happy new yr!

ok...i've been lazy to update here... well no internet at home so only go online in sch... need to carry my heavy laptop leh.. sry guys! hee ok i try my best to recall...

the last day of test week mike stern came to lama for clinic... and sadly my test was scheduled after his clinic so i was thinkin to skip or go for it..anyhow, dave's flight back to LA was delayed and the testing started an hr later so i went for the clinic... it was cool and he's really amazing and gave some exercises for the guitarists... he's a great down-to-earth guy... but i missed his gigs at catalina, playing w dennis chambers!! :( coz he played from wed-sun during test wk and everyone has gone down by sat... :( and so i missed dennis chambers... boohoo!

sat was move house day so fri nite i couldnt go watch the gig.. anyway, after moving home and unpack my stuff, i went down to sch for airto moreira perc clinic.. it was cool! if i rem i'll put up the video... hee we had a very big drum circle at the end.. missing the good old days... esp w kelvin in mapc n lila... it was great fun.. after tt i went for dinner w miki n keiko... it was yummy! though the chinese rest wasnt very authentic, the mabo tofu is good enough to satisfy me.. hehe after which went back to sch to hang out... hehe then went to hong kong cafe w andrew.. thanks alot! and i ordered yuan yang... coz i was super full from dinner and yuan yang was on the menu! and the coolest thing was there were LCD screens in the rest, showing cantonese movie... it was showing 无间道III.. keke then i rem during nusws band camp 1 yr (i forgot) me rc ping(?) and i forgot who else stayed whole nite to watch nthe trilogy in my room.. keke..the gd old days.. hahaha i still rem rc never watch finish arh... coz he slept by the 3rd movie on the dirty floor!! hee

for the next few days, i woke up late, go sch late, come home late when the sch closes at 1am during hols.. and slowly i acquire stuff/groceries for my empty room.. now it looks pretty room-y.. hee still need some stuff like full length mirror, drawers... will get soon... got the gas going n can cook now... bought yummy food for my breakfast at home.. and didnt bother about the other meals.. lol..
didnt prac as much nearer to xmas and all the way til new yr.. went to ikea to buy some stuff and eat swedish meatballs! yummy! i still rem moh li n i had lunch there 1afternn and she treated me! i think i took photos for the food too.. hmm i need to dig out... really thank you so much andrew for driving me there n back!

saw some xmas lightings n it was great! pls refer to facebook photo album.. hehe
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15863&l=fae3e&id=518816558

xmas eve went shopping w miki at colorado...and had yummy xmas dinner at barney's beanery... not to forget the yummy gelato we had in the afternn *slurp* after dinner hang out at nori/miles place, drinkin n talking... it was nice.. =) thanks guys!
xmas evening i was pretty bored.. then andrew called me to go downtown LA to see the xmas lightings... it was great... thanks again andrew! rare to find such a friendly n warm frd...

boxing day n the day after.. i think i hanged in sch... but went home earlier.. borrowed a piano book on chinese pop songs from andrew n i cant keep my fingers off the keyboard! spend too much time on keys!

28dec went down to pro drum shop.... hee despite me forgetting to download a copy of map into my handphone, somehow still managed to get there based on my instinct..kekeke good huh? :P
finally bought the books i've been wanting to buy and bought a pandiero! hehe photo in facebook too! n also a tambourine bag to put the pandiero in.. a zildjian splash as well.. been wanting to get for quite a long time n i finally bought it.. i forgot to ask if they sell vic firth headphones though... too bad... =[ they dun have the practice pad i wan... maybe i could have just gotten watever they have.. too late now.. i just realised sch is starting nxt wk and i still havent buy my practice pad! i try to get it ordered this wk... =( at nite miki came over to my house to cook! arigato! it was so yummy n full! heh but my room was too cold for her... the heater is still not on! coz roberto, who knows how to light it up, wasnt ard.. then we went to hang out at aaron's house for a while before heading home... oh i received justina's xmaas present n card! im sooo touched! i didnt expect the present... =D check out the photo in facebook! hee

on 30th, sun, went down to baked potato to catch john daverson big band gig, which plays every last sun of the month there.. it was great! so many musos! the bassist, jerry watts is our sch teacher.. also went to support him ma.. hee i love the music and arrangement! john is so cool! red color trumpet and a trumpet AKIG midi controller! 1st time i see that! i only have a clarinet midi controller in SG.. hee too bad never bring arh.. :P btw john does the music n arrangement this band plays! so amazing! im a fan of this band now! :D thanks katsu for driving us there n back! (photos will be up in facebook!)

31st wasnt very very good... but it ain tt bad... maybe coz i slept for less than 5hrs and woke up at 7am to countdown with SG...watched the live telecast of the fireworks.. but damn, everyone was watching the webcast as well! so i only saw parts of the fireworks choreographed to the music.. so cool... so NDP.. hehe so i considered to myself i've already counted-down.. ;) walked to colorado.. it was madness, there were already alot of ppl sitting along the walkway beside the road.. the pavement were avail for 'bookings' since 31st 12pm so all the super sibei kiasu ppl/family have already got their great view of the rosebowl parade next day! crazy! took train down to hollywood, walk abit n had late lunch... wonderful! italian pizza(i believe) thin crust and tasty! back to pasadena n just in time for the shops to close... reached target at 6.05pm it was too late,... it closed at 6pm... the amazing thing was quite a number of shops along colorado were closed on 31st and the window glasses n doors r sealed up with wooden panels or metal gates... i wasnt wondering why would they need to do that.. then i realised there were alot of ppl camping overnite at colorado! ppl may just break into the shops n grab the stuff... really madness...but i feel really sad tt the shops r all closed already so early except for supermarkets(cater to demands of the 'homeless' new yr eve ppl... it was so crowded tt i dun feel cold at all walking bck to my home from there.. lol really dead tired by the time i reach home close to 8pm coz i went to vons on my way home to get some more groceries (sigh im addicted to shopping in supermarkets le..esp for snacks! cannot shop for clothes!) ate a little n watched cantonese drama series, 突围行动 surf net, chat w frds... then ard 11.35pm i decided to get out of home.. so boring... new yr's eve i shd be counting down.... i was so happy to see the great view of the river with CBD and fullerton hotel in the backgrd... can see esplanade...can see the river... i miss esplanade! =( i was happy i woke up early.... and so i popped by aaron's home... they were having a party(not the wild n noisy kind) n i just 不请自来.. heehee aaron tot tt i would be celebrating w other frds coz xmas i was busy with other frds.. it was great! saw new york city countdown... it was awesome... saw the live performances by various artistes... cool.. chatted w the guys.. though they all speak spanish, i was trying to figure out wat they tok but still cmi.. keke... was in their home til 3am b4 i went home.. i was happily chatting w aaron, joking ard w jaime n totally forgot about the time! i was supposed to wake up at 5,45am! gosh...

and guess wat? i woke up at 7.15am! panicked! coz rosebowl parade starts at 8am so i quickly bathed n rushed out of house, walk to colorado.. when i called miki, she was w the japs... i tot we, stephen n katsu were supposed to be watching together.. but anyway i went alone... it was so packed! i regretted not dashing across the road before the parade starts coz the other pavement looks wider and more space.. my side was horrendous... and this horrible old man was trying to pick me up and being funny w me... argh so irritated.. took videos of the marching bands(almost all, except the moments where i was busy finding my $$ to buy the marching bands DVD.. i didnt know there was a band fest the wkend b4 the parade! argh i missed it! sian!!! but i got the DVD now.. hope it's good! it's pretty ex lo but i know this event is too big le so everything is so ex. i didnt buy any souveniors at all.. it's crazy price..maybe next yr lo.. haha it was so amazing to see the flowers/display so upclose n personal.. really really beautiful roses n flowers n... so pretty! pics will be up soon i hope.. hehe refer to facebook photo album! im glad i went but it was a pity i was alone...i recalled that time i helped out in chingay 2006.. it was fun n i didnt need to squeeze w the crowd... =) great times... after the parade everywhere was full of rubbish! no one was clearing or cleaning up... im glad SG really took care of that whenever there's countdown party on nye or chingay coz they make sure they have enough manpower to clean up the mess and regain traffic really fast... over here, the cars just zoom across the rubbish.. haha but i must say, this parade is really big and it's really hard to clean up...i feel that orchard is far more packed than this.. maybe coz this parade is spread out really long.. i think 2.5miles? i cant rem... it was great and after the parade, i cant wait to get home to eat! bought pancakes the nite b4 so i must eat! hee it was a long n torturous journey home coz my legs were already tired from all the walking on NYE and standing at the parade... resist the temptation of buying coffee at starbucks(coz i just spent $ on the DVD) so i force myself to wait til i get home and open my italian coffee LAVAZZA powder for the new yr... hehe i dun see this brand being sold here.. boohoo...

and so after my delicious brunch n 3 shots of italian coffee, i couldnt sleep! haha so more cantonese drama for me... and practise abit coz i really have nothing to do! school's not open, almost all the shops r not open! except for cafeteria n coffeeshops... :( and i guess most ppl r sleeping at home (partying on NYE and watching the rosebowl parade) or they went to rosebowl stadium to watch football... so it was such a boring day for me... at least i did practise my strokes...hehe wanted to disturb yuji's home but i didnt wana disturb TODAY coz they might be sleeping/resting in the afternn... also watched channel news asia webcast.. it was fun.... the morning prime time news.. hehe evening roberto is finally back!! but he's not at home now... i hope he can turn on the hester tonite!! watched dancing w the stars on abc.com.... cool eh... some shows can watch online... nbc.com too... hehe now i got things to do liao... but no live webcast.. wanted to catch the rosebowl football game...university of illinois vs uni of south cali.. hehe was feeling too lazy to cook n ate up my bread w milo instead... coz the bread is going bad soon... but here is not as humid as SG so no grow mould tt fast! keke as long as i eat no tummy upset can le!

and so now, here i am, at 10.29pm 1st of jan 2008, typing this entry for at least half an hr or more and my brain. eyes r tired.. tt's all for now! everyone have a great 2008! =D