Archive for February, 2007

Bad with words

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

I’m becoming worse with putting my thoughts into words…. letters seem to have abandoned me as of late. So,

If pictures say a thousand words, this should sum up what I’ve been going through lately. (note: the picture is irrelevant, but the way it is drawn is the thing you should look for)

Telecaster

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Old flame revisited… I laid my eyes on a Squier Telecaster today…. I thought that was enough. After trying out a custom with double humbucker and standard pickup, I was hooked. It was a dream come true.

It’s an electric guitar… just thought you should know.

It’s really been a while since I last played, but it’s a Telecaster! It’s my dream guitar. (Not to mention it’s cheap for the clean and dry sound it produces). Oh randomness…. first lyrics, then drawings, now a guitar? My interest keep diverging every second. Oh yeah, I’m getting one in my grubby paws next month (or two weeks… depending how impatient I am).

p/s: If anyone knows a place that can upgrade my future guitar pickup for cheaps, kindly gimme a call.

Research BOMB

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

This is what happens when you FORCE yourself to do research on a perfectly good holiday:

Lesson for the day? Don’t take unnecessary holidays earlier than you should.

Random

Friday, February 16th, 2007

It’s sooooo random, here’s a picture I’ve worked on last week. I need a website.

See you all later.

Sacrifices

Friday, February 16th, 2007

There comes a time when we have to make a call to put forward someone else’s well being in front of our own. What is this self-martyrdom about? Does it make us feel good somehow to sacrifice ourselves? Is it self-gratification? Or is it because of someone we care more than ourselves?

I’d say it’s the last statement.

Very few people have found a place in my heart (I count 2 only so far) and those that did mean a lot more to me than myself (which is again, 2). I already sacrificed my happiness for one. But for the other? Would I do it again with the risk of shutting the door down completely?

Maybe I should. I hate to be a happy villian when I could be a sad hero instead. I’ve been fair-warned, and oblivious to the warnings am I. I put everything in God’s hands now and hope everything works out as it should be…

Without me in it.

Stray

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Stray! Stray!

In the cold breeze that I walk along
The memories of generations burn within me
Been forever since I cried the pain and sorrow
I live and die, proud of my people gaining

I’m here standing at the edge
Starin up at where the moon should be

Stray!
No regrets ’cause I got nothin to lose
Ever stray!
So I’m gonna live my life as I choose
Until I fall..

Stray! Stray!
Stray! Stray!

In the white freeze, I never spoke of tears
Or opened up to anyone including myself
I would like to find a way to open to you
Been awhile, don’t know if I remember how to

I’m here waiting on the edge
Would I be alright showing myself to you?
It’s always been so hard to do..

Stray!
No regrets ’cause I got nothin to lose
Ever stray!
So I’m gonna live my life as I choose
Until I fall…

Stray! Stray!
Stray! Stray!
Stray! Stray!

Is there a place left there for me
Somewhere that I belong
Or will I always live this way… ?

Always stray

No regrets ’cause I got nothin to lose
Ever stray!
So I’m gonna live my life as I choose
Cause all things fall

Stray! Stray!
Stray! Stray!
Stray! Stray!

Stray…

//Current mood at the moment is tied to this lyric from an excellent anime called Wolf’s Rain. Good stuff, a must see!

Wishes

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

For my birthday this year, I’ll get these one way or the other:

A scanner/printer for my Mac.
An Intuous tablet (mmmmmm yum).
Photoshop for Mac.

Macs can be a bitch sometimes :P
My hands are itchy again. I’ll be putting up my webpage again sometime next month when my head and schedule clears up. Here’s my attempt without a scanner (you’ll understand why I need one)

Photo_9

Changes are a-coming.

Redux

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Back in the labs of UTM made me realise one thing:

I’m so in trouble.

The two weeks of staying in KL dealing with my agreement has made me lose 2 weeks of research, due to the inavailability of university-paid journals to read up on. Which means I’m already running 2 weeks late than my proposed schedule.

No Chinese New Year holiday for me it seems. If I go back, that’ll sink another week in. Gah. Issues….

Anyway, my favourite haunting place is coming back to life this weekend, though they rename the place. Hope it’s better than the last management. And here’s hoping there’ll be the familiar faces there when I go back as well.

Granted things didn’t always go the way I would want to during that fortnight stay in KL. I spent more money on car repairs I wish I’d bought a new car instead. My allownce has dropped to a mere 20% due to the repairs. I’m beginning to hate cars already.

There was so much I wanted to do and yet so much I didn’t want changed, but change happened anyway. It’s pretty sucky for me at the moment but I do hope it’ll get better in the future. If not for me, than at least for the other party involved. The most noticeable absence was the sound of incoming messages on my handphone. I took a risk and these things happened, I knew exactly what I was getting into.

And now I feel like drinking strong black coffee. I have work to do and I have to wake up. My dream is over (not to mention the bed I was sleeping in was superb! :P).

Dumanga Jitte Karlu

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Ada member tegur:

“Man, ko tak reti wat blog dlm B.M. ke?”

“Reti… tapi bosan…”

“Buatla…. B.I. pelik la… mcm bahasa Uganda plak aku baca kgkdg”

Jadi untuk ingkisan hari ini saja, blog ni ditulis dalam BM. Tajuk tu memang dalam bahasa Uganda, untuk mengiyakan kata-kata member tu tadi. :D

Taklah… aku mana reti bahasa Uganda. Bahasa Mandarin pun tak lepas ni nak kecek bahasa orang lain plak :P Sajer je.

Esok aku balik JB. Banyak benda aku alami biler balik KL buat jangkamasa yang lama ni. Ada yang manis, ada yang pahit. Ada masa buang duit, ada masa buat duit. Jadi, aku taknak tulis bebanyak sebab mengantuk suda…. esok mau balik jauh ba.

Ader rezeki jumpa lagi kgkwn yang duk kat KL… bulan depan kut.

Rocking to the iPod

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Recently bought an iPod Nano today. Nothing fancy, couldn’t afford the pretty colorful ones yet, so I opted for the silver 2GB model. Still pretty funky though.

Currently listening to: Goodnight, goodnight by Hot Hot Heat (really good band if you like indie rock)