When you go up the hard way, its an easy ride down.


I got my ticket for the long way run
The one with the prettiest of views
It's got mountains
It's got river's
It's got sights to give you shivers
But it sure would be prettier with you

When I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Sometimes the path not trodden was not supposed to be trodden.

I strayed off the hike path and lost the trail after a while. It was fun bashing through to my own path, but on hindsight, it was extremely dangerous. Not really on hindsight, I thought about myself falling with the rocks constantly whilst ascending the northern side of the hill; but I am glad I did not turn around halfway. For one, I do not see myself finding a way down from the way I came up from and secondly, I really wanted to go to the top.

But I am safe and sound! =D

Get the shot that nobody is willing to get.

“Basically,” he continues, “if you think of a girl as a bucket of sand, so you’ve got two buckets of sand, and you can’t really do much with two buckets and no spade. At least with two dudes, you’ve got, like… a different bucket for the spade?”

I fell off my seat.

The first song I heard from Jason Mraz was Life is Wonderful. Ever since, I was hooked up, down, left, right and center. I think this probably may be one of the only things or people I felt so strongly for; his music is beyond uplifting, it energizes, builds up faith and makes you feel that life is actually worth living. In almost every single song, he plays all power/bar chords, which if you ask any guitarist is a hand/wrist killer. Yet, he never stops smiling even after 3 hours of playing, BAR CHORDS. That positive vibe, is the very essence to his music.

I can watch it over and over again. Oh man, just unbelievable.

Cheers ;)

So yet another thing off the list, oh my, I should find more things to add to it before it gets exhausted. Tandem next up! When I have the money and time, I will definitely go for the AFF course.

To remember this experience, I shall attempt to immortalize it within words.

The ride up was beautiful, seeing the snow-covered city slowly expanding yet at the same time minimizing in size. At a certain height, I remembered blurting out, 'holy shit, that's high', only to hear a reply, 'oh, we are almost there. Just a little higher.'. I kept reminding myself to look straight to the mountains instead of down, but it was futile. Before I knew it, the instructor started to countdown, ' trih, dwa, jeden, BUNGEE!', and off I went. With my legs weighing like lead, I barely leapt off the platform and the rush of wind hit me. OH THE RUSH, WOOOSH! Never have I felt anything like that before. I saw the ground approaching so quickly and then I flipped and felt myself flying up into the air again. I think I loved this feeling more than anything, to be floating mid-air. Just weightlessness. Screams of jubilation escaped my mouth to the cheers of the few Polish uncles below.

At the end of it, the big burly instructor asked, 'so how did you find it?', all i could muster was, 'see you in spring.'

My arms turn wings
Oh those clumsy things
Send me up to that wonderful world
And then I'm up with the birds

I hope, by tomorrow this time, I can fully brag that I am a bungee jumper. Heh. That is if I do not shit my balls out first.

Visibility close to none, the only comfort I feel is the very room I am in, especially with the warmth of the radiator.

Needless to say, winter is best enjoyed indoors, holding a cup of tea, reading a book, listening to your favorite tunes. Comfort is ever welcoming. But it breeds laziness and can become mundane. Take your jacket, step out, brave the cold. Walk, skip, run, dance, twirl in the white landscape. Duck into underground pubs, scale the tower in the market square. Hands and feet at the verge of being frostbitten.

Eyes opened. Still a blur of white.

Oh dear sun, when will I see you again.

Another day another life
Passes by just like mine
It's not complicated

The praises I get for playing my guitar mean loads to me. It makes me proud of myself, to have had the discipline to at least sit down and really learn something. The occasional passer-by or acquaintances made along the trip, be it, 'nice playing, mate' or 'that was awesome yj!', they all become that extra push for me to improve myself; all the more because they come from random strangers who have no reason to sugarcoat their words. I doubt I will ever make it big in music, but I will play for people around me and that is enough. =)

I finally realize and can come to terms that emulating originals though may be an awesome feat, it might not sound as nice as you want it to since every singer is different. Thank you for telling me that.

A simple plot.
But I know one day,
Good things are coming our way.

Are your thoughts results of static cling?
Are the things that make you blow
Hell, no reason, go on and scream
If you're shocked it's just the fault of faulty manufacturing

The people who made it all possible are often those that hide behind the scenes. They do not claim credit where credit is due, they just go about doing what they do best, to continue working.

I am thankful for my parents.


Today is also Ming Hong's birthday. We were close once, when we were young. I remember our badminton sessions together in lakeside with Thomas, Kenneth and Johnathan. The countless days we spent in class talking crap about random stuff. Failing tests together. Its really sad that you are no longer with us, life is cruel that way. 23 years is too short for anybody to live. I wish you all the best wherever you may be. Cancer may have taken you away from us, but it cannot erase our memories of you. Happy birthday.

A string quintet in a cathedral. Calming and soothing. Krakow is really beautiful. The kids are adorable, girls are pretty and guys are friendly.

This might be me in July. Haha. Without the snow of course.

24 March - Dublin, Josh Johnson
28 March - Dublin, Biffy Clyro & City and Color
30 Apr - Hamburg, Isbells and Marble Sound
5 June - Leicester, Olafur Arnalds
25 June - Warsaw, Sigur Ros
July 1(tentative date) - Opole, Wwoofing 3 weeks!

Now where do I slot in skydiving and bungee jumping? Quite looking forward to hiking in Ireland.

Absinth Depot Berlin.

Why do they have to have such wonderful places. Tell me where to go in Germany!