Random thoughts.
Muscle fatigue; gym work.
Do visit or find out more of Miho Museum (Japan); IM Pei, a world-class senstive and
harmonious architect.
Happy; A lovely day with a loved one is beyond paradise.
Quiet contentment; A beautiful morning walk through a quiet estate with little secrets round the bend.
Gratitude; What more can a man ask for?
We did not have a choice to be born into this existence, this life. Before we even learnt to love, there were those already loving us before we came to be.
Uncle T
13 Jan 2006
11 Jan 2006
Finally Chugging Along 9:17 am
Orders a MacDonald's Big Breakfast...
@ Burgandy Crescent
The newly-formed trio is finally progressing towards a tangible direction; preparing for our rehearsal, due end of this month.
We worked out a song yesterday at Dilane's place, which took an amazing 2 hours. I consider that pretty time efficient, considering the lack of initial musical momentum. A good start. We finished the arrangement for "I got Rythm". Rather excited about this new music endeavour that I've embarked on. The chemistry is good, and so is the sound of this trio. Kudos!
Sound System...yeah...
Deciding to purchase a 2.1 system, under a 100 bucks. Have set my eyes on either an Altec or Sonic Gear. Deciding to check out Challenger today first before making the final call. It's gonna be exciting! This system shall double up as an amplifier for my guitar.
Sigh, no money, heart pain. Why must tech toys be so costly (a rhetoric, considering the amount of research that goes into such things)? Hopefully, I can afford a decent home recording setup before flying in September.
Bertrand Russell's frightful outlook...
Completed his book yesterday. The closing chapters paints a world governed by a scientific government, a rather bleak and frightful one, and apparently one that served as inspiration for Huxley's novel and many other science-fiction books in the similar vein (I would say even Matrix parallels the ideas Russell puts forth, back in 1930s).
Russell envisions: A ruling class of scientific experts ruling over a working class specialising in maual labour. In order to provide amusement for the latter (as boredom is seen as a possbility of mutiny, revolt and scientific enquiry, which the governing class would not want the working class to acquire), the governing class, in disguises of democratic forms, provides social benefits (such as short working hours) to keep the majority in adequate satisfaction, and therefore not questioning authority.
Sounds like Europe. Frightful.
Uncle T
@ Burgandy Crescent
The newly-formed trio is finally progressing towards a tangible direction; preparing for our rehearsal, due end of this month.
We worked out a song yesterday at Dilane's place, which took an amazing 2 hours. I consider that pretty time efficient, considering the lack of initial musical momentum. A good start. We finished the arrangement for "I got Rythm". Rather excited about this new music endeavour that I've embarked on. The chemistry is good, and so is the sound of this trio. Kudos!
Sound System...yeah...
Deciding to purchase a 2.1 system, under a 100 bucks. Have set my eyes on either an Altec or Sonic Gear. Deciding to check out Challenger today first before making the final call. It's gonna be exciting! This system shall double up as an amplifier for my guitar.
Sigh, no money, heart pain. Why must tech toys be so costly (a rhetoric, considering the amount of research that goes into such things)? Hopefully, I can afford a decent home recording setup before flying in September.
Bertrand Russell's frightful outlook...
Completed his book yesterday. The closing chapters paints a world governed by a scientific government, a rather bleak and frightful one, and apparently one that served as inspiration for Huxley's novel and many other science-fiction books in the similar vein (I would say even Matrix parallels the ideas Russell puts forth, back in 1930s).
Russell envisions: A ruling class of scientific experts ruling over a working class specialising in maual labour. In order to provide amusement for the latter (as boredom is seen as a possbility of mutiny, revolt and scientific enquiry, which the governing class would not want the working class to acquire), the governing class, in disguises of democratic forms, provides social benefits (such as short working hours) to keep the majority in adequate satisfaction, and therefore not questioning authority.
Sounds like Europe. Frightful.
Uncle T
9 Jan 2006
Do our bit for this crazy world 1:33 pm
Pours a glass of fresh milk, and grabs cheese dip with olive crackers...
www.thehungersite.com
Do visit the site. Do our bit for the hungry and the less fortunate.
Uncle T
www.thehungersite.com
Do visit the site. Do our bit for the hungry and the less fortunate.
Uncle T
A Magical Evening 8:43 am
Orders a Riesling and calamari...
The SSO Spectacular...where was the audience?
Indeed. Yong and I attended the SSO's 27th Anniversary Concert, feat. Schumann, Strauss (Richard Strauss, mind you) and a Violin Concerto by local composer, Prof Tan.
A sensitive orchestra, a intensely passionate conductor, a beautiful concert hall, a brithday cake (SSO's), appreciative audience, great repetoire. The only missing fragment to attaining perfection was a full house. Admittedly, I am no cultured appreciator of the Classical genre, yet I decided to learn and appreciate the wonder of having a piece of music, over a 100 years rich in circulation, being carefully played and felt by a group of dedicated musicians, playing different parts, to create a symphony for the mind. Yet, how I wished there were more amongst the ubiquitous town-goers to spend on this concert, rather than have night snack at a coffee joint. Ah well, its beyond my means!
For the rest of the evening,
there was food...
drinks...
& (diva) company.What an evening!
Uncle T