Torn?

You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You get what you need - Rolling Stones

There is this certain age in life where you will want something, real bad
At that age you won't understand why, the things that you want would always run away
And at that age, people around you would tell you that god won't always give
you what you want, but you will get what you need
At that age, you'll throw away what you need, and will pursue what you want

There is also another stage in life, where you can GET what you want
But instead of taking for what you can have, you turn to what you need
You realize that you need that something,
and the things that you want doesn't seem all that important

And then there is this phase where you'll want both
This is where you screw up, cos you WANT what you want and what you need

Funny you know, the human desires...

Indonesia Hebat!

Ahh, Indonesia...camne nak describe..nak kate best gile takdelah, nak kate tak best pon tak best gak..tapi ape yang aku tau, aku nak pegi situ lagi bile ade chance!!!

Nak describe bebetullah Indonesia ni, susahlah, tapi meh kite cube dulu:

1. Merokok di merata tempat, kat airport pon boleh, kat dalam tuuu
2. Smue orang isap kretek, baik yang tue, yang muda, yang huduh, yang chuun, yang kurus ataupun yang slim
3. Diorang cakap laju dowh
4. Awek sane chun dowh
5. Kalo ko rase ko ngidam nak makan mee goreng, baik korang prepare untuk makan mee segera. Kat sane smue mee goreng kat kedai buat pakai Indomee segera
6. Diroang suke Ajinomoto
7. Diorang smue rambot lebat, jeles lak aku hahaha
8. Awek sane chun dowh
9. Awek sane chun dowh
10. Kalo ko rase kat Malaysia ko ni rempit terhebat ke, Drift King ke, kat sane ade lori tgh drift sambil memotong kat tgh2 jalan raya sibuk sambil mengangkut di belakangnya belasan orang yang menumpang, smue tgh isap rokok buat muke slambe ajer
11. Driver kat Indon smue dah disablekan function 'signal' krete, diorang tukar pakai horn
12. Nasi Padang sane diorang hidang byk nak mati lauk atas meja, pastuh pandai2 korang lah makan and bayar...macam makan otak2 laaa
13. Mat rempit indon merempit tak pakai helmet, pakai sluar pendek dgn sliper SAHAJA
14. Kat sane byk orang mintak derma. Kalo ko rase ko ni ade OCD yang sirius and nak melancong gi Indon, pakai biasa2 dah la...kalo dia tau ko kaya diorang serbu ko cam tebuan
15. Kite makan Nasi Ayam, diorang ayam ngan nasik
16. Nak reverse krete kene ade orang tahankan krete lain yang tgh jalan, jgn harap la diorang nak bagi ko kluar. Lepas tu, ko kene bagi tip kat orang yang tolong tuh
17. Kat sini kalo aku jalan2 kat mane2, mesti ade orang toleh sebab aku botak. Kat Indonesia, smue orang toleh tgk aku sbb aku pakai cermin mata (sbb orang baya aku kat sana ramai yang tak rabun, maklumlah, diorang kuat makan sayur)
18. Kat sane helmet macam2 kaler n design, dan kesemua helmet ialah full-faced.
19. Kat sane, orang ada dimana mana saje. Kat tepi2 lorong, kat depan kedai, tepi kedai, blakang kilang, siap ade yang berkelah kat tepi jalan raya lagi!
20. Kuda laut hidup dijual dlm plastik kat tepi2 pantai, cam orang jual air oren kat budak2 sekolah plak
21. Kalo kuda laut tu mati, diorang buat ubat (eeeew~~~)
22. Kalo orang tempatan masuk tandas, bayar 1000 rupiah je (RM0.30++). Kalo diorang dengar ko cakap2 dalam bahasa selain bahasa indonesia before masuk toilet,naik jd 2000 rupiah!
23. Jalan 2 lane bleh jadi 5 lane
24. Kat Indonesia, diorang panggil jamm (kesesakan lalulintas) "macet", hahahahahaha!
25. Ombak kat Malaysia kiut2 je, kat Indon ombak telan orang punya line
26. Kat Indonesia, gadis2 ramai tak pakai tudung, sbb kalo ko pakai tudung die panggil ko "Ibu", cam adik aku kene ahahahahahaha!
27. Mak pakai tudung labuh, bapak pakai kopiah, anak kat depan pakai tights n tube top...aruuuuu~~~!
28. Kat Indonesia, awek2 smua pakai skinny jeans n tight leggings, aruuuu~~!
29. Laki kat indon suke pakai hood, tengahari pon pakai gak
30. Kat factory outlet store sane ade jual condom n lubes...aku pon tak paham
31. Ade skali ni sekumpulan mat2 Indon ushar panas kat aku, cam mat rempit Malaysia ushar panas mat indon kat sini, seram dowh...
32. Awek sane chun dowh~~!!!!!!!!!

Demand Support

Indie bands versus mainstream music in Malaysia. That's what they've been talking bout these days; why indie band stand out, why indie band sucks, why mainstream music needs change, why mainstream music is better than indie bands...it doesn't really make sense does it?

My point here is that people are comparing music from two very different sources and labelling them as genres (if you would put 'indie' and 'mainstream' as genres that is) What's wrong listening to mainstream music? What's wrong listening to indie? Why compare music? Why degrade a certain genre? Aren't music suppose to be subjective, where anyone can listen to anything they want to listen to?

Why do most Malaysians degrade the indie movement?

Some people don't like indie because of the scene, the impact that gives to our youngsters, like a plague brought down from virus infected meteors on earth. Suddenly kids everywhere wears the same style of clothes, same hairstyle, same skinny jeans...Some, even hate indie bands for singing their songs in Malay; jumping on the bandwagon they say. Quite true i suppose, cause before, indie scene in Malaysia had always been in English; OAG, Flop Poppy, Butterfingers to name a few.

Maybe they don't understand indie in the first place...most consider indie as a genre, which is partially true. But what does it really mean to be indie?

Indie is the understanding that music should not come in genres, music should be independent, free from any type of musical, content or language reasons. Indie is an expression, an expression that does not fall within limits. To express is to tell a story or and idea transcending the boundaries of self, culture and even religion. Indie is SUPPOSE to be a movement, to revolutionise and to extort limitations from songwriters and music listeners alike.

Well, its not wrong to place indie as a genre, but think of the implication of this would develop into? Pattern. A pattern of the same sound, shared by numerous bands, copied and recycled. If indie were to be labelled as a genre, they will develop this idea that if its not broken, it should not be fixed; if a certain style or pattern in writing a song works, why try hard in finding new music? If indie is labelled as a genre, then where is the 'indieness' in Malaysian music? The soul and originality of a songwriter? The expression of musical ability and musical messages?

But then again, it's not the listeners fault in the first place. Youngsters are conditioned to follow what are shown and given to them. I remembered this audition ad for a Twisties commercial aired sometime ago. It displayed how to become an 'indie', which is to grow your hair long, colour it then bang your head...what's that suppose to mean?? Stereotyping could never be more degrading than this. Youngsters are indoctrinated that for them to become an 'indie' (again, labelling), they only need to have this certain style of dressing or a specific image of to present themselves to the public. In the end, these guys would turnout to be one of them 'posers', not understanding a bit of what indie means, but declare themselves as a disciple to the indie understanding.

So, back to the question, "Why most Malaysians degrade indie movement?" Do they feel that the Malaysian music industry can make a breakthrough through rock kapak? Or ballads? Do Malaysians really think that by recycling the same pattern we did back when our music industry was in a glorious state would be suffice for us to evolve?

Indie is what we need right now, the catalyst that will instill in our youths the understanding that they can do it if they believe in it, they can do it if they put effort and pursue it, to escape from the social stigmata that Malaysian youth cannot succeed in the musical industry, to escape the stereotypical Malaysian style of songwriting and especially, to start a revolution, a fresh start that might change the Malaysian music scene into something of it's own. Still hate Indie? HATE indie for a cause, but SUPPORT Indie for a cause.

Hear ye!

Another short one:

Reasons for writing blogs:

1. Bored
2. To share memories or...
3. To share ideas, or discuss
4. To slam other people's ideas
5. To improve writing (??)
6. To show off your writing skills (I guess most opt for this)
7. To hookup with new bloggers; babes for men, hunks for ladies, or same gender (yuck)
8. For assignments (task given by teachers or lecturers)

Whatever the reason is, blogging is a place of sharing....so if you don't like a certain blog, clear things up with the writer before you judge them. Most people like to blindly assume that certain 'hate' pieces of writing are about them, therefore involving themselves in meaningless fights wih the writer.

My Shortest Blog Post

I've yet posted a short-written blog before, so here goes:

Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, 27th July, 2009

Weird, cause the sun is shining ever so brightly but the temperature is low...never happened before (It's fucking Shah Alam fer sakes, it's suppose to be hot, especially when there's no rain)

Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, 28th July, 2009

Weirder still; no rain, yes sun, but cold weather

Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, 29th July, 2009

Finally, rain. Even scarier, the temperature is the same as yesterday, where it didn't rain

I'm tellin' ya, something really bad or really good is about to happen, duu duuuuu duuuu~~(eerie soundtrack)

SLR

Kerak (a friend) once mentioned to me, what is it about this SLR craze? Suddenly everyone's having their own SLR, blowing off their money to buy one (or blowing off somebody's cock to afford one), and starts stamping their own photoshopped-brand-name-tag on their pet's pics and posting it on flicker or Facebook...Suddenly, everyone can be a professional photographer!

"Hek eleh, pehal plak botak ni? Suka ati aku la nak amik hobi ape, nak amik gambar bogel ke, nak amik gambar semut kerengge ke, ko tu main gitar tak ke kecoh..."

Relax, what i mean here is that if you are really into the art of handling the lens and to become an photophile then do it! But do it with passion, and pour some artistic senselah moron! There's this thing called 'dust control', 'dynamic range', 'aspect ratio', and 'filtering'. And i don't mean the filter of the camera. Please, by all means, filter those shots, choose the best (argh!!!) and do some research on publishing photos, edit, THEN publish it!!








"Shot with an SLR? Starting your own company? WOW!"






DON'T take pictures of your stupid smiling friends, bugs, chairs, grass, twigs, phlegm, the moon USING an SLR WITHOUT editing it, then STAMPING your own photoshopped-brand-name-tag on the pics then posting the CRAPPY pics on the net and hoping people will browse through your SLR snapped pics and then giving good comments like "Oh very nice" or "Oh, love the view" or "Oh, very artistic"...

F YOU!! F these amateur photograpers and F these noob viewers, cause they don't know shit! If you want to take shots of your own ass or similiar qualites of the sort, don't use SLR, use camera phonelah bodoh.




























Cool! Where can I get one of these?

Knape, knape, KNAPE?!?!?!??!?

Setiap insan di dunia ini mesti pernah mengidamkan sesuatu yang yang tak mungkin dimiliki, tak kiralah baju berjenama, seluar selebriti, kasut edisi khas, kereta Eropah, rumah agam, mahupun lelaki kacak atau gadis yang cantik. Untuk mendapatkan barangan idaman ini, anda mungkin harus bekerja keras untuk membelinya...tetapi sehingga kini ku masih tidak memahami...

Sesungguhnya, walaupun ku bekerja siang dan malam, ku takkan dapat memilikimu...Katakanlah, kerja gaji sebulan RM 2500, tolak duit sewa rumah, duit santapan, belanjawan ansuran kereta, duit temu janji, duit joli dan duit rokok, rasanya hanya boleh menyelamatkan lebih kurang RM 500, itupun kalau rasa mahu dijimatkan RM 500 tersebut...duit simpanan masa depan dan duit nak kahwin pula bagaimana??? Sesungguhnya, untuk memilikimu, mungkin ku harus merompak atau mencuri? Atau lebih teruk lagi menggadaikan maruah dan bekerja sebagai gigolo?? Aku tak sanggup!!

Apakah?:

"Hooooooo~~~~~" (Divine sound)

Sesungguhnya, walaupun sebuah gitar, tetapi ianya Gibson. Bukan gibbon, bukan Gibsun mahupun anak kepada Barry Gibb:




"Ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin'..."







Ya Tuhan, gitar ini berharga lebih kurang RM 12,000++ sebiji!! Itupun tanpa bagasinya. Harga tekstil import pun tidak mencapai ini, tambahan lagi aku boleh membeli kereta ataupun membayar wang muka rumah! Doblas ribu tu!!!! Kalau aku bawa andurku melancong atau berbulan madu mungkin lebih berbaloi! Musuh Gibson yang terdekat iaitu gitar buatan Fender pun tidak mencapai lebih dari RM 7000 (itu yang paling mahal dari Fender). Harga Gibson yang disebut tadi hanyalah Gibson Les Paul Standard. Standard dalam konteks ini bermaksud biasa, ataupun lebih mudah untuk difahami untuk keluaran komersil, belum lagi yang custom (direka khas) yang boleh mencapai RM 20,000!!!!! Disini saya ingin menegaskan bahawa harga-harga Gibson yang disebut adalah harga keluaran kilang, bukannya harga lelong Gibson bekas tangan lagenda-lagenda gitar. Itu mahu mencapai puluhan ribu!

Komponennya pula hanyalah terdiri daripada kayu-kayan, besi-besi kecil seperti skru dan magnet, sedikit komposit plastik dan juga tali, seperti gitar-gitar elektrik yang lain, tetapi harga barangan ini bila dicantumkan boleh membeli sebuah skuter Gilera. Yang lebih ganjil ialah ramai juga manusia yang mampu memiliki gitar ini. Asalkan anda lihat kugiran-kugiran di seluruh dunia, ramai yang memperisterikannya, mahu kugiran dari Amerika, Indonesia ataupun Malaysia.






"Jeah!! Uuuuhh~~!"

"Pejantan tangguh..."

"Gila darjat! Gila nama!..."

Tetapi bila dikenang kembali sewaktu ku mula meminati gitar, sebelum ku mula-mula sekali memetik tali-tali syurga, nama yang kukenal bukanlah Kapok, Yamaha, Jackson, Ibanez ataupun Fender, tetapi adalah Gibson. Walaupun ku selalu curang dan mengidamkan yang lain, tetapi dihati ini ku tetap mahukan yang itu...setelah hampir 9 tahun berasmara dengan instrumen bertali ini, ku sedari bahawa tiada lagi yang mampu menandinginya...dengan rintisan batinnya yang tebal, jelas sungguh pekat merdu serta berlemak, disertakan bersama susuk tubuh badan yang monggel dan genit, membuatkan mataku putih berurat, mulutku berair dan lututku menggigil keghairahan tatkala membayangkan ranjang asmara bersama Gibson.

Akhir kata, jika dibandingkan Gibson dengan gitar-gitar lain, bagaikan biduan syorga dengan pelacur tua. Sekian.

VS

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Megan Fox (drool...)