2012 愿望：宅 [2012 wish: in the closet]

lydia chew enticing the audience in meru valley golf resort

we spent new year's eve in ipoh doing a function for the meru valley golf resort. it wasn't boring and it went well, but it wasn't our idea of ushering the new year! the event was supposed to be outsourced to our regular event guy, who got another more lucrative job in the last minute, so we have no choice but to follow up ourselves.

our idea is to really spend a quiet time at home to reflect on the past 365 days and plan for the next 365 days ahead of us. some even suggested we go to sg orchard road to celebrate, i was like, "gee, didn't you know i was in singapore in the late 80s?".

the world is in total chaos as we speak. japan is hit by another earthquake on the first day on the year. everyone is seeking refuge of some sort, whether it is spiritually, mentally... we are all looking for a sanctuary where we can work, think, get inspired and relax at the same time. the idea of SOHO (small office, home office) has never been more timely in chaotic times like these. we have been working SOHO for more than 5 years now and we are so blessed that our work really suits SOHO style. we feel blessed that we can do music and contribute to the enrichment of mind and soul.

there are more and more people suffering from modern-day sickness, arising from depression, loneliness, peer and societal pressure, unhappy family upbringings, wayward lifestyles, failed relationships etc etc. a lot of times, they have nowhere and no one to turn to. they really need the right mentor to enlighten them and bring hopes to them. we hope 2012 will be a year where we can help these people.

done-to-death theme: the shanghai night. we can do better for sure

for ourselves, we want to stay in the closet (no pun intended) as much as we can, without being bothered by KL's horrendous traffic, the industry's politics,  the erratic weather and other external stress factors. we will do the "strategy" jobs at home and leave the "execution" jobs to third parties, like CD distribution, event management, ticketing, sound and light etc etc. it is always smarter to do the "brainy" jobs and let someone stronger and fitter do the "laborious" ones.  an IT friend recently encouraged us to be like the late steve jobs who is great in strategizing and not-so-great in execution. he didn't need to execute, cos he has the whole apple tech team behind him.

we are proud to be "closet artist" because our closet is really an inspiring place to be :-)

some things never changed: tin chun kopi shop in ipoh.