I’m starting to develop the habit of blogging regularly again, and it feels quite good. It’s very theraputic, in fact! What do you guys think?

The other day, Boon asked me why I seem to be so sure of everything. I spent a long night awake thinking about it. I still don’t really have the answer. So I guess I’m not so sure of everything, huh!

I actually do have my share of worries and uncertainties- sometimes I don’t even know them, but sometimes I apparently look really worried or stressed for seemingly no reason at all.

It’s been half a year since we broke up, and I’m starting to finally get used to her not being around anymore. I wonder if she’s alright, and if she’s a happier, better person now. I hope so.

I also feel like I’m ready to share my life with somebody again, after feeling awkward and incomplete and not being sure of myself or what I’ve been doing. But like how it was with my ex, I don’t jump into commitments- I let them grow over time. So yes, I am single and available, call me! 😀

Finally sorted out the music on my iTunes. Brilliant! My iPod is love. Thank you, Po Liang, for selling it to me. Now I seriously Bo Lui. Been listening to Arctic Monkeys alot recently. I realise that we do have some areas in common and that there’s much we can learn from them.

Talking about the band, Armchair Critic has started work on it’s EP! We went down to TNT Studios (Ah Boy!) and waited for a bunch of classical tamil worship musicians to finish up their recording (>_>) before starting ours. We managed to lay down the whole of Shush, sans vocals. Say Goodbye (formerly known as Cause I, but changed because people keep mishearing it) is almost complete too, needs some retouching on the bass and guitar parts but as a whole, it’s close to finished.

I do realise that this is really bloody fast and most bands really take every last second to do things as slowly and completely as possible. And I spent a long time on the way home pondering about it. Are we jeopardizing a chance to raise the standard of our EP by doing this so quickly?

Thought and thought and thought about it. And I decided on this-

Our EP is to be a representation of who we are, at this point in time in our lives, what we stand for, what we believe in, what we do. When we listen to the EP or somebody else listens to the EP, they must hear the energy and passion that we have as brothers and musicians.

So I think, at the end of the day, while input from everybody is important, we’re going to stay true to ourselves and do it the way we like to do it. We’ve got budget and time constraints too- we can’t afford many studio hours, and we can’t take too long before we lose fire. Too much polish and shine and sparkle is not truly respresentative of Armchair Critic at this point. It will come in due time, when we’re ready for it.

So what is Armchair Critic’s EP going to be like? It’s going to be raw, powerful, youthful and real. And I know in my heart that you’ll feel it when you listen to it.

I am in desperate need of cash, I am SO BROKE it is not funny. I am probably going to have to start working in the mornings.

Sigh.