Esplanade....Life is boring without you.

Many people i spoke to were really pissed off by this event. Its a love and hate relationship, but it just boils down to not having any other choice. When you have no competition and have certain "influential" backing, you tend to become arrogant and undermining. Lets be gracious and forgiving. Thou shall not sink so low as to replicate what is inflicted upon you.



Bravo to this brave soul who have decided that justice must be served and reminded. However, "world class" facility will give you "world class" rebutal. Not happy? Too bad. What do you know about being "world class"?



In view of this incident, i had a stroke of inspiration. This is my first so please don't laugh. I know my english is bad. I will listen to gahman and learn english again from westerners like The British Council.

Ultraman, Don't kill our sparkle
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You came out to stop the show
Not knowing boos & bottles will be thrown
"Ultraman" they called you so
You are only doing your job, we know

End on time so the US band can do their show
"It was an issue of a few more minutes, not half an hour", someone wrote
"An overlap in performance times would mean a clash in acoustics", the DO replied so
"We can understand her(your) frustration", he consoled
But he ends with a killer blow
"Perhaps the audience, in the spirit of a happy festival, could have been more forgiving", he actually wrote
Flaunting on how the audience has grown

Its an insult to the audience and the band, just to let you know
Your audience's satisfaction should be your major goal
I bet your artists wants it to be so
Instead of "Ultraman" stealing the show
Or sticking anally to schedule and being cold

Thus, i beg you to consider what's written below
Please give our local talents a chance to grow
And stop "Ultraman" from killing their sparkle

End

Ok, this will take a long time to download. My choice of best performance by a local band for Baybeats 2005, Concave Scream. This is their main set and their encore, which the MC got reprimanded by "Ultraman" for giving the go ahead. Warning! As a respect to the band, the files above will only be available for a short while. Those who missed the chance to see it, please leave me a message and i will try to send it to you.

Millions of Videos! Videos for free!

Finally, the videos are up! Cocka-nathan me did not update the software for uploading.
See Nat's patriotic performance and never before seen footage of her singing

WARNING! IF YOU ARE AGAINST VIOLENCE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR ABUSE OR JUST OUTRIGHT STUPIDITY, PLEASE DO NOT CLICK HERE. CONTAIN NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGES OF MOJO JO IN ACTION.

Battle of the Sexes! Who are the cleaner ones? Mr. Edwin decided to find out by raiding all 3 of our hotel rooms under the inspection of Mojo Jo. Look out for Part 2 of this feature. Coming soon!

For the film buffs out there, please support local movie and short film productions by going to the "Screen Singapore 2005". Catch classic movies from P.Ramlee, Eric Khoo and Jack Neo. Not to be missed is a never before screened Kungfu movie done locally as a tribute to Bruce Lee called "Ring of Fury". Catched Kelvin Tong's Fantastic "Eating Air" again and the controversial "15" by Royston Tan. Venues at AF or Art House and tickets selling for $8.00 or $5.00 for students.

Everyday stress...I'm wasting my life away.

I'm not gonna care anymore. If you have not noticed, I have not updated my blog for some time now. Why? I have a backlog of happenings that I have yet to mention. It just keeps piling up. Maybe I am anal, I would like the blog to be dated according to the timeline. Hell, I guess I'm gonna screw that and do what I want with it. It's really giving me additional stress, when it's supposed to be enjoyable. Maybe a part of me is comparing my blog with others and sometimes I get envious of others. Screw it! I need to wake up from my bloody idea. This part of me has never failed to get me down throughout my whole life. Since young, I was constantly compared with my brothers, cousins and friends by my mom that using comparision to judge myself have become second natured. You get impressed by something, then you compare and analyze your shortcomings, follow by trying to improve yourself and catch up to become that something. When you can't get there, you get frustrated and your self esteem get effected. You get resentful and condemn yourself for being useless and stupid. This comparision and envious shit doesn't get you anywhere except down! Maybe its human nature, I don't know. I just wanna get away from it.

Ok, feel so much better after spiting out that crap above. If you have yet to notice, I can't write well. I'm trying to improve so in the meantime if you find this unbearable, please visit some intellectual blogs out there.
(I'm not gonna name any to prevent you from judging my definition of "intellectual")

I have posted all my pictures taken at the Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching, Sarawak here.Please feel free to have a look.

I have also taken tons of video of the performance and our little chit chat including a revealing clip of our sanitary habits! However, I have problems trying to upload them,thus I'm sorry to say that you might to wait for a while before they are up.

Baybeats 2005 was the weekend after we came back from Sarawak. I wasn't excited about it at all except for the few local band that was playing. As usual, they rock!!
- Furniture
- Serenaide (sorry nat!)
- Lunarin (the acoustic set was surprisingly good!)
- I am David Sparkle (This you have to read on)
- Death of Cinema
- Concave Scream (They rocked the house down man!)

I had enough of the Esplanade. In my years of watching gigs and performances, I have never, NEVER seen such disrespect for the performing artist, the audience and even the event itself. Please read here (Sunday July 23) for details. Shame on you, esplanade!



I found thisto be pretty inspirational.

Stay hungry. Stay Foolish. - Steve Jobs

Sick from partying too much

Just came back today from Kuching, Sarawak. I feel like crap now...The whole trip have been just exhausting. Attending workshops, watching the main show and follow by drinking by the pool. Same routine all three days! We had lots of booze, tuak and cigeratte; everything except SLEEP and WATER!!! My throat went coarsed after the second night of shouting and cheering after the fantastic performing artists. I guess this lead to the viral flu im having now.

BUT!

Althought the first half of the festival was plagued with minor technical program, the performance was excellent! I could see the rest of the group having a great time. Some even went into a trance, listening to the drum beats from the performer. Photos and more description of the festival coming soon.

Just got an offering for a job, which is totally unrelated to my major. Sigh...i really do need a career path. Anyway suggestion or advice?

New Glasses!

Check this out! New glasses that gives me 180 degrees clear vision. Tested by Shu. Please note that now i can see you clearly from the corner of my eye!

"Wats the best glasses in the world? FREE GLASSES!"

Well, it sucks to be low on cash. However, i believe i have upped my skill in getting free entertainment. Check out these films by local film maker, Wee Lilin

Sarawak next weekend! Can't wait!

Truth?

What is the truth?

Depends on what you choose to believe, i think. If you choose to believe the sky is red instead of blue, then that's the truth. But the sky is blue and you know thats true because you see it everyday with your own eyes. Wat about the blind? They can't see the sky is blue, but they have been told by those who can see that it's blue. Some blind people would have just choose to believe that the sky is blue. Some will choose to believe it's red or grey or black instead cos they refuse to believe the words of those who can see. Why? Maybe they have a strong belief in themselves. Or they are not totally blind but can see a bit of colour and when they look into the sky, they see red or grey or black and decided for themselves that the sky is red or grey or black, totally denying that they are blind or partially. The worst is they grandeurize their choice with literary flair to prove that its the truth. Statements written with conviction. Statements of personal opinion and belief disguised as truth of the world. Statements like those in the The Communist Manifesto or The little red book or The Satan Verses. Sorry, maybe those examples are a bit extreme. However, for some blind people who are easily influenced, they might subscribe to these well written and grandeurized statement. Why? They sound intellectual? They can't think of anything to refute it? The conviction in the statement reinforced their own doubt about the colour of the sky? Well, there is nothing wrong with them choosing to believe that the sky is red or grey or black. But if they feel sad about the fact that the sky is red or grey or black and choose to stand by that fact, without acknowledging that they can't see or refusing to believe the words of those who can see, then that becomes a problem. It becomes a hole that they just keep digging and digging. A vicious cycle. Why is the sky red or grey or black? Why can't it be blue? Am i always gonna be sad? Yes, i am and will always be cos the sky is red or grey or black. So what if i believe that the sky is blue? The fact is the sky is still red or grey or black. I will still be sad. And it just go on and on. Its just like wat i used ask people, "Can a donkey ever become a stallion?". In fact, there is no problem at all. Remember the blind people that just choose to believe that the sky is blue? Do they have a problem with wat colour the sky is? Well, you might say they are followers who just take wat they are given. If you think about it, they might be the smarter ones. They choose not to doubt and not to let it become a problem. They choose to accept the fact that without their sight they will not be able to confirm that the sky is blue. But wat do they get to lose? Why run away from the choice that will make you happy and glorify the choice that will make you sad? In actual fact, watever i have written above are all rubbish. They are insignificant. Why? Because whatever it is, in the end, you only have to ask yourself,

"Between being happy and being sad, why choose to be sad when you can choose to be happy?".

Ignorance is bliss sometimes.