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been reading reviews on various sites like amazon.com and rolling stone online about this cd called edge of heaven by a guitarist named Gary Lucas. Seems that celest chong sings three of the songs on that album.. and from what i’ve gathered, the wetern media seems pretty impressed. this has piqued my interest much. i mean… it’s <i>celest chong</i> for crying out loud… i really wanna witness for myself what the fuss is all about.. yet i can’t find a single track on kazaa… ARGH.

<i>”…Lucas is moving beyond his reputation as one of the most innovative guitarists in the world today to firmly establish himself as a composer and Grammy-nominated songwriter. His new album, The Edge Of Heaven - Gary Lucas Plays Mid-Century Chinese Pop, is a tribute to the Chinese divas Chow Hsuan and Bai Kwong. The album was selected as one of the Best Albums of 2001 in France’s “Liberation” newspaper, made it to #1 on the World Music Charts in Toronto and has been hailed internationally as his breakthrough album.”</i>

Gary :: May.30.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

went for the dnd bash at illusion bar last night. met up with gina, yunjia and tianyun for dinner. actually.. we met up at two different locations. gina and yunjia ended up at cafe cartel at CITY HALL… whereas tianyun and i ended up (<b>correctly might i add</b>) at PLAZA SING. once the screw up was resolved we had a good loooong dinner, then i headed off to play pool with arnold before hopping into a cab to MS.

found my matching wristband even before the party started. heh.. thanks to a tip off from gina.. managed to locate li lian and claim my free drink coupon. actually couples who had matching wristbands were also supposed to locate a fl!rt poster somewhere in the darkness of the place in order to qualify.. but as luck would have it, li lian was the one who put the poster up.. hiak.

had 4 and a half beers, one tequila pop and shared a jug of LIT.

home by 3.45.

oh.. met lee kien wei.. he’s working there. quite glad that the people i used to scream at still bother to call out to me. oh well.. army days over…
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<b><i>Quote:</b>
23|5 11.41am fusilli
“… dinner sounds gd… cafe cartel?”

23|5 11.41am the jeerleader
“which one? PS?”

23|5 11.42am fusilli
“yepyep… or there’s one at MS too”</i>

i rest my case. =)

Gary :: May.25.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

just finished the first season of 24, and i must say, man.. hats off to the people who conceptualized the whole thing. 24 episodes, each showcasing one hour of the longest day in counter-terrorist agent jack bauer’s life. well, we all know the producers cheated a few minutes here and there but hey… doesn’t keep the show from rocking…

i ended up with the third (and saddest) of the three alternate endings. anyone got the other two?

if you need convincing take a look.
<a href=”http://us.imdb.com/Tawards?0285331″>click right here.</a>

can’t wait to lay my hands on season 2…

Gary :: May.24.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

<i>babble babble bitch bitch
rebel rebel party party</i>

exactly 2 months to the start of the new sem.

<i>sex sex sex and don’t forget the violence</i>

what the hell am i doing up at 4am, you ask? cos i slept at 12+ just now… and woke up suddenly for no rhyme or reason. couldn’t get back to sleep. hence this break-of-dawn bullshit.

<i>blah blah blah</i>

very very introspective now. if i were a little more melancholic i’d probably kill myself.

<i>got your lovey-dovey sad-and-lonely</i>

sigh. why?

<i>stick your stupid slogan in
everybody sing along!</i>

<b>edited 0610 | 220503</b>
just back from a run.
bored again.

Gary :: May.22.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

met yunjia, gina, jiayi, tianyun and huijun at marche’s this afternoon to spend the $90 worth of vouchers we won during talentime. jared didn’t turn up cos he overslept…

huijun left early, so did yunjia and gina.. then rest of us met jared and kevin for 5 hours worth of ktv… then jiayi, jared and i had dinner at food street.

quite brain dead now… shan’t type details.

<b>edited 0618 | 220503</b>
since i’m bored i’ll type a little more.

at marche’s we ordered
<ul><li>2 varieties of crepe
<li>stingray
<li>calamari
<li>waffles
<li>mushroom soup
<li>2 rosti(s?)
<li>3 root beers
<li>3 irish coffees
<li>hot chocolate</ul>
after settling the ktv bill we ended up with a $20 voucher for the next visit.. how nice.

at food street we ordered
<ul><li>carrot cake
<li>fried oysters
<li>chee cheong fun
<li>a-boh-ling (if you have to ask what this is you’re missing out on a good slice of life)
<li>stingray (again)
<li>2 vanilla cokes</ul>
wanted to order kueh paitis but the stall was out of them.

Gary :: May.21.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

Bought myself the new M. Manson album two days back.. just thought i’d give it a mention. As dark as Antichrist Superstar, as electronic as Mechanical Animals, as tuneful as Holy Wood… this is one of Manson’s best albums ever.

harks back to 1930-esque pre hitler germany in both style and sound, it pretty much stands out from his previous efforts at hitting out at religion and the government.

the photo of John5 on the back page of the liner booklet looks cool. =)

the free dvd which comes with every copy of the album in the states is significantly missing on the singaporean version. it contains a film directed by the Arch Dandy himself. oh well…

Gary :: May.18.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

within 9 hours… 2 notable ones take place.

#1 | me and my dad (5.15 am)

Me: Eh.. free anytime today? thinking of bringing the guitar as well as some stuff home for the hols. If not then some other day.. it’s ok.

Dad: later at about 8.30?

Me: My God! it’s 5.20 and you’re not sleeping??!

Dad: my god my foot. you woke me up.

Me: Oops.. sorry.. haha… goodnight.. go sleep.

ended up coming to pick me up from hall at 6.30am… then we went to fong seng’s for breakfast.

#2 | me and a stranger (1.07 pm. i was trying to sleep. MY turn to get woken up this time)

unrecognized number: yes she went home… i’m at shaw… you guys go decide what to do…

me: i’m sorry? who’s this? msging the wrong person?

stranger: sorry… wrong person… you have a great day…

me: thank you stranger.. =) no problem.. you have yourself a great day too!

stranger: actually a friend traded in his 8310 and i was messaging my friend gary but got your name in the phone book instead… you’re nice =) cheers

me: er.. i’m confused. so exactly wjose sim card is that? your friend’s? haha this is weird.. maybe i know him.

stranger: he sold the phone to me and got a samsung… i’m using his 8310 and your name is in the phone… i don’t have his name cos he got the phone without line

stranger: had lunch yet?

me: no i haven’t eaten yet but thank you for asking.. haha..or did you just msg the wrong person again? =)

stranger: thought you’re a pretty friendly guy… can be friends mah… ;) mind if i know how old are you?

&ltconversation goes on for well over an hour.>

blah blah blah…

i MUST find out whose phone that was.

Gary :: May.17.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

Bought a new phone (6610). Last paper tomorrow.

nothing much to update.. will type more soon after.

Gary :: May.15.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

just woke up. had a really bad night. hot, humid, + so many mosquitoes it felt like a field camp. sigh. woke up so many times in the middle of the night. once even to wash my face.

this sucks.

Gary :: May.13.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

Ah.. how satisfying… finally got to watch it. kinda unbelievable at the beginning but i grew used to it… then the plot twists came… mmm… nice.

shit. look at the time… better get some sleep. maths paper tomorrow morning at 9.30.

Gary :: May.10.2003 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »