Say 'No' to Unprotected Sex....xD

I'm pretty sure most of us remember the AIDS workshop that was held in our school some time ago. Apparently our school had such great response that they decided to train volunteers to facilitate other workshops. That training session was held this weekend at the HELP college university, and about 12 of us went for it. Most of the 30+ people there consisted of HELP students, and the KDU students were myself, Jonathan, Pui Yi, Genna, Wan Ru, Lyn Li, Wan Shin, Hui Xian, Shue Ker, Huia Lee, Jan Nin and Li-Tjen.

The whole thing was okay overall, maybe a bit fun, but as this was the first workshop for the HELP people, we went through roughly the same AIDS awareness thing as the one in school, except that this time we were taught how to be facilitators. We got this really thick manual that contained all the info needed to teach others stuff about AIDS, besides being taught how to handle classroom situations and things like that. Oh, and this is the only workshop i've been to that serves decent food! xDDDDD

On Sunday after the whole thing was over i went to check out Pavillion with my cousins and aunties. We used my aunty's Toyota Camry, the latest one, and that car is really big and comfy with fantastic Japanese built quality, bigger and better than the previous generation one, so no surprise there as to why it's the best selling car in the States. I don't see the point of buying a C-Class when you can get something as good as this for half the price...xD

As for Pavillion itself, the layout is pretty similar to KLCC, and for now there are so few food stores open so that on that night all the restaurants were filled to the max and we had to go eat somewhere else. Didn't really have much time to look around but i know that the new Parkson is huge! Most of the shops here are selling clothes, and there are a few new electronic and hardware stores which i'm gonna check out soon.

Btw, some asshole who couldn't keep his hands to himself just had to scratch the side of the Honda City when it was parked in Megamall. I swear this car is jinxed coz it's had so many minor accidents, starting at the waiting area when some lil kid in a Lexus opened the rear door and smashed the City's left mirror barely three months after the car was bought, and the accidents just escalated after that, but of course the damage was repaired each time. I thought Japanese cars were supposed to be relatively tough, but unfortunately this one isnt as proven when the roof got dented by a falling mango!!!! Shoulda picked the Vios.

Freedom!

Well, not really...but then EST doesnt really count. xD Anyway we're done with all the major papers! Bio was actually pretty easy, i was able to answer most of the questions even though i didnt study the last two chapters. Might be able to scrape an A for this one. Already got two confirmed As for Mod Maths and Sejarah.

We're gonna make a video tomorrow after EST. Yes a VIDEO! We being me, Darrel, Khairin and a few other ppl. This time it'll be under a new 'producer', W-Hole Productions. Gonna be using two cameras for the different angles, and one of 'em is Khairin's full-HD JVC camcorder, so do check it out when we're done. Ok that's all for now.

The weekend was pretty boring...i coudn't go for nariza's party because my parents wanted me to stay at home to prepare for finals...sad eh? Didn't really make any difference though coz i didn't do any studying...none at all. All i did was the sejarah work that mr Sara gave us, the one where he told us to do all the questions in the test paper, and this took me all of three days, and no, i didnt do the add maths paper. I've pretty much wasted this weekend. Aargh.

Anyway i had my first bass lesson on friday, and it was great. Ken thought me the basics like scales and i picked it up pretty quickly. Can't wait to learn how to slap and pop...xD Can't say the same for the guitar session though...Alex told me that i wasnt picking the right way, though technically there isnt a right or a wrong way, its just that i wasnt doing it properly, which is why i had problems speed picking. So now i have to learn how to pick the proper way, and i have two choices: to either use my wrist(most popular) or my thumb(uses less energy, but harder to master), and as usual i can't decide...xD All this because my previous guitar teacher was so incompetent that he didnt even teach me the basics...not even how to pick the right way! If i had taken lessons from a proper teacher i would be so much better now, but anyway i've decided on bass as my main instrument while guitar as a side skill, but still...

Finals are in three weeks i have yet to start preparing...xD

Bass of Glory

Well it's two in the morning and i've just finished studying for chem tomorrow...i've noticed that i've been staying up late, sometimes till four just to study for the test the next day. So why is it that our school has to have four class tests every year when most of the other only need two exams. This year's class test 4 is so close to our finals that they might as well cancel it and let us have more time to study for finals...what a waste of time.

Anyway today was a great day. Why? Because i have finally gotten my bass! I went to the guitar store when school ended to collect it...after four months of searching, comparing and pissing of store owners i have finally decided on the yamaha. I picked the yamaha because it was more versatile than the ibanez, being able to handle blues, jazz and rock while the ibanez was designed more as a rock bass. Still, i think i would've been happy with the ibanez as well...xD Some of you might look down on yamaha basses, saying that their not mainstream and that guitars and basses isnt yamaha's thing, but you're wrong: yamaha makes really good basses. Why else then would some of the world's best, like Dream Theatre's and Incubus' bassists use yamahas? This BB614 plays like a dream, its playability even beat Azri's rm4.5k LTD bass. I also got a 65 Watt Ibanez Soundwave amp, which sounds good but will probably be too big to carry around. The retail price of the bass was about rm2k but i managed to get it for 1.7...the amp at around rm800. The Gator hard case was about rm280 so i got everything for rm2780 which is quite a good deal.

Hmm i think i'll go to bed now......finals are gonna kill me.

Ahh...the holidays are here...nothing to be happy about though as finals are in slightly over a month which means that i should be using this time to study, though i haven't started yet and i'm feeling thoroughly guilty and useless about it. Blame it on the HP books because i can't seem to put them down...xD

Anyway i have resolved to get my bass by friday as that is when my bass lessons start. Estranged's ex-bassist, Ken will teaching me and that guy is a damn chunted bassist...xD I am currently having trouble deciding between two excellent basses, the Yamaha BB 614 and the Ibanez ATK 300. The ATK has a really punchy sound that i've never managed to get on any other bass i've tried(probably why ATK is short for Attack), a smaller body which means that it's slightly easier to play while sitting down, a unique triple coil pickup and cool vintage styling. From here the Ibanez would seem to be the obvious winner, but then it wouldn't be a fair test as i have not managed to test both basses with the same amp because they were in two different stores(they gave me an awesome SWR stack for this, while the yamaha only got a combo), which is what i'm trying to do now. The Yamaha of course fights back with a deeper and warmer low end, two pickups(split pole neck and soapbar bridge) and nicer looks(though these matter last). Fortunately i've decided on the amp: a 30 Watt Laney Richter bass amp, though i'd most probably go for the yamaha.

Yamaha BB 614Ibanez ATK 300

Pretty, aren't they? Pls comment on which bass you prefer...xD

Haven't posted in almost a month...oh well...class tests have been keeping me busy, among other things. Nothing particularly interesting has happened lately. Of course there has been the premiere of the 5th Harry Potter movie, though personally i feel its a bit of a disappointment. There wasn't much suspense and they took huge chunks out of the book, so there you are expecting something to happen when it doesnt. If i hadn't read the book i would have given it an A-, but since i've already read it i'll just give it a B-. I'm not saying that the movie sucked, it was just disappointing when compared to the previous one...but then if you think about it almost all book based movies are...most of the time anyway. Why can't they just turn the whole book into a movie? Yes it'll take more time to produce but then it'll be way better and a screening time of four hours isn't likely to be an objection if the movie is good. The release of the final book has proved to be a phenomenon...i see a lot of ppl who normally don't read with walking around with HP books in hand. As i read the first five books a few years ago i am now re-reading them before proceeding to the sixth. If you're wondering why i havent read the sixth one yet when it was released two years ago, its because most of those who read it told me it wasnt that good, so i didnt bother reading...but then now the final installation has been released ill just read it anyway. I've been up reading till like three in the morning for the past two weeks, which is probably why i've been falling asleep in class lately...xD I've ordered the sixth book from popular and hopefully it'll come by the end of this week...

Saw that trivia thingy on weng yee's blog and decided to try it. Here are the results:

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Shum!

1. The smelly fluid secreted by skunks is colloquially known as Shum!
2. Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14, and Shum has 7!
3. Shum is the traditional gift for a couple on their third wedding anniversary!
4. Medieval knights put the skin of Shum on their sword handles to improve the grip!
5. Only one person in two billion will live to be Shum.
6. Shum can live for up to a week without a head!
7. If the Sun were the size of a beach ball then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and Shum would be as small as a pea.
8. The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953, at Washington D.C., by Shum.
9. If you lace Shum from the inside to the outside, the fit will be snugger around your big toe.
10. Shum became extinct in England in 1486!

I am interested in - do tell me aboutherhimitthem

Crazy stuff...i like 5, 6 and 8. If 10 was true then i must be some kinda ghost now...xD