Diatribe Of A Mad Bassist

Day 7. We had two sessions today and in both sessions I was given a chance to do a bass solo.. did it 3 times in all (sang the song twice in the first session). Did my typical slap and pop bass to smoke thru.. thank God it went well.. even Pst Kong said it was good.. so yeah.. Praise God!

Our hotel is right behind a railway line.. yes the building behind is our hotel…

We had a somewhat combined band tonight for the night session.. Matt came over to join us on guitar, this girl Tian Tian who is a mother of 2 at 20 on keys and Katie (centre of pic) from Pst Wayne’s church led praise and worship.. as Sean says in his pseudo Aussie accent.. AWWsome..

Jessel was up to his usual monkey business…

The kids here in Kaohsiung are more rah-rah than those in Taipei.. even for their campfire they had fireworks…

Since the session ended early, we had time for some RnR.. so we went to Rui Feng Ye Shi.. or Rui Feng night market..

Stall selling bread…

Jessel, Sean and I had steak at this stall… for about 6 bucks.. we got this…

Power rite..

After which we walked about for a little while before heading back to the hotel..

But not before I got my fried oyster omelette… (with violent protests from Ariel included…)

Sorry for the unfocused shot.. haha..

But really thank God for everything thus far.. Pst Kong has been very happy with the band this trip.. so praise God for that..

Tomorrow will be the last session here before we head back to Taipei.. and get some free time before our final leg kicks off on Tues night.. so till then…

OK.. nothing much happened today.. basically played for 2 sessions.. Pst Kong was happy overall so great.. Thank God… really..

Here we are during our morning soundcheck.. I’ve a new found respect for Ally, she is losing her voice and yet she still gives her all when she song leads… and she delivers.. She’s really moving from glory to glory…

Well… Jessel has the pics of China woman on his blog.. on mine I have.. the Singapore man…

No prizes for guessing who.. (just see the previous entry)…

This poor skinny dog was following us…it had the “please feed me” look… finally Ariel fed it with a piece of chicken from her lunch…

Back at the night session..we had been given really nice and sweet fruits the last few sessions.. tonight I had the juciest grapes I’ve ever eaten… man… and the guava is great too…

Not to mention that the bubble tea on the top of the pic had so much pearls in it that it’s a meal by itself…

Here’s the boss and Ariel speaking to the crowd.. really just serves God tirelessly.. and he doesn’t get paid for this…

To those people who were speaking to me around 9 plus.. this was what I looked like while talking to you… and check out Sean trying to do a “TH” on me…

By the time the night meetings end and after packing up.. we usually arrive at the hotel at about 12am.. so pretty much nothing left to eat except 7-11 food.. which still offers more variety than the ones back home.. but pretty sick of not eating real food… until I saw this stall outside the 7-11… selling BBQ meat.. bought a piece of chicken… not bad but not fantastic either.. but well.. better than nothing also..

Right.. lost track of which day is which.. it all feels the same to me… alright.. off to bed.. Jessel and I have been trying to wake up for breakfast.. but we end up deciding whether breakfast or 30 mins extra sleep is more important.. so far it’s the latter.. we will aim to eat breakfast again tmr.. so I’m off..

We had our last session in Taipei today and moved on to our next leg of the trip to the other end of Taiwan which is Kaohsiung.. or high hero… We travelled by bullet train which cut a 5 hour long journey to a mere 1.5 hours..

Taipei High Speed Rail Station…

Two divas sitting behind me…

We finally arrived at Kaohsiung at exactly 1.36pm.. which was what was stated on the ticket stub… prompt…amazed..

The weather here is hotter than in Taipei.. but still berable… we then went to our hotel for a quick shower.. but man.. the hotel is amazing.. super new… super high tech… Jessel and I were trying to figure out where to slot in the key card.. then we realised there is a scanner on the door.. so u just tap the card and the door is opened.. cool..

The room is bigger and the bed more comfortable than our hotel in Taipei.. which is good cos we need our rests…

Yes… plasma tv…unfortunately, my bed is RIGHT NEXT to the toilet.. with pretty translucent doors I must add..

Anyway we had to travel 40mins by bus to a university on top of some hill for our meeting…

The campus is huge man…

And so is the stage…

And thank God I’ve been getting really good equipments to use.. this time I’m using an Ampeg..

There’s a bigger crowd than the one in our first leg..

Bryan joined us for this leg of the trip.. and well.. he was tired la.. and I was ASKED to take this pic.. not my idea.. haha

Right.. please really pray for me.. my shoulder is hurting more and more.. hurt like mad during the long meeting just now… and pls pray for Pst Zhuang.. having very bad stomach flu and food poisoning…

Alright.. till the next update

Whoo.. what a day… super long day… after the morning session… Our dearest Senior Pastor brought us for lunch at a Spanish restaurant… while the kids played human monopoly…

As you can see.. our dear June just loves the camera..

Jessel too.. I was really tryin to take the kids playing the game…

June really loves the camera!

What did I tell you about the two of them? Anyway this was outside the Spanish Restaurant where we had our lunch… It’s called Tapas..

Well.. after all our hard work so far.. we were rewarded with a huge feast… man.. there was really a lot of food…

We got to fellowship with Pst Kong. Really learnt a lot from him. Got to understand why he does what he does.. and to see the real him out of the pulpit..Respect man.. Thank God for a pastor like him..

After a short break after lunch, we went back for sound check.. FIR was to perform tonight…

And of course.. took a photo with Fei-er and Ah Qing..

Yes.. see how small I make her look…

And ok.. the team found out how uncomfortable I get with people touching me… and yes.. made my life a living hell by doing exactly just that…

Tonight was campfire night..

After the lighting of the fire.. Jessel, Sean and Me headed to Shi Lin…

Yup.. my first time there.. and given my love for pasar malams.. you can imagine how happy I was..

They brought me to eat the super big Fried Chicken Chop or Ji Pai…This was the only stall I’ve seen there with a queue..

It’s all freshly made… and HUGE…

And it tastes great too.. I won’t eat the one in Singpore again anytime soon man…

We walked along and saw pet shops selling pigs and spiders..

You can check out all the pics I took on my Facebook page…

Anyway.. please pray for me.. my left shoulder has been hurting like mad from all the playing.. but yeah.. the “show” must still go on.. so yeah… it’s not exactly not all fun and enjoyment…right.. till the next update…

Man.. been a packed but great 2 days so far… 3 sessions has gone and all have been great…Too tired to update yesterday.. so shall update day 2 and 3 at the same time..

Day 2-

Well, nobody woke up in time for breakfast.. and since there was no morning session, we woke up kinda near lunch time…

Sean, Glyn, Jessel and myself walked to Carrefour.. which is like a 20min walk away.. and we had some mediocre Jap food there.. nothing fantastic..

Anyway, pls pardon me if my photos don’t appear to be of the same size.. I adjust the size manually.. so yeah..

Here’s the view from my room.. yeah the room’s small.. but it’s got a great view…

Here’s us waiting for the session to start… the back area is now like an internet centre.. we all bring out laptops there to use…

These are the youths we are playing for.. happening and loud bunch of people.. hot on fire for God…

It was a long meeting but a great one.. power of God moved mightily and set many people free.. We were really tired after the meeting so we decided to get our dinner/supper from the convenience store near our hotel..

Bought a Tea Egg and a pack of rice with vege and chicken.. isn’t fantastic.. but well.. not much choice…

Day 3 -

Had our first morning session.. after that Ariel drove the musicians and June to Dan Shui Lao Jie or Dan Shui Old Street cos Glyn wanted to eat some Fishball… it was a long walk from the carpark but man.. it was one of the most amazing fishballs I’ve eaten..

The garbage truck here has some happy sounding music playing… haha..

It’s a whole street of stalls and stuff here.. but we didn’t have time to shop… rest was more important to us..

Some crispy pepper bun thingy with pork fillings.. Jessel got it for me.. forgot the name.. but nice!

Had this box of Guo Tie for dinner after sound check…

Why can’t Singapore food be this good??

Sean and June just before Session 3…

Matt and Jessel “Guitar Hero” Yam.. He did two guitar solos in two nights… and he will do one more tomorrow..

Pst Kong interviewing Liu Geng Hong and Vivi.. one of the few celebrities that were in the meeting.. FIR will come tomorrow!

Me and Matt.. this photo is for Soo Chin.. eat your heart out.. I took a pic with Matt…

Anyway, the praise and worship was totally mind blowing.. worship was really great.. Presence of God was super strong and I was on my knees worshipping in tears… man.. what a wonderful feeling to be in the Presence of God… The boss was super happy with tonight as well so thank God for a great session…

Well, we basically headed back to Ying Zun/Zhuan (somehow there’s still a debate of sorts at the correct pronunciation of the place) and had our new found favourite Yi Mian and Mango Xue Pian.. the boss recognised us and seems like they are happy we keep coming back..in fact with a bigger group.. again offered us a more expensive egg for the price of a cheaper one.. but whoo! Bound to go back again…

Alright.. till the next update…

Right.. will update as regularly as I can… Basically reached airport at like 6.. took the 8am flight reached Taipei at 1pm.. Yes.. my first ever time in Taiwan…

Travelled for like an hour.. and reached our hotel in Dan Shui.. China Trust Hotel… here’s some of the things I saw along the way..

Well.. my prayers for a not so hot day were answered.. it rained the moment we got there…

Happening Sign of Gold Coast and Bali found in Taiwan!

City View…

External View of our hotel…

Sharing room with Jessel again.. and honestly.. our room is really quite small.. even smaller than the one in Japan.. but well.. at least it’s a hotel.. so I’m not complaining.. that’s Matt by the way.. the one in black.. he’s gonna play acoustic guitar for us in both our Taipei leg of this trip… cool guy…

After grabbing a quick bite.. we headed to the auditorium in this school that we are gonna have our meetings to do our sound check..

This is gonna be my rig for this leg of the trip at least.. Trace Elliot amp.. long time no use.. haha..

After a lon sound check and prac session we headed to Ying Zun night market, which is a short drive from our hotel..

Check out how huge those watermelons are.. anyway we bought lots of fruits.. and its rather cheap too…

See how happy the ladies are eating the fruits.. and Glyn said since its healthy food, this photo can go on public…

We then went into this shop where they had one of the tastiest noodles I’ve ever eaten.. along with huge meatballs.. it’s called Yi Mian apparently.. looks like thinner mee pok.. but times nicer than any bak chor mee back home man..

And I’ve finally tasted it.. Xue Pian.. or Mango Snow Ice… Man.. no words can describe how good it is.. haha..

Yeah.. The boss even gave us a peanut version of the shaved ice for free.. WHoo!!!

Well, yeah.. this pretty much sums up my first day in Taiwan.. Tomorrow is where the camp begins.. but thank God can get a little rest before the first session.. it only starts at night.. yeah.. but after that it’s chiong all the way.. So yeah..

Right.. the long trip I was talking about in the previous post is happening.. will be away in Taiwan from 30 Jun - 11 Jul.. pls keep the team in prayers.. gonna be 2 weeks of packed schedule…

Have been waking up at 5.45am the last two days and gonna wake up the same time the next few days as well… playing for SOT Mon - Fri cos Pst Kong is teaching everyday… and also overnight PM this coming Fri… need strength….

But the last two days have been good… at 7.30am we will start with 1 hour of prayer and man… the presence of God is really great and renewed my love for prayer once again…

Bought the book Maximised Manhood yesterday… read it like 10 yrs ago.. but have no idea where my copy of the book is.. so somehow felt led to re-read the book again.. and probably my understanding of the book will better than 10 yrs ago…

May be going for a long trip at the start of next mth… pray that it happens… haha… ok.. random thoughts that I just felt like putting down…

Ok.. I’m back for my obligatory once-a-month blog post… well… Mr. Barack Obama has clinched the presidential candidacy for the Democrats… kudos to him for being the first black presidential candidate… and possibly the first black president…

Anyone noticed how the media reports seem to focus a whole lot on the Democrats? Somehow feels like the new US president is gonna be from the Democrats… but well.. who knows?

Anyway.. don’t you feel Barack sounds like The Rock?

So much so that WWE happeningly did this skit in April… haha…. crappy… but I love it…

Anyway.. the ones playing Hillary and Barack are wrestlers from somewhere.. but check out the one playing Bill Clinton.. funny…

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Right.. first coolio-wannabe shot of me playing bass.. found this on the church website… haha.. taken when we were in KL..