Sunday, February 28, 2010

Enjoy your birthday, boys!

Happy 18th Birthday to Rafie Yussof
Happy 16th Birthday to Haafizillah Amiruddin
Happy 15th Birthday to Zairul Nasri


May Allah bless you.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Boo.

Chelsea 2 - 4 Manchester City



Chelsea down to nine with Belletti and Ballack sent off. A very bad day for the Blues. Beaten at its own fortress.

Friday, February 26, 2010


Happy 17th Birthday to Nurizzah Rosli!



I still can picture us playing together near the flag poles. Good times. May Allah bless you.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

A∀A Review for LOVE.



Track-listing
1. "Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce"
2. "The Flight of Apollo"
3. "Young London"
4. "Shove"
5. "Epic Holiday"
6. "Hallucinations"
7. "The Moon-Atomic (...Fragments and Fictions)"
8. "Clever Love"
9. "Soul Survivor (...2012)"
10. "Letters to God, Part II"
11. "Some Origins of Fire"
12. "Hallucinations (Mark Hoppus Octopus Remix)" (Bonus Track)

The Players
Tom DeLonge – Vocals, guitar
Matt Wachter – Bass, keyboard, synthesizer, backing vocals
David Kennedy – guitar, keyboard, synthesizer
Atom Willard – Drums, percussion

Once again, Tom DeLonge gives some free love before turning his attention to the new Blink-182 reunion album. Is it a free steal or did we even want it given away to us the begin with? I'd like to talk about Angels & Airwaves which is also commonly known as A∀A about their third studio album entitled, LOVE. It was officially released worldwide on February 14, 2010. It was supposed to be released last year but it was delayed from Christmas, 2009. They began producing it in January, 2009 but progress was slow due to Blink-182 reuniting and going on tour. AVA finished the album in time for its release on Valentine's Day 2010 . The first single from the album, "Hallucinations," was made available for free through the band's website on December 23, 2009. A lot of synth was thrown in this album and it sounds very good compared to their second album, "I-Empire."

Track by track, the pace slows down, which is fine, but it never really picks up again. Tracks like “Shove” and “The Moon Atomic (…Fragments and Fictions)” are slow, similar-sounding, but the lyrics just seem to bring you to an adventure, traveling almost anywhere you can go. It flows seamlessly into the churning. He sounds incredibly convincing in this album. Almost each of the songs seem to connect with each other. This is what makes the songs inspiring and gives you that "aloft in the air" feeling. They are giving it away for free online, though you can contribute some money if you want, which will get you a remixed track from the album done by Mark Hoppus.

Of the release, DeLonge said, "It is the biggest release of my life, the pinnacle of my creativity. It's super conceptual and highbrow in many ways, very artistic, very Stanley Kubrick, but it's not a rock opera. It's a very modern version of what could happen when you blend the film industry and the music industry together in a very, very arty, kind of cool way with professionals involved all along the path."

Articles.

Zul requested two articles based on both "Timbaland's album, Presents Shock Value II" and "Angels & Airwaves's album, LOVE." I got a feeling that this could make my work worthwhile. :)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

26th's National Day.

Happy 26th National Day!


Negaraku Brunei Darussalam.

It's raining? Hmm. I didn't go down to see what was going on in Bandar today. No flag waving for this year, I guess. To all the performers: How was your day? You can let out a sigh of relief now that the National Day is over. You don't have to go to any more practices and such. :) (Last year, I didn't even care to blog about National Day. I was at Zul's, still active with my DotA. Hahaha.)

Monday, February 22, 2010

Happy birthday.

Happy Birthday to Branislav Ivanović!

who is 27 today.

Alphabet game.

I got in touch with my wizard buddy once again. She said that she had disappeared into the world of exams and will be again in a month or so. I'm glad we got in touch again. Anyways, we played an alphabet game! It played like this: She starts first, then I continue on with the next letter and it repeats.

A - Armadillo
B - Beret
C - Catastrophic
D - Disaster
E - Electricity
F - Frostbites
G - Gingerbread man
H - Horoscope
I - Indecisive
J - Jeopardize
K - Kalimantan
L - Leadership
M - Move
N - Nonsense
O - Opaque
Q - Quadrilateral
R - Rawiza Rakawi (DOUBLE R! :p)
S - Sizzling
T - Topaz
U - Underage
V - Vigorously
W - Watermelon (She forgot the letter W! She jumped straight to X. Hahaha.)
X - Xavier
Y - Yam
Z - Zealous

This is actually my first time playing an alphabet game! And I finished the game, Raw Danger an hour ago! :D

Raw Danger.



I've been playing a game called "Raw Danger" recently. I had no intentions of playing it at first but then I found it while I was searching for another interesting game to play besides Dynasty Warriors 6. I remembered that it was about surviving the horrible disasters and you must make your way through it by taking items laying around the debris. Compasses are like collectible items in this game. ^^ You also get to play 6 different survivors. Each has their own storyline but in the end, they all connect to one. You get to chose your own scene; whether to be a kind or a mean character.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

I wish I had a better camera.




I had a really fun time with Fikri, Kirah, Hakiim and the others whom I met last night! First, it was the lion dance by Chung Hwa Middle School performers. This time, with extra lions! I saw them giving out ang paos to the lions. I don't know. I think it is part of their culture. After that, the CCA Choir Club members sang. Next up was the seniors who danced to a song called Super Girl by Super Junior. Awesome choreography! Lastly, the principal and the stage performers sang a Chinese song to end the night. My left eye was red.. again. == Oh yes! Have you ever wondered how would the school look like at night?







The 3,000 firecrackers.