Ariya: Yet another song.....

It was Friday night and all of us were chilling out in my room, telling stories, joking around and laughing all about (thanks Abg Bob for the drinks and snacks). We were just trying to get the edge off, for we had struggled so hard for the past 5 months doing our final year project, and at the end managed submit our report earlier that day.

Ok, so M told his story about how he scored an english chick (hail to the chief!!), and then wynn filled us with his "little" tale of circumcision experience (huhuhu, yeah the guys laughed their guts out), while me, i was just sitting against the wall smiling, listening to guys talking and strumming random riffs on my beloved yamaha.

Then it came to John's turn to come up with something. John,(somehow known as Jonno in this blog) to our surprise, opened up to us about his love life! Well not exactly his love life, but he did share about his all time High School crush! And all this while we'd never thought that John could fall for a girls.

Anyway, her name was Ariya, short for Nurul Ariya Sulaiman (yup, that's her real name). They went to the same high school, and were classmates for exactly 5 years. John told us how he'd fallen for her since day one, but only had the balls to open up and confess his feelings when they were in Form 4. But yeah, like he said, "love can be bitter". He was unjustly rejected and turned down, like a sack of unwanted mouldy potatoes (hehe, sorry jon). But really, i dont think i wanna to go to all the details on how it all happened. It was too sadistic.

But heck, the guys laughed out loud at his story anyway! Not me though, for it all sounded too familiar. John's story of an unrequited love reminded me of my own experience in the past, almost too similar, especially the agony and rapture one's heart had to endure for atleast another 3 years (or maybe less than a year, depends on how long it takes before the next girl come into picture).

Whilst John was rambling about Ariya, i was plucking a spontaneous riff, unaware of what i was actually playing. It was almost fate, because that riff created an atmosphere that reflected John's feeling. We all felt it. I didn't have to say much; i went like "Jon, siapkan lyric la terus", and he understood me straight away. The other guys got on their feet too, and we worked on the song throughout the night.

So that was how "Ariya", our latest song, was written. The picture above is Ariya's actual picture that i nicked from John's pc, and below is their class picture (john, sorry for the pics, tell me if you want them taken off).

Well then, enjoy the song. Below is the video clip of the song, produced by John. Song was written by Izzy and lyrics by John. Performed and recorded by Nevermind the Hazatsu.
(For best listening experience, listen through your headphone at full volume, lying down at the park staring endlessly at the sky...)

P/S: ok, we'll try to record other non-"indo"-esque song next time :)