“..oh BUG OFF!!..”

It’s been excrutiatingly .. painful.. yes. painfull that’s the word.. a painfull last two nights..

Last night.. it didn’t occur to me it was OSCAR NIGHT.. yeah even though it was telecast LIVE in the morning they would screen it in the evening too for the benefit of the general population who didn’t catch it Live..Not that I’m complaining but i generally don’t like award shows.. they’re long.. draggy.. and boring. As it that wasn’t painfull enough, the entire mosquito population of Singapore just happen to show up in my room that night.. I mean it was buzzing ALL NIGHT..my arms .. legs and thighs.. tummy and chest (er I sleep in my boxers ..).. were all fodder for the marauding mozzies.I had at least 10-20 bites on my arms alone…they kinda showed up around 2ish-3…and by 5:30 i couldn’t stand it.. i just up and left my room went to shower.. Adik (in her towels) had a shock of her life i was up so early.. she’d been preparing to go to work (attached to NUH this few weeks).. She complained too of the mozzies..and showed off her battle scars from the night before.. we came to the conclusion that it was the dumpster sitting in the carpark that might have been the culprit of the sudden surge in the mosquito population in the area.It was one of those big tipping dumpster thingy that would load up the back of a truck and It’d been sitting there for 2-3 months now, and even though it had some form of tarp covering, we could see that there were holes in it, and the inside of the dumpster could have been a festering pool of mozzie breeders.

When I got home yesterday, however, the dumpster was mysteriously missing. I’m guessing some other residents began having mozzie misadventures and had complaint. When Adik got home later, she also commented,” heh the dumpster is gone.”

 So i’m thinking that’s the end of my mozzie mania. I .. WAS … WRONG…  bzzz bzzzzz *bite*thwap*thwap*bzzzzzzz*scratch*scratch* 

tonight .. i will wage war on the mozzies.. I will fight on the bed… I will fight in front of my TV.. I will fight on the window sill and on my cabinets. I will defend my body.. whatever the cost maybe .. I WILL NEVER SURRENDER!!

*mental note buy many many mozzie coils and insect repellent*

That aside, back to the Oscars..

Hugh Jackman for a very longtime has been on of my favourite actors. But i wondered how he would fare. yeah I know what I said about awards shows ..and the last few.. in fact up from 1984, the oscars were hosted by a comedian of some sort , who would give  a light hearted opening skit.  He didn’t fit into that mould.. yesh he is an Emmy Award winning Host (for the Tony Awards).. but..yeah  so i got to watch his opening skit on Youtube.. and wow.. just wow.. I guess he did a good job..

good stufff..

“.. Jive Talkin’..”

Back in the day, when I was serving the nation as a conscripted soldier, I would look forward to the 10th of every month. That was when we got our measly allowance of $350. And with that money in hand, the next thing I would look forward to is Saturday Night. I would go to the Hard Rock Cafe, be it alone or with a group of friends, just to watch this band play.. That was then , between ‘96 and ‘98. They were arguably the best cover band in Singapore at the time… Now they are Playing at The Pump Room at Clarke Quay. They may have grown a little older, and they may have had a few lineup changes. But they’re still the best cover band in Singapore.. and what is jive Talkin’ without Jeffrey..

still sounding DAMN good..
makes me wanna jam with them on Open Mic Tuesday Nights at The Pump Room..  Don’t know if they still have those open mic nights.. It would be fun though.. if i can gather the balls to do it that is..

Till Next Time..

“.. stuck in my head..”

Ever had a song stuck in your head.. and no matter how hard you try , you can’t get it out.. Well i had this one song I had stuck in my head since I first heard it earlier this year…I heard the guy sing back in 2006 and was quite interested.. yeah i like his folksy sound.. so got the song stuck in my head for the longest time.. I would incessantly hum it without realising it..   I joined my cousin Fauzi for a jam on Tuesday.. actually I just sat in to listen to his band.. and they did a cover of the song.. albeit a punk rockified version of it.. but it was arranged well.. I tweaked the arrangement abit and they were a bit chuffed about how good it sounded.. all of that.. Couldn’t sleep last night..after came back from a chillout session with Al and it led to the inevitable..

oh word of note.. beware of the volume .. i think i kinda clipped a few parts and it ends up a tad loud and distorted at parts..

“..after all these years..”

If you’ve not heard of the band Journey.. you should be shot.. (Randy Jackson will sit on you!!!)
If you’ve not heard how they found their new vocalist Arnel Pineda, it means you were in a hole somewhere for the last 6 months or so…
I’ve been looking forward to the new album and today I heard one of the songs from the new album.I must say it sounds good. The kind of song (like Faithfully and Open Arms), at the right moment can bring tears to peoples eyes..I like.. hope to grab it off the shelves ..

Found a video montage with the new Journey song playing.. did I already say I like?