KENANGAN KELAS 6a4

hello korang....
tontonlah video yang aku buat untuk korang nie.
kan ada gambar kat bawah nie....
cuma tekan gambar tu....
dah boleh tengok dah video tu....
jangan nangis-nangis tau.
love you all and take care=)

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON pt2

here are another 2 videos i have uploaded recently of me and my dad.
check it out....
Hotel california (eagles' original cover)


ilham pujangga (lagu asli) by me, shi wei and nazli=)


cant write too much... gotta chao.
take care=)

my FINAL blog post..... (READ THIS)

yea, it's my final blog post.
but, only for now.
i created the suspense effect to let u guys know that I WANT YOU ALL TO READ THIS.
im mainly going to talk about love, as nothing interests me more than that.
here are some things that i want u guys to know....

no 1

i will be missing all of my friends during this period of my absence. do try to come around and spend some time (studying or just chatting with me). im supposed to do well for myself but "myself" is never a good enough motivation to do so. i have always lived my life for the ones i love so, by having you around while studying, it makes a big difference for me.... it makes me want to do better in life.
so, if u see me staying back at school studying, do accompany me.
it makes a big difference, for the sake of my future. i have always said that, "poor is the man whose happiness depends on somebody else". im actually referring to myself.... because i need others to stay alive and move on with life.
(sorry for sounding vulnerable)

no 2

i will resume blogging and facebooking after my exams. stpm is on the 28th next month.
i will be pushing myself through, but will still find time for all of u. do call me via cell phone... im a man, not a studying machine. i will go out with you guys to lepak, unless there is something really important. perhaps, that is something everybody should learn from me... i don't want to be giving more than i get (even though i often do). that is selfish of the reciever indeed. i almost cried in class once when one of my friends realized this fact about me. she said in malay, "you are lonely... you often try to make the ones around you happy, but no one really cares about the way you feel". that was a hit on the head (a wake up call).

no 3

the movie "Muallaf" that was banned in malaysia will finally be released on christmas eve. a very brave movie indeed... sharifah amani (nani) even shaved her head bald for this movie. i'm glad to finally be watching Yasmin Ahmad's final instalment. and thanks to aunty orked (yasmin's sister) and her team for making this happen. it will be my perfect after-exam and christmas gift. wanna join me at the cinema?

no 4
that i love you.....
i'm not embarrased to hug people or to tell them that i love them. i dont want any regrets on the day i die. i would want people to know how much they mean to me. too often, time is wasted on unnesscasarry things that the important things were forsaken. im not gonna do that. if i have kids one day, i will hug them and tell them that i love them everyday. a loving father i'm going to be. always learn from your parents' mistakes and never repeat them unto your children (in the future).

no 5

lastly, dont do stupid stuff that can hurt yourselves, cause by doing that... you are hurting me too.
... take care of yourselves ok=)
will be praying for your well-being.
tata.....

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON=)

like father like son...
my dad, Charles Joseph Gomes is a seasoned performer whom have been performing since his schooling days.
today, at the age of 53, he sings very well, having amazing vocal ability and range in his voice.
he sings songs of hard rock and rock genre, despite the fact that he is 53 years old. this is a video of him singing to rock band "scorpions' hit single, "still loving you". watch and comment.



This is me, Andy Darrel Gomes.
not so much of a performer compared to my dad.
anyway, i still do Praise God for all my God-given-talents.
im a soul singer with a high pitch voice, making it hard for me to choose right songs to sing.
anyway, this is a video of me performing for the prime minister of malaysia during the, "majlis ramah mesra aidilfitri kementerian pelajaran malaysia, 2009"
do watch and comment.



i know that im not as good as my dad but somehow, im still proud to carry on the Gomes family culture of music.
praise God =)
ENJOY!!!

RACIAL PREJUDICE AND STEROTYPES pt2

this is a very brave video.... watch it and you will know why.



this video was taken from my favorite movie of all time, which is Yasmin Ahmad's final movie, "talentime". i said so because, i have watched "talentime" for about 25 to 30 times....
this video addresses the issue of racial stereotypes and prejudice in Malaysia. i had goosebumps when i first watched this scene on the first day of the movies' release.
even though the audio is in tamil, the subtitles are complete.

the video features phenomenal singer, Jaclyn Victor and the wonderful actress, sukania venugopal. frankly speaking, one of the reasons why i've watched this daring movie so many times is because of sukania's acting. not to mention, "talentime" is the first malaysian movie to feature all the races of malaysia in a very natural manner.

the video is about sukania (amma) reminiscing upon the life of her late brother and about her brother falling in love with a girl back in his schooling days while being accompanied by jac (bhavani) somehow, her family rejected the girl, even though she seemed like a wonderful person....
why?
the answer might surprise you (so, watch it)

back to the story, the word stereotypes refers to the general idea people have on a certain matter. in malaysia, racial prejudice and stereotyping has caused a division among the people.

most people label the races of malaysia this way-
-that the malays are lazy.
-that the chinese are selfish.
-and the indians are imprudent.
this is not entirely true.

maybe the typical community of malaysia are like this, but not all malaysians. there are individuals out there that refuses to conform themselves into this typical and shallow culture.
there are nice malays, chinese and indians out there.
but people just wouldn't notice because they are too busy mixing around with their own race and making conclusions about the other races without even taking the initiative to assimilate.
what a shame!!!!

this is just a slight taste of a Yasmin Ahmad's movie.
if you like what you have just watched, i would strongly recommend you to watch all of yasmin's movies, for she is a TRUE MALAYSIAN...

i love MALAYSIA...
and i love all the RACES...
don't RUIN it for me=)

SINGING FOR THE PRIME MINISTER

Praise God…. That he had given me an opportunity to perform in front of the prime minister of Malaysia and his cabinet members. I can’t stop thanking Him for everything He’d done for me and for guiding me to put on a decent performance without having my nerves kicking in.

Anyway, the performance is in conjunction with the ‘majlis ramah mesra aidilfitri kementerian pelajaran malaysia 2009”. It is a hari raya event so, I was asked to sing a hari raya song. The song I chose was the classic, “satu hari di hari raya” by M. Nasir.
I felt honored to be selected to perform, as students from all over Malaysia were there to perform too. It’s a blessing.

It’s a little of a culture shock too to be there and witness the protocol and prerequisites of a national level event like that. They actually had police officers going through the prime minister’s table before his arrival to detect any form of threat. It’s indeed an issue of national security.

Above all, I went through a lot of things before performing (as you can read in my previous post). I was mentally and physically exhausted, up to the point that I needed 3 bottles of red bull caffeine drink to keep me awake. My exhaustion caused me to constantly forget the lyrics of my song during practices. These left me nervous, as I can’t afford to err in an event this big. Once again, praise God that everything turned out well.
Well, here are the pics.
(THE VIDEO WILL HAVE TO WAIT=)

TREASURED PIECE OF TRASH

My first words ever were “to town”, from the Christmas song, “Santa clause is coming to town”. I literally sang the moment I first spoke. I was still in my “baby walker” when that happened. Less did I know, I have been doing stage performances, singing, acting, and other activities that are related to the arts as I was growing up. I am as a matter of fact, very passionate about what I was doing, that other God given abilities took the back seat towards performing. Recently, I was given an opportunity to taste my very first love once again, which is painting.


I first started drawing when I was about 2 years old. I was interested in drawing because my mum too often took the time to draw and paint with me. We did art works, paper volcanoes for my dinosaur collection, and even a collage of a bird with colored rice. My dad was also very supportive towards the fact that I love to draw. He even bought 2 blackboards with tons of chalks for me to draw on. Those blackboards were hung at the living room of my house in Malacca so that I can show the guests my drawings.


I have a very strong level of imagination, as young as I was. I love to draw dinosaurs and animals at that time. I as a matter of fact like to create my own creatures by mixing different animals together. I didn’t like my imagination to be restricted by the things and creatures that exist. That was very much my first expressions of my creativity. Even today, my favorite genres of art are the abstracts, surreals and post-impressions. I never like to draw realism pictures and portraits as it cliché and does not provide any freedom for me to make mistakes or express my feelings.


Recently, I had to produce a painting in order to score an ‘A” for my STPM art’s paper. The theme of the painting is “bravery”. After a long time of procrastination and considerations, I chose the snake as my “subject matter”. This is because, the snake is an exotic animal. Exoticism is very often related to cultures and art thus, providing the perfect feeling of artistic-ness. Lions as a symbol of bravery is too cliché and sharks as a matter of fact is a very commercialized animal. It robs the essence out of the painting. I kept the words of Yasmin Ahmad very close to my heart as I was painting, ever since she is a master of her emotions and a very great artist too. She sees everything in an artistic manner and interprets the thoughts generated according to her feelings. She once quoted,
“What touches you has a very high possibility to touch others too”. I worked my painting around these words and a lot of prayer to the Lord for guidance and inspiration.





I tried very hard to make sure the painting provokes the right feelings out of me. Every time the feeling is gone, I make major changes to the painting so that the feelings can be restored. This consumed a lot of time. I as a matter of fact used to show affection to the painting when it was an empty canvas in order to bury my essence into it. Weird huh?
This is indeed my very first painting. I never had any experience with brushes, canvases, painting techniques, and even acrylic paint. This as a matter of fact cost me almost 200 ringgit. It’s all-new to me but thanks to my art teacher, I was able to learn how to apply them all into work.








I started painting a few weeks before the deadline. The last few days of painting were totally dreadful. I had only about 3 hours of sleep a day and had to juggle my time between painting and traveling all the way to Putrajaya for singing rehearsals (Sunday 27/9/09). I very much did the same the previous day (Saturday). I wasn’t eating well, was very exhausted and totally burnt-out. The morning before I submitted the painting (Monday 28/9/09), about 4 or 5 am, I was finally capable of getting some rest but only to wake up later to go to school at 6am. My whole body ached and was i mentally tortured when I lay in bed that morning. I was at the brink of tears due to the fact that I was physically and mentally tormented. I was not really at the right state of mind too. I was blur, confused and in pain. That was the morning of day that I will be performing for the prime minister. I later had to consume 3 bottles of red bull energy drink to stay awake.








When I presented the painting to my art teacher before taking off to Purtajaya, she studied the painting and complemented it. I was contented too as the final outcome of the painting provoked a feeling of fulfillment, artistic vibes, and completion, just like what I intended it to be. I then took off to perform.


The following day (Tuesday 29/9/09), out of the rush of completing my art folio at my art teacher’s room, I kneeled down on the floor to wrap my painting with some large paper. When I held that painting in my palms, I came into realization upon the fact that it was the final time I will be able to embrace my painting with my senses. That painting will soon be on it’s way to some part of Malaysia to be evaluated by some lecturers. After the grading is done, it will end up in the trash, just like all the other art pieces. I had a rush of emotion, as I have already put my heart, soul, emotions, sweat and not to mention, a lot of money upon this-not-so-perfect painting. It’s like ripping half of my heart out.
I then hugged, kissed and prayed upon that painting to give myself a closure. My prayer that moment was about hope upon the grace of God that this painting will be a pathway to take me somewhere and make me somebody in life. I then “laid my painting to rest”, kiss it goodbye one last time and got on my way back home- letting go of my treasured piece of soon-to-be trash.