Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Friday, November 9, 2007
Okay so i haven't updated in quite a while due to ongoing P&A practice but this blog isnt dead like kevin thinks it is...xD There are a lot of things that have happened since finals were over...that seemed such a looong time ago.
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Ah yes, W-Hole productions finished filming part one of the Paratha Puff Girls trilogy on the first day of the raya holidays some three weeks ago. We did the filming in darrel's apartment where we spent the the afternoon playing with lego! Lego will be our main props in this video so we spent about two hours building completely random structures as can be seen in these snapshots. Oh and the trailer is out, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNXkNMouew
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After the raya holidays P&A night practice started on thursday with orchestra practice being held in the electone room. Why foo had to choose that room out of all the empty rooms available i have no idea but it stank like hell, but good thing practice was moved to the hall the following week. For the first few days i was able to attend chem headstart classes but then after that practice started at around nine so i totally missed chem...and mod maths so that now i have a lot to catch up on. Shit i am so screwed...
So practice went okay for the first two weeks, what we did was mostly receive new scores for the songs to be played and i was busy tabbing out basslines as foo only gave out s for mostly violin and piano. For Matsuri the bassline was easy as hell so i could figure it out just by hearing the song, but Setia had something kinda melodic and at first i had no bloody idea what to play as foo being the lazy bitch she was didnt bother giving me any bass notes so i eventually figured it out by looking at the electone player's left hand and playing what she was playing. xD Yeah this year's orchestra was so much different compared to last year, mainly because mr koh left and foo who didnt bother tabbing out the notes for all the intruments in the orchestra, while mr koh took the time to tab out the notes for EVERY SINGLE INSTRUMENT there was, so most of us had to improvise and got shouted at for not figuring things out quickly enough.
Anyway as i said earlier for the first two weeks practice was mostly okay, but things started getting nasty in the second week. Well for me anyway. :P Apparently being the bassist i'm supposed to be playing a very important role as i'm supposed to be supporting the entire orchestra, so every time something went wrong, i.e. the whole orchestra went too slowly or quickly that bitch would pin the blame on me. Like for example the school song. Like when foo's incompetent hearing told her that the whole thing went too slowly, she would say that i was dragging the entire orchestra down as everyone was supposed to be following me, but the thing is that i was following them. So then i played a little faster the next time, but then i was out of time as they were playing at roughly the same speed as before because, as i discovered, this orchestra doesn't follow the bassist's tempo. Which is why i do not see the point of adjusting my tempo if the whole orchestra is out of time. So then foo is like 'Shum what are you playing you're completely out of time!!!' So the next time i play slower and she's like 'yes this speed is good' and i'm like 'WTF this is exacly the same speed as what i played the last time!!!!' So this happened like over and over again. Lol.
Well anyway i had my fun pissing her off by idly fingering my bass whenever i felt like it. xDDDDDD My god you should see the way she smiles when she's talking to mrs chan. Really makes you feel like punching her in the face. And the way she quickly looks for a scapegoat when something supposedly goes wrong when she's entertaining somebody seemingly important. And the way she calls me when any 'technical problems' arise. Like i'm tech support or something. Our IB conducter, Ju Anne is so much better, such that i'm only really serious when she's conducting the orchestra. xD Kudos to her for getting student of the year.
Then there was Jobo's party, but you can read about that on other people's blogs. Oh and on the way back i saw a Lamborghini Gallardo. Yeap. Real fine piece of Italian engineering.
only view you'll be able to see of a Lambo you're tailing
you can still see the blood on some of 'em
After the cultural village it was lunch, then off to the airport. When we got back a few of us had dinner at the curve. People there were richard, kok wai, don, joel, benjamin(4W), genna, wengyee, trixie, puiyi, melissa and myself. We ate at this pancake place whose name i cant remember, but the food was different(pancake based), but good. Gotta go back there to try out the rest of the stuff on the menu. xD
So practice went okay for the first two weeks, what we did was mostly receive new scores for the songs to be played and i was busy tabbing out basslines as foo only gave out s for mostly violin and piano. For Matsuri the bassline was easy as hell so i could figure it out just by hearing the song, but Setia had something kinda melodic and at first i had no bloody idea what to play as foo being the lazy bitch she was didnt bother giving me any bass notes so i eventually figured it out by looking at the electone player's left hand and playing what she was playing. xD Yeah this year's orchestra was so much different compared to last year, mainly because mr koh left and foo who didnt bother tabbing out the notes for all the intruments in the orchestra, while mr koh took the time to tab out the notes for EVERY SINGLE INSTRUMENT there was, so most of us had to improvise and got shouted at for not figuring things out quickly enough.
Anyway as i said earlier for the first two weeks practice was mostly okay, but things started getting nasty in the second week. Well for me anyway. :P Apparently being the bassist i'm supposed to be playing a very important role as i'm supposed to be supporting the entire orchestra, so every time something went wrong, i.e. the whole orchestra went too slowly or quickly that bitch would pin the blame on me. Like for example the school song. Like when foo's incompetent hearing told her that the whole thing went too slowly, she would say that i was dragging the entire orchestra down as everyone was supposed to be following me, but the thing is that i was following them. So then i played a little faster the next time, but then i was out of time as they were playing at roughly the same speed as before because, as i discovered, this orchestra doesn't follow the bassist's tempo. Which is why i do not see the point of adjusting my tempo if the whole orchestra is out of time. So then foo is like 'Shum what are you playing you're completely out of time!!!' So the next time i play slower and she's like 'yes this speed is good' and i'm like 'WTF this is exacly the same speed as what i played the last time!!!!' So this happened like over and over again. Lol.
Well anyway i had my fun pissing her off by idly fingering my bass whenever i felt like it. xDDDDDD My god you should see the way she smiles when she's talking to mrs chan. Really makes you feel like punching her in the face. And the way she quickly looks for a scapegoat when something supposedly goes wrong when she's entertaining somebody seemingly important. And the way she calls me when any 'technical problems' arise. Like i'm tech support or something. Our IB conducter, Ju Anne is so much better, such that i'm only really serious when she's conducting the orchestra. xD Kudos to her for getting student of the year.
Then there was Jobo's party, but you can read about that on other people's blogs. Oh and on the way back i saw a Lamborghini Gallardo. Yeap. Real fine piece of Italian engineering.
only view you'll be able to see of a Lambo you're tailingOn monday the form fours had a trip to Sabah, and we had to gather in school at an insane 3.30 a.m. We practically spent most of the trip in the bus as there was so much travelling to do. We stayed in two places, the Pines Resort, best two star hotel around, and Shangri-La(not the frachise one). 
view from pine resort
view from pine resortA lot of places were skipped due to the lack of time but we did visit places like the sabah museum, poring hot springs(where we had the tub quarter filled with sulphur water when it was time to leave) and some cultural village. There were also a few stops at places selling cultural stuff and local food. And there was this photo stop at the bangunan yayasan sabah.
human skulls collected during war hanging from a ceiling in the cultural village
human skulls collected during war hanging from a ceiling in the cultural village
you can still see the blood on some of 'emAfter the cultural village it was lunch, then off to the airport. When we got back a few of us had dinner at the curve. People there were richard, kok wai, don, joel, benjamin(4W), genna, wengyee, trixie, puiyi, melissa and myself. We ate at this pancake place whose name i cant remember, but the food was different(pancake based), but good. Gotta go back there to try out the rest of the stuff on the menu. xD
Sunday, October 14, 2007
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.
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.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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.
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.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
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
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
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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.
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.
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