Monsters Inc.

I've gotten used to being alone in the house too early.Since Friday afternooon, I had the whole house to myself. Till yesterday......


I was just snugging into bed for an afternoon nap after church. The skies were dark. Thunder rumbles and the drizzle of rain gave a soothing effect perfect for sleep. The room was in darkness. Suddenly, I heard a faint noise of footsteps from distance. The sound was so vague, I was not sure wether it was there or not. Step, step, step. Slippers, I reckon. Aah, back from a good raya? I thought to myself. Whatever. Sleep first. I closed my eyes.


BAM!! Suddenly I heard the sound of clanging of steel. My eyes popped open. That could only mean one thing!! Either my neighbour's metal grill is being opened, or.....mine. Sleepy no more, furious thoughts rushed through my head. My neighbour? I don' t think so. I remember noticing their steel door being chained. I never heard the sound of it. So....my house? CLICK!! I heard the sound of the lock being turned. WAT? Someone unlocked the door ALREaDY???? WHO coulD IT BE??? EveryonE's gone back TO theiR HomEToWns wAt.....I lay still in my bed, trying to figure out who the culprit is. Oh, the sound of steel is gone. Means he's in. Step, step, step....the footsteps. I closed my eyes, pretending to be asleep, or in this case, dead. I opened my eyes a lil, trying to peak and see who could it be.

OH CRAP. IT WAS MY HOUSEMATE NAI TUNG. Ok JOshua. This house got 6 people stayin ok? S-I-I-X. Now go back to sleep. As if I could.

Dancing on the Drums

Oh the joys of dancing on the drums!! Every stroke, every hit on the snares, every roll on the toms, every attack on the cymbals, makes my heart dance and skip. But it isn't just playing and grooving on the drums, the joy comes when I play my heart out worshipping God. I've come to learn to worship God through my sticks. Many church people see me as this quiet fella and emotionless fella, and when they see me getting it on the drums, usually after church they come up to me and say" Hey, you were RAWKING just now man!!" Hehe...I have to say that I become a totally person when I really get into the music and worship.

Oh the joys of dancing on the drums!! As drummer, I have to be the one who gives the biggest groove to every song. Which in other words, I provide the groove, in other words, I need to be the most excited of all, in other words, Syok Sendiri so that others can Syok. Yup, picked that up over the years. Nothing else can describe this feeling of adrenaline rush every time just before worship starts, the pre-worship, when the worship leader gets everyone into the atmoshpere. When everyone starts shouting and celebrating, when everyone starts clapping and getting all warm-up and geared up to celebrate Jesus, the intensity, the heat, it's MAGNIFICENT!! it's a HEART-STOPPER!!

Oh the joys of dancing on the drums!! I wish I have the convenient and commitment of playing more in church. No offence to the choir there, but everytime I'm on choir, I can't take my eyes of the drums, wishing heartily that I was the one holding the sticks there not anyone else. ;) Still, I will continue to practise, I will continue to strive on, to be a better drummer, to achieve my dream, which is to be able to serve God in a rock concerts/youth rally

Oh the joys of dancing on the drums!!