What Do I KNow...?

New Mic!!

2008-01-22T02:52:00.000-08:00

I got a new mic so hopefully i'll be putting up some better quality vids on my songs yeah? Thanks for the support so far guys!!

Carol of the Bells....

2008-01-07T23:56:00.000-08:00

I have no idea who it is at the piano but OMG!!! I have no words to express at this amazing arrangement and rendition of "Carol of the Bells" but it blew me away. From it's piano solo opening to it's blending of different musical genres and not to mention the usual weaving between minor and major....just watch and listen and you'll understand.

Although i have to say there seems to be quite a few bad notes being played....unsure whether they were purposely done so as to immitate the chaotic chimes of bells or did he just play the wrong note due to the excitement and stuff....hmmm.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2007-12-30T22:40:00.000-08:00

Ah...a tad bit too early i guess... It IS just the eve, not yet New Year's.

But i know i will forget and not log on for awhile so i thought an early entry would be good. Plus i'll be going down to the city later for some fireworks and stuff...and probably not gonna come back till tomorrow afternoon or something. Adrian...YOUR ROOM IS MINE!!! MUAHHAHAHAHAHHA!!!

Well, blabbers aside, i just wanna recap on my year for you guys...wait, it's really more for me i guess. I don't even KNOW who regularly reads my blog (most likely due to my inconsistent blogging efforts + lack of pictures).

The year has been rather harsh for me. Bad results...REALLY bad results (actually more the other way around) and then a referral letter from uni informing me that i might possibly be kicked out unless i respond appropriately and give reasons pertaining to my horrible examination capabilities and swear to improve and finish off my degree thus being able to stop paying them as well. Which i believe, as a business, is a really dumb idea anyways...kicking full-fee paying students out of uni. So i guess uni isn't all that corporate and profit-seeking as i deem it to be. There's still some ethics in this world that's going down the drain. Unless the whole point of kicking out non-acheiving students would be to improve their credibility and thus the innate ability of the uni to attract students from all over the world to suck out more money from their hard-working families. Hmmm...this train of thought is going nowhere therefore i shall drop it.

At least it's been a good year for my sis. Getting into NUS to do dentistry and thus in time make alot of money as well as being able to give me free dentals!! Hurrah for my over-acheiving sister!! Not so well informed on my other sister though. But i hear she's doing alright so that's good. Now I'M the black sheep. Maybe that has always been the case....i don't know.

Did i mention that today is really H-O-T HOT!!! (that was pretty duh~~) I can't believe how hot it is....OMFG it's hot. Wait, i can. I HAVE been through this last year. Damn. 40 blardy degrees!! 41 to be exact. Then again, i'm not really sure how high IS the weather today so my "exact" cannot be taken for granted. Again, i'm rambling. Just random words being put together by this messed up head of mine - my excuse being the heat.

Oh yes. Another pointless input. Another shitty job this year. At least it's not the bosses who are giving me the heat. Just one person. He is insignificant in my life (repeat 10x). Ohm......

Well, enough about my year. Let's talk about yours!! How do you do that through the blog...never got to that part. I hope it's been great with yours.

It'll be another year in a few hours time so i shall not dwell on the past anymore. Look forward, stick my best foot out and take the step into a New Year hoping, praying (not really) and working towards a better life - in ALL aspects. Hint hint! (Don't think too hard. You'll get a headache. If you don't get it...forget about it. If you do, don't confirm with me)

Let's head on to a new roller coaster ride together!!! WOOTS!!!

Falling Star....not bad!

2007-12-08T01:31:00.000-08:00

OK...this time i will keep this here. It's not great but at least it's not shit. Or at least i think so.

I've decided to postpone the previous song (Summer Skies) for abit till i kinda finish the bridge/refrain.

So here you are. One of my originals (which i hope sometime in the near future will make me loads of money so i can roll around and bathe in it and buy all kinds of stuff without worrying about my next paycheck while attracting tons of hot babes who will beckon at my every beck and call while constantly massaging my aching body). Smiles!

I took it off...

2007-12-07T17:19:00.000-08:00

It lasted for less than a day. And i took it off.... Omg.... It was horrible...
I couldn't stand watching myself sing so horribly anymore...nor do i want the whole world to know how bad the vid was. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!!

First time vid...and it SUCKED!!

2007-12-07T03:01:00.000-08:00

Yes wani... I took your suggestion and made good use of it. Now it's here for all to see...me screwing up.

I could just try my best and do a good one but i can't be bothered anymore. Not for tonight anyways. Got better things to do...like bum around.

Have a laugh and try and get the gist of the song. Actually, it's not a completed song yet...so it's good i screwed up i guess.

It's called Summer Skies but that's not really important now is it? I'll do a better one soon. I promise.

Some upcoming new stuff...

2007-11-14T06:38:00.000-08:00

You know how i always talk about my music writing and am currently doing some recording? Well, i have decided to straighten some songs out and do a few passable recordings (although the sound quality may not be great...still using a shitty mic) and post them up here for the listening pleasure of my avid blog readers.

Of course...none are done yet so it's still in the "coming soon" stages.

So...

Coming soon to a blog near you!

p.s. To a blog near you? How much nearer can the internet be? Like...in front of you?

I need a job...

2007-11-08T18:46:00.000-08:00

Exams are over...and i really need a job.

There are few availabilities with regards to nearby places and all the jobs are really far off. Or at least they seem so. Wish i had a car then i wouldn't have to pine and whine about having to travel so far just to go to work...THAT is if i get employed at all.

We'll just have to see how it goes yeah? If anyone can help me out i'll be really grateful...and i'll owe you dinner. *winks*

Up late again...

2007-10-31T06:41:00.000-07:00

Bored. Really bored. Really really bored.

And tired of studying.

Not that i have done much....though i do my fair share of it (yar right...)

I so want a punching bag. Been wanting to get one like since highschool. It's probably influenced from my far off child hood when i use to mock-fight, wrestle and watch kung fu flicks with my cuz bro. I'd pretend i knew all these different forms of kung fu and really get into it by performing (or try to) a series of complex weaving and thrusting motions (my fav has always been the drunken fist). No...not THOSE kind of thrusting motions. Don't get the wrong idea. Plus i was young then. Then again...i still do those kinda things now. Shows how much i've grown up huh?

I'm so looking forward to working and getting my own place. Once i do, i'm so gonna get me my punching bag. And speed bag gloves too, though i'd rather get those with steel plates built into them instead of cotton/sponge/whatever-it-is-they-pad-them-down-with (yes...i do fantasize about getting into fights. Must be lack of a punching bag and alot of repressed angst).

God knows how many times i feel so stressed (more like frustrated) i just want to punch the living daylights out of something. Hitting a person is against the law as well as unhealthy (they hit back. Or sue. Depends on the person i guess..).

Well, to help me get over my i-want-a-punching-bag problem, i've been renting yakuza/gangster/hei se hui (ku wa zhai) DVDs. I don't think it's helping me solve the problem. Quite the opposite actually. Now i feel like i want to join a gang and feel the power of a bunch of loyal hoodlums backing my ass up (not literally) when i'm in trouble. Or when i go looking for trouble. Talk about easily influenced. Hmmm....

Always though myself as a pretty street smart kid. Being brought up in the slums of JB and all that (yar right no. 2). But having a hoodlum (he hates to admit it) as a cuz bro does teach you a few things about life...on the streets that is.

Well, enough blogging and ranting. Back to hell for now. It'll be over soon. Be it good or bad...i'll have to face the music.

Something to think about...

2007-10-31T00:43:00.000-07:00

A student noticed the branches of a tree swaying in the wind. Suddenly a question appears in his head. He points and asks his master,

"Master, are the branches moving on their own or are they being moved by the wind?"

Without turning to look at what his student was pointing at, the master replies,

"It is neither the wind or the branches that are moving. It is your mind and heart..."

UVERworld - D-Technolife

2007-10-28T20:16:00.000-07:00

This is my new "Top of my list" band. UVERworld seriously rocks my world. Included in them is M-flo, Jinn, Monkey Majik, etc...

The vocalist is amazing. His voice is so full blown and rich you just can't sick of it. Well maybe you can....but right now i'm tripping it. The guitar rifts in this song just makes it. It really gives that "reach into ur brain and send it to high heaven" feel. The stop and go strumming pattern here just adds another dimension to the song. The drums don't really stand out but it adds body to it.

There is an album version of this song but this is the LIVE version, according to them anyways. I love it so much better. They really build it up well. Once it reaches the climax, you just explode....AWESOME. Three thumbs up!!

As you can see, they're all jap. I really have no idea why....but i guess i really do like jap songs. Or maybe it's the fact that they are more daring and creative than the average run-of-the-mill-radio-top-20 bands and singers.

Why am i blogging?

2007-10-10T06:16:00.000-07:00

Hmmm....shouldn't really be doing this now. My sis' blog inspired/motivated?/gave me a reason to sidetrack.

EXAMS!!!! Again. The most horrifying part of my life has come by again. Ok...to be fair, it's not all that horrifying. But it IS unpleasant.

At least it will be over quick.

I sound like i'm going to the executioner's chamber waiting for them to pull the switch that would either release the blade that will chop my head off or send ten's of thousands of volts of electricity searing through my body.

And then i'll be dead................

Arrrghhh........if only there's a pill i could take that would give me motivation...called the M-pill. With one dose of this miraculous drug you would be able to fire up your willpower to put in a hundred and one percent into whatever it is you need to do. Do not take more than medical prescription. May cause overconfidence, extravagant actions, perceived insanity, unacheivable dreams, burning sensation in head(s), slight cock-eyeness, nonsesnse blabbering and possible death by stupid actions.

Annoying use of bad grammar...

2007-10-04T10:47:00.000-07:00

Ah...yes. After a long "vacation" from blogging, I am finally BACK!

Or at least for this post....

I'm not really going to talk about what I have been doing for the past missing month(s) but will just continue on with the post. Oh, yes. I will at least say this much...been recording some of my songs with Gerard Gan aka. Mr. G/G Man! Still very amateurish but oh well...still learning.

For unknown reasons, I've been watching many Singaporean videos on youtube with regards to life in Singapore. Mostly funny stuff but covering local politics, culture, weird antics, etc...

One thing I've realised and was quite annoyed with was the occasional bad use of grammar by the characters/speakers/actors in the vids. This mostly dealt with wrongly placed past, present and future tenses.

Admittedly, I'm not that great with the english langguage myself and do end up speaking (and typing) 'England' here and there (plus a whole lot of spelling mistakes) therefore I can't really complain. Thing that annoyed me wasn't the layman speaking bad english but those who are erm...shall we say..."educated" using spatterings of wrong tenses just kinda killed it for me.

One would think that using english as their main medium in education and more so for those who went overseas to study (as they admitted themselves) would not succumb so easily to the failings of us less regular speakers or those who use "rojak" as a communication tool to speak to our peers.

Thinking about it now, i belive i once (i'm going to totally give up pressing the shift key to capitalize my 'I's) commented on this. Not trying to pick a fight or be contemptuous or anything for that matter but just felt i wanted to write this down somewhere. Why not let the world know what a judgemental person i am....wakkakakak!!! No offense and peace be with you....

Before i go, just wanna say that it's 4 am in the morning and for unknown reasons, even to myself, i am still awake. Please forgive if this is weird/offending/pointless/makes-me-seem-like-a-contemptuous-bastard/"you knnccb think you damn power now wan point finger at us singaporean larr harrr!!!"/"go and die larr u fucker"/"screw you asshole...think your england better than us!"

Out...

Exams are OVER!!!

2007-06-14T22:26:00.000-07:00

And if all goes well......there would be something to celebrate. Truthfully, i'm not all that confident right now. But i guess it should be alright. Nan to ka naru!

Oh yes...THIS IS COOL!!! and freaky at the same time. Put on ear phones and listen to this. Crank up the vol abit for better effect. No, this is not some prank or some screamer (the stupid gags that go BOO!). Trust me...you won't regret it.

2007-06-08T11:07:00.000-07:00

Well, this is for you Ren if you were looking for the chords to the song but couldn't find it or figure it out. It's a really good song though not too clear these "Chinese Song Chords Progression" (i deem it so because they are being abused by the chinese pop songs that are airing everywhere - C G Am Em F C F G) are used in so many songs.

Samson - Kenangan Terindah

capo 3rd fret for original key

C
Aku yang lemah tanpamu
Am
Aku yang rentan karena
F C
Cinta yang tlah hilang darimu
G
Yang mampu menyanjungku
C
Selama mata terbuka
Am
Sampai jantung tak berdetak
F
Selama itu pun
C G
Aku mampu untuk mengenangmu

F Am
Darimu... Kutemukan hidupku
F Am
Bagiku... Kau lah cinta sejati
C D G
Yeah Ooh...

C G
Bila yang tertulis untukku
Am Em
Adalah yang terbaik untukmu
F C
Kan kujadikan kau kenangan
F G
Yang terindah dalam hidupku
C G
Namun takkan mudah bagiku
Am Em
Meninggalkan jejak hidupku
F C
Yang tlah terukir abadi
F G C
Sebagai kenangan yang terindah
Ooh...

Paint my love....please!!~~

2007-06-08T04:32:00.000-07:00

Some reminiscing.... Ah~~what a wonderful song. Also the only song my Cuz Bro (Ah Chong) knows...wakakkaka.

A must watch for all music enthusiasts...

2007-06-05T06:58:00.000-07:00

This is seriously awesome. Never seen anything like it before... It's like a DJ/Mixer doing a mix from scratch and doing it live at the same time... I was like blown away by the awesome-ness of this guy's talent. Don't really like his other works though cause they're not of the same thingy. Just random songs he wrote i guess.

Life is like a boat...

2007-06-03T19:28:00.000-07:00

Been youtube-ing and finally looked up life is like a boat by Rie Fu. What can i say. I LOVE HER!!! She's damn good larr... This is the type of music i wanna make. It'll take awhile though...sienz. Anyways, just wanna share so i'll put her vid up here for all to know and see. Love the lyrics too....though some parts i feel abit dodgy larrr. Anyways, here you go. Life is like a boat by Rie Fu.

p.s You can get the chords for this song from this site though i myself play a different set...

Ali....G?

2007-06-01T05:40:00.000-07:00

I was watching ali g again and when i heard the song "Freak Me" i went to youtube it. Omg...how's this for a funny but funky song. The rhythmn is good, melody is good....but the lyrics..so dodgy man. This is version by Another Level and not Silk who are the original singers. I just had to post this up. So damn farnee. Pay attention to the vid. You'll realise the vid has almost nothing to do with the song (prob cause they can't show that kinda stuff) and there's dogs in the song. Two rottweilers. What's the point?

Oh...i think the vid in Ali G when the secretrary starts doing her "special" dance to the song Freak Me is DAAAAAMMMMNNNNNN hot there. So there...

Something interesting

2007-05-31T21:01:00.000-07:00

Thought i'd share this. Seemed interesting to me PLUS it's motivational. Well, good luck to all those who are gonna be taking exams soon!! Hope this kinda helps...

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!...

2007-05-29T07:13:00.000-07:00

I have just pierced my ears. I think i look rather cool in these new studs...though i'm gonna get like proper silver rings once they can be changed.

It's on the left ear...in case you wanna know.

Nopes. No pics yet...dunno if there will ever be. If there is...it's gonna be on my msn than my blog. Just takes forever for pics to upload so yeah, can't be too bothered.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

2007-05-22T06:46:00.000-07:00

Ah...finally something to blog about..

MY SISTER GOT INTO NUS FOR DENTISTRY!!!

Congrats mei!! I knew you could do it!! You are Mr. Tan Chiang Wey's sister after all.... =P Hooray!! Hooray for free dentals for years to come....oopss..

Don't worry...i'll remember to get you something. And in case you decline...i insist. I'm your brother and i'll do at least that much.

We'll go clubbing to celebrate after i get back yeah?

Hooray again!! Too many more good years to come!!

Yes...i'm dead..

2007-05-20T22:54:00.000-07:00

Sorry!! Haven't been posting.

Yes...i'm dead...and not at the same time. Can't find anything interesting in posting nowadays. Besides reading my sissy's blog, haven't done much other blogging. I'll try to update once exams are over.

Sorry for my readers...i'll be back soon k?

CW

Ma po de hua yu....YO~~~!!

2007-04-05T11:21:00.000-07:00

Wanna noe how JB ppl speak? Always wondering how it looks like and how we differ from Singaporeans or KL or Penang ppl? Here you go!! It's not JB since its about Muar but this is basically it. Love this man~~... Damn..missing home... =(

This is my life...this is my accent...this is our local "staiul" (style). Cibai, this is the way we roll....

Come on.....COME ON!!!

2007-04-01T22:21:00.000-07:00

"Chiang Wey...wake up!!

You can do it...you can do it...you can do it...believe in yourself...you can do it..."

*Performs extremely impressive gestures and motions that call forth the heavens to infuse himself with extraordinary powers*

"HHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

*A beam of light strikes his upright body. Steam rolls off him in waves, giving the impression that exponential amounts of energy is being released by him*

"I am ready........"