New Guitar~!

Welcome back, Ben. Welcome back, Computer...

This seems to have been a really long hiatus from blogging for me. But referencing to past records/archives, there have been periods of longer-absence-from-blogger. Usually corresponding to periods of computer being unservicable.

In any case, at long last Mr. Computer (a good joke/argument on whether its Mr or Mrs Computer comes to mind) is alive and well, and hence i can provide an update. short one.

Firstly, the violin thing. There aint nobody to teach me, and i'd rather not bore my pawai-mates' ears off while they're trying to sleep work. At least in some respects i'm respectably considerate. Plus i don't like to sound like an screechy dingobird.

Secondly, i'm going to officially request to stay in TAB. which means that my days will be spent in TAB as well as my nights. Whenever i'm not on off, or in Pawai. TAB stands for Tengah Air Base, mind you. But i doubt i'd ever survive alone in Bunk in TAB, especially knowing how creepy it can get (yes it sometimes is a page out of "The Haunting"). So...

I bought a guitar to bring to TAB, which is mine and all mine i.e. i bought it with my own money. feel so accomplished. cost like $180, but i hope the quality is not severely compromised. Its a classical guitar and it'll add to my acoustic (which actually is my dad's and costs a lot more). Plus classical is a lot easier to pluck notes, which i'd like to learn how to do. So exciting. Plus shopping for the guitar yesterday was such fun too..

Especially considering who i was shopping for it with. haha..

And i learnt smthg new - there are people who can tune a guitar just by listening to it. pure hearing. What i can do maximum is give a 95% accurate tuning of the strings relative to one another. Relative tuning i.e. how each string sounds relative to the other. which i think is quite basic.

And so i was just like "wow" at the dude who tuned by mere ear-work. and i'm still like just "wow".

Also, i have decided to go play badminton again today. after a month-long injury mind you, and i am so fearful that it'll recur. hai...

oh well.. wish me luck.. haha

and good luck for all the exams to all pple taking them..~!

cheers~ n peace.

Bad Day(s)

Bloggers' Mental Block. I read a cartoon in the papers about that. Cute, definitely. And one could probably tell that I have something close to that, seeing as how I started this entry.

But I don't really have one, thats the funny part - i've got too much to say and i'm trying not to bore excessively. Side-tracking, see how i've given up CAPITALISING the 'I's which was part of my initial determination to make sure this blog entry at least will be acceptable by Cambridge. So much for THAT determination.

Anyway (see i havent abbreviated that word yet!) the fact remains that due to certain events to-be-mentioned i didnt have the time to update my blog for the better part of 2.5 weeks. Which, i'd say is a record for some time (see Archives for further details).

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Firstly, I've passed the one-third mark of my National Service. 6 mths in the Army and another 2 in the RSAF. Prefer the last two months a lot, mind you..

Secondly I've had a few REALLY BAD days. Thank God for my Perfectly Porous Memory (PPM for short) that i have the ability to forget what exactly made those days bad. BUT on one of those "bad" days i did go out for a drink. And i got high after one glass i think, but it was effective in temporarily blank-ing the slate scarred by the bad day. My PPM did the rest of the job afterwards.

Oh the last "Bad Day" i can rmb clearly. Cos the physical effects of it i.e. a Cold, a Sore Throat and a feeling of Lethargy still linger. And because it was just yesterday.

Weeding Grass IN THE FREAKING POURING ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING RAIN. On DISGUSTINGLY SOGGY RICEFIELD LIKE GROUND. urghhhhh!!!!

and if thats not bad enough, my ONLY pants got soaked through and i had to go home all the way in the MRT train cold, in singlet and shorts. ahpek style, i was told. grrr...

And so i'm sick today. But at least, not dying of pneumonia as nafeesa suggested i might hv if i didtn watch out. but coughing like nicky (ref last post).

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I wanted to learn the violin. ANYBODY out there willing to teach me? OR sell me a second hand violin? cos my budget of <$100 is bit hard to meet. even at sweelee's, where i went to today btw..

I hope if u want to sell your violin you at least live in the Sunniest cum Rainiest and Brightest/Whitest Island! Loads of Pawai free time (.pwi).

violin.pwi
sewing.pwi
cooking.pwi
javascript.pwi
talkingcock.pwi

ok nuffsaid. i'll do smthg i hvnt done for some time. but first, see how the grammar and punctuation and abbreviation and spelling sense has deteriorated over the past few paragraphs? cool innit?

here goes.

cheers~ n peace.