Distance (Guit-Piano Cover)

hahas. this is supposed to be like a proper cover with my vocal and all. but i think it sounds so much better without my vocals. hahahhahas.

patient status: DISCHARGED

HELLLOS AVERYBAADY!

i'm finally a discharged patient ! (:


whole body was aching mad toady especially the legs.
he had mercy on me and gave me an easy session. ahahas.
(:

it was the last session today.
finally after 4 months exactly (abt there). indeed.
i could have 3 months but because of all the waiting for the MRI and all.
but oh wells! (:




looking ahead, so much more strengthening to do.
but really, i want to thank God.
it's really through this process that i'm able to take a step back out and move forward again.
but this time, faster, stronger and harder.
i think i shouldn't cut myself some slack anymore in trngs. coz i know that once u're in ur comfort zone, moving of there is gg to be hard. so i hope its gg to be a up sloping gradient! (:




its 0123 now.
and i'm trying to get Use Somebody by Kings of Leon right.
trying to do another cover and i've never spent so much time ever in trying to get some strumming rhythm right.
the song pattern is so deceivingly easy until u try and sing and play tgt at the same time.
for all u guitarist out there, go.and.try.
hahahs. its likka challenge until u try it.
i've probably hit the 'rec' button like 30 times, never really getting pass the first verse when the whole thing suddenly goes off. u can get lost in guitaring. hahhahas.
ok. i needa slp now. tmr its study and work! (:

Here I Am (Cover)

Here I am by Shawn Mcdonald

my first proper recording

hahahhas. (: 

5 layers in total.

ok. ignore the voice and the irritating violin. 

secretly like the self-made catchy piano riff. 

i dont really know how to balance the song. but whatever. i enjoy it. (: hahas

today's a gd day coz i said so

worked from 7am - 8pm

because of a spanking good lunch at my #1 secret Poon hideout- T2 STAFF CANTEEN, *inserts holy majestic bg music* the day was good.

what's even better.. NEW WESTERN STALL. cheap. the vongole pasta's (pic below) $3.80.

Round 1 was my fav hokkien mee from my fav hokkien mee stall. it's was where i ate my FIRST plate of char kway teow and fell in love with it when i was in primary school.

this was Round 2. 

its sunday. just let me be. HAHAHHS

i saw 3 friends today! actually 2 only. 1 was rachel's dad. rachel poon to be exact. its probably been about 14 yrs since he saw me. i checked his passport and said "eh! same surname!..... u look familiar!" and he just smiled and said "maybe just another sg face". then after he walked away with about 10 steps, then i rmbred that it's rach's dad! hahahas

it was a common gate.

so 2 flights were on gg. then on the other flight, i saw Thila! my physio! hahahs.

i knew she was flying from T3 today. but didn't know so coincidental that amongst ALL the other flight that i could have been assigned to, i assigned to her flight. many things could go against this favour, but in e end, we just met! (: hahahas

3rd one, i saw ms Marian on the passport. ahhas

damn chio lady. from Qatar i suppose. 

so i was like eh! same name! and we strike off a good short conversation. hahahhas.

towards the end of a long and tiring wkend shift,  sunset is always rewarding. i thank God that i'm was posted to working in T3. its open window concept, so when it comes to sunrise sunset moments, the airport literally turns golden. (:

actually i've got quite a few friends working in the airport! apart from all the avso staff, there's one 2 from CAG, 1 from duty free, 1 from TCC. HHAHHAS. i think there might be more! will find out more i guess. ahahas. (:

after work. though i was super tired, but i felt the strong urge to go cycling. those long night cycling kind. maybe coz i wanted to ride down to old airport road because of my severe craving for Lao Ban Tau Huay. but OH WELLS. some things are just not meant to be. HAHAHS. 

coz then, i rmbred that i'm having my day one of a girl's red day. ): tmd

no fun to cycling when everything else is dry but ur butt is wet. hahahhahhahahas. 

quite funny ah. i realized that for sportspoon to hit her period, i'm not likka emo.  it seems like i'm only emo when i'm not having my period which is like 3 wks out of 4?! AHHA. okok. whatever. i honestly think that its 20% biological and 80% psychological. 

so in the end, i went home and decided to......

MAKE MUSIC. hahahas

'A' FOR EFFORT PLS.

to set up is always the first step. the first difficult step. coz setting it up, means spending time to pack. ugh.

my rooom is too small and not sound friendly. so i hijacked my sis' room and her superb sound system. see the black square box there, its some bass booster thing i think. and behind the screen is actually 2 more speakers. i'm still trying to figure how to activate her dual surround system installed by father poon. its damn sad coz my room got no such facilities. and as of typing this now, i'm listening music through just these 3 black speakers while high up on ALL FOUR CORNERS of the room, there's like a grey speaker each on each corner (that's like x4, just fyi), and an additional grey one in the middle. (sorry, lazy to take photo of it) so that's 5 speakers, on the wall to produced one dual surround system. Y FATHER POON NO MAKE ONE FOR ME! ): for that, its another reason for y he left me too early. if really need to, maybe just give him like 10 more yrs. just saying. hahahs. no la. i'm sure he's happy up there and laughing at how i'm suffering w/o his handyman skills and his SIA engineering relations.

i reached home around 930pm. not much time left. hahas.

and since its late, with my horrendous violin skills, i think i should not even attempt.

but i'm starting to hate this current song. its actually an attempt to re-make the remake of Here I Am by Shawn Mcdonald during coffeeshop 2008. u know how u keep listening to ur fav song, it becomes a song that u'll skip on shuffle mode if ever it should start playing again.

ya.

 ok la. really thank God today. able to work, able to have some me time. (:

here's the 2008 one during coffeeshop. quite a lot mistakes. and considering it was my 2nd wk of exploring the violin and first (and probably the last time) ever singing into a mic infront of an audience, i think i should be proud of myself la. hahahas. i was suppose to be playing the guitar man. until i discovered peter moey's cuii violin which he let me fiddle with it. ahhhas.
but then again, this was the song that made me believe that i could do more with a violin though songs from Yellowcard where the first ones to inspire me to rock out with the violin. others are like The Corrs and Bond (which is of a level too high #Levelimpossible). ahhahhas.

face the music

because finally mother poon not at home, i can make music.
(only for a short period of time. ): )

and damn it. damn rusty.

literally. the violin was super squeaky. no matter how much i try to clean it and add the rosin or smth, it still sounded reluctant. hahahhas. used to be #likkapro while mimicking songs on yellow card / youtube all. and now, trynna play a scale is like trying to write with ur left hand when u're a right hander. 

yea. and since i've changed the strings to dunohowmany xxxxlight strings while in thailand, its soooo light that it goes off pitch coz of the high bridge. damn lazy to go do something about it. and also, why the xxxxxxlight strings over a more crunchier sound is coz of the freezing morngs we always have in thailand up in the mountains.

those misty morng team devotions and coooooold-near-freezing-point nights are not so friendly on the fingers. even pitch-perfect dr. Peter (who is really a doctor, a GP) and also holding some majors in a few musical instrument would occasionally whine about not being able to feel his fingers and strings anymore. ahhasa. he's always THE life-saver for me. whenever he's there, i'll always gladly pass the guit to him before the team-leader starts to assign. i like it how when the villagers starts to sing off key by deviating away from the original key as a unified congregation, and peter moey can just play the chords accordingly. even if its in some Eb Bb key. can't find anything that's musically impossible for him. 

even when gg to a music shop with him in thailand, he'd just pick some some instrument and play. any kind. every kind. even those made of coconut husk with a few metal pieces... give him about a min and he'll figure out.

he's that pro.

i rmbr gg to the violin shop at kembangan plaza (i think) and buying my violin with him. he started playing the harp and harmonizing with on of the customers who's playing the piano. it was so super pro, that it attracted a crowd. hahahhahas. seriously. should post some pics here when i have the time.

btw, my violin's probably the best buy. i got it at $330 and he says that they might have judged and priced it wrongly. he thinks its worth at least $700 and a believable $1k. HAHA. SHIOK AH. tan tiao ttm.

oh yes.

and he makes a hybrid of instruments at home. likka guitar strings on pipa. making electric er-hus and portable cello. ok. its really a long list, many things i wanna share about how i am in-awe of him and i should speed up.

ok. back to my regret of the day.

#1 regret: not saving the layers that i've recorded back in 2008. 

once i compiled them with the awesome Windows Movie Maker then, i felt (: that i deleted everything but the final product.

now there's Garageband...... REGRET TTM.

ahahhas. how irritating. 

the only way out, perhaps is to start practicing and start comitting time for God in service; which now proves to be an opportunity cost.

i do wanna go church on sunday. but that would mean  not being able to work the 1st morng 7-12 shift. in my opinion, that's probably the best shift to work. generally in the morng, passengers are not that angsty and they can't really be bothered to be unreasonable with you.

speaking of which. its 2:20am now and i should crash. 

i thank God for today though. being able to spend time with the poons.

its been too long shopping and dinnering tgt.

i miss my dad and how dinner is always just for the 3 of us with an empty seat to put our bags.

kthxbye.