Tamashi!!!

As mentioned in the posts that i got a snare, it's a 13"x 6.5" Tama Metalworks snare

(Small but Loud!!)

Reponse well to ghost notes, sweet bright sound..Received lots of positive comments from other drummers as well!!

(Abit of wear and tear. But it sounds great!!)

Because of this, i had to give up Wai keat's offer of the AFA day 3 VIP tickets. Not Regreting, because this is just too awesome!!

(Lastly, snare in the bag!!)

Peace!!
DC

Love...Pawa?!, part 2

(Stealth Shot. NOTE: Not my plate.)

They ordered food and shared with me, i just paid for my snare so i'm practically penniless..The overall experience was ok, never been to one before, so don't know what to expect also, hahaha..Some interesting things were like they write messages on the plate and food and they "power up" your food too..hahaha, and the sabo party begins..

When we are about to leave, we saw that there is photographing service with the maids, so..they push me to take a picture with them, and my phone rang, i turned to a side and answer the phone..Bad move..Real bad..they just filled up my name and her's..It's just damn embrassing la, last time don't have the chance, then now..haiz..Jit pai siao liao..Thanks ar, LiAR, -__-; Took a picture, waited for it to process then off to Ranking to get a snare bag, hahaha..Mad rush, we left MMK almost around 6.45 and Ranking closes at 7..Took a cab down and got there in time..hahaha

Just when i thought the sabo-ing ends there..i was wrong..

Went to scape for jamming on Sunday, they never once stop doing the freaking cat paw pose at all, just kept doing and doing, plus the "power up" dance too for the whole 3hours of jamming..I tried my best to turn away but stil..haiz..then Xin You called and asked me to a poster holder tube for him,so we went to get 1 for him at art friend in Taka and went to Suntec to pass him..Upon meeting him, passed him the tube, then Ong told Xin You to go to the AFA shop and get a poster, i thought it's for him, but wrong again..He told him to get a poster of her..for me..WHAT THE SHIT!!!! Then we had dinner at Suntec after that and call it a day..

(Random.)

From not expecting anything to unexpected circumstances..These people really ar..nothing to say..hahaha

They really pay money to my pain..Thanks ar, hahaha


Peace!!
DC

Love...Pawa?!

(I tried to rotate the pic but..everytime it goes back to this...)

Had fun this weekend, it's AFA week!! Didn't expect to have fun there actually, since not going to the concerts already..Basically, nothing much to look forward to for this yr's AFA compared to last yr's..Until..MH and MZ went there..

(Kurisu!!)

Saturday was a busy day for me..Went there on around 1pm, Wee Kian was there first so i told him to help me and Cheris to get the tickets first. Met up with the 2 of them, then we move to the festival hall, took a walk, saw acouple of interesting things..then soon, Cheris and I got hungry, so we went to have lunch..MH and MZ reached the hall when we're having lunch..Here's the messed up part, I'm supposed to meet the seller of a snare drum at 3.30 at suntec, so i went amd i bought it after giving it a try...Sounds nothing? There was no bag for it..SO, i had to carry it around..Like A Boss. My plan was go AFA, lunch, get the snare, then get the bag and then go back to AFA or something..Apparently, plan foiled when MH and MZ came..When we went back there, and they were queueing at the MMK already..They went AFA with their sis-in-law and her children...

So there i am, standing outside the MMK, with my snare..And Cheris went to get a cute furry hat, hahaha, And Ong showed up, with his Kojuro outfit, hahahaha..i was like " can we don't go in?? or rather, can i don't go in??" MH and MZ was like, " go la, must experience at least once" and ong quickly join in their fraction..then i wanted to ask ong, " if u go, i go in too"..he knew what i was going to ask, i just said "Ong, if u go.." then he replied " I'm confrim going in!!" And in we went..

To be Continued..

Peace!!
DC

Lost!?!?!

Nothing much going on this week. Still recovering from the screw up during the auditions. Though the band said "it's ok, don't think about it". Maybe I was hoping they would blame me so that I can bury my guilt in their anger? I guess so.

Feeling quite down recently, all hopes were lost in reaching the Waseda girl, the screw up during the auditions, due to that I saw my own limitations as a drummer too. Tried to get some new members to join us which always ended up saying no or just MIA, jammed with 1 of the SCC bands and that didn't go well either. Everything seems going in the opposite direction of where I wana go. Tried talking to a friend but ended up with him asking me to log in to.. Well, that works too. I guess no one takes you seriously when you gives others an impression of a comcial tell others you're feeling down. Or some just choose to ignore what you're sad about and expect you to feel their pain when they are feeling down. I guess it's the Bystander Effect, everyone with the thinking "Aiya, sure got someone else is willing to listen to his whinings" ? Studying ISP does has it's advantages, hahaha.

Another reason is because happenings of a character in a TV series kinda reflected some of the way I do or view things? I know this sounds crazy but yeah..spend sometime reading it. The dude in the show is a very hard-working person, anything he did not understand or know how it works, he make sure that he learn/study until he is good in/at it. He believed that if others do a 100%, he needs to do 120%..but everything he worked hard for, either end up wasted or ended up in a bad way. Friends turned their backs on him for all the wrong reasons, and he lost a leg in an accident. Similiarities? Link it yourself, though I didn't lose any of my limps :s, hahaha..Anyway, it's played by the script so try not to look so into it.

Overheard a conversation between a grandmother and her grandson on the bus on my way home from school, The grandson wanted something badly, i don't know what it is but I'm quite taken back by the reply from his grandma, "Son, the harder you try to hold onto something, in the end all you manage to hold onto, are your fists only." I guess the grandson is too young to understand that, but it just hit me as if she was saying that to me..

Grandma, if you're still alive, what will you say to me?
Send me some guidence, I'm kinda lost.
Lost, not emo. Hahaha~



Peace!!
DC

Music Week?!?!

(My 1st pair of Artise Series Sticks and Limited Edition sticks RINA's Limited Edition Sticks~~~ Stick bag sold seperately~~ RINNNNNNAAAAAAA!!!!)

This week has been filled with music too!! Since the auditions was drawing near, we took the opportuntity to jam on wednesday since it's a public holiday, the Deepavali!! Everything was running smoothly, so we're quite confident that we're up for it, hahaha..Went to school as usual on thursday and friday.

Ended school at 6 on friday, saw Jason on the bus,totally knocked out, hahaha..Went to meet XY to get my stuff, haha..Chatted awhile then off to cineleisure, he wanted to play afew rounds of PDA, hahaha..Then went back home after that.

(Hair styled by Cheris!!)

(A closer look, and Meng Hui with her batman cape!!)

Saturday was a big day!! Jammed in the morning then off to the auditions in the afternoon..Went to have lunch somewhere near the studio then we took a cab to the audition studios in the Sultan Plaza, all of us had no idea how to go, hence the cab, hahaha..Went to the toliet to style up, hahaha, and waited for ong's Henshin!!
Then we waited for quite awhile for our turn and here we go!! We were given 30secs to do a soundcheck..Then we began, and I messed up..Though, it did not affect the song badly, but the auditors heard it, damn fed up with myself..We practiced so hard, so long and I just had to fuck it up..Damn it..Then we took a bus to Marina Square, went chilled at KFC, and off back to home after that..

I guess I will spend the rest of the time being fed up with myself until the results are out..Just wana take this opportuntity to apologise to the band. I'm sorry that I screwed up..Sorry.



DC

Muiscal Weekend!?!?!

(Never once forget your birthplace!!)

School seems quite ok since the start 2weeks ago, haha..More relaxed timetable compared to the previous one..It's just the usual stuff during school days, Sleep, Eat, Study, quite boring but hey, that's the life of a student, hahaha..As for the lecturers, the infamous ones wasn't so bad for the moment, in fact, there's another lecturer topped the list..Not gona talk much about her here la, hahaha

As for the title, yar, it has been 2 weekends filled with music!! Hahaha..Went down to cineleisure to support the bands for SCC that were performing on Friday and Saturday 2 weeks ago. They are Last Warning and Lipstick Lullaby!! Supposed to jam in school on friday but i was late, the booking was 5 to 7 but I end lessons at 6, saw Last Warning using the studio instead, so we sat outside instead since we're supposed to play an acoustic song. But to be honest, I'm getting bored with the band already, as in the school one..Of course I'm NOT saying that I'm too good for them or they suck, they're good!! But just that I don't really agree with the things they do, practice just twice before a performance?? I think that's really risky..Maybe I'm not as attached to LiAR as to them, and not as confident with LiAR as with them..Well, enough said with them, haha

Went jamming on saturday as usual, lunch after that then chatted awhile but there's still quite some time left before Lipstick Lullaby's performance so I met up with my parents, they were planning to go MBS..and i joined them, went in Like A Boss!! Hahaha..Saw a world canoing competitionat the floating platform before reaching the MBS..Then off to cineleisure to support Lipstick Lullaby!! And called it a day after their performance.



Peace!!
DC

What I've Done?!?!?!

(Our failed attempt to take a group picture!! hahaha)

(Jamming at *Scape!!)

It's been awhile since I last updated my blog, hahaha..Nothing much to talk about either, just all the broing stuff, basically is eat, sleep, work, play, jam. And tomorrow is the start of the 2nd semester of school..The timetable is ok but some of the lecturers are not. But I think it's still managable.

Back to Singtel was a good one, since I'm comfortable with the people I worked with, nice and friendly people, and Kai Sheng is working at the same building so, we managed to have lunch together most of the time, hahaha..Managed to talked about some stuff, like my favourite line "Just like old times." hahahaha..All in all a good experience though~

Got the game Gran Turismo 5 recently and I'm just stuck with it, playing non stop, hahahaha..I know, I know, is not really a new game but yar, i just got it, hahaha..And I'm getting Arkham City soon, and Of Course, the new Assassin's Creed..Pre-ordered that one actually, hahaha

(Had this for dinner after the jamming at *scape!!)

As for jamming, we tried out 2 new studios recently~ One is the one at *scape, and Epic Studios. The one in *scape is alot cheaper compared to the all the studios we went and the equipment is..i think passable, besides that they only have 1 crash cybmal..As for Epic Studios, the owner is very friendly, kind enough to promote us on the Epic Studios Facbook Page, the equipments are good there too!!

(The Drums at Epic Studios!!)

(Lastly, a picture taken by the owner of Epic Studios~~)

Well, that's kinda what I did for the past 3 weeks, hahaha..nothing much~
And I'm still looking for her, no news still and I can feel my hopes slipping away..



Peace!!
DC