silhouette serenade

Clockwise from top left: Alvin, Daryl, Astoria, Angeline, Me, Calvin. School's in but I hardly feel any motivation to go back. First day of school was ho-hum. Seeing my friends again was good, but then reality kicked in and it just occured to me that things weren't gonna be the same. Not that I can do much about it though. Anyway things have been great and I've been blessed with a bunch of monkeys that never fail to bring a smile to my face. Haha. Yes, thats them in the pic. One part of the TP bowling team. Was out with them for lunch today and we laughed our asses off. LOL. Oh well, thats one of the things that keeps me looking forward to school nowadays. Heh. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to work with what I've got. For now...

Ok so I managed to make it for choir practice last night even though I wasnt totally well. Well, it beats staying at home and feeling shitty anytime. Nothing much to say about yesterday. So onto today. I felt really good in the morning. Had a decent sleep and the fever and stomach pains didnt come back. Bowling bbq in the evening was on for me. Heh. Was over at Jill's place with the Ovation and the Gibson. Two great guitars = One heck of a jamming session. LOL. The moment Uncle Lawrence [bowling coach] saw the Ovation guitar, he was like, "I need to get my hands on that, man. An Ovation guitar is like a drug to me." Haha. But the moment he started playing, all the guitar juices started flowing, and it was almost non-stop playing for the next 6 hours, by me. Haha. It was definately nice seeing all the bowlers together singing and having fun and it was also nice having a "student". Haha. Marian was like damn excited about learning all the new chords and shortcuts

Down with gastric flu. Skipping choir practice tonight and maybe the bowling bbq tomorrow night.

The more I seek you, The more I find you. The more I find you, The more I love you. I wanna sit at your feet, Drink from the cup in your hands, Lay back against you and breathe, Feel your heartbeat. This love is so deep, Its more than I can stand, I melt in your peace, Its overwhelming me. A simple song that touched my heart, so very deeply.

The day was spent listening to vintage blues tracks on my iTunes radio. Finally, some good bluesy rock tracks. For those of you with iTunes, its ElectricBlues Radio. So basically, it put me in the mood to just forget about everything and listen. Kick back in my chair and chill. And I kinda began thinking about the previous article i posted. How very true, those words. Talent is just a word. Its more of the burning desire and passion for doing what you love that makes you reach your goals. To me, talent is just like potential. Potential is, and will always remain an unfulfilled quality. You can say someone has great potential in a sport or occupation, but if he/she does not fulfill that potential, then doesnt the word "potential" just denouce itself? Being a guitarist, I had always felt as though I wasnt good eough as compared to others. The self confidence was masked. I've seen many guitarists my age who play great riffs and have accomplished several things with their mus

What do most people say when they witness a breathtaking performance by an artist? You would be likely to hear statements such as: "I wish I could do that, but I don't have the talent" "Only the "chosen few" can create art at such a high level". Before long, a student will start to ask himself: "Do I have the talent that is required to improve as a musician?" After all everybody you ask tries to get you to believe that talent is one of the core requirements of becoming a great musician/artist, right? In this article, I will attempt to convince you why I consider this belief to be false and unproductive. First of all, what is talent? If you ask somebody to define the term, chances are they won't be able to come up with a useful definition. You might hear things like: "Talent is something that you are born with, you either have it or you don't" Ponder this: when you think about ANY other career field or endeavor (becoming a s

Roll off simulation yesterday. Didnt do too badly I guess. After that I popped by Tampines cos I didnt have anything to do. Walked around with Yong Shearn and Astoria. Then had dinner at Sakae. Wanted to go down to Challenger to look for a mouse so the three of us had to walk through TM again and I saw someone. Someone I used to hold close to my heart for a year. She was happily strolling past us, holding onto her present beau. We said hi and in that short span of about a second, everything from the past year flashed across my mind, right from the first time we went out, till the very last day. I was happy for her but there was that sting of sadness and surprise that has stayed with me since last night. I wished her good luck and that was it. Well it isnt as if this whole episode is killing me or what, I just felt like putting it down here to get some of it out of my system. No regrets. Ok, now many people have been asking about my MSN display pic. The constant question is "Is tha

Alright, I got back my macbook today and its working fine. BUT, I just found two small chips on my laptop. Stupid idiots at the shop dont know how to take care of my stuff. Other than that, everything seems to be okay. I've gotten my room com repaired too, so now I've got two computers to work with. And after all that good news, I find out that my dad bought another Mac. This time, a desktop. I didnt know he was that loaded, well maybe he isnt, but then again...ah you know what I mean. Anyway last night I was out with the band to celebrate andrew's birthday. Dinner was good. Ate at Olio at Suntec then off the Harry's at Esplanade. Thats where I saw one of the best guitarists ever. I cant recall his surname but his first name is Paul. Indian fella. I swear he isnt human. His fingers can run like forever. Every guitarist knows how hard it is to sing syncopated while playing the guitar,well, this guy did it and he was absolutely fantastic. I definately need another dose o

tasmania, by me. Today is...er..lemme see, Tuesday? As usual, I don't have much to do at home besides going mad on the Playstation with my Winning Eleven. Oh by the way, I thought I'd just put this down here since it just came to my mind. There's this Indian fella who's always down at Pocket with the Broadrick bowling students. Damn, he looks like Shebby Singh. Haha. Anyway, I popped by at training yesterday even though my thumb isnt in the best condition and as expected, I didnt have to bowl. So I sat there with Astoria and Alvin and just talked non stop. Alot of stupid things la. Haha. The best part was when I burped and Astoria said "Pig." then Alvin turned around and said "What?". HAHA. Alright now for my take on taxi drivers, part 2. I took a cab with Astoria after training yesterday and this cab driver was one heck of a monkey. Lets see..Hmmm. Ok about 80 meteres plus plus before the turning into my estate, I said, "Uncle, you turn left a

Alright I'll begin with friday. Did practically nothing the whole day except practise the riffs for praise and worship at night. I was a little worried about how it was gonna turn out cos I wasnt all too happy with Wednesday's practice. The whole band was really messy and the singers had problems here and there etc. Fortunately, Friday turned out to be the best praise and worship for Friday growths in a long time. The music was awesome, and I thouroughly enjoyed playing together with amplify. Haha, Especially using Bern's pedal board, fully equipped with all the pedals I need, including the Wah pedal. Heh.My favourite song of the night was the final song. We redid a really old song and made it super funky. I hope there's a recording of the entire session. Now, Saturday and Today. National selections for bowling. Two words = fucked up. Haha. I got a blister on my thumb on the 4th game on Saturday, which means that I would have to survive 4 more games with the blister, pl