CHANGE!!!!!

NO WAY I CAN PLAY THAT SONG I'VE MENTIONED EARLIER! IT'S TOO SLOW!!! And the pitch too high. This music holiday I will practice my Wake Me Up When September Ends and I'll show it to him before he teaches me Canon in D, of C. It's a little confusing, but don't worry about it!

It's gotten harder!

RIGHT HERE WAITING (By Richard Marx)

Time signature: C

1-and-2-and-3-and-4-and

From normal strums and progressive pickings... Now it has challenged me! This song is very very difficult! My God I dunno will I ever get to play this piece by 3rd January (our next lesson is on that day)...

Anyhow, I will not be around for about 2 weeks. To Ipoh. You know, just to make some noise there get closer to my other side of family and get some new knowledge. They're awesome when it comes to philosophy. I am not joking. They sort of motivate me to move on, even I know how to myself (thank you very much) but these philosophies are really nice and I can quote them anywhere next time too!

Yesterday I went to buy a Premier Class train ticket from Seremban to Ipoh.

Date of departure: 24/12/2009

Time of departure: 1313hours

Date of arrival: 24/12/2009

Time of arrival: 1734hours

Price: RM50

Then I went to Starbucks, drinking my second-to-last cuppa coffee of the year (Grande Caramel Macchiato this time, with whipped cream) and I sat there for hours again from 10am to 3pm I think? Reading The Rose Labyrinth, listening to my MP3, folding my legs on the couch and things like that. It was pleasant until

a) 2 Indian men were sitting on my left were talking about Samy Vellu and some consessions alongside with Menteri Besar things for about an hour.

b) A Chinese man on my right were talking about money on my right. Thank God it was a few minute's call!!!

Everything was fine again until... 5 Europeans sat on my left and started talking. I didn't bother at all. I set my MP3 to its maximum volume.

Things were over now and I bought one iced Tall Tazo Zen at half-discounted price. I didn't wanna waste my opportunity you see. So once again, 2 drinks in Starbucks, below RM20. No, Shi Fang, I will not buy one for you yet. Patience is virtue...

I went to Terminal One after that to buy my eye masks, a small book of Cryptoquotes (it's a book of riddles mind you), to a Teochew restaurant to buy salted vegetable for dinner. Then, home. Actually I somehow regretted buying that because I always am not good in words. I should've bought number riddles instead but they seemed too hard for me too... Hmmm....... Lose-lose situation, but at least I will have something to do in the train back to Ipoh!

That's all and now I'm broke. Not really, my money - keep - further studies!

Guitars...

Yeah, this was the interpreted piece called Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Given by Mr. Ho last week in my first guitar lesson. His way of playing the song was quite acoustic and

fresh for the new kids. So I showed him my 'heavier' style of playing it and he'd approved it. Oh and the best part was when I was singing, he was plucking a part as well. I didn't know which verse he did so because I was totally tuned to the song's rhythm, not wanting it go slip out of control.

He said that it was OK for me to change the strumming pattern or even the whole melody and he told me many more things which I couldn't remember. But his point was obvious - songs are supposed to be enjoyed.

Today he taught me another song, just the first part of it though... Er... Oh yeah! Wake Me Up When September Ends. It's really a cool song to play. I'm dead serious. He was suggesting songs for me, 1234 (I said I had the chords already), 21 guns (i said OK), Wake Me Up When September Ends (I said OK with crazy nods and my... 'signature' smile).

I promise you Uncle Siew Onn, I will learn Canon in D major and I shall play it for you some day. Your words actually made me want to learn plucking more than ever! Thanks.

The Realm of Dreamers

This is an awesome riddle, folks.

http://www.riddlex.com/dream/

You never regret playing it! Actually I'd thought of giving up but Markus appeared online in Y! Messenger. So, since then we both were discussing about each and every levels from level 4. I was stuck there and he used his intelligence to save the both of us from the 20 'dreams'. It was seriously a nice adventure.

http://www.escapegames24.com/2009/12/realm-of-dreamers-walkthrough.html?commentPage=2

These walkthrough had been helping me a lot as well. I really can't believe I actually finished a level without any answers (but hints!). Thanks, Markus. You're my team now. Haha...

OK, now I'm going for another riddle.

She's FINE!!!!!!

Good lord, I can't thank You enough to protect her from Your tests and I still can't thank You enough to test me on this. AHH, my granny is fine!

She did her check-up today without me, I damned overslept! Shoot!!! Anyway I am bloody glad that she's alright. No dengue, no nothing. She's alright! She just needs time to recover fully. Thanks for those who prayed and cared for her; family and friends. Love you all!

Mum, I can go back to visit your sisters in Ipoh now! Yippee, a win-win situation indeed.

Cool!