Monthly Archives: April 2010

Songwriting and Exams: A Theory


I know why my Biology marks struggle to hit an A.

My brain just wasn’t made for it.
Aww shucks, you say, another excuse for not wanting to sit down and read!
NOOOO!!! I’ve tried! It’s my brain.
I write songs when I study for exams. Especially around exam season. I used to write songs in secondary school when the paper was done, and I had nothing else to do. Write a song. It’s just my way of expressing myself. Why it occurs during exams is probably this:
Exams are boring. You’re basically churning out what you’ve been reading and memorizing. Hence, for the creative unbridled mind, there must be a form of escape! So escape it does, into melodies and words.
The brain is an amazing place, and that’s a testimony to God’s amazing works in human beings.
I’m supposing that there’s gotta be another human out there that feels the way I do!
I’ll tell you guys if I manage to write something during A-levels.
Probably won’t be advisable. ; )
Just finished reading “Mark of a Man” for the second time. It was awesome. I’m going to write a simple review.

Goodbye CA!

Let my words be few.
Campus Alive was the best thing that happened to me in college.
As with all things that pass, this one will be dearly missed.
Mum tells me its normal. I’d take her advice. She had a fellowship in UM, another in Michigan, another in Baton Rouge. “We rarely meet again,” she told me. “But we’ll all meet in heaven.”
Before this sounds profoundly sad, I gladly announce the existence of Facebook.
XD

You juniors have blessed us so much.
*sniff* My kids are all growin’ up!
Oh the good ole’ van. How many years till you fall apart?
As Pastor David says, “God’s grace keeps it running.”
I’ve driven you so many times, I’m actually going to miss:
-the smell of you
-the texture of your steering wheel
-the rickety sounds
-the radio that only the driver and side passenger can hear
-the alarm
Not all of the seniors are here, but yeah, good times we all had.
You did it, Es! : )
A treasured brother of mine.
…always running… XD XD XD
My first time playing Zidjian cymbals was in CA and New Life.
*drool*
The MAN.
Wacky, random, desired by the ladies,
but unfortunately,
TAKEN.
You rock, bro.

Friends

Dunno what to update now.  Having a splitting headache due to less sleep. Lol.  Anyway, was thinking about this song today.  Enjoy.

Choices, Courtship, Calling

When it comes to courtship…

The man initiates. He is the strength, she is his tenderness.

But the questions linger in my head now,
“What is a man? How do I know when I am a man?”
It is even a harder question when it concerns distance and timing.
Met a friend just now who is struggling with this issue. He doesn’t
dare to make a move yet. She’s headed one way. He’s headed another.
Couldn’t they talk about it?
What if it causes repercussions in the already good close friendship?
Most of the time, that IS the case. And patience has proved useful
in analyzing whether such feelings are merely crushes or something deeper.
Strength comes from principles, and principles derive from life values.
1. Still a boy, learning to be a man
Chewie says nonchalantly, “We’re not men yet. We’re only boys.”
2. If I’m a tell a lady I love her wholeheartedly, I need to be able to tell God that first.
Matters of the heart drive me to my knees to pray. Literally.

Rewarding Yourself…

Before I go on, probably my prediction for this coming Sunday results will be 1.5k-2k, Zaid winning the by election.  Very funny when suddenly both independent candidates decided to pass the by election despite willing to sacrifice one’s membership.  Hehe.

Haven’t really been updating as much as I wanted to lately, which is due to the fact of the number of work started to pile up suddenly.  Yes, business have been picking up lately despite no one comes into the shop.  Mostly getting orders, so had to do what customers requires me to do.  Which is taking pictures and measuring them.

God has been opening door for me whereby I’m grateful for, and this time I believe He’s really giving me a 2nd chance at this.  So I’m not going to sit by and let it go again like last time.  At the moment, I’m trying to hit a target within this next 6-12 months for myself to reach a certain number.  It’s a big number, but I believe I can hit it.  And if I can get these numbers, we might do something about it. Hehe.

Since I’ve been working my butt off for the past month and half, and I see results which are really good.  I decided to reward myself.  Nothing expensive, but to treat myself in saying a job well done.  Deluxe has been really encouraging me a lot throughout this time, and I really wanted to make all this to happen.  And she always reminded me that sometimes you need to reward yourself just to motivate yourself to do more.  So that’s what I did, and at the same time I managed to pay a little bit less than what I had budget for.  So it’s all good.  I’ll prolly post it up here once I received the items.  Yes it’s a few items, which are relatively cheap and of course would benefit me in ensuring that I’ll be able to improve more on the quality of the products.

Anyway, once I’ve settle a chunk of work I’ll be moving on to start up another blog.  But this will be purely business and I do hope that I will be able to rake in some money from this.  As I attended a preview of a making money seminar, whereby I already know what I need to do.  Just that I’m still stuck here and not doing anything about it.  So for a better tomorrow, I first need to change my belief, which will also change my habits of doing thing, and finally will definitely get a different result.  If you know what I’m talking about, then I’m sure you know where I got that from. Hehehe.  Anyway, going to bed now.  You guys have a good weekend!