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If you have been following this blog, you will realized that I have not been posting quite as regular as before. Why? The reason is because I have found a new love! Yes, you read it right. You want to know about my new love? Follow this link: Fritz and Sparx:

This was one of my favourite song in my “hippy” days. Used to sing this song with my band and even won a talentine show singing this song. But today there is s new twist to the song. Yes, 2009 version of The Letter.

2009 Version of THE LETTER

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
Ain’t got time to take a fast train.
Happy days are gone, I’m leaving home,
‘Cause somebody just a-wrote in a letter.

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
Ain’t got time to take a fast train.
Happy days are gone, I’m leaving home,
‘Cause somebody just a-wrote in a letter.

It took me 5 long years and now I finally done it - upload this song that I have written on You Tube and share it to the world.

I have written about 15 songs and this is one of them which I have done as a home recording project. I wanted to do a album but then, in 2005 I was diagnosed with throat cancer. To be precise it’s cancer of the larynx (voice box). In 2007, I had a surgery to remove my larynx and since then I am unable to talk again let alone to sing.

This song was recorded at home on a ZOOM Mini Recording Studio (MRS) which I bought for about RM1300. Everything you see and hear on this video is done by me, from writing the song, singing, doing the music, mixing, video editing, etc,  except for the help of a good friend, Su Mei who did the harmony. The song was recorded at the time when I was going through a 32 courses of radiation (radiotherapy). I still was able to do a bit of singing then, so I quickly recorded this song and few others, knowing that soon I will have to lose my voice completely for good.

And just a month ago I picked up some basic video editing. Took out some of my old video clips and started editing to produce this video.

Now you know why it took  me 5 long years to do this video.

If you have been a regular visitor to my blog, I guess you may not know that I do sing, at one point of my life. Even while writing this article, a tiny teardrop rolled down my cheek. Yes, I once could talk, shout and sing but now I can only listen to my own voice.

If you enjoy this song, and do wish to use it in anyway, please do contact me. Thanks.

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Updates: I guess it’s a victory for the Anti-ISA team, GMI.  No-show from the Pro-ISA team. A walk-over!

I’m a fan of Manchester United. And I’m also a fan of freedom, justice and truth.

Here is a the famous Man United song which I’ve re-written for Man Urai (Manek Urai) - as the Greens go marching up, up up!

So sing along even if you are not a Man United fan, but you can be a fan of Change! Of a New Malaysia!

The Manek Urai Song

Glory glory Man Urai,
Glory glory Man Urai,
Glory glory Man Urai,
As the Greens go marching up, up, up!

Just like the 12th GE and days gone by,
We’ll keep the Green flags flying high,
You’re gonna see us all from far and wide,
You’re gonna hear the rakyat sing with pride.

Urai, Man Urai,
We’re the boys in Green and we’re on our way to Whack the Blues!

Whack the Blues, Whack the Blues
We’re the fav’rite in Man Urai we’re going to Whack the Blues,
Whack the Blues, Whack the Blues
We’re the fav’rite in Man Urai and we’re going to Whack the Blues

In two thousand eight in the PR team,
Back in seventh April of zero nine,
And everyone will know just who we are,
They’ll be singing que sera sera

Urai, Man Urai
We’re the boys in Green and we’re on our way to Whack the Blues!

Whack the Blues, Whack the Blues,
We’re the fav’rite in Man Urai and we’re going to Whack the Blues,
Whack the Blues, Whack the Blues,
We’re the fav’rite in Man Urai and we’re going to Whack the Blues

Glory glory Man Urai,
Glory glory Man Urai,
Glory glory Man Urai,
As the Greens go marching up, up, up!
(Repeat 3times)

Jacko finally finds the peace that we didn’t give him in his last days as King of Pop. Despite several rumours of skin cancer and other illnesses, he veered his fans off his health concerns and promised them one last comeback concert. But it wasn’t to be.

The moonwalker was found dead at his Los Angeles home at 12:30 pm yesterday by paramedics.

Today, we remember the man who became an icon during the 80’s with his innumerable hits that transcended racial identity and geography. But as is his human nature, we threw him off his throne when he wasn’t delivering #1 singles anymore.

Yet, his star power never waned. Though it wasn’t fed by anything positive, scandals kept him in the spotlight. Now that he’s gone, we only feel the presence of his legacy strongly and not the headlines that hounded him.

RIP Michael Jackson.

Lately everybody is talking about wearing Black and Kopi-O session. Why not a song of the Sixties to go with it.

My adaption of “Black Is Black”