Narrow-mindedness...

Who doesn't use Facebook today...? It is kind of no-brainers just to even think of it... No one can resist this trend... social medium like Facebook will eventually became an indispensable part of one's life... if you are not using now... i'm sure one day you will...

Looking at today The Star Online news... "Najib a big hit on Facebook"... This even further confirmed my statement above... Apparently even the PM now has a fans page and he also TWEETS with his fans... i must say our PM is quite a contemporary... and it is a good thing... not that i'm trying to mock him...

Facebook nowadays is more than just a platform for individuals to stay connected to each other... due to its immensely huge network... 350million users and increasing... it is now becoming a business ground for entrepreneurs and big companies... AirAsia for example... uses its fans page to stay connected and informed them with the latest happenings and products of AirAsia... and there's lot more other than AirAsia...

Though the initial intention of Mark Zuckerberg was just to use it as a web page showing Harvard college's hot babes... with headshot photos for people to vote and rate them to provide rankings... now Facebook is way more than that... and now he is damn rich with net worth of US dollar 2 billions... as you can see... great things can come from a thing that initially many thought it might not be good...

In this information rich era... one can benefit a lot from the internet... and if one fail to realise that then he/she will be left behind... pornographic materials are easily available nowadays... blocking such websites wouldn't help... so personally i don't care if all the porn websites are blocked or not... but please not other websites... especially business related... stocks... real estate and brokerage... and perhaps some other websites that i don't know it is blocked... USM conferred as APEX University means nothing... if all the management staffs failed to realise that we are now in the information age... not industrial age... information is money...

No more FortiGuard Please...

Concerning this... i would like to urge the PPKT of USM engineering campus... unblock all the websites and give me freedom to surf the internet... especially facebook and blogspot... is time to change my dear university authorities... please think in a larger perspective...

By the way... Mark Zuckerberg was only 25 at the moment when this was written...

Latest Updates...

Left 3 weeks before another new semester starts... which is also the very last one... the following days should be quite busy... and perhaps meaningful to me because it is the last time i will be performing for Litlegras Annual Concert... hope that it could be special and successful...

FYP dateline is getting closer and yet i not really got the mood to get it done... later it will converge together with the song practices and i will be darn busy then...

Then CNY is coming again... and so is the day of graduation... which means have to start job hunting... but i'm still thinking on my choices... to work in engineering field or not...

FYI... i just back from Genting Highlands... Yik's friends are amazingly friendly and i felt like i have known them for ages although i actually met them once... for a long time i never get to feel "依依不舍"... i must admit i have a little of that feeling before i separated with them and proceed to join Neo for 1 night in KL...

From left myself, Ryan, EeSiang, SiewYik

From left FengYing, LongYuan, XiangPin, WanFen

Thanks for the trip you guys gave me... Couldn't be more enjoyed...

Paramore...

Hayley Nichole Williams (born December 27, 1988) is an American rock singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the band.

Joshua Neil Farro (born September 29, 1987) is an American rock guitarist and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist of the band, and brother of Zac Farro, the drummer of the band.

Zachary Wayne Farro (born June 4, 1990) is an American rock drummer. He is the drummer of the band, and brother of Josh Farro, lead guitarist of the band. He is also the youngest member of Paramore.

Jeremy Clayton Davis (born February 8, 1985) is an American bassist of the band.

Taylor Benjamin York (born December 17, 1989) is an American rock guitarist and is currently a member of the band. He also performs keyboards, glockenspiel, drums and occasionally backing vocals live.

The Reason i show this...

Look at their age... at the date of writing this... the oldest is 24 while youngest is 19... how old am i...?

What are they doing at this stage of their lives...? and what am i doing...?

Perhaps there are more famous bands and perhaps even younger than Paramore out there but... i simply love Paramore... Their punk rock... pop punk... alternative rock... emo style of playing really fits my taste for music...

Zac Farro... youngest band member and also a drummer... being a passionate drummer myself... i couldn't be more amazed... Damn COOL man!!

Wedding Gig...

Later i will be going to Penang Island... Ah Lai going to get himself a new electric guitar... and guess what... we will be performing for Eng Wei's girlfriend's sister's wedding.... lolzz...

Being a passionate drummer myself... i have always wanted to be a professional drummer... the least i hope for is i able to perform on a part time basis... drumming boost my confidence... it defines me...

Anyone looking to form a band or to perform in any event... remember to ask me if you need drummer... Haha...!!

A friend who will walk with me...

Going back home has given me a decent time to think and summarize about my life for the past few months... Many things has happened... many of them are totally unexpected...

However... it is quite amazing... and perhaps dramatic... Life is full of unknowns and uncertainties even though you think you have been pretty much prepared for it... it still will surprise you...

Today i have had a nice conversation with a friend... what we have talked about is totally ambitious and huge... now all that left to do is focus and discipline... you never know what you able to achieve... that's what make life so interesting...

我是真正的快乐！

有人说，当你真正爱上一个人的时候，你最期望的，就是希望她快乐。看到她快乐，你就会快乐了...

我曾经怀疑过这个看法，难道真的有人能够做到吗？假设她拒绝了你，你还会快乐吗？

想想看，如果她勉强跟你在一起，她当然不会觉得快乐。这样的话，为了要避免她不快乐，那你就得接受事实，让她做她想做的事。

以前的我无法理解，觉得被拒绝肯定是很伤心的。

现在事情发生在我身上了，奇怪的是，我好像懂得她并不喜欢我。过后当我得到一个肯定的答案了，我也没怎么特别的难过。好像已经心里准备好了似的，很快就正常起来了。而且还有一种打从心底祝福她快乐的感觉。

这感觉来得很自然。好神奇哦...

过后因为我有少许想改变自己的念头，我开始释放自己，想变得开心一点，想做什么就做什么。再也没有那么考虑人家对我的看法，不要再有Inferiority Complex 的特征，要乐观，要快乐。

过后她感受到了。她向我道歉，她说她很对不起我，问我还好吗？觉得我好像受不了刺激变了另外一个人似的。而我也跟她解释了，但是不晓得她相不相信...

虽然偶尔还会想着她，但是其实我真的没什么了...

现在的我， 只期望她不要再过意不去，她并没有做错了些什么。我还想跟她谈天，还想当她的朋友。

希望她好好珍惜她的生活，快快乐乐地度过每一天。

Reborn of a Sad Man...

Sad man has chose to restructure his thought... How would he become then...?

Friends of him... please help him add colors to his life...

Back...

I'm back... don't know how to explain this... i myself also confused by myself... contradicting myself... I will just continue walking and see what is ahead of me next...

The End of The "Thoughts of a LGM Drummer"

After all that has happened... it is time to put an end for it...

As effective of this date of the post... i will resign as the chief of drummers... and i will also stop performing and teaching... this marks the end of my journey in LitleGras Music...

This is really hard for me... but guess there's no choice...

Fellow drummers... sorry because i left you guys with all the responsibilities... now you all have to teach more frequently since i won't be there to teach anymore... the most difficult thing for me to let go is you all... apparently teaching has been the large part of the time i spent here in LitleGras... I'm very proud to have seen you guys grow from nothing till became a prominent drummer for LitleGras... It is really amazing... having u all is like having many children... KokChoy, Arthur, KokYou, YeiHan, EngChang, PengKer, KahChun, HuiMin, and HuiYien... seeing you all developed and keep improving is really of great satisfaction... I feel very lucky to have able to share my drumming experience with you guys... keep drumming though...

Forgive me on anything that i have done wrong... Really sorry to cause you all the troubles... Perhaps LitleGras will be a better club without my presence...

I will become an ordinary university student and will be sitting on audience seat and enjoy the concert you all bring to this USM Engineering Campus... Guess that is not a bad experience either...

是时候了吗？

啊！天啊！好累... 我要快乐！但快乐为何那么难寻觅？

我很容易不满发生在我身边的事。总是得不到满足。可能因为这样我得不到快乐。

我想我生病了。脑袋有问题了！

没多少人懂我在想些什么。想的东西太复杂了吧！

没多少人懂得如何跟我沟通。我的脸孔太纳闷了吧！

啊！天啊！太累了... 不值得呀！

为了它，我失去太多了！

每天都在付出，等待如愿以偿的一天。

它到底会出现吗？

又有多少人能跟着我的步伐和我一起走呢？

要停止这一切吗？

当没有人懂得珍惜你的时候，留下还有何意义？

还是做回一个不闻不问的鼓手比较好？

最近，很少去想小草颂的事情了。开始觉得没有必要了。觉得不值得了。有点想离开小草颂的感觉了。

小草颂的每个小草们对我的印象，似乎都只是环绕着音乐和小草颂而已。我很想让大家更了解我。但是，我不懂应该从那儿开始。

曾经问过威勇，如果给五个字你形容我，那会是什么字呢？

他说 : “ambitious, hardworking, inferiority complex, quiet, mysterious”

他说他不曾看过我开怀大笑。那倒是说得很对。跟他玩音乐这样久了，他都不曾看过。那么对一些学弟学妹们，那更不用说了。我是个超闷的人！

可能是我没给机会你们更了解我。因为我都很少开口说起其它的话题。可能是我不懂得说笑话。可能我的笑话并不好笑，根本吸引不了你们。可能我的声音太沉闷了。可能因为我的表情太死板了。

我尝试靠近你们，说说你们类型的笑话。不知道为什么，就是没什么好笑。都是一些弄巧成拙的反效果。有够白痴！

其实我只想有一些人，能够在我没有谈到与小草颂有关的事情时候，也都能够专心听我说话。

其实我只想有一些朋友。

哈！多可悲啊！

家乡的死党们，好想念你们。

Vision...

How great LitleGras would be that you ever possibly imagined...?

Imagine of the day where LitleGras performing on stage here and there outside of campus... where organisations pay us to perform for public events in public places... where crowd is cheering and screaming our names the loudest they could... we dressed ourselves attractively... our performance is flawless... with superb performing skills... confident... flamboyant... conspicuously exuberant... just like any other famous bands are performing... and we even have our own girls bands that are gorgeous yet skillful...

Our concert tickets are expensive... but still attracting bunch of people who are desperately craving for our shows... Our songs are authentically from our own composers... and we actually selling our songs to the local music industry... but then we are reconsidering the fact that we were selling our songs thinking that it might be better that we keep it for our own and make an album out of it... and then tv and radio stations' reporter are doing coverage on our latest happenings and they also broadcasting our MTV and songs every now and then...

LitleGras Music Club by then it is much more than just a music club... it develops skillful musicians... grooming vocalists... producing great composers... that actually going into the musical industry rather than getting a job as engineers... besides... we having the best personnel in terms of organizing concert events... and people are actually paying our event management team to organize concert events for them... we provide services such as emceeing... PA system... visual aids... interior decor... photography & videography... advertising & event publicist too... and we all have our own performing equipments of cause... is not because we buying each and everyone of them... but rather is the sponsorships from musical instrument manufacturers... as a way to advertise their brands...

Our LitleGras's members ranging from those who have graduated... postgraduates... and undergraduates... some graduated members are actually becoming our full time advisors and devoted their lifetime for the betterment of LitleGras though they are some only involved with LitleGras in a part time basis... they also earn great money just by helping us coordinate all the performance events with the event organizer... pretty much like a manager for our band who deal with every other thing rather than performing... we basically commercialised...

For postgraduates and undergraduates they strive in both academic and LitleGras... they managed to handle it pretty well because we got a system that enable everyone to work with minimum supervision... everyone know what to do at any period of time... well coordinated... our total student member is only about 100 people inclusive of both band musicians and event management team members... but still we managed to deal with every events & performance almost perfectly...

How big is your vision? Bigger than mine?

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." Franklin Roosevelt

"To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act!" Alfred A. Montapert

I'm happy even it is just a start...

There are few things i very much glad that is happening to LitleGras and its members...

1. Enthusiasm

I appreciate those who show positive attitude towards change we want to implement... I like people who willing to step up and take charge of important events... I like people who think a lot about LitleGras... I like people who are supportive... and i very much appreciate it... I'm happy to see that guitarist department has its lesson guidebook produced... and keyboardist department is actually starting lessons for its department's members... vocalist department has its activities for vocalist outlined... IEC department is carrying out its first ever important activity of the year LitleGras Annual Camp...

2. Growing number of club members

Recently we recruited huge number of band musicians and event management team members from first year and second year students... this would certainly help when we want to organize events... however... this won't be sustainable if we didn't manage our people properly... so we must remember that everyone of us need to put in substantial amount of effort to either directly or indirectly retain our people who have great expertise in various areas which are very much helpful to us... existing/old members need to be supportive to those new members that show great enthusiasm... sometimes people stay because they got friends around... and of cause we must have other formal means to attract people and make people wanna stay with us...

3. Better Performance
We know we have done quite badly(or perhaps just average if not bad) for our last annual concert. From the beginning of the semester we have been discussing about our showmanship... seriousness towards preparation of performance and so on as a step for better performance... and honestly speaking of which the HuaXie Night is one of the best show we have ever had in ages... thanks for the effort of band musicians... but do not get easy on it... we have to strive for any other coming performance events... improve your skills musicians...

Although we yet to see any significant results from our changes so far... but i'm sure we will be able to achieve the results we have been waited for so long someday somehow provided we continue to work towards our goals...

Once a LitleGras member... Forever a LitleGras member... :D

The First-ever LitleGras Camp that i very much look forward to...

And its going to be happened at here

Figure 1 - Sri Sayang Resort Service Apartments: Entrance and Front View

Maybe it is not so great... but its really affordable...

If you look at the view outside the apartment...

Figure 2 - Left and Right View : Facing the sea but partly blocked by Rasa Sayang Resort :D

If you look down from your apartment...

Figure 3 - At the entrance there : Swimming pool & Tennis Court (which i not sure we going to use it)

If you turn around and take a look at the living room...

Figure 4 - The living room : Kinda spacious isn't it? (plan to fit in all participants when conducting courses by removing the chairs & tables)

Of course not forgetting the other important parts of the apartment...

Figure 5 - Bathroom & Kitchen : Pretty basic isn't it? (i think that is good enough)

And oh ya... The rooms that "some" of us going to sleep in...

Figure 6 - Master Bedroom, Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3 : You may not be sleeping at these rooms cause few will be sleeping in Living Room(you can go up and check out the living room pictures again)

Finally... The place where we will be having our activities hopefully...

Figure 7 - The beach : Station games? Camp fire? Barbecue? Castle-building? Swimming? (I let you decide what to be written here)

Come'on LitleGrassians... Let's make it happen... Will ya...?

What a BIG DAY for me...

Big Day as in this

And this

Because of this STUPID RECKLESS Proton Wira Aeroback Driver!!!

The road is wet... and i was driving back from my survey trip for the first ever LitleGras camp along with Fabien... and this was what i got myself into...

It happened around 6.35pm at the two-lane converged to one-lane road just before the bridge crossing the river at Nibong Tebal... the traffic was crawling and i totally have no idea how this Indian dude behind me managed to bang me that hard... And when he came out of the car i showed my bewildered face at him... and he said " You break what... "... duh... of coz i break... what do you expect me to do when the car infront of me stopped?

Then the girlfriend got out of the car too... now i know why... he was busy flirting with his girlfriend and forgot to look at the front because she was simply too attractive for him to turn his sight away... we not even heard any sound of tyre skidding... i assumed he never break and he never know he's going to hit me until he did... the force was actually strong enough to push my car going forward which is about 1 metre infront of me and transfer the momentum to the Perodua Viva and then it banged another car infront of it... 4 cars are affected... but the 4th car suffer no damage... and the Viva damaged both its rear and front bumper but the Viva owner was just too busy to wait and settle the conflict at Balai... and his car was not seriously injured so two cars infront of me eventually drove off...

Me and the Indian Dude ended up in Jawi Traffic Police Station... stayed there for accident reporting until around 10pm... and the police officer actually said to me that there are 4 cases happened today similar to my situations (multi-car collisions) at the same area... and he told me never drive when there's rain and traffic crawl near the bridge area... he said you would rather stop there and wait or U-turn or whatever rather than spending hours with me for your reporting to claim insurance... could you believe the police officer actually said that...?

Really sorry for what happening to the car... I wont be this mad if the car was mine... it was liong's... really sorry to cause so much trouble to him... Very Sorry...

And now i guess many Grassmates and Coursemates already knew i got into accident... people would think i'm a lousy driver i guess... maybe now there's somebody whispering... " Never lend your car to HockSiang... "

I'm a guy who think too much...

Is it bad? Is it not?

I constantly throwing out ideas. Drowning all the people along the way as the ideas propagate... I know sometimes it is just too much... but i just couldn't help it... it is my nature...

I have dreams... Dreams for LitleGras... Perhaps all this was caused by my feelings of inferiority towards the other famous bands out there... I just wanted this band to be better so much...

As i dragging you into the journey to attain my dreams for LitleGras... I hope you would forgive me if this is not really what you wanted to achieve...