Nobody wants to play bass??

like seriously, nobody wants to play bass..why? k, i came over here, n went for OCF (overseas christian fellowship) n tell ppl that i play bass, n the first thing they say is, "WOW! u noe there is a shortage of bassists here" n im thinking to myself, "again?" back home in church, there was a shortage as well, n that led me to pick up the bass..k, there is actually a lot of ppl who play bass in church, but most of them play another instrument as their first instrument..bass is just a back up..to my knowledge, there is 3 ppl who play bass as their 1st instrument..at least i think..

i really dont get why ppl just dont want to play bass..is it that boring? i dont think so..k, maybe ppl dont see the significance of playing bass..honestly, if u only had 2 instruments to pick for ur band, u pick the guitar and d bass or maybe d keyboard n drums..cuz d bass provides the beat for d song..n to me, the bass also provides the energy to a song, it has a very indirect affect to a song..a strong affect..a song can sound empty if the bass doesnt play..

im not sure la..ppl like always want to play an instrument that is a little more glam..like, d guitar, cuz it gives d tune of the song..haha..crap, lost track of wat im saying..but yea, bass isnt that bad..thats all im trying to put out..its not JUST BASS..

cheers

Confessions of a Shopaholic..

now, im not reviewing the movie...haha..i am confessing..WHOA! A GUY CAN BE A SHOPOHALIC??!!! (this does not compute..*%#@BOOOMMM!!!!$#%@*)..yea, as stereotypical we are, even guys can be shopaholics..n d best part is, i didnt noe this till i came over to aussieland..a suuuper expensive place to learn such a thing..yes, i do regret spending all that money..but thank God i caught it at an early stage..i didnt really spend THAT much yet, as in, im still within budget my mum gave me, but still i should have a lot more balance than what i have now..well, i dont really want to disclose how much i spent and how much i have, due to lack of security on the net..

but yea, y did i fall into such a thing? 1 is because when i arrived here in adelaide, i felt like i was on holiday..like seriously..thats y i went out buying stuff, without keeping track of my accounts..of course a lot of the things are necessities, but i was rather carefree when it came to buying things of leisure..so yea, what did i spend d money on? k, 1) me joining a gym, without calculating the grand cost..2) snacks, as i buy stuff that dont really last me that long, but they cost a bit..as in, i spend 5 bucks on chocolates, that last my 1 day..where i can spend that same 5 bucks on chocolates that last me, 1-2 weeks..bad planning..3) k, ben would kill me if i didnt say this (well actually he wouldnt..like he says, "it is your money, u spend it how u want" but i noe deep down, he cares..haha..n tnx ben again for being able to agree to disagree..) i spent the money on buying albums..k, 1st things first, i do not regret buying the cd's..but i actually could have held up longer to buy them back home, where they are cheaper..i was rather impulsive about buying, again, not thinking of the consequences of my actions..

so yea, this is my confessions..moral of the story, PLAN MY FINANCES FIRST..check if i have money first, before buying anything..again, i thank God that i am not in debt..

Cheers and learn from my mistakes..dont fall in the same trap..

Some Where I Belong..

it is always something that annoys us, drives us to act in certain ways..i mean think about it, why do ppl support football clubs? why do ppl fight for their country? why is there racism? well, this is in accordance of the social identity theory, which states that ppl form groups and anything that is within the norm's, is considered as in group, n what is not is considered as out group activity or something or other..so yea, even this theory makes u think, why is there in groups n out groups?

well, i guess this is my variation to a psych theory (psychoanalytic theory), but i think that one of our innate needs that we need to have met is the desire to belong to something..now im almost 100% sure that i've covered this in one of my classes, but i havent really looked up any theory or journals to support this, mostly cuz it is rather late, n im too lazy to do so..but yea..here is my opinion on the matter..anyway, continuing all this questioning, now the question is, why do we have a need to belong to something?

when i first thought of that question, wat came to my mind is that when something belongs to u, u are like the owner of that thing, like ur phone, or any object..so from there i thought, "hmm, isn't this like, proof that God exist?" well, mostly i was thinking it in the argument of the existance of God..so yea, y do we affiliate ourselves with things or groups or ppl? so my argument is, we as human beings know that we need to belong to something or someone..but it is too deeply ingrained in our unconcsious for us to noe that we belong to God..

maybe we dont noe that we belong to God per se..but i think that we do noe that we belong to something, therefore we go looking for things that we think we belong to..but yea, im not saying that belonging to a group is bad..it is perfectly natural for us to do so..now ppl are prejudiced against ppl who are not in their group, they of course treat them differently, start hating them (not all ppl hate), just because they are different..i believe that why we have these prejudices is because we want to be in d right group..n we feel that we have made the right choice when more ppl join d same group as u, so that shows that what u believe in, or whatever, it would make it seem that the group u joined is correct..and this is also one of the causes of peer pressure..of course we all dont act in such extreme ways, but it makes us feel better to noe that someone we meet is also apart of the same "group" as we are..

but yea, i do believe that we all are prejudiced, against races, against religion, sports, sporting clubs..whatever it is, we are..d question is now, how do u define ur prejudices? for example, i define racism as bad treatment against a particular race or races, n by bad treatment i do mean stereotyping them, verbal abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, n so on..so by that standards, i do believe im not a racist..but if it is defined as, judging a person based on his or her ethnicity, then i am guilty of being racist, because when i see a person, i first recognize whether the person is male or female, n what ethnicity..to an extent, the world wants us to be racists (by this standards) like when a crime happens n u are a witness, they will ask u to describe the criminal to the police..so u when u say the ethnicity of the criminal, it becomes easier for the police to aprihend the criminal..as much as we all hate to admit this, but we are all racists, by that definition..

but of course, there are some ppl in d world who are totally detached from belonging to anything or anyone..i do think that these ppl have either no desire to belong to anything, they just have not been able to find something or someone to belong to, or they actually belong to something or even someone and believe that it is better than any other group or anything else..noe why dont these ppl have a need to belong to anything, im not too sure, because it could be that they are repressing their needs, or fear of commitment or something like that..there are a huge number of reasons, n it all is true to someone..

so yea, thats all from me, am rather tired, so im not really thinking straight at the moment..so yea, if u read this post, it might be edited 2moro if i find what i wrote doesnt make sense..so yea..sorry if it doesnt make sense..

cheers..

G'day mate??

like seriously, it is like phased out here..ppl go around saying, "how are u?"n i always get confused n how to respond.."im fine, thank you", "im fine thank you. And you?" or just say hi..so yea..weird ppl..but yea, d first word that i picked up which is considered as aussie slang is "no worries" u kinda like use it like no problem..but when ppl say sorry to u, u say no worries..well, dont really need to teach u all how it is used..but yea..also my friend picked up on the aussie ppl saying reckon a lot, which i dont really notice..but yea, i started using it as well..haha..also learning new words like, quaze or something like that, which means 2 look at something..n it is pronounced with a s infront of it..so it is like, squaze..haha..sounds of a wet nature..

anyway moving on..my ankle is swollen..so jo..hehe..sounds familiar?but yae it is nothing much la..just tackling ppl from behind..(k, as bad as that sounds..i will rephrase that) it was a 50-50 ball..so d attacker arrived there first n took 1 touch..so when he lifted his foot to pass d ball onwards, i slipped my foot to tap d ball to my teammate..so yea, i was KINDA behind him..at an angle la..but yea, on d way in to tap d ball, d top part of my foot hit the back of his foot, but it was very slight contact with him..but yea, thats how it got swollen..haha..d best part is i got an appointment with my fitness trainer at the gym at 10 am..think i can make it?at the moment it is hard to move my foot..but yea..guess i should cancel it..n like, do my assignment(s)..God works in mysterious ways..

anyway, besides that, training was good..like seriously..there was like 1 session, we were in groups of 3, n all we needed to do was play catch..haha..damn fun..so there are 3 ppl in a row (BB definition) and d person in d middle is d one who needs to escape, while the other 2 flanked left n right are to catch the guy..so yea..being in d middle, i ran for my life, n when i reached d end, i looked back, i saw i was like, at most half a field away from my chasers..which was like, whoa..am i that fast?felt good la..feels like training is helping..anyway yea, that is all for now..i got to chase a fly out of my room, AGAIN..so yea..till next time..

Cheers (also an australian slang, but i've always been using it)

ADELAIDE BABY!! (and i think it is gonna be my longest post yet!)

HEY GUYS! IM FINALLY BACK! well, im finally posting, so yea, i guess i owe everyone many apologies..1 cuz i didnt update anyone about how i was when arriving n all that..so yea, sorry..n 2 i said i will post something as soon as i got my internet..so yea, i did try to post it, so i was up until like, 3 am doing d post..then click publich post..there was nothing..darryn chiew can be my witness to that..so yea, 2 days later, found time to redo that..hehe..so yea, everything is good here..so yea, anyway, i will divert from my regular philosophical/emo posts and show u guys the very little i took of adelaide..

er, so far, it has been soo good..found a church, 2 in fact, n the ppl there are really nice..haha..n d best part is, got friends with cars!! hahahahahaha!! so can like go places like, Victor Harbor! (further explained below)..but yea, everything is good here..it is too cold here man..n it is summer..haha..im soo gonna die..

hmm, d most interesting story worth telling all of u is once, my friend and i, after soccer training (yea they call it soccer here too)went to meet another 2 of his friends, cuz they wanted to go for a festival that just opened that day..sooo, we finally met, n we decided to go for dinner, so we just started walking, about like, 2-3 minutes later we all see this like aussie guy walking towards my friend's friend (a guy) n he approaches him n lifts his hand..n punches my friend's friend in d face, about the eyebrow..all of us were thinking it was some guy that my friend's friend (man that is getting tired of typing, so lets call him, ted) knew, n he just came to like pat him on the back to say hi..so yea, ted got really angry, but the aussie guy had already crossed the road, n traffic was quite bad la..but yea, ted was looking to challenge d guy..but we all we convincing him to not do it..personally i think d aussie is sick in the head or something like that..but yea..haha..freakin weird..ted is ok..he did get a scratch on his eyebrow area..anyway, d festival caused it to be uncharacteristically crowded, n of course almost everyone was drunk..but yea, in d end, we went for dinner, then headed to the festival, looked at it n decided it was too crowded to enter n we all went home..haha..to show u how crowded it was, we met the other 2 at 8pm, n i only reached home at 12am..dinner lasted till 11pm though..haha..1/2 n hour to move like, 400 meters..

anyway yea, below are pics of my unit..well it is the first unit i was supposed to be in..seemed quite bad.., like d cold water tap was stuck in the bathroom..think it was the sink tap..but yea, a lot of ppl here are saying the place im in is just bad..but i dont really mind..definitely the BB training..haha..anyway, so my friend found another place outside for a better price, so he went to that place (mostly because he said he was scared of me, cuz he thinks im gay..or something like that..to those who are laughing at this n/or those who are gonna say something, no im not gay..u see, in psychology, it is called projection, when a person projects his/her own inner feelings, fears, conditions onto another person..)anyway, so yea, im now living with an aussie guy, who is freakin nice..he cooks dinner for me like, almost every nite..however, he doesnt really do d cleanning of the place, n he works out a lot, so the place stinks abit..so i do d cleaning..hehe..




K, so this is campus..






So yea, this is the City of Adelaide..didnt take much pics, so yea..nothing much to take anyway..but i think i can find more..

This is like a landmark for adelaide..like, seriously..d balls of Rundle mall..yea, it is an outdoor mall..n there is a lot of street performers, in the pic above, it is a teenage girl (green shirt)playing d guitar and singing n her bro playing drums..ok la, not bad her performance..but still pro to do it at that age..

Some guy doing magic tricks..this was not bad to watch..haha..he was telling jokes at the same time, so it was not bad..^

This is my visit to Victor Harbor, which is what Port Dickson is like to KL..yea, why did i go there? church camp, so went to kecoh..haha..k, sorry,but im trying to be a bit artistic and capture the beauty of the place..so yea..

damn cool la, i followed my friends to the back of a house that was booked opposite d camp site..the backyard is a beach! like seriously..^

FREAKIN ANNOYING BIRDS..been trying to catch them when they are in the air..this is the best i got..^

kk, this is not some shoe ad..the person in d red shirt own's the shoes..n he didnt bring a spare change of clothes, but he wanted to go kayaking..so when he got in d kayak, the others pushed him out without the oars..haha..so he is floating there sesatly..haha..

So yea, that is all for now.. again i apologize that I didnt post this earlier..

View from my balcony..^

Cheers..