The Ying & Yang of Life

I was overwhelmed by the wealth of knowledge, experience, information and achievements gained by 2 people I spoke to at length with yesterday. I was completely inspired but...

...it also put me in a position where once again I found myself questioning what I'm doing, why I'm doing it, how I'm doing it, where I wanna take it and if I'm doing it the right way...

This unrelenting list of questions (and to some extent self-doubt) inadvertently left me feeling rather depleted of hope, a little lost and very disillusioned.

Rather than fight the feeling, I decided to embrace it and accept there is a reason for everything.

There can be no highs without lows
No light without dark
No positive without negative
The Ying & Yang of life gives us balance and teaches us many things including patience, acceptance and appreciation

Later on that evening, I was blessed and spoiled with super special treatment, kind words, warm gestures and generous hearts as well as new, positive work prospects.

I came home and read back on a solemn tweet I had posted earlier :

"I feel a lil disillusioned.. but i know that out of disillusionment comes INSPIRATION, so I will ride this wave..."

Suddenly the tweet didn't feel so down & out

My final thoughts on this story?

Trust what 'He' has planned for us. When we lose faith in ourselves, we lose faith in 'Him'.
Embrace all that is put before us.

It's FRIDAY!!! Let's celebrate it, cos we can :)

Sa x

5 Nominations for AVIMA 2010

Wooohoooo!! So I have 5 nominations for this year's Asia Voize Independent Music Awards including one for my collaboration project with Altimet & Deja Voodoo Spells :)Just as all your votes helped me bag 3 awards at VIMA 2010 in January, I/we need your clicking index fingers again.

3 VIMAs : Thx to YOU

The competition is spread across 20 countries so we need your votes more than ever. Voting started on April 8th and will close in only 2 weeks on April 23.

You can vote AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WISH!

Thanks again for all your support

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1. VOTE for A MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT for BEST POP SONG for AVIMA2010 here

(first new song off my 2010 album 'Rainbow Butterfly)

2. VOTE for ME for BEST POP ACT for AVIMA 2010 here

3. VOTE for ME for BEST FEMALE VOCALIST for AVIMA 2010 here

4. VOTE for THE MAD PROJECT for BEST COLLABORATION for AVIMA2010 here

Rithan DVS, Me & Altimet with our VIMA - Thanks to YOU

5. VOTE for I CANT SMILE WITHOUT U as FEELGOOD SONG OF THE YEAR for AVIMA 2010 here

Jeremy, me & Jeffri with our VIMA - Thanks to YOU!

Don't Stop *CLICKING*

'Merry Melissa' aka Zen RIP 29.01.96 - 03.04.10

My little baby in the UK, Zen, my beautiful black and silver miniature schnauzer passed last week. It was strange as I had been feeling incredibly depressed the whole day - the kind of heavy hearted-feeling that prevents you from doing anything, even getting out of bed.

I couldn't put my finger on why I was feeling so empty. The last time I had felt that way was immediately after Mia's passing.... I tried to distract myself from this sickly feeling by immersing myself in music, which normally for me is a great healer. Hauled ass to my studio and put my head down

Hours later in the early afternoon, with no real progress musically, the name 'MARCHELLA' flashed on my phone and at that moment my heart dropped as I forced a very slow and dry swallow motion....

Zen had JUST been put down... She had been suffering from liver and heart cancer over the last months and the time had finally come to set her free from all her pain and say goodbye. As with Mia, she had reached a point where no medication was helping her condition or reducing her pain.

I instantly felt relieved of this disconcerting ill-feeling that had been with me for most of the day...

Is it possible that Zen had connected with me during her last hours? Some of you may think I'm psychotic having fantastical ideas - but I truly believe this.

Maybe I need to.

Mia & Zen - I miss you girls

Zen represents my life in London. She was my first lil baby. My fluff ball. My bundle of puppiness - as she never really grew up - she went through her entire life looking like a pup. She was evergreen in everyway....

I carry many hilarious stories fo Zen & her mischievious ways... but Zen's biggest moment has gotta be her feature in one of my early music videos when I was part of a duo called 'Confucius Says' in the UK: here (Go on then - have a big laugh at what I looked like!)

It is strange how Zen even came to be with me... I didnt want her in fact as she was the last of the litter to be taken, a reserved pup who unlike her other siblings, was completely disinterested in me when I went to view her. When I picked her up, she didn't give me eye contact and was limp in my hands. In fact she fulfilled all the criteria to NOT be chosen.. (if that makes any sense)

But the little Granny from Bromley, who was her owner was INSISTENT that I take her... so I entertained her for awhile thinking that she was probably lonely etc.

Then Granny pulled out Zen's pedigree certificate and at that moment I knew I had to have her.

Zen's given pedigree name read :

" Merry Melissa "

A 'NEW" Relationship Philosophy

Often you meet a couple who are so different in personality. One is stronger than the other. One has a stronger personality. One is more confident, more sure etc...

Basically one always seems to be more dominant than the other - apparently that helps strike a balance. The weakness in one is balanced out by the strength of the other...

BULLSH*T I say : How about if we view it this way...

'A' seems stronger than the 'B' because 'B' is SO much weaker / LESS strong.


'A's strength is not measured according to the merits that 'A' has earned for him/herself...

Think of an elephant and an ant. In real terms an elephant is far stronger. But facts tell us that an ant can carry up to 50 times its on weight.

I'm pretty sure an elephant can NOT carry 50 times its own weight

If you see people and relationships in this way, it may give you an entirely new view on things... and as profound as it may sound...

... perhaps a whole new view on LIFE ...

Essentially we are ALL weak, and weakness is a very HUMBLING condition

Relationships are all about managing our weaknesses

There should be a course on "Weakness Management"

Good Night

Waupenyu @ Solaris

It seems like Solaris Dutamas is the popular location to open an F&B outlet amongst my friends as only a week after I visited Noreen & Tubby's Pink Sage Diner, I went to check out Effie & Luis' Waupenyu

A lovely resto specialising in home cooked malay food from the East Coast... home-cooked being the operative word as every mouthful was wholesome, tasty & comforting. The place is decorated tastefully and in a manner that creates a lovely ambience. It has an extensive menu - so extensive we actually had problems choosing what to have... so we had everything we fancied *burp*

Among our choices were : Nasi Kerabu
Mee Rubus & Sup Ekor

But I believe our dish of the day has to be Nasi Dagang - you just HAVE to go and sample it! A lot of the other dishes we wanted to try had already sold out (which I reckon is a good sign!) The dessert menu is pretty extensive too. I'll definitely be going back :)

Effie gave us the 'alcove' table which was cosy. The service was a little challenged as Effie revealed she had to let go of 3 staff literally the day BEFORE opening - but what more than made up for that, was the staff's attentiveness and enthusiasm.

Waupenyu : a great place to go for breakfast, tea, lunch, coffee, dinner : basically whenever you're hungry!

Queens Of Hearts in aid of the Women's Aid Organisation

In November 2009, I was invited to EmCee & play for The Queens of Hearts Event - celebrating female power as Zouk KL featured an all female international and local line-up of DJs for a good cause : Women's Aid Organisation.

It was an awesome night with a line-up that included :

DJ Baby Diamond (Aus)
Melissa Indot (MY)
DJ CC Sound Factory (Sg)
DJ Niza Minx (MY)

To stream / download the set I played, go here

This year's line-up is interesting with a back to back or a 'battle' flavour injected :

Headlining the night with one of their floor stomping sets, (no doubt) are Tunku Nadia & Arabyrd, collectively known as TWINKIES, with the QUEEN of Hearts herself, none other than Stella Nutella playing the closing set :)

For more info go to the Facebook page here

Check it out THIS FRIDAY and support a good cause!

2010 The year of the GOLDEN Tiger

This year's Valentine's Day also brought in the year of the Golden Tiger in the Chinese Horoscope. It is also known as the year of the Metal / White Tiger

I am a Tiger too - so this is MY year... what better time then now to be part of what is an ongoing global movement to help spread awareness on the current plight of the Tiger who is dangerously close to extinction.

I've already registered to be part of an online campaign known as Tiger Blogfest 2010

And if you do not have a blog, don't worry, you can still show and lend your support by helping to DOUBLE the number of Tigers here ...

Let's all ROAR together to make a Change in the lives of these beautiful felines