May
Over at Chris Higg’s place, one of the few people I know in Malaysia who also uses Vegas, though he uses it for audio post.
I thought I knew a lot of the functions in Vegas. Boy, was I wrong. Getting schooled left & right.
May
Chasing Wednesday
Let me tell you of the Legend of the Wednesday.
It was the beginning of the summer of ‘99 in London. I was close to the end of my first year at City University where I was supposed to be reading Economics & Philosophy but spent more time and effort in the union’s drama society.
How much more time and effort? Let me put it this way - I was supposed to be going to 12 hours of lectures a week (which isn’t much). I went to 12 hours of lectures total every three months.
(Side note: I still graduated with a degree. And can’t remember a damn thing I was supposed to have learned).
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah - 1999. Beginning of summer. Drama. Right.
It was through the drama society that I made most of my friends that year, combined with my fellow halls of residence members on my floor, since I didn’t attend lectures that often. And by this point our theatre performance of the year was done and though the exams were coming up, we weren’t as stressed as we should have been for some odd reason.
It was during this time the wonderful Wednesday occurred.
May
You coming to watch Khaimano tomorrow at The Venue, Pavilion? There’s Bizhu! There’s @azsamad! And talented humans!
Come and watch the humans! THE HUMANS WITH THE FINGERS!
May
Rendering a slightly revised cut of #cuak whilst importing footage of screen tests from the #showdownmovie callbacks.
Off camera, I’m replying e-mails I needed to reply ages ago. Once that’s done I’ll probably pick up my guitar and try and work out another song for the upcoming gig.
Once Cuak is rendered I’ll do another run of conversion tests for Take Me To Dinner for audio post and leave that to render overnight. After the Showdown screen tests are imported, I’ll go through them and make some picks for tomorrow’s meeting.
It’s 2am. I’ve been up since 8am and spent the whole day checking out the callbacks for the Showdown movie followed by rehearsals for the gig. If I still have any strength later, I’ll use the MacBook Air to edit a rough opening credits sequence for Cuak whilst the main PC uses its CPU to render all the things that require rendering. Any few minutes in between I’ll spend on whatever social networks I’m on to either pimp out what I’m doing or upcoming things I’m involved in whilst stroking either one of my silly cats.
This is my life. It is exhausting. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
May
Still haven’t named this guitar. Can’t figure out a name that suits her.
I bought my telecaster in Australia so I named her Sheila, my Danelectro is Danni & my DIY modded strat is called Frankie (cos she’s a Frankenstein, geddit?).
This one’s an Ibanez artcore hollow body two-tone sunburst. Can’t think of a name that fits her. Hmmm…
May
I never realized I look this happy whilst playing. You can hardly tell I’m insanely exhausted at this point after a very long day.
Still, the gig’s next Monday and we’ve got a set to rehearse. See you humans there.
May
Callbacks from the #showdownmovie auditions underway. Show us whatcha got, humans.
May
The Education of Malaysia
I found the picture above in my Facebook timeline (via this link) from a high school mid-term paper and it infuriated the hell out of me.
For those that don’t understand Malay, I’ll translate this disturbing multiple choice question:
Q: Which of the following is the result of pre-marital sex?
I. Suicide
II. Running away from home
III. Feeling proud
IV. Abortion
The ‘correct’ answer is apparently I, II & IV.
Recently we had our general elections in Malaysia and as the fever of bringing about ‘change’ and ‘revolution’ for a ‘better’ Malaysia I kept my ears forever open because there was only one thing I wanted to hear, one thing that would swing my vote.
I wanted to hear someone talk about education.
May
Az told me to shoot a video to promote the May 20th Open Mic gig at The Venue, Pavilion that my band Khaimano has been invited to play as one of the featured acts. This is what happened.
More details for the gig can be found at the Facebook Event Page by Clicking Here.
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