August Rush OST + Bela Fleck

For myself, fine music =)

August Rush OST:
Classical, classical & rock, rock, modern acoustic guitar, black gospel, latin pop.

Bela Fleck & others. (some tracks are cut to only 00:30, sigh)

Sunday 25 Nov

4.50am-9.30am study
10am-1pm church service
1.15pm-3.30pm study
3.30pm-4pm play drums
4pm-10pm teach drums
10.30pm dinner


and dunno why, i don't really feel as tired as before. Yay!!



Psalm 28:7

The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song.


~lalala..

Most anticipated movie of 2007

One of my most anticipated movies of 2007.. =)

HD trailer

official website











Movie clip:




Short soundtrack mv:

1015

Argh!.....


It is 1015
in my study, rain
fill and filled of rain.
on the moldy roof, seasoned trees, slow drain
seeping through gentle thunders
dripping down, against walls of unseen sky
reflecting the leafs that break each drip
feeling fall in each voice
moving, and still..

it blew, so nice and coldly
caressing rest and comfort in soundless study
sad violin and low cellos of thought
lulls in warm yellowy glows
shining, dulling light
singing midsummer's drizzle lullaby
to a sweet fluttering curtain
in a besotted night sky

Was it the curtain
or eyes that flutter
to a dream so far to conceive
trodden European steps
or stargazing drum beats
aspirations without sweat
and now the rain is stagnating

..

It is no longer 1015.

It, is.

the show has to go on, lol

haha.

EXAM

will resume blogging after 12 Dec

scribbles

finally re-created the old secret poem blog that i had a few years ago. =]
why i kept it a secret at that time, hmm.. to make it special, and because it was too feminine, haha..


Scribbles

To maximise ease of view without affecting the blog's music, look at right column, under "BLOG ARCHIVE", click "2007 (50)". -all the poems will appear on the page.

there might be a comment or two under each poem, old comments given by other ppl or my brief explanation of the poem.

I always read them real slowly, then a picture will form in my mind (exactly like how it was 3 yrs ago), and the storyline starts moving.
ya, i'm a reflective & introspective creature, a dreamy one.

..hmm.. maybe i should start writing my kind of poetry again, after exams..
*meanwhile, as exams are approaching, i am trying my very best not to blog, so, for now just read poetry la, haha. korang suffer! =P

Amazing Grace

A really moving movie, abt the great struggle of slaves & politicians (William Wilberforce) to abolish the slave trade, the humble life of amazing grace's author, love that blossoms in faith & hope, and the friendship that is torn apart & brought together by politics & passion. This is a movie that will truly touch your heart, if you are someone that watches movies that are a little deeper with tons of thoughtful conversation. Not in M'sia theatres, grab a dvd copy from stores available, heh.


2 quotes from the movie::

A cold morning in the countryside, the William Wilberforce went out of his house to lie on the wet grass in his garden.

"Dear God, I know this is utterly absurd, but I feel I have to meet you in secret."


And another day when William Wilberforce went to a church to seek advice from John Newton, the pastor & author of the song 'amazing grace'.

"Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly. I'm a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior."



IMDB:

I saw this film on October 10th, 2006 in Indianapolis. I am one of the judges for the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award. A Truly Moving Picture "…explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life." Heartland gave that award to this film.

This is an inspiring story based on a legendary historical British Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce. During the late 18th century and early 19th century, a very young Wilberforce is elected to Parliament and over the course of several decades leads the fight to ban slavery.

Today this seems like an easy, obvious and intuitive decision. But this was not so 200 years ago. The film clearly explains the entrenched economic motives and the political motives for slavery. Wilberforce starts out as almost a force of one and slowly builds abolitionist momentum by brilliant oratory, political maneuvers, and appealing to his fellow man's better nature.

Ioan Gruffudd is totally believable in explaining to the audience the complexity and heroism of Wilberforce. Wilberforce over the course of his life is sickly and strong, religious and worldly, naive and romantic, and idealistic and practical.

During the course of this mostly political story, we get to see the immense cruelty shown to the captured Africans turned into slaves. We are shown the slave sailing ships where the captured are treated inhumanely and die of starvation, neglect, disease, and filth. Man's inhumanity to man was never worse.

Wilberforce is a great man of history even though mostly forgotten today. He respected his fellow man regardless of their station in life. He was always willing to sacrifice his life and health to help others. And his compassion and spirit was always masked by his humility. He is a hero for all ages.

This is a period piece and you are lost in it because of the attention to detail. The sets, art direction, and costumes allow you to totally suspend disbelief and be moved by the story.

a must-click

heh, a new blog, one of the bloggers ish me, eevyn, and lao jiang-s like sara and david.
vely nice! =)

TnT

Marty's EP & st. joseph

I found it

Although i don't have her pic, but this is a similar pic that i came across while browsing.
similar to my drum student, Angel's eyes. =)


A pair of eyes that can see through your soul.

sigh.. =]
I find that teaching children drums, listening to their innocent chatter & smile really brought me immense satisfaction in my work. I know children can be really naughty, but so far the bunch of little angels just keep sprinkling inspiration & little joys on my Sundays.

The thought of leaving them next year to focus only on the older ones (who are going to serve in 6 months) and to focus on TEENz album, leaves a tinge of sadness in the sweetness of memories.

Last time I can daydream of having a sweet & beautiful daughter or niece to take care of,
without much thought about my life partner. heh, weird. Gosh, reminds me of the time when i first attended tnt cell, and two members thought i'm already married with kids.

k la, better not talk so much 'bout kids, i am still not yet good in taking care of myself, lest a gf or angel.


It's good to be 22 yrs old and be teaching little angels to play some mean drums. ha.
Enjoy your Deepavali holiday. =)

Despondency hints glint

It is wednesday, faithful wednesday night in cold sweat, when it is the middle of a week, or weak.
I am going to study soon, but later than the latter sweat.

Watched blogs of people and reflecting against my life, and today.
It's so difficult to open up, when i can't see people, with my heart.

..

Last friday was the pastor's fellowship dinner at Danga Bay,
was nice, food and all. played. Two of my drum students were there, cute angels.
Finished carrying back the stuffs into the van, talk to the Ts, went off,
to the beach.
Busy, noisy, lone quiet beach.

Again at memories, received the familiar text.
Enjoyed a new view, light in darkness.
Old waves dying, even in new pushes.
Salty waters reflect heartbeat of the moment,
(pause)

Cried out loud in silence.




Three winks and last saturday,
co-leaded and interpreted,
sang words that turned into song,
like that.

and,
the song "Still",
and words that came later like rain,
Upon me.

Please God, shine through the cracks on the wall.



Come another day, winks.
You,
come changing my world,
one heartbeat at a time,
making history with every touch, every word.


Hints back, the glint.

stressed..

4 weeks left, exam is near.. i'm so stressed.....
dun feel like writing now, just put some stuffs.

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norah jones & john mayer, superb transition of songs.

New stuffs!! =)

Yay, got meself some stuffs to prac at home.. This is really good, got it a few weeks ago. practice drum set with rubber pads and plastic cymbals, very 'noiseless'. Quite nice to play wif and prac some chops. Took me 1 hour to assemble it.. nice to play together wif songs, wif the 2-3 month old speaker on my desk. Yay heh heh!!! It's something i used to dream of and should have done it years ago..
Then today i just ordered a cajon!! =) (pronounced as "cahon")
will get it next week, then i'll have something to play with during cell group! =)

wiki:

A cajón (Spanish for 'crate', 'drawer', or 'box', pronounced 'ka.CHON') is a kind of box drum played by slapping the front face (generally thin plywood) with the hands.

The cajón is the most widely used Afro-Peruvian musical instrument in the 20th century.^[1] The instrument has been officially declared "Cultural Patrimony of the Nation" by the Peruvian government.

Slaves of West and Central African origin in the Americas, specifically Peru, are considered to be the source of the cajón drum; though the instrument is common in musical performance throughout the Americas, especially Cuba. In Cuba, the cajón is associated with the Afro-Cuban drum/song/dance style known as rumba, while in Peru it is associated with several Afro-Peruvian genres.

The cajón was most likely developed in coastal Peru during the early 1800s.^[2] The instrument reached a peak in popularity by 1850, and by the end of the 19th century cajón players were experimenting with the design of the instrument by bending some of the planks in the cajón's body to alter the instrument's patterns of sound vibration.^[3]

In contemporary times, the instrument became an integral important part of Peruvian musicCuban music. and

In the 1970s the instrument was introduced to Flamenco music by guitarist Paco de Lucía.

How Norah Jone's drummer play it (using mallet)..
(note that her backup singer is asian, heh)




The traditional way of playing it, i think..




cool rock playing..