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The Swimmer

2010-03-28T08:55:00.001-07:00

My body and mind are numbed by this cold,
cold of the ocean,
as i swam alone in the seas of my own tears,
thoughts of reaching something are only far from real,
i am tired, i am weary, when will i kiss the shore,
or are there no land when i reach at the very end,
as birds amused themselves watching me from the skies,
i can only drown,

i just can't,

just can't,

can't

swim anymore.

by Reynold Ahviet 2010

2010.....good start

2010-02-18T21:45:00.000-08:00

oh man, it has been like what? one year or any pile of months that you wanna dipped in...that i have not been writing. ladies and gentlemen, it's a great pleasure to say i am truly sorry.

i've been distracted by quite a lot of things since back then. i got 2 good new to share :

1. i got engaged
2. i got myself a Fender Jazzmaster

those are the two things,

i met this girl by the name of Edalyana back in 2001, oh man old skool. got to know each other well, a bit this and that, buy her flowers, go to movies and what not...until i realised it has been quite a period of time that we should make up our heads that we should take it to the next level. bla bla bla...then 28 Dec 2009 we got engaged :) if she's reading this..i love you.

here are the two of them together :

ain't it a bomb :)

as for me, i've been listening and studying jazz almost all the time..not quite sure if i really picking it up. dang..jumping into the how water and try to perfect my touch.

In the studio...

2009-09-02T22:13:00.000-07:00

hey folks..long time no see, i've been lazy lah to type words.so i just put few pics..our band Love/Comes are currently in the process of recording our new song, enjoy the pics..

hopefully we'll release it by next month thru our myspace page, link : www.myspace.com/lovecomesband

2009-07-02T23:04:00.000-07:00

the gang!

about being a kid in the 90's ...

i still remember in 1995, wearing tight jeans, small band tee and wasting time at Kuching Plaza for hours. formed a band with schoolmates, and too shy to talk to the girls.it seems that the only satisfaction that i most probably can get was - music -..NOT SPORTS! due to my skinny/fragile physique back then, and got rejected to be in the football team, rugby team, basketball too..

WTF!!!!

but that doesn't mean things will be that bad.luckily and thankfully that triggered me to ROCK N ROLL, eventually i loathe sports, and Never LOOked Back since..F^%&^% them jocks!

Much COOLER that way :)

Dua lagi budak pompuan comel hilang..

2009-04-14T01:46:00.000-07:00

Hahahahahaaaaa!!! something to smile, a friend e-mail me!

dua budak perempuan comel hilang dan dikhuatiri diculik, bantuan anda semua dari segi maklumat amatlah dihargai, hubungi balai polis terdekat :)

Mr Jeremy Enigk..a great and humble singer

2009-04-12T04:42:00.000-07:00

One of my favourite singer..Mr Jeremy Enigk, used to be in the influential 90's band Sunny Band Real Estate, one of the ultimate alter-rock/emo of the decade..quit that band when he became born-again Christian..he's doin solo and here's one of my favorite song-Guitar and Video Games..actually it's NOT really about guitar and video games..

How is it you feel?
I remember you at the top of my room
All these things we wondered how to hide
See how it works when
All the day long in a bottle of mud
All these fears we wondered how to hide with our love

How is it you feel when you run?
Ships wont come in in a bottle of mud
All this time looking for love and
You want to find peace
But you find me

Mondrary fields where we run
See how it works with a bottle of rum
All this time hiding from death
And we want to be strong
But we find the true story
A tale
Writing itself as we sail
A story
A tale
Writing itself as we wail

Never again my dear
Should we come dancing here
Well play guitar and video games

What if we refuse to follow the rules of fashion?
Tell me something youd tell a fool
Ways to refuse to follow the rules of fashion

How is it you feel then?
Remember you in the top of my room
All these things remade me and caused
To be something grand

Next Friday..

2009-04-05T22:31:00.000-07:00

another after, another after, another after

first through the skin, second the flesh, then bones, then flesh again finally skin on other end..

could have avoid it easily, by denying, but did not,

it shall be done,

then it's done..

you & i,

saved.

Someday it will get to You

2009-04-05T19:27:00.000-07:00

death?

wat does it mean to all of us? does it tick the fear in you?..this fear, what drives it inside of us?..

are we afraid that we're not going too see the people that we loved? and we afraid losing the things that we kept for a long time?..or are we afraid of being forever torch in the flames of hell.

i know some people that are so intimidated by the idea of death, a friend told me he's not afraid of dying..it is just the process before dying that's kinda troubling him, say in a car accident..before you die of course you will feel extreme pain..and he's not comfortable with that. but i kinda disagree, once i saw on Discovery Channel about shark attacks. The survivor lives on to tell her near death experience, her left thigh was ripped apart from her by the jaws of the great white shark when she was about to cling on the boat for safety.

she remember she did hearing like a sound of "something" but she didn't know it was her thigh being ripped off...because she didn't feel anything, yeah she didn't feel the pain..

and in my 2 cents opinion, say in a car crash.. things were happening so fast, super fast that you don't feel anything coming, the brain response slower..again it's science.if only the dead can tell us how does it feels..

but for some, they don't fear the pain (pre-death situation), they are so afraid to let go of the people that they loved and cared so much in this world..afraid of what would happen to them when they're left on their own..i believe when we're dead, our emotion is dead..there's no attachment to this world..unsympathetic enough but rather it be that way..it's just that people who are left behind( still alive) are affected emotionally.

and to those who have religion, in this case like me..it is always the question of going to the north or the farthest south. being alive is just temporary, this body is useless for it will decay as time passes..for me i just do my best being a servant to my Master whom is a carpenter when He was young, i let Him deal with the rest of my antics, for He knows what is best..it is not about how holy i am or how good i am..it's about what's in my heart.

i will always learn learn learn..with His guide, i'll make it.

"the mystery of Love is greater than the mystery of death"
-Oscar Wilde-

live shows

2009-04-03T08:53:00.000-07:00

when i was young..high school, i always wanted to attend concerts..but sadly most bands will skipped malaysia, what more to say here in sarawak. now, with solid financial support..thanked God im working now.here are the list of bands i've seen as of now :

The Cure in Singapore August 2007
Genre : Alternative Rock
Origin : UK

Battles, Orange Club KL 19 March 2009 pic by blueglory
Genre : Experimental/Mathrock
Origin : New York

Mogwai at KL Convention Hall Feb 2009
Genre : Post-Rock
Origin : Scotland

Blinside at Baybeats Singapore August 2007
Genre : Christian Metal/Hardcore
Origin : Sweden

Explosion in the Sky at Ruums KL Feb 2008
Genre : Post-rock/Experimental
Origin : Texas USA

and many more to come...

that's all for now, bye bye..

the day that i almost lose everything

2009-03-29T01:55:00.000-07:00

it was like 2 weeks ago, my car got stolen..at BDC area, i lost everything...well almost.my laptop inside oh my.but the weird thing was im not that pissed off!! well that doesnt mean that i was ok with had happened.it seems that im in peace, soft and almost quiet a voice said to me " it's ok, you can handle it my sweet little boy, nothing in this world will last forever, you must know that"

so my buddy Ash lift me home after lodging police report...i played guitar, then go to sleep, pray for peace in my heart, He will take care the rest.

bah, tukar topik gik.. here are the list of what would i be if im not at my current job.

1. comedian...(worth trying tho)
2. helicopter pilot
3. somewhere in new york looking for job

hahahahaaaa....

dun know wana to write anymore

eeerrrrrrr....

2009-03-26T19:56:00.000-07:00

please tell me what is wrong in this pic...and try not laugh :)

only happy when it rains..

2009-01-19T21:19:00.000-08:00

im running low of shirts n pants, because of the rain..take quite a while to dried up..but thanked God that our area was not hit bad by the flood, i felt sorry to all those whose home yang "berendam" because of the heavy rain for the last 2 weeks. i know some of you might have to start all over again..a relative of mine lost everything, the only thing that we can see was the roof of his house..his car,motorcycle, furniture..semua habis hancus!..

i still remember when i was like 7 years old, i was swept by the strong current of the river in my kampong Rapak Tepus.it was raining heavily back then..while i was playing by the river, i thought it was safe...but suddenly i slipped my foot and fell into the current..i can't swim (i know how to swim) because the river was fast..it didn't give me a chance at all to position myself in order for me to swim..mind you, it's very dangerous. but i was saved by a girl older than me i thinked she's about primary 6 that time, i forgot her name..God bless her.

but then again, i think it's very important if we just be alert everytime this kind of situation occurs...for those of you who can't swim, better start knowing it..learn it.or better still...buy a house at high area, so selamat la..compare to lowlands.

me...in Lawas.

ya ajak lah..dont know wat to write anymore...i lied, i'm never happy when it rains :p

2009...

2009-01-13T19:23:00.000-08:00

erm..im sure everyone had their ups & downs in 2008...i sure had mine, but for 2009, i try to be better than 2008...in my work, determination, love, spiritualy, creative side...

1. save money..meaning no more macd, cool gadgets, or buy this n that, im saving for my future plan.what plan? just wait.

2. get active swimming again, just like the old days form 1-2..rajin gila eh.hhhhmmm i have this thought, im semi-fat ( chubby), i dun feel comfortable of not wearing shirt in public due to my chubbyness n my fat male boobies...well WTF!!! im just gonna jump straight into the pool!

3. try not to talk rubbish...

4. get myself a new pair of jeans... rule no 1 above doesnt apply to jeans :)

5. read more books

6. wana travel sumwhre out of kuching..but not kl. im tinking of penang and k.k

7. wana built robotic figure from waste items

8. be more of a gentleman to my girl...

9. repeat no 8

10. repeat no 9

that's all for now folks...have a great new year!!

putting it all together

2008-12-03T00:49:00.000-08:00

to

places.
mobility
mourners.
foals
stats
religion
stutter
love
cellphone
mute
SNL
wood
nails
kilogrammes
hunting
haunting
point A to E
sounds
trees
corrupt
mindless
deaf
recluse
hollow
dark
liar
happiness
bitterness
afraid
oil
regular
green
hard

here are the codes, figure it out..

......quiet mind passin' by....

2008-11-23T19:31:00.001-08:00

(Melvin and I ...our hair days circa 2004)

its monday blues for me again..boring eh,

1 great friend got married last sat
2 friends are moving to other town (posting)
my best friend are getting engage in Dec
another friend in other town is sick (pray that he'll recovered)

i am glad to have Jesus as my friend =)

and the rest will be fine...guaranteed!

Tired & Rewarding...

2008-11-09T23:59:00.000-08:00

cuba perhati muka diana...pahal owh?

saturday

pheeewww.. (wiping the sweat off my face), i had a blast weekend this week, spending our nite at Matang Wildlife National Park as a part of our Young Adult Fellowship (YAF) retreat programmes..

just after Kevin & Diana pick me up..we all gathered at green road for lunch before heading to Matang National Park..and that was about 1 or 2 pm like that, somewhere in the noon. rite after that, when your stomach was full and ready to kick in, we started our trip. we were a bit puzzled when we arrived there..the place was quite (on saturday) usually you can see large families or group on their picnic frenzies..but i dont see that!!

the guard explained to us that, the picnic spot along the river were closed...and why is that? here's why :

1. National Park have wildlifes keep in guard
2. one of the animals were a crocodile
3. during maintaining the area, cage, and upgrading the place..the croc get loose
4. the croc get loose = the croc escape
5. picnic spot, river?
6. croc in the river
7. operation in finding the croc launched
8. croc still have not yet found until now..
9. picnic spot closed.
10. CROC IS ON THE LOOSE = DANGER

and so there it was, i already plan or perharps picture myself swimming...that picture of mine soon slowly dissapeared. swimming with croc? no thanks.

kevin, lennis, diana, ester, peggy & ezra

tengah lepak and polah lawak
doris the orang utan :) interested?

of course one of the reason to come here apart from relaxing from the city, we discuss for the next YAF events for 2009..some exciting events awaits us :) it all went well.. every one of us had our role..and then we bercerita sampe larut malam (lennis and me)..next sunday mornin after our bfast, thanks to the girls for preparing them..we sightseeing around the national park, went to see the orang utan, macaques..beruang (binatang yg kaya) according to diana..teka sendiri la..senang jak.

and then by noon we head off home...but for me, i got a youth concert practice from 2.30pm lasted till 6 something, what a long day...it all went well even though im not really satisfied with my guitar level and the monitors (that i cant hardly hear)...got home and then rest for a while, about 8pm my buddy ashton came to my house and we both wrote some songs..just guitar and bass and try to figure it out from there..by 11pm... ashton left and i went to sleep...pheewww..

that's all folks..

p/s i crack a bad joke on someone, im sorry...

Now Tell Me Your Inspiration

2008-11-06T17:39:00.000-08:00

knock knock!!...anybody home?

well got not much to say, but i wanna share some of few under appreciated but talented guitar players. each of them got their own style of playin...and it's not the boring and shallow 10 minutes guitar solo that makes you wanna jump off a tall building. but these guys are good in their own ways without the glam warddrobe..and i can honestly say that i copied their style and make my own-----without ripping them off that is!!, there's a big difference between inspiration and ripping off my boys and girls! let start shall we?

Stuart Braith of Mogwai

Omar Rodriguez Lopez

Billy Corgan

Dave Pajo

Thurston Moore

John Squire

Robert Smith

Kevin Shields

there you have it...the guitarist that i referred to in building my own sound and style. a bit of here and there of these talented humans. if you never heard of them..try listening, download or whatever you have to do in order to listen to them..just dont steal or kill :)

i still listened to their records and stuff studied their pattern, rigs, guitars and effects that they used..very informative for me.

now..tell what's your influence???

p/s sorry----jonny greenwood is too cool to be in my lists :P

thanks to all the people, blogs & sites for providing these great pics.Thank you.

the Young and rEstLess...

2008-11-04T00:59:00.000-08:00

i kinda knew when i was young i'll be doing something else, not something out of the ordinary..just that i wasn't meant to be a rocket scientist..or sumtin like dat..grewing up in Kapit while my mum was a teacher there then moved to industrial area of Pending in Kuching...in 80's. since i was small i see and feel lots of things..i love hearing the sound of things around me..maybe that's the first sign that would tell that im into music..the my surrounding has been my first education towards sounds.

according to my mum and dad, the first song that i ever sung when i was a little child was Prince's Purple Rain...then when i was 6 i got myself into drawings, i drew alot in my books..most of them are robot figures, monsters..or just plain things around, art has soiled it seeds in me at this time..as soon as i got back from school, i'll listened to my dad's cassettes and started drawing...most of his collection are Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore's stuff, early Jamal Abdillah :) and some country music..the sounds of music has this certain effects on me that if don't listen..i feel such emptiness or there is like a hollow part in my brain that needs to be filled up...after all that, i went out and play like other kids and ..during this time i met Gavin ( ex-Libretto singer), and we would play all day..it never occurred to me at that point we would be in the same band playin and gigging togther, i never thought that i'll be doin the things that i always listened back home..

the as i grew older, 13 yrs old...i wanted a guitar, i told my dad...and we went to pasar Batu 7 nd get me one..it was cheap accoustic guitar that costs around RM69, from there i learned how to play it..just like the records that i listened to years before..i never wanted to make a career out of it, never do.all i wanna do is just to strummed my fav tunes in my room..when im 14yrs i can see myself being so good with the guitar thing..i learned all my fav song and played them perfectly. then this kid in school brought me to Kuching Plaza and bring me into the music studio..we jammed! not that good but..i feel deep inside " i love this"...from there on me and some kids in school would jammed every weekends...well then the so called senior groups and gig organisers begin to approach me when they saw me played in local studio, some asked me to join their bands..im only like 16 at that time and they were like 23 and even 30...well i got spotted!!...then the rest is history..

but by the age of 20 circa 2000-2001...after seeing lots of "music people" do, the business, the politics within bands itself, the drugs, the alcohol, the culture.. i felt that emptiness and i feel like a hollow wood..a driftwood perhaps..as if the air can breeze thru my flesh. this is not what i really wanted...i wanted to do things musically that means something to me personally, a great guy came to me and show me his plans for me, and i feel redeemed for the first time..things won't be easy, yes i know that..but deep in my heart i know where im heading and it's heading good time..there's a focus, there's a purpose..and thru this time around i was being auditioned to be a part of praise team. with the skills that i've been given...i give it back..i still played with my old pals, and gigged actively in the local circuits..until today.even though i know there are some people out there, who dont really know me but talked sh*t about me because i played in a praise team of a local church but appeared in newspapers performing rock music.how come??..the so called unholy music.aaawww come on! get a life!...people judged me..only God can judge me...

not mine :) hahahaha...

tribute to my Grandpa Ghani and late Grandma Jinap..whom are great musicians in the late 50's-70's

a Bad persssoon I aM...........NOT!

2008-11-03T20:22:00.000-08:00

well what im gonna say, doesn't really constitute the title that i put above..but merely just my randomness of things that evolves around me..in life i seek my own dreams, dreams that i might have or almost had it.
when i walked thru the streets/ walkway..i see faces, i see emotions, i kinda feel these things, so what does this got to do with me?? honestly i realy dont know, or i just dont want to know, because i don't want to be held accountable for their problems and issues..which is sometimes why i don't wanna get too close with a person whom i don't really know..so what does that makes me? self minded? bad person?...all my bad personalities shines.
i believe there's a dark side of us, dark thoughts..that even myself wanna get rid off but always succumb in the end.often feeling guilty alone..the guiltyness that i will forever bring with me if dont surrender and letting it go to the highest power in universe..like coins we human always have two sides of ourselves, side that we keep to ourself..

this is my randomness...light will always shines thru darkness!!

Some kind of Songs

2008-10-12T22:50:00.000-07:00

hentam kromo!

im back from a packed week last week and might be this week too..last 2 Oct, had a fantastic night performing with fellow friends..(txs C.J)... at Ruai Tribal Cafe & Restaurant, i highly recommend the place for you guys to chill..i mean super chill, it's nothing fancy here...just nice tribal deco stuffs/crafts by the Dayaks..compare to the most cafe's and bars that are too fancy decorated which i must say CLICHE....

for that i night, thought i'd be playin 2-3 songs then that's it, well...i just founded out that for open mic sessions most can sing but can't play the guitar..well what da ya know..i was elected to be the free of charge guitar session that nite..thanks to Terry Duncan for helping me out with the guitar too..kick ass buddy!

well that's all for now... got to go!

Godbless all :)

Mulu..

2008-09-29T18:21:00.000-07:00

boat ride to the cave

just got back to kuching like last saturday ( 27/9) from mulu, it was fun..i never thought that i'll be goin to Mulu..well ya know i know most Sarawakian dont really bother bout it.including me, it's just caves that's all..but being there myself, im quite surprise that it was a cool trip for me.. but the bad part is there's only 1 flight daily (Airasia) kch - miri that's 7.15pm... what a bummer, at least buat la pagi or tghari..i gotta spend a night in Miri town and use the next mornin flight to Mulu..

our first day in Mulu, we arrived at the Mulu National Park..register ourselves at the office (it's a must people) for you own safety, so you can plan your activities while in Mulu. being a budget traveller i stay at the hostel..its rm37 per day, you'll be sharing it with all other backpackers from the world, mostly european,brits and n.zealander..its male and female together.so all the boys..that's somthing worth while in Mulu ehem ehem..just basic bed(towel and bed sheet provided) sharing bathroom and toilet..well it's still not bad, but if you got lotsa cash.you are welcome to spend your nights at Royal Mulu Resort..about rm250-300 per nite.not too sure, but you check the website..

Batu Bungan Village ( Penan Crafts Market)

Entrace at the Deer cave (nice butt eh)

the infamous Abraham Lincoln profile, with my own camera (from certain angle)

during the hot noon, thank heaven there's place called Clearwater Cave, you can swim at the Clearwater..its clear (duh..) and cooling..i imagine that i could float on the river for days because its..dont really know how to say it.put it this way..if im a fish, that's the river i wanna swim my whole life..

can u see the fishes near the guy's head

the walkway from the park HQ to Deer cave

Deer Cave

inside the dark caves..quite cool actually

well, it was a great trip for me..some tips for you guys wanna plan to go there, get this check lists ready first :

1. poncho ( it rains buddy)
2. foodstuffs..food are expensive here..triple of the normal price
3. first aid
4. erm..keep yourself fit
5. nice walking shoes..
6. torch light

and the rest should be the usual stuffs when you go traveling..so fellow Sarawakians, have all of you went there? start now yeah...im looking forward to go there again..

Mustang..

2008-09-14T18:04:00.000-07:00

Fender Mustang

Fender Mustang (USA) 1978
serial number : S821759
Large headstock like all Mustang series
Natural color
2 single coil pickups
2 switch mode selector ( neck pickup and bridge pickup)
2 knobs ( volume and tone)
black pickup guard
most probably poplar not too sure...
its old and rugged...almost similar with SRV in physical nature

selling at rm 5.5k (take it or leave it)..it's a special guitar for me, i really hope it will go to the rightful new owner who appreciate it's value.

Merdeka JumpBase Gig

2008-08-26T19:25:00.000-07:00

OAG live (the headliner)

hey all..here some of the snapshot of our recent gig, it was headline by OAG...and supported by Seven Days After, Love/Comes (us), The Drives and Sipnosis (KL), it was ok, but equipment, PA and such are faulty..the monitors are bad, we cant really hear ourselves playing on stage, despite the fact that it sounded from the crowd area..all of the bands tried to be as professional as we can, althought i felt like smashing the amps, and threw the mics around and left..but then again who are we to get 5 star PA line..but all bands played great that day..despite the f**ked up sounds...

Vincent with our gears backstage

for the album-The Drives, Sipnosis, Love/Comes..

when it ended we all were glad.. as for Love/Comes we had to rush to another venue for 7.30pm promo slot for the upcoming Bandittogether Battle of the Bands...

at boulevard promoting the battles

as of now..Love/Comes is focusing on the recording for which start this weekend

Powerboat and Power Pop...

2008-08-26T18:38:00.000-07:00

yep..i know i look good ;P

just got back from kanowit...attending the Pesta Kanowit for 1 week, it was great despite the lack of facilities ..i won't complaint after all i can't expect much from a small town..but the people here have been great, i had good times..and good sunburn too, for standing for quite a time under the hot sun...wanna see the powerboat racing ( sakai bah)

hhmm i wonder if i drive the powerboat....vrroooommm!!!

2008-08-13T01:22:00.000-07:00

Treasure....

She whispers
"Please remember me
When I am gone from here"
She whispers
"Please remember me
but not with tears...
Remember I was always true
Remember that I always tried
Remember I loved only you
Remember me and smile...
For it better to forget
Than to remember me
And cry"

"Remember I was always true
Remember that I always tried
Remember I loved only you
Remember me and smile...
For it better to forget
Than to remember me
And cry"

by The Cure, this song does not only refer to relationships..but something meaningful, like places, homes, country..or things from the past. in my case, it's goodbye..Uma Kahei my old longhouse in Long Mekero Belaga that was burned down by fire (another bad case (refer recent post)..early July 2008, it left me many sweet memories..it's the very place where i grew up, playing with my cousins+childhood friends.

bye bye my longhouse..one of my Treasure

above Uma Kahei, before the fire

after the fire, view from the river

Close up...nothingness is all we had :(

we just never knew..

bad hairday...

2008-08-12T23:55:00.000-07:00

(pic)
me walking after a bad day at work

things went wrong..

hhhmmm, things does went wrong, went bad no matter how hard we tried to avoid being in such scenario. then we go " why me?..why?" and of course we can't never know why.. reason why it happens may vary from each person's view. some say bad luck, some say it's curses, some say coincidence, some say related to karma, some with positive view says it's a test for us from God..well whatever reasons that fits you, just take it..all the bad things..some we can handle some are just too much

let me share mine :

a. car accidents..(lotsa us went thru this)

b. saying the wrong word at the wrong time...especially your loved one & anyone you met the first time ( ouch!)

c. went you had the cash to pay for loans, and suddenly you car brokedown, instead of paying your loans..you pay the workshops, then not too long letters from the bank..reminder of our "hutang" makes you feel like ......(insert yr own word) * this case doesn't apply to rich kids

d. for me who involved in music performances..days before the real the band rehearse,it was good..it was perfect then came the real gig, the amps were bad, we can hear ourselves, the tuning was out..then after the show, we realised and feel embarresed in front of the crowd..you wish didnt accepted the gig in the first place

e. when things/views you said were mistaken for sumtin else, the other person who listened translate it differently and suddenly the conversation went horribly wrong..people get angry and you dun know how to defend yourself and as if we "were" the one who are "wrong"...this situation happened to me so many times..sigh ( i guess i repeat this already in b.)

f. too many..and know wat, experts says the ratio of bad things happening to everyone is almost equal.so none of us can claimed " why does this have to happened to me"...cause everyone had their's too..like the famous quote " S**t Happens"

finally,

in my own conclusion, just go ahead with anything, life's too short to be wasted on regretting about bad things, happiness is the key..( trying to keep myself positive here)

currently listening to Cure - Treasure ...makes me weep :(

check out all these bands..

2008-07-29T20:03:00.000-07:00

hey folks, great to know cat town Kuching is giving birth to new great local acts..(shud have been like this 5 years before) but nevermind, time has its own timing..

(from top left) August in Flames, Seven Days After, Daytime Drama and Vex (below)

do check them out when you're coming to Kuching..if you're lucky enough to catch the every tuesday gig at Miami Bar (opposite Hilton..easy to spot)..shower your love on them :)

credits : Andy MaknaKolektiff for the photos. Please visit him at http://www.flickr.com/photos/maknakolektiff/

Rain & Bands That Changed My Life....

2008-06-19T01:49:00.000-07:00

it's been raining here in Kuching.. makes me so lazy to wash my car, makes me lazy to go out too..rain does makes me feel so lazy..makes me wanna write grey songs..and feel moody.. or i can listen to my favourite music...(or bands).
well some bands did changed my life for good that is..real super good band in my opinion that is..im sure everyone has their taste of music..but being exposed to alternative music (US term) or Indie (UK term) here are the 10 album of all times that influence me in my musical ideas as well as songwriting..

1. Honey's Dead by Jesus And Mary Chain
2. Loveless or Isn't Anything by MBV (either one)
3. Siamese Dreams by Smashing Pumpkins
4. The Bends by Radiohead
5. Come on Die Young by Mogwai
6. Wish by The Cure
7. Relationship Of Commmand by ATDI
8. Crimes by Blood Brothers
9. Source Tags & Codes by ....Trail of Dead
10. Stone Roses by Stone Roses

well..dats about it, there are indeed more obscure indie bands that i've listened, such as Broken Social Scene, Death Cab..M83, bla bla bla..but they can never topped by top 10 lists..

me doing the routine postpunk check

All Dogs Go To Heaven

2008-06-13T04:37:00.000-07:00

Bobo (taller) and his sister Jojo

I've just wasted the whole evening playing with Jojo, she's been discharged from the vet last sunday..she's been affected by typical canine virus called Parvovirus..and as for his brother Bobo it was already too late and the vet doctor cannot much and he died from the virus..and i was distraught, it never cross my mind that I would lose him..because he is such a good and crazy dog, here's what I can list about him :

a. he's sweet and good looking
b. he knows if ure sad and he comforts you
c. very good with children
d. children at my housing area loves him
e. my alarm clock (he wakes me up at 6.15am) by barking at my bedroom window
f. patience
g. very sporty and active..he jumps quite high too
h. always waited for me coming from work at the gate...
i. i believe all dogs go to heaven
j. he cant never be replace...love you man!

it was 2nd june 2008 between 7 -8 in the morning, i got a phone call from my mom telling me he's gone..for a moment I was in the state of dream. I cant believe it..the only thing I regret was that Im not there during his last battles with the virus..I was away on job duties in PWTC KL.. I wish was there for him.

Now, his sister Jojo is what we have and greater attention given..even my Mum still miss Bobo despite he was blatantly responsible from breaking most of my mother flower's pots, yet he will be greatly missed..if we have soundtrack about Bobo it would be Elbow's - On a Day Like This...such a beautiful song.

what breaks my heart the most was that sometime when Livan (my sis) gave Jojo her meal..she will keep some of her meal and then push it aside with her nose and barking sadly, she misses her brother Bobo, because his scent was still strong on the couch. To Jojo as if Bobo was still there..and she wanted to keep some food for Bobo..in the end we all knew Bobo was at somewhere better than all of us right now..he's in heaven running at the wide meadow field together with all the other beautiful animals that God created..like that old school cartoon movie All Dogs Go To Heaven....

Godbless you my best friend..

two souls

2008-06-09T19:27:00.000-07:00

the greatest feeling one person can get is probably being in love..it drives you. when that "feeling" is in you..nobody can stop you from doing what you want.in a way it's like a strength that pushed you out of limitations..to me that's so awesome..i believe everyone on this earth has the right to taste love no matter who you are..love love..

well there's certainly give and take too...nothing comes in a full perfect package, but again i believe when we really love that person..it'll be easy. well unless he or she look like a living dead..haaaaaaaahahaha

for me i love that lady in the picture above..she understands me, which i think is important in a relationship, although sometimes im a hardheaded when it comes to issues. she's like the nicest and coolest person in the world..and not too mention HOT! keh keh..well, for you guys and girls out there i believe your loved one are the most beautiful person to you ..right??

p/s guys, dont forget to bring you girl for nice dinner tonite..or hujung bulan.i pun faham hehe

I don't have to pay to be in somewhere else

2008-06-09T19:08:00.000-07:00

Ulrich Schnauss at live set

tiredness..is like a monkey on my back, how can i get rid of them...?? to do this, last nite i lied on my bed.on my laptop with the speaker on..play Maps and Ulrich thru winamp..thanks to Ed. it's like having a white noise that slowly lull you up.on the bed i cannot really move my feet..my hands are numb..the only moving part was my eyes, which few minutes later closed.

while half asleep..we cant really tell which is real and which is not...i can still listen to the music, it started to sound like the walls are talking to me..dreamy state..im a clean guy for your information.

errrmm.. what im trying to say here is "music takes us to other places" even in my own bedroom..

My Shields..

2008-04-15T20:31:00.000-07:00

people,

just now, Im making rough budget for my payment end of this month..hhmm ok lah, after tolak this tolak that..adalah quite enuf for me the not so half-half *straight edge, thinking that I do spent a lot on my musical instruments..I didn't quite sedar about it, until I keep track of almost every gadgets that I had..man, I could have bought a ticket to Japan and enjoy my time hanging out with Japanese chicks hehehee..but sadly that wont happen..

the current pedals that Im using as of now...

it came to my mind that playing music is expensive (unless you wanna stick to yr gitar kapok until you die), not only it demand your time and patience for practice/rehearsal/servicing..but it also demand that cute paper in your wallet called MONEY!!..in my case for the stuff I bought it surely makes me in musim kemarau sometimes hehe but hey..for the love of music..any musicians out there knows that you cant compromise with all these spending thought..if you want good instrument = spend more, there are people out there spend thousands for this..more than me myself could afford..

I sold some of my old stompboxes..

now I taught myself playing the midi synths, I bought one from a friend..so I just play it with my laptop and the fun can go for hours..even weeks hehee..just to let you know I sucked playin the keyboard, the synth that Im about to have soon..will be a 25 keys (single hand play also can bah)..meaning that I dont have to do that liberaci thing with my hands..like always, I always love something that sounds simple but will stuck in your head like forever...

Kuching Indie Town

2008-04-14T23:21:00.000-07:00

a culture called indie

i think in 1993 - 1996 was the most active years for alternative music in my hometown Kuching, local gigs feat' local bands are almost every month notably in the coolest clubs around our Cat Town..clubs like Peppers, Cat City & Jupiter just to name a few were among the favourite spots for local indie merchants to hold their show, i still remember goin to the record store at Kuching Plaza and find may demo tapes sent by the bands themselves..usually they used dubbing tappe such as TDK, Sony, and the cover usually just black & white (xerox copy) no fancy colouring unless they are under some labels..i reckon that's quite rare.. here are the list of the bands (that i still remember) ;

1. Nice Stupid Playground
2. Groover's Lum ( now the singer formed Telebury)
3. Radish Fan ( now the bassist formed The Drives)
4. Rocketflower ( i joined for a while, then break up)
5. Youth Against
6. Fist of Fury

7. Spinning Jenny

8. Nerd

9. Insane

tickets were around $6 -13 at that time...young kids/big kids will packed any gig venue. its so cool and everyone support everyone (not like today). its like living in Seattle..kira boleh dikatakan macam tu lah..

Adrian, now fronting Telebury

the most famous spot in Kch for indie kids..its like a temple or something, well actually its a mini shopping complex..nothing grand about it, similar mcm Pertama Complex mix CM..its like that. but i can tell you guys, that place is full with music..because there's 3 different rehearsal studio in Kch Plaza..the aftermath? loud real live music played all day long..studio at the top floor (lee's music) you still can hear it from the ground floor..no wonder the indie culture is so strong, kids here will thrive everything just to play music..im sure even kl music scene knows that Kch is a strong birthplace of indie in Malaysia..that time im just one of the crowd, one of the admirer of band s that soon (nowadays) became my friends.

that was 1993 - 1996, more than 10 year yg dahulu, things a bit different now. less gigs, but there's an effort to make a change..past 6 months there's a quite number of shows held..guys from Disharmonic, Under One label, Groove Republic and Borneo rocks (all gig organiser) are making positive waves to bring back the music scene..kudos to you all

early to latest..

2008-04-14T06:24:00.000-07:00

hey there,

thanks for stoppin by, hope all of you out there in a chill mood..thinking that we are still able to walk safely at nite without someone pointing a gun at you (what tha?)

anyway..when i sat down in my bed room with my semi hollow washburn (i'm not into washburn so much) playin some tune..it all came so easy to me, writing songs just with my fingers..with me humming a tune, pre lyrics stage. Then i wonder what do i listen to when i was young, I mean very young....and I remember, the first ever rock tune that i heard was Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow live on Stage 1977 or 1976. Im just 8 years old at that time, my dad was playing Rainbow so loud in the living room and i felt there's an urge deep inside of me wanting to be a part of that loud music. Cant barely play a guitar, so i just listened all day long, day by day after school..digging other rock collections belongs to my dad..i think he's one of those hippie doper in the 70's that is why he got so many rock vinyl, cassettes and so much knowledge. He once mentioned he loves the Pumpkins and Nirvana which is cool, he's into 90's alternative scene..

then when I was 13, my dad bought me a cheap China made accoustic guitar..deep in my heart I wanted a much better guitar Yamaha at least, well i don't come from a wealthy family anyway..this things I have just to accept. I started learning Rainbow, Dio, Deep Purple and Led Zep..and I progressed faster than any other kid at my age, likewise i get tired of it, i wanted something way much more relevant for me..a teenager. i was introduced by a friend bands like The Jesus & Mary Chain, Radiohead, Weezer, Cure, U2...and the lists goes on this was around 1994-96, the explosion of alternative indie era..so i stucked with these bands, my guitar playing was less macho cock solos oriented and was more to simple catchy hooky melodies..my favourite band will always be Jesus & Mary Chain, they taught me the simpler the better..the louder it is the weirder you are..

that's all for now...keep on coming as i will improve on the layout etc.

p/s love to hear from people who writes & perform their own stuff!