Benjamin

Europe

2010-12-07T10:18:00.000-08:00

Hi! My family + God parents went to Europe this year. Just gonna show stuff, not too much details cos i don't feel like posting alot. Apparently this is my 2nd trip. Upon studying some evidences, I believe i've been to Europe some 18 years ago... but it's as good as it never happened cos i can't remember anything. So to me this is it, my (unofficially) 1st Europe trip!

Food. Good. Pizzas, Pastas & of cos, Ice Cream. If you think any ice cream you have ever eaten in S'pore is ''good'', den sorry but you don't know what is ''good''. This ice cream here can piss all over the other ice creams i've ever eaten in my life. It's so creamy but not milky, flavours are so real, like the real stuff itself!.. and of cos, it melts so slowly.

Closer pic of the best ice cream in the world.

Ok, den if you really like Pizza, and eat alot, and then stack the boxes high up, you will get something that looks like this! The Leaning Tower Of Pizza (boxes).

This is at what they called ''Jungfraujoch'', also known ''Top of Europe'' to us tourists, but i don't think it really is la. So cold... Snow...

Here is my nicest pic of the Eiffel Tower. Paris was so so cold. We were told that people predict snow the day after we left. Hahaha...

Yes. So very very briefly this is my trip... of cos there's more not mentioned la. Stuff here are really expensive (food, water, etc.) but the place is really really nice. If you get the chance to, do go and see.

Thank God for this good opportunity to go for this holiday trip.

Go to EUROPE! This is your Final Countdown...

ORD

2010-11-26T06:08:00.000-08:00

ORD since 081110. *applause* Thank you very much.

Loudfest 2010

2010-09-02T09:39:00.000-07:00

Loudfest 2010

Yes. We're called ''FACEDOWN''... made up of Rach, Lem, Marc and myself (Ben)... haha

This year, we're fortunate enough that we managed to play in Loudfest this year! Probably the last show we can play for before Marc ''goes in''. Also fortunate i'm free this day and could play. Thank God for it all!

It was fun, Thank God, thank all the organisers, those who came down to watch and everyone who made it happen.

English

2010-03-20T08:27:00.000-07:00

The wonders of the English Language. I thought this was quite interesting. Enjoy if u think so too...

We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose isn't meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Then shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose, and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the male pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!
Not to forget, if Father may be called Pop,
Shouldn't Mother be called Mop?

English is a crazy language, full of lies and bullshit.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren’t invented in England ..
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing,
grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham?
Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends
and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what the hell does a humanitarian eat?!
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance mean the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
in which your house can burn up as it burns down,
in which you fill in a form by filling it out,
and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

Last but not least, if people from Poland are called Poles,
then people from Holland must be H****!

:)

hi

2010-02-10T07:34:00.000-08:00

Hi. I havent touched this page in a looong time... but seriously, what's there to post about? I hope there will be soon... but really, having the routine lifestyle makes life quite the same all the time... and really have nothing to say... and i may be gone for a looooong looooong time again.

But one thing for everyone! HAPPY CNY! Hahah... happy getting money! May everyone have fun doing so. I'll be stuck in camp most of the time i guess... and also, happy Valentines day!! Go listen to more BFMV, so your tears won't fall... (haha)

No, i'm not saying that anyone to shoot their valentine... or maybe?

Ha, also, i manage to get some of these drinks. Everyone knows the Apple one is great. It IS and is the best among the 4 imo. For me, I think the lemon and orange are great too, but the blackcurrent one sucked. Get sparkling ribena if i were you. haha.

Rach, Marc, Lem. I want to jam. I'm getting withdrawal.

Ok, thats all. God bless. Bye.

Happy New Year

2010-01-12T06:31:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

wow. it's another year alr. didnt realise is until few days into the year... everyday just seems the same nowdays, be it wkday/wkend. However, just thank God for bringing me and everyone else through 2009, and also towards 2010!

Ibanez Guitar Line6 Pod X3 Live

2009-12-07T08:01:00.000-08:00

Okay. This is how the Ibanez looks like. Awesome stuff. It has the piezo option that gives really nice acoustic guitar sounds. 2 output jacks. Options for magnetic/piezo/both outputs. It's a RG1820X Prestige.

Other than that i got a Steves Special and Air Norton pickups... but they are not installed yet. I plan to get them in this guitar sooommmee tiimmmmee soooonnn.

All right. Get ready for the Line6 POD X3 LIVE! hahaha... i'm sure it's going to be lots of fun... right Lester?

Just got it so i'm going to take my time to understand this thing inside out, but not really hard to understand having already known how to use the Pod xt Live. Maybe it's going for sale? WHO KNOWS?!.. but really, if you are interested to buy, contact me. email is good.

fuchs

2009-09-29T08:20:00.000-07:00

I promise you this amp head says something else...

hahahaha...

gaze into the fishness

2009-07-15T07:08:00.000-07:00

ok... it has really been a long long wow since i did this. but finally i got myself a new fish today! yay! that's good! was having lunch wif parents den went to look see look see wow mum was buying some other things. den see alr shiok, had a 'justbuy1sttalklaterla' moment. so here it is... now Gaaaazzeee into the fishnesssss...

Post-Musical 2009

2009-07-06T06:58:00.000-07:00

JG Musical 2009: The 17 Yr Old Virgin.

brought to you by (almost all) the members of the Joshua Generation, plus some others!

After all the hard work and all, it's finall over. having only 3 hrs of slp the night before, i myself duno how i tahan all the way la... but after what i saw, it's worth it. sell out audience, great music, great acting singing dancing, smooth flow of the whole set... WOW! seriously the best JG event yet... and all i can say is GLORY TO GOD! yea, in bold, caps letters! well done to each and every one who has a part to play in this musical...

...although 2 grps of ppl really special to me.

The Band

hey marc, lem and vince. thanks for the times we prepared for this day. thanks for all the pracs, the complains, meals (ohyea, food), early morning recordings, and lastly for just shuddingup and listening to me most of the time. yeah, i know say tt i dun regret scolding u all alot (i still don't) and i admit i was vvvv demanding... but i dun regret playing wif u fellas and all. thanks to zac for being so so willing to help the moment i asked u. all of u are the best.

Props & Backdrop Team

The 'behind the scene' heroes. Sam & Phil. lots of chionging, chionging and chionging wif me too... hahah... at least we did it together. had fun wif the staying over in church and my place and all... 3 man team is really quite tiring ok...

Now for some pics of stuff u never saw...

thanks phil for holding the ladder for me, if not i might have dieded

the beautifully completed stage :) ... only to be torn down again :( ...

haha, now you know what you were standing on.

Some retarded pictures. Sorry guys...

ok... tts all for now... putting up pics are really troublesome. bye.

Musical

2009-07-01T05:21:00.000-07:00

After all the paperwork, music arrangements, song layouts, pracs, rehersals, more pracs, scolding the guys and chionging props, it's down to this day.

Okay... it's gna be real soon before the musical night... As the musicdirectorguitaristkeyboardiststageandbackdropdesign-er, i really urge u to come ok! this is the 1st time like (almost) the whole JG actually got together to do something... lots of time, money, energy and effort has been put in... and all i can do now is really to pray tt it will be a success. and tt will be all i ask for. we really must do something damn fun after it ok...

Be seated by 7.15pm. Hinghwa Methodist Church Lvl 4, 93 Kitchener Road.

june

2009-06-05T08:10:00.000-07:00

2 June. Happy freaking 15th birthday. to je. Spend your money wisely. God bless you. Don't die... blabla...

Some time back back back... bought these. don't you think the packaging is cute? looks like sweets to me...

Decided to use 9-42. changed both the strat and jem. planning to use them for the musical! changing the strings for the jem is time sucking... hahah... but all so worth it.

If You

2009-05-13T09:37:00.000-07:00

Dear you,

If you never felt pain, then how would you know that I am a Healer?

If you never had to pray, how would you know that I am a Deliverer?

If you never had a trial, how could you call yourself an overcomer?

If you never felt sadness, how would you know that I am a Comforter?

If you never made a mistake, how would you know that I am a forgiver?

If you knew all, how would you know that I am the answer?

If you never were in trouble, how would you know that I will come to your rescue?

If you never were broken, then how would you know that I can make you whole?

If you never had a problem, how would you know that I can solve them?

If you never had any suffering, then how would you know what I went through?

If you never went through the fire, then how would you become pure?

If I gave you all things, how would you appreciate them?

If I never corrected you, how would you know that I love you?

If you had all power, then how would you learn to depend on me?

If your life was perfect, then what would you need me for?

Love, Jesus

congrats david and leanne

2009-04-29T07:38:00.000-07:00

Lots of happy congratulations to David and Leanne one their big day. May God really really bless the 2 of you always... and ur families and your future children and ... hope you really had fun with the chocolate kiss thing. haha!.. and thanks david for lending me ur guitar too.

for some funny reason, leanne looks shocked.

cheers to the newly-wedded couple!

For everyone else, remember to turn your volume ALL THE WAY up!

A guitar volume knob is not like that on your amp. turning it down decreases impt stuff of your tone like distorion and sustain etc... so please do not screw up your tone and make sure your volume is at it's max.

A story of an empty cage

2009-03-19T08:51:00.000-07:00

A story of an empty cage.

One sunday morning a church paster came to the church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, The pastor begin to speak...'I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, 'What do you have there, son?' 'Just some old birds,' came the reply.

'What are you gonna do with them?' I asked.

'Take them home and have fun with them,' he answered 'I'm gonna tease them, pull out their feathers and make them fight. I'm gonna have a real good time'

'But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?' I asked.

'Oh, I got some cats,' said the little boy. 'They like birds. I'll take the birds to them.'

The pastor was silent for a moment. 'How much do you want for those birds, son?'

'Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!' replied the boy.

'How much?' the pastor asked again.

The boy looked at the pastor as if he were crazy and said, '$10?'

The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.

The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.

Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story.

One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. 'Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!'

'What are you going to do with them?' Jesus asked.

Satan replied, 'Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to fight and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!'

'And what will you do when you are done with them?' Jesus asked.

'Oh, I got lots of space in hell, I'll take these people there,' Satan glared proudly.

'How much do you want for them?' Jesus asked.

'Oh, you don't want those people. They are worse than useless! Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!'

'How much do you want for them?!' He asked again.

Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, 'All your blood, tears... and your LIFE!!!'

...and Jesus paid the price.

byebye

2009-01-05T09:16:00.000-08:00

2008 Christmas was great! i hope everyone enjoyed the 27th event as much as i did. ok, i'm not really in any mood to elaborate/post pics/whatnot right now... cos something serious is about to happen.

From my birthdate, i believe you are able to mathematically determine (or guess) that i have passed my 18th birthday. male humans 18 years and older are required to attend a certain sort of youth camp where everyone dresses the same, does the same things, and pretty much gets into the same kind of trouble together. if you still don't know what i'm talking about, here are more hints: it is a 4 letter word, and girls fortunately don't get to enjoy it.

But here's a really really special thank you to those who have made it special for me. i really appreciate all you've done. but for everyone else, bye bye.. and i'll see you soon enough (i hope).

Getting Serious

2009-01-05T08:08:00.000-08:00

Christmas for 2008 was geat. i hope everyone enjoyed the event on the 27th dec as much as i did! but it's all over now. ok i'm not in the mood to put details/pictures/whatnot now, cos something serious is about to happen.

From my birthdate, you may have mathematically discovered (or guessed) that i have passed my 18th birthday. Male humans 18 years of age and above require attending a certain sort of youth camp where everyone dresses the same, does the same thing, and pretty much gets into the same kind of trouble together. if you don't know what i'm talking about, here are more hints for you: it can be spent in 4 letters and fortunately females don't get to enjoy it.

Anyway, here's a special thanks for all of you who make it special for me. i really appreciate all that you've done. to everyone else, bye bye, and i'll see you soon (i hope).

camp, hungry, kungfu panda

2008-12-23T09:45:00.000-08:00

so far much has happened. i'll just mention some, but i'm in no mood to go into full detail.

Camp

this is something good. it's something to look forward to. this is the 1st time i got such a big post, and the 1st time in my life i fell sick in jg camp... how sick? i don't know what you call it, but the doctor called it throat infection.. plus fever. but still , we had a great speaker, great fun, great people. Everyone really put alot of effort into it, so we really hoped you guys did enjoy yourself... at least some ok.

"Hungry"

haha. i always wanted jg to do something like this really. something like a food hunt where you just go around s'pore eating good food and stuff. this even actually happened, so i had to bring myself up and go for it even though i was not fully ok yet. we won 2nd! yay! but i guess we really have fun. wat a great group! peter, we should go out some time soon. don't kope all the prizes ok...

CMD Christmas Sunday

haha. this one is great. they did a story based on kungfu panda, but this time i was not part of the skit like that time during the mooncake event. Instead, there were Marc, Cine, Stacy, Steph, Alaster who put on a really great show i think we all enjoyed. they were the new sexiest people in the world at that point in time!! just look at their faces, who can deny that?

the next thing that is happening is the event on the 27th. come and show your support. see you there.

Ibanez JEM

2008-12-09T05:59:00.000-08:00

about the guitar. it's an Ibanez Jem7V (white). for those who don't know (which is unlikely), its just the "Steve Vai guitar". u can use any image search, i bet you'll be able to find it. it has a super thin neck, dimarzio evolution pickups which are really high power. as a whole, the guitar looks good, sounds good, plays good. the Jem is truely a gem... if you want details, go to the Ibanez website and find out yourself. http://www.ibanez.com/eg/guitar.aspx?m=JEM7V

ok, 1st i'll tell u a horror story in a sentence.

"I CHECKED IN THE GUITAR!!!!"

this is the pic with all the labels and stuff... specially requested to both sides to have the 'fragile' sticker, and to give the gutiar a priority. so it went with the business class. ended up the guitar even took a better class than me! ok... some precautions were taken. the strings were loosened to the max, til the bridge went the other way down. my mum lent me her scarf to give extra padding. stuff all the left over hotel tissue inside also. good thing the case is good as in like shape is just nice fitting for an Ibanez RG guitar shape. so not much movement.

when the case came in, it was freakin' wet!!! wet not because of raining/spilt water/whatsoever. it was condensation. when it got home, open the case, the gutiar was so cold water started condensing on it. it literally looked as if the guitar was sweating. used cloths and tissues to wipe it, den later blow dry. didn't dare play it then cos i don't know how much of the inside is wet. i didn't want to risk frying it on the 1st day. anyway, i got to get busy updating myself and getting along with camp stuff.

fast foward. next day i gave the guitar a full set up. action, strings were still good so no change needed. anyway, don't know what i need to do if i change the string guage... like do i need to adjust what/add or remove tremolo springs/etcetc... so this guitar is using a 9-42 set.

before that, i also just change the strings for my number 1. cos they got rusty. once again, i wud like to say that i don't drink... cos the beer was a gift from a friend.

Some pictures of the Jem after the setup and stuff. to me, it looks alot alot better in real life. enjoy.

Next day, confirmed with Samuel, Sam and Lester we were going swee lee. apparently they were eyeing stuff too... see what i mean?

Sam got a Squier by Fender telecaster, and Samuel got a Cort electric guitar. both got Laney amps. after they were done after like almost 3 hrs, we went for lunch den my place. did a string change and set up for them as well.

haha.. look at the amps here. we had a small jam.

Korea

2008-12-08T03:49:00.000-08:00

Ok i'm HOOOMMMEE! haha. for this post, i'm going to talk about korea. i went there with my family plus god-parents. just came back yesterday. it's definately going to be hard to include EVERYTHING into this post so i'll just be talking about the main parts i rmb best.

FOOD

ok, this is a definate part of the holiday i will surely remember. How they eat usually comes afew small cold dishes called kimchiandotherstuffwhichidontgiveadamnbecauseiusuallydunlikethem. these are served first. Next, the main dish comes, and thank God its not cold... its usually noodle or rice. sometimes i put those cold dishes into the main dish to make them hot. there were barbecue, steamboats, and individual dishes as well. do look at the pics of us enjoying food. try not to get too hungry. try ah...

the raw seafood were seriously fresh, so fresh that i can swear the sotong tenticles and the part of the fishes not cut off were still moving. its like you can taste some sea water flavour but somehow its still very nice. then later they cooked the fish heads in the steamboat and whatever raw meat not eaten was put in the steamboat. there was also one dish of the chicken and soup thing (shown above), but there is rice inside the chicken. interesing eh?

SKIING

skiing is fun! don't know is it because you can't do it in singapore or what, but its really good! if you have the chance, try it! first day of skiing, we went to learn first, then the following days we were on our own. the pics here are us with our ski teacher person, j and myself. its more fun than it looks. haha, notice us wearing that thing on our heads... the after-ski-hair is something you may find interesting too. gear wise, the shoes are like super ankle protection robocop shoes man!

Lotte World

Theme park. many people were there! however, due to what they called "bad" weather, most of the outdoor rides and stuff were closed that day. hence, we could only play indoor one. funny characters, shows, rides, games and stuff... even got parade! nice place to go and play. lazy to upload many pics already.

Guitar Shop

haha! i knew i couldn't resist this. after not touching a six string thing for a week, i was happy when we arrived at this place! here is like a building just selling musical instruments and all that. i got an ibanez yes, i'll talk about it some other time... bought from this particular shop and pics are shown below. lem! no fender 5-string marcus miller model there, but the basses picture i took specially for you. haha!

that's about all i want to say lah. want to know more, go there yourself. but find, althought the countryside there are less ppl and all that, the people are much better than in the city. cos in the city it's like most people dun really give a damn about anything. stupid attitude problems all over the place... so it's like every man for himself! or woman for herself... other than that, it was cold. so cold that it snowed on the day we left. there are more pics for sure but due to laziness/no time/no space/all 3 reasons, i wun put anymore up la. have fun!

Ben bday

2008-11-28T03:06:00.000-08:00

haha! hi all, i decided to make one more post before i fly tonight. i guess most of the jg guys and girls will be at east coast cycling right now, and later will be 'movie marathon'-ing in church til like God knows what time...? i bet not many are gna sleep at all anyway!

just now, i was at CityMusic with afew of the guys, lester, sam, walter, pris & her twin frens. walter got his new toy, the Korg Kaossilator... for some reason it just reminds me of calculator, but it's a cool fx! have fun with it man. den the rest of them went off for the cycling, but jie and myself werent going. so i decided to ~~waste time with her~~ keep her company until she went to meet elizabeth to register some driving thing. all of you doing driving now, exept me... how sad i am cos i dun have the time! i will soon enuff i guess. haha!

anyway, wed night Hope For Monday went for dinner. First was to meet Yew Jin for the night's recording mix. Second was also to celebrate Ben's birthday (or at least he thinks so, haha) but jokes aside, he has really turned 18. look at him, look at me, i can't believe he's older than me really... but what the heck.

At Fish & Co. FOOOOD! we waited damn long...

Lem, Aiken, Ben. Ben, what/who are you looking at!!!?

Rach, Marc, Me.

reader beware, Lem is not as angelic as he appears here. haha Lem!

Finished Food. That made most of us really full-up man...

The birthday celebration continues!

Hope For Monday + Yew Jin

The Trio!

Happy Birthday Ben. Here's he not breaking the law. Hope you had a great time, cos for the price you better did! God Bless ya.

Alright, i guess thats all for now. i'll be flying. Korea, not Japan... for 'so and so' who made a mistake about the destination.. haha! back on 7th Dec, night time. hope i find something i like, and actually buy it. right now, i think i'll shred abit before i go. bye bye!

Camp Majesty, opened podxtlive

2008-11-23T07:16:00.000-08:00

yay! so one week of being a free man is like over... my family is going to korea for about 10 days or so, and i'll not be around update... hope i like find something i like... and CHEAP! i hope i can get an ibanez next... or gretsch.. see which opportunity comes first. haha, who knows, maybe korea got how!? hahaha.

Oh yea, one day in sweelee... church now has a new snare. it's an Omar Hakin signature. Marc got his iron cobra double pedal on that day too!!! yea, very happy for him. i really can't wait for him to master it. one fine day we'll be rippin' metal like nobody's business! and finally, i laid my fingers on a scalloped fretboard of the Yngwie Malmsteen stratocaster. scalloped frets sure are difficult to play... hope i can play then next time!

HEY YOU! if you're young, not just think so but actually ARE young, remember to join CAMP MAJESTY! JG camp 2008. haha. its oso a reminder if ure a JG member but nv sign up...

Details are as follows:

when: 15-18 December 08
where: 795 upper serangoon rd
how much: $70 (its worth it, really)

Today, my ~~craziness~~ itchy hands led me to open up my pod xt live. i have no idea why i suddenly decided to do that, but i guess i did it our of curiosity. thank God, He didn't make me a cat. i'll say its easy to open and put back together lah, but if you are interested to find out what the insides look like, let the pictures guide you...

this is the underside of the pod xt live. here, you can see the signature of some dude who inspected this awesome piece of equipment on a sticker. whoever you are, thanks! anyway, if you want to open and see for yourself (if you have one), those screws circled in red do not need to be removed. just the others on the underside and 2 on the side.

this is the part that made me blur. i have no idea how who made/fixed/bothered to think of all these electronics... but he sure did a great job.

so i later fixed back the thing, onned it to make sure it still works properly. it did. the end.

it's play time

2008-11-18T08:14:00.000-08:00

ok. 18th nov is my last paper for my As. it really feels great to have a huge load slowly, slowly, slowly but surely being lifted off your shoulders as each day passes and each paper gets done... and surely is now. yes, it's happyfying. anyway, today i also don't know why but i brought my phone in. yea, i gave to the invigilator but he gave it back after the paper... so i immediately turned it on again and took this pic

on my table lies my entry proof and pencil case. thanks to philip for lending me his toxic waste pencil for the whole exam. haha, its nice to use.

ok, so even if you think 6 + 4 +2 = x, so many years of education are wasted, at least the following are some stuff i know that i know are not true. here they are...

- spaghetti (confetti) is thrown on people during parties/weddings/etc...
- an optimist (optomerist) is a doctor who treats your eyes (although it would be good if he is optimistic about it)
- a myth is a female moth
- trigonometry is having 3 wives (hahahaha)
- a monastry is where monsters live
- mosquitoes originate from Moscow
- the Tropic of Cancer is a disease you definately do not want to have
- the Archives are where Noah kept his bees
- earth makes a resolution (revolution) very 24 hours
- a baby kangaroo is in the porch (pouch)

i absolutely don't know if you know if these are right or not, but i guess thats not my problem anyway! haha...

Hope For Monday gig

2008-11-14T06:10:00.000-08:00

Yes! as expected, this next post will be about the gig at sac's prom night. details: 13 Nov 2008, York Hotel. 1stly, TO GOD BE THE GLORY! next, i really really hope all of u ppl who were at the prom enjoyed yourself as much as i did!

As soon as the whole band got there, we went to the hall already. while waiting for our turn of sound check and stuff, we went to the roof for pics! haha... suddenly it was soundcheck! fender amps are great i tell you...

ok, now for the real event. the night started wif a dark room, suspense music, a monster mc (person wearing a monster mask) and after some games it was time to eat! arh, didn't really eat as much as i usually will do... but still got anyway. shouldn't eat too much anyway, you DO NOT want to throw up. the food was good anyway. next we had a fashion show... which was continued by more lucky draws, games and prizes! we were well entertained by West Grand while eating and soon it was our turn! Following are some pics of the event!

heres the band anyway... haha

Here's a picture with the 1 and only WGB! wow, all i can say is that its really great meeting you guys! it was also fun having shared the stage that night! you guys are a bunch of fun & funny people who perform and rock well! nuff said!

anyway, what can i say... but seriously, SAC ROCKS! and yes, you can put that in bold, big letters! haha, the graduating batch of 2008 at least! i mean, you bunch are a group of crazy, fun-loving people! and that made it such a pleasure to play for your event! here are some pics. (pls dun be angry if you're not inside!!!)

The action... Rach you are BAD! she made someone CRY!! but seriously, well done... and well done all!.. and that includes you Charmaine! thanks for being there the whole time, taking pics and backing us up...

OK! i guess this is going to be all i'm going to put up for now. there's going to be a recording from the gig, and more pictures char took. feel free to check them out. rock on good people! Hope For Monday's lead guitarist signing off.

Hope For Monday

2008-11-07T19:48:00.000-08:00

Hi all. 1stly, this is it. the trio and joined forces with rach, aiken and ben (choo) for a special event/'project'. our band is "Hope For Monday"! why so? its definately not becos were some kind of sick retards who look forward to school/work on monday mornings. anyway, the reason behind it is that jesus died for all of us.what a sacrifice! later on, he rose... on a sunday. hence there is hope for monday! by right not only monday lah, tues, wed, thur and every day too.

Lineup:
vocals - Aiken, Rach
Gutiars - Ben, Ben
Bass - Lem
Drums - Marc

we'll be playing for sac on 13 nov. by then all the Os wud have ended! yay for them.

anyway, quite heng i actually got time to do this. haha! God bless me for my exams!.. and bless you too if ure in my position/similar position as me. for all ya who are feeling kinda sian right now, always look at the oak tree... and remember, the nut that grew into that, was something just like you... if u think so...

here's me trapped in ~~toyland~~ my gutiar cabinet. and yea, this is how it looks like from outside. its not really enjoyable staying inside... but i did it just for fun.

conference

2008-09-23T08:43:00.000-07:00

Lord i pray, after this conference You will draw me and everyone else for that matter closer to You. come and work in a whole new exciting fun wonderful... (You get the idea) way! its so exciting to see wats gna happen man. the conference was quite tiring really, but great. the speaker was great! thats ps chris long for u! just rmb, your name is sth really impt... so dun look down/ think lightly of it. also, how you call a situation might actually determine its outcome. say YES TO JESUS! although it may be a risk sometimes, it is one worth taking.

anyway, i changed the middle pickup of the white strat to a reverse wound... that was seriously some money gone frm a 5 min visit to the guitar shop. got it done much earlier and got to use the guitar for the conference, and it sounded great. the other stuff i used are just the same equippment i have, nothing more, nothing less.

Heres the trio for you. were honoured to play for the conference.
These are ppl you shld not forget: the audio and visual ppl. well done! thanks very much.

For now, its so buzy man.. wif the amt of stuff we are getting.. from today (23 sep) there is only 41 days to go. so i dun think i will be back til then! as u can see, i changed to this simpler layout as you can see. and why the heck didnt i think of that earlier? simple stuff are so much nicer and its true.

fender strat

2008-07-01T06:55:00.000-07:00

heres the new fender stratocaster. dad got it. i think its a 70s reissue. its crafterd and made in japan except the pickups. its likely to be my practice guitar, so i dun wear out the sunburst one. (cos its limited ed! i dun want to change the parts) other than that, i wud use it in church here and there too.

pic of the head. as u can see, it has the large headstock, schaller F-key tuners. brass nut thing coming out from the head. maple gloss neck, rosewood fretboard.

3 single coil USA vintage pickups. 5 way switching. 1 volume 2 tone. yea, thats usually the standard stratocaster. from here you can also see its 21 frets. and oh ya, its a curved fingerboard. thats all for now!

makan adventure

2008-06-06T09:40:00.000-07:00

6/6/08. Today i went for a Makan Adventure!... wif Nic, je came along too. time started was about 1150 from my hse at redhill we got lemon honey drink, good nonsense ah..

scene 1: Alexandra Village

bak kut teh. its all in the soup, and this one is good.

claypot laksa. wow, i mean i've seen many laksas.. but this one 1st time see in claypot. its good, one of the best laksas i eatted in my life for now. yes, its said the chilli either makes or breaks the laksa. this one made it :)

ok, here we have avocado and soursop juice. stating the quite obvious, green = avocado. white = soursop. i found the avocado one interesting! its milky milky one.. very...how to say, cream?!

"Stall 17!! dun go wrong one...", said Nic. there are more than 1 stall selling such drinks anyway..

chin chow. ok, i'm not much a fan of this. but Nic loves it, so.. we got one anyway.

scene 2: Queensway Shopping Centre

when we 1st got here, i went to look and shoes.. i want a new pair of running shoes.. but long long after, it was time to... EAT.

here we have curry chicken curry and bread..

den, we actually got another bowl of laksa. katong one. another fine example of chilli making the laksa! the curry on its own for this one is very clear.

je loves all the curries we had today. i have to agree.

scene 3: Fisherman's Wharf, clarke quay (clar- ker-kway)

here, we got 2 fish and chips. one wif fries (top), one wif chips (below). chips are like soggyish fries.. but in a nice way. also bought 1 extra scoop of mashed potato... i can say, its one of the nicer ones ive eaten, can even fight wif fish&co. today was dory. anyway, Nic says that their sause they ownself make one...

scene 4: Sultan's Kebab, ~~piss~~ peace center

woohoo! my fav kebab til now. haha.. all are chicken, cos beef ran out i think. iskender (below), rice (middle), roll (top), and even topper you have my hand. its good, its good, its all good. and there is guitar gallery and citymusic nearby.. haha..

we finished the makan about 1630 or so.. ok! this is all for now. we were damn full until we ate mac at 10+ wif kai. will we eat supper later on? i duno.. beatS me, dun beat me.

STUFF ABOUT THE BIBLE YOU NEVER KNEW! (or some you may)

2008-05-26T07:22:00.000-07:00

Today i came across this book at home, happened to read it and found some stuff interesting. you may even want to check them out yourself! refer the the verse ya... so here it is! STUFF ABOUT THE BIBLE YOU NEVER KNEW! (or some you may)

- Solomon had 700 wives + 300 concubines. tts 1 heck of a guy! does he celebrate anniversaries? or even remember ALL of them?! hmm, i wonder...

- Bethlehem means 'house of bread'. shall we go there for lunch one day?

- Adam died when he was 930 years old! *salute!!!* (Genesis 5:5)

- Noah died when he was 950 years old!!! *21 gun salute!!!* (Genesis 9:29)

- in the entire book of Esther, God was not mentioned even once! some mother of mine...

- 1 cubit = 18 inches. How big was the ark? go figure... (Genesis 6:15)

- David's warriors could shoot arrows and sling rocks both right and left handed. wow, thats some training they got... (1 Chronicles 12:2)

- after Saul killed himself, the philistines cut off his head and hung it in a temple. now, wat kind of deco is that?! (1 Chronicles 10: 9-10)

- manna tasted like honey wafers. mmm, i wud like to try some! (Exodus 16:31)

haha... thats it for now! hope you (whoever you are) found it interesting :)

29/2

2008-03-13T08:44:00.000-07:00

effects used by me here are the Line6 PODxt Live (tweaked to my liking)
beside tt is lester's Line6 floorPOD...

lester's amp here is the Line 6 Spider 3 150 watts. ok i know it sounds like were very line6 freaks... we'll see!

as said, the 2 amps i'll use: VOX pathfinder and Roland jazz chorus

my guitar in the right, Fender Stratocaster 60th anniversary...

lester's guitar is on the left, also Fender Stratocaster, but HSS

ok, if you noticed those 2 things on the jazz chorus, right beside the vox, and are wondering what they are, they're light sticks... yes, light sticks. they were just for fun ok...

2007-10-06T07:12:00.000-07:00

ok. hi. this is me. i just realised today morn... ok not so morn... about 12+ almost 1? that exams are over. i dun feel anything. its like nth happen at all. i pray i'll manage to pass it. see ya later...

me, me and me

2007-09-05T07:10:00.000-07:00

this is MY guitar set-up... yes, its not the best but i can make do with it. i hope i can improve my set-up... but no money... soon la, soon.

ME and my 2 fav amps (so far). VOX Pathfinder 15R. Roland Jazz Chorus 160. the VOX is on top of the Roland.

2/9
MY bday. thx all for everything. love you all.

pic of bday cake.

me, me and me

2007-09-05T07:03:00.000-07:00

MY bday. thx all for everything. love you all.

MY cake (left)
Dish of the night: prawns with cheese and garlic :)

mooncake 2007

2007-09-04T06:39:00.000-07:00

Calling everyone aged 4-12! Come for powerhouse mooncake celebration!! yay!

nothing

2007-05-19T01:43:00.000-07:00

19-5-07

ok. i'm about to go airport send my fren off. bye aon dude...

i also got my strat re-stringed. (notice the cross)

used: Ernie Ball - Regular Slinky : 10 13 17 23 36 46

also, now we know why Fender Super Bullets are called Super Bullets. look at the pic you'll understand...

20-5-07

Aon is gone already. pic wow we were at the airport.. thank yanni for the pic.

now's song: 2005 G3 (Joe Satriani/Steve Vai/Yngwie Malmsteen) - Voodoo Child

new clean tone

2007-05-16T07:51:00.000-07:00

I spent 1 hour getting 1 clean guitar tone. many failed. almost died. i myself dno why i am so particular about my tone, but i AM nad thats it. i can't stand lousy gutiar sounds. sometimes, i wonder why i actually do such stuff...

now's song: Rascal Flatts: Me And My Gang - What Hurts The Most

2007-04-30T07:47:00.000-07:00

sunday's band rocked 10:30! it was so fun. lets do it again...

now's song: Lostprophets - Rooftops

Chocolate and Cheese Omelette

2007-03-22T06:59:00.000-07:00

one day, i just decided to try this. the hand below is krit's hand.

"Cheese is good to eat, and Chocolate is great to eat... so Choc Cheese Omelette is the best!!!"

- krit

"... but i say cheese is still better :) "

- ben

easter

2007-03-13T20:32:00.000-07:00

Calling anyone aged 4 - 12! You are invited for our easter celebration 2007!

Good Dinner
Appitisers:
Fried potato thing (w/ cheese) + Chicken Sausage + Egg
Crepe (Ham and Cheese)

Main course:
Roast Spring Chicken
Potato and Cheese
Lamb Chop
Salmon + Mashed Potato

Dessert
Lots of Iced Lemon Tea

ok.. they are here. 1 mth of torture has begun! oh man! help me...

farewell

2007-03-04T06:19:00.000-08:00

sat morn slept at about 2+, then 3.20am woke up. wat for? to go airport send pastor soon teck and his family away. really wished he dun need to go, so sad rite? walao sia... i'm the only JGian there. tot some ppl will come :P

this are the ppl who came... yea, plus me who takes the photo. bye bye! 5:30 reach home. change back. eat ice cream. sleep. til 10. after that, went JG early to meet lestress/ lunch and set up stage (the usualy stuff), cabbed home. wanted to go out, but rained like hell. so stay at home eat instant noodles.

sunday arr! b4 church it was pretty shit. nvm u dno anyway. was the pianoer whole day. enjoyed servin GOD cos He deserved it. yea, aft ph today, went for my 1st ever ph creative meeting. aft awow, it got qutie stagnant, so mei and i tore up a phonecard and try to fix back. i will do wat i said i will do!

now's song: Gift Wrapped: The Best of Arrogant Worms - Rippy the Gator

Happy VDay

2007-02-14T05:55:00.000-08:00

happy valentines day everyone. too all my frens: " i love you all!" ya.. nothing big happened anyway. just followed dad arnd to get fruits, got 1 free apple :P later ate at one of my uncle's noodle shop. free :P then went to my grandmother's house awow.. and later come back... watch tv, gutiar.. and yes! my tank is up already... hav a look!

now's song: 1997 G3: Joe Satriani/Eric Johnson/Steve Vai - My Guitar wants to Kill your Mama (they are so good la)

tiny addiction

2007-02-13T08:43:00.000-08:00

oke... its 12:45 and finally have decided on my school thing. where i'm going, i wun say... ya, but as i was deciding, suddenly keep eating many many tangerines!! tiny orangeees. haha.. dno why la... even now, 1 is in the freezer... tmr see how if its nice onot... :P

now's song: Hillsong: Mighty To Save - At the Cross

12 feb

2007-02-12T06:35:00.000-08:00

today went sweelee. 2 days ago both got 50%... so most of the guitars all gone already. and how? ya, the center pickup is ok already, reason being that all Fenders are hand made, and soldering/wiring problems are just common human error la... so it was done free. thanks! now, should buy some nice goldfish.. just for the CNY theme, and becos its nice. see how lor ~~~

now's song: Hillsong: For All You've Done - Hallelujah

wow

2006-12-24T08:53:00.000-08:00

wa. so fast! JG camp for this year is over already. but it was fun :)

My Group
Jazz... and PoP. Well done everyone, was a priveledge to know you ppl/know you all better.

Angel & Mortal
Mortal: Ryan. haha, tried my best not to let him find out tt the angel was me la. Hope you like the stuff I gave you... but on the night to reveal my identity... Philip, Shawn & myself all stood up, and asked him to choose/guess. and Ryan, you guessed right! Great getting to know you better through this though! God bless :)

Angel: JOY to the world! My childhood buddy! thanks for being such a blessing through this camp, but somehow, and *somehow* i managed to have this feeling tt you were my angel la... so was trying not to make you think so. hahaha :)

THE Speaker
Rev James Singh. Nice fellow, suddenly shouts "FIRE!", and scare ppl (haha, Edna) but very "led-by-the-spirit"... out of the sudden, anything or everything can happen anytime. Then, there was this time he prayed for the musicians, he say tt Lem and I are playing buddies! I pray that God will ontinue to bless him in wat he does.

oh, its christmas already... it really has been fast (VEEERRYYY!!!) Christmas eve, i was sleeping in the music room. amps, electric guitars, classical guitar, laptop, mp3 and all that. today i was woken up by loud music from downstairs... then after awow, went with mei to get some stuff at the same time pass presents. Soon enuff, the worship team ppl came over already, and we eat/play/talk/watch tv/anything. then now is after dinner lor, then i come upstairs to do this...

YAY

2006-11-26T07:16:00.000-08:00

YAY. fender stratocaster. 60th anniversary Sunburst colour. yes i'm happy. thats all.

THE MISSION

2006-11-20T07:16:00.000-08:00

One time in the top secret... erm, place....

Isa: I DONT WANT TO GO (boring sch thing). I WANT A CLONE.
Me: tmr got sch 8.30... okok
Me: remember we must plan to create a DUPLICATOR!
Isa: YES!!!! for BORING stuffs like these.
Me: then !!! we shall have good/evil... so we only duplicate the Good... He/She can go, we stay @ home
Isa: HAHAHA. YES!!!
Me: She/he will do the exams and stuff
Isa: yeahman... and they will do it WELL. wa lidat no need go sch alr!! HAHAHAHA
Me: YA!!!
Isa: YAY!!
Me: cos they "good" they will pay attention in class
Isa: then the things they learn will be automatically stored in our brain.
Me: yay!!

So we've got this Mission: To create a DUPLICATOR!!! and we will need all the help that is available! to PLEASE, see how much it will benefit students of all kind. Any forms of donations to this mission is gladly accepted.

(for those super toots who dun understand, its just a joke)

I'm FREE

2006-11-16T08:59:00.000-08:00

16th nov 2006... ok, exam is over. wat can i say but a damn big 'yay'. i'm soooo happy la... and pity those ppl still doing exam on the 17th onwards. just good. finally after so freaking long i've finish secondary sch eduation!

and wat can be a better way to celebrate this day than to have new equipment?!

yea, so i got this piece of... thing. so, this is PODxt Live from Line6. figured how to use it very quickly... fun. so yea, no lending. i'm very happy.

24/10

2006-10-24T06:54:00.000-07:00

its just less than 2 weeks to o lvl exams. but i dun really have the damn mood to study la, feels like sh*t everyday... and bored too. i really dun feel like studing ay all la, but must though. anyway, monday went to school ya...

I was wearing school uniform with no badge, nametag or tie. i was wearing the sports shoes too.
DM: good morning! you are sec 4 rite?
me: ya
DM: Good, if not i must use this. *show me cane*
after awow,
DM: you sure you sec 4?
me: ya! confirm!
teacher walks by.
DM (to teacher) : this guy sec 3 or 4?
teacher: aya, i think sec 1 la
DM: oh! sec 1 trying to impersonate upper sec student!
me: i am sec 4! really!

The Future

2006-10-11T05:53:00.000-07:00

once upon a time, there was this guy... there was this soccer match he really wanted to watch live, but due to some business meeting, he cannot. so he recorded it down, and planned to watch it at night. so he went for his meeting, but turned his handphone off so nobody could call him and tell him the results. after the meeting, he went home making sure nobody told him the match results. on the way home, he called for pizza delivery, so he could watch the recorded match and enjoy his dinner at the same time. he was like so happy and looking forward to it. but when he almost opened the door to his house, his neighbour called out to him, " hey! team A got trashed by team B 3-0!!! hahaha!!!" he was sad/angry/pissed/everything. his plan was spoilt and all the excitement down the drain. ok, there was no such person as "he" and there were not such soccer match between team A and B".

but the thing is, why the hell do ppl want to know about their future?! our lives is the hands of GOD!!! knowing it removes the "fun" out of it liao lor. ppl all around the world will get un-hardworking. for example, lets say someone know he/she is gonna get 6 A1s, you think he/she will still study? no way! relax la, anyway he/she gets 6 Als mar. and lets say i know i'm gonna get 6 F9s, will i study? no way, F9 already mar... so dun waste my time! i dunno about you, but it seems very true to me. so fortune tellers, dun spoil people's lives (assuming that you tyco tyco guess the person's future correct will its almost never gonna happen)

09 Oct

2006-10-09T06:29:00.000-07:00

today went back to sch for extra class. woke up late, reached abit late. almost went in, then kena mistaken for a sec 3. very dumb. then i was asked my class when i said "4D!" and came the sorry replys... haha, its ok man. then ended up staying back until like 1:30, actually did not want to, but also dunno why and wat made me stay back lor. anyway... and good luck for all the P6s, end PSLE la! happy la! you people should anyway. have fun now.

saturday was good, went to city music with dad and philip. philip bought his 1st guitar. thats good. POD xt Live is nice, VERY nice. but they were out of stock. so, i'll see about it next month anyway. also bought a craftman guitar replace the 2nd lvl white one in church. i pray ppl will take care of it and no idiot spoils it. crazy variax! spend about 2hrs just in that small shop looking and talking and listening. but if was fun... must do it again some time soon. haha.

04 Oct

2006-10-04T06:55:00.000-07:00

this is the last week of torture camp already. i'm really happy, you can see my face. after that still will have to go back, and brush up some of the stuff la... esp a maths. must chiong for the last few moments before the real thing, haha. but the whole week, have been staying back until damn late... and do tests which really waste time. its boring and tiring, very.

YouthAlive: All of the Above - Tell the World

hold up and wait a minute, let me put some JESUS in iti worship the glorious almighty marvelous who took to sins from us He's the saviour who changed my behaviour He took that and made me great coz i was a failure pulled me out of my transgressions and negetive obsessions now i'm making Him my ambition my number 1 mission to speak the truth to those who don't wanna listenand when i feel the weight of the world on my shoulder i thank God that He takes the weight and He redirects my way and says "do what i told ya!" ain't nobody bolder who took the sins of the world upon His shoulders now tell the world...

Tell the World that Jesus lives....

telling the world that Jesus lives is the reason why i'm breathing i feel like i'm living now not like before i'm in this spiritual realm [merry go round] i was blind crippled and lost but now i'm found i've slipped but i'm and saved like a bloodhound quick like a grayhound and i'm bring him into the house i'm getting the feat and putting them on solid ground i'm all about His business man, because i understand that all of this belongs to JESUS mani'v got the word in my soul i'm ripped and ready to go nothing's gonna stop me now i said nothing's gonna stop me now i'm bringing it down

thats th ebest that has been done for this so far. maybe there are sone mistakes. do let me know if you find em'.

Salvation is Here

2006-10-04T06:38:00.000-07:00

Hillsong United: Look to You - Salvation is Here

(song is written in the key for B. however I transposed it to the key of A, as most people are not able to sing it in B)

Take it ALL

2006-09-22T01:42:00.000-07:00

Hillsong United - United We Stand : Take it ALL