I always wanted this...

Jerry Kamit

A sape player and his sape

This instrument here is called 'sape'. It's almost like a guitar only with less strings than the normal guitar *usually 3.. 2 or so* Chords are needless in order to play the sape. The instrument itself are traditionally the Kenyah's or the orang ulu's musical instrument and often accompanied with traditional dances of the respective tribes.

A little summary of sape, quoted from fascinatingmalaysia.com:

The sape is a masterpiece of woodcarving. The carver selects white wood with a smell that repels insects. The sape is carved with a parang (sword) to a length of about 1.2 metres.

The body is hollowed out with the same tools as those used for building boats. The carver is usually a musician, who places the strings and pegs and paints decorations.

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My obsession with this rather unique musical instrument triggered when I first saw an Iban singer named Jerry Kamit, who uses this particular instrument in every song he has. Another reason is probably due to it's exotic and unique shape, compare to a normal guitar. Also to preserve our old traditions from fading in this modern days and introduce a piece of our culture to others who either have non or little idea of what sape is.

My search for my very own sape still on because it's a kind of rare to find one selling in your typical shops these days and with reducing numbers of expertise in sape making made it a bit harder to purchase one. But I'm going back to Long Banyok this 22nd and hoping that someone there has one that they wish to sell or better yet, to give away free *wink wink*

If I fell by The Beatles

My brother, Aldrin, found out this song first when he was shuffling through youtube searching for random Beatles videos and he accidentally clicked a link for this song.. It's a nice song, simple and slow, acoustically elements to it.. Basically a song sung by Lennon to symbolize a man who's still 'in doubt' with the name of love and learning to accept someone new which expressed through the lyrics below.. and the rest I leave it to you :D

Anyway the song is dedicate to that 'someone' * baca jangan nda dibaca ahh =p*

If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
'cause I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding hands

If I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than her

If I trust in you, oh please
Don't run and hide
If I love you too, oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her
'cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain

So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
cause I couldn't stand the pain
and I would be sad if our new love was in vain

so I hope you see that I
would love to love you
and that she will cry when she learns we are two

The Beatles

George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Star and Paul Mc Cartney

McCartney and Lennon side by side like they always do when they're rockin

The Beatles, an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, who became one of the most commercially success in the history of music.. The band consists of four boys from Liverpool: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Star and George Harrison, who once rocked the world with their rock n roll tunes with their black tux, black ties and tidy haircuts.. With Lennon upfront plucking that guitar with Paul beside him with his bass, most of the time singing together, George with his mad guitar riffs and Ringo with the drums with a unique way of hitting the hi hats or thre cybals, you get the point when you see their videos, what more can you expect from them?!

Seriously, these guys ,to me, are legends, who rocked yesterday till now with most of their songs are covered by most bands and singers nowadays.. With this, I believe that the name "BEATLES" will live on till the future generations to come.. Even currently, young aged individuals knows the name the Beatles and even can sing along to "I want to hold your hand" song!!!

Sadly, after Lennon's death, the newer generations will have no chance to listen to new songs by this famous song writer, only left with his memories and his old famous piece of writings, who also wrote most of the songs during his years as a Beatle.

Despite the fact that the Beatles are not together anymore, with McCartney going solo and same goes to Ringo Star (also wrote the song Liverpool 8, regarding their times in the Beatles), still their legendary ,as I see it, song during the era of Beatles will always entertain us Beatles fans.. To this I give my highest respect to them and thank them for bringing an era and revolutionary change to the world of music who inspired most songwriters nowadays.. The Beatles will live on!!! :D

Usang 12

I really got bored lately so basically most of the time I spent is shuffling through my mp3s and one of the songs that really keep me into the 'high' kind of mode, if it even makes sense, is this... a song from our own local Bruneian band, D'Hask - Usang 12. The song was first introduced to me by two of my mates, thanks guys *thumbs up*. They also commented the song as 'membari high', which is a good thing anyway, when I first ask them about their views regarding the song itself. So now, after continously listening to the same song over and over again, can't seem to get sick of it, I admit that I'm addicted to listen to this song. Another reason is due to the fact that the lyrics itself reflects some story of my life *oh owhh here comes the drama haha*

For those of you who haven't had the chance to listen to it yet, I highly recommend you guys to listen to it on this website www.purevolume.com/dhask (courtesy of purevolume inc) and SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BAND such as D'Hask itself =)

D-Hask - Usang 12 lyric



Bersama mu, rela ku berikan jantung ku

Biarku luaskan nafsuku

Atas nama cinta ku beri

Tak terlintas di sanubari

Nadi tak berdegup lagi

Nafasku terhenti



Selagi kakiku berdiri

Takan lenguh Janji Di patri

Betapa pilu hati ini

Jauh disudut pintu hati

Berbisik sendiri, usang dan sepi

Aku tersingkir



Chorus :

Mungkin aku dicipta bukan hanya untuknya

Walaupun hakikatnya, Aku hanya arjuna

Bukan untuk di cinta oleh sang duyung

Yang hanya mampu berbicara



Verse

Andai aku, tidak diciptakan untuk mu

Lihat kan dirinya untuk ku

Agar aku bisa kunjungi, detik manis putra dan putri

Aku kan senyum dan pergi

Mengisi kekosongan hati



Back to Chorus :



Mid 8 :

Mungkin ku tidak pernah

Menyatakan padanya

Bahwasanya dirinya adalah yang pertama
(2x)


Andai masih tersisa

Cintamu untuk ku

Cintailah aku

Wahai dewa percinta

Panahkan lah hatinya

Pada Sang Anggun

Agarku mampu berbicara

(lyrics and picture are courtesy of www.purevolume.com/dhask)

Crows Zero II

from left: Ken, Izaki, Serizawa, Genji, Narumi, Mito, Tokio and Rindaman

left: Suzuran High. right: Housen

the picture from Crows Zero I

Genji beating the hell out of the Housens!!! *koraaaaaa!!!*

"koraaaa!!!!" finally!!! I’ve waited so long just to get my eyes to this badass movie, fuuh what pain in the ass though haha =p Anyway, for those of you who haven’t had the chance to watch the first movie, here’s a little summary of it:

Takiya Genji (Oguri Shun), a newcomer to Suzuran All-Boys High School who aims to 'conquer' Suzuran. Genji makes a deal with his father, Hideo Takitani. If he can conquer the school before his graduation, he will be allowed to succeed his father as the head of his yakuza syndicate. But first, he has to defeat Serizawa Tamao, the "King of Beasts" and leader of the Serizawa Army and not to mentioned, the closest to conquering Suzuran High.

Later, Genji were able to gain control of his own class which was formerly led by Chuta and from there onwards, he made alliance with other of his fellow ‘conquerors’, Makise and Izaki, who eventually led to him one step closer to his goal to conquer Suzuran High.

And the rest I leave it to you guys to watch, no spoilers thank you =p

On the second movie itself, which was released this April, it centers out the situation 8 months after what we can see from the first movie. Genji is close to graduation and yet still far away from conquering Suzuran due to a decisive loss towards Rindaman, one of the toughest lad in Suzuran High and rumors has it that he hospitalized more than 10 men as a freshmen alone.

In adding to that, Genji encountered another issue with another rival school, the Housen, led by the ferocious Taiga Narumi. The rival school itself caused a stir and chaos towards Suzuran which eventually caused more burden for Genji and his fellow comrades.

Well, this is all that I can state as a summary of the story and the rest is up to you peeps to find out. Personal ratings for both movies, 8.9/10 ^^,V

I ended my post with double thumbs up to Takashi Miike who produced one of the greatest movies that I’ve seen so far =D

Finally Awake From My Nap...

ZZZ… ahh dude!!! Wake up wake up!!! Ohh man, I just realized that June exam is around the corner and to be specific, my 1^st exam is history paper and will be held at… *checking on the calendar* WTF?!!! You can’t be bloody serious?! 30 more f#cking days?! =O I can’t even grow a moustache within 30 days!!! And for revising?! IDK, never done it before…

*Headache* hmphh, well this only lead to one thing and only rely on that particular thing in order for a miracle happen and that’s… “dating with my books”… oh yes, I never liked dating books so much, as far as I can remember haha, but hell it’s the only shot I can take.

There’s been an ease in my mind lately, thinking of this and that, the future and not to mention all the pressure I’ve received from fellow peers, tutors and of course my respective parents who all expecting something from me, as stated by my history tutor “flying with colours”, and I’m pretty sure that thing is not ‘FAILURE’.

So basically where I’m at right now? Close to success? Not even close mate… Close to failure? If I say that then I can be labeled as liar… even I myself don’t know which position I am at right now. So, to be on the safe side, it’s best to place my self in the middle of both which btw explains clearly, my so-called future result is hanging by the thread…

Well, it’s not anyone’s fault really that I’m not fully prepared for the upcoming exam, both mentally… physically… if it even make sense. Where are all the days that are given to me as a chance for me to spent time with my lovely *sort of* book of knowledge? Hmm, to those who knew me that much, I bet they know the answer but for the sake of blogging… I spent it all sleeping. Yeah, I lay my ass on my bed, dreaming and snoring *cough not true cough*. And when I got the chance or free time to study, I simply said to myself “alaa wtf should I be studying now, tomorrow can bah~” what the devil? Haha =P Eventually tomorrow changed to days and days become weeks and months which leads to where I’m at now…

Hmphh f#ck it, I need a bloody slap… No!!! a good old punch in the face sounds better enough so that I can wake up from my laziness. Fortunately, I just realized it now than later and chances? No comment, but will try my best… so hope luck will be on my side and wish me luck for my upcoming exam peeps… not to forget all my mates, the 6^th form students from SMSO, who will be having their exams this upcoming June, I wish you all good luck mates!!! =)

*p.s: belajar tah banar2 mates, mun dapat grade tinggi bukan jwa urang lain untung, kamu juwa kan and… aku haha =P kenapa? Sapa yang grade nya tinggi tu nanti, belanja aku makan lahh hahaha =P*

Why Guitars Are Better Than Girlfriends?

Here are 15 reasons why guitars are better than girlfriends:

01. Girls dump you. A guitar will always be there when you get home.
02. A guitar's minimum requirement is an amp. A girl's minimum requirement is shoes, clothes, makeup, a mirror, magazines, more shoes and a tiny handbag. And that's every week!
03. You'll never turn on a girl as fast as you can turn on an amp.
04. If your guitar sounds crap, you can tune it. If your girl talks crap you're stuck with her.
05. Guitar's, unlike girls, have volume control which goes all the way down.
06. If you play your guitar crap, it tells you its crap. It doesn't lie and pretend you did it right when you didn't!
07. Two girls at once is hard to come by. Double kneck guitars are not.
08. Your guitar makes a sound only when you want it to.
09. Nobody cares when you dump your old, out of date guitar for a new, younger model. In fact it's encouraged.
10. With a guitar, you can copy tunes from other songs. With a girl, try telling her you're copying some moves from an ex and she'll throw you out.
11. Your guitar doesn't refuse to let you play it once a month.
12. Your guitar will never find out if you've been playing another guitar behind its back.
13. You don't have to get guitars drunk before using them.
14. You can stare at a guitar all you like, but stare at a girl too long and you'll end up in an immense amount of pain.
15. Watching other people play the guitar is entertaining. Watching other people do it is just sick!

*p.s: such posting is for the sake of reading entertainment not being f*cked up sexist =)