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I never had a favourite Malay group as I used to dread listening to them. Whiny nasal sounding crybaby numbers are not my pint of beer. But recently I've discovered a new found liking for this malay band. SEARCH.

I'm a MAT ROCK and have always been one.

Feels good to come home to my roots.

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Hit me back if you love these tunes.

No qualms for spreading the LOVE.

FUZZ

Emo Nemo...

Everybody has emo friends. The ones that have stayed with long enough to reveal their vulnerable (or ugly) side after the barrier of formality is eradicated. They fall into a sense of security when they are around you thus resulting in them having no qualms whatsoever about being judged. They tell you their problems and you (willingly or reluctantly) listen, analyze, and conjure a solution.

Love it or hate it, accepting these people as your friends gives you the monumental responsibility of taking interest in their well being in order to bridge better communication based on common ground.

Common ground.

Yes. That’s what I believe plays the pivotal role in making friends - The fact that you have something in common. It could be anything varying from playing music, working in the same building, or even smoking, common ground is the central pulse of what keeps a friendship alive. Sometimes, through time, a pleasant common ground wears away as it is being rubbed by an unpleasant one – his/her problems.

Don’t get me wrong as I may sound like a selfish, intolerant, insensitive asshole who only wants to share the happy times and vanishes when you’re in deep despair.

I DO help my friends when their in need of emotional comfort and solace. I don’t dread it as long as the person I’m helping makes the conscious effort to help themselves. But the questions I’m asking here is;

How much emo is too much emo?

Is it possible that when you reveal too much of your emo side, you start to repel the people around you as they wish to avoid being affected by your horrible mood?

Will good friends tolerate you even when it gets to this level?

Well the answer varies when the subject of being emo lands on different individuals. However I DID craft a list of 7 common signs which indicate that you have transcended the thin line which marks the limit of being emo.

You know your emo when you're...

Alone

You sit back, you’re all alone just looking for some quality time with a book or a beer. Little do you realize that for most people, your emo state reaches its peak when you’re by yourself! When your friends are not present to have you forget about your problems and when all the activities revolve around you and you alone, you’ll start to think. About past disputes, or present issues. Eventually, when all these emotions begin conjuring, you take the 1^st step of action in assessing the situation.

Taking Walks.

You’re alone and you wish to forget your troubles. However, being alone reminds you of it even more. So you start a long walk from one end or the beach to the other as the cool breeze blowing past you whizzing into your hair. With every step you take you see couples making out, friends having a bbq and families having fun with their kids running around in their underwear. You begin to wish that you could be in their shoes at the exact moment, cherishing happiness as it is. You become saddened yet infuriated by the fact that life has placed you in an unfair position. You say to yourself “I don’t deserve this…” You then start an activity that to me is the most extreme and obnoxious.

Crying.

The torrent of emotions is simply to strong for anyone to withhold. Drops of sadness run across your cheek as you obnoxiously blow a clump of mucus onto your hand. You didn’t know you were gonna cry, so you didn’t bring a handkerchief. Unless your gay then you’ll have wet tissue. Oh you cry….you make the most out of this moment of breakout. Secretly enjoying yet overshadowed by the more emo aspect it. You sit by a corner and cry your lungs out.

Still alone.

Even more alone now that you’ve automatically become a people repellant.

You can’t bear it a second longer. You get home in a jiffy and the 1^st thing you grab is that tub of ice cream. Or whatever it is that causes you to start:

Inflating.

Eat your sorrows away. Call your best friend and cry. Every crack in life you experience you use as an excuse to wolf down chicken wings while watching Chinese dramas on Channel 8. After a good 3 weeks you begin to see yourself turning into a blubbersaur or blubbersaures (for girls). That’s the nickname I use to disparage the obese. The state of being too emo still continues to corrode your lifestyle, because you are:

Drinking less

Social suicide. You take away your own lifestyle as you have replaced it with this current position. You don’t hang out with your friends at the regular spot anymore. Your friends don’t even take notice of your absence as having you around would be a bummer anyway considering the fact that your left hand is vehemently attached onto the ice cream tub and you cant fit or have a big enough seat in most places. You stay at home while your friends are out having the time of their lives. You put more stress onto yourself as you start:

Calculating.

Counting the days till your death. But you chicken out as you lack balls now that your fat. So you do what is supposedly the right thing but at a COMPLETELY wrong time.

Calling Your Ex.

She/He was the one who got you into all this in the 1st place right? So you wish to work things out as you wish to return to how you were before. She tells you the person she's interested in is no chance in hell a fat chicken ice cream wolfing mucus spraying crybaby. Your crushed. Your over.


In conclusion, no matter what life throws at you do the right thing and throw it back! You don't need it and you certainly don't wish to end up dead. Have a positive mindset as everything in life I believe is a game. You compete against each other to attain that one prize - happiness.

May be preachy but you know its true.

Don't be so emo.

Go get a beer.

FUZZ

Let It Live

Ah rock and roll...the beauty, the passion, the lifestyle. Its remarkable that regardless of the differences human beings have, of which may set us apart at times, there is always one element which everyone loves and is a common ground in keeping us together. Music.

Though in many occasions I wished I lived through the glory evolution period of music during the 80s, I am thankful that at least some of these legends are still around today to entertain us all.

Metallica, Led Zeppellin, Sebastian Bach (ex-Skid Row), X Japan are only some of the legends that are present and enable us to feel the reverberated magic from back in the day and have us relive the music in this present day!

Though old, they still inspire. And as long as the inspired exists, their music shall live on.

Long Live Rock And Roll.



Been swamped with work lately.

Year started out not too bad.


FUZZ

Reflecting 2007.

Yes its the new year and yes I'm still in one piece. Initially I intended to make this post an excruciating 30 minute read on how full of brilliance this year was to me as I was having trouble omitting and filtering between what were significant enough to be blogged about and what was not.

I loved every second of 2007.

But I'm too lazy to author a whole book about it. So I decided to summarize it by putting together a list of songs which reminds me of those memorable times.

MY 2007 SONG LIST.

1) 18 and Life - Skid Row

Reminds me of last year's new year's eve party at Vintage where we all went crazy and when I performed there for the 1st time. Still remember how Ricky told to "just go up and jam with the band". That was back before Slapshocked started jamming officially. Good Times.


2) Nobody's Fool - Cinderella

Takes me back to the time before we met Adora. Back when all Lola and I talked about was glam rock, glam rock and more glam rock! Back when he used to say "Oi rock kapak" whenever I answer the phone and we'd head down to vintage for a drink and more glam rock. Good times.

3) Real Love - Slaughter

Spirals my mind into the memory of the time when Lola, Hui min and I 1st went to Wala Wala where I became broke after paying for my 1st drink! When Hui Min told me "eh this band power you check out the singer" And how I instantly fell in love with her stage persona the moment she hit the highest note of the song projecting her voice aloud. Truly an inspiration.

4) Sounan - Tokyo Jihen

Hui Min and her projects. Spreading the Jihen love was when I met the rest of the Jrock scene. During this period of time Hui Min was already fired from the band. But all the changes occurred for better outcomes. It was still all good.

5) So lonely - Loudness

Reminds me of the time I 1st met Andy and Nana. Andy later took Hui Min's place in the band. Four of us chilled at Vintage that night when Lola fell asleep on the couch while the DJ was still blasting heavy metal. Crazy.

6) Rusty Nails, Weekend, Kurenai, Endless rain and X - X Japan

June 3rd. Enough said. Slapshocked's debut and supposedly last performance. But we couldn't bare to endure the itch of withdrawal when we stopped playing for 3 weeks. X is magic.

7)Heartbreak Station - Cinderella

Reminds me of you.

8) Art Of Life - X Japan

The band's current project with a new line up and My 21st birthday. Read Here

9) Love Is Only A Feeling - The Darkness

1st performance at DXO with Primal Gray. Good set. had fun. met more people.

10) Lips Of An Angel - Hinder

Is currently the song still playing in my head! Even as I'm writing this entry. It will lead me into posting an addition to my list of my "wise" theories. Stay Tuned.




So this is how I remember 2007 as music was most significant to me. Maybe THIS year there'll be a different list of things which will much better represent how and what had a positive effect on me for the year.



Please god let it be a list of smart, slim, clear skinned bespectacled nurses!





Happy New Year.

FUZZ