Thursday, June 23, 2005
My dental visit.
My dentist and I are good friends. She cause me pain and then I pay her. Something wrong here.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
GT8 vs podXTlive
Would love to hear any views out there on the following:-
GT8 vs PODxt live
There are plenty of forum discussion on both the machines. Understandably they are the 2 hottest effects pedals right now. Both earning great approvals from guitarist worldwide. However, despite the many post on the topic, I didn't find many that were particularly helpful. There are a few that was good but most were very hyped up. Near Godlike worship on either machines. Then, there were the other reviews that swinged to the other extreme.
By the way, the frequent visit on all these forums really make me 'gian' for more gadgets. It's that call that every guitarist hears:- the ultimate tone quest.
I asked a couple of friends what they think of the machines
Johann - I got my GT3 about 5 years ago when they first came out... and I am still using it for gigs now. It doesn't sound as good as analog pedals, and probably doesn't sound as good as the newer digital modelling units. The delay and reverb are more than good enough for me, and I use pedals for my overdrive and wah sounds.
It's a great little "gigkit in a suitcase", and by all acounts the GT6 is an incremental improvement, and the GT8 an improvement on that. The GT8's dual-amp modelling sounds like a fantastic idea.
I've never gotten a good feel from the PODs, although the POD XT does sound pretty good recorded. I still prefer to have some tubes in my signal chain if possible though
Dennis- He says he won't be going for the XTL at all. However, after a long time of chatting, I feel that this dude is more inclined on the GT8.
Timmy- A season rock player, who's into fusion now. I find his playing hard rocking still. He's got an awesome 'rock' tone and currently uses a LesPaul custom with the XT and the Long FBV. This boy is really enjoying his toys. Was playing in church with me last week and he totally cut through the mix.
Matt- Matthew's just happy with his GT6 now.
When Matt lent me his GT6 for a couple of weeks last year I was really impressed with it. The only problem I had with it was that it still sounded digital to me. It has that 'digital' fuzz no matter how I tweak it. When I hear Matt using it, same thing. Here, there's no substitute for anolog stompboxes i feel. Not yet at least, there will come a time when digital tech would beat it but now's not the time.
Then came line6 and POD. My church just brought in the Flextone 3 a couple months back, and I think I'm the only one using all the on board cabs and amps. I am really happy about the tone and sound that I'm getting out from it, from hard to warm, flex3 just works. I'm using a Godin LGX with 3 mini buckers by the way. When I heard timmy with his PODxt, I was quite sure the XTL is for me. The different tone one gets from that tiny box is unbelievable.
Then came the GT8. (Decisions decisions.....) hehehe...
~~~~~
I had the pleasure of testing out the GT8 last saturday. It was a raining afternoon so the music shop was deserted. There isn't a better time to test out a hot gadget! I had 1 hour of uninterrupted time with it. I tested it with a Yamaha Pacifica (didn't see the model, 2nd hand about rm400) and a Marshall MG50FX (I think). I plugged it in thru the input of the amp and set everything to 12 o clock...
I had a great time just playing there in the shop. The hour felt like only 5 minutes :) The GT8 is not only well build - it's a tank! it's easy to use and sounded great. I was going through the preset effects without tweaking and they already sounded great. Lots of usable sound. The dual settings are cool to have and the solo button is useful. Most importantly to me was that it is a marked improvement from GT6 in terms of sound (very important to me) . It even had a 'PAD' effect that I found interesting. Not sure if it was there in GT6 but I bet it'll give the keyboardist a run if i started padding FOR them. To me, the preset distortions are much 'clearer' now and I feel i could use them straight out from the box for gigs. With more time to tweak, I'm sure I'd be able to get more juice out from the box.
Overall, I found the GT8 really really nice. I haven't try out the XTL yet but I'm sure it would be difficult to beat the GT8. At the price of rm1899, I suppose you can say it's 'reasonably' but I'm sure many ladies out there will differ with me. It's all about perspective I say, if you compare that to some boutique setups, rm1899 is really cheap!
Once again, I believe BOSS has set the standard for the guitar multi-effects market.
~~~~~
Finally, months after my gt8 test, I got to test out the POD xtl. I've decided to appendit to this entry because it simply made more sense to read both reviews together.
I tested out xtl at CK music. It was plugged directly into the mixer into speakers (i dunno what brand). The mixers eq are all at 12-o clock so no eq is done at all. Sounds are directly from the xtl to the speakers. guitar used is a jackson- JJCST.
The XTL was slightly bigger than i thought it was as compared in the pictures. It also seem to have less 'dials' and buttons to tweak as compared to the GT8. Things are neatly arranged on the XTL. Though the unit looks tough, the buttons looks a little more fragile compared to the 'tank feel' of the GT8.
The XTL sounds good. I mean really good. If GT8 sounds better as many forums has reported, I don't feel that that XTL is very far behind. I played the famous starting riff to 'for the love of God' (along with the minus 1, I'll explain later) and it sounded amazing close to the real thing. For the couple of seconds, I felt like I was vai. So really, in my opinion, the XTL isn't far behind in terms of sound quality wise.
However the GT8 does have more effects and other edgier stuff compared to the XTL. No solo button, no dual channels, no synth, no many things that the GT8 has. What it does have however are the line6 cabs and amps and a lot of useful and good effects. Nothing fancy, but enough, in my opinion.
On the other hand, for ease of use and a more 'plug and play' convenience, the XTL emerge as a clear winner between the two. I know i said that GT8 is easy to use, but the XTL is even more so. Like plain white paper , anyone with 2 hands and 1/2 a brain can do it. XTL also comes with this pc software and you can do your tweaking from the pc and saves it. Which makes things not only cool (im holding back) and really easy to use. I was adjusting most of the sound from the software during testing instead of doing it from the board.
The pc software also allows you to play a track from your pc so that yuo can play along with it. Kinda like a guitar-karaoke. Which is really cool for practice.
~~~~~
So my final choice of an effect would be inclined to XTL because it's
1) easy to use. I decided that I'm not such a good tweaker and I also don't have the time to learn about it nor read the manual. The pc
2) cheaper. I can't tell you how much I can get the XTL for, but quite a bit cheaper than the GT8.
3) Sound wise it's really good in my opinion. Though GT8 has a lot more effects, I feel that I really don't need them in my gigs. Just good basics will do.
GT8 vs PODxt live
There are plenty of forum discussion on both the machines. Understandably they are the 2 hottest effects pedals right now. Both earning great approvals from guitarist worldwide. However, despite the many post on the topic, I didn't find many that were particularly helpful. There are a few that was good but most were very hyped up. Near Godlike worship on either machines. Then, there were the other reviews that swinged to the other extreme.
By the way, the frequent visit on all these forums really make me 'gian' for more gadgets. It's that call that every guitarist hears:- the ultimate tone quest.
I asked a couple of friends what they think of the machines
Johann - I got my GT3 about 5 years ago when they first came out... and I am still using it for gigs now. It doesn't sound as good as analog pedals, and probably doesn't sound as good as the newer digital modelling units. The delay and reverb are more than good enough for me, and I use pedals for my overdrive and wah sounds.
It's a great little "gigkit in a suitcase", and by all acounts the GT6 is an incremental improvement, and the GT8 an improvement on that. The GT8's dual-amp modelling sounds like a fantastic idea.
I've never gotten a good feel from the PODs, although the POD XT does sound pretty good recorded. I still prefer to have some tubes in my signal chain if possible though
Dennis- He says he won't be going for the XTL at all. However, after a long time of chatting, I feel that this dude is more inclined on the GT8.
Timmy- A season rock player, who's into fusion now. I find his playing hard rocking still. He's got an awesome 'rock' tone and currently uses a LesPaul custom with the XT and the Long FBV. This boy is really enjoying his toys. Was playing in church with me last week and he totally cut through the mix.
Matt- Matthew's just happy with his GT6 now.
When Matt lent me his GT6 for a couple of weeks last year I was really impressed with it. The only problem I had with it was that it still sounded digital to me. It has that 'digital' fuzz no matter how I tweak it. When I hear Matt using it, same thing. Here, there's no substitute for anolog stompboxes i feel. Not yet at least, there will come a time when digital tech would beat it but now's not the time.
Then came line6 and POD. My church just brought in the Flextone 3 a couple months back, and I think I'm the only one using all the on board cabs and amps. I am really happy about the tone and sound that I'm getting out from it, from hard to warm, flex3 just works. I'm using a Godin LGX with 3 mini buckers by the way. When I heard timmy with his PODxt, I was quite sure the XTL is for me. The different tone one gets from that tiny box is unbelievable.
Then came the GT8. (Decisions decisions.....) hehehe...
~~~~~
I had the pleasure of testing out the GT8 last saturday. It was a raining afternoon so the music shop was deserted. There isn't a better time to test out a hot gadget! I had 1 hour of uninterrupted time with it. I tested it with a Yamaha Pacifica (didn't see the model, 2nd hand about rm400) and a Marshall MG50FX (I think). I plugged it in thru the input of the amp and set everything to 12 o clock...
I had a great time just playing there in the shop. The hour felt like only 5 minutes :) The GT8 is not only well build - it's a tank! it's easy to use and sounded great. I was going through the preset effects without tweaking and they already sounded great. Lots of usable sound. The dual settings are cool to have and the solo button is useful. Most importantly to me was that it is a marked improvement from GT6 in terms of sound (very important to me) . It even had a 'PAD' effect that I found interesting. Not sure if it was there in GT6 but I bet it'll give the keyboardist a run if i started padding FOR them. To me, the preset distortions are much 'clearer' now and I feel i could use them straight out from the box for gigs. With more time to tweak, I'm sure I'd be able to get more juice out from the box.
Overall, I found the GT8 really really nice. I haven't try out the XTL yet but I'm sure it would be difficult to beat the GT8. At the price of rm1899, I suppose you can say it's 'reasonably' but I'm sure many ladies out there will differ with me. It's all about perspective I say, if you compare that to some boutique setups, rm1899 is really cheap!
Once again, I believe BOSS has set the standard for the guitar multi-effects market.
~~~~~
Finally, months after my gt8 test, I got to test out the POD xtl. I've decided to appendit to this entry because it simply made more sense to read both reviews together.
I tested out xtl at CK music. It was plugged directly into the mixer into speakers (i dunno what brand). The mixers eq are all at 12-o clock so no eq is done at all. Sounds are directly from the xtl to the speakers. guitar used is a jackson- JJCST.
The XTL was slightly bigger than i thought it was as compared in the pictures. It also seem to have less 'dials' and buttons to tweak as compared to the GT8. Things are neatly arranged on the XTL. Though the unit looks tough, the buttons looks a little more fragile compared to the 'tank feel' of the GT8.
The XTL sounds good. I mean really good. If GT8 sounds better as many forums has reported, I don't feel that that XTL is very far behind. I played the famous starting riff to 'for the love of God' (along with the minus 1, I'll explain later) and it sounded amazing close to the real thing. For the couple of seconds, I felt like I was vai. So really, in my opinion, the XTL isn't far behind in terms of sound quality wise.
However the GT8 does have more effects and other edgier stuff compared to the XTL. No solo button, no dual channels, no synth, no many things that the GT8 has. What it does have however are the line6 cabs and amps and a lot of useful and good effects. Nothing fancy, but enough, in my opinion.
On the other hand, for ease of use and a more 'plug and play' convenience, the XTL emerge as a clear winner between the two. I know i said that GT8 is easy to use, but the XTL is even more so. Like plain white paper , anyone with 2 hands and 1/2 a brain can do it. XTL also comes with this pc software and you can do your tweaking from the pc and saves it. Which makes things not only cool (im holding back) and really easy to use. I was adjusting most of the sound from the software during testing instead of doing it from the board.
The pc software also allows you to play a track from your pc so that yuo can play along with it. Kinda like a guitar-karaoke. Which is really cool for practice.
~~~~~
So my final choice of an effect would be inclined to XTL because it's
1) easy to use. I decided that I'm not such a good tweaker and I also don't have the time to learn about it nor read the manual. The pc
2) cheaper. I can't tell you how much I can get the XTL for, but quite a bit cheaper than the GT8.
3) Sound wise it's really good in my opinion. Though GT8 has a lot more effects, I feel that I really don't need them in my gigs. Just good basics will do.
Monday, June 06, 2005
What am I doing now?... nothing
I was having a walk this evening and saw two dogs being 'muzzled up'.. is that what you call it? (when their mouths are closed shut by this mouth-cage thingy)
I was thinking to myself, how are the dogs feeling? Pretty shit I'm sure. How would we feel if someone shut our mouths so that we can't move our jaw.
If someone shut my mouth and ban me from talking.... I think I'll die. I love talking. It gives me joy (and others irritance sometimes) So why not let the dogs bark? Isn't it their nature to do so? What's a dog that don't bark? or show his/her affection to you by licking you (disgustingly) all over?
I think I got the answer! it's a CAT! meow.
of course that has nothing whatsoever with whatever I'm about to write.
Anyway, I'm sitting here at 135am. I should really be sleeping. But I while I am here thinking about life greatest question: what is my purpose here on earth, it got me into feeling this rare sensation....
I feel like just doing nothing.
All of a sudden, watching the fan spin seems like an interesting enough activity. I'm happy, not sad. I don't want to talk but feel the need to communicate. I just want to lie here but am restless about the rest of my life! I don't want to play pc games. I feel music building in me, but I rather be here with the brilliance of silence in my head.
Fascinated. I haven't feel like that for ages! I decided to you give you all this blog entry.
I was thinking to myself, how are the dogs feeling? Pretty shit I'm sure. How would we feel if someone shut our mouths so that we can't move our jaw.
If someone shut my mouth and ban me from talking.... I think I'll die. I love talking. It gives me joy (and others irritance sometimes) So why not let the dogs bark? Isn't it their nature to do so? What's a dog that don't bark? or show his/her affection to you by licking you (disgustingly) all over?
I think I got the answer! it's a CAT! meow.
of course that has nothing whatsoever with whatever I'm about to write.
Anyway, I'm sitting here at 135am. I should really be sleeping. But I while I am here thinking about life greatest question: what is my purpose here on earth, it got me into feeling this rare sensation....
I feel like just doing nothing.
All of a sudden, watching the fan spin seems like an interesting enough activity. I'm happy, not sad. I don't want to talk but feel the need to communicate. I just want to lie here but am restless about the rest of my life! I don't want to play pc games. I feel music building in me, but I rather be here with the brilliance of silence in my head.
Fascinated. I haven't feel like that for ages! I decided to you give you all this blog entry.
Friday, May 27, 2005
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Vader is pissed because...
1. they put him in a silly suit. Plastic. (don't they have some robotic semi-bionitic suit?) Black.What a fashion statement. At least it's 'timeless' and it's difficult to get dirty during fights. I hope it's scratch proof. Looking at epi 4, 5 and 6 I think it is!
2. They put him in a silly suit and made him talk through an aqualung.
3. They saved his life and gave him a respirator with the on/off button in front of his suit. Look at him! You can't miss it. It reads "DO NOT TOUCH" right in front of his suit - followed by some japanese words - then followed by made in Taiwan.
Yeah he is pissed.... I would be too.
2. They put him in a silly suit and made him talk through an aqualung.
3. They saved his life and gave him a respirator with the on/off button in front of his suit. Look at him! You can't miss it. It reads "DO NOT TOUCH" right in front of his suit - followed by some japanese words - then followed by made in Taiwan.
Yeah he is pissed.... I would be too.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Star wars- what will you do if you're a Jedi?
Hey there,
How are you today? Imagine. you're a Jedi. The powers of midi-chlorian - the Force - is strong in you. You are able to jump at amazing heights, conjure deadly lightning, mind trick every bugger that want to charge you $10 for parking... impress the chicks with your lightsaber.
There isn't a need for the remote, heck you can use the force.
Found out that you didn't pull up your zipper in a public place? No problem, you have the force.
Life would be convenient.
So friends, Jedi and Sith, what would you do with the force?
How are you today? Imagine. you're a Jedi. The powers of midi-chlorian - the Force - is strong in you. You are able to jump at amazing heights, conjure deadly lightning, mind trick every bugger that want to charge you $10 for parking... impress the chicks with your lightsaber.
There isn't a need for the remote, heck you can use the force.
Found out that you didn't pull up your zipper in a public place? No problem, you have the force.
Life would be convenient.
So friends, Jedi and Sith, what would you do with the force?
Friday, April 22, 2005
Playing like a Pro
I was reading some guitaring forum yesterday and stumbled on this definition on what a pro is. I thought it captured the attitude of one who wants do be Good really well...
....an amateur practices until they get it right but a pro practices until they can't get it wrong.
....an amateur practices until they get it right but a pro practices until they can't get it wrong.
Friday, April 15, 2005
Three legged race
An anology I thought about last night. Thought I write here it quickly.
A three legged race is a race whereby two contestant have one of their feet tied together, hence 'three-legged.
Our journey with God is like a three legged race. (it's only a anology, not fact k?) One of our feet is tied to the holy spirit (he is a person, afterall...). So it takes both of us to run the race of life.
Some people just 'depend on God'. They pray and they pray. They go for prayer meets and other meets. They study the bible dillengently and wonders, 'hmmm nothing's happening, why?' Then more question props up,' is this the right time? has God called me?' Hence more time in prayer meets...etc etc
Others believe in a 'do-it-yourself', IKEA style. These movers shake the world on their own accord. Sometimes, (or most of the time), they missed the purpose that God had intended for them. So after all those energy spent, they end up 'missing God'.
I find that it's a three legged race. It's a team game. It doesn't work if one party moves without the other. I realised that's why i need to move and pray as much so that the movements are in sync. Of course, the faster the movements are sync, the fast we move. (It's like a resonant frequency which peaks to unbelievable heights.... like erm, walking on water?)
Three legged race. Team Game. Me and Him
The HS is my leader, coz innately, he runs faster than I do.
A three legged race is a race whereby two contestant have one of their feet tied together, hence 'three-legged.
Our journey with God is like a three legged race. (it's only a anology, not fact k?) One of our feet is tied to the holy spirit (he is a person, afterall...). So it takes both of us to run the race of life.
Some people just 'depend on God'. They pray and they pray. They go for prayer meets and other meets. They study the bible dillengently and wonders, 'hmmm nothing's happening, why?' Then more question props up,' is this the right time? has God called me?' Hence more time in prayer meets...etc etc
Others believe in a 'do-it-yourself', IKEA style. These movers shake the world on their own accord. Sometimes, (or most of the time), they missed the purpose that God had intended for them. So after all those energy spent, they end up 'missing God'.
I find that it's a three legged race. It's a team game. It doesn't work if one party moves without the other. I realised that's why i need to move and pray as much so that the movements are in sync. Of course, the faster the movements are sync, the fast we move. (It's like a resonant frequency which peaks to unbelievable heights.... like erm, walking on water?)
Three legged race. Team Game. Me and Him
The HS is my leader, coz innately, he runs faster than I do.
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Ching Ming
Last week was ching ming, It was a time when our family gather together to go to 'pai' our ancestors at the graveyard.
For a chinese christian, this could mean some tensions resulting from the rituals of 'pai'-ing. Anyway this blog entry isn't about that. It's about ching ming and what it meant for me last sunday. (Yes, we are practical folks! We went early to beat the jam).
Since I excepted the Lord, the burning of hell's note and paper mercedes has not much meaning to me. I understand them as a ritual us chinese perform. So I was thinking that my waking up at 630am in the morning travelling to a grave site better have a good reason!
It did.
While we were stuck in the jam (Sadly, there's still a jam a week before at such hour!), it struck me that ching ming has a lot of significance to me. It is a day of remembrance of what our forefathers did for us and a day to understnad our roots and who we are.
Many moons ago, my great-grandfather risked his life travalling to this part of the world. It was a high risk travel because during those days, he probably travelled here from southern china to 'nanyang' in a small boat. Many capsized on their way here others died of diseases...etc etc. So many died. He brought along my grandfather who was about 6 or 7 (as the story told by him) with him. Probably in the year 1918 +/- 2 years. Their motivation was simple. They wanted to make a better life for themselves and their family. They were willing to pay any price.
Their early days here were really tough. My granddad worked as a coolie, a tin-miner a farmer... to bring the family up. My granddad married my grandmother when he was 18 and she was 16 I think. Grandma was about to be 'cham-zhu-long' (put into a net and be drowned) because the parents didn't want a girl. Greatgrandpa had pity on her and took her as daughter-in-law. So they got married, and had lots of children. Then they went thru both the world wars.
Second world war was tough on them. Not long after my grandma passed away. Harships after hardships. Someone should make a movie on it!
Cutting the whole story short. All my cousins now are either professionals or business people alike. Hakkas are known to be resilient people and somehow when I see my family, I can say that we are indeed! Greatgrandpa came to see that we have a more comfortable life and I think he has succeeded.
You probably have heard this kind of stories before but do not be desensitised by it! For someone paid the price for us to have a better life.
For a chinese christian, this could mean some tensions resulting from the rituals of 'pai'-ing. Anyway this blog entry isn't about that. It's about ching ming and what it meant for me last sunday. (Yes, we are practical folks! We went early to beat the jam).
Since I excepted the Lord, the burning of hell's note and paper mercedes has not much meaning to me. I understand them as a ritual us chinese perform. So I was thinking that my waking up at 630am in the morning travelling to a grave site better have a good reason!
It did.
While we were stuck in the jam (Sadly, there's still a jam a week before at such hour!), it struck me that ching ming has a lot of significance to me. It is a day of remembrance of what our forefathers did for us and a day to understnad our roots and who we are.
Many moons ago, my great-grandfather risked his life travalling to this part of the world. It was a high risk travel because during those days, he probably travelled here from southern china to 'nanyang' in a small boat. Many capsized on their way here others died of diseases...etc etc. So many died. He brought along my grandfather who was about 6 or 7 (as the story told by him) with him. Probably in the year 1918 +/- 2 years. Their motivation was simple. They wanted to make a better life for themselves and their family. They were willing to pay any price.
Their early days here were really tough. My granddad worked as a coolie, a tin-miner a farmer... to bring the family up. My granddad married my grandmother when he was 18 and she was 16 I think. Grandma was about to be 'cham-zhu-long' (put into a net and be drowned) because the parents didn't want a girl. Greatgrandpa had pity on her and took her as daughter-in-law. So they got married, and had lots of children. Then they went thru both the world wars.
Second world war was tough on them. Not long after my grandma passed away. Harships after hardships. Someone should make a movie on it!
Cutting the whole story short. All my cousins now are either professionals or business people alike. Hakkas are known to be resilient people and somehow when I see my family, I can say that we are indeed! Greatgrandpa came to see that we have a more comfortable life and I think he has succeeded.
You probably have heard this kind of stories before but do not be desensitised by it! For someone paid the price for us to have a better life.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Kaninabe
The following blog contains profanity, read it at your own risk.
A friend of mine told me that she started her new blog http://kaninabeudon.blogspot.com
(she can really bitch about her work heheh, which i find quite an interesting read)
!!!!! What in the world is that?!!!
so here's our conversation...
eric -. .. what are you guys playing man?... jazz? seriously are you guys tone deaf or are you all just pretending to be cool. says:
you should put kaninabeXXX.blogspot.com
rk says:
HEYYYYY
rk says:
GO TO ANY JAP RESTAURANT AND ORDER KANINABE AND THEY WILL BRING YOU SOMETHING OK
eric -. .. what are you guys playing man?... jazz? seriously are you guys tone deaf or are you all just pretending to be cool. says:
shit, i really don't want to order kaninabeXXX
eric -. .. what are you guys playing man?... jazz? seriously are you guys tone deaf or are you all just pretending to be cool. says:
what it they really bring what i think they will bring?
rk says:
is kaninabe
rk says:
some soupy stuff.
what? kaninabe is actually some jap food?!
LOL!
rk says:
kani = crab
rk says:
nabe = steamboat
Okay so I'm wrong. Sorry. But I'm telling you I sure can't order that in sushi king with a straight face!
Yes, good evening. I would like to have a kaninabeudon please.
A friend of mine told me that she started her new blog http://kaninabeudon.blogspot.com
(she can really bitch about her work heheh, which i find quite an interesting read)
!!!!! What in the world is that?!!!
so here's our conversation...
eric -. .. what are you guys playing man?... jazz? seriously are you guys tone deaf or are you all just pretending to be cool. says:
you should put kaninabeXXX.blogspot.com
rk says:
HEYYYYY
rk says:
GO TO ANY JAP RESTAURANT AND ORDER KANINABE AND THEY WILL BRING YOU SOMETHING OK
eric -. .. what are you guys playing man?... jazz? seriously are you guys tone deaf or are you all just pretending to be cool. says:
shit, i really don't want to order kaninabeXXX
eric -. .. what are you guys playing man?... jazz? seriously are you guys tone deaf or are you all just pretending to be cool. says:
what it they really bring what i think they will bring?
rk says:
is kaninabe
rk says:
some soupy stuff.
what? kaninabe is actually some jap food?!
LOL!
rk says:
kani = crab
rk says:
nabe = steamboat
Okay so I'm wrong. Sorry. But I'm telling you I sure can't order that in sushi king with a straight face!
Yes, good evening. I would like to have a kaninabeudon please.
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Thoughts are Things
Truly, when mixed with definite of purporse, desire and persistance it translates any thought to the physical world. As the famous line goes "what the mind can conceive it can achieve". It reminds me of the tower of Babel, that when men put their thoughts together in definite of purpose(in unity), nothing can stop them. Quoting from the bible, God said,"....If as one people all sharing a common languagethey have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them...." (gen 11:6) God seem to know that they will succeed in building a tower with its top in heavens....
However, our thoughts are also double edged. Whatever our thoughts are :- Good or Bad, it will translate out to our physical being. Our mouth speaks from the abundant of our heart. Paul remind us to keep" whatever that is good, whatever that is noble..." in our minds at all time. It you keep thinking that you're going to hit the wrong note in your solo, guess what, chances are you will be doing it.
I like how henry ford puts it" whether you think you can or you can't, you're right". It reminds me that we usually don't see things as it is present to us in reality. We see it filter through our perception and past memories, mixed with our past experiences and spiced up by our emotions. We see what we are searching for.
However, our thoughts are also double edged. Whatever our thoughts are :- Good or Bad, it will translate out to our physical being. Our mouth speaks from the abundant of our heart. Paul remind us to keep" whatever that is good, whatever that is noble..." in our minds at all time. It you keep thinking that you're going to hit the wrong note in your solo, guess what, chances are you will be doing it.
I like how henry ford puts it" whether you think you can or you can't, you're right". It reminds me that we usually don't see things as it is present to us in reality. We see it filter through our perception and past memories, mixed with our past experiences and spiced up by our emotions. We see what we are searching for.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
darwinism...
I am talking to a close friend this morning and somehow we stumbled across this topic.
I used to be a darwinism believer, it's logical and easy to understand.
Although my choice of religion has prompted me to ask questions about it, but I think it's the evidence, or rather 'lack of evidence' to the theory that has made me less inclined to the theory.
Just type in 'darwinism is true' in google and see the many writtings to know what I'm talking about.
What's more scarry is that darwinism is a theory. They don't teach you that in school. They tell you it's the truth, so many of us didn't have a chance to make up your mind. However, if you made up your mind that darwinism is true, I also respect that.
This reminds me the story, where for a time people believe Aristotle. He said that the heavier the object the faster it would fall on earth. He is the greatest thinker of his time so he cant' be wrong... It was probably accepted as truth for 2000 years?! Galileo in 1589, went on top of the leaning tower of pisa and drop 2 objects of the same size but of differing weights (as legends have it). Both objects landed at the same time and hence disproved aristotle. But ppl refused to believe that until hundreds of years later....
check out this site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/galilei_galileo.shtml
I used to be a darwinism believer, it's logical and easy to understand.
Although my choice of religion has prompted me to ask questions about it, but I think it's the evidence, or rather 'lack of evidence' to the theory that has made me less inclined to the theory.
Just type in 'darwinism is true' in google and see the many writtings to know what I'm talking about.
What's more scarry is that darwinism is a theory. They don't teach you that in school. They tell you it's the truth, so many of us didn't have a chance to make up your mind. However, if you made up your mind that darwinism is true, I also respect that.
This reminds me the story, where for a time people believe Aristotle. He said that the heavier the object the faster it would fall on earth. He is the greatest thinker of his time so he cant' be wrong... It was probably accepted as truth for 2000 years?! Galileo in 1589, went on top of the leaning tower of pisa and drop 2 objects of the same size but of differing weights (as legends have it). Both objects landed at the same time and hence disproved aristotle. But ppl refused to believe that until hundreds of years later....
check out this site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/galilei_galileo.shtml
Monday, February 21, 2005
part 1 and part 2
Part 1's Friday.
It must have started earlier in the week, when me and my gf exchanged little sarcasm. By friday, it was a full frontal war. Every sentence was with a dagger, laced with poison.
With so much practice, by Friday evening, we were launching guided misiles. I was losing, and I hated losing. I never was good with words anyway....
We decided to have peace talks at night. And obviously an absence of violence doesn't mean peace.
Part 2 continues on saturday morning when she came over to ask me something. I answered her, except I was still in bed and I was having this nightmare and I was talking to her with this really frowned up face... She thought I was being pissed at her for nothing.
Assumably Eric has draw 'first blood'. The rest of the day is history.
Until at night, we both admitted that it was the 2 worst day of our life. Still it was awkward to talk like normal because the hurt was so real and so deep and so frustrating. I took on both our parts to be gracious and step down.
Then instead of fighting, Liping decided that we should say sorry to each other. Apologizing to one another for the things the other part would want apology for. We also must thank each other for things they have done. Both must do it sincerely.
We both did. Again it was difficult. You must understand, our egos are like the KLCC twin towers standing together. At that moment, and the sky bridge wasn't too secure.
But after saying sorry, kiss and make up. Some maggi. Some Sim city 4. We both were chirpy again! yay!
A friend called on Sunday from Germany. Thanks Shan for the encouragement again! She just said that our arguements are healthy because as we grow closer, we fight at a different levels...etc Her mere positivity cheered me on Sunday! Thanks Yu Shan.
So on sunday, there wasn't any part 3. It'll probably come another day. But not on Sunday. Sunday, I got to know Liping a little more. On Sunday, I learn to love her a little bit more for who she is.
It must have started earlier in the week, when me and my gf exchanged little sarcasm. By friday, it was a full frontal war. Every sentence was with a dagger, laced with poison.
With so much practice, by Friday evening, we were launching guided misiles. I was losing, and I hated losing. I never was good with words anyway....
We decided to have peace talks at night. And obviously an absence of violence doesn't mean peace.
Part 2 continues on saturday morning when she came over to ask me something. I answered her, except I was still in bed and I was having this nightmare and I was talking to her with this really frowned up face... She thought I was being pissed at her for nothing.
Assumably Eric has draw 'first blood'. The rest of the day is history.
Until at night, we both admitted that it was the 2 worst day of our life. Still it was awkward to talk like normal because the hurt was so real and so deep and so frustrating. I took on both our parts to be gracious and step down.
Then instead of fighting, Liping decided that we should say sorry to each other. Apologizing to one another for the things the other part would want apology for. We also must thank each other for things they have done. Both must do it sincerely.
We both did. Again it was difficult. You must understand, our egos are like the KLCC twin towers standing together. At that moment, and the sky bridge wasn't too secure.
But after saying sorry, kiss and make up. Some maggi. Some Sim city 4. We both were chirpy again! yay!
A friend called on Sunday from Germany. Thanks Shan for the encouragement again! She just said that our arguements are healthy because as we grow closer, we fight at a different levels...etc Her mere positivity cheered me on Sunday! Thanks Yu Shan.
So on sunday, there wasn't any part 3. It'll probably come another day. But not on Sunday. Sunday, I got to know Liping a little more. On Sunday, I learn to love her a little bit more for who she is.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
CNY
I had loads of fun last week... particularly because I spent quite a bit of time hanging out with Ricky Liew. Why? Coz he is such a meloncholy. Everything's well planned, well timed. If he arrives 5 minutes b4 the appointted time he considers himself late. While I am the opposite. I am implusive. I arrive on the dot - early, or 5-10minutues late - on time, 10-20minutes late - wasn't me but the traffic.... I change plans on the very last minute....etc
Our trip to watch 'Constantine' was a normal one to me. We arrived just about 15mins before a jam packed cinema to only que for a ticket. (of course we got our tickets.... send me a comment below and maybe i'll tell you how i get it! :) hehe ) We had no tickets and no plans what if we didn't get a ticket. Ricky has nice enough to go along and see what happens, but he did tell me later on that he don't like such 'adventures'. When we watch 'Seoul Raiders'. We arrived 5 minutes before to the Cinema....
Though on both occasion we manage to get good tickets to the movie, I felt really bad... hahahaah It's like he takes timing so seriously! (duh?!)
My gf was quite pleased to see some changes on my effort to being on time after she came back from penang. It's going to be a tough 2 months for me to fight this habit!!
Our trip to watch 'Constantine' was a normal one to me. We arrived just about 15mins before a jam packed cinema to only que for a ticket. (of course we got our tickets.... send me a comment below and maybe i'll tell you how i get it! :) hehe ) We had no tickets and no plans what if we didn't get a ticket. Ricky has nice enough to go along and see what happens, but he did tell me later on that he don't like such 'adventures'. When we watch 'Seoul Raiders'. We arrived 5 minutes before to the Cinema....
Though on both occasion we manage to get good tickets to the movie, I felt really bad... hahahaah It's like he takes timing so seriously! (duh?!)
My gf was quite pleased to see some changes on my effort to being on time after she came back from penang. It's going to be a tough 2 months for me to fight this habit!!
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
my weekend
Last weekend was a great one for me!
God was so good to me. He is actually always good, but on this occasion, I think I was pampered :D. First, there was a prophetic conference in our church DUMC. The speaker is Dr. Ron Sawka. An American missionary to Japan. Who would thought that a speaker with the name 'Dr. Sawka', and esp a missionary to Japan would be so fun to listen to! (BOOORRRINGGGG... or so I thought)
My initial thought about the 'prophetic conference' was that Dr. Ron will just preach on what God has prophecied over Malaysia and pray for each one of us.... But none of that happen really. In fact in the conference he taught all of us to prophecy over our lives as accordance to Biblical truth. "Prophecying is as easy as being saved" he says. Shocking at first, but after countless practices of hearing the holy spirit and prophecying to strangers... We were all blessed and awed by how God can work through us. By the end of the conference, we were having so much fun and the joy of the Lord just came upon us, BIG TIME. It was like discovering new sets of ears all over again... I felt as if I have only one thing the Lord wanted to tell me and it was prophecied over me by different (strangers) people over and over again. I was truly blessed.
Dr. Ron, if you're reading this -- I think you're a cool dude! He spoke with such passionate and fevor. Althought I was sitting really far away, but it felt as if he was chatting with us. Just going with the flow, he made us laugh through out the conference. And he's got this smirk/grin on his face! He was even able to make the most boring stuff funny, which was great coz it helps me remember them. I found myself wanting to hear more of his 'stories' and how God has used him.
Okay.. that was just the start of my weekend.
On Saturday night, we had a party for Angeline's Birthday. We had yummy, really yummu tom yam soup as base for our steamboat session!!!! muahahahahahahahahaha
Liping she makes good soup! yeah! I love you!
Angeline also made very good mushroom with chicken feet (tung ku kai keok) , then there was BA KUA, tonnes of stuff to steamboat with (I can only remember the mushrooms mushrooms and more mushrooms.... im sure ricky feels the same!), esther made nice 'tong sui', we also got desert and deserts........
then my James Seeee came and he brought along with him all his stupid jokes and then timmy and then ricky... hahahah and then somemore we watched white chicks (again!) .
With this bunch of people, I finally feel that KL is my home!
Then on sunday, Dr. Ron preached. During the last song, I was so 'high' that I was screaming and jumping because I really wanted to see Jesus coming back! It was tremendous, I haven't done that in DUMC ever....
Sunday night came and we had our MWM appreciation night! With people like Ian and Ricky in the organisation team, you really don't know what to expect! We were all asked to dress up. So I wore a jacket and looked really smart :P the girls... i mean ladies, they were hot! hot! hot! Now, I was thankful that I dressed up. Amy and Patrick won the best dressed award for the night. They were stunning. We also had a game session.... and wen ai won a HP notebook! We were all cheering for her! until we found out that it was really a HP - notebook, about 50 pages of good quality paper! Someone won a PC --- plastic cup, Surround Sound System --- used ear phones! hahahahahaha.....
This year, we were presented with a token a REALLY cool polo-shirt. I thought, this was the only tshirt I earn because I was faithful and consistent in serving! Yeah! I'm giong to feel so proud wearing the shirt!
The tshirt was presented to us in a award-ceremony style. Like in the oscars, we go up on stage, receive the gift and the section leader was to give a short speech. Elliot was hillarious when he went up and spoke in cantonese......
oh yeah, he dressed up like a rapper that day instead of a suit. He looked almost, it was ridiculous! but it was so funny. It's irritating being around him sometimes, I can't feel sad around him. He just makes you laugh. He's a well-spring of stupid jokes (and some seriously wise words at the right times)
God was so good to me. He is actually always good, but on this occasion, I think I was pampered :D. First, there was a prophetic conference in our church DUMC. The speaker is Dr. Ron Sawka. An American missionary to Japan. Who would thought that a speaker with the name 'Dr. Sawka', and esp a missionary to Japan would be so fun to listen to! (BOOORRRINGGGG... or so I thought)
My initial thought about the 'prophetic conference' was that Dr. Ron will just preach on what God has prophecied over Malaysia and pray for each one of us.... But none of that happen really. In fact in the conference he taught all of us to prophecy over our lives as accordance to Biblical truth. "Prophecying is as easy as being saved" he says. Shocking at first, but after countless practices of hearing the holy spirit and prophecying to strangers... We were all blessed and awed by how God can work through us. By the end of the conference, we were having so much fun and the joy of the Lord just came upon us, BIG TIME. It was like discovering new sets of ears all over again... I felt as if I have only one thing the Lord wanted to tell me and it was prophecied over me by different (strangers) people over and over again. I was truly blessed.
Dr. Ron, if you're reading this -- I think you're a cool dude! He spoke with such passionate and fevor. Althought I was sitting really far away, but it felt as if he was chatting with us. Just going with the flow, he made us laugh through out the conference. And he's got this smirk/grin on his face! He was even able to make the most boring stuff funny, which was great coz it helps me remember them. I found myself wanting to hear more of his 'stories' and how God has used him.
Okay.. that was just the start of my weekend.
On Saturday night, we had a party for Angeline's Birthday. We had yummy, really yummu tom yam soup as base for our steamboat session!!!! muahahahahahahahahaha
Liping she makes good soup! yeah! I love you!
Angeline also made very good mushroom with chicken feet (tung ku kai keok) , then there was BA KUA, tonnes of stuff to steamboat with (I can only remember the mushrooms mushrooms and more mushrooms.... im sure ricky feels the same!), esther made nice 'tong sui', we also got desert and deserts........
then my James Seeee came and he brought along with him all his stupid jokes and then timmy and then ricky... hahahah and then somemore we watched white chicks (again!) .
With this bunch of people, I finally feel that KL is my home!
Then on sunday, Dr. Ron preached. During the last song, I was so 'high' that I was screaming and jumping because I really wanted to see Jesus coming back! It was tremendous, I haven't done that in DUMC ever....
Sunday night came and we had our MWM appreciation night! With people like Ian and Ricky in the organisation team, you really don't know what to expect! We were all asked to dress up. So I wore a jacket and looked really smart :P the girls... i mean ladies, they were hot! hot! hot! Now, I was thankful that I dressed up. Amy and Patrick won the best dressed award for the night. They were stunning. We also had a game session.... and wen ai won a HP notebook! We were all cheering for her! until we found out that it was really a HP - notebook, about 50 pages of good quality paper! Someone won a PC --- plastic cup, Surround Sound System --- used ear phones! hahahahahaha.....
This year, we were presented with a token a REALLY cool polo-shirt. I thought, this was the only tshirt I earn because I was faithful and consistent in serving! Yeah! I'm giong to feel so proud wearing the shirt!
The tshirt was presented to us in a award-ceremony style. Like in the oscars, we go up on stage, receive the gift and the section leader was to give a short speech. Elliot was hillarious when he went up and spoke in cantonese......
oh yeah, he dressed up like a rapper that day instead of a suit. He looked almost, it was ridiculous! but it was so funny. It's irritating being around him sometimes, I can't feel sad around him. He just makes you laugh. He's a well-spring of stupid jokes (and some seriously wise words at the right times)
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