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So much to update on! So i got married which I think has dampened my sense of hatred towards almost everything and everyone. That is a good thing right? I think the band has pretty much disintegrated into nothing so I am not sure how to proceed with this whole band thing. Probably start a new one? go solo? sing in the shower? Got back my acoustic last night from my friend and started strumming again. Haven't held on to a guitar for a while so My fingers hurt a bit.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Taking it on the chin
There's a saying: take it on the chin. Some people just don't get it. I recently posted a comment on Afdlin Shauki's blog on his latest movie directed by Hans isaac "CUCI". Here is the comment:
wahhh.. sume puji CUCI.. I watched it last Sunday and I thought it was a terrible movie. No offense bro, but there is a clear distinction between what is watchable and what is not. And CUCI is certainly not. Bad script, cliche' characters (Except for the secretary lady - thats funny), bad acting, the script felt like it was written 5 minutes before the shot and the way u rolled the credits pun tak kena. By the time all the out takes were shown, the credits also finished rolling so the crowd walked out in silence. My gf cursed and swore all the way in the car and SHE was the one who dragged me to the movie. No action for me that night :(
To me the only people who could honestly say they've enjoyed this movie were the ones who haven't had much experience in appreciating entertainment except for the occasional cecupak and senario tv skits. (Which are lame anyway)
1/5
RESEARCH before you (or hans) make the next movie and please get other actors who can actually act. what the hell was wrong with the villain? I almost sympathized him for his terrible acting.
Obviously, the Afdlin Shauki's fanclub wasn't too happy about this comment and started bitching about my headphones. Which was supposed to be a witty attack on my character? wow. I am trembling in my shoes and will now hide away in a closet somewhere. C'mon people, take it on the chin eh? I think people get more angry when they find out that what other people say about them is true. They recoil and try a counter-attack but most of the time they don't have the bite to do it. Because after all, they knew deep down inside that whatever was said, was true in the first place.
Afdlin retorted by saying that he agreed the movie had flaws but a lot of people enjoyed it and went on to bitch about my headphones. True, a lot of kids enjoyed watching Barney the movie too. Doesn't make it any better.
I am a moviegoer. I love watching movies, in a cinema, with no children in it. A big portion of my income is dedicated to watching movies alone. Unfortunately my girlfriend had to match it. Sorry, honey :) and it is terrifyingly sad to see the state of Malaysian movies. Maybe there are a couple of gems out there, but for people who have gone out and watched so many movies from all over the world, the trend is upsetting and mostly disappointing. Its like watching amateur hour. I just can't wait for our crop of young indie movie makers and writers to get their hands on a camera and a roll of film, maybe then we can finally have a REAL movie on our hands.
wahhh.. sume puji CUCI.. I watched it last Sunday and I thought it was a terrible movie. No offense bro, but there is a clear distinction between what is watchable and what is not. And CUCI is certainly not. Bad script, cliche' characters (Except for the secretary lady - thats funny), bad acting, the script felt like it was written 5 minutes before the shot and the way u rolled the credits pun tak kena. By the time all the out takes were shown, the credits also finished rolling so the crowd walked out in silence. My gf cursed and swore all the way in the car and SHE was the one who dragged me to the movie. No action for me that night :(
To me the only people who could honestly say they've enjoyed this movie were the ones who haven't had much experience in appreciating entertainment except for the occasional cecupak and senario tv skits. (Which are lame anyway)
1/5
RESEARCH before you (or hans) make the next movie and please get other actors who can actually act. what the hell was wrong with the villain? I almost sympathized him for his terrible acting.
Obviously, the Afdlin Shauki's fanclub wasn't too happy about this comment and started bitching about my headphones. Which was supposed to be a witty attack on my character? wow. I am trembling in my shoes and will now hide away in a closet somewhere. C'mon people, take it on the chin eh? I think people get more angry when they find out that what other people say about them is true. They recoil and try a counter-attack but most of the time they don't have the bite to do it. Because after all, they knew deep down inside that whatever was said, was true in the first place.
Afdlin retorted by saying that he agreed the movie had flaws but a lot of people enjoyed it and went on to bitch about my headphones. True, a lot of kids enjoyed watching Barney the movie too. Doesn't make it any better.
I am a moviegoer. I love watching movies, in a cinema, with no children in it. A big portion of my income is dedicated to watching movies alone. Unfortunately my girlfriend had to match it. Sorry, honey :) and it is terrifyingly sad to see the state of Malaysian movies. Maybe there are a couple of gems out there, but for people who have gone out and watched so many movies from all over the world, the trend is upsetting and mostly disappointing. Its like watching amateur hour. I just can't wait for our crop of young indie movie makers and writers to get their hands on a camera and a roll of film, maybe then we can finally have a REAL movie on our hands.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
An excerpt from an article about my best friend ruhaifi abu bakar!
Justeru, apabila elemen itulah yang menjadi perbahasan, Lela Manja diklasifikasikan sebagai berjaya menyerapkan semuanya, namun satu perkara biasa jika ada juga kecacatan yang terserlah sepanjang pementasan. Maklumlah, mana boleh hendak diharapkan sesuatu yang terlalu hebatnya kali ini, apatah lagi hendak dibandingkan dengan pementasan di Istana Budaya.
Bersama teknologi yang sangat minimum di situ, sekurang-kurangnya pementasan itu berjaya mengurangkan kesilapan teknikal. Pujian harus diberikan kepada pengurus pentasnya, Ruhaifi Abu Bakar yang pastinya bergelut memastikan semua pertukaran babak tidak terkesan dek sebarang kecacatan. Rasanya, kerja Ruhaifi boleh diberi taraf lima bintang apatah lagi beliau bukanlah aktivis teater sepenuh masa dan baru setahun jagung dalam bidang ini.
Bersama teknologi yang sangat minimum di situ, sekurang-kurangnya pementasan itu berjaya mengurangkan kesilapan teknikal. Pujian harus diberikan kepada pengurus pentasnya, Ruhaifi Abu Bakar yang pastinya bergelut memastikan semua pertukaran babak tidak terkesan dek sebarang kecacatan. Rasanya, kerja Ruhaifi boleh diberi taraf lima bintang apatah lagi beliau bukanlah aktivis teater sepenuh masa dan baru setahun jagung dalam bidang ini.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Strange man, this way comes..
Me and my girl friend was browsing through d books at borders the curve when a man approached us with a pen and a piece of paper. Strange. I thought he was going to try and sell me something, but he actually wanted to talk about his relationship. To total strangers. Which was kinda odd so i thought I'd entertain him for a while. So he told me that he fancied a gal but she had a bf and she just told him to leave her alone. 15 minutes later we were still talking about it.
This has to be the most bizarre thing to happen to me in a while. As you know (or not) I am not a socially active butterfly nor am i a moth. Just a rock star. Bona fide. So meeting random strangers who want to talk to you about their relationships is far down the list of unexpected things to happen on a Monday night IMHO. Didn't have the opportunity to take his picture to put on this blog. Would have been entertaining though. :D Well I hope he does the right thing and quit being a creepy stalker ambushing people in bookstores.
Honestly I thought I was on a candid camera show. Was actually looking for cameras. THE SHAME.
This has to be the most bizarre thing to happen to me in a while. As you know (or not) I am not a socially active butterfly nor am i a moth. Just a rock star. Bona fide. So meeting random strangers who want to talk to you about their relationships is far down the list of unexpected things to happen on a Monday night IMHO. Didn't have the opportunity to take his picture to put on this blog. Would have been entertaining though. :D Well I hope he does the right thing and quit being a creepy stalker ambushing people in bookstores.
Honestly I thought I was on a candid camera show. Was actually looking for cameras. THE SHAME.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
A little bit of that stuff
So.
I really had no idea where to take my lovely girlfriend out last Saturday so i decided to take her to the new Pavilion shopping mall in KL after listening to my cousin's advice. Well, the date didn't start very well cuz we were actually stuck in a jam for about an hour before we could into the parking lot. The mall itself is not so impressively big but it was filled with branded shops and the like. It was quite dumbfounding and intimidating at first. But after a while i got used to the place and the high flying shoppers and started to feel at home.
But nay, after about half an hour I started to realize of a pattern and i dawned on me. Pavilion is a hangout for the 'sotongs'!!!! OMFG!sotong count was off the chaart!!! there were poofters walking around in pairs all over the place! I suppose the pavilion has achieved a rep that no other shopping malls have. A haven for the heterosexually challenged. I don't have anything against it. But to see so many benders parading in their shades was quite a sight. It was almost as bad as Planet Hollywood. But at least in PH, you hav the dimmed lights.
OMG
I really had no idea where to take my lovely girlfriend out last Saturday so i decided to take her to the new Pavilion shopping mall in KL after listening to my cousin's advice. Well, the date didn't start very well cuz we were actually stuck in a jam for about an hour before we could into the parking lot. The mall itself is not so impressively big but it was filled with branded shops and the like. It was quite dumbfounding and intimidating at first. But after a while i got used to the place and the high flying shoppers and started to feel at home.
But nay, after about half an hour I started to realize of a pattern and i dawned on me. Pavilion is a hangout for the 'sotongs'!!!! OMFG!sotong count was off the chaart!!! there were poofters walking around in pairs all over the place! I suppose the pavilion has achieved a rep that no other shopping malls have. A haven for the heterosexually challenged. I don't have anything against it. But to see so many benders parading in their shades was quite a sight. It was almost as bad as Planet Hollywood. But at least in PH, you hav the dimmed lights.
OMG
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Evaluating friends
Hey, its the new year! 2008 we welcome you with open arms! or do we?
I am not sure if this year its going to be so great after all. I just spent the last few days bedridden with flu and all that crap with the mucus and the sweating and the wind thing. Apparently, to be a blogger means that you have to actually blog everytime a new year comes along; to that I say fuck it mang! It's just another year eh? who gives flying fuck? I mean honestly, us Malaysians are going over this whole New Year thing just a little bit too much don't you think? I think its the western influence. It always is the Western influence. I think the New Year is just an excuse to prolong the boozing session after Christmas. Well, somebody has to finish that last bottle of whiskey right? Correct.
Honestly, despite all the fireworks that cost millions of ringgits all over the country, despite the concerts, the parades, and don't forget the ridiculous amount of SHOPPING done by women and metrosexuals, we're forgetting the ones who are less fortunate. Cliche? I beg to differ. Most of us think that we'd get away with giving away a few quids to the beggars on the street (or the eateries, nowadays), and yet we condone the spending of millions on unreasonable things like fireworks. Sure, it looks nice for about 10 minutes. But heck, were the 10 minutes worth it? were the 10 minutes accountable for the kids who can't wear proper shoes to school, or the grandmothers who had to survive on rice and ikan masin, or the father who works 12 hours a day driving lorries just to put small amount of food on the table. Are we accountable? Do we hold ourselves accountable? I think for once, we should. Imagine this, if all the money spent on boozing, partying, fuel consumption, fireworks, unbridled shopping, tolls, electricity, expensive coffee, etc were given away to the poor; the world would truly be a better place. The plan is so dumb and simple that the naysayers would go "Oh, if thaaaat would solve all our problems, then we'd done it alreadyyy, you hippie!" .. Yeah well, none of us ever listened to the hippies and look at what we've done to the world. At least the hippies stopped the Vietnam war, what have we stopped? We can't even oust a government, yet alone solve the problem of poverty.
So, I didn't go anywhere on NYE. I stayed at home with a few friends and we played monopoly. I figured that the key to all our answers lie somewhere in this dumb old board game.
Adios wankers.
I am not sure if this year its going to be so great after all. I just spent the last few days bedridden with flu and all that crap with the mucus and the sweating and the wind thing. Apparently, to be a blogger means that you have to actually blog everytime a new year comes along; to that I say fuck it mang! It's just another year eh? who gives flying fuck? I mean honestly, us Malaysians are going over this whole New Year thing just a little bit too much don't you think? I think its the western influence. It always is the Western influence. I think the New Year is just an excuse to prolong the boozing session after Christmas. Well, somebody has to finish that last bottle of whiskey right? Correct.
Honestly, despite all the fireworks that cost millions of ringgits all over the country, despite the concerts, the parades, and don't forget the ridiculous amount of SHOPPING done by women and metrosexuals, we're forgetting the ones who are less fortunate. Cliche? I beg to differ. Most of us think that we'd get away with giving away a few quids to the beggars on the street (or the eateries, nowadays), and yet we condone the spending of millions on unreasonable things like fireworks. Sure, it looks nice for about 10 minutes. But heck, were the 10 minutes worth it? were the 10 minutes accountable for the kids who can't wear proper shoes to school, or the grandmothers who had to survive on rice and ikan masin, or the father who works 12 hours a day driving lorries just to put small amount of food on the table. Are we accountable? Do we hold ourselves accountable? I think for once, we should. Imagine this, if all the money spent on boozing, partying, fuel consumption, fireworks, unbridled shopping, tolls, electricity, expensive coffee, etc were given away to the poor; the world would truly be a better place. The plan is so dumb and simple that the naysayers would go "Oh, if thaaaat would solve all our problems, then we'd done it alreadyyy, you hippie!" .. Yeah well, none of us ever listened to the hippies and look at what we've done to the world. At least the hippies stopped the Vietnam war, what have we stopped? We can't even oust a government, yet alone solve the problem of poverty.
So, I didn't go anywhere on NYE. I stayed at home with a few friends and we played monopoly. I figured that the key to all our answers lie somewhere in this dumb old board game.
Adios wankers.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tremolo nana: 8th December gig
We are going to have a gig this 8th December so the band has been practicing very2 hard. No I'm lying. We haven't practiced at all actually and I am really worried.
There's a worry that comes with not practicing before a big show and that is normal really. So in this short space of time the best thing is to cram in as much quality practice time before we embarrass ourselves in what could be the most important gig in our career as indie musicians.
That's what I want to talk about today. Procrastination. I think its a habit of us as humans to procrastinate. It comes naturally and whether we like it or not we will try and delay waking up every morning every single time. As an example, I believe i hit the snooze button at least 5 times this morning, and that's a good standard by any means. As I lumber out of bed with an almighty groan that sounded like a bear out of a cave I wonder if my life is going to remain in this dull repetitive pattern of one procrastination after another? I started to wonder what happened to all those hours that I got procrastinating? where did they go? Have I achieved anything from that 5 minutes snooze this morning? interesting thought. My mum always say the 5 minutes snooze that you take now could also be the 5 minutes snooze that you take after the job's done. So time finds a way to add itself up in the end; like a well calculated sum. So I start to wonder, if I blog now, during my free half an hour before my next class, instead of waiting until I get home later, would it mean that later on I will get another half hour extra?? Wow, my nipples tingle with anticipation of what I can accomplish during that time later.
I will tell you what I'll do during the half hour. Then again, I might not.
There's a worry that comes with not practicing before a big show and that is normal really. So in this short space of time the best thing is to cram in as much quality practice time before we embarrass ourselves in what could be the most important gig in our career as indie musicians.
That's what I want to talk about today. Procrastination. I think its a habit of us as humans to procrastinate. It comes naturally and whether we like it or not we will try and delay waking up every morning every single time. As an example, I believe i hit the snooze button at least 5 times this morning, and that's a good standard by any means. As I lumber out of bed with an almighty groan that sounded like a bear out of a cave I wonder if my life is going to remain in this dull repetitive pattern of one procrastination after another? I started to wonder what happened to all those hours that I got procrastinating? where did they go? Have I achieved anything from that 5 minutes snooze this morning? interesting thought. My mum always say the 5 minutes snooze that you take now could also be the 5 minutes snooze that you take after the job's done. So time finds a way to add itself up in the end; like a well calculated sum. So I start to wonder, if I blog now, during my free half an hour before my next class, instead of waiting until I get home later, would it mean that later on I will get another half hour extra?? Wow, my nipples tingle with anticipation of what I can accomplish during that time later.
I will tell you what I'll do during the half hour. Then again, I might not.
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