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i have so many things to say.. [Oct. 30th, 2009|10:48 am]
but now that I'm here, my mind is as blank as the white rectangle I'm typing in.

bah.
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Thankful for the passionate musicians around me! [Sep. 6th, 2009|01:16 am]
(this entry's kinda late hehe)

ME15 was a great experience for us! The rise of 奶油排骨饭! :D

It's really fun having great musicians around me. I've learnt a lot from my fellow bandmates and mentors and I'm really grateful and thankful that I have their help!

The commitment level was there, the passion was there, everyone just inspires everyone else to improve and I enjoyed the whole process so much that I was suffering from ME15 withdrawal symptoms for at least 1 week after the finals! haha ;p

And here's the awards list woohoo!
吴哥窟的你 - Champion
骷髅头在对我笑 - Most Popular Song
音乐盒里的梦想 (category B) - Best Lyrics

Couldn't have done it without them, really. :]

After resting for 1 week, we're gonna continue with the brand pracs again woohoo!
Our next target: building up of our repertoires and taking up gigs! :D
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i am playing bass~ yippee~ :) [Jul. 20th, 2009|02:02 am]
[mood | determined]
[music |骷髅头在对我笑]

It was kinda stressful just now for band practice cos alot of people were there!! :x But I've definitely learnt quite a bit from the session! Realised that I haven't been listening to the drums enough to make it more tight.. and my fingers are still too slow.. :\ but will work on that and improve~~ hopefully can do better next time round! :)

Anyway I know what I'm attempting now is seriously over-ambitious haha... but I guess I'm the kind who like to take frivolous risks trying new stuff when I really shouldn't. ;P In a way it helps me stay focused (i get distracted easily) 'cos I know I need to reach my objective by a certain deadline.. which reminds me.. my triathlon is on 1 August OMG!!! :S

I need to get a bass guitar for myself and get used to it, so that on 23 Aug it won't add unnecessary pressure on top of my trembling fingers on stage! *gulps* Walked around at Penninsula S.C. earlier today to look around and saw a Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass which looks really gorgeous! It's a whooping $1,745!! I didn't try it but I'm already in love with it!! 0_0

Tried a Crafter instead... (it's cheaper ;p) the feel's quite nice but the finish is like wood wood one leh... not the usually sleek and shiny kind~ hmm... Let me go think about it and research more before I make this investment~~~ $$$$$

Feeling inspired these days... especially after watching Super Band 纵贯线... i like 李宗盛 for the really good songs he's written and 张震岳 for being so "himself"! 罗大佑 was damn cool on the keyboard and 周华健 was really funny like usual~ Can't wait for them to release album lah.. I sure buy!!! :D

i must practice hard!!! **奋斗**
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something happier! :) [Jul. 16th, 2009|07:47 pm]
Moving on in life, I have decided that I should let go of negative thoughts, because unhappiness causes cysts (says B to YM), and stress causes cancer!

I have finally formed a band! And I am a bassist!!! HAhahaha!!! A "barely 2 weeks old" bassist!! :P Woohoo... I'm totally addicted to jamming! And I'm really glad the rest of the instrumentalists felt the same great vibes as I did! :D :D :D

I'm still very amazed by my bandmates!!! And the VERY, VERY ZAI Rollin shushu! :) I am looking foward to every session of jamming!

Keep me happy, please... for there are too many troubling matters around me these days. *prays*
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betrayed and hurt [Jul. 15th, 2009|11:59 pm]
[mood | drained]

I had a friend, whom I used to believe was a genuine friend. But the big shock came when I discovered that, to her, I was just a tool, so that she gets to do things she likes.

It's amazing how someone who looks so harmless, can be so "innocently" scheming. And the scary thing is, I had been deceived for soooo many years.

When she was down and out, having financial problems, I'd lent her money to tide over. When she was upset with her parents, I analysed the situation for her and explained why her parents were worried about her (for the obvious reason that she has no plans for her future, no plans to find a proper job etc.) I thought she was just a little naive, a little in her own world, and tried to help her get accustomed to reality, whilst not forgetting about dreams. I tried to keep her inspired, to continue to believe in dreams and ambitions. I involved her whenever there was something that I thought she would like to do and could probably excel. I thought she understood what real dreams are... But sad to say, I have just found out - the hard way - that she is just a dreamer, someone who sits there, tells people she wants this and that... but expects others to help her get it!

Apparently, she's been telling things to friends around her and giving them the wrong impressions. What seemed to be harmless "heart to heart talks" with her friends, were actually horribly biased comments about people around her. She chooses to shut her ears when it comes to people who tell her the truthful facts that she doesn't like to hear, and goes around telling her "confidants" about how those people are bad and all, twisting the whole story.

It is no wonder she didn't speak up for me when her friend who barely knows me (we only met once), passed harsh judgments on my character and gave very insulting comments. And that conversation was only discovered because she had accidentally sent the conversation to me when it was meant for another friend.

When I asked her about it, she just brushed it aside, first telling me that the conversation was not for me, and then later on upon further probing, gave a lame excuse that it is because that guy and I didn't talk much that time we met. As you can see, she really doesn't have a sense of logic.

For one, since we didn't talk much, why would he be so affirmative about my character? What he hears about me, is only through her!
For two, even if what she said was true, and that this guy was really just a brainless guy who passes inaccurate judgments on others superficially, then being my friend, why didn't she speak up for me??
For three, she didn't even bother to explain and just said that the conversation was not meant for me.

And the best of all is when I said I was very hurt and disappointed in her and left the chat. She had the cheek to SMS me saying the following!!!

"I'm sorry for saying n doing things causing yr disappointment in me. If u'd like to re-evaluate this collaboration we're currently doing, do let me noe n i'd understand."

What's that supposed to mean???!?!?! In the first place, I did not even use whatever collaboration to threaten her! I was genuinely asking for her explanation, and when she couldn't come up with a convincing response, I just told her frankly that I was very hurt and disappointed in her. So now, the above SMS seems to me like a very insincere apology, followed by a request for me to not continue associating with her, and makes it sound like she is the UNDERSTANDING one, and the VICTIM of the whole affair.

MY GOD.

From a lady who SEEMED to be a bubbly person with a kind heart... turns out to be a vindictive devil in angel's disguise! She gives the innocent smile and attacks you with the most harmless looking weapon! I am truly upset about this betrayed friendship, and yet all these didn't matter the least bit to her. HA. What a fool I was.

It all makes sense now... the reason why other friends of hers (who don't even know me well) have given me rather hostile remarks and left me puzzled because I didn't even tread on their toes or anything! The whole jigsaw is complete.

Cheated for 10 years. My gosh. 10 years...!!

I thought I was already very careful about making real friends, but I failed terribly this time.. and I learnt my lesson the hardest and most painful way. I wish the best for her although our paths have split, for I believe in karma.

Good luck to my other dear friends who are in contact with her. Please be careful.
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the humid weather's back! [Apr. 20th, 2009|12:45 am]
[Current Location |home]
[mood | hot]

it's back again... the unbearable weather that is bad at night and worse in the day...

it's times like this that i think the air-conditioning companies should start advertising again. i would have succumbed to the temptations, if not for the "lack of order" in my room. (The technicians would not be able to install an air-con in my room.)

so perhaps keeping my room the way it is, saves me money?

but the heat's gonna kill me.

hmm... first, i gotta figure out where to start packing... ...
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let's all be nice people... [Mar. 25th, 2009|01:56 am]
[mood | tired]

In programming, you catch an exception and throw a statement.
At work, you catch a mistake and that person throws you a (nasty) statement.

but it's ok. i really shouldn't be angry. in fact i should be more understanding... for this person will one day realise it, feel guilty and change for the better. everyone goes through that...

(yes i'm trying to be positive)

*ZEN*
(like what PK says his House is doing. *laughs*)
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Happy Chinese New Year~ *burps* [Jan. 26th, 2009|12:56 pm]
[Current Location |home]
[mood | cheerful]
[music |some guy singing 曹操 on meetoto]

i'm back!

woahs... it's been 2 months plus since my last entry, haha! been wanting to update some stuff but haven't got to.. and now i can't remember what i'd wanted to update. ;op

soooo, it's a brand new lunar year! that's fast. and it's getting scarier every year cos im AGING. *roars* i think soon i'll belong to the AGING population in singapore. bah..

oh yes, totally random, but im picking up guitar right now... woohoo.. just got myself a Maestro jumbo and i'm practising hard so that it lives up to its purpose! it'll be so cool if i could play the guitar.. then i can bring it around and sing everywhere i go! yeah!~ :) and i hope one day i can play and sing like khalil fong! :D :D :D

other than trying to play the guitar, i've signed up on meetoto.com. it's cute! haha..u're a virtual person going around singing karaoke! (you can go fishing if u want la) and u earn money for that! :D hmm talking about fishing... i think i'm going to get a fishing rod and go fishing on my alternate friday off days. keke...

alright, here's wishing all of you a Happy Chinese New Year! hope u'll get flooded with ang pows~~ ;)
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I hate October 08! [Sep. 24th, 2008|12:11 pm]
[mood | frustrated]

I HATE OCTOBER 2008. it's a crazy month. everything that can clash, WILL clash in october. ARGH.

when i just wanted to take a weekend off to go KL and support zw laoshi's first solo performance at one utama on friday, i just had to have a car decal event on thursday evening and another roadshow on saturday late afternoon, which means i will need to go take the coach to KL on friday morning as early as possible and come back on friday night. and now i don't even know if there's a coach that comes back late at night. ARGH.

like it's not crazy enough, there's this station event on Sunday from 4pm - 7pm. and there's going to be Superband grandfinals that very night!!! and i was just told that latecomers will not be admitted, but the latest admission time has not been confirmed yet. ARGH.

11 October we're having our SB chalet, and I have to go do a roadshow from 3pm - 5pm, and thus can only join them after that. ok this is still acceptable.. i can still bear with it.. BUT...

i could have gotten my first paid gig on 18 and 19 Oct, but a client's roadshow on 18 Oct and station event on 19 Oct just HAD to clash. TIMING ALSO ZUN ZUN MUST CLASH!! kaoz... they only needed me to be there for like 10 minutes to earn that little bit of money and IT JUST HAD TO CLASH!!! so, i had to give it up, and because of that, my WHOLE group had to give that gig a miss. ARGH.

and the whole freaking october has like a total of 7 roadshows, 2 station events, 5 car decal events!!! ARGH.

look, i'm trying to love what i'm doing all over again, but this is not helping me at all. really not helping at all.

AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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this is what people who lead pathetic lives do on their birthdays... ;p [Sep. 15th, 2008|02:34 am]
[mood | giggly]

it was my birthday yesterday (14 sept) and i had to work (boohoo). Alex, who is one year older but shares the same birthday as me, smsed me while I was working:

"Happy Birthday! Hope you're having a better one than me!"

i think people born on the same day have similar fates, because i found out that he also had to work on a Sunday. we then decided to meet for coffee / tea at VivoCity at 9+pm, after my bday dinner with shuhui, karen and huizhu.

so after dinner i went over to BK to meet Alex. he was having his dinner cos he'd just finished work. we were quite bored since there was really nothing much to do and suddenly i had a silly idea after seeing his black frame specs. i took out mine too and put it on... then asked him "eh, later we go buy a board and write 'it's our birthday today!' and walk around VivoCity lah... ons boh? then we see how many people wish us 'Happy Birthday' lah?"

he gave the "what?!" look, laughed and said "but then the shops are already closed, we won't be able to get boards." me being the kind who won't let go of a "brilliant" idea, suggested that we go get a paper bag, tear it into half so that each of us can hang the strings around our necks, such that it has the same effect as the "board" idea.

i rushed him to quickly gobble up his food and soon we were on our feet again walking around trying to find a shop that we can ask for paper bags. but most shops were closed and some probably don't have paper bags with long strings... so he suggested that we get a giant birthday card at precious thots instead and walk around to get people to sign on it! when we reached precious thots, it was already closed, so we went to action city instead. they didn't have giant birthday cards but had those normal sized ones. we couldn't stop laughing while choosing the cards and we got a birthday card each. after payment, we opened up the cards and decided to make the cashier our first "victim". ;p he was very nice and gave us each a koala bear thingie that you'd use to hit your aching shoulder. we then approached the other 2 staffs who were closing the store, and they were also very nice and signed on our cards!

that was like super encouraging for our big plan! after we stepped out of the shop, there was this group of about 4 people taking photos outside the store. we decided to approach them and get their well-wishes too..! they were rather amused by us and signed on our cards too! they even took photos with the 2 of us! haha!

after that we continued to walk around, meeting and interacting with many different people. we had wishes in english, chinese, japanese... we had gotten signatures from a german, a hebrew, a korean, 2 japanese, a few caucasians, a few malays and a few indians. one lovely indian lady even hugged us both and wished us happy birthday! :D surprisingly, no one rejected our requests! wahahaha...!

our end products after the whole session... PRICELESS!


2 tired siaolangs grinning happily after the successful birthday wishes solicitation session...


to those at VivoCity on 14 Sept (at around 10.15pm - 11pm), whom we had approached and have kindly agreed to sign on our cards wishing us "happy birthday"... thanks alot!!! you made our day, yeah! :D

and this is a quote from Alex: "My faith in humanity has been restored." because they were all so nice to us! :D :D :D

hmm next year should do what leh? ;p
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我回来了。。。 [Sep. 4th, 2008|01:15 am]
[mood | nostalgic]
[music |歌手与模特儿 - 方大同]

不知道还有没有人读我的blog。哈哈!毕竟我已经很久没有更新了。

9月1号,我终于到了另一个里程碑了。前阵子的忙碌,也告了一个段落。现在得收拾好心情,继续努力工作了。

现在的感觉如何?累是肯定的,空虚也是必然的。忙的时候是非常厌烦的,可是放下重担之后才发现原来扛着它也是一种幸福。人啊,真是矛盾!

重点是:我尝试过了,也真的学到了很多很多!虽然现在还是有种曲终人散的感觉,可是我相信我是快乐的。:]

想念每个星期做的某些事物,忙的某些事,见的某些人。
(也庆幸不需要做某些事物,忙某些事,见某些人了。哈哈!)

该是时候回到现实了。
(期待下次再离开地球表面的时候,能和一群志同道合的太空人一起出发。:))
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Over-reacting... the Singaporean way [Aug. 10th, 2008|12:45 pm]
[mood | annoyed]

it's amazing how a harmless statement can start a long thesis.
after which, even a friendly expression is being picked upon, when everyone else was doing the same.
if that's the way you want to think and react, i think we should all quit complaining about how boring singapore is... because you're the cause of it.

how can things be interesting when there's only room for comformity and people have no sense of humour?
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包小松好帅啊! [Jul. 1st, 2008|01:54 am]
[mood | nostalgic]

这么多年,松柏在新加坡也几乎无声无息了。。。

N年前听他们的歌,没有想到N年后,有机会遇见小松真人,而且他还是非常 Superband 2的评判!真人好帅啊!散发着成熟稳重型男人的帅气!~~ ;p



几天前,偶然打开了电脑文件箱,发现原来我前阵子竟然有把松柏的一个专辑从CD录进了电脑。听着他们的两首成名曲 - “觉得很快乐”还有“想你的爱”,让我眼眶有点湿湿的。那是一种回忆勾起的感动。。。特别是“想你的爱”!现在听松柏的歌声是那么的耐人寻味!!:~~

包小松真的很专业。虽然他说话是出了名的尖锐无比而且还蛮狠的,可是句句都能让我们获益不浅!应该是因为他是制作人的关系,所以对音乐的各个元素都很敏锐,让我非常佩服!希望有一天,我也能当上音乐制作人!(现在离这个梦想还很远咯。。。):\

加油吧,小胖!在梦想还未达成之前,就继续默默的欣赏小松吧,哈哈哈!;PpPp
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i have so much to write, but so little time... [Jun. 3rd, 2008|01:06 am]
[mood | aggravated]

And now i just need to get this off my chest!!!

Can you imagine? A 41-year-old woman still throws tantrums by screaming late at night and throwing things onto the floor which nearly hurt other people. I have lost all respect for this person. And I really mean ALL. It's ok if she is not understanding and does not think in other people's shoes. It's ok if she thinks in this frequency that most people will find weird and totally off. It's ok that she still talks like a stubborn child albeit her age. BUT, it is NOT ok that she loses control of herself and start screaming in a shrill voice at late night because she is frustrated! It is NOT ok that she loses control of herself and start throwing magazine racks onto the floor! And it is definitely NOT ok when she still thinks she was NOT in the wrong for doing all that!!!

An anger management course is what you need, not a PhD! You can't expect to be respected just by being older, you have to EARN it!!!
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C h a p a l a n g strikes! *ok sounds lame* ;p [Apr. 17th, 2008|12:21 pm]
[mood |anticipation]

Went for the Superband 2 auditions last Saturday @ TPY HDB Hub! I brought Momo there and he kinda attracted media attention, haha!

http://u.mediacorptv.com/story.aspx?Editorial_Id=741

http://u.mediacorptv.com/story.aspx?Editorial_ID=740&SubCategoryID=20

Errata:
* Actually we're not an acappella group :P
* We sang 逆光, not 绿光... haha!

This year's kinda different. They will just have 1 round of auditions and after which, if we can get into top 16, we'll be informed again... like by tomorrow?

Anyway it's been fun practising with my groupmates! We're kinda wacky... so if we can get in, we should be coming up with rather interesting themes... :)
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Black and White Scarf & a busy schedule! [Mar. 27th, 2008|12:20 am]
[mood | busy]

Ok I know I'm supposed to be updating the pix taken in HK and also the photos taken in Vietnam (omg that trip was like 3 months ago?!? hahaha)

BUT, before I update those... I just need to post my latest creation!

Presenting... THE BLACK AND WHITE SCARF~~


I LOVE it! As much as I want to keep it, I will be giving it to zigan dage~ *sobs* ;p 'Cos back in HK during the station retreat we saw this black & white scarf at the store window on a mannequin and I told him I could crochet one like that too. He asked if I could make one for him and I promised that I would.

[edit] p.s. I've lengthened it! And I'm gonna use it for my TQ finals wahaha... Rushing out another one for ZG. ;p
And now I like it so much that I am so going to make 1 more piece for myself! hahahaha! :P

Have gotten quite a lot of inspiration from the trip and I hope my ideas work out! :)))

Anyways, I'm running a busy schedule these few days albeit being on leave.

27 March, 5.02pm : ABRSM Grade 2 Piano Exam (and i now regret giving piano up at grade 2/3 when I was young)

27 March, 7.30pm : Practice session for TalentQuest vocal group category

28 March, 8pm : Lessons @ TMC (TBC)

29 March, 10am : Helping out at Marriage Convention @ Suntec

29 March, 3pm - 5pm : Performance at IMM for FSYK presentation

[edit] 29 March, 5.30pm - 7.30pm : Practice at TMC for TQ

30 March, 10.30am : Hair styling at Parkway Parade REDS gonna skip the hairstyling! Rather be sleeping ;p

[edit] 30 March, 2.30pm - late: TalentQuest 08 Vocal Solo and Group Finals @ Singapore Polytechnic Convention Hall

ppffftt... so busy!
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"Like a Rose..." (i said this a couple of times today lol) [Feb. 14th, 2008|02:57 am]
[mood | happy]

This yellow rose is made specially for Biyu 姐 as a V-day gift! I promised I would make her one 'cos she says Marcus would definitely not buy a rose for her. HAHAHA! Gonna be passing it to her later so took a pic (bad lighting... it's actually a nicer yellow) before giving it to her.



And I watched Death Note 3 preview just now! I'm so in love with "L"... he's damn cute can???? :D~
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new toy in the neighbourhood & "the pau business" [Feb. 12th, 2008|11:34 pm]
[mood | giggly]
[music |牛仔很忙]

Went downstairs to have my dinner today 'cos there were only some leftovers which weren't exactly very appetising. My mum offered to accompany me because she was probably a little guilty that she didn't have any proper food for me.

After dinner, we decided to go to the Shop n' Save in my neighbourhood. We walked pass this shop that sells lots of random items with part of the shop being converted into a counter selling handphones / accessories. There were 2 new game machines which I'd actually noticed them like last week, as they were new additions to the shop (the shop never had game machines). I've this addiction to game machines and those "put-in-money-and-turn-the-knob" kinda machines so I'm always very curious to find out how they work, so I stopped by to take a closer look at it. Then the auntie tending the shop came over and told me abit more about the machines. One machine required some skill, whereby you need to press the button at the right time in order to win something; while the other machine probably only required luck. The latter didn't look very interesting, so I decided to try my hand at the first machine. And it's only 20 cents per try!

Spent about $3.20 (the first $2 was spent trying to get used to the speed of the whole thing... i.e. wasted :P) and won these prizes!


After getting the hang of it, it wasn't exactly that hard to win.

Then we decided that that was enough, so went over to Shop n' Save. Walked around and was at this area selling flour. Saw this (pic below) and said to my mum jokingly, "妈... 不然以后我学做包, 然后开一家 "蓝记包点" 啦?" Then she laughed and then I emphasized to her "好像粗话hor? LAN JI... wahaha" :P



I was thinking, aiseh... can u imagine, someone buy my PAUs and then let's say my buns are like BIGGER than other brands... will some auntie say this in hokkien to her friend who bought the PAUs?

"WAH! LE BUEY EH LAN JI SIBEI DUA LIAP!"

LOL!
Lol...
lol.
lol?
:x

Umm ok... sorry! just a joke! In real life i'm really very much more DEMURE. my friends and colleagues can VOUCH for that. ;p
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Dau Sar Pau Junior [Feb. 7th, 2008|10:09 pm]
[mood | enthralled]

And I just made a Xiao DSP for my mum!



I'm getting obsessed with PAUs! omg.
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Momo's in love! [Feb. 7th, 2008|06:55 am]
[mood | accomplished]

FINALLY!!! Momo has found the love of his life!

Introducing D.S. PAUline~!


Their first photo taken together...


:D :D :D

About Kwee Sin Mo, Momo:
For the benefit of those who don't know how Momo came about... I knitted him (yes, he's made of yarn!) last year, on the 25th of April. His dialect (hokkien) name is actually Kwee Sin Mo - for an obvious reason - and he is affectionately known as Momo.

About Dau Sar PAUline:
This lady's born TODAY, on 7 Feb 08 (Chinese New Year)! While I'm on leave, I haven't been wasting my time being a couch poato or bumming around. I've been doing research and experiments, and I have managed to pick up basic crocheting woohoo! Dau Sar PAUline is a crocheted female Dau Sar Pau who is BORN TO BE TOGETHER WITH MOMO. Hahaha!

Now I gotta think of a way to keep PAUline clean. She's white and will definitely get dirty easily. If I were to take her to the laundry shop for dry cleaning, I think the laundry auntie's gonna laugh her head off. Hmmmzz...
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