Why Would I Write

  • How to pay for rap music (you don’t want)

    Just another day – or so I thought. I stepped out of the cold, dark Abercrombie and Fitch flagship store into the bright, hot sidewalk on 5th avenue. I looked around for some shade to stand under – nothing in sight on this side of the street and I wasn’t going to bother crossing the road just to smoke a cigarette. So I leaned against the glass and lit up a stick. Under the blazing sun, I smoked my cigarette and observed people walking by, going about their daily lives.

    I was about to finish my death stick when all of a sudden I saw a CD in a clear plastic sleeve thrust in front of my face, accompanied by an announcement from a stranger, “hey man, this is my CD, check out my music, I’m giving it to you for free.”
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  • Gig #99: BIG open mic ft. Tim Lim

    I’m performing tonight in a few hours – come hang out at the coolest bar in KL for some drinks and great live music! <3

    BIG open mic ft. Tim Lim | Event Page
    30 June, 2016 (today) at 9:30 PM – midnight
    Barlai (The BIG Group)
    3, Jalan Sin Chew Kee, Bukit Bintang, 50150 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Barlai (The BIG Group) runs the BIG open mic every Thursday! Sign up by posting below or emailing me at shaneil.devaser@me.com #bignightout 😉

    9.30pm Shaneil Devaser
    9.45pm Grace Pang
    10.00pm George Wong
    10.15pm Rashid Mohd. Nor
    10.30pm Aishah Badri
    10.45pm Sia Nicholas
    11.00pm Timothy Lim

    #OpenMicMY

  • These lines, so well rehearsed, tongue tied and over-loaded

    I decided to write this post because I came across called About A Girl the other day, which instantly put the chorus of the song with the same name by The Academy Is… into my head.


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