Neonixehertz.

29.1.07

Ole! Ole ole ole...ole..ole!
Haha.Thought of writing something different besides music stuff.
This blog is almost full of music crap.

Anyway,went to watch the 2nd-leg Semi-Finals (Spore vs Msia) with Clarence,Joshua Kwok,Roy,Siva,Hidayat,Shahrizal who was responsible for our presence there(thanks alot jal) and....Imran!! Haha,Hafiz came too but went with acap,khai and I not sure who else(check out his blog if you really want to know,lol wtf).

Had a good time..or should I say had a fucking good time.The game's overall is very good;more than expected with the lions showing a better performance than in the 1st leg in Shah Alam.Other than that,the things that make you had a hellova time was:
- The Kallang Wave;I don't know how many rounds did the crowd did..maybe more than 5 in one go?
- The shouting and screaming.Ole ole ole and buto! Yeah,that was sure fun.
- The celebration of course! Never felt so happy for a very long time. =D

The stadium sank with silence when Malaysia had the lead and when Singapore equalised the score,the stadium was back to how it was even before the match started;fucking loud.Something to share here..I was getting bored of waiting and seeing Singapore already in a losing position,in fact,everyone was bored and tired and I just shouted out loud for no reason "Eh goal ah sia!".I was asking for a goal and guess what.Right after that,people started standing up and whoa!,the whole crowd stood and noise filled the national stadium again! LoLLercoaster..my lucky charm? Haha,only god knows.

Oh yeah,something else to share as well.The only thing that i didn't like about the match was the attitude of Singaporeans towards the Malaysian team.Jeering and stuff.Well,pretty much normal in a soccer match and to make matters worse,rivals.Kinda felt fucktup about it at first because it would be such a 'lose-face' if Singapore lost the match with all the jeering even before the referee blew the whistle for kick-off for 1st half.But oh wel,thats how it goes I guess and thought about it again,I realised that the Malaysians hate us Singaporeans more.Any Sporean supporters going there,whether its a win or lost for the lions,they will still be attacked verbally by Msian supporters,not forgetting all the curses that they might say.Not to mention they view us as an ISLAND.Yeah,we may be fucking small but we're still a REPUBLIC.BUT,my point here is not about who's the worst,its about the attitude.Does bad or ill-treatment must be repaid with ill-treatment as well? In other words in malay "perlukah kejahatan dibalas juga dengan kejahatan?" Well,I guess alot of people might be having this in their minds too but like I said,it just goes that way.Its the human nature I guess.Its like as if revenge is the only way to make them feel better and destroy their opponent.

Anyway that's all I have to say.To Imran who's not feeling well,get well soon dude.
Going to National Stadium again on wednesday to watch the 1st-leg Finals.
Adios amigos quackos. \m/

Posted By Zul at 11:38 PM

26.1.07

Went to check out 201 studio with Hafiz.
Tagged along Nadiah's band.

Pro:
-Spacious room.
-Air-con does not stink like swee lee studio.
-Guitars and bass alright la.(Frm my view that is since i know little about guitars.)

Cons:
-Almost all,or should I say ALL,of the wires are short.How short?Standing infront of the amp when playing guitar.
-The gadget looks like an old device thats been in a box for years but still does its job.
-One important lesson learnt and that is looks can be deceiving.Nadiah showed Hafiz and me a pic of the double bass drums before we went in.Looked cool but oh my,like any other normal jamming studio,it wasn't really maintained.Why can't they have brand new equipment or at least the ones that are still in shape?For example,the floor tom drum head.Don't be like swee lee covering up a 3-way tear in the floor tom drum head by using a duct tape.What do you get?Below-dead tone.And what's with the duct tape all over the toms?Fuck it man.And yeah,why do you ruin your set by dampening or muffling the toms by again using duct tape when you can actually tune properly to the desired tone?Guess its for anyone to use,so they don't give a fuck since what they get is just money.Putting duct tape is TEMPORARY dampening.Overall,the drum is okay.The snare's and the toms sound nice(the 2 floor toms sound okok only cos it was duct-tapeD),both bass were good as well(except i felt the positioning for the left bass was odd),hi-hat sounds good but the pedal was freaking loose but the MAIN spoiler for the whole set is the....cymbals.FUCK,all the 3 cymbals that were put there has no tone AT ALL. 2 of the cymbals has TOTALLY lost it's tone but one just sounds like PAPER.Yes,goddamit,paper.I don't know what the fuck is it made of(i think aluminium,there was dents all over,wtf?! a cymbal made of aluminium?!).Try throwing a piece of paper into the air and hit it with a stick.Thats how it sounds like.The goddamn gigantic 22" ride crash is at least still in shape and sound nice.

Okok.Enough of all that shit-talking.I'm not trying to say this particular studio is bad or bla3.Swee lee sucks as well.I have to say,our best jamming spot is still Dunman sec.Why?All the equipments except for the drums are brand new and although to me not having a double pedal or bass for the drums,the toms,crash(cymbals) and other stuff sounds great.No duct-tape or whatsoever(used to have a duct tape with FULLSCAP paper on the low tom but i ripped it off).And best of all,ITS FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE for how longggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg we want to jam.

Anyway I'm sad cos lost kinda my touch for playing double bass.Hais..all that hardwork for a year..becoming inconsistent due to Os and not able to practise.Damn,useless musician I am.That means,I got alot of work to do.Ok,aku dah malas nk type lagi.
Bye Byes.

Posted By Zul at 11:30 PM

21.1.07

Hey.To all muslims,selamat menyambut maal hijrah.(Happy new year la.)
(=

Its 12.07 am and I'm kinda bored so I thought of writing some shit here.
Just some thoughts in my mind that I want to share..

1. Err,Hafiz,I don't know why you're not talking to me as much as you used to.I can accept friends drifting away because of the fact in life that people come and go but its like we used to be close and I myself somehow can't understand seeing you avoiding me or imran.I may be over reacting la and from your point of view,it may be not true at all,but that's how we or rather I see it.Heard that you need some time off from the band.I can understand that but at least next time say and not just disappear?So that rest of us in the band can know that we're not going to be together for some time when one of us needs some time off.Not blaming you or something,just don't want any misunderstanding among ourselves.Cleared mine with Imran.I myself can't be jamming and thinking about the band 24/7.Although I may have a boring life,I think about a lot of stuff and I guess that's the reason why I tend to come back to thinking about the band rather quickly because although I may look like I don't have anything going on,I'm actually busy.If you have anything bad happening in your life or something,I'll just hope and pray for you that it'll be resolved,sooner or later.Honestly,I would not have said all these but because the 3 of us used to make a promise that we would be open,frank and honest to each other so that if there's anything that any one of us is not easy with,it could be resolved in the best possible way.(Ok,i sound like a faggot.I just care for other ppl la ok.)

2. Imran,I still want to thank you for your time last wednesday cos' it turned out to be a very enjoyable sesh with the '07 sec 5 n.a guys.Haha,I didn't want to go actually but since you flipped a coin and it was a head which means go,so I just went with the flow.I appreciate it very much that you are trying your very best to make things better like having the thought to spare some time for jamming and make up for the rainy tuesday incident.I can see that and I would like to say thanks alot.About 10 feb,I know you want to go for it.Actually,I don't know if I want to but I don't mind being there for the band.But after thinking about it,I have to be making more decisive decisions and can't just be saying "anything" when people ask me if I want to go for it.So,now honestly,I want to go for it! =D (its okay if we cant make it in the end and sorry for disappointing you.fuck it...)

3. Ever since that sesh with the sec 5 n.a guys,I realised that music brings people together no matter what differences they have.Generally,people would think that its just a normal statement but not if you really experience it.Now that I've seen it with my own eyes and due to my presence of being there making music in the first place,I really feel great and happy to be alive.Its hard to put it in words because its a hellova feeling to experience.You'll just feel great!Can't deny that they were good.(Everyone is good in their own way,in context of music that is).Not to mention that they are humble people(except for andre,he seems to be cold but i dun wanna be shit-talking him).If Imran says that Asyraf reminded him of himself,I would have the say their drummer,Azhar,reminded me of myself too.When Imran and me reached the basement,we just went around saying hi to them and Nadiah and got crazy on the mic and keyboard.Then I heard Azhar was trying to play Creeping Death.He was there with Asyraf trying to figure out how to pull off this particular part of the song.So I went over to ask him if he was trying to play Creeping Death and he said yea.So I offered some help and kinda taught him how to play that part.Just told him to get the bass and snare to coordinate first,he can try it with hi-hat later on.In the end,he never really achieved what he wanted but it sure sounded better.In my mind,I'm just seeing him taking small achievable steps and when all these are put together,it finally adds up to the whole song.Not boasting here,but as a musician,I'm just happy I've helped someone by sharing my knowledge so that music goes on.Just like me in my early days of drumming,I was never good at it(now okok la but i still have a longgggg way).But thanks to my 3 principles of P which are Patience,Practise and Perseverance,I have to admit I had made it to somewhere(at least not nowhere right,hahaha).One of my biggest challenges were playing the double bass for Fade To Black.When I just started,all I could think of was just enduring and constantly playing with 2 legs for one minute with my arms doing some rolls for the last 10 seconds and HOW THE HELL DO I DO IT MAN?! I used to get tired flat half-way but the more I played,I was able to hold on longer and in the end during one sesh,I just so happen to play it full and walla(Goddamn..the feeling's good).

4. "Wah.Macam Lars Ulrich ah." That's what Azhar said after Asyraf and me played Creeping Death.Haha,funny man.Funny as in...ok la,lars IS one of my fav.Honestly,he influence me a lot but i dun wanna be crazy over someone and like no life you know...lars ulrich-all-the-way!! Thats fucking gay and so enclosed. Lars is my idol but I still like other drummers as well.People like Joey from Slipknot,Portnoy from Dream Theatre,A7X's drummer,Travis from Blink 182 and many more la.Not wad,I hear from people that they say NxHz's drummer is like lars ulrich.Well,I thank you and appreciate it very much for the comment and support.I don't know if my drumming style is like his(i try my very best to be not like him) but if others say I'm still like that,then..thats cool i guess.Thanks guys! (= (i do want to have a drumming style of my own and still finding it.)

That's all I guess.
Taggin' along Nadiah's band to go jamming this friday.She said the drums are double bass.If it is,then cool.Just going to have a look at it and try out.YOU KNOW HOW BAD I WANT TO TRY THAT KIND OF STUFF.Other than that,I wanna watch others jam.
Alright then,See ya.Wait,one more thing.

5. Love makes people go crazy. (Haha,I don't know why I said that.Hearing too much stories from friends about their love life.)

Posted By Zul at 12:04 AM

19.1.07

Let me just start by saying HAPPY ISLAMIC NEW YEAR! To all Muslims of course. It's the 1st of Muharram today.

We haven't been jamming much lately, but I expected this since we' all got different things going on. For my part, going to MI already takes up lots of time. It's really tiring, even frustrating at times travelling the long distance, not because of the time it takes, it's when there's no comfortable place to sleep =p

Zulraihan and I went to dunman on wednesday. It was a last minute thing since Nadiah (4C '06) messaged Han on the day itself. Unfortunately, Hafiz couldn't make it. So Han and I arranged to meet at dunman sec's main gate around 420pm.

We went inside and discovered that not only Nadiah and her bassist were using the jamming corner, Asyraf's band was there too. At first I came in with a bad feeling in my gut 'cause Hafiz once told me that Asyraf kinda boasted and challenged our band...but in the end it turned out alright. Jamming with Asyraf felt REFRESHING actually. It felt good to hear him play the guitar so well, I got to admit he is one hellova guitarist. Who knows, we could even turn out to be good friends if I were to hang out with him often. I'm sure there's a lot we could learn from each other...

This made me think about what Hafiz told me. Asyraf's just as good as me and the sec 5 guys. I might be somebody who recieves lots of attention, but this is not because I'm the best. I figured it's because the sec 5 guys and the old seniors were treating me like a little brother since I was the youngest, teasing me for being able to play guitar around the same level. That brings my point to Asyraf. Maybe the sec 5 guys didn't mind calling me names like "Kirk Hammet" and "Steve Vai" (as if I'm THAT good...lolz) since all of them were into teasing me, but HIS friends calling me stuff like that might make a guy like him feel neglected. I mean, he's pretty good too, so why don't people say anything about him? He advertises his interest much more than me, I play just for leisure. He deserves more credit.

So maybe when Asyraf was talking to Hafiz, he was more to the joking side when he said things like playing better than me. Just imagine a poser saying "I can play better than u" and a fun-loving guy like Navin saying "I can play better than u ah =p." The second one's probably what he meant. It sounds much more friendly, a mocking kinda joke. Furthermore, he was really humble when I picked up the guitar, especially for Master of Puppets. He explained to me that he couldn't play and offered to let me do the solo saying he'd be improvising nonsense, but his "nonsense" sounded good enough to me. I decided to play rhythm that time coz i felt like letting out the energy through singing. I've been listening to MOP while going to MI lots of times and it feels good to finally express the thrill of MOP. I guess I like songs associated with power...

Oh yeahh, my voice sucked. haha...Hafiz is simply the man, man...

I liked the way Asyraf played the a7x song as well as the creeping death solo. Seeing him play somehow reminded me of myself. During the song, I was kinda torn between watching his guitar playing and Han's drumming. Personally, I found both really fantastic. I really wish Hafiz was there to experiance it. It'd be just like the old days when there was 3 of us, just that now we're more seasoned.

I have one more thing to share with the band, but it looks like I'm out of time. I'm at my grandma's place, using my grandma's com which has grandma speed =p My mom's telling me we g2 leave now, so until then...

Posted By Imran at 8:22 PM

11.1.07

THERE IS use in getting over it quickly.I just want the band to be positive-minded and forward-looking whenever something bad happens.(Not necessarily when bad things happen.We should be like that all the time.)

Well I hope now things are going to clear up now.Really hope we can jam on a weekend;so that Imran can make it,next week;like what Hafiz said.

Anyway,lets push all that shit aside.

You know whiskey in the jar is a cover done by metallica and some other bands right? Yeah,damn fucking nice song.
Well here it is,I don't know if you guys ever saw it but I found the original artist which wrote the song.I really3 like it.Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RDakrsGsE

Okay,this is the metallica version.The real video for it sucks and the song's not full.So I thought this is cool and cute.LoLs.Whiskey in the jar featuring...LEGO men and props.Yeap,thats it,LEGO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMfUQduILhE

Posted By Zul at 1:18 AM

9.1.07

I'm finally using the com after so long! I'm using my bro's computer right now coz mine isn't working. Hardly been online these days coz there's only one working computer now and he hogs it you see.

I'll get straight to the point. Firstly, if anyone here's angry or disappointed with me for any reason, please just be honest. I would really prefer you telling me what I'm doing/did wrong so that we/I can work things out. I'm happy that Zulraihan came out to say what was on his mind.

Now about rainy tuesday.

Initially I thought I could go and trust me, I really wanted to. However, the air-con guys didn't finish at 1pm...in fact they took the whole day. I had to stay at home to help move ALL the furniture in and out of my mom's, my bro's and my own room. I also had to be there to supervise where the pipes should be fixed in my room, tell the guys where to drill everything. It's not as easy as telling them roughly where to put stuff, coz they have to ask me about measurements and all sorts of things. Sometimes even mistakes were made. On one occasion they couldn't continue drilling holes in the wall when they discovered that it was supported by iron foundation bars. So I had to change the layout of the pipes and all. Bascially that was how my day was spent. Everything ended by 7+

When I messaged you guys, I usually smsed Hafiz (I think he was mostly using Khairul's hp but I can't remember). On one occasion I specifically remember calling Hafiz, who said he was on his way to school. I'm pretty sure that was around 2+. In this conversation we had, I thought I made it clear that I had low chance of coming, and in this case jam without me. It was more to the jam without me side. I didn't sms everyone in the band coz tt's the way it usually works right? Tell one person and tt person will update the others. Besides, if he was on his way there I figured he'd tell the rest, so that's y I didn call up every one of u guys, which is probably y I seemed to not care abt jamming that day.

I think Hafiz didn understand what I had said the way I intended it to be understood. It's not anyone's fault, this happened because of a miscommunication.

When I recieved a call at 4+, I was surprised to hear tt u guys were still expecting me. Although I had to be at home, I was really waiting for my chance to leave the house, which was repeatedly denied since I was needed. My mom ultimately confirmed that I couldn't go the time u guys called. Generally, what went through my mind was that u guys were already jamming, having a great time and I couldn't wait to join u all.

I didn't noe u all were actually waiting in the rain.

That's all I can type for now. There are some assumptions about me in the previous post that I will clear next time...I got homework

Posted By Imran at 9:35 PM

3.1.07

Happy New Year People.

What i'm about to write is what and how i feel abt nxhz.Unfortunately,i'm someone who is used to keeping everything inside without letting it out at all,which explains why i'm terrible bad at words.

Imran,this is for YOU.

You know what friend,you were being selfish on that fucktup rainy tuesday.First of all,if you really think you can't make it,just say no and not make others hanging onto hopes that you're coming.Yeah i mean you told us 11am-1pm.We called you at 430 and you were still at home and said you're nt coming.So there we were,stranded in the rain and not knowing where to go.I appreciate the fact that you bothered to sms us back by saying sorry.And i also thought that you were going to make up for it like maybe go jamming on some other day.But no,you didnt call,didnt sms,nothing.Must Hafiz and me be the ones always asking you to go out jamming?Are you serious in the first place?I'm not hoping nxhz. to be rock stars one day but this i guess is what you call basic ethique/ethic?I dont fucking know how to spell it so let me just say it in malay;pemikiran yang asas.BASIC STUFF in friendships and the way humans relate to each other.Thanks for all the financial aid you provided for the band but in the end if its LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW,ask yourself,is it worth it?

If i were you,even though if the band was not going to jam that day,i would have taken the trouble of going out to meet my band members although its raining to explain why i cant make it and maybe promise them that you will make up for it.

You didnt want to even miss the first day of school.Look at nadiah.She went to MI.But she said she wanted to go off half-way and she told me this; "I NEED AND WANT TO BE THERE FOR MY BAND".Wow,if only...nvm.At least she's not as selfish as you are.Fine,whatever i said may have been wrong.You're worried about your future.We're just pieces of shit cakes who cant bother.

Honestly,you gave hafiz and me one big blow and i'm super worried for hafiz.Ever since that day,he's been not interested in almost everything and the way he talks is like as if he has no more smangat.Well i dunno what's bothering him;may be some other problems but i'm sure he hates this feeling that i'm experiencing as well.Whatever it is i pray and hope the best for him.

Imran,whatever path that you choose,i respect your decision and i wish you luck in jc and life.You can hate me for being wrong if you want.

Personally about nxhz.,being together for more than a year means a lot to me.Thank you hafiz and imran for all the good times.Thanks to khai and seth for ever helping out on the bass.We did went through alot of shit;from the matter of adib to whats happened to the band.As a band,i've always regarded hafiz and you like my own brothers but i dont care if i dont get back the same treatment.I dont expect any special treatment.The most important thing in the band for me was my friendship with the two of us.Honestly,i'm actually scared to lose any of you and i'm also scared that whatever i say or do would provoke or turn off any of you guys.But,what can you expect out of me?Bullshit,exactly.Always getting stuck in the middle of stuff,all i want to do is just resolve things in a way that both sides would be happy eventually but in the end all i do is just mess things up and make it worse.I MAKE A MESS OUT OF ONE'S LIFE and that is why i am hated as a person.I know me,i fuck others' lives well.No matter how hard i try to have a thought for others,i will mess things up.And maybe the way i show my apprecation is not that welcoming or forth-coming enough.Although knowing the fact that i'm a jackass,i still bother to try to fix the shit cos Allah makes me believe that anything and everything can be better if TRY and DO,not just talk.All you need is just some patience,confidence and hope in yourself.When things are down for nxhz.,i would try to make the situation better altho it seems that there's no solution to it.When that happens,i feel like i'm all alone in the world trying to fix something which i dont know if its there in the first place.I feel as gay as wanting to cry because its like as if no one cares but i hate to give up and thats why i keep trying.But in the end,we still make it through.Thats one of the many wonderful things i like abt nxhz.

But look at it now.I duno wad to say la.I dun intend to say all these because i fear whatever i say will cause others to get angry and bla3 but if you guys ever doubted abt nxhz or me,i've written it all there.

To imran,
If you dont intend to be in the band anymore,i dont mind and am not angry.

To afiz,
Take care and hope your probs resolve soon.Be positive alright.

To both,
I appreciate EVERYTHING that we have. (maybe had)

Posted By Zul at 6:32 PM