Come Here

A sound track from Before Sunrise by Kath Bloom… yet another song that lingers in my mind once in a while and voila! It resurfaced just at the right moment of the year

I think I need a mic but it’ll do for now!

Hope you enjoy!

Eye of the Tiger

The year of the Tiger… and so I play the song Eye of the Tiger!!! Growwwl… it’s a much simpler arrangement compared to the the experts on youtube but still… hope you enjoy!

Wishing everyone an EXCITING new year ahead!!! May we rise up straight to the TOP!

Gong xi gong xi

Another inspiration by the new year!!! I didn’t keep to all the timing in this piece but oh well… let’s just have fun!!!

Wishing ALL a blessed and marvelous and phenoooomenal Lunar New Year!!!

Perhaps Love

Okay! I’m no strumming expert but inspired to record this one =D The song dug out an old memory from years back… I could still recall listening to this song from a really old tape!

Hope it provides some inspirations to you too!

Artschi’s Blues

Original composition by Judith

The usual late night browsing on youtube landed me AGAIN on lots of guitar videos! And with the tabs available, I got down straight to work This is fun piece to play! Sufficient difficulty for folks like me! Hope I did the music piece justice!

Tab is available at Judith’s website too.
http://judithspieltgitarre.de.tl

Tears in Heaven n’ 就是愛妳

A bored day that was wrapped up with a song recording decent but not great!

Have you written your new year resolution?

Sadly I’ve not started on mine yet! But just to post another video before 2009 ends and let’s all strive to be a better person in 2010

From g hotel, penang

Overjoyed and Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

10 more days to the closing of the year and I’d love to do some reflections here… which is extremely difficult when I have to pen it down through this wordpress blog. As always, the year had presented its ups and downs. It had been a roller coaster year for me and I have to almost say that the number of ‘ups’ is the same as the ‘downs’.

Some of the obvious downs that gave me sleepless nights and non-productive days were my encounter with 2 bouts of headaches that lasted more than 1 month each time it happened… almost to the point of paralyzing my daily activities. But thank God, there is always a silver lining through the dark clouds and I’m fine again as of this post. One thing for sure is that these DOWNS become UPS… truly glad.

I didn’t manage to accomplish certain goals as well. That little piece of driving license is still so far away from my grasps… where had all my resolutions gone to? I probably didn’t see all the distractions coming in. Oh well… As I shifted from my full-time work to a freelance-based work, I guess I lost some focus here and there even though I regain all my lost time. I can almost shout out aloud that thinking how to spend my time meaningfully, when I have 24 hours a day, requires so much dedication and perseverance that it produces some level of stress too. Strange but true.

I managed to complete a project on my own too, after all these while. One of the downside was that I lost most of my work resources by switching to freelance mode. The upside? I get to do things the way I want. I’m still not able to clearly tell the benefits/short-comings of switching to freelancing but I guess time will tell.

I did manage to start my part-time MBA without much emotional/work baggages. I’m actually going to school like a normal undergraduate! And with that, it means that I have some financial baggages to be managed since I’m earning only a fraction of what my former self did. There is no perfect world but trade-offs always exist! Ouch!

The past quarter had seen me doing what I like most and that is playing the guitar! I have to be serious here and I’m glad that I’m having all the time in the world to indulge myself here. It’s just a hobby but boy I’m learning a lot from just learning a piece of music.

Some accomplishments:

• I started this blog and participated in NaBloPoMo for consistently posting for a period of 30-days without stopping (almost)
• I bought my first DSLR camera and I’m enjoying it every outing of my life now LOL
• I managed to post the most number of videos on my youtube channel this year
• I bought Adam’s Stevie Wonder DVD instructional material (and yes the video is up there!)
• And finally, I have a much closer walk with God (still baby steps but I covered some distance spiritually at least!)
• YES LOTS MORE and if I were to continue, this post is going to be flowing out of control!!!

Finally, closing off the year with Stevie Wonder song. Learning this song has shown me the meaning of hard work and perseverance. I repeated the song at least 5 times a day over the past 3 weeks and that made it 105 times… the most number of times that I’ve ever practiced for a single song. And during the past 3 weeks, I played NOTHING and only this one. I’m impressed by myself but also impressed that I still have a long way to go. There is still 2010.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to ALL!

Overjoyed

Over time, I’ve been building my castle of love
Just for two, though you never knew you were my reason
I’ve gone much too far for you now to say
That I’ve got to throw my castle away

Over dreams, I have picked out a perfect come true
Though you never knew it was of you I’ve been dreaming
The sandman has come from too far away
For you to say come back some other day

And though you don’t believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed, over loved, over me

Over hearts, I have painfully turned every stone
Just to find, I had found what I’ve searched to discover
I’ve come much too far for me now to find
The love that I’ve sought can never be mine

And though you don’t believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed, over loved, over me

And though the odds say improbable
What do they know
For in romance
All true love needs is a chance
And maybe with a chance you will find
You too like I
Overjoyed, over loved, over you, over you

Nobody and a musical day

Spent lots of time playing the guitar today!

The song just flew out from within the mind and it was immediately translated into melodies! May or may not be true to the original but hope that it entertains! Key is in G A musical day!

Completed another book and halfway through a new one

Uggh… I think I’m having an overdose of Jack Welch’s book but kind of happy about it! Getting lots of energy out of it

Instead of the usual story-telling approach of the first book “straight from the gut” this one offers a really easy read with questions and answers that cover everything from globalization to leadership to mentoring to even career direction…. you name it, you’ll find it tucked neatly between the chapters.

A great read!