it has come thus far.....

2009.....october...life happens, it has been a heck of a year....well, i spent the better part of it in yemen...diving work. ...diving work that was not completed but rather aborted by the client themselves....whin in turn tuned out badly for me...

brendan broke 2 things....his voice and his left arm......and he is almost as tall as me....
bev is full blown tween..and also almost as tall as me....and i am sure they will tower over their mother....in a couple of years...damn i missed so much back home...

i have now decided to take things easy for now.....act the goat theory....dive when needed.....work when required...no more going the extra mile ....beyond my means.....

i reallt do lead a ridiculous life ....at times......

hello to 2009 and HELL-o to Balhaf, YEMEN...

here i am on work assignment....construction of outfall basin and Cathode Protection installation.....all for monetary cause.

what a way to start he new year.....in fact last christmas 08 was a bummer....i never had a lousy christmas but this one was it....no gigs......short on cash......shitty really.

i guess 3 months here in Balhaf should make up for the cash deficit. i need to spend less.....

i can't post pics yet as i am on dial up so it takes a heck of a long time......

till then cheers and watch what you spend......

fathers' day 2008....

the dreaded date, 15th june 2008...father's day....i spent alone....walking around aimlessly around town.
my kids and me went out on saturday, the 14th...we caught the incredible hulk at the cinema...ate sushi....bought some stuff....and got them back before 2200H.
i really wished i can be around brendan & bev not just ti=his one day but everyday....to wake them up for school.....walk them to the school bus pick up point....but it all gone taken away from me .....
my time with them is so limited....

i really hate the ex wife for doing this.....kicking me out of my home....selling it.......

AAAARRRGGGGHHH! STU ANGRY!!! STU SMASH!!!!

just to quote the hulk.....

good bye 2007......what a blast it was...

yeah...good bye....but ..what a year.

i saw TOWER OF POWER live at the esplanade...., played MOSAIC fest ath the esplanade, saw the CURE live at in door stadium, black sabbath (fea. ronnie james dio) at fort canning ......now.....in 2008 i HAVE TIX for the POLICE live at the indoor stadium on Feb 04.....i can die happy.

i have always been a big fan of the POLICE ...funny not sting solo though...and i have added to my POLICE memorabilia ...cd's , stuff and NOW....a replica of sting's bass guitar issued by FENDER.

so all the bst to everyone this 2008......see ya'll soon.

back from taiwan

so...i have returned home. taiwan was really a heck of a blast!!!! it was really hot. the food was alright but i can't stomach the porridge they served on board.
it was most of the time for me, a serving of vegetables, and some fish....lots of soup.....later that night, it would be instant noodles for dinner.

i slept inthe decompression chamber, very comfy and super quiet. the only problem was that if the air con got turned off when the crew started the winches to re-anchor the barge..i suffered mild CO2 poisoning....in my sleep, i really felt my lungs getting breathless....difficult to breath....black spots appear.....so i crawled out and got fresh air, turned the aircon on again and slept.

i would return again if i get the chance.

bac to the egg here in singapore, Lat 0ne wants to audition 2 singers for the band as the current voice man has suffered temporary hearing loss....so he is taking a break.

some pics from taoyuan/taipei....

...because you were born in july!!!!!

that's what i always say to my daughter Bev whenever she questions 'why'? see, she turned 8 on the 11 july and we went to madjacks' cafe to indulge mercilessly in our gastromic fervour. burrrrp!
july....the ex wife and the kids moved in to their new home in bedok reservoir...nice place. brendan did badly for math & chinese as he was on the game console 24/7 while mom was on world of warcraft 25/8......
completed my 'asst. life support technician' course which i paid for from my own pocket....S$3,780.00. took a loan actually.
i have yet to send out resumes as i am pretty comfy in mastertech.
i am getting really FAT...why i dont know, could be due to the divorce and all....heck i only eat half a bowl of rice and lots of veg and one choice of meat....could be my age.
so..i got my pino-esque precision bass.....and now i can die happy.
in a distorted sickly way ia m somehow still grieving from the divorce..i really miss brendan & beverly and the ex wife .......time is a healer but i am still waiting.
got offered to join 'ang-mo' band latitude one, got offered to play for the eve of national day....raindogs still stagnating.....and i might just find myself in taiwan next week.
its so hard to buy a house with a useable cpf balance of 20-odd k....
ah hell....its only money..like i always say......

2007's here! hyeh! hyeh!........

the world laughs at me everyday....but i am immune to the distraction.
so its the new year and work is as per normal, same shit different day!
MOSAIC is just around the corner and the raindogs have 2 dates,
the 11th of march we play an acoustic 1/2 hour set at the concourse in the esplanade and on the 14th, a 45 minute electric set....this one's gonna blow..both dates we start at 9pm and its free BUT we are getting paid...hyeh hyeh! my first 2 gigs for 2007.
i have looked back at 2006 and i have often wondered how and why stupid things posted on forums about other people seem to affect them ...like the way animals react when its a full moon....and you thought they knew you ....or you knew them. its only lower case letters...to stir some shit ...thats all.
it also stumps me how a good friend could declare the end of a working relationship because of those things posted...on my birthday even.....the shock...the horror! the horror!
so much for that .. over and done with.
after the mosaic gigs ...its time to get my act together....already got the penny black, HRC, in line now only for the line up.
the past few months i have ammassed quite a bit of gear, a zoom H-4 recording device, a red ovation acoustic guitar and a black ibanez acoustic bass guitar specially purchased for the mosaic gigs.
oh...on the 10th of march its tower of power and i have tix....got to see rocco before i croak.
'not ready to make nice' the dixie chicks...they swept the grammys this year 5 awards....damn am i always right when it comes to speculating these....

in a gentle reply to 'welcome to the real world' who posted a comment on my previous blog, you SHOULD know by now that MODGURL is a neurotic psycho lacquer head so tread carefully should you ever cross that patch....chew well....
stu