I Can Ride My Bike With No Handlebars

Something refreshing.Thanks to Jin Heezy for posting the link to this vid.

Flobots-Handlebars

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars

Look at me, look at me
hands in the air like it's good to be
ALIVE
and I'm a famous rapper
even when the paths're all crookedy
I can show you how to do-si-do
I can show you how to scratch a record
I can take apart the remote control
And I can almost put it back together
I can tie a knot in a cherry stem
I can tell you about Leif Ericson
I know all the words to "De Colores"
And "I'm Proud to be an American"
Me and my friend saw a platypus
Me and my friend made a comic book
And guess how long it took
I can do anything that I want cuz, look:

I can keep rhythm with no metronome
No metronome
No metronome

I can see your face on the telephone
On the telephone
On the telephone

Look at me
Look at me
Just called to say that it's good to be
ALIVE
In such a small world
All curled up with a book to read
I can make money open up a thrift store
I can make a living off a magazine
I can design an engine sixty four
Miles to a gallon of gasoline
I can make new antibiotics
I can make computers survive aquatic conditions
I know how to run a business
And I can make you wanna buy a product
Movers shakers and producers
Me and my friends understand the future
I see the strings that control the systems
I can do anything with no assistance
I can lead a nation with a microphone
With a microphone
With a microphone
I can split the atoms of a molecule
Of a molecule
Of a molecule

Look at me
Look at me
Driving and I won't stop
And it feels so good to be
Alive and on top
My reach is global
My tower secure
My cause is noble
My power is pure
I can hand out a million vaccinations
Or let'em all die in exasperation
Have'em all healed of their lacerations
Have'em all killed by assassination
I can make anybody go to prison
Just because I don't like'em and
I can do anything with no permission
I have it all under my command
I can guide a missile by satellite
By satellite
By satellite
and I can hit a target through a telescope
Through a telescope
Through a telescope
and I can end the planet in a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handle bars
No handlebars

I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebars

Boring.

Heeeyyy...How Youuu Doinnn??Everything's fine?Family's all good? Joker didn't slit your throat?Anyway,I'm updating my blog from my workplace in the Veterinary Research Institute since everyone is out for their totally time-wasting tea breaks (one at 10am,one at 3pm),and lets hope my ass doesn't get caught with slacking on the already-very-slackable-job. One more week,and I'm out of here.Not that I do not enjoy working in a relaxed,stress-free environment (unless the Nipah virus has another outbreak),however the mere thought of spending 8 hours(6 if I'm slacking,3 if I'm totally bored senseless and decides to head home and watch cartoons) in the lab doing nothing much,WITHOUT any pay/remunerations/fees/salary/allowances/donations whatsoever,is enough to make me feel glad that my industrial training is coming to an end.However,I'm really going to miss some of the staff here that had work closely with me for the past couple of months,such as Madam No Na, a chinese woman who speaks malay in the local accent and slang so freakin well,you'd swear she was brought up in a malay kampung.And Mr. Jamal,with his Taliban-esque beard,always helpful and willing to pass knowledge to the young noobs.

The past two weeks was hectic as hell for me,since I had to pass up my industrial training report before the deadline or else I would be cancelling my ticket to my convocation,and rushing here and there for interviews and gatherings.I went to KL on the 11th of July to attend a birthday party,and what a birthday party it was.Held in a kinda-posh restaurant(IZZI,if I'm not mistaken),the upper floor was booked,a DJ was on the ones and twos,good food,dancing,and lotta hot hoochie mamas.Happy birthday Jessie.It was quite fortunate that I sat at a particular table,where I got to know a couple of guys/gals taking up audio engineering at Lim Kok Wing and ICOM.One of the guy's name was Xylus a.k.a. Xephilas,a chinese dude who is one of the craziest mofos I had ever met.He screams and shouts and sings at someone's birthday party.While everyone was eating.And he didn't even know the Bday Gal.Not to mention taking a drum practicing kit where ever he goes,and showing us his mad skillz with the sticks.He's a drummer for hire,and plays in local underground gigs,including black metal.Whoa.And he does missionary work in Indonesia.And Marie,a malay-french-jap girl who has a band of her own(she's on the vocals),who talked non-stop and on everything under the sun even though we just met.And Naveen,a ceylonese who was kinda timid and quiet at first(prolly because Jovial was scaring him,lol),but after some whisky,began to get jiggy with it.We went to Mcds after the party,and chatted till 3 in the morning.How's that for a bunch of people you meet for the first time?

I took a leave on the 16th of July,just 3 days after I came back from KL,and travelled back to KL yet again for a job interview from a multinational company that sells lab instruments.The interview came off quite smoothly,but with the pay they are offering and the standard of living in PJ,I would be eating biscuit crumbs and leftovers.OK it's not that bad,but it's close.There are two main factors that will affect my decision on where to work,one is the pay,and one is the standard of living.One's a variable,the other is fixed.So after much consideration,a decision was finally made.

p.s: excuse the long post with few elaborations.I will give a much more detailed peek into my brain when I get my internet connection at home.But then again I may not give two hoots about my blog and just download tons of porn with Emule.See how lah.

The Hit Up For Download!

Just put The Hit up for download at drop.io , (thanks to rhymeweaver for the recommendation) just click the link,and then click save to download the song to your pc.Been getting some positive comments in my friendster and msn on the song,thanks for the words of encouragement y'all.By the way,check out malaysianemcee's interview with the genius beatmaker/partner-in-rhyme of The Hit,Decipher where he talks about his bio,his personal achievements,and the East Malaysian Hip Hop scene,which I was lucky enough to witness first-hand.Check it out.And download my shit.BOO YAH!!

Putting the 'MC' in Da Random MC

The Hit-Decipher and Da Random MC
beats produced by:Decipher
lyrics:Chris Pereira,Chow Jia Long

[Da Random MC]
first verse,first line, that's the hardest to write
need some ins-pi-ra-tion,man that's the hardest to find
I need a miracle,like giving sight to the blind
that incite reactions,like a jerk to the spine
okayyy,finally I got the first line finished,
now what am I gon' do bout the next five minutes?
should I be pissed Off and shit On rappers wit wack flows?
or maybe I should just cool Down,lighten Up, and make my track glow?
should I talk about your skills, or rather the lack of it
should I pick your peabrains and be John Malkovich?
you Myspace thugs and killers are real like counterfeits
every shitty line you throw against me I will counter it
you better off retiring with a fatass wife and rounder kids
your don't want no beef wit me,I'm the Quaterpounder,bitch
man I could do this all day and still not break a sweat
but do I really wanna waste time dissing nameless cats?

[Decipher]
Yo test your elements,step out of the water,
out of the pan and into the fire,
all hells loose,and your the one with the noose,
praying to the messiah,crying your his messenger,
only now you believe,when your on your cracked knees,
the deities would be laughing tears on these sleeves,
face the facts, retire now
and be safe from the backlash,
gone are the days of laughs n fake hugs,
we cleaning up shop, no bones under the rugs,
if we bumpin now, its only with shoulder shrugs,
nah I ain't stoned with herbs,
I get high on my own supply of written verbs.
I am what you've heard,
when your best 16 passes my wackest line,
holla at ya boi,till then,pretend that you know,
tell your posse and your family how tight you could have flowed with me

Finally!!!For all the millions!!!!and millions!!!of Da Random MC's fans in this arena,Da Random MC has COME BACK to Ipoh,and will be shaking all y'all hands,turn it sideways,shine it up real nice,and stick it up - your Candy Ass!!!IF YOU SMELL!!!~!!

Ya.Anyhoo.

For those who wanna know,I'm currently doing my industrial training/internship in the Veterinary Research Institute in Ipoh.For those who wanna make jokes about animals,sex,fingers and anal probes,NO,I'm just working in the Biochemical Department(However,I heard another trainee there that those in some other department are required to obtain the goat's dung for dilution and analysis,and you get it by sticking your finger in the rectum and pulling that shit out,fo'real).Everyday I run various tests and analysis on the protein,lipid,moisture,sugar content in feeds and pellets.When I'm not doing that,I would be preparing and running ELISA, or Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays to test for levels of antibodies in goat serum,or doing dialysis of antigens for purification purposes.Some days I would be doing extraction and purification of DNA from bacteria,then cutting of the genomic sequence using restriction enzymes,let it undergo polymerase chain reaction,then do an electrolysis for viewing of DNA bands and separation,and taking UV light photos of said bands.And also cloning of bacteria and plasmids and constructing a gene library.And then some.

But that's not what I wanna say in this post.Before I left K.K.,Sabah for Ipoh,I had the chance to meet up with a music producer residing in K.K. who goes by the name of Chris Pereira a.k.a. Decipher (check out his resume in his blog),an experienced rapper and helluva producer and a super duper nice guy (he looks stern,but is actually goofy as hell,LOL don't whack me man)who's been in the local music scene for quite some time.Actually he was in my friendster's friendlist for awhile,just that I only got to contact him 3 WEEKS before I leave for Ipoh.Which is something that I deeply regret because Decipher is like one of the few people that I can discuss hip hop with,since most people around me thinks that Jay Chou is the King of Everything Hip Hop In This World.Therefore,our first conversation revolved around things like The L.O.X,Primo,Big Pun,Styles P,etc.And talks of collaboration.However,that time I was having my Final Exam(the last Finals that I would ever have in my life,in fact)so I could not find time to hang out in his studio.by the time I gau dim all my stuff,including a trip to Sipadan (Which I will blog about it later),I only have two weeks time to meet him.Minus the days that I need to pack my stuff and luggage and parcels for Seamail and handing up of my dissertation and forms and shiznit,it was evident that time was not on my side.But somehow or rather I did finally managed to find time to go to his studio to hang out,write some lyrics,record a couple of tracks,met a gangsta-lean posse,took a few photos,and smoked some crack.The last one was a joke.I will be blogging about my experiences with Decipher in a few more posts since my online time is limited(actually its the moolah in my wallet that's limited,but you'll get my drift).However,I'm glad to say that I finally received the song I did with Decipher through email,and I had already uploaded it to imeem for you all to enjoy (or hate).This is the second track that I had with Decipher,where I took the first verse with him taking the second.The chorus is left blank for now,I seriously have no idea on what to do with it,I think when Decipher's in the mood he'll do something about it,lol.BTW,mad love to him for allowing me to hang out in his studio,for fetching me,for letting me flow over his beats,for letting me record in his studio,for teaching me stuff on how to produce a track,and for being a really good friend.and for giving me a new nickname:The Dragon.For real.I'll see you soon bro.Take care.And congrats on your engagement,may you have a lifetime of happiness with your girl!

p.s:comments and opinions on the song are welcomed,no matter good or bad,I will take it with a pinch of salt and a keg of beer,then piss it all out and will forget about it.No seriously would love anyone who is still reading this blog to comment on the song.Or maybe I'll take it to emceedavid for a review and get a smackdown from him.Anyway,this is my FIRST 'real' song,my SECOND recording in a studio,my THIRD attempt at recording a song (first was with HTLAN),and the FOURTH whatever of something-nothing.So there.Therefore,this signals the long road ahead of me,room for improvement,and most of all,proving that the 'MC' in my name is worth a lil' something.woot woot.

8 things i've eaten for breakfast

got tagged!from Oh Carol!I am but a fool!

8 things im passionate about
being jovial
friends and family
hip hop
good movies
knowledge
humor
food
porn

8 things i say too often
diu
mahai ah
diu matchat lei geh
yau hor nang mou?
hou lan chat diu geh wor
yau mou gam geh lan yeah?
lei zhoi gong doh yat chi
diu lei ah!

8 books i've read recently
my thesis-computer-based characterization of primate endogenous retrovirus from human genome project
and a bunch of books on genetics,biotech and shit

8 songs i could listen to over and over again
return of the tres-delinquent habits
camisa la negra-juanes
american boy-estelle feat kanye west
hip hop saved my life-lupe fiasco
bak datang-the rebel scum
the regiment rejuvenates-xs.one
crank dat-soulja boy (it grows on you ok wtf)
the hit-da random mc and decipher

8 things i've learned in the past year
im still slacking
goatees are only cool for certain people
most people say i'm fat
i hate studying biotech stuff
i love working with biotech stuff
i love working in government department
i am more jovial nowadays
jovial is more me nowadays

people to tag.
ay bay bay.

Weaving Rhymes

Alllll righty then..sorry RW I know this is a bit overdue,haha, but allow me to introduce you to a homie of mine,who goes by the name of The Rhymeweaver, I won't go into details about his info,you can get more of that from his page. I knew him in an online hip hop forum awhile back,and he shared some of his experiences and knowledge in recording and rhymes and songs-making and how to get fly bitches and drop fools.Joking on the last two.Anyway,he had an album called Hymns of Wrath & Passion (you can read about fellow emcee emcee david's review of his album here), and will be getting his mixtape out sometime soon.

There are several tracks that are released as a sneak preview to the public on his website, consisting of two audios and a video. One of the songs is Get Filled, a party track featuring his partner-in-crime The I.R.V. of his group Flow Finesse. At first I thought it weird for RW to release a club banger, since his other songs dealt with issues you would be hard-pressed to bump your head in a club to, but then versatility is something not many emcees can boast about,so I guess its all good.By the way,Get Filled reminds me of another wicked track,Return of the Tres by Delinquent Habits, which is also a fucking dope song (I really need to brush up on my adjectives,fuck it),man the Latinos really know how to throw gangsta parties.Anyway,throughout the song there are some clever metaphors and punchlines (to the average song listeners,YES,rap are about things like these,among other shiznit such as multi-syllabic rhymes,internal rhymes,flows,creative story telling,witty humor,serious issues,social causes,voicing for the oppressed,to delivery to breath control to pronunciation.But that's another story for another day.),the first line will make you prick up your ears ("Yo I pound mics like sterling",get it?pound?sterling?no?),however IMHO I think the I.R.V.'s pronunciation could be improved since I can't really listen to what he is saying,but besides that its not bad.Go to his page and check it out.

Another song is Forbidden Verses, which is about a traditional Malay black magic practice known as santau (What,no toyol?the little green man,not Khir Toyo), you can get more info on this forbidden art on his page.The first time I played this song,it was four in the morning.I was alone in my room, and the whole house was asleep,lights all turned off.I finished listening to the first verse,and feeling a wee teeny little bit sikit sikit eerie,decided to turn it off and go straight to bed.Thanks RW for the fright night.This is the reason why Asian ghost movies are so much more scarier,they are sooooo much closer to home.So if you are sitting in front of a window like I am,take a look outside.Anything there?No?You really sure that's a twig?Not fingers?OK I'm scaring myself so I'll just end here.

Baby mine, don't you cry

I got misty-eyed when I watched this scene so many years ago,and now,watching it again still made me shed tears.Please tell me I'm not the only one.Pixar's John Lasseter called it "one of the most emotional scenes that Disney ever made".

Baby Mine

Baby mine, don't you cry
Baby mine, dry your eyes
Rest your head close to my heart
Never to part, baby of mine
Little one when you play
Don't you mind what you say
Let those eyes sparkle and shine
Never a tear, baby of mine
If they knew sweet little you
They'd end up loving you too
All those same people who scold you
What they'd give just for
The right to hold you
From your head to your toes
You're not much, goodness knows
But you're so precious to me
Cute as can be, baby of mine

tagged

Taggy: jovial chai

1. Name: Chow Jia Long
2. Nickname: *sigh* Chow Hai Long,Chow Penis,Chow kai Long,Chew Chow Long,Chowsingsing,singyeah,akuma,fried crab,dragon,drag-on,long kor,long heng,wong sheung,Jay El,C.J.L.,Ho Ji On,Yutaka,Takuya,Ahn Jung Hwan *smirks*
3. Married: not yet
4. Male or Female: male
5. High School: SMJK Sam Tet
6. College: Kingfisher Residential College
7. Short hair or long hair: used to have crew cut,then spiky hair,then part middle ways,then chin-length hair,then short hair,then bald,then spiky,then bald,then piece of shit,then bald....and now spiky
8. Are you a health freak?: If i am i wont be having flu now
9. Height: 173cm
10. Do you have a crush on someone?: no one
11. Do you like yourself?: more than i like a lot of people
12. Piercings: used to have on both ears
13. Righty or lefty?: ambidextrous

FIRST'S
14. First surgery: None.
15. First piercing(s): last year
16. First person you see in the morning: sometimes Lawrence my roommate
17. First award: consolation prize in some Lasy building competition when i was in preschool
18. First sport you joined: badminton
19. First pet: fighting fish
20. First vacation: Genting i guess
22. First crush: my classmate in primary
23. Eating: first eating?wtf
24. Drinking: water
25. I'm about to: finish this thingy
26. Want kids: mostly
27. Want to get married: when i am stable
28. Careers in mind: none,i want to slack

WHICH ONE IS BETTER
29. Lips or eyes: eyes
30. Hugs or kisses: sex
31. Shorter or taller: shorter
32. Romantic or spontaneous: Spontaneous
33. Sensitive or loud: lil bit of both
34. Trouble maker or hesitant: lil bit of both

HAVE YOU EVER
35. Kissed a stranger: in some sohai station games i guess
36. Drank bubbles: nope
37. Lost glasses/contacts: all the time
38. Ran away from home: just for a few hours
39. Liked someone younger: ya
40. Liked someone older: ya
41. Broken someone's heart: ya
42. Been arrested: nearly
43. Cried when someone died: ya
44. Liked a friend: ya

DO YOU BELIEVE IN
45. Yourself: i am god.
46. Miracles: coincidence
47. Heaven: thugz mansion
48. Santa Clause: we used to drink tea together
49. Angels: the ones in constantine

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY
50. Is there one person you want to be with right now: ya
51. Do you believe in God: i am god

Worse Movie Scenes Ever

found this on youtube,and I burst out laughing 10 seconds into the clip.And didn't stop for the rest of the video.It was THAT bad."How bout I take you home....." go see for yourself.

Lelaki Besi

I kid you not,chinese subtitle translated the movie's name to "The Man Who is Tough Like Iron".But that's not the point.The point is,this movie is cool.Like uber-cool.What's cooler than being cool?Iron muthafriggin' Man,that's what!One of the most fun superhero movies that I had watched.I will not bore you with the synopsis,most of you know it anyway,heck most of you may have even seen it anyway but who gives a crap cos I just wanna drooooooollllwsrfdsakf akf kafdsa fas minirfireanfianznv jnnfsadfnasd$^%$%#*&$^&*$E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Allright.Now that I had finally got that feeling of orgasmic euphoria off my chest,lets see what makes this movie so great.First,the casting.Robert Downey Jr. is perfect for the role of Tony Stark,and he does kinda resemble his comic-book counterpart,and he plays his part of a flamboyant-playboy-genius-gazillionaire-guy-with-glowing-lamp-in-chest well.I can't imagine anyone else pulling this off so effortlessly and naturally (look out for him in blackface in the upcoming Tropic Thunder with Ben Stiller and sohai Jack Black).Then Gwyneth Paltrow as his secretary Miss Pepper Potts is likable and oh so adoring.Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes?ok la..but he didn't really get his shine in this movie,maybe the next one will focus on the relationship between him and Tony Stark.Jeff 'The Dude' Bridges is almost unrecognizable as Obadiah Stane,and as the main villain in the movie he's pretty convincing.

The plot was fast-paced,no dilly-dally,just straight away cut to the chase,intersected with some scenes that highlights the actors emotions and bla bla,but not too much to the point of being cheesy or dragging.The dialog is good,and Robert Downey Jr.'s improvisation and involvement in the script certainly liven up the movie("Please,no gang signs.I'm joking,throw it up").

The biggest attraction of the movie is,no doubt,the Iron Man suit of armor,which by far was the coolest shiznit I've seen on screen since Transformers.If this movie was made ten years ago,I would bet my ass that Iron Man would look like Robocop.In red and yellow.Scary.When Tony Stark suits up,the armor shown attaching together part by part was so painstakingly detailed that I nearly cried tears of joy.And the audience were all ohhhs and ahhhs.Words cannot describe how friggin cool the suit is,you just have to see it for yourself.

Fans of the comics will certainly spot some subtle references to the Marvel Universe and Iron Man comics,such as Stan Lee's cameo,a sly nod to Jim Rhodes' War Machine in the next Iron Man movie ("Next time,baby!!"),Obadiah Stane mentioning that by selling weapons he is a "War Monger",S.H.I.E.L.D.(dayummm didn't see that one coming)..did I missed out anything?

*SPOILERS..Kinda*
The movie was stopped halfway through the credits,so I missed a lil' something something.All around the world the internet forums were buzzing of a scene after the credits,where Tony Stark returns home to find someone sitting on his chair.A black bald man with an eye patch (played by a black bald man who used to fool around with light sabers,and was on a plane with "muthafuckin' snakes")introduces himself to him as the head of something-something,and ask him to join the "something-something".Marvel fanboys will know what I'm talking about.Go watch this shit.You won't be disappointed.Now waiting for what's Coming up:Man in mask and cowl versus man in white face and green hair,and a big green freak vs (what else?) another big green freak(No its not Shrek 4,you lovable gullible poopoo).