Invisible Drum Kit

Kudos to Rowan Atkinson! A wicked awesome vid!

August 21..

Some days you just feel like you're on top of the world, being adept at the various responsibilities you shoulder daily, may it be yr profession, studies, bumming. BUT you have days where you feel oblivious to everything around you, and at that moment it seems everything that seems to matter to you, don't matter anymore.Today was that day. I'm tired, tired of being extra nice to people eventhough I get treated like a dirty rag, or taken for granted, tired of studying, tired of being nice to relatives I don't like, tired of being a responsible brother and son (though I love it, it's tiring) or to sum it up, maybe I'm simply enervated from trying my best in life, to make the best out of everything I have (which is not much), only to find out it was not worth it in the end. Life is sure one hell of a game. I sound emo and depressed, don I? I concur. I need sleep NOW.

Mischievous Moses

August 11..

A busy last week, and weekend it was. Rock climbing, meeting up with friends who are back for the hols, movies, more movies, bumming, reading up my stack of novels, catching up with more friends, going for gigs, late nights, more late nights and a whole lot of other events I can barely remember. Glad I got a few newbie's hooked to rock climbing!

One interesting event that just came my way was when I was asked to play for a Soul/Jazz/Funk band last Saturday, together with other professional musicians like Juwita's bassist and keyboardist, and drummer Steve Jordan. It was actually my first gig out without my band, Crimson Epiphany, and playing a music genre that's not even my own. It turned out, well, fine I guess.

It feels good to play with professionals, knowing they have your back and you feel safe when playing. A whole lot of ther stuff happened that night, with legendary jazz guitarist/singer Jordan Rivers walking into the cafe and later playing on my guitar for a song requested by the audience. I was just awestruck by the amount of talent, coupled with humility, that he has. He was also generous with his advice, giving me pointers on how to play the guitar with my heart, and not by over-thinking.

Well yea, I also found out a couple of months back when I was at a gig at The Attic, that Jordan Rivers' son, the drummer that night, Steve Jordan was my junior back in Primary School and he still remembered me all this years. And to make it more interesting, Ben Jin from church was his classmate in the same school where I was their Senior. Its funny how we are all connected, and maybe its time I believed the whole "Six Degrees of Separation" theory.

Ah well, a lot of other stuff happened, but I guess I do not have the patience to write about everything. Here are 2 pictures of me and the other of the legendary Jordan Rivers (my apologies for the bad quality of the pictures taken) taken from the gig by Aaron on his mobile phone.

Dramatic Beaver!!

Make sure your speakers are on FULL! Dramatic Beaver's in the house!

Aug 7...

Hey guys.. it's been sometime since I last blogged, and now I've decided that I'll discipline myself to blog often.

Anyway to start off the whole blogging thing again, here's something interesting..

My friend Cheryl has decided to start a female accessories business that caters to well... females. It is a joint partnership with her fellow cousins. Here's the intro I copied directly from her website:

"This little band of merrymakers in their search for the "one piece only" decided to take matters into their own hands! We use stainless steel, silver, semi precious stones, crystals and some man made ones too! Its all about expressing yourself = accessorize!! accessorize in one offs!!! Welcome to the world of "bits and bobs" where there is something for everyone! I WANT TO ACCESSORIZE... Got to have to them, got to know more about the pieces, drop me an email at bitsnbobsmsia@gmail.com. We can send the pieces out by mail. However, please note that prices shown do not include shipping."

Do check them out at http://bitsnbobsmsia.blogspot.com/