what a day.

what.

a.

day.

 

finito.

party of seven.

AAR was the bomb!

Well, not the concert. The band. The concert…was crap.

Mostly, anyway. The music was superb, no doubt about it. But the wait in between bands, the organization…not so hot.

The concert was slated to start at six. It started an hour and half later.

Anyway, band Disagree clambered onstage first with an honestly lacklustre performance. But the next band…live buzzkicking wires! Pop Shuvit was killer and believe you me, bloody moshpit friendly! Altho’ mosh pits were kinda dangerous, especially with all the girls around. But man. They really were amped and dangerous up there, playing Old Skool Rocka, Oh! Sizuka and one more song I don’t know [xD] And now I’m thinking, Ahh, now I understand what the fuss was all about. Heh =)

After the charged performance by Pop Shuvit, One Buck Short came up with an equally charged one. Frontman Mooky wasn’t around – he was terlanda-ed in the hospital – but the frontman from Bunkface (I think) covered in for him.

Then they left. And came the wait.

Argh the wait was HORRIBLE *terrible horrible (or hojjiber xD) vegetable with the table* The management tried to pacify the crowd by looping a video compilation of snatches of Sony BMG-endorsed music videos (“You Belong With Me”, naturally, got the loudest cheers) but the crowd got wise to it eventually. And it was SO bad that some of the crowd actually shouted “DiGi sucks!”. Man.

But half an hour later the band was on and live! Mr. Tyson Ritter was high and away *hellloooo bay-beeee!* and kicked it away with the other guys Nick, Mike and Chris with a smashing Move Along. They followed up with Fallin’ Apart, and a greatly cheered Dirty Little Secret *can I tell you something dirty?*. After Swing Swing, I Wanna, the titular Mona Lisa, Real World, well, we felt a little cramped and yeah, kinda bored, ’cause some of the songs we didn’t know all the lyrics to. But we were moving to the back during a deceptively calm instrumental piano piece when suddenly…man, I wish I could notate music here in a way you all would understand.

“Your subtleties, They strangle me; I can’t explain myself at all~”

“Hey! Let’s stay!”

Yes we were chuffed. Ahahhhh =)

After that thrilling rendition of It Ends Tonight, we continued on our way to the back to enjoy the concert where it wasn’t so packed. After Damn Girl and a few more songs, they ended with a roar that literally gave us hell. Gives You Hell. Sweet.

Anyway, our group consisted (initially) of Danco, Farah, Muffin and I. Su Yin joined us later on (naturally). Later we (happily) met Pravind and Kishore. My brother also came (early) with his friends, Xiet Yang and Ben.

Pictures:

Party of Five =)

The three homeboys - Ben, Xiet Yang and my bro Jeshua.

Kishore and Pravind =)

Farah and Muffin

Danco and Su Yin

Farah and I

We pose like the people we are...

Pravind, Muffin and Kishore. Per usual, Muffin muka sama ja. Ahah.

Muffin and I

Party of Five! plus some sesat.

enjoy. excelsior.

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

why does this have to happen to me? (would you like some cheese with that whine?)

haha. so much for cool level-headedness and stability.

first point in time:

ah, that settles it. oh well, my emotions are under control now. not gonna think about her. it’s not gonna work. I’m just being fantastical and immature. yippee. that’s over and done with. good to know I can look forward.

an hour later, after seeing a certain person’s photo:

ah, there’s always hope, isn’t there? gonna work at it! here I come, girl! can you wait for me? I’m gonna catch up to you, yeah!

sigh.

excelsior? I don’t know.

 

selangor? no, I’m from the state of inertia.

at least that’s how I feel now.

I don’t know why, but it’s like the nearer I get to the finals and as they actually loom above, it’s like, noooo! can’t take this anymore! the horror! the terror! quick! sand! stick! head! in!

well, yeah.

I mean, c’mon. tomorrow is my Econs exam. it’s like, 11:43 p.m. I’m actually online. barely managed to cover anything in the past one hour. stare at book adalah. got so much I still need to cover. yaaargh. and yet my mind is like in a state of inertia. total lock. it’s filtering out all the info I try to push in out into the paper shredder of my mind. rip, tear, oh sorry, was that info actually useful? sorry sir.

think I need to go pray, then maybe study the last two chapters. and take a cold, freezing shower first. then…come what may, whatever.

zeitgeist flow, yeah? follow the crowd. hah.

excelsior.

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UPDATE: it seems that my fears were well-founded, and, I suspect, self-fulfilling prophecies which I should not have made. yeah, screwed it up. oooh.

focussss.

yes, it’s very tempting. I’m starting to see this everyday.

am I a late developer? going much later through what other Christian youths have already gone through?

possibly. or maybe it’s just the late switch to co-ed-ism.

but no, the games you play, the things you say, that’s not gonna be my way, no, sir.

yes. you look very happy together. and of course she’ll accept Christ. I get that. right.

but I’m not taking any risks.

have fun. I hope.

excelsior.

release.

time to be.

just…be.

time to trust.

just…trust.

time to believe.

just…believe.

time to let go.

and fall back into Your arms.

excelsior.

rise.

depression. unaffordable luxury.

emotions. untrustworthy things.

the past. the past.

words. only words.

“brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do: forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”

Philippians 3v13-14

“Wherefore seeing we also are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.

Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down and the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be worried and faint in your minds.

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.”

Hebrews 12v1-3

faith. in what is real.

belief. in a higher power.

trust. in my Heavenly Father.

strength. in my Mighty Father.

“Now unto him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.

Ephesians 3v20

dead to self.

alive in Christ.

moving in Him.

living in Him.

running to Him.

for Him.

excelsior.

teeth makeover?

check this out.

dental additions.

they still hurt. oh well. no pain, no gain. right?

excelsior.

soundsystemdraft.

what I say is, any man who can use a hammer, drill, screwdriver and other similarly interesting implements is gonna go far in life.

haha. just listen to me talk, willya? like I’m some great handyman stuff whatever xD

but yeah, having such knowledge is a bloody useful thing. managed to erect a shelf in my room and tambah some stuff to make it look it a little bit better. added a sketchy lil’ DVD player for the speakers in my room =)

my bookcase =)

the shelf.

the player jury-rigged to my old speakers.

fine, it’s just a small shelf. but hey, I’m happy with the player =)