Somehow...

Hmm.

It's approaching the end of the month, and I suddenly found myself having the full realisation that I am no longer 17.

Weird, yes, I know... thing is I've always felt in my heart as an older person in a young skin. I might be blessed to be this way because I tend to have very different perspectives on things, yet it somehow means that I have skipped the transition (brainwave-wise) from 17 to 25 years old within two weeks.

Not that my living environment helps... I work in a pub, my school schedule is like an office working timetable, the people around me tend to act their age, and maybe even younger than their age. I can't help but feel older.

Then it came as a slight shock to me just a few moments ago as I was accompanying my mum in the supermarket and I saw the shelf full of Carlsberg beer... that I am legally allowed to walk up there, pull a bottle off the shelf and purchase it without shame. Ah well, maybe I got a bigger kick out of it when I wasn't allowed within the law to do such a thing. However, I've noticed that after I turned 18, I didn't have that much of a desire to take alcohol because I know it's bad for me... and people do ridiculous things when they're intoxicated. Last thing I want for myself is to become such an irresponsible person.

Haha.. I'm becoming wise XD.

I came up with an interesting chord progression just now.. did a semi-polished acoustic-electric-bass instrumental recording of it.. and somehow I felt that it wasn't as fantastic after I had come back from the supermarket. That's a good way to screen ideas... put them out to sun, and come back later to see which one ain't shrivelled up. I'm speaking in metaphors, by the way.

Lots of things have been happening to me... some of which I have never anticipated to occur within my teenage years, and others which I have longed so much for, and the desire was overwhelming at times... beyond the doubt which might have marred my self-esteem and self-respect.

Then I was thinking about a phrase which I came across a long time back:

"It is better to have loved, than to never have loved at all"

I find that phrase incredibly truthful because when you love, you're giving away a part of yourself to the people around you, and it's like giving other people a compliment.. it's not that you lose anything, but you gain so much more by giving to other people. I feel that this is very important, especially when the festive season arrives... I felt this urge to give, and not expect anything in return, because when you give, it somehow takes all the bad things away.

At least I hope so.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

Key phrase: Rear-end copying

Hmm.

Warning for office workers during the festive season:

Do not photocopy your butt.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

My vote!

Hmm.

Ok to start the ball rolling, here my friends.. is my vote:

Best hair: Amanda Koh

Because I find it very nice and neat and befitting of her image: cool and calm


Worst hair: Sabrina Goh

I like the colour purple, just not on her head.


Best Wardrobe: Khairul Hussein

With chops to deter any bouncer... this guy takes my vote.


Worst Wardrobe: Alvin Chee

For the guy whom I'm wagering that he'll be wearing shorts and loafers to his own wedding LOL.


Best Song: Money - Pink Floyd

Superb bass line, deep meaning, crazy guitar solo and whack-out sound panning... not to mention it came from Dark Side of The Moon, which means that a rough one-fifth of the british population has heard this song more than once every 6 months.


Worst Song: Living Next Door to Alice - Smokey

No other song uses the word *fuck* so lightly, and yet so effectively. Throw away your 50 cent and Eminem... probably the worst punch line in the history of bad punch lines.


Worst Band/Group Name of All Time (non fiction): Gaye Bikers on Acid

I can just imagine the event host saying 'And now, ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to present: GAYE BIKERS ON ACID!!!'


Most Popular/Notorious Personality: Crawldaddy

What, you got a problem?


Least Popular Personality: Zelda Woo

Never in all my life have I ever felt more sorry for one who is reglected by the rest due to her limited mental capabilities and inability to shut her mouth.


Most Feared Personality: Hee Kiah

No contest lah.


Character Awards:

Lame: Alvin Chee

No one deserves to be slapped every two sentences in a dialogue... except this guy.

Silent: Lin Yoke Shyng

Although he can shpeak english... he's still the quietest bloke on earth.. the undesputed Lord of the Silence.

Quirky: Sian Lee

I don't know anyone else who can just start laughing by looking at her.

Cool: Liu Jie Hong

One cool lady.. takes things with focus and yet in her stride... never breaks out in a sweat, this woman *salute*.

Evil: Crawldaddy

Well I can't count the number of times I've been labelled as 'evil', and the number of times Jace has wanted to strangle me, Zelda wanted to throttle me and Alvin wanted to disassociate himself with me XD.

Funny: Garry Tan

One guy who deserves to usurp the place of Gurmit Singh as the most prominent singaporean joker. Just his laughter alone inspires anyone within 20 yards to laugh along.


Quote of The Year: Ayob: "Wow.. hey sitting on this chair makes me feel like I'm sitting on Phuket BITCH, yeah.. Phuket BITCH!!!"

For obvious reasons.


Occurance of The Year: Alvin shitting in his pants

For your reference to this vote you can see here


And there you have it.. my votes are in, but that doesn't mean my vote counts more than anyone else's... go ahead and vote! You have until the 4th of december.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

2nd Annual Crawldaddy Awards 2005

Hmm.

Well ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of the year again! It's time to vote for your favourite contestants in the battle of witless shenanigans! Iiiitttt'ssss the 2nd Annual Crawldaddy Awards!

And here are the categories and their respective short-listed nominees:

Best Hair (Amanda Koh, Liu Jie Hong, Ang Sian Lee, Tan Jia Xiong, Syafiqah, Superdel)

Worst Hair (Alvin Chee, Cao Yang, Jeremy Loo, Sabrina Goh)

Best Wardrobe (Amanda Koh, Liu Jie Hong, Tan Jia Xiong, Khairul Hussein, Ayob)

Worst Wardrobe (Crawldaddy, Alvin Chee, Jeremy Loo, Kevant, Charlotte)


Best Song (which has been featured in my playlist)

1. All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan
2. It's All Murphy's Fault, Fuzzy Green Grass
3. Daughters, John Mayer
4. Money, Pink Floyd
5. Down On The Corner, Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. Friends in Low Places, Garth Brooks
7. Vertigo, U2
8. Mrs Robinson, Simon & Garfunkel
9. Best Of My Love, The Eagles
10. Jaded, Aerosmith

Worst Song

1. Push the button, Sugababes
2. My Happy Ending, Avril Lavign
3. In Heaven There is No Beer, The Pogues
4. Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond
5. In The Navy, Village People
6. Gold Digger, Kanye West
7. Hell Bent For Leather, Judas Priest
8. I Don't Like Mondays, Boomtown Rats
9. Dream Police, Cheap Trick
10. Living Next Door to Alice, Smokey

Worst Band/Group Name of All Time (non fiction):

1. Chicken Shack
2. Gong
3. Jah Wobble
4. Sweet
5. Dead Boys
6. Extreme Noise terror
7. PHD
8. Spooky Tooth
9. Showaddywaddy
10. Sha Na Na
11. Babylon Zoo
12. Hoobastank
13. Village People
14. Bikini Kill
15. Blow Monkeys
16. Bongwater
17. Bow Wow Wow
18. Electric Prunes
19. Fun Boy Three
20. Gaye Bikers on Acid

Most Popular/Notorious Personality: (Crawldaddy, Jeremy Loo, Kevant, Jonathan, Garry Tan, Vincent Shum)

Least Popular Personality: (Valerie, Zelda Woo, Patrick Chia, Tan Hee Kiah)

Most Feared Personality Award: (Bryandt, Keri Tan, Hee Kiah, Lee Youn Kay)


Character Awards:

Lame: Alvin Chee, Crawldaddy, Christopher Leow, Garry Tan, Tang Kam Yew

Silent: Lim Yoke Shyng, Wu Jia Ying, Cao Yang, Liu Jie Hong.

Quirky: Ang Sian Lee, Tan Chew Siew, Ayob Bin Ismail, Superdel

Cool: Liu Jie Hong, Soon Tats Fah, Lim Yoke Shyng, Gail Pantin, Tan Jia Xiong, Superdel

Evil: Crawldaddy, Patrick Chia, Tan Hee Kiah, Ayob Bin Ismail, Garry Tan

Funny: Garry Tan, Vincent Shum

Quote of the Year:

Robert Bartlett: "Don't let the cats out or I'll shoot you"

Crawldaddy: "As Shakespeare wrote 'and Judas went and hanged himself', go thou now and do likewise"

Garry Tan: "and the seventh rule overrides everything else: you can do anything you want, just don't get caught"

Charlotte: "Errik, who's the one whose comments can outwrite your posts?"

Gerry Cox: "And drink up people, because the more you drink, the better I sound!"

Mother: "Are you happy now that you've cut your finger, and it cost you four stitches???"

Ayob: "Wow.. hey sitting on this chair makes me feel like I'm sitting on Phuket BITCH, yeah.. Phuket BITCH!!!" (FYI, *bitch* in this sense translates to *beach*)



Occurance of The Year:

1. Crawldaddy performs at Molly Malones Irish Pub on Gerry Cox's birthday
2. Crawldaddy cutting his finger on a band/machine saw (and subsequent 4 stitches)
3. Crawldaddy joking with the surgeon while his finger was being stitched up
4. Alvin shitting in his pants (no, this is NOT made up)
5. Jeremy Loo getting gayed by Kevant
6. Kevant getting revenge-gayed by Jeremy Loo
7. FGG + Chris Leow performing at Crawldaddy's birthday party
8. FGG winning Merit Award for FLIP! Challenge with 'Modus Operandi'
9. Retirement of the Classic 'Legends of Zelda' series, which was infamous
10. SDN Pyramid gang winning NYP Green Campus Day Challenge


Forenote: you can vote via email or commenting on this post.. any biasedness is encouraged and if all else fails vote for the most unlikely candidate! Please do not forget to VOTE!!! Voting closes December 4th (Sunday).


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

The Gig was ok

Hmm.

Yesterday evening I had my first gig on my own.. and it went fairly well, despite the lousy sound, and I had to depend on hearing myself acoustically, and not through the PA system.

I had invited a couple of people to attend the gig, but unfortunately non of them went... it might have had an effect on my performance, but I personally felt that I lacked fire last night... whatever, I promise the next time will be 500% better.

I felt rather washed out by the end of the night, and I suppose it could have gone alot worse than expected... but I suppose I have to keep my focus whenever I go onstage, and also make sure my lyrics are legible.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

What is and what should never be

Hmm.

In the light that we had to put in a lot of effort for our ergonomics presentation earlier in the evening, I have no choice but to express my displeasure regarding a select band of individuals.

CY, Noslim and myself had put in the neccessary work, and it annoys me indefinitely that certain persons would firstly prey on our research, bank in on our naivity and then stab us in the back.

I hate such individuals.

As a person, I do believe that there is a certain thing known as 'Common Courtesy'. I have long viewed these individuals in perspective and their witless accomplice as characters who either discount such a practise as worthy of recognition or being unable to have the capacity to comprehend it. I would not be surprised if these 'special characters' possess a form of twisted combination between these two.

It's too bad we live in a world whereby the existence of fools and common jestors cannot be avoided, but rather tolerated at the expense of both common and self progression. Let me put this straight: I have absolutely no sense of humour in this matter.

Now pardon me for feeling rather displeased with such individuals. After all, am I not preaching for the sake of tolerance and peace? I do believe in this matter, it is more incriminating to ignore the details than to be the one ignored.

As for the two ringleaders, i pity you. Since you resolve to seek solace in the downfall of your peers, I pray that you find peace in whatsoever way you can. As Shakespeare once wrote: 'And Judas went and hanged himself'.

Now I say to you, 'Go thou and do likewise, for the common good'

Once again, I have to stress that in this matter i am not wishing to exhibit a manner of acceptance and good humour. For one I will NOT tolerate the humiliation of my team's hard work, and secondly, it is not your place nor position to openly discriminate against our point of view. Such matters are only further complicated by two things: relativity and subjectivity.

To the unwitting accomplice: why apologise, when you have already commited the deed? After all you are no less at fault though you may be of lesser malicious spirit. Once more, I pray you find a way to let go of the negativity which has been corrupted into your spirit.

Is there such a need for malice and viciousness? Why do you find joy in the downfall of others, and along the way recruit an innocent being to be misguided and subsequently devoured with no less cruelty bestowed upon your meagrest prey?

The refusal to see the need for mutual respect would only result in yourself being shown no less humility with which you have twisted into a perverse form of sincerity. Do what thou wouldest, and reap what you sow, for no one is more incriminated than the incriminator.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

Hmm



You are totally in love.You try to hide it but you
cant.You are nice and pretty in your own way
and you are a bit of a daydreamer.Have fun!
(Theres no rate thing and I dont know if I did
anything to make it go away.If you know how to
get it back or if you can email the person that
does quizilla about how to get it back I would
REALLY appreciate it!)


Are you in love?
brought to you by Quizilla


wow.. wonder what that all means...


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

John the Cousin

Hmm.

I've got a cousin named John, and he's recently started taking guitar lessons from me, which might be both a good and bad thing because I am incredibly opinionated... and that might rub off on him especially since he'll be learning guitar every weekend with me until the 3rd of January.

Muahhaha... another soul to corrupt.

Ok, not literally, but I have passed him some Led Zeppelin, Neil Young and CSN&Y CDs for him to listen to. I find that John is one of your typical quiet, unimposing 15 year old who sees and listens more than he talks.. which can be both a good thing and a bad thing. For one he would make a good student because he soaks things up readily, but on the other hand he also can't learn as much as he doesn't ask much questions.

John and myself have never been able to strike up conversation well because we come into contact with other so seldom, it's only when there's family gatherings like CNY or when some distant relation comes to town, and the family gathers at Gramp's place whereby we do see each other and we say very little.

John's terribly shy, and he needs to pick up his confidence and also the desire to find out more. He's always been very quiet, and hopefully I can bring out some fire in him.

Today Uncle Tuck, John adn myself went down to Lawrence's shop and we got John a beautiful Cort acoustic guitar which I deem is well worth the money. I was pleased I managed to get Lawrence more business, and I guess Lawrence was equally grateful.

I've decided that for my cousin John, especially since he's pretty green to what music is relatively guitar-friendly.. he's into stuff which is only remotely playable on guitar. Sort of reminds me when some drunken bloke asked me once if I knew how to play 'Reach' by S Club 7.

Anyhow... I've decided to let John listen to some Led Zeppelin and Neil Young, and his task is to think about what he feels about a particular song.. whether it's fast, slow, intense, light-hearted, groovy, psychedelic etc and the album in perspective s (to me) an excellent choice, 'Led Zeppelin III'.

Why do I feel it is a good choice? First off, Led Zeppelin III is one album in which they fuse songs which are both electric-guitar driven (Immigrant Song, Celebration Day) and folksy stuff (Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Gallows Pole) and which features one of my favourite Led Zeppelin numbers 'Since I've Been Loving You', which is a studio live recording where the spirit of live Zep during that period in their touring days is captured and crystallised in one simple yet powerful recording.

Apparently (ok, snippet of rock history here), Jimmy Page couldn't get the right sound from his Marshall, so he found some british amp sitting outside the studio room, plugged it in and recorded the song. Also, the song also features John Paul Jones on keyboards and foot pedal bass. Cool huh? Right.

Anyway.. I've decided to take this course of action in educating my cousin because I find that being an individual who simply abhorrs manufactured music, it is only appropriate I expose my cousin to music which I find valid rather than letting him listen to stuff which is completely irrelevant. Complementing that fact is I literally listened to those records inside out, and paid so much attention to all the pannings, volume swells and arrangements it increased my relatively scant musical vocabulary in ways I didn't realise was possible.

Tomorrow afternoon is our session together, and hopefully I can get my SG back in order as I've just changed the strings and cleaned up the fretboard and body.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

Another one for the road II

Hmm.

Wow, it seems so surreal... it was like Limky walking into the com lab and then shouting out my name:

Limky: '(my name)!! you got warning letter!'

Crawldaddy: '???'

L: 'haha, just joking lah, here got a letter for you'

At this point in time I was holding my breath... and for a very good reason: Every start of semester, Limky presents the letter of invitation to the top student of the previous semester... so I got it... I made it... I'm the top student for 0401 yr2 1st semester.

Now who would have thought of it? I couldn't believe it, especially since I felt that it might have ended up anywhere except in my own two hands. The first year top students were Chu Leong and Sabrina respectively... and of all people least to attain this achievement, I did.

That said, I recall putting a lot of effort into the brushing up of my Rhino skills, my photoshop skills and my communication skills. I did get a decent grade for Graphics, and M&M was a total disaster, but as it turned out I managed to get a Distinction for my studio project (OMG!!! Like totally unexpected!!!)... must have been a fault in the school system which showed my initial results as having only a B.

I can only thank the Lord above, but also good luck and the occasional hard work being injected into the relevant areas LOL... this is considered the third cherry on top of the cake.. The first being the pyramid, the second being the Merit Award at FLIP!

Aren't I a lucky bastard? I dunno... I pretty much felt like shit throughout the most of last semester, and my financial status has not improved despite me clearing all my debts with Brother Dearest who held me at his mercy with the CD costs. I still feel that there's more to be worked upon, and like anything else.. it's a work in progress.

Oh yeah, before I forget.. I'm finally doing a gig! It's gonna be next thursday, the 24th of November starting around 8:45 at Molly Malone's Irish Pub, 56 Circular Road, Boat Quay. Just a few moments back, I helped Paul sing a couple of songs so as to improve the mood of the place... poor guy his voice was severely shot and he couldn't sing very well. I couldn't let him crash and burn, so I pulled out the staples 'Are You Ready For The Country', 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night' and 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' and left the place feeling high heaven.

I've been listening to 'Dark Side Of The Moon' by Pink Floyd lately, and I personally find it one of the best albums I have EVER heard. Considering that the recording technology during the 70's was relatively primitive my modern standards (they did have to manually cut and duplicate the tapes by hand), this record still stands as one of the biggest selling records of all time. I'm proud to own it, and I owe it to Superdel and Brother Dearest.

Ah well, tomorrow brings new challenges, and i hope I can carry on working to finish up my school assignments... I've been slacking somewhat (still in holiday mood) or maybe just burnt out. Who knows?


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

haha ok.. fine.. I know it's already three days past 

*must.. not.. fart..* 

bunch of psychotic fools... 

ladies and gentlemen.. presenting: sid vicious and joe strummer! 

Hot, hard and sweaty... well it was hot on that evening 

Two exceedingly handsome fellows: Single, and very much availible :p 

once more.. mid solo using chris's SLR 

The Fuzzy Family 

Explaining the concept to THE BIGGEST SHOT 

The Merit Winners 

a rather queer picture 

describing the concept to the big gun 

mm.. maybe this will be good for my desktop (my lecturer Ms Liu Jie Hong) 

the both of us after the judging 

our chair at FLIP! 

FLIP Challenge 2005

Hmm.

Wow, it seems that SDN is on a roll.. first we win the Green Campus Day, and now Alvin and I have garnered a 'Merit' Award for our 'Modus Operandi' chair, which is now on display at the Singapore History Museum (3rd floor, Robertson Point) until the 30th of November.

Considering that NYP ID concepts have entered into the 2nd round of most competitions but didn't win any awards, it comes as a pleasant surprise that our chair has managed to impress the judges somewhat in order for us to clinch the top 6 prize.

It's also sad we didn't manage to get any cash, but we did have a good eye-opener, and a very hungry belly due to the rigours of judging and contact-making. It also appears that Alvin and myself were also one the youngest if not the youngest of participants for the finalist judging rounds. Not too bad for a pair of lame guys with wit the size of army tanks, and enough gags to fill a super star destroyer. Also a very comfortable chair to boot.

Bear in mind that 70% of people who sit on that chair immediately go 'ahhhhhhhh........', and some very rare cases feel very inclined to fall asleep on it immediately. Of course in one particular case, someone said 'Hmm.. feels like I'm sitting on Phuket B*tch!! Yeah, just like Phuket B*itch!!!'

LOL.

It was a very fun evening, and I'd say one of the most fruitful events I've taken part in.. and that's just due to the fact we received our first desigh award lol. We did meet a fair lot of people, and they were very nice and all... it was a fantastic morning and evening. Thank God for that small but heavy award... at least give NYP some face lol.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

same view, also mid solo 

front view of band, with myself mid-solo 

side view of the band 

It just Keeps Getting Better And Better VII: 18th Birthday!!!

Hmm.

Wow. I have never felt so blessed in my entire life.. and that's just an understatement... I truly feel blessed.. more than anything else in the world.

Yesterday I invited a litttle over 18 people to my 18th birthday party, and it was a smash! Although it took a while for most of the guests to arrive, it was by the grace of God and the generosity of my dad who drove my friends from the mrt station to my place.. where the delicious spread was awaiting us... but we started off with a gig, which comprised of five rather shaky songs before the 'band' had a makan break.

Chris, Alvin and myself had rehearsed since last saturday for yesterday evening's programme, and the half time was crudely punctuated with Alvin's choice of the first song.. an indian 'ethnic' take on 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars', which roughly went (play tabla beat)

'Orrh.. twinkle-lah twinkle-lah little-lah stars... how I wunder-eh what-ah you are-ah... how I wunder what-eh you are-ah... how I wunder what-eh you aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre-ah.... how I wunder-eh what-ah you are...'

Thank God Jeremy didn't get up and dance.

The 2nd set was comparatively better, and it eventually led to a three-song set with me and alvin, which came after a song request from my Pyramid gang ('Wonderwall' by Oasis)... and during the three song set, I do believe I played my uttermost rhythm acoustic guitar when Alvin and I threw down 'Countryboy, Breakaway'.. which was played one-thirds faster than the original version, which also featured both of us sitting down.. I however, was standing up, which meant that I had a very tough time playing an already arm-breaking bluegrass song, at 133% of the original speed. In case I forgot to mention, I also did not have my lyrics at hand, and I had to sing the vocal parts as well.

Last night was such a great time for me.. what with the photo-taking, the ribbing of Surya, the presents (OMG!!! I finally have DSotM!!!) which were unprecidentally generous of my friends.

I guess some of the presents took me completely by surprise... particularly Char's gift (a led zeppelin t-shirt omg!!!!) and I also took a liking to the comments on the wrapping of the gift from the pyramid gang... that was something which I appreciated very much (kudos, guys!!!).

All in all, it was a great day, although DSotM somehow could not be played in my Stereo system, which meant we played 'Wish You Were Here' instead while my dad mopped the floor and I slowly cleared away the sound system.

Tomorrow brings new challenge.. Alvin and I are taking part in the FLIP! Challenge's 2nd round of judging, and we have to be at the Singapore National History Museum before 8:45am... thank God there's no class for me tomorrow morning, or I'll simply DIE.

Pray for us, and once again, thank you all for the best birthday of my life (thus far).


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

The Name Of The Game II

Hmm.

I'm playing a dangerous game, want to know what it is?
It's called politics and I simply have nobody to please
Maybe I'm dumb, and call me fool I really can't care
This life's too short for me to be afraid not to dare

Sure, awkward questions will arise but I'm already blind
I mean, sooner or later the truth they will surely find
The road is tough, has been and always will be for me
However, I assure you that from my fears I will never flee

Standing up for myself has always been the state of mind
and I've grown to accept that to me fate will never be kind
Lately something has happened to change my perspective
and things which were pretty clear now seem to be subjective

It's that feeling once again, the one I've yearned but dreaded
Someone has come forth to yield the flame long unkindled
Shall I enter that pitted realm once more or spurn fate?
What have I to lose especially since it isn't exactly late?


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

Wow

Hmm.

First off, a big thank you to Superdel for all your help and advice... sorry for irritating you so much lol, but that sms she sent me really put me on cloud number 9!!!

It's like that feeling you get when you know that even after the shit hits the ceiling, someone comes around and makes it all clean and shiny once more. I even cut my thumb making that pendant for her.. hope she likes it.

Oh man... this past week has been absolutely amazing. It's like I'm being completely reborn... and that's the effect she has on me.. I feel more in control, but it's just so amazing and exciting because I've never felt this way before. Kind of like feeling lost but enjoying the sensation because you're living for the moment.

How I wish it would be if it feels like this all the time?


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

It just Keeps Getting Better And Better VI: Pyramids!!!

Hmm.

OH YEAH BABY!!! Our pyramid eventually managed to attain the top prize!!! OMG I'm so happy for my team and those who also volunteered to help out, and A HUGANTIC thanks to everyone literally from A-Z:

Amanda, Andrea, Banana (sorry, forgot ur name), Cheryl, Dee, Jeremy, Jonathan, Ken, Liesl, Si Ji, Syaf, Wang Shen and of course Zach. Anyone else missed out is something severely regretted.

I was already having a good feeling about our pyramid, although it was significantly shorter than the competition, until Alvin rationalised with me why an addition to boost our height would still be okay... well thanks mate.. it probably was the winning factor on top of the pyramid's superb structural design and fantastic skins. It was also made entire out of paper-based material.

Well it's great to have an achievement under our belts within the first week of school, and although the skins and all were watonly thrown away (it was so huge.. it was two storeys high) we took home a trophy which we made belief to be the UEFA Champions' League Cup, and jumping up and down and kissing the tiny little plaque as though it was a huge silver cup lol.

Ok, it was only Alvin who kissed it, I just did a Marcos impersonation by kneeling down on the floor and raising my forefingers on bent elbows.

It is incredible we won, and I'm glad for my team because their effort did not go to waste, and it was a sure-fire thing for us especially since ours was ENTIRELY made out of paper-based material (even the masking tape was carefully chosen), while the other teams used scotch tape and duct tape and one team just piled cardboard boxes and threw a corrugated cardboard skin on top and secured it with an entire length of scotch tape. Another team constructed a pyramid out of smaller pyramids, while the most desperate team tried to use a two-storey high ladder to perch a 'tip' unto their spray-painted structure, which incidentally, consisted of cardboard boxes stacked one on top of the other.

On the other hand, with my team, we carefulyl designed the structure and planned it out so well.. it was a good team effort and we worked hard, and had fun in the process. As the leader of this team, I am proud to have them on my side and proud of their achievements, and also rather glad that I have led them well and managed to keep the whole thing alive.

Job well dpne, guys and see you soon!


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

Pyramid update

Hmm.

Well, the team has performed well, and the skins are all done up... it's just the final throw tomorrow morning, and I'm feeling pretty positive. So far it's been just collaging magazine pages to form a hugantic image, but it's coming together well, and I'm praying for a success tomorrow.

The dream will come through.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

1st Day of School (again) II

Hmm.

Well it's officially the last day of the holidays, and Murphy's Law has struck me for the last time this year, hopefully.

I can't say much about the holidays, except it's been rushed, and tiresome... and I was rarely happy during the holidays, which was spent doing the following in order of quantity of time:

1. Sweating
2. Worrying
3. Being annoyed
4. talking
5. being silent/thinking
6. sleeping
7. eating
8. climbing stairs
9. blogging
10. avoiding my mum

I've bought myself a microphone stand at long last, and also a cable to hook up my mixer to the hi-fi set so that I can amplify all of my instruments for the upcoming gig during my birthday... soundcheck went well and hopefully Chris and Alvin can make it next saturday for final rehearsal before the big day.

I suppose I can't expect anything from my pals except the honour of attending.. seriously, it'll mean so much to me, especially since I'm such a loner... a little company now and then would be nice. Probably explains why I have to resort to literally playing with fire just to get some kicks.

Then comes the monumental psychological problem: seeing my classmates once more. I dunno what I should do, maybe I could act all cheerful but feel rotten inside, or I could stick on the cans and just blast out 'Highway To Hell' and be my usual surly self.

Truth is, I'm still feeling pissed off with my school timetable, and it's really affecting my mood. It was only marginally lifted when my soundcheck took off well, but there's so much crap happening in my life... it's over-weighing the good things that are happening. Why does it have to be so? I'm just so tired of having to have one bad thing happening after the next. Don't give me bullshit that this stuff is supposed to happen, but IT HAPPENS ALL THE BLOODY TIME!!!!

It's like waves on the beach, one blow after the other... never ending, never ceasing, relentless and ever-present. I'm still burnt out. Burnt out from this lousy fucking holiday.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

CB!!!!

Hmm.

I'm so fucking tired of bullshit happening to me in my entire life.. of all the things to happen to me, this really takes the cake.

I had previously thought the time table was fixed, in the sense whereby there would be night class on friday nights, and along comes an opportunity for me to play tuesday nights for three weeks when Gerry has gone off to Ireland.

OH well, GUESS WHAT? Those buggers over at NYP have nothing else better to do than to switch the night class over to tuesday, and that conveniently allows me to miss my first three Ergonomics lessons since I have the obligation to fulfill my duty as a stand-in for Gerry.

I simply can't believe it... after all the plans that I made it's been utterly shattered, and now I have to ask my lecturer for a three-week pardon if that is even possible. This is ridiculous!

And my previous attempt to cool down and relax has also been disturbed.. I'm so gonna raise bloody cain when school starts. I don't care... I'm gonna have my way.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

It's been a long while

Hmm.

Well at long last my four-night stretch of work was ended at last, and I still have to get up tomorrow morning to get ready to work on the pyramid some more... So far we've managed to finish about30 percent, and it has to be finished by TUESDAY!!!!

OMG I've freaking out just thinking about it.

It's like the most expensive project I've worked in considering the time frame we're given. Just for a roll of corruggated cardboard we have to fork out $100 bucks, and thank god it's quality material. On top of that you add up all the labour needed to paste this darn thing together using *drumroll* masking tape. My original idea was to use hot glue, but considering the fact that hot glue has to be electrically heated I scrapped the idea in favour of the paper-material masking tape.

The idea for this pyramid is to make a pyramidal structure as high and as stable as possible using paper-based materials. In our case we've utilised the strength and light-weight of corrugated cardboard, and so far it's working to our advantage. But that's besides the point.

I'm severely disappointed by some of the team members who are not actively aiding us in the building process, but their names are tied to this group. I mean, what can I say... some people have disappeared because they are obliged to by religion and family matters, but others have to sense of initiative, and that's what bugs me the most, because we're already sinking into the mud... we're throwing down the tracks just as the train approaches... but these guys have deserted us. WTF.

Anyhow, the most we can do is to do our best, and I'd better do my best by waking up on time tomorrow morning or I'll be very jaded with myself.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

Pyramids

Hmm.

Well I have to say that I feel rather awful when I had to ask my group members for 10 bucks to pay for the materials, and they can't get their cash back. As the material used for the structure of the pyramid is the best one of choice, with our dateline so close... I feel that we have to work harder to get it done in time.

I've already made up my mind that if we get within the top three positions, I'll buy those guys lunch at BK... and if it doesn't make it through, then I'll reimburse them 5 dollars each because I can't let their cash go to waste.

Today I've got Chris coming over to practise for my birthday gig, so I hope all goes well.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

Air Heads

Hmm.

Today my folks finally decided to buy a digital camera.. it is a 5.0 megapixel Kodak camera.. which cost us $349.00 with some accessories.. not too bad a deal, if you ask me. However, that is not the main point of today's post. This happened at about 10am, and we had previously made a trip to visit the tree-top bridge near Macritchie Reservoir early in the morning.

As I was browsing through the cameras, I noticed one young girl who was walking around with her mum dressed in a mini flippy skirt and spaghetti strap-top at 10am in the morning. The first thing which came to my mind was 'air head', and continued browsing through the rest of the cameras.

I would say that this girl is one person whom I would believe is the ultimate by-product of the pressures of today's so-called fashion norms: rebonded hair, stick-skinny physique on top of the outfit. Call me old-fashioned, but I see view sort of girls with disdain because I can't see her personality by the way she dresses. With certain people you can see their character coming through no matter what items they don, but for a certain majority of people, you feel that familiar plasticity that is so sterile and passe you almost choke.

I have a great respect for people who stand for themselves and not let social norms affect their thinking and personality, but I just see the devoutedly fashion-wise norm-conscious people as those who are responsible for the term 'fad'. It just makes me ill.

I've often asked myself why until now I have no girlfriend... maybe it's the lack of opportunities, maybe it's my personality, maybe it's the fact I listen to music which is way before my time, but I think the true reason could be that I'm rather choosy... right.. who isn't?

Wouldn't it be cool for me to just throw myself around and hopefully get someone? The answer's no. For one I find great disdain talking to airheads who are solely bothered with their vanity... too much style, and not enough substance between the ears. I'm someone who searches for conversation people, not material girls.

That said, I'm someone who constantly wishes to own the best audio equipment on earth, all the coolest guitars, the coolest amplifiers and the sickest guitar sound. Does that make me materialistic? Or would it be just the desire to be a lord in my own little circle?


Cheers,

Crawldaddy