Bancock Dunrock

yes... its supposed to be some kinda rock fest... amazingly.. musicianship was not the order of the day.. for some bands.. showmanship aint even important.. yes.. the ability to write a good tune and rally the crowd is important but have we forgotten the essence of music? give some respect to the very instruments that pay your bills before stepping on stage my frens~!! ironically.. a band i dismissed as poppish gave the best performance.. in my humble opinion.. over the 2 days of a supposed festival.. but like i always tell pple around me.. the fun is in your head.. if it aint good.. make it good.. enjoy it.. i know i did..


looking at the line up of bands and the scale of the event.. i cant help but think its a very commercial set up... but i still enjoyed myself enough to injure my 30 yr old calves slightly~!! hahahaha... the only regret i had was not being able to catch some of the up and coming local thai bands play for i've heard some of them on the radio here and they are really tight musically.. some might say they are even better players than some of the foreign bands they are sharing the stage with.. too bad they were given lousy time slots to show what they are capable of..

"If you wanna be a singer, or play guitar
Man, you gotta sweat or you won’t get far
Cause it’s never too late to work nine-to-five
You can take a stand, or you can compromise
You can work real hard or just fantasize
But you don’t start livin’ till you realize
I gotta tell ya!
God gave rock and roll to you
gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to everyone
God gave rock and roll to you,
gave rock and roll to you
Put it in the soul of everyone"
- God Gave Rock And Roll To You, KISS

Solar energy

the sun.. the life sustaining bright star that is burning its way to its death.. its makes flowers bloom.. the plants grow.. kills those darn bacteria and germs that linger in your sheets.. rids odours from clothes.. it too creates draft that translates into beautiful breezes that soaks up the sense of so many dating couples walking barefoot in the sand.. whispering sweet nothings into each other's ears while the same bright star beats down upon them and baked them into 2 healthy glowing walking testament of the wonders of lurve.. more importantly.. it keeps 6 billion micro-organisms prowling the surface of the 3rd piece of rock that orbits round it alive..

amazing wat the sun does for us aint it? if tat freaking star aint there.. i wouldnt be sitted here tonite typing away at my lappie marvelling at its wonder.. and yet.. its quite sad to know that this same sun has a finite existence and the timeline to its ultimate demise is a very real thing.. i can just hear the clock ticking away everytime i look up to the skies with my sunnies and let this fiery friend fry my face and its accompanying oils into a frenzy of contrasting emotions..

wats my point here? i want to be the sun in pple's life.. someone or something that provides.. gives.. empower and fulfill.. needs.. wants.. even though my existence might not be in the conscious minds of the pple around me.. at least i am doin my part to make their life wonderful, happy and perhaps meaningful.. to bring sunshine into someone's life goes beyond the skin deep notions of bright and happy.. its also the reason why pple wake up everyday.. to embrace a brand new day.. though it may be filled with negativity.. its the frame of mind to take on the world tat counts.. which is wat this site is all about.. we all fall into our little traps that the sadistic bastard up above throw our way to make us forget the reason why we live.. which is to find a meaning to it all and question incessantly.. ceaselessly.. persistently and relentlessly.. not to believe wat they all tell you but to define it in our own wonderfully beautiful and unique way..

Dong Dong Dong Chang~!!

not really.. not the usual rowdy gathering that i've grown accustomed to over the past few years.. tis year was a little quiet.. subdued.. perhaps the 2nd day is a little too early to invite frens over for most have just popped over from visitations and seem fatigued.. some are newly settled into a matrimonial environment and tat must have somewhat of a toll.. some just didnt turn up at all and didnt bother to inform.. after the preparations that i went through.. it can get quite irritating and i cant say that i am not bothered by it.. in spite of wanting to keep up a pleasant disposition due to the merriment of the festive season..

but its still nice for frens to catch up.. chit chat.. catch up and update each other on our lives since we last met.. maybe we've gone down paths tat are too different and there are no common grounds to cover anymore other than the usual nostalgic references to those times far far away when we were still running round the basketball courts.. cheating during chinese literature tests and vandalising the otherwise plain brown tables that we lay our head on during lessons.. wherever i may roam~!!

perhaps the reason for all these is the terrible year that all us rabbit had just went thru.. oops.. tats my hocus pocus superstitious self rearing its not too ugly head again.. i have always tot that a little belief in the supernatural realm does nobody any harm unless infant's blood and the nails of corpses are required to perform certain rituals.. just as long as it doesnt consume the individual to the extend that he or she has to watch out for everything.. it might even spur the person on to greater self confidence and achieve feats previously tot impossible.. examples would be footballers who wear the same pair of underwear for every match they play in.. speaking of football.. some proclaim it a religion and schedule their lives around their team's matches.. now.. is tat some kinda ritual or wat?