Tao of Sha

Technically it's sort of a Manifesto.

Technically.

1. Laugh.
Surround yourself with people and things that make your heart feel so full that you need to express it in various degrees of movement and sounds -- sometimes the quiet ones are the best.

2. Eat, Drink.
If you can, try and have a taste of everything. Nothing brings you closer and tells you more about a community then what sustains them daily.

3. Play.
Never ever forget what playing feels like. Life is a game, you lose when you willingly stop playing.

4. Listen.
When you stop talking, that's when most of the magic happens. Everything around you will impart to you a lesson.

5. Throw Your Judgements Out The Window.
Yes, defenestrate that which keeps your mind shut to people not of your own, experiences outside your own, objects away from their common use.

6. McGuyvering.
I didn't know 'McGuyver' could be a verb until I was in my first year in design school. In a pinch, you can always find some way to complete a task, it doesn't have to be beautiful, it just has to work.

7. Make friends.
People always underestimate the importance of a vast community that you have curated and made significant efforts in maintaining. These wonderful people will be the net that brings you a wealth of ideas, knowledge, expertise, and sometimes even time.

8. Relax.
There's no such thing as doing nothing. Even when you're resting you're allowing your mind and body to consolidate it's daily experience and do maintenance on itself so that you can function properly later.

tbc.

It's almost 4AM... I had coffee late... hahahaha

Alfred posted this so now I'm reposting it... Because I ain't sleepy.

Here are the rules for you to ignore or adhere to as you see fit: (copy & paste) in your status update, list 12 albums that have stayed with you (whatever that brings to mind for you) - but, and this is the most important rule/non-rule only 1 per band/artist. Don't take too long and no need to think too hard. Tag ten Facebook friends (including me) and get them to do the same thing. We'll leave compilation albums out please. Happy reminiscing!

Also, mind, I'm not tagging (nor did I tag) anyone and this one will have a long story about why these albums stuck with me and only the ones where I love THE ENTIRE album. These made the cut.

1. QUEEN's Greatest Hits
This one's easy. It's the first album gifted to me by the fathur when I was in grade 1. Stuck with me forever.

2. QUEENThe Crusader's Chain Reaction
Possible Introductory album to Jazz/Funk, rifled through the fathur's music stash. NO RAGRETSSSS

3. TUPAC's Until The End Of Time
I have a soft spot for Gangsta Rap. Also, I'm like the least OG person ever. hahahaha

4. INCUBUS' A Crow Left Of The Murder
I. LOVE. INCUBUS. And I hate that I can't list down their entire discography

5. BONE THUGS 'N' HARMONY's The Art Of War
The amount of times I listened to this was incredible... I even memorised EVERY song and rapped along to it. I know, right? What?

6. KORN's Untouchables
This album was cathartic to 14 year old Sha.

7. SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Steal This Album!
This album was hilarious and bouncy to late teens Sha

8. SOUNDGARDEN's Superunknown
Better than Nirvana on all fronts. Hands down.

9. DETHKLOK's Dethalbum (because lol)
Seriously, Branden Smalls is amazing. Want. Also because I love Metalocalypse.

10. CAMILLE's Le Sac De Filles
Hello, Bossa Nova and awesome stage music live things!

11. SEVEN COLLAR T-SHIRT's Drones
Yes. Just yes.

12. GTA: ST ANDREAS, K-DST Radio channel. (Does this even count? It does now haha)
Little Brother played GTA:SA so much that this channel is embedded in my brain. Comedy gold is my fathur reacting to this...
"Pak hitam listening to white rock. hahahahahaha"

(@ Blackrope.blogspot)

Day after TQF :D

Met new people,

Ash = WIN!

SoggyBanoffee strikes again!

Hi to Marv, Abby, Lyn, Shane, Feez and the rest of the people i can't remember names of because isuckatrememberingnames (SORREH!) so I shall name them according to what I experienced...

- Guy with the awesome voice Tashveer

- Guitarist for Kaki Blue Tony

- "Pervy" (according to Marv) Beard man Sani

- Satire Man and his Actress Woman Patrick and Elza

- Drawing Dude (Whom I never spoke to but his art is... OMG KICKASS) Muid

- Guitar lady of Awesome Helena

- Dude who really is just mashing keys on the piano Lesly

- The Token Iranian guy Amin

- Dude that recognised my face from somewhere and said Hi

(dll.)

No pictures, I left the camera in my bag and forgot it existed.

Had enlightening conversations,

Had less than enlightening, no less entertaining, conversations,

Crowded around the guitar first, in front of a few VERY VERY VERY talented musicians and commenced with the melalaking,

Crowded in front of a piano, holding a guitar, pretending to know what we're doing and screaming 'adlib lar!"

Random Things I love:

#5: Not knowing anyone other than the host at parties and making new acquaintences. Teh phearrrrr.... Soh LEEEBERAYTEEENG...

P/S: Ash, the names, help me out here! hahaha...

3rd day of raya,

Am invited to go to Ems VERY VERY VERY last minute open house. I have to rush the assignment too. How exhausting.

Tomorrow is fine dining day. I have to put on my pompousity and be all flardeefiddledeedar.

Random things I love

#4: Dorking out watching Discovery Channel or Animal Planet on a lazy day.

Internet Hell:

Twiddles his WHAT exactly, Mr. Internet?

Random Sha facts day!

- I need a new printer because my current one prints oompa-loompas.

- Am involved in authory things and they are All's Fair, Obsidion, Sk8!, You, and 3 blogs.

- Can be very easily amused, that's usually when I make up random words under the guise of poetic licence and literary geniusness.

- Would like to meet others who share my musical taste but when I do, it's always a power struggle of who knows more bands...

- Don't find people who don't read, or "hate" books, amusing.

That would be all for today.

Random Things I love:

#3: Procrastinating. There aren't enough words to expand on this. I wish I had a bigger vocabulary.

Wait, I haven't finished my assignments and my PD2 work tergendala.

I just need to get through this week. I promise to finish my rendering!

Random things I love:

#2:

Waking up without being woken up and then rolling around in bed enjoying the blankness.

Edit:

Finished my M&F... now for the DS1.

I dreamt of spaces. Which is strange.

My brain just translated a simple floorplan I had printed out yesterday to a 3D walkthrough...

:|

Syok.

Random things I love:

#1:

Rain. The sound, the smell and the feel of it on my skin.