Relativity of Time..

haha, Einstein's theory..well, dont noe much about it la..but anyway, its quite useful when u think about it in terms of age..so yea, ppl are always worrying about their age, even coll students, but for what???!!! this is an over heard convo in coll.."hey, ur birthday is next week rite? ur turning 20! HAHA.." " yea, crap la.." (a third person id convo) " why la, wats wrong with 20?" "well, there is no more 1 anymore, becoming 2 already"

LIKE WTC??! how is that important? ur like still in coll, n still young..as it is said, ur only as old as u want to be..d only problem is, everyone is pressured to act as wat is perceived as d rite age..y? well, i guess that as humans, we want to see progress in our lives..

k, lets look from another perspective, if we all act as children or as adolescents, and d point is to avoid responsibility, so who will be running d joint? who would have done all d inventing of the light bulbs, telephones, and computers?

So here is both sides of d arguement..(well, im sure there is more) so yea, if u want a personal opinion, then i will say act as u want for as long as u can..sooner or later responsibility will be urs (even if u had a mental problem, God will still hold u accountable..) so just take it in ur stride..also, responsibility does not mean there is no fun..

"everything sucks, might as well find something to smile about" - House

Cheers

Being a Shoppaholic

haha..yea..imagine, i like spent TOOOOO MUCH MONEY YESTERDAY..(haha, tnx chris, im now also always trying to save money like u..)

so yea, here is all d stuf i bought yesterday..
k, d black sticks, 33, d normal pair, 40, d drum pad 95, and d drum key was 12..finally, not in d pic was d ticket to the drum workshop, which was 35..so the grand total i spent just yesterday was.....215!! i think..(didnt use a calculator, so haha..plz double check)k, so since no ticket to show in d pic, i took photos during d show..

Side view of the drum set..^



haha, sorry about the sound..it was quite loud, so d sound got a bit distorted..

Front view n that was how close we were to d stage..2nd row!..^

Simon Phillips!..haha, k, i never heard of him, but he is a pro drummer..^

Simon Phillips teaching some warm ups..^

quite a col effect? seems like everything around is like moving except d drums..^

So yea..haha..btw, try to guess his age..1 of d questions that was asked was, how do i become as good as a drummer as u? n he said, well, if u had 47 years of playing.....

i was like, WTC??!! thought he was joking..so i asked my friend beside me his age, n d guy in front of me over heard me, n he said, 51..???!!!!! WTCCC???!!!!! that guy?! torn jeans and a t-shirt???!!!

anyway, like in d vids above, those are the stuff i learnt..haha..i think im a simon phillips fan now..haha..(btw, d ticket was totally worth it)

Cheers

Chameleon

so yea, wat do u think when u read d title? Was it positive or negative? k la, it may have been neutral, like u might have just thought of d animal as seen in the pic..so yea, think of it as a human quality, so how is it? positive or negative or neutral?

well, at first i thought of it as a good thing, cuz ur able to like blend into any kind of background. So thinking that it is a good quality, i tried ( am trying) to adopt this quality. Well, so its been years now, and there are some glitches in being a chameleon. k la, its cool la, ur able to talk to(mix around with) all kinds of people, and everyone somehow likes u, or are ok with u..but d problems about being a chameleon is that u dont really have a stand about certain topics, well, u might la, but ur almost willing to put it aside and listen to wat others say..so yea, it confuses u on ur stand..(well, this is from my experience la..im sure others are fine) so yea, after awhile of being a chameleon, u start to wonder, which is my true colours? is it when ur at home? when ur alone? when ur with a certain group of friends? which is it? also after awhile of changing colours, i've like gotten use to the change, and also i "change" colours at a certain rhythm; mon-fri coll(mixed bunch of ppl), sat BB (mostly KL ppl, and quite a strong chinese cultural background, seriously no offense, i dont noe how else to word it), sun church(mostly PJ ppl and cuzins, which is more of a western culture compared to the KL ppl la, again no offense) and also not to mention family, and finally my alone time; so yea, im just soo use to the changing, that when i get stuck to one type, i kinda get uncomfortable, cuz i "need" to change..

so yea, at times it may seem like as though im being moody or emoing by being alone and not talking to ppl, its actually just that im acknowledging the other groups that i hang out with by being alone and thinking about the memories that i have.. also one thing about trying to be a chameleon is that when you are with different groups, it takes energy to like keep the personality that u have, so yea, eventually u run out of energy.. another down side of being a chameleon is that ppl dont get to noe u properly..they just kinda noe ur alter ego, then suddenly find a whole new side of u that they might find weird.. does that sound familiar? there are psychologist that argue that ppl ARE chameleons, where we act differently in different situations, which is true..but not all ppl are like that rite? anyway thats a whole new debate.. k la, we all act differently in different situations, but there are still some characteristics that are still the same throughout the whole time..what im talking about is changing almost all of ur characteristics, like for example, ppl noe me as a quiet guy, and also a noisy guy..so u can say im an introvert and an extrovert and the ppl who noe me as d introvert get surprised that others describe me as a loud and noisy guy, n vice versa..haha, does that make sense? if it doesnt, then its a good topic to think about and come up with ur own conclusion..

Cheers

SANCTUARY!!

i just love drumming..its my my world away form this world..y? cuz when i listen to it or play it, i can just tune everything out..doesnt matter wat it is, or how big d problem is, i can just tune it out..i thank God for His wonderful creation and praise His name for it..anyway, drumming is like one of the things that is keeping me sane..haha.. so this post is kinda like a tribute to drums, and drumming..

Enough of Emo..

thats it, i really need to post something else, cuz all this emo stuff is starting to affect me, again.

so u ask, " y u put d emo stuff up in d first place?" well, simple, its suppressed feelings, its like sweeping dirt under the rug..eventually, u will run out of place under the rug, so i need to get rid of some of the dirt, but i think that caused me to collect more dirt..so yea, i can understand jo now, need to keep busy to get it off my mind..luckily d next few days im kinda busy..2moro got an interview, then friday got a meeting to discuss a performance..(a DCI like performance, SUUUUUPPPPERRRRRR psyched about it!!!!!) then its saturday, naturally busy day..

oo, btw, im getting new glasses, cuz my old pair broke (how? i was just taking it off to go to bed and d joint of the left leg and the rim of d glasses snapped..A FEW HOURS AFTER I GOT HOME FROM NEPAL) so yea, anyway, nowadays they have glasses that have these thick legs (dunno wat it is called now, tip of the tongue syndrome now) n im not a flashy kind of guy, but its like, no choice now..ish..

Cheers

"Captain, I see iceburgs ahead!!"

crap.

i could be in trouble here..might only be going to Australia in July cuz i need to do 1 subject which is only offered in the 1st semester of every year..like wtc?! y does the coll change its policies every time? its not fair for students like me..haiz..anyway, i was under the impression that the next sem was my last sem, so i was gonna cram like, 5 subjects in that sem..however, this could be God's plan for me, so im praying now that God will prepare me for watever the outcome is..

haiz, i feel bad la, i keep telling ppl that im gonna transfer soon, gonna tansfer soon, but its like never happening..gaaaa..kinda depressing..

also, i keep suppressing my feelings, cuz i dont want to cause ppl to hurt cuz of my actions, so yea, because im doing that, instead of protecting the ppl around me, i hurt them..but if i let my feelings out, i might be d one who gets hurt along with the people around me..so either way, im getting hurt, and ppl around me are too..so wat do i do? i just lie to the people about how i feel, cuz it hurts them less than if i told them the truth..

Father, forgive me for I have sinned..

I'd rather get wet in the rain so I get to see you dry..

Cheers..

A few topics i wanted to talk about..but forgot..

k, i apologize again cuz i still dont have d photo's from d Nepal trip..so yea, i'll continue on first until i get the pics..anyway just finished my finals too so thats y its been quiet since d previous post..

well, i actually thought of a topic to talk about or comment about, but i forgot wat it was..haha..actually in a day, i can think up of 20-30 topics to talk about, but the curse is that i forget..its not that i have a bad memory, its just that it doesnt make it past my short term memory..(haha, k, i'll stop with d psych stuff)..y u may ask? (if ur interested to find out y somethings u remember and other things u forget in a blink of an eye..) well, its cuz u dont find that particular item or memory important, so u forget it..(haha..simple) y isnt it important, that u ask urself, wat do u prioritize..

k la, enough of that la..k, maybe i'll talk about y i address myself as DaMan..well, it all started when i was in form 3..well, in Anderson there was a custom going around to tease friends with father's names (yea, it also happens in MBS).. so ya, my dad's name is Mamman, which my friends distorted it to man man, which means do slowly in mandrin if im not mistaken, and also My Man!( creativity of my friends) anyway, in form 3, i was chosen to be the drum major for the band in ipoh, and so we use to call it DM..so yea, i was talking to my best friend about my post that i got, n i said DM..so my other friend overheard it, so he asked me, "wat is DM? Da Man is it?" and everyone laughed..kinda dumb la, then were teasing me by calling me Da Man!..weird ppl la..so yea, i took it as my nickname from then on..as u can see, most of the time i capitalize the D and the M, because of my achievement..haha, it is considered one of my greatest achievements..not trying to be perasan..not consciously anyway..so yea, DaMan is kinda like the summary of my experience in Ipoh, it reminds me of d entire experience there..which is good..haha..

Cheers..

Guess Who's Back?

haha..sorry, was just too tempted to say that..

anyway, i wont update on my trip to Nepal now cuz im actually gonna wait for the pics so that i can talk on it..but yea, generally it was great.. I really felt God's presence throughout the trip..o also i fell sick there..haha..diarrhoea untill now i guess..but just on d 3rd day and 4th day on the hill was bad la, but it wasnt the worst i ever got..couldnt eat the food n did get a slight fever there..now i can eat again!..haha..k, i apologize about not posting up d trip yet n yea, its gonna be a long post.. so embrace urself! if u dont want to read it its ok, just call me or sms me to ask..

Cheers!