Heineken Music presents Thirst Studio 06

*yay*

Anyway, for those interested, the event is this and next weekend (Friday and Saturday). This weekend it's at Acid Bar, next weekend it's at Asylum Bar.

This is an event showcasing producers' works which took part in a competition organised by Heineken Music. Winner gets a chance to produce with international producer, BT. On these couple of nights, the participants have to perform their song in either a live DJ mix, or a live performance.

More info at Thirst Studio Site

See you peeps there! :)

(okay I'm actually fucking stressed omfg! )

James Holden - One for you

This is me - a constipated cocoon

UNKLE - What Are You To Me?

What was I to you?
What AM I to you?
I know it won't help, but I'm sorry.

Damn dreams.
Motherfucking nabeicheebye bad timing for reminiscing.
Goddamit.
I'm damn bastard.
It's not me man.
Okay time-out. No more.

STOP THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL, MUT.

Portishead - Glory Box

LOL, I'm so wasted I needed to draw something stupid, haha. dammit.

Cuz I slept at ... 6am this morning?
Was at Living Room at er, Marriot hotel listening to Feng spin samba/deep housey stuff. Was awesome, collaberating with a jazz vocalist and bongo-ist! Ideas ideas!!

Well, see that young executive wearing a black tube? Lol, it was a tube dress, or just a tube. I was hoping for a nipple slip and was rewarded when she bent over and exposed her thong. :D

Lol we fucking look like shit lah - i look like a man and nel looks like a drunkard. BASKET!!


Gonna miss our EMP GOD!!! D:

"We have no Life"

EHheh, Semester 3 class. No prizes for guess where me/Ong are :)

:D

It's fun to laugh about how stupid our past posts were, that's what archives are for.. even if the posts were like, a week ago and stuff. But these are the very posts which shape our character, which tells a story about ourselves, who we are, and how we learn from them.

Unofficial EMP seniors' chalet was yesterday - gonna miss you Fee-Q !!! D:

Spent the whole night/morning eatdrinkrelektalkwalksingsong.
But no sleep. hahah.
AND THEN travelled to school right after that.

Oh as Walallawita said, EMP production motto: "We have no Life."
Hhaah, but we're enjoying having "no life".

Every single bit of it :)

Markus Schulz - Sorrow Has No Home

Well well, the semester has come to an end D:
What can I say? It was a joy having you guys around, Nadim Team, Stinkerella Team, Hansel and Gretel Team, TooTooMoo Team, and Princess and the Pea Team!

The last 2 days, I've been progressively missing classes because I couldn't wake up, not forgot. For the love of learning, I apologise. But I couldn't wake up because of very valid reasons - I had to work on Reason for Thirst Studio.

My rest of the week's packed - I've EMP chalet later, Friday Reason classes, Saturday is Thirst Studio's submission date (booking a studio with them) as well as NorthEast CDC Mix's first lesson.

So I ended the semester musically. Will continue the holidays with much more gusto and enthusiasm, I hope!

LOL Jodi, has anyone ever told you that you look gorgeous when you're eating? :)

Anyway, Dhana and I and Krusty had Heiniken's MasterClass last night from 730pm to 1030pm. It was brilliant! Heheh, we felt really small, literally. Tall, charming Chinese men, Caucasian men, Caucasian woman. Roight. Superficialities aside, yes, I'm so glad that there are a bunch of people intent on spreading the love of local music production. Wait, let me rephrase that. Music production locally, not Chinese pop local music production. More like Dance Music production locally.

Now I respect these fellas a lot, the Thirst Studio bunch, because Cas-e, the spokesperson, was brutally honest with the local music scene here. He's right, we're too commercialised. Why are there hardly any local producers here? Simply because we don't appeal to the masses unless the singer is gorgeous, can dance, (not necessarily sing), and has overall star appeal. Then the goverment will happily package the local songbird and ship her overseas, paying for her air fare, hair fare etc.

Dance music producer? Local rock bands? PAH. They don't give a shit. So ship your works overseas if you can't do it here!

Damn Chinks.

UNKLE - In A State

To be immersed into school work and personal productivity is a feat to myself, or is it? I end up getting confused over priorities. Damn I wished I didn't play around so much in Year One. But then again, where WERE the STA facilities in Tanglin?

Time is running out and I'm worried for the Year 2s, especially myself. This year's Year 1s have the privilege to access facilities the moment they step into RP. We didn't. Therefore we're somewhat on the same par as them.

Even more surprisingly though, Year 2s are not as eager to embrace the facilities as the Year 1s. WHY? Because again, we're pioneer batch - the guinea pigs. Students entered STA in 2005, probably 70% NOT intending to come here OR assuming that it was just another Mass Com Easy-to-score-slacker Diploma. The passion, the vibe is just not strong enough to convince others and ourselves that THIS IS NEW MEDIA. PASSION FOR THE ARTS HAS TO BE THERE.

Therefore, I am never happy with my work because of the people we're comparing with. NYP, TP Design? RP can make it lah, but where are the passionate army of people who are willing to bring RP to that level or higher? WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY?

Maybe I'm kan chiong or something and you guys are probably cursing/swearing but yes, we're already mid-Year 2. I made an oath to myself that I'll be one of those bringing STA to greater heights. This oath gives me something to work towards, defining my goals of coming to RP in the first place.

But I can't do it alone.

***

So all this "trying to fulfil my oath" shit is stressing me out. Again, TIME is the hardest resource to attain. I'm having difficulties prioritizing.

Let me see huh - School work, "Shoot Jose" film, EMProduction admin matters, Northeast MusicMix 06, Heineken's Thirst Studio 06, Myuk the Animation, Portfolio design, Animator.IG admin matters, etc.

ON TOP OF THAT, I've non-work/school shit. Like updating my really old passport photo, creating student EZlink, buying new contacts (I've been living on a pair of monthly ones for 3 months), eating out with family, etc.

No worries, everything SHOULD be fine. Right?

After all, you know who, or rather WHAT I've been up to? I'm a vicious, horrible, malicious, manipulative, selfish, WEAK twat. Our dear mut here has been turning to physical companionship to have temporary relief of stress. And that wasn't my only intention (the other's on an even darker side which I don't wish to elaborate), neither was it just one party.

The only reason why I must stop is because of one particular party - he doesn't deserve to be confused by my behaviour (though I stated my intentions to him very clearly at the beginning). I will stop toying with his feelings as well as mine.

I'm unable to Love again after learning what Love really is, and basically just fucked my life, probably destroyed part of others' lives.

I'm going to shatter in fact, very soon.

Tension

After 2-3 days of website-making and hair-tearing, Ella Production presents, Stinkerella, the website :)

3 hours to complete a website for Elective. LOL, presenting to you, LOOK INSIDE.
I've 2 UTs back-to-back today. Giving Garageband lessons later.
And now we've to complete at indie film in 5 hours.

HOORAY!

711 Diet

I need a bigger penis! Yes I do!

My life's so pathetic, I went back to school on a Sunday.
And lived on 711 processed food, coffee and chips.

YAY!

The Wombat

The wombat lives across the seas,
Among the far Antipodes.
He may exist on nuts and berries,
Or then again, on missionaries;

His distant habitat precludes
Conclusive knowledge of his moods,
But I would not engage the wombat
In any form of mortal combat.

-Ogden Nash

NDP Fringe Fest

Fucking Gah-ment embezzle our tax money, spend so much on NDP. Need so many days for fireworks meh? Nabei chee bye. We pay so much and they don't even fucking put street lamps in my 'hood.

Anyway, EMP spun for NDP Fringe fest! Some roadside thingy to entertain passers-by (it's passers-by, not passer-bys, i think). It was cool - we got free Goodie bags and KFC chicken!

Well done, folks :)


Huge crowd of random red sheep.
Urgh.

There's skewl tomorrow, liek woah!!

lol

You Are 80% Evil

You are very evil. And you're too evil to care. Those who love you probably also fear you. A lot.

How Evil Are You?

Watch Hard Candy

Now.

Irritable Days.

For some unknown reason, my temper is getting from bad to worse. No, it CAN'T be PMS because I NEVER had PMS. Tolerance for stupidity, threshold for immaturity (especially), deteriorating as fast as Shaggy's piss streaming down from the 3rd floor (this interesting ability makes me wanna have a penis).

Anyway, I've a sudden interest in Breakbeats, particularly Nu-Skool. Trance included, if there are any recommendations, feel free to tag.

Chaaanese parents enjoy manipulating and tormenting their children so as to make their big egos even BIGGER. Look at a typical Chink family - wanting you to lick their toes clean AND get happening grades at the same time.

No, it's not just the grades, it's the fact that other Chink parents start "applauding" your daughter's achievements, but their secretly jealous because THEIR daughter can't do the same. Because of that, their poor child has to bear with the useless jargon and impossible expectations just because her parents treat her as an unpolished trophy, ready to be shined and be bragged about.

I told Mum I got into Honours' Roll (top 10%), and she nodded and said "Good."

Months later (says a lot about how important the actual grades were to her), she was ecstatic about it, eyes wide open and obviously much happier than the actual moment I told her. "Eh I heard you got into Honours' Roll, DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO MAKE IT, CONGRATS!!!" Ah ... "mother's love".

What's with the lag?

Just so happened that her friend's daughter from RP mentioned my name in the list, saying I'm smart etc etc to her mother. And her mother told MY mother.

See the effect? The using-my-child-as-a-trophy theory applies here. No, mum doesn't care if you get 200 Master Degrees UNTIL she 1) Finds the chance to brag about it.. 2) Other people come to her saying "EH your daughter so smart leh!!"

ANYWAY, I'm finally eighteen, and I spent my birthday composing a requiem for myself, a really emo birthday song. Birthday song for myself, how ironic. Watch this space for the completed song!

And I just have ONE request from my parents.

STOP TREATING ME AS IF I WERE HALF MY AGE.

*Note: I'm not smart lah, aunties like to talk cock. A lot.