Brother Learns Something New, iBitch and Other Things.

Something tragic happened on Monday.

I guess I've said it to many people already, and it's not getting any funnier.

so I'll just say this.

an ego was kinda badly bruised.

well, it was not the best 2 hours sitting there. but i guess we should be happy that no one was hurt.

physically that is.

i do have this so say to the people that took down our car number.

dudes, even if the number came out. u guys would have to share the prize money man. an we all know the numbers are not REALLY based on luck.

all the best anyway should you try.

=)

i would tell u the number, but i can't remember it.

me and the brother did decide to take a momento each with us (the broken plastic from the break lights of victim car), so as to remember what happened, since we're both relatively young drivers with a lot to learn. (so says dad.)

i got a flame, cause it had anime-style coolness!! it's gotta mean something man!!!!!!!

it was actually the only other piece that wasn't oily from the break fluid.

i did get a bit angry cause i had to lug my djembe to take a cab this afternoon to bugis, as i had band practice after drum lessons. but i had a makeshift lesson and now my djembe is tuned up and sounds real cool.

and did i mention jazz is a real bitch to learn?

everyone who knows me knows i have no fear of insects, and i hold a certian facination for beetles. They look like freaking little robots!
well, i did find this mini longlihorn beetle outside my door and i just had to fool around with it before i headed in, and toss it to the nearby bushes so it actually can continue with life.
for those who encounter these creatures and pick them up, MIND THE MANDIBLES! they look quite nasty.
i once caught one (much bigger than the recently caught one) in Cameron highlands, i put it in a plastic bag, and it chewed through in 30 minutes. i was so amused by it, i put 2 more just to see it chew through again.


In other news. No one really knows what i do at work right, except that i do part time admin for my dad. Well, specifically, i do construction, i am an appentice foreman.

erm, i am kidding. work gets boring. i was supposed to clean out the storage area, and i didn't want my friend dropping gauges on my head as he stacked them up.

sure beats the army helmet anyday!

=)

"how do you wake up every morning?" "painfully."

my mom claims with me growing my hair out, I look sleepy all the time.

well, i find that she that her statement is true, but only to a superficial level;
due to the fact that I AM sleepy all the time.

I've been awake since 630am.

if you wonder what's wrong with that, see previous post.

ARGH.

man. i'm awake and it's freaking 1.40 am! i'm like so gonna die tomorrow.

fack.

Death Of A Friend, Father's Day and a Mini-Butt

There was a period of time, about at least 10 years ago that SOMEHOW my mugs kept breaking every month.

I was greatly saddened, and felt that my family was trying to make me confused, so that I will never know which 1 was mine.

Then came the brown mug, and she has served me well in these 10 years.

she lost a battle with the chinese tea pot, and suffered a fatal jaw fracture.

I guess this is it my friend, rest in pieces. May you go on the better things. I only hope you don't become part of a toilet bowl or something. That would really stink for you.

In other news, on Father's Day my Dad tried to make us a hearty breakfast.

He tried to decorate out plates systematically so it would look like someone paid for it, but I obviously had other plans.

I had to do something to get myself awake!

I got him the Jakob Dylan solo album, which was quite disappointing actually.

Ah well, the audio-bibliophile in me took it from the car to add it to my song collection.

God knows when I'll actually hear it.

Aside from the fact that found a butt-shaped lychee, i realize i have really stubby fingers!
(i put the lychee back, the next day they were all gone. i wonder who actually ate it.)

hahahaha!

Randomness on Sunday

this is my 300th post, and i'm posting crap.

i went down to St Hildas Sch this afternoon for service in Chapel of Christ the Redeemer.

i guess it was nice to walk the canteen of my old school, i still feel the sian-ness of going back to school man.. an still feel irritated when I see some teachers' faces on the roster.

(for those who know, F-ing Lee Kim Seng.)

I went to get a drink with my brother during the announcements part of the service. Then i took the liberty to browse through the stall headings, just to see if they have changed. I was also a bit hungry; I can't help it, I'm just me.

I couldn't help but notice this disturbing sight.

WTF is a WAFFE?!?!

HAHAHAHAHAH!

Ok here ends part 1 and onto part 2.

i don't know if i have spoken about the toad purse that is in my dad's car to anyone before.
it has been around for like years man. and i finally remember to take pictures of it for general public viewing.

this is the ONLY kind of toad i will touch.

i bloody hate slimy things.

i kill slimy things.

it was purchased in the Philippines by my dad at a tourist shop.

we used to have 2, but i don't know where the other one went.

it looks quite lifelike, but it actually feels just like leather.

Screw naruto, i got a real toad purse.

Sorry for grossing anyone out.

"old friends ≠ good friends"

hahahah!

Care Never Seemed So Angry.

Pearl Jam

Save You

Gonna save you fucker,....not gonna lose you

Feeling cocky and strong,.. can't let you go,...

Too important to me

Too important to us,... we'd be lost without you

Baby, let yourself fall,... I'm right below you now

And fuck me if I say something you don't wanna hear fuck me

And fuck if you only hear what you wanna hear

Fuck me if I care,... but I'm not leaving here

You helped me when I was down,... I'll help when you're down

Why are you hitting yourself,... c'mon hit me instead

Let's pick up your will,... it's grown fat and lazy

I'm sympathetic as well,... don't go on me now

And I'm not living this life without you, I'm selfish and clear

And you're not leaving here without me,

I don't wanna be without

My best friend,... wake up to see you could have it all, all

Cause there is but you,... something within you

It's taken control,.. let's beat it, get up let's go

Oh you're in your own world, let's see the whole world

Let's pick up your soul fuck me if

I say something you don't wanna hear fuck me

And fuck me if you only hear the treble in your head

Please help,... me,... to help you,... help yourself

Help me help yourself,... please want me to,... please let me to

Help you

damn can't embed the video.

True.

(I have passed the parent test!)

=)

Afterword:

I realise that the last mass of words looks like a grenade. It was supposed to be a smiley.
Blogger wouldn't let me format spacing.

I would like to think it's more like a pineapple. I like pineapples, they are delicious, especially those from Thailand.

A bit pissed at the moment, but I don't wanna go all emo on my blog.

I am thus trying a new therapy.

EMO!~

EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~
EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~
EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~
EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~
EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~EMO!~

ye gods....

F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!
F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!F@CK!!!

I once saw a poem which was about Africa, type-written in the shape of the continent itself.

My opinions on the Dark Continent are well known, but it goes to show if someone can put in so much effort to see something beautiful in something so, erm, complex; I should try it as well.

F@CK!!! F@CK!!!


EMO!~

EMO! EMO!~

EMO!~ EMO!~

EMO! ~ EMO!~

EMO!~EMO!~

Damn I'm sleepy.

The Future.

This will be me in a few years time.

WHAT.... THE.... HELL....
all i know is that it's called a Hang.
and i want it.
Badly.

A Rare Glimpse Into My Family Life.

Actually, this is mere a test of my iMovie capabilities.



My Review: This took all but 10 minutes. Once i got the hang of it, it was totally smooth. Great! =)

wednesday randomness.

Hearing the radio while working in my pseudo-job; switching between 91.3 ( the ex-ah beng ch) and Class 95. More inclined to 91.3 for one main reason:

I F***ING HATE 80'S SYNTH-POP!

Hitting Hong Kong again tomorrow.

Going to smash my old laptop when i get back.

I wish could drive more.

Lots to buy, cash is lacking.

Thank you for your time.

A Monster Rises

gone are the days when i would bitch about my sad state of my drum set.

a monster has risen.

the direct result of a window of opportunity opened, i give you:

the full arsenal includes, 2 snares, 6 toms and 6 cymbals.

with snares and floor toms on each side, versatility is a given; i really needed that.

i look on this with pride now.

my second freedom.

no more will i have to trudge my way down to the irritating area that is Kg Ubi,

where pressure mounts as the days pass, and occasionally a certain instructor's gender comes into question. Looks SOMEWHAT like a man, but sounds like a woman, and nags like an old lady.

she/he was nice though, and helpful in my progress.

I'M FREE!!!

Hong Kong - Day 2 & 3

Waking up in the morning is always painful, no matter which country you are in.
the super soft pillows and flashy neckroll made for a long time falling asleep.
still, i made it out to go to Tsing Yi, which is just a giant shopping centre.

nothing interesting, so no pictures.

We have breakfast beforehand, which was a dodgy looking beehoon stall with good standards as
usual, but i was too sleepy to take photos.

In Tsing Yi, they did have a large display of Easter Egg art that was done by a Japanese girl, and with descriptions written in Jap as well; so all you could do was admire it from afar.

Hong Kong people must have really itchy fingers.

With nothing really interesting, we made it down to Sham Sui Po, some some toy wholesaler street. Got my brother a weird vibrating Mario toy.

Heh heh heh.

Ate massive Beef Noodles soup, and forgot to take a picture again.

Dad landed, brother finished school, ate the Chee Choong Fun again. and then steamboat after.

Great tasting!

After dinner, back to brother's hall; jamming.

old photo, but guess i must have hit that pose sometime (i do not re-wear my shirts on consecutive days).

Took the bus back, and the idiot bus driver asked me to get off a stop earlier.
blinded by the bright lights of the street signs, i cursed his impatience and my inability to speak cantonese.

thankfully i found out first hand that many of them know English and are very helpful in giving directions, thus i got back rather quickly , at about 1145pm.
guess the streets are quite safe.

End of Day 2

Day 3 started off quite well, i guess. We planned to have Dim Sum with my brother and his friends, so it was later. I was hungry now, so i ate many cherry tomatoes and my mom bought the day before.

Still with a few hours to kill, mom, dad and me decided to walk around the streets, where the wet markets were, a rarity in Singapore.

I understand that some content may convert some people to veganism, but i guess it's always good to find out where your food comes from.

Veg and seafood included.

there were of course, some foodstuffs that we knew what they were exactly, yet failed to know what to do with them.

they do work quite fast i must say, this was taken 10 minutes after.

Hong Kong - Day 1

Two days from the day i attained my freedom, 1 month after hitting perth, i was at it again.

Starting the journey, i wasn't really expecting anything at all, maybe i'm becoming spoilt. But i packed, checked in and trudged to the waiting area of the Cathay Pacific flight, which was PRC OVERloaded (f**k.). Not before I almost died walking about 2km to meet my mom for breakfast in T3 from T1. And back.

My backpack was a bit of a hassle. I was asked to bring a squash racquet from home. It couldn't fit my luggage, so it was stuffed, handle sticking out in my backpack, a potential catalyst for injury when combined with my clumsy, waddling self.

On board, i could not help to notice that they had a channel which displays an utterly pointless but intriguing view of the bottom of the plane. So take off and landing proved more entertaining that just an irritating ear-popping experience. That being said, the channel proved blinding to watch during the flight, as the clouds, sunlight and reflective body of the plane joined to create an amazingly bright white screen.

Met my mom in the airport again, cleared customs, shipped off the Airport Express to Kowloon, free shuttle bus service to the hotel in the Jordan area. Checked in, everything settled. I was hungry. I demanded food.
This led her to bring me just two steps from the lobby of the hotel room, to get the most amazing Chee Choong Fun ever.

The peanut sauce is AMAZING!

It was about that time that my brother reached us from the HKU hall he was staying at, and this proceeded to bring me around the area a bit. But it was not long before dinner was due.

1st real meal: Roasted duck and pork rice. Compared to the first meal i had in perth, which was some sort of roasted chicken with rice, this was 4 bucks cheaper, and 10 times nicer. After dinner, brother and me split with mom to head to his hall and subsequently Lan Kwai Fong.

Idiot brother made us get off 2 early. You've been there what, 3 months?! I wasn't so peeved about the walking, I mean, it wasn't like I haven't done that in the morning. The air was cool, so no problem. What pissed me off was the sheer height that was visible from the pathway we were walking on. I'm talking concrete paths unsupported by pillars, tops of trees and the 16th story of nearby buildings below your feet. Sure I felt safe, safe enough to wish i brought a parachute. Above is an eye-level photograph.
My brother states that all of Hong Kong is like that. For one i didn't see valleys from my hotel room window, so I think he was just trying to be reassuring.

Being told that his hall had a band room, i bought a pair of sticks all ready to do what i haven't done in awhile; spend some quality time jamming with my brother.

I would like to say that the scene was so moving that someone was almost moved to tears, but that's just his singing face.

A good hour of jamming down, we quite easily pried my brother's roomie from this work to Lan Kwai Fong, some pub area in the Central district. Afterwhich we heard the from other people that a bar had free drinks for men till 11pm. Being only about 930pm, the prospect suggested, led many from the hall area (mostly Americans, Canadians and Europeans should i add) , trudging down, hoping to return gleeful when the night ended.

One free drink later onto another bar, the thought of spending the night drinking and returning rip-roaring drunk to the hotel room didn't seem like and attractive one, even with the great company, so my brother and me left to eat. He had promised me at the start of the night to bring me to eat the "BEST burgers ever". I am excited.

For once in a long time, he did not disappoint. It was the stuff of fantasy, with hand-made patties, toasted buns, the works.

Things got messier than so claimed by Carls Jr., simplier, but way more tasty. Just tomatoes, lettuce, onions and mayo, perfect.

The Chilli Cheese Fries, exquisite.

Headed back to the hotel after that rather easily. Thus ended my first day, and started my trip in the land of cheap and good food, endless sights of the fusion of past present and future, and proud public displays of Engrish.

i finally made it!

long overdue, but yeah.

"i don't wanna take what you can give, i would rather starve than eat you bread."

"everything has changed, absolutely nothing's changed."

Pearl Jam's "Corduroy"

"i couldn't affORD to refuse the ORDers given by the higer ORDinance to leave the bORDers of my camp and ORDinary life again. thank the L-ORD for this!"

in other news, HK is damn fun can. will post more soon.

meanwhile in whiteboardville....

All is well! the jubilant party makes merry in the forest of joy. As they rejoice, it seems even nature rejoices with them!



Or so it seems.. The monster looms ahead in the distance, as it lets out a bloodcurdling roar!

What happens next is too gory for graphic display...

Just one more party made victims!

History Continued

From the time I started writing this journal on my history, I have realised this.
In the years from which i was birthed, the dual-empire world where you had to take a side watched one side crumble, and the ideology of the dominant spreading over it's remains; a Pax Americana would rise.
The notion of a black an white world shattered and showed the reality of the different shades of colour, different shades of hate.
But a further analysis would show that earth-shattering events will always take place, shifting the tracks of which the global train runs on unceasingly. The past is always seemed better as the suffering of the present is always more vivid.

i begin again.

1995

1. Primary 2 this year, still hating school, but yet getting first in class a few times.
2. I win 3rd in some inter-class competition, and fiddle with the trophy till it breaks. I try to switch it with my best friend at that time, fail and stick it together with scotch tape when i get back. my mom still keeps it in the antique cabinet in my living room. this will be the last trophy i win till i hit JC.
   
3. I get into a good class for pri 3 but hate it as all my other friends to go other classes in the same tier.
4. Eric Cantona of Man U fame, after being red-carded, kicks a Crystal Palace fan in the head, and gets suspended for 9 months.
5. Yahoo! is founded in Santa Clara, California.
6. The DVD is announced.
7. Alanis Morissette releases Jagged Little Pill
8. Queen release their final album, Made in Heaven

1996

1. Primary 3 seems alright, with me finding science totally cool and fun.
2. I was one of those kids that carried all my books to school, so i never packed.
3. Most prevalent feeling: worry that i'll somehow F*** something up.
4. Yasser Arafat is re-elected President of the Palestinian Authority.
5. "Deep Blue" defeats Garry Kasprov for the first time. I remember this.
6. A Long March 3 rocket veers off course from it's launch pad in China and lands in a rural village, killing 500.
7. The Nintendo 64 is released. I'm still playing with my Mega Drive 2.
8. Osama Bin Laden writes "The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places," a call for the removal of American forces from Saudi Arabia.
9. M.C. Hammer declares himself a bankrupt.
10. Bands like Matchbox Twenty and Linkin Park form.

1997

1. Primary 4 and the dreaded year of streaming. I do ok i guess, getting into the best EM2 class.
2. Somehow i think my science teacher hates me even thought i do well for her class. Must be cause i over-read and seem lazy and inattentive in class. (yes, i'm a nerd i know.)
   
3. i HATE my chinese teacher, who also happens to be my form teacher. This will not be the first time the language bites me in the ass.
4. The United Kingdom hands over sovreignty of Hong Kong over to China. I'm i went there before the handover, but i can't seem to remember exactly when.
   
5. Princess Diana and Mother Theresa pass away. This i really remember.
6. The "seizure" episode of Pokemon, Dennō Senshi Porygon, was shown and 385 Japanese kids either had seizures, temporary blindness, or the combination of the two.
7. The Bird Flu hits Hong Kong and they cull all the chickens in their territory. I was there and i still ate chicken. hahaha!
8. The so called "Big Three" Banks of Swtizerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust victims and their families.
   

testing.

THoTWIRTJL : PART 3

1992:

1. I turn 5 and enter K1 this year. I have stopped crying but i still hate school.
   
2. I am forced to perform "All i want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth", wearing red shorts, a yellow shirt and a paper mouth for the year end concert.
   
3. Jealous that my brother got to play soldier and carry a gun the year before, and angry that they would me wear something that even a 5 year old would consider a fashion disaster, I resort to playing with my shadow on stage. I have the proof of that on film.
4. George H. W. Bush is televised falling violently ill at a state dinner in Japan. He vomits on the lap of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and faints.
5. Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting US cities with nuclear weapons.
6. The Church of England allows women to become priests.
7. Bands like blink-182, Weezer, Jamiroquai are formed.

1993

1. 6 and K2 this year.
   
2. I am sad when my classmate invites the class to his house and refuses to let me play his SNES. (aren't we all supposed to be friends?! asshole.)
3. Ong Teng Cheong becomes the first President elected by the population. I remember the posters.
4. SIA gets the 1000th Boeing 747.
5. BIll Clinton is elected President.
6. Frank Zappa dies of prostrate cancer.
7. Micheal Jackson denies child molestation charges in a 4-minute statement broadcast on live television. (not the last time man.)
8. The Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Jimmy Eat World, Third Eye Blind are formed this year.

1994

1. 7 and in Primary 1 this year. I cry again in the first 2 weeks. (man i hate school. will only start to enjoy in in upper sec.)
2. Get top in class for the 1st semester feel depressed when i get 5th for the next.
3. Nirvana play their final show in Munich, Germany.
4. Kurt Cobain dies this year.
5. Friends premieres on NBC
6. Netscape Navigator 1.0 is released.
7. Dave Matthews Band's Under the Table and Dreaming is released. (ROCKS!)
8. The Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace is signed, ending the state of war since 1948.
9. The Lion King is released.

Blogger is screwing up on me. Grrrr.

in today's news, me being helpful an volunteering to go back to help my Branch last night resulted in me sleeping at 3 a.m. DAMMIT.

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN RELATION TO JOASH'S LIFE: part 2

1990:

1. I turn 3 this year, still can't remember shit but i'm quite sure i'm walking an talking like a normal child.
2. Apperently i didn't say a 1st word, but said a phrase, "gimmie that f***ing cookie b*tch!" (maybe not that phrase per se)
3. The first Macdonald's opens in Moscow, Russia.
4. Nelson Mendela is released from Victor Verster Prison, near Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years behind bars.
5. The Royal New Zealand Navy stops it's daily rum ration.
6. East Germany holds it's first free elections.
7. West and East Germany unite on Oct 3.
   
8. The World Health Organization removes homosexuality from its list of diseases.
9. Iraq invades Kuwait, leading to the Gulf War I.
10. The first known World Wide Web page is written.
11. Slobodan Milošević becomes President of Serbia.
12. Goh Chok Tong becomes the second Prime Minister of Singapore.
13. The East-West MRT line is complete.
14. Pearl Jam is formed! (whoo!)

1991:

1. I turn 4 this year. My life of eternal holidays are gone.
   
2. I am forced to go to kindergarten.
   
3. I cry for at least the first few weeks. My grandad wonders what horrible things are happening there and agrees to fetch me from school.
4. 4 Pakistanis hijack Singapore Airlines Filght 117, and are killed by the SOF.
5. Operation Desert Storm begins after Iraq fails to follow the UN deadline to withdraw from Kuwait.
6. Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected president of Russia.
7. The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved in Prague.
8. The SNES is released in the US.
9. States like Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Latvia declare independence from Russia signalling the collaspe of the Soviet Union.
10. Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union.
11. The Soviet Union officially ceases to exist.
12. First GSM-phonecall rang in Finland.
13. A Michigan Court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian in assisting suicides.
    
14. Nirvana release Nevermind.
15. Grunge is in!
16. Freddie Mecury dies of AIDS related complications in his home.
17. Dave Matthews Band release their debut album (rocks!).
18. Eric Clapton's 4 year old son falls 53 stories in his New York apartment.
19. RHCP release Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
20. Bands like Rage Against The Machine, Radiohead, L'Arc-en-Ciel, AFI and OutKast form.

more soon!







for your entertainment.

i shall write a history book!

facebookas i sat in a cab on my way home today it struck me;

it has been almost a decade from the turning of a the new millenia.

i am bored and awaiting my heading back to camp in utter distain,
thus i shall attempt to chronicle the events that happened to the world,
an me (more importantly), as much as i can remember that is.

i present to you;

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN RELATION TO JOASH'S LIFE

1987:

1. I was born: on the morning of the 24th of May. (yay for the world!)
2. Guns N' Roses release their album Appitite for Destruction.
3. Green Day is formed.
4. The 1st heart-lung transplant is performed in Baltimore, Maryland.
5. World population reached 5 billion people in Zagreb, Croatia.
6. The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
7. Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbechev to tear down the Berlin Wall. " Mr Gorbechev, tear down this wall!"
8. The initial section of the MRT is opened between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.
   

1988:

1. I was a baby, so i don't think i can remember much. I turned 1 this year i guess.
2. USSR begins Perestroika under Mikhail Gorbechev.
3. Bands like Mr Big, Barenaked Ladies, B'z, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails,Deftones, Baha Men (-_-") and Cypress Hill are formed.
4. The Red Army starts to withdraws from Afganistan. (We can thank Rambo for that.)
5. The Iran-Iraq war ends, with an estimated one-million lives lost.
6. Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, the 1st woman to head to government of an Islam-dominated state.
7. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is first published.

1989:

1. I turn 2 this year. (still can't remember shit.)
   
2. dad started travelling. at the height of this, he would be gone half the year.
   
3. The Revolutions of 1989 sweep the Soviet Eastern Bloc, ushering in the death of Stalinistic Marxism-Leninism, leading to US dominance that lasts till this day.
   
4. The Japanese Emperor Hirohito dies (29th April 1901 - 7th Jan 1989).
5. The Soviet withdrawal from Afganistan is complete.
   
6. An Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini encourages Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Iran also cuts of diplomatic relations with the UK over this book.
7. The Exxon Valdez oil spill take splace, 11 million gallons of oil are released.
8. The first free elections in the Soviet Parliment goes against the Communist Party.
9. The Dilbert comic strip is syndicated for the 1st time.
10. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 take place.
11. The Berlin Wall falls on the 9th of November.
12. Dream Theater release their first studio album.

i tire. part to will begin soon.

less thoughts make for a happier joash.

i am a man of small demands,

let me come out during the evenings,

and leave me alone to read.

the leech once again is unrelenting.

oh let January pass!

the sky bleeds black today,
groans and bellows.

a beginning indeed,
a life reviewed.

my god.

i am shocked into silence.

It has come to this, I'm finally going back to camp.

best days of 2007 came to me in the year's final struggle before it's death.
i watched in excitement as the she trashed, then fell silent.

Flashes of lights in the sky heralds a new birth.

2007 was a year that left a bitter taste in my mouth, 2008 will be one of change.
The thought of it leaves me dizzy with excitement.

With that said, a year is a year, moved on by the repeated gradual fading of light to dark, and dark to light.
There is no physical indication of a start or a finish, nor a mark that separates the months from days, or hours and seconds.

The gears will spin on mindlessly, and no one can do anything to stop it.

There is Nothing New Under the Sun.

First change to occur:
Fobble ChatterBox gives way to Cbox. (Good riddance bitch!)


Happy New Year people.

"If I tell you I'm strong will you play along?
Will you see I'm as insecure as anybody else?"

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
DIGGING A DITCH

Run to your dreaming, when you’re alone
Unplug the TV and turn off the phone
Get heavy on with digging your ditch
Cause I’m

Digging a ditch where madness gives
Digging a ditch where silence lives
Digging a ditch for when I’m old
Digging a ditch my story’s told

Where all these troubles weigh down on me will rise
Run to your dreaming when you’re alone
Where all these questions spinnin' around in my head will die
Will die
Will die

Run to your dreaming when you’re alone
Unplug the TV and turn off your phone
Get heavy on with digging your ditch
Cause I’m

Digging a ditch where madness gives
Digging a ditch where silence lives
Digging a ditch for when I’m through
Digging this ditch I’m digging for you

Where all these disappointments that grow angry out of me will die
Where all these habits that hold heavy on my heart will die

Run to your dreaming when you’re alone
Not what you should be or what you’ve become
Just get heavy on with digging your ditch
Cause I’m

Digging a ditch where madness gives a bit
Digging a ditch where silence lives
Where all these troubles weigh down on me will rise
Will rise
Will rise
Will rise

Run to your dreaming when you’re alone
Unplug the TV and turn off your phone
Get heavy on with digging your ditch

YESSSS!!!!!!

SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO MAN..

!TOKYO JIHEN!

haha!

children, pull on your tights.. and give them hell..

how will it be like to just run riot?

30,000 people walking down the street,

a multi-coloured sea of locusts,

flames where eyeballs used to dwell.

authority dies amidst kicks and screams.

sweet raspy guitar rocks riffs for sound track.





dumb dreams,
i walk home in the thick wet midafternoon sun

the gig really drained me

but this song made me feel much better.

Ants Marching

He wakes up in the morning Does his teeth bite to eat and he's rolling Never changes a thing The week ends the week begins She thinks, we look at each other Wondering what the other is thinking But we never say a thing These crimes between us grow deeper Goes to visit his mommy She feeds him well his concerns He forgets them And remembers being small Playing under the table and dreaming Take these chances Place them in a box until a quieter time Lights down, you up and die Driving in on this highway All these cars and upon the sidewalk People in every direction No words exchanged No time to exchange And all the little ants are marching Red and black antennas waving They all do it the same They all do it the same way Candyman tempting the thoughts of a Sweet tooth tortured by the weight loss Program cutting the corners Loose end, loose end, cut, cut On the fence, could not to offend Cut, cut, cut, cut Take these chances Place them in a box until a quieter time Lights down, you up and die

5 and a half months left.
jamming more and more.
songs to learn.
pressure.

it stirs in me happiness, a purpose.
but not as much as i would like.

as much as i have been going out,
i miss one thing badly;


"i'll leave you some soup. warm it up and drink it when u get back."

my 2nd lung has returned.

i can breath again.

i can run again.


(drumbag found!)
=)

i'm stuck by a major tragedy.

i am crippled.

yet.

i have a chance to refocus.


WTF IS MY BLOODY DRUMSTICK BAG?!?!?!?!

where the hell is the hard disk?!?!?!



i hate computer hardware

it's crazy now..

u can't even tell it's midnight anymore..

it's just noon without sunlight.

good thing i'm home tho..

HAHAHAHAHA!

blast from the past.

"Do you remember the time I knew a Girl From Mars?"

if i had my way, Gold 90.5 would be playing this song!

ah well.

i'm the juggernaut, b*tch!

most of you would realize that i have been frequenting a jamming studio in simei recently,
mostly due to neighbours with super sensitive ears & retire to bed at 7 pm.

so i have to pay cash to play when i have all the equipment at home.
sucks.
(got pissed and drew on my drumskins, see previous post)

it's all well & good tho, i do get to try double pedals and stuff.

but one thing that i find amazing is the immense strength of the people that play the drums there..

the things that look like hay in the picture are parts of a broken drumstick.
notice how there is dust of a identical colour tone.

the drummer who did this didn't just break a stick,
he SHATTERED it.

W.....T.....H.....

okok.. here's an update! i went shopping for drum stuff today!

• cymbal crown (didn't fit) *sob*
• snare attachment to fit cowbell an tambourine ( yay!)
• practice pad that can be strapped to my knee (double yay!)

my new almost complete drumset!

wanted 2 take a picture of the practice pad, but bro took back his phone,
so no more camera.

too bad it's 2am, can't wait 2 play it soon!

whee! feel like a kid on christmas

"their time done, they passed out of the gates to freedom, for the second time"

happy ORD Kee Wee and Desmond!

"Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train...come take me home..."

Pasir Ris ( I've been here a long time)

an overwhelming air of mid-teen bliss,
hormones raging,
weakly corrupted by conscripted pains.
digital dreams
scraping my eardrums,
quietly suburban lanes.

the breeze blows cooler here,
Sun's little daggers,
find their blades dulled.
thick fluffy down that slows you,
willingly.

ruined by company,
yet leaving you lonely,
mind you, you're twenty!

awaken to chimes on bicycles,
to bodies of water,
small benches at bus-stops.
I see myself at every corner,
I've walked every path of the park.
the longer I stare,
slowly,
growing smaller.

almost home.

you're right, you're absolutely right.

the origin of angst



" We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control"

who says pop drumming can't be lyk power??

i give u.

(look out for bridge!)

i found myself stuck in a studio in chinatown watching a band playing chinese songs, but the singer ended up sounding thai.

my brother had asked me along to watch him jam wit this band that called him in. the guitarist/singer played songs that required only 4 chords even tho he had a Gibson, the drummer look stoned, my brother looked bored. they all looked 10 years older than me.

in the midst of d cacophony, i did wat i least expected to do. i started tinking... i noticed that tt this was wat i wanted 2 do. it's a purpose, a legacy they leave behind. i did manage to prove myself when the ting wuz over. but wat was d point? there's nowhere for me 2 go.

i've been a bum just looking for tings to do.. an now i feel damn guilty.

apologies to all who i have whined to an bugged..

i have got 2 make d best of my life..

i've got 2 occupy myself..

cuz seriously, i have gotta carry this weight by myself.

haiz*

some songs just ring in your head..

this is 1 of them






Pearl Jam - Worldwide Suicide

I felt the earth on Monday, It moved beneath my feet.
In the form of a morning paper, Laid out for me to see.

Saw his face in a corner picture, I recognized the name.
Could not stop staring at the, Face I'd never see again.

It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over

It's the same everyday in a hell manmade
What can be saved, and who will be left to hold her?

The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

Medals on a wooden mantle, Next to a handsome face.
That the president took for granted,
Writing checks that others pay.

And in all the madness, thought becomes numb and naive.
So much to talk about, nothing for to say.

It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder

Laying claim to the take that our soldiers save
Does not equate, and the truth's already out there

The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

Looking in the eyes of the fallen
You got to know there's another, another, another, another, another way

It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over

It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder

The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

The whole world, World over.
It's a worldwide suicide. 

i still can't slp on weekends

part 2!

i feel this take is beta..

by alot..

an yeah..

it's narcissist.

every1 is entitled to narcicism (is tt how it's spelt?)

here's mine.

2nd take up soon..

*hee*

GOD...
i wish i wish i wish..

we are all raindrops, trying to make the biggest ripple in the ocean

THIRD EYE BLIND:
How's it gonna be

I'm only pretty sure that I can't take anymore
Before you take a swing
I wonder, what are we fighting for
When I say out loud
I want to get out of this
I wonder, is there anything I'm gonna miss

I wonder
How's it gonna be
When you don't know me
How's it gonna be
When you're sure I'm not there 
How's it gonna be
When there's no one there to talk to you 
Between you and me
'Cause I don't care
How's it gonna be
How's it gonna be

Where we used to laugh
There's a shouting match 
Sharp as a thumbnail scratch 
A silence I can't ignore
Like the hammock by the doorway we spent time in
Swings empty 
I don't see lightning like last fall 
When it was always about to hit me 

I wonder
How's it gonna be
When it goes down
How's it gonna be
When you're not around
How's it gonna be
When you found out there was nothing
Between you and me
'Cause I don't care 
How's it gonna be

How's it gonna be 
When you don't know me any more 
And how's it gonna be 

Want to get myself back in again 
The soft dive of oblivion 
I want to taste the salt of your skin 
The soft dive of oblivion, oblivion

How's it gonna be
When you don't know me any more 
How's it gonna be
How's it gonna be
How's it gonna be

y can't i slp at nite on weekends?

extreme boredom has resulted in
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

a skill learnt in camp being put into practise.

kudos to kee wee..

this pic's instantly emo.. hahah

it consumes me.

a song that lessens burdens,
and ode to reignite passion.
rise up,
rise up.
away from that acrid pleasure!
prise us from the seductive bitterness,
the flute that leaves you
spinning, swirling,
alone.

hope has blossomed,
yet is refused an audience.
veiled glory peeking thru,
foolishly ignored.

rise up,
rise up.
spread the binds,
stir up from dejection,
the journey,
your episode,
must run its course.

YES!!!!
finally got wat i wuz looking for.. seems kinda implusive.. but wth..
it sounds great..

i give u the new fave cymbal..

my 11 inch turkish splash

a less than $100 cymbal beats lousy zildjian

i m thus converted

well.. it's not done.. but it's getting there..
feel lyk i've gotten my mojo back..
lyk now..
this is all so new and exciting..

*WHOOOO*

hmmm there are times when u juz question urself.. wat r u doing wit urself?

where are u going?

what's this life for?

i feel unsatisfied..

but i guess it's juz a phase..

i'll get thru it..

=)

description of my life so far:

"i hate my life! i hate my job! and MOST of all, i hate YOU! and you... and you... and you... an you... ... ..."


no i'm not tt emo in person

fine i'll stop writing weird shit..

my life my life my life..

sex an violence.. erm...

A FEMALE PRAYING MANTIS BITES OF THE HEAD OF A MALE DURING INTERCOURSE TO FACILITATE EJACULATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!


*BISH*

*BLOOD GUSHES OUT*

*SQUIRT*

*YAY!*


one more utterly useless bit of information..


i should tell u abt my life..

i shouldn't bitch.. cuz ppl mite read an it's funnier when i tell u in person.. or when u hear my voice..

guns are phallic symbols.. and Singapore is moving towards shrinking our rifles.

"for better maneuverability in tight spots!"

wheee!!

playlist

let it speak to me.
pluck a line.
squeeze a circle in
to a square.
it fits.

cling on with fervor,
claimed linage.

process reengaged

rag tag tapestry,
with vulgarly mismatched colours,
monster,
mutant,
self-protrait

a time for memories,
a minute to admire the past.
a runner glances,
he's come far.
but all in all, about halfway.
landmarks by d side,
passing them one by one,
each one passed ensures rejuvanation.
ah!
but the effect is stifled by fatigue
the end is still far.
nearing tho,
nearing still,
not soon enough.


step by step ya? =)
missing u*

Songs For a Moping Joash:

1. Plain White T's : Hey There Delilah
2. Saosin: I Can Tell There Was an Accident
3. Story of the Year : Until the Day I Die
4. Mayday : Er Wo Zhi Dao
5. All American Rejects : The Last Song
6. Dishwalla : Angels and Devils
7. Goo Goo Dolls: Black Balloon
8. Jimi Hendrix : Little Wing
9. KT Tunstall : Other Side Of the World.
10. Eagle Eye Cherry: Save Tonight
11. Pearl Jam : Black
12. Pearl Jam : Last Kiss
    
13. Snow Patrol : Run
14. 3rd Eye Blind : How's it Gonna Be
15. Finch : What it is to burn.
16. Adema : Giving in
17. Fort Minor : Where'd U Go
    
18. Joash: random irritating whines and moans of displeasure.

more playlists as my mood changes

i feel shitty.

dun tell me i shld cheer up..

i wanna mope..

ARGH!!!!

it's almost here.. time's running out.. i can onli hope d light at d end comes faster..

glad there is an end..

i m, despite my whining, excited for u.. '

will miss u a HELL lot!

still feel lyk it hasn't sunk in yet.. but it's creeping in lyk d venom ting.. haha

i could quote a thousand songs to tell u how i feel now,

but it all boils down to this..

i'll miss u, everything abt u

please take care, have fun an come back soon!





Let's waste time again,
Let's waste time again.
pointless as it seems,
Let's waste time again.

It's not like we have a better plan,
It's not like we want, but it's gonna end.
Just clinging to clouds in futile attempts.

a step to tomorrow,
a cesspool of fear,
an empty landscape,
a river of tears.
Let Me Drown.

Let's waste time again,
Let's waste time again.
pointless as it seems,
Let's waste time again.

A beautiful prospect, it's all calm,
Silent tranquility, Time's hands slow,
In her rotation, blissfully numb.

a muse,
merely.
of things unattainable,
yet forcing fantasy.
a perfect fit,
a castle of mist,
tip-tapping raindrops on the face of hope.
awakening its slumber.
passion renewed.
strong swaying with gentle whispers,
yet only to be admired awhile.
as rain dispenses smoke.
she remains,
merely,
a muse.