another one under the belt..

hahaha, its a wonder that people dunno where the water tower in SP is..
korang ni tak tau mrayap dalam skola pe..
pi ah exploring!!

brought Zana and Afiq to da water tower
while on da way to Mac for lunch
haha..we caught 2 indians tgh memotek pat atas
hindustan kepaaaaaaaaa!~~~~
hahaha... kkk rabak rabak~
took shots here n there... mesti ah nak amek gambar.
ada camera baru babe!!! kkk ah kental nvm..
anyways checkout da newly uploaded pics at my bakol gambar

after dat had lunch wif em at Mac...
Zana.... u makin temmbzzzzz...
wawawawawa!!! kk...ni mcm motivation lah k...
get urself runnin girl!!!
after dat...did my own stuff and den meet Gap'ero..


Gig at 3rd Place
27th Jan 06

Gap'ero had a gig at 3rd Place
some place at Chiantown..
before dat we went jamming at CT jugak
den at da gig... it turned abit down ah..
da organiser mepek ah.. neva let us blast da amps
abeh dah pelan, takda feel seh.. damn those organisers
ingat main evergreen pe.. tak dapat ah!!
nampaksah band main rock memekak seh, amps kene full ballistic ah!!
but nvm... it was an OK show ah..
we're getting even tighter in our play..
everyone's improved alot, hehhe i'm happy for that
and we're eager to finish another 2 songs...
wahh.. lagi gerek nye komfim...
and guess wat... we've decided out genre..
Fuse Rock bebeh... pandai pandai ah pikir abende tu..
my cuzzins, Audi Fadhil Rid and Fid joined us...
korang peminat setia sak!! terhutang budi seh!!
kk kalau kiter buat cd korang dapat free acam?!!?
good deal ryyte!!! =p hahahaha

awrite man.. not much to say ah..
jus plain tired from all da work..
more things to come.. jus gotta wait up..
looking forward to GPA and gig on 11th March


~ peace to one and all ~

Efin

Gap'ero : The Legend Continues...

~ opening scene

Mexicano
the border desert before Arizona
dunes of sands and dust swirling
dragging your almost lifeless body
every drip of sweat
every breath of air
giving your life it's last
the searing heat doing no better
you see a mirage.. a mirage..
a spark of hope..
a water hole... maybe an oasis..

as u got nearer..it becomes clearer
out there in the merciless desert
hope is as little as gold
because revealed by the mirage..
was not an oasis..
was not a water hole either..
but the rising smoke... from a burning cactus..
Se La Vi..
~

wen to JE to jam, da day b4 da big day at FC5
zana followed to practise her snappy snappy
awesome pics man..check it out at her site
audi and fadhil tagged along too, haha my kickass cuzzins
so there we were..jus jamming n tightening things up
s'fun when ur just enjoying urself while jamming
not soo serious..jus havvin fun n howling away
swinging here n there...esp Jaed..
he can swing until he forgets where is up n down
n Mal...he jus skips around wif his mini tonchet haha!
and i jus love head banging n swingin whenever da good parts come
caution to da people, when we jam.. stay far faaarrr awayyyy

18th Jan
BandEdge

sadly i had a test to sit for before da gig..
kau..cam spoil mood kan!? dammmit...
but nvm..met da bassit of SPRC's band, he oso kene test haha
takpa ah..ada geng nyeheheh
abeskan paper lekas lekas..coz my band mates gave me 10 missed calls
kimek orang nak buat test tak tentram seh
pastu terus head down to FC5... nasib band kita lom lagi main
Gap'ero looked like some white force band seh
everyone had white top..but style sumer lain lain
me and Sab jus had white tshirt, kiter cool jek =p
Epul wore a shirt, mcm baru balik office
a stressed working man who just wants to let lose haha!
Jad macam nak pi clubbing.. nak lawaaaa je eh..
Khai cam nak pi pasar pakai polo heheh
member releeeek jek..
abeh si Mal pulak... hai...ni budak..
ntah lah nak cakap ape..
sumer orang pakai jeans tau..
si dekni pakai 3/4 brown cargos
short sleeve shirt
black tie..
and trucker cap..
hai...apeee nak jadi ngan kau mal..
tapi takpa..lawa lawa lawa lawa chanteeeek~~

so yeah..got ready..
lock and loaded to kickass
took quite some time to sound check man..
pastu...sound check main lagu smooth criminal..
ok...i've learnt to shut my mouth n trust da soundmen
shall not ask him to raise my mic volume.. =p
masa main SC, haha sumer cam lemaah je..tadak kick eh

ok next track...

3 years later

i love this song... nice one..
s'about love.. lies...and.. ala pi dengar sendiri ah!
opening lagu releek je..orang ingat emo.. sekali.. BANG!
1st sign madness...Jaed.. he's a goner..
you'd think he's trying to tear his Fender apart..
member mcm terlalu high sak.. like 20 shots of tequilas
Mal pon sama..sket lebih kurang dier pon high..
ni duer ekor.. cam tgh gadoh ngan hantu pat tepi..
tapi best ah...makes us diffrent...
band mana yang ada satu drunken masta and crazy boy
takda nyeee...susah nak dapat babe... hahahaha

Lovestruck 2.0

from the ashes of the ol Lovestruck..
Gap'ero gave it another lease of life
so we came up with LS 2.0
awesome transitions between beats n tempos
and sizzling hot shreds dat burns thru your emotions
only Epul man...only Epul can do dat..
makes you ask for more...
anyways...Mal nye bass strap terburai lagik..
and my mic cable tercabot.. hahahah

Grain of Sand

s'all about fusion..
1st 1st heavy baong ah lagu.. cam arabic metal gitu
skali aleh aleh... da spanish infleunce comes in..
then reggaeton.. den ska...
where trumpets and kickass shreds co exist to a grooving beat
put on your sombreros and shoot down some tequila!! aarRRRRriiiibbaa!!


To Gap'ero
Awesome show... let's do it again..
but don't forget to look back at our mistakes
and improvise..
and neva forget our friends who're always there
thanks guys.. everyone's been kickass great..


Ampolrios

before you...

You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You could be the one I'll always love
You could be the one who listens to my deepest inquisitions
You could be the one I'll always love

I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before

First there was the one who challenged
All my dreams and all my balance
She could never be as good as you

You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You should be the one I'll always love

I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before

I'll be there as soon as I can
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before

Before you


~Muse~

Epul ponteng class...

Heheh.. yea he did dat on Friday
so dat he can go for auditions


Friday 13th *woooo scary* February

Gap'ero went for BandEdge audition
initially felt abit nervous, can't lie bout dat
don't know how poeple wouldl react to our music
did some song warm ups with Sab
haha, she also nervous seh!
but nemind, lepas warm up kiter steady kachang

da 1st band, ok ok ah
nama band aku tak ingat sebab literally merepek
dey played "Rock Show" by blink
ok ok lah... ok je dats all i can say =p
da 2nd band... ok literally i'z amused
coz dey went up and said..
"We're not playing heavy metal or rock, we're just moderate"
alamaaaak...skali member main lagu evergreen sak..
zzzzZZZZZZzzzzZZZZZzzzzZZZZZZzz....

den our turn came...
introduced da band while the stringers set-up their instruments
*ok Sab remind me to teach u how to test ur mic volume n effects*
and i always forget da title of da 2nd song, padahal lagu favret seh
so we jammed "3 years later"... got da groove man
Jaed was... ok literally a madman
member swing kiri kanan tak tentu arah sak!!
tu baru namanya enjoy babe hahaha!!!
Mal..haha slenger bass strap dier terburai
nasib baik ada member tu tolong pasangkan balik
if u look at da pic Zana edited, can see da strap infront of da strings
hahahaha!
Den Epul was as cool as a sotong from the ocean
slick shreddings, dat good ol Wak
member beli effect baru seh.. korang cap duit sak
Khai tuhari main giler babi nye bagos seh
i remembered turning back to see him play
awesome.. makin hari makin kickass brudda!!!
and i enjoyed every moment singing wif Sab
i can be on my journey home wif da song tingling in my head
makes me smile to the sound of good melodies...
just wanna get better and better with her along

den after da 1st song, kiter baru nak main 2nd song
skali dat ghalid guy stepped up
n said... " s'ok 1 song is enough "
mampos...i thot da judges didn't like us..
Skali dier bisik, "korang confirm masok nye.."
hahaha!!! fooh lega seh!!!
But den Epul dah ponteng class, jadi kita step merayu ah
"Bang bleh ah lagi satu lagu, dah pon class ah~"
Hahah but sadly tak dapat coz tak cukop masa..
Happy giler seh... such a difference compared to Overdrive
Awesome wreck Gap'eros...
Let's kick sumore ass on Weds... hahah!~


Straying away from everything else...

sometimes i feel like i've fooled myself
it burned alot of negativity inside me back then
and now i realise i'm only longing for it back
longing for that feeling that once consumed me
i'm selfish to my own self..i've rejected this need
because i groomed hate out of it
i hate it...
i hate you...


and now i want you back..


Ampoliros

Naik naik ke puncak gunung~

Actually not gunung ah... more like bukit

Bukit Timah

Saturday 7th Jan 06


The nyte before that, my cuzzins slept over my place
watched some nice film in my room n den lepak
woke up da next mornin n got ready to go
go where?
go hiking at Bukit Timah lah babe!!
mana lagi seh haha!

Met up wif Mai, Sab, Wak, Khai, Arep, Raudha, Adillah, and Afiq *eh Nisa takda =p *
at Bukit Batok Mrt, den took da bus to Bukit Timah
o yah..i'z wearing this jungle hat, cam crocodile dundee ah
kental lodeh ah..but dats beside da point ah so anyway...
we took our time going up da hill, went thru da trails
gerek ah, even though my 3rd time there
had a trusty map too
used it to cut thru a thick section of da woods
just to get to another trail
kinda fun, coz eventually we realised we're not suppose
to use dat trail, it was abandoned or sorts
Dah sampai atas, wah hujan... mist everywhere
felt good to be on top wif frens around u =)

After BT, we had lunch at Al-Azhar
den went to play pool...
Haha, sampai tempat pool je lepak
took a power nap on da sofa.. enjooyy babe
woke up n realised my ass was numb
it was still asleep =p
Den met up wif Jad and Mal..
and here's another story for da day..

Jad's rented car =p

I call it Kreta Kodok
kreta macam kreta perang sak!!
engine roar mcm kreta rally, tapi jalan slooow je seh!!
and when u fit 6 ppl inside da wheezing piece of metal
you can hear da wheels crying...
"heeeellllppp.. heeeeeellp!!~~~"
took at least 5 secs for it to accelerate
so Jad, even b4 da green light's up, hit da gas man
HIT DA GASSS!!!
heheh, abeh member 1st time masok 1st lane of PIE
wah happy seh, padahal tak sampai 90 *uweeeek*
naik bukit je kreta turun 60 sak!!
Jad, tu kreta kita pasang machine gun je leh bawak gi perang sak!!
hahah, takpa next up is ur mum's BMW...
errrr.... hopefully ah =p


Sunday 8th Jan 06

Went jamming in da early mornin
Jad picked me up wif kreta kodok
i love dat car man hahah
practised our songs and one cover
audition for gig is on thursday
yikes man...hopefully can make it to da gig
only 6 bands get to perform seh..
After jam, went for lunch den went for pool
eheh, cam sama eh cam tu hari...sheeesh
after dat, Jad Khai and Apit hung out at my place
den malam picked up Yan and went for supper at Simpang
ahhh...lepaaaak...
pastu, heheheh..kita pi east coast
MAIN KRETA KODOK BABE!!!! YEEEEHAAAA!!!
kodok nye kodok pon, gerek jugak seh bawak tu kreta
Yan bawak suker tekan minyak
Efin bawak suker main cornering
Apit bawak terus stall hahah!!!

Great weekend..
To my cousins, you guys rawk man
s'great hangin out so lets do more
ingat ah, kita anak JANTAN!!

To my friends, fun eh naik gunung, eh i mean bukit
Next shot, pi MacRitchie acam?!

To Jad.. tanx for letting us use da car
Be a good boy, wash ur mum's car
n hopefully she let u park it..
weh, at least dapat park pe!!

o yeah some last words..
i don't mind strangers taggin my blog
but yeah, be nice so u'll be treated da same way
wat u give is wat u get aite..
n c'mon, everyone's human
u can't possibly be there for every friggin second
u can't possibly answer every single question
and u definitely can't be perfect

we strive to..
but life is full of shit
s'like a wheel..
sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down

hectic months ahead...
and i'm looking forward to it...


Lucia/Ampoli/Peyn

My True Love

I've realised it for quite awhile..
It's been happening ryte in front of my eyes
And yeah... i love it..
Loving it till i wanna drop dead with it
Ok ah not literally, but u get my drift aite

It takes me away
Away from all the hectics of life
Like morphin for a suffering man
Takes the pain out of anything
It engulfs me with pure lust and pleasure
Loving it till the very end...

My true love is...



performing... =p



Hahaha... ingat pompan kepe?!
Jangan harap ah!!
Wait long long man...
I've got better things to do
den get involved in a love life

Performing is my true love, no doubt...


30th Dec 2005
Gig at Beat Merchant

Some emo core and metal core gig
Somehow we didn't fit in but we went anyways
Gap'ero performed for da 1st time inna gig
Played our 3 originals... awesome man..
All those jamming was worth it...
Well yeah you'll always get mixed feedback
But no matter good or bad, they just drive u harder
wanting to perform more and more.
And i really hafta say dat even with the wrong crowd,
i think we kicked ass man..
The organiser this "Sufrain" guy liked our stuff
Says gonna call us again... woohoo baik ah!!
To the members of Gap'ero.. i love u guys man!


Wak with his white Ibanez
Powerful shredder, you're pure talent
and pure passion for good music..
Hit me wit those solos!

Jaed and his black Fender
Long time friend and now my band mate
Let's keep on jamming and kickin ass on stage
Watch that guitar when u sway it around me dammit!

Mal and your wadever bass u can get
Another long time friend
Just so reliable, u filled up our bass gap
Respect you for playing with us
Tanx man..

Khai... Hamid!!! HmmMMMMmmmmMMM!!
Awesome bestial drumming
Jangan takot, gua ada..
leh aja lu lain beat pelan pelan
Yang penting, confident mesti ada babe!!

Sab.. no words can describe u girl
Powerful melodic vocals
Tapi tu trumpet kene polish sket ah
But no matter wat u still kicked ass
People go bogus with a trumpeter for this kind of band
I wanna sing more with u man woohoo!!


Awrite folks...that was the gig
Then...there's the Mendaki show at OCC


1st Jan 2006
Mendaki Show at Orchid Country Club

Hahah, ni gerek ah!!
We took just 2 days to choose and practice 4 songs
The theme was Hawaiian so we gave em Sun n' Surf bebeh!
Sab on trumps, Jaed and Wak on guitars and me on djembe
Lagu main gerek nye.. sesuai untuk parteh tepi pantai
Wipeout, Hawaiian Five O, Hidup Bersama, and Tequila
Also had a last minute addition
some song by Santana..
heheh, crowd suker pulak tu, sempat joget seh!
n we performed in front of the grand staircase
Wah...best seh..cam...wow gitu..
O abeh got one kid running in front of us,
Skali eh..hahaha..ni part gerek..
Dier stop, abeh aleh aleh dier kentot seh!!
Abeh tu boleh continue lari lagi!!!
Mak kau!!! Kekek sak!!
Kiter sumer terbaring seh ketawa sampai semput!!
Siak je budak tu!! Timing perfect seh nak kentot!
Prot!!
Hahahahahaha!!

After the event, the wonderful Kak Zahara gave us the keys
The keys to Room 203.
Dapat room sak!! Pat OCC lagik!!!
Fuuyooo enjoy ah kiter!!
Masok bilik terus lonjat2 atas katil.
Pillow fight, wrestling.. ok ah jakun ah
But waddaheck.. s'nice man!!
Dah tu, lepak tgk tv, makan, shower..
Such a nice way to end the show.. Ahai~
O yeah... the pay's good too *chaching!~*


So there.. i've said it..
I love performing..
Keeps me alive n kickin..


~
O God, i beg to thee not to stop me from doing what i love
~


Efin