Upgrading my screaming machine!

Hi there!... It’s been a while i didn’t enter the world of blogging. Well my fingers nowadays more on running through my guitar fretboard rather than writing a blog.. in other word, a bit procrastinating on posting a new entry.

This time around i’m gonna tell you about my recent activities especially onto my musical instrument. I bought a new stompbox- BOSS Super Chorus CH-1 to replace my previous BEHRINGER Chorus Orchestra C0600.

BOSS Super Chorus CH-1

This is due to dissatisfaction towards the Behringer C0600 in terms of tonal characteristic. I’m not saying that Behringer C0600 is not good.. It is a good stompbox for beginner and also can be use for pro. and it is much cheaper than BOSS CH-1. But in term of tonal characteristic you can find that BOSS CH-1 gives a wide range of chorus tone compare to Behringer C0600.

After playing guitar for many years, i’ve intended to explore some of the popular guitar pickups like Dimarzio, EMG and Seymour Duncan. Those are 3 popular brands and most desired types of pickups by our local musician/guitarist in upgrading their guitars.

I’ve chosen Dimarzio pickups merely because Dimarzio got a wide variety of tones in each individual pickups from high output, medium output to vintage output. For my tonal arrangement i installed a high output pickup at the bridge and medium output on the neck. This arrangement is usually preferred by most guitarist that endorsed by the guitar maker for their signature series guitar. For example; Paul Gilbert of Mr. Big use Dimarzio pickups for all his signature series guitars (endorsed by Ibanez for his PGM series guitar).

Paul Gibert with his Ibanez PGM300

I’ve installed 2 of my favourite guitars that is Ibanez PGM3 and Ibanez RG320FM with Dimarzio pickups. My PGM3 is installed with Dimarzio Evo 2 (bridge), Super Distortion S(mid) and PAF pro(neck) and the RG320FM is equipped with Dimarzio Crunch Lab(bridge) and Liquifire(neck).

Ibanez PGM3 and Ibanez RG320FM

Before this I don't really care about upgrading my guitars as for me there is not much different in tones compare to high quality pickups. But I was wrong.. there are much different in tones and sustains if u change the stock pickups to high quality pickups. And now it is never feel the same if i play the guitar with stock pickups compare to upgraded pickups.

Of course, in terms of pickups selection, one must look into what type of woods of their guitar because this affects a lot in terms of tonal characteristic and sustain. Types of strings also affect the tones of guitars. I use the string gauge 0.09 – 0.42 and my favourite brand of guitar strings is ERNIE BALL and ELIXIR.

PGM3 - Dimarzio Evo 2, Super Distortion S n PAF pro.

RG320FM - Dimarzio Crunch Lab(bridge) and Liquifire(neck).

Ok guys, i guess that is all for now.. till we meet again in my next entry..

Have a blissful day wherever you are ;-)

The Reveal of Designation Jazz & Tagged!!!

Hi guys, I’m back…. And this time… The reveal of myself after remaining mysterious for 1 year 2 months, hehe..

This is the perfect time for me to reveal the mysterious side of me ;-) Nevertheless, I’d being tagged by ms Ivy Metaga…

( hehe.. Ivy kenak ko selalu mischievous hah?..)

Now, back to main frame, Tagline from Ivy:

( Ok change language to Malay.. )

1. Adakah anda rasa HOT?...

tidak... saya merasakan yang diri ini COOL.. hehe ;-)
( Lokasi : KKIA - Chun Alviana and Kimmy should have known this place.. )

2. Upload wallpaper PC/Laptop yang anda guna sekarang?

tiada..kerana saya belum menjumpai gambar yang boleh manarik minat saya untuk manatapnya.. saya lebih meminati bermain gitar daripada menghias screen PC/Laptop hehe..

3. Cerita pasal gambar..

Gambar semasa berada di puncak Gunung Santubong (Nov 2009). Antara tempat yang wajib didaki setiap tahun. Ini adalah kali ke-6 pendakian saya bermula pada tahun 2004. Salah satu aktiviti yang diminati oleh saya selain bermain gitar dan dirft kereta berkuasa sel NiMh berskala 1/10 (remote ctrl car) hehe..

4. Bila kali terakhir anda makan pizza?

kalau tak silap dalam bulan January 2010 di Pizza Hut, Rock Road Kuching bersama rakan blogger iaitu yang di tag no. 3 di bawah..

5. Lagu terakhir anda dengar?

Breath by Breaking Benjamin… tengah menaip sambil mendengar lg tema blog ini.. :-)

6. Apa yang anda buat selain menyelesaikan tag ini?

layan facebook…

7. Selain nama sendiri, anda dipanggil nama apa?

Dee oleh isteri saya, Ree oleh rakan-rakan, Adik oleh ipar-iparku kerana aku tiada adik ipar.. semuanya abang ipar dan kakak ipar.. haha! XD

8. Tag 8 orang;

( Perhatian!!!... )

1. Ivy
2. Chun Alviana
3. James
   
4. Mysterious Witch
5. Kimmy
6. Norris
7. Bibi
8. Nick

9. Siapakah orang no. 1 kepada anda?

Cik Ivy - Seorang yang senantiasa ceria dalam blog, mempunyai senyuman yang manis dan seorang yang suka membuat lawak yang mencuit hati..Seorang rakan blogger yang tak pernah putus asa untuk mengetahui identiti sebenar saya..[ hidung kontrol sikit.. kehkeh :-) ]

10. Katakan sesuatu mengenai orang no. 5?

Cik Kimmy - Blogger paling muda yang aku kenal dan dia terlebih dahulu mengenali saya dalam facebook sebelum melayari blog masing-masing.. Jadi bagi Kimmy, saya bukanlah blogger misteri...hehe

So, do you feel lucky huh??..

11. No. 3 ada hubungan dengan siapa?

James a.k.a Uzitter - Seorang blogger yang masih solo dan baru membeli gitar elektrik untuk mendalami bidang musik. Masih dalam pencarian teman hidup yang sejati.. haha! Iboh manas k, James.. :-p

12. Bagaimana pula dengan no. 4?

Mysterious Witch - Seorang blogger yang misteri dari segi nama kerana saya masih tidak tahu nama sebenar Mysterious Witch. Tapi yang pasti dia bukanlah Sabrina (Bewitched). Telah memencilkan diri sejak 4 bulan yang lalu... Cik MW adalah seorang yang sederhana tetapi mempunyai jiwa yang baik dan sukakan kanak-kanak.

13. Pesanan kepada orang no. 6?

Norris - Seorang blogger yang ku kenal semenjak aku di alam remaja dan merupakan rakan persekolahan kepada adik saya. Seorang yang suka melawak dan sentiasa menceriakan suasana bila berjumpa member-member. Baru berkahwin pada tahun 2009!

Pesanan buat Norris : Bila sudah jadi bapa, jangan lupa membuat parti ulangtahun anak kerana anak-anak sukakan kek.. haha!

14. Kata-kata cinta untuk orang no. 2?

Chun Alviana - Seorang blogger dari Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Meminati watak Wonder Woman sejak zaman kanak-kanak lagi sehingga sekarang. Seorang yang senantiasa tabah bila menghadapi dugaan dan berani meluahkan perasaan di dalam penulisan blog. Sesuai dengan perwatakan Wonder Woman. One of the Super Heroes in America :-)

15. Adakah no. 7 dan 8 mempunyai persamaan?

BibiNicholas

Kedua-dua rakan blogger saya ini dari segi persamaan yang saya tahu adalah masing-masing mempunyai Ijazah daripada Universiti tempatan dan salah satu minat dalam penulisan blog adalah tentang makanan.. hehe..

16. Berikan 5 perkara yang anda tahu tentang orang men”tag” anda?

5 perkara tentang Cik Ivy :

1. Baik hati

2. Senantiasa ceria

3. Sukakan kanak-kanak

4. Suka makan!

5. Sentiasa berusaha untuk membongkar identiti saya.. :-p

17. Persamaan antara kambing dan lembu?

kedua-duanya makan rumput... Boleh dijadikan Satay dan tidak pernah mandi haha! XD

18. Perasaan anda buat tag ini?

I feel good….. NTV7.. hehe.. Thanx 2 Ms Ivy for tagging me!

19. Adakah anda tahu si Razman itu sengal?

ADA KU KESAH!…. (killer statement rakan-rakan sepejabat)

20. GAY or LES?

lu pikirlah sendiri…kata Nabil

Saya dengan rasminya tidak lagi MISTERI kepada rakan-rakan blogger yang belum mengenali saya...

Ok guys.. Have a nice day :-)

Ransacked!!!..

Havoc! Panic! Surprise...

all in one when the first staff to reach the office found out that our office building had been ransacked by thieves ( i believe theres more than a person)!..

When I reached the office this morning I didn't noticed anything weird happening while punching the attendance card. Until I went to the next cafeteria and heard the stories from my colleagues who had came earlier. As usual my breakfast for today was noodle soup and a cup of tea.We talked about it all the time while having our breakfast.

I was told that it probably happened late at night or dawn. The police haven't arrived yet and the damaged shutters still had not been touched by our staff due to for police investigation. To my utmost surprised the cafe next to our building had been ransacked too. I heard that only coins had been taken from the cash register machine as there were no ringgit inside. Hah!.. those thieves really don't wanna lose something that they can haul.

Here are some snapshots of the place of incident.. he he feel like being a police investigator for a while;

Shutter of our building lifted up by the thieves. This side is next to the cafeteria.

Bended scissors in front of the shutters!



Close up of the bended scissors..



Broken shutter of the cafeteria!




Ransacked, broken and left untidy!

Two of our superiors office had been ransacked and luckily the PCs and printers were not being robbed. As for me, I thank the Lord because my office is on the third floor. Only the ground floor was been sneaked by the thieves.

My RCs are safe and sound.... so i can drift afterwards hi hi..

Please do not leave your personal belongings in the office because we do not know this incident could be happening at your place!

Have a nice day ahead!..

Weird but True!

I managed to snap pictures of one place that seems to me is weird...
A graveyard in between the housing area! While I was coming back from work, I decided to snap a few pic. of this place which I was known by it a long time ago... not so long lah..

Actually I knew this place in 2008. I just wanted to share with you the reality bites of my article. So I drove in this housing area and captured a few snaps of the so called 'beautiful scenery'...
don't you think so??

This graveyard is actually the original site for a burial belongs to Anglican community. I heard that the developer had proposed to buy this piece of land and as a compensation, they will moved all the tombs to the new place. It is because they wanted to develop the houses and not wanted the graveyard to be in the middle of the housing area. But the locals or villagers were disaggreed and wanted to maintain the site for their community graveyard. So, that how's it goes..

A weird but true scenery in the midlle of the housing area...

U can see the cemeteries on the top of the hill surrounded by
a bunch of single-storey terraced houses.

The gateway to the graveyard.....the photo taken from
the main road of the housing area.

I'm sure not many Kuchingites know this place.. Only those who bought the house there and those who visited their friends and family over there.. Eh! seems like DiGi prepaid ads quotation! he he..

Well, this place is called Midway Crescent Garden, Kota Samarahan. I heard of several strange stories from the residents that lives nearby. It's scary to them but for me, I'm not afraid of no ghost! Come on! Have faith. If you believe in God, there's noting to fear off, right?

Have a tour there guys!

Official aka 2 day vacation trip in KK

On 15th June, I'm off flew to the Land Below the Wind and landed in KK approximately 4:55 pm.. the touchdown! I was sleeping all the way flight from Kch to KK, Sabah. On board I met a new friend, a malay lady was working with the Natural Resources And Environment Board in Kuching. She was friendly and we chatted for a while. I noticed that she's not sleeping because all the way flight she was reading a book.

Mckenzie and Andy sitting on the bar panel texting sms while waiting
for que aboard a taxi.

A long que..

As we arrived at the KK airport, we had to que for a cab becoz at that moment the main road in KK was in traffic congestion. It's hard to get a taxi during the after working hours..

My friend, Halimah is looking for something to buy as a souvenir at
the Pasar Kraftangan.


The promising and tasty squids, prawns and ikan bakar... U should try the ikan bakar 'Uji Rashid'.
If U ask them why Uji Rashid, definitely u'll will laugh becoz of the answer.

my breakfast at the Imperial International Hotel..


A view from the rooftop restaurant of Imperial International Hotel.

A place where we had our lunch on the next day after arrival at the Center Point.
The food? was ok with much varieties..

I bought clothes for me, wife and my 2 kids at Ngiu Kee, Center Point.
Got cheap sale ma..

Liza trying her new shoes bought at Svezsqi, Center Point.
Lastly she bought the white color pair.

My dinner at the 1901 stall in the boarding terminal, KK airport..
Great set of Chicken Coney Dog?? why huh they call it 'Dog' instead of hotdog..

My flight back to Kuching was at 07:45 pm, last flight on that day. I got many pics to upload but so little time to do, coz i got so many things to do.. he he..
until next time.. Sayonara KK..

Going to 'Land Below the Wind' again..

I'm going to the Sabah again next Monday,15th June for an official matters.

Three of us here will be going there for a one night stay in Kota Kinabalu.. My last visit to KK if I'm not mistaken was in February 2009, attending a 3 days course organized by our ministry.



sure miss the BBQ crabs, prawns, cuttlefish n fish over there... (Dec '08)

BED - Best Entertainment Destination... nice entertaining lounge
to watch a live band performance.

Oregano cafe at the waterfront- a taste of coconut drinks.

RC cars at 1Borneo... my favourite model-Nissan Silvia S-15!

Here we can find dried cuttlefish, prawns, kuih cincin and next these vendors
is Pasar Kraftangan where U can find a lot of T-Shirts, handcrafted accessories etc..

Tanjung Aru beach. Goshhh.. I love the beach..

Well, I'm gonna see it again on 15-16 June... wait for me KK..

Car accident : Between luck and unfortunate..

This accident happened last evening at 71/2 mile Penrissen Rd Kuching. Two cars involved which were Proton Saga and Perodua Viva. According to the Viva owner, the Proton was at his back when suddenly it lost control and slightly hit both front and rear doors of his Viva. Both doors are dented but he and his wife were escaped unhurt. While the proton was braking and skidding through the slippery wet road. It end up that the Proton stumbled in the moonsoon drain along the main road.

The driver, an Iban male escaped unhurt but his wife if i'm not mistaken was hurt on her forehead, bleeding.. Maybe due to knocked on the dashboard. But luckily, 3 of the children were safe. Sorry for the poor quality of pics..(insufficient light he he..

The ambulance fetched up the casualty.

The guy wearing white shirt is the Viva owner while in black near him was the proton owner. Two situations that i can see hear are the Viva owner was lucky because his car was got only scratched and dented (both of them unhurt), while the Proton owner was unfortunate because his car stumbled in the drain and his wife was injured. More over the Proton driver need to compesate the Viva owner for the damaged and he need to repair his car too.

I was there because the Viva owner is my eldest brother!