AUDIOSLAVE.

I just got Audioslave's self-titled album and Out Of Exile.

GOOD STUFF.

I'm suddenly reminded of the good ol' days of Rage Against the Machine.

Chris Cornell has a superb voice. Commerford and Wilk continue to be a tight rhythm section. And Morello just continues to abuse his guitar like how he does best. Cornell's voice just keeps getting better with each release. I read it is because he quit smoking and drinking? All the more you shouldn't smoke in the future.

I'm so looking forward to their next album Revelations, which is set to be released sometime this month. ORIGINAL FIRE IS FUNKY. Ironically the drumbeat isn't too 'original'. Good stuff though.

Not to mention Incubus's new album is set to be released later this year as well. OMG can't wait.

Anyway, I know I haven't blogged lately. It was only when Sophia decided to link me in her blog did I realise what a sloth I was.

This week has been fantastic. The Teachers' Day Concert was disappointing, IMO. Sorry for being so harsh, but the AVA screwed it up bad. And to the bands that performed, you guys should have soundchecked before the curtains drew open.

Ah well, Pedofunk won this year's Talent Search. Eh, no comments really. I felt it was a well-deserved win. They did something that required little preparation and setting up. HENCE, the chances of anything screwing up is pretty much, zero.

Unlike the bands who have the constant problem with sound. Ah bah. Sound sound, it's the very thing that contributes to a good live performance.

I'm not complaining, congratulations to all.

PDS WAS GREAT. PERHAPS THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE WHOLE CONCERT. (CALL ME BIASED :X) GOOD JOB TO ALL IN THE SQUAD.

Sure, the performance wasn't anything fancy. But for first timers, you guys have come a long way. Don't mind the minor errors. Overall, you guys have done a lot better than I expected. Kudos to all.

Prior to the concert, I was hanging around backstage. I found out Miss Wang has a diploma in piano and teaches the double bass.

WTF?

I'm taking up double bass lessons from her sometime. HAH!

Oh, and to the PDS people, keep practicing, there's a lot of potential in you all.

Anyway, after the concert and all, I had to settle some minor errands. One was to get my amplifier home safe and sound. And afterwards I had to head down to Tao Nan to meet up for a 6E'02 gathering.

I can't contain my excitement. Muahaha.

Anyway, so yeah I went home first. Brought my amplifier home, and Winston tagged along too. The rain was like OMGWTFHAXBBQ. Wouldn't stop pouring. God, they cancelled ACES Day for the Sec 3s and 4s because of it. ARGH!

So at my house, I showed Winston the Mitch Hedberg (R.I.P) clip of his performance on Comedy Central. Winston thought it was funny.

"I like an escalator because it can never break, it can only become stairs."

HAHA. It's so sad he passed away so early. Why do all the good people die first? Tsk.

Oh anyway, at Tao Nan was when the fun started.

We arrived at the bus stop outside Tao Nan, and we realised that:

"CRAP. IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS AND WE AREN'T ARMED WITH UMBRELLAS?!"

Winston even had the cheek to say that he INTENDED to remind me to take an umbrella before we left my house. ARGH WTF.

So we called Lilian and Tiffany for reinforcements! They brought umbrellas and came to our rescue. Winston and I shared this terribly small umbrella (It was meant for a single person I would say). And we looked homosexual sharing it and walking it to Tao Nan. I wore berms so luckily it was only my shoes that got semi-drenched.

When we finally arrived at the General Office, we met CONSTANCE! She stuck her hand out, and I thought she wanted to give me a handshake!

To my dismay, she just wanted her UMBRELLA back. No wonder it's so small la.

-.-" total WTFAGE. And everybody was laughing at me. lol.

Ah well, I hung around the HOD office and General Office area for a while. Then Terry called and asked where I was.

So I headed to the canteen to find him. And WHAT A SHOCKER.

TERRY IS TALLER THAN ME NOW. LIKE WTFFFF. I couldn't believe it. When we were in Primary 6 he was still shorter than me?

It's amazing how fast he grew.

Haha, he claims he grew lengthwise though.

"I'm more skinny now," he says.

Haha, couldn't help but agree.

Then we spent the remainder of the stormy and wet afternoon by the HOD office meeting up with Mrs Chua and Liang Lao Shi. Liang Lao Shi recognised me but TOTALLY forgot my name. Mrs Chua actually remembers me!

"WOW BRYAN YOU LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT!" -.-"

Yeah that's what she says. Muahaha.

Anyway, Mrs Chua says she keeps a copy of my notes from Primary 6. Amazing eh? I must be like damn popular with the current batch of her students.

She claims because my handwriting > all. YEAH!

Haha Mrs Chua was really funny too. She looked at Siantzu, then looked at Terry, and said:

"This one your boyfriend arh?"

Siantzu nods her head.

"Don't tell me he's from St. Pats?..."

Siantzu nods again...

"...AH COME ON THAT'S SO LAME!"

LOL. Haha. I was surprised at how open minded she is with regards to relationships. Not to mention the former DM who told us Poly > JC. HAHAH.

Oh so afterwards we left Tao Nan and headed to East Coast. We played BOWLING! Hah, I think I pulled a muscle. My fingers kinda hurt now.

BUT OVERALL, it was good fun. Eirene couldn't help making fun of Winston. HAH. Stephen was on the phone for the whole second game la. His phone was in his left hand, since he bowled with his right. Haha, Nicholas and I thought it would be funny if Stephen got so engrossed in talking that...

"Eh darling, hold on arh."

-accidentally throws cell phone instead of bowling ball-

-holds ball up to ear-

"Hello?"

AHHAHAHA. Oh man, we had a blast.

Then we headed down to Mcdonalds, and we sat around one of the tables and started talking about a lot of stuff. TALK TALK TALK. Yes, that's what we did. And a lot of laughs in between.

And it was then we all found out that the ACES in ACES Day stands for:

ALL CHILDREN EXERCISING SIMULTANEOUSLY. WTF? AHHAHA.

Then Jake decided to call Stephen AND THEN me, asking us to buy him tongs for the BBQ later for Desmond.

He called Stephen and still called me? So I placed the placed the phone on the table, unanswered.

Enter NICHOLAS KANG.

HAHAHHA. Don't take it to heart, Jake. But what Nick did then afterwards was comedy gold.

He proceeded to answer my cellphone, and started lambasting Jake in his signature ah beng accent that I haven't heard him do in a long while. Not the damn garand ah beng la. Just that he drags all his words, it's funny. lol. Some what like Johnny in the first of the zhng my car series.

DAMMIT. I should have recorded the conversation. It was so hilarious.

"You tell me: You want your barbecue tonight, or for breakfast?"

HAHA. He's like the master of sarcasm.

Reminds me of when we were Primary 5, and he retorted to Albert's comment. We were learning about Singapore in World War II, and we were told that the Japanese had bombed our water reserves so that we wouldn't be able to last long.

So Albert remarked:

"You mean the Japanese bombed our water supplies ON PURPOSE?! OMGWTFHAX!"

To which Nick retorted,

"No la, accidentally one."

HAHAHHA.

The rest of the day (or night) was just spent hanging out with the gang and Desmond Chow. Unfortunately I didn't stay around for long cause my mum was nagging.

Overall, a wonderful day, and a good week.

Time to mug for prelims!