Monday, August 25, 2008

woohoo...looong time haven post alr..lazy to type blogger.com. lol. anyway...just wanna talk abt my life so far...loads of downs n whrs the ups?? 2 wks bac went long beach seafood celebrate jolynn's b'day..her dad treated the cg to a $--- dinner...had like 3 crabs..OMG. paiseh at first but oh well...we had to eat, so we happily tucked in after a while. there was also wine..white. shared a few glasses wit gw. my face wasn't red..unimaginably. ytd also went to eat crab with grandma n aunt..shiok!! thn went up to her hse for donuts n mango..yea!! dunno when i'm gonna buy somemore donuts from DF or J.CO. common test...didn't do very well, failed 2 subs..math n chinese..did't hav time to finish n for the latter...CMI la..expected..all i can do is practice more n hope 4 the best. cg on fri my 2nd breakthrough as a guitarist for cg..played worship n got pretty gd comments from eugene n zongyuan. jus gotta improve on free worship part..went to both expo svcs n found tat sun was totally packed...didn't think ppl would wake up so early. today as usual..during art i found tat i actually had submitted 1 piece..wow..n now i nd to work on another 5...tats all..post again when i hav time.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

today's lesson was still meaningful although i was a bit faster n i'm like starting to play for cg so bro poh wants to change my slot to somewhere where i can go up another level. anyway..i learnt some monster chords n some others tat i never knew of. thn went to cwp meet gw to see some stuff..btw..bro poh guitars are like so freaking nice..n the electric dave holmes gave him is like WOW!! the taylor he has also is a best seller n onli 4k plus. so much worth then the 7k, 8k plus..a mahagony top with rosewood b/s...never seen a mahagony top b4..thought it was spruce. also saw his 'vintage' takamine..yea..another taka user..okays.. tats all for now..

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

woke up from a bad headache so didnt go sch. nth much to update reali except for on monday at brother poh...one of the best guitarists in Singapore called me to ask me a few questions cos i'm gonna learn from him. so here goes the conversation....(roughly la)
my new k850i in blue rings...
me: hello.
poh: hi, is this samuel?
me: ya.
poh: ok. this is poh from city harvest n i got ur name from ur cgl tat u are interested to learn from me.
me: ya.
poh: ok. i nd o ask u a few questions to basically find out wad is ur status and whr u r at right now.
me: actually i'm starting to play praise in cgm alr
poh: ok ok..great becos my aim is to train up cg guitarists n if u have the potential, play for the other sevices. (thn he starts talking abt the other students he has trained n risen up to play in other services like jessle)
poh: do u watch superband?
me: ya n i'm actually on my way to mediacorp to support dreamfactory.
poh: ic..both the guitarists from dreamfactory n da feng chui are my students (i was like OMG)
me: okok.
poh: k..jus 5 mins is it ok?
me: ya ok.
poh: do u know open chords G C Em D n all tat?
me: yup.
poh: wad abt B n C#m open chords?
me: yup n the power chords too.
poh: ok can. i wan to find out more becos i'm putting u guys in groups of 4 maximum
poh: whr do u stay?
me: yew tee
poh: yew tee ar? good. i'm staying at tampines. but 80% of my students actually stay at jurong area so u dun nd to worry so much.
me: (laughs)
poh: u r now in poly/jc?
me: secondary school.
poh: ok. do u nd to like stay back for extra lessons aft sch?
me: not reali
poh: ok. which of the nights are u most free?
me: mon, wed, sat n sun
poh: ok great. ur lessons will most probably be on monday nights
(aft this he talks abt his charges n his background..interesting, didnt even know he likes to play electric more)
poh: alright. so i'll text or call u again to confirm.
me: yup
poh: alright. thx so much. bye
me: bye.
when i told the rest brother poh called they were like..shocked? yq asked me to tell him in detail wad he asked me...they also shocked abt wad he told me...paying $200 per mth for 2 mths is sure worth it. n travelling there is nth compared to wad u r gonna impart from him. those hu haven signed up like yq n nat..save up n go!! tats all..bye.