our 2 cents worth

Latest Vespertine Releases

2006-08-19T02:38:00.000+08:00

hey guys, how's it goin? i'm proud to say that Vespertine's process of recording their two singles "Never There" and "Someday" are now finally done, the songs have been uploaded on MYspace for previews.

for previews of our latest songs do visit www.myspace.com/vespertineonline, looking forward to comments!

Dance your way

2006-08-12T17:20:00.000+08:00

Something to watch and learn or admire.

Post Modern Sleaze

2006-08-10T20:25:00.000+08:00

One of the best alive. :)

Nike Dunk SB SBTG

2006-08-08T22:51:00.000+08:00

It was out today at 12AM. I was there. Until 10PM, then I decided to leave, we were 'camping' there since 5PM. I was contemplating. But thought it was best if I didn't. Farewell oh great one, until we meet again =)

Been a long time

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

It's definitely been quite awhile since I've posted. Don't have the time, and caught up with alot of other things. For those of you who care, I miss people visiting NZ. I remember last year when Michelle, Fye and Becky came over. We had so much fun eh. Oh well, here's a few recent pics and events. Guan Ting was the most recent that came to visit me and Wibian from Aus.

We were trying to pull funny faces, Guan Ting for the win.

We were so desperate to get out of Wibian's place we actually took the FERRY to the city. My first time too. Lol.

Me and jas, at some pool place.

The most recent dance party "Dv8". I look gay as **** here thanks.

Yean and Shan got into nzrave.com

I'm still laughin at their slutty poses *te-he*.

I was so wasted that night, I remember I met a girl from HK but what I couldn't remember was what I said to her :/.

That's all from me now, STUDIES time I guess >_<

Little Ceasars

2006-07-25T11:05:00.000+08:00

only 45 minutes drive from perth city to a little place that's only big enough to accomodate a few, but worth while the trip. i'm talking about having the 'Best Pizza In The World' at a place called Mundaring. ppl say, if you haven't been to little ceasars, you've never been to perth. honestly i've never heard of the place during my last trip 2 years back. but yeah its a lovely place, minus the freaking cold weather as that area is way up in the hills supposedly.

that's little ceasar's apple strudle pizza, looks appealing ey? but there was actually more but i forgot to take any of them coz i was busy hanging out with my best friend:

yes, it was 8 degrees mind you

but overall, it was a pretty nice place to be, something different, yo ugotta try the fettucini pizza if you ever get a chance to visit this place

The Recording Process

2006-07-24T09:00:00.000+08:00

alright, i remembered mentioning that i'll post up something about the band recording their last 2 songs, so here goes.

So this time we decided to choose JD of Pop Shuvit to produce our songs. It was a decision that clearly helped the band to further venture into our music, a different feel and a different approach to recording our songs this time. The last EP Album was produced fully by the band.

The recording process clearly divides itself to 3 different stages:

Tracking
Mixing
Mastering

sounds simple doesn't it? Tracking is a process where each individual records their instrument/vocals backed up with a recording software such as Cubase or Pro Tools. For our case, we used Cubase. Each instrument can take up to 8 hours to record. I remember that ruben took almost 8 hours to record the guitars for Never There. Here's a picture on the left of Wei Li doing his violin trackings for the song Someday.

The picture on the right shows me doing my vocal trackings. The band decided to write two more songs, Never There and Someday. Never There is a song that depicts of a certain individual that has gone through tough times hoping to rely on people who were supposed to be there for them, but eventually that individual ends up facing his own dilemma. And Someday is a song that i decided to write before i left for Aus, i would not disclose the meaning behind the song, i hope you'll be able to listen to it and see if you can read my thoughts.

Here are more random pictures of the recording session:

the tracking device!

yeah phil was there too

not much pictures really, didn't really have the time to take that many pictures, but i did take a video of wei li doing his string arrangements for Someday:

endless

2006-07-23T21:08:00.000+08:00

If you knew that it was the last thing you could ever do on earth. What would you do before you leave?

happy birthday!

2006-07-17T23:25:00.000+08:00

It was Carmen's birthday about a week ago, since she didn't get a cake on her birthday, I decided to buy two candles from Countdown and two cakes from Esquires for her :)

They had the 'official' celebration on Sunday at K-Box, a Karaoke restaurant. Here are some pics of the night, I forgot to bring my contacs so I had to bare with my ugly glasses >.<

Josh singing "Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears

Me (Yes, NERD!), David and Tania

The group

The cake

Carmen and her cake *look at her red face!*

Joe says: "Dude you okay ornot?"
Mitch says: "Okay lah, dunno man"
He spent half the time in the toilet puking

The night ended about 1AM+ then they headed to Esquires for some coffee. Carmen was practically sleeping on the couch before we left and alot of others were pretty drunk before the birthday girl got drunk :o

Pictures stolen from Carmen's blog.

greetings from down under

2006-07-17T12:48:00.000+08:00

wassup! i'm finally here! It was a long flight but well it was well worth it for the nice weather, did i mention that my hands are half the time numb? haha, there's so much to share from my recording sessions till my arrival here in perth. ut i'll be happy to share my happenings with all of you.

for those of you wishing to come to perth, i guess at the current moment the best fare to choose from is Qantas. I was suprised to find that the flight was a real pleasant one, really comfortable and we all each get a personal television attached on the seat in front of us. And you get UNCENCORED movies! how cool is that? hahaha

but at the current moment i miss my family; mom, bro, sis-in-law, little ashlynn, sis and my baby. i love you all very much and grateful for your support to me coming to perth. You are all my firm foundation of support and i'll try my best not to disappoint you all.

you sang to me

2006-07-16T13:52:00.000+08:00

The World Cup 06 is finally over. Haven't really blogged lately, just been too busy to do so and yes, France did not win this time around. *sad*. Everyone ponders what Materazzi said to Zizou, but I guess it's best left a mistery.

I realise at times, people try to find answers that they know they won't find. They tend to care about the unknown, make up their own answers, and then try to feel satisfied about it. This happens to me at times too, just to satisfy myself, questions and answers are made up in this stereotypical mind set. The world used to be thought as having a flat surface, until someone went to the moon but apparently that's fake as well? You see what point I'm trying to make here.

People, including myself, should be more care free at things that don't matter. Focus on what's important to the heart and soul of this deceptive filled world.

where we all want to be

2006-07-09T21:39:00.000+08:00

With all the pain, tears, hardwork and ofcourse ass grabbing. The World Cup 06 has finally reached it's final destination. The finals that is. With expectations and predictions on who's going through the rounds and who's gonna take the cup this year, it ended up with having France and Italy in the finals. I was hoping for France to get through against Portugal as it was the last team that I supported.

With France's Thierry Henry having a total of 17 fouls in the World Cup, I'm nervous. He might get sent off anytime, and this is crucial. He's been carrying hard for France and has still yet to dissapoint me. Well he better not! With 'Zizou' backing him up, I'm sure that they will do fine later."Zizou’, who was recognized as the best player in the world in 1998, 2000, and 2003, comfortably outshone his opposite number and current FIFA World Player of the Year, Ronaldinho, with a vituoso display of skill, vision and guile."-fifaworldcup.com.

As much as I'm supporting France to win, this game can go either way. Without a doubt there will be fast pushing and counter attacks from Italy. Watching their previous games, I'm afraid to say that Italy seems to have more talented players than France. Players like Totti and Buffon. Totti, is marvelous in placing the ball and Buffon, having rated one of the world's best goalkeeper will definitely put up a show during corners and free kicks.

All in all, I'm placing my expectations and predictions aside, and enjoy the finals. Then hear about how many people lost 100s of dollars betting at TAB. Constant whining even though the World Cup ended like a month ago, and someone sucking off 'something' after losing a bet ;))

Enjoy and good luck.

the one and only

2006-07-06T00:06:00.000+08:00

Germany v Italy. What more can I say. We stayed up until 7AM to watch the game, I knew that Germany had to keep it till the penalties to actually have a chance to win. Watching the game, I knew that Italy had more talent. 2 balls to the post? Bad luck boys. If it went in, 4-0 to Italy. I was, yet again, dissapointed having Germany lost. -1 to supporting teams. Germany had shit subs and Italy made the right choice in putting Piero in.

Having England, Germany, Brazil(omg) cut all I'm rooting for now is France. I know I know, typical right? But I've always admired Zidane's elegant play, and his bold head o0. I watched a video on Zidane when he was younger, he had lots more hair compared to now, must be all the pressure he's getting eh ;)

I'm wide awake now for the Portugal v France game which we will be heading down to town to watch. France for the win, and Ronaldo can sick a duck for having Rooney sent off. I want to see him cry, yes, cry.

I would be having a 'bollocks' moment if I told you who would win the World Cup this year, so it's up to France to take it. HAHA. Nah, France seemed pretty flappy during the first few rounds but they pulled through and took on Brazil which I kinda disliked. It's too hard to predict now, and for you betting addicts, prepare for the unexpected =)

hopeful of the hopeless

2006-07-02T01:58:00.000+08:00

WHY GERRARD WHY. I had hopes on England, but it shattered. Holding it in there for full and extra time, I thought England had a chance. Simao scored the first goal for Portugal, I said to myself "Okay don't worry, England will 'tapau' the rest of it". Then Ricardo blocks Lampard's shot, nervous as I was I held in there. Hargeaves scored one for England as Petit missed. Gerrard looked nerveless but got blocked and Postiga scored. Carragher, a freakin defender, ofcourse miss right. Truely enough, missed the bloody goal.

It was over in no time and my hopes for England was dissapointing, I knew that Portugal was a strong team and having Rooney sent off was rather nerve wrecking.

Oh well, next game is Brazil's match, I'm pretty sure it's gonna be an awesome game as well. Am waiting on Ronaldinho's 4 man tackle but yet gets it through with his amazing skills shaming the opposition. And yes, I know, he has a face of a horse. =)

/cries over England losing ;((

fever fever fever

2006-07-01T21:34:00.000+08:00

I'm loving the World Cup fever. Wanted to post this yesterday but oh well. ARGENTINA HOU HOU SIK! Hahaha! Yeah that's right. Sorry Argentina but Germany whopped your arses in the penalty shoot out. Bad luck on having your goal keeper injured :) Rough as they were during the first half of the game. I was hoping that they would start a fight. Create more contraversy guys!

Having a 1-1 draw going into overtime, I was quite worried at this point although I kept quiet and watched the game. Germany and Argentina had to fight it out in the penalty shootout. Lehmann did an awesome job reading the strikers, "Jens Lehmann saved two penalties to ensure Germany's progress to the semi-finals". Which was bloody awesome. It's well known that Germany's strikers are one of the worlds top scorers during penalty shootouts. Sorry-lah Argentina.

But I have to give credit to the Argentinians for putting up a great show having scored the first goal, but swappping Jcruz in was probably a mistake although he's one of the top players out there. Argentinians are pretty hot fyi! I'm all out for Germany seeing that they are playing on their home ground having home advantage.

Brazil's game will be later at 7AM for me, we're probably going to Foxes to watch it. Current teams that I'm supporting are, Brazil (Ronaldinho for best player again!), England (Rooney for rage), Germany, and a tad bit of Italy (Totti for the chip-over-goal).

Which team do you think will win the World Cup this year? I'm not taking sides, but, I'm feeling the Brazil celebration already ;)

Fuck The Cops

2006-06-30T05:28:00.000+08:00

I fucking hate the cops here, fucking assholes looking for a quick buck and if they ain't gettin nothing they'll threaten to make your life a livin' hell.

And they threaten to arrest me the next day for DUI? Well FUCK YOU and your SIX TITTED MOTHER. The only reason you're a cop is cause you didn't quite cut it through in life. Beeeyaaatch!

Viva Italia!

2006-06-27T01:42:00.000+08:00

You had to see it, to believe it. Who would had thought Italy would have been able to pull through with one man down against the Aussies. No matter how hard the pressure was on Italy, they managed to hold on for at least 30 minutes, and to claim their spot at the Quarter Finals.

The Aussies really played a good game today, the best out of all that I've seen. But heck I bet they have more to celebrate as they came this far.

And I'm finally back from Kuantan. Had to go back there to see my relatives before I leave and at the same time, *main reason*, collect some red packets, hehehehe.

Gonna be busy till I leave for Aus, hopefully I'd be able to post up more stuff soon enough, like my recording session later in the evening. We're doing our vocals today for our song entitled "Never There". Hope to get video footages and post them up to let you guys in on how we record our songs. Till then, pz.

get crunk get buck

2006-06-27T01:05:00.000+08:00

I apologize for the slow updates, Phil just went back to Malaysia and am not sure where Jin has been. Probably shopping his life away before he goes to Perth for further studies.

I realise that life has been rather uneventful for me personally. As much as I would like to spice it up, it doesn't go very far, with fake laughs and smiles although I'm not enjoying myself amongst my friends. I just want to do SOMETHING, and not stay at home sleeping for 14 hours a day.

As some of you may know, I've mentioned once, that life is like a book of scripts, with characters and vocal lines to be implimented in a 'movie'. Humans like entertainment, something interesting once in awhile, drama, excitement,action and love. That's why we try to create things to do in our daily lives, this may be going out with your friends, grocery shopping, watching a movie, or even out to prowl for some girl that you've been interested for so long but never had the guts to ask for a date.

I find that my life is usually at the stage that I'm now this time of the year. Although there were certain instances that should have affected me this year, somehow it didn't. I just moved on and did what I did. From the beginning, I felt wouldn't work out. I held in there, with hopes higher than the KL Tower as faith can go further than anything else in this world.

I was emotionless. Maybe I'm just having a very delayed 'emotional jet lag' but I sure have learnt a lesson. "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger". I do believe in that phrase, but what doesn't kill you, breaks you, physically or emotionally. Experiences make you the person you are now, and things that you've regretted doing, doesn't make you a person perceived by others, it just proves how much the other person is willing to stick around and prove themselves wrong.

Alot of people have come to me, telling me about how hurt they are, by that certain someone. As much as I try to comfort them, it gets repetitive. I do care about that person, being a friend and not giving them the obvious "I'm not listening cos this doesn't interest me" tone. Get over it. We're tougher than we perceive ourselves to be, you'll lose out in the end, if you don't strive for what you really want.

In conclusion, life, is life to me. Take it or leave it, as straight or bent it may be, you're living it. Some say they'd live it to the fullest, trying everything they can. As much as a person change, they are the same person. How gorgeous a jacket could be, it's still a jacket. It keeps you warm, and that's it.

What is life to you?

p/s: Here's a little something from my friend that had a fit over relationship issues =) Funny Ronnie.

white boys dig ugly asians

2006-06-24T20:28:00.000+08:00

What more can I say, XiaXue (don't say I didn't give you credit), one of the most irritating, demoralizing, critisizing, influential(maybe), chick, I mean, ugly asian b*tch I've ever seen. Although I must admit, most of her materials are quite interesting for the ages between 15-19 year olds and she's definitely one of the more popular bloggers amongst all the Asian countries.

Back to my main topic, white boys dig ugly asians. The reason why I have it as asians instead of asian girls, is because, some have different interest in the opposite sex. Don't worry boys! I'm not leaving you guys out! Here's a fine example of XiaXue. Yes, I think that you're ugly but that's just a personal opinion.

Through out my studies here in NZ, I realised that the asian girls that we barely give two hoots about, white boys seem to fall for, and I mean, really fall for. They find them hot in some ways that us, asian boys dont. Yes, I do have friends that are like that. I don't mean to diss them, but that's just what's been happening.

They find them sexy, 'aphrodisiacally' the one for them and I'm glad that they feel that way. Atleast most of us fail in finding 'the one', if there was anything like that, or even lasting in a relationship for more than 3 months or less. Don't give me that, "maybe they like them for who they are and what's inside and not the appearance" line. I believe that there is atleast a 89% chance that when you meet a person, you'd check out their looks, bust and bum in the first 5 seconds before even shaking hands.

I should go on a journey of the wise white man, to experience this expedition that I've never even thought of stepping into. I shall name this journey, "I'm wise, white and homeless!".

Wish me luck. Here's a video, pretty funny by Wong Fu :).

p/s: During my search on Xia Xue's Friendster account on Google but failed due to lazyness. I stumbled upon another "Xia Xue".

joke of the day

2006-06-24T07:54:00.000+08:00

THE ORIGINS OF THE F-WORD

First opinion
In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from.

Second Opinion
The word f*** comes from colonial times, when someone would be punished for 'prostitution' It was an acronym for the words
'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge'
F.*.*.*. was written on the stocks that held these criminals because For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge was too long to go on the stocks.

Third Opinion
I always heard that "F***." originated in the 1800's in London, when they used to charge prostitutes "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". So officer got sick and tired of writing those, um, lessee, 26 characters, not including spaces, so it got abbreviated F*** and stuck.

Fourth Opinion (Mine)
I think it came from a little kid who was trying to spell duck in a little English exercise writing book :)

"I will always be over-weight no matter what"

2006-06-23T11:01:00.001+08:00

I was just about heading out to the airport when I stumbled accross an article

In a new interview with People magazine, the fifth season runner-up reveals that she struggled with severe bulimia for five years, bingeing, and purging in a destructive cycle that could have permanently ruined her singing voice and caused devastating consequences to her health.

At her worst, McPhee says she was making herself vomit up to seven times each day, which she equates to "putting a sledgehammer to your vocal cords."

But all that changed once the 22-year-old aspiring singer got the go-ahead from the Idol judges, and realized that in order to succeed on the talent search, she would need to rein in her eating disorder.

"When I made it onto American Idol, I knew that food--my eating disorder--was the one thing really holding me back," McPhee tells People. "I was bingeing my whole life away for days at a time...So when I got on the show, I said, 'You know what? I can do well in this competition. Let me give myself a chance and just get ahold of this thing.'"

Backed up by her parents, frequent Idol audience members Peisha and Daniel McPhee, the Idol hopeful enrolled in an intensive treatment program at Los Angeles's Eating Disorder Center Of California, where she underwent three months of group and individual therapy, spending 10 hours a day, six days a week at the center.

"I really had to surrender and give up having a free life to do the program, because I'd be there from 9 in the morning until 7 at night," McPhee says. But she knew the sacrifice was necessary if she wanted to get well.

"I knew I had put off going to a treatment center long enough--I'd been struggling with bulimia since I was 17," she says.

McPhee attributes some of her problems with food to growing up in a city where tremendous emphasis is placed on celebrity-slim bodies.

"Growing up in Los Angeles and spending all those years in dance class, I'd been conscious of body image at a young age, and I went through phases of exercising compulsively and starving myself," she says.

By using the intuitive eating approach she learned at the Eating Disorder Center, McPhee was eventually able to redefine her relationship to food.

"I learned that there's no such thing as a bad food," she says. "If you look at a doughnut, people think it's a fattening food--why? Because if you eat it you'll get fat? No, you'll get fat if you eat 10 doughnuts."

As a result, she dropped 30 pounds and broke her cycle of bingeing and purging.
"That's why I say American Idol saved my life, because if I hadn't auditioned I don't think I would have gotten a handle on food," she tells the magazine.

By openly talking about her eating disorder, McPhee stands to help fans who may be struggling with similar issues, according to Dr. Thomas Weigel, a psychiatrist at the Klarman Eating Disorders Center at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. - Taken from Yahoo! News

As stated in the article, it took American Idol to give a wake up call for Miss McPhee. What is it gonna take for others? Should you judge a girl's beauty through her weight?

I'm beginning to think that this might be a common life phase a female has to go through, no offence, I'm not trying to make any claims, that's just my opinion. I've had a couple of friends who've actually suffered from bulimia and the reason, they explained, was because they were not satisfied with their physical appearance. They claimed to be fat no matter how easily the wind disregarded to their claim. And it almost cost them their lives to just realize that there was nothing wrong with their physical appearance. There was nothing I could do or say to actually help.

In my opinion, it is always comparison that drives someone to do something that is out of the norm just to satisfy themself. I think that anyone for that matter should be confident over what they are capable of, not what they're capable of looking. What do you think? I thought that America chose to vote for Katherine due to the fact that she could sing very well, not that she was drop dead gorgeous. Look at Fantasia.

What would you do? Do you have any friends who have the same problem? Did you go through an experience like this?

what is your penis name?

2006-06-23T04:24:00.000+08:00

Your Penis Name Is...

Thrill Drill

Penis Name Generator

hahahahahahahahah!!! 'Thrill Drill', what is YOUR Penis name?

would like to know...

the blogger rhythme

2006-06-22T22:41:00.000+08:00

"A weblog, which is usually shortened to blog, is a website where regular entries are made (such as in a journal or diary) and presented in reverse chronological order.."

Have you ever thought just for a second, where blogs originated from? According to Wikipedia, it was first categorized under "online diaries", and started in 1994. The term "weblog" was named by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997.

If I still remember, my brother first mentioned to me about these 'blogging' things he was doing online. As much as I thought he was 'blogging' at times, he was definitely playing strip poker. I do recall that I once tried to blog, I found it less amusing and basically you talk about how your daily life went. Being a 15 year old in high school, there's not much to talk about, unless you'd like to bitch about how orgasmically ugly your lecturer was, a new transfer student that has the lips of Angelina Jolie or someone's ass that caught your attention like Jennifer Lopez's booty call. I don't see a valid reason why you should be writting to potential stalkers online?

However through out the years, I found that I had more to write about, a distinctive way of expressing myself and being online for hours took it's toll. So I ended up having my own blog in 2002/2003, a year of two after I left Malaysia for New Zealand. As Jin mentioned, it's a way of keeping in contact with friends but for me, I doubt that many people would like to listen to my rant, so where's the best place to write it all but a blog right?

Through out these years of blogging, I've never really read any other blogs rather than my own. Recently, I've been exploring more and identified a few different blogging styles. Here's what I thought might relate to our viewers.

Post-A-Picture-A-Day-Blog

Usually has ATLEAST 1 picture of themselves, a group of friends or something related to a few sentences explaining why that picture is present
People visit the blog to perve, or just to see if that person has gained weight just incase he/she decides to start flirting

I-Write-Too-Much-Blog

These blogs are dull, boring, and mostly on how that person's day have been. Here, whinning is essential
That person has too much time on his/her hands, and typing is their second best life skill
There's too much to read that after opening the page, you turn to the next best alternative on the internet. Porn or whatever that tickles your fancy

Information-Overloaded-Blog

Too much information, too many banners, too many pop-ups on advertisement that doesn't interest you, basically, makes you feel like you're stonned and seeing things
Colour filled, too many colours, too bright (pink or yellow), and goes kAwAi-eNeEeh^_^vv at the end of every post.Yes, too much to handle

Informative-Blog

Information filled with the latest updates of other things rather than their personal lives, actually interesting for the majority of readers and actually would get a response
Most bloggers tag them on their links
I found that blog here.

Well, that's all for now, I have an exam at 8:30AM and it's already 3:15AM here. I hope I haven't offended anyone, to those who has been blogging the way they are, keep it that way, atleast there are non stereotypical bloggin styles amongst us.

kAwAi-eNEhHhH^_^bb

thought of the day

2006-06-22T15:08:00.000+08:00

which was named first? the fruit or the colour ?

you decide.

It is unusual.....

2006-06-22T09:27:00.000+08:00

To find me awake at this hour of the day, usually I'd still be buried under the sheets of serenity till God knows when. The good news is, my biological clock is perfectly back to normal for the time being unless I decide to take a nap in the afternoon which is something I might do as the STUPID meeting with Celcom has been postponed for no apparent reason.

*P.S :It's unusual again for a person like me to get involve/participate in this blog*

Nvm, so I asked her to visit the site......

Cheh waaaaa, kembang-ness kau kau until......

=.=" but hey....at least I have an extra reader now.

But yeah I do agree that keeping a blog would be a great way to keep in touch with friends....

What do you think?

something about "singlish"

2006-06-21T23:56:00.000+08:00

"Singlish" - the English of Singaporeans that incorporates Malay and the Hokkien dialect of Chinese as well as English words. Here are some examples of the usage of "Singlish"

Eh, this road so narrow, how you going to tombalik your big fat Mare-see-deese? You going to do 100-point turn or what? Sekali tombalik into the lang-kau your father will kill you then you know!

Explanation :
Oh, this road is so narrow, how are you going to turn your big fat Mercedes around?
Are you going to do a 100-point turn, or what? Wait until you turn it into the roadside
ditch. your father will be furious!

Eh, Katong sopping sehnta got the "Sah-Leh" you know. Some up to hap-pride ah!

Explanation :

Hey Katong Shopping Centre has a sale, some (items) are up to half price off!

Aiyah you want to chit in your exam tomolloh, har? You think you can lite the ansir on the table? Cher catch you, lppl (lam pa pak lan) man!

Explanation :

Oh, no you want to cheat on your exam tomorrow? You think you can write the answer on the desk? teacher will catch you and it (your plan) will backfire!

a walk to remember..

2006-06-21T20:09:00.000+08:00

Would you like cheese on that? I apologize for the gravy title, but hey, seeing that it's relevant, why not. I guess it's my turn to introduce myself. As much as I don't do this often, it builds self presentation. So here goes.

I'm Joe, short for Joseph just incase you think that I'm some hot mama by the name of Josephine. Sorry boys, no fantasy here. I grew up in the heart and soul of Malaysia. Through out that period of time, I've lived in, Melaka, Singapore, Ipoh, Johor Bahru, and even Brunei. Don't ask me how was it, I was young then, although I still remember that my brother fell into a big drain once. Funny how he cried like a baby :)

I'm currently living abroad, the sheepy land, New Zealand. The scenery sure makes up for their backward technology and living style of people here. Studying a Business course at Auckland University Of Technology, and moving onto a degree in Advertising.

Hitting the BIG 20, I must say that I've learned alot through out these 4 years overseas, I wouldn't say that I've missed out on anything in Malaysia, as friends come into one of my priorities, friends will always be there, either your lose them or keep them. Friends have definitely brought joys and laughters into my life, but there's definitely lessons to be learnt, it depends how you interpret it.

Alright, I won't go on further as I know that I would bore the living eyeballs out of you, stick around and there'll be more interesting stories from the 3 of us =) I depart you with one phrase, and one video that has had an impact on my current life.

"I've learnt and come to know that underneath this surface of bliss, lies an uncovered truth." Enjoy the video and thank you for your time.

Whooooooooooplaaaaa!

2006-06-21T12:22:00.000+08:00

I can't believe that my exams are finally over! At least it gives me an opportunity to catch up on my sleep though. And at least that's one crossed out section on my worry list (yes I have more!)

Celcom meeting tomorrow to talk about the Underground band Project which has been pending since 1942, I hope this time round we'll be able to close the deal. We could really use the publicity. Any other bands out there interested to be involved? Mail me at Jin@vespertineonline.com and I'll hook you up

counting down the days

2006-06-21T06:08:00.000+08:00

Greetings everyone, so it seems that this blog has had a good start. My name is Philip and im a naturally bred Kuala Lumpur boy currently studying in Canberra, Australia. I'm currently doing my degree in Advertising and Marketing at University of Canberra after doing a 2 and a half years diploma in advertising course in IACT which is based in Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya. Well for an introduction, i find Canberra peaceful but boring compared to the nightlives of my home country. Tomorrow i will be sitting for my last paper for my first semester. I will then be heading back to KL on the 26th of June for about 28 days or so to catch a couple of movies with my buddies, have A LOT OF TEA with them or basically just spend most of my time with them for they have missed my presence and my silly jokes.

Recently my male pet cat, Shirley (which i accidentally named it when it was younger due to the fact that i did not know whether it was a he or she) was suffering from hernia disease and had to undergo an operation. The operation was successful but he has a bald patch below his tummy and he looks kinda aweseome but weird. Let me tell you a little more about him. He goes out late at night just like the owner and comes back in the morning when he hears the sound of his owners car engine from a street away. Now how many stray cats do that and reacts/comes to you when you call them by their name? Here is a picture of my adorable cat for I've missed him so much. Long Live Shirley!

Fete De La Musique

2006-06-21T04:12:00.000+08:00

There it was again, Fete De La Musique! The French Music Festival, the only show that I pretty much looked forward to this year having it be my last. The crowd that day was simply amazing and on behalf of Vespertine I would like to thank all of those who have supported the band and our music throughout the four years we've stuck together. And I would also like to thank those who were there when we were palying our last show, espeically my family and my close friends.

Thanks once again to the smashing crowd that night. To those who were not able to make it to the festival, I've actually edited a 20 second clip of our performance. Just bits and pieces here and there and the song you hear in the video clip is actually our latest composition entitled 'Never There'. So make sure you look out for that!

So it begins.....

2006-06-21T00:41:00.000+08:00

Ahhhhhhhhhhh what d'ya know? My first blog entry, hmmmm, well there are three contributors in this blog entry, Joe, Phil and myself so I hope that this little page would enable us to share our daily lives and happenings with all you cool cats out there.

Ok F*CK that sounded so f*cking gay, but whatever, we all have to start somewhere I guess. My name's Jin, I'm a student pursuing my Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, I'll be flying over to Perth next month for my final semester till I graduate.

I love music, I like performing and I do the vocals for a band called Vespertine. We're currently taking a break right now due to my departure to Perth but hopefully things will kick off once I get back. You can listen to Vespertine's Music at MYSPACE.COM.Yada yada bla bla I don't know what else to write but I guess this will do for now, pz.

*P.S: At least my first post is more interesting than Phil's*

a new beginning

2006-06-20T23:28:00.000+08:00

hello everyone, i do not wish to be considered as a norm by thanking everyone who comes across my blog with the quote "welcome to my blog and bla bla bla". for starters, i created this blog with the support of my friends. we hope our postings in here can interest you in one way or another as we try to tickle your funny bone with the events in our life and how we see things from a humourous perspective or at least try to do so.

*P.S : That's me, lying down on the streets of Canberra, Australia.