was awesome. Since its the 7th fest, I hate to say that I missed the past 6 years of Penang Jazz Fest because it really did blew my mind away. RM60 was totally worth it!!

As we all know, the music appreciation level and the standards of differentiating good and bad music in this country is totally screwed up. ESPECIALLY when it comes to jazz, blues and classical, just how many people would try and blend themselves into that music?

Well here's what I thought :

1) Jazz is something that people have to discover it for themselves, it really requires one to LISTEN to it.

2) It's very 'busy' music, frequently evades straight statements of the melody, can be discordant (or sound discordant to the untutored ear, even when it's not).

3) Jazz is an enigma. Jazz takes some thought, whereas the kinds of music that is being played on major radio stations nowadays are packaged up and sold to the masses.

4) The poor representation of jazz to a public that might be attracted if they only really knew what real jazz was.

The hard work that the Jazz Fest Committee gives in to connect all the international artists and have them perform in this annual musical island festival is just awesome. People need to learn more about this form of art.

I'll be there to support this festival again, next year. And this time, it's gonna be 2 days, and I'll be carrying more of the records home. Hehe. Awesomeness!!

I love jazz :)

My Dearest 1989 Honda Civic 1.5

2010-11-28T06:13:00.003+08:00

I sent my baby to the workshop, and it was said, and decided, that the engine needs to be replaced. The ENGINE. Exactly. But then again its a 1989 car, wouldn't bleed much off the wallet for a 21 years old car engine.

It would be a few days, or probably weeks later when I get to drive my baby again.

In the mean time, I'm meeting the completion of my sem break's schedule halfway :

- Tuition class (confirmed)

- Performances (confirmed)

- Guitar teachings (yet to inquire, planning to teach at Music World, either with Jocelynn and Chiew Fui @ Gurney Plaza's branch, or Kok Choon @ Auto City's.)

- Going back to dad's firm to help out (yet to be confirmed)

Gonna get through this sem break, fully!

I miss you, Civic.

Pffff.

Good Morning

2010-11-28T06:08:00.003+08:00

Good Morning... I'm up early again and I don't know why.

Anyways, was wondering if I should use Tumblr.

Tumblr is fun, creative and somewhat fresh. Thing is, I don't have much friends who are using it now, and you are only allowed to follow the updates of your other friends given that they are using Tumblr as well. I have 2 followers, and am following 4 friends.

Stick to blogspot perhaps? I don't know.

Good morning once again!

People and their names

2010-11-21T09:56:00.002+08:00

Be proud and stand by the name your parents gave you, it is totally unnecessary for one to give themselves an English name like, out of nowhere, especially Chinese.

Noticeably in Facebook, most of my old friends (especially chinese), they didn't have an English name then, and now they have one. Ergo, I have problems finding their names when I wanted to follow up on them because I have to spend some friggin' moments to look for their names. That is just not cool...

Giving yourselves an English name doesn't make things 'cooler, doesn't change anything except it troubles people like me who actually cares *ahem* *inhales* about you and wanted to know how you doing recently and I have to dig you outta my friend list knowing that you already gave yourself an English name out of nowhere and all I can do is forcefully magnify the God-forsaken thumbnails in friend list just to get to recognize you.

Some even 'created' some really fucked-up names which me and other friends would crack jokes outta their names... cuz its really retarded!

Good morning, and be proud of the name your parents gave you, or you can already effin' eff yourself.

The thing about daily revisions...

2010-11-05T05:05:00.009+08:00

Study week is rather relaxing for me...

The outings are ridiculously frequent, much much more frequent than the outings before study week.

Birthday celebrations, Starbucks moments, movies, gaming, you name it.

In fact I think I'm already in the mood for holiday... LOL.

And am heading to G-Spot later at night with Joseph Wong and others (if they are joining) to enjoy ourselves with the live band performance over there...

Well, all I can say is, usual revisions and reviews after each class (if you do attend the class), or daily revisions, are important :) eases things up at the other end, like I do now. Seriously, it's a fact. It's not too late to practice that in the semesters to come :D

Good morning.

p/s : A lot of nice and exciting movies are on the way... Skyline, Tron, Harry Potter, Narnia, you-name-it. Can't wait =)

Study Week

2010-11-03T12:50:00.003+08:00

We've entered study week, and the actual motivation or mood or mode (or whatever you call it)for studies + revisions are just yet to be in place.

Updates since the last post :

a lot of birthday celebrations going on (including mine) up till yesterday - Khai Loon's.

Prepared myself a lot of short-notes and past year exam papers, am yet to finish all of it.

Am loosen up myself a bit later in the evening to watch Buried with Patrick.

Absorption rate was high this morning (4am) while I was studying, accompanied by Facebook and JabberLoop...

Who's the JabberLoop?

They JAZZ things up, big time.

Audition for VOLKSWAGEN POLO ROCKS

2010-10-24T17:55:00.004+08:00

Got a text from Ribben last night about the Volkswagen Polo Rocks audition.

I called Chiew Fui, driven by my madness and spontaneousness, she agreed and so we entered the audition. Arrived at the scene at 12pm, the crews are yet to setup the stage, so we registered ourselves. Our performance consist of one vocal solo by Chiew Fui - I've Never Been to Me, another song by Chiew Fui accompanied with my guitar - Fish Leong's Love song (情歌), then my solo performance doing mash-up of As Long As You Love Me and Kau Ilhamku :)

Best thing out of this audition is, its me and Chiew Fui's 1st time entering this sort of competition, and its way too spontaneous. Haha. And hey I get to perform with

LIYANA FIZI!!!

Meeting her in person is just nice. I couldn't really recognize her when I first saw her, coz she always has the fringe with the hair, but this time its a clear forehead. Then suddenly the image of her singing Stay in her music video pops in my mind and I was like 'what... isn't she the... oh my!' She was getting ready by playing her guitar at Coffee Bean.

Here's how I started the conversation:

Bowie : Hey! What guitar are you using?

Liyana : Oh I'm using a Martin! What about you?

Bowie : Oh I'm using Norman, it's a Canadian brand.

Liyana : I see. Let's enjoy the performance ya!

Bowie : sure thing!

At that point, I was already thinking 'why is this girl right here looks so familiar'.

Then the moment she strikes the guitar with one of her song, 'Ternyata'.

I was shocked. 'It's her!'.

And so happens, the photos were taken. And I had the honor of singing Stay with her.

It was fun and exciting.

Quote of the day... LOVE

2010-10-21T03:17:00.001+08:00

"Dear heart, please fall in love when you are ready, not when you are lonely." - Heba Elnakib

Well said...

Bowie Ong.

I Can't Tell You What It Is...

2010-10-19T16:13:00.003+08:00

...
but to keep thinking that I'm not good enough for you, and keep improving myself.

I miss you <3

There'll be better days tomorrow though you had a rather troublesome morning.

突然间migraine了一下下... 希望待会跑步可以调整下整个人的心情和状态。

我很想要挥霍... Crowd Lu, it's all your fault, but of a good cause.

OH YEAH !!!

Bowie :D

没时间 : time is running out.

2010-10-18T16:52:00.003+08:00

没时间我没时间～

Final exams here I come!!

Used To

2010-10-13T12:32:00.004+08:00

We loved to watch live concerts a lot...
We loved to watch live bands instead of minus-1 performance.
The groove of the band is just... overwhelming!

I remembered once... I bought Jason Mraz's Live On Earth DVD, she downloaded the audio file for the whole concert shortly after we watched the whole thing. She wanted to try something out. She insert the CD into the player... and I do as she said... both of us lied down on the floor with our eyes closed.

"PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR JASON MRAZ... *audiences screamin' and applause*..."

followed by some really nice and clean tone of a Fender e.g. with the reverb of the Chicago arena... the screamin' lasted for like 2 minutes...

We are picturing the stage, the crowd, everything... the picture flows along with the on-playing CD... the feeling was... awesome!
It's weird, I know...

Then there's a sustain on the electric guitar... there, we know Jason Mraz is inches from the main vocal mcrophone, with his Taylor Nylon Jason Mraz Signature guitar ... there he strummed a G chord... gently sets off the whole concert... and he sings...

"Well... sometimes the sun shines on... other people's houses and not mine,
somedays the cloud paint the skies all grey and it takes away my summer time.
somehow the sun keep shining upon you, while I struggle to get mine.
If there's a light in everybody, set out your ray of sunshine..."

There we held our hands together and sing along...

最初的梦，最爱的人，美好时光 :)

Damien Rice - Cannonball

2010-10-11T15:18:00.001+08:00

There's still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
There's still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
It's still a little hard to say what's going on

There's still a little bit of your ghost, your witness
There's still a little bit of your face i haven't kissed
You step a little closer each day
That I can't say what's going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love, it taught me to lie
Life, it taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball

There's still a little bit of your song in my ear
There's still a little bit of your words I long to hear
You step a little closer to me
So close that I can't see what's going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love, it taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannon...

Stones taught me to fly
Love, it taught me to cry
So, come on courage
Teach me to be shy
'Cause it's not hard to fall
And I don't want to scare her
It's not hard to fall
And I don't wanna lose
It's not hard to grow
When you know that you just don't know

THE LETTER :)

2010-10-11T14:43:00.001+08:00

I'll send you a letter
From the frontline
Please send applause
And some good advice
You were born with a compass
A map on your table
Tell me how did you find out
Your bearings were wrong

Just pray for us
Pray for sunshine
These days are cold
And I'm missing you
The city is no place to lose
Ah, but I never thought
I could choose
It was plain from the start
Plain from the start
I was playing for time

I need laughter and love
Some special drug
I need cigarettes
There's killers behind us
Devils ahead, send protection
I will drown in this city
I will drown in this trench
Built for us
And the only thing left
Yeah the only thing left
Is the running

And these clouds keep on rolling
And I, I don't know why
Take this guitar right out of my hands
I surrender
This town don't want drunkards
Or singers of bad poetry
They want dancing and drugs and laughter
And we don't have them

Just pray for us
Pray for sunshine
These days are cold
And I'm missing you
This letter was meant for your eyes
Destroy it and then just go hide
You're the only thing left
That makes any sense
Please don't blow it

I hate this part right here

2010-10-10T15:18:00.003+08:00

My entire day is ruined by that teasing text of yours.

Thank you.

I'll see it as a challenge towards my persistency.

... I miss you.

Enough said.

Life is Good : PHOTOS TELL IT LIKE IT IS

2010-10-09T14:24:00.003+08:00

Fireworks

2010-10-09T11:36:00.004+08:00

Long ago when I whirled away
Held a promise of a brand new day
I crossed my fingers for a love to keep
Tornadoes swept me off my feet

Sleeping dogs dream of chasing a ball
Like a blossom from a tree that falls
I throw down with a raven in the sky

In a graveyard I feel so alive

It's so cold here, in my bed without my love
I cover my emotions, I'm half dead
And the hours laid as the memories still haunts me, and it's tearing me apart
There are fireworks exploding in my heart

Love is always just within my grasp, like a ufo it's come so fast
Was it real or just in my mind?
I ask the psychic on the telephone line

Fast cars dream of winning the race
Like a cloud that gets stuck in one place
I'm drifting with the autumn leaves
In a parks where I pray for peace

It's so cold here, in my bed without my love
I cover my emotions, I'm half dead
And the hours laid as the memories still haunts me, and it's tearing me apart
There are fireworks exploding in my heart

Every now and then I catch a glimpse
Of what it's like to have some common sense
Pipe dreams never seem to come true
They are just a pretty song playing out of tune

Flying fish dream of reaching the sky
Water all around them makes them cry
I never was the kind to kiss and tell
Love's perfect mix of heaven and hell

It's so cold here, in my bed without my love
I cover my emotions, I'm half dead
And the hours laid as the memories still haunts me, and it's tearing me apart

There are fireworks exploding in my heart

Romantic not?

2010-10-05T12:34:00.006+08:00

I was having some tea at E-Gate's Paparich with Patrick. Sitting next to our table is a couple, but they barely talk to each other.

A closer look to the top of the table, both of them had their eyes on their iPhone 4.

Just like when a kid got his new toy, he wouldn't stop messing around with it, and he'd be playing with it for the whole night since its really new and he got really excited.

We chatted for like 45 minutes, and I still notice no dialogues from the table next to us.

They were so concentrated on their iPhone 4 and I could notice their fingers are constantly swiping and pointing on that screen.

I even made a joke over their 5 seconds conversation.

Version 1:

M: what u doing?

F : oh facebook-ing

M : oh me too...

Version 2:

F : wanna leave already ah?

M : hmm later la

F : ok

Or maybe its the couple thing that the outsider couldn't comprehend... I don't know.

You see, the thing about all these fancy technologies nowadays, especially Internet, cell phones and stuffs, made things a lot less romantic compared to our parents' generation.

Back then, you don't text or call your girlfriend.

You'd walk a few miles to her place just to say hi to her and ask her out for dinner.

You'd write a letter and hand it over to her in person just to get her to the idea that you are missing her.

and....... SOME OTHER THINGS like that.

Well, yea, that was from me, a guy's POV.

Bottom line is, you can't stop yourself from spinning along with the world.

Every second, things are changing and evolving.

Imagine that now, if a guy walked a few miles to the place of the girl that he fonds of, just to ask her out for a date. I bet the girl will end up asking him :

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TEXT ME FIRST?"

Falling Slowly

2010-10-03T16:08:00.002+08:00

My all-time favorite song...

ONCE : Falling Slowly.

A lot of people covered this song, including Kris Allen.

I'm hoping that one day, some girl from somewhere is gonna sing this with me...

and I'm yet to find out who would she be.

I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react
And games that never amount
To more than they're meant
Will play themselves out

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
You'll make it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can't go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I'm painted black
You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It's time that you won

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now
Falling slowly sing your melody
I'll sing along

Random thoughts

2010-10-02T18:18:00.002+08:00

失去的，其实从来都没失去过。

You are, and always will be, my prettiest friend :)

Heart to the ground,

I love you, always.

Bowie

WE

2010-10-01T00:07:00.003+08:00

It's okay, if you had to go away.

Just remember the telephone, well, they work in both ways.

And the more you follow through,

and there's always more left over and not too much explaining to do.

If you ever find your love, I will be your lifeline, I will never miss a phone call.

but if I never hear them ring...

If nothing else, I'll think the bells inside have finally found you someone else and that's...okay.

Coz I remember everything you said...

Because you...

and I both love.

what you...

and I spoke of.

and others can only dream of, others can only read of...

Español muy sexy!

2010-09-28T12:23:00.002+08:00

What I needed to do, is to learn how to sing a Spanish song on Spain's International Day.

So I pick a song which I'm familiar with its melody line and yet available in Spanish language.

Enrique Iglesias's Heroe!

How it happened : I wasn't in that particular class the other day, and Ms. Maria asked if any of us knows how to sing and play guitar, a few of them suggested me straight away. So on and so forth, I am where I am.

Si pudiera se tu heroe...

Spanish language is sexyyyyyyy :D

Good morning, I miss you!

2010-09-28T06:13:00.005+08:00

She's like a pair of headphones I wear all day...

Just like a song in my head...stuck on replay like...

nananana...everyday...

Good morning.

p/s : faster get over with the fever, you-know-who. I like the way you talk, so there's no need for you to care so much about not knowing how to being totally courteous or stuffs. SERIOUSLY. Just... be who you are!

Here I am once again early morning revisions arghhhh.

I miss her...

nananana... everyday...

She :)

2010-09-25T03:34:00.002+08:00

I bare my windowed self untamed and untrained
Dreams that hardly touch our complexions truest faults
If room enough for both my drowsy spirit shall fall
Bold waves tumble oh to the season of my heart
And you have offended my faith and my trust
Until all is lost into the beauty of the day
Until all is lost...

But there's something in the way you laugh
And it makes me feel like a child
Aspects of life they confuse me
You and your thesis amuse me
Oh, after and afternoon with you
And your rich black eyes
Your lips and dark hair
Elbows and exposed knees tossing toward the ceiling
after an afternoon...
After an afternoon with you :)

Face to palm
Tear to tear
Mouth to tongue
Heart to ground
Heart to ground
Heart to ground
I am in love

random中的random

2010-09-22T16:57:00.005+08:00

不坚持＝放弃。

放弃对你的坚持＝放弃自己。

当然我不可以放弃自己，所以：

不放弃自己＝不放弃对你的坚持。

坚持到底...

这是我的诚意.

Panic at Clinic Cafe

2010-09-16T19:03:00.006+08:00

nice shot taken by Yuan :D

Random : iPhone and it's freakin' Bluetooth

2010-09-16T14:34:00.003+08:00

It's Yuan's Z610i and my K770i. She was transferring our photos to me.

We were transferring photos at Clinic Cafe, and some might wonder 'why not your iPhone?' . Well here's the part that I have to complain about, Apple bears the thought of dominating the whole world with its product, hence making all its products interact with family products ONLY, and people still love it (me too) as much because its just way too awesome at times, comparing to what others have to offer.

OK, iPhone's bluetooth? They couldn't interact with other mobile devices, and it requires a 3rd party app from the App Store to enable it to do so, and that app itself is not FOC, mind you.

That's all? Yea that's all I had to complain, I love everything about iPhone but except that. But come to think about it, it doesn't bother me much. Except when everybody's taking out their phone to have some file sharing moment via bluetooth, I'm gonna have to step away, LOL.

This is a random complaint regarding iPhone's bluetooth.

Have a good day, and Happy Malaysia Day!

Namewee 黄明志

2010-09-15T23:08:00.003+08:00

I was in the car having this conversation with my dad, regarding Namewee 黄明志. His actions, his videos, and stuffs, and how we all sees it.

We both agree that we don't know whats with the on-going craze of Namewee and his videos.

It is true that he is one of the sharpest and most outspoken person of this nation, that speaks about certain issues that is happening; expresses his thoughts in words without any hold-backs; amazingly he is the best at what he does.

I do not totally disagree with the opinions, thoughts, POVs, and messages he delivered through his songs and videos, but raising the awareness by not looking things from different angles? That is just wrong, hombre from Muar.

The video of him confronting the people at TNB is just outrageous and irrational. How many times does people have to remind him that it's a BREAKDOWN not a SHUT-DOWN. And of course! TNB have to have emergency backup power for their facilities. Otherwise, who's going to light you up when thing goes wrong?

His actions were moronical to the max.

What I personally thought was, if he wants to raise the awareness of certain issues like racial discriminations, he should alert, then suggest what kind of actions should be taken. Since a lot of people are on his side, I'm pretty sure there are people behind who can actually 'walk his talk' (people with 'powers'), cuz he couldn't do a thing with his present status.

The way he do things is not bringing the whole nation together, instead its tearing our nation apart at some extent; it's not bringing the people and the government together to work out a solution to solve problematic issues; it's not helping especially when everybody sang along his songs, oompa loompa nobody is thinking of a way out to solve the probs! He enrages and advocates people, people are aware of the issues, and people got angry and... and then what? Nothing! But a bunch of government-haters who can't do a wee bit of thing.

So people, your awareness has been WELL-RAISED by Namewee, is anyone going to suggest a solution and work things out? His actions has got to be related to something more constructive, or else it'd be a laughing stock. I don't know, I could imagine words like 'Malaysians are singing their country to its worst and they are still the same the next day when they woke up, losers.'

This is a random thoughts regarding the Malaysian YouTube Hero, Namewee and his actions.

No offense to all the supporters out there, good night, and wake up for a beautiful 1Malaysia Day tomorrow.

DENIALS

2010-09-15T04:40:00.002+08:00

I have no time for that, as well as for those who bear that kind of thought.

Denial is : an imaginary mind defensive mechanism that is meant to fail; that confines you in a circle of easy-going words and thoughts, instead of the naked-truth; that irritates me even more knowing that you ignored the facts of what actually happens and detoured to an even longer journey to solve the issues.

Please please puh-lease, put down that invisible denial shield of yours. Welcome to the reality.

I'm used to the best of both worlds : constructive criticisms that aggravates hence motivates me; praises and compliments that inspires me to do even better. Of course, you need to do a lot of filtration on people's words. That is how you are gonna move on.

No offense, but I pity people who are not able to cope with razor-sharp criticisms (the constructive ones). It's time to toughen up your shield, and get yourself rugged. You need to expose yourself to both sides of this world. Life is wonderful, and it's because there's an ugly side of it that makes it beautiful. Ergo, it's COMPARABLE.

Good morning, and Happy Wednesday.

p/s: screw denials, big time.

Get Well Soon

2010-09-15T01:58:00.002+08:00

No denying, you're the habit that I can't quit.

Get well soon, you-know-who.

Te echo de menos.

Cornered

2010-09-14T15:14:00.007+08:00

I read The Time Traveler's Wife for the second time.

It is this very book, that I'm able to drown in each and every words of it. Sadly, I loathe the feeling of whenever I closed the book and came back to reality. I don't know why. Maybe something as pure as such doesn't exist in our world but in the story itself. When you ask this to any other person, chances are the topic will crack into jokes and laughter, into something that you hate to agree on : I'm getting older.

Clearly more time is needed to adapt myself back to solo (single). I would constantly keep myself busy just so I wouldn't think of all the nonsense that will, in anyways, make me fell into the emotional turmoil. No they are not nonsense, I'm calling it nonsense because it's the naked-truth that I'm avoiding right now, subconsciously. But nonetheless, this isn't the worst.

The mirror in my room can always tell whether I'm lying or not. If I'm happy, the smile on my face would shines out naturally, and I'll be happy with it because its real; but if it's the other way round, the feeling of betrayal would be really overwhelming, and I'd walk away with no facial expression. Betrayal, because you looked right into the smile in that mirror, and you can tell that the person is faking it. The razor of honesty reflects from the mirror and killed me in an instance. This is what's happens when you sold yourself out. At least not all the time. But heck, that doesn't feel good.

The heart itself stopped at a lot of places that it thought it'd be it's last stop.

It's home. Where it belongs.

Overtime, I'm tired.

I was surprised at times, when people told me about their past relationships, they even categorized on the relationships where they 'devoted the most and the least devoted'. Maybe one doesn't wanna fly so high, just in case if he/she falls it wouldn't hurt as much.

Devotion, I don't know.

I'm still going to be as devoted as I always has been.

Let's hope that I'm not wrong.

It's still a long way to go until I'm up and flying again...

p/s : I'm still holding on though, you-know-who.

寂寞先生

2010-09-13T09:22:00.000+08:00

我可以无所谓...

HOT-CHOC-ICE

2010-09-13T08:59:00.005+08:00

I tagged Debbie in this photo purposely (some might wonder),

who else would I tag if not her, it's our favorite iced-chocolate!

Although sailor is not around here,

our hot-choc-ice moment is going nowhere because

12,000 kilometers away,

Debbie is doing the same.

thanks to the Internet, Facebook and Starbucks for their global franchise outlets,

Thanks for the tag, Debbie :D and the photographer for taking this photo.

it's really heart-warming.

Cheers, sailor, and miss you too! :D

ORIGINAL LINK RIGHT HERE

坚持

2010-09-11T01:07:00.010+08:00

他不是在积极和盲目的情况下坚持着...

或许是吧？他不懂。

其实，自己可以看开一点是最好的。

I'm not in denial... 刚才的那两个字都被表达得很清楚，

只是，他真的不希望自己和恋爱只是擦肩而过。

脸部表情

: |

他对她的企图（很自私的）就是：

他只想对她好

为什么很自私呢？

因为，他会很开心。

真的... 很开心啦 !

我很傻？

管它傻不傻，开心就好！

所以你说，我是不是很自私...

Smile, an everlasting smile.

2010-09-09T00:27:00.006+08:00

一个微笑就足以形容今天的心情。

虽然看的戏真的有够废（3只手指swt)，

鱼扒餐也so-so,

诊所Cafe有新鲜到。

但是，

那一切都不重要，

重点是在于身旁...

陪同着的

她

I had a nice afternoon :)

T.I.M.E

2010-09-07T05:12:00.002+08:00

It's only a matter of time.

我的两行泪来自这首歌

2010-09-03T12:09:00.001+08:00

很久都没听歌听到掉泪了。
请边听边看歌词。

--

她来听我的演唱会

在十七岁的初恋第一次约会

男孩为了她彻夜排队

半年的积蓄买了门票一对

我唱得她心醉我唱得她心碎

三年的感情一封信就要收回

她记得月台汽笛声声在呵呵

播我的歌陪着人们流泪

嘿陪人们流泪

她来听我的演唱会

在二十五岁恋爱是风光明媚

男朋友背着她送人玫瑰

她不听电话夜夜听歌不睡

我唱得她心醉

我唱得她心碎

成年人分手后都像无所谓

和朋友一起买醉卡拉ok

唱我的歌陪着画面流泪

嘿陪着流眼泪.

我唱得她心醉

我唱得她心碎

在三十三岁真爱那么珍贵

年轻的女孩求她让一让位

让男人决定跟谁远走高飞

嘿谁在远走高飞

我唱得她心醉

我唱得她心碎

她努力不让自己看来很累

岁月在听我

们唱无怨无悔

在掌声里唱到自己流泪

嘿唱到自己流泪

她来听我的演唱会

在四十岁后听歌的女人很美

小孩在问她为什么流泪

身边的男人早已渐渐入睡

她静静听着我们的演唱会

Happy Birthday Sailor Debbie!!!

2010-09-01T10:37:00.005+08:00

It's Debbie's birthday!!!! And we couldn't miss this once-a-year video call (not exactly but its her birthday!). I'm with my guitar as usual. And she sang along on the other side of the screen, that is some 12,000 km away from here.

Credits to the geniuses who created Skype :) connections for both the video and audio were smooth and clear.

and FULL SCREEN...

Happy Birthday Debbie :)

Stay pretty, stay healthy, stay funny, stay Debbie.

From Penang, to Sailor, with Love :)

p/s: am reading your blog whenever I can, I missed a lot of updates I'm sorry! :(

Bowie & Yuan Yuan :D

2010-08-30T13:56:00.001+08:00

Bowie and Yuan Yuan :D

p/s: finally done editing the photos and combining it into a collage. HEading to KL now!

Yuan no bad mood today okay... see u after I came back :D
I'm always a phone or text away :)

Rocken Banana!!!!

2010-08-26T03:59:00.000+08:00

OUR BANANA SPARKS!!!

Kau Ilhamku - covered by Bowie :)

2010-08-09T14:02:00.001+08:00

Yes I think I'm way too free now. Was just testing on the green screen and other features of iMovie...

Sing along, people :)

CONCERT SEQUELA

2010-08-09T04:58:00.006+08:00

A week later after the concert, I'm back in business in my studies, blogging, gym, writing songs, and trying to cut off our way-too-frequent suppers and late night outings. What can I say, our bond is tight.

A lot of stuffs had happened in the past 3 months. Some cried for their endurances and patience had finally paid off; some cheered for they get to live their normal life again (no more waking up at 6 in the morning just to practice a song) ; MOST, like me, misses the moments in the past 3 months. Honestly, its not easy to adapt... this. In the past 3 months, we never get to sleep for more than 5 hours a day. It was all about the preparations for the concert... the whole work force is on its top gear, but glad we enjoyed the whole flow.

I'm technically (music) and mentally improved, if you ask me. Oh yeah, my mandarin too, I'm grammatically improved! xD

3 months of preparation ; 1 night of perfection ; 19 years of legend.

And I'm exposed to the best of both worlds...

Nothing from the rehearsal nor assessments are like what we performed at that night. The quality is beyond what we could expect despite most people could see how bad we did back at assessments and rehearsals. Everybody was excited by the presence of the audiences. It was totally different, and with that excitement going on, we maintained PMA (positive mental attitude) the whole night.

Glad to announce that, there's a high probability that our annual concert will be included under Penang Georgetown Festival's list. This is big, especially for amateur song-writing and composing association like Wanderers. 19 years of legend, and we became part of Penang's heritage and culture.

I just get so emotional... so emotional...

Am glad to hear that a lot of people loved this song of mine.

THE CONCERT!

I'm dozing off... I'm just updating my blog after all.

2010-07-13T11:50:00.002+08:00

USM The Wanderers 19th Annual Live Concert is coming soon!

When : 7.30p.m. 30th July 2010

Where : Dewan Sri Pinang

Contact me for more information regarding tickets, etc.

019-4738111

Photo Printing Frenzy

2010-02-19T18:52:00.005+08:00

Well there's a new computer appliance in my house recently.
It's a Canon Selphy CP760 compact photo printer.
Dad bought a new HTC phone and got this as a free gift,
it's been on the working desk for about 2 weeks,
so I thought I'd give it a try.
I have absolutely no idea about the capacity of the ink cassette (aka ink cartridge),
I have no idea if there's other brands out there that sells the same type of ink,
I have no idea on anything,
and so happens I gave it a try,
so here's the first photo,

It came out beautifully... Love it!

I thought I never needed it, but hey I'm in love with it now.

Let's make some photos...

If anyone has any extra info regarding the ink cassettes and photo paper do let me know.
I'd like to learn more about it... lol.

IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE

2010-02-18T19:31:00.003+08:00

I guess everyone who lives/visit/study/outstations in Penang couldn't agree more when I mention that the weather is seriously hotter than ever.

For so many years I've lived in Penang, I have to admit that there is a fairly large change in terms of weather here... It's so much hotter and dryer than it should be.

Mother-nature has signaled us, are we gonna make a change? Those who doesn't know about the change of Penang weather, well I don't have the figures though, but the temperature has risen for a 3 to 4 degree celcius hotter (which is a lot).

Some people claim that their places is hotter than Penang because we have sea breeze -- Alert! The sea breeze is not breeze anymore... Breeze is suppose to be cooling. I think a better term for it now is called HEATWAVES.

So it's hot from the ground and from the sea, which makes Penang Island is like Hawaii in USA... Sahara desert minus the sand...

*sweating*

Talking about global warming, I guess most Penangites would feel it first hand right now... go green, people, make that our remedy to mother-nature.

Stay cool,
Bowie.

Everybody Loves Ah Har

2010-02-16T03:38:00.005+08:00

Took a walk around my living area yesterday morning with Jill.

As I walk, I've reached the area where Ms. Ng Choei Har lives in. I headed to her house. But it's nothing like what I remembered. The tan-colored MyVi is not there anymore, the whole place still looked more or less the same, but the red palm outside of the house wasn't there, could it be that she already moved to some place else?

She was my English teacher during Form 4 and Form 5. Well everybody loves her back then. She prefer to learn things with us rather than teaching us, she lets us express our own points of view rather than confining our minds within a given parameter. For that, I respect her, all the time.

She guided me, Jerwin and Steven in the debate competition. In which led us to the final round, which we ended up losing to Convent BM, well one of the opposition was our friend, Grace-Lynn. I miss those days.

Not so long after we graduated from high school, a few of us including Wei Xiong still managed to ask Ms. Ng out for a drink or something. In fact, she's everywhere. Regardless of which private college or government universities the students went, they will call upon Ms. Ng. "Ms.Ng ah drop by Tanjung Bungah when you come la I'm in TAR now; Ms. Ng call me when you're at Sungai Dua la I'm in USM; Ms. Ng are you in? I'm around your taman now."

Yes, she was, and she still is, that popular. Well, why not? When she can talk to you like a good old friend, advises you in every way she could. I don't know how to put this, but back then, when we were away from home and at school, she's like a mum in school. Haha!

When she's not around, we often call her as 'Ah Har', without the title and first name ahahaha.

I have her number in my cell, but it is weird because, I don't feel like giving her a call. Maybe not now. Maybe tonight. Haha. It's been so long. And given the fact that she may have already moved to some place else.

Happy Chinese New Year, Ah Har.

I'm drowning in this song now:

sing along, people.

Love and be loved in this valentine season.

I'm Officially Missing You

2010-02-11T13:02:00.004+08:00

挂电话的时候还以为她也要睡了。

我好玩地在Facebook说希望我睡醒的时候就要看到她的vid xD
结果她花了整晚edit,之后再upload去Facebook．
整个video都蛮自然的说，当然也蛮好笑的　xD
辛苦Debbie了

在这里顺便comment两句。
Debbie的嗓子是不错的，音准可以锻炼，可能有时候她真的是像别人常说的musically deaf,但并不是musically inclined!　

为了赎罪，我也边练着Tamia的Officially Missing You了．．．越练越喜欢的说．

I'm Officially Missing You...

VIDEOS : Of Sailors, 'hot choc ice', guitar, DSLR and cannot-eat-one Apple

2010-02-10T16:23:00.004+08:00

地点: Starbucks -> Segafredo @ Gurney Plaza
时间: 二月二日晚上十一点～二月三日凌晨三点钟
参加聚会的是两位水手： Bowie 和 Debbie
Bowie - > 吉他手，主音
Debbie - > 合音，摄影师

旁人的眼光我们不管。
作品如下。。。

快乐。。。
是可以分享的。。。
看了之后，你也是不是觉得很快乐呢？
xD

Enjoy the vids.

Gears

2010-02-10T03:56:00.005+08:00

Amateur practicing tools of mine
I just wanna share...

Well what I did when I'm practicing, I'll have my guitar plugged into the Line6 Micro Spider amplifier that I have, which is a pretty cool mini amp...

Have the microphone plugged in as well...
Notice the PHONES/RECORD OUT port, I plugged a 1/8-to-1/4 converter there.
Unless you live in a bungalow or a place where the distance of one house to another is quite far away, you wouldn't wanna listen to the mic output directly right out of the amplifier's speaker while you screams and squeaks and strums and have the whole neighborhood complains about you being a singer-wanna-be and have people to sue you for disturbing the neighborhood,
a pair of headphones is required.

Set the modeling output of the amplifier to Acoustic, depends on what guitar I'm playing, the rest of the models like Clean, Crunch, Metal and Insane are strictly for electric guitars.

Here's the headphone I'm using, PHILIPS SHP 2000.
Its good enough for me, considering listening to myself while practicing.

And the mic with the performance that worth its price and specifications,
Shure's SM58

As of the demos that I always record and some people told me that it's quite clear, even what I did was just recording using a normal multimedia microphone, then play and sing directly to that microphone while record the whole thing.
I guess the clarity of the raw recording is contributed by the sound card itself...

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 5.1 External Sound Card

everything you need for the sound... but it is DEFINITELY not a proper recording sound card, I used what I have.

Yes, its just like any of those audio panels you have at your laptop or PC.
I noticed a contrast in between recording directly using the laptop sound card and this external sound card. The noise level is pretty low, and every bit of sound is captured, even the bass of the guitar is not that boomy. The gain of the vocal and guitar are balanced.

Furthermore, make sure that the multimedia microphone is a stereo microphone, which means it's able to capture the sound in a higher dB, more sensitive.
So if you think that my suggestion is the best way to do so, do make sure that the room is quiet, even the sound that the ceiling fan makes counts.
But do aware that recording this way is strictly for producing demos and raw recordings only.
Do not attempt to do or expect a studio-quality recording out of this. Haha.

Good morning ;)

I thought it was my last breath

2010-02-06T22:54:00.002+08:00

...

The reason that I'm sitting here writing blog is because... it's not my time to go just yet.

The incident that occurred in the afternoon almost timed my years of life.

I'm glad that I'm still alive...

But I'm afraid to go to sleep now, afraid that it might occur again when I'm waking up.

But I have to sleep.

So help me God.

你可以改变世界

2010-02-05T19:23:00.002+08:00

今天在例常和jam歌结束后，和Patrick和Jia Xi他们去吃chendol。

很不幸的，Patrick的车竟然没电。结果我们跑去Sungai Dua那里的修车行借了鳄鱼夹，把我们的车的电箱连接传电下。还好没事了。

还有，今天才发现到，原来Jia Xi和Lip Heng俩都不吃榴莲。结果谐星Wei Hong也做了一连串引来爆笑的事情。

以上我所说的，都不是重点。

今天的例常，我发表了一首新歌。由于在准备不足（背不到歌词) 等等的情况下。犯了好多错误。但也多谢 Andrew 帮我用钢琴来 fill in。

由于刚刚在场的大部分人对于英文词都感到陌生，或者不熟悉。我觉得，我的信息始终还是没传达到。

其实很简单，整首歌的歌词，最重要的一句话就是

One Life Can Change The World.

看看你们的双手，看看你们的手掌。照下镜子，看看自己的模样。

你并不渺小，因为你可以改变世界。

从头到尾读一遍，我的用词真的很烂。。。

糟糕。

我的中文啊啊啊啊。

Random

2010-02-04T09:37:00.001+08:00

Good morning, world.

Rise and shine!

Picture Collages

2010-02-04T04:52:00.006+08:00

This is what I love doing lately - creating picture collages.
Everything lasted forever in the picture.

<3

... damn, caffeine on high, wth.

搁下面具的小聚会

2010-02-04T01:52:00.014+08:00

今晚，偶将用中文来写部落格。呵呵。

地点: Starbucks -> Segafredo @ GP
时间: 二月二日晚上十一点～二月三日凌晨三点钟
参加聚会的是 Bowie 和 Debbie
参加条件：搁下面具，以真正的自己现身。

就这样，一把吉他，一个DSLR数码相机，一‘台’不能吃的苹果，两杯巧克力冰，和两个在汪洋中相遇的水手，以音乐和欢笑度过了一整晚。

两个人，
厌倦了身边许多自称“朋友”却又无法给予身为朋友应有的【真诚】，
厌倦了被【为何人们总是看不透我？】这个问题盘绕，
厌倦了人们接受不了真正的自己，
厌倦了为他人的期望和批评而改变原本的自己却又满足不了他人，
厌倦了种种，
而我们的要求其实很简单，就是做回真正的自己，搁下面具的自己。

其实我本身还蛮佩服Debbie的。
她说她很习惯在必要的时候，带上面具和微笑，带过某些其实令她很沮丧的事情。
她说完了，我把自己放在她的位置，我觉得我做不到。那种感受，谁能懂。当然，当你说“谁能懂”的时候，身边肯定会有人来说：我明白...，我了解...，很想问他们一句：真的吗？你真的懂吗？你真的明白吗？你真的了解吗？。。。

人性的弱点：人们在乎于判断一个人，多过于如何去好好认识和接受一个人的种种。
你连一个人的性格都没法完全看透，那你又怎样去在一个人身上做出所谓“正确”的判断呢？

更可悲的是，所谓的“判断”，变成了“定论”。
人云亦云，你说啥，我跟着说啥。
一传十，十传百，假成真，错成对，要去纠正或为自己誊清，简直就比登天还难。

那当然，我们改变不了整个世界和社会的动态。相信每个人私底下都会藏着很多副面具，在不同的时候，面对不同的人，跟着情况而【变脸】。这让我想起了一部很著名的电影里的其中一句金言，这部电影是V for Vendetta，那句金言如下：

"You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it."

当然，我们的情况比这个还糟，我们不是"a mask", 而是"a few masks".

身为凡人的我，不懂Debbie赞成我的提议与否，如下：
做回真正的自己，是我们的人生目标。当然，我们还有很多目标的说，事业啊，想做的事情啊，等等。当然，途中肯定会遇到很多障碍，同样的，要为了他人的目标和期望而活，我们手上的【面具】就派上用场了。面具归面具，我们还是要记得自己的原貌。途中遇到的种种绝望，就当着是人生中必经的煎熬，煎熬中自己也会成长。煎熬中，目标也越来越接近自己了。煎熬中，你变得更坚强了。哭过，跌倒过，一切都是值得的。人生本来就是苦的，你煎熬过了，苦尽甘来，回头一望，所有的煎熬都是形成了一个阶梯，一个一直带你往上走的阶梯。

我跟她说，要在【为他人的期望和目标而活】和【做真正自己】中找出平衡点。
我找不到一个合适的方法或比喻来为她解释。但我相信，她肯定可以领悟得到。
我答应她，当她需要任何支柱的时候，我一直都存在。
虽然昨晚和她才见面第三次，但这三次，都是可贵的三次。
三次而已，她就好比一个我认识了很多年的老友。
两人间的友情就是那么直接，那么投机。

以前的我还觉得说拥有一大班朋友还蛮“酷”的说。
可那时候连自己都搞不清楚【朋友】真正的定义是什么。
当然，朋友多绝对不是坏事，想想下，我交的朋友不是以数量来算的，而是以圈子。
可能现在渐渐长大了，思想多少也改变了，数量也渐渐不重要了。
朋友我当然珍惜，但更要珍惜的是，
那几个可以完完全全接受不带面具的你，
愿意无条件付出真诚和帮助的知己，
知己难寻这句话不是白说的。
当然，我才走到20岁的阶段而已，将来还会遇见谁，我不知道。
啊。我的中文卡住了。算了，用英文了事。

--

When people think that it's cool to have a lot of friends around them,
I'd prefer to always have the special few who's always around,
Who can accept the whole of you,
Who defines the meaning of friend,
Sailor, you are definitely one of them.
To Sailors, with ♥

As far as I can see there is no land

2010-01-31T01:39:00.004+08:00

Did I just lost myself a good friend? Or did I just started a new friendship?
I don't know.

Your judgement/analysis :
We are not as compatible as we think we are. True.
Our main emphasize of the friendship was based on our interest. True.

And now I'm wondering, were you being sincere all the while, or you were just entertaining me like you entertain any other normal friends, not a close buddy? Since you mentioned our friendship's main emphasize was based on our interests, I did notice that all the while but I denied it, so now it's true, that I am just a friend, that happens to have common interest that overlaps with yours.

Because you can't explain and give me the clarifications on the all the whys, you 'simplify' the whole thing to a big misunderstanding, and you will be the villain of the story, and you apologize, and that's it, the end. Problem-solving? Way to go. If its something that's meant to be kept deep inside your heart, do tell me, so that I won't wonder and wonder and wonder and HOPING there might be something to turn things over.

Kick-start everything is not easy, and sometimes impossible, brother. The way I see it, is like trying to piece and complete a shattered puzzle all over again, with a few missing pieces.

And I will never, ever, be able to understand why the phrase 'Saving special love for someone special' is being used. What point will it make in between us? Or are you claiming that I shouldn't love everyone, I shouldn't love my friend, and that I should love my better-half only?

Love all, love her the most. That's how it should be said.

And the answer for you if you thought that I'm making a big fuss outta it, because knowing you (not totally), I think you will bear this thought :

Because I care, and I thought you were the closest buddy that I could go to any other time. The one that I can always rely one when everyone else is not.

... it was a bad dream, it was like fighting for a system planned to fail.

Thanks for all you've done.

This is what I'm writing today...

2010-01-27T11:10:00.003+08:00

LEARNED :

- The best way to put down one's ego is not to have it in the first place, avoid getting touchy about petty things and have a large heart of taking things lying down at times.

- Laughing at chinese-ed people is laughing at ourselves being egoistic idiots. People are brought up with different mindsets implemented to them, for it's normal if we find it unacceptable or different because people might just react the same to you. I should take a look at myself : I'm a chinese, and I can't speak proper mandarin with correct pronunciation, there are a lot of characters that I thought I knew but I actually don't. It's definitely not something to be proud of. I'm sorry for all the teasing and joke-abouts. Speaking of being open minded, we are just as closed minded in a way. Because an open-minded individual doesn't laugh over people's way of thinking. If you're it, then you are sort of open-minded, and totally unwise. If you are reading this and say the word 'WHAT?!' in a rather skeptical tone, then I'd say to you, 'EXACTLY.'

LEARNING :

- I should put the word NO / 不要 / 不能 / 不可以 to good use.

- Speak less, do more.

- Love all, serve all.

Perhaps

2010-01-25T23:48:00.004+08:00

Perhaps, we thought we knew each other for so long, yet we are still in the phase of knowing instead of knew.

Perhaps you were biased, but your advise does make sense at some point.

Perhaps, its kinda hurts when the kind of words you write kind of turn themselves into knives.

Perhaps, you should just open up yourself without leaving me so many question marks which I shouldn't get any as a best buddy.

Perhaps, I just got to know something that I should have known years ago.

Perhaps, our words and advises can get people through their day, but not ourselves'.

I'll talk to you, not so soon, I don't know when, but not now. Perhaps you wouldn't even bother.

Be well, old friend.

What hurts the most...

2010-01-22T04:00:00.003+08:00

... is to have at least scratches or wounds in every thing or person that I love.

A result of imperfection? Bound to be with the incomplete in order to be complete?

I'm sorry.

I can't be perfect.

Happy Morning.

HELP

2010-01-15T02:48:00.000+08:00

I'm back there, again.

Help.

Day-13, 2010

2010-01-13T19:33:00.004+08:00

It's the 3rd week of the new semester...

So much had happened, nothing unfortunate until yesterday: James accidentally scratched the car, but he is okay, not hurt. Not so long after I was informed what happened to James's car, Jill was hit by a super-bike while driving across the lights. She suffers slight concussion, was worried sick! Sent her for MRI scan earlier today, turns out to be okay, but doc ask her to go back again 2 weeks later. I'm still worried, but now that she's smiling and is able to accuse me of finishing all her cashew nuts, I won't worry that much. Baby you are and you will be fine, because I said so.

So far there are already 3 people that I know met with car accidents recently. Firstly it was my regular performing vocalist partner, Pinkie. She parked her car, and somebody banged the back of the car and ran off. The whole bumper fell off, the trunk's lock seems to be broken as well. A hit-n-run. While James and Jill, as mentioned above.

But now that everybody's okay, make it stay that way!

Apart from the series of unfortunate events, this is what I do:

Reports, tutorials, assignments, it's calculator and Google again, people.

And the as-usual laboratory sessions...
Claire was kind enough to pose for the shot and here it is...
and it's cheerful. Very.

Ambassador of Environmental Technology, Claire Su.
Oh bright smile, Claire.
I mean it!

Alright, I'm gonna go off. Gonna perform at Station1 later.
Good evening to whoever that reads this, and myself.

The weather is:
It's not cool to be hot.

BLOG :: AGAIN, period.

2010-01-06T23:53:00.003+08:00

... and again, the gap of timeline between each post is getting wider and wider.

Nothing much happened since the last post.

New year, same air, same place, same people, perhaps the most visible changes is the calendar that hangs at our house, the numerical changes on our watch, and... what? Do you feel 2010? Exactly.

Climate changes and global warming is still going on like clockwork.

Little did we realize that, chaotic is something that makes the world go round. Of course, I'm talking about chaotic in an orderly manner.

Chaos is everyone's friend. No I'm not nuts. Face it or leave this planet. Or look around you.

Recently I read a friend's blog post that's called The Human Prodigy. I related the whole thing to one of Russell Peters's : "If you were not raised in that part of the world, you will find things unacceptable." I was born and raised in Malaysia... and yet, I found so many things that are unacceptable in my own terms. I found that as if I'm longed to some place else, just not here. Hey the country is cool, but the disgusting part is the people's mindset. It's like they were born with a filter in their brains that blocked their mentality from heading the RIGHT way.

Racially everyone can get along... It's not the skin tone that differs us, it's the mindset.
So if there's any (well, there ARE) of you that thinks that the concept of 1Malaysia is going to work really well in ehm 'UNITING' our country, then I feel sorry for you.

I can take the blame for not participating myself in such 'ambitious' and 'patriotic' concept, but hey, I'm just being realistic instead of dreamy, and, ahead of THEM. Say what? EXACTLY.

Anyways... the topic strayed sideways, can't help it, it happens then it happens.

Still? Life is wonderful. Why I said so? Because I feel so every time when I look at my wonderful family, my wonderful wifey, my wonderful friends who defines the meaning of friend. I won't ask for more.

Cheerio.

p/s : this post does not require your nonconstructive comprehension and comments.

Take a listen

2009-12-12T06:11:00.003+08:00

This is one of the soundtracks of the now-showing movie Love Happens called Dream by Priscilla Ahn.

This is its official video. Take a listen (: it's very nice in my very own humble opinion.

The New Guitar || The New Book

2009-11-08T22:23:00.007+08:00

OK for the sake of UPDATING my blog, this will be a short one.

Got my very first electric acoustic guitar recently. It's the Norman's Encore series B20!
Comes with the Fishman Classic 4T Pickup, which is nice!
The guitar is handmade in Canada =D
Already used it for the performance for the past 2 days, the output is quite warm though.
Oh yea, those who were 'FETCHING' my baby when I went to pick it up at Daniel's place are: my dad (2 days earlier), Wen Xuan, Zoe and Joseph! xD

and lets not forget, the new book to read after the final exam...

Audrey Niffenegger's
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE

The book caught my eye when I first saw it, even before the movie is showing in cinema!

Watched the movie with Jerwin, Wen Xuan and Zoe.
Here's my thought about the movie, which I've posted in Facebook few days ago:

It's about life long metaphors, of great romance, not the science. It shows the reality of a relationship between two individuals who have to deal with the negative effects of time travel in a close relationship. For what is meant to be there's nothing that we could possibly do to change it even if you are able to travel back in time. Touching, heartbreaking, ♥ it!

Seriously, I think everyone should watch it. I almost cried but I didn't let it all out though.

Oh and one more thing, when I told wifey Jill that I almost cried, the following conversation occured:

JILL : I wonder if they have The Guitarist's Wife
BOWIE : Uh, oh yea, The Environmentalist's Wife sounds good too.
JILL : Environmentalist? True true... because guitar is made of woods!
BOWIE : HUH!?
JILL : Nothing...! Supper hubby... supper!
(showing tongue)

Jill... that was randomly random!
Anyways...

That's all for now.

Au revoir.
Cheerio.

p/s: CJ cried after watching The Time Traveler's Wife!

What my ear is waiting for ...

2009-10-25T00:01:00.004+08:00

While revising for the final exams... I scrolled through Ali's blog and I found something 'ear-blasting', my ears are 'hunger' for something...

The Runner-up of the eight season of American Idol, Adam Lambert and the 17 years old Allison Iraheta, who made it to Top 4 in the 8th A.I., both of them are revealing their first major album release!

Yes, both of them earned standing ovation from everyone including their mentors the judges! As expected for their mind and ear-blasting great vocals!!!

Allison Iraheta & Adam Lambert Album Titles Revealed!
A rep for 19 Entertainment confirmed to MTV News that Adam Lambert's major label debut is called For Your Entertainment and Allison Iraheta's release is named Just Like You.

Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment (November 23rd!)

Allison Iraheta - Just Like You (December 1st!)

As a big fan of those who made it to the top seats in the 8th season American Idol, I'm so gonna buy these =D

Well! Something nice for my ears right after the final exam =D !!

In the mean time, lets stick with the notes shall we...

A Walk to Remember

2009-10-24T13:50:00.005+08:00

I told her :" This could be something beautiful."
She agreed. Both of us are not ready to commit, but, we are ready to walk.
This is something more than flirting but less than a commitment.
We believe in good, we believe in the bright side of the outcome.
Most of all, we believe in each other. From there, we are building up our commitments <3

We've known each other for quite sometime. We clicked with each other so well. We know what's beneath each others' mind. We are somehow synced =) But no, we weren't falling for each other. We are the sweet escapes for each other when we shut ourselves down from the outside world. We are the listeners and advisers for each other for our problems including our relationships'.

We are standing at a point where we are so comfortable being with each other without committing anything.

I guess that's because there's no strings attached.
We are not looking for new ways to define the means of being a couple.
What matters the most is what defines the word TOGETHER.
It takes TWO to form a TOGETHER.
When it's TOGETHER, you're not an island anymore.
Lowering the sound of silence that erupts from being a lonely square root of three.

Now that we are in a good start, I've proposed the WALK. She yes-ed to that.
The path ahead of us may be bumpy, but we'll see where it goes from here.
We are ready for this ride.

So, Jill, take my hand =)
Let's walk.

p/s: I don't expect everyone to comprehend what I'm saying, but, we are committed to walk, and to make sure things will ONLY be BETTER in time.

2009-10-23T08:11:00.000+08:00

有些话你选择不对他说
你说某种脆弱我才感同身受
我永远都愿意当个听众安慰你的痛
保护着你从始至终
就算你的爱属于他了
就算你的手他还牵着
就算你累了我会在这
一人留两人疚三人游
悄悄的远远的或许舍不得
默默地静静地或许很值得
我还在某处守候着
说不定这也是一种幸福的资格
至少我们中还有人能快乐
这样就已足够了

有些话我选择保持沉默
别把实话说破隐藏我的寂寞
你的情绪依然把我牵动
躲在你心中角落的心事我能懂
就算你的爱属于他了
就算你的手他还牵着
就算你累了我会在这
一人留两人疚三人游
悄悄的远远的或许舍不得
默默地静静地或许很值得
我还在某处守候着
说不定这也是一种幸福的资格
至少我们中还有人能快乐
这样就已足够了

不知道不知道不知道
为什么为什么我的爱
我的怀抱留不住你的离开
却总在等待着你回来

一人留两人疚三人游
悄悄的远远的或许舍不得
默默地静静地或许很值得
我还在某处守候着
说不定这也是一种得不到的却美好的
至少我们中还有人能快乐
这样就已足够了
至少我们中还有人能快乐
这样就已经够了

It's All Said and Done

2009-10-13T03:12:00.003+08:00

It's all said and done,
she made it very clear that she's holding on to the relationship,
and I, too, supported her decision.

It took the whole of me, to actually support her decision, telling her to hold on to the relationship, regardless of all the hardship, assure her that she could take all the hardship, and that both of them will see the light some day. I have to admit that it was seriously hard for me to came out with the words, it's part of the letting-go process? I just want to see her happy and comfortable with where she stands now. I hope she knows that (: However, I need time... to fix the arrow of my thoughts. Where do I head from here, what do I do now, what is my mindset for now, and stuffs.

Well, it never would've worked out right.

Alright, Bowie, let's move on...

*end*

Another Heart's Call

2009-10-05T23:29:00.003+08:00

HE,

threw the whole world behind when HE first saw her EYES.

HE,

wonders where does the funny feeling came from.

HE,

was thinking : 'Hey you know, this could be something...'

HE,

tried to hint HER about his feelings on a few attempts, but maybe it's just too shallow for HER to notice.

HE,

enjoyed the moment when both of them were together, even though when they were just nothing more than friends.

HE,

finally fell for her.

HE,

found out that SHE's actually attached right after HE fell for HER.

HE,

got her guessing about the feelings that HE feels towards her.

SHE,

got HIM filling with doubts while all HE wanted to do is just a confession.

HE,

knows that HE should do something to clear the doubts and confusions that SHE has.

SHE,

was waiting for that, but now, HE isn't sure about that anymore.

HE,

seems to know the answer already, even though no actions are taken.

HE,

finds himself drowning in it.

HE,

is letting go, very slowly, because there are just too many things to worry about other than that.

HE,

decided to keep the feelings untold, directly, towards HER.

HE,

is in shattered pieces, but managed to go on with all HIS stuffs.

THOUGHTS READ UNSPOKEN,
FOREVER IN DOUBT,
PIECES OF MEMORIES,
FALL TO THE GROUND.

Random

2009-10-04T04:56:00.004+08:00

好怀念的麻辣板面

真的好怀念～

瓦煲老鼠粉！

Sony Wearable Walkman - cordless saves the day!

My new lappie backpack ;)

Kelly Clarkson saves the day...

This is a random post, I miss the food, new stuffs that I bought and the as-usual tight schedule...
and it is as short as it can be.

what do you think?

有感而发

2009-09-29T11:55:00.002+08:00

在人事物的汪洋。。。

扬起了帆。。。

飘飘荡荡。。。

等待着靠岸的那一刻。。。

未来似个梦。。。

谁陪我飘飘荡荡。。。？

宿舍，好久不见哟。

2009-09-27T22:02:00.006+08:00

现在的心情告诉我：用中文来写部落格吧。嗯！一天里面贴了两个post，没问题吧。
其实身边有很多人都一直误会我能掌握的语言。大多数都认为我不会中文，或者认为我只会说，不会读/写中文。可能自己太习惯使用英文了吧。其实最近发现，自己的中文发音和词汇运用和句子构造都很有问题，有没有办法弥补呢。会说英文是好事，但不可以忽略中文呐。而且为了驻唱需求，自己也要努力的学多些中文歌曲，更是要把自己的咬词练好。语言...

Anyways...
正当我在盼望着那一星期的假期将会是永远的时候，假期结束了，我也回到宿舍了。明天又要继续播放着我们的Monday Blues了。10am有一份功课要交，接下来是11am~1pm, 2pm~3pm“蓝调”。希望可以‘播’得顺利些吧。

相信大家都的心情都处于holiday mood吧。
是时候回过神来了啊啊啊啊啊啊啊。

一小时前刚从家里出发回到槟岛，途中顺便在巴士站载了Zoe和Sue Ann。看到Zoe，又想起了上个星期日在巴生吃的肉骨茶干，好怀念的说，真的很好吃。Final考完之后我还会再下KL一趟。肉骨茶干，我来也～好怀念的麻辣板面，好怀念的瓦煲老鼠粉，12月再会！

对了，中秋节快到了，这几天里面应该要去买些中秋supply了 -- 月饼！对啊，我还没买。最近看到电视广告的麦可思月饼，看起来很不错，大家有没有意见呢？

好了，我要继续温习了，就此搁笔。

心声：最近都在徘徊着：继续守候，还是Let Go。我不懂。

I just hope that you would open up yourself and let your guard down for me.

-Bowie-

Thanks Aquila ;) || Universtiy Reopens...

2009-09-27T15:34:00.006+08:00

Thanks to Apelles, he recommended me to her sister Aquila, she's the runner-up for this year's Astro Star Championship competition, it's different from the Astro Star Quest. Participants are in a form of bands, and present their self-composed songs based on the theme and criteria given. For your curiosity's sake (if there's any), you may watch her through HERE, HERE, and HERE, all the videos throughout the competition is available on YouTube.

Back to the main thing, I went to the audition on Friday at Aquila's music studio, Fine Arts Music Studio. Sang a few songs, and for what its worth, I got through it! And without a fuss, I got the 1st job after like almost 10 months straight away on the next day, which was yesterday, Saturday. It was a school reunion held by CLHS (Chung Ling), the '69~'67 batch, held at Penang Club. Also, it was the first time for me to sing with Abel, she's one of the singer of the studio as well, nice'n sweet vocal she has! And a Malay guy with the name Bob, and boy that guy somehow duplicated Rod Steward's vocal! About the whereabouts of which cafe/pub/lounge/etc. that I'll be singing at, I will have to work that out with Aquila since I'm still a freshman in her studio.

Anyhow, thanks a trillion to her for granting me the opportunity ;)

Holiday is ending, university is reopening... Here comes the avalanche of tight schedules + assignments + quiz + tests + lectures + replacement classes etc. etc. etc. etc.

The Story of My Life (duh)

oh and... by the way, can somebody remind me that I have to go and get a haircut?
please? I mean, seriously.

Over and out.

Bowieeeeee

Random

2009-09-17T01:55:00.003+08:00

Went to USM Wanderer's and did some rehearsal on the song written by Patrick. It so happens that it's Eric's birthday, got to know it when the others surprised her with birthday cake. Happy Birthday! =)

I have to say, there are a lot of September babies in USM isn't it!

Went back to hostel after the practice. Auntie that sells nasi lemak in the cafe called me and reminded me of the chocolate bar that April asked her to keep in the fridge. She did say something about closing the cafe tomorrow, I guess she's balik kampung tomorrow? Anyways here it is...

April, you left your choc in cafe auntie's fridge!
It's with me now tho.

Am listening to Falling Slowly - Kris Allen's American Idol studio version.

Finishing my reports, pass it up, end of story.

Good night people.

Happy Birthday <3 belated Wifey

2009-09-16T02:29:00.007+08:00

Woke up from a few hours of sleep at this hour again... battling against my IEK101 and IEG101, and, it's HER birthday today. I have to finish up this post... Math class in the morning... 1 hour of lecture -- highly unlikely for me to attend.

Happy Happy Birthday to my belated wifey, Cheryl ;)

It's her 22nd Birthday today! 16th of September!

This time (day) last year, she still have class at that moment and staying at hostel, so she couldn't make it back to B'worth for celebration, we celebrated it the way she wanted it -- nice and simple. I took leave on that day, came to USM and took her out, leaving her busy study schedule behind for a lil' while. Went to TGI Friday at Queensbay Mall, ordered her favorite Sesame Jack Chicken Strips and the Friday's Three For All that consists of Loaded Potato Skins, Fried Mozzarella and Buffalo Wings. We enjoyed it so much. She kept telling me simple stuffs will do, but to me, there's no budgeting for such memorable moments ;) and I was working!

We talked, exchanging each others' topic of the week; her exam, her lab session, telling me her silly acts in class, complain to me about the hot sun while she walks to swimming pool and the noisy neighbor at her hostel, how she chatted with me in MSN by sitting near the staircase to get a better wireless reception, the unfinished porridge that she cooked in the afternoon, the stage-fright she gets during her presentation, the joy of finishing all her tutorials so she could come out and celebrate her birthday with me, etc.; I did the same and told her what I did for the week so far. We laughed so loud like nobody's business and like we owned the place of TGI Fridays, because it was a weekday, a Tuesday to be precise, not much customer(s) were there. Of course, the gift. In fact, that is what she asked and insisted me to give her, the gift is actually a mini diary with a blue cover, with a Treble on it. I wrote 100 things of both of us on the first few pages, just like she asked me to. She's going to write it for the rest of the week, then I'll be the one who writes for the following week, and the cycle goes on.

Silly wifey's silly suggestion ;) I love it.

After dining at TGI Friday's, we went to Batu Feringghi straight ;) yes it's a long way from QB to there! We went to SUNSET BISTRO, it's a place where you can enjoy watching the sunset (at the right time of course), a perfect environment with nice panoramic view, with some Reggae playing in the background, dimmed lights (or candle lights), a very nice environment for privacy... ;) and not to mention, romantic, totally. I'm not going into the details on how we spent our time there *ahem*. Use your imagination (if you are curious, duh).

11pm, and we are on our way back to her hostel, stayed at the gate for 10 minutes, kissed goodbye, texts and calls as usual, and good night.

I hope she's doing fine over THERE.

I love you;
For stepping into my life and always be the first to be there when I'm down;
For the first time, you got me thinking about our life, a house and kids which no one has ever made me think that far;
For letting your guard down so that I am noticeable by you and letting me step into your life;
For all the wake-up calls you made to make sure I'm not late for anything;
For the teas that you made for me to keep my vocal in good condition;
For giving me your everything;
For accepting my everything;
For being yourself when you're with me;
For accepting the real me;
For appreciating me;
For accepting all my silly acts when I was courting you so that I don't feel embarrassed;
For standing by my side even when I'm on the wrong one;
For everything we shared;
For all the joy we shared when meeting each others' parents;
For all the battles we fought together;
For all the crazy things we did together;
For all the hugs and kisses;
For all the best moments of my life;
For being the best thing in my life;
For being the only thing that makes sense when everything around me are not;
For being my Wifey =) u meant the world to me.
Irreplaceable and always, you will be.

This post is meant for your eyes.

I'm moving on, very slowly.

----

I'm not being emotional, I'm just being confessional.

--Bowie--

Final Exam in 1.5 months

2009-09-16T02:14:00.004+08:00

Wide awake now and I can't get into sleep, slept for awhile in the afternoon so I guess I'll doze off in an hour from now. Have my exam schedule checked (above).
My final exam schedule, temporary's though, is out. The subjects and the times are as shown in the photo. Wrote it down on the back of a Tesco receipt and nailed it on my notice board. My final exam starts off with the freakin' Bahasa Melayu, followed by Chemical Process Calculation, and then Mathematics, Ecology and Environmental Science. Begins on the 5th, ends on the 19th. By the way, 19th of November is Jacky's birthday. Jacky I'm gonna have to wish you happy birthday 7 hours later because you are at UK at that time being!!!

Although the exam schedule is only a draft for now, but I guess it is highly unlikely for them to reschedule everything if nothing outta the ordinary happens, yes, nothing outta the ordinary, say like an alien invasion. Ok *piak*. Crap.

You know what, I feel like writing another post.
Please hold.

哦。。。笨！

2009-09-15T08:37:00.001+08:00

其实那天的确是有看到她的。

她在场，表演的时候还蛮紧张的。

我怎么还特地跑去问她有没有在场呢？

Bowie你这个笨蛋！

9 months later...

2009-09-14T18:00:00.003+08:00

It's been 9 months since it happened.

And so happens if you were thinking what happened to me 9 months ago... It's available in one of my posts, right HERE.

16th September is her birthday.
22 years ago, her mother gave birth to her at a hospital in Raja Uda, Butterworth.
She's the 2nd child in the family after her elder brother. She's the only daughter.
She was brought up in a very healthy and complete family, loving parents and brother, she's a pampered child in the family, but yet she's got a positive manner and attitudes. She's a very independent girl.

Everything is ok throughout her schooling days. She went into matriculation college after her SPM. She managed to get herself into USM after that.
Right before that, she met a boy that later would became the guy who fell for her. That guy is me =) This is how we got to know each other : After SPM, I was selected for the 3 months National Service Program. I get to know her through the camp as well. The camp we went was called Gardenia Camp in Chang Loon, Kedah. That place is quite rural and urban. It's an abandoned resort, to be precise. She noticed me when I performed for the Night of Culture held in the camp, I was singing Blink 182's I miss You.

The conversation started by complimenting each other about the performances we did, yes she performed on the stage as well, cultural dance ;) we began to talk, until the moment when the night is over and everyone was shoo-ed to bed by the officers. We exchanged numbers and would text each other whenever we have no activities in hand and am staying in at the dorm. We began to see each other more and more frequently as time goes by. I realized I fell for her, and at the last day of the camp, I told her that I would go to her on the next day, she agreed.

She's staying somewhere that is not so far away from where I'm staying. At that moment, I knew that something is going on between us. I wasn't in control of myself, all I know was I confessed to her when I see her, just like that. She did the same, and that's how we got together ;) It was a day to remember, 8th of March '05. right after our SPM result was announced on the 7th.

We were very sweet, everything went on smoothly, she finished her studies in matriculation college and went into USM right after that. I did my diploma and decided to play around a little, found myself a job, worked as a part-time which later became full-time singer in Tao's. I planned to further up in the university, but at that time being, I wasn't really in the mood to drown myself in the books yet.

The days go on and on, until the heart-breaking news that killed the both of us...
A failed car-jacking attempt took her away from me.

Read it to find out more, the curiosity won't kill you in this case.

I have to admit, it's been 9 months, and I'm still learning how to accept it honestly.
I don't wanna run from it, I'm not avoiding it, I wanna face it, but it's almost like a mission impossible to me.

I think I got over it, but I didn't. Sometimes thinking of it again makes me fall apart.

I'm so used to having her around me that I'm feeling so empty sometimes, even though there are good buddies around me, yet the silence is so loud.

I have to admit that I fell for someone lately ;) I'm not taking her as a 'replacement', make no mistake about that. The feelings are true ;) But it's a rather slow process if you get what I mean.
She's not giving me some very positive signals I have to say, maybe more time is needed? and yet there are some complicated things that are going on on the other side.

I'm still learning...
I'm still empty...
I'm moving on...

=)

life is hard, and that is what makes life meaningful.

I had to lie and I'm sorry xD

2009-09-12T04:17:00.003+08:00

**I'm tagging you (those who are tagged) because I mentioned you or mentioned anything to you regarding what I'm going to write in this post. Teehee.

Doing : reading and blogging.

Listening to : Two is Better than One - Boy Like Girl ft. Taylor Swift (recommending to all of you, their duet goes perfectly)

Another tiring week is over, no more test(s) for the week, but lots of lab reports and tutorials to kill, coping with it quite well though ;) By the way, only had 4 days of classes though since it was a public holiday in Malaysia on this Monday, and that is WHY my class are jam-packed because of the endless flows of replacement classes at night -- think on the bright side? -> *cover my chest with both hands* I SHOULD FEEL GRATEFUL BECAUSE FINALLY I GOT ALL MY TIME FILLED!... ... now that was so ... tuh-rue. Tuh-rue. 'TRUE'.

Planning for the so-called 'treating' for seniors of School of Industrial Technology, and so it has been decided :
Venue : House of Steamboat *火锅之家*, Macalister Road, Penang.
Time : Sunday, 13 September '09, 6:oo pm till when everybody says 'I hate to eat'
Places reserved : 100
Treating : final year seniors
Treated by : 1st year juniors with Bleeding Pockets.
Motive : Another interaction session between Jrs. and Srs. (which I think is not really effective)

Anyhow, went back home on Wednesday night and fetched dad to airport on Thursday morning, driver was outstation, mummy's gotta work, so yea, I did the job. While fetching my dad to airport next morning, we went to have half-boiled eggs and kaya toast at a nice place around the airport, and I have to say it's quite cheap for the size of the breakfast! -- I know, just half-boiled eggs and kaya toast, what's the big deal. But seriously it was really nice! No pictures were taken though, nothing to show, sorry xD

Regarding the song that I presented at the USM Wanderer's meeting this week, it was David Tao's new song - 暗恋. I didn't know that what I have to present was the SONG THAT I LIKE, not SONGS THAT I WRITTEN. LOL. I decided to present this song at the very last minute before the session. I like this song a lot, the lyric is just right and nice, and it's simply straight-forward, no twist and turns, at least, that's what I like. For some it may be a bit too cheesy. This song's lyric shows how the guy actually confessed in an indirect way to a girl that he actually loves her that much. It's all about how a guy actually feels when he's liking the girl subtly, and hey, the words are so true. Love the words, good one David Tao =) feel free to go and take a listen!

The emcee for the meeting was Christie and Vance though, was forced to tell who's that 'girl' that I refer to in the song, but it's kinda hard to hide my feelings though. If I were to say 'nobody', it's a very obvious lie. Those who know me knows that I actually poured my feelings in when I'm singing. But I simply couldn't tell who that person is, and I thought of a lie and I told it to everyone (for the sake of entertainment xD ) : oh she's not in Malaysia, she's actually at Bulgaria --- and you know what? PEOPLE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THAT! xD Hey people, I don't have any friends or any people that I know that is went to Bulgaria, not even in Europe. Oh yea actually I do have one, but not in Bulgaria, she's in Germany though -- Shir Ling, nicey goody friend ;) the reason I said Bulgaria was, I thought of the foods at the Bulgarian Restaurant located at Batu Feringghi at that moment, I seriously miss the food there!!! Plodiv pork steaks oh my God!!! Ok, back to the main thing, guys, sorry for telling the lies, am really sorry!!! Come to think about it, if I were to tell who that person is, it's not 暗恋 anymore aight, so stick to its definition!!! x) Anyhow, wish me luck, am serious towards her =)

Helped Patrick to fill up the melody for his new song, nice one Patrick, especially the words. We managed to work out the melody, with me changing the melodies of some parts of the song under Patrick's permission. Oh and by the way, something to say to Ray. Ray, life is beautiful, and ratio of men and women in the world today looks kinda fair for men tho xD

And I guess it's my bed time for now, going home in a few hours after the debate training, mummy misses me too much, have to go back and meet her! After all, I'm a goody boy (duh).

Good morning to everyone...

-- sorry for the lies xD

Bowie Ong

你不是笨蛋(:

2009-09-08T05:02:00.003+08:00

It's 5 in the morning, and I can't get into sleep.
Am half way finishing my stuffs, even though my next class is 12 hours away : the coming 5pm xD

Went to had sushi earlier with Kit Yee and Peng ;) and have to admit was quite full, but am hungry now, the stomach's digest-timer reached it's time already.

Just done checking out my stuffs on Facebook and noticed the 'Fans' and 'All My Friends!' thingy, the trend or craze of this has just begun, everybody is going through the applications -- including me (x Everybody seems to be clueless on what are they actually doing -- including me, but everyone -- including me, is having fun. 'Oh hey I'm your 2nd biggest fan!' 'Why am I being tagged fat?' etc etc. What's the point? I don't wanna know xD no need for any explanation when you're having fun, if not that boring. But we can make good use of it though. I doubt that one is close with EVERYBODY that's on his/her Facebook's friend list. Well now it's time, different people who rarely mingles with each other are being tagged on the same photo, I see this as an ice-breaking opportunity though, since a conversation could be started off by 2 people being tagged on the same photo 'hey you are being tagged as well huh' "yea being tagged fat" 'awww you are nothing close to fat'. LOL. Come on, give me another reason why are we doing the application thingy again? 'I DON'T KNOW'.

I just read somebody's blog, she's not in a good shape, something that you can't tell from the outside, but inside of her, deep inside.

And, if she sees this, I want her to know that :

我永远都愿意当个听众，
安慰你的痛，
保护着你从始至终
(: I'm with you, always.
你一点都不笨, 或许你是个坏蛋 =P，但绝对不是笨蛋.
笑一个吧 (:

over and out, good morning people, and Happy Tuesday Morning, whatever that makes you happy.

Bowie:
悄悄的
静静的
或许舍不得
默默地
静静地
或许很值得
我还在某处守候着
说不定这也是一种幸福的资格

It's the little thing that matters

2009-09-05T10:00:00.002+08:00

To YOU,

Thank YOU, for those little words.

=) at least YOU were reading my post.

It meant a lot to me, seriously.

Though it may not sound like it's something big, but it's every little things that YOU do that matters.

;) see YOU on Monday.

I miss enjoying the weekend

2009-09-03T18:04:00.004+08:00

It's been awhile since I last enjoyed my weekend to the fullest... I crawled through most of my weekends lately with assignments and revisions for test, and I even had a test on last Saturday, spoiler! Oh and by the way, last week was a black week for me, an accident and series of retarded incidents occurred on me. Nothing goes my way, at least not so off the track, that's the least I could ask for.

I smiled the whole day in front of everybody for a week, wondering would people actually notice what's behind those smiles and laughter. Comprehend me, please =|

Leave all my stuffs behind and enjoy myself throughout the weekend? I can't, I don't wanna screw up my cramp-packed week days, am busy enough already! I'm not complaining about the assignments or tests given, but I seriously miss my weekends... I wanna go to the beach, it's been quite awhile since I last left my footprints on the sand.

I'm not saying that I can't cope with all these, but I need a break. Something's missing, something abstract, something more than words.

Yusa, who is currently in Wolverhampton, UK, texted me a short, simple yet supportive message... When I saw that, my eyes were kinda wet. That message carries a large dose of persistence and warm wishes. Thank you Yusa =D

***I'm longing for words to describe how I'm feeling***

*dead and gone*

=)

2009-09-02T04:21:00.002+08:00

Despite all my effin' assignments and tests and the dumb-arse BM presentation, even at this hour, I just woke up to continue with my revisions and reports, I think I'm in a pretty good shape.

Before I forget, Happy 20th Birthday, Sue Ann! Welcome to the 20's club.

Oh, to somebody, I seriously hope you've set your alarm clock, and didn't sleep at really 'early' hours, since I don't know what time you actually slept =(

I think she's able to wake up though. Hehe =p
Oh and, I miss you =) yes youuuu you know its you =p

Anyways, good night and good morning, world.

Over and out.

Coming birthday(s) this week:
Claire Su and Peng Peng - 3rd of September

Jocelynn's Birthday =)

2009-08-25T11:43:00.007+08:00

It's JOCELYNN'S 20th BIRTHDAY!!!
Apart from our busy schedule,
we [me, Mei Teen, Wei Ying] managed to pull out some time
for this mini celebration of her birthday though.
Knowing that she loves ice cream,
the nearest we could get around the university -
Baskin Robbins!

and

Happy 1 month annivesary for knowing each other =)

the rest are the photos taken last night.

生日快乐～我对Kit Yee说
蜡烛点了，蛋糕亮了
生日快乐～雪糕融了
我要祝福你,希望你,喜欢这一切
虽然你~又老一岁了
光阴似箭~二十来了
但没关系~有我们陪着
祝你生日快乐

=)

The Square Root of 3

2009-08-20T04:47:00.003+08:00

I fear that I will always be
A lonely number like root three.

A three is all that's good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight?

Beneath a vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine.

For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic.

I know I'll never see the sun, as 1.7321.
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality.

When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three.

Has quietly come waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer.

We break free from our mortal bonds,
And with a wave of magic wands,
Our square root signs become unglued
And love for me has been renewed.

I've been away for too long

2009-08-14T02:01:00.005+08:00

...eh...?

So, it's been a while. I have good reasons for not going online too often lately, and yes, I might have been too preoccupied with studies/fun, but maybe life throws you in the directions you're supposed to go whether you want it or not? It does.

Changes (strange, how that differs from 'chances' by only one letter) come regardless what you do to stop them. Some are good, some are bad, all are building your character. Damn, I must be a freaking skyscraper right now, as much building has been done on me lately! :)

Jokes aside (I think its a joke).

Feeling a bit under the weather - if I could, I'd take a plane ride, because above the clouds, the sun is always shining.Check in once in a while - don't be a stranger - and I'll try to do the same.

p/s: as usual the pictures will do the most of my... speeches, the fingers are tired, seriously. I'm only showing some here, most of the photos are in Facebook, do check it out.
Time sequence of photos: latter till then.

Yes and you can tell that the one in the middle is the boss.

We managed to get in and get out of McD safely though (wow)

*I WANT MY MONEY BACK*

*DO I OWE YOU MONEY?*

Nice to see, nice to eat, nice to take photos, certainly not nice to sleep.

When you know you're boring then you'll play some games... *clap clap*

Mister and Misses Head of A2 throughout the camp

*joyride*

Zoe's 20th Birthday

For the best of friends.

The Immensity of Camwhoreness

First 2 weeks

CHEERIO, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
Do check in, will update more often now!