Monday, September 03, 2007

New face..

Yes, my desktop got new face... hohoho.. if you notice from the picture, my LCD has been changed.. Last Friday my 4-year old LCD was suddenly black out and kept on blinking afterwards.. I thot the problem was with my CPU or VGA Card (I was like "again ?? the heck..") but I was wrong.. It was the LCD itself this time wewww.. (I wonder why recently my PC always got problem one.. T_T). I asked my daddy whether I should buy the new one or just have it repaired.. Well, my dad just asked me to buy the new one in d end ^^;; hohoho.. luckily, there was COMEX (computer exhibition) @ Suntec in which IT stuffs are sold in discounted price.

I was rushing there on Saturday, since I was planning to go to church as well. Finally, I bought black 19" LG LCD. hohoh.. nice one.. XD Haizz.. another unexpected expenses T_T Yeah, but no choice man.. without computer I can do nothin' which means I can't do my FYP as well.. huhuhu..
I'm planning to upgrade my PC once I have graduated from NTU (which is next year.. hopefully hahaa XD) so.. juz hold on my dear processor.. just another one year man before an endless dormancy for u.. hahhaha..

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

No more sorrow... hopefully...

It started with a sore throat.. assumed as one of flu symptoms.. then my irritating asthma came (yeah juz a symptom anyway...). I didn't feel well that time.. wew... including the time when we had to set up benches the nite before, for Geben on Wed, 15 Aug. On the day itself, the most destructive disaster (err.. perhaps it's exaggerated too much :P) happened.. Geben ended nicely, except that my nokia-6280's LCD was broken! =.=" I guess, it was crushed by the edge of the bench when I was moving them to their original position T_T I wonder.. how hard it was.. =.= I'm using Erikson's N70 til' now.. wew..

The other problem was.. on Friday night, when I was doing remote desktop to my PC, suddenly the connection lost. I guessed correctly that my PC was restarting by itself .. over and over again.. (well actually it had happened a few times before...). I asked my roommate to turn it off for a while before turning it on again. Yeah finally it was turned on again and was able to load the windows, but no internet access since then.. wewww.. I got headache .. T_T I decided to turn it off that whole night... and the next day, after woke up, I tried powering it on again but it wasn't able to even boot the windows and it kept on restarting by itself.. Haizz..

I had no time that day to troubleshoot my PC thoroughly, coz I had to go to Nokia Center to have my handphone serviced.. yeah.. and finally on Sunday I found the problem! It was power supply problem.. again.. so haizzz.. Bought new power supply and installed it right away.. However, no internet access still.. I was like.. wth... =.=" I emailed CITS and got the reply this morning.. then in the afternoon CITS called me and the problem solved in an instant! hahaah.. phew..

I don't expect any more sorrowww .... I have enough... no more sorrow pleaseee.. huehue.. Yeah juz wish me luck k ? hahaha.. I will get my handphone back this Wednesday.. hopefully every thing will back to normal...

Morale of the story: be very careful of yourself man.. Sometimes accident happens at the time you expect it the least..

*FYP progress --> Week 3 - Learning AJAX from zero... *

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Broken guitar....

Yeah, IndoSupper was a great success.. thou here and there still got some flaws, yeah nobody's perfect eniwei XD hihihi.. del'Dante went thru the first song (Mengenangmu by Kerispatih) smoothly.. and when the second song (Maafkan Aku Yang Mencintainya by del'Dante) started, I felt an emotional arousal.. since the song is created and arranged by our very own band... XD In the middle of the second song, suddenly one of my guitar's strings broke.. O.o" perhaps I was playing with too much excitement.. ^^;; weww.. soo embarrassing... but I kept on playing and I was relieved nobody noticed... til I returned to the tribune.. heuheu..


Haizz... gotta buy a new set of strings then... huhuh.. can't play til' it is fixed.. T_T hueheue... I actually will have it fixed, not only the strings, but also to narrow the gap between strings and fretboard (if it's still even possible..) hueheue..

Below are some photos from IndoSupper








Well done del'Dante ! hoho.. :D

Monday, August 06, 2007

1st day of school = skip the 1st lecture

Yoshhh.. finally the school is restarted! (Am i suppose to be happy ? o.O) hahaaha.. Well, the very first day in AY 2007-2008, which my last year in NTU, is started with a lecture skip :P LOLz.. Wahlew.. I dunno wad happened wif my stupid alarm, suddenly it stopped and well thanks for waking me up at 8.39 this morning.. =.=" hahah.. Of coz im soooo latee mann.. hahaa.. Wad can I do, I was thinking, If I pushed myself to attend the lecture (which is most prob still an intro) I would arrive at ard 10 mins before the lesson ended.. =.=" So.. I just went to bed again til 10am XD hahaha..

Yeah, of coz Im not gonna skip the other lesson today.. which was at 1130am. Well, actually nothin' much la for today.. just a simple introduction to the course.. hmm.. and finally decision to take CPE422 - Neural Networks this sem. hohoho.. Yeah, I think this subject is quite interesting to be taken, moreover the lecturer has successfully delivered the lecture with full of friendliness.. XD

Again.. today Im selling the Duck Rice Race tickets on behalf of SCS (Singapore Computer Society) for charity, wif some CEC fellows. haizz.. so boring.. =.=" hahaha.. haf to knock each professor's door and pleading for their generosity.. yah some harsh comments were received too.. ^^;; but hey.. if you are interested with the Duck Race, just gimme a call, sms, msn, or enithing else.. :P

Yoshh.. del'Dante's special project (yeah juz call it lyk tat :P) will perform on IndoSupper tomorrow! hahaah.. It is called del'Capede.. :P LOLz (inspired by a Japanese band, Depapepe). We'll be performing (censored) songs which are (censored) wakakaa.. So not fun if I let you all know today wkwkwkwk.. just come to find out, seat back, relax and enjoy the show.. :P Gonna practice shortly.. still waiting for the others to come...

-= I'm out =-

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Crazy buffet XD

Yosh, actually it's just an ordinary day til' we had our crazy buffet.. I went to church wif jaq at noon.. and after that we actually planned to have our brunch at Westmall.. Yeah that's when the "disaster" began.. LOLz.. I was actually craving for Sakae buffet, but unfortunately the buffet is not available today.. T_T Phew.. but we saw another buffet promotion just beside Sakae Sushi, it was on Bali Thai restaurant.. hahaha.. After short discussion, we decided to have the buffet there.

At the beginning, we were full of excitement since.. yeah we were starving! hahahaz.. We ordered 6 dishes at once.. We thought that was enough for our first round.. The funny thing was, when all the dishes were served, our table was already full of it! and it was like we haven't eaten for several days already wkwkwkwk.. XD Yeah, no choice, we juz ate and ate.. and several minutes later the servant came and asked us for our last order for the buffet.. We were like.. "shoot.. what time is it now?" shortly we knew that the buffet time is only til' 2.30pm.. but it is NOT stated there.. phew.. haha.. We ordered another 7 dishes for our second as well as our last round and asked them to serve it later since no space there in our table :P A minute later, I ordered another 2 sets of chicken Satay.. so in total, we had 15 dishes! XD wkwkw.. so crazyyy..

So here is our crazy buffet menu.. XD

1 set of tahu telur, 3 sets of Maduranese chicken satay, 1 set of sambal kangkong, 1 set of pandan chicken, 1 set of pad thai, 1 set of soto ayam, 1 set of green curry chicken, 1 set of beef rendang, 1 set of fish with thai-style chili sauce, 1 set of kailan with oyster sauce, 1 set of sambal sotong, 1 set of mango salad, and finally 1 set of spring roll.

Phew.. in the end we were super duper bloated.. (fortunately I din puke on the spot -.-) It was hard for me to even walk.. LOLz.. wkwkwk.. yeah... I dun feel like eating til' tml.. maybe.. hahaha...

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Fragile...


Haf you ever felt lyk "cursing" every single lil' thing...?
Haf you ever felt you are the worst...?
Haf you ever felt so sensitive...?

at least.. I do have..

So fragile.. what's wrong wif me lately? I wonder... Well, I hate this kind of feelings, but I can't stop it from entering my body n soul.. It's just.. different.. It's not me..

Dun let me fall any deeper.....

Maybe I'm just tired..

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Juz simply... untitled..

Hoho.. recently, I was so addicted to Audition SEA.. phew.. It's an online dance game that similar to any other dance games that need us to follow the direction of arrows in order to score. Haha.. quite silly actually to be addicted to this kind of game hahahaz.. Yah, for the sake of time killing.. especially when I just woke up from my very2 deep sleep XD LOLz.. hihihi.. Well, I guess the addiction has ended.. hahaa.. Dun feel like playing tat game anymore.. :P (hmm.. one good thing from the game is that there are some ear-catchy songs, juz to pamper your ears maybe.. XD)

Yosh, the Convocation period (23-27 July 2007) has begun.. hoho.. Free meals for the whole 5 days! LOLz.. *oops.. hahhaha.. Congratulations for Class 0f 2007! I've attended three Convocation ceremonies since first year.. :P and the last Convocation that I will be attending, which is next year.. will be my OWN Convocation ceremony! Yay! One more year!... I can't wait til' that time comes.. phew.. hahaa.. Haf to pass another full-of-struggling and stressful year.. diz is final year! hahhaa.. But I know that I'll be fine, I'm doing fine so far.. (wad? The new semester hasn't even started yet :P LOLz) Ya, what I can think about right now is to give my best shot in this final year... yeah, I shud give my BEST shot! hahaha.. That's the spirit!

Well, spirit alone is not enough without "willingness" from the heart to diligently attending every lecture... LOLzz.. XD This life is surely full of hardiness and obstacles.. still no one can skip this life.. juz let everything flow.. :D Aaaa enuf crapping :P hahaha..

Haf a great day everyone!

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Yosh...

Yoshh.. finally.. I'm here in Hall 16 XD haha.. Well, the actual moving progress from Hall 3 was on Thursday 12 June, nt on Wed as I stated earlier.. haha.. Raymond's stuffs needs to be moved out first before I'm able to move in.. yeah and on Wed 11 June I helped him moving out some stuffs to his new room on the third floor.. And the day after... at ard noon, I started moving out my stuffs to Hall 16.. wew.. that was a very tiring day! I couldn't stop sneezing.. phew.. I'm very2 sensitive to dust... hahaha... just realized that in my old single room, the dust are everywhere :P especially when I reached out under the bed and table :P LOLz *oops* it's not that I'm lazy to clean my room up.. XD haha..

Yosh, after so much pain in moving all my stuffs out (I also just realized that my belongings are that many.. wew..) finally at ard 10pm I managed to finish everything.. Phew.. What an exhausting day.. hahahaha.. but, well the new room is worth all the pain and efforts I have made.. LOLz.. XD

FYP... aaarrgh.. that so-difficult-to-understand papers.. o_O Must tahan.. or condition myself as "critical" as possible so that MESTAKUNG happens :P.. MESTAKUNG; a theory taken from a book by Yohanes Surya; is an abbreviation from Semesta Mendukung, which explains that under critical condition, there will be some kind of force to naturally get us out from that critical condition. For example, if your assignment's deadline is just around the corner, and you haven't done all your preparation, you'll push your body and mind to work it out til late nite, and unconsciously all the creative thinking will flow like a river in finishing that assignment... Well I dunno whether this theory correct or not.. XD but what I know for sure, this theory will help you a lot to motivate yourself in everything you do in your life.. hahaha

All the bez for ya all !! :D

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Back in Spore...

Well, I know perhaps its kinda late to post diz entry now.. :P LOLz.. I've been 3 days already here in Spore.. and as usual.. time flows so fast.. today is time to move out from Hall 3! hahaha.. Hopefully everything flows smoothly and can be finished in one day :P... Now I'm still waiting for Raymond to come back.. XD

FYP preparation? hmm.. I just emailed my supervisor "si Boss" and arranged a meeting with him on 15 July onwards (well he's still having conference overseas til' 15 July LOLz).. Hmm.. other than that, I've printed all reading materials (wew.. that super-difficult-to-understand papers..) and binded them but reluctant to read it til' now wakakaka.. :P aaaarrgh.. Holidae mood is still in the air.. wew.. hahaa.


I'm out... slacking2.. XD

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

The Cape of Frog

Yosh.. enjoy these photos from The Cape of Frog LOLz.. XD


The entrance..


Some fishermen's boats... ;)


The frog-like rock :P ..


See that ray of lights from heaven ? :P LOLz


A journey to "world's end" LOLz


The small lighthouse...


"Don't JUMP over the fence !!" XD


The theme park..


Silhouette...


A cloudy sunset..

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Pohsarang

Below are some photos from Pohsarang.. Enjoy! :)


Paddy field nearby...


The church (multifunction hall)


The 'cave' itself... :)


6th Station of The Cross : Veronica Wipes The Face of Jesus


7th Station of The Cross : Jesus Falls The Second Time


8th Station of The Cross : Jesus Meets The Women From Jerusalem


13th Station of The Cross : Jesus is Taken Down From The Cross


14th Station of The Cross : Jesus is Laid in The Tomb


An endless path... :P


The marketplace.... ;)


An endless staircase... :P

Thursday, June 21, 2007

InDo iNdo IndO

Yosh.. almost one week already here in Indonesia.. and... yeah this stupid asthma stroke me again.. =.=" swetee... phew.. not that bad actually.. yeah.. hopefully by the end of this week, that stupid mucus will be all gone..

I lurve Indonesian foods so much hahahaz! I've been bored of NTU canteens' foods wew.. hahha.. I tried soto ayam, Cianjur-style roasted fish (Ikan bakar Cianjur), tahu telor, gado2, pecel..etc.. :P (yeah I write them in their native lang.. ^^) LOLz.. I hope I dun make you all drool to your knees (esp for all of you who haven't gone back home yet.. XD peaceeee) :P LOLz..

The first week in Indonesia, nothing much happened.. We just went out (regardless of my sickness :P) to Pohsarang, a holy Saint Mary cave situated in Kediri East Java, and went to Tanjung Kodok (Cape of Frog) situated near the city of Tuban East Java .. well it is called like that coz some of the reefs there look like a frog :P XD Actually it was my sis who needed some ideas for her drawings and perhaps the sea is the best place to accumulate ideas.. hehe dunno.. :P I'll post some photos in the entries that follow. Enjoy it hohoho.. Yosh, I still have two more weeks before my departure back to Sg.. haizz.. Back to 'hectic' school life again.. It's final year man! hohoho... I haven't finalized my timetable as well.. huhu.. The registration day will be on this coming Monday.. I have only few days to finalize it.. Sure, I'll finalize it very2 soon... :) no worries.. hehehe..

Enjoy your holz pals! :D

Saturday, June 16, 2007

del'Dante Fifth Meeting @ Beat Merchants Studio (14 June 2007)



Yay! It's our fifth meeting already ! hohoho.. Finally we were able to go outside for a studio (thou the studio was not the best studio I've ever seen :P ) hahaah.. We still prefer the Cultural Activities Room @ hall 16 to this studio thou.. XD However, the drum was a very2 nice one actually! hahaha... We played our 2 original songs, Maafkan Aku Yang Mencintainya and Akhirnya Ku Sadar... but we only recorded Maafkan Aku Yang Mencintainya since the other song was kinda messy.. We made a recording two times LOLz hahaahz.. Nice one.. (thou after conversion to mpg video, the sound esp the vocal can't come out clearly huhuhu).

After the practice, we had our dinner at Food Junction, Bugis.. hohoho.. den we went to Dela's "secret" place, Starbucks @ One Fullerton LOLz hahaha.. Unfortunately, Davin couldn't join us since he had to wake up early for Professional Attachment on the next day.. So only me, Raymond, Johan, and our boss Dela left :P There, we were gj-ing hahaha.. playing truth or dare but most of the time it was Dela who bullied to answer all the questions.. :P That place was actually a very cozy place to sit back, relax, and have a chat hehehe.. Yes, the ambience was great XD Anyway, the funny thing was, we (Edmond, Raymond, and Johan) sang the boyband version of Maafkan Aku Yang Mencintainya LOLz XD wakakaka.. Well, actually we dedicated the song for Dela hahaha.. accompanying her story :P yeah, Dela shared her story about her love life yesterday.. hohoho.. yosh.. you know wad Del, you haf to move on k? hohoho.. and we glad that you finally made it thru the rain.. :) hohoho.. Gratzz. XD hahaah..

Yeah, you can say that probably we are the narcist-est band of musicians XD LOLzz ahahaha.. We took loads of photos on the bridge near Fullerton Hotel.. with Esplanade in background hahahaa.. LOLz.. We had great times there! Taking photos like mad already wakakakaa.. :P We will keep these photos in our memory.. memory of our band.. of our togetherness.. :) That was a very great nite! hohoho.. Well done everybody! XD




reaching for the stars....


the boyband..




someday.. we will fly together...

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Welcome to [Sechzehn] hohoho..

Yosh.. HOLA (Hall Online Application) results were out on Friday, and finally I got the room that I wanted! hohoho.. Our plan succeeded! (please refer to this entry :P) Hahaha.. Raymond got a single room on level 3, Jordan got his current single room, and I got Raymond's current room, with Ong as my roomie (again... XD). hohoho :D Well, I realized that some failed to get their choice of halls (even some ppl who tried to retain their current room were also dumped out... =.=").. haizz.. I also heard that 6 out of 16 JCRC presidents din get their choice of rooms... :s I guess HAS (Hall Allocation Scheme) is still incomplete, and perhaps hasn't been tested and gone thru' pilot run thoroughly.. =.=" (It was said that ppl who retained their current room would have priority among others who applied that room) What a weird system.. However, most final year students (in AY 2007-2008, which is the coming AY) got their choice of rooms.. I think final year students have some kind of priority or sumthin' phew... I dunno.. It's their job (SAO ppl) to review the current HAS after the allocation results... to develop a better system next year.. (thou actually im 'out' already next year :P LOLz)

8 June 2007

ACCOMMODATION IN HALL FOR AY2007/08

I am pleased to offer you admission into the Hall of Residence 16 for the academic year 2007/08 beginning 6 August 2007. The room is 16A-05-14. Hall and room allocations are processed by the computerised HAS.


hohoho... Thanks Lord for everything You have given to me.. :)

del'Dante Fourth Meeting @ Hall 16's Cultural Activities Room

Hohoho.. That was a very great practice.. I guess.. :P Finally we could practice in the so-called 'studio' hahaah.. We were practicing our two original songs, which are Akhirnya Ku Sadar and Maafkan Aku Yang Mencintainya in full band version hahaaha.. The current line up is.. Davin and Dela as vocalists, Ray as bassist, Johan aka Jon as keyboardist, and me as drummer :P (Sony was absent that day, but surely he will be our guitarist) wakakaka.. Yeah, I think I haf to practice the drum again.. hehehe... Still a lil' bit messy here and there.. The two songs were video-ed yesterday :P haha.. but for personal view only.. LOLz XD hahahaha.. We rearranged the two songs into the full band version hohoho.. nice one, great job everyone! Maafkan Aku Yang Mencintainya is kinda mellow.. still.. and Akhirnya Ku Sadar is kinda upbeat and more cheerful XD Anyway, a big thanx to Rica for the key to the studio as well as the drum stick, and Sam for the semi-acoustic guitar :D Can't wait for the next practice on Thursday.. Thank you everybody ! ^^ Below are some pictures taken on Friday :D













Friday, June 08, 2007

Last Day of IA !!

Hohoho.. finally.. the day that I've waited for since December 2006.. :P hahha.. Yosh! Today is my last day of internship with Datacraft! hahaah.. Nothin' much to do today, yeah, as always.. XD having lunch with my colleagues including my supervisor, and was treated by him! hahaah.. Hontouni arigatou ne.. :) As a token of appreciation and gratitude, I gave him a Parker pen.. bought yesterday haha.. Well, I learned a lot too during this 22 weeks of IA period.. Thanx to Datacraft for giving me such opportunities..

Yosh, what do I do after this? hahha.. plan plan plan! I have 1 week before my departure to Indo hahaha.. del'Dante fourth meeting is tonight and fifth meeting will be on Thursday next week XD Hopefully we can practice well tonite.. :) We have 2 singles already :P the second single titled Maafkan Aku Yang Mencintainya by Dela (lyricist and music arranger) hohoho.. Nice song, yet another mellow song by Dela. Well, we will re-arrange it for full band version..

Still waiting for hostel allocation results! Haizz.. I can't wait to put sechzehn tag again in my MSN nickname :P :P hahhaa.. LOLzz...

-slacking2...... -

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

del'Dante 3rd Meeting

Yeah.. It started a lil' bit 'late'.. hahaha.. We played 2 songs basically, Akhir Rasa Ini by Samson (me and Dela's favorite :P) and Kejujuran Hati by Kerispatih (as requested by Raymond XD) hohoho.. Well, actually the song choices haven't come out yet, but Dela knew for certain that all the songs are Indonesian band songs. First we played Kejujuran Hati, it took a while til' everyone knew how the song is, and how to sing it :P hohoho.. In the end, we can play it quite well actually hohoho.. thou it sounds different from the original one (yeah, it MUST be different, no point of copying) XD

Second, we played Akhir Rasa Ini, yeah my favourite.. We tried to arrange the song by ourself.. and the temp line up for this song is Dela and Davin as vocalists, me as rhythm guitarist, Jon aka Johan as bassist and Ray as Keyboardist.. where's the drummer?? haha yeah, no drum set can be used at that moment anyway.. hahaha LOLz.. After a while, we planned to book a studio for our next practice to have a drum set to be played, so that we can practice several songs in 'full band' version hohoho.. The GREAT thing was, del'Dante finally has a single! hahaha.. Jon played the demo version of the song yesterday.. All credits goes to Johan (Music arranger) and Adela (Lyricist) XD hahaha.. I kinda like the melody, esp in pre-chorus and chorus parts! hahaha.. great job Jon! The title is.. Akhirnya Ku Sadar hohoho.. :P XD Juz wait til' we play it in full band version wakakakak..

I din know what it was called, but it was some kind of 'luck' maybe :P Rica sms-ed Raymond and asked him to do a sound check in Hall 16's Cultural Activities Room. Yeah, Hall 16 has new instruments for its band there. hohoho.. and the good thing is, there's a drum set! hahaha.. But, guitars are not there yet, so Ray had to bring his own bass guitar and I brought my own acoustic guitar down.. (so sad, my guitar can't be plugged to the amplifier.. ). I tried playing drum again yesterday, and I kinda feel bad.. not so good.. hahaha.. It's been so long since last time I played it.. haf to practice again if it is decided that I haf to play drum :P XD We played several songs down there, like Akhir Rasa Ini, I Will Survive, Naek Delman (I will survive version :P), Bukan Pujangga, Bila Nanti... etc.. :P

Below are some pictures taken yesterday (in Raymond's room.. again :P LOLz a big thanx for Ong and Raymond *again* for their room XD)









Monday, June 04, 2007

Some Thoughts... Inspired by "Bambino"

Hoho.. Inspired by this Japanese Drama, Bambino, I'd like to share sumthin' with you from the drama.. morale of the story .. I can say.. ^^

Hm, This drama is about a guy, Ban Shogo which later on called 'bambi', who is good at cooking Italian dishes and when he did his internship on Baccanale Italian restaurant, he felt that his dignity was flattened since everyone there was a pro and what he did was actually not cooking, but helping with stuffs, just like a slave. However, from what I can see, he learned a lot during his times there, like efficiency of work.. thou his partner, Katori, yelled at him all the time to prepare the ingredients for the dishes.

After the internship period was over, he went home, and had good times with his girlfriend.. until that night when he told his girlfriend that he wanted to go back to Tokyo with her and work for Baccanale.. quitting his college.. coz he has fallen in love with that restaurant.. His girlfriend refused to come along with him, she told him that she had her own life and more over she thought that Ban was too egoist coz he thought about himself, about reaching his own dreams without even considering her future..

In the end, Ban decided to let go everything in his hometown (broke up with his girlfriend and quitting college...) and go to Tokyo for Baccanale obsession... There, the shocking thing was, he had to work in Dining Hall as a servant ... This shocked him so much since his dream is to be a chef.. to cook and prepare dishes.. not to be a servant... And he started to grumble....

Yosh... Morale of the drama are... (so far.. coz the drama is still airing :P)

1. In working life, we can't expect to have a good and nice working environment... It's not about how good the working environment is.. it's about how we adapt with the current environment.. (it's hard thou..) Our working environment is our battle ground.. You'll have to get used to your surrounding before you can tackle the jobs aka enemies 'perfectly' and efficiently... (yeah.. nobody's perfect thou.. well it's not about perfectness, but about how to be a better person each day..)

2. Everything is done step by step.. like for example.. you can't expect to be a CEO directly when you graduate later .. It also applies to 'bambi'.. he can't expect to be a good chef without to be a servant first... Quotation from the drama (rephrased) "if you want to be a good chef, you have to first understand how the customers feel about the foods.." Sometimes you need to go thru' the worst.. before reaching for the best..

3. Focus on what you are doing right now.. Treasure what you have right now.. For working matters, just simply... love your current job.. coz, every job has its own pro and cons anyway... has its own struggle also... and still, everybody is working hard... "One who can't focus on what he is doing right now, doesn't have right to pursue his dream.." hohoho...

4. Always learn from every little mistake we made.. Let it be our own good teacher.. for a better tomorrow... Try to cope with an inevitable bad feeling.. and inability to forgive yourself.. (at least you try..) coz everybody makes mistakes too, so don't give up on what you are doing.. keep on trying.. :)
(well, somehow it's not as easy as I thot...)

Yeah.. just some thotz.. hehe..

Friday, June 01, 2007

Comments about Minutes to Midnight ( II ) - End

Okay, I'll continue my comments about Linkin Park's new album Minutes to Midnight hohoh... We stopped at track 6 in the earlier entry, so.. here we go again..

7. Hands Held High
"With hands held high into a sky so blue... as the ocean opens up to swallow you..."

Guess wad?? This song is a solo performance by Mike Shinoda! wakakaka.. LOLzz.. He sang the whole song by himself.. In this new album, Mike Shinoda sang in collaboration with Chester only for Bleed It Out hohoh.. That's why, I told you that Mike Shinoda is becoming more and more melodic here :P It begins with a rap.. as usual, another cool-rap style from Mike.. The drum played by Rob is another different and unique drum sequence.. It sounds more like 'marching band' or sumthin... In the background, Brad played repeated and continuous notes with his guitar... hoho XD den, near the end of the song, he sang a melody.. Yoshh.. I never heard him singing a melody before leh! hahaah... Diz is the very first time he is really2 singing .. not just rapping hahaha.. Thou he sings in a very2 deep vocal range (i.e a bass), that's still nice bro... hohoho.. Gratz to Mike Shinoda! I kinda like the melody sung by him near the end of this song man.. :D Finally, this song is simple, but nice.. :)

8. No More Sorrow
"No, no more sorrow.. I've paid for your mistakes.. Your time is borrowed..Your time has come to be replaced......"


Another 'rough' and 'tough' sounding song from LP hohoho.. This song is also a reminiscence of their old style.. nu metal.... :D hehehe.. I like the drum sequence and some effects in background hohoho.. Again, Mike Shinoda played the second guitar in this song... playing the riffs most of the time while Brad played the melodies and some riffs to support the second guitar in the chorus part. Overall, yeah, nice piece from LP ! and another head-banging song hahaahazz..

9. Valentine's Day
"So now you're gone, and I was wrong.. I never knew what it was like, to be alone..On a Valentine's Day........."

When I saw the title for the first time, I din have any idea about what this song is about, how is the melody and the style.. is it the very first 'mellow' song from LP .. yeah, many questions are echoing inside my head.. ahahaha.. But when I heard the song for the first time, my first impression was.. In the beginning, the song sounds uninteresting, and it's not a mellow song anyway.. (thou you see the title is about... Valentine's Day :P). It begins with solo guitar melodies played by.. not sure.. Brad I guess .. hohoh.. then the drum and the bass come in gently.. The mood of the song is rising from gloomy to bright.. and finally it goes to chorus part.. and the song ends.. When I listen to it again, the beginning part of this song is actually cool enuf man! hahaha.. In the chorus part, when Chester is shouting "on a Valentine's Day..." repeatedly, the mood is suddenly different.. Expresses voices from the hearts of ppl who are lonely on Valentine's Day.. LOLz huhuhu.. Well... Valentine's day is also a Friendship day rite.. :P dun haf to be so mellow den... hihihi.. :)

10. In Between
"Let me apologize to begin with.. Let me apologize for what I'm about to say.. But trying to be genuine was harder than it seemed.. But somehow I got caught up in between........."

Another solo performance by Mike Shinoda! wow... He is singing for the whole song! hahaha.. With his unique bass vocal range.. that's cool ! I heard, this song is one of the band's favorite.. that's why it is not left behind and is included in this album hahahaz.. Sometimes, songs need not to be so complicated and so skillful-sounding to attract people.. This song.. I can say, is VERY simple one yet it's nice! Background musics are all originated from turntable and effects played by DJ Hahn! hohoho.. The background melody somehow reminds me of an Aborigine traditional oboe.. :P (forgot the name :P) The vocal uniqueness of Mike is another added value to this song. So... KISS... Keep It Simple Stupid... hohoho.. :P :P

11. In Pieces
"So I, I won't be the one, be the one to leave this... In pieces......."

Hmm, the song begins with some effects.. including the percussion.. Not bad but it's kinda an OKAY for me dude.. I like the solo guitar melodies played by Brad in the middle of the song thou :P hehehe.. The drum played by Rob took over the percussion effect from DJ machine after a while.. hohooh.. Overall: nice arrangement and interesting guitar and drum techniques (they have really gone beyond their boundaries!) :D Sumthin' new from the band! hohoho.. Well, nothin' much I can comment about.. :P

12. The Little Things Give You Away
"Don't want to reach for me do you? I mean nothing to you.. The little things give you away......."

Wow, it starts with some effects from DJ Hahn and an acoustic guitar! haha.. They are completely evolving! Their music is getting more mature.. and skillful ... Yeah, this piece shows their skillfulness in playing their own music instruments! I like the drum sequence.. and the solo guitar played by Brad! This piece emphasizes his guitar techniques, other than just riffs.. and gives him more solo part :P This is really really another something new from them! It's not just plain nu metal with shouting and DJ effects here and there.. It's more melodic.. deeper in meanings... and it's the new Linkin Park! hohoho..


It's the end of my comments.. Recommended album this year... in my version :P


-i'm out..-

Thursday, May 31, 2007

del'Dante Second Meeting @ Ray's Room :D

It's our second practice ! Yay.. hohoho.. Yeah, we played some Indonesian songs yesterday, medleys from some traditional Indonesian songs too ! XD like Bengawan Solo, Rayuan Pulau Kelapa.. etc.. :P Thou the line up is still not decided yet (except for Sony as guitarist and Davin as vocalist), but everybody is very2 great in their own way ! hahaha... Well, I still can't spontaneously figure out the chords for some songs I've never played before hahaha... Need your guidance.. my band mates.. hohoh :D Yeah, we work as a team rite hahaha XD Thanks everybody ! I had a great nite yesterday ! Thanx for Ong and Raymond too for their room.. as our second meeting's venue :D haahah... Below are some pictures taken yesterday.. XD


Dela with bass guitar.. haha you look cool ! :D XD


Sony sang a song while playing his classic guitar :D Wow.. He's great ! :D


Raymond with his own bass guitar hoho.. with Ong in background (playing WOW... XD) LOLzz


Me on bass guitar :P (err.. playing 'Rock n Roll' I guess.. :P)


Davin, our vocalist :D browsing for lyrics on i-net :D


Dela with my acoustic guitar hahha... Cool2 :D XD (oops.. i guess the strap doesn't match the guitar color.. :P)


Master Raymond on keyboard.. :D and Sony as his 'pupil' hahhaa :P

Yoshh... looking forward for our third meeting next week.. hohoh.. Let's work hand-in-hand ! ^^