and so tomorrow's the big day, or at least one of the big days. the national day parade preview! we've been training long and hard for this one, although "long" could have been a lot shorter if not for some stupid people as described in my earlier posts.
i won't deny it, i used to hate being in the damned ndp. to me, it was just a total waste of time. i could have been out there doing something more constructive. but somehow, i don't feel all that hate anymore. maybe i just grew numb to it, or it could be something else. there's just some feeling about being out there in front of 60,000 people.
the adrenaline.
the euphoria.
the thoughts of what might happen if we screwed our segment up.
there's something magnificent about being out there alright.
on other notes, i've decided that some feelings are not meant to be contained for long, no matter how deep you bury them. they just come crawling back out, urging you to do something to satisfy their thirst. this week, i gave in to those feelings. it will most probably end up in suicidal heartaches and pain, but it's not the end result that really counts sometimes. sometimes, the moment is good enough. but whether those moments will be happy for both sides is quite questionable.
"Can't Let You Go" performed by Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
reunion
yes! and finally we had that long-awaited little reunion barbeque at theHaz's place. well it's not the usual chalet thing where we fork out shitloads of cash each.. but the hdb thing wasn't really a bad thing. except for hazrul's "friends" making a whole lotta noise with their guitars and singing.. =P
the turn out was quite good.. good to see people like azad and ck again after such a long time. we should have get-togethers like this more often. maybe lunches or dinners.
all in all, it was a fun event, with some birthday celebrations.. (some a month late in fact) not to mention the little xbox party we had after that.. although some of us were just too stoned to even hold a controller. we'll have one more gathering soon i guess, hmm maybe a trip to somewhere... yesss.. we'll see..
the turn out was quite good.. good to see people like azad and ck again after such a long time. we should have get-togethers like this more often. maybe lunches or dinners.
all in all, it was a fun event, with some birthday celebrations.. (some a month late in fact) not to mention the little xbox party we had after that.. although some of us were just too stoned to even hold a controller. we'll have one more gathering soon i guess, hmm maybe a trip to somewhere... yesss.. we'll see..
Saturday, July 15, 2006
acts of stupidity
going to the stadium every saturday for those god damned NDP rehearsals is fine by me, provided you do it smart. but NO! the army, in all its wisdom, does it with their brains (if they have any) in their asses.
ever since we moved our rehearsals to the stadium on saturdays, life hasn't been good. reporting to the stadium at 10.45AM so that we can eat lunch at 12pm, then waiting all the way till about 4pm to eat dinner, then waiting till about 6pm before our segment starts = total fucking stupidity/dumbness/look-up-stupidity-in-the-thesaurus-and-insert-here.
whether i eat my lunch or not before the fucking rehearsals isn't going to affect my performance. it's a fact. and it's not like the lunch they provide is all that healthy either. i think it would do me more good to stay home and eat my mom's magnificent cooking. if they wanted to ensure that we at least ate their lousy dinners, they could just ask us to come in at maybe 3pm in the afternoon, although that's still a long fucking wait. but it's still better than coming in at 10.45 and rotting our asses off in the indoor stadium for 8 FUCKING HOURS before we do anything constructive.
oh speaking of doing constructive things. while everyone's going about their own stuff (the other organisations do things the smart way. they come in at the right time rehearse), we're just sitting there like fucking idiots. so what do people do? they see trash lying around, and they see us. next moment, we're clearing up the trash in the indoor stadium. not our trash. their trash. the motherfuckers. it's almost as if we're called in early just to clear up trash.
the bastards who are responsible will pay for this. damn you sons of bitches, damn you motherfuckers, damn you all!! damn the fucking national day parade!!!
National Day Parade = 9th of August = A day in Singapore when everyone comes together as if they were the best of friends, although they never really are, considering how self-centred everyone seems to be when it comes to other daily acts of life. e.g. boarding the MRT trains - nobody ever gives way. getting seats on the buses - 1 in about 50 give up their seats to the needy. fighting for the nation in times of need - this has yet to be proven, but i'm guessing about 90% of the people who turn up at the NDP in all their patriotic glory will run with their tails between their legs in the event of a major catastrophe.
ever since we moved our rehearsals to the stadium on saturdays, life hasn't been good. reporting to the stadium at 10.45AM so that we can eat lunch at 12pm, then waiting all the way till about 4pm to eat dinner, then waiting till about 6pm before our segment starts = total fucking stupidity/dumbness/look-up-stupidity-in-the-thesaurus-and-insert-here.
whether i eat my lunch or not before the fucking rehearsals isn't going to affect my performance. it's a fact. and it's not like the lunch they provide is all that healthy either. i think it would do me more good to stay home and eat my mom's magnificent cooking. if they wanted to ensure that we at least ate their lousy dinners, they could just ask us to come in at maybe 3pm in the afternoon, although that's still a long fucking wait. but it's still better than coming in at 10.45 and rotting our asses off in the indoor stadium for 8 FUCKING HOURS before we do anything constructive.
oh speaking of doing constructive things. while everyone's going about their own stuff (the other organisations do things the smart way. they come in at the right time rehearse), we're just sitting there like fucking idiots. so what do people do? they see trash lying around, and they see us. next moment, we're clearing up the trash in the indoor stadium. not our trash. their trash. the motherfuckers. it's almost as if we're called in early just to clear up trash.
the bastards who are responsible will pay for this. damn you sons of bitches, damn you motherfuckers, damn you all!! damn the fucking national day parade!!!
National Day Parade = 9th of August = A day in Singapore when everyone comes together as if they were the best of friends, although they never really are, considering how self-centred everyone seems to be when it comes to other daily acts of life. e.g. boarding the MRT trains - nobody ever gives way. getting seats on the buses - 1 in about 50 give up their seats to the needy. fighting for the nation in times of need - this has yet to be proven, but i'm guessing about 90% of the people who turn up at the NDP in all their patriotic glory will run with their tails between their legs in the event of a major catastrophe.
Monday, July 03, 2006
behold the almighty
took some time off the new guitar to take some pictures of it! here it is! behold the Fender Stratocaster HSS (with Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo)!
The Fender Stratocaster.
The Stratocaster's Headstock.
The Floyd Rose Bridge.
The Fender Stratocaster.
The Stratocaster's Headstock.
The Floyd Rose Bridge.
aftermath (once more)
and once again another day at the stadium has passed, and not a thing has changed in our ridiculous schedule there.. reporting at 10am just to wait for lunch at 12.30.. then going in for some practice at 12.45 till 1.45.. then waiting all the way till about 6.20, enter again, do our stuff ONCE, and then get out and call it a day.. simply ridiculous.
but anyway, as most of us know, the Swee Lee Music Company mid-year sale at Bras Basah Complex was on the 1st of July.. only recently in fact. and so i thought that maybe going there at 6pm the previous day might have been a good idea as the queue would be building up. shocking though, as the queue was already up to the escalator when i got there at 6. for god's sake the shop's still god damned open, and you're queueing outside already? god damned singaporeans.
so i decided to queue along with alf.. as both of us were intent on getting our new guitars and some other stuff.. i must say that was one of the longest nights i've ever had the displeasure of enduring. luckily seetoh came in at 2am to join in the fun, with effects pedals on his buy list. and so it went on.. till about 7.30.. the door opens! the staff go in!! and everyone stands up! so we had no choice but to stand up too, if we wanted to maintain our place in the queue.. the idiots!! little did we know that we would be standing till about10 before we even got to enter the shop..
and finally, we all got in, muscled our way to our guitars, grabbed them before anyone did, and headed for the queue.. now the most screwed up thing about sales like these is that everyone buys tons of stuff.. so here we were queuing to pay in a line of about 30 people, and everyone's paying for shitloads of stuff.. another 2 hours of queuing.. JUST TO PAY.
but anyway, at the end of the day, i ended up with my fender stratocaster, alf got his fender highway 1 stratocaster, and seetoh got his pedals.. so all's well.. after about 18 hours... but i guess it was worth it.. considering that i managed to pick up my new prized guitar.. mmmmm yesss with a floyd rose bridge too.... mmmm...
the Fender Standard Stratocaster HSS with the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo.
my precioussssss.....
but anyway, as most of us know, the Swee Lee Music Company mid-year sale at Bras Basah Complex was on the 1st of July.. only recently in fact. and so i thought that maybe going there at 6pm the previous day might have been a good idea as the queue would be building up. shocking though, as the queue was already up to the escalator when i got there at 6. for god's sake the shop's still god damned open, and you're queueing outside already? god damned singaporeans.
so i decided to queue along with alf.. as both of us were intent on getting our new guitars and some other stuff.. i must say that was one of the longest nights i've ever had the displeasure of enduring. luckily seetoh came in at 2am to join in the fun, with effects pedals on his buy list. and so it went on.. till about 7.30.. the door opens! the staff go in!! and everyone stands up! so we had no choice but to stand up too, if we wanted to maintain our place in the queue.. the idiots!! little did we know that we would be standing till about10 before we even got to enter the shop..
and finally, we all got in, muscled our way to our guitars, grabbed them before anyone did, and headed for the queue.. now the most screwed up thing about sales like these is that everyone buys tons of stuff.. so here we were queuing to pay in a line of about 30 people, and everyone's paying for shitloads of stuff.. another 2 hours of queuing.. JUST TO PAY.
but anyway, at the end of the day, i ended up with my fender stratocaster, alf got his fender highway 1 stratocaster, and seetoh got his pedals.. so all's well.. after about 18 hours... but i guess it was worth it.. considering that i managed to pick up my new prized guitar.. mmmmm yesss with a floyd rose bridge too.... mmmm...
the Fender Standard Stratocaster HSS with the Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo.
my precioussssss.....
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