Angelic voice!

The music industry in Malaysia is going to change and it’s about time. Indie bands and singer-songwriters are being thrown in the mainstream. Bands like Hujan, Meet Uncle Hussin, Bunkface to name a few bands who catapult to stardom along with the trend. Singer-songwriters like Yuna and Zee Avi are getting public attention and you can hear their songs playing in major radio stations.

I know of this new singer-songwriter that would probably be as big. Just listen for yourself. Her name is Aiqa Halim.



You can hear more of her stuffs at http://amp.channelv.com/aiqa

Things we take for granted

In my short 23 years of life, I’ve learn something important. The world does not revolve around you. You revolve around the world. Whether you know it or not things are happening. There are a lot of things we don’t know about the world and instead of being ignorant we should open our eyes more. I’ll just take a small example that we can relate, music. We all know most English chart topper but we (maybe not you but I’m for certain) don’t know much about songs in other languages. Sure we do know a few but if you look around you’ll find more diamonds than in a Tiffany and Co. shop! The example is the song below. It might not you taste but its mine I think it’s so good even when I don’t understand a word in it.

Friend or Foe?

Last night I have a long talk with some of my friends about how people can change. In my short life, I’ve seen people transform from best friends to worst enemies. Well, I was exaggerating but I saw friends become enemies. I’m not talking about one or two cases, I’m talking about loads of stories. I seriously don’t know why things like that happen. Have any of you guys encountered the same situation?

I think I have a few inferences about this problem, and yes it is a problem even if you don’t agree. It’s like a cancer, it attack your heart and if you don’t do something about it, you’ll be angry all the time, restless and unhappy. I’m not saying my views are correct but I think some of the problems are:

1. Principles or beliefs. As you get older, you develop principles. I always though that my granddad and my mum are person who have very strong principles and I never thought I was one until recently I found out that principles are very prominent in my life. Based on that, I assume that people fight because they develop different principles as they grow which clashes with each other.

2. Ego. As we get older, our ego becomes bigger. Some people tend to think their better than other people and some might feel their ego is being challenge. As basic animal instinct kicks in, the person might get defensive or choose to use offences methods to boost back his or her ego. The process of hurting someone’s ego might be obvious but in most cases, it’s unnoticeable until it’s too late.

3. You always hurt the one you love the most. I ‘m fascinated about this quote. When people are so close to each other, there is where when everything seems to be wrong. This also happens with love. People see each other so much they become annoyed with each other. It cant be explain but I does happen if you look around you.

When there is problem, people will find solutions. Some people try to reason out with the other. One might just cut off them from their life and the most dangerous would be playing the vendetta card. I don’t know which the right solution is as each case is different and so is each person.

I’m just curious on why human behave like that. Any comments?

What Tarot Card are you?

Here's mine :

You are The Sun

Happiness, Content, Joy.

The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent.

Young, healthy, new, fresh. The brain is working, things that were muddled come clear, everything falls into place, and everything seems to go your way.

The Sun is ruled by the Sun, of course. This is the light that comes after the long dark night, Apollo to the Moon's Diana. A positive card, it promises you your day in the sun. Glory, gain, triumph, pleasure, truth, success. As the moon symbolized inspiration from the unconscious, from dreams, this card symbolizes discoveries made fully consciousness and wide awake. You have an understanding and enjoyment of science and math, beautifully constructed music, carefully reasoned philosophy. It is a card of intellect, clarity of mind, and feelings of youthful energy.

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My new tunes

The word ‘lassitude’ really expresses how I feel this few couple of days. It might be from the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) I suffered from lack of sunlight. It might also be the what I call the Seasonal Wallet Disorder I caught a few weeks back that is still eating its way trough my pocket and bank account. I think it’s getting critical by the minute but I got a lot more to worry about right now as the exam season is coming and I’m trembling right now just by thinking about it. Damd!

It’s official that my biological clock has gone haywire. I’ll sleep at 7 am and wake up when the sun is down. I hate it coz I really like waking up in the morning have my morning walk. I don’t get much walk or sunlight these past few months. I miss the park and the sun. I miss Malaysia. Just like the a snippet from a Michael Buble song ‘Home’ which goes like this :

Another winter day has come
And gone away
In even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

This song is just brilliant and so is most of his song. Being a universal listener, I thank to god there’s music! Lately I have been exposed to trance music which I used to hate but now I’m loving it thanks to hypnotising tunes like ‘Put your hands up for Detroit’ by Fedde Le Grand and ‘Love wont let me go’ by David Guetta Vs The Egg. Haha, I’m still a newbie when it comes to trance music so I don’t know much but I’m having fun hearing new stuffs. Next in the plan is to appreciate and expose myself to goth music! Can anyone recommend some good bands?

Weekend Movies madness!

What a weekend! I haven’t been sleeping right since Thursday! Watched the new James Bond movie “Casino Royale” last Thursday then stayed at some friends’ house and we chatted until 7-ish in the morning before sleeping! Woke up at 1.30 am and headed back towards St. Peter’s Court but before I could get back, take a shower and sleep on my cosy double size bed, I met I and H on their way to city. And yes, I’ve been abducted and brain-washed into joining them in their quest to find sushis.

We arrive at the Victoria Center around 3 pm and decided to roam around as the ‘Skinny Sumo’ opens up at 6. We walked and shopped for some stuff and found out that there’s a Malaysia restaurant in the city. Guess I’ll try it out next time when I have cravings for home food. Nottingham is a really nice city to walk around, it’s beautiful and there are lots of different stuffs to feast your eyes on. The shoes and clothes are so much nicer and they have a wider variety then back home. Well, from my point of view that is since I can’t get much clothing and shoes my size in Malaysia.

After a few hours of window shopping, we met K, F and some of their friends checking out the new small shops erected for Christmas (I think) so we end up going to the Skinny Sumo with more people then expected and the saying “the more the merrier” applies in this situation so we had tons of laughter. I had Japanese noodle that time and it was awesome! I headed back to my sweet room successfully this time after the meal and bathed. I didn’t know showering can be soo indulging when time timing is right! As it’s a Friday night and there’s nothing to do, some friends come over to my place to hang out and watched ‘Man on Fire’. What a movie!

We slept and woke up around 1 pm and decided to cook Nasi Lemak for lunch and guess who’s in charge of making the sambal? Haha I make the hottest sambal around and I guess I did overdose it with lots of chilies and its soo freaking hot! Just the way I like it! Unluckily, some of my friends didn’t fancy extra hot sambal so I guess I didn’t do a great job after all but it’s worth it for me :p we when to our rooms and decided to watch another movie that night which was the Saturday night and this time our numbers were double the previous night. We watched ‘Army of Darkness’ and I can say it’s a good movie when I was small but it’s kinda lame now but still entertaining though.

Apart from watching movies, we eat a lot! We had lots of grilled chickens and pizzas that night! My place was in a mess when they went back! It was tiring but it was sooooooooo much fun! Next time I’m going to have new bad-ass speakers and going to invite more people to join the movie night. Damd! I’m loving this!

A cute encounter

Something amazing happened today. I actually woke up and went to all my classes! I’m so proud of myself. If you are wondering whether the alarm clock helped, it didn’t wake me up, but still I’m happy because I woke up early. As the world is fair, a good day will sometimes be filled with bad things too. My emotion was in a mess and I woke up with rashes all over my body and it ached and itched badly half of the day and until now I still can figure out what I’m allergic to. It’s a bit weird as for what I know I’m not allergic to anything! Well, I guess I haven’t fully figure out my body.

Something different happen today, while I was on the bus on my way to the China House to buy my textbook, someone left his or her mobile phone on the bus, so I have to call her friends and told her to pick it up. Well, turns out, that someone is a she and quite a cute one too :P Well, nothing actually happened as I gave it back to her and she went off to her classes and I went back home. Today’s fast was a bit tiring as I woke up early so my body has used almost all the stored energy, I think.

So, I prepared dinner and slept after breaking fast for a few hours until 2357 and now its 0431 and I can’t sleep anymore! I need the sleep as I have classes from 0900 to 1300. I think I have this curse where I can’t sleep at night. Or it’s a sign that I have been chosen to be the next Batman, fighting crime when night falls. Whatever it is, its getting annoying as I haven’t been to a Wednesday since the first week and I hate missing classes even if I don’t like the module. It’s just not me. Well, I better try harder now so I guess this is goodbye for now. Will write soon. Peace out!

Dinner :
- A serving of rice
- 2 pieces of chicken mushroom

Supper :
- A can of tuna sandwitches
- 4 pieces of white bread