Merry Christmas

And now presenting you one of my favourites...

Hark! The herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With th’angelic host proclaim,
“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”

Christ, by highest Heav’n adored;
Christ the everlasting Lord;
Late in time, behold Him come,
Offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
Hail th’incarnate Deity,
Pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
Jesus our Emmanuel.

Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”

Hail the heav’nly Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Ris’n with healing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die.
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.

Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”

Me just love the beautiful lyrics :)

Reasons to Smile (Today)

God's blessings are in all sorts of ways. Maybe sometimes we overlook on the small things which can make us smile, maybe sometimes we're just lazy to think much about the beauty of blessings we receive everyday.

There are a lot of reasons to make me smile, grin and laugh today.

During our English Language lesson we had a great time singing "Waka Waka" accompanied by two pieces of guitars. Till now, that song is still ringing inside my head. Gab and Arbut played the guitars, Ghee Seng singing cheerfully, the other boys followed, we girls waved our hands and followed throughout the chorus. I felt disappointed that we didn't record it, we just wished we could. Words can never reflect the atmosphere of that moment. I felt something, something hard to explain - :') Thank you very much, Miss Roseline for today's English lesson. It was totally unforgettable.

I brought my guitar (for the second week now) to play during ISCF. There were another three pieces of guitar so it was more lively. Plus, the other girl (who I don't know what her name is) played so far beyond my ability. She's really awesome~ After that, we had a brief talk about 'blessings' so that pretty much explains why my intro of this post starts like that :)

Then, there was the scorching sun. 1.45 pm sitting at the canteen, plus without even taking an afternoon bath is something torturing, I have to admit. Sleepy, hungry, bored and all sorts of feelings mixed inside my mind. However, one thing for sure was that I admired the things around me today. The bright sky, the beautiful fluffy clouds, everything was beautiful. After a short while, one of my friends spotted Cikgu Paul (our Sivik teacher) - he was standing so far from us that we all denied it was him. After a brief argument, off we went to see him. Obviously, it was really him.

Our job was to replant the grass to another location situated in front of Blok 8, that's metres and metres away from Blok 3. The glamour name of this job: KERJA TAMAN, sometimes we just get it mixed up with "Kerja Amal" but who cares. It wasn't an easy job to do. If you're not sweating it means that you weren't even there. I have pretty much evidence to say that it wasn't easy. Not all of our classmates came. Many people try to avoid it.

Yet, there are blessings in such activity. We were exhausted, our faces did turn red, our hands do hurt but in turn, we had a memorable moment. A great one. There were intervals between work, jokes, work, photo-taking, work and so on and so forth. Cikgu Paul brought along his DSLR camera. We took gazillions of group photos with backgrounds of nature, one photo had our beloved Blok 8 as the background (I suggested so, and the teacher seemed to like my idea). Ah, you know that I dream of a DSLR camera. Photography is awesome.

There were "kangaroo jokes", "geng pongkes" etc. I am sure the boys will upload our photos soon on FB. Then I think I'll put some here ;)

Today, I've learnt a lot of lessons. No matter what kind of person I'll be tomorrow, no matter where I'll end up after schooling, I will never ever forget this day. For I have a lot of reasons to smile today :) [Aww, I'm being melancholic].

Thank you, LORD.

Wow, December!

The 13th day of December. I didn't even realise about it.

Now I remember about my post last year, (Hello December, the Month of 1001 Laziness). The situations different this year. The weather's fine every morning. However, nights are still cold. I don't need the fan but instead two blankets. Evenings are also perfect for recreation (although I don't do so).

What next? Yeah, it's been a very long time since I updated my blog. I just didn't have the feeling and mood to voice out anything. Nothing seems very special, but indeed I am enjoying my holidays because next year I'll surely have no time to relax and waste some time. Although quite boring, I have nothing to complain of regarding this holidays. No weddings, no vacations (well as usual) but yep, I am spending quality time with my guitar and PC.

My mission of tidying up my bedroom seems to be 3/4 completed. I'm already fed up of Facebook-ing. I have totally nothing to do. Perhaps I should do a little bit of revision XD

Went to Popular and bought a book of sample essays this afternoon. I must start digging the pages completely and bury my nose in that book for the whole day tomorrow. I shouldn't waste time. I know.

I'm in the mood of singing Nuvo's "Tam Dai Reu Plao" (ทำได้หรือเปล่า). In case you want to sing it along with me, here's the transliteration of the lyrics. I did it by myself haha. As for the translation, you'll have to wait for several years until I really master my Thai language ^^

Ter glap maa wan nee
Mai bpen meuan ter kon gon
Maa oon won ja yon keun maa meuan gao
Bork rao hai leum meua waan
Tee bpen roi plae bpen nai jai rao
Tee bpuat rao fang yoo pben roi leuk maa naan

Mong naa ter aow wai lae tam hua jai hai graeng
Jong sa-dtaeng hai meuan waa jai mai san
Bork ter wah rao mai leum
Sing tee ter dai keui tam raai gan
Mae jai nan man kit ja yorm ter meuan keui maa

Yaa hai jai pae pai dtua eng
Yaa bpai dtaam jai hua jai rao eng
Bpen yaang tee paan maa (Jep maa por mai?)
Bork ter bpai waa jai yang jep
Lae mai mee jai leua por hai krai
Laeo gor han jaak bpai kae nee tam dai reu plao?

Bork ter wah rao mai leum
Sing tee ter dai keui tam raai gan
Mae jai nan man kit ja yorm ter meuan keui maa
Yaa hai jai pae pai dtua eng
Yaa bpai dtaam jai hua jai rao eng
Bpen yaang tee paan maa (Jep maa por mai?)
Bork ter bpai waa jai yang jep
Lae mai mee jai leua por hai krai
Laeo gor han jaak bpai (Jep maa por laeo)
Yaa hai jai pae pai dtua eng
Yaa bpai dtaam jai hua jai rao eng
Bpen yaang tee paan maa (Jep maa por mai?)
Bork ter bpai waa jai yang jep
Lae mai mee jai leua por hai krai
Laeo gor han jaak bpai kae nee tam dai reu plao…

Let's start singin' fellas!

My New Buddy

Finally.

After months of research (haha) and a lot of patience - the moment has finally came true. Oh la la. I am so glad. Glad but sad. Glad that now there's a new buddy in my room - and oh, sad that I had to bid farewell to my RMxxx. Haha!

A three-digit guitar is always better than a Kapok, everyone knows that. But for me, I am so very thankful to my Kapok which had made my left hand way stronger over the past few years. On my Kapok I learnt the basics of the most basic. I learnt barre chords - and very recently I learnt how to solo. I've improved a lot I think. Well, not that bad as a self-taught guitarist xD

Back to the new buddy. It's a Santa Cruz. As you can see on the picture above, I chose one with a cutaway shape. The reason is because currently I'm teaching myself to play lead. Oh, it's a long way to go..

Purchased it at Lee's. Oh boy, that place certainly rocks! I was actually only surveying yesterday, but I ended up falling in love with this guitar after they asked me to try it. Straight away, I reserved it, took a look on some pretty cool bags, asked for bonus items (got a free pick & strap at least), felt that I might need a capo in the future and waalaa. Discounts. Today everything is in my room.

The people there treats you as if you're the one and only valuable customer. You actually don't need the skills and researches. They do all of it for you - your budget and whatever. Haha. I was too excited that I didn't even catch and digest what did the guy said. In my mind was only the guitar. Plus hundreds of guitars around me o.O

For anyone who's searching for a guitar, I recommend this place. They have everything there. You don't need to wait until you become a hi-so kid to get a guitar there. I was totally wrong. Most of them are really affordable and reasonable actually :) Plus like I said, service is excellent. They greet you on your first step to the store and you can try any of the guitars you want. Okay. Enough of that. I really sound sakai.

Oho. And I saw a Fender Strat package of "stop dreaming start playing" at only RM 1000+. I saw a white les paul at RM700+. This is driving me crazy. Just wait and see. I'll be at Lee's again in 2 years time. Hopefully.

Looks like I have to join another essay-writing competition ;)

Thank You LORD.

The BiG Day

Oh boy, it has been a cerita basi. Blame my PC for troubling itself, causing me to frown all day long and just lay my fingers on the fretboard of my black Kapok.

Move on..
Friday, 13th November 2009

It was a HUGE MASSIVE BIG day.

Remember my post "Smile at Me and You've Inspired My Days", the last year's post? Well, I think this time it's quite similar to that one. Not exactly but maybe a little similar.

Waiting in front of the administration block with teachers walking here and there in front of you is so not cool. But with the other maroon-necktied students with you, plus a bunch that yo get along well with, it was no big deal at all. To make it easy I just used the strategy of "turning up the corners of your lips" and greet good morning.

Mc and I set off to do our job without being instructed. We knew what we had to do, and by 6.45am I guess I needed to take a shower again. So after that we were confident that there were no more visible rubbish around the hall area. Case closed for that, but to my horror I did not realise that I should have entered the hall by that time. It was all because I was late finishing my job with Mc. I got sounded even before the so-called "BiG day" started, and frankly speaking that was extremely so not cool. I've always been sensitive over small things (such as dealing with angry-faced or stern voices of teachers) and honestly I totally don't enjoy it as it makes my heart thumps like there are elephants running in my veins and arteries (because of nervousness). Not complaining, but but now you see the contrast between "smile at me and you've inspired my days" with "frown at me and you've ruined my days". The former sounds so much better than the latter.

The worst moment is when I was called again because there were still tiny bits of rubbish IN FRONT of the hall. I bade farewell with my red bean bun (which I just had bit my first bite on it), went out of the hall and again made sure that this time it really looks like paradise. At the same time, I regretted for typing out the phrase of "search me if you see any rubbish tomorrow" n the previous post. So it really DID happened. The only difference is I didn't run away like a little rat.

To cut it short, HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENT:
(I make it sound so grand, wah)

-> Zera came, but we didn't have the chance to talk with each other for a long time as I was sitting at the other side.

-> I really enjoyed to one of the speeches which was impressive to me. Yeah, I'm a nerd~

-> Chris came during the middle of the event, causing me and Cynthia to "eh..Chris! Chris!" sambil waving frantically to him.

-> As expected, I enjoyed the juniors' performance of Bicara Berirama. This time I double enjoyed it as they were wearing proper costumes. Oh, I just love it. I regretted for not recording it :(

-> I felt nervous getting up of the stage. This time, there were less smiling faces compared to last year.

-> The Chinese songs were beautifully performed. Everything was perfect. The guitar, the violin, the voices / main vocals and the arrangement were all beautiful.

-> Choral speaking performance was superb. "Cute" and I loved it.

-> The best moment is when we finally gathered gathered with one another before and after receiving the PMR award. Taking photos was the most fun part! :D

-> Oh ya, and this time there's a handycam throughout the event. I tell this because last year they only used cameras. xD

That wasn't the end of the story. After everything ended, I had to stay to help out. Not just me, but the whole prefects too. But this is no fun story. It's not a happy ending. Honestly it left us furious with our "team mates". Over 80+ (oh, I dunno the actual number) of us, only 20+ were to be seen. Where were the others? Where's the team spirit of prefects? Again, I am so not complaining haha. I'm also not mad with you guys lah. I've forgotten the tired-ness already. What's important now is SCHOOL HOLIDAYS HAS JUST STARTED! No matter how angry and mad I felt that day, I'll forget about it because we won't meet each other until next year! Hahahahahahahahaha (going insane). Gah~

I am :D

Honestly, I don't want to update my blog, afraid that the more I update, the faster the "ONE BIG SHOW" poster will go to the next page, which means that it will not be the first thing I see when I have a peek on my blog, the one and only Endure in Silence (well I think so).

Okay, nice effort to build a complex sentence I think.

Now where should I start? I have a lot to tell and I think it's just impossible to type it all out here. Cynthia asked me this afternoon whether I've updated my blog. Then I realised, oh yeah, I should really post something, never mind if it's just another boring story. The truth is, I really like this week, but no, not this day - Friday. Usually I love Fridays but this Friday is no ordinary Friday. A bizarre one? Perhaps. The reasons are:

1. No guitar day. Boring~
2. Felt a little lonely before recess. Then not anymore.
3. Sunbathed under the sun of course, early this morning. Don't care actually - it's a good way to gain vitamins I guess.
4. No Add Maths. I'm not a Add Maths lover but it seems weird.
5. "Escaped" my job so I somehow feel a little guilty.
6. Running here and there made me feel...weird.
7. I went to the school library. (Waaaawww..)
8. After more than a year, I met with my fellow, ketuk ketampi once again.That was damn fun xD

back to the title. I am :D yes I am. Why should I :( ?
School has been fun although exams are coming soon. I get along well with almost all of the people in the class now, well I guess so. I try to act stupid sometimes to light up the atmosphere (not sure whether it worked or not), especially during experiments for Chemistry. Oh ho, I should not have told this to you. Whatever, the main thing here is that I enjoy for being who I am. I read a quote saying that it's really a waste for regretting who you are. Yeah. I sound emo. No, I'm not. What's important here is that whatever I type here comes from the flow of ideas from my nose so I don't care if it makes sense. (Okay, please laugh).

I'm getting more and more addicted to English class. I just simply love English~ Miss R said I have to express myself more in my essays. I really hope that my writing skills will improve with time and effort in updating this blog. I've realised that I express myself more freely here as I always put in my mind that nobody is actually reading and detecting any grammatical errors in every blog posts of mine. You know I don't have time for story books. I also don't know why. Homework are just too annoying sometimes.

Oh ya..and some reasons to make me :D
1. New Thai songs of this month are pretty nice to listen to. I never loved new songs this much. xD
2. Positive comments from my Thai friend made me :)
3. I'm able to play Singto's song on my Kapok right now.
4. Less homework xD
5. Simply :D with no concrete reasons. (does that term actually exist?).

I got to go.
Peace, no fight-fight.
In a totally relaxed mood.

Fun With PhotoScape

As a fan of D2B, I should never forget to try out their pictures first although no one talks about D2B nowadays :(

Big D2B. Compared to any other Thai artists, I have hundreds of his pictures. Although he's gone, I hope his fans still remember him. Fans who want to save this pic, go ahead.

NUVO. My current obsession hehe..This is fun~

:) :) :) Handsome + Guitarist + Great character in "Battle of Angels" = enough to make me attracted to Kong Nuvo~

I'm on my way to make more. For a noob like me, PhotoScape is fun. For a pro..hehe, use photoshop instead~

It's Friday!

I love Fridays. Very very much. Goodbye UKII, say hello to holidays! Yeahaa.. I've been waiting for this time for ages. Can't believe that now I can forget (for a while) about all those electrochemical series, formula of std deviation, mesophyll pallisade (is that how the professors spell it) thingy.

The gig I told you guys in the previous post wasn't really cool. I mean it was cool, but not so fun as last year. With no Impin around, it feels weird. Last year, whenever they bring their guitars, the will jam together - a specific song, sing together, pretending to have drums and it was really lively. This year they just bring their guitars but don't seem to really play together. It's more less like "you teach me and I teach you" this year. Well, I still think it's a lot more better than the Dahlians who are facing extinction of boys who are musically inclined. I'm not mengutuk, I'm just trying to "compare and contrast".

My fingers must be very happy today. Met with a Santa Cruz, a Fendar (not a spelling error fellas), a semi-acoustic Santa Cruz (waooww..), and the kenalan lama, Kapok. Santa Cruz is Griffin's, semi-acoustic is Harvie's, Fendar is Gareth's and Kapok is Mavrick's. Surprisingly my ear has a chemistry with Gareth's Fendar. It was the right time to compare and contrast - and I finally have to admit the Fendar has the best sound among all. I still can't figure out why. That was the fun part - trying out all of the guitars!

I recorded myself playing a few Thai song on the guitar and singing along last night. No way, I'm totally not going to upload it because it really does sound terrible. Should I blame my Kapok? Or it is just me who's at fault for not playing well? I don't no. No one is here to judge how bad or good I play. I wish I had somone to teach me. Whatever, I'll keep on playing just for fun (eventhough deep inside I dream to play fingerstyle superbly one day). Heehee..

My guitar string (G) needs to be changed in a few months time from now I guess. Yesterday I noticed that it's already pecah but not putus yet. (oh man, not again..)

There's a melodica on my table. I'm figuring out how to play it. But no, I still don't know.

Guess that's all. I'm really in the mood of holidays.
I cannot endure in silence.
I still want a Fender Strat. Please fall from the ceiling. Please.
~talking nonsense again~