Sunday, August 31, 2008

about LOVE

sometime last week, i finished my book about rituals and just to tell us in the end it's all about love. don't get me wrong, not that i don't like the book, it's just that it's amazing to find joy in reading again. yes, how much i missed reading and some of the reasons would be busy and that they're only books and i can pick them up whenever i wanted to.

i work in a big office and where i sat beside me is a plant. well, not actually plant but it came in a big pot and it's not something you can move it wherever you feel like moving it cause of the big size. the chinese calls it the iron plant. this plant however don't flower at all. really, according to chinese friends. of lately, alot of ppl have been coming by where i seat. yes, i have a window seat in the office. apparently, the plant flowered and ppl from the office have been flocking to my place looking at the plant. some armed themselves with camera and wanting to take pictures. it was ok for awhile but after that, it kindda got to me.

alot of ppl ask me what did i do to the plant. did i tell stories to the plant or sing to the plan. i said that i didn't do anything. even the big boss comes around and ask me the same thing too. but a senior person in the office came to me and told me that i have brought not only good luck but lottsa love in the office and thats why a miracle like this happens. suddenly, i felt dumb and just smiled. i mean, what can i say. LOVE?

LOVE, love i don't don't know what to say if you ask me but what i can tell is that i'm reading lottsa books from Paulo Coeho.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

polaroids

if you ever see a polaroid camera, this is your last chance at getting your hands on one. i don't know but i've heard it from somewhere that they have stopped production and call it the quits. i mean, i remembered our first few shots on Polaroids. it wasn't good but it's great for parties in the 70's. 
anyways, i did this experiment with mine. i took a very colorful shot and when the print came out, i quickly take a fork to scratch across it. it was very fluid looking and slowly takes form of water print. i took a few more after that but sadly i didn't keep it long enough. it didn't survive one of those spring cleaning some years back.
i don't know, but i thought there's another brand that comes up with a similar technology as the polaroids except it's slightly smaller and prints were smaller too. back when i was partying alot, heineken always have some sort of party and they have all these model girls to take pictures of you. i think those were fuji film cameras.
but, i think the digital technology have change all that. i think everyone has a digital camera in their bags wherever they go these days. i know i have one handy.

Monday, August 18, 2008

studio time


picture from studio session

it was total chaos when i couldn't do a submission over the internet. be it the standard charted marathon or a purchase on the net, sometimes we shouldn't rely too many things on technology. but then again, it's impossible! really......

it was at the eleventh hour when i decided to submit a application form for my company's international competition. i think it was my fault to cause i was working on my mac at home and didn't realize that it's a windows environment at work. there was panic and i wanted to go fetch the files but then someone said that i should have just e-mailed it from home. so, that's just what i did and big damage for the cab fare plus all the ERP charges, surcharge and whatever charge! but then again, it got through.

had crab for dinner last friday and it was good. we went to the one along outram road off tiong bahru. gosh, it's my loudest burp i ever heard. the chilli crab was good and so was the curry but not the buttered crab. today, i had japanese dinner and good company as we talked about the books that we liked. there were many and i remembered i still have some books to finish and plus, a book from a friend as a gift. 

been working hard at the studios and can't really say i have the whole thing worked out, but after many nights and alot of re takes, i've actually done some decent job. yes, there's still some vocals to do and some mastering to do on the tracks but slowly i'll get there. i don't know but i hope there's something for everyone in this album but really, i can't please everyone. i'm doing this for this moment and the what gives me the joy now. 

i'm still looking for the right musicians for the live set and very grateful to those that i had played with during the making of my tracks.ok, this track you're listening to right now on my blog is a teaser version. stay tune for other teasers. to friends who knew about this, patience...... 


 

Sunday, August 10, 2008

birthdays and movies

not so gothem city singapore celebrates another national day. saw dark knight and understands now why some people i know rave about the movie. it was like during school days going to the movies. it's just that now, we're in our late 30's and early 40's and with family. it's something about turning older but another thing about staying young at heart. we were ourselves and comfortable about it. like still checking out the mac shop at cineleisure and going for drinks @ no 5 after the movies. that we didn't do while we were in secondary school.

moovon (teaser) - i:s