foreplay

a little junk in the trunk.

my secondary two scholastic adventures are coming to an end, ...soon.
nothing much happened today, a couple of personal revelations but nothing interesting to disclose.

after much contemplating with myself early this morning (4am) to be exact, i decided to go some library to mug. didn't had trouble on which library to go to, i blog-hopped couple of days before, and someone mentioned this library was new (30 days) with futuristic exteriors etc.

NLB Bishan.

took the MRT to Dhoby Ghaut from Hougang and continued to Bishan.
i arrived there, with one question in my head.

"where the hell is the library?"

followed my gut and just walked straight, and hoopla! there's the library to right.
it has a very nice interior, like the 24 hour book drop.
LIKE THE PODS MAN, SUPER COOL. too bad all were taken by others.
reached there at 2pm and took 15minutes to find a spot.
went up to top floor, perfect spot but all taken .. damn.
got tables some more. all taken by others.
settled at a small couch on the 1st (or was it 2nd) floor.
managed to finish the last 3 chapters of science and i understand the topics!
took 3 hours, but was great. done with science (well ... 95%)
wanted to study science but realised i didn't bring my textbook. so just walked around.

at the 3rd floor, while browsing the comics, this girl caught my eye.
she looked like she has been deprived of sleep for like 7 days. eyebags, dark circles etc.
she looks like a JC student, maybe an upper sec mugging for the Os.
JC - a studious enviroment .. i think that's over the top.

now i'm wondering to accept the invitation for study session tomorrow at Tim's house, doing maths. but Tim + Raphael + Poh Shen + Computer = something not related to maths.
but maybe, after Rizui, my tutor, goes off. then another study session with Caleb, Guna and Ivan Ong studying maths at the deserted area. rush for the exams.

damn, my route to E2 has been obstructed ... i'm thinking into 3E1 :(
now need to study even harder...

alif

can you believe it that i'm still not on hiatus?

Currently Playing : The Gin War - Cassino (Nick from Northstar)

5 - 6 hours gone, should've studied.
instead i blog-hopped, purevolume profile hopped and hopped in my rooom.
math should be my main priority, since paper 1 is this tuesday. science could be last but ... seriously, i dont know what to say.

for the first time in my life, i'm feeling exam stress. i can't study at home because the computer is just 3 feet away. i tried studying at national library near SMU but i realised i only can study in the library below.

any good mugging spots anyone? seats and tables, not many people around etc.
the mad rush for exams, a person has to do something.

anyone who reads this before 12pm wanna tag along .. depends on who you are haha.,,

catch out The Wine Kone on YouTube, and view the videos posted by p0larz and justin.

catch you guys on the flipside.

girl with the twirl?

Currently Playing : Like A.M. Radio - Northstar

the girl with the twirl ringtone,
i think the whole song has a subliminal message to it.
it doesnt really appeals to anyone or does it? some girl with the ^^ face and her wrist is literally spinning 360 degrees with spring onion in her fist.
and the song itself sounds weird, so weird that it'll stay in your head ... damn.

anyway, didn't study much today.
only studied on the way to tuition and back home. go the Mr. Simon Bryant's tips on summary writing paper, funny piece of paper but it'll help my summary writing.

NEED TO MUG ...
though, my science knowledge is improving, so's my maths 'skills' (fo shizzle).
i dont want to just pass my maths, soo .. B3 - A2 ftw.

seems a little cliched, but being positive helps.

policework

Currently Playing : The Spark (1902) - Catch 22

by the way, BOTAR's version of Dear Sergio is err ... passive.

after 2 weeks of studying, i have been neglecting my homework .. seriously.
got study but never do homework. at least i passed my CA for math, thank god for projects!
today wasn't really my lucky day.
i slept at 1 yesterday, and woke up at 4.40am for sahur then i slept after that i woke up at 6.40am with the intention of going to math remedial. then i slept again BUT woke up again at 7.10 so i had time i bathed and it was already like ...7.25am?! so cant go already la, then i wore my clothes and went to pack my bag THEN i slept again ... like what the hell?! woke up at 7.48am (i remembered) then the asshole in me decided to SLEEP again THEN I WOKE UP AT 8.10am ..

i was like, "oh fuck."

rushed to school, lucky not late. other than that, i have to complete my math journal and probability worksheet 2 by tomorrow, chapter 15 of science textbook and finish revising science (left 1 more chapter and gonna revise through), math (havent touched it since), history (alot la) and others ...

EOYs : 2nd October - 11 October
MSSMB Practices Resumes : 17/18 October
SSW Practices Resumes : 21 October
SSW Concert : 22nd December 2006

i think my holidays will be oh-so-boring.
anyway my OM group is formed ... kinda.
we prefer BK to CL, so we'll wait for BK's answer.
So we have:
Matthew (L)
Alif (V.L.)(again)
Justin
Shawn
Gregory
Patrick
Christopher/Brian Luke

ok done.

Mac

Charles Mingus is a genius too.

i wanna get Moanin' music sheets :)
and i wanna perform Moanin' by Charles Mingus :)

"A Bari Sax player's dream"

- Anonymous

anagram

Currently Playing : Shotgun Serenade - The Juliana Theory

nothing has been done in past 2 days, so really gotta study.

profile hopping on PureVolume.com instead of studying .. much more interesting but the guilt of not studying will rest upon my shoulders and will be the reason i'll give if i dont do well.
didn't really find new bands, just heard them again like The Juliana Theory.

and i also was going through AbsolutePunk, and Sherwood gives out their The Summer EP free!
what else? download of course.
quite good, first time hearing about them.

E equals to MC little two.

this is not malnutrition

Currently Playing : Into Chrome (Trombone duet) - Phil Castillo

didn't study anything today. was too weak to study, no nutrition haha.
so slept to pass the time by.
i have 4-5 chapters of science left to go, so i'll dedicate most of my study time today to science just finish them off, and get info on the un-ticked ones on the checklist.

my sleeping hours are getting out of shape.
i sleep at 12am or 1am and before the fasting month, i usually wake up at 7.30am - 7.45am.
now, i still sleep at 1am, and i wake up at 4am for sahur and i dont sleep.
that's 4 hours of sleep?! i do sleep in the afternoon for like ... 5 hours.
but yea, that's 9 hours total but i dont think it works that way?

man, i want the exams to end ... no more guilt of not studying, slacking the whole day, play the saxophone and i better get a good game (no more CMs!) so i can concentrate lol.
and i talked to my mum about getting a Yamaha saxophone (range 2k - 3k, not sure alto or tenor) and her response ... "we'll see"

we sure will.

youths nowadays can't even spell 'i'.

Currently Playing : Soul Regatta covers on myspace.

A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel on his pants and the bartender asks "What's that doing on your pants?" and the pirate says "Arrrrg, it's drivin me nuts".

- Soul Regatta's front man, whose name i do not know.

Soul Regatta is a band that covers the third-wave ska bands of this generation.
so far, no originals.
but they're great! props to the tenor & alto sax and of course the trumpet.
but they'll be better with a trombone.

links :
www.soulregatta.com
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=soul+regatta&search=Search

that aside, first day of the fasting month has passed. nothing much.
passed by the day by sleeping, another day wasted.
i have a Sound/Chemical Changes test tomorrow and i'm only a quarter prepared.
nevermind, study now and study after sahur :)

damn, i wanna get a basic Yamaha tenor sax

ska and exams.

Currently Playing : Party Song - Catch 22

3 more hours to sahur (the last meal before we start to fast) and i'm not sleeping,
the amount of work i did today is freaking humiliating on my account.
imagine simple math problems that won't cost you more than an hour and i just finished it ...
and i started at 12pm.

gonna work hard still, science test on monday and a malay test on wednesday that i've got to pass to break even.

i can't wait for band practice to resume. montfort band practice (but of course i also can't wait for SSW to resume too)

i wanna bring home the alto sax. i'm in the ska phase that i may never break out of.
and i'm getting tabs from HornTabs.net and ska's the only genre i've listened to in the past few days (except for Love Me Butch's Hollywood Holiday)
i dont know whether to bring home alto or the tenor.
i've got to admit tenor appeals to me (for some reason) but alto sax has more tabs.
there is the Julius Keilwerth tenor sax, used to be for Karthi's usafe before passing out.
and there's my old alto, before i went back to the bassline.
maybe both? i dont mind. i just dont want to be pelted with ivan's seriously-makes-no-sense phrases. nevermind.
i bring home alto sax on the first day, and the next practice .. the tenor.

damn, i miss holding the saxophone.

it's hard being an optimist.

Currently Playing : Riding The Fourth Wave - Streetlight Manifesto

i just realized Keasbey Nights is not an original Streetlight Manifesto.
it's a Catch 22 album BUT it was written by Tomas Kalnoky and released in 1998.
8 years from then, Kalnoky decided to remake that whole album with Streetlight Manifesto.
Catch 22 used to sound like Streetlight Manifesto lyrically and style of music (those both are Third Wave ska bands).
Catch 22 has adopted less-*horns-more-of-the-rest
(* note that horns is a term to describe woodwind/brass instruments in jazz, ska bands etc.)

Catch 22's 1998 version of Riding The Fourth Wave doesn't have a tenor sax solo but Streetlight Manifesto's current 2006 version has a wild one.

ok more on the topic of studying, havent study yet.
going to lar, but lazy. how to make it for that B3 in maths..

and the fasting month starts tomorrow, so .. cant mug so hard cause i'll get hungry ;D

like orwell

Currently Playing : Rocky - Catch 22

just cleaned my room. before cleaning, i bet i can get a slot on How Clean Is Your House?.
now all the clutter is gone, it's more spacious now and a better enviroment for studying and whatnot.
in a few more months, the couch in my room is gonna be gone and the floorplan of my room is gonna go back to the original one. in place of the couch is a study table (i hope).

okay, a few hours back, i went for the school's mooncake festival celebrations. wasn't that good.
90% of the ones who attended were lower sec (some with parents) and the rest were teachers + upper sec. they conversed in chinese (except for the emcee who was speaking english) so how was i suppose to go along with the celebrations. anyway it was suppose to end at 9.30pm, i left at 8.15pm :)

okay, it went like this .. right after Matthew talked about the OUTSTANDING cheer then everybody started to leave and the councillors allowed it. so i went along la, rather go home than stay there.
when i reached the bottom of the stairs, Mdm Nora asked where we going. i choked up my words and just went with the 'crowd'.

so we just hung around the sheltered pathway next to MJS. they kicked the ball around and i think some were waiting for Louis. we went to block 529 to take pictures, freaking retarded .. the Din pose.

pics :

the pre-EOY stress

Current Playing : 9mm and a Three Piece Suit - Streetlight Manifesto

i wanna get into 3E2, and with every day that passes by i feel like it's nearly impossible.
i'm not sure what grade do i need to attain in mathematics to at least get a place in 3E2.
other than that, science is becoming harder and harder. Nutrient Cycles, can be easy but the terms the process ... too much for me.

it took quite some time i before i understood the venn diagram questions.
the ones where A ∩ B and A U B. make it A' or B', it gets complicated but still quite ok.

so i want 65 - 70 for math and i will be elated.
top it off with a 65 for malay, i'm in heaven.
science, A2 ... beyond heaven?

goes into consideration if i dont screw up art and history.
and i just realized my mistake for the electives paper thingy.
i opted for pure history. baaaaaaaaad choice.
so if i get pure history, i think i'll have to take pure history + elective geography + SS.

shouldnt look so far into the future, mug now.

the real nightmare.

Currently Playing : Dear Sergio - Streetlight Manifesto

didn't sleep again. was to stressed on various things.
of course, the end-of-years.
i'm also worried about MSSMB, primarily member strength.
second is not a biggie, i wrote my name on Mrs. Cass Tan's book which meant i could be paired up with some random group. only solution now is, get my group ready fast. get the 2 pending ones confirm membership and grab the 2E4 people. next, discuss about coaches (confirmed joel koh, so if you're reading thing joel, no worries) and probably Mrs. Jaime Tan (maybe)

anyway, i think this lack of sleep has taken its toll on me already.
tomorrow after school, got like 5 hour reprieve before Mooncake Festival.
studied until chapter 10 already, not very thorough but still okay.
need work on maths on saturday (no mugging tomorrow ... i seriously need a break)

wishlist :
- Baritone Saxophone set : Yanagisawa B-9930 Baritone Saxophone, Selmer Paris S90 Baritone Saxophone mouthpiece w/ ligature & mouthpiece cap, any Julius Keilwerth neck strap, Ritter RCB700-BA Baritone Saxophone Gigbag and Vandoren reeds sizes 3 - 4.

- Tenor Saxophone set : Yanagisawa T-9937 Tenor Saxophone, Selmer Paris S80 Tenor Saxophone mouthpiece w/ ligature & mouthpiece cap, any Julius Keilwerth neck strap, Ritter RCB700-TS Tenor Saxophone Gigbag and Vandoren reeds sizes 3 - 3 1/2.

- Alto Saxophone set : Yanagisawa A-9937 Alto Saxophone, Selmer Paris S80 Alto Saxophone mouthpiece w/ ligature & mouthpiece cap, any Julius Keilwerth neck strap, Ritter RB700-AS Alto Saxophone Gigbag and Vandoreen reeds sizes 3 - 3 1/2

yeah, quite impossible to own any of these sets. each set will cost more than SGD16k+
i think if i were to put up the soprano sax set, the Yanagisawa S-9930 Soprano sax has High G key, 15k the least?

maybe when i get a stable job, after 2 years or something haha.

damn i'm sleepy and that's suicide. if i slept now, i will surely wake up late.
so far - 100ml of coffee, 4 sips of apple juice & 5 cookies.

i hate chapter 5 & 6. the checklist (students under Mrs. Jaime Tan should know) out of 32, i only know 12 -_-
Chapter 11 : Sound, out of 32, i ticked ..


0

damn.
science .. .arghh need an A2.

9930 is my new favourite number.

ska and my 2nd post in a whopping one hour.

Currently Playing : Kristina She Don't Know I Exist - Streetlight Manifesto

i feel like starting a ska band. seriously.
too much influence coming from B.O.T.A.R., Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22 and IV4K (no Kalnoky)
which primarily boils down to Tomas Kalnoky.

my ideal ska band :
- 1 guitarist
- 1 upright electric bassist
- 1 drummer
- 1 french hornist
- 1 trumpeteer
- 1 trombonist
- 1 tenor saxophonist
- 1 alto/baritone saxophonist (like B.O.T.A.R. and Streetlight Manifesto .. Dan Ross doubles up)

may not happen, i suppose it's hard to find a guitarist & a drummer that indulges in ska.
not so hard, but still can be a chore to find the rest. not really looking into joining a ska band.
as a hobby, maybe. just a few jamming sessions haha.

need tabs also. it's true that ska bands never can make it big.

done.

little things can kill me.

Currently Playing : Gilgamesh Movement 1 - Bert Appermont

i think it's safe to pull another all-nighter =/

slept after school again, and i woke up when my brother told me my tutor was here already.
damn, and Caracal was playing in PureVolume.
so i grabbed my stuff quickly and headed for the dining area (sounds like the distance from my room to the dining area is like far)

so earlier today, basically after the science thing .. OM was the main topic.
Mrs. Cass Tan was talking about forming an OM team and she sounds like she was enrolling us in her League Of Montfort OM Squads.
it sounds like a sure-fire National win (keyword : sounds) but i rather just to work hard and get what we can get. Matthew has his eyes set on first place, but i think group first, fantasizing later? lol

currently our group has 3 people with 2 pending members. 1 student coach and one teacher who sure sounds like she's interested to take us as her group (not Mrs. Cass Tan)
we're gonna take a question which requires acting because one pro-active group of people grabbed the technical question. and there's one technical question! another one is like a hybrid fusion of 2 elements, not outweighed by each other.

damn, no studying so need to make it up with an all-nighter.
factors to be considered to have an all-nighter (alif ver.)
- a small mediocre tv set in your room
- nice tv programs from 11pm onwards
- put your mind into the future and consider there would be MINIMAL interruptions.
- coffee (i'll do with one cup, with sweetener.)
- light snacks

varies with other people.

aiyerrr slackerrr

Currently Playing : They Provide The Paint For The Picture Perfect Masterpiece That You Will Paint On The Insides Of Your Eyelids - Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution

didn't study anything after school because i was obviously knocked after being awake 20 hours straight. i have that literature presentation on Mr. Rowland and yep, nothing done. i know at this point i should be 1.) studying and 2.) gaining any possible marks/credit to raise my average.

i wonder what will happen tomorrow.

oh yea, raphael kept pee in some plastic bag and inside it, other than pee was a piece of crabmeat.
cool sia.

17/18 OCT
21 OCT

bandbandbandbandband

down here.

Currently Playing : the tune of my triumph

it's official.
i've pulled my first educational all-nighter. so to say, i just stayed up all night to study.
one of the reasons, yes to study. another reason because i have to attend math remedial in the morning at 7.20am and this week, i've been waking up at 7.50am soo ... dont sleep la.

did accomplish some stuff (well duh). 1 more chapter of science (current toll : 6 chapters)
and alot of math problems. but only from 3 chapters though =/
learnt some things that i just ignored last time.

now, my worries is my malay language, which usually i seriously wouldnt care about.
one pass out of 3 tests isn't so hot, and i'm aiming for that B3/B4.

haven't touched literature and home economics, yet.
science, 8 - 9 chapters to go with revision.
math, errr alot.
history, 3 more chapters with revision.
literature, read the whole text again.
home economics, '?'

staying up 24 + hours straight is gonna have some toll on my body.

i dont know why A - LIF always gets pronounced AL - FI or A - RIF when 1) clearly the 'I' comes before the 'F' and 2) there is no 'R' in my name =/

Symphonie II

Currently Playing : Fur Elise - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphonie II
Sembawang Symphonic Winds (SSW)
Victoria Concert Hall
22nd December 2006, 1.30pm

Ticket Price : $10.00

2nd Half Repertoire
'Autumn Soliloquy' by James Barnes (Soloist : Shirley Lim)
'Animation Songs Medley' arr. by Kazuhiro Morita
'Mononoke Hime Medley' arr. by Takashi Hoshide
'Rhapsody for Euphonium and Concert Band' by James Curnow (Soloist : Aaron Ng)
'Rhapsody for Flute' by Stephen Bulla (Soloist : Clement Lim)
'Concertino for Marimba and Winds' by Alfred Reed (Soloist : Teo Jia Rong)
'And the Multitude with One Voice Spoke' by James L. Hosay

Symphonie II
Sembawang Wind Orchestra (SWO)
Victoria Concert Hall
22nd December 2006, 7.00pm

Ticket Price : $12.00

Repertoire
'Symphonic Variants for Euphonium and Band' by James Curnow
'Concerto for Alto Saxophone' by Ida Gotkovski
'Concerto for Oboe and Wind Ensemble' by Josephn Haydn
'Spiral Reasonance' by Philip K. Bracanin
'Concerto for Flute in D' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
'Le Passio De Crist' by Ferrer Ferran (SWO + SSW)

the trophy awaits.

Currently Playing : Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Brahms

i came to school, thinking today's gonna be an easy day for me. english, malay, art and home economics. i was still with that it's-an-easy-day attitude, till malay period.
i failed my third malay test. with crappy marks, 25.8%. then stressed too much on what to do with my malay language. i haven't read the malay newspapers since ..... last year? and that means i haven't attained that upperhand (eg. knowing what imbuhan to use and whatnot) like for my english. books, tv, music .. as i said to caleb.

LAST TIME, assessment books helped me study. now it's just an assessment to assess how much i've got to know a particular topic. i need my assessment now. for math, malay and science.

damn, gotta go technical with a language subject.

it has been proven.

Currently Playing : Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major, K216 : Adagio - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

studied only 3 chapters of science, and i think the song i'm listening to helped a tad bit.
my problem now is that i read through once, i have to read again because i don't feel i understand a particular bit that i read. i know it somehow gets stored in your subconscious mind but i don't think i'll trust my subconscious state of mind to get me an A2 for science.

so little time, for so many topics. and i just realised i may not get a place in 3E2.
if class allocation were based on marks and figures, i MAY have my place secured.
but of course i can't get the upperhand in everything, teachers have the usual promotion exercise.
damn, if my marks were great but if i have some suckass math grade i'm not sure teachers would want me in 3E2 where there's A Math & E Math.

aim for my EOYs? simple.
A's for science, english, home economics and history. B's for malay and art.
and yes, B3 FOR MATH. MUST GET B TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GET INTO 3E2.

i need to have that 'math-is-just-numbers' mindset Mr. Anthony Ng aka Ang Tao Nee said many tmes.

i wish to ascend to such great heights.

Currently Playing : Saga Candida - BERT APPERMONT

2nd post for today and it's 10pm.
i TRIED to study but i can't get my eyes off the tv.
and i think we shouldnt be given homework 3 weeks before the exam, i didn't really know what to concentrate on, homework or my notes ..

i gave up on homework and decided to just leave it 'til tomorrow. i went to take my science chapter 2 notes and i realized Chelsea was playing Liverpool.
damn, another distraction. but, Chelsea > studies haha. and another reason to watch it because i've been so outside the football world and i'm just getting in touch with Chelsea.
grats to drogba with that left foot volley. 1 - 0 up, and i hope it'll increase ... on Chelsea's part of course!

i've been thinking about what's in store for me ahead. i have the band, studies and maybe something else. ever since getting the booklets, i've been wondering how Symphonie II will turn out. and i think back a little, and i realized before Symphonie II there's the EOYs. duh.
i NEED to get into 3E2. for the MYE's, my position will put me in 3E2, but people will study.
if i was 5 positions ahead, 3E1 and i seriously dont know how much time i will have if i went to first express class except 2 years worth of bragging rights.

i wish to ascend to greater heights, and level with Johan and Syahidah (cousins) and be the third instalment to their achievements in TJC. i'm a pessimist at most times, so hey? who knows.

full mug mode on












after soccer la.

the kooky clone

Currently Playing : Dear Sergio - BANDITS OF THE ACOUSTIC REVOLUTION

another week is coming to an end, as all things good must have an end.
this means 7 days less to the EOYs. and so far i've only studied a chapter of science and history, and gone though the new math notes (rather brief but it'll clear my guilt)

had SSW practice yesterday. overslept (aaron ng was right lol) and rushed to the bus stop.
board 74 when it came with the twins. it was 8.40am (i think) by then. stopped in front of AMK station and took the MRT service to Yishun. met up with aaron tan and joshua who were already inside the cabin. then dropped off at Yishun station and took 169 to sembawang cc.

guess what? we weren't late. hurrah for tentative hours. waited outside the cafe 'til xinhong came by and took the key. warmed up myself and i seriously shouldn't have played the school's Denis Wick 5N the whole week, my embouchure was messed up.

mr andrew ng gave a rather brief introduction to some theory. pretty educational heh.
circle of fourths, the enharmonic equivalents, the 3 different type of minor scales (harmonic, melodic & natural), the order of the major scales (the tones and semitones) and some other stuff.
was trying to learn something but it's pretty dull.

first song was Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Niccolo Paggini by James Barnes followed by El Bosque Magico (Magic Forest) by Ferrer Ferran. then it was break time and after that we sight read Vaughan William's English Folk Song Suite then Egmont by Bert Appermont.

yep, i could only play Le Bosque Magico and Folk Song Suite. Fantasy Variations knocked me out and Egmont basically killed me.

EGMONT, guitar cues so confusing. kept-replaying that cue part over and over. need sectionals!
oh yah, Aaron Ng so pro. played guitar solo on eupho. the prowess of aaron ng.

collected the 2 booklets of tickets for Symphonie II. (details to be posted)

after practice, stayed back because of the downpour. waited for quite a while. then they shuffled songs from Xinhong's iPod shuffle then they were so hyped when it played Dvorak's Carneval Overture. Tianze played my saxophone for that song. the song's damn crazy sia, 7 sharps for Eb instruments. then it played Egmont and i grabbed all the courage and played it again. yep, it killed me again.

then decided to practise briefly on my solo. could play it fairly but needs work. the high Es were a problem, need work.

then went for dinner at Northpoint's foodcourt. then aaron tan kept laughing when haiping kept saying uncle tidbit.

then we went home :)

time to mug.

Kalnoky is a genius.

Currently Playing : Here's To Life - Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution (B.O.T.A.R.)
[it's a different version from Streetlight Manifesto, but still under Tomas Kalnoky]

Catch 22
Streetlight Manifesto
and now there's Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution.

and guess what, they give out their album for FREE! and they encourage you to put those songs you downloaded into your shared folder so people can download off you in a p2p program (Limewire).

pulling your leg?

read it here http://www.acousticbandits.com/

the extract -
Most of us in the Bandits have used file-sharing programs such as Napster, Kazaa and Limewire for years now and it’d be hypocritical of us to try and stop the free distribution of our music. So, if you can’t beat ‘em (or don’t want to), join ‘em! The links below will lead you to the full versions of all the songs on our first CD, encoded at a high bit rate to ensure quality and a pleasant listening experience. Feel free to download them all (unless you already own the cd; there is absolutely no difference between the mp3s and the album versions so please don’t waste our bandwidth) and feel free to share them with whomever you feel might like the sounds we make. Actually, we encourage you to tell someone about the Bandits and tell them they can come here and download the entire EP free of charge. Go right ahead and put these mp3s in your shared folder for whatever file-sharing program you use. Share them with anyone who will listen!

if you're a fan of Streetlight Manifesto, BOTAR is a good ear-pleaser.
rathen the normal ska line ups (guitar, upright bass, drums, tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, bari sax)
BOTAR is a strange line up but better.

BOTAR is :
Tomas Kalnoky (guitar, vocals, songwriter)
Jamie Egan (trombone)
Nick Afflitto (trumpet)
Marcy Ciuffreda (cello)
Rachel Goldstein (viola, vocals)
Layton Hayes (piano)
John Paul Jones (trumpet)
Achilles Kalnoky (violin)
Paul Lowndes (drums)
Chris Paszik (double bass)
Mark Rendeiro (french horn)
Dan Ross (baritone saxophone, alto saxophone)
Pete Sibilia (tenor saxophone)
Shane Thomson (congas, Timbales)
Natalia Ushak (vocals)

and DAN ROSS is back.

Brahms & one word titles

Currently Playing : If And When We Rise Again - STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO

sneaky Kalonoky stole a Brahm classical tune from one of his songs. i can't remember what song he used it for, but i'm guessing the one above. in the middle, not the beginning.

okay, so yesterday night, was bored so decided to do somethin' productive (for a change). so i made a timeplan for me. like what time to study and what day to study what yadda yadda and sadly i declare here in my web log ... i didn't follow it today :(

spent TOO much time in gary's house playing hear attack with Gav, Tim Kwa (lol tur kua), Josh and Wee. yep, if they didn't arrive suddenly i could've gone home already studying science. yes, now i'm home and my plan states i should be burying my head in scientific knowledge but yes i'm blogging.

Literature performance, the Rowland Ruby, is tomorrow. we won't ace it like it was if Tarantino's and Spielberg's moviemaking ingenuity morphed into a living soul only capable of directing.

i'm spewing garbage.

oh ya, i accidentally brought home the Horn section's (yes not gary's) Denis Wick 5N mouthpiece. (maybe not accidentally :p only god knows haha) it's x50 better than gary's Holton MPD (or something like that) in my opinion. i'm not a hornist, heck not even a brass player but it's a good mouthpiece haha. as Hafiz says "an all rounder".
aside with the DW 5N (and because i'm scared to lose my saxophone embouchure) and and i'm saving money for either a 30gb iPod or my own S90 Mouthpiece.

but now if i think of it, an iPod is good, better than S90 LOL.

$428 ftw.

gumballs

Current Playing : Dani California - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

21 days to the start of the end-of-years.
13 more school days to the end-of-years.
46 hours of in-class lessons [the relevant subjects] (eg. Music, CME, PE & recess)

8 more hours of math & science lessons.
7 more hours of english & malay lessons.
6 more hours of history lessons.
3 more hours of literature lessons.
2 more hours of home economics & art lessons.

life's short.

i only have a total of 3 lessons (each lesson 1.5 hours) with my math tutor.
i would REALLY like to calculate how many hours i have to study 'til the EOYs but i'll be losing time by doing that.

i'm lagging behind time. i have religious classes (or rather, read-Qur'an-and-go classes every monday to wednesday. still religious classes la) gonna stop 1 week before the exams. yes. i have one tonight and how i wish i could just let it go, but i'll just end up at home watching TV.

so after the exams (11/10) i'm gonna focus ALL on band. yes, both MSSMB and SSW (but now looking at SSW pieces, MSSMB pieces are easy(: ) but nonetheless, 100% is not good and better results

kthxbye.

technicalities

Currently Playing : Better Of This Way - WE ARE THE FURY
Reading : The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (2nd time reading)

is it just me or is Windows Live / MSN Messenger not working?
damn, and i need an iPod, need something to store my tunes in y'know.

god save my computer.

Yanagisawa

Currently Playing : Let Me Out - FUTURE LEADERS OF THE WORLD

as the end-of-years are approaching (i know this beause teachers have a tendency to repeat that the EOYs are coming. we got it the first time la 'cher)

anyway, i expect a Whitley-Montfort band exchange sometime near november or early december. i KNOW there's a SSW concert on the 22nd of december (double-concert i think ... POC !!) i know there's a music festival (on local shores) to prepare for SYF late this year or probably early next year, i also know there's another festival NEXT year (MSSMB) overseas.

heh, shucks. this things don't appeal as much as compared to somethin' else ;)
the arrival of the new YANAGISAWA baritone saxophone (along with other instruments)
i did my research and all the YANAGISAWA baritone saxophones have the ultimate Low-A/High F# keys. well unless Mr. Sukit is miser and buys some old model dating back to the establishment of the Yanagisawa company (in 1896) but it's not his money so why should he care :)

for additional info, the Low-A key was researched and then produced in 1966 (well according to Yanagisawasax.co.jp) and i thought it was a recent discovery (yes i'm slow)
which means my current Selmer USA is just a piece of crap.

after learning probability in math class just a few hours ago, i hereby conclude that i have a 20% chance of getting the Yanagisawa B-9930. but still any of 'em will be fine.

The B-9930 has the same features of the B-992.
EXCEPT for this straight phallus-like thingy jutting out. seems like the same thing a bass clarinet has, that round, ball-like thingy (sorry i'm not an expert on instrument anatomy)
take a gander yourself














ain't it a beauty


it's in silver sonic, something like Songlin's gold and pink saxophone haha (but on purpose)

ok, it's time to mug,
good day.

movies

Currently Playing : The Adventure - ANGELS AND AIRWAVES

this is just a random post, mind you.

movies + friends (well, MY friends) = a very big cliché.
seriously.

i can plan the repertoire for that day straight off my head. well, this only happens with 6G'04 MJS people. i've hung around with 2E3'06 people a couple of times and it's much better. yep.
or maybe it's because the change seems a reach-out from a parallel universe (okay, i'm exaggerating) and pushing me out of my mundane movie outing experiences.

okay okay.

with 6Gs, it's always :
1.) Meet at Hougang MRT (sometimes at the ticketing booth)
2.) If we're an hour or two away from the movie, we find a place to eat.
3.) After eating, we walk around like idiots until movie starts.
4.) Movie
5.) Here onwards I either go home or do whatever #6 has in store.
6.) They eat again.
7.) Home

seriously, this is freaking true. maybe on some occasions, #3 and #6 can be omitted. but yep, true.
and another thing, there's this obsession with Golden Village at Plaze Singapura.
80 % - 95% of the time our movie-viewing day is spent there. at least with 2E3 it's at Bishan or some other place a 6G movie outing may never venture into.

caffeine :)

Welcome to the STUDY INN.

Currently Playing : Embers And Envelopes - MAE

it's less than a month to the end of years and i'm not even a single percent prepared. zilch.
and at the same time, i don't even worry.
my math, malay, science (that wake up call since the mid-years). the minorities, but still equally important, still may haunt me in my nightmares.
though i take 11 subjects (10, if you don't include CME), 4 of 'em you can't study for.
but still, 7 subjects is alot. i'm planning my schedule from now to whenever my finals start.
priority to math (which can only be practised),malay (which i only know to study by memorizing peribaha phrases and nothing else) and science (plain memorizing and understanding).
next followed by history & literature (like science), home economics (though about food, is tremendously boring) and lastly english (which i have only minor problems to deal with)

but still, i cant get hopped up because i can ace english easily. "pride comes before fall" and it's true.

it's 8, twelve hours ahead of time and i'll be in school, probably walking on the dead patch of land that seperates the two schools. the weird triangular shaped thingys poking out of the ground gives me something to kick at when the 30 second journey from the gate to a sheltered corridor gets boring. my homework isn't done (not even started , good job alif) though my peers said math homework is given as 4 questions, i see it as a mountainous pile of tough math equations.

"youth is wasted on the young" get a bite of that and think.

adios.

it's in Florida

Now Playing : Miami - TAKING BACK SUNDAY

today's a saturday and my second SSW practice has just gone by. had sectionals and shared a room with the clarinets. and i realize i tend to go flat when playing G so gotta work on that.
for songs, was just Animation Medley for sectionals and combined with the clarinets for that piece.
if i were to play it in MSSMB, i'll play freely and not like what Songlin asked me to play.
but here, i have to express the long notes and make most of the phrases musical (the euphonium melody oi think)
then went for break at 12 till 1. then combined with the whole band.

we sight read something called Prometheus Overture (i think). it's actually an easy song, but i screwed it up. then we played the two japanese pieces, (note to self: need work hard on both.)
& i was afraid he would ask us to play POC, i fear my solo (though i have been working on it [: )

gotta blast.

adventures in a non-3D world.

Now playing : A Simple Message - FOR FELIX

it's the holidays and i've got nothing to do except laze around, break out the tunes, eat, sleep yadda yadda. yesterday night, while desperately looking for a blank disc, i found my old CM5 disc. brought back memories and remembered i still had a saved game. i've been playing for a day now, and i bought new players already. and some players i didn't remember putting on the transfer list, but still didn't regret buying any(except Mido, dont know why did i buy him in the first place)
a couple of youth players are showing great potential like Ivan Castiglia (free transfer from Reggina i think) and Aaron Heslop (from Tottenham U-19) and some others (Charlie Sheringham, D. Bryce)

behold, my current Chelsea first team:

GOALKEEPERS









Petr CECH














Timo HILDEBRAND










Paul ROBINSON


DEFENDERS
















Asier DEL HORNO



















Jelle VAN DAMME
















Glen JOHNSON










Wayne BRIDGE














Gael CLICHY










John TERRY














Christoph METZELDER

MIDFIELDERS











Mickael ESSIEN

















Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER















Aliaksandr HLEB










TIAGO














Daniele DE ROSSI










Frank LAMPARD



















XABI ALONSO














Joe COLE














Andres INIESTA

FORWARDS / STRIKERS
















Damien DUFF (he wasn't a Magpie then)



















Arjen ROBBEN



















VAGNER LOVE










ROBINHO














Jose Antonio REYES



















Eidur GUDJOHNSEN



















Dong FANGZHOU













Mikael FORSSELL












Didier DROGBA











MIDO

credits : Yahoo!,Fifa World Cup Website and several others

so yea, that's my CM5 team. there's alot of prospects as i said before like Castiglia.
i'm currently waiting for June 07 (CM5 time) to come so i can get Di Vaio (Arsenal bought him and put him on the transfer list after a week lol), Carlos Teves and ALOT of youth players (16 and 17 year olds) so Mr. Alan Shearer (yes, i signed him on as coach) can train them to be future Cechs, Terrys, Lampards and Drogbas.

gotta game, s'ya.

choices

i've been thinking about this thoroughly, and still have not come up with an answer.
it's not really a personal matter just that ... i've been thinking of getting my own mouthpiece lar XD

i have 2 years + left in MSSMB, and i will be in JC/Poly/(and now i've been thinking about NAFA) and the question is, should i take up the other saxophone choices or maybe even a new instrument?
if i stay with baritone saxophone all the way, i suppose i'll save up on cash for a Selmer Paris S90 (like my current one, which is MSSMB's property). and i guess it costs hundred of dollars? probably. another thing about getting my own mouthpiece, because PROBABLY this S90 i'm holding on will be passed down to a junior, so i can use a personal mouthpiece for SSW [yep, i'm planning to stay that long (: ]

maybe when i REALLY save up on cash, i'll get a personal alto sax. so after O levels i have something to practise on (5-6 months right?) and i don't think i'll even bother to use MSSMB's alto saxes (if the new Yamaha saxophones can last well in a 2 year period)
probably a decent Yamaha or maybe even a Selmer Paris XD (possible, i have around 2 + years :D) and maybe i can be good enough (tone and mentality of playing running notes haha) to move on to the alto department of band in JC/Poly.

it's 2.19am, i post on random things around this hour (like my previous post)
i really meant to post about my CM5 adventures, but i'll slack around till 3 and yea, there's band tomorrow (not sure if we'll playing instruments or work out the logistic stuff or whatever) but i can get out of the family business thingy ;)

ok, i'm out.

back from reality and I brought souvenirs.

for the past few months, i've been listening to band music and maybe some indie here and there.
recently, i've gone back to the motherland (or just to say, my roots). for the past, saay 10minutes or so i've been listening to Nickelback and Rufio. been a long time since i air guitar-ed to In My Eyes by Rufio.

and these months, it was just the music stylings of Reed, Barnes and Adam Ferrera's motley crew. a little Goo Goo Dolls, and some Snow Patrol sprinkled somewhere in this period, but no Rufio, Nickelback, Dropkick Murphys ... nothing that started to make me a .. well, enthusiastic. and plus, the only band music i listened that time was Gently Touch The Sky.
go figure.

i've been a listening to podcasts, namely the Mr Brown Show (who doesn't hor?) and Hi My Name Is Mark (as i have mentioned in my previous blog). Mr Brown and Mr Miyagi brings out the true Singaporean humor that has been lost or something .. yadda yadda yadda.
HIMNIM (i just realized Hi My Name Is Mark is HIMNIM as its initials) has brought forth nice bands but rather electronica. i've been lagging since, and i've only got Podcast #7 till #21.
which brings me to my next point, ... i hate electronica bands. SOME may be ok or maybe even great (U.S.E.) and some really sounds a step above discotheque music from the '80s.
For Felix is great.

oh yea, so does WE ARE THE FURY.

ok chill.

the negatives.

i have a new MASC class. the teacher's name is Louise Gilbert (and Lou, for short).
i changed my usual 4.15pm - 6.15pm class on Saturday with Mr. Tim Carney to a Friday 7pm - 9pm to make way for SSW practice. sure it (SSW) ends at 3.30pm but it takes time from Sembawang to Somerset.

SSW practice starts tomorrow, and my reeds are not in a good condition. i was used to using a 3 1/2 Vandoren reed but afte M9, i switched to a size 3 reed because the reed lair (lmao) ran out of 3 1/2 baritone sax reeds. so have to meet Songlin at Yishun MRT around 9.15am.

and Songlin pointed out to me that i have a solo for La Passio De Crist Movement 3. it's really a big solo. it sounds high, nearly like a tenor sax. highest for that solo is high F#.
crap lar.

and i've been listening to the mrbrown podcasts. used to think 'what was the big deal about this guy' and now i know.

kthxbye.