Tanpa Dirimu

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Tanpa Dirimu - new song...

The long wait has ended at last. we're very proud to present our first ever song recorded in Malaysia! TANPA DIRIMU (albeit more than a year of waiting! btw, lagu See Me tak kira coz i did all the recording by myself) Win, Jonny and myself, we were all involved in the whole process. I have to say, it is much more exciting listening to the end product in satisfaction, considering the amount of huru-hara we had to go thru to put things in place.
But the song is done none the less. To me personally, I think this song called "Tanpa Dirimu" is one of our best songs so far. But don't be too taken aback just yet, coz we still have plenty of great material up our sleeve yet to be released and recorded.
Tanpa Dirimu is particularly special because the lyrics was written by one of Nevermind The Hazatsu's greatest and most loyal fan, Shimie (Mashimie). Thank you so much Mashimie for the great lyrics. Please do write more for us! FYI, we welcome lyrics contribution be it in english or malay. Well, enuff braggin', here you are, "Tanpa Dirimu"....

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click here to listen to the song"Tanpa Dirimu"

Jon,.. thanks for the bass lines and the artwork above.
Win,.. thanks for bailing on your gf for an hour to learn the song and for recording.
Mimi,.. thanks for your support and for being understanding.
Mira Laili,.. thanks for the inspiration, for have you not gaduh with your bf, this song will be a non-existance.

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While waiting for the new song..........

Again, It has been months since the last post. Typical of me nowadays. The reasons? Well, 1) i dont really have the time (yeah right!) 2) nothing interesting to write about,.. i live a boring live now 3) Many of our songs are still yet to be completely recorded.. You know, being in a band with geographical restrictions is never easy,. plus everybody is busy with aweks (Win), tunang (jonny) and raising two rascal kittens (Me?) and of course M bailed out to go solo.... in UK. Kodi. (or Coddie ---- Win, gua tau lu faham yg ini,. hahaha)... Farid.. the drummer,.. haven't played with us since the Sheffield Gig 2006. Yup, we had to synthesize our own drum beats now.

But the good news is, i've managed to curi win away from his awek for an hour and record our latest song,. due to be released once jonny is done with the official artwork. :) So jonny cepat ler sikitttt....

Meeting with win the other day was great!! been almost a year since we last hung out. But we didn't have time to kiss and make up tho,.. once we had teh tarik, we went straight to the recording business,. had to teach him a new song on the spot, and record it afterwards... Kesian win kena torture,.. hehe,. we did great mate! well done.

So yesterday i was suppose to email jonny the new song, but the network was down. So i picked up my guitar and started to experiment with new concepts and tried to copy a few from other artists. And i managed to record them:

1) So i figured, "how'd we sound like if we decide to play with Jason Lo of Lo and Meet Uncle Hussein?" ( or if they decide to play with us... heh). So this is what you'll probably get if you cross Nevermind The Hazatsu with Jason Lo and Meet Uncle Hussein (Lagu Janji):

Click Here to listen to "Lagu Janji - sample"




2) Or what if we decided to do Metal-Punk and play with Rammstein??? This is how i'd figure we would probably sound like if we ever get to jam with the Rammstein (Feel Myself):

Click Here to listent to "Feel Myself - sample"


Well.... after listening back to those songs,.... i guess we'd better stick to our own style, and i better dont sing and record again,... i sound hideous!!!

New Song - "Tanpa Dirimu" Coming soon..... tunggu k...

See Me...

After a long wait, here it is. Nevermind The Hazatsu's latest song called "See Me". This song is different from the others that we've released. Different in the sense that it was recorded in Malaysia, with each instrument added separately in stages. Well, what could we do? All of us are scattered all over Malaysia. Furthermore, the lyrics was written by someone other than an NTH member, the first one so far. Thank you Khai for your contribution and we hope to be getting more fresh lyrics from you in the future. (Khai is my lil sister if you're wondering)

I have to say, this song is a bit too complex for our own liking. But we went on with it anyway. The urge to develop something experimental and more matured is itching in our stomach since we landed home. So we decided to go along with it.

But there is one major setback tho. The vocals. Damn ugly!! Well atleast i think so. Need a major polishing la. Wyyn, we need your vocal laaaa!!! Right now Wynn is a bit too occupied with his new love life and everything. That and also he's too busy licking his boss's ass!!!! No wonder he got promoted as an Executive Engineer at Petronas NG recently, while Jon is still busy on an offshore platform in Miri. So, please, excuse the vocals k??

Well then, enjoy the song. As usual, leave a feedback or two ok? Later then....

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~~ SEE ME ~~
lyrics by Khai , song by Izzy

I know it's wrong
to keep it to myself
I know that noone's gonna listen
to what i have to say

But I could
tell u the truth
love is a runaway train
and i'm running out of fuel

chorus
Coz u wont see me
standing by the street corner
watching the rain turn to dust
as you walk by
not looking my way
I dont care if I'm losing my mind

The sun may never rise
from where I've planted my feet
for I'm never complete
without u by my side

But I could
tell you the truth
love is a runaway train
and I'm running out of fuel

Repeat chorus

Izzy's Back: Move Forward!!

Not sure how long it has been exactly; 6 months perhaps?? But to be honest, time passed by so fast, I couldn't even hardly notice. Yes, a new job of course, a new look, a new car, a new figure (yep, i gained 7 kilos approx,...thanks to Chilli's and lack of exerc..wait, make it "no" exercise), a new set of friends (more of acquaintances actually), a new girlfriend(s)? well that one is a tricky bit of me that I'd rather put on hold a little while, at least until things are more "clear"..... but yeah, apart from that, i am a totally different person now. I've changed... A lot!

Which is good really. Changes in your life are good. Never fear to seize the day and to fly
high towards the unknown horizon. The more you go, the more you get. Yes its difficult i
know. Nobody likes to change. But as a Chinese saying goes "In the midst of a difficulty,
there lies opportunities".

Never be afraid. Comb your hair and set your head up high. Be brave, be optimistic. Never be ashamed to be overly ambitious. Never quit daydreaming. After all, those are the things that will keep your feet moving. Nope, your frens will only be there for the happy hours and lepak2. Nope, your colleagues couldn't care less about you, aside from that routine plot to stab you in the back, or at least spit on your face behind your back (what??).......

The point is- MOVE FORWARD!!!!!!

Dont be left behind, coz if you do, you'll never catch up with that 2nd gear stucked.....

Ok. So that's me speaking like as if my life is so great. Not to say that it is not and that
i'm not thankful for the position i'm in right now, but i just want to aim for sumthing
better, regardless of what i have now. That's the right attitude i think. Never be ashamed
to admit that you love your job. Never. Regardless of what you do for a living. I mean,
c'mon,.. you HAVE to love you job to be able to progress in your career, otherwise, baik berenti keje main golf ajer everyday mat!!!!

So frens, when we lepak2,.. please, its not cool to brag about how horrible your job is. No.
Not for us in this era we're in. We talk about promotions, we talk about sports, we talk
about family and good relationship values. We talk about sciences and technological advances
and of course we need to talk more about HOT CHICKSS!!! baru lah boleh relax and release
tension kerja kan??????

What the hell am i bragging right ay? Aren't i'm suppose to be working right now??? Of
course lah i am! i am teaching you to be a better person. Mmg lah i cikgu sekarang..so agak kena tempat lah juga, and i am happy with my job. This is my 5th month at UKM and i am
loving every single minute of being here and doing this. The name's En Iskandar Yahya,
Lecturer in the Dept. Electrical, Electronics, and Systems Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering. The picture above is me 7 months back. That's the pic on my ID tag and on the
website.....

Later then.....

Moving: Kite: Dino

Today is officially my last day at my parents' house. Tomorrow morning i'll be putting all my stuff in the boot of the car (my mum's car btw), turn on the ignition key and off to the end of the horizon, to where ever the wheels are taking me. ....Well, actually i will be heading to Bangi, to my new house, and a new job. I'm supposed to take my newly-purchased-used car, but sumthing went wrong with the radiator, so i am forced to borrow my mum's car till next week.

So much for starting a new life of independence. What can i say, changing cold turkey have never worked for me anyway; I always need to go through some sort of conditioning-transition phase...so that the overall changing process appears seamless. Not so adventurous ay?? I guess so...

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A kite is not only meant for kids, and the colourful ones are definitely not only restricted to girls. Sometimes a dude has the right to chill at a park and fly a cute and colourful kite with the aid of the afternoon autumn breeze......... Ahh, blissful and peaceful. Only second to fishing.
Picture taken at Bute Park, Cardiff, Wales. Sept 2005.

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A life size dinosour's skeleton is a must see for any London tourist. The London Natural History Museum holds hundreds (maybe thousands?) of authentic and replica fossils of long gone animals of the prehistoric age to modern day extinct organisms. Most of them are in the complete form.

Located within a walking distance to the famous Harrod's store and with no admission fee, one has no excuse to miss this tourist hot spot. Totally worth it. I spent half a day there, and yet only managed to cover half of the galleries. This place is huge.

Picture above was taken with my late canon ixus using the photo-stitch function with wide-angle-lense effect.

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Will It Blend? - A blender addict...

I browsed thru YouTube the other day and found this video of a guy blending golf balls with a blender. At first i thought that it was just an attempt to break his mother's blender by putting in sumthing stupid as some golf balls. So i just watched the video till the end, and to my astonishment, he really did manage to blend the golf balls. The balls were blended to the form of rubber dust!

Amazing!

I viewed the directors page, and saw some thirty over other similar videos of him trying to blend other things, i mean anything that he can ever think of. Things that you've never seen your mother put inside a blender. And the amazing thing is that more often than not, the blender he used managed to blend virtually everything that he shoved into it.

He blends everything: Football, coke cans, glass, metals, magnets, cassette, barbie dolls, and even an iPod!! But my favourite is the golf club. Yup, he actually made a nice blend of golf tees, golf balls and a Driver. Seriously.

In all his videos, he'll begin by saying "Will it blend?? that is the question...." and go about shoving all those ridiculous things into the blender before turning on the switch.

I later found out that the guy is actually trying to promote a blender from a company called "BlendTec". The videos are actually the company's promotional drive to introduce their rugged blender called "Total Blender" that can virtually blend anything, anything but itself. The blender is supposed to be very reliable and also indestructible.

Below is my fav video where he tries to blend a golf club.

Sometimes i wish i can be like Terra Naomi...

Not all singers are musicians, and the same goes in reverse. To be able to have a good sense of music, being able to play instruments and at the same time sing with good tone and in tune, that is priceless. Terra Naomi has that exact talent, which i am laking of.

Sometimes i just wish i can be like Terra Naomi.

She can play both the piano and guitar exceptionally well. And you can tell by the way she performs, that she does it by heart. She is good in every department: her songs, her piano and guitar playing, and of course her voice. All add up to produce some very radio friendly songs.

I believe that not every body is born with such talent. But at the same time, everybody can be as good as her. All it takes is the right amount of practice and the heart of an artist.

Terra is going to take the big stage soon. What started out as a past time hobby of writing and playing songs in Youtube has now become the next big thing in her life. She just signed a contract with a major american recording label, and my bet is you'll be listening to her finest tunes in Fly.Fm anytime soon. At the mean time, you can check out her videos on YouTube and tell me what do you think of her works.

Sometimes i just know i can be like Terra Naomi, yes i need to try.

Below is one of her videos. A song called "Say It's Possible". Check out also "Smile" and "Close to your head".

Life's so simple when you're just a kid....

Indeed. Once I have moved on from living as a student to making my own ends meet, reality hit me hard on my forehead. I don't have the time to hang around frens as much, no time to record new songs, and of course no time to blog. I hate this.

Making your own living is a dead serious matter. Make sure you're ready for it.

Worked in STMicroelectronics in Muar for a few months before i resigned last week. Yes, I know, what a waste. Being a Product Engineer in that company is a good thing, but i have other plans for my future, and this time i need to be certain, and i know i am.

I just dont see myself as someone who can slave around from 8am to 7pm daily for a fixed pay that is barely enough to feed my own belly plus jimbo's (jimbo is my new pet fish btw). I need something more. No, not just more money. But i want to do something that can really reflect every bit of effort that i put in, be it little or a lot.

This is the problem with most Malay graduates here. Kerja mau senang, Kaya mau cepat. But i am not like that i promise you. I know i should hold on to the previous job and suffer for a few years before making a leap into a better position and pay. As engineers, we need the technical know-how and experience, which can only be obtained through hard work from bottom up. And for us, the first 3 years of "working" is more of a learning period than it is working. Only after that will we be more "valuable" in the industry, which grants us the right to demand high pays.

Now only i realised that i've been learning jumbled up rubbish of undistilled knowlegde during my varsity years. The things i learnt were useless. Useless in the sense that it will not do you any good unless you know how to use the knowledge and how to apply it. That is the most common problem amongst fresh graduates nowadays. Just because they have strong theoratical knowledge, they expect to do ace when started working. Bull-crap!

As for me, i am up for sumthing else. I think i want to have a different career path. Thinking of going for further studies and become a full time researcher. Hey, the pay is crap but atleast i can really see my own progress and see my own achievements and above all, it will be sumthing that i enjoy doing. Well, you'll have your own say, but this is my choice. And i am up for it. Come February, i'll be pursuing a new life-cycle. Wish me luck.

Pic: Raya Haji. Most recent family picture.