Monday, June 30, 2008

Last Day of a very screwed BT2

I realised that my Maths have dropped from being godly to almost average. Got stuck inside 2 vectors questions, forgot the conditions for approximation....blah blah...only chemistry is like my only hope of an A.

I dunno whether this is bad news or not. I got PES A. I heard from others that you will get shit from the army because you are combat fit for maximum amount of saikang. To prevent too much saikang, I think I will be less enthusiastic about NS and not suck up to the sergents. I rather spend more time on guitar and other stuff.

But for now, while I am spending my last 4 months in a school uniform, I think I need to do this:

  • Get 3 As and A for GP ( More hours of studying required, let's give it my all!)
  • Play at least an Eric Clapton song (Layla or Change the World)
  • Be godly in my guitar skills and get a live performance (maybe tag along with my guitar teacher)
  • Curb procrastination and do more multi - tasking
  • Get a companion ( I am not joking, but where do I start? Should I have high expectations?)
  • Learn some music theory from my friend who is in grade 8 in piano as well as my godmother
  • Be closer to God
Deviating away, I do not know why guitarists must shred. This is because I cannot feel anything whenever a guitarist shreds (besides adrenaline rush). Can someone tell me? Why can't we follow Eric Clapton or Pink Floyd? Simple, yet effective. Why do we need to show others that we can move around the fretboard at 800bpm?

Oh yea, for those who want to study or relax while listening to music, I suggest listening to Life in Technicolor by Coldplay. It is a quite relaxing song that calms your nerves.

Erm....and my shaver is spoilt..... crap

And I have not decided whether I should go for AP.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

It is high time to sing "It's not my time"

Yes and yes ppl, time to sing it's not my time cos BT2s Draws near and I have not not done much. Notes in a big pile of mess. Good thing I managed to segregate my pile of mess into 4 distinct piles (yes, piles again). Rejoice..I start to get my life organised and managed to complete last year BT2 papers and ionic equilibrium revision. Gotta bang in 1.5 hrs of math...then another 1.5 hr of physics, then we shall see the Netherlands play Russia on the Internet. (Read Chem notes while watching haha)

Oh no..looks like a life of hard mugging just started. Tomorrow I have to bang some quick fire revision of J1 topics and another 50 qns of organic chem (if I can) before I broze through my notes a few times b4 paper 3 on Monday afternoon. Then I shall bang and bang and bang (sounds like AP and GP, huh?)

Then after BT2, enjoy my life for a while, then we shall start doing those prelim papers and more consultation with my physics teacher.....

When can I find time with my guitar? I wonder

Friday, June 20, 2008

Cannot think of this title again.....

Today was like the last friday of the June holidays, which signals that June Holidays are ending.

The end of this year's June Holidays means a lot of things to me. Not only A levels are approaching, but this holiday is probably the last ever time I would have so much free time on my hands. I regretted not spending my previous June Holidays well as I wasted them on completing those highly addictive Final Fantasy games. But there is no point regretting now.....

Anyway I wrote my 1st ever song today. I hope I can seek the help of my experienced guitar friends to find the right key and chord progressions for this song. This song I write is a Lifehouse - inspired song...yea...so you may find shades and sounds of Lifehouse in this song. I hope I can improve my songwriting and guitar skills from here. This song is about the many thoughts that flow in my mind and I want to capture and collate them into a song so that people can relate to my song as well as for me to remember the ups and downs of my growing up years

I will not be writing any more songs now because I still need to mug for Chemistry (aah, finally my favourite subject.) Pray hard that I can complete my revision in time for Chemistry Paper 3 on Monday.

I want to buy Coldplay's new album, Viva La Vida. Their music is very unique and unlike most bands, they do not emphasize on the theme of love and relationship. Gotta listen to the album once I get my hands on it.

Anyway congrats to Germany for beating Portugal. I like their team as they embrace their idea of total football. Every player of the team contributed to the win, unlike Portugal, who likes to depend too much on Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco for the win.


Cannot be bothered to think of a title for this post

3rd post....okay here we go

Oh my god june holidays are like mug, mug, mug,mug............. I cannot even play my guitar with a clear and peaceful mind during my breaks at all. Exams are important, but they are preventing me from spending quality time with my guitar. I mean exams are important right now, but I do not want to tell people that I mugged my ass for almost close to 2 decades of my life on this ever volatile planet.

Sometimes I do not understand people when they say " Leave your guitar hobby when you have money to buy guitars and stuff lah!!" I think these people have no sense of logic and reasoning at all. Chasing a hobby during your working life? No thanks man. Working life takes a hell a lot of time out of your life. You take months and months to get basics right because you probably can afford to practice like 30 minutes a week while earning sufficient amount of income to ensure that your butt has some proper place to rest in is like 99.99% of your time. I rather develop my passion for guitar now, rather than go on and off later in my life.

Ah, speaking about music..... I feel that Lifehouse plays great songs that appeal to me at various aspects. I recommend that you should listen to them during your distressing periods. Keep rocking on and write songs, Wade (vocalist of lifehouse)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Why is life so quirky?

Can you believe this:

You are born in the year that ensures that all major football tournaments fall on the years of national exams.

You are born in the year when the Persian War is happening.

You are born in the year when all the great all time rock bands were at their peaks.

You are born in the year when all incurable diseases start to take their toll on the human race?

You are born in the year with a person who tries to sway people to rap songs, rather than band music.

You are born in the year with another unknown acquaintance of yours who is on his way to becoming a sports star.

You are born in the year when the environment starts its own gradual decadance.

You are born in the year with another possible counterpart of yours who is on his reckless path to become a wanted criminal.

You are born in the year when people of inspiration have started to make their mark subtly in this world

Oh my god, shall I remember my noble duty and ultimate dreams

So yea, I have wiped out my previous blog because it sounded so fake and lame

Okay yea here's the 1st post

Looking back at the beginning of this
And how life was
Just you and me and love and all of our friends
Living life like an ocean
Now the currents slowly pulling me down
It's getting harder to breath
It won't be too long and I'll be going under
Can you save me from this

('Cause) It's not my time,
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Oh, I won't go

I look ahead to all the plans that we made
And the dreams that we had
I'm in a world that tries to take them away
Oh, but I'm taking them back
All this time I've just been to blind to understand
What should matter to me
My friend, this life we live
Is not what we have, it's what we believe

(And) It's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
But, It's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
Now I know that
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Oh, I won't go
I won't go

(solo)

There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be more than you can see
But, It's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
But, It's not my time
I'm not going
There's a will in me
Now it's gonna show
This could be the end of me
And everything I know, oh
There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be more than you can see
And I won't go
No I won't go down (yeahh)

It's not my time by 3 doors down. A song that keeps me going all along my whole journey of life.
Great band here. Hope to replicate this song on my electrified 6 string instrument and my mouth.

Man...I have been put down by those stupid immature thoughts again. My right brain was like singing this incredible, improvised tune EVER SINCE LAST WEEK:

Stop and Stare (accent please)
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yea girl, dun get so scared...
cos' You're my eye candy baby...
oooooh....
Stop and Stare!!!!
I start to wonder why I am here, not there!
Sitting right beside her is so fair,
but she may not like me
oh...can she/I see what I see?

I gonna shut my right brain now. This part of my brain is 25% a gift.... 75% a weapon of mental destruction.
Ubiquitously bad for my health. Bad for my studying. Only useful when I feel bored. How I hope my right brain can help me in my music.

I think I better start writing about myself more. If not, my right brain becomes hyperactive again and I spent 4 hrs on an ionic equilibra question. How wastefel tsk. tsk.

Pray hard for me okay that I shall win the battle against my shadows, okay?