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The Power of Music

2010-03-18T07:37:00.001-07:00

The power of music is unlimited and the benefit that we can get from music is endless. Dan Elllsey, a gentleman who was born with cerebral palsy discovered that he could express himself by listening to music and composing music as well. Ellsey composed his music through a computer system called Hyperscore, invented by Tod Machover. Hyperscore was developed with the idea of how our brain responds and processes the music. Basically, our brains are very sensitive to music and they were developed to process rapid tones, which are very much similar to languages. Furthermore, our brains are wired to process music. For instance, listening to our own favorite music will trigger the thinking centre in the brain cortex, as well as the motivation and reward system in the brain. This explained that music is essential need of the human’s body, because the brain gave the same response to food, water and sex. In extension, music has medical potential as well. Doctor used music therapy to help handicapped patients to recover their talking and walking ability, and it can reduce the physical pains of a patient as well.

Music is pretty much bonded with the life of a human. We use music to celebrate events, signify something, even the great composer – Ludwig van Beethoven, wrote a symphony dedicated to Napoleon. Music has the greater influence to humans compared to languages. Music is a universal language, a language without words. We should encourage the usage of music therapy to the public and explore more new music therapy methods as well. Music is something very easy to get and most of the time you can just get it for free. Moreover, music is something very organic and harmless to a human’s body. There are no signs of side effects found from the patients after they go through music therapy. Something that is free and organic will save a lot of money for the patient. There are numbers of factory in the world were built to produce medicines. As a result of minimizing the usage of medicines, we can reduce the global warming problem by reducing the requirement of the medicine factory.

There is more positive potential that we can find in music that is waiting for us to explore. We should realize that there are plenty of solutions to cure a patient and chemical medicine isn’t the ultimate option.

Genre of Music

2010-03-01T03:09:00.001-08:00

Today I’m going to talk about a genre of classical music, which is concerto. Concerto is a virtuoso piece of music, which is composed for a soloist with an orchestra, and it is meant to let the soloist show off their stylistic playing. Concertos normally consist of 3 movements and they are composed in a fast-slow-fast order. Each concerto has its own unique theme and the main theme in the first movement will be elaborated in the following movements and evolves into a series of beautiful melodies.

People believe that concerto evolved from the Concerto Grosso, which appeared during the Baroque period. The main difference between the concerto and Concerto Grosso is the concerto is normally written for 1 soloist and it’s rarely written for more then 2 soloists. On the other hand, Concerto Grosso is written for a group of soloists (they called it concertino) and full orchestra. In extension, there is another theory that talks about how the concerto was invented. There is a very close relationship between a symphony with a concerto, and some people think that a concerto is evolved from a symphony. They treat a concerto as a symphony with one less movement and use Scherzo for the third movement instead of Minuet and Trio. In addition, Candenza is the distinct element that we can find in a concerto which makes it sound even more unique.

Concerto first appeared in the Baroque period. Vivaldi wrote a number of concerti for strings and winds instruments, and they are all well recognized. Concerti in the Baroque period have a lot of call and response between the soloist and the orchestra, and are mostly in monophonic rhythmic pattern. For instance, Vivaldi used scales to develop the theme of his concerto and soon modulate to an Alberti Bass or broken chords, and the orchestra repeats the same right after the soloist. Concerti written for Keyboard instruments were hardly found in the Baroque period, most likely because the keyboard instruments in that time could not produce loud dynamics except the organ.

Moving forward to the Classical period, we have the music prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart’s concertos are all very well written in his own stylistic way of writing. He articulates the passage differently compared to the Baroque period and he loves to end his cadences with thrills. Mozart also expanded the instrumentation of the orchestra for the concerto. He added horns to the orchestra and sometimes he even took out the flute. In the Classical period, composers experimented with new musical form in the concerto. For example they used Romance, Rondo or even Theme and Variation instead of a Sonata Form.

Concerto reached its new milestone during the Romantic period when all the amazing composers explored more on the instruments. They used almost all the registers on the instrument and implied technically challenging passages. One of the greatest examples is Niccolo Paganini. He as a violin virtuoso himself exploited the technical potential of his instrument to its very limits. Meanwhile, cello concertos were mushrooming during the Romantic period as well. Composers started to realize that there were lots of things that they can explore on the cello and so, cello received the same attention as the violin from this period onwards. The cello concerto written by Antonin Dvorak is the supreme example from the Romantic period.

The developments of the concerto didn’t stop growing. During the 20^th century, the concerto was no longer meant for the beauty of the melody or the musical form. The concerti needed more extended techniques to achieve some radical effects on musical language. The composers brought up a new concept of pitch, timbre and dynamics.

Concerto as a genre of music has a very important role in classical music history. Concerto helps the musician to showcase their technique and writing a concerto seems to be a must in the life of a composer. Writing or playing a concerto are both challenging and it’s a big achievement if you are able to complete it. Never the less, concerto helps to attract audience as well and it always inspires people to get to learn more about classical music.

Practice with strategies!!!

2010-02-04T22:03:00.000-08:00

    Music is a performing art and it needs discipline practice to ensure the quality of the performances. It will be an endless beginning of a long session of practice, if you chosen to become a professional musician in the future. People spend most of their time to practice their instrument, but the time you spend on the instrument will not guarantee the result that you expected. So what we need to do is get the right strategy that works perfectly on you and have more productive practices.

    We run a little survey among the schoolmate and listed out the 3 most effective strategies for practicing. This is the 3 I get in my list: plan/organize your practice, do fundamental practice and be patient during practice. I noticed that all of them didn’t mention anything regards to technique or even musicality. This reflects that there is no direct way to achieve good technique and musicality, it have to keep practicing and it will come slowly.

    The most effective strategy out of 3 of them is plan/organize your practice; it’s 27.8% from the total, more then a quarter. Actually this is quite true that planning your practice session is something very essential and important. The benefit from this is you save up a lot of time and it allowed you to work more pieces in one practice session. Draft out what you need to practice and what you want to practice and organize the time accordingly. Set a target for every practice to make sure you can focus on one thing and drill on it. This method allowed you to tackle down what you want achieve in a day and it’s also a good time management practice as well.

    Following that is work on the fundamentals; it stands 16.7% out of the total. When we talk about fundamentals, it refers to long tone, scales and arpeggios. We should know that the tallest building in the world built on the strongest fundamental of the world. This applied to the music playing as well. Stronger basics will bring you further in your playing. 99% of the music in the world is created from scales and arpeggios, work more on the basic is a one stone two birds strategy.

    Finally is being patient when you practice, which are 11% of them. Mastery of your temper is one of the most important things to succeed in your life. Being patient is the only key to achieve perfection in your playing. Just like you plan a seed into the soil, and you need to take care of the seed and make sure it will grow healthily. You may never know when the flower going to blossom and when will the harvest season arrive, things for sure is if you wait it will happen. Don’t stop practicing when you meet an obstacle, find out the problem and practice patiently is the best solution.

    To conclude myself, there is no shortcut to the success. We have to work hard and smart in the same time. Give a try to any positive advice on practice and some of them may works on you. Be a smart musician and make your practice session easier!

Music is BOOMZ!!!

2010-01-15T18:20:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! This my second post of the year!! Specially dedicates to Patricia Tow, my English teacher which is teaching me for EM1202, English for Academic Purposes. So I guess I have to be rather formal in my writing compares with my normal way of writing....lol

" for your information Pat, LOL stands for 'Laugh Out Loud' "

What is music mean to me? Hmm...is pretty hard to describe it, but i will try my best thou. If you look through the human's civilization history, music stands a main role in the development in every aspect. From the royal to the commoner, from sacred functions to celebration events. Life of human beings is strongly bonded with music and the importants is greater then what you can imagine. People used to say that music is a universal language, but I don't think this is the best way to describe music. Languages are something that's invented by humans, music is something gifted from nature or mother earth. Humans didn't invent it, but we enhanced it and owned it. Music is something beyond you can use words to describe and music has a deeper meaning then words.

Let’s see how professionals describe it:-

"How to define music has long been the subject of debate; philosophers, musicians, and, more recently, various social and natural scientists have argued about what constitutes music. The definition has varied through history, in different regions, and within societies. Definitions vary as music, like art, is a subjectively perceived phenomenon. Its definition has been tackled by philosophers of art, lexicographers, composers, music critics, musicians, semioticians or seismologists, linguists, sociologists, and neurologists. Music may be defined according to various criteria including organization, pleasantness, intent, social construction, perceptual processes and engagement, universal aspects or family resemblances, and through contrast or negative definition."

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_music)

Well, for what is music mean to me, music is BOOMZ!!

If you only can describe the music with a word, it makes no mercies to music. But if it does, the word will be BOOMZ! Forget about searching the dictionary or Google it for the meaning of "BOOMZ", it's something new and less then one year old. Is'nit too sad to say music is my life? My life is more then music, I have friends and family, foods, travels, and many cool stuffs. This doesn't mean music is less important for me, music is a part of myself, an essential for me.

Why "BOOMZ"??

"BOOMZ" doesn't have a ultimate meaning, you can think of it refers to cool, very, dramatic, awesome, or maybe trendy?? It depends on how you think of it, and how imaginative you are. Music can be just MP3 for me when I'm bored waiting the MRT or at the bus stop; can be my career if I get into a pro orchestra; can be an assignment in my theory class; can be my friend when I'm sad; can be money maker if I'm a businessman... ...and many things else

As a musician, I present music and the music acknowledges me to audience. As Vincent, music is something in my blood and it's something I don't have to put on my face to show it but you can feel it from me. To conclude myself, music for me is everything you can think of. I don't live for music neither music live for me, we grow together and share every moment together.

THE END

p/s: here is an interesting article regards to the "BOOMZ"

http://blogs.straitstimes.com/2009/9/22/what-does-boomz-really-mean

Hola 2 0 1 0 !!!!!!

2010-01-13T20:30:00.000-08:00

Guess what guys??? Vincent was missing for almost 2 years!!! I really found that keep updating my blog is a very difficult task and it take a lots of time. And my blog is lagging of interaction with my followers or you may call it readers. sigh... ...

Well, 2010 is a new start i guess. The beginning of a new decade and I'm sure it will be a fruitful year and full with laughter and some crazy moments. For those who don't know what I'm up to now or where had I been, I'm now studying at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. Here is the link for those who never hear about this school or you kinda knew it but never visit my school, you would like to pay a visit to this webbie.

http://music.nus.edu.sg/

This school rocks!!! I had experienced plenty of amazing moment there. I met some of the great flutist that i thought i will never have the opportunity to meet, and few stunning workshops such as the new Principal Conductor from New York Philharmonic Orchestra offered us a one day 2 session of orchestra rehearsals. Even though I'm wasn't playing in the orchestra but it's already more then enough for me to listen to him. And before i forget, Sir James Galway and his wife Lady Jeanne Galway visited us too!!! The childhood idol for the most flutist in the world, the man with the golden flute...

And the best part is, I'm a full-scholarship holder of the school. Well...apparently all most of the students here are under scholarship, or i should say it's all under scholarship. You have no idea how good the school is, and i really fortunate to get into the school. Although this school is the house of bitches and drama queens ( some mad men as well ), but it's well worth to study here! Or maybe this is one of the artistic sign of a musician??

Last but not least.....

CHEERS

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAVE A BLESSFUL YEAR AHEAD FOLKS!!!!

MISSING IN ACTION!

2008-09-26T04:45:00.000-07:00

Goodness me!! Mr.Vincent!? Where had you been?? You still alive??

Yeah yeah...I'm still here...blogging it's a long term dedication, dedication to the readers and myself too. It's unbelievable that i stop blogging for nearly 2 weeks! How can i let this happen?? Bad boy !! Vincent!!

Sorry guys and i don't mean it!!! I know...i know...i will give many stupid excuses but i really busy!!!!! I'm so stress up for the pass few weeks. I gonna rush for my programme notes and work for my finals, follow up with my graduation recital! YES!!! a solo recital man!! And i finally made it!!! yeah~~~ First of all i really have to say thanks to my dear pianist! She is a beautiful and understanding yet amazing pianist!!! Without her i can't make it!! She is~~~~~Kong Su Mei!!!!!!! muacks muacks~~~ a lot of kisses and hug for you!!

I'm so surprise Mr. Joost Flach came to my recital! I'm so nervous and i wish i don't screw up!!! fingers cross!!!! I had a good start on my J.S Bach sonata in E major, yes...i know...still shaky~~Later on is the suite by Benjamin Godard, I really hate this music cause i never ever make it sounds right! Fantasie for flute and piano is my 3rd item for my recital, it's written by Georges Hue. I think i did a great job on those scales...ahahahaha~~ And the very last finale is my Mozart Flute Concerto No.2 in D Major...According from Mr. Joost, it's good but the 3rd movement is slightly faster...should make it in a moderate tempo...(sigh...i think so...but i just couldn't stop my fingers, i m too nervous!!)

That's it for my recital and a foot stop for my diploma level...now it's a brand new start for my life...i been occupied with few performances and will tour to east Malaysia the end of year...I planed to make myself a recordings so i can send to conservotary to apply a scholarship!!

Mission confirmed!!

I will work harder and i promise to myself i won't give up blogging!!!

HUGS!!

fasting mode activated!

2008-09-08T04:18:00.000-07:00

There is a question that i always want to ask my Malays friend. "Will you get upset when the fasting month arrived?" From what i know about "fasting", it's a very tough thing to do because it's involved physically and mentally discipline! You cant swallow your saliva when you are thirsty, you can't even kiss your mate! No food before buka puasa...sigh...it's quite suffer that if you are hungry but you can't eat! A fat boy like sure will faint for the first day! LOL

So as a non-Malay, yet I'm Malaysian but Chinese! It's quite hard for us to switch or tune into the fasting mode...well...well...i'm not saying that i gonna fasting as well...i mean i try and avoid drinking water and eat my food in front of them...BUT...it's tough!!! me, myself is naturally hungry most of the time...LOL...so i wild put something in my mouth naturally when every i feel i want to...LOL...so i show you an example: I just got to KL Central after my flute lesson with Hristo at KLCC, i decided to buy an ice-cream at McD...yummy!! a nice chocolate ice-cream, it's so refreshing under the great heat of the sun! And the platform is always packed with people and you gonna squeeze like sardine if you want to get in the commuter. So i have my yummy ice-cream while i m waiting at the platform...well when time passed by, i can feel some negative "energy" or "Qi" around me!!!!! my bloody Malay friends are fasting NOW!!!

SORRY!!!!!

I snake out from the sight of the peoples asap and try to cramp all the ice-cream in my mouth in once! what a terrible experience!! my sweet ice-cream was wasted and i can't have it slowly as in i can enjoy every single moment the ice-cream melt on my tongue tip! gee...

Anyway, i'm not blaming you guys? Boleh? I just want to show my respect to them because i know it's very tough! So to all my fella Muslim friend, SORRY!!! and all the best for the fasting month!!! I will help you all to finish the foods before they appear on your sight!!! muahahahahaha.....

CHEERS

Pasar Pagi

2008-09-05T19:12:00.000-07:00

Today i wake up earlier because i promised my mummy that i will follow her to the market this morning. Nowadays KL keep on raining, so there is no exception for today as well. The weather is cold and the road is wet. Daddy drive us to the market place which is very close to our house at Desa Jaya. Yes, Desa Jaya...the place that i grow up. I remember that i always follow my mummy to the market when i was a kiddo and i will ask her to buy me "Char Kue Tiao" for an uncle. Unfortunately, he passed away because of lungs cancer. sad.......

This market recall all my memories back. The way that people hawk, you can hear all kind of different dialect. Maybe some of you don't know that Chinese in Malaysia came from different province, we had Hokkien, Hakka, Canton and blah blah blah...so many!!!! And me, I'm from a Hakka family. Isaac gor gor use to told me that he love Hakka so much, the way we speak are so rough....LOL....he had a unique taste eh?? The floor in the market is always wet, and they always smells gross. YUCKS...the moment you step on the water you will faint if this is your first experience to a traditional market...THEY ARE DISGUSTING!!! hahaha...but all those aunties and uncles already have the immunity of it! hahaha...

You can get anything in the traditional market and you can negotiate the price. You can even found pirated DVDs here!! Sorry, but i don't buy!~~ Peoples here mostly from the 50's and 60's...and they had there unique way of grooming. Aunties usually love to curl their hair and color them into red or maroon. I can't say they are old-fashioned, it's just the way they love to be...You will found very interesting if you listen they conversation between those aunties. Specially if they speak in your mother-tongue. It's so into your blood. Those vintage bicycle that parked on the roadside complete the whole scenery.

On my way back home, i notice that there are so many beautiful flowers in my garden. NO, i should say it's my daddy's garden. He is a healthy old man...LOL(he is 62 this year), but he look like 50 for me. My daddy is a green finger, one of his hobby except from eat is gardening...let me show you some of his masterpiece!

Hola September!!!

2008-09-04T03:22:00.000-07:00

I would like to dedicate this post to my "God" family!! hahaha...yes, i think most of the older Chinese community love to have god-parents for their children. Either their god-parents are saint or goddess in their religion, or even Buddha as well. My very own god-parents or god-family, is my uncle and auntie (my mother's sister and brother-in-law). They had 2 beautiful daughters, they are my pretty sisters!!! Ms. Shukyi ( mother of three children) and Ms. Annice ( mother of two children). They both have different character but with one similarity! IT'S ... ... we love GOSSIP!!!!! muahahahahaha...we can gossip together whatever happen around us, from top to bottom; from family to international celebrities! You name it and we can dig into it!!!

I just love to spend time with them, they fulfills my emptiness while i'm lonely. They treated me even better then my brothers! LOL...recently, my sister just teased me that why i seldom blog recently...well, what to do? I going to have my final recital soon. Assignments, practices, rehearsals...became my daily routine nowadays. And my readers population stop growing!~

How can this happen?? aih....sad~nya!

Anyway, i would like to say thanks to all of them that visited my blog before and my wonderful god-family too. I received my belated birthday-cake from them few days ago, and they bought me to makan dim sum on National Day.

My eldest sis keep on complaining the flowers make the cake so lame...LOL

cheese and coffee make a good couple that better than grapes and lemon

"har gao", "sui mai"~~~~~~!!

Adui...why think so long??

a heavy breaky for the day! YET delicious!!!!

HAPPY BIRD-DAY

2008-08-30T20:54:00.000-07:00

Arghh...gosh...i'm 20yo now~! Vincent! you getting older! You have to behave more like an adult, think wise before you talk and be more responsible. (yeah...i knew this since i graduate from secondary school) People will be very surprise when ever i tell them i m 20 this year, either they think i m more then that or less. Most of them says i m more mature then my actually age, maybe is the way i talk and act? Does it mean i m old? soon i will grow older and become an uncle...

I asked myself what I achieved in this 20 years. I think it's a lot...I manage to finish my education level till a diploma level and got my full-scholarship by myself. I have no doubt that i spent my life in the right way! Life is always up and down, and i m a soft boy. hahahaha....i will get hurt easily but i won't show. Thats the way to survive eh? I always tell myself "you only live once", so i will try out what ever i want so that i won't regret!

As previous, i got a lot of b-day wishes from my friends and family. Either they text me or ring me up, i really appreciate and precious their wishes. I feel lucky that finally one of my friend asked me out for lunch on my b-day! Because i didn't celebrate my b-day with anyone for like 3 or 4 years. I would like to say thanks to Eric!!!!!!!!!

i love you!!! and you are the best!!!

Eric and i know each other for 2 years. And i really suprise that he remember my b-day! LOL...He bought me to 1U to have sushi and later on we spent the afternoon for movie.

you no money, i not happy

2008-08-29T20:42:00.000-07:00

As a Malaysian, sometimes really confusing that either I'm a Chinese that born in Malaysia or Malaysia Chinese? LOL...what i wanted to throw out is, majority of the Malaysian are not the origin in Malaysia. We are all from different country just like what happen in U.S and Australia. We had Chinese from Main Land China, Indians from India and Malays from Indonesia. See?? But i still can't understand why the government claim Malays as the origin in Malaysia? They are all immigrants like us. And those so-called Malacca Sultanate heroes with the honor of "Hang", they are all Muslim from China. But at the end they said they are Malays too but not Chinese. Even in our history they didn't notice where they from. And those specialities that offered to our so called "bumiputera" are extremely unfair to others. ( origin in Malaysia called themselves bumiputera = prince of the earth?) You may asked some of your friends that live in Malaysia, even all my Caucasian friends know this.

Well...well...I never been to Australia nor US. But do you guys need to fill in what's your nation if you want to apply something. And we are trained to fill in either you are Malays, Chinese, Indians or others, but we will never fill in with Malaysian. So now what? National commercial said others fight for union but we don't have to. But why we are all Malaysian but we are still different? It's just like asking American to fill in the application form either you are Black or White.

what to do? life still have to go on. I still love Malays satay, Indians mamak. hahahaha... ...I watched a great movie from Singapore, "Money No Enough II". It's well portrait they way people stay in Malaysia and Singapore. But i refer to Chinese...LOL.... So if any one of you want to know the true culture of Malaysia or Singapore, you must go and watch the movie. The cinema is full house and flooded with audience's' tears because of the nice act and impressive story line. So, don't miss it ok? must go!!!!!!!

S W U U - E - E - T !

2008-08-29T03:31:00.000-07:00

Hola! I'm back safe and sound! Guys, i miss you all from my bottom of my heart! Where to begin with? eh... ...well. I'm really happy that i able to login blogger again after being awhile without pc in my daily life. As some of you know that i went to a music camp for a week. yeah...yeah...but still I CAN'T LOGIN!!!

What else? It's the stupid streamyx again! DANG...The very first thing that i do when i reached home is turn on my pc and login to the internet. Unfortunately, it doesn't work AGAIN! Yes, again...I don't know why must my pc caught in problems everytimes after i leave it alone for weeks or what. This really drive me crazy all the time. I phone up streamyx asap. After couple of days, they sent a technician to my house and help me sort out the problems. The streamyx guy is an old man called Ah Lim, or Pak Cik Lim? haha...he is a Malay thou...

After this and that, here and there. I finally get myself back to the old days with my pc...LOL
just like a kiddo that get his ice-cream from mummy!

SWEET!!!!

World Without Stranger

2008-08-15T01:22:00.000-07:00

Had any one of you heard the latest project called “World Without Stranger - Giordano Tee Project” from Giordano? Regarding to the world madness Beijing Olympic 2008, Giordano came out a series of desingers tee shirt. They invited 12 artist all over the world and produced a collection consist of 16 printed tee shirt based on the theme “World Without Strangers” that duly echoes this year’s Olympic Games 2008 slogan - “One World, One Dream.”

Obviously i'm not into any sports, that's why i'm always in shape.

"Round is a SHAPE"

Anyhow, i still want to show my support to the Olympic games. There fore, i bought one of the tee shirt that designed by a Taiwan artist, Stanley Tai (www.tw.myblog.yahoo.com/simon71213). His designs are available for male and female as well.

Concept: “People might appear to be as cold as robots, but we still have a caring, loving heart towards nature. Over-consumed resources, abused woodlands, seasonal migratory birds lost their homes. But the robot shows his love to these birds, flies the airship and convoys them to a safe home (the robot holds the nest of the birds).”

Well, as usual, i took few pics and try to do modeling?? LOL please don't laugh ok??

http://www.giordano.com.hk/web/HK/investors/news/2008-07-03_WWS%20Tee%20Project_E.pdf

prelude to PERMATA

2008-08-14T21:56:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow will be the first day of the August music camp that organized by MPYO. Members gonna arrive at KLCC before 1pm to catch up the bus that will bring us to PERMATA, Bangi. sigh...so soon...just another 24hours!!!!

I have to pack up all my stuffs soon and make sure i didn't leave anythings else. If not, i will get myself in big trouble!! I make myself a check list here, i wish i didn't missed up any single item that i should bring along:

as a musician, the first thing you have to make sure that always stay beside you is

YOUR INSTRUMENT!!

This remind me that i used to have a careless colleague, he forgot to bring his instrument before the concert and some rehearsals. How can this happen??? Either he bring his "flute case" without the flute or he totally forgot to bring the flute...so let me ask you...who are you if you are a flutist without a flute? DANG!!!

so the list must start with my beloved Powell Signature! LOL

1. Instrument (flute+piccolo)

2. Music
3. Clothes + jeans + undie/boxer
4. Stocking
5. Shoes (sanddles included)
6. Concert attire
7. Toiletries
8. Electronic gadgets (mp3 player, mobile phone, camera)
9. the Chargers
10. my beloved BROS water bottle

erm...did i miss something ah? Remind me if i did...

MPYO IN ACTION!

2008-08-14T04:48:00.000-07:00

Ladies and gentlemen! I know you all had been waiting for a long time! And now let me announce that MPYO going to present you their 3rd concert of the year 2008!

YEAH!!! !!! !!!

It's time for those young and cute musician to rock on the stage!

Featuring our beloved Principal Conductor, Mr. Kevin Field, and Dr. Marc Rochester on the majestic Klais Pipe Organ with us! Ladies and gentlemen, do you know that, DFP (Dewan Filharmonik Petronas) is one of the best concert hall that you can find in Asia and it's the only concert hall that occupied with a 2977-pipe, 44-stop pipe organ (built by Johannes Klais Orgelbau) in Malaysia. For more information about Klais Pipe Organ, you can click the link here to visit their webbie http://www.klais.de/m.php?pid=7.

P R O G R A M M E

arr. CHUA Tanah Pusaka
HOLST St. Paul’s Suite – Finale: The Dargason
BRITTEN Soirée Musicales (Op.9)
GRIEG Holberg’s Suite (Op.40) – Air
BRITTEN Irish Reel
ROSSINI The Thieving Magpie Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No.3 in C minor (Op.78)

T I C K E T S
RM30 Public
RM15 Student
RM10 Student groups of 10 or more

D R E S S C O D E
Smart casual.
Strictly no jeans, shorts,
T-shirts, sneakers and
slippers allowed.

So what are you waiting for? No terms and conditions applied in this fantastic event! Please support us!!!

BOOK YOUR TICKETS TODAY! Call 03-2051 7007

the first step to be fame!

2008-08-12T04:18:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! Remember that i told you all about the KFC Toasted Twister? Finally the advertisement came out yesterday with the first appearance at http://fooyoh.com/. I'm here to say thank you to Mr. Justin that found my blog and give me the opportunity to advertise my blog to public. And really appreciate for those who visited my blog before! I'm sorry that i didn't use the right grammer and so on...at maybe some of you guys don't even know what i'm talking about...well...thanks anyway!!!

They put down a title as "Bloger gets Twister-fied". I'm not the only blogger that get involved in this advertisement. There is another blogger that composed a post regarding to the "toasted twister". You may interested to read his post (p/s: he wrote better than me!!!)

http://www.sixthseal.com/2008/07/kfc-toasted-twister.html

APPLE or ORANGE?

2008-08-10T05:23:00.000-07:00

The introduction of iPhone turn those gadgets freak crazy! The cool design and functions captured the attention from the public. Everyone planning to own one asap because it's really fun to play it and proud to own it! Rumors nowadays spread every way...they said they can get a iPhone 1st generation about RM600(around USD 250$). cool eh? Can this be true? it's even cheaper then a iPod Classic! Com'on!? To prove this is false, i did a survey by net search and i went to retail stores to get more info too. You gonna pay up at least RM1800+ to get a used iPhone and RM2500+ to get a new one. well...well... believe it or not, the shopkeeper even told me that they didn't offer guarantee...(erm...maybe they are very confident that their "apples" are always fresh!)

So, how can you get a brand new iPhone with RM600? doesn't matter it's the old version or the 3G, it just won't happen! (but never say never, who knows maybe you really can get one, if it does...please let me know!!!!!!!!!!) ok,ok...i think there are some voices buzzing around my ears...maybe you saw it before with your bare eyes...but do you know it's a imitation? a 99.9% imitation? LOL...you can get few companies offering iPhone imitations on the market, majority from China. Yessss...indeed! The first Communist country that host Olympic ever! (this is the new way describe China...muahahaha)

The company name is iOrange...wtf? hahahahhaha...it's true lah...believe me! Beside iOrange, some Korean factory also doing the clone of iPhone, with the same logo and you can't even notice it's a clone without some expert's guidelines!

iPhone's clone
http://item.eachnet.com/prd/1212502818847405_prd.html

And here is the iOrange that i mentioned earlier. It's a good imitation also, they using their very own logo and i think they registered in China also... http://www.iorgane.com/cp_f1.asp?id=18

eh?? why the poster is iOrgane? haha...well...the founder of this company said they got the wrong spelling while they trying to write orange. So instead of orange, they decide to use organe as their product name! You can get either one of them with less then 200USD!!! LOL

so...apple or orange?

buy for quality! buy BROS!

2008-08-07T21:08:00.000-07:00

I'm very sure people in Malaysia like to use water bottles that make from polycarbonate. Sort of plastic but it's harder and light. I bought one from Jusco Kepong last few weeks, it's a 700ml bottle with royal blue symmetrical picture. The design is good and it looks class with a cheap price! The stupid me put it into the freeze zone of the frige fill with water! and i leave it over night....

My poor bottle cracked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But Jesus, it didn't broke! but now my bottle looks like pregnant! LOL...yet unique!

It seems the quality really good! so i strongly recommend to peoples!

after i confirmed my bottel are pragnant!

can you see the crack marks?

http://www.livingwing.com.my/product/productlist.php?brand=35&cat=189&subcat=0

I'm not Stupid!!! (KTM version)

2008-08-07T20:16:00.000-07:00

I'm 19 going to 20 this year, and considered as young adult yet i can't get in the casino. I completed my kindergarten, primary and secondary education. Do you i m stupid enough to get in your trap? This incident happen on yesterday when i traveling to KL central by the KTM. I made an appointed with Su Mei at Taman Paramount LRT station on 11am to pass my music to her. As usual, daddy fetch me to KTM station and i check in with my touch'n go. It's normal that many foreigners appeared around my area. Olympic is so happening and so does Kepong did. You can see some China-man, Nigerian, and others south-east Asians. I pluged on my hearphone and listen my favorite bossanova music while waiting the never ever punctual KTM commuter.

As expected, they are lated for almost 20mins, due to some "failure" or some "error"s. Well, i don't understand why there are some many this and that happen. Such a bull shit management but something i felt insult is, their slogan are "save time, save money, save energy" (if i'm not mistaken) gee.. .. ..apa itu! I get on th commuter as soon as the arrivel, and there is a Nigerian right beside me. After we passed few station, he suddenly talk to me. I'm in a shock!

nigerian says: Hi! Which country you from?

me says: Hi...I'm local, Malaysian. (definitely not Nigerian!)
nigerian says: I though you are Korean.
me says: no, i'm not. (is this a compliment?)

nigerian says: I like to make friends...blah blah blah
me says: ok...(tell me he is not interested with me!!) nice to meet you

the conversation stop for few mins without reason... ...

nigerian says: actually i have something to ask you.

me says: what can i help you?

nigerian says: i need to travel down to Ninal but i didn't brought my ATM card. so....

me says: ok. i think it's possible i can buy you a ticket ( god damnit! i should ignore him earlier!)

nigerian says: thanks...my gf actually waiting me at...blah blah blah

and i started to entertaint him and try to ignore him. I get a sit just right after peoples living, BUT he sit beside me again! I failed!

Finally we arrived KL central. We wishper to me again.

nigerian says: can you help me buy the ticket? like lend me 10 bucks...
me says: but you just have to take KTM to Nilai, it's the same line!!
nigerian says: it's ok... (leaving)

My goodness, how can he be so stupid? You thought i m little kiddo kah? S.O.B!

stress and moody!

2008-08-05T02:26:00.000-07:00

Today is the first day i back to school. Everythings looks just like what they have to be but with some new faces walking around. Yes, they latest intake of the music department. There are a total 11 of them with 2 boys and all girls. The first thing i arrived my college is put to my cello and check out the notice board. It seems i missed alot of things and i have to submit up before 15th of August. Did i said i put my cello? GOSH... ...i can't even remember i owned a cello. arghh... ...and i don't know why they asked us to take a minor instrument as a subject and it's compulsory. Good news and bad news here and there. The good news is - Ms. Ang is pregnant, she is my oral teacher, teach us vocal solfage and she teach Italian too. And the bad news is - i don't have enough time to complete so manythings at once! I have to submit something regards to my major and minor recital and a tons of assignment by Ms. Yuan... ...etc

I didn't sleep well these few days. So manythings cramped together and i m worrying something else. aih... ...ya, EK.. ..if you are reading this... ...please take care ok? I know you got alot of test and exam this coming few weeks. All the best! Hugs!

back on track!

2008-08-03T01:17:00.000-07:00

I going back to KLCC today to have my first rehearsal after the long break! It's a chamber rehearsal for this coming MPYO camp. We going to play 'Upon Enchanted Ground" by Alan Hovhaness (http://www.hovhaness.com/hovhaness.html), Op. 90, No.1,written for flute, cello, giant tamtam and harp. The rehearsal venue is the Soloist Room 1 in DFP, and we going to run the rehearsal for 2 hours time. As usual, we tune our instrument before the rehearsal and this is the special day for my new flute also. This is the first ensemble experience for my new flute. My flute works really well today, although some intonation problems due to i still not really use to it. It's because my previous flute had alot of intonation problems and i have to move the angel almost every notes. And now on the Powell Signature i have to move less or even not. hahahaha....so satisfied with it. And my flute sounds rich even in the very dry acoustic!

LOL...looks like a pair of gloves, actually it's harp with the cover!

The rehearsal run not pretty well today. I had a printing error right on the second bar and Bryan struggling with his awkward syncopation rhythm on his harp with weird fingerings. Sui Yen went crazy by keep counting the rest with her tamtam. And me suffering also, i have to deal with a plain and repeated melody. I think this music is kind of minimalism and it's a programme music. I took few pics when we having break in between the rehearsal!

Sui Yen intend to kill me with her tamtam's mallet!!

me with my Powell Signature

Bryan decided to spoilt the gold harp so he can get a new one!

me again!

the music on my stands.

Bryan looks exhausted after the rehearsal!

an encounter with Beng Yew

2008-08-01T05:29:00.000-07:00

I text up my friend, Beng Yew few days ago. I asked him out for a movie cause such a long time didn't see him and want to catch up some topics. So, we decided to meet up at Time Square around 1pm. Well, KTM are late as usual and I'm late again. Luckily the show haven't start yet and i manage to rush in the cinema on time or should i say slightly late. The movie we going to watch is "Sparrow", it's Hongkie movie that based on snatch thieves in HK. Hongkie used to named those thief as "Sparrow", I wonder why? Sparrow steal things in real life too? If it does, I should adopt few cause I'm broke now.

I can't say it's a big disappointment. I can just say it's not my cup of Milo. I'm not those brilliant kind of person, and the movie are too "artistic". Anyway, the music are really nice thou. The chords are so beautiful and the mixture of Chinese instrument with western are superb. I can even smells the typical Hongkie aroma from the music. I will give 3 stars out of 5, because it's really not my cup of Milo. You can read the reviews that composed by others by clicking this link: http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/sparrow.html

Beng Yew bought me McD's Apple Pie...YUMMY...but it's cold...sigh...the movie last around 80mins and we head to a music shop called 'Bently' soon as we leave Time Square. I bought a micro fiber cloth for my instrument and Beng Yew bought a "tuner"? "roller"? for his upbright bass. Later on, we walk to Sungei Wang and have our tea break. I took out my camera and snap few pics.

potato wedges with BBQ sauce.

hot cappucino.

seafood with cheese in toasted bread.

garden salad.

Meanwhile, i captured myself and Beng Yew too while he is playing with his new toy.

ya, i almost forget that Sungei Wang is so happening that day. Sort of like there is a Percussion Festival, and i take few pics when the Japanese representative performing!

My Poor Little Tongue

2008-07-30T04:46:00.000-07:00

I would like to dedicate this comic to my beloved cute little tongue:

http://stripgenerator.com/strip/158744/

Short but Sweet!

2008-07-29T20:50:00.000-07:00

I think you all might get bored with my post. Cause i keep uploading my instruments pics. Today i going to introduce my cute little buddy, my piccolo. This piccolo looks like a wood and sound like a wood but yet, it's made from a material called **Grenaditte. I think this name most properly came from a type of wood that people used it to built wooden instrument commonly, the *Grenadilla.

*Grenadilla (or other, similar spellings) is a name given to a number of different woods, all of them strong and dense. A famous wood so named is that of Dalbergia melanoxylon, in English African blackwood and in East Africa known as mpingo). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadilla

**Grenaditte is a new material which has similar characteristics of density, color and acoustic properties to Grenadilla wood. It is impervious to all temperature changes. Its outstanding characteristics include its lightness and hardness. Great for band programs that require outdoor performances in all types
of weather. http://www.flute.com.tw/en/faq/index.php

This material developed by Guo Musical Instruments Co. (G.M.I.C.) which formed by Geoffrey F. Guo. They involved themselve in flute making, their flute gets very good feedbacks from worldwide. I owned a Grenaditte Flute Headjoint too, that made by this Taiwan company.

Here is the pics from my piccolo and the headjoint:

Pearl Grenaditte Piccolo, French Pointed Keys, Silver-plated Mechanisme, High-wave Headjoint, Split E

serial no. #0153

Made in Taiwan

http://www.pearlgakki.com/flute/pro_piccolo.html (japanese)

http://www.pearlflutes.com/_english/pro_piccolo.html (english)

KFC Toasted Twister campaign

2008-07-29T02:45:00.000-07:00

Guys! I bet you won't believe me that an advertising agency going to use one of my post on their advertising campaign!

OMG! ! !

I don't want to be fame so fast! LOL...I wonder how the angency found my blog, are they hacker? HOLLY SHIT!! then i shouldn't give them permission to use an excerpt from my blog.

Whatever, I think this is harmless. I'm a broke and i don't think they can get anything from me...

Erm...I don't know this is real or not. But PLEASE DON"T SPOILT THIS YOUNG FELLOW!!

call me Vincent, don't call me "Ooi"

2008-07-28T06:35:00.000-07:00

this pic taken around March when we having MPYO camp at PERMATA, Petronas.

You had name and so did I. Then, why must you keep calling me "Ooi"? It's very annoying that people keep calling you "Ooi" but not your name. gee... ...

This story date back to last month, when I having rehearsal for a composer workshop & competition. There is one fellow, I would like to address him Mr. Ooi. This S.O.B really annoying!

He don't know how to show respect to others and keep on acting like an expert but he is just a nut! Well, well...This post is special dedicate to Mr.Ooi. I wish you may read it "accidentally" one day.

Ok, leave those bad memories aside. I would like to share some pics of the performance that day! Really appreciate that i have the chance to work with few amazing musician a.k.a lecturer of few college or uni. They are Ms.Chee Su Yen, Ms.Joyce Ho, Mr.Lee Yin Hwa and my buddy Mr.Yeong How Kean. Specially thanks to Mr.CH Charn, Mr.Yee Kah Hoe & Mr.Chong Kee Yong.

Day before the concert, from the left: Joyce, Yin Hwa, Me, Zi Hua and at the back Chun How

Sound check before the concert : the front roll from the left: Shuen Da, Su Yen, Zi Hua
back roll from the left: How Kean, Joyce and Me

Take photo with those composers, the guy with flower definitely not the winner.

A moment that never ever forget, really experince alot in playing comtemporary music!

THE MAGIC FLUTE

2008-07-28T02:23:00.000-07:00

FU-YOOH!!!

Mr. Vincent get his new flute!!! Yes, indeed. I finally bought my new flute from the hand of Sean. Its a solid sliver flute made by Powell company from Boston, U.S.A. This story begun from few weeks ago. I told my mummy that i in need to upgrade to a better flute, and my previous flute are "not-pretty-well-function" already. Well, I'm so honest and i explain why i want this flute so much. Finally, mummy agree with me and let me go for it.

the beautiful G sharp key

As you can see from this poster, this flute is a semi-handmade model. Powell company is very well known with the wide, open, juicy,thick sound. The workmanship are superb and the materials are chosen carefully by the maker. Many world class artist had chosen Powell to play with and leave many wonderful comments. People praise Powell and love it.

"The refinement of sound and the overall quality in the Signature flute make this an ideal instrument for those seeking a more professional approach to their performance."

PAUL EDMUND DAVIES

PRINCIPAL FLUTE

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

My lovely flute is a Solid Silver Powell Flute and a Sterling Silver Signature style headjoint (.016”) with a Dyna Flute System. It's a well made flute with a sweet voice and a strong resonance. I enjoyed playing it very much and make me wanted to practice everyday.

I took some pics of my flute, the flute come with a beautiful cherry wood case:

Powell Signature, Open Hole, B foot, Solid Silver, Inline G, with G Disc insert

serial no. #SIG-1079

Made in U.S.A

http://www.powell-japan.com/wfsalon/powell05.php (japanese)
http://www.powellflutes.com/ftree/ftree_t2/ftree_t3/ftree_t3_sig.html (english)

Day 3 in Singapore ~ FINALE

2008-07-27T23:11:00.000-07:00

26th July 2008

YEAH! I manage to survive for 3 days in Singapore! I feel proud of myself!!! come! give me a BIG APPLAUSE! BRAVO!!

muahahahahaha........... ............... ................

Today i wake up earlier because i gonna get things pack and be sure i won't leave anythings here. If not, those things will be adopted by ah gor and become his propertise! (LOL...i know he won't do that!) Ah gor wake up early too, cause he promised me will accompany me to Novena. After i tidy up myself, ah gor make me a light breaky, bread and a cup of nice coffee. Well ah gor actually want to spread the kayang on the bread, BUT already went mouldy jor! YUICKS!

Luckily i didn't makan! If not later masuk hospital can't balik Malaysia!

We took MRT as usual and we arrive Novena in 20 mins time. In the journey, we talked about Ms. Beh and Ms. Audrey (a.k.a Carmen). It's alot of fun that gossip about people that we commonly know. And he describe Ms.Beh as "BIMBO".

muahahahahaha.......... ................ ................

yeah, yeah...we walked around the mall and i went to check in my ticket at the counter. Later on, i bought an Adidas perfume at a sports shop. The reason i bought this because it smells just like a DKNY RED DELICIOUS for men. My ADIDAS DEEP ENERGY cost me 12$ SGD, i'm very sure it was like 10 times cheaper then the DKNY and i have same amount too, which is 100ml e 3.4 fl oz. So as you can see, i'm a wise buyer! have a look of the perfume!

Ok, now come back to the journey. I buy ah gor a coffee in Ah Mei Cafe, because he adopted me for few days so I won't be a orphan. I bought a set of Nasi Beriani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biryani) with ikan, taste sucks! So never ever buy Malay foods in Singapore! oklah...i have to go liao....

I took a pic with ah gor before i leave, MUACKS! THANKS A LOT!

and here is a little insect? or may i call it a butterfly? that accompany beside me while i'm waiting

Day 2 in Singapore

2008-07-27T07:39:00.000-07:00

25th July 2008

Ah gor said he is a very light sleep person, so actually i don't really sleep well. (hehe...) Before i get on bed, i took few pics of his room. I get his permission to upload this pics, so no privacy abuse involved here.

Yes, another morning in Singapore. The air still taste fresh, and the weather is good but little cloudy thou. I wake up and brush my teeth, i shower myself, dress myself with a blue shirt and pair with a jeans. I log into the web and check my mails as usual while ah gor doing his stuff, preparing to work. Ah gor dressed just like a stuff that work in British India...LOL...thats how he describe himself. I didn't get the chance to makan my breaky because i don't have things to makan, so i just take my time to drink my apple juice that i bought from 'Mustafar' last night. (although ah gor said he had foods in the drawer, but i didn't go and makan)

I text up CH Chan to arrange a time to take lunch with him. The time is confirm after a few msg, we decide to meet up at Bishan station around 1pm. Arghhhhh.... another long wait.....

after few hours . . . . . .

I'm starving ler, very hungry now! Still gonna travel alone to Bishan... AND I'M LOST ONCE AGAIN!!! I forgot the direction to get to the Lavender MRT station, i spent almost half an hour around there to search for it and it's going to rain! Luckily my beloved ah gor gave me an umbrella before he go for work...aih....stupid me eh?

Finally with all those "obstacles", i get myself to Bishan safely. HOORAY!! But Mr. CH are late, so i gonna wait again! I wait, wait and wait, finally i wait also. I think my hand are sugaring and i really need some food to cure my hunger! I bought some bread at Bread Talk and makan.

Soon, uncle CH arrived. I angry him because he was late, LOL and he say he will buy me lunch! (muahahahaha...) We spend our lunch time at a Thai food restaurant, I ordered a seafood green curry and he chosen the seafood yellow curry. YUMMY! the foods are great, but what a shame that i didn't take pics of the foods. The time we get finish the foods, it just only 2pm something. So i follow CH to shop around the complex, because he want to get a recorder during the sales.

(blah blah blah...he bought the recorder with 400+$ SGD)

After this and that, i travel down to Aljunied again because I have an appointment with Sean Tan at WindWorks. I prepare myself today to try my beautiful flute again! Things went well today and i have very good encouter with this new "buddy". Special thanks to Sean that he help me adjust the flute over and over again with his wonderful skills. And I asked Sean to help me boost up my flute with the Dyna Flute System (http://www.dynaflutesystem.com/) that will cost me 179$ SGD. But it's really worth, and almost 3 times cheaper then the Bigio Zirconium Stopper (http://www.bigio.com/stoppersandcrowns.html) that my teacher used on his gold flute. I took few pics in WindWorks during the flute test session:

for more information about WindWorks please click:

http://www.windworks.com.sg/

Day 1 in Singapore

2008-07-27T04:30:00.000-07:00

24th July 2008
I wake up earlier than usual this morning, maybe i m too excited for the journey? I took a shower and pack all my things, check my bus tickets and passport...here i come, Singapore!

this is the bus tickets that i bought from First Coach

Before i get into the bus, i went to the 7-eleven just next to the First Coach company to buy a chocolate milk and have my mobile talkup. Make sure you have enough credits to survive in foreign country, if not you will put yourself in troubles. The journey took about 5 hours from Bangsar to Novena, Singapore. Luckily i occupied myself with my MP3 and few manga that i borrowed from my cousin. It's a freaking cool local manga that contains story line based on our daily life, so-called "PING TON COMIC". You can pay your visit by clicking this link to the author's blog: http://www.walaua.com/ .

after 5 hours . . . . . .

Finally!!!!!!!!! I make it! I arrived Singapore safe and sounds! This is the second time that i visit Singapore, so it's not a big deal to travel alone. I arrange to meet up my friends which is now studying at NUS (National University of Singapore), but i gonna wait 2 hours more! geeee.....what to do? I still not that familiar with this country, so i decide to take a sit in the "Donut Factory" that just beside the place that the bus drop me. I bought a donut set that come with 2 donuts and 1 coffee. I pick the "Spicy Cheese" and "Rocky Road" with a cup of Cappuccino. The "Spicy Cheese' taste like pizza without the vege and meat and "Rocky Road" is just a donut with sugar and chocolate chips topping.

Sze Ting and Teng Aik meet up with me around 5.40pm and they bought me to Aljunied station to visit Sean Tan and his studio, WindWorks. I bought an EZ-Link before i jump in the MRT commuter with 25$ SD, make a switch at the City Hall station and then i arrived at Aljunied. I pass my teacher's flute to Sean Tan and have a test with my new Powell Signature Flute. At first i really exhausted, because i can't play the flute! Major problems from the swift from offset-G to inline-G and the headjoint cutting really different. I spent 2 hours there and i really appreciate that i have 2 wonderful friends that willing to spend their time with me by just waiting and listen me try out the flute.

Things turns out not that smooth today. The more i try the more i pissed. So i decided to leave the place and go catch up with my god-brother, Isaac, which give me accommodation. He bought me back to his place first to put my luggage then proceed to a place to makan. We stopped by a food court just around ah gor place, it's a typical Chinese food court just like what we had in Malaysia. I asked ah gor recommend me something nice to eat, but he said Sg's food normally are sucks....(oppsy). I ordered my Prawn Noodles and ah gor had his Fish & Chips, we chit chat awhile after that and he bought me to 'Mustafar'. Well, all i can say is, it just like Brickfields in KL lor. 'Mustafar' is actually a very big shopping mall that owned by an Indian guy, things are very cheap there but the quality is not bad at all. I bought a bottle of apple juice and a bucket of blueberry yogurt. I'm a environment friendly person, eh...so i asked the cashier i don't need the plastic bag. She was like shocked, LOL, why this fellow use bare hands to carry? Well, ah gor said i looks little stupid also, but NVM lah. save the earth!!!!!! Nothing much happen next, we walk back to his apartment at Hamilton Road. I took a shower before i get to bed. MUACKS! good night!

THE GOLDEN FLUTE

2008-07-27T01:35:00.000-07:00

I' m sure that many of you don't know i just came back from Singapore. I went for a shopping trip alone, for 3 days and 2 nights. It's not a normal shopping trip, i don't shop clothes or shoes, but i when to buy my new flute! (muahahahahahhaha....) Finally, a long wait, it's worth to wait so long to get a great flute! Well, of cause, I'm not going to purchase a gold one. It's so EXPENSIVE and it almost have the equal price as a good car, i list down few common car that have the equivalent value as the flute:

FORD Laser Lynx 1.3GLi Sedan 16V

FIAT Punto 1.4GT Turbo (I)

DAIHATSU Feroza Voyager

CITROEN ZX 2.0i

A big investment eh? And my teacher is one of the owner of the gold flute. He owned a 14k Gold Muramatsu Flute with Silver Keys and a Lafin 14k Gold Headjoint with Adler wings with a Bigio Zirconium Stopper. It's a master piece, a excellent combination. People think we are crazy eh? Why we spend so much of monies on a "stick"? Well, a good flute can refer as a professional football team, like M.U. And a bad flute just like an armature Malaysia football team. (no offended...MALAYSIA BOLEH!!)

I got the chance to play few phrases on this flute because i have to bring it with me to Singapore for some adjustment and services. This flute very easy to play and very resonance, you can feel the air flow below your finger while you playing. The lower register are so fat and juicy, the register changes are flawless.

GOSH...i just love this flute!!!!!

I uploaded some pics of the GOLDEN FLUTE,

and i wish you all will impress by this wonderful flute just like me.

14k Gold Models, Open Hole, C foot, Silver Keys, Offset G, Split E mechanism

serial no. #23215

Made in Japan

http://www.muramatsuflute.com/flute/0007.html (japanese)

http://www.muramatsuflute.com/english/0007.html (english)

TOASTED TWISTER .vs. SPICY CHICKEN WRAP

2008-07-26T18:21:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! McD. recently promote a value single item, you can save up some money instead of buying a whole set of one of the value meal. And you will notice there is a item on the top of the board which stated as "NEW", which is the "Spicy Chicken Wrap". I tried this thingy before, but not really impress for it. But one thing for sure, it's really "SPICY". Soon, KFC come out with a item called "Toasted Twister", for me I think it's just a refined version of "Twister". (people from 80's like me will know...sigh...I'm getting older)

So, i decided to do a compare chart of both. This idea came across my mind because of it's similar idea: a roti with a daging ayam inside...LOL

Here you go:

THE PACKAGING

Design : $ $ $ $ Design : $ $

Practical : $ $ $ Practical : $ $

The one on the left is from "The Fingers Licking Good" and the one on the right is from "I'm Loving It". The rates are all rated out of 5 $. As you can notice, that "Toasted Twister" is far more decorative then the "Spicy Chicken Wrap". The colours are so "seducing" compare with the other, and it's well sealed with a sticker that labeled "Cheesy BBQ Toasted *Tortilla". This design helps to keep the food in shape if you would like to make a take away order and bring it home. Unfortunately, they make a big mistake that they didn't realize it's very hard for customers to eat the food because it just hold by a paper but not a pocket or what. It's a different thing compare with the burger, it's long but not round. Go buy either one of them and you will know what i mean.

*a tortilla is a type of thin, unleavened flat bread, made from finely ground maize (corn) or wheat flour.

for more information please click this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla

THE TASTE

Sauce : $ $ $ $ Sauce : $

Vege : $ $ $ Vege : $

Chicken : $ $ $ $ Chicken : $ $ $

Tortilla : $ $ $ $ Tortilla : $ $

The food made from 4 main ingrediants : sauce, vege, chicken and the tortilla.

It's very obvious that, personally i prefer the "Fingers Licking Good". The sauce are the combination of thousand-island and mayo, vege are juicy and you can taste the tomato also. In the other side, the sauce are just plain mayo and the vege like telling me "I'm dying". The chicken is the main factor to determine the good or bad, KFC used "100% whole chicken" but in the other hand McD used chicken's nugget. Visually, whole chicken looks nicer, but it's very subjective. You may love the spicy-ness of the chicken's nugget too. Finally, come to the tortilla which sealed everything inside. The tortilla from KFC are superb, you can smell it, it contain very rich butter and smells similar to Roti Canai. Maybe McD go for a different concept? Their tortilla are generally plain and dry.

The conclusion is:

* "Toasted Twister" is one of the main course in the list but for "Spicy Chicken Wrap" i rather call it a snack.

* I paid RM6+ to get a Twister and RM4+ for the Chicken Wrap. It can be tells by looking the price which one taste better.

BUT FOR MALAYSIAN LIKE ME

'CHIN CAI LAH!'

FINALLY!

2008-07-21T21:30:00.000-07:00

First of all, I have to say thank you to my brain and my hands. They are now willing to co-operate together and allow me to start blogging. Oh my goodness, I can't believe that I start to compose my very own post in my blog. Well, it had been awhile i really want to own a blog. (yeah...it was like few decades ago since i get my Internet access in my computer). I love to read others blog and enjoy a lot things happen on them everyday. And with my little knowledge of English grammar, it can't even impress myself. So i give up to start blogging. (blahblahblah....)

There are so many things happen nowadays, in my house, my studies, people around me and my country. I'm not a person that really into those politics, and i seldom read newspaper as well. But after the recent election, i start to be more concern about the government and resident's policy.

Nowadays the security around my area are fucking bad! Peoples get roped here and there, those S.O.B brake into my neighbour's house, and they steal cars too. HELLO??!!!!!

Whats the hell happening out there? What those "Polis yang amat dihormati" doing? And unfortunately my bro get roped as well, JUST RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE!

I CAN'T TAHAN ALREADY!

By here, I want to pay my full respect to "Namewee". You sing out my thought! SALUTE! You are my hero! You are my idol!

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