Christmas Jammin Session !!

It was a long weekend kan? Siang gua xkuar pun, tapi biler malam memang merayap aa beb hehe =P

On friday nite, i went to watch movie with Mr.Firdaus and Mr.Asyrul. Eragon..layan jer aper yg ader kat wayang. Pastue lepak2 la..Sampai rumah 3am in da morning.

Mr.Zahir went back for da weekend. So on saturday, lepak2 dgn Mr.Zahir and Mr.Nabil @Subang. Sampai rumah - 5am in da morning.

Sunday, ader jammin session kt Dhabooka Studio in Setiawangsa. Before dat, pegi ambik Mr.Johan's guitar @Gallery Guitar Ampang. Dah lame pinjam Epiphone dier, so dier nak balik-kena la hantar service dulu. Byk gak aa rosak, nasib baik dah repair. Since dah ader kt Gallery Guitar Ampang (Da place where i bought my Gibson guitar), Mr.Zahir and me were given da privileged utk try guitar2 mahal kt situ. We tried da RM10k Gibson Les Paul Standard !!! Best giler sound LEs Paul standard nie beb!! After dat, Aizam (mamat yg jaga kedai tue) bawak dis LEs Paul gold-top guitar, price tag - RM15k !!!! Aper lagi kitorang try la. Believe me, u can differentiate da sound beb..Bunyi guitar RM15k lagi BEST dari RM10k sehh. Patut la mahal!! Other than that, kitorang try dis 1961 Gibson SG, which cost around RM5k. Although nak beli xmampu la beb, total kitorang dapat try guitar2 yg berharga RM30k dalam mase 1 jam-NOt bad afterall kan? hehe =P

LAme xjamm beb. Studio pun best, spacious. Mr. Firdaus, Mr.Imran, and Mr.Naim joined along. PUas hati la, sbb dah lame xdapat jammin yg best. Belasah 2 jam, macam sekejap la plak. NAnti tahun depan, bila2 semua free - bleh la jamm lagi.

Monday, pegi pulangkan guitar to Mr.Johan, lepak TTDI. Later dat nite, went out for a drink with my friend kt HArtamas.

Erm siang sangap la sket, tapi malam ader aktiviti..so utilize gak aa long weekend nie. Oh next week dah raya haji, pastu Tahun baru.

MAcam tahun2 lepas, tengok bunga api kt TV la gamaknye. =)

MUSE comin to KL !!!!

Gua baru tau MUSE nak datang KL on the 25th February 2007 !!!!

Got da info from dis news clip - MUSE set to Feb 25 Date (THE STAR)

Kena pegi KONSERT diorang nie !!!

p/s = Bile la plak AEROSMITH, BON JOVI ker nak datang KL??

Visit to Woh Fatt..

i borrowed Johan's Epiphone for quite some time la, baru2 nie dier nak balik. Since dah lame kt rumah tue, byk gak kerosakan fizikal la-silly me betul la. Volume knob dah xberfungsi, wiring probem..pastue guitar letak kt gig beg, pernah terjatuh skali, then toggle switch tue patah sehh. I've sent da guitar for repair, kt Guitar Gallery Ampang. Diorang dah repair semua except for the Toggle switch. Diorang xdapat carik spare parts. For Epiphone & Gibson Guitars, toggle switch nie pick-up selector dier la. So gua pegi la carik toggle switch dgn Mr.FBI kt KL. And sesape yg main guitar, sure tau tempat yg paling elok nak carik guitar spare parts adalah di - WOH FATT Music Store !!!

TAPI !!! Yg paling hampeh pasal dis Woh Fatt Guitar Store is its location. It's located in Jalan Silang-near KOtaraya. Yep bus stand yg byk giler bas berenti, da nearest parking pun kt Mydin Jalan Silang tue. Dekat dgn PUduraya, mmg jamm la. Kedai dier pun xbesar mane pun. Sempit giler. Sekali pandang, u would not expect the store actually sells branded guitars like GIBSON. Bukan guitar jer, harmonica, drums, violins..macam2 jenis instrument la, Err trombone gua xnampak la hehe.

As for myself, dis guitar store have memories la. I first bought my electric guitar here-mase tu umur baru 18-19tahun kot. Da Hofma guitar, i bought it for RM450. I remembered going to da store with Abah. I only had enough money to buy da guitar, ingatkan nak cucuk guitar tue kt speaker komputer jer la. LUckily, abah topped up another RM500 for the amplifier, maybe kesian tgk anak dier main electric guitar, dgn xder amp. So dapat la a 15Watt PEavey Amplifier, with Overdrive button kt Amp tue. I also bought my first and only GUitar Effect processor there, my ZOOM707. A Processor dat can produce 60 sounds, with a expression pedal for Wah-Wah and Volume. I used my first PTPTN loan to buy that gadget hahaha. Habis RM650 beb. Abah also followed me mase beli gadget tue. He was quite surprised on da price tag la, pesal la mahal sangat benda kecik nie hehehe. But after i tested and showed him how da effect functions, baru la dier paham sket2.

Apart from carik toggle switch, Aleem pesan beli guitar kapok satu. Dekat Woh Fatt la nak carik, brand "Kapok" which costs u less than RM100. Pegi la tempat lain, semua guitar kapok pun mahal2. Kt Bentley Music, da cheapest guitar akustik RM180 - giler mahal. Aleem nak guitar kapok and dier suruh gua ajar la. Bleh jer.

Oh yer, tgk gak guitar2 kt situ. Da cheapest GIbson LEs Paul, made in USA is RM8k. Pergh, mahal nyer..ader satu LEs Paul nie, RM11k. Mmg lawa. Tapi xmampu la isk isk =( Epiphone guitars not bad aa, ader satu Epiphone LEs Paul nie, harga around RM2.3k, design lawa. Tengok la kalau ader rezeki ingat nak angkat la guitar tue, tapi dalam rancangan tahun 2008 la kot hehe =P. So Sabtu - dapat carik Toggle switch, next week kena pegi Guitar Gallery Ampang suruh diorang pasangkan.

Later dat night, had a family dinner kt Tanjung Harapan, Port Klang. Mama nak belanje. Kt situ ader medan ikan bakar. Ramai betul org, kater cuti sekolah, awal bulan plak tue. Diorang pun bawak family. Macam kt tempat2 lain la, kena pegi pilih semua seafood dulu, then diorang timbang, and cakap la nak masak macam mane. Sedap la, tapi still xleh challenge kt Umbai la beb.

Pastue, tido umah aleem, sebelom tue berjalan2 kt KL. Sbb KL dah xder aper, selalu sangat pusing2. Kitorang pegi Putrajaya, lepak kt Jambatan Wawasan. Uish lame betul xlepak kt sni. Selalu mase belajar, kalau sangap2 selalu gak datang sni. As usual, ramai org bertenet hehe. Ader yg show off radio keta masing2-pasang kuat2. Ader yg nak tengok view Putrajaya. Ader gak yg mini-picnic kt jambatan tue. Macam2 la. Tapi betul gak, sesape yg belajar kt area2 Serdang, Bangi, Cyberjaya..for sure penah lepak kt jambatan nie.

Erm ader 3 minggu jer lagi, sebelom gua tutup buku utk tahun 2006. Sweet and Bitter memories, sume nyer ader. Yg manis dijadikan kenangan & panduan..Yg pahit dijadikan pengajaran, yg penting - Jgn diulang skali lagi hehe =)

PErformance @Uniten Jamm Fest 2006!!!!

Dah lame gua nak dapat video nie. Abg ipar Caon yg record mase kitorang main kt UNiten Jamm Fest, somewhere on March kot. Kitorang dapat jemputan, sbb tahun 2004, kitorang menang Jamm Fest tue. Ader la kenangan mase zaman2 Uni dulu beb..

Band kitorang nie name dier SUNDANCE, haa pelik x? Camne bleh dapat name tue, itu kena tanye Acap la. Kitorang punye Ketua kumpulan la. Macam name shampoo kan? hahaha =P Dulu, bandmates..Acap, Manjit, Kalut, Waraque and Abu. Sbb ari tue, dapat jemputan main..Waraque dgn Abu, xleh datang - ader hal. So kitorang panggil Caon dgn Ekman main dgn kitorang. Bukan ramai pun yg main band satu batch. Muke2 yg same jugak.

Malam tue kitorang main 4 lagu la. "Menanti Sebuah Jawaban" by PAdi, "Pride and Joy" by SRV, "Begitu Indah" by Padi and "GErhana" by M Nasir. Sbb performance tue la, kitorang dapat jammin, setelah sekian lame tidak berjumpa. YEr la, lepas belajar..so semua org dah kerja, sukar dihubungi, ader yg bercinta plak-lagi la hilang hehe. So ke"KANTOI"an tue mmg ader la. Kalut lari beat mase 1st song lagi, nasib baik bleh ikut balik. Gua plak lupe licks mase Lagu "Begitu Indah" hahaha..lawak betul. Tapi aper2 pun, gua rase kitorang had fun la macam tue.

Smalam gua try guna Windows Movie Maker, try la edit2 sket video clip. Letak title, credits sumer. Akhirnya jadi jugak clip nie hehe. GUa buat clip lagu "GErhana" la, itu jer yg gua rase Rock sket hahahaha =P Dah upload kt dalam You.tube, so ader la gua letak kt blog nie, utk sesaper nak tengok.

To Acap, Kalut, Caon, Ekman & Manjit, gua nak ucap TErima KAsih kt korang byk2. Surely i had great time performing with u guys sumer. U guys really ROCK sehh !!!

Every Weekend i have The BlueS...

This week started off ok la, although agak cuak sbb ader TC meeting on TUesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Da first TC meeting agak kelam kabut, because dat was my experience handling a meeting by myself. I was da chairman, and kena mengadap vendor2 yg mempunyai ragam2 masing2. But work is work, i had to clarify with them on any technical issues regarding da bulk items package. AFta da first day, dah kirer ok la, sbb dah tau nak tanye aper on da next vendor. Some vendors were helpful jugak, willing to give me write-ups on details which i didn't know. Come on la, how could an engineer yg baru kerja xsampai 2 tahun, tau semua benda, betul x? Pastue kena berdebat dgn diorang pasal technical plak tue..It's all facts beb. MAcam mane lu nak kencing pasal Ingress Protection, Hazardous Area Classification, Explosion Proof Classification etc, mmg xbleh dohh !! Tp xper, itu semua experience. Semua benda ader first time, kalau dah ader first time..sure ader lesson learnt. So when it comes to 2nd time, i will try to improve la kan. Next week, ader another 3 meetings plak. A big package larr...melihat kepada schedule December nie, mmg xbleh ambik cuti beb. Ader 18 days of cuti lagi..uish, giler Workaholic la gua nie..End up gua jual separuh, and carry forward separuh..isk isk..

On Thursday, had da Monthly Dinner with Ms.Amy & Ms.Erlina. Da best thing about diorang nie, diorang suke try tempat makan baru2. Haa bab try makan2-one of my favourite la. Last month we had italian food kt Ampang, so dis time around, kitorang pegi try Mexican Food - Las Carretas kt Ampang. i had dis Combo Acopulco..sedap sehh. Dis marinated chicken yg sedap. Amy had Fajitas, and Elly ..err i forgot dier makan aper ari tue.

Friday - kasut gua kena curik. TEnSION !!!! Time semayang jumaat. Sebelom2 nie pakai gak kasut pegi semayang, tp xpenah la kena tibai isk isk =( ...Nak buat camne, dah xder rezeki kan. Tau2 jer kan dah hujung bulan, kena la pegi beli kasut baru camnie..

Saturday- Awal bulan, so kena pegi buat monthly service maintenance motor. Lepas tue-nasib baik la baru start SALE kt KL. Pegi la Jalan TAR dgn Hafez. Nak carik kasut2, mmg kena pegi area2 tue la, jalan2 Pertama Kompleks, Campbell, SOGO. Ramai aa orang, kater cuti sekolah, pastue SALE plak tue kan. Dapat la carik kasut. Lari budget bulan nie isk isk ..

Oh yer, since Every weekend i have the blues, so byk la mase kt rumah hahaha.. Tadi tetiba jer terasa nak main guitar. Dah lame betul Gibson gua tue menjadi tukun tiruan kt dlm hardcase. Pastue gua berjaya post video kt dalam blog beb !! Lepas2 nie, kalau ader clip2 yg best yg gua jumpe mane2, nanti gua letak kt blog. As for now, gua post lagu -Everyday i Have The Blues by BB King & Shemekia Copeland. Layan tue =)