Why Would I Write

  • The Wishing – Winter Coat

    The Wishing performed this song acoustically for the first time last Sunday.

    The vocals are pretty soft so you can’t hear much, but anyway, here are the lyrics to the song. Note: I messed up while singing live, so some words don’t match up haha.

    The Wishing – Winter Coat

    I love to wake up to the ring tone of my Skype
    A fresh cup of coffee sitting by my side
    I know this call is gonna be good
    It’s always good to hear from you

    I know it’s late, but it’s okay
    Three A.M. doesn’t mean a thing to me
    When I get to hear your voice
    It’s always good to hear from you

    Because over there it snows
    You know back home it won’t
    And it’ll be eight long hours
    ’til we see the same sunrise

    And if you’re feeling cold
    Just close your eyes and know
    That if you think of me
    I’ll be your loving winter coat

    I love to watch you blowing kisses to me on my webcam
    You know I’ll tell you that you’ll always be my ten
    Oh god I miss those pouty lips
    It’s always good to hear from you

    And I’m marking the days on my calendar
    ’til this torturous wait is over
    And you’re safely back in my arms
    I’ll never let you go, but I’ll pray for now

    This music for this song was written by Jason, all I came up with was the rhythm guitars for the chorus. I was struggling to find the right words to fit this song for a very long time, until I looked through some old writings and found these words.

    I originally intended this song to be a 2sh song, but I couldn’t come up with any music for it. I decided to try singing along to Jason’s progression and I thought it fit the song well, so it became The Wishing material instead.

    The verse lyrics were written about a month back but I only managed to finish the whole song last week when I was suddenly inspired with the melody and words for the bridge. After that, everything just fell into place.

    The lyrics were inspired by 2 friends of mine, who’ve had a long distance relationship spanning thousands of miles for a couple of years and they’re still going strong. Hani and Ferhan, here’s to many more years together! 🙂

    Fun fact: This song was originally titled ‘Loving Winter Coat’.

  • Gig #51 and Gig#52

    W00t! My first of two gigs this month!

    This Sunday at Dataran PJ, there’s gonna be an all day long gig in conjunction with the world cup finals, and it ends with the screening of the final match on some giant screens. Anyway, I’ll be performing with Jason, so do drop by to check out some ‘The Wishing’ material 😉

    11 July 2010 @ Padang Timur, Dataran PJ
    3.45pm

    More info here and here.

    My next gig will be on the following Wednesday, at The Bee Cafe, Jaya One. This will be the first time I’m performing there. In fact I don’t think I’ve ever been to Jaya One before. Haha.

    It’s an open mic event, so if you’re interested to play, head over to the FB page to find out more.
    I’m not sure what time I’ll be playing, but the gig is from 7.00pm-9.30pm.

    New venue, and possibly some new 2sh songs 😉 Hope to see you guys there!

  • The end of a season…

    So I was in the shower today and I thought to myself “It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything on my blog.” I thought hard about what to write, and decided on another introspective piece. The last one I wrote was quite awhile ago, on the fourth of January. Apparently what I wrote made people think about their relationships. Wow. But whatever you guys gained from it, I’m glad- even though it wasn’t my intention to help you guys in the first place 😛

    After thinking about what to write, I realized not a lot has happened in my life since then, but there will be some significant events happening in August. It feels like the current of my season is coming to a close (July will be the last 31 episodes of this season) and a new season starts in August.

    August.

    August is coming soon. Too soon? Perhaps. I don’t know about everyone else but the past month+ and the coming month have and will be the slowest periods of my life so far this year. As most of you already know, I have handed in my resignation letter. I’m working off the remaining 3 months in the company before I can leave. I’ve had a great time working there. I’m glad I had chosen Inspidea to work at for my first job (even though it was more like them that picked me when they called me up to come in up for the interview haha). Like they say, you can’t keep a wild horse chained to a fence or a dragon in it’s cave- if it wants to leave, it leaves. And I have unfurled my imaginary wings and I am taking flight.

    I’ll be missing you guys. You know who you are. I will be starting my new job in August, and I believe it will be one of the major turning points in my life.

    August is coming too soon. The 8th month of this year will see the departure of one of our good friends, Alvin, to Japan. Drinking will never be the same again, and Santini will definitely close down without you. Come back soon man, we’ll be missing you. But while you’re still here, let’s make every moment count. And I mean IRL (Chatting in Skype or raiding a dungeon WoW does not and will not count!).

    August can’t come soon enough. By then, one of my best friends, Seng Yip will be back from studying overseas and we’ll be working on some stuff together. Keep your eyes peeled! I smell awesome times ahead 😀 What a way to kick start the month- a trip to Phuket for booze, babes and beaches. Hopefully no unwanted babies.. or bastards will be created on the trip. HAHA.

    August is .. I don’t have anything more to write here. So I went clicking through my archives for some ideas. Turns out I never wrote much in August except in 2007. I found this awesome drawing I did back then for the 10th Harry Potter book:

    Read the full post here.

    Yeah, I miss love. August tells me it’s three years since things ended. I think I’m ready.

    The end of a season is the beginning of a new one.