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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Lyrics To My Favourite Song.... (part 1)

For the longest time, they've been my favourite band, and for the longest time, this has been my favourite song, above all others... Even though the band, by themselves, are goth/metal/thrash by genre, this song in particular isn't throbbing loud music. It's one of the best tracks of all times, and most of this 9 minute beauty is an instrumental heaven. This song also features a full-fledged Orchestra, which makes up a good half of the song. I would recommend this song to all music lovers. It's got something for everyone.

In another post I'll talk about the story behind this song, which makes the words and the beat all the more real and makes the listener understand the motive behind this work of art...

"I Won't See You Tonight (Part 1)"
- Avenged Sevenfold


Cry alone, I've gone away,
No more nights, no more pain,
I've gone alone, took all my strength,
I've made the change,
I won't see you tonight.

Sorrow, sank deep inside my blood,
All the ones around me,
I cared for and loved.

Building up, inside of me,
A place so dark, so cold,
I had to set me free,
Don't mourn for me,
You're not the one to place the blame,
As bottles call my name,
I won't see you tonight.

Sorrow, sank deep inside my blood
All the ones around me,
I cared for and most of all I loved
But I can't see myself that way
Please don't forget me
Or cry while I'm away

Cry alone, I've gone away.
No more nights, no more pain.
I've gone alone, took all my strength,
But I've made the change,
I won't see you tonight.

So far away, I'm gone. Please don't follow me tonight.
And while I'm gone, everything will be alright.

No more breath inside.
Essence left my heart tonight.

No more breath inside.
Essence left my heart tonight.

There ya have it...

xx


M

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Life as I know it is crumbling...

Thats it, Life is OVAARRR!!!!


I can't BELIEVE it!!!!! IRON MAIDEN, IN FLAMES, MASTODON & STONE SOUR HAVE ALL BEEN CONFIRMED FOR DESERT ROCK AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO GO!!!!!!


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!



xx

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Quote Of The Day!!!!!!!!

Well, let's be honest here, like every other blogger, I is trying to keep hits and subsequent comments on my blog high, or at the very least increasing.

After some consideration I thought ONE way of getting that done is a, "Quote Of The Day" thingamajig somewhere in my blog. Hence, here it is. A daily quote or quip that I find interesting and wanna share with the folks! And I start this auspicious thing, with one of the most interesting quotes said in recent times.......

Happy reading!

xx

Friday, December 22, 2006

DDRF: Updates!!!

The Dubai Desert Rock Festival fever is seriously catching on with the local metal and rock fans. Yours truly included. Unfortunately, knowing my luck and the inclinations of my family I probably won't be able to go. What saddens me this time the most is that InFlames are coming for SURE and they happen to be my second best band, and the one chance I'm probably going to get to see them perform, I'm gonna miss.

Anyway, the (for the first time) 2 day festival's gonna be on the 9th and 10th of March. Till today, the confirmed bands that are performing are:

The Prodigy (yes, at a rock festival)
Incubus
Children of Bodom (Woot!)
InFlames (WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTT!!!!!!)
Prime Circle

Typical to post-rock festival, rumors are afloat of other bands are yet to come. 10 Bands are s'posed to come in total. The other 5 bands aer rumoured to be:

Iron Maiden
Mastodon
Slayer
Linkin Park (???)
[edit] StoneSour [edit] (Thanks Uzma!)

[omit] And one more that I can't think of. [omit]

Anywhoo, let's hope my parents feel generous eh?

Here's hoping for the best...

xx

Monday, December 18, 2006

Nineteen... Big Changes, Bigger Realizations...

Another year came and went. Tomorrow I turn 19 years old. La Dee Daa, big whoop etc. etc. I normally am pretty excited as my b'day rolls around each year, so I must admit that this year I feel a lot more....subdued... I'm not sure why really. The time between my birthdays were almost life-changing, and if I had to look back, life as it is now is far different from life when I turned 18. They say a lot can happen in one year. I'd second that. A lot did happen in one year. Stuff that you don't expect. Stuff that you never really plan for. Tyson said, "Everyone, when they enter the ring, has a plan. Till they get punched in the face." He got that spot on.

They say that it's in your hardest times that you find out who your real or your true friends are. They got that right too. I dunno. *Gasp Horror* How could you DO that?? *Gasp Horror* Yea yea that happens a lot... "Like OMG, I can't believe you did that?? *choke* *sob* " Yeah WHATEVER!!!!!! Screw folks who think only about what they need. Screw people who are too shortsighted to see another's problems. Screw those who want but won't give.

I'm not normally the type who'd shout out obscenities in a blog, in fact I originally intended this blog to be an online satire thing. Sometimes I can keep that up, other times I can't. This post in particular was meant to be a little text on how I learned from whatever experiences I had in the year between my birthdays. I learned a lot. Lessons that you don't particularly want to learn hands on but prefer to know about or hear from others. Unfortunately in my case, that was a luxury that I wasn't able to afford.

Finally, a few lessons learned:

1) Anyone you meet and/or befriend, take whatever they say/stand for at face value.
2) Anyone you meet and/or befriend, be nice to and hold no attempts to be nice back. You've got nothing to lose.
3) Never expect favors.
4) Don't bother explaining yourself to people who won't listen. Save your breath.
5) People bitch about their friends all the time. Stop whining and get with the system.
6) Never run after people. The sweat ain't worth the results.
7) Finally. See an opportunity? Go for it. The ends almost always justify the means.

I'm sure I've learnt more. Probably just haven't been able to think about them.

On the bright side, I've probably had better friends now than I've had for years. I'm more responsible with work. I'm getting paid (Woot Woot!!!!!!!) My parents trust me more than they did earlier. I can drive xP. etc etc.

Life gets interesting...

xx

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Workie Work!!

Aaaaaaaah!!!

As we draw
closer to the end of December (and my impending birthday *cough* *cough*), work, both school and external, starts piling on. Our premocks have begun and it kicked off with English. And I should have been with my notes. But I wasn't. Well sort of. They were right between the monitor and me. But they weren't the point of my focus right then. Oh well.

English is totally going way over my head. There's so much stuff that I believe is totally unnecessary. There's some analysis that we do. Conversations, newspaper articles, advertisements and stuff. As I sat there listening to some of the points that the teacher would make I couldn't possibly imagine what kind of moron sat there making these rules.

What pissed me off most were the rules for Advertisement analysis. I believe (and rightly so I might add) that some things like Advertisement are not... in fact never... bound by rules. I mean, its an art more than it is a subject. You can go to college or university and sit through all those lectures and whatnot, but still be crap at it simply because you don't have the knack. On the other hand you could be an paleontologist sitting at a coffee store pondering over unused milk when the words, "Got Milk?" pops into your mind, simply because you're artistic by nature.

I agree that there are some guidelines that an advertiser would keep in mind, like target audience, product appeal etc. but for every feature of any advertisement to be governed by a set of rules is complete bollocks, and makes absolutely no sense. It's an art! There aren't any rules for art! In Farhan's words, "Rules are for Nooooooooooobs!"

In other news: Work seems to be getting more screwy day after day after day. Yesterday I met with one of the reps from UGUR and the nice fellow gave me a weight chart for all the marble types. In light of this new information, all our cost sheets have been rendered utterly useless and will now have to be redone. Which will take a while (Read: 2-3 weeks).

Also, due to a delay in 2 consignments, we now have FOUR containers coming to our little warehouse within the time frame of 3 days. As it is, space was already an issue in our dinky warehouse and now we have a week to get another one just as big. Possible options are renting out someone else's warehouse for a week or so, till our stuff mobilizes, or, leaving excess goods in the yard. Personally, I'm for the renting of the extra warehouse. Even though it's gonna cost us, it's better than leaving our stuff out in the yard. Even though the gates can be locked and it's heavy stuff to haul over the wall, it's still a risk, since the temptation factor is really high. Wonder if the transport co. will be willing to leave the containers with us, and we can pay them for as long as we need them? Doubt it tho...

xx