And no, this wasn't Photoshopped. I don't have Photoshop. Immediately when I saw this, the first thing I said was “Praise the Lord !”. Honestly, I can't stop smiling. And no, I'm not Malvolio from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. I was just plain shy, and in no way whatsoever had I shown feelings or thoughts that I'd be added. Rather, I am known as a recluse, a person with a serious lack of confidence in what I can do.
(By God, this is overwhelming.)
I had a talk with Liann Seah again yesterday and told her about the comment posted by Jerry Felix. Then later, I told her I was enthralled by Arthur’s drumming. Then she said, Vince Seah and Arthur are close. (What a small world this is !) I cannot remember precisely what I said after that, or what she said… but I know I did tell her that I fished him out of the Facebook search engine.
And then she said, "Add him la !”
I said, I wouldn't dare. Yes, fine, he's like the rest of us, but like any of us, once someone outside the circle comes in and gets to know us, we become a bit more careful, nan ? So I told Liann, I was damn shy. I sheepishly sent him a Facebook message and I was thinking to myself, this'd probably fall on deaf ears. Or maybe not ? I had so many “What if’s ?” in my mind. Instead of feeding the pocket emo in me, I decided not to think of it for a while.
Then, this morning at about ten… I checked my Windows Live on web for the first time in months. I had fourteen messages, most of them forwarded ones. Whatever was necessary, I read, and whatever was not, I deleted. I refreshed Windows Live (because with IE8 Beta, come those cheap Flash ads from goodness-knows-where and I had to eliminate those ads) and the Facebook message came. My jaws dropped. No, not exaggerating here. My jaws really dropped. I went to Facebook and after some moments of irritating IE, I accepted his add.
I met Shing Yi at about noon (in case you were wondering, Shing Yi is from the music class I was in) and I talked to her. It was on the dreary Windows Messenger, but yeah well… While Windows Live on my PC is already goddamned, I cannot do anything more !
troisnyx* 11.30 (Sorry folks, my Windows Live is goddamned.) says:
Hey, you know some weeks ago in StarTwo there was this feature on Arthur Kam right ?
shing says:
yeah
troisnyx* 11.30 (Sorry folks, my Windows Live is goddamned.) says:
Guess what ?
*SCREAM* He added me on Facebook !
shing says:
hahaha is it the real him?
troisnyx* 11.30 (Sorry folks, my Windows Live is goddamned.) says:
Yeah it's the REAL him !
Because he's got his sister Genervie Kam on his friends list
And DrummerforChrist.com and its founder too
I should know
shing says:
haha wow
troisnyx* 11.30 (Sorry folks, my Windows Live is goddamned.) says:
I even took a photo of the Windows Live snippet for proof XD
shing says:
hahaha
troisnyx* 11.30 (Sorry folks, my Windows Live is goddamned.) says:
I'm overwhelmed. First Jerry Felix leaves a comment on my (Windows Live) blog, then Arthur Kam adds me.... what next ? :-)
So it looks like she was not fed up after all, for the fact that she returned online and yakked away with me. Wonder what she must be thinking ! Is this a sign ?
By the way, this world is getting way too small for my liking. Arthur and Caleb, the two drum greats, are Cempakans. Joaan (my choirmistress) is their teacher. And that means... Oh goodness !! Joaan would already have some names to be proud of. And then there was another story of someone taking LTCL (a Trinity diploma) at 13. (Thing is, I don't really care about the qualifications, but I still feel small. I don't care less about whether I have a DipABRSM at hand - I don't. All I want is to touch hearts with my playing, and that'd mean playing well.)
I have to go and get Liann online. I don't know what to do next, this is plain overwhelming. Someone whom Jacky Cheung and several other artistes called “god of drums” has added me. Someone who won that Undiscovered Drummer competition actually added me. After my sheepish gesture, that is. Somebody, anybody, get Liann Seah online. Irrespective of what time of the day it is, just get her online. I have to tell her !
Apart from the Arthur Kam story, things seem pretty quiet here (except for the fact that my Windows Media Player is running). Happy Eid, salam lebaran and maaf zahir dan batin to everyone.
The main reason why I talked to Shing was just to get the project running. In case you were wondering, Shing, Louisa, Tsing Yoong and me – we were thinking of making a pact and staging a surprise performance. I had another plan in mind, which I might have told Louisa and Shing – I wanted to bring them into the fray. As in, I cannot do my stuff alone ! There needs to be a team with me ! Then after that, we deviated.
I have not seen Tsing Yoong online for a while now. Wonder where he is now, or what he is doing.
A little note to Jerry Felix :
JF, thanks so much for the comment on my Live space. Truth be told, I can never see myself as a person who touches hearts, even if a few people have told me so after reading my posts. On Live, all I do is write what I go through, and sometimes, if I am compelled to, I would feed my pocket emo.
I saw an e-mail address left in the link containing your name but I am not sure of whether it is really you. All the same, that comment really overwhelmed me. And Liann Seah too. If someday I do make it big and I do make my dreams come true, I will have you in my thoughts.
By the way, I saw your licks – the virtual way, yesterday night. On YouTube, that is. I loved ‘em ! And for the fact that you actually made a duckin’ fugly DTXPLORER (the “tin-can kit,” to some) sound really nice, I salute you. I even saw you going acoustic. :-) I am impressed ! (though I pity the poor boy at the front row who was closing his ears the whole time) And I wonder if I could ever play like that. Or will I be stuck with the same old beats which I picked up over the past few months ?… Only time will tell.
Wonder if we will ever cross paths. I would not mind doing so, after all those things my family friend Aunty Sharon told me (she is working atPlayByEar too) ! If we ever do, you will know how to identify me.
Man, this is one helluva small world.
Thanks once again. GBU.
TroisNyx*
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