Message from Hong Choy

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MothersDay Middle Part.mp3

No doubt, he is one of the most influential person in my life. I regret, I didn't pay enough respect to him when he was still around. What can I do??? I hope he would be proud of me if I did well, and I hope he is still.


From: chiew hoong choy (Friendster)

Date: 07/4/2006 11:03 am
Subject: Re: Ken here
Message: yes,hong choy here. so far so good. I try e-mail to
u but can't get.
yi chien teach me about friendster .
how about u now? find job aready?

Ken wrote:
> Is this Hong Choy? Surprised to see you on
friendster. How
> are you doing?

搬走了吗？

如常的回家，回去你心房里的家。
以为我会如常的被想念，但原来挖了个无底洞自己在陷！
心房还在，但你不在。
你也碎了... 你真的搬走了...
是吗？


click here to play “回到碎了的心房里” if the player doesn't work.

碎了就走， 留下我单独！
拾碎片，掌被割，心也割...
以为你懂了，但还是没轻放。

累，我去睡。

碎

爱是易碎物
请小心轻放

你绝心的摔
我慢慢的拾，割到了自己的掌，也割心。

夜了，愁了，感觉重重的...
无助，心哭，我的坟墓在你心里那处？


Click here to play “八卦” if the player doesn't work

我的房间变了，你要来看看吗？
看了才摔可以吗？

没有想到我遇到了

click here to play “Tum Tum 转” if the player doesn't work.



这些是我在2003年8月23日burn去CD的蓝色大门的照片和故事。我还在光良哪儿工作，那时我已经很累了，很想逃了。两年多后我在飞机上遇到了一个和孟克柔很像的人。看到了还傻了一眼。
见到她3个月后我就开始为一部中文片配乐。导演拿了蓝色大门的DVD要我听电影里的音乐。我做那部电影时满脑都是你... 那部短片有得奖的哦... 哈哈哈 
蓝色大门的导演也是UCLA毕业的哦！

我在准备明天在大学的讲座，找着资料，无经意的看到这片CD，好奇开来看看有什么重要的在里面... 






现在有想你。

Summer Dawn

I thought of my grand ma everytime I listened to this old work of mine. I wrote this for a class I took in UCLA, in summer 2 years ago around the same time as now, september, summer, and was done on monday early morning. my 2nd year in LA when I did this, my 2nd summer in Westwood. The music was then used in a gig i was working on in December the same year.


If the plugin doesn't work, try this - http://web.mac.com/hfken/iWeb/Music/Scores_files/SummerDawn.mp3

I like dawn, waiting for the 1st of light of the day. I actually wrote this for my grandmother. It didn't take me too long to come out with the theme and scratch, because the thought was so strong.

The beginning child-like theme is me infront of my grandma, she likes to listen me on piano. the main theme with groove is describing each time at which daylight first begins.... getting brighter when it goes to piano improvising with the main theme. the middle part piano solo is all about my grandma, her kindness, tenderness... then comes back to dawn theme, finally back to me playing piano as a child for her.

My family was going back to my hometown to visit her 5 years ago. I decided to stay at the very last minute for a small project. I didn't sleep that night for this project. I completed the mixing just before dawn. When I step out the room for a cigarette, a sudden light made me blink... i thought of grandma at that very moment.

She passed away in that morning...


_______________

Ok.... enough with sentimental thought... before it gets a bit corny. Ok.. did this all in Reason. played it in one by one...
The main theme is made up with Cm9 Cm13 Cm9 FM7/C then 2nd time go to 3 weird chords (they're hella beautiful for me)
Development part is sentimental like - Cm Fm7 Bb7 EbM7 AbM7 DbM7 Dm7 G(b13)...
ps: actually sometimes when you see me doing the piano solo part, not most of the time... I mean sometimes laaa... that means either I was lazy, which has been seldom, or I was rushing out work and I was running out of time... so just Hantam la. LOL.
then back to main theme again.
The idea is pretty simple - Intro (free time), Main theme, Development (free time), Main theme, Recap of Intro (free time).

So far this is the one I played my heart the best at the time I was working.

New stuff

Check this out...
Music for James and Paul Way, tryout @ Paulway's

From LA - Hong Kong - KL.... Outro of the trill - 1. LA

Continuing from the previous post, these are not with my Thai peeps.... in the same farewell hangout but after the jam session with Ray Pizzi... I didn't do anything, just press the red button - record.

I curi curi post some short excerpts here. hehe, here you go...
Jamming session with Ray Pizzi, Kakutani Naoko and Matthew Witmer on viola, Chern Hwei on violin







Continue posting later.... at the LAX, in Hong Kong and back in KL..... a span of 3 days, a perfect outro, shoehorn's
journey came to the end.

Ok, now I continue...

After 2 days of insane recordings @ Pablo's and a crazily happening farewell, it finally came to this day... believe me, my last day in LA was a disaster. Wait... this was how it looked like at Pablo's where I sitting there 2 whole days, 2 fucking days nonstop for Mo's album and ADR (Voice over) Giovanni's film


PS: Chern Hwei rebuked me!!!! ok my mistake... As what the first comment said - Connie and Chern Hwei did the laundry for me in the late afternoon while giovanni was packing for me.... I forgot!!! ok?

Back to the last day. Woke up early did my laundry, a lot like a mountain, washed Fumi's car which I had been using for weeks, went to CITI bank to close my account, settled my credit card, went to Bank of america to inform them about my departure, went to UCLA to meet Minh and Rik (They helped me a lot in past), went to.... in short, I got home at 5pm. Keep in mind that my flight was at 12 midnight and I should be there at 9pm. 4 hours, believe me or not, trying to pack everything in 4 hours.... apparently, trying to pack and MOVE OUT from the apartment in 4 god damn hours, that was a disaster! and I finally released my frustration on Connie, poor connie, sorry... :(
There were about 7 people helping me out. Doreen, Connie, Giovanni, Chern Hwei, my 3 roommates, Nori, .... at one point Giovanni couldn't stand anymore and said, Ken you stay away. I'm the Boss, I will pack for you, don't see! Damn, all dumped in.
Anyway, Shoehorn's LA journey came to the end, a happy ending. I've got a bunch of soul mates, 3 very caring roommates - Fumi, Shioko, and Jessica, as well as my old roommate Alice... Alice, I miss you so much... looking at alice, she is just like me, a typical sagi, blur, messy (she is messy from outside, I'm inside). I had my very sweet Connie who I owe so much, my drinking and hangout cronies - Pablo and Nori, I miss you too much, I feel I've lost something very close here. Also Chai and Doreen who sent me and Chern hwei off at LAX... Doreen, I had words when I broke up with her, but I am glad that we became friends again, even closer I have to say, I am glad.... thanks Doreen.

Now, I so regret for not bring back a lot of things. I have only about 3 or 4 T-shirt in Malaysia, no jeans, one slack, one long sleeve, a pair of basketball shoes, some unders and socks... I left my old organizer there that holds lots of contacts and info, some of my music and mastercopies :(

The Gang - Connie, Ken, Chai, Doreen, Jessica, FRONT Chern Hwei and Shioko


Drinking KAKI Nori, this time I won't let you kiss


Thanks Connie


Doreen and I


Old-timers uh??

Bye LA, I will be back soon, putting together to be ready for another runaway.

Then soon, Chern hwei and I went on the flight with a very cute tall girl - SAPO Chin Chin :D

I continue tomorrow with our Hong Kong trip with SAPO and our days in KL.
This is SAPO

Continue flashing back in December 2006.. the rest

He's not sure if those days in LA are the happiest in his life... but that was definitely a new shoehorn... now back to KL, is he back to the old shoehorn? Seems like his finding the "horn" all the time, shoehorn hesitates to run away again?

Excerpt from the musical Lost and Found. Voices - Mo, Clara, Music by Ken.

The hippy getaway on the 16th...

Went to connie's company christmas dinner.... great food, and FOC :D Thanks Emmet, Thanks Connie :D


Then the christmas eve makan party. I didn't cook anything this time, I was rushing out some work. Just came out off my room to makan when Makan bell rang :D
Connie, Shioko, Fumi, Nori.... Just miss them...


especially Nori, life without drinking, hanging out and trying those cheap cigarettes with him... I am almost a deadpan.

Shioko's art work.

As usual, the BBQ Fumi :D Hot Hot !!

Swee's cake


After an loopy makan night... my face on christmas morning... Soon, started working... back to a normal day.
OOOooooOOOKKKKKK.... I just tried to be stupid. Put my tongue on top of my lower lip, look like a pair of thick sausages.


Then Shioko made me a southpark face as a christmas present :D
DUH



Unlike me working on christmas, that SAPO Chin Chin went to Grand Canyon for climbing getaway.... DUh I haven't even been there, nor Vegas!!!!! and now I am back to KL. What for I went to LA???


Then on Dec 28, here come connie the Blackhead-Blazer, term modified from NBA Trail-Blazer.... It already became an art
hahaha


Someday in Dec... birds in the sky on Santa Monica Blvd, right outside my apartment where I spent LOTS of time talking to Chern Hwei on phone.... free with 3.99 subscription thank you T-mobile. :D
Errrr... believe me, there were birds... a lot.!!! but just my cellphone camera is a crap!



Ok.... that's it for December :)

last 10... no, 9 days.

Dawn is near and the silent voice sings clear again.. so clear... and a bit blue, a bit gloomy, but I'm calm and cool... and cold.
My last 9 days in Los Angeles. What is going to happen in the next six months back home? Where am I going after six months? a bigger adventure in New York or back to LA? Just, stay calm, just...

Happy Birthday Carmen, How are you?

Silent Diary

When night is deep, and moon is high; when my mind is deep, word is little; when my mood is blue, and the silent voice is loud in my ears... These tunes speak my mood, this is my audio diary.