Thursday, July 30, 2009

Photography Session 1 : Fields, Towns, and Sunsets

Introducing my first post of the Photography Session series. This will be all about me & my camera & random outings. In other words I'm sharing photos, officially, woohoo~? Meh...=_=


Venue: Football field outside the School, Kajang Town
Time: Evening
Duration: 1 hour 
Camera: Canon IXUS 80
Other Props: None
What/Who I brought along: My MP3 and a lollipop :)







The Golden Egg.

And a change of venue, back into the town.

Took this photo at my old favourite place. :)    Can anyone guess where is this?




That's about it. Note that I did not edit any of the photos, since my photoshop software is in another PC, lazy mar. Next time I'll start to put watermarks, for the first time, as if anyone would want to steal my lousy photos LOL!
So, till next time, cheers~!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Emo Post

Two days ago,we were having Chinese lessons and the teacher was doing revision for "名句精华". Then Weng Yin asked, why most of the sentences were used to describe missing of love ones, lost love, and almost anything you can think of related to love.

Our teacher said," Aiya, in the old times, they got nothing to do ma."

Yin:" Got nothing to do also no need to write love poems ma."

Teacher:" They all nothing to do, then emo lor, then write love poems lor."


LOL! Zadou... But true also la, only emo person will start to write emo poems xD

So this is what this post is all about, it's about me writing emo things, like you've never seen me =/


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So uh... This section will just compose of a few random phrases and some pictures taken by me. Happy Emo-ing :P


I’ve got this picture of us in my mind,
The faces painted kind,
The smiles true.
It never lasts it seems the colors fade.
With every point I make,
She’ll inch away.

I get this feeling when I look at you
The bottle sees you too,
He’s on your side.
It always seems the tighter fist I make,
The more they slip away.

One is always wrong, the other holding on.
One of us does not belong here.


Hearts gone astray,
Deep in her when they go.
I ran away,
Just when you needed me so.
You won't regret,
I come back begging you.
Won't you forget,
Welcome the love we once knew.

Open up yours eyes,
Then you'll realise,
Here I stand with my everlasting love.
I need you by my side, girl
To be my pride,
Never be denied everlasting love.
From the very start open up your heart,
Feel that you've fall in,
Everlasting love.


-Jamie Cullum


Sew this up with threads of reasons are regrets,
So I will not forget.
How this felt one year six months ago I know,
I cannot forgot, how can I forgot?

I can tell that you don't know me anymore,
It's easy to forget,
Sometimes we just forget.
Being on this road is anything but sure,
Maybe we'll forgot,
I hope we don't forget.

So many nights,
Legs tangled tight,
Wrap me up in a dream with you.
Close up these eyes,
Try not to cry,
All that I've got to pull me through,
Is memories of you.


-Yellowcard


Walking down the memory lane,
Sieving away the reminiscence of the lost love,
But alas, lost love?
It was never mine to begin with.

They say humans need love to last forever,
Can I disprove this?
But for every point I try to make,
It seems like I am just a mistreated kid,
Stripped from what's for me.

And the setting sun by the field,
Golden, as it wanes into the horizon.
But mine was not as brilliant, no,
It died without a sound,
Yet however tender it once was.


This is the deepest cut I,
Think I have ever felt,
These are the things I think but I will never tell.
I'm trying to walk these bridges,
Burning beneath my feet,
Well I am an echo I am heard but never seen.

This is a mirror image,
Of everything I'm not,
Always reflecting what I've learned but was not taught.
If I could make things different,
If I could press restart,
Then I would hold back every breath that went too far.

Sometimes I feel like I am working in the dark,
Collecting names collecting all the mending hearts.
And if your one that I have missed along the way,
Then I'm rehearsing all the things I'd like to say.
This isn't easy for me,
This isn't easy.

These are your hearts,
Like bombs they're coming down,
They're falling on me now.

And this my last try,
Got one thing left to prove,
There's a bomber in me too.


-Yellowcard


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So that's all for me Emo Post today. Nothing's up lately, busy on studies and preparing for the prom night at the year end.

Till next time, cheers~





p.s.: I'm fine, just making this post out of that conversation that happened two days ago.


p.p.s.: If you really think I'm fine, then you're real dumb :P

Friday, July 24, 2009

Tribute to Michael Jackson

Note: Postponing the Cameron post since I still have quite some photos to upload.

Rise of new blood, passing of the old...


Today, the History and Geography Club held a small event as a tribute to the late Michael Jackson. The programs included performances from Music Club in collaboration with Harmonica Club and from Creative Motion Club, besides that there were also many music videos showing both studio and live performances of Michael Jackson.

We presented 3 songs, the first being Heal the World, and then Billie Jean, and lastly You are not alone. 

Well, let's talk about Billie Jean and You are not alone first shall we? For Billie Jean, the running bass was almost perfect, and the electric guitar was good but fumbled a little bit, Jin Shing was a bit shaky during the whole song, maybe he's too nervous, chill out man =_=... And for the ending, I was worried like hell =_=, luckily they managed to end without screwing up the whole song, good on-stage problem solving XD

And then the next song was You are not alone. For this song, me, Nigel and John just took over the presentation on Wednesday because the others still can't perfect their songs, no point overloading them right? We only started practicing on yesterday...zzz... But no big deal la, since we always practice in the last minute for past few performances, biasa already LOL. But still there's a setback for the lack of practice, Jin Shing wasn't able to get the hang of the song. If you really really really noticed, he skipped the 2nd Chorus and went for the bridge =_=, my reaction was "omg~ what now?"  xD     But it's not bad la, we got back in two bar's time, for the audience it's just a small hiccup in a performance.


For Heal the World, it's really the first time none of the original band members from Form 5 performed in a full band. And that is why I saved it for the last. For this song, the whole band rosters are:  Yap Onn Sang - Tenor Saxophone , Ho Zhu Yi - Drums , Jeshua - Bass Guitar , Ben - Electric Guitar , Leong Zhe Hao - Keyboard 1(Piano) , Leong Shu Hwa - Keyboard 2(Strings) , Chiew Zhi Hong - Violin. Well, the whole band consisted of 7 players, and the thing that really excits me is that of the 7, 5 of them are from Form 2, Onn Sang being Form 3 and Hwa in Form 4. 

To be honest, I've never felt any happier seeing someone else performing, I was seemingly touched. The whole song was brilliant, BRILLIANT! And you guys outperformed the seniors today, my salute to you. Thanks to Onn Sang for willing to play the Tenor Saxophone for this performance, I do hope we will have more performances together. My thanks to the Form 2 members for being so dedicated even though it's just one song, you guys have immense potential together, I'm looking forward to next year already, when you guys will mature into a cohesive band. My thanks to Nigel for conducting the practice to perfection, it was the great conducting that made the performance, John too for teaching Zhe Hao the keyboard for this song (even though John didn't really want to LOL!). My congratulations to Hwa for mastering the art of last minute practice XD, sorry you didn't get to practice together with them and have to learn to play everything today. And my congrats to Lixuan too, since this is your club and you managed to pull off with a great show today, Bravo indeed.

So... Just in case none of you knew, Mr. Nagaya himself came to us and praised us for the good show, no kidding! Kudos to everyone, it's really hard to get his recognition, he must've been impressed by what he saw today, and I AM REALLY SURE that it's the "Heal the World" that got his attention. I mean, all the band members are new blood and fresh faces, and it's really the first time a saxophone is used in a music band in our school, it is something special. I dare say, that in the whole Malaysia, only a handful of schools ever had this kind of band, so, to be able to walk around in school boasting that you are from Music Club is really a proud thing to do.


Phew~ So uh, Thank you again I say to everyone who was involved in this show, especially to History and Geography Club for giving us this opportunity to present our performance, and for your belief in us that we will give a great show LOL!

Just one last advice from me: Keep up the good work!


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After the show went to jalan-jalan lor, since I have to wait for my sister until 6.45pm. Went to Mcdonalds together with Zhi Lin(went away only after ten minutes =/ ), Lixuan, Hwa and Ah Teoh to kill time :PTurned out Hwa picked the wrong place to sit lar, just below the air-conditioner. Beh tahan the cold, cold until all of us also freezing =_=Then they start gila photo already...zzz. Say want to mimic me warming my hands wa.


Haiz...So cold still want to drink cold water.

This is how both of them kill time. For me, it's sleep, blank stare and listening to songs.


Ah...Sienz...Time passed so fast, there goes a week and I'm not even into the mood yet. For next week I have to start studying already, in fact I'm already studying now, care to join me for my quest for perfection in exam? LOL!

Still, a promise is a promise, I will get the Cameron post up as soon as I possibly can, so keep checking and stay tuned.

Till next time, cheers~

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Odyssey No.11 - Harmonica Festival

I went to Cameron for the last weekend for the Highlands Harmonica Festival, just to play percussions in the orchestra. 

My final verdict about that trip:

I met a hell load of peoples such as music students from UCSI, players  from a brass band, students from Chung Hwa Independent High, and of course the professional harmonica players from all over the world. These guys are just interesting bunch.

But, the setback, is that the whole festival doesn't really looked like a festival at all. I mean, Cameron is a wrong choice in the first place, it's just too small, everything is in mini size. The festival is a bit disappointing, to be honest. And worst of all, I paid RM400 for a trip where I've got to perform and rehearse for most of the time and then get (almost)nothing in return, not to mention of the food we are taking. But meh, at least I've met some interesting peoples, especially Nel, Yaw, Ben and Jenny, from USCI college, they are a lame+funny bunch.

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Well, since I've already written a whole lot of things about Cameron during my last visit, this time I'm just gonna share some photos and narrate a bit about the whole trip. Enjoy~


We exited the highway at Simpang Pulai, the place where I played the Clearwater Championship of Sportexcel Circuit every year end just in case you don't know. Took our lunch there lor. I brought the guys, including Xin, to the restaurant where I used to have my meal there during the days. Very nostalgic :P



Gardenia in the Tuba.

Stopped by at a shop midway up Cameron. 

The painting sold in the shop.

Me, Hui Yun, and 38 Po


The Lonely Road.

The brass players.

Slinky Spring

Stopped by at the tea plantation before entering Brinchang. Took quite a few photos lor.

Viva la 5D, got 2 orang asing =_=

OMG Xin with pink hat!?

The air brass guys. Funny bunch.

The pasar malam...Ah...Memories...

Glockenspiel

The Equitorial grand(tiny) ballroom

Jin Shing drifting far away in his mind.

All grey skies in Cameron.

Left to right: Jia Fuo, Xin, Jin Yi, Emo Guy, Nel

Tony Eyers giving a performance with his alto flute.

The next morning, can you find the entrance of Cactus Valley?

The seminar hall

Me with Tony Eyers, he's a cool guy :)

Us with Willi Burger, professional classical harmonica player.

Where we had our lunch after the seminar in the morning.

Xin showing off his feminine masculine side... LOL?

Asking the pro...

Judy's Harmonica Ensemble from Taiwan.

The Emo Guy who taught me how to play cymbals, he's studying violin crafting in Italy  :O

Four gays. :X

Random photos.

The Emo lamp post XD

More Emo lamp post

Jin Yi, Amanda, Fui Chin


Found something interesting a while later while waiting for the show to start.

Xin: Hmm....What should I do with this piano?

Xin: I play it of course! XD

Left to right: Xin, The crazy pianist(forgot his name), Willi Burger, Jens Bunge, Me

Okay, honestly his hands are so damn long.

Went to meet Chung Hwa guys 2 a.m. in the morning...zzz, this girl is from Chung Hwa Guitar Club, I asked a few questions about the club operation. Heh, no worries, we overtook Chung Hwa's Guitar standard already this year, and we made it within a year's time. I'm just to proud to be a part of Yu Hua Music Club  :)

Judy's Ensemble giving a seminar in the next morning.

Open stage performers' list.

Ah...My last photo with this Emo Guy before he leaves for Italy again in a few days.

The pure silver harmonica. This thing costs more than your car.

Phew...This was the UCSI guys fooling around on our way home.




And so...This concludes my second trip to Cameron this year. Nothing much to say :(

Till next time, cheers~