PIC OF THE DAY
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: 'Talking Kepala' are the latest band to come out from the northern region. Their debut effort 'Gimme' Some Sayang' has been described as a crossbreed between 80s pop and 50s joget. But lead singer Ally "Nahh" Simmons refuses to define the music they play: "We transcend musical boundaries. Why should we conform to any particular genre?". Posing from left are drummer, Shane Rizal; Ally; keyboardist, Mona Mony Mony; bassist, Freddie Ljunbergois and lead guitarist Andy Gibb Sunn. (Picture courtesy of cpgib.blogspot.com)
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DREAM A LITTLE DREAM FOR ME....
How many of us become what we dreamed of when we were kids? Do we all end up becoming all those soldiers, prime ministers, doctors and singers we wished we'd become?
My childhood dreams constantly changed when I was growing up. But my parents always told me I had wanted to be an author. Seriously, I don't ever remember saying that when I was a kid, but mY parents insist that I told my Standard Three teacher that I wanted to write. Maybe I was drunk on Ribena that day, cause really honey I don't remember anything.
I did think it would be cool to sing in front of an audience on stage when I was little, but as I got older teachers told me that that profession was 'haram'.
In Secondary School I decided to become a doctor after watching the doctors of 'ER' on TV. So powerful was the affect of TV on me, huh? Maybe I should own my own TV station- which was actually my dream when I was 18. The same year I told my friends I wanted to move to Hollywood and act. Jeez...so much aspirations lah. But you know, being idealistic and all that really is unrealistic.
I have made efforts to do something about those dreams. I enrolled in the science stream in Form Four- which was a really bad idea because I enrolled in a residential school which I hated. I sing in the shower sometimes (doesn't everybody?) And I took acting classes.
But life never turns out quite how you planned it. Like Forrest Gump said: LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET!
You think you'd turn out one way, but instead you turn out another way.
A friend once told me how frustrated she was about this other friend. That friend was under the delusion that you are supposed to be exactly what you plan to be. Par exemple (French for 'for example'), if you thought you'd be a dentist then you think you'll be a dentist. You study hard to get into medical school and sign up for the dentistry course. You work hard, for your goal is to be a dentist. And then you graduate and open up your own denstistry clinic. And all this is suppose to happen because all this is what you've wanted and planned for all your life. Do I make sense or am I just rambling?
BUT....really...dahhhlings...does life turn out as simply as that. Oh, come on, I'm sure along the way that dentistry student discovers that cardiovascular surgery is quite interesting. Hmmmm. Or maybe along the way, one of his pets gets sick and he discovers he has a knack for healing animals- and it actually makes him feel good (Oh, the blasphemy of the thought!) Or during a summer vacation to Amsterdam, the dentistry student stumbles upon a bondage and leather sex shop, and he falls in love with the shop owner and before you know it, junior is the owner of his own S&M product empire.
Bloody hell, man! This life is so full of surprises. And it has so much to offer. You can do whatever you want to. The sky's the limit, dude!
So if you feel disappointed that you didn't turn out to be that multi-talented actor, who has a hit TV show on cable and a new album due out in stores, who received standing ovations during his last stint at KLPAC, then boo-hoo.
Maybe you were not suppose to be that. Maybe. Maybe you didn't try hard enough. Or Maybe your time has not come.
Or JUST MAYBE, you were meant to be a guidance counsellor in a seedy neighbourhood in a town you never thought you'd end up in. You teach at community college- literature and drama. But your time is mostly spent listening to teenagers' problems, guiding them, talking to their parents even. Maybe you had fallen in love with one of those young students you were listening to. Sticky situation, I know. But fuck it, that's life. It could well probably happen.
It's official. I am rambling. I am rambling on ramblinging.blogspot.com......
Back to childhood dreams, how many people really end up becoming what we thought? In the end we just make the best of things. In today's world, unlike during our grandfather's time, people can afford to do what they want to do. As the Malay saying goes: Tepuk dada tanya selera.
But some people have to make do with what they have. Of course they can still dream, but I guess it takes a lot of patience.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: 'Talking Kepala' are the latest band to come out from the northern region. Their debut effort 'Gimme' Some Sayang' has been described as a crossbreed between 80s pop and 50s joget. But lead singer Ally "Nahh" Simmons refuses to define the music they play: "We transcend musical boundaries. Why should we conform to any particular genre?". Posing from left are drummer, Shane Rizal; Ally; keyboardist, Mona Mony Mony; bassist, Freddie Ljunbergois and lead guitarist Andy Gibb Sunn. (Picture courtesy of cpgib.blogspot.com)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM FOR ME....
How many of us become what we dreamed of when we were kids? Do we all end up becoming all those soldiers, prime ministers, doctors and singers we wished we'd become?
My childhood dreams constantly changed when I was growing up. But my parents always told me I had wanted to be an author. Seriously, I don't ever remember saying that when I was a kid, but mY parents insist that I told my Standard Three teacher that I wanted to write. Maybe I was drunk on Ribena that day, cause really honey I don't remember anything.
I did think it would be cool to sing in front of an audience on stage when I was little, but as I got older teachers told me that that profession was 'haram'.
In Secondary School I decided to become a doctor after watching the doctors of 'ER' on TV. So powerful was the affect of TV on me, huh? Maybe I should own my own TV station- which was actually my dream when I was 18. The same year I told my friends I wanted to move to Hollywood and act. Jeez...so much aspirations lah. But you know, being idealistic and all that really is unrealistic.
I have made efforts to do something about those dreams. I enrolled in the science stream in Form Four- which was a really bad idea because I enrolled in a residential school which I hated. I sing in the shower sometimes (doesn't everybody?) And I took acting classes.
But life never turns out quite how you planned it. Like Forrest Gump said: LIFE IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET!
You think you'd turn out one way, but instead you turn out another way.
A friend once told me how frustrated she was about this other friend. That friend was under the delusion that you are supposed to be exactly what you plan to be. Par exemple (French for 'for example'), if you thought you'd be a dentist then you think you'll be a dentist. You study hard to get into medical school and sign up for the dentistry course. You work hard, for your goal is to be a dentist. And then you graduate and open up your own denstistry clinic. And all this is suppose to happen because all this is what you've wanted and planned for all your life. Do I make sense or am I just rambling?
BUT....really...dahhhlings...does life turn out as simply as that. Oh, come on, I'm sure along the way that dentistry student discovers that cardiovascular surgery is quite interesting. Hmmmm. Or maybe along the way, one of his pets gets sick and he discovers he has a knack for healing animals- and it actually makes him feel good (Oh, the blasphemy of the thought!) Or during a summer vacation to Amsterdam, the dentistry student stumbles upon a bondage and leather sex shop, and he falls in love with the shop owner and before you know it, junior is the owner of his own S&M product empire.
Bloody hell, man! This life is so full of surprises. And it has so much to offer. You can do whatever you want to. The sky's the limit, dude!
So if you feel disappointed that you didn't turn out to be that multi-talented actor, who has a hit TV show on cable and a new album due out in stores, who received standing ovations during his last stint at KLPAC, then boo-hoo.
Maybe you were not suppose to be that. Maybe. Maybe you didn't try hard enough. Or Maybe your time has not come.
Or JUST MAYBE, you were meant to be a guidance counsellor in a seedy neighbourhood in a town you never thought you'd end up in. You teach at community college- literature and drama. But your time is mostly spent listening to teenagers' problems, guiding them, talking to their parents even. Maybe you had fallen in love with one of those young students you were listening to. Sticky situation, I know. But fuck it, that's life. It could well probably happen.
It's official. I am rambling. I am rambling on ramblinging.blogspot.com......
Back to childhood dreams, how many people really end up becoming what we thought? In the end we just make the best of things. In today's world, unlike during our grandfather's time, people can afford to do what they want to do. As the Malay saying goes: Tepuk dada tanya selera.
But some people have to make do with what they have. Of course they can still dream, but I guess it takes a lot of patience.
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