Wednesday, December 8, 2010

APAD 14 - New Mixer!


My brother just bought a new mixer - the YAMAHA MG 166 Cx - since our old Behringer went dead during a function last week.

Cant wait to test it soon!


APAD 13 - I Wanna Get MY Hands On This Ride!




Ok, more or less decided. After a looooong search, I think I have found the ride I wanna get!

Its the beautiful new Hyundai Tucson! Chance upon it when I tagged along with CHL when he went to test drive the new Sonata (which is also another beauty! see pic below). It was love at first sight.

Now, trying to find the money to buy my love. Huat ah!



Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Monday, December 6, 2010

APAD11 - The most ridicuolous Tic Tac Toe duel


Note to self: do not ever suggest playing Tic Tac Toe to Jesmond or Apple - they both suck at this simple game! Maybe they are too smart for this hm.

Anyway this was taken at Xi Lai Ton Restaraunt in Kajang where we had a wedding performance on Sunday night. It was memorable for a few things:

1. Jesmond forgot to wear his coat for the second session of the gig!

2. Easily the gig that ended latest (for me anyway - we ended performance at 11.10pm and I reached home at 1.20am!)
3. The wedding dinner that started latest - almost 9pm!
4. First time we laughed on stage during performance - out loud almost! All becos of 1. above!

5. Performance almost tak jadi! Cos I brought the wrong cable! Then we connected 3 jack in cables tomy keyboard using connectors (my keyboard is easily 70-80 meters away from the sound room where the mixer was! After all the trouble, finally found out the restaurant already has the three-pin to mono cable which we needed. Cheh!

6. Betrayal and Lies (to me only - I shall not reveal more)

7. Almost got lost going back because Apple and Jesmond both "fighting" with each other over which is the correct direction to go back to Taman Desa from Kajang. We got lost abit (whichw as why we were back soooo late too!)
8. We forgot to take group pics :(

But I did take a shot of Apple with the empty plates of the food she sapu-ed and one of Jemond and Apple with Fandi, a local "underground" DJ (check out FM31).



Overall it was a fun gig. Thanks to Janson for giving us the opportunity! Looking forward to the next one!




APAD10 - Wish my collection can be as great as his...


Talking bout my CD collections this time :) That bloke standing in front of the humongous 6 feet cabinet is my friend Leslie, music producer and enthusiast. His collections date back form the 90s and covers a wide range, mainly Western and Asian indies and audiophile recordings. He is also a well respected Hi-Fi hobbyist. One thing I admire about him is his passion for music and his preserverance in supporting and purchasing CDs (originals of course!) despite the easily avaiable and cheaper downloads. All to support the industry. Not to mention of course the quality of original CDs are way better than the compressed digital formats.

I have stopped buying pyrated items and illegal downloads since 2004. I have a small collection myself of CDs, cassettes and DVDs of mainly Chinese pop songs. Hope my collection will be as great as Leslie's one day.

Here are some other random pics taken at Leslie's place last Saturday when he invited friends over to his place for a listening party - debuting my old friend Zyan's album. Will definitely blog on that shortly!




Saturday, December 4, 2010

Thursday, December 2, 2010

APAD 8 - 2V1G At No Black Tie 2010


Another memorable performance by the trio. Great vocals, great music, great atmosphere. Looking forward to the next double bill tentatively fixed on 8.4.2011! Mark your calendars!

Also enjoyed the cameo by Zyan, I am so looking forward to the album which I am gonna get this Saturday. Bossa is really THE genre that i think suits Zyan. Grab it to believe it!