Friday, November 23, 2007

hey yo from gentings, the reproduction...

hehehe… christy was blogging from gentings :), and this is the exact reproduction of her post...

and yes we did a spontaneous one and just drove up here…
equipped with the laptop and a camera, hevoc! mwahahahahahaha

here are some of the pictures just to show u that i’m NOT LYING!

oh and btw, before we got here, we got lost trying to get to inderpal’s house.. went all the way to sg. buloh hospital!!!
here is proof!

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crazy cow… check out his eyes wei!
since they already did ‘black sheep’, the zombie sheep movie,
they might as well look into making one bout cows..
probably call it ‘the revenge of the pink zombie cows’!
ewww.. pink.. zombie cows… the HORROR!

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christy grinning the moment we touched down.. hehehe…(she just had to take a photo of herself)
love the cold… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…. bliss

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inderpal and rav looking like they’re on a tour

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they have a new hotel..
hotel Lobi!
hehehehe… nonsense

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my fav place to chill!
first world’s starbucks :)

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hehehe… the inside of starbucks..
love this place..
nice to come here, sit, chill, think, do some work.. talk..
sigh~
bliss bliss

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the obligatory restroom picture (once again....she's consistent i tell ya...)

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us getting the coffee

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the middle is christy's...
ice blended mocha with EXTRA ice! (any guesses for why she loves all her drinks cold...ice cold?)
weeeeeeeeeeeeee…… so damn nice
bliss bliss bliiiisssssss

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me/rav looking like some indie lat with his long hair and laptop and coffe…
looks like he would break out into the whole ‘peace’ thingie
hahahahahaha

ok.. last picture before we go jalan jalan

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i’ll/she/christy die a happy ass today
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~!!!

bliss~
;)

p.s. there’ll be some damn hevoc pictures coming up soon!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Rally? Really?

Everyone would have heard about the recent "Bersih" Rally that happened two weeks ago. If you havent, get the hell out from under that coconut shell you're in!!

The "bersih" group plan was to gather 100,000 people from around the country, get them to wear ugly looking yellow t-shirts, and protest outside the high court... yeah... pretty high hopes... in the end, the managed to gather 10,000 people (which is no mean effort), mostly from the east coast, of which only a handfull wore the yellow tee's... but they didnt manage to get into merdeka square area cause the police brilliantly cordorned off the area.

the plan was to have a peaceful protest against the electoral system, get the public aware of the con jobs that happen behind the scenes during elections blah blah blah... noble intentions, no doubt, but the way they went about and did it was hillarious and plain dumb!!

1. traffic in this city came to an absolute standstill on the day of the protest. this was due to the police putting up roadblocks to prevent dodgy characters from entering the city. all forms of public transport were searched and many were ordered to turn back after searching was complete... u know that if it rains a lil bit also, the trafiic jam is terrible (which everybody complains about), some more want to have protest all... with people from PAS all joining... bloody arses... simply make every other person miserable, want to go and makan also cannot... haiyoo...

pity the shop owners... all lost business... add that to the damage that the protesters caused while running way... inconsiderate...

2. after marching all the way to merdeka square n you find that the place is cordorned off, just leave la.... some more wanna wait around and chant GOD's name all... wasnt it supposed to be a political rally and not a religous one? fools... if the nice policeman tells you to dispearce, just run la... some more try to force your way thru their line... they got no choice but to spray water n shoot tear gas up your ass la... then try to use some dodgy video from al jazeera to taruh the police for being violent... the SUHAKAM chairman was in the group to observe police action, he gave a loud and clear staement to all media the next day: THE POLICE AND RIOT UNIT ACTED WITHIN THE LAW TO BREAK UP THE RALLY, NO UNTOWARD TACTICS WERE EMPLOYED... and this coming from the body that always have something to say about the police and the tactics...

3. when kena spray and gas... not enough one round, one to go for second helpings... this time use small kids as sheilds... dah la rope this blur fella's to your dumb cause, use them as sheilds... bloddy cowards... why not step up to the plate? shame... now trying to deny all... the child protection act will get your ass.... just wait...

4. after all of this, still never learn lesson... still want to protest... march all the way to the palace to give your memorandum... very happy when memorandum was passed... went out and made press staement that the king accepted your memo, that the king also feels for your plight, that the king also agrees the electoral system is flawed, that the king also wants this fixed... blah blah... LAT's... when you were giving this statement, the whole country knew the king was back home in Terrenganu for the Endurance Challenge... we all saw it on TV one day before... so how did the king say all of this? the none week later... the palace called for press conferance... and hte king's offical statement was released: HALO, THE KING ALSO DOESNT SUPPORT THE RALLY LA... HE ALSO THINKS YOU GUYS ARE DUMB ASSES... long live HRH The KING!! why never kecoh when the king gave his statement? because that was the truth... and you were down right embarrased!!

let me give you some advice la... if you want to organize another rally... dont... save yourself the embarrasment... and let us leave in peace!!

MALAYSIA BOLEH

Friday, November 16, 2007

A case of Farlo Man Singh Da...

Some time back, a dear friend of mine told me of an unfortunate situation she was caught in... and this, naturally involved a guy... so I put my self into her shoes and saw the horiffic side of it...

We shall not name names, but for the sake of story-telling, we'll call him Konchenskis (I can picture some fellas laughing already!!).

Now, Konchenskis is a well known fella,!! Just the mention of his real name makes people panic and girls drool in awe...

Anyways, this is how the story goes, the two of em had been going out less than a month... and over that month, he had always suggested that he wanted something more out of the relationship... jeng jeng.. no prizes for guessing what HE wanted (I would like to stress that I told her so!!)!!

One fine nite, while at his place and with his parents upstairs (daring bastard)... he got close to her... and suddenly pulled out his Man Singh/Pee-Pee/Shlort...

no.... it's not a sunny day!!

(you get he picture!!)... got it all excited, and forced her to stroke him to glory, grabbing her hand and forcing it on him!! all this while, even when he suggested it to her, she was telling him NO...a big fat NO!! he still went on with it and told her to relax... (how cliched is that?)

GOd, if she didnt run off that immediately, who knows what would have happened....

He got his jollies off and she was in agony and almost in tears... and she felt like chopping off her hand (she settled for washing it with detergent, handwash, soap AND clorox).

Where have all the gentelmen gone to?

This was certainly an act of total selfishness!! and he had the cheek to tell her to relax...if it had been me, i would have slapped him in the face and kicked him in the balls!!

I have to say I felt Shy and sorry to listen to the story...

shy for all mankind... already girls think we are horny bastards for all off 24 hours, except when we're asleep... and this would just fortify their views... Never im my live have i done this to a girl... even if a girl asked me to whip out my salami, i would tell her to wait for the right moment, i just dont do public showcases for anyone you know... and for those girls who say this isnt a big deal and it happens all the time in these modern times, fuck-off... you gals are sluts and deserve all the crocked cocks that come your way!!!

i felt sorry for her...but more sorry for that guy Konchenskis, he will never be able to have a proper relationship with this kind of behaviour, what with him forcing his ex to have an abortion to protect his name... the cat's out of the bag my man... the masses will find out about your first mistake... and they will definately find out what you did this time!!

needless to say that she is scarred for life and has sworn off guys and never wants to get married!! how sad is that? If every guy behaved like that jerk, and every girl reacted like this... there wont be anymore humans in less than 100 years... imagine that... sigh!

anyways, to all guys who are about to get into a realtionship, or have just got into one (you know who you are!!), please do not do something like this... i know you cant wait to whip it out like a pornstar, but think of your woman... respect her... cherish her... and in the end, when the time is right... you'll get it, just like a porno flick!! haha... trust me on this...

and to girls who have experienced the same thing and reacted the same way... feel free to leave a comment with your email... i'll be glad to come and whack the guy who did it to you!!

Friday, November 09, 2007

Drills and Solders

For sometime now, Christy and myself have been talking about doing her dhol up, you know, sanding down the inside, getting rid of 'those' ugly threads hanging around the drum, changing the treble skin, sorting out a new belt, installing a ring and a mic for pick-up.

Finally, we got off our bums and set about this task last Tuesday....

This was an adventure of mishaps from the start...

Day 1:
First up, we tried Bentley music store, but the buggers were closed early (or rather, we were late!!), so we dropped by my good friend Jin's store (JS Music, for all your drumming needs) to get the treble skin, after a few minutes flipping thru the wide selection, we settled on an Evans J1 Syntethic Calf Skin. Having full confidance in Christy's measuring skills (she was supposed to measure the circumferance of the dhol, but instead measured the circumferance of the old skin), we got the 12 inch rimmed one. RM39 spent here.

Brand new skin!!

We then proceeded to Chambers Music in Sungei Wang(every other store was closed) to get the mic-clip that was going to hold the mic inside the dhol, there weren't many options available, so we settled for a rather funky looking one, what with it having the best grip and being shck proof. She also wanted a new belt, so I have to buy her one la... she conviniently chose the most expensive belt in the store... but it's all good tho', it'll last her a lifetime!!

New "Planet Waves" Belt!!

Mic Clip

After getting dinner, we took a tour of KL's newest offering, The Pavillion. My, it was a massive and of beautiful infrastructure, but it's definately not for me, everything was too expensive and out of my range. If you walk in to BATA and can't afford anything there, you know the place is outta your league...

Anyways, the day ended on a flat note as we found out that we didnt have the other items needed to do up the dhol... no nuts and bolts, no wires for the pick-up and no XLR ports for the inserts...(my fault, this, i didn't check my stock!!), to add to the dissapointment, we then found out that the skin we bought was one size too small!! What a way to end the day...

Day 2:
Ahhhh, nothing like a fresh new day to jolt the spirits...only that, once again, we went to Pasar Road late in the evening!! After braving thru the jam, and countless manoeuvres around potholes (plenty of potholes in Pudu !!), we finally got there, only to find that all the shops were closed or closing... lucky for us, good ol' Darson Electronics was still brightly lit, and we got our supplies from there, cheap too. 2 meters of XLR cable, 1 male and 1 female XLR port for only RM15.60!! Good deal for quality stuff!!

We grabbed some dinner from Sri Rampai and rushed (we're always rushing!!) to the nearest, random, hardware store to buy some nuts and bolts. Thank God this fella had a good stock of bolts, so i was out of the place in 5 mins. Only RM1 spent here!!

Soon as we got to my place, Christy set about cutting out the old GBC skin from its rim and bending the edges inwards with a long nosd plyer. The edges are rather sharp and she bent 'em inwards to avoid it damaging the new skin when tension is applied.

India mari... out with the old!!

While she was doing this, I was conviniently having my dinner!! (Santa lil Elf?... more like Bhai's Not So Lil Elf!!)

Soon as the rim was bent and my plate empty, we got down to real work. We thought that dividing the job would sav time... lil did we know that it was going to take us more time than ever...

I sat about with my mighty drill and Christy with her smitty solder...

Slowly but surely, I drilled out the first hole at the bottom of the dhol, where the male XLR port was going to be inserted. After getting the right hole size, i changed bits and started making a small depression on the left of the hole for the live wire. Happy with the results, I then drilled out the hole for the holding nut and started screwing it in... a bit of a hassle, but nevertheless, i got it done in record time!! Ha ha...

Hole for the XLR Male port. Notice the woodwork on the left, it might look like it's chipped, but it's for the live wire.

Holding bolt drilled in place.

This is how it looks from the inside...

While this was going on, Christy was trying to solder the XLR wires to the ports, and theirin she came up with one problem after the other. First up, the existing solder iron that i had refused to heat up properly... the sleeve was piping hot, but the tip was ice cold. After shouting and moaning for 20 mins, i finallly stopped laughing at her bad luck and got off my arse to buy a new solder iron.

The Friggin faulty pice of crap!!!

The regular hardware stores across my house were all closed, (which Chinaman in the right frame of mind would still be open at 11pm?) I made a fast mental note to always check my equipment... Anyways, as I was returning home to tell Christy the bad news, I saw a big ass hardware store right in my area!! Who would have guessed? I've been living in the area for 13 years and this is the first time I spotted a hardware store...a well stocked one at that!! I bought a good and expensive soldering iron, with the hope that it would work properly this time... I couldn't take another round of her complaining and yelling!!

Soon as I got back, she got working on the wires as I prepared the mic clip for bolting, After long, long hours and many, many attemps to solder the wires, she finally got both ends done!! Hooray!!

I brought the pick up into the house for testing and attached it to the sound console, it worked, but there was a slight hum and a lot of distortion... After confirmng that the soldering was ok, we discovered that in her many attempts to solder one particular stubborn wire, she heated the contact point so hot, that the rubber casing on the inside had melted and in the process, damaged the point a bit (ok, it was damaged beyond repair actually!!).

Point of note: Never solder one place too long!!

So, I brought an end to our second, mishap filled day... For every step we took foward, at the end we always had to retrace our steps and find that we used the worng route, but got to the destination nevertheless....

Day 3:
Left everything as it was... No motivation to do anything after the double whammies..

Day 4:
Went to town to meet Jin and get the skins changed, he was busy with the contruction guys (soon JS Music will be a massive establishment!!), so he got one of his staff to tend to me, she was blur and couldn't seem to find the transaction history for the exchange (we didnt have a receipt), I kept repeating to her that we bought the skin after hours and that no receipt was issued, and she kep insisting that every transaction had to go thru her and since there was no history of us buying the skin, we wotn be able to change it (I swear this was like a scene from MTv boiling points)!! Thankfully, Jin came in the nick of time (I was about to open a can of whoop ass on the girl) and sorted everything out. New skin - 13 inches!!

Beautiful Baby!!

Went back and Christy was already at my place waiting (we had to go for a gig first), she got ready, we went out, the gig got cancelled and we came back!! (just in tune with the whole week's theme...).

We lazed around the house for a bit, she fell asleep, and I proceeded to make some tea for the clan!!

As she slept like a baby (or in BM - macam mayat!) on my living room chair, I quietly removed the faulty Male XLR port and soldered the wire onto a new port. Once done, I did a test run (waking Christy in the process) and everything worked fine!

This is what you call professional workmanship!!

Beaming with pride, I proceeded to install the wire into the drum...

Ready for installation.

keeping in tune with the turn of events of the past few days, disaster struck!! The live wire on the female XLR port broke loose from the socket and I was deflated (if I was a blow up doll, i'd be flat...).

After removing the safety cap, this is what we found... Black circle: Faulty point, Red Circle: Loose live wire, Blue Circle: Damaged casing that caused the problem in the point!!

Needless to say, everything has been lying in the room untouched, but I intend to finish this project by tomorrow, no matter what obstacles may come.

Let me tell you, if anyone of you had been present during this process, you'd be laughing your ass off every moment....

*to be continued....*

Besiktas Blown Away...

My, my, what a game it was... and what a spectacle it brought for all those travelling fans...they'll never forget the day that they got a wallopping at the kop!!

Here's the clip:

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Diplomats On STAR

The star released a full page article on my band last friday... was pleasantly suprised that the gave us a whole page!! Anyways, Check out my band on the Star... woohooo...

Friday, November 02, 2007

Kanye Seeks Timbalands Help...

hey! been up and about recently, no time to update this space, but i've got lotsa free time now, so here's a post...

Its good to see an arrogant ass like Kanye West seek help from a legend like Timbaland, and Just like Shazzy said, it's just so inspiring to bedroom producers like us....


Stronger Revisited from Kanye West on Vimeo.