Just Me - My Journey So Far

It's amazing! Looking at baby Chen Yi learning, struggling, figuring things out... overcome things and finally master things. Each and every little accomplishment in our eyes is monumental for him!

Now he can climb to wherever he wants. He'll stand up and walk holding to things. He'll laugh, he'll smile, he'll throw tantrum and protests, he'll baby talk.

This huge change has truly worn me out quite a bit this week. I just CANT keep up with him. Havent been this tired in a LONG time!!!

But dont worry baby Chen Yi, Daddy will work on becoming stronger and steadier, so you can always count on me and rely on me!

Gambate my love!!!  Muak

Went to Amy 王明丽 <Love.Amy> EP release press conference last week.

Personally, I love going to event like this. It's a CELEBRATION! A party to celebrate all the hard work committed by the whole team. The thing about it is that, it's always filled w/ happiness, excitement and hope. What's funny is that there are always some friends you'll only get to meet at these event, so it's always great to catch up w/ them. :)

My latest work <Come To Me> is one of the 3 songs featuring on this EP. It's a Country Song... yup you heard it right. I've been going "Yeeee haawww" for a while now haha. It's my 1st attempt at this genre of music... and the process had not been easy. But I think the end product turned out to be pretty decent.    

As a producer, I always put tremendous amount of pressure on myself as I see my role as somone who're responsible for the artist. And I do sincerely hope that my participation, could at least contribute some good in their career.

Hope you all like the song and please support Amy 王明丽 ya!!!

Once a while, you'll run into a song that totally blows you over. And this song fucking FLOORED me．

What's a great song? What's a great production? This is a GREAT song and a fucking GREAT production. Kudos to my mentor, Wei Song who still have plenty of tricks up his sleeves that he can pull out and just surprises everyone!

This is one of those moment when I caught myself thinking... F^%$ why didnt I think of that???

    

This is a toy my wife bought for baby Chen Yi a while ago. Really cute and it made a funny sound when you squeeze it.




Here's how it looks from another angle:



Need I say more?     ( It does make me wonder why she bought it... hmm...)


P.S. This is the effort to spice up my blog as both my mom and bro said it's boring and it's just me rambling and ranting constantly...

Lately, it seems a whole lot is going on. But there isnt really. There's just ONE thing, ONE big decision... and I find myself opening up another chapter of my life.

A long while ago, a friend of mine who's learning  紫微斗数 did a quick one for me. He told me that this life of mine, I'm fortunate, I'd received tremendous amount of help from my family as they'll always support me. I've never doubt that! I'm so proud of my family. I have my parents who till this day appeared in more newspaper than I ever will be (probably... ). My smart and brave sister who seems to grasp life by its head and live it to the fullest... and Dr Tan! Need I say more? Yin my wife, who's grown into this amazing woman and a great mother... and my little one Chen Yi, who's always excited to see me and greet me at the door after a long day's work.

In order NOT to let them down, I promised myself that I will be a Better Son, a Better Brother, a Better Father, a Better Husband and a Better Man!!!

Walking around Mid Valley the other day. Passed by a shoe store : Buy RM50 free RM10 Voucher. Walked by a clothing store : Buy 1 Get the 2nd for RM1. Checked out a CD store : Latest Jay Chou 2 DVD set RM79.90 (Used to sell @ RM120... I'm glad I didnt get screwed for buying it earlier). Today saw a discount at a chinese restaurant : Set for 2-3pax for RM13.90 !!!

Times are TOUGH... these are TOUGH time. BUT...

Checked out restaurants @ Gardens : RM20-40 for a set lunch. Checked out a Property fair... most of newly launch landed property starts @ RM500k. I guess there are always ppl who dont get affected by the so-called economy crisis.

But I've truly felt it for the 1st time in my life. A few of my favorite restaurants were closed down. A lot of the stores @ high end malls are dwonsized or shut down as well. I've never seen so many stores w/ promotions and price cut. Should I be worry? About life... job security... and what the future holds? 

One final thought :

"WHY THE F^@$* my RM500k future home HASNT come down in price yet???"

 

I was never the one who know how to hard sell myself... I was never the one who know how to play the PR game to get what I want. Yes... there have been many missed opportunities due to these reasons. But along the way, I've also met some ppl who'd generously given me the opportunities, to help and push me to where I am today.

For those, the tremendous gratitude I felt inside could never amount to the kindness you've shown me. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

I will do my best... the way I know how... one song at a time... slowly but surely. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!




P.S. Please tune in to 89.3 AiFM in the month of April to listen to my voice and the music I've worked on.

 

I felt so lousy at the moment. I fucking suck! I failed as a father... and I failed as a son!!!

My son was sicked since yesteday, high fever. He was irritated, uncomfortable, moaning constantly. Watching him cry really tears me apart... I felt so helpless. The doctor said he's probably got the infection from the family around him. Damn me cos' I've been sick continuously for the past few months... I kept apologising to him... but what good is that? There's nothing else I could do for that innocent face... :(

My parents visited me these past few days.They always brought their Astro decoder card as they're following the programs on channel Hua Hi Tai. They left this afternoon... and I found their Astro card still in my decoder... AGAIN!!!  My mom been asking me to spend the additional RM10 since the last incident... but I kept putting it off... and it happened AGAIN!!!

What good am I if I cant even do the simplest thing for the ppl so dear to me. I fucking SUCK!

Yen Hue, you're such a failure... PERIOD !!!

Dunno why... I was totally SPENT today.

The whole day's packed w/ conversation after conversation... phone calls after phone calls. All work related or music related. Felt like a Mamasan today butterflying around entertaining her customers... gee...

Tomorrow will be a different day though... there'll me in front of a computer and mic... some downtime w/ my beloved music.

I'm ALL about human interaction... but it can get a little bit much... especially with not enough sleep and this achy breaky body of mine acting the way it's been...

Come ON... this is the year of break thru.... hopefully the year to move into that RM500,000 home... gotta FIGHT!!! AZAaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

It's hard to imagine a world famous composer sitting across our classroom... playing... exploring different buttons on a 9 yo Keyboard. But it's truly happening. 

It's been a while since I met anyone world famous. So today's a little bit like back in the old days. There's that buzz in the air, successful artist working, sharing bout his music, even some crazy fans showed up. What's lacking is some booze, some weed and some heavy partying haha.

So what do I get out of this experience one may ask?

1) Music's about connecting people.
2) We should strive to create music that sings to one's heart and soul.

Simple right? But usually it's these simple thoughts that easily got lost in the midst of everyday's life.

I may not be as big as a fan of many others, but I do have the utmost respect for Kitaro San. In fact, I'll have the utmost respect towards any musician who dedicate their whole life, perfecting his craft... and still trying. I sincerely hope that 20 years down the road... I'll be joining this elite group of people.

Gambate Yen Hue!!!