HMS Family day games

This has got to be the most tiring family day ever. We were break up to our respective blog groups, and my team was bro Jaafar(Nor) and Shira. 

1- Scavenger Hunt (Penat Level 8/10)

Teams were asked to complete a list of 10 items, ranging from soiled pampers to sea-shells to hairy legs with sand. It was easy at first, but then it got to "get a picture of you kissing Ronald McDonald". What?!!! McDonald is 10 miles from the camp. I had to separate from my team mates while I went looking for that stupid clown to kiss. I got half-way, nearly fainted and found a sign and I think thats enough for me. Bro J and Shira went looking for the other stuffs, and even found a soiled pampers from the trash can!!!

2- Sea Water (Penat Level 11/10)

Teams are then asked to fill up a big bottle of sea water collected using the mouths only. What??!!! Ok never mind, all scrambled to the sea, and everyone had the "sweet-taste" of sea water in their mouths. But once I got to the bottle, I can't stop bursting into laughter, and the whole sea water spew out to the ground. Seriously I can't stop laughing at myself. I took a mouthful, and when I start thinking "What the hell am I doing?" I laughed and my mouth got empty. I did this too many times, and when I saw Abang Atid vomiting uncontrollably, that was it for me, I surrender!

3- Water Bomb (Penat Level 3/10)

Water bombs filled with sea water are placed in the circle. Team members are named 1,2 and 3. And when the number came up, scramble for one and throw to the other team, The ones who got wet will be out. Difficult to judge this one, because by then everyone was almost wet, so its difficult to see who got hit.

4- Name Game (Penat Level 2/10)

This game is strange but fun. Kak Long and Kak Idah put up a curtain of canvas, and teams on either side will shout out the name of the person in-front. Kak Long kelong a few times, accidentally said out the name of the person in-front. I think no strategy needed, just luck and memory of the other person's name. Nak kena kenal sedara then can win.

5- HMS Beauty Contest (Stress Level 8/10)

Well dress up the male team member and see who is the pretty one. I think this game will be talked about in years to come. I was surprised by the sporting-ness of the males who were dress up, I think they like it. My team, Bro J was the victim, thankfully he is very sporting. Placed some cups into his singlet, and put on some make up and some flowers for him, I feel like his pimp!!! I never in a million years will thought to see the day, Khairul and Hakim, both not showing any shyness when displaying their 'feminine side'. I think for 2008, this is the time when I laughed the most. They all look good, even better looking than their sisters!!! Yam, Abg Atid, Fuad, Hadi and Bro J, I have to salute to you guys for being one of the best Mak Nyahs in the East Coast. 

6- Don't forget the lyrics. (Stress Level 11/10)

This one is actually a performance show, and you sing one of the selected songs that you picked. Our team got Gurindam... something and another one, I can't even remember. Both songs I have no idea. I got a lot of help from Odah, Kak long, Kak Minah, Abang Ram and Wak Sam for the lyrics and rhythm. I want to make it into a rock version, but its impossible. Again Khairul surprised me... he actually dance and sang. Anyway the other teams, had great choreography and there's one who I can't stop laughing at, Faiz and the gang, who needed help from the audience but got backfired. His own father, Abg Atid, didn't give him any support... hahaha... that was hilarious.

Well thanks to Herman, Odah and Wakdir for creating this great games for our family. Lots of memories for us to keep, as we bond and got closer to each other. And till now, taste of sea water, Ronald McDonald lips, gurindam jiwa, visions of Khairul and Hakim is still haunting my mind. (Laughter and Fun Level 10/10).

Penang

Snake Temple


Aerial view of Penang


New World Park


Night Market Batu Ferringhi


Atas Ferri


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Chomp Rasta aka jeruk haven






Komtar








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Bukit Bendera dan rumah P Ramlee

Rumah P Ramlee














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Pulau Pinang

Copthorne Orchid Hotel, Pulau Pinang
Join us, we will be here up to Friday.


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Solving the Rubik's Cube

The Rubik's cube... the most frustrating puzzle that has ever been invented. I'm sure all of us have tried to solve it, and got frustrated. Sure most of us can solve only 1 side of the cube, but never for all 6 sides.

So I got into researching, and began playing with it. And I discovered, just like life, solving the cube, has to be planned. You need to solve it in stages, and see where the next piece will go, and just like life itself, every move have a 'cause and effect'. We think that we solve one solution, unknowingly, that move will cause something else to change.

One of my top 'things-to-do' in life, such as learning to drive, starting a family, learn to speak japanese and patois (yes I find jamaica fascinating)... solving the cube is one of them. Now after practising and studying it constantly, I can do it around 3 minutes. It takes a lot of memory power and logic. In the video you can see my method is solving it in layers, and that's the only way I know how. Also the video is 3 times the normal speed, so I did not do it that fast.

It does get addictive and I can spent hours mixing it up and solving it back again and again (the wife threatens to throw it away, as she says I'm obsessed with it). I just find it so satisfying when I see all the colours lines up. So if you like to learn how to solve it, come see me and I'll teach you... but be prepared to get frustrated in the learning process, but just like in life, never give up and practice makes perfect.

Puteri

5th Month Scan.... Puteri tunjuk buntut... takde 'bird'

iPhone part 2

After having my iPhone for nearly 2 months, I officially declare that it is a good device. Normally I don't recommend new IT stuffs, like upgrading to a faster Intel processors, or more memory, or anything Apple, heck I even tell you to use Xbox, and forget about Xbox360 or PS3. But this is different, the iPhone is really a mini computer, very customizable and 'tinkerable'.

I must admit the first time when I got it, I hate it so much. I even thought of sending it back (seriously I did). Why... because I was so used to my flexible Dell Axim PDA WM5 that does video, and have lots and lots of programs for free, whereas the iPhone relies solely on iTunes, and that means its gonna cost money to get it, and the programs are limited. Another reason, is the phone functions are somewhat limited, seriously you can't forward SMS, how stupid is that. And even though it has a camera, you can't use it to take videos.

But that's all before I knew about 'Jailbreak'..... And after it's jailbroken, suddenly it became like a computer..... and more. Let me brief you through my iphone's home now: the (jb) ones is the programs you can install only if you jailbreak your iphone.
First row:
Boss Prefs (jb): With this you can turn off everything, 3G and Edge, which is important, because you can get billed unnecessarily for using 3G and Edge. And cellular data is expensive... serious!!! around 50cents per megabyte.
Camera: the standard issue program for taking pictures.
Video Recorder (jb): this is not standard issue, you need to jailbreak to get this program. This is video recording from the camera (320x240) to quicktime movie file, very good!
Second row:
Photos, Calculator, Notes, Contacts : standard issue programs
Third Row:
iPod and App Store: both standard issue programs
AppShare (jb) : this is how I get my 'programs' (notice its in quotes), I will kiss the programer for it, for without this my iPhone will be super boring.
Dtunes (jb) : another great program, basically you type any song title press Go, it will search for you and download for you right into your iPhone (superfast), and its yours.
Fourth row:
Air Sharing (jb) : transfer files to the iPhone using WIFI.
MXTube (jb) : I will definetly kiss the programmer for this too. I used it so often, basically it will search for Youtubes videos and download it to your iPhone, and you can view it anytime.
Orblive (jb) : This one will stream videos from your PC hard disk to your iPhone, and it works very well, no frame drop at all, video and audios sync perfectly.
Radio (jb) : This will stream radio channels from around the world to your iPhone.
Bottom row :
BiteSMS (jb) : use this instead of the standard SMS program, because this will do forwarding SMS and landscape keyboard typing. Works great!

This is only from my 1st home, and I have a total of 5 homes. And 2 homes are full of games. The games are OpenGL, which is good for 3D. The graphics are way better than a Nintendo DS, and as clear as a PSP. RealSoccer and Asphalt4 looks great. Besides games, I can play guitar and drums too, sounds exactly like the real thing.
Some other (jb) worth to mention are : Cydia, Winterboard (customise home), Blogpress (post to blogger), Mplayer (play movies). RDP (remote to my PC), and lots more.

The iPhone is not for everybody actually, if you just want a phone, don't get this, but if you are a tinkering type like me, and wants a small computer plus phone, then its for you.

Tanjung Piai

Resort - Kukup - Fisherman Village - Naik Bot- Kelong- Taman Negara - Suspension Bridge - Board Walk - Pontian - Gunung Pulai - Pekan Nenas - Museum Bugis (pictures taken with iPhone)

Tanjung Piai Resort

Tanjung Piai

Bayangkan tidur di atas laut, buka tingkap nampak laut yang luas dan bersih.Dengan permandangan yang sungguh peaceful. Keluar pintu aje boleh keluarkan joran dan terus memancing. Itulah Tanjung Piai Resort.

2 tahun lepas kita berada disini bersama Wakdir sekeluarga (http://ylo72.blogspot.com/2006/03/tanjung-piai.html). That time resort baru tu sedang dibina, dan kami menginap di bilik lamanya. Sekarang terperanjat kami bila sampai dan melihat resort baru tu sudah siap. Fooh cantik sekali lah. Boleh cakap indah khabar... lagi indah rupa. Kita ingat nak duduk sini 1 malam aje, tapi syok sangat sampai tak nak balik, so kita duduk lagi satu malam. Pulak tu kakak kat counter kasi kita discount for second day... so sebab tulah tak jumpa you all pada Hari Raya Haji.

Room Ratenya murah aje :RM120 - SGD$49 aje... mana nak dapat loh... waterfront view for fifty dollars aje. Untuk sesiapa yang suka memancing I am calling you all to come here.
Odah/Herman, Kak Long, Kak Idah/Abang Roslan, Faiz, Ajan, Abang Atid, Kak Cik/Abang Saadon atau sesiapa yang suka memancing atau suka duduk atas laut... Jom pergi sana, carikan van I drive you all here, only half an hour from Singapore, tak jauh langsung!!!! 50 dollar aje untuk bilik besar, 3 katil lagi!!!


We plan to come here every weekend.

Activity :
- Makan seafood kat Kukup
- Melawat Taman Negara/Kelong (untuk rm5 sorang, dia bawak tempat-tempat ni naik bot!!! Kita lima orang, aku tawar rm20, sekali dia mintak rm15 aje... hehehe).
- Pancing kat luar bilik aje, memang digalakan memancing di sana
- Menenangkan jiwa, jauh dari bandar
- Duduk tengok laut pun dah syok!!!
- Pergi Museum Bugis / Museum Nenas
- Jalan-jalan di Pontian
- Air Terjun Gunung Pulai

Pick one weekend, Let's all go there!!!

Where are we?

Teka kita kat mana?

Puteri/ Budiman,Mawi

Kak Inah kat KKH  bersama gambar scan adik Puteri/Budiman

Sudah 5 bulan, but jantina belum clear.

Very active baby, bila scan tengok dia bermain-main dalam perut.

Dusty's Xrated Pose

This is Dusty doing his 'thang'.... rilek one corner brader!

Kita tak position dia macam gini, ni memang kengkadang dia suka pergi kat corner, lepas tu just sandar aje kat dinding, lepas tu mengangkang. Budak-budak terpekik-pekau kat dia cakap tak malu, dia buat bodoh aje. Nasib baik dia ni bukan orang, kalau tidak ni dah jadi gambar porn... hahaha.

iPhone 3G

3X says "Today's lesson is on the Apple iPhone 3G. I got this 2 weeks ago, sign-up for the 2 year contract with Singtel iPhone plan which is, $49 for the iPhone and $77 for the iTwoPlus plan. Let me tell you, this has got to be the most useful device I've ever owned. Basically an iPhone is this : A camera phone, a widescreen iPod and an internet device with rich HTML email and web browser.

The first day when I brought this home, I Jailbreak it myself. After its "jailbroken" it opens up a massive amount of functions to the phone. And for info on why and how to jailbreak:http://sleepers.net/2008/09/06/why-jailbreak-iphone/

Let me tell you what I can do, other than phone/sms functions, with the iPhone now, (I have the 8gb version): Web Surfing - full desktop web-browsing, Emails (yahoo, gmail, Exchange for work), Instant Messaging/VOIP (msn, yahoo, irc, skype), Youtube player (and downloading), Mp3 player, Video Player, Games (very good 3D graphics), Google Maps (street directory), play the guitar, piano, drums, Ocarina (this one very nice instrument), read the News.... whatever the internet can give you. And all this... Anywhere and Everywhere there's WIFI.

Check out its functions here:
http://www.apple.com/sg/iphone/features/

I have all the music albums I want, movies I can watch, surf the web, answer calls/sms, play games and musical instruments, camera and video capture... all in this one device. This has become my companion ever since. The plus point for me, is the availability of the applications for the iPhone, the Apple ones at App Store and the 3rd Party ones from Cydia. Together the collection is massive, all for.... *ahem* for free.

Check out theApps Store, for the applications/games you can use for the iPhone here:
http://www.apple.com/sg/iphone/appstore/

and the available 3rd party softwares (Cydia):
http://www.appleiphoneapps.com/tag/cydia/

So just ignore the Sony Ericson Experia, the Samsung Omnia, the LG Dare and the Nokia... the iPhone is the best!!!

Primary One Orientation

Nadhirah says "Hai Kengkawan, kita tahun depan, akan masuk primary school - Si Ling Primary School. Same macam kakak dan abang kita. Tapi dia orang tahun depan sekolah pagi, kita aje sekolah petang sorang. Kita kan seronoklah tengok sekolah tu, kita pun dah buat kawan bila orientation. Kita orang tour toilet, classroom dan apa-apa ajelah kat sana. Tak sabar seh nak start sekolah."

What's in a name...

3X says "'Rizal' that's the name I was given by arwah mak. Originally it was supposed to be 'Budiman' (not sure whose idea it was, I think it was Abang Kadir, according to her). Then she heard the name 'Rizal' on the radio, while listening to a sandiwara, and I guess she like the name so much, and so I was given that name (pheww....nasib baik).

For my fourth one, I guess, I would be doing the same. 'Puteri' - the TV series about a girl living with friends, and her love life. I like the name 'Puteri' very much - signifies malay culture and tradition. Not so much the meaning - Princess, or meaning of royalty but more towards the meaning 'the daughter of'. Her full name would be Puteri bte Md Rizal, or Puteri Rizal (I like that very much).

When naming your child, I guess we have to factor in with regards to their future and their given name. Would it be difficult for them to carry it their whole life, would it be subjected to humiliation or would their friends make fun of their name. It wouldn't be fair just because we, the parents like it, and so, we assumed the rest of the world would accept it or like it.

Actually, Juliana and Iman do have a friend called Puteri, and I like the way they say it, when they mentioned her name.

So I guess Puteri it is if its a girl....

Kalau lelaki... hmmm.... maybe Budiman ???

3 Hari 2 Malam

3 Hari 2 Malam
Ni lagi satu cerita mengenai cuti-cuti malaysia, tapi taklah se-sempoi macam Destinasi Bajet macam kat 8TV, ni around middle range sikit. Kat channel TV9. A travelogue magazine about budget travel that takes the audience on “off beaten tracks” to explore new tourism spots in and around Malaysia, essentially exploring “ where you can go within a 3-day-2-night breakaway”.

http://www.tv9.com.my/Shows/Episodes.aspx?MenuID=2&MasterID=51&ShowID=448&TemplateID=1&EpID=14289&VideoID=10962

I just love this kind of info-tainment.....

Bahasa Pasar SG dan MY

Orang melayu SG ada bahasa pasar kita sendiri macam "gerek", "jantan kabinet", "bubble (atau buih)", "step" - if use in a sentence :

"Kurang asam, boss aku tu, jantan kabinet, aku tengah gerek-gerek makan kat kedai kopi, sekali dia talipon pulak, terpaksa aku bubble girl aku, kena balik kerja, kesian dia, asyik kena buih aje. Boss aku tu memang step rajin, time makan pun nak suruh kerja".

Di Malaysia pun dia orang ada sendiri punya language, cuba fikirkan apa maksudnya.

"Boss aku tu haprak betul. Satu kali tu aku pergi makan sebelum masa makan, alamak kantoi lah. Dia nampak... mengamoklah, aku dah macam nak kuak lentang kat situ jugak pasal terperanjat. Salah aku jugak, aku ingat lagi sempoi makan kat sebelah kerja, patut gi jauh-jauh sikit..."

Destinasi Budget

Destinasi Budget
Program berbentuk ‘infotainment’ yang menampilkan Hos sebagai perantara dan jururcakap yang akan membawa audiens menikmati percutian dengan perbelanjaan yang minimum diseluruh destinasi percutian tempatan. Untuk mengekalkan ciri-ciri percutian jimat (Budget Holiday) Hos akan diperuntukan dengan perbelanjaan sebanyak RM300 di setiap destinasi.

Be sure to watch the episode 7 - Pulau Redang (a different way to tour the island). Notice the underwater video they capture, very clear lah can see the colours of the corals and fishes.

I salute malaysia TV, they actually put all their local shows on their website for free. Entire episode and seasons, for free. This is one of their very informative program.

Malaysia Stations :
TV3, NTV7, 8TV, TV9

Melaka Re-Re-visited

3X says "As usual, wherever we go we never plan. So saturday morning, we set off to Johor, the plan was just to stay at any budget hotel in JB, or at least Mersing, sekali after Tuas checkpoint, and after the toll booth, I took a wrong turn, KL highway left turn, Johor right turn, and I thinking usually the left turn is going to JB, I took the left turn which we end up at NS highway heading KL. Too late to turn back, I just thought, what the heck, let's go to Melaka. So without a camera (the pics in this posts are all taken from the internet), we head to the most historical negeri in Malaysia.

When we arrived in Melaka, we scrambled to look for any budget hotel. And because it was a super peak period, all the hotels are full, and by the way, all hotels are charging at 'Super Peak' rates, which goes up to 70% of normal rate. We panicked for a while, stop to eat kuih first, then went to every turn to look for a hotel. Well, we nearly give up, then we found RS Hotel, located under the bridge... and lets just say, lets not talk about the rate.

After dinner, we headed off to Mahkota Parade. The roads are full of Singapore cars, and we found that Melaka has become a very 'happening' place since the last time we came (last year). There is Eye of Malaysia (dah siap, tapi road belum siap), Menara Taming Sari, hip shops everywhere, and traffic was super busy. We went to Mahkota Parade, and we met Jeff Timmons (singer from '98 Degrees' boyband). He was promoting his new album, and he was singing on stage, and getting down to the people, taking pictures, and at one point he was standing infront of us and singing at us. (Damn it, no camera!!!). The wife was so star-strucked, don't blame her, he is really a handsome dude. Anyway, not everybody in Melaka knows him, so the welcome he got was very mild, no screaming girls and not much applause for him. I was wondering, why come to Melaka to promote his album, obviously the wrong part of town. It was cool to meet a celebrity, who sang with Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey, and best friend to Nick Lache/Jessica Simpson. We were a fan of 98 Degrees during the boyband era.

So the next morning, we set off to A Famosa hill, which is a must if you are in Melaka. I've been here in every stage of my life, when I was young, a teenager, an adult, a husband, a father... The kids been here before, but they didn't remember, now they are asking a lot of questions, and learning some things about the place. While I've changed a lot, this place never changed a bit. (Damnit!! no camera again to take pics of this place now). The big 'tablets' in the St.Paul's church was really awesome (I've never noticed before).

The next place was of course, the 'benda kapal macam pirate punya time'... tak ingat plak nama dia, dah pergi berkali-kali tak tak tahu tu tempat apa...hehehe. I think maritime museum, kalau tak salah. Anyway, harga masuk rm3 adult, rm1 kanak-kanak, so we let the children go in themselves, while we wait outside/below. They had a lot of fun, as they climb up the ship, and spend some time by themselves on the ship. They've been there before, but they forgot, and now it's like something new to them.

So after crusing everywhere, inside kampungs (one thing we noticed melaka got a lot of tanah perkuburan, every kampung sure got one), (actually looking for anywhere that is free entrance... hehehe), we went to Hang Li Poh's well, atau Perigi Raja. This is where they pour poison in the well to kill the Portugese army. Apprently, a lot of chinese people come here, there's a temple beside well. Anyway, driving off the place, we found a short cut, that has less traffic to the Ayer Keroh.

Then there is a new attraction, Menara Taming Sari, which we didn't go, it was full of tourist buses, cars, and also the wife would get sick if she go up, and the kids would not like it.... (Ylo says "ye lah tu excuses aje, kemut sangat, mahal lah apelah... tak mampu tu cakaplah... 3X says "yelah... yelah... next time kita naik ok, hotel dah lah kena ketuk, so kena save sikit, bonos belum dapat").

Then in the afternoon, we went to Masjid Tanah, and along the way we book a resort, Klebang Beach Resort, which is behind Mak Bibah's house, and right in front of a tanah perkuburan. It's a nice cosy resort overlooking the Klebang sea. Very nice rooms, free WIFI (which is good, strong stable signal) and it has a swimming pool, perfect for us. Its RM140, which is reasonably priced.... and RM115 during the not 'Super Peak' season.

We met Mak Bibah at her shop, and talked to her for quite a while. "Kenal tak?"... "Oh Rizal"... ingat pulak dia... She's really a sweet dear woman, and she directed us to places to eat and tell us about her well-being, daily-routine life, her customers, the people in melaka, her shop and tell us where to eat the best asam pedas restaurant. While talking to her, we found her very endearing, and she has a lot to talk about, as she tells us about melaka and her life. We saw about 3 kids (around 5 to 7 years old), clearing her house compund, sweeping and clearing the rubbish, whom she says "budak-budak tu rajin bersihkan rumah"... bless those kids.

To tell you the truth, seeing her sit there alone in her shop and living alone in the house, really makes me "rasa sayu". Makes me think, that while we go on our busy life, with our family, going places, she sits in her shop alone everyday, living a quiet life. Incidentally, she said, she would not live with anybody, as widows and young woman offered to rent one of her room... she rather live alone. We gave her our phone number, and told her anytime she wants to come to Singapore, just call us, and we come and fetch her and bring her around.

We also went to Pantai Puteri, road masuk dalam lepas Masjid Tanah, and after Makam Hang Tuah (anyway kat makam hang tuah, I get the kids to read aloud "TAK MELAYU HILANG DI DUNIA", told them hang tuah wants us to speak malay, if not malay will disappear). There is a very very long stretch of road beside the Puteri beach, exactly like Pantai Batu Buruk, and the best part is, ada Pasar Malam, exactly also like Pantai Batu Buruk, makanan pun sama murah. Kebanyakan RM1 aje. Bagusnya, dia tak tutup pukul 7 malam macam kat Trengganu, dia stay on sampai malam. Mak Bibah cakap hari minggu dengan isnin aje ada pasar malam kat sana.

After that we spent the rest of the time in the swimming pool, walking beside the Klebang beach, and after checking out, we bid farewell to Mak Bibah at her shop again, and she kirim salam to orang Singapore. Along the way, surpisingly, we met Ayangz and Skaseik's car parked at the road side. We made a Uturn and met Wakdir and family, who were going to visit Kak Eton's relatives and Mak Bibah. They invited us to go together, but we were too sunburnt (and smelly from recycled clothes) to join them for hari raya visiting. We were glad, Mak Bibah is getting more visitors to see her.

Well, that's it for our long weekend getaway, which were as usual unplanned and unpredictable. Going anywhere without a plan, can be traumatic and stressful. Not knowing where you go, or where you end up, but for us, its the only way we know how to travel. Happy Deepavali!

I'm not Mat Rock, I'm Mat Metal

3X says "Today's lesson is on Heavy Metal. I grew up listening to Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Kreator, Destruction, Anthrax, Megadeth, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Dark Angel, Sepultura, Exodus, Testament..... and when I was a teenager, every single night I dreamt of playing Raining Blood by Slayer, in a concert. I am not a Mat Rock.... I'm a Mat Metal.

The songs I listen to are not ROCK , these are Heavy Metal. The difference is like night and day. Let me show you the difference.

Rock is : Kiss, Motley Crue, Van Halen, ACDC, Poison, Cinderella, Twisted Sisters, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Saxon, Rush, Vixen, Scorpion, Def Leppard, Aerosmiths, White Lion, Whitesnake, Guns & Roses.... and I hate all their songs, and I DO NOT listen to these type of songs, in fact I hate Rock genres, i rather listen to High School Musical (really). Rock bands tend to look and dress like drag queens, and their songs are usually about 'loving Rock and Roll', girls and making love, and in every album they produce they'll be several love song - for sure.

Metal bands tend to play more heavy riffs, and contrary to beliefs, their songs are not all about devil worshipping, but their songs do have destructive themes, - like killing, deaths, destruction, war - nothing about love, its mostly about the evil that man do. But whatever it is, for me the lyrics of the songs is not what I'm into when listening to these music. It is the RIFFS - the guitar riffs, that is what I'm addicted to. The distortion sound of the guitar, playing in unison and harmonics. When I listen to a great riff, I can feel my head really swell up.



Well if you dare to give it a try, listen to this classic metal song, its Creeping Death from Metallica. To you it may be noise, stupid and just plain rubbish, but to me its ranks up there beside the feeling of ecstacy, its an epic symphony. I've listened to this about a thousand times in my life, and not once I get bored of it. Incidentally, name me any one of Metallica songs, I can sing for you the whole song, all their lyrics are embedded to my brain (inspired to write this post, because Metallica has just come out with new album - Death Magnetic, and listening to it right now).

Accidentally in Love - Yloindahouse

Song : Accidentally in Love
Original by Counting Crows (OST Shrek 2)

Use Audacity (freeware) software to do multiple audio recordings. Here's a tip, record playing guitar first, then record drums (you can hit anything - table or boxes, it doesn't matter as long got beat), then record singing, then record backup singers or extras. Hope you all enjoy the music video!

Love Beneath the Desert Moon

Beraya di Ayer Hitam

Raya bersama Dusty

Dusty says "Hai, Selamat hari raya kepada semua, maaf zahir dan batin terutama kepada yang telah datang ke rumah. Macam-macam reaksi kita lihat pada pengunjung rumah. Ada yang nervous, ada yang tak faham kenapa kita tinggal dalam rumah, ada yang ambik gambar kita... hehehe macam-macam.

Macam Kak Ida bila dia datang, dia nervous bila kita jalan bawah sofa... hehehe. Anak-anak Mamat pulak, Ayu, Aishah dengan Danial, sampai takut bila nampak kita, kesian dia orang sampai menangis ketakutan. Anak Yan pulak, Aniq, mulut dia penuh dengan bulu kita, macam mana tu? hehehe, lepas tu dia pergi kat tempat makan kita, nak makan Friskies... hehehe. Kak Ana pulak, kita tak payah buat apa-apa, kita tengok aje dia dah terpekik... hehehe.

So kepada semua, jangan takut dengan kita, kita tak pernah mencakar atau mengigit sesiapa pun.... cuma hobby kita suka bau kaki orang aje...hehehe.

Raya kat Ayer Hitam

Iman says "Selamat Hari Raya semua. Kita dari hari Selasa, kita dah balik kampung kat Ayer Hitam. Pak Long dan Pak Su sekeluarga dah kat sana, untuk teman Wan dan Aki, so kita third family yang sampai. Mak Ngah sekeluarga pulak sampai hari raya pertama pada sebelah petang. So tahun ni, dapat berjumpalah semua adik-beradik mama pada hari raya."

Nadhirah says "Raya tahun ni, dapat jumpa Syafiq anak Pak Su dan Mawadah anak Mak Long, yang kedua-duanya umur genap setahun. Cutelah kedua-duannya. Tak sabar nak ada adik bila main-main dengan dia orang. Kita orang pun seronok dapat main bunga api kat kampung dengan sepupu-sepupu kami pada malam hari."

Juliana says "Wan tahun ni masuk sedap-sedap lah, so Abah makan macam orang tak makan setahun, sampai bila malam hari dia asyik pergi toilet aje, dan juliana pun tengah malam sampai muntah-muntah. Tulah, makan banyak sangat. Maklumlah dah puasa sebulan, so kita orang makan macam nak balas dendam... tapi ni lah balasan nya... hehehe..."

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI.
MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN.