Woo i got totally knocked out just now. Not to mention that i forgot to activate the alarm which i had already set. Silly me. Tired lar, it's a zombie-ing week.

Din really do much today. Just hanged out with the lovely one, watched Saw III together, which is like a totally off couple movie haha. Naps here and there to get some much needed sleep.

Hot tip if you're ever caught in a horror movie situation: Turn on the lights! Never fight in the dark! The ambusher always have to hide in the dark, so the more lights you have, the less places he can hide. So u can slowly "corner" the fucker and beat the shit out of him. Never fight in the dark, cos as we all know, ambushers always have some form of night vision such tt they can see and u can never see them.

Hot tip if you're ever caught in a Saw situation: Think fast, act fast, and be forgiving. Decide quickly you want to live or die, there's no time to cry. If u decide to fuck it and die, just stay there and let the mechanism kill you. Fast and painless. Dun struggle halfway then realise you do not have sufficient will to live. Then like that you go through all the pain for nothing. Not worth the effort imho.

However if you decide to live, then you gotta act real fast. Just do whatever it takes to get out of the mechanism, even though it might be very very painful. But here's the trick, if you do everything one by one, it's slow and you feel the pain continuously. If you do everything simultaneously, then the extreme pain experienced will be shorter. So do it fast and swift, and since it's gonna be painful everywhere, it really doesnt matter. You'll be so numbed with pain that you probably can't feel a shit. But it gets you out at least.

And of course usually the last trick abt the SAW situation is that, you gotta forgive your captor, or else some shit will usually happen to you/your family. Like you try to kill off the old man, but he's the only one who knows where he's hidden your beloved dog. Kinda tricky situation, toughest part of the test.

At the end of it, you're feel to go! With alot less blood and flesh definitely. Lose weight ma. Good!

Comex tml! Rawr!

Workout Log:
5 x 40 Pushups

Just got back from the OMS bbq. Tired. Fun event, we should have more of these. For the first time, i just attend a bbq, sit and eat and chat with people. I should do this more often.

It's funny how guys like to establish themselves as the alpha male, going all out to flirt with the females. And then they start challenging each other to do stuff, just to see who dares and who's able. But that's the thing, when you know you're the alpha male, you dun really have to do all these sizing up of other guys. Just by your pure force of dominance, you can walk in, get everyone's attention, and leave.

Many pple have misconceptions on what Statistics is all about. It's a life skill in essence. A skill to enable one to analyse and interpret numerical data. With that in mind, it's easy to see what jobs Statisticians can do, which is basically almost every industry.

I dun really like to be formally known as a guitar teacher, cos essentially the stuff i teach is stuff tt's very simple and it just takes some explanation and the "student" will get it. So it's just stuff that at some point in their guitar career they will get it, and i'm just someone whom they can approach to help them get it faster.

I dun teach a syllabus. There's no need to. Everyone should have free reign as to how they approach playing the guitar.

Speaking of which, i should get started on playing the guitar too. Gotta work on my Instrumetal i guess. Getting closer to record-able.

Tml's another pushup day! And it somehow makes me happy :D:D

And Wall-e is a cute movie. More for couples than kids ba. :D

And Shirui has a heart of gold. I like girls with alot of kindness. Cos i'm very very evil inside >.<

Purge this evil soul of mine~~

Getting high. Bye.

Nothing much to say today actually.

Harvey Norman salesgirl tried to rip me off. Like i'm really that stupid. Pfft.

Got a quite off haircut, but somehow something inside me stopped me from asking the stylist to trim abit more. Maybe i knew she's really cmi or smthing.

Struggled thru my pushup sets today. Somehow wasnt using the chest much today, cos couldn't feel the contractions there. More on the arms today.

Watching Wall-E tml! Woo. Think it's gonna be a fun show.

Oh and LJS breakfast tml too!

Oh and today's is one of the rare 1 coffee and no supper days. Keep it up Chang!

Dun really know what to say. Remember to go for BBQ.

Rarr!

Workout Log:
5km run
5 x 40 Pushups

Joke of the day: "Arhhh~~! My Eyesss!~"

This is what happens when you're an albino and u piss someone off like me.

There's a thin line between extremely crude and extremely funny.

Learn from observation, research and understanding.

Christmas tree toothbrush is surprisingly useful today. I'm gonna use it consistently from today onwards.

My braces broke on Sat, and NDC hasn't replied me yet. Not very good. Gonna call and pester the people there. 3rd time in like 1-2 mths? Damn power la my biting skills.

Gotta cut the coffee and supper somehow. It's crawling back into my life argh~! And eating into my pockets. Not good x2. Must drink only quality kopitiam coffee and not eat supper. Take more milk to suppress the hunger at night. That's the way to do it.

Haven't touched the guitar for a while. Johnson's iAcoustic sounds really good somehow. Must be the new strings. I havent touched my acoustic for super long. Collecting dust already. Maybe should store it away since i love the classical so much. Doesn't make sense to leave the acoustic out to weather the storms.

Or maybe i should just change to some nice strings. That could probably revive my interest in the acoustic. Shrug.

My cheat-girls-songs' skills are still there i guess. Good enough for Thursday. Muahahaha.

High on life. Woo!

Workout Log:
10 hours of class + 3 hours of sleep

Oh and LJL shone light onto my proof. Now i have something to work towards instead of blinding trying to proof some nonsense.

Woo x2!

To Phae: Yea, but sorry to say you belong to a very privileged class of people who dun need to be materialistic.

Spent the whole night trying to find some proofs, but realised all these high end educational stuff is unavailable on the web. U need to be part of an elite group of intellectuals with the money and the brain to access such stuff. Sad to say, im not one. Not even trying to be one, but i got assigned this project. Pfft.

Stupid printer died on me. Time to get a laser printer to save all the troubles. Fortunately i have good friends who can help me this time round.

I dun get why electronic products never work consistently.

It's late. I'm tired of proving.

Time to get some sleep. Long day ahead.

Workout Log:
5 x 40 pushups
6 km run
5 x 40 situps

Shag. There goes another AHM this morning. Koped a finisher medal again. Sorry for being such a cheapass, but you really have plenty what. Spare one for the Chang is ok.

Timing for this yr's run is so much better than last yr. Came in at 2h 03mins. Last yr was like 2h 30? You've improved Sir!

Feeling like such a cheapskate lately. I'm really not into the highlife. And it's weird that i have to be sneaked into a posh club lounge and eat free food, to end up being busted. What for, seriously. I really dun need it. I also dun want it. Stop asking me to go to such pompous stays next time.

I dun get why so many people want to lead the high life when they are clearly not cut for it. What's the point of renting out your HDB flat to live in a terrace house? What's the big deal about living in a terrace house?

Seriously, it's no big deal. It's just a house.

People dun get what's function over form. People are concerned with how it looks and not how it works. Everyone's obsessed with looks nowadays.

But I believe in my thinking: When you have it, you have it. People will know it, and you wouldn't need to show it.

And anyways i did my 100 pushups already. Guess i'll fuck the video, cos it cut me off halfway. Since i've already done it, i can repeat it anytime for anyone to prove myself. And i guess i will continue with doing pushups, though in a variety of styles, in a 1 3 5 manner to maintain my strength.

Gotta put up the "Did the hundred badge" on my page. Cool to have i guess. Let pple click and link and get some exercise done. It's doable Louis!

Tired. Disrupted sleep cycle and postures. Ciao

Workout Log:
100 pushups (yday)
21km run

To Mack: Can. Free on tues from 2-7. Hit me anytime man.

Just finished 2 consecutive games of Swat. Feeling the adrenaline rush now. Got an adrenaline rush in the game just now too. Lolz. It's funny how we play better in the dark without maphack. Seems like everyone's just afraid to die and starts to cooperate and do less gungho stuff. Nonetheless stupidity will always rule the day and cause u to walk straight into zombies and get urself whacked.

And LJW lost again! Haha. She clearly cannot cut it as a world class champion lar. Sorry but now you're in the same class as Lebronze James.

US won ARG. So Lebronze's no longer Lebronze. Legold now perhaps? I think USA should cruise in the finals. ARG is just such a well drilled unit with good tactics. With them outta the way, there's really not much contention from Spain. Dunk your way to gold!

Today just seemed so long, i've clearly forgotten that i've been to school this morning. That's not a good sign, cos i gotta stay in mugger mode. Maybe it's because i just did so many things the world just slowed down somehow.

Speaking of which, i've finish the wonderful 100 pushups program. Tt's 6 weeks of pushups heaven, to ultimately enable you to 100 pushups at 1 shot. I did 95 today, so probably tml or sunday i'll challenge the 100. I'm gotta get it video-ed, and probably upload for you guys to see, to show that it's achievable. Just gotta go at it religiously and you'll see it in the end.

Probably gonna do it slowly, 5 by 5. It helps to reach the 100 so much easier. Tho Louis say pple might kp and say their grandmother can do it faster. Oh well. Who cares?

Tired. Good night for me. Hope i have a dreamless night.

Workout Log:
27/27/23/23/23/23/20/20/95 Pushups
5.5km Run
10 Pullups (this might be the next challenge. 20 pullups challenge!)
60 situps

To you: identify yourself nxt time la! Mack is really just 1 letter away from hey. And if there's really a need for advanced teacher, then we'll see lar. It's hard to teach shredders when you're not one.

It's funny how random pple find me on myspace, and then they start adding me to their list of friends. It's not like i'm constantly posting stuff on other pple's pages to popularise myself. Weird. Dun mind another listener though, that's if he listens.

Cleared 2 tutorials today. One thing i hate about studying is when the question is not clear or ambiguous. So you'll spend unnecessary time fretting over the question's real meaning and interpretation. Straight to the point u shitheads! Stop setting questions with ur fucked up English especially when you are from China. Get someone else to do it for u.

Maybe tml i'll go eat the steamed soup and rice stall in school. Cheap healthy and best of all.... NO QUEUE. Yes i'm really strapped for time in school, so it's really good to have another supposedly cannot make it stall where no one will patronise. No one but me!

And the food really tastes not bad lar. Picked some off JQ's on tues. I can eat that consecutively for days.

Speaking of consecutive, i hit 25 consecutive free throws today. Not bad, considering that i havent shot for awhile. It's funny how i still struggle with threes. Some are clearly good and normal, some are totally off. I wonder if it's my way of holding the ball. Gotta be more consistent.

I dunno why i'm on such a high lately. I'm constantly cracking lame jokes and smiling to myself. It's crazy.

Oh well, time to pack for sch tml.

Workout Log:
100 Jumpers
10 consecutive FT (made 10, boo)
50 Three Pointers
10 consecutive FT (made 25, woo)

To pighead: Hard to describe to you lar. If it's that simple i'd have done it too. Just gotta watch the video to understand.

To mystery tagger: I dun really like mysterious taggers.

On a coffee overdose today. Just couldnt resist the aroma and the delicious taste. Must really try to cut it to max of 1 per day.

Kinda productive today, basically just cleared the supposedly important stuff i had to do, to leave room for pure schoolwork tml eg tutorials and readings (ugh). And of course pushups today, grand total of 294. Its really easier if everything's done in 5s. Gonna hit my 100 straight soon too, now i'm at 90. See pple, it's achievable. Just give yourself 6 weeks and be commited and passionate about it.

Kai did a really kickass photoshop of my pic. U can see it off the soundclick player. Sin City feel apparently. I already changed every pic related to my music stuff to this pic. Love it. Stratochang!

Cool webbie introduced by YW: www.gothere.sg. Find your way around town. Not exactly very smart, but nonetheless more convenient than the SBS webbie.

I have an urge to re-do Instrumetal, and i already have the midi layout. Im wondering what's holding me back. Seems like there's something missing somehow tho i can't really pinpoint exactly. Hmm. It's been awhile since i made the midi, like close to 1 yr ago? Hmm x2.

I read the papers today, and saw an article on this weightlifter who miraculously won gold, just for his deceased wife. And his final lift was totally against the odds, like 10+ kg more than his previous lift. It's kinda inspiring, and kinda thought-provoking.

What would it take for me to be able to draw so much energy to push through the boundaries? I can say so far in my life i haven't done anything tt's totally for someone. There's no one to attach to my activities, and to be honest i havent faced enough adversities in life to understand strength and courage.

Is this why people find life meaningless and purposeless?

There should be more dedication in the things we do. That's how we taste greatness at the end of the road. The Olympics is a clear indicator.

Sad to say i havent been VERY dedicated and consistent in the things i do. Maybe that's why everything is just so so, passable. Enough to get thru and smoke the ignorant. What shld i focus on then? What are my clear strengths? What are the things i like to do and able to do it consistently at a high level?

Questions questions questions.

To gal: Relax! Rest more. Live to fight another day.

Sweet dreams everyone. I need some.

Workout Log:
30/30/25/25/25/25/22/22/90 Pushups

Ya, managed to get another guitar disciple today. Heidi's the name, and if she's single and available. If anyone needs a partner can consider her ^^. Check my facebook friends for more details. Search intelligently!

I dislike the fact that many of my friends go to music school and do not really learn what the guitar is all about. And then they get forced fed with myopic viewpoints on guitar playing. Here's some examples:

"Classical guitar is inferior sound-wise compared to acoustic guitar"

Like REAL! Both sound like SHIT! Embrace the ELECTRIC GUITAR! Shredness courses through your veins when u hold one. The electricity gives u more power, speed and most importantly... TONE.

"Guitars have 6 strings, and bass guitars have only 4 strings"

Nonsense again! Guitars definitely have more than 12 strings. Let's see mine... 1,2...12!

"Strumming is hard, requires you to change chords quickly"

Y learn strumming, when there is RIFFING! Feel the heavy metal chug compared to the country twang. Only palm muting is able to cut thru the mix! Riffing doesnt involve changing chords, it involves IGNORING chords. Problem solved.

See tt's what you get when u have school from 8am to 10pm. Yes u read it right. 14 hours of wholesome NUS experience in a day.

Stop paying money to music schools to learn bullshit which u can easily learn from me. It's free, and i guarantee you all the things that i teach you will be so idiot proof that you will just go "OH CHEY! Din know it's so easy".

I guarantee with my name on it. When it comes to teaching beginners, i'm the best in the business.

Stratochang!

And who offers 24 hrs online guitar assistance? Who? Can u name me ONE person? I bet Gibson dun even have such solid customer support. That's service with a S.

Bring ur guitar, come to me, i'll debunk all the common myths tt confounds you.

I like the fact tt i can help people this way. To enable pple to enjoy their hobby the way they want it, without imposing any restrictions on their perceptions of their hobby, exposing them to more information, encouraging them to learn more themselves.

I feel that it's what i do best.

Managed to slack for 4 hours in school. It's amazing how time passes so fast in the Hyper Lab. Must be the hyperness of it all, distorts the time somehow. Maybe i'm living in +4 hrs right now. Haha.

I'm damn high. But i dunno why. It rhymes.

Speaking of rhymes, this website is the shit: WriteRhymes

Songwriters and poets will great benefit from this. Pple like Daniel would find this completely useless cos he's the witsharp wordsmith. Witsharp wordsmiths dun need stuff like this. Shitheads like me would need stuff like this. Good to know, good to have. Bookmark!

Following Lifehacker's crappy advice to extract some small batteries outta the big ones, i tried it on 3 batteries and failed miserably. The batteries in SG are just not designed this way sadly. No cost savings plan anymore. Sigh.

Rest day today. Shag out.

Nothing much happening today. Wanna wake up for shots today, but ended up sleeping back again till 1pm. The fatigue from last night still lingered i guess.

Madness pushup day. Today's quite over the top. 260+ pushups in total. A major jump of 190+ from last week. But of course i do rest quite a bit today. Doing 5 by 5 does help in pacing yourself. And i plan to skip the squats and calves this week, in preparation of AHM. Time to give them some valuable rest.

Yet to get started on typing my FYP stuff, and LJL just threw me another paper to read up on. Heavy stuff, 15 pages of heavy stuff. Gotta get started on it as it shld help me with my proof somehow.

Time to sleep ^^. Tml's a long day = free days.

Workout Log:
56/45/42/40/85 Pushups

Maybe it's time to move out of Jurong. I sense an impending tranny invasion.

Sorry but i despise trannies, gays and to a very much lesser extent, lesbians. I think these people are somewhat mentally ill.

I fear gays and trannies just purely because, being an alpha male, they might hit on me anytime. And i dun like to get hit on by anything other than girls.

I fear lesbians because they are vying for the same market share of girls as mine, so they are competition in my eyes. But of course girl on girl action is always nice, and they open up the possibility for threesomes, so i guess it's not that bad after all.

But trannies, ugh. At least those in thailand are hot lar. Jurong ones are like wtf ugly.

A wave of fatigue hit me today. Felt so sleepy the entire day. Imagine me watching the Olympics and dozing off. Shirui too. We're snoozing infront of the telly. Sleepy Sunday it is.

Start of another week. Probably time to get working.

Workout Log:
6.5km Run

Today:
-Phelps won his 7th medal. Amazing.

-Germany made it to the pingpong men's finals. Amazing.

-Usain Bolt won the 100m finals in a leng leng fashion. Amazing.

-USA thrashed Spain 119-72 for bball. Amazing.

I really think this Olympics is alittle bit different. Almost every bloody record is broken. Seems like the stars are really aligned for this event. 080808 is really huat.

Huat ar.

Today i helped a stranger push his car while doing my regular runs. So within 3 months, i pushed cars twice. Seems like this year is the year to push cars. And surprisingly, pushing cars requires quite a good deal of leg power. I could feel it in the calves. There's not much arm strength involved it seems.

I felt even happier, knowing that i could spread my happiness to other people. I was already feeling very happy, with the cool weather, the great Jay Chou ballads accompanying me, the lightness in my body while running.

Today is a good running day. It felt totally good. No fatigue, even when i kinda pushed myself alittle faster.

Spent quite abit of time today playing SWAT with YW. Trying out the new version. Low level players like us would probably not feel much difference with the overall gameplay. But it's fun to play once in a while, to get the whole zombie vibe back into your blood again. Aha. Time to plan how to escape when there's a zombie infestation.

I'm happy today. Are you?

Workout Log:
6.5km Run
Car pushing ^^

Long talk. Shag. Gonna sleep early. FYP's getting sucky. Singapore wins a medal finally, but LJW really doesnt have the look and gamesmanship of a champion. Spoilted little princess shld play some other atas sports.

Workout Log:
18/18/16/16/14/14/12/80 Pushups,Squats, Calf Raises.

Salad night again. Like fluffy, i like cabbage alot. But i'm not really keen on the celery tt my mom insists shld be in every salad.

Free music coming from Bro's room. Mad fucker likes to blast it really loud. Not to mention he's got a really solid set of speakers. 8 yrs and going on real strong.

Wah my left groin hurts suddenly. Random pain! Not good. I put yokoyoko on my groin and it burns like fuck. Bad idea. How do you stretch the groin area? Fuck.

Just finished the US Greece match. Melo finally showed some signs of significance by nailing some threes and playing good defense overall. US still looked lost on their set plays, but their transition game is really top notch. Totally runs the opponent down, so much so that the Greek players had to call their own substitutions.

Think they have a solid shot at gold this time. At the rate they are playing defense, it bodes well. James has scary stats. 13 pts, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks, 2 steals in 27 mins. Madness. And Wade has 6 steals to his 17 pts. Tt's very well rounded games they're playing.

Hope they show the finals live on tv.

Workout Log:
6.5km run

Eating salad while surfing net: Nice. But stupid dentist put the cement blocks again to prevent me from chewing: sucks. Tough to eat when you cant bite anything properly. Time to slurp again.

OMS welcome tea is over. Talked to quite a few of the junior OMS members, and i realised tt i'm not really into this event organising gig going thingy. I dun appreciate the local scene, i can't fire off names of local bands and their songs either. Maybe tt's the reason y i'm always just the sleeper member.

I think i only want more hits for my songs so that they can attack the Soundclick charts. "Tell Me" is already #9 on the pop rock charts. Listen more leh, hope it gets #1 soon ^^.

Shld work on FYP tml. Seeing LJL on friday. Hope i dun get suaned or scolded. *shudder*

Workout Log:
20/20/18/18/15/15/14/75 Pushups, Squats Calf Raises.

75 pushups is surprisingly more achievable today. Do 10, rest, 10 rest and so on.

Edited the harmony vocals for "Tell Me". Apparently it's too soft, which some parts i intentionally did so, and some parts i unintentionally forgot to boost. Oh well, hope this version fixes every minor complain :)

Sch's pretty chill today, except for XJF's wonderful lecture on defining what is median. I fell somewhat asleep throughout that lecture though i managed to catch a few key bits here and there. And the lecture on graph theory is quite interesting so far, and the lecturer is quite funny. At least he bothers to try and keep his students interested, which is good lar. Can't fault a guy like tt.

Tml's OMS welcome tea! Time to check out freshie rock chicks! Roar!

Today's another rest day. 8am to 10pm classes. What to do? Tues shall be designated rest days ba.

Alright, i've uploaded the song onto Soundclick. You can readily hear it auto-play from the sidebar. For lazy RSS readers, here's the link for u buggers:

Tell Me (disable ur pop-up blocker though)

Responses have been encouraging so far, but of course the singing is still annoying. Can't help it. Live with it i guess. Kinda pity that i'm not a great singer, or else the song will really be solid imho.

I dunno if it's me, but it bugs me when pple tell me they can't hear what i'm singing. But the problem is, who can hear exactly what the singer is singing on the first listen? Dun you guys need to read the lyrics meh?

Anyways, here's the lyrics (to ensure everyone knows what i'm singing about)

Tell Me by Chang

Take a good look at yourself
Wishing you were someone else
Wished that you could only understand
It's all just a pretence

Seen through your lying eyes
Masquerade, your disguise
If you're weary and have lost your way
You can come to stay

Tell me how you're feeling
The words that you're not saying
I'll never be too far

Tell me what you're thinking
No matter how they may seem
I'll hear right from the start

So take this chance let me know
Cos i'll be there

If you ever lose control
Take in comfort of your soul
Never let their reasons blind your way
It gets hard to see

Among all of our weakness
Between our differences
It's tough to be yourself
You know

The secrets you've been hiding
The demons that you're fighting
Will tear right through your soul

So tell me how you're feeling
The words that you're not saying
I'll never be too far

Tell me what you're thinking
No matter how they may seem
I'll hear right from the start

So take this chance let me know

I'll be there
I'll be there

So take this life and make it right
And know it's there for you to hold on
So take this life and make it right
I'll be there for you to hold on
I'll hold on to you

Tell me how you're feeling
The words that you're not saying
I'll never be too far

Tell me what you're thinking
No matter how they may seem
I'll hear right from the start

Tell...Me..
I'll never be too far
Tell...Me...
I'll hear right from the start

So take this chance let me know

To Johnsoon: Melodyne yes, you can have it. It's not very big. Bring a HD next time you come over. There's actually no acoustic guitar. I used my electric and turned on the acoustic sim on my amp. Lotsa tweaking on the eq too to get the sound i like. And you shouldn't feel ashamed cos some of the stuff u come up with are amazing. It's just the effort lor.

And anyways, it's not tt i want to put in alot of effort. The process is just like that this time round. It's not the process tt counts for me, it's the ending. So whatever it takes, the song has to be out. And tt's what matters to people anyways.

Joseph's singing tip: Speak clearer = sing clearer. So i shall try to speak slower and pronounce my words better. Less slurring on speech = more clarity and brightness in songs.

Tml's sch. I'm finally the oldest bird in class. Kinda unprepared for this sem yet. Gotta switch to mugger mode soon! No more musician mode!

Gotta wake up at 6 too. So shag la.

Kk gotta load songs into my iPod to prepare for battle tml. Rarr!

Workout Log:
40/32/30/25/70 Pushups, Squats, Calf Raises. (Woo!)
5km Run.

Finally wrapped up recording! Pretty satisfied with what i got today. Havent mixed properly yet thought. Shall finish up mixing by tml.

Things i learnt:
- If your voice suck ass like mine, add a subtle harmony line underneath it. Instantly creates more volume in your vocals. I like to start with 3rds, then slowly alter the line abit by mixing up with 5ths and 6ths to create more variety.

-Dynamics. Some tracks just have to be louder at some parts, and softer at some parts. I used to be lazy to bother tweaking every single track for volume, but it's really helpful now i've done it, cos it gives more room for your vocals and solos to shine. And it's also less fatigue on the ears.

- Delay is a good alternative to reverb to achieve the stereo-y sound. But it sounds better if the track is not continuous like strummy stuff, cos it will then become messy.

-Mixing with headphones and speakers is totally different sounding. At least for my case. So really have to lan lan and choose one way and live with it. I personally like to mix with headphones mores cos i listen to my own songs alot while on the go, so it's better they sound good in my iPod at least.

It's finally close to finished. I smell the end. I can start sch soon.

Workout Log:
6.5km run
5/5/5/5/12 Pullups
5 x 20 situps.

Getting slack with the workouts. Hmm. Nvm, shall try to hit 20 pullups no matter what.

Recording day 2:
- Smoother. Finally got the drums the way i wanted it. Loud sidestick is key. But then i realised something else. Fuck.
- Nailed the acoustic track in 1 take. Pretty proud of myself for that.
- Found ideas/inspiration for the clean track. I like it alot.
- Recorded 2 takes for vocals but din really like them. Melodyne is able to clean up the pitching and wavering voice parts, but feel and oomph is not there somehow.
- Got some ideas for solo, gonna nail them tml due to the cuts on my left hand tt i suffered during ball just now. Grr.
- It's funny how everyone likes my falsetto singing. I think it sounds retarded. And so is the rest of my singing. I sound annoying to me.

Target for tml:
- Redo vocals, try with more emotions, better pronounciation, more oomph, hopefully can gather some vibrato which i think is highly impossible. More 放.
- Finalise solo and nail it.
- Distorted guitar parts. Not yet decided how to do it. Watch the tone too. 2 parts left and right probably.
- Harmony vocals? Gotta think of the line tho. Not gonna too hard with Melodyne around.
- Mix.

Notes to self:
- Nv use grace notes in GP5.
- Cut closed hihat, ride, crashes volume. Really cut splash volume. Boost open hihat volume. Boost sidestick volume up.
- Always tune before recording. Tune before every take. Highly important.
- Contact clean every jack and input before using. Tarnish v fast. Shitass equipment. I need a plastic box to keep all the audio equipment. Tupperware with compartment style. Shirui can try to remind me to purchase this? Thanks hunny.

403 has a wonderful basketball court with a nice and sturdy net. I think i shall go there to shoot nxt time. Net with fence to keep the ball in. How nice lar.

Ball with the guys just now. Was good i guess, everyone's friendly for once. I think i learning to forgive alittle these days. Show good faith to me and i'll show good faith to you i guess.

Shirui's coming back soon. Shit. No more hot chick hangouts.

Help.

Dunno why Cubase is so glitchy today. It just fails to trigger BFD properly, with minute zing-y sounds here and there. Hope the overall record is able to cover up the sound. Sigh.

Spent so much time today to do something so simple. I guess it's due to that i havent recorded anything in a while. Was searching high and low for a simple converter jack and then there were some minor cock ups here and there during the recording process. Oh well.

At least now i'm mildly satisfied with the drum n bass tracks. Tml shall lay the acoustic(easy), distorted rhythm(easy but no idea what to do), solo(hard), vocals(super hard), mixing(uber hard).

3 more days left to finish up this song. (i start sch on tues ^^v). I really think its nice and meaningful this time round.

Louis gave me an idea to challenge for 20 pullups. Similar to the 100 pushups challenge. I think 20 pullups is achievable, just have to keep doing. Just add progressively for 6 weeks and i think 20 pullups is do-able.

And anyways i hit 65 pushups today. Woo.

Workout Log:
30/22/22/20/65 Pushup, Squat, Calf Raises
~6km Run (took an alternate route with Chao today. Quite cool)
4 sets of 20 situps (went home to shit after the 4th set. Off)

To Shirui: *bite*

Finally finished the drum and bass track! Probably gonna tweak alittle tml, but generally it's good to go. Finished the lyrics as well! Today's gotta be a damn musically productive day. As far as i know, the song will end up to be >5mins. For a ballady pop song, i think tt's abit too much, but i'll just stick to it so tt i can display my vocal powers this time. And it's still like shit. Aha.

I discovered a very good way to write lyrics today. It's what i call, "Read-writing". Because lyrical writing, to me at least, involves key words tt you try to form a phrase with. So what i did was to fire up an article tt Chao sent me called "Strength Finder", and just started skimming/reading it. Soon enough i began to see some words that i think is usable and try to fit into the lyrics. So i was pretty much alt-tabbing between the article and my lyrics, editing them as i read along.

And tt helped me finish up the lyrics pretty quickly. Like 2 hrs?

Essentially the lyrics are still quite cheesy i guess. But it's good enough for now.

Now the next tough part: Think of the "production" side of the song. Like where to lay distorted guitars, strings, harmony, funny sounds perhaps. Yea havent really fleshed them out cos i was just strumming along all this while. Wasn't thinking so far this time round especially with the shitass structure.

Chao had a first hand live listen with the midi backing and my live sing/strum. I think he likes it somehow. But of course my singing had to improve, especially the verse parts. He's right, it's not 放 enough. Must let my emotions out. Try my best ok?

I like singing. But only if there's no one around. At least i'm considerate.

Just caught 21. Quite an interesting film, as in it gives a brief insight into the card-counting world. Story-wise is so so, but Kate Bosworth makes for sufficient eye candy. Worth a watch.

Card-counting can be easy on paper, but it requires extreme practice. Because only with perfection can you beat the banker. Can always try, but i think most people will give up pretty quickly. Imagine the algorithm is worse than a rubik's cube?

Today's a rest my knees day. Rainy too. Thanks Jesus for giving me a break somehow. But pls dun be constipated tml. I need to have my runs (pun intended).

I'm nv a pun guy. Dan's the pun guy.

Night.

Replies:
Johnson: Er ok. That's even better then. You have depapepe in you before u heard them!

Shirui: Spot check u back.

My RTK3 Lao3 Ren2 Ji4 aka "Old Man Tactic" has failed. Basically, just wait out the game until everyone dies of old age. Too bad i dun have any actual successors, or this tactic would turn out better. Shld try a better ruler nxt time.

Arranged my printer, table, wires and cleaned up my room alittle. I feel the increased productivity which i ended up spending on RTK3 (LOL).

Off topic: Some Indys are quarrelling NOW. 4 am. Woo. Such a cooling night, yet such heated words.

Verdict: Mopping is over-rated. Wiping with the cloth using ur hands is so much more effective. Especially on dirty floors.

Conclusion: To clear clutter, remove things that you think you may need, and keep them in drawers/handy containers en masse. For things u'll never/close to never need, just throw. Leave only things u use on a daily basis lying around your table.

I dun understand y my putting of Shirui's picture on my msn has caused such a big furore. Can't i show off my girlfriend for once? Sorry if anyone of ur dun have a gf lar. I apologise for that.

Too bad. I just really like this picture so much so that i want to see it all the time on my msn and my phone. Maybe my desktop wallpaper too. Watch out.

Sch's starting soon, and im sticking to my 2 day week. Hate it when others last minute ask me wanna take a certain module like tt. Too stunning lar. I cannot take surprises. Give me time to react and strategise.

Tml's thursday. I hope i can finish the song layout by tml. Roar!

Workout Log:
27/21/21/18/60 Pushups, Squats, Calf Raises
6.5km Run.

I almost wanted to put a guitar tuner widget on my blog courtesy of Howtotuneaguitar.org, but ended up deciding that my side bar is just too cluttered with my playlist, tagboard and many other junk.

Got rid of Adobe Reader finally, and replaced it with Foxit Reader. Faster, more functional, less annoying, and smaller in size.

Thanks to Louis for his botak treat in return for my services for Science of Music. My midi's just kickass lar, admit it!

During the dinner, we talked abt the games we used to play, which led to me downloading Shining Soul and Advance Wars. Those were the games tt got me through duty in NS. Good stuff for collection, never know when i might have time to burn. Like during exams ^^.

Dun worry, i'll put it in a very inconvenient location on my com so tt it's a hassle to locate it and play, and therefore serves as a possible deterence to play. But of course we all know it's futile. Muahahaha.

Got the new version of GP5, 5.2 to be precise. Seems like they really hyped up the RSE shit, which to me sounds totally crap and useless. At least now the installer is broken up into it's parts, so i can safely ignore the RSE sounds this time. And it seems like they've added more mixing components to help you create the "ultimate midi". Pls, just use some VSTi. It's SO much better. Like 100 times better? Realistic sounds versus real sounds, cmon, it's easy to choose.

I'm thinking of rearranging my room, but i found it to be achievable but impractical eventually, so i scrapped the idea. Now i'm thinking of rearranging my table somewhat, cos it's getting too cluttered for my liking. Clear the space for the sem as well. And i wanna shift my power plugs and my printer abit to more accessible locations. Sucks to always have to walk ard my table to check whether the notes print, then walk back and check the com. Totally retarded.

Johnson's complex song is kinda nice. Depapepe-ish. Imitation is the best form of flattery. It takes quite a bit of skill to copy too u know. Like copy 90%, so tt it's there but not there, but u can't say it's not there. Haha.

I like the mixing as well, more balanced i guess. Reverb really makes something fade into the background more. Something to take note.

Still working on the drum track. Abit more than yday. I realised the many ways i can expand the song now. With more song parts, comes more ways to arrange the song, though it would be more preferable to adhere to certain conventions like verse chorus verse, instead of something more radical like bridge verse, solo, prechorus, solo 2, chorus. I dunno lar, just shooting something random.

Here's a teaser of what the final song structure will be like:
(to be frank, this is the first time i wrote something so structurally complex)
Intro
Verse 1 soft
Verse 1 loud
Chorus
Verse 2
Prechorus
Chorus
Bridge
Solo 1
Interlude( or whatever, Bridge 2)
Vocal Solo + Solo 2 perhaps
Chorus
Outro

Something like tt. Though chords might be repetitive for some parts, the stuff tt's going underneath is abit more complex, so umm, watch out for it!

Workout Log:
6.5km Run
10 Sets of:
-1:15 Plank with ball
-10 Trunk twists
-10 Deadlifts
-10 Side bends

This is a reply post just in case i forget.

Jerrard: My bro borrowed the book from SAFTI military library. Im not sure whether u can get it from the public libraries. The book is by asiapac tho, so it's like ur typical Singaporean comic book. Maybe u can buy it off popular or smthing.

Louis: No, u are not hot chick. But we're gonna eat some later. ^^

Daniel: ELT is super nice la. One of my favourite bands of all time.

Since i had a lyrical block, might as well work on the rest of the song. Midi-ed out the drums and bassline already, so now it's just a matter of rearrangement and C&P of the various parts.

Gonna botak with Louis tml! Yea he owed me one for abt 1 yr +? Must eat his money's worth.

Regarding bidding, the past doesnt affect the future. So it makes no sense in knowing what the winning bids were for the previous sems, cos it doesnt mean anything this time around. People seem to like this sense of false security, like having such pointless information can affect their eventual bidding decision.

Seriously, it makes no difference. Just login and assess the situation. You have enough points means you have enough points. That's it.

Did my pushups with the ball on my feet today as promised. Feels different, not necessarily tougher on the arms, but more like a full body exercise. The constant adjustment you have to make while doing the pushups works the back quite abit. Just have to focus more on doing the pushups and making them count.

And my max today is 55. Woo. My arms nearly snapped. The delts hurt now. Which is good. I like nice delts.

Should have went for a run today, but was kinda late and kinda lazy as well. I think when the sem starts the workout levels will have to be like the current state. Just 1 short session a day, instead of the insane double sessions i was doing a mth back.

So probably i shld design a simple workout week to incorporate all exercises i do, to keep myself in shape at least. Shall plan and see ^^.

Shirui's gonna be outta town, so i'm a free bird! YES! Time to hang out with the hot babes!

Like real.

Workout Log:
27/20/20/17/55 Pushup/Squats/Calf Raises

Ugh i'm outta feeds to read. Boring boring.

I finished the comic book "Strategies from Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Cutely drawn, funny yet tells the story intelligently. A quick way to access the Three Kingdoms story if you're interested.

Went for the National Dog Walk today. Hapi din finish the walk cos he's a lazy ass. The walk is also kinda pointless, cos from what i see, not many people actually finished the walk. It's just like a mega event for the dogs to hang out together, with many booths to sell dog-related stuff. The walk is like just there for show.

Hapi's really stupid, got bitten in the ear by another pissed-off dog. Know when to stop sniffing other pple. The world is harsh, cold and cruel. Dogs included. Dun be too friendly dumbass.

Reel Big Fish is a good running companion. The songs are funny and upbeat, and the guitar skank just keeps you pumping. Best of all you can run to the beat for most songs, which is good cos it gives u rhythm and something to follow to i guess.

So far i've managed to plan a 2 day week for this sem. Promising, but modules wise it's still quite heavy. 2 lvl 4000 and 2 lvl 3000 + FYP. Hopefully nothing turns out horribly wrong. Just put in effort and this sem will pass like any other.

And of course hope XJF teaches properly. Cos he din do a good job for data mining last sem. And also regression analysis 1 yr back. I dunno y i keep taking his modules even though i know he's kind of a screwed up lecturer.

Monday again. Hope it's a good week.

Workout Log:
5km Run
10 Sets of:
- 1:15 plank with ball
- 10 Trunk twists
- 10 Dead lifts
- 10 Side bends

Men's Health is a surprisingly interesting magazine to read. It's less gay than i thought, especially with tips like "Get the body she craves".

It's irritating to hear people say "oh this sounds like game music". WTF is game music? So Aerosmith is game music because it's on Guitar Hero? You heard them via the game what. It's like saying Aerosmith is movie music, cos I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing is played in Armageddon.

So Aerosmith is game and movie music. And it's also rock. Or is it not?

Metallica's gonna be game music too. Shit!

Dumbasses.

Y isnt there a proper Nike or Adidas sale ever? Their sales never seem cheap enough, cos today Shirui clearly showed me what a sale should be like. So pwned. Stuff shld be going for $20 dollars max, not $20 min!

To increase the difficulty of my pushups (yes i currently feel it's not enough), i shall add a ball on my feet to create some inbalance and kick in my core muscles. Core strength really helps in everything we do and it's a very good idea to start training the core before embarking on any form of intensive exercise.

It's been a while since i went for shots. Time to start shooting again. Mid range jumpers FTW!

Today's a hazy day. Can't recall what ive done. Mostly junk i guess. But i'm happy. Cos Chao advised me to. So that in case i die the nxt moment, i'll die a happy man at least. Good advice!

Workout Log:
6.5km run
50 Pushups
50 Situps
12 Pullups.
Lotsa talk cock.

Team USA is a beast. On paper, it looks like a free-scoring team. In actual fact, it's a very much defensive oriented strategy they are adopting. Aggressive defence to be precise.

I really like Kobe's defensive game. I think he's the MVP because he can do everything. And it takes quite alot of professionalism to humble down and play hard-nosed D and let the other guys do the scoring job.

Good D leads to fast breaks. I'm sure Kobe's past the "i need to do a spectacular dunk" phase.

Lyrics are so so. No juice today. Lame shit. Haha.

Tired. Blog less.

I dislike 7th month btw. I dislike burning of incense. I feel it's less health => less wealth and therefore totally contrary to what people are praying for.

Workout Log:
30/22/22/20/50 Pushups, Squats, Calf Raises.

Just completed Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3 using Sun Jian. Still a great game, though the AI is abit too easy this time round. Aimed to collect all the leaders, but stupid Cao Cao and Liu Bei just refuse to join me even when i've got them cornered with no soldiers and food. Damn.

Din do much today. It's a gaming day. Chill for once.

Good night! ^^