A clearer smoke

Hehe, here's a better practice video. It's still not perfect coz we still had some minor changes since this pratice. Anyway, hope it all goes well on concert day. Awesome.

Oh btw, those who know not much about about organs let alone Yamaha Electones, guess how much the organ I'm playing here cost...

It was supposed to come off!!!

Ooohh these government clinics can really get you boiling. The thought of having a brighter smile(not shinier) has just got me elevated until the phone call came.

See, I was supposed to have my braces 'eliminated' from my teeth last Thursday. And I was really really looking forward to it, since it already got postponed once. I was in my kitchen frying some tempura vege the day before when the phone call came:

Nurse: Hello, ini Eh-mee-loo Jun Ren Vear-ga-ra ke?

Me: Ah yea, siapa ni?

Nurse: Ni tepon dari Klinik Pergigian Bangsar ya. Sepatutnya you ade appointment esok kan?

Me: Ah betul. Kenapa? (Nervousness)

Nurse: Ni nak bagitau, esok doktor takde, pergi meeting. Jadi esok tak jadi bukak braces la.

Me: Hah? Err.. uuhh ok... So esok macamne?

Nurse: S'krang I bagi you pilihan, u esok datang , tak datang pun takpe. Kalau datang, kita tukar getah jelah. Next visit baru bukak la ya?

Me: Ok, I datang la esok, s'bab getah ada ni sudah putus. Nak tanya, bila next visit ni, boleh bukak braces?

Nurse: 10 Februari.

Me: Hah Februari?!?! Lama sangat ni. Tak boleh awal lagi ke? (What I really wanted to say: Babi pukimak!!! Lama giler korang ni. Apa ni, cuti Raya tak cukup ke? nak Krismas,New Year s'kali?)

Nurse: Tak b'leh la, s'bab appointment dah full dah.

Me: Aiyo, okla. Apa pun esok saya datang la.

And by then, my carrots in the kuali got a lil' soggy aedy. Crap.

Smoke On The Water

This is just a very amateur-ish video of one of our practice sessions. Me and some of the other people from Yamaha are gonna perform a Smoke On The Water ensemble for the year end concert at Flamingo Hotel. Well, this video kinda sucks coz, the guy playing the bass part went home already and we were still using the drums from the electone (aka digitized) created by my teacher. I'll load another video soon including the real drummer, who happens to be a pretty young talented kid.




P.S. I'm playing the lead, so you hear the loud sax voice and the synth solo, that would be me.

Pidato Competition

Oh God. Since we have to take Moral this semester, I've just realised that my Bahasa Malaysia is like totally $#!+... I've just lost touch with my BM after all these years its really just 2 years of not using it.

Anyway, the EMSD department is having a pidato competition and our tutor actually promised us 10 marks for our coursework if we took part. I guess its the same thing every year when n one ever wants to take part. He was motivating the class about being berani untuk bercakap di depan 'crowd' see, that's how bad my BM is. So, almost the whole class decided to take part but really, I think its not because we berani bercakap but probably more like takut takde markah. Dammit, all kiasu bastards. Waitaminute, that's me too...crap.

Me up there, talking kok...

So yeah, today after our classes, a whole big group of us went together and we just did our best in front to gain the 10 marks to impress the judges. I was kinda confident, but I guess BM ain't my cuppa tea. Screwed up big time. I decided not to hold any notes and it kinda backfired coz I forgot bits and pieces of the whole thing which really sums up to half of the whole thing.

And more kok, with a dash of nonsense. LOL.

I guess I'd better stick to English. In fact I'd prefer story-telling than public speaking. Used to win competitions in school. However I guess malay proverbs, idioms and poems are more fun. We had fun trying to come up with some pantuns and peribahasa for our pidato. I know, thay may not make any sense but check out some of this and L...your...AO:

Pen merah pen biru,

Kedua-duanya takde bulu.

Dia berpeluh bagai penguin di Gurun Sahara.

Inilah apa saya ingin berkata,

Pertandingan ini sangat celaka;

Datangnya saya demi 10 markah,

Kamu tak bagi nanti saya tampar.

Buah nangka, buah ciku,

Buah mangga dan buah duku;

Buah rambutan, buah durian,

Semuanya pun buah-buahan.

Dammit

I was curious, and I played with the layout of my blog. And now everything's messed up. Crap. I lost my blogroll. and my chat box, and wateva else la... darn.

Knight Rider 08

Some of you may have already watched the new Knight Rider movie where David Hasselhoff the original Knight Rider made a cameo as the new hero's estranged father, but did you know there is actually a series going on continuing from where the movie left off?

Remember the good old days where you watched "The Hoff" sliding across KITT's hood on his tight jeans butt just to get into the car a split second faster to chase some crook who eventually gets busted? Well, scrap that stunt in the new series. Coz now, KITT will be a speeding 4wd pickup who shows up for Mike Traceur the new hero to jump into the trunk space just before the next bullet hits him. Ooh Wow!! Waitaminute!!! A pickup truck??? Wth? What happened to the prototype sportscar of the future?!

"Kitt, attack mode, now!"

bzzzt, zuiing, eeenng-eeenng, wueeng, bzzzt ermm, supposed to be sound effects ala-Transformer

And now Mike is seating in a superhot, Turbo-charged, midKnight black, Ford Mustang Shelby.

WHOA!!!

Surely they had to use some of Hollywoods advancements in filmaking technology. But a transforming vehicle not to mention car is just so....so.... whoa!! Geddit?

Technology depicted in films are also getting more and more, well...advanced. Remember how Tony Stark used his computers to build his Ironman suit in the movie? Well, imagine sitting in KITT and moving your hands in mid-air against the windscreen to move monitors and displayed items around. And don't think it's just the inside of the car. I'll spare you some spoilers. So...fullstop about the new KITT for now.

How ironic, mustangs are a breed of horses and what's a knight without his horse. And it had to be my top-choice for list of dream cars. I don't mind the 1969 classic as well, but the new one is just way cooler. I just wish one day I could own a Mustang, just not in Malaysia i guess. It's just too impractical to be driving a left-hand drive, muscle car in the streets ok KL. Now only if I live in California. Seriously, the Mustang beats all other cars, definitely all "Tokyo Drift" Japanese, and Italians are just too prim and proper. I would say the closest challenge to a Mustang would have to be a Dodge Viper.

Anyway, back to the show. If you are or were into 80's and 90's TV shows such as Airwolf, Blue Thunder, MacGyver and of course, the original Knight Rider, you should check this out. Watch the movie first DVD of course then you can either wait for the TV show to reach Malaysian TV or Astro or you can download it. Shit, am I promoting piracy? Damn, I am taking Cyber Law this semester. But seriously, it's worth watching.

P.S. The heroin is superhot as well!

Making a Difference in Cameron Highlands...

Together, We make a Difference

At our campsite, Taman Lakeview

That's the theme of our camp. The TAR College Catholic Student Society Annual Camp that is.

Well, it was my first retreat with this group and i thought it was awesome. I think the organizers of the camp did a great job and I couldn't thank them enough.

The Guardian Angel game. We were exchanging notes to our mortal child and our guardian angel, who remained anonymous for the length of the entire camp. I even got a candy. :P

About 30 of us including Julius our advisor met on Fri afternoon, waited for the bus for like 2 hours coz the driver had some issues with the permit. So anyway, we got up to Cameron Highlands safely and legally. We stayed at a Lutheran retreat camp. Nice place, with chalets and all I would say.

Our group, undergoing gruelling training with water baloons and the cold weather of the highlands. Haha. Nah, we were just catching water baloons.

We spent the first evening and the whole of the next day at camp but we had fun. Lotsa fun. I made new friends including 2 Filipinos. Yea, and thay speak Tagalog, unlike me, cilok one. Andrew and Vanessa, you guys have gotta teach me abit.

Me, Julius, Andrew and Vanessa. The SSH gang. I just realised, The 3 SSH students are Filipinos. Well, if you include the cilok one as well(me).

The third day was kinda unplanned. We only decided on the 2nd day to have a quick tour round Cameron before heading home. So, our leaders had a quick chat with the bus driver, and all was ok.

At the strawberry farm. The guy there was so friendly, he gave us some free strawberries with whipped cream.

Since the last time I visited Cameron's wasn't very long ago, the places we toured was kinda familiar to me. The Boh tea farm, the bee farm, strawberry farm. The only place which was new to me was the cactus farm where there were some very 'exotic' looking cactuses.

I wouldn't call this exotic. Instead, erotic. LOL.

After all was done in Cameron, we started heading down around 5.30pm. Slept all the way down. After having out dinner at the Tapah Highway R&R (delicious nasi dagang), some on the bus decided to play some games.

OMG, I tell you, those games were seriously addictive, and silly. They was sorta like those riddle-games. We played AliOng, which was the hardest for me. Took me a freaking hour and a half to finally figure it out. The other two I dunno what they were called, but I'll just name them the finger-number game and the clapping game. Imagine this, most of us were still playing and trying to figure out even after we got off the bus. Haha. Fortunately, I was able to figure out all three.

Heroes is Back...

back with the all new 3rd season.

I just hope it's much more exciting and doesn't just fade away and get boring like some other series. Its just the coolest and most realistic film of superheroes.



I just watched the first 2 episodes, and the evil guy doesn't seem that evil anymore while more villians are makin their way into the story with cooler and more awesome powers. Imagine this, 4 of the most dangerous people with powers such as Pyrokinesis(fire at will), Magnetism(Magneto la tu..), super-scream(I dunno what's it called technically) just escaped from the strongest, most sophisticated and secret prison... What will happen next?? Jeez, It sounds so cheesy.



Anyway, this is one of the three series I follow. The others are Prison Break and Entourage. I dunno if Prison Break has plans to continue, and I haven't watched season 3 of Entourage so... that's on my DVD list.



I guess these 3 series reflects the three forms of films(as per what Emilio thinks),Heroes is a film which shows things that couldn't possibly happen in the real world. Prison Break is something which could happen and Entourage is something which could really actually happen but very very in fact, extremely unusual to happen to me.

C'mon, weed and sex almost everyday??? Gosh.