This is not about Steve Jobs

The passing of Steve Jobs was a phenomenon although some people have deemed his contribution was overrated. There were other people with much greater inventions but never seemed to be appreciated as much as Steve Jobs does. He was good in earning our money and yet everybody respect him.

I do like one of its quotes though, which states;

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

Live your everyday like it is the last day of your life. Do what you think that even if today was the last day you would ever live in this world and you would still do whatever you have planned to do today.

I realized i have failed in this respect. I still doing the same freaking thing i do everyday which wasn't really where my passion truly lies. Is it because i don't get to choose? Or just simply because i was afraid? Sometimes i think i have lost my direction in life. I was so tuned to work to the degree where i think i have forgotten my passion for other things in life. I don't feel the desire to do other things that much anymore. In fact, i don't know what i wanted to do exactly. I think i am losing it.

Where is my courage? I thought i was brave.

煎熬    李佳薇

Superb Vocal from 李佳薇

现在的我

After a year working in Singapore, i will be backed to Malaysia again. Not for good but at least for 6 months, which is the period of the new project i am going to involve in.

The site is located in Pasir Gudang, not sure how is it though, never been there. Judging from my current scope of work, i can say i have move forward in my career. I have been learning new things on a on-going basis. It is quite satisfying, knowing i am on the right track.

However, sometimes, i still miss my life being a student, or rather i should say the life when i indulged myself in the sea of music, playing in a band, drumming. Such a great life it is.

I am thinking whether i should stop working for a year or two, then just join some band and play music. You know i can't really let go of the paycheck i am receiving every fortnightly, but then again what is the money for when you can't do something you want to do. For whom for what we want to be rich?

Having able to buy stuffs that you want, be it a car, a house, a branded watch or other any other expensive stuffs, does not really help in making you happy and contended for life. It is always a temporary effect, where you only enjoyed for a brief moment when your materialistic-ism being fulfilled. After the hormones disappeared, your happiness also vanished.

I need a reason for me to continue working on my career goals. Please give me one.



王力宏 - 需要人陪

Good Life

You know in this world no one can take care of your feelings. People don't really care about what they did to others and they don't consider how the other person thinks. 

Alright i know it sound harsh. They may consider but at the end of the day. Their own feelings are the most important things. They will take care of their own feelings even though it includes hurting you.

So you must stand up and protect your own! Why let them ruining your days? We wake up in the morning every single day thinking about life. We want a good one of course. So then we must take care of our own feelings.

If making other feels good and you feel goods too then that's win-win. If you being nice and your are hurt instead. What for being nice?

If hurting them makes you feel good, go ahead and screw them!!

Pre-Holiday shoutout!

Well... Holiday officially started! I'm still in Singapore though. Bus depart tonight at 9pm.

You know i thought i was quite committed to my job already. Willing to work like no day or night for my company. I really thought i'm doing good enough. But as time passed by, apparently it wasn't enough. When you willing to commit more, the more they going to give. It will never stops. 

My superior actually expects me to do more. I mean WTH? You want more? I'm a human you know. I need rest and i need time for my own activity. Wonder why the culture of my company is like that. Why there isn't anything about Work Life Balance? A company can't strive if it provides its employees more time at home? I don't feel i rewarded fairly. It makes me less motivated. I mean who is going to appreciate your efforts? Who sees it? What is the point of working damn f'ing hard?

I really love spending time listening to music, watching Youtube videos and stuffs. Be it a music videos, a cover, or a review or know-how. It makes my day pleasant. Song heals man!! Listen to Tyler Ward. He's Great!

A song worth sharing from Namewee

Namewee - I Am Who I Am

My comment? I think it carries Jay Chou feel which at first i think it is not so much of an authentic piece of music. However, it feels good and i feel like wanna listen to it again and again. This type of music is pretty much very simple but still you will find it awesome to listen to. 

Many first timers or amateur song composers tend to overdo a song. They adding in lots of complicated stuffs but doesn't really mix well together. They thought by adding more elements it will become better but sadly it is not the case. If you really pay more attention to those nice listening songs out there, some of them really composed using very simple groove/riff. In this case, the PIANO, i think you can hear it playing the same thing over and over again right? But it just sound so nice! Give you other examples, Jay Chou's Secrets, 不能说的秘密, Dashboard Confessional's Stolen, Plain White T's Let me take you there, and so much more. Just pay attention to each individual instruments, listen to how the musics are played and you will know.

Another common mistake is a song is composed with many instruments trying to do a fill in the exact same part. All trying to grab attention from the audience and never let one take the lead. Take turns to do fill but not all together. Even if a fill is very nice but all instruments play a fill at the same part audience are going to be attracted to only one instrument, which is the most outstanding one and the rest will left unheard or, it will feel very messy mixing all the fill together.

Beware of becoming Old

With the Love The Way You Lie & Not Afraid Mashup video circulating around the whole Facebook network, Jason Chen became a name that everybody knows, suddenly.

Just a Dream cover by Jason Chen & Joseph Vincent

It is amazing how things can change at such fast. For one moment you are not, and the next you are. This is how fast one could rise, and perhaps falls too. The internet open up all the possibilities. If you think you are good at something, go get a good video camera and start recording at yourself and upload it to the internet. Bamm!! You're famous!

Hogging on to the internet via social networking websites i.e. Facebook, reading blogs written by friends are how you keep yourself updated to one another these days. If there is anything you want to know, just remember to Google it. However some people believe in not-too-dependent on the internet and chose to rely on face to face communication. They afraid that this might become the only way people communicate in future.

Embrace the change i must say. Otherwise you definitely will lose out. Speed up the rate you obtain information. That is of real importance these days. When you are there mushrooming don't know what to do for a particular day, start by visiting Facebook. From there find anything that interest you and carry on from there. There's nothing bad about it really. Use the internet to achieve your dreams. That's what i thought.

However, one needs to know when you hanging out with friends but you keep checking out your cellphone is kind of irritating. I myself find it very turn-off to me if the girl i'm dating with were like that. I would rather go home sleeping than dating a girl like that. Just keep the device off for a second and spend time talking to your friends. If you're alone then the mini computer inside your pocket is definitely your best friend but not any other time.

Do you know Oxford Dictionary is on its way to stop producing the a-few-inches-thick book because no body is buying it in the US anymore? Plus it is no green cutting off trees to make books. Give it another decade books may become antique already. So start embracing the habit of reading the internet instead. Do it constantly, when you are alone, not with friends.

You know how people became old? Not through physical body fitness deterioration but the refusal to change and keep yourself relevant to the society. You know what?  I know a guy who is around 80 years old and he got better computer skills than me. That's how i will define young.

Suddenly everybody is like a damn good singer

A Song that sung differently could be so much difference. One impresses another. Music is just so wonderful. 

Eminem - Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna

Love The Way You Lie Cover/Remix ft. Matty BRaps & Julia Sheer

Love The Way You Lie / Not Afraid Mashup - Jason Chen

Love The Way You Lie (Acoustic Version) - Jemma Pixie Hixon

Apparently Rihanna is just as comparable as the others. They are just the same. The difference is music. That is all.

Tyler Ward ft. Cobus Potgieter

Well this is a collaboration cover featuring Cobus. Honestly seldom we could see Cobus play it such simple. Sometimes simple is good. It gives the song spaces to breath, so that it won't choke you too much.

The Club Can't Handle Me

My Goddess!!

Recently I've started to watch K-On!! again. Last time i watched season 1 during my last semester. This time around i catch up with season 2 from Youtube. I think if you love playing in a band somehow you will likely to watch this.

K-On!! Popular Anime Band

A few of the nice songs from this anime are Don't Say Lazy and Go! Go! Maniac. Saw these drum covers the other day when searching for these 2 songs. Covered by a 13 years old girl drumming prodigy. Totally blew me away. Seriously love it!!

Senri Kawaguchi

Go! Go! Maniac

Don't Say Lazy

She's cute!! Love her smile!!!

Kuala La La Lumpur

At first i heard it from Kyan's Blog. I visited his blog a few more times i started to love this song. As i continue to listen to it, i heard Kuala Lumpur. No kidding! Lolzz...

Mizz Nina feat.Colby O'Donis - What You Waiting For

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me want get this party started
Hey baby, come in tell me what this all, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me wanna get a little naughty
Hey baby come in get it it's all yours, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Its your birthday
So tell me what you want to
Its my birthday
I really wanna get with you
Drop the beat now and may be we can get it started
Well go insane and take you to the after party

So what's your name
Hey baby what's your name (oh yeah)
Sexys my name
Yeah sexys my name
OK and whats your game
Hey baby what's your game
OK I like to play
I I like to play

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me want get this party started
Hey baby, come in tell me what this all, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me wanna get a little naughty
Hey baby come in get it it's all yours, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Hey sexy girl from Kuala la la Lumpur
Hey baby that's me I'll be on the dance floor
I got you with surprise we pop in up in VIP
and if I ask nice can I take you home with me

[2X]
So what's your name
Hey baby what's your name (oh yeah)
Sexys my name
Yeah sexys my name
OK and whats your game
Hey baby what's your game
OK I like to play
I I like to play

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me want get this party started
Hey baby, come in tell me what this all, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me wanna get a little naughty
Hey baby come in get it it's all yours, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby let's get crazy
Come and loose control
You want to tear up the after party
I know you want some more
I wanna see you with that body
Working down real low
Baby yeah Come and get it
What you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me want get this party started
Hey baby, come in tell me what this all, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for

Baby, I never seen someone with your body
You make me wanna get a little naughty
Hey baby come in get it it's all yours, baby, baby
Tell me what you what you waiting for


Mizz Nina is from Kuala Lumpur! She's hot but i didn't know that until i heard Kuala La La Lumpur! Lolzz.. I know i'm slow Kyan, but it still worth sharing right? :D

I miss drumming!

This is not exactly a new song but i just came across it and i can't stop listening to it. So i thought i may also share with you guys. This song Fireflies from Owl City.

Owl City - Fireflies

I originally came across this song from Cobus. He covered the songs and i thought it was nice! You should definitely see this!

Cobus Potgieter - Fireflies Drum Remix

Music really open up my world. Somehow i felt like i was being more complete and perfect as i was engaging myself deep into music. It really heals my soul.

It's not like i hate my job but i just feel that life is so predictable without music. As for me, music totally change how i feel for this world. The world suddenly became interesting and beautiful.

3 Doors Down

R'ber YeeWai was calling me, that i mentioned in my last post? We went for a drink and chatted for a while. It was in Jurong East Interchange. There's also a Popular Book Store there which also sell music CDs. Apparently there was this promotion buy 3 for $10.

Most are old albums. One of the CDs i bought is 3 Doors Down featuring "It's Not My Time"

It's Not My Time

The other one quite nice was "Let Me Be Myself"

Let Me Be Myself

Gosh! I miss drumming so much. Whenever i feel my life is monotonous, i just try to imagine i'm playing a nice song in a band. Picture myself being my oldself, sitting behind the kit... I feel i became alive again!

Mother's Day Special

As i grow older, family become more and more important to me. When i gave it a deeper thought, family is actually all that matters at the end of the day.

Father retired, used to be a self-employed lorry driver. Mother currently working as a bread stall helper in local market, earning Rm 20 per day. My family has been living frugally since forever ago.

Growing up has been a challenge for me. Well... challenge in terms of overcoming my desire especially when i was still a kid. The kids next door always have better toys than mine. Whatever things that i wanted to own, i have to figure out a way to own it myself. The conventional way, getting money from parents just don't work well for me.

This situation has shaped me to become independent, ambitious and determined. I don't allow much space for myself to fail. I have high expectations. Sometimes i became ruthless especially to my parents. Eventually they get used to it and stop trying to prevent me from doing anything anymore. Because i just won't listen to them. I do what i feel right.

They don't believe the situation will change very much even after i grow up. Although i tried to convince them that i will change this. They lived poor far too long to be able to dream again. They always feel miniature, inferior, insecure and no expectation.

This really have to change!

One day i want them to feel only the feelings of satisfied, happy, and proud. Stop telling me to be contented! I have had enough of it.

Jason Mraz - A Beautiful Mess

This blog was written after a short moment i saw this quote:

快乐，不是因为拥有多，而是因为计较少

I don't think it is wrong, but i don't think it is correct either. As for me, i don't think it is appropriate to apply it to all situations. Maybe some, but not all.

To be a better man

I think it is time to change. If you are one of those that follow my blog you should know what i'm talking about. Erm... cause i don't want to cause any more discomfort. Either to myself or any other person.

Perhaps inferiority complex strikes again. I could have been ignored what they said about it. Ya. It was a "they". Considering the number of people talking about it, i think i was wrong. So i have to change. Some say it is just a unique peculiar habit of mine, that there is no need to change anything, and that i can just do it the way i wanted it to be. Some actually complained, and explained how it affects them, and to the extent of not caring how i was going to judge them. Perhaps the mistake was so immense that they willing to risk anything just to get their voices heard.

It is better this way. I really think so. I really wants to feel better about myself. I don't want to hurt anyone or to get hurt. It is the very last thing that i wanted to do.

Robbie Williams - Better Man

*BTW it is not a Live version as it seems to be though. :)

Glee... Again...

Well... It's Glee again...!!

Apparently... it was real good... until i cant resist myself to share again... :D

True Colors

My Life Would Sucks Without You

*Previous Glee post click here.

Glee

Recently I've been watching an American drama series... at first I got no idea what glee means at all... just watched it out of boredom... thinking this was just another so so comedy drama... but I promised myself to watch until the end of the first episode (of course the jokes wasn't too sucks otherwise I wouldn't have been continue watching)... which later came the surprise... music element... I thought it was cheer leading at the beginning... now this attracts me...

The Casts of Glee

This is a pretty new production airs at Fox in the United States created by Ryan Murphy... Started running at Fox Channel since 19th May 2009 (a day after my birthday haha!!)... Just so you know...

A glee club is a musical group, historically of male voices but also of girls or mixed voices, which traditionally specializes in the singing of short songs... I was particularly amazed at this one...

It's My Life & These Are My Confessions

Lead Vocal Cory Monteith... named Finn Hudson in the series...

He claims to have had no experience with singing or dancing... However... He is a fairly talented drummer... His audition tape for Glee even featured his drumming talents as he rhythmically drums on glass bottles and containers to demonstrate his musical abilities (wait a minute... i'm a drummer... lolzz!!)

The main female vocalist was excellent too... I was having goosebumps listening to her voice... Lolzz... Her real name is Lea Michele starring as Rachel Berry in the series... apparently she was born at 29th August 1986... younger than me (I always envy of those who succeed in a particular area at a very early stage of their lives)

Take A Bow

It was just excellent... the clarity of the voice... the harmony between the main lead and backup vocal were so beautiful... very pleasing indeed...

Keep Holding On

I myself enjoy listening to it very much... Hope you enjoy it too... See more about Glee at here... :D

PinkNoise...

Came across this band when i was searching on Youtube on Malaysian Band... then this PinkNoise caught my attention... all Girls Band...

Vocalist and guitarists are so so only... but drummer is quite impressive... and hot too... lolzz... It's not that i'm overwhelmed by their performance or skills but i rather quite appreciate their presence in our local musical industry... this will help promote and nurture more musical talents in Malaysia... is a good thing...

The fact that they are all girls aged only between 16 and 17 is the main selling point... i particularly attracted to the drummer... not because i'm a drummer myself but because she got real good skills considering she's a girl... which is rare... by the way her name is Rachel... lolzz...

Rachel's Solo

Overall speaking... if they wish to go further they really need to improve their musical skills... particularly in song composing... and performance wise some gimmick would be good... more showmanship... it is even better if they got skills that can complement... They appeared in 8TV E-news also... can try to youtube them if you wanna see more of their videos.... Link's here... and also local daily here... blogspot here... facebook fans group here...

*Photos from the owner of this blogspot... nice photos... Thanks!

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!!