Does long weekend applies to me? Was attending a parents day celebration dinner and SMS came in touching on work related issues. Dampens the long weekend as my mind will be twirling with work and work and more work....plus I secretly brought back some work home to do.
Went for a game of soccer organised by my eldest bro's co. at the Cage. Ventilation is much more better now and I felt that I could still run somemore after the game was over. Did the recent short jogs helped? Scored an individual goal when I got hold of a loss ball, shrugged off one opponent and hit a screamer pass....my bro....keee.....Alright, he insist that he let his hands off but I was sure that it was more of the case of he couldn't react in time as I hit it real hard. Had a few tries before that but all hit the woodwork, so I was adamant to hit one in which fortunately I did else I would have let the rest of the team down. Bruce, my second bro was pulled down for the game with us, though he have a few touches here and there but it was obvious he lacked fitness. I guess I'll have to bring him down for more games to beef up his fitness and get him shape up abit as he is planning for wedding next year...It's been a long while since we last played soccer together and I truly enjoyed that hour. We then dropped over at one of Bruce's managed Mr. Bean outlet for soya beancurd and chat a little before moving off as I have to collect my race kit for the Saucony Run next sunday.
Queue at Novena Square for the collection of the Saucony Run is incredible, I was a little worried when I saw the crowd but luckily it took me only half an hour to collect the stuffs. Gonna go grab some rest before doing 'Ahmad' duties...
Jiro (-.-).......ZZzzzz.....zzzz
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
SUPERBAND Part II
Why SUPERBAND part II?? Because this was the second time the competition was held and the same number of times I took part in it. First time round was with Metalloids comprising Steve as the guitarist cum band leader, Dennis as the drummer, Dawn as the female vocals and Zames as the keyboardist cum male vocal. We went into the second round but was ousted by some bands of good quality plus abit of what you call unjustified reasons. Not that we didn't perform though but more likely we were not so 'into' dressing and thus pulled down some marks. We were never told of where we went wrong in the second round..Nonetheless, it was a fruitful experience for me as I enjoyed the company.
This year, I joined another band 新类乐团, comprising Xiao Xin a.ka. 'Ang Kong Lao Shi' as the female vocal, Dennis as the guitarist, Alex to drums and the Eunice on keyboards cum band leader whom I always call 紫菜. We got ousted in the first round which a couple of our friends thought we didn't perform that bad to be sent packing, there were people who did horribly on Day 1 of the competition and yet amazingly went through. The nature of such competitions is always so cruel and there is no way we could understand what was on the judges' mind. Wify was wondering if some of the bands whom made it was due to the fact that they had close relations with people within the organisers....Hmmm....Sometimes I agree yet at times I beg to differ. 紫菜 's Cousin was one of the sponsors to the competition so if there's some favoritism, then we would have made it through right? Anyway, it was fun playing with this band cause I feel young again playing with them and was enjoying our every week's practise prior to the competition cause they were fun to be with. Hope that we can continue playing music again and don't feel bad about leaving the competition so early, we still have other chances as long as we don't give up.
Cheers~!
*~Jiro~*
This year, I joined another band 新类乐团, comprising Xiao Xin a.ka. 'Ang Kong Lao Shi' as the female vocal, Dennis as the guitarist, Alex to drums and the Eunice on keyboards cum band leader whom I always call 紫菜. We got ousted in the first round which a couple of our friends thought we didn't perform that bad to be sent packing, there were people who did horribly on Day 1 of the competition and yet amazingly went through. The nature of such competitions is always so cruel and there is no way we could understand what was on the judges' mind. Wify was wondering if some of the bands whom made it was due to the fact that they had close relations with people within the organisers....Hmmm....Sometimes I agree yet at times I beg to differ. 紫菜 's Cousin was one of the sponsors to the competition so if there's some favoritism, then we would have made it through right? Anyway, it was fun playing with this band cause I feel young again playing with them and was enjoying our every week's practise prior to the competition cause they were fun to be with. Hope that we can continue playing music again and don't feel bad about leaving the competition so early, we still have other chances as long as we don't give up.
Cheers~!
*~Jiro~*
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
花瓶
What is the meaning of the character above? It refers to flower pot in English and it is most often used on lead actresses in a major film with minimal involvement....For e.g. Gwyneth in Iron Man 2008.
How does it then relate to me? Was uploading the pictures taken by Wify from her close buddy's wedding yesterday and noticed that all photos were taken with either the sisters gang or if not with her old JC mates whom were sitted at the same table with us..If you have access to her profile you can take a good look at the sequence of the pictures I uploaded, starts off with the sisters gang...With individual pic with her close pals, and the last one with JC mates...And me....the typical 花瓶 which you would expect to be doing no more than nothing, probably once in awhile I'm involved...Things like, get the pens from the car, the box for the red packets, go draw $$ for the red packet...I do enjoy the minimal involvement though cause it is heavily draining as helpers to wedding so I can imagine how tired wify was at the end of the day.
Done with the 花瓶 joke, am on leave since yesterday till tomorrow to take a short break as well as to run some errands. Errr....other than my haircut in the morning, I practically did nothing. But that was not that I didn't want to and a matter a fact due to the bad weather that restricted my movements...I did went for a light jog at 11am though, grabbing any possible sun light to go for outdoor activities...Saucony Run is next Sun and yet I did not do any training which is very dangerous considering my lack of sports activities these days thus resultant in slow recovery to my muscles. Last thing I would want is to go through the post-Full Marathon Run again where I took more than a week to fully recover...
I'm listening to B6 recording of 真的爱你 and all my old fond memories jamming with my bandmates flashed back like it was just yesterday. I've always emphasised the need for recording of whatever songs we play so that we can play back and review on where we went wrong, although I always get some violent objections from mickey...Nonetheless, persistence pays cause not only were we able to improve on our mistakes but also these recordings will be kept with me forever. I do not want to give up on playing music but am finding it hard to carry on as most of my bandmates venture on their personal career or should we say a source of income. I do not blame them as I myself has at times failed them due to my work committments. The recent hype stirred up over the upcoming《别了家驹十五载》has motivated me and I shall not give up playing music, be it playing cover songs or original ones. The bottomline is my love and passion for music is still there, there were times when I dreamt of playing at a platform solely on Beyond's songs. Be it at a pub or any small confined place...For me, to influence another individual to listen to Beyond is a great sense of achievement. Even better if the individual picks up guitar or any music instrument because of this. Music is a wonderful thing and we should appreciate it.
Let's continue this dream of rock 'n' roll..........
~~Love & Peace~~
How does it then relate to me? Was uploading the pictures taken by Wify from her close buddy's wedding yesterday and noticed that all photos were taken with either the sisters gang or if not with her old JC mates whom were sitted at the same table with us..If you have access to her profile you can take a good look at the sequence of the pictures I uploaded, starts off with the sisters gang...With individual pic with her close pals, and the last one with JC mates...And me....the typical 花瓶 which you would expect to be doing no more than nothing, probably once in awhile I'm involved...Things like, get the pens from the car, the box for the red packets, go draw $$ for the red packet...I do enjoy the minimal involvement though cause it is heavily draining as helpers to wedding so I can imagine how tired wify was at the end of the day.
Done with the 花瓶 joke, am on leave since yesterday till tomorrow to take a short break as well as to run some errands. Errr....other than my haircut in the morning, I practically did nothing. But that was not that I didn't want to and a matter a fact due to the bad weather that restricted my movements...I did went for a light jog at 11am though, grabbing any possible sun light to go for outdoor activities...Saucony Run is next Sun and yet I did not do any training which is very dangerous considering my lack of sports activities these days thus resultant in slow recovery to my muscles. Last thing I would want is to go through the post-Full Marathon Run again where I took more than a week to fully recover...
I'm listening to B6 recording of 真的爱你 and all my old fond memories jamming with my bandmates flashed back like it was just yesterday. I've always emphasised the need for recording of whatever songs we play so that we can play back and review on where we went wrong, although I always get some violent objections from mickey...Nonetheless, persistence pays cause not only were we able to improve on our mistakes but also these recordings will be kept with me forever. I do not want to give up on playing music but am finding it hard to carry on as most of my bandmates venture on their personal career or should we say a source of income. I do not blame them as I myself has at times failed them due to my work committments. The recent hype stirred up over the upcoming《别了家驹十五载》has motivated me and I shall not give up playing music, be it playing cover songs or original ones. The bottomline is my love and passion for music is still there, there were times when I dreamt of playing at a platform solely on Beyond's songs. Be it at a pub or any small confined place...For me, to influence another individual to listen to Beyond is a great sense of achievement. Even better if the individual picks up guitar or any music instrument because of this. Music is a wonderful thing and we should appreciate it.
Let's continue this dream of rock 'n' roll..........
~~Love & Peace~~
JIRO
Monday, May 26, 2008
Brand New Beginning~!
It is with motivation that I decided to create a brand new blog of my own. Not without some inspiration and 三分钟热度 too.
Was interrupted by wify halfway through my entry as she consult me on some games she's helping her close girlfriend who is getting married to plan for her big day tomorrow. Wify seems lost after a tiring day and can't think that well...Heee...it just took me a second to give her the model answer..
Back to my blog entry, Note that practically everything in my blog evolves around green.. Why green? In one of my previous blog entries inside my Friendster Blog, I explained that before and it is in relation to my idol whom inspired me to pick up guitar and devote totally into music during my last few months of secondary school days...at the expense of failing my combine science with flying colours..... Anyway these are yester years stories which I'll like to skip upon. You want to, may read up my old blog at
http://jackyloh.blogs.friendster.com/my_life_on_blog/
I'm still thinking of what to document in my new blog as I type and I guess the introductory blog should end with a picture, a pretty nice one.
At work, things ain't going smooth for me as usual but I've since decided against throwing in the towel but instead prove my mettle by staying strong amidst all the storm that is stirring up.
Personal front, I'm more than happy with wify by my side everyday and ever supporting whatever decision I make (recently I made a considered big move which she gave her blessings and assurance of vote). And I'm giving her suggestions on what accessories to match her attire for tomorrow's morning session. Haaa...ever so cute.
Got to catch some sleep as I'll be driving wify over to Yishun early in the morning while routing over to CCK to pick up another 2 of her gang along the way...
As promised, a pretty pic to conclude the first entry........
This was taken at our XX anniversary.
**~Love & Peace~**
Was interrupted by wify halfway through my entry as she consult me on some games she's helping her close girlfriend who is getting married to plan for her big day tomorrow. Wify seems lost after a tiring day and can't think that well...Heee...it just took me a second to give her the model answer..
Back to my blog entry, Note that practically everything in my blog evolves around green.. Why green? In one of my previous blog entries inside my Friendster Blog, I explained that before and it is in relation to my idol whom inspired me to pick up guitar and devote totally into music during my last few months of secondary school days...at the expense of failing my combine science with flying colours..... Anyway these are yester years stories which I'll like to skip upon. You want to, may read up my old blog at
http://jackyloh.blogs.friendster.com/my_life_on_blog/
I'm still thinking of what to document in my new blog as I type and I guess the introductory blog should end with a picture, a pretty nice one.
At work, things ain't going smooth for me as usual but I've since decided against throwing in the towel but instead prove my mettle by staying strong amidst all the storm that is stirring up.
Personal front, I'm more than happy with wify by my side everyday and ever supporting whatever decision I make (recently I made a considered big move which she gave her blessings and assurance of vote). And I'm giving her suggestions on what accessories to match her attire for tomorrow's morning session. Haaa...ever so cute.
Got to catch some sleep as I'll be driving wify over to Yishun early in the morning while routing over to CCK to pick up another 2 of her gang along the way...
As promised, a pretty pic to conclude the first entry........
This was taken at our XX anniversary.
**~Love & Peace~**
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