music makes me loose control

ok it's not exactly old news, but as i've mentioned before i've gone on a shopping spree this last week and feel pretty guilty about it. and i still haven't started on my EVH sneakers project yet... damn.
anyways, since i've got my camera up and running, i've decided to take some shots of the new acquisitions that have come into my possession, here you go, eye candy time:

don't ask me how much i spent on these. it's 17 cds in one go, my most stunning record yet. well it's all worth it. that's half a year worth of ear candy material sitting right there. hoho and some pretty rare ones like the one on top. Jordan Rudess's Rhythm of Time, try looking for a copy in cd shops. i suspect it's the only copy in singapore. hmm...

and the sony MDR-71SLP earbuds of course, awesome awesome quality, what more can i say. i'm really doing my ears a favour.

Ok, i think that's enough showing off for one day. i really hate myself for being such a spending whore, aite peace

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blast

ooh hoo had a blast today.

went jamming with eugene, yun tian, han lu and weng wor. well i did spent 3 hours on the trip to and fro but it was worth it. learnt a lot of stuff about dynamics and playing in the band. also i haven't had this much fun in a while, so it was awesome \m/

and also took my newly acquired headphones for a spin. wow what a world of difference from my old ones. even on the mrt, i couldn't hear any ambient noises, and you can hear the most minute details in the music. and it makes those not-so-well produced records sound grainy, cause of its amazing quality. oh man best 60 bucks i've ever spent probably. i should really kick myself for not getting it sooner. and the earplugs worked as well, although didn't have to use it for the whole duration of the jam, coz it wasn't really that loud. and mikeman's studio's pretty cool, although a bit messy, but cool nontheless!

i'm burnt. gotta sleep early, still gotta go clubbing tomorrow.

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what goes aroud comes around

good karma has finally landed in a faraway place where a lonely hobo called lix resides...

ok cut the bullcrap. today was great! can't believe i'm saying this but it's great. i had clubbing in the morning (for those of you who don't already know, clubbing = going to guitar club, hence the term "clubbing", get it?), then after that waited for about an hour for rui yi to return me my precious sparkle drive and finally went with che-hsien to that orchard tourist centre place to get some pamphlets and stuff for his mom's visit.

but then the good stuff comes, we ended up in sim lim square to get the etymotic research ER-20 hi fidelity ear plug. here's some excerpt from the site regarding the "hi-tech" earplug:

"ETY•Plugs use a patented tuned resonator and acoustic resistor that replicate the natural response of the open ear so that sound heard with these earplugs is as clear as the original, just quieter."

well let's fastforward. so after that we were walkin around and i jus happend to stumble upon the sony shop and jus happend to pickup a pair of Sony MDR-EX71SLP earphones and jus happened to have the money to pay for them. i couldn't resist. they were too delicious to my ears. it was a great buy, worth every cent i paid for (which is 64 buckaroos to be exact), well it was definitely ouch for my wallet. damn i felt good spending money, well i'm sure for the next 2 weeks i'll feel pretty bad. it's always been the case.

then the final greatest thing happend. i made up with naz. he isn't pissed animore! yea, my tactics worked. let it cool, so he couldn't be pissed at me again. and oh yeah i found a new hobby, listen to SY bitch about everything. it's just really interesting, whenever he turns on bitch mode, it jus sort of makes my day. dunno why, it's cool in a weird way. but then again maybe it's due to the abberant nature of my presense of mind. whatever. i'll post some pix tomorrow of my new sexy headphones. totally rad. peace

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bad day

it was quite an uneventful day, up till the incident. the regret, the guilt, it's all very clear to me now. i'm trapped in an octavarium, can't get out...

it all happened in soccer, i had jus worked my way past a few guys, and dk was the last man. i was on the right flank, over ran the ball a bit and stretched to keep it in. i did, swear i did. and DK, being an assh*le as usual said it was out. fine, i gave the ball to them and kept playing.

and it was like 5 minutes later, when i was dribbling the ball in my half, nazim came and took me out and ran straight towards the goal. so i came from the side and that moment jus froze in my mind. from the countless games i've watched and played, i knew in my heart that it was the perfect tackle, textbook, classic, jus spot on. the right timing, the right angle, the right speed, the right everything. yes it was street soccer on cold hard concrete. i didn't care, all i thought about was that perfect tackle...

and so i went for it left foot first, sliding in and everything went right, at least for me. got the ball clean. but the then everything went wrong. nazim being a slow-reacting person, didn't at all expect that. think everyone got a shock that i did a slide tackle on concrete. so nazim tripped over my body and fell down and hit his elbow on the ground. then i dunno what came over me, but i immediately got up and told him, quite harshly that i got the ball clean, almost in a punishing sort of voice. i guess i was jus trying to assert my authority, that i was till the man to beat, the best defender there is on the court.

damn now thinking back, i jus offended one of my best friends. he wouldn't even talk to me after i apologized and he probably wouldn't come for soccer for a month. what a stupid mistake i have made. it was jus the dumbest thing to do. of all people i decided to take my anger and frustration out on nazim. i feel worse than bad, i feel like an asswipe, a total jerk. i guess i'll jus have to go talk to naz tomorrow, and fingers crossed that he wouldn't be still mad at me. damn how i wish that i hadn't done that. too late for everything now. like they say life is full of mistakes, what counts is how you handle them. i'll just have to handle this one myself.

for those who understand, i extend my hand, for the doubtful i demand, take me as i am...

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train of thoughts

scorned ashes, rising flames...
that's the title of a song once written by a good friend of mine.

jus like the title of the song, i've decided to start anew, since i lost my old blog http://vai.bo0.com i shall make this one my permanent home!

ok on with more serious thoughts. i've been thinkin a lot lately, about stuff that happened in school. about the unfairness of the IP system, about the guilt of being an IP student and spending my first 3 months in total obliviation as to what others are feeling. and more so, because on the morning of the results release i didn't feel anything, and onli after jason and meisum didn't come for class did i get hit by freight train on the head. the realization sent a chill down my spine, the complete ignorance. my senses were numbed. i've living in a bubble, safe from the outside world, safe from the harsh reality. i felt bad.

and it's like a withdrawal syndrome almost. i didn't go jts, i didn't go dramafeste, and couldn't go 黄城, i'm afraid to look into the eyes of people and see reflections of myself. i feel ugly. i wanna start anew in the new term. get rid of all the old, stale mentalities and work to prove my worth. i need to prove something, somehow. not to anyone else, but to myself. to regain my own confidence so when faced with harsher and more severe adversities, i can pick myself up and keep walking.

and i have my reservations about the class. yes everyone keeps tellling me it's an uber fun class to be in, but i jus feel that there are too many cliques. it's nice to have different and distinct personalities in class, but that creates a whole new set of problems. the guys are generally alright, united we stand. but the gals, it's a totally different world. i dunno even know who's in who's clique, but it seems that there's a million bunches all over the place and there seems to be like a silent fuede going on. we should be bonded as a class, and leave no one out, whether you are cool, or uncool, good looking or down right fugly, introvert or ultra socialble, we're still 63.

when i say i'm from 63, honestly i hardly feel anything. somehow i think it's supposed to make me feel proud, feel that extra oomph, that energy, that unitedness. although there's instances that we were united, we're still a bunch of people who hardly knows one another. we're like strangers, except we're all tagged with a number 63. that's about all that we have in common. maybe i'm exaggerating a little bit, but that's generally how i feel. i sincerely hope i'm wrong. and i'm praying really hard that i'm wrong. pls people, prove me wrong.

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Holy!

came across a very scary picture today. look closely at the headstock folks, and count the number to pegs that holds the string. 1, 2, 3... that's right, JESUS H. CHRIIIST! 8 stringer. how about that. well it's a custom 1 off job by ibanez for meshuggah, sweet dude...

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First Post

Tihs is manet ot be teh fsrit psot, wichh srvees as a tstenig gonurd for fturue mnteal egegaxrtiaons. itenesrting eh?

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