she stares at the answer script, like the question paper

more quizzes, all ripped off a.j's blog.


A:

You take the Beaten
Path. After
all, that's what it's there for right? You are
content with the options already
laid out for you definitely of the "If it
ain't broke, don't fix it." frame of
mind. You tend to be a follower rather than a
leader, but that's fine because
all good leaders must first be good followers. You
tend to follow the crowds
living life the tried and true way, often letting
others make the decisions.
Just don't forget you have a mind too. Never be
afraid to voice your ideas or
opinions, no matter how ridiculous others may think
they are. This beaten path
is your comfort zone, you want and deserve company
on your travels trough life
as you are probably a very friendly and kind
individual, always putting the
needs of others before your own. That's an
excellent and all too rare quality.
Never lose it. But being surrounded isn't always
the best. People tend to try
and take charge and advantage of the fact and if
you aren't careful, it'll
be your life that's been taken over. Venture away
from your well-traveled road
and find your own away. Head down that road
less-traveled and see what's there
because though the path you're on may have been
done before, that doesn't
necessarily make it the right one for you. Step out
of your comfort zone and
take some risks you wouldn't normally take, make
mistakes, and make some time
for just you. Indulge and be a little selfish.
You'll come out all the better
for it.

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"not the things that you do, but the words that you say..."

i wonder whether im crazy, or they're really what i'm hearing. but yea, to all W.J's who intend to jam Handle This, do you all hear scratching in the intro. i think the 2nd guitarist does the scratching thing. sounds like, from those SUPER BIG headphones. and yea, the drums are super super difficult. the skills we have aren't enough yet, for that song to play it accurately. the fill-ins are fast rolling.

i've got the solo for it done already, yesterday, but i still play rather horribly for it. still not very familiar with it, i say. but a really nice song. and i love rhythms too. a little observation of mine, i can't play when people are looking. like when you got that solo and that intro that's meant to be perfect. always fumbling over them, and then sliding to the wrong frets and even playing the wrong chords. esp during wake me up when september ends.

the holidays are soon gone...

and holiday assignments are piling...

my dad's BIG headphones

my dad has this really huge headphones, like those hmv sort. can't believe my dad has such gadgets. and it can soon be mine already. woah, and i love them now. can't wait for him to get the adapter for the amp, so i won't disturb the whole family when i play the next time. and THANK YOU pear, for your amp still. i hope my dad gets me the marshall by his next pay. and that 15w marshall, is so just better than that lousy big peavey.

we will never go back to dan's studio anymore. it really really sucks. and you're not supposed to smoke remember.

why can't school start later, so we can at least work on handle this. the more i listen to it, and practise it, the more i wanna do it. and yea, sum 41's all killer no filler is good for me to work on my lead guitarist and back-up vocalist role. they're rather mild. and yea, clarissa can improve on her rhythmic. they're good practise. can't wait to jam together with clarissa when she comes back. but there's the kill-joy common test 1. and then the o's. i am SCARED man, after sec.3.

but well, shall work on my handle this. and i think im desperate to meet local teenage bands our age. cos we're such green horns, and THERE' SO MUCH TO LEARN! like what terkey's friend suggested, "we should have a collision course somday." if he meant it, well i took it seriously bro.

and yea, THANK YOU SIHONG, for your $4 sponsor from your deposit for my cable. but i still really love something JOLIE. its such a shame the calendars gone.

males get her calendar, cos they masturbate.

"gay..."

caroling, caroling and more caroling. its crazy. and caroling with my cousins were really fun. much better than before maybe cause i don't feel very well with the people in church even after a long 2 yrs. i feel much myself when im with my cousins, like with my friends. like you can be what you want to be cause you need not worry about your language and gestures and everything. of course with the exception of the phs people and a few others in church too.

i don't know how many times we carolled but this time was better. cos there were houses with lesser dogs. and its only for 1 day. can't stand a 2 day marathon. well, but the parties in the area we visited were smaller and much more homely. like a nice meal with just your family. no relatives no neighbours no friends. sweet. totally love this house we went. the lights on the porch were candy cane torches, and its just awesome. and the house is so cottage like. just like hansel and gratel. i love those kind of houses. not like im a fairyland tale person, but its one of those houses, you'd stop by just to take a closer look at it. and you just want to live in it.

that shall be how my house will be next time, if i were that rich. and i don't want to live in singapre. its a crazy place. i really hope i get to study abroad and then get that pr, and yea, officially a permanent resident of maybe australia or canada. fine with both. and houses there are CHEAP. cars are CHEAP too. only the rich live in apartments there. but who cares. i don't want to be a singaporean esp, when people know us as a bunch of hard-up people. we just need to learn to breathe. 1,2, breathe...

my cousins "gay..." are getting into me. that is gay. well, they are good influence. so yea, shall cut down on the fucks for God too. vulgarity proves one immature mind.

dishwashing services

tmr's going to be crazy, and crazy amanda bunkface's gonna be crazier. cos its her house, but don't worry you have ms tan shu xian with your dishes. you know how much she loves washing them. ALOT.

here's to all who knows who freaky guy a.k.a david guitarist is:

actually his name is chris. i just found out today, when i picked up his call. and i freaked myself out too when i pressed that button. i didn't check the id and i picked it up cos it was ringing like crazy, while i was in my bro's room.

i spoke to him on the phone. and he sounded quite nice, cos you didn't have to see his freaky face. NOTE: he's not my boyfriend or someone i like or someone who likes me. he just happen to be someone where's jamie knows and yea, he's a very grown up adult with a paunch. so you know how old that is. yes, back to the saga. my voice was shaking when he called, cos i thgt he called just to chat, and im definitely not going to. i don't know why but i really think HE WANTS TO RAPE ME. that's what i feel abt him, the first time when we jammed with his band. and when he started showing up when we jammed too, it just got a little more freaky. and his msges.

but well, i think he really means well now. like i asked him whether he jams often with his band, and he told me that they were quite busy so they hardly jam. but for him, he teaches guitars and bass so he is quite free. oh yah, he called me actually to find out our sec.4 syllabus cos he's giving chinese tuition to his neice or someone. and he chinese is very good. then i told him we had, "zhong heng tian kong" (its a mouthful and i really can't say it properly) he thgt it was a movie.

and we talked a little about music. and we asked each other the same question at the same time. which was, "do you have your own songs?" but im rather surprised that their band was formed only 5 months ago. but chris a.k.a freaky guy has been playing the guitar for abt 5-6 years. and im like only 3 yrs. half of his. well, i think im really learning lead guitar from him. maybe pay him a little since that's what he does for a living. don't wanna rob him.

conversation betwn the both of us regarding Where's Jamie will be reflected upon the band's web.

www.freewebs.com/wheres-jamie

speed...
zoom zoom...!

over my head (better off dead) is so super duper fast. but well, its good practise though. and im starting to like the song. so this proves that, songs aren't just songs until you learn to appreciate the band's hard work and dedication. so yea, shall pratise on it and by then i would have developed really good muscles on my forearms.

but i think i need a metronome to keep my pace. and i wanna get that finger power thing. it trains all your fingers, esp your lil pinky.

here's my daily routine im gonna embark on:
squeeze daddy's wrist power thing for half an hour both hands.
aim: to build up muscles around the forearm area (i think its called the forearm). to put it in laymans term, that stupid part of your arm that aches when you do ultra fast strumming or really fast fingerings like over my head (better off dead).

but anyway have i announced this:

MY DAD ALLOWS ME TO GET AN AMP NEXT YEAR WITH MY RED-PACKET MONEY. AND WITH ENOUGH LEFT, I'D GET THAT MULTI-EFFECTS PEDAL TOO!

its a classic



the piece of art everyone yearns for...

take a few minutes to admire it before its gone.

mikey chuck bullet.

I FINALLY OWN AN ELECTRIC GUITAR! but its quite a lousy one. its a squire bullet, with only 1 pathetic pickup and only a volume nob. and its freaking ugly colour, i know nothing of to describe. and terkey is telling me that we might be cheated of the wrong guitars, cos they were supposed to give us squier bullet strats. and that squier bullet strat comes with 3 pick ups and the adjustable tones.

FUCK.

im getting very pissed if that's true. AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE THROWN THAT BOX AWAY! but i gotta carry that fucking thing to church! but i haven't throw the foam away yet, which is rather useless too. but anyway, there's still the stupid serial no on the guiatar, and i haven't peel off the pick guard plastic peice yet.

FUCK.

nvm, shall make do with this. and then save up for ages for my gibson les paul classic. would love either a vintage sunburst or a honey sunburst. both will do fine. but they're so ex. and i think they're such peices of art. love the shape and everything abt it, esp the classic pickguard. well, with skills like mine, they don't meet yet. shall learn from big bro guitarist. though he looks very very extremely freaky, and he looks like he wants to rape me alright.

terkey thinks he's alright, but im not alright with him. but nvm, shall learn from him still. with the band's company. or somewhere in broad daylight and accountable for. even ms judy kuan reminded us abt it. don't know whether to risk it or not. but maybe he was just being nice, hopefully. but i think he teaches guitar. cos he knows this girl by the name of amanda also from nanyang girls.

if only studying was just like guitars. when you willingly, throw yourself into countless forums and online lessons on reading beansprouts and practising scales. even spending the whole day pratising on your guitars. reading tabs, practising, experimenting, mastering that solo.

i wanna play proffessional. it shall be my dream, cos i don't want to be looked upon only as a girl who can play the guitar. but a girl that kicks ass cos she's proffessional.

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ripped off sihong's...

Name four habits you have:

- biting my fingers

- biting the skin off my lips til they crack

- biting my lips
- coffee every morning

Name four things you wished you had:

- gibson les paul classic: vintage burst

- effects mixer

- home studio

- proffesional guitar skills

Name four things you'll never wear:

- a skirt

- makeup

- bra (only sportsbra. bra's feel super zao-geng)

- heels

Name four things you are thinking about now:

- how can i perfect makes no difference?

- when jamie's jamming?

- squier bullet strat

- i need to call my cousin who just got back australia soon...

Name four things you have done today:

- went to sweelee sale

- bought squier bullet

- talked to God in church

- had breakfast with mom (haven't been spending breakfast with her since p6, when you just wish to sleep a little longer.)

Name the four things you last bought:

- squier bullet

- epiphone gig bag

- 2 guitar picks that say: "PICK THIS UP"

- a can of coke

Name four drinks you normally drink:

- cold water

- i

- hardly

- drink

Last thing you laughed at:

- the tv. they were showing You've Got Mail i think and this boy could only spell f.o.x and everything was f.o.x

Last time you cried/teared?

this year's ptc.

What colour socks are you wearing?

was wearing colourful striped toe socks earlier on

What time did you wake up this morning?

8.15am

Current taste?

im feeling thirsty...

Current clothes?

think you call them a tank, and nautical pants

Current worry?

what if the $99 was supposed to be the squier bullet strat and not what i have now

Favourite colours:

none

Where would you like to go?

-Greece

-Athens

-Cape Town

What is your career going to be like?

hope it revolves around music or the media industry. Where's Jamie could be my carreer if we do get the chance of course.

How many kids do you want?

i'll adopt. no child-bearing. can't believe woman have to go through it. so yea, adoption. enough of babies making, there are other babies who need us.

Favourite car?

i'd like a jeep or a land rover.

a squire stratocaster

sweelee is having a ****! and my dad's agreed on the guitar! hopefully, if he deosn't go back on his words. well, i actually asked him to pay for me first and then i'll pay him back when school re-opens. but its definitely more, with the gig bag anda couple other accesories that are must haves.

just imagine, what the hell. though i prefer a fucking les paul, but who cares at least i own one now. and i can use mine in jamming studios, and not worry about bursting the strings cos its MINE! well, my dad can give leave it under the xmas tree in a big red stocking.

self-consolation, im still a fucking green horn and i don't deserve a les paul. but a les paul deserves me!

CHECK ME OUT...

What Kind Of Intelligence Do You Have?

Every part of your life has a beat, and you're often tapping your fingers or toes.
You enjoy sounds of all types, but you also find sound can distract you at the wrong time.
You are probably a gifted musician of some sort - even if you haven't realized it.
Also a music lover, you tend to appreciate artists of all kinds.

You would make a great musician, disc jockey, singer, or composer.


awww... thank you.

i don't care if you don't, i don't care if you don't, i don't care if you don't care...

here's the song list for sat's jamming:
green day - wake me up when september ends
green day - jesus of suburbia (part 1 and 2)
green day - boulevard of broken dreams
sum 41 - makes no difference

well, here's...

Jesus of Suburbia (pt.1)

I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of Suburbia
From the bible of none of the above
On a steady diet of Soda Pop and Ritalin
No one ever died for my sins in hell
As far as i can tell
At least the ones i got away with

But there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make-believe
That don't believe in me

Get my television fix sitting on my crucifix
The living room of my private womb
While the moms and brads are away
To fall in love and fall in debt
To alcohol and cigarettes and Marey Jane
To keep me insane and doing someone else's cocaine

difficult it is sometimes ain't it, for people who have yet to know christ and to believe in his good works. call it a make-belief. at least i know it takes a steady step of faith to believe in what all these people are exactly preaching about. how can one belief that the bible is true, when it appears to be none other than scriptures penned by men after generations. also how can one believe that Jesus came one the cross for our sins, when it just sound so totally absurb.

well, it takes only a step of faith that brings about a tonne of celebration to the angels above.

answers to those long mysteries

i can't believe they were green day then. those tunes i heard on the radio when i was primary school. they were so soft and accoustic, and they're green day. now that i know it. from watching their videos on mtv.com

tunes i remembered:
time of your life
warning
basket case

i think the lead/guitarist of green day looks a little frightening. the way he expresses himself when he sings, and all his facial expressions. freaky. well, they're a bunch of cool people. they're soon to be my favouritest band. hardly ever have a favourite band, cos nothings ever forever.

jamie's the punk rocker?

my com's healed once again, and its free. think i should get that stupid windows xp cd or some sort, so i don't always have to go back to that shop to get my com done. but anyway, that guy calls us his regular customer, tt's why its charged free. but then again, its rather stupid i would say having to send your com to a shop just for re-formatting.

but well, im still waiting for some asshole to transfer our recordings to her com and then send me. cos my phone is blue-tooth-less and infra-red-less.

and yea, saturdays jamming really was SUPERB. did a couple of songs, that were rather uncalled for. once terkey transfers the recordings to her com, we'll try to get them up on where's jamie asap. so to all where's jamie fans, if we do have, do look forward to those awfully cute recordings. but well, they aren't originals. we're still experimenting with different different genres, and i think we might be progressing towards the punk rock act. not like we're posing, but the guitarist and drummer can make it! the bassist and the singer too, cos they're rather punk rock people. and yea, the energy is just right that's what i say about it.

so well, recordings:
sum 41 - peices *
sum 41 - makes no difference *
sixpence none the richer - kiss me
michelle branch - everywhere *
the calling - wherever you will go
(* are songs we will be working on)

i just can't say how much i love our sat's recording. you should have been there to expreience our very soulful session of fuck and roll. and kah ming is very very lucky to be there. i guess we won't be doingmuch on avril's songs yet, cos they're rather difficult though i think her songs fit amanda very very perfectly. but well, when we get there, we'll do them. her drummer's really really good, and her songs are all played so tightly that it seems rather or almost impossible to disintegrate them. and i think impossible's an oxymoron too. think so? well, many say dash the impossible cos impossible is an opinion not a fact. depends on the degree of optimism if there was such a thing, i would say.

shang's going to be our confirmed jamming venue. its cheap, and good! enough space for movement, and the drums on the mini stage, so our recordings don't record only the drums. and the mics are good. better then the usual studios we go to. though the guitars are a little koyak.

when's Jamie?

tomorrow's going to be exciting. we're gonna do an unplugged tomorrow very early, at pear's place. thanks, pear. and yea, we're going to do pieces, nobody's home and kiss me.

really exciting. then there' tuition and cg. and then back to pear's place for our performance for the sec.4 farewell for her cca. cool. love performances, cos they're something to look forward to.

love ming cos its cheap. well, shall call the guy soon if everyone's okay with jamming there, and i shall do terkey's jedi mind trick on the guy. God bless our souls man.

dash the dysfucktional

haven't been in the mood to blog lately, though there's going to be alot and ALOT of updates, to Where's Jamie. and everything's getting very very fun now. we've got our own dp's (thanks to artsy amanda who brought much revival onto us), official where's jamie blog and lots of stuff still coming right up.

well,we may not be that very good yet in our music, but we are definitely feeling like professionals. cos its fun. and i think it just encourage us so much more, to really jam our hearts out. literally, cos its not about the notes you play and the songs you sing, but its the heart-condition and attitude that matters. no matter how good you sing, or play, without that extra thing is us, it fails to bring your music to the upper level of perfection.

let me say this, I AM VERY ENCOURAGED BY ALL MEMBER'S OF WHERE'S JAMIE. and we will work hard in making the best music we can bring to everyone. its going to be so cool, and yea next year's talentquest in school. and the other band competitions we are going to be in. and i agree with terkey, that we are definitely going to receive much more criticism than praises. cos that's what the world is about. people are usually quicker to judge, so it doesn't really bother me. plus the fact that we are an all-girl band who play, sing and write their own music. the world will definitely look down on us, cos we're girls. they're probably thinking what can girls do. but watch out grandpop world, cos these girls are going to kick some ass and knock some off.

so yea, girls do rock when they do the unthinkable. and GIRLS KICK ASS.

FUCK ON, JAMIE!

shandi mail.

here's a little introduction to Where's Jamie? though everybody in the whole wide world knows it already, who cares, im still going to introduce our asses.

here's a real cool pic of us. perhaps our album cover, when we do get one.




amanda j
the youngest of us all (probably the one we will look out for)
lead vocalist/ keyboard
does the blog and our dp (and our album covers)

bella chuck (tt's not my name)
older than amanda
lead guitarist/ back-up vocalist
the GREAT one.

clarissa brain
same age as you know who
rhythm guitar
the fast-learner

sihong loves cone
same age as you know who
bassist
the fartknocker

terenna BING
same age as you know (who)s
drummer
the one with a dick and 2 balls.

are we the weaklings?

screams, cos ACROSS THYSELF IS NOW OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS WHERE'S JAMIE?! well, call it official cos its all over us. and i just love it, Across Thyself too now that it's Where's Jamie?. but thinking about it, across thyself sounds really rock like alter bridge so its rather cool that Where's Jamie sounds totally cheeky. and it represents us clearly (not like we're the Jamie's), but yea, like the spunk and everything dirty. cool, and WE NEED TO JAM SOON. though its always burning huge huge holes in our pockets.

yea, and the other cool thing! i wrote a song few days back, which we can use if i get the tune and organisation of how i want it played and all. its called November. that means, Where's Jamie has an original to work on. love it. more song writing soon, lots of stuff to write about. and there's so much angst now, i don't know where to put them. so here goes, music for the remedy.

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everything definitely isn't over. yea, it sure is from where you're looking the surface. just totally superficial, and i don't wish to address them, cos you gotta know it yourself. there's just too many secrets, for everybody to come clean about. and too many, for everything to be 'just fine'. well, no worries cos im not getting emotional now cos its way late in the night. but yea, i'm head clear about everything i'm saying here. i don't think i'm being over analytical just yet, cos things aren't really what they seem. and yea, it really helps being honest you know. but well, i leave them to you.

sometimes i wonder whether.... but then again, maybe i am, still there's the other thing about it that just bothers me too much. are you sure you are doing what you're doing. or are you sure that's what you are going to do, if you really do regard that person. but well, it's such a battle to fight amongst ourself. and i'd never compromise integrity for anything else. and it indeed is disturbing the things you do and say, cos i know they definitely aren't true. and maybe if you felt you won the battle, or felt you manipulated someone the way you wanted to, then i'm very sad to say that that's not how everything is to me.

i'd wish you be honest about everything.

Marturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for youself.
quoted from John MacNoughton

but what if that concern becomes a burden?