Oh kay... so I've not been updating my blog... But... HERE I AM! TaDA~~~~ I'm back...with more fats! I'm lazy to do that format thingy..u know..the mood and then the whatever..hehehe.. That's insane..

Right now I'm in class, with really not much of people here.. just about a handful. Skipped my last class yesterday to get to the stupid Coffee Bean course down at Bukit Merah... And i just got news that my whole table... which is the table at my comp lab, was not here yesterday... and that's like madness... Anyways, that's besides the point.. i got to that stupid place yesterday, I mean, I was late yeah, I admit that.. the class starts at 6pm and i got there by 7pm... Hey, it's not that I purposely did that... I don't even know where the place was and I only got some info from Hallie's brother. And the place was so god damn far. Irritating trip. so there I was at the main office... No one was in there and I waited and waited..suddenly a bunch of Coffee Bean kids came out.. I mean, the new staffs... they got out so i asked the question, "Are u guys from batch 107?" And yeah, they were... and the course started long ago.. So I changed my clothes to the uniform.. and then I went up to the lecturer with the intention of reporting. She asked me which outlet I'm from and so I said, SP.. Singapore Post, and then she mention that no one from SP sent anyone to the course today.. then to my surprise.. I was not in there. My name's not registered yet. And god damn, meanin', I was there.... FOR NOTHING! fuckin' hell.. And so, I head back to Hallie's place...

Slept the night there, and head to school from her place, which is much nearer from my place. It was awesome spendin' the night there...As usual, eat, tv, hang out, chit chatting... hehehe..Well, not much about that..

School is like gettin' more and more hectic.. due to exams, projects and tests... Exams are just around the corner and that's like insaned...god damn... and projects...For EES, I have to do this circuit board.. where I have to connect the resistors, capacitors, diode, LED and shits like that together so that when i join the wires together and turn on the switch the LED would lit up... Electornics, never been my favourite. And as for my IFA.. I have to come up with a site.. a site that is able for users to log in and check details on items and do a shopping cart...I mean.. SHIT! that's a li'l tough but with the textbook, I hope I can do it..

I have to think of items to sell...meanin', it's like I'm startin' my own shop and I'm sellin' products online... so that's a bit of a hassle. So there u go... do all that.. HUERGH!

Aight, that's all for today.. hehehehe.. hehe..and hehehe....to u.. haha..whatever that is...

Ok then, so long..and goodnight... hahaha.. I mean..bye...Cheers...offheidesen...tata...selamat jalan...chai chian...(i think I spelled that wrongly but it sounded that way..)...

[ MOOD :-: Tired As Fuck ]

.:: A WHOLE DAY OF ACTIVITY ::.

Yesterday must have been the most tiring Sunday ever. I never worked the mornin' shift before and yesterday was my first mornin' shift in Coffee Bean. It was fuckin' busy at Singapore Post. See lotsa people and it was super mega extremely busy to the maximus of the maximum! 8 am - 4 pm shift... It was insaned! Met new people in the Coffee Bean crew, it was the weekend crew.

Somehow, I don't like the manager though.. although she's passive but sometimes, she simply can't see people sittin' still, unlike the usual night shift manager, Chandra, where he would just let u rest when he sees u not doin' anythin'. Learnt to do EB yesterday... F.Y.I, EB's the hot drinks available in Coffee Bean. Learn a couple of new stuff.. Too much to contain in my brain! ARGH!! NOUH!!!

Workin' is one thing, gig is another. Remember the Gas Haus gig that No Direction suppose to play, well, it happened on the same day when I worked. After knockin' off from work, I head down straight to the gig in Gas Haus. Tired, leg shaken and shagged... I made my way to Gas Haus.

In Gas Haus, I took a nap and it sure did feel so long. I was nappin' like a baby... Cool air con, comfy Sofa... "SHIOK!". When i woke up, I stored a li'l energy back into myself. hehe, but it wasn't that much. hehe. So yeah, I did that..

Waited for our set to start and it did... we played like we never played before, moved like crazy... And the best part, durin' our set, the big screen was showing the soccer match. So at the beginnin' of our set, Fad jokingly said, "I want u guys to watch the match and not us..." hehe.. that was crappy.. and the best part was... when Man U scored their first goal, Bernard was distracted by it.. and he stopped playing and celebrated the goal, all this while we're still playing our song.. it was funny.. and he continued on after that short stop..hehe..it was crappy...

I'll make this blog a short one... I'm endin' it here cuz class has ended.

.:: TAG REPLIES ::.

PluGGy: Hey sweet baby, Fallen Neo is Fathu, remember that dude at No Direction Video Shoot? He was that dude with the torn jeans and slippers. Yeah, that's fallen neo.. Miss ya, love ya! All the best for ur actin' career! MUACKS!! oh yeah, one more thing, I owe u a meal? if ur talkin' about the video shoot, that's yan, not me.. I already belanja u makan that day eh kat Long John..my last 5 bucks tau... hmph! hehe.. One fine day dear, I'll belanja u.. hehe...When I get my pay lah..

Fasha: hehe, thanks cutie... welcome very much...

[ MOOD :-: Insane/Irritated ]

.:: STROKE OF A GENIOUS ::.

Here I am, in class.... and something just happened right before I enter this class..and god damn it.. There I was, tryin' to be smart..doin' a stupid move...this simple move called.."Stretching"... and guess what? My pants fuckin' tore! From the crotch to half of my butt! Fuckin' irritating... Notes taken.. NEVER STRETCH!!! Now I have a fuckin' problem... how am I to go back..hmm..let's find out! hahaha...

.:: BACK TO NORMAL ::.

Life is goin' back to how it was back then cuz I'll be goin' back to Haig Road again... And that is what I not want... U see, I'm really like adapting to my uncle's place in Ubi... the atmosphere, the bus numbers, the location, the comfort..now to go back to my actual home in Ubi..I DON'T WANNA! Some of u know why... The situation back home makes me feel that way. I just don't wanna... NO! Sick of that place...When will my home ever be a home again? When?...

.:: THE GIRL NAMED HALLIE ::.

The love of my life... we're back to normal again... I guess we just have to understand one another better..and to give in whenever we need to... U see, both of us are hard headed buggers... And we're the kind of people who...well, fight till we're satisfied kinda people... hehe.. I mean, there's no lose..hehehe.. but now we're slowly beginning to understand... I give in to her at times and she give in when she needs to...I hope it goes on this way forever...

.:: WHEN 5 GUYS HAVE A MEETING ::.

I'll be headin' down to the studio later on... Got some band meeting later on... Gonna have a li'l discussion... about something.. Hmm, head back home, change my pants... head down back to the studio..

Haig Road = Nearer to studio

So yeah.. there u go..hjahahaha...

.:: GIG UPDATES ::.

20th August @ Gas Haus...I've found out the ticket price..which is 10 bucks... plus one free drink... along with few other bands... Paris In The Making, Rika, The Wreckage, Es War Emnal and a few other bands that I forgot...

We might have a gig on 26th August too...

.:: TAG REPLY ::.

f43n-n30:- Hey bro, thanks man.. first of all, thanks for comin' to the shooting session.. Tanks again! We will hang out again...

PluGGy:- Love u sweetie! Muacks! hehehe.. see u around pluggy-o!

fhasha:- Yeah!! Poison Puff!! The best movie ever! hehehe.. Thanks for reading..dah update dah!!

[ MOOD:- Mundane/Plain ]

.:: WHAT IS AUGUST 10TH?? ::.

August 10th? That's the date today and some of u people may know what that date is about...the B word...Birthday..yeap..that's right..it's my birthday allright but I still feel like it's any other day. I mean, it's a norm... Birthdays...they're nothin' much special... It's just a date to remember when u were born. Gifts? I appreciate the gifts I'm given and really love it when people do remember my birthday.. but the thing is, no need to hassle urself... The best gift I can get...is simply u... Gifts are nothin'...really..the people are something.. The best gifts, my family, my gf and my friends... that's the best gift I can ever get... But anyways, to those who have messaged, give me gifts and remembered my birthday... Thanks to u guys... Thanks again...

.:: EMPLOYED ::.

Remember the Coffee Bean job? I finally got it... And today's my first day... of all days, my birthday.. startin' my job... will be goin' through trainin' later on at 6... have to rush down after school. I'm gonna be so uncomfortable there cuz the uniform they gave me.. is so fuckin' tight.. superly tight! How am i goin' to work in a comfortable manner if I'm wearin' that super tight fittin' polo T? Whenever I think about the pay...I'm like.."fine, whatever it is...Tight or not, I still have to work..." so yeah, news update...I'm employed!

.:: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!! ::.

Last Tuesday was one heck of an insaned fun memorable day! No Direction head down to Ngee Ann Poly to do a simple video shoot for Yan's school project... It's like a TV programme..it's called "Unsung Heroes" and it's supposedly to feature local bands and stuff like that. And the school film studio is cool.. it felt like a real film set. The lights, the cameras and everything..it's awesome... And there are even Calafe casts...taking up the the spot as crowd..just to fill up the front, cuz u see, this video is supposedly a live video where we play in a show invited by the programme..u know...ermm..somewhat like...TRL? U know Mtv's TRL?! Somethin' like that..

It was funny and fun..After rehearsals and rehearsals again we finally took our final shot. It was awesome... Before this video shoot, we did an audio recording cuz Yan wanted to mix in the recorded songs in the video...And to take the scene..was difficult cuz we have to like mime what we played in the audio recording..and it's kinda weird, I mean, after years and years of playing live.. as in, really strumming and stuff..it's hard to "pretend" to play... Overall, it was an experience... Pluggy was there too!! And it was awesome to see her super sweet, adorable, fun, whacky, insaned, happy go lucky self again... simply awesome... PLUGGY O!!! hehehe... Love that girl!

.:: CLASS OF BOREDOM ::.

Currently I'm in my EES ( Engineering Essentials S.......) class... i don't know what's the S for...hehe..and it's kinda bored..we have somethin' to do right now but somehow, no one cares..everybody's like doin' their own stuff right now... hehe..It's IFA after this...god damn...so long..boredom..hehe...

.:: NO DIRECTION UPDATE ::.

RECORDING
Currently we're like 45% done with our recordin' in KL... Drums are done.. Bass left one track...for bernard's part..his halfway done..and it's left with me and vocals... KL = $$$$.... SIGH... what to do... Everytime we go up there, it's always an experience..and it's fuckin' fun! Smokin' is cheap there..hehehe.. So we exploit that opportunity!

GIGS
Currently we have a gig on the 20th at Gas Haus... I'm not sure about the pricing and stuff... Currently we're layin' low on gigs due to the recording...

OVERSEAS GIG
Rumours has it that we might be playin' in the Bangkok Fest somewhere in mis September... but we have yet to get news from it... So keep on the lookout peeps...

P.S. Pluggy, thanks for being there the other day, ur awesome! And it was nice to be able to see u again.... haha..I know ur reading this...Take care pluggy-o!! Keep in touch aight? Cheers!

To the rest, thanks for reading, I shall be back again... CHEERS!

[ Mood:- Ridiculous/Mild/Fat ]

.:: BACK HOME ::.

After three days, I'm finally back home. Recorded the whole bass tracks already and half of B's tracks. I thought I was goin' to record for this session but I guess there wasn't enough time. The day that we left for Singapore, there was some complications. I woke up late. The bus was to leave at 7 pm and I woke up at 6:45... Fell asleep thanks to my mom. The moment before that I argued with her...and I mean, ARGUED... a big fight sorta... And I was sittin' in my room to avoid any more heated exchange of words... So I sat down... after a while everything blacked out and I fell asleep. When i woke up, I rushed like mad, took the cab... And I said to the uncle,"Uncle, Goldenmile Complex"... And so he drove.. just as the cab left off, I got a message from B sayin'..."Wan, we left without u, can't wait... Try to catch us at the Checkpoint..." So when the word checkpoint was said, the first thing that comes to mind is Woodlands checkpoint and so i said to the uncle again..."sorry uncle, change location... Woodlands checkpoint.." and so he drive the route to Woodlands.. and again, I was halfway in hougang to head down to woodlands.. and that's where I received another message from B," Wan, meet us at TUAS checkpoint..." And again I told the uncle that the location had changed..and so.. there we go, from one end to another...

Reached TUAS and he dropped me off near the U-turn... and the fare had cost me 30 bucks. Walked in, stopped by the Police, explained my situation and then got escorted into the customs. Was told by one of the seniors ICA that my bus had just left. The guys did try to stall the bus but the uncle was being a bitch and so they left...split seconds after I got there. How nice that was. After that I was so stressed up that I froze and don't even have a clue on what to do. Had never gotten overseas alone before. I mean....ALONE...And well, overall it was an experience going alone. Learnt how to get to KL myself (wow that's like one big accomplishment or something)

.:: NEVER GET TO SAY GOODBYE ::.

When I called my dad to inform him that I met up with the guys at the studio already... I got news, a bad news that changed my mood during that recording. The words I heard from my dad that broke me down..."...Just to let u know, Tok Ngah had just past away this morning around 2+..." It's like, I can't believe that... Somebody went away just like that and I didn't get to say goodbye to her. Everytime my mom and dad visits her at her home in Yishun, she would always ask for me and everytime I would tag along and whenever she sees me, she would smile and give a li'l laughter despite the sickness she's having...And she's gone... She died of old age and cancer...

.:: GOTTA GO OFF, BE BACK LATER ::.

Gotta do some stupid assignment now, blog in again whenever I can, cheers!

"In memories of my grand auntie...with love"

[ MOOD:- Thoughtless/Sleepy ]

.:: SHORT CLASS, HAVE A BLAST ::.

Hmm, I don't know what's up with my topic title, "Short Class, Have A Blast"? What's up with that? That's like.. what the hell... Well, it's like hopeless... hehehe... Anyways, I'm wearin' my un-dried sweater cuz it's somehow washed by my mom and I wanted to wear it today since it's cold. Whatever it is, I already worn it and it's done for... It's already past 8 am and the clas is not even quarter filled... Where the heck are the rest?

Talkin' about the rest...here comes a bunch of 'em...Suran, Adam, Lin and Yani... Where could the "Paris" people be at? They're always late, it seems that their "flight" is always delayed. Hehe.. Just jokin'... What I heard from ma'am that we'll be shifting classes in a few minutes time and god damn, I need a fuckin' smoke right now. Hmm, wonder wear I could polute my lungs? Toilet? Hmm, risky, desperate...but I'll might go.

.:: KL TRIP ::.

In a few hours time, I'll be goin' off to KL with my band. Our bus is at 7pm and we're meetin' up at Goldenmile Complex around 6:30. Fad's not comin' along today cuz he doesn't have much to do since we're doin' guitars for this session. Gotta record a new track... a song that we just composed like two weeks ago. Dzafir made a pack with B that if he completes our new track within 5 takes, he'll buy him a bottle of beer... Just for a beer? hah.. that's like total insanity. Anyways, hopefully we can get this thing done as soon as possible cuz somehow it's killin' us slowly with the financial thingy. Every trip we made for the past two session.. it's like using up about 150 Sing bucks per trip... Depending on the bus fare that we have to pay.... This trip, I'm usin' like $230 for the trip... 120 for recording, 60 for the to and fro bus trip and 50 for expenditure. And all of this, is not comin' out from my pocket or my savings, it's from my dad and I feel bad about it but I guess it's all gonna be worth it.

.:: GOING DRY ::.

Just like it says, going dry... If I don't start the job as soon as I can, things gonna get harder for me and my dad. Everytime I want to borrow cash from him, it's a total heavy burden for me to ask cuz I just feel bad about it... like totally. My dad's no longer working and he's dependin' on his retirement pay for everything and of course,with the slight support from my bro. I need that job so badly now. Let's just hope...

.:: OVERTIME, OVERKILL ::.

Called Hallie up yesterday when I got home from the studio after a refreshment session with B as we prepare ourselves for the recording. Hallie got to stay behind at the airport to help her friend cuz she was alone so Hallie gotta cover her up... so she did an overtime... workin' supposedly from 3pm to 11pm had now extended to 5am the next day. Poor baby of mine... She had to do that cuz a flight to Hong Kong was detoured to Singapore for a stopover cuz Hong Kong had some bad weather or somethin', so they have to wait... and the lounge she was workin' at was full of people... Haven't got a message from her, I guess that she's too tired to message... poor angel...hope she's okay later on...

.:: MISSING OTHERS ::..

Suddenly, and I mean, suddenly.. I'm missin' the old people again... puGGy, Ina (Sensei), Irma a.k.a Li'l One, Nik, Firdaus, Fattah and the rest of the ol' skool kids. *sigh* hopefully one day I'll get to see them again... especially my high school buddy, Tunggal... Totally missed that bugger...I know that somehow sounded gay... but hey, him and me, we're like brothers man... totally brothers... Just hope...

Till then, I bade u farewell...

[ Mood:- Emotionless/Bored ]

.:: SAME OLD SAME OLD ::.

Here I am, again, in the classroom, with the same people that I see everyday. In class, not paying attention to the class but instead, doin' our own li'l stuff on the net and such. The server here sucks to the core and I really mean, to the core. It's like fuckin' slow. If it was a race... the server here is like the fuckin' tortoise in "Tortoise and the Hare". My group's not here at, the Paris people, always late.

.:: TIME IS NEAR ::..

Visited my grand auntie yesterday and she was really in bad shape. It sorta kills me to see her like that. I found out that she's havin' some kind of cancer or somethin' and it's eatin' her up from within. She's gettin' all skins and bones and it saddens me to see her lying on the bed being weak. She's 70+ already... Remembering back all the times when she was still active and full of energy. It touched me yesterday when she wanted to send us off when we were going back. She actually wanted to get off the hospital bed and send us off but we stopped her. Even at her condition, she still wanted to send us off. It was really sad... Everyone was there, tryin' to talk to her but she just stares blankly, lookin' through us as though we're not there, it's as if she was not there. We talked to her, but she just stares blankly again. If she have to go, I wish that she will not feel any pain and leave peacefully.

.:: BAD MOVE, WiSE GUY ::.

Hallie's mad at me again after I told her that it would be a hassle to buy her the food she wanted to eat after my school ends. The thing is, I got a straight bus to her place from school which is super near... and she wants the food from Haig Road, so that means, I have to go back to Haig Road, buy the food and head back to Bedok. I mean, I know I would be tired by then so I told her how I feel. And she was mad at me somehow. I hope she would feel better when i drop by later and I think I'm going to buy her that food even if I'm tired of what...

.:: KL, HERE WE COME...AGAIN ::.

The band's goin' up to KL again this weekend, that's including me of course. We're going to record again but this time, the guitar tracks. It's so costly to go there often. I feel bad borrowing cash from dad knowing his conditions and stuff but I just have to. If not the recording won't be done. I'll pay him back one day...I will...

.:: Offheidesen ::.

Well, till then... I"m goin' off again... Cheers to all!

TAG REPLY

puGGy:- Hey ya pluggy! Yeah yeah, I'm back in the game of blogging. Hehehe. Do keep in touch aight? And remember that on the 8th of August, we're doin' that video shoot, Just a reminder.. Hehe.. Aight then, do take care.. Miss ya and luv ya buddy!!