Last Friday, me and Nabilla went to watch Phantom Of The Opera at the Queensland Performing Arts Center. This is actually the first time I’ve been to a theater, and I really enjoyed it! I was amazed by the elaborate props, effects, and not to mention the singing!  I don’t know why, but many times during the show, I felt  like a small kid again, being totally awestruck.

Sometimes, the singing brings a tear to my eye. Yeah, it moved my cold, cold heart. Is opera really this good ?

Well anyways, I could only take one picture of the stage, so here it is :

I really liked the angels on the top and sides of the stage.

Nabilla and me. And some people who like to be in photos … -_-”

John, Michelle, me and Nabilla at the poster where everyone wants to take a picture.

… Good nite …

April was a month of BBQs and wrong birthdays. Yeah, we celebrated Leon’s birthday 2 months early:

Kenny, Jason Foo, Leon, me and Sheena.

I learnt a lot about BBQs this month. Like (1) don’t spray a can of oil on an open fire (2) Don’t use BBQ cleaner as oil (3) Leon wastes Tim Tams

Yumi, Leon, me , Kenny and Mr Foo.

Sherwynna ( did I spell that right ? ), Sheena, Sherlene and a silly grin.

Grown adults playing with soap bubbles

“How about I show you the finger …”

Erm, ahbing.com kinda pasted himself in this picture. don’t know why …

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This is me and my new jacket.

Yeah, I’ll update later, when I watch the Phantom of the Opera this Friday.

Ever wondered why some of the artists today are just terrible live ? They sound perfectly good on record, yet horrible on stage.

Think of the vocals on these songs:

• Maroon 5 - She will be loved
• Avril Lavigne - Complicated
• Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girl
• T-Pain - Bartender
• Cher - Believe

You know that digitally strained, warbly and metallic vocal effect ? That’s not a vocal effect, that’s a fucking machine correcting pitch problems for these singers !

It’s called auto-tune and it’s ruining the music industry.

Why is it ruining the music industry ? Why, because of auto-tune, crap like Paris Hilton and Ashlee Simpson actually think they can release albums ! (In actual fact, one lip-syncs and the other just pukes on stage).

Some of these musicians can actually perform live (such as Maroon 5). So it’s weird when the studio executives decide to use this robotizer effect. Some will argue that it enhances the song, but I don’t know. Personally, I prefer if the singers don’t sound digitized.

Urgh, I don’t know why this annoys me so much.

Click here for more examples (with audio clips):

• http://www.hometracked.com/2008/02/05/auto-tune-abuse-in-pop-music-10-examples/

This was my schedule this week:

• Monday
  Class. Assignments. Errands.
• Tuesday
  Work. Night class.
• Wednesday
  Work.
• Thursday
  Work. Night class.
• Friday
  Morning class. Errands.
• Saturday
  Wash clothes. Do assignments.
• Sunday
  Assignments. I think I’m going out.

In fact, I’m doing assignments right now. On a Saturday night.

I’m such a dull boy.

Last Saturday, me and Mr K went to the hippie town of Nimbin, New South Wales. It took us 3 hours to get there, with the help of Google Maps. Here’s some pictures:

A good day to get high.

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