The gig is ON!

Hmm.

Hey all, tomorrow is the gig at Ben & Jerry's!!!! Please make your way down to The Cathay and grab your seats, hold on fast because we're going to bring you some fast and furious rock and roll XD

I've already planned a set list, bought myself a new 20-foot cable (so that I can walk into the audience whilst playing a guitar solo, perhaps?) and tweaked my gear to optimum levels. You can say that the efforts to make this gig a smooth one dates back to 2 weeks ago wen we passed our audition, and I'm barring no holds in making sure that we give everybody a solid performance.

Of course the band had been practising, honing our chops, working on the cues and sometimes up to the most precise of notes. All in all, we worked really hard: Mervyn's developed more complex beats, Boon's steadied up his bottom end and I've trained my voice to take on the strain of 6-7 rock song back to back on top of working at my lead playing to make up more interesting solos and phrases.

Anyways, I really hope to see my friends coming down to support us, Ark Analogy... and I pray hard that everything will go smooth-sailing!


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

The Good, The Bad and The Repulsively Ugly

Hmm.

First the Bad:

It's been 3 weeks in my new camp since I left Tekong, and well everything seemed to go alright until this week. I succeeded in getting annoyed with 5 different people and had shouted at 4 of them. This is one of the few times I have ever lost my temper at a stranger.

This situation kind of reminds me when I was back in Secondary school, where I would encounter individuals whose characters were starting to form, you would have such characters such as:

1. The Wankers - these people had no other role in life other than to be utterly self-indulgent, petty and selfish.

2. The Stoners - people who, well, stone. In this case, the folks who love a good nap on the job.

3. The Jokers - guys who love a laugh, but often at the expense of others regardless of race, language and religion. Such indiscriminate people.

4. The Jesters - similar to the jokers, but rather these guys tend to imagine that everyone is open to tom-foolery, and that it is perfectly fine to disturb others while one is at work or trying to have a bit of a rest.

5. The Retards - guys who seem six bricks shy of an full load. Nothing seems to enter their brains despite one's persistence. They are also prone to outbursts of unnecessary laughter. No apologies here.

6. The Quiet Ones / Good Guys - folks who just prefer to keep their head down and stay out of trouble.

The Repulsively Ugly:

Now, I'm sure you have a better understanding of what sort of company I'm in. I'm rather appalled by the way in which the persons within my department tend to be childish, immature, violent, petulant, petty and irrational persons. I'm not proud of the fact that I'm associated with certain people who are a vicious and uninviting combination of some of the less desirable characters as mentioned above.

I am glad that despite the majority of persons having an attitude problem and the inner urge to disregard higher authority, a select few are thankfully normal, hard-working individuals, with the usual quirks here and there. I had a rant with Steph earlier in the day and I'm just happy to get this off my chest. I pray that things will improve as soon as one of the undesireable individuals ORDs next week (good riddance, asshole) and that no one desires to take his place as Asshole-in-residence.

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Finally, the Good:

On a brighter note, I'm glad to announce that my band Ark Analogy will be performing Live at The Cathay outlet of Ben & Jerry's on the 1st of September, Saturday evening, 9pm.

We will be performing for 2 sets of a half-hour per set. Over the past few weeks we've been practising hard honing our songs and writing a few more. In addition to that, I had invited a few of my friends to our jam sessions in order to understand how our music would be accepted (or not) by the other youths of my generation. So far the reactions have been relatively positive, and we have every intention of not letting our supporters down.

Make no mistake that I have been working on my craft as much as possible so much so that I can barely remember a moment of my precious weekends out of camp when I was practising guitar, making improvements to my gear or jamming with my mates.

Therefore, on behalf of the guys, I cordially invite you to join us for an evening of unbridled rock and roll, mixed with a dash of Jazzy Pop and a healthy dose of Blues. If you have any problems finding your way there, you can tag for my number.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

What a waste, but it's the weekend anyway

Hmm.

How to begin? I suppose I could start with how I used have a limp after a hard day's work from 7am to 5pm back in the day after my O levels, and I was working like a mad dog 5 days a week. Then I suppose I can fast forward to BMT and how we would do all sorts of strenuous exercises.

One fine day it just happened. Whenever I sat down cross-legged on the floor and tried to get up, my leg would have this excruciating pain and stiffness at the knee joint. Needless to say that this was not an easy thng to live with. What's worse is that it didn't stop after 2 or 3 days. I stayed with me for 2 weeks, and only now is it barely noticable.

Due to my injury, I had to go "out of training", that is to say one cannot continue with the normal BMT regimentation until and unless my injury has healed or is not bugging me too much. X-rays have shown no clue as to what is wrong with my leg joint, and a physical examination by the medical officer has denied any tell-tale signs apart from a supposition by the MO that it could be a cartilage area being pinched and torn in my knee.

So now I've been posted to 30 SCE (Singapore Combat Engineers) as a storeman. Ironically my physical condition has not allowed me to be able to carry heavy loads, and I've been excused lower limb for a month until the 3rd of September. The place doesn't look too inviting, but I suppose that it would grow onto me after a while just like the bunks in Tekong.

I wonder what would happen if I had to downgrade, or worse still if they refused to down-grade my PES status. Either way, my wish is to audition for the MDC (Music & Drama Company), in hopes that maybe I can get a place singing or maybe just playing guitar.

Ok, forget all that now.

Had a nice evening with Skinny Pole on Friday night. Despite the fact that I was somewhat ill with a bout of flue (?) and slight fever, I suppose I made a huge blunder taking a bus to Orchard, what with the congestion on a FRIDAY evening... I ended up being half-an-hour late (sorry mada!).

The jam yesterday evening went alright. Steph and her Nigel managed to kip down to watch us jam, with a mistaken impression that we were having a performance :P The good news is that now Ark Analogy has 8 original songs and one more new one (which is pretty reggae-ish) on the way.

If you guys wish to have a listen to us, you're most welcome to contact me on where we jam and the time. We always appreciate an audience no matter what the size or race or gender.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy