Kitaro Live at Genting 2009

Hi everyone! I just got back from Genting.. Hehe.. spent two days there.e The first day was very exciting... got to see kitaro live in concert for the second time! The first time i saw kitaro was in 2007... the one i saw a few days ago was just as good.. =)

Here are a couple of pics from the concert.. =)

The arena of stars was filling up fast that night... thank god we were there early...

Here's a closer look at his famous drum... =)

Aperture 2

I got this cool software from Apple.. It's called Aperture 2... It's like photoshop.. but i prefer the Aperture since i'm using my mac... here is a sample of what it can do... i edited this myself.. =)

This is the first pic.. =)... unedited...

This is the edited one... hehe.. nice? =P

PS: pics are taken from KL Bird Park in 2008... =)

Steinway

Hi everyone.. been so long since i uploaded any piano songs.. anyways.. here's one.. i recorded this with a Studio Steinway Grand piano.. one would easily cost you 500K... haha.. anyways.. i recorded a part of Cavatina.. hope you all like it... =)..

Cavatina on Steinway

PS: Do use good speakers/earphones/headphones to feel the tone and warmth of the piano. =D

Sick. Sick. Sick.

Dry cough for more than a month.. Difficulty breathing recently... sucks.. really sucks.. it's preventing me from being at the top of my game.. =(

Sick of Being Sick

It's 3 weeks already i been having cough... damn.. i hate coughs.. fever and flu easy to go off.. but cough.. so troublesome... hard to focus when practicing.. even worse when i try to practice my saxophone... i even finished my cough mixture.. stupid cough still bugging me.. and it's dry cough.. very irritating.. at times, can cough till get headaches.. or even worse, migraines.. tomorrow i have class with my major instrument instructor.. i'm sick of that one too... damn it...

Bass clef, The Bastard clef.

Hi everyone... been awhile since i last posted anything.. today started my first piano major class.. i was looking forward to it.. up till the moment where my instructor told me that i had to play jazz by reading from written music.. which means, treble and bass clef together.. Hello?? i thought that the bass is up to the player's improvisation and discretion.. where is the freedom in playing jazz if i have to play from written score?? this sucks.. what a letdown.. really no mood to touch my piano.. been playing saxophone whole day... i dunno why i learnt and practiced my jazz voicings...  i really lost my temper after the class.. so sickening.. i left classical music for a reason.. and i want to learn jazz coz i like the freedom of expression in it, with the improvisations.. now that i'm here, it looks like they are trying to stuff me back into classical.. i ******* hate this... where got have to learn jazz the classical way? it's very very stupid... To the instructor, please don't do this to cater to the classical students who are just too stupid to figure out voicings for playing jazz.. i know what you're trying to do, you insolent ignorant pretender.. just stick to teaching classical if you like students playing from written score.. damn you.. damn you.... you are a disgrace to the contemporary arts... 

What Is It?

Something is missing. I'm still not getting enough out of music. What is missing. Something is. I'm half full and half empty. Sighs. =(

My Book

This here is my book! hehe.. not a story book.. but my external hard disk.. yeap.. a 640gb one.. hehe.. quite huge capacity.. but i doubt that will be enough for me.. =p.. anyways.. here are the pics of my new external drive.. =p

Hehe.. got light blink blink when data is transmitting.. =p.. 

cute cute.. =D

Buddha Bar

Buddha Bar. They seriously have nice music. There's no doubt bout that. I downloaded all 10 volumes of their music, and i have to say, damn! Their music is so refreshing and nice. It's like new age + electornica + experimental. Very good songs in there, which can simply just make you wonder and think about the complexity of life. i highly recommend everyone to get some of the Buddha Bar music if possible. =)

Goodbye ICOM

This is my last day at ICOM. Registration day. I was so looking forward to starting the sem on monday... but it seems that i won't.. and will never be returning to ICOM.. The fees are he main reason.. when i first entered.. everything was like a fairytale.. reasonable prices.. this year, the fees are doubled.. =(... ICOM is good.. the lecturers are good and friendly.. and so are the students.. but not the management.. the management is the worst.. even a kindergarten management is far better.. sighs.. i am terribly disappointed by ICOM... 

Bugged by Boredom

AHHHHHHHHH! I'm so bored i can go mad!!! Just finished my practising.. it looks like everything that can go wrong this friday might happen... B O R I N G =(

Lonely

Digi barred my outgoing calls. I'm marooned in KL, all alone. Here i sit, at the lobby in my college. Empty college. Classes commence on monday. I can't wait for the classes to start. Till then, let me bask in my loneliness.

Mom's Graduation

My mom graduated a few months ago i think... last year.. haha... we were so proud of her.. he was doing this secretarial course at Open University Malaysia.. Anyways.. the reason i'm posting this is because i got the photos pretty late from the photography company, and i miss my family in johor.. =(... anyways.. here are the pics.. =)

This is my mom.. hehehe... so proud of her.. graduating at the age of 45.. =)

This is my mom and dad.. =)

And this is my family! hehe...

Hehe... that's my mom's graduation photos.. i miss them back in johor... :')

Sony Ex Monitor

Phew.... i got myself a really good pair of earphones.. a good way to start of the new year! haha.. =p.. anyways.. i just got mysef the Sony Ex Monitor series earphone.. mine is the MDR-EX500Sl model... it looks so cool and sophisticated.. and my oh my... the sound quality on this thing is very good! certainly worth the hefty price tag it carried.. =p... Listening to songs on my iPod with this pair of earphones will certainly be more fun now.. hehehe... ;)... here are some pics of the pair of earphones i got.. =D

This here is the box.. pretty big for a pair of earphones eh.. hehe...

After opening the package, i found this! a leather casing for the earphones... real leather o... haha... =p


a closer look at the leather casing.. hehe... pretty cool for a pair of earphones..


Last but not least, the earphones themselves... this is the gem right here.. hehe... i have to put it in this casing, so i can fit it into the leather casing.. =D.. the earphones look pretty coool eh.. wait till you hear the sound quality on this thing... =D