is that I learnt to play Run on the bass!
I can't find the song Scarlett (yes spelt like that on the CD) Hands on youtube!! How come!
It's a beautiful song.
Scarlet Hands - Hillsong
When Brokeness and mercy meets
how gently shall redemption speak
for love like ocean, waves they break
upon the shores of sin and shame
to you my heart will sing, oh God
for all ones lover keeps this song
in spirit and integrity
to join the song that heavens sing
scarlet hands that bled for me
servant king my everything
I kneel before you once again
surrendered now to scarlet hands
when sorrow tries my hope to kill
to worship i have risen still
for light will pass the darkest night
and peace shall be my lullaby
scarlet hands that bled for me
servant king my everything
I kneel before you once again
surrendered now to scarlet hands
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
So I taught the kids some guitar..
I got back my picks. Silly kids. Couldn't bear to scold them. His explanation was that he didn't know how come they were in his pockets. I told him I accept his explanation.
They learnt 5 chords. Nearly everyone was engaged, prolly cuz they have their own guitar, thanks to the school. They were happy to get a pick each. I was happy that they were happy. I don't think many of them will get a chance to learn how to play the guitar.
We tried learning 3 songs using those 5 chords. Not many succeeded but it takes time. I will prolly bring them in for another 2 hours next week.
Summary of today: Teaching guitar (3 hours), Hairdressing salon to colour hair, Went to pick up the SH, had dinner, sent her back, badminton, home. Hungry. As usual. What's new.
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They learnt 5 chords. Nearly everyone was engaged, prolly cuz they have their own guitar, thanks to the school. They were happy to get a pick each. I was happy that they were happy. I don't think many of them will get a chance to learn how to play the guitar.
We tried learning 3 songs using those 5 chords. Not many succeeded but it takes time. I will prolly bring them in for another 2 hours next week.
Summary of today: Teaching guitar (3 hours), Hairdressing salon to colour hair, Went to pick up the SH, had dinner, sent her back, badminton, home. Hungry. As usual. What's new.
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regarding what was discussed on the overhead bridge.
Initially:
Regularity -> Consistency -> Foundation
Later on:
Spontaneity -> Surprises -> (can't find a word for it yet)
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Regularity -> Consistency -> Foundation
Later on:
Spontaneity -> Surprises -> (can't find a word for it yet)
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I feel like a pampered princess this weekend
and I am liking it.
The SH thinks I spent way too much on her. She said her heart aches when she thinks about how much I have spent. I was supposed to go up to KL from Friday to Sunday this weekend to spend 2 evenings with her. (she was on course from Thursday to Sunday evening). She refused to let me pay for anything. She got me First Class Aeroline seats to and fro KL. She paid for meals and taxi fares. She got me a big bottle of L'occitane shower foam which smells oh so nice as a welcome gift for me. She got me snacks just in case I got hungry at night. The only things I paid for were my own shopping (contact lens solution and stuff) and the 2 bottles of beer we had post- dinner. :)
I love the 5 hour journeys to and fro. I slept, I listened to music, I prayed, I read, I planned, I reflected. It was awesome time.
It was a sweet weekend and I am still thinking about it and smiling about it right now.
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The SH thinks I spent way too much on her. She said her heart aches when she thinks about how much I have spent. I was supposed to go up to KL from Friday to Sunday this weekend to spend 2 evenings with her. (she was on course from Thursday to Sunday evening). She refused to let me pay for anything. She got me First Class Aeroline seats to and fro KL. She paid for meals and taxi fares. She got me a big bottle of L'occitane shower foam which smells oh so nice as a welcome gift for me. She got me snacks just in case I got hungry at night. The only things I paid for were my own shopping (contact lens solution and stuff) and the 2 bottles of beer we had post- dinner. :)
I love the 5 hour journeys to and fro. I slept, I listened to music, I prayed, I read, I planned, I reflected. It was awesome time.
It was a sweet weekend and I am still thinking about it and smiling about it right now.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
strange and unnecessary
so many people come to talk to me about so many things. There are a few occasions when both parties in a relationship/previous relationships came to me and confided in me. I think that's when paranoia comes in play. Maybe they can't figure out how I can listen to both parties. Maybe they think I gossip about both parties behind their backs.
But I don't. This thought came to me on my 5 hour journey to KL (more about that later).
I think that was how one of the unpleasant situations arose. I was pretty close to this gal. But I was very close to her ex-gf too. Then I was also talking/communicating with the people who are not very happy with her. On top of that, this gal stepped on the nerves of this other high profile person who is pretty gum with me. Her accusation about me (to 2 people so far) was that I gossiped behind her back and told people things that she had told me. I have been wondering and thinking how that could happen. Twice, i directly approached her (once over email and another face to face) to ask if there was anything she liked to clarify with me. There was no response to the email and she changed subject and walked away when I asked her face to face. I tried, didn't I? I surely prayed. I think she's just not ready to talk about stuff. Strange given she's quite aggressive and confrontational. I just hope I won't hear from another person about what she says about me. If not...... I will...... sigh.. actually, I don't know what i will do. Poor me. Sometimes I feel sorry for myself sometimes.
God help me.
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But I don't. This thought came to me on my 5 hour journey to KL (more about that later).
I think that was how one of the unpleasant situations arose. I was pretty close to this gal. But I was very close to her ex-gf too. Then I was also talking/communicating with the people who are not very happy with her. On top of that, this gal stepped on the nerves of this other high profile person who is pretty gum with me. Her accusation about me (to 2 people so far) was that I gossiped behind her back and told people things that she had told me. I have been wondering and thinking how that could happen. Twice, i directly approached her (once over email and another face to face) to ask if there was anything she liked to clarify with me. There was no response to the email and she changed subject and walked away when I asked her face to face. I tried, didn't I? I surely prayed. I think she's just not ready to talk about stuff. Strange given she's quite aggressive and confrontational. I just hope I won't hear from another person about what she says about me. If not...... I will...... sigh.. actually, I don't know what i will do. Poor me. Sometimes I feel sorry for myself sometimes.
God help me.
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Bass guitar
I like how the guitar teacher put some sense into me.
Basically, my plan was to get the amp and bass guitar second hand from my friend N. The original price of the LANEY Hardcore Max 15W amp and the TMG bass guitar was $499.N was selling it for $350. And they are both rather new since she has not played much with them. I went to soft.com.sg and found out that another person is selling the exact bass guitar for $140. The cost of the amp is at least $250. I was thinking of getting the set thinking there could be a possibility of upgrading the bass guitar in the near future (sell it and buy another one)
Guitar teacher told me that my current amp (1/3 of the LANEY) is enough for me. I just have to make sure that I don't blast the amp with the bass. He said also that if my purpose is just to practise (as opposed to performing outdoors, needing a more powerful amp), I do not have to get the LANEY amp. He also said that no one would buy the TGM bass guitar. THe pick ups are not so good.
So.. instead of spending $350 for a not so good bass guitar and an unnecessary amp. I can use that money plus a bit more to get a very decent bass guitar.
My guitar teacher is wise. :) And I am still learning a lot from him!
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Basically, my plan was to get the amp and bass guitar second hand from my friend N. The original price of the LANEY Hardcore Max 15W amp and the TMG bass guitar was $499.N was selling it for $350. And they are both rather new since she has not played much with them. I went to soft.com.sg and found out that another person is selling the exact bass guitar for $140. The cost of the amp is at least $250. I was thinking of getting the set thinking there could be a possibility of upgrading the bass guitar in the near future (sell it and buy another one)
Guitar teacher told me that my current amp (1/3 of the LANEY) is enough for me. I just have to make sure that I don't blast the amp with the bass. He said also that if my purpose is just to practise (as opposed to performing outdoors, needing a more powerful amp), I do not have to get the LANEY amp. He also said that no one would buy the TGM bass guitar. THe pick ups are not so good.
So.. instead of spending $350 for a not so good bass guitar and an unnecessary amp. I can use that money plus a bit more to get a very decent bass guitar.
My guitar teacher is wise. :) And I am still learning a lot from him!
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Yay!
No more tuition sessions! Means no more money too. But I am happy!
More time to exercise.
More time for Spanish lessons.
More time to spend with the bro.
More time to meet up with people.
More time to work on the bass guitar.
More time to work on the electric guitar.
More time to work on the acoustic guitar.
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More time to exercise.
More time for Spanish lessons.
More time to spend with the bro.
More time to meet up with people.
More time to work on the bass guitar.
More time to work on the electric guitar.
More time to work on the acoustic guitar.
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My kids stole my picks. :(
I am feeling very hurt. Because I took the effort to lug to the car the big amp, and 3 guitars so they could see and hear how the guitars loook and sound like.
I decided to teach them some basic chords since there are enough guitars for everyone. I got each of them a pick each from Malaysia. I went to listen to popular pop songs and tried playing them. I transposed the chords so they could play using the 4 chords I teach them.
When I noticed that a few of my picks were missing, I felt both angry and hurt (3 of the boys who helped carry my guitars were messing around with my picks that day). I called one of the parent to tell him to help his son check if he has any additional picks ( I didn't say the son stole them.) I hope I get the picks back. THey are my limited edition HRC picks.
Sigh.. How come they are like that. We have spoken to them so many times about honesty and integrity. SIGH.
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I decided to teach them some basic chords since there are enough guitars for everyone. I got each of them a pick each from Malaysia. I went to listen to popular pop songs and tried playing them. I transposed the chords so they could play using the 4 chords I teach them.
When I noticed that a few of my picks were missing, I felt both angry and hurt (3 of the boys who helped carry my guitars were messing around with my picks that day). I called one of the parent to tell him to help his son check if he has any additional picks ( I didn't say the son stole them.) I hope I get the picks back. THey are my limited edition HRC picks.
Sigh.. How come they are like that. We have spoken to them so many times about honesty and integrity. SIGH.
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I should be blogging everyday
but I ain't because I am busy. What have I been busy with? Let's see..
well, last weekend was the surprise birthday thingy for the SH. This was the conversation that we had 4 times that evening.
Before checking into the hotel:
S:Happy birthday baby! Let's go!
SH:WIll there be people around like last year?
S: Of course there will be people around.
SH: No.. will there be people that we know?
S: Do you want people around? Since when do I have the time to plan? (laughs)
SH: Why are you laughing like that? You are a bad liar.
S: lalalalalala
Before going for dinner:
S: Wear jeans. We are going to a Jeans party.
SH: What's a jeans party?
S: You will know later.
SH: Will there be people around?
S: It's a party, of course there will be people around.
SH: No.. I mean, will there be people we know?
S: No. (laughs)
SH: You are laughing funny. I don't believe you.
S: okay lor.
On the way to dinner:
SH: Will there be people waiting for us wherever we are going?
S: Of course there will be people around. Who can stop people from being around?
SH: No.. will there be people we know?
S: No.. (laughs)
SH: You are laughing funny again! So will there be people waiting for us?
S: No lah.
After dinner:
SH: Where are we going now?
S: shall we head back to the hotel?
SH: Not going to the jeans party?
S: You want?
SH: No. Maybe we can ask a few people over the play scrabble (read out a few people's names)
S: Okay (pretending to text those people)
SH: Did anyone respond?
S: Yeh. M said she's reaching at 9. Let's go.
SH: Shall we get some cheese to go along with the wine?
S: Don't worry. There is enough food.
SH: Okay.
Things were turning out okay.. then someone latched the door from inside the hotel room. Best. HEHE>. but was fun.
Dinner was at Culina @ Dempsey. The backdrop was bottles of wines. It was quiet and a lovely place. I was glad she liked it. We chose the bottle of white, the oysters and the waygu beef together with the serving of mashed potatoes. It was a lovely dinner. :)
And I had fun that night, thanks to all 30 people who turned up. The cake was awesome, the cupcakes pretty and the games fun! Nice one! The lychee martini rocks.
I wanted to keep the 1664 bottle caps and the vodka empty bottle but the hotel staff were too efficient. They threw them away :(
We had Brunch @ Goodwood Park's infamous English Breakfast Tea. Awesome!
That's all about last weekend!
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well, last weekend was the surprise birthday thingy for the SH. This was the conversation that we had 4 times that evening.
Before checking into the hotel:
S:Happy birthday baby! Let's go!
SH:WIll there be people around like last year?
S: Of course there will be people around.
SH: No.. will there be people that we know?
S: Do you want people around? Since when do I have the time to plan? (laughs)
SH: Why are you laughing like that? You are a bad liar.
S: lalalalalala
Before going for dinner:
S: Wear jeans. We are going to a Jeans party.
SH: What's a jeans party?
S: You will know later.
SH: Will there be people around?
S: It's a party, of course there will be people around.
SH: No.. I mean, will there be people we know?
S: No. (laughs)
SH: You are laughing funny. I don't believe you.
S: okay lor.
On the way to dinner:
SH: Will there be people waiting for us wherever we are going?
S: Of course there will be people around. Who can stop people from being around?
SH: No.. will there be people we know?
S: No.. (laughs)
SH: You are laughing funny again! So will there be people waiting for us?
S: No lah.
After dinner:
SH: Where are we going now?
S: shall we head back to the hotel?
SH: Not going to the jeans party?
S: You want?
SH: No. Maybe we can ask a few people over the play scrabble (read out a few people's names)
S: Okay (pretending to text those people)
SH: Did anyone respond?
S: Yeh. M said she's reaching at 9. Let's go.
SH: Shall we get some cheese to go along with the wine?
S: Don't worry. There is enough food.
SH: Okay.
Things were turning out okay.. then someone latched the door from inside the hotel room. Best. HEHE>. but was fun.
Dinner was at Culina @ Dempsey. The backdrop was bottles of wines. It was quiet and a lovely place. I was glad she liked it. We chose the bottle of white, the oysters and the waygu beef together with the serving of mashed potatoes. It was a lovely dinner. :)
And I had fun that night, thanks to all 30 people who turned up. The cake was awesome, the cupcakes pretty and the games fun! Nice one! The lychee martini rocks.
I wanted to keep the 1664 bottle caps and the vodka empty bottle but the hotel staff were too efficient. They threw them away :(
We had Brunch @ Goodwood Park's infamous English Breakfast Tea. Awesome!
That's all about last weekend!
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
It's finally over!
no more marking. Yeh yeh yeh. :)
Picked up the bass and amp from TP. Am gonna bring it to the guitar teacher to see if it's worth $350. I have been having quite a bit of fun with it. Yapoon!
My week was spoilt by a horrible person. I never thought I would say this about anyone but she's really horrible. I hope I never get to speak to her again. Feel like cursing and swearing. I had wanted to retaliate but God sent a timely message about biting the tongue. He is my advisor and my witness. That's all I need. Sigh.
As if to comfort and reinforce that, i received an email in my inbox from a friend who disappeared on me about 2 years ago after I got attached. She was upset that I didn't want to give her a chance. In the email, she apologised for disappearing and updated me about her plans for the next year. It was a good closure. Finally, after 2 years..
So.. I will just wait. for 2 others with similar incidents (SIGH I don't know why it happens to me), I prayed, I did my part, I tried to talk about it but I guess they are not ready. But I do believe God is in control. But for that irritating woman who was rude and offensive, I pray for God to speak to her!!!!! THe more horrible emails she sends, the better I feel actually. It tells a lot about her. the Blah! Getting incoherent. Should stop and pray. I prayed and prayed and prayed (someone said for her death. That got me laughing a bit).
Hung out with my colleagues last night before our big day today. Quite blah. Talk about work related stuff only. Blah blah. I am going crazy.
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Picked up the bass and amp from TP. Am gonna bring it to the guitar teacher to see if it's worth $350. I have been having quite a bit of fun with it. Yapoon!
My week was spoilt by a horrible person. I never thought I would say this about anyone but she's really horrible. I hope I never get to speak to her again. Feel like cursing and swearing. I had wanted to retaliate but God sent a timely message about biting the tongue. He is my advisor and my witness. That's all I need. Sigh.
As if to comfort and reinforce that, i received an email in my inbox from a friend who disappeared on me about 2 years ago after I got attached. She was upset that I didn't want to give her a chance. In the email, she apologised for disappearing and updated me about her plans for the next year. It was a good closure. Finally, after 2 years..
So.. I will just wait. for 2 others with similar incidents (SIGH I don't know why it happens to me), I prayed, I did my part, I tried to talk about it but I guess they are not ready. But I do believe God is in control. But for that irritating woman who was rude and offensive, I pray for God to speak to her!!!!! THe more horrible emails she sends, the better I feel actually. It tells a lot about her. the Blah! Getting incoherent. Should stop and pray. I prayed and prayed and prayed (someone said for her death. That got me laughing a bit).
Hung out with my colleagues last night before our big day today. Quite blah. Talk about work related stuff only. Blah blah. I am going crazy.
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