eugene

Sem 2 Begins

2012-01-19T01:21:00.001+08:00

So, we're starting to get into the full swing of things in school. And for some reason, this semester seems harder to swallow. I wish for more strength and perseverance in the weeks to come.

Changi Boardwalk

2012-01-09T22:21:00.001+08:00

2nd & 3rd photo by Debs
Went to the Changi Boardwalk with Linette and Deborah yesterday! Was fun, posing as a model for Linette. Had fantastic Chinese food at Imperial Kitchen after!

Like a Horse

2012-01-05T01:46:00.001+08:00

Went out with the guys from 32FMD today! What a hilarious bunch of friends.

Also am playing around with Linette's D90, so expect more photo filled posts coming up! Already have a list of queued photos to edit and post ;) thanks Linette for the tips and guidance! Love that girl.

31-12-2011

2011-12-31T17:41:00.003+08:00

This has been a good year. And what a way to end it but with Linette's D90 in my hands! :) Here's an image to end the year, happy new year everyone! See you on the other side!

19

2011-12-11T12:19:00.001+08:00

:) yesterday, I was fully occupied from day break till night with Linette's birthday! I made her breakfast (and her brother as well), followed by an afternoon nap (heh damn tired la), finishing the evening off with dinner at Lawry's, and a movie (New Year's Eve) at Kallang Leisure Park.

I'm glad she had fun! We all turn 19 only once.

Anyway, I was thinking about the movie. Movies are generally films about something, right? There has to be a plot, a story, or an issue or something. "New Year's Eve" was about New Year's Eve, eh? So don't you think that some time in the distant future, maybe... 1000 years from now, we'll have exhausted all the possible combinations for movie plots and ideas?

I mean, who's going to want to do another movie in the future about an unsinkable ship which hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the ocean? Who's going to want to do a movie about... body-snatchers from outer space? I know these are very specific examples but you can see how, given a long period of time, the ideas for plots can be exhausted.

What then? What happens to creativity after every, single idea conceivable has been used before? Are we then left with nothing to write about, film, sing about? How about tunes? I mean, documented music has only been around for so long, and has a long way ahead of it, and maybe I'm just being uncreative, but I cannot see how there is a "unlimited" well of creativity. Sooner or later, ideas are going to have to be reused. Or built upon another. What happens to creativity then?

Haha just a thought accompanying my early Sunday morning coffee. Good day everyone!

2011-12-08T13:38:00.001+08:00

Wah wah wah I hate being involved in drama, and this is damn drama.

2011-12-04T10:54:00.001+08:00

Why

Freedom

2011-11-26T22:55:00.001+08:00

Today,

FREEDOM

My last paper ended today, and it feels just like after the A-levels. Sweet, liberating, freedom.

Linette is coming back on Monday! Really miss that girl.

She's had a hell load of fun in Australia! And I'm really happy for Deborah and her. Haha. Fun times!

But also, I sometimes feel sad that my fun is limited to playing computer games at home. Once in a while, it'll feel nice to go somewhere to kick back, relax and enjoy myself.

I'd like to go fishing, go to the beach, just spend time enjoying nature in general. Something out of the ordinary, something less mundane than going to the mall or watching a movie or something like that. But for some reason or another, I just never get down to doing it. I think part of the reason I never get down to doing it is because I don't have anyone to do it with, or the people I want to do things with just are busy at the moment.

Well, hopefully sometime before the next semester starts, I get the chance to do these things!

Regardless, it's been a good first semester at NUS. I enjoyed myself very much! Things are really different from when they were in TJ. I didn't make many friends here in NUS but that also left a lot more space and time for my current friends and school work. And I'm secretly glad that things turned out this way.

In other news, I've got my new GPU today! It's an Nvidia GTS450. Pretty big upgrade from my old Radeon HD5450! I'm pretty pleased with it, my gaming experience just got turned up to 11. Good timing, since the holidays are around the corner!

Till next time! Maybe I'll come back with pictures of my "holiday" haha.

Finals

2011-11-17T22:37:00.001+08:00

So, I've been studying for my finals recently. It feels weird, I just somehow don't feel like studying this time is as important. Somehow the importance of this final year exam has been played down, maybe it's just me feeling that it's unnecessary to continue reading things that I already sort of know and have incorporated into knowledge. Perhaps it's a feeling of complacency. Either way, I've an exam on saturday, monday, tuesday, wednesday then saturday again. So it'll be one quick week, paper after paper. Hopefully things go in my favour! I can't wait for this to be over. I guess I feel sick of studying.

Stomachy

2011-11-02T20:14:00.000+08:00

My stomach's been rather painful, on and off throughout the day for the past week.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the weather.

Clues

2011-11-01T01:12:00.002+08:00

You know, sometimes I'm clueless as to what I'm supposed to do and what I'm not. Logic, rationality helps guide me but still I'm not sure if I'm being completely rational or not. Regardless, tonight I think I did something that I wasn't supposed to do, or was supposed to avoid doing, but I felt so much better after doing it.

Nobody can take away what makes me fundamentally, me.

This fortnight

2011-10-31T16:22:00.002+08:00

In some ways, this fortnight, this "two week separation" that we took from one another was similar to the previous one. In many other ways, I'm taking it so very differently. I credit that to friends who have helped me achieve perspective, to help me look at this fortnight so differently.

By myself, I would have thought that you needed time to just breathe and figure things out. But with new perspective comes new understanding; this fortnight wasn't just for you, this fortnight was for both of us. For me, it was a time that I could figure out what was important and what I was lacking. Not just in this relationship, but more importantly what's important in my life. I've never felt clearer about what I want, what I want to achieve and how determined I am to achieve those goals.

More concretely, it boils down to my individual self. I've come to the conclusion that I'm fundamentally a very proud person. When people tell me that in my face, I reject it straight away because that's not how I view myself. But my actions speak louder than anything. When I do something wrong, I apologize and I admit my mistakes but I always find a way to push the responsibility to something else. I always say, "I'm sorry, I know I did this, but it was because...." I didn't take full responsibility for many of my actions. It always ended up as someone else's fault or some circumstances which caused me to act that way. Once I come to realize that there's something fundamentally wrong with me, I can see now that I have so much more to learn.

Today, I've come to realize that all this while I've been trying to be a better boyfriend (credit goes to Lester who has been ever so patient). That explains my constant drifting toward you and away from everything else. Naturally, I begin to neglect other people, to over-prioritize some things over others, when this shouldn't be the case. If there's something I learnt, life isn't all about being a boyfriend. It's about being a person. In striving to be a better person instead, becoming a better boyfriend will come as a spillover effect. In the past, I used to think I was a good enough person, and so no improvement could be made in that aspect. Now, when I recognize my flaws and see room for improvement, I realize that this break was something I very much needed to get out of the stresses of being in a relationship, to be demand free, in order to examine and study my actions without consequence.

There were some inherent problems in our relationship, but I think the way we went about fixing them needs to change. Instead of changing our interaction, I should look at how I need to change myself to be a better person and subsequently the problems in our relationship will fall away. Which is why I didn't feel bothered or depressed by this break, because it's so hard to figure out problems in a relationship and try to fix it (it involves changing two people, and we have to think about how the other person will take it etc etc), but now that I figured out it was only myself I had to change, it became a goal for me, something that I want to achieve on a personal level. There was no more stress, no more pressure than the pressure that I give myself. We always look forward to achieving personal goals that we set for ourselves, but somehow feel stressed if we feel we need to change for someone else. This is the perspective I've taken toward this two weeks, and hopefully it'll shape my life for better.

Notebooks

2011-10-30T23:46:00.000+08:00

I have a fetish for stationary. I also like notebooks which don't tear apart easily. The pages have to be tightly bound together.

Writing in a notebook is different from writing online, in so many ways. I'll list them here:

1) You get to practise your handwriting.
2) You have an excuse to buy nice notebooks.
3) You have an avenue for using nice pens that you bought.
4) It's easier to read a notebook than to read off a screen.
5) You internalize better.
6) You learn to write more efficiently, summarizing content better.
7) You don't have to be at a computer.
8) You can format your entries any way you like, no hassle.
9) It's personal, no worries about anyone knowing what you wrote or judging what you wrote.

I could go on, but you get my point. I like notebooks and like writing in them. It makes me happy.

PS: This was an entry I just wrote in a notebook of mine. I typed the whole thing out just to share it with everyone. I think I prefer writing in my notebook. Typing is faster, granted, but less personal. I like my notebook.

To changing the meaning of what makes one happy

2011-10-30T13:48:00.000+08:00

I was talking to Lester this morning, and the conversation produced a sense of peaceful, enlightening sort of happiness, together with a tinge of excitement and hope.

I'll spend this fortnight wisely, searching for things that I like to do, for things that make me happy. Sounds familiar, but I know when it's different because I'm understanding this differently now. Hopefully at the end of these two weeks, I'll come to realize what I have failed to realize all this while: that I don't need someone to make me happy.

A relationship shouldn't be the reason why I'm happy, but if I want to be in one, then I should want to be in one because I can extend my personal happiness with another person, sharing it with someone else, and at the same time allow the person to share her happiness with me as well. This is why other people can "make you happy" because they can share their happiness with you. But don't feed off it and make it your only source of happiness.

I'm going to take this fortnight and make sure every day is well spent. Do what I like - play my video games, watch my television, play my guitar, but also find other things I might like - go cycling again, hang out with other friends too, exercise, explore, shop, drive around, eat good food, drink beer and be happy. Not forgetting to also include my school work, heh.

Here's me telling myself: don't desire to be in a relationship because it makes you happy. There are other things that make a person happy as well - find out what those things are. Remember that life doesn't revolve around this relationship, and hence do other things which make you happy as well.

I'm not sad, not unhappy, but strangely I'm filled with a sense of optimism and I'm looking forward to seeing how these two weeks will roll out for me. It's easy to interpret this as "I don't need a relationship" but really what this means is "nobody ever needs a relationship". A relationship should be wanted, not needed, and wanted because you're overflowing with your own happiness and you want to share it with someone else and make someone else happy.

We need to change our perspective on what relationships mean to us. From a video Lester shared to me (really good to watch btw):

Conan O'Brien's 2011 Dartmouth College Commencement Address

It's our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimate define us and make us unique... if you accept your misfortune and handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound reinvention.

Watch the full video for the full effect, it's hilarious and bring new light to what you're doing with your life now. It's available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDYXaaT9sA

2011-10-30T12:12:00.001+08:00

If I am lost for a day, try to find me

Solipsism

2011-10-22T18:26:00.000+08:00

Solipsism, from Wikipedia:

Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist. The term comes from Latin solus (alone) and ipse (self). Solipsism as an epistemological position holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure. The external world and other minds cannot be known, and might not exist outside the mind. As a metaphysical position, solipsism goes further to the conclusion that the world and other minds do not exist. Although the number of individuals sincerely espousing solipsism has been small, it is not uncommon for one philosopher to accuse another's arguments of entailing solipsism as an unwanted consequence, in a kind of reductio ad absurdum. In the history of philosophy, solipsism has also served as a skeptical hypothesis.

Reading a little extract this week has got me thinking. Assuming the solipsistic position, that only your mind, and nothing but your mind, exists, then we're also saying that everything we're learning, our day-to-day "social experiences", the contents of every book in the "world", "knowledge" about facts, occurrences, happenings around the "world" - all these things come from nowhere else but your own mind.

I find this an extremely interesting idea, because it involves me concluding that whatever I had learnt about solipsism (be it from my reading, from Wikipedia, or hearing about it from friends), comes from no external source. If solipsism is true, then knowledge is generated in my mind for myself to learn, as though I don't know it and then am reading about it in order to learn more about it, when actually I had already known the knowledge (otherwise I wouldn't be able to generate it for myself to learn).

That also means that you, the reader, who is reading this blog, does not exist. You, who are reading words that I type, are simply a part of my mind, created by me, for me.

Look at it from your perspective. (I know that in saying this, I am rejecting solipsism, since there cannot be a "you", another mind, reading this page, but just for the sake of illustration...) The contents of this blog, the contents of today's newspaper, what your mother is saying to you, what your friend is texting you... where did all this come from? If no other mind exists, that must mean that all this "external" content really comes only from one place - your own mind. Think about how interesting that is! You're reading, "learning" about things which... you apparently already know, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to create it for yourself to read or learn, would you?

Well, just thought it might be interesting to share. For one, I'm not a big fan of solipsism. Should I subscribe to solipsism, then I probably wouldn't be writing this, since I believe that there is no one else who will be reading it. Perhaps I was bored and decided to colour my life a little bit. But I wouldn't be so sure.

It was Grandpa's birthday yesterday! I can't remember how old he is ): but we're going for dinner tonight at the $9 steak place, Katong Village. It's usually about $17 but there's a weekend promotion where the steak goes for only $9. It's quite good!

2011-10-18T23:45:00.003+08:00

Sometimes, even when you don't know what's up, what's wrong or what happened... all we need to do is to take a step back, breathe, think about how damn silly we are, apologize, mean it, and carry on.

BPA Free

2011-10-12T23:25:00.003+08:00

I lost my water bottle about a month or so ago. I was quite sad, I liked that water bottle.

Today my girlfriend bought me a new water bottle! It's a nice, small bottle which looks good and is BPA free! I like it, and I love my girlfriend. :)

Ducky Goes on Holiday

2011-10-02T01:27:00.004+08:00

Alright guys, today I would like to introduce my good friend to everyone. Ducky has decided to take a short break from being Linette's pet and go on holiday! So he asked if he could come to my house, I said sure! We had a great time in the car on the way home.

He appeared to be very excited in the car, but when he got to my place, all he could do was act like a boss.

He was also being a smartass about how it was strange that there was a traffic jam along the highway (PIE) at 1.15am in the morning, which I found curious too.

Picture's not very good but proves my point. Strange huh! Well, ducky's damn tired already so he's going to crash. I'm going to bathe then sleep as well.

Ducky says, "Goodnight everyone! I love going on holiday!!!!!!"

Rise of Immortals

2011-09-30T23:21:00.002+08:00

So, it's taken me a while to get back here. But for good reason! I've been busy with my work. The psychology MCQ test wasn't too bad at all! But let me hold my tongue lest I say too much and get laughed at when my results show otherwise.

Regardless, once I jumped over that MCQ hurdle, I had to push out the weekly philosophy assignment and my psychology mid term paper. Granted, we were given a full month to write our psychology papers, but honestly, when they issued the questions, I didn't know much about psychology at all. Took me about 2 days to churn out the paper and another one to completely re-write it because my original was terrible!

Anyway, the sprint is not over - the worst is yet to come. I've got that economics mid term test on Monday, and the sociology mid term test on Wednesday. Well, basically the economics one isn't too big a problem. Sat here for an hour or so and breezed through chapters 1 - 4. I'm left with 6 - 9 to cover but it isn't that big a deal really. Having done economics for 2 years in JC, and being the studious fella I am (completing tutorials on time), I think I can handle this test without sweating it. However, the problem lies in the timing of the test. Here's my schedule for Monday:
10am - Economics lecture
2pm - Sociology tutorial
6pm - Psychology lecture
8pm - Economics mid term test

I'm gonna have one terrible Monday :( I just hope my concentration and ability doesn't get too affected that day! But truthfully I think I could do better if the test were held earlier in the day. Sigh.

The sociology test on Wednesday is the problematic one; honestly, sociology can be rather ambiguous sometimes. But luckily I managed to gather some info from the previous lecture and put it to good use for myself! Look first at the micro level, people-people interactions. Observe/make comments about how they interact with one another, then move up a level and look at how these interactions may be influenced by other structures in society. Starting ground up sounds like a plan!

Well, I just needed to breathe a little. Feeling a bit lonely today I guess, but nevermind! I'll go and occupy myself now. Steam saves lives!

Hypothalamus

2011-09-25T21:55:00.003+08:00

I think I've been overly panicking about this Psychology mid term test that's happening tomorrow. Well... not that the stress isn't good. I think it was necessary to get me back into the swing of things, but I think I studied overly hard for biological psychology. It's only an MCQ test (albeit 100 MCQs in 1 hour) but I went to mug for it like it was a closed book essay test. Although mugging now does have it's benefits - it really is encoded more into my memory than other topics and hence revision in the future will be less tedious.

Anyway, went for dinner with Lester, Kenneth and Linette last night! We went to the North for once, and had Thai Express @ Northpoint. Guess Kenneth was right about thai food tasting better if the location of the restaurant is closer to Thailand. Hahaha. The food last night was better, or at least clearly different from the food served in Thai Express @ Siglap.

Also, I got a stroke of brilliance last night. I figured that I don't study at home so much because it's troublesome to study in my room (no space on table) and distracting to study on the dining table (parents, television etc). So, I figured that I'd make more space on my table by installing a wireless keyboard! And what better keyboard to consider than the Apple Wireless Keyboard - small, functional, aesthetic. Therefore, I borrowed Linette's keyboard and am now using it Bluetooth to my Windows 7 PC! My Razer Lycosa is neatly tucked behind my screen, so if I want to play games all I have to do is whip it out and plug it in. This is beneficial in mainly two ways:
1) It makes studying convenient; with the space on my desktop now it doesn't take much effort to take out my books and lay them on the table.
2) It makes gaming inconvenient; if I have to go through so much trouble in order to play some game, I probably will play less and study more!

(Y) Strategy wins! Now all I have to do is find a good set of rechargeable batteries and buy Lionel's Apple Wireless Keyboard.

Back to finishing up Learning and Memory! Wish me luck for my Psychology mid term test tomorrow.

Repressed Memories

2011-09-22T00:34:00.003+08:00

From "The Science of Psychology", King (McGraw-Hill International Edition)

Repression is a defense mechanism by which a person is so traumatized by an event that he or she forgets it and then forgets the act of forgetting. According to psychodynamic theory, repression's main function is to protect the individual from threatening information.

I've recently moved back to this blog, and in doing so have also browsed to the first post, only to later remember, with the help of my first post, that this wasn't the first blog I've held afterall. I've kept another 2 online journals prior to this one, namely: my blogdrive and my blurty. My blurty was the my very first journal, followed by my blogdrive, then this very blog you're reading. If anyone is interested to know where I went after this, I tell the truth - I cannot remember. From a brief analysis of my post sequence, it's to http://magicbegins.wordpress.com/, then to http://tummaye.blogspot.com/, then to http://tubblefubblebubble.blogspot.com/ and most recently to http://tubbybeef.wordpress.com/, only to come back to this very blog you're reading.

The history of my blogging isn't very important. What's more interesting to me at the moment is the parts of me which I've left behind in all these journals. It's true, to anyone else, recalling my life in retrospect through my journals is rather humourous. We all laugh at how I used to type, how I used to layout my journals, the philosophies I subscribed to and the things that meant the world to me. It's only natural that we laugh, because in light of the person I've become today, my past is rather amusing.

I always knew that a person is who he/she is today because of his/her past experience; your personality, the way you think, reason and feel... all these things are constructed through experiences you've gone through. However, as I browsed through my old journals, I re-discovered a part of me which I subconsciously fought to suppress. I went through a lot of emotional pain when I was a kid. And to be perfectly honest with everyone, I really don't have much recollection of my 13 - 16 year old lives. I don't recall what I was involved in, who my friends were, how I felt about them, how I felt in general amongst other aspects of my life.

I have come to believe that I went through a phase which was so emotionally destructive, that I repressed most of the memories from that time (memories of events & emotions linked to those events), and in place filled them up with what I wanted to believe. I'm not saying that I've constructed memories from scratch, that would be plain denial, but then again isn't every memory which is retrieved from your brain reconstructed everytime you retrieve it? I believe to an extent I have reconstructed my memories based on what my brain feels is best for me now. It would be very depressing to recall the pain everytime you think about your past, and hence your brain filters out this and only exposes you to a fraction of what happened, covering it up (or "sugarcoating", if you must) with better memories from that period of time.

After browsing through my past journals, I forced myself to recall the emotion involved in my past writing. I realized that I was indeed quite a troubled boy, to say the least. I remember having my first girlfriend in my earlier secondary 1 year (that would be 13 years old). And ever since, it's been brutal breakup followed by brutal breakup followed by brutal breakup. Not all of them involve girls dumping me, but my point is - life then was quite chaotic for me. I went through multiple strings of relationships in a feeble attempt to piece myself back together. I think I went through a really tough breakup during one of those phases and couldn't seem to reconcile myself. I can't recall and no I don't really want to go digging into the details now. But the gist of it is there. No wonder I can't remember much about my early teenage years.

And this might explain why I am the person I am today, approval seeking and constantly trying to make others happy. Trying to fit in and blend, conforming so that I would be accepted - if not by my loved ones then by society at the very least. (No no, I'm very happy now, so Linette don't worry.) I didn't want to be rejected by anyone or anything, because rejection, losing something which meant something to me, facing disapproval... hurt so much. It become this inset fear of loss, fear of rejection, fear of being thrown aside, fear of being removed, fear of being ignored, fear of being hurt.

So to all my friends who read this, I hope I paint a better picture to aid in your understanding of the "special boy" I am today. I don't ask for sympathy, I don't ask for special treatment, and I certainly don't ask for a long talk to reconcile the chasm in my teenage memories. I only ask for understanding and (I know this is awkward) respect. To understand that I am made up of my past, that all these past experiences, good and bad, constitute who I am today and without any single one of them I might be a very different person. So above all, this is my plea for appreciation and understanding of my past, and to incorporate that into your comprehension of who I am today.

I'm a jigsaw puzzle, only problem is I guess I've forgotten what my pieces look like. These journals help me to find/remember those pieces when I need them.

French Toast

2011-09-21T01:45:00.000+08:00

I woke up this morning with an intense craving for french toast. So, I did what any sensible teenager would do - I went on Google to look for a nice simple french toast recipe and voila!

I believed I got the recipe from: http://startcooking.com/blog/85/How-To-Make-French-Toast

Oh boy do I love to cook! Going to make some for Linette to bring to work tomorrow!

Welcome Back

2011-09-20T00:14:00.002+08:00

As I welcome myself to this space once more, I do so in the realization that continuous writing isn't exactly my favourite pastime. I don't have the time for it, and when I do have spare time on my hands I find myself doing other things.

Nevertheless, my intention to keep active on an online space has driven me to revive this blog, because it was where I began blogging in the first place.

Feel free to read back to my older posts and judge me for the kid I was. Or... look at how much I've apparently grown (or not grown). I think it's pretty amazing how things in life unfold; how one event leads to another and even though the event might have concluded, we carry its experiences, learnt values and more throughout our lives, forever moulding us as a person. You'll be surprised how little my thought process has evolved over the past... 7 years? All my past experiences have cumulated into one big messy body - me. So you'll see shards of the current me here and there in my past writing.

Just a thought, I wonder how long I'll be keeping this journal alive before I get too lazy/busy to write again.

PS: Kudos to Linette Cheong for helping me out with the template layout. I love this clean layout!

Omg okay not to mention that... this is damn cool. I started this blog on the 19th Sept 2004. That makes it exactly 7 years between my first post then and my "renewal" post. Cool shit.

Varun

2007-04-30T11:03:00.000+08:00

This is Varun, we're spreading the word. Picture by Jonathan Heng.

He's wearing our Mugger Mat's spectacles.

Playing Around

2007-04-29T23:19:00.000+08:00

So I was surfing about... And...

Aiyah read my new blog for the details hahaha.

http://magicbegins.wordpress.com

I found a mac-like web journal editor! WordPress.. Cool features, it's almost like it's a spinoff from the Macintosh OS! So go ahead and check it out... It's exciting (:

Eugene
PS: Those who have links to my blog, relink me there! I'll base-camp there already haha.

Tests!

2007-04-27T00:41:00.000+08:00

I'm pretty screwed lah haha.

Okay long story but I'll tell it anyway... I got back my Econs test yesterday (demand and supply) and I was the 2nd to take the paper from Mrs Ang. Ooh guess what! I got 2 marks! Yes T-W-O MARKS for my Economics test. Thank goodness it's my first one I don't think it'll happen again. It's 2/25 (whew) but still, it's only err 8/100! Funniest thing happened. Varun kept laughing at me haha. I think he said something like, "The probability of me getting +/- 1 of you is very little hahaha." In the end, when Raghav went to take his test paper, he kind of said, "Eh I got 3!" and then he burst out laughing, "Varun! Your paper is underneath mine, YOU GOT ONE!"

And so yes, Varun Soni got 1 mark for Econs test. Now that is dangerous. Haha.

So anyway, after that I also had to take my Math test! I got the results today, they weren't too bad but it wasn't good either... Like 7/20... Oh well! I didn't really study and I was confused by Mathematical Induction... The Binomial was fine, but the Sigma also got a BIT of problem.. No worries I'll catch up!

And then Chem today was the winner. I studied so I got 10/18 for chem. Gas laws baby woo. (: but errr we peer marked so I'm not sure how accurate that mark is!

Yup June Common Tests are just around the corner... I should be worried about Econs first, then Math, then Chem. Haha Physics.. Just chiong lah Physics can one. But anyway, Econs is dangerous I need to MUG man ._.

More things to say.. Like events coming up but ahhh I'm so tired I need to sleep. There's concert coming soon, and as I plan the practice schedule my eyes really pop out. I cannot seem to find time to do things man! Anyway it's really squeezy and tight but concert's going to be great!

Council campfire coming up, where the newly elected 31st SC gets tekaned. And which means that I'm stepping down pretty soon... (Investiture is on 23rd May)? and concert is on 25th May!

Haha.. I'm supposed to be playing for IP open house as well but I think because we showed no interest at all they canceled out slot I think.. So one less thing to worry about! (:

Anyway SLEEP TIME. I like 12-staff sheets... They allow me to write down what I feel and allow me to express that!

Eugene

I never knew!

2007-04-24T20:20:00.000+08:00

Haha honestly, I never had a single thought that I'd still be staying in school after 7.00pm AFTER SYF but hey apparently it happened!

So today we had our concert meeting... I felt super drained and tired. Not to mention HUNGRY! I couldn't concentrate at all.. Haha but anyway I think I've some stuff to do... Call up people and make a script for the announcement, and edit the concert writeup.. Haha so if I forget what to do at least I can come to my blog and refer!

Anyway coming up this Saturday is TJ's IP Open House.. Strange, how it feels, that every year we (the TASC) organize it, and yet this year I'm being asked to perform with Quaver for the IP Open House.. Haha somehow it feels... Odd and out of place somehow! On the same day, I'm supposed to go for the guitar concert meeting.. I think it's supposed to be in the morning... And at night there's council campfire where I'm supposed to go as well! The TASC's "Last Campfire". Haha so sad!

I still remember our first camp, at... Okay crap I forgot the place.. Sentosa right? But the thing that left a deep impression on me was the part where we took our first picture in the waters... Where we played that candle blowing out game at night, where the camp instructors told us that the game brought the good and bad out in people, and the game only showed how I was supposed to be the guy settling all the conflicts haha. I guess if we were to play that game again I'd do it differently... I guess I'll stop the game and tell them to play fair haha! I also remember helping Vishi Sundar do his hair. He wanted a mohawk hahaha.

Those days have passed.. Now it's time to get down to earth and be serious with life I guess.. If I think about my future, I feel really insecure.. Like how I really cannot do a single econs questions, or how I reallly screwed my math test up... I'm quite freaked out, honestly! But I guess the kick will come when the time is here. Haha..

One more thing I'm concerned about is next year's guitar... Should I run for the exco again? A bit weird.. Then I won't be involved in planning the camp! Haha I love this batch of exco people man they make my life (YES CHUI LAAM YOU ARE INCLUDED!). To leave them to plan the last event of our exco term.. a bit hard for me to do! Yet if I don't run for next year's exco, I really cannot imagine what I'd be doing during guitar prac.. Already gotten used to the conducting practice, planning and teaching and all.. Now tell me to take a back seat in the same practice room that I've been conducting in and all.. It's kind of weird and hard.. Not that I'm a totalitarian ruler or what haha but I just feel it's weird!

The time will come... For now? Edit the concert writeup!

Okay I better get to work. Got to restring my guitar also! OH YES! My guitar is finally back with me, after being with Khoon Hiang for quite some time during the SYF period... It's time for me to take possession of my beloved again and impart my smell & essence to the guitar once more! That starts with a proper restringing...

I'm going to have dinner first so... Yup! The first two words that come to my mind are... ORBITAL HYBRIDIZATION! Haha damn random.

Eugene

CHU CHUI LAAM!

2007-04-20T23:26:00.000+08:00

Okay of course we can't forget Chui Laam who embarrassed herself by shedding tears for all of us (:

Haha no lah just kidding.. Haha she's always there to keep things on track when we sway and (hard to admit) but one of the first to get down to serious business! Haha..

Okay so the top part of this post was dedicated to Chuilaam!

Anyway today I went to celebrate with the ensemble despite not feeling optimally well... My nose was still blocked and all.. But I guess I survived the night without much implications! In the afternoon can still go and play pool with Jin Chaw, Pong Kui and Jia Hui haha. We went to Janice's house at night to eat and talk... Like 20+ of us? Quite cool lah haha there were people playing cards, there were people talking and eating, there were those who were comparing arm lengths.. there were those who were comparing hand size, and there were those who were interested in throwing me into the neighbour's house. hahaha.

Well I didn't get thrown over, however I did find out that my arm is shorter than Hui Xian's. How sad! o.o haha oh well. Great to take one night off and enjoy for a while... Man tomorrow still have to go for PW meeting! Cheryl wanted to meet at 6.30 am, can you believe it! Haha but in the end we made arrangements to meet at 9.30am instead.. THANK GOODNESS but sigh underlying problems will still be there, Cheryl will still remain as domineering haha.

I guess I should go and bathe, prepare PW and go to bed =).

I'm still very proud of the whole TJ Guitar Symphony!

Eugene Lim

Still in the "OMG GwH!!!" spirit

2007-04-20T11:49:00.000+08:00

I read Hui Xian's blog and found a TIMELINE! She actually remembered what happened, throughout all the messy and chaotic events that happened. When I read it I really felt... you know, like the memories all coming back again. The feeling of being lost and the feeling of "holy God it's 2 months to SYF and we ONLY have one song now?". Instead of telling you how I feel, read her post, it'll make so much more sense!

From forandring.livejournal.com (Kwan Hui Xian)
"From the days i first heard our SYF song was going to be Plink Plank Plonk and thinking that they definitely have to be kidding to give us a song with such a weird name. to the days in the canteen during the end-of-year holidays spent trying to piece together our first piece, to the days of shuttling between school and mr liauw's shop. to the days of figuring out "Gavotte" in one night and having the SLs play it together the next day, to the days of changing our song from "Gavotte" to "Katioucha". to having the entire SYF ensemble play it successfully in just 3 hours, to having our song changed yet again. to not knowing whaat on earth our 2nd song would be with only about 2 months left to SYF. from having practices 2 times a week, to 3 times a week, then 4 times a week, then 6 times a week. to all the times we felt discouraged but spurred each other on even more, and all the small gifts here and there we gave each other. from voting for our attire, all the logistics, all the niggly digglies. singing the SYF songs and not caring if the rest of the school thought we were crazy. everything everything everything. all that for the 8 minutes on stage. all that and then it was over. just like that. its stunning. i guess that's why when we walked out after the performance, no one was talking.

(: and we all got what we wanted and more. a Gold with Honours! and so much more than that. the status of having a Gold with Honours is solid evidence of showing the world our standard. i know we truly do deserve it. like what eugene said, we are no longer play as the ensemble. we ARE the ensemble. throughout the ENTIRE process, we stuck together and never fell out. nothing could shake us and now nothing will. cause we got it in black and white (:

walking on stage, it was like no sweat man. im here to perform for you. i know i definitely enjoyed myself! i vaguely remembering there was 1 part i thought was real bad cause it felt like we weren't tutti among ourselves and with mr liauw. and the part where everyone started clapping and the announcer went something along the lines of "thank you Temasek Junior College" when we actually hadn't ended yet!! and the ending part where there was a screw-up but apparently some audience members commented that they didn't notice anything. haha!

then going back to school only to find out that mr liauw ordered us to go back to SCH. "-__- so off we all went! and hearing eugene saying kent choo(senior from 1st GWH batch) said that we "sure win". and feeling expectant of a GWH yet feeling a sense of dread in our tummies. and hearing Suyin say she heard we were good. and hearing 2 out of the 3 schools before us getting GWH. and then "Temasek Junior College: Gold... with honours". i swear my heart stopped beating and my eyeballs ceased functioning.

it feels like.. no kick leh. 1/3 of the schools got Gold with Honours. but here's what im thankful for:

1. we got more applause than anyone! cause the audience thought we ended when we hadn't so they had to clap 2 times for us.

2. we are the only ensemble who can say we got GWH twice in a row since our senior batch were the only ones who got GWH 2 years ago

3. we didn't get anything less than GWH!

ah.. im sorry if anyone stumbles upon this entry and feels like crap cause of.. whatever reason you may feel crap about. like i know we all are boasting. but hey! anyone would be. haha.. im sure no matter what the result was, the experience was priceless!"

So cool! I love all my SIs (: haha ALL of you okay! Hui Xian "Hwee Xian", Zhuang Shu "Zhuang Zhuang", Winne "Pooh Bear" and Jia Xian (hehe) "Salty". Without them I seriously don't know how I'd survive this period! I also cannot forget Janice & Vanessa, Pres and Vice-Pres! Fun-Fair man in this period I think the most number of outgoing calls were to Janice! And the most feared person would be Nessa haha. No one can forget the QMs who were so readily available! Thanks Yikka and Wilson! Haha last but not least, Jia Hui who never forgot to collect fines from me hahahaha. (:

Man these people mould and make my life!
Eugene

GOLD.WITH.HONORS!

2007-04-19T21:56:00.000+08:00

YES WE DID IT! WE GOT GOLD WITH HONORS! OMG it was so cool!!!! Even though Mr Liauw forgot that we're supposed to hold the last note... Haha it was damn funny! He was supposed to go "1, 2, 3 *hold*..... then 4." But he went, "1, 2, 3, 4" and then we saw his face scrunch up haha. But the effect created wasn't too bad!

Anyway here's how they announced the result... In order of appearance so TJ was 4th, and then when the dude announced it, i swear he had emphasis on "TEMASEK" junior college. Then he said, Gold... With Honors.

And I swear that moment was the happiest moment of my life. No other word could covey the joy I felt at that point. I really screamed until my tummy ached and I got a headache but... YES! All the practices we had paid off! The whole ensemble really deserves the Gold with Honors. We lived up to our expectations, now it's time to pass the magic on!

TJC Guitar Symphony, a Gold with Honors guitar ensemble. Hold your heads high and be proud of yourselves, you deserve it!

Eugene

SYF

2007-04-18T22:47:00.000+08:00

At this point in time, there's no more that I can say, except: TJC Guitar Symphony we rock! Lets just be ourselves tomorrow and enjoy the pieces because what we've gained from this period of practice is more than just technical improvement, we've gained something intangible. We've gained a bond that is so close it's quite freaky!

Haha sorry I had no other way of saying that. I just wanted to say that what we've gained is honestly more than anything material. This competition is temporal but the friendships made, the bonds created will last forever I tell you!

One more thing before I go to bed: tomorrow lets play as ourselves, don't look at the gold with honors anymore because if there's one thing I know, we no longer play as an ensemble, we ARE the ensemble. We are more than that actually; we are a Gold with Honors ensemble! Play like ourselves, enjoy ourselves. This is the moment we've all been waiting for!

Much love,
Eugene

argh

2007-04-18T06:58:00.000+08:00

No shit man! Of all days I have to have a sore throat today I really don't feel like going to school today. My nose is blocked from all the runny stuff and my throat is no joke! You know when you wake up and find your eyes all plastered together? WHY TODAY!!!! o.o

Oh well sigh I feel like.. Don't know haha hope I get better. I'm hearing things differently you know! How things sound to me sounds different now.. Cannot make it sigh o.o I hope today I'll get better and stuff!

Okay I think I have to go and sleep more... Later I should be going for practice. HOW SIA TOMORROW IS SYF!!!!! TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW!!!!!!!

EUGENE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOO!!

2007-04-17T21:11:00.000+08:00

This can't be happening! SYF is in less than 2 days, like 1 more day and it'll kinda be it. And NOW I find out that I'm falling sick with a sore throat and an irritating blocked / runny nose?! Been in this state the entire day I feel like I'm going to throw up anytime soon gawrgh...

Okay hopefully tomorrow I'll be better then can go for prac. Hopefully nothing happens on Thursday! o.o I feel like...

WE CAN GET GOLD WITH HONORS!

(: Eugene

My physics tutor

2007-04-17T13:53:00.001+08:00

Mr Verella is retarded!

?

2007-04-17T00:04:00.000+08:00

You know sometimes I wonder if it's worth it... Working so hard to achieve something and then at the end of it only finding disappointment and sorrow. What's there to console or to comfort yourself in? Also, the world of guitar's a big world out there. Am I making the right choice? Did I make the right choice last year in June-July when I converted? I still listen to rock and all but since I "converted" I hardly listen to solo electric guitar.

Tonight I was doing PW and I just happened to turn on some G3! I tell you it sort of reminded me of how my fingers used to move, how they could fly, seriously but hey I mean one sacrifice for another better good. I guess I'm more classically inclined now but I'm wondering if it's a right choice? Man I like both equally but it's either one or the other... I'm not going to be a jack of all trades, esp when it comes to guitar!

Oh well it's one of those nights when you think of something in order to get your mind off another. I'm done with PW and Chinese and err Physics I don't really see work that needs to be done haha. Lets hope tomorrow will be a good day!

Gold With Honors, TJC Guitar Symphony we can do it! Our seniors set the standard, we can keep it up!

Some extra information....
Did you know....

1) In 2005, the SYF Central Judging committee came up with a new category, Gold With Honors!

2) In 2005, TJC Guitar Ensemble also didn't participate in the SYF Central Judging because a teacher almost forgot to sign up (she assumed that all schools were made to participate o.o)

3) In 2005, TJC Guitar Ensemble was the last to play (because they signed up late), and was the first and only Guitar Ensemble in the entire of Singapore to get Gold with Honors?

4) EYES ARE LOOKING AT US AND EXPECTING US TO DO THE SAME!

Okay so if we get gold it'll be quite sad. I mean all along, TJ Guitar has this track record of Gold Gold Gold Gold, then the year Honors was introduced they got GwH. This year? If we kena silver I tell you dunno how many years of presidents will come and chop my head! But no lah I believe we can attain GwH! Go TJ GUITAR SYMPHONY!

Eugene

Why?

2007-04-15T20:53:00.001+08:00

I think the only reason why they're sticking together is because of the family and the kids.

So Cool!

2007-04-14T20:11:00.000+08:00

Whoa! Okay so today guitar prac was from 9am to 4pm.. Time is running short! Even at 4pm when it was time for us to leave the college, we still had stuff to do.. By the time we left college it was 4.30om already haha.. So at 4.30 I needed to go to Mr Liauw's shop to settle some logistical stuff (get the emery cloth/sand paper, buy more picks/plectrums for backup).. I convinced Janice to go with me hehe. So in the end we went to get her concession card done first, at Bedok Interchange.. Then went to Roxy Square to get the stuff!

At Roxy, we chatted a while, then I went for my haircut also.. Haha it's not too long, not too short, but much thinner.. It looks fine, I guess? I look like a changed man all over again! New specs and new haircut! Haha... Ended up going home at like 6+ coming to 7pm? Haha..

So scary! SYF is so close! Man! Wonder what will happen on the day... Will anyone blank out? Forget to play something? Fingers freeze up? Maybe I will! OH NO! What'll happen if during the solo intro to Plink Plank Plonk I mess up! Then HOW!!! Ahhh!! Okay calm down with enough practice that won't happen ._. but if it does there goes our HONORS!

Heh okay not to scare anyone I don't think I'll mess up lah.. But seriously scary because got a couple of parts i'm playing alone... Rawgh haha.. Okay not a time to worry hehe, must relax and play well!

Eugene

Goodness!!!

2007-04-12T21:38:00.000+08:00

Okay I was looking at tmr's timetable and it occurred to me that I've a lot of work to do!

1 period = 50mins, 1/2 period = 30 mins (yes the math is a bit retarded, bear with it!)

Friday for 3A
PE (1 period)
Break (1/2 period which we'll miss anyway because PE tmr is swimming and therefore we'll end like 10 mins late, then we still have to go and bathe and change. By the time we reach school we're probably late for our next class which is...
Econs Tutorial (2 periods)
Math Tutorial (1 period)
Chem Tutorial (2 periods)
PW Meeting (Let me elaborate later).

So if you count, we go 6 and 1/2 period without food! That's what, 5.5 hours without food! NOO and imagine the chlorine ewww... Haha but oh well I'm sure Mr Foo is nice enough to give us a break or something lah..

So about PW, my group consists of Varun, Rong Bin, Jia He and listen to this clearly. Cheryl. OMG haha she's quite freaky, honestly. She's SO ON TASK that it makes all of us look like mental retards. No lah she calls for a meeting everyday, pretty scary huh! Haha so tmr even though we don't have PW, we're supposed to meet and finalize our Group Project Proposal... We're supposed to do research tonight haha..

Did I mention? Tmr Econs tutorial we're going to go through our essay plan or sth... I have to plan the essay TONIGHT! 2 periods with Mrs Ang can die hahaha. Then Math tutorial also need to do tonight otherwise Mr Hsi will make us sing outside the General Office. Haha. And Chem tutorial no question lah. Mr Foo wants to go through Worksheet 3 (we should have attempted)... Otherwise he will... Bash us up! Haha..

So tonight: do math tutorial, do econs essay plan, do worksheet 3 and research on the la marcus adna thompson...

One more note, it's hard to imagine that in 1 week, we'll know what our results are. We'll know whether or not we got Gold with Honors or not! To tell you the truth, if we don't get GWH I think I'm going to turn my phone off and go home and sit in a corner. The pressure is on!

Eugene

Zhong Ting

2007-04-11T13:59:00.001+08:00

PNG ZHONG TING. YOU HAVE OWNED ME FOR THE LAST TIME. IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GET BACK!

This is you.

Muahahaha the whole day come and tap me on the shoulder on one side, then run away via the other. Hahaha using floorball stick, using hand, using anything also can. NOW I OWN YOU WAHAHAHA.

Eugene

Yes!

2007-04-09T09:59:00.000+08:00

Yes! I'm ahead of time! That night I was at my mummy's office from 5pm to 2am, and at the end of it I finished most of my tutorials.. Haha so that resulted in me being able to complete my math binomial practice-on-your-own (POYO) yesterday! So I tried to do tutorial 4, which is on mathematical induction.. Haha I couldn't do it...

However I came to the conclusion that Varun and I might be the last two to finish chem SPA haha. The last time we were the last 2 finishing the titration, now we're the last 2 to finish the calculations! But I looked around and heh I wasn't the last to finish titration! (:::::::: my eyes grow.

ok better listen to mr hsi already blog later!

Holy God.

2007-04-07T20:12:00.000+08:00

Okay so now I'm quite nervous and scared haha SYF is on 19th April, that's 12 days away... Mr Liauw just changed our song order... Our attire is not confirmed yet, but it looks like the guys might just have to wear Bow-Ties (and suspenders?) but hey I mean if it looks good I'm sure we're all out for it. The problem is most of us feel that bow ties make us look like clowns, or waiters.. Below are a few pictures to substantiate my point.

So do we look like waitors?

Or maybe clowns?

Okay haha i admit it probably won't look as weird lah just that suddenly surprised at the idea of bow ties.. We'll have to see how it looks! (: Hopefully it looks great so that we have one less thing to handle: SYF ATTIRE!

Haha.. Scary man hopefully things turn out right..

Eugene

2007-04-07T00:12:00.000+08:00

Haha the time now is 12:14 of 7th April and I'm at my mother's tuition centre doing my work! So as to make sure I don't lag behind in my studies when SYF comes about.. So I'm trying to do all my tutorials ahead of time so that I don't need to rush them when the time comes.. Haha...

Okay back to chem! Gas laws man haha..

!!

2007-04-06T16:24:00.000+08:00

Okay so I fell asleep damn haha so much for my "take this Friday as a good chance to catch up with my work".. But I'm going out soon to meet MJ to study! That's good :D

Well so today people came over upon my grandpa's request so that he could sell his (rare and expensive) wines. The wine cellar will be gone soon as well! I'm wondering now, which part of my room do I want to carry over? Haha there's a lot of junk and I've to get rid of it...

Somehow I feel that after the moving our family unit will become less tight.. I don't know there could be two views: because we're now living in a smaller unit we share almost everything, but then again my grandparents are not living with us... Sometimes my dad and mum try not to argue at home because they're around (but sometimes they still do, despite their presence).. So maybe when we move there haha I better soundproof my room so that I can't hear anything! No lah I hope we'll become a tighter family unit and understand each other more...

Okay not time to get emo! Time to get my ass off this chair and onto math tutorials (and this take home assignment where we have to MAKE a question?!), physics tutorials, my chem mock-spa report (haha the TA students suck at this because we didn't have any practice in sec 3 and 4)... And oh no I lost my econs tutorial file! All my econs tutorials in there! When I tried to mug the night before the lecture test I couldn't find it haha. If anyone does, RETURN IT TO ME OK! *prays hard*

Eugene

blogspot!

2007-04-06T13:09:00.000+08:00

Okay so I guess blogspot is more template friendly.. It allows me to fully customize my template as compared to livejournal, where you have to get a paid account in order to customize the template.. Haha not to forget that there's also a tagboard! (: So tag okay if you visit here.

Okay today got another panic attack! The ties cannot be made / bought in time! We need to look for another tie supplier.. Darn! If anyone has any contacts leave them here ok!

And I was looking through my videos again and I got attracted by this particular video, it's Canon in D by Tracy Bundy. The front part isn't so impressive, but what at 0:24 his interpretation of the Canon "verse" is pretty nice! Until the chorus, because I felt the chorus was too heavy.. Maybe he wanted a style variation, but still I think the chorus part sounded overly "messy", not his playing that's messy, just the way the song's arranged..

After the chorus it sounds quite smoothe! Once again, nice playing here.. With more practice, sure to be able to be played!

Then you get to my favorite part of the song, 2:06. Now, when you come to this part you really have to take your hat off to him. It's amazing how he controls the rhythm and the melody at the same time! The bass notes are palm muted (pizzicato) yet he plays the melody so clearly! And the bass notes are in quavers, without breaks in between. Quite a scary technique! This is clearly impressive!

Then coming to the next section, 2:36, extremely creative and I love the sound of the harmony! Amazing! Not to mention he has very impressive harmonic techniques haha.

Here it is for you to enjoy, Trace Bundy's interpretation of Canon in D. Guitar tuned to DADGAD!

If you want the video comment or tag, I'll email it to you! I got it on my comp as well.

Eugene

2007-02-08T00:34:00.000+08:00

I might come back to this blog! Keep your eyes peeled...

magicbegins.livejournal.com

2006-09-18T00:28:00.000+08:00

this is for all you blur people out there!

i haven't been updating because i have moved to...

htt://magicbegins.livejournal.com

livejournal is like HDB. got community. blogger is like bungalow. solo one. haha.

anyway update your links and all people, i'm lazy to put a redirect tag in the html coding!

Guitar Fest '06

2006-09-08T09:11:00.000+08:00

I don't believe I didn't advertise this.

Anyway, from chaserj7's LJ,

GUITAR FESTIVAL @ FAR EAST PLAZA
Free Admission

Friday, 8 September 2006

2pm
- Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Sec)
- Anglo Chinese School (Independent)
5pm
- Andrew, Mario & Boon Gee
7pm
- Republic Polytechnic
- Temasek Junior College

Saturday, 9 September 2006

1pm
- Jazz: Rick & Christy Smith (USA)
3pm
- Anglo Chinese School (Independent)
5pm
- Cairnhill Guitar Ensemble
Special Guests: Ivan Lim, Thomas Liauw
7pm
- Toa Payoh Guitar Club
Special Guest: Omar B.A. Bakar

Yes which means YOU might want to come down and support the TJC Guitar Symphony! (Or alternatively you could just come to support me heh.) Anyway yeah I BETTER GET GOING IM LATE!

supression

2006-09-03T01:14:00.000+08:00

i suppressed so many feelings tonight, so much feeling that i almost cried.

and i pray hard hard hard that my guitar gets fixed before wednesday. im gonna cry waaaah,

eugene

no power

2006-09-02T09:20:00.000+08:00

Okay this is going to be a short post because my tablet charger is with lester and I only like to blog on my tablet; the keyboard is soft and all there.

I'm just blogging on this laptop for now, so anyway things are coming up! Exams, concerts and projects due buaahh haha. I cannot imagine that mr liauw's concert is coming up so soon, this friday already and we STILL haven't gotten enough practise. I have a feeling we're gonna make a fool of ourselves.

Anyway which reminds me, I've got practise at 11am later! Whee to school I go.

Eugene

Kal Ho Naa Ho

2006-08-30T02:07:00.000+08:00

The perfect love story.

sweet sixteen?

2006-08-27T15:46:00.000+08:00

Man that previous post didn't work at all. Haha.

Anyway I've successfully forced myself to sit down and blog, finally. Time to update anyone who needs to be updated!

Last night's birthday gathering was, well interesting. Haha, Marshall and Darren couldn't get off the com but oh well they were rather antisocial, what to do? Darren's grown up! Haha. But anyway it was fun just sitting round the table talking cock the entire night. Haha I want to thank Zi Hui, Dimira, Huimin, Beale, Vishi, Lester, Kenneth, Varun, Marcus, Jonathan, and last but not least Liann! For coming down last night. Special thanks to ZiHui, Dimira and HuiMin for the SUPER CUTE SOUTH PARK BOXERS. Haha I'm wearing them now! Also more thanks to everyone who helped out with the fire, like Darren who loved to break big pieces of charcoal into smaller pieces, and Kenneth the pro-match user, and of course, Jonathan, the big insulator.

Hehe, so many things to thank people for, thanks Marcus for picking people up! And well Liann for coming anyway even though we knew it was going to be a BIT awkward. Haha.

But yes, today was a fine day as well, even though this morning when Marshall, Darren and me went out of the house, it was raining. Aiyah I'll just write what happened out.

*Darren, Eugene and Marshall exit basement. They see the side gate, and want to take a taxi to Katong Mall, where Marshall is having tuition.*

Eugene (Carrying a guitar on his back, and a paper bag of pedals, cables, and his iPod)
: Alright guys, here's the plan. I will run to the button and press it, simultaneously Marshall will run to the door and open it, and Darren will run out of the door, onto the road to hail the taxi.

Marshall: Okay set.

Darren *nod nod*

Eugene: Okay. One, two, three GOGOGOGOGO.

The three musketeers run, Eugene successfully presses the green button, Marshall swings the door open and Darren barely scrapes past. Out onto the road the three run, with Darren leading the way, followed by Marshall and finally Eugene who was having trouble with his paper bag.

Then all of a sudden, it all turned wrong. Eugene's paper bag tore, and all his stuff just BOOM dropped out. Marshall and Darren couldnt hear the load crash, and Eugene was stranded. To his horror, when he looked up, Marshall and Darren were running in the wrong direction. It was the funniest sight in the world, Eugene couldn't stop laughing. Laugh laugh laugh, then he decided to pick all his stuff up and run to the bus stop. Eventually, Darren and Marshall reached the bus stop and looked back.

Marshall: Where's Eugene
Darren laughing really hard: HAHAHAHHAHAHA
Marshall: HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
*Eugene runs into the bus stop*
Eugene: *Huff Puff Huff Puff* WALAO you bastards. F***! I'm DRENCHED lah. You all run so fast never look behind see all my stuff drop *HAHAHA*. Oh well lets dry it now and hail a cab whenever convenient.

Anyway that was my morning. Haha what a joke.

Besides that I bought my new guitar! It's a Tomanico, oh well it costs $500, but Jeffrey, who tested it, said it sounded like a $1000+ guitar! What a buy, what a buy. $521 for the guitar, $80 for the hard case, but I got a $71 discount, so quite a good buy I'd say.

Hmm, Mr Liauw's guitar festival is coming up, TJ's playing. Sadly my group's "Beauty and the Beast" score, which we'd been practising for so long, was wrong! Aiyah die lah, but anyway Mr Liauw suggested we get the proper score from him. However instead of learning it all over again, we kinda decided to do a song we faintly knew, so end up we're playing Close to You. Time's running short, we'll have to pracitce hard!

Well, it's time I showered and packed my room. Gotta go! ZOOM.

I like the way we look into each other's eyes, it makes the world feel so much less complicated, it makes life seem so much easier to live. It makes problems fade away, it makes the stars just wanna stay. How I long for the night just to last forever, well maybe it can, and maybe it will. It'll last forever in my memory.

Eugene

o.O

2006-08-24T07:00:00.000+08:00

Lets hope this initial post encourages me to blog. Haha I need to blog sth man this has GOT to get off my chest!

Eugene

weird dreams galore

2006-08-18T05:12:00.000+08:00

I have absolutely no idea why I always have such weird dreams, and apparently dreaming has become very common for me. While it's still fresh let me share this weird dream I had just dream with all of you.

It was already the next year or something, and TASC elections were going on, I don't know what the system was like but I was elected VP and became HuiMin's understudy so I had to do stuff. For some reason after the election there was this big school cleanup thing. I had to cleanup outside the Mozart room, the 3rd floor of the music block. I was with my councillors, I mean I can only remember seeing Syakirah but yeah I suspect it was the councillors, who else?

I went to the staircase, there was this particular staircase whici didn't exist in real life, only in the dream. I saw Mr. Chang (the OM) in there, I went in to introduce myself. He said sth like this, "Good, now there's someone to listen to me talk about the hygiene problems in the school. In this staircase alone got already. You see this?" then he points to this blue gel thing in a container, "Don't know who put one, someone took my old (I cannot remember what the thing is, what was the term he used, but it's that thing that you stick to the wall to kill cockroaches.) out and put this instead, but it's not working!"

As he said this I saw a cockroach run out of the blue gel, it was staggering as if it were about to flip over, but it didn't. It staggered along the corridor and then proceeded to climb the wall, after which it came BACK to the blue gel thing.

One of us said, "I think it works this way: the cockroaches are attracted to the blue thing, and it will slowly kill them." (Or probably I just thought it in my brain)

After that Mr Chang concluded that the blue shit was not effective so he said get a new one. Being the new VP and all I better be in Mr Chang's good books. I attempted to kill all the cockroaches first before doing anything to the blue gel thing, so (DONT ASK ME WHY, BUT I HAD MY BEDROOM SLIPPERS IN SCHOOL) I used my bedroom slippers to try to squash the cockroach. At this time, Syakirah came up from somewhere and said she was going to clean the floor. She just sat down with a few others and began using newspaper or sth to wipe the floor clean after pouring water all over the corridor.

Then this happened, ok I can vividly remember this part.

I said, "To hell with the cockroaches lah, if I keep killing them more will come because they are attracted to the blue gel thing. I must get rid of the source!"

With that I held the blue gel thing by it's base and wanted to throw it away. It was encased by a holder of some sort, and the top was capped with a wire mesh with lots of mesh INSIDE. Those who take Bio, you know the tube they keep the mutant flies in? Yeah that kind of mesh. There were cockroaches on TOP of the mesh, I was so freak out. In the end, the cockroach moved TOWARD me and so I dropped the entire blue thing, this is horrible.

The mesh came off, the contents kinda spilled over the corridor. For some reason there was RICE in the blue thing, or in the mesh or sth. Then, I could see WORMS in the rice, as in worms as big as the rice but crawling about. And the cockroaches, yes they were romping about. Then there were three big ass worms, earthworm kinds, who settled down beside Syakirah and squirmed. EEEYYUCK.

After this what happened was all pretty unclear.. Err Ms Rabi'ah came up and said sth about having to talk to us about certain issues, I glanced at the stack of letters and saw something (well this is private). And the three worms that were beside Syakirah? I saw her SIT on them so I said, "SYAK THE WORMS!" then she was like, "What worms?" I said, "YOU SAT ON THEM!" She was like, "no lah, I think I just squashed them with my paper." and she held up a piece of paper with three water marks on it, nothing like worms, just water marks.. soo... haha.

Anyway weird dreams man, weird dreams.
Eugene

ps: all the best for today! haha you can do it. don't fumble with your chinese and all, just stay calm, composed, relaxed and i'm sure you can make it (:

rawr

2006-08-18T05:10:00.000+08:00

oh mannnn. haha i just woke up again at 5am. my sleeping hours are becoming so irregular.

ok that's it for now i need to finish work.
Eugene

BELP Fund

2006-08-17T11:13:00.000+08:00

Buy Eugene a Les Paul Fund.

Contribute now, current amount: $00.60

However, do not feel obligated to contribute. This should be FULLY voluntary.

Special thanks to:
Ahmad, who contributed the first 20 cents,
Dimira, who contributed the next 20 cents,
Valerie who contributed the following 10 cents,
and Varun who gave me 10 cents.

(:
Eugene

me and you at a little toy shop

2006-08-16T06:49:00.000+08:00

buying a bag of balloons with the money we've got
set them free at the break of dawn, till one by one they were gone.

anyway there might be problems with sharing the blacklights pictures online. well, so the copyright attached to the package, which the pictures came in, said. bahhhh.

haha anyway i was semi-productive last night, till i decided to play guitar. then it went all downhill from there. talked on the phone, went to lie on my bed, then u guessed it! half an hour nap turned into, i dont know, 8 hour nap? oh well haha.

anyway i did my hair differently today, notice it is 6.48am. i have time to do my hair! i decided to try out how i would look doing it UP again, it looks kinda odd this time round but hey my hair's longer than usual this time round haha. roar, there's the teacher's day rehearsal later on, bahh haha we haven't practised much for it, i hope i don't screw the solo up and shit man. GO (err we don't have a name so...) AHMAD GRACE AND ME

well besides that i think i'm going out for dinner or sth, haha not confirmed yet so kiv, not seen this person for quite some time it's tearing my heart apart haha.

Eugene

Black Lights

2006-08-14T15:05:00.000+08:00

The pictures are in, and they are only available through me.

I've got the pictures. Yay. Ask me for them, however do not excessively reproduce lah.

Eugene

die lah

2006-08-13T20:28:00.000+08:00

Oh my god. People are getting les pauls before me. Ahmad bought a J&D one. People have come up to me online saying, "HAHAHAHA I BOUGHT BEFORE YOU!!!!"

I'll get mine in due time, patience my friend. Patience. Stay in check in the meantime. Oh man.

Mmkay down to doing geog.

Eugene

???

2006-08-12T09:57:00.000+08:00

Omg haha wierd dream season. I'll blog when I get back, just to exclaim that I woke up with my heart beating so hard that I was literally bouncing in bed with every beat of my heart. Man this was the nightmare with the most andrenaline so far. I woke up sweating some more. Anyway yes I'm gonna be late for geog, better rush to katong!

Eugene

rahh

2006-08-10T06:10:00.000+08:00

What do I say now? What can I say now? Except that NO STORE IN SINGAPORE CARRIES ANDY TIMMONS EXCEPT HMV?! RAHHHHHHHHHH

Okay I'm sorry, just let me scream that for a bit. Haha, Andy Timmons is amazing, if any of you can, listen to his track - Cry For You. I mean there are songs which, when listened to, make you steam that kind, Andy Timmons is freakin good, he's just under publicised. A good contrast to those who aren't so good, but are overly publicised. Haha I better not mention any names man, later get sued.

Anyway it's been a funny few days. Err when did I last blog, lets forget bout that. I realised school work is undone? *GASP* I also realised that I am unable to take my guitar exam this year. Haha stupid Mr Liauw. Which reminds me, the SYF scores. Only one is in! Roar. I'm going to make him into a popsicle.

Ah yes, the load of work. Let me take it one at a time. Haha all the TA students will agree that we've got shitload of projects to do. Lang Arts (write 5 short stories), Chinese (I forgot what we need to do!), Physics (build our solar car), Social Studies (design a poster with regards to globalization), Math (choose a profession and examine the math used), Bio (sth to do with the body systems.)

Yes, and much to nobody's surprise I've only half done lang arts, chinese is forgotten (okay admit it, which guy in my chinese class knows what to do, and even so, BOTHERS to do it?), physics is going to be done today i hope, going to singapore poly with my group to make the car. ss... only yixuan has sent me the pictures, how to make a poster with a few pics?! math is oh well, DUE last tuesday. bio is not started

Hehe wheee I feel funny now. I guess it's time I finish up my math project. hahaha.

Actually above all these projects, I'm doubly happy for certain things which happened. I like things the way they are, can't things stay like this forever? (:
Eugene

PS: For those people who are looking at my friendster profile with question marks in your eyes, the people responsible are Jonathan Heng and Wendy Tan. Haha wtf it is quite funny lah, but hey hey my reputation hahaha. It won me how many, 8 testimonials or sth. I hope no gay dudes add me man.

to start my day

2006-08-02T06:10:00.000+08:00

Well i'm doing this only because i feel kinda high.

Haha, there are so many scenarios to start off with in the morning. There's the "wake up as usual and go to school" day, the "wake up late and rush to school day", also the "wake up super early and realise no school day." etc.

For me, today was the "wake up super early, but yes there's school." kinda day.
Anyway here I am and I'm going to share bout how to kickstart this day.

First, some background info: I brought my laptop to the living room, my sis was watching CSI. I told her to wake me up when it ended (11pm) so that I could catch the OC.

Apparently I was extremely hard to wake up (don't worry sis I understand and sympathise. If I was violent in my sleep excuse me. heh), and thus the next time I opened my eyes I realised it was 1? Thanks to a message from LiAnn haha. Well after that I went back to sleep. On the sofa, Doh.

So I woke up at 5, not knowing what to do with so much time on my hands till school starts. Homework is done etc etc now what?

OK here's the key to waking me up. First, you give me my electric guitar.

Then, you plug my pedals in and to the amp.

Then you turn the amp up (which reminds me i need a friggin new amp.)

And you play.

Haha nothing beats starting the day with rock. Doesn't this explain why I'm all high and stuff? Yes it's time for a shower, the self rocking got me kinda worked up.

YAY off to a new start.
Eugene

o.O

2006-07-31T06:59:00.000+08:00

Well hey I had almost forgotten how much I love solo guitar, until I was trying to find a new ringtone for my phone (I was in the shower and my phone was ringing. I figured that I needed a pretty new ringtone).

And so I'm on the search for a suitable ringtone. Dirty Little Secret for my call tone is fine, message tone needs to change! Roar.

So bring back the blues guys, bring back the blues.
Eugene.

Funny pictures

2006-07-30T23:14:00.000+08:00

Haha, some funny pictures Marcus introduced to me on YiXuan's blog. Apparently people are sending this to me in emails as well! So here're the pictures, wahaha.

(:
Eugene

...

2006-07-26T20:23:00.000+08:00

I think I'm falling sick! Tummy aches with sneezing and not feeling well and all that, I should take more care of myself, hehe!

Eugene

Junior Treat Senior

2006-07-24T16:28:00.000+08:00

Haha last night was guitar club exco's junior treat senior. Well the 05 batch is passing the baton to the 06 batch who will pass it on to the 07 batch.

Sigh! Haha did I mention? I've been sleeping little, however last night totally made up for it! The night before black lights (thursday night) I slept at 4, woke up at 7. Then the black lights night I slept at like 2, woke up at 5.45.. That night marshall came to stay over so I slept (to regain a BIT of energy) at 9, woke up at 3am. Then we played maple all the way until we went to tuition. I was awake all the way man, marshall went back home, I got dressed and ready for the JTS at like 2? Haha, I tried to do my hair but it didnt work so I washed and blow dried and washed and blow dried and washed and blow dried until it became nice. My mum lent me her gel for longer hair so I used it and my hair looked better. So it was fine!

I went out with Vanessa and Janice to get my guitar necklace, and then we went to city hall. Haha the JTS was damn cute. I had to kee on pretending to go to the toilet so that I could put the presents on their chairs! Dinner was cute.. Haha we pre-arranged the seats *snicker snicker*. After that we went to take lots of pictures. Wah I finally found a more zi lian person than Chui Laam. It's HUIYING! Hahahaha.

Anyway JTS was fun. I'll upload the pictures soon!
Eugene

OH YES! The guitar blog is up.
tjcguitar06.blogspot.com

Today is the day we all die

2006-07-22T00:12:00.000+08:00

Basket boy!

Man, MJ and I slept at 4; me printing and cutting tags, him presetting the M7CL on my laptop. Oh well it went fine.

We woke up at 7, I rushed to school for morning assembly. After that, we went to do stuff around the school and then Mr Kao and I went to 4tones to get the band equipment. One Marshall ModeFour 350W Head Amp + Marshall Cabinet, One Hartke Bass Amp, One Laney ___W Head Amp + Marshall Cabinet.

And well it was funny, to a certain extent. Haha, Andy, the Bassist of 3dash1, pretended to be the bass TECHNICIAN. Then Shah (from 4tones) played along, the asshole! Haha. They were cursing and swearing the bassist of 3dash1, then Shah went about proclaiming his hate for the bassist and how stuck up he was. Haha, the bassist brought his own amp down and disallowed anyone from touching the amp except he himself.

Anyway the trick was over when 3dash1 came up for their soundcheck. Haha.

Either way, we were supposed to check Rock Syndrome at 2.30pm. They were on time, however the rain started and we had to shut down the gen set (power generator). We were thus declared immobile and useless for 1 and a half hours, and started EQing the drum at 4.00pm! We took nearly AN HOUR to eq the drum, but it was worth it in the end.

The band checks went on, I was not familiar with the M7CL at all so I kinda switched jobs and asked MJ to do the mix levels while I became stage manager and went about checking everyone. So I'd explain the procedure etc etc, get everything ready for them etc..

And yay at 7.30pm we finished 3dash1's soundcheck. This meant that we could start the thing, it officially started at like 7.45pm, and 3dash1 did a GREAT job getting the crowd hyped and geared up! They're awfully nice people! So was EVERYONE! (:

There was The Leaven Trait, who were the nicest among all (heh favouritsm!). They were situated to play the last, but because of time constraints, we had to cut them! In the end, they only played ONE song, but it was great! (: I bought a The Leaven Trait shirt.

The concert went on fine, I worked with the bands so I met quite a few of them, quite nice people overall!

And oh yay! Arrowhead won the competition! Is'syah! Basket siah you, take my DS-1! Haha haven't return yet, but you guys were great! April Tears was good as well =)

Saw-The-Mice saw a change of environment, WOOT METAL! They got the crowd hyped up as well!

Crimson was a bit.. Well dreary, but they had skill! Maybe it's their song choice, their the perfect bar band though!

Rock Syndrome, rocked the house. I still think Renny is the best among all! I spoke to his father, who is quite nice, and found out that he's going to order a double neck Gibson Les Paul CUSTOM made for Renny! DOUBLE NECKED!

3rd prize went to Rock Syndrome, 2nd went to Saw-The-Mice and 1st went to Arrowhead who were great with volume control and crowd hype up!

I hope to work with all of you again! Even though today was full of kinks, setup problems etc, we pulled through in the end. Haha I heard from Mr Bala that the police were going to come down, because people complained to the neighbourhood police post. This meant that Mr Bala would have to write a report, so he got us to quiet down a bit so that the police wouldn't hv to come.

Also, parents whose children failed really badly had to go to the VP's office, which was directly opposite the stage. The VP received a lot of complaints, so did MOE, who called to say that a lot of people living arnd the area are complaining.

Thus, we had to cut short the entire thing. Sigh!

Oh well, I had 3 hours of sleep, and tomorrow I need to be at Kembangan by 6.00am...

I better go shower, grab some food then go to bed. Did I mention? I didn't eat at all, only had a cup of coffee in the morning and followed by lots of drinks through the day. Haha but I'm not hungry... Sigh oh well I'll go eat now!

Eugene
(The pictures from Black Lights will be up as soon as Cheong Yew sends to MJ and me)

Full of work

2006-07-18T10:33:00.000+08:00

Oh man! I've got so much to do and so little time. Haha.

I'm in Physics now, man Black Lights is this Friday. It seems like such a short time! Ahhhh what if it flops? What if no one comes?!

Oh well there are bound to be people there (: haha.

Anyway about the IP Open House, it may have been a bit quiet, as usual. For the last 2 open houses, including this year's one, there have been very little people coming. Sigh, what to do? IP. Haha. But anyway the guitar club performed! Happy happy. There was the under the sea mini-emsemble (which was the idea we came up with. Yay!), and the guitar band.

This is guitar band v 1.0. From left to right - Ahmad, Angeline, Eugene (me), Jeffrey.

And our drummer - Joanne!

Me and Ahmad!

Janice, the pres! Our guest bassist for Dirty Little Secret

Okay we're gonna make it big one day.

And God. From now on I'm officially labelling Grace as God.

Haha, the IP Open House was fun. We played 5 songs I think.. Accidentally In Love, 5 Colours In Her Hair, Dirty Little Secret, Wipeout and Canon in D. I think that was about it. Hehe but it was cool! We sound better everytime we play together.

Haha we may play for teacher's day, as in Grace, Ahmad, Jeffrey and me again. It's damn fun playing with them! Haha.. So yup!

Anyway I got my physics paper back today. Damn funny! I REALLY expected to fail my ass off, like single digit shit. However, I managed to get an amazing 37/57! YAY. So I failed only 3 out of 6 papers, Math A, Math B and Chem. Heh still hv to wait for Lang Arts and Geog papers to come back. Haha..

Oh man after this I have to go down to 4tones studio and make payment for the black lights band equipment. Lets hope I'll make it back home by 9 tonight!
Eugene

PS: The pictures aren't very clear here because they are pixellated. That happens when we shrink high quality images. Haha, the link to the photo album is on the left of my blog, check it out! "Guitar Band @ IP Open House '06"

blogging

2006-07-18T01:01:00.000+08:00

Ok. A big sorry for not blogging. Haha been wayy too busy.

I'm up to my HEAD in shit now. Jesus save me.

Eugene

oh man am i so screwed

2006-07-14T14:04:00.000+08:00

AHH I FAILED CHEM

like 6.5/25

NOO YIXUAN IS REPEATING WHAT I TYPED

ahh and yawning.

ok i'm going to die that's the final point.

=(
Eugene

..

2006-07-12T19:46:00.001+08:00

i might die at the rate things are going.
Eugene

wierd nightmares

2006-07-12T06:41:00.000+08:00

I slept super early last night. At like 9pm. But I had a major scary nightmare.

I'm blogging now so that I won't forget what I dreamt. Remember a war, remember the punishment. Remember climbing the tree, remember the general. Remembering sitting there, watching the destruction, remember the bio-chemical weapons, the mass shooting of the syringes. The description of the after effects... I think I won't forget. It's so vivid and scary I don't think I'll forget it anytime soon.

Remember how you climbed out of the vehicle, remember how they tried to fight back. Remember how you met er jie, her will to continue fighting the war even though she almost died. Remember the tears, the death and the decay.

I hope we never get into a war. I'll blog about the nightmare later if I have time. I'm going to school soon.

Eugene

blogskin

2006-07-10T10:20:00.000+08:00

Haha I'm switching back to this one simply because I refused to look at my blog after I made the other one. Yes yes IE people might have problems viewing this blogskin but I don't really bother. Self-contentment! (:

Anyway I'm going to bathe and maybe slack around a bit, pack my bag and go to school or sth. So I'll probably blog later!
Eugene

haha busy busy!

2006-07-09T17:21:00.000+08:00

I think my phone bill this month will explode. I'm smsing like mad haha.

Firstly, there's the guitar band. I learned how to use the distribution list thing so it's easier to send smses. To 4 people - Ahmad, Jeffrey, Joanne and Angeline.. Then there are the CIs I have to contact for guitar prac. Another 4 people - Winne, Hui Xian, Jia Xian, Zhuang Shu. After which Black Lights comes into play. I've got to update the bands, and there are 5 bands, excluding 3Dash1 and The Leaven Trait so that's 5 people to sms. And then there's the constant SC communication, Syakirah, Jonathan..

Well assuming I sms 2 to each person. That's (4*2) + (4*2) + (5*2) + (2*2) = 8+8+10+4 = 20. 20 smses like this. And I have other stuff besides this as well don't I? The usual random stuff in church, parents, friends, haha it's a surprise my bill isn't blowing up already.

And I've yet to find time to change my template. Damn it this is too squeezy to use!
Eugene

...

2006-07-08T02:10:00.000+08:00

I don't feel so good.

Eugene.

err

2006-07-07T08:12:00.000+08:00

That was sarah, so yeah (:

2006-07-06T13:29:00.000+08:00

hello Portugal rocks and its unfair they lost. I LOVE DECO yay (: France should die die die die die die die

someone's still in denial- it's annoying. she should get a hint or i should clue her in. hm. dilemna cause i wanna keep up my mr. nice guy image. who knows what im thinking underneath eh

one day we'll all die.
that will be the happiest day of my life. (note: WILL over WOULD.)

note: eug. im sorry you're retarded.

Tonning

2006-07-02T09:45:00.000+08:00

Yeah tonning man. My version of stress release. It's strange and wierd lah, how during school days I want to sleep early and during weekends I just want to stretch my recreation time to the max.

So yes me and marshall are attempting to ton (have a marathon), but I ended up sleeping. Yeah! Haha. So marsh tonned. Means he didn't sleep. I slept at like 4am. We're playing maple. Hey it's addictive. Haha! So my char was on the ship to Orbis and I left it there. Marsh was watching some funny Hard Gay videos online. I took a nap while waiting for him to finish watching so that we could go down and grab some food to eat. That's what happened, and I slept until like 8+.

Now he's at tuition. Long story lah. So I'm in the centre waiting for him. o.O I didn't go to Swee Lee's sale in the end. I was too lazy to budge. I stayed over at marshall's house on friday night to catch the Germany and Argentina match. Started off heated and violent man. Damn retarded. We missed the England and Portugal match (due to maplestory taking all our time), but on maple we heard people going like, "ROONEY RED CARD. ROONEY RED CARD." Marshall was like, "oh shit."

This means that Rooney won't be playing for the Semi-finals. NOOOO BRAZIL LOST TO FRANCE?!?!?!?!

RAHHHHHHHHHH I just found out when I surfed soccernet. What the hell?!?! *!$#@)*#%$( Okay lah they won. Good job France. Zidane will be happy happy at the end of this world cup.

Oh well (: nevermind. try again in 2010 Brazil!

Eugene

It's coming to an end.

2006-06-29T22:01:00.000+08:00

Yes!!

It's coming to an end. The tests are near over. Probably next wednesday and whee it's going to be over. Lets see, I have Bio and Physics tomorrow. I've mugged for Bio and I'm pretty confident. I don't mug for Bio, like ever. So I'm praying that the paper will be fine. And I hope that Physics will be like Math (for those who don't know, I did my math holiday revision and as thus I didn't mug or practice further for math, the paper was fine and pretty easy.) So lets hope Physics is the same ya? I did my revision worksheets too! (:

I'm going to Swee Lee for the sale this sat with Issyah and Marshall. Haha lets hope we get some good deal there.

Black Lights is going swell I guess, couple of knicks here and there which we should be able to flatten out soon enough I hope. So that's about it, DARN I NEED THE TICKET DESIGN!!

Okay it's time to get to work. I'm sleeping early tonight.

GOODNIGHT!
Eugene

****

2006-06-27T21:48:00.000+08:00

@!*&#(*&#@%()*@!#

THIS IS SO FUNNY HAHAHA.

http://www.breakdancingelite.com/worlds-funniest-japan-pranks2.htm

Thank God for my Uncle Daddy who shares the same kind of humour. Haha why can't we do this in Singapore man.

Eugene

Things

2006-06-27T21:31:00.000+08:00

Well I totally forgot what I wanted to blog about, so yeah.

Oh yes, Internet Explorer 7 Beta and Mozilla Firefox. I noticed that IE runs slower on my computer, and that's a crucial thing. As such, I will not use IE. Also, all my bookmarks have already been organised and arranged nicely in Firefox, I will not bother using IE.

This is why I like Firefox. User-friendly and cool. IE? Another day please.
Eugene

failed attempts

2006-06-25T23:25:00.000+08:00

Well I tried to do my chinese work, but it didn't work out very well. I got turned off by the fact that every exercise has 1 close passage, 2 mcq comprehensions and 2 open ended comprehensions. Blame me for procrastinating but trying to do 5 of these exercises at one go isn't really what I call work. It's called torture.

So there we go I finished exercise 1 (except the open ended compehensions of course) and I'm going to sleep before I fall asleep in class tomorrow.

I'm going to die haha.
Eugene

i thought there were no tests

2006-06-25T20:50:00.000+08:00

Yup. When I rant about homework people say, "at least it's better than having to study for tests."

* #@!@ @!(*#&!@$$#@#$%&)!$)%(*#$

I just went online and found these announcements. Now I know why I always don't see the new announcements everyone is getting on the matrix. I think IE blocks it unless I press Ctrl when I open the page, so yeah.

Here's some stuff I found lying in the announcement window.

"University of New South Wales International (English) Competition & Assessment
To ALL TA2 Language Arts Students:
The above-mentioned assessment will be conducted on 7 July (Fri), 1-2pm, in your respective classrooms. You will be excused from all matters in this period of time. " - Saturday, June 24 2006

"There will be Maths A and Maths B test in Term 3 week 1 and 2. Please revise your work.
Note : Q7 of Revision Exercise 3 has been amended.
Also, Revision 4 has been uploaded." - Monday, June 19 2006

"YES! Of course there will be a Geography Test in Term 3. It will be in Week 2, Monday. I remember telling you about this in Wk 8 last term, so am puzzled why people keep asking me about it!!
What's in the test ? Everything related to Rocks and Weathering. Tourism will NOT be tested this time.
Refer to the updated Lesson Plan page to guide you in your revision.
Sample test paper will be put up this evening. " - Tuesday, June 20 2006

"For all those who are worried about the test, some help is on the way.
Go to the Rocks and Weathering page --> Lesson Material folder and look for the following 3 documents:

Guide to Geog Test Two
Sample Questions on Rocks and Weathering- Answ
Sample Questions on Rocks and Weathering

I repeat again, the test will be in Week 2, Monday 5th June. During Geog period. " - Tuesday, June 20 2006

"The Physics Test will be held on Friday, 30 Jun during the first week of Term 3 at LT 2 from 3.35 to 5.05pm.
Topics covered include all Year 2 topics, and students are expected to remember the fundamentals from the Year 1 topics. The emphasis is on "Work, Energy and Power", "Thermal Physics" and "Waves". " - Thursday, June 22 2006

"Hi,
Your Chemistry Test on Periodic Table will be on 26/6/06 (Monday) during your Chemistry Period.
Please look through Chemical Bonding as you study for the Periodic Table test as many concepts in Periodic Table are actually from Chemical Bonding.
Some PowerPoint Slides of the Chemical Properties of Periodic Table have been uploaded to help in your study. Please download and go through them.
Your Reports I and II on Periodic Table have also been marked and uploaded. Please download them and look through them.
Thank You " - Thursday, June 22 2006

So lets see. Some important dates and events I have to take note of are as follows:

Lang Arts - 7th July
Math A - Some ambiguous date in week 1 / 2
Math B - Some ambiguous date in week 1 / 2
Geog - 5th July
Physics - 30th June
Chem - 26th June

OH CRAP. Chem test is TOMORROW? Fuck lah die. Haha. Thank God there's no social studies test or sth. Also thank God for Ms Ng who doesn't believe in tests. Hehe. So basically that's all my subjects up there except Social Studies and Bio.

So it's like JCT, except it's stretched to JULY, making it July common test (heh Bex.) and on top, there are normal lessons. Oh yeah TJ rocks.

Besides the test list, I'll also just make a list of teachers who will scold me when school reopens.

Firstly - Mr Chee for the UBER LATE Physics file. I think he'll gimme a zero. I'm the only Physics student in TA 2 that didn't hand it in?!

Secondly - Mr Gan for NOT DOING A SINGLE PIECE OF CHINESE WORK. Okay maybe I'll do the workbook tonight.

Thirdly - If I don't get started on my Lang Arts work, Ms Cheah will probably recommend me to Mr Marcus Tan, after which I'll probably be put under in house suspension.

To be pessimistic for once,
Fourthly - My math assignments aren't exactly... Complete. I do until I cannot do then I skip question and move to the next one. Too many that I encounter problems. So yeah.

Fifthly - Stats poster. Jesus we were supposed to do it up during the hols but ohhhh we didn't. And we're going to be sooo screwed haha. So here's another one from Mr Ho.

So there's that. What do I have to look forward to when school reopens? Christ. Haha.

With much lament, sorrow and despair,
Eugene

time is running short

2006-06-24T22:01:00.000+08:00

Okay for those of you who haven't started on your work, it's time to get cracking people!

For those in TA, we have lots of work to do people! For example, 4 weekly math revisions. Either start doing them now, or DIE trying. For those taking physics, yes the physics tutorials are online. For those taking chem, study for your chem test. The notes and stuff are also online. For those taking express chinese, to hell with it. I haven't handed in a piece of work since... I don't know when but I'll start doing it. Chi oral thing, 2 newspaper reviews, do assestment until chapt 6, workbk until dunno what chapt. Mr Gan is mad.

I hope that's all! Wait, oh shit no we have lang arts which I haven't done. So yes check the matrix for the lang arts work too. And those in financial literacy, rmb to do ur gold assignments.

We're soo screwed.
Eugene

Well...

2006-06-23T04:14:00.000+08:00

Wah, for your info it's 4.11am and I just reached home.

Haha this is so retarded. I was playing maple. Okay okay so it's DAMN addictive. I was playing it and I told myself. I play until 1.30am, then go and cook noodles to eat, and sleep immediately aft that.

Guess what? Well while I was eating my noodles my sis called the HOUSE. At 1.45am, Jesus she should know better than to call home at 1.45am! Christ. But it was for a valid reason. At 2am my mum came out of the room (just as I was going into mine). So being kapo and all I asked what was up, and I found out sis had a high fever. So I changed and took my stuff and became mummy's road directory person.

So off to Punggol Marina Country Club. Sis was having church camp at Pulau Ubin... Having a high fever, they decided to send her back here. And thank God I was awake, cos I knew the nurse there. Jia Hwa, my fellow monitor engineer. Her occupation is a nurse, and so she turned out to be the nurse at the camp. I called her up and we liasoned, we got a venue to meet up and such.

Sidenote: Punggol is DAMN ulu and DAMN scary at night sia. Want to have night walk there better watch out. Seriously scary like hell!

So we found Punggol Marina Country Club (eventually) and got my sis in the car, said our thanks etc. Drove to Marine Parade to find a 24 hr clinic (which wasn't present). In the end we went to East Shore. So the doc just gave her some regular stuff (which cost $102.10) and off to home we went.

Grandpa's going to send dad to work tmr so that mum can catch some shut-eye. Grandma is still awake! (She woke up while I was eating my noodles, and came out to watch tv saying that she couldnt sleep). I went up to grandpa and said this, "I'll send daddy to work tmr. Don't worry you just go to bed."

And my grandpa being the funniest man in the world, totally believed me and said this, "What?! No no I'm sending him to work tomorrow. You go and sleep now."

HAHA. We laughed and pat each other on the shoulder. I then went up the stairs into my room and blogged this stupid entry about why I'm up at 4.20am, and Bex if I'm late tmr you know why.

YOUTH GONE WILD is tomorrow evening. Let's hope we see some friends there. I bet I'm going to just die moshing or sth haha.

GOODNIGHT!
Eugene.

****

2006-06-20T00:00:00.002+08:00

I feel like crap. I just realised that I've got a load of shit work to be done, which isn't. Today's monday, that leaves me tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and then sunday to finish all my holiday homework. I've YET to hand my physics file in. I've no time to go back to school, and I feel like shit.

Ahh hell to shit with holidays.

The day i lost 500000kg.

2006-06-19T22:46:00.000+08:00

I think I lost most of my weight gained during the holidays today.

I woke up at 10. Played minesweeper until MJ woke up at 12.30. I washed up and etc until 1. We slacked around and blogged and chatted on msn until like 2. And that's when I told Winne I'll be late.

Ok so after that I went to Serangoon to help Winne with her iPod. Jesus it gave me a hell of a time. But hey I gained sth. Her brother had the Three Doors Down - Greatest Hits album. He also had the Creed - Greatest Hits album. He had Nickelback's All The Right Reasons album, and that's about it. Here's the good thing about the iPod. You connect it to a foreign PC, you open iTunes, you download all the songs to your iPod, and you listen.

Whee so my songbank just upped by like 40songs. Not to mention that her brother's from my church too! Haha, oh well.

Anyway after trying to fix her iPod we realised that we couldn't do it see. So we went down to Uncle Daddy's store at Cineleisure. The i21 store. Apparently he's the boss there but he was sick that day. Happened that the guy he recommended us was on leave too, so some other dude attended to us, after a long while we let him reformat and update the iPod, hoping it would work. Well it wasn't able to connect to my laptop. I had to reformat it and shit, afterwhich we still couldn't detect the iPod.

Because the iPod's warranty was lonng overdue (the purchase date was in Sept' 04), we had to pay if we wanted to service at the i21 store. Thus, Winne mentioned that the shop that sold her the iPod 2nd hand gave her a 2 week service warranty. This meant that if we went back they would be OBLIGED to fix it for us. So thus we went to Sim Lim.

So after talking to the guy at SL, we got it fixed. Well sorta. It connected to my computer finally, and then we tranferred a few songs. Yay, so happily we all went to where we were supposed to go. Me, to meet MJ and CY for dinner, and Winne home for her dinner.

At dinner I wasn't too hungry. I just had a LARGE coke to keep me awake. I left the both of them to go for my classical guitar lesson. Justin taught me some basics, the rules of the classical guitar basically. Man I feel so noobie starting all over again. "No no! Your left thumb cannot come up already! This is not electric guitar ah!" or "After you pluck, rest your thumb. And NO NO your thumb cannot go in, must always be OUTSIDE the fingers." and "the rest stroke is VERY important because it brings the melody out. GO HOME AND PRACTISE YOUR REST STROKE."

So I'm in hell now. My fingers are sore, I'm starving and I told my mum I had dinner so that she wouldn't be unhappy. I'll look for the leftovers.

And to think I had to learn some Isaac Albeinz song. Some Grade 5 piece. Guitar has grades too, starting from 9 to 1 I think, so Winne said. Anyway I'm off to a good start. Just that half way thru the lesson he just switched to another piece, so I'm doing Romance De Amor. I feel so noobie. Isn't that what ALL classical guitarists do for their first exam piece?

Bahh I fell like such a noob. Oh yes, he taught me Romance De Amor cause I said I had problems sight reading. So he said, "learn this song, then go and match it to the piece. Just keep doing it and sight reading will become like reading for you. It's easy to figure the notes out, but to find them on your guitar is the hard part. Thus we do it this way, and buy some sight reading books if you can."

So thus I have to play Romance De Amor. But I can't remember the major section. The first (minor) section isn't a problem, I breezed through it. But the major one, hard to remember. And hard to reach with all the funny rules about the thumb this thumb that shit.

Anyway I'm hungry, and I better go eat. I've got to be at 4 tones studio tomorrow to listen to this band play. Yay.

Eugene on his path to being a successful classical guitarist.

Comparison

2006-06-19T13:24:00.000+08:00

WOOT!! YES!! Me and MJ have been recommended the Yamaha M7CL for Black Lights.

This is the board's dimensions, all in cm.

However, being Ming Jie and Eugene, okay wait wait I shall just type the sms that we sent each other.

MJ> Eh bro, Mark recommended we use the M7CL. Do we want it?
Gene> Midas Heritage 3000. Go for it.
MJ> Yeah that's what I was thinking as well. Haha. Okay I'll inform him.

For those of you out there who have no experience with the Heritage 3000 at all, here a top-view picture.

Okay I couldn't find the blueprint or whatever you call it for the Heritage 3000, but here's the dimensions from http://www.midasconsoles.com/h3000-specs.html

48 channel 44 mono/4 stereo 215kg 473.9lbs* 1054mm x 2257mm 41.49” x 88.86”

If we compare both boards,

Heritage 3000 - 2.25m by 1m
M7CL - 1.2m by 0.7m

We're getting a board double the size for the same amount of channels. However this might be due to the board's characteristics. The M7CL is digital, this would mean that there's no need for the many many knobs to tune EQ, send to mix etc.

But the Heritage 3000 however, is fully analog and will not have a digital display or digital system. But because two engineers are working on the Heritage 3000 at the same time, a digital display would hinder performance etc; only one person can access at the same time.

Thus the Heritage 3000 is the perfect mixer. Come on, 24 channels per person, we don't even need a signal splitter. We can route the signal from his output to my input chn and we have 2 identical signals on one board. Of course, pre-fader and pre-eq. But probably post-compression, gate, gain etc.

And to end off, here's a quote from MJ. I'm staying at his house rmb, so we were talking... and...

MJ, "Can you believe it? We get a chance to use the M7CL and instead we rent a board that's bigger than my bed."

By the way we measured. The Heritage 3000 CANNOT fit through my door, and if I were to put it up straight like a pole on it's side, it would create quite a big hole in my ceiling. Holy hell it's made to impress.

GO MIDAS. Black Light's is going to be successful. Man all we needed were good equipment man. The skills? Leave it to us. (:

Liew Ming Jie - FOH Engineer
Eugene Lim - Monitor Engineer

WHEE THE HERITAGE 3000.

(PS: The images here look bad because of the space constraint my blog is giving. However, right click the image and download it if you like. Shit boy the Heritage 3000 is HUGE. Ming Jie can lie down there and roll about. So can I. (: )

Soccer

2006-06-19T05:05:00.000+08:00

I don't believe it. I sat through the Brazil vs Australia match to see Australia get whooooped up their asses 2-0 by Brazil. Ronaldo got defamed like hell man. He missed two chances or more at a goal.

And I also caught most of the Korea vs France match. Heh. France scored at 8mins. Korea equalized at 10 mins to full time. France got no face already sia. And Zidane's not playing for next match. Too many fouls or sth man. Poor France. I think the manager will go crazy, turn gay and suck someone's balls or sth.

But yes now I guess I know why people love it so much. Haha. It's exciting especially when you're supporting some team, or even more so if you're supporting someONE.

Oh yes I went to watch the match at Tampines Mart MacDonalds with MJ, Hui Yi and her boyfriend, Ruben (is that how u spell it?). Long time no catch up but yeah haha at least I know how she looks like now. It's been 2 years man. We all grew up in one way or another.

I had fun. Well tmr, study and do work and play guitar. Wheeee.
Eugene.

doing the impossible

2006-06-18T23:54:00.000+08:00

Any of you remember when I last blogged, I said I was doing the impossible- studying at Bugis right?

Ok now nobody will believe this. I'm REALLY doing the impossible now. I'm going to watch soccer. Those of you who know me well enough know that I do NOT watch soccer, and I in fact do not watch ANY sport. This is probably my first time watching an ENTIRE soccer match. As in sitting through the entire match without going anywhere. I'm going to Tampines Mart's Macdonalds later to catch the Brazil and Australia, and finally going to catch the France vs S.Korea one at 3.00am.

So.. I'm staying at MJ's house tonight. Hehe. Tmr's going to be a long day! Morning wake up, do my stuff, meet Winne at Serangoon MRT at like 2.00pm, check our her computer and see if I can do anything to help. Then go to marine parade to study or sth. Afterwhich I will promptly proceed to Tomas Music to START on my classical guitar lesson at 7.30pm.

Cheers to guitar and to music, AND to football (bahh I sound so funny. haha.)
Eugene

Studying

2006-06-17T13:09:00.000+08:00

It's unbelievable. I'm actually studying in Bugis. Yeah travel such a long way to get help from seniors. (:

But anyway I'm going to do math today. Or rather, yes attempt to do math. At the same time I'll think about the new riff I wrote today. :D Yay.

Haha luckily I recorded it, so I won't forget! Yup I'll see if I can do anything about the lyrics part.

WHEEEE
Eugene; looking for a good lyricist.

prelude to a new song

2006-06-17T11:12:00.000+08:00

Yes! I'm SO EXCITED! I came up with this riff while doing my hair. I just suddenly thought about it and stuff. And I figured how to play it on the guitar. As in, this shit goes like this. You think of a tune, you play it on the guitar, and it's labelled yours because you thought of it.

So yes, I came up with a nice nice niceeee riff to play. However, I seriously need a lyricist to work with me here. No one's going to listen to a song which plays rhythm guitar throughout and there are no vocals, right? I'm not going to release a solo album yet. Heh.

Man, I need a lyricist to work with me. I suck at lyrics, I only do the chords.

Then again, the progression I just came up with only consists of major chords. The normal stuff. When I come back home maybe I'll add some colour here and there. Throw in a maj7 here, dim7 there. See if it works out right. Hey I'm no genius, I work through trail and error and thats how some miracles come about.

Eugene (looking for a person who can write lyrics)

south park

2006-06-16T23:25:00.000+08:00

Yeah, hell yeah.

South Park knocks my balls off nearly every single time I watch it. Haha it's SO funny I tell you. I've watched like what, more than 40 episodes of it and I'm STILL not bored. In fact I'm rather entertained, and I'm convinced that if anyone's going to put anything into his/her iPod video, it's GOTTA BE south park.

Whoo hell yeah. Some of you think it's toilet humour, but just to provide an introduction here's something I got off wikipedia about south park. It's about one of their episodes.

In the episode "It Hits the Fan", South Park broke the swearing record by using the word "shit" a total of 162 times, uncensored. The 22-minute episode averages one "shit" every 8 seconds, and there was even a counter throughout the episode displaying the number of times it was said. A song by Mr. Garrison that consisted of, "Hey, there, shitty shitty fag fag, shitty shitty fag fag, how do you do?" repeated for four verses provides an example of how "shit" was so abundantly used. This was meant as a satire of a NYPD Blue episode released shortly before this episode where one of the main characters said the phrase "shit happens" without being censored, and the American public discussed this for weeks. An additional gag in this episode allowed homosexual or bisexual characters to use the word "fag" freely, while heterosexual characters were bleeped when attempting to use the same word.

God how can anyone not like a show which says shit once every 8 seconds?!

Haha, but yes life goes on as usual. I'm going to update my friendster profile soon I guess. I need more pictures.

Eugene

something's going on!

2006-06-16T18:29:00.000+08:00

Yeah something's brewing in my mind alright. Something weird.

Did I mention that Renny had the Gibson Les Paul Standard? If I did then ignore this. But OH MY GOD HE HAD THE LP STANDARD. I've not gotten over it yet. For those who do not understand why I'm so nuts about it, being in the same room as that guitar is like, legendary. To me, that is. To even be in the same room as that guitar. OH MY GOD. I'm going crazy about it haha.

I dream about it, I imagine it when I wake up, I even bought a model of it (before I saw it). I already wanted the les paul before I saw Renny's Gibson. I wanted it badly. The moment I saw it, I went over the edge and now I could kill for it. Wanting it badly is an understatement now

Oh man I don't know why I'm so insane about that guitar. If anyone would give me the guitar for my birthday, I'd be your slave for a year. The Gibson Les Paul. RAHHH. However, an Epiphone Les Paul would do fine too. Go to this website, http://www.epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=45&CollectionID=6, and click on the e-review to check out what some guy has said about the Epiphone Les Paul Standard.

It said something like this. "Ultimately, what we have here is a well-made, eye-catching instrument that plays like a dream, sounds as good as it looks and wont drain your bank account. If you're looking for a Les Paul but don't have the funds, this affordable Epiphone axe is highly recommended."
as such, I'm going to save for the Epiphone Les Paul Standard.

My birthday's in 1 month, 10 days. The Epiphone Les Paul Standard is currently at a rough estimate of $750 Singapore Dollars.

Eugene.
PS: My Physics file is done up, but I've yet to put it in school. AHH. And I suck soo bad at math, it's frustrating! Someone's gotta save me!!!!

Oh.

2006-06-15T11:11:00.000+08:00

Oh, now I see what the guys at school meant when they said, "have you handed up your Physics file?"

Uh huh. This snapshot taken from the maTrix announcements should explain it all.

Uh yes, the picture IS that huge so that you can see it and be shocked as well. Haha, I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT IT. I'll go hand it in like tomorrow. Rahh. It's time to get started on work.

Oh yes, a band came to audition yesterday. Happened to be Fang Ming's cousin or something, Max. Oh yeah no shit dude. His other guitarist? Renny? He owned a Gibson Les Paul Standard. God. I was awed to even be in the same room as the gutiar. And shit man he said that was his cheapest guitar! For crying out loud the Gibson LP costs $2500. Well the Epiphone LP is less than $1000 but that's because it's a remake of the Gibson.

ALL HAIL THE GIBSON LES PAUL.

Maybe this will clarify why I changed my picture (:
Eugene

why

2006-06-14T08:27:00.000+08:00

Rahh, I woke up at 8.00am with a huge headache.

I think I'm falling sick.

Anyway HAPPY HOLIDAY to Janice. Hope she brings us back sth from INDONESIA (heh I got it right this time.)

And I think I'm going for a change of hairstyle.

Eugene

(oh yes, I didn't sleep till late last night because of the same haunting headache. I think I slept only after 3am because I received this sms which said, "Brazil won 1-0!!!" Strangest thing ever, considering I didn't even know the guy. Must be some Brazil fan. Jeez.)

oops mistake

2006-06-14T01:50:00.000+08:00

Of course, how could I forget the techno era.

I don't know exactly when, but temasek AV crew introduced it to me. Dance, techno, house music. Figure.. Sec 1 and Sec 2. With punk rock. Yeah.

Add that to the previous entry. (:

Eugene

amazing

2006-06-14T01:07:00.000+08:00

It's kind of a miracle, or maybe it's just returning to your origins. I started off music listening to pop, and then moving onto pop-rock, then punk rock. Well Linkin Park has their own genre so I can't classify them.

But here's the general trend. The first songs I remember listening to were songs by the Backstreet Boys, Westlife, A1. We have the pop boybands. Afterwhich, Linkin Park came into the picture. I heard Limp Bizkit, and was hooked onto swearing after that. Then I decided to go listen to punk rock bands like Sum 41, Blink 182. Well that was kinda the movement from Primary 4 - Sec 2.

In Sec 3 I ditched punk rock and went into metal and hardcore. I soon got sick of that and I moved on to listening to solo guitar. I first heard of Steve Vai, then I borrowed a G3 DVD from Jen at church. It was the Live in Denver one. I went NUTS about them. I got every video they produced, downloaded nearly all the jams they did. My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama, (sth), (sth), Little Wing, Rockin' In The Free World, Voodoo Child, Foxey Lady, La Grange, Smoke on The Water.

After a while I did some research on their influences, and I heard some Guns N Roses songs. I took lessons and Justin introduced me to Guns N Roses. Jia Hui's brother had the Guns N Roses - Greatest Hits CD, so I borrowed it and I went NUTS. I loved it and I still do.

I was inspired by so many influences, and my skills grew from playing power chords to soloing. I started off playing Sum 41 riffs, with songs like The Hell Song, Still Waiting and In Too Deep. Of course the In Too Deep solo was a tad bit retarded at that point of time so I skipped it. But the riffs were good practise. Hey I played them on a CLASSICAL guitar k. Haha.

Now those riffs are simple. The question is not about always about skill, but sometimes about tonal quality and creativity. For one I don't like to play neo-classical, or malmsteen or stuff like that. I admit that malmsteen is good, but he's malmsteen and he has his theory to back his stuff up. Where else do you think his solos come from? I don't really stand in awe of anyone who can play like malmsteen. But someone who can write songs like malmsteen? That's something to look up to.

I'm digressing. This post is about returning to origins. I'm going back to punk rock, I think. The All-American Rejects are getting me high and stuff. I feel happy happy when I play power chord after power chord, the riff may be simple but it's melodic and I enjoy playing it. No crazy finger-twisting solo, but cool and smooth melodic ones. I like that.

And so here's cheers to punk rock.

THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS LYRICS
"Dirty Little Secret"

Let me know that I've done wrong
When I've known this all along
I go around a time or two
Just to waste my time with you

Tell me all that you've thrown away
Find out games you don't wanna play
You are the only one that needs to know

I'll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret

Who has to know
When we live such fragile lives
It's the best way we survive
I go around a time or two
Just to waste my time with you

Tell me all that you've thrown away
Find out games you don't wanna play
You are the only one that needs to know

I'll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret

Who has to know
The way she feels inside (inside)
Those thoughts I can't deny (deny)
These sleeping dogs won't lie (won't lie)
And all I've tried to hide
It’s eating me apart
Trace this line back

I'll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
(Just another regret)

I'll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret
Dirty little secret
Dirty little secret

Who has to know
Who has to know
From www.plyrics.com

Cheers to all you rockers,
Eugene.

wondering, pondering.

2006-06-12T22:48:00.000+08:00

I should start doing something with my life. It need not be something big, like getting laid or something, but something important. What's important you ask? How about start studying for instance.

Jeez I have classmates whose nicks are test dates. Some include the upcoming periodic table test. Counted in GPA or something. And other things? I don't know AND I don't bother to know, now that's really bad attitude.

But hey, let me rant. Haha. I'm dropping electric guitar lessons, or should I say - I've dropped electric guitar lessons. Today's the landmark date. Eugene goes classical. I told Justin today, and at the end of our lesson he told me to bring my classical guitar the next lesson.

Not many of you may be able to share the same feeling I do, in the same intensity. During my guitar playing life all I wanted was to be a rockstar. Haha it sounds weird but no, it isn't. Get in a band, play some gigs, write our own songs, make it big. That's probably what my dream's like. Being a musician.

I know that just because I go classical doesn't mean I can't fulfill these dreams. However, the lessons bear a big part of me. I don't know how to put it, it's just that after I dropped the lesson, I felt different and... Remorseful in a sense?

Well it's time for ice cream and south park or something then. Cheer me up.

Hurray,
Eugene.

of effects and guitars

2006-06-11T22:49:00.000+08:00

Ah well for those who don't like to read posts about guitar, I'm sorry! I just have this love and passion for the guitar. And here's the story of my new effects pedal.

It's called the BOSS Distortion DS-1.
Shit boy, Ahmad sold it to me for 87 bucks. $80 for the pedal, I said I'd pay him $7 more if he delivered it the very night. It seemed odd that he paid $170 for it, I mean he told me. I SWEAR I saw it selling for $60 or something. But yes it's working well, and it produces a nice crunchy distortion. However, there's a need for a delay/reverb pedal. Then I need more distortion pedals, chorus, flanger, phaser and wah-wah.

I didn't have money for the Jekyll & Hyde distortion pedal. I saw the H2O Liquid Chorus and Echo pedal, also the Route99 Overdrive and Compression pedal? Holy hell those three pedals are like heaven to use if you have them. However there's the problem of cash. You see, I asked for a quote for the J&H and H2O pedals, he gave me $490.

OH MY GOD? $490?! I thought bringing $150 was more than enough for the J&H alone. But noo I was too ignorant. $250 for the J&H, $250 for the H2O. But because I bought both together, $10 cut is fine. I'll get the pedals for my birthday or something. Haha.

Anyway, I was at peninsula plaza today with MJ after service. What the hell! I asked the guy how much he was selling the BOSS distortion DS-1, he said $70.

Rahh I got ripped off. How could this be? Anyway it's done, and lessons have been learnt. Do not be too rushed even if you want things badly. It applies for everything I guess. My guitar was bought because I was so kan-chiong for it. $400 for a Yamaha Pacifica. It could've got me a les paul or something, but don't fret. Over's over.

And the day is saved, thanks to the new model les paul I have on my table. It's one of those $25 things, a little bit bigger than your palm. Like model cars? Yeah a model guitar. Haha, so cool. I'll take a picture one day.

Auditions for Black Lights are tomorrow! I hope the bands play well. And sigh how do I break the news to Justin that I'm going to switch classes? I guess he'll take it well though, haha. He always liked classical more than the electric guitar, yay to that anyway! JANICE! If your reading this, who wants to make a trip down to Mr Liauw's shop to introduce our new exco to him? Haha, I'm going down tomorrow so if it's convenient tomorrow will be a good date.

Yawn, I'm super tired. Haha.
Eugene.