REMINISCE THAT; THE HISTORY OF.

Yeah, i miss the times.

I looked back into the computer and saw all the damned pictures of Obscure Phionix's jamming, outings and gigs. The smiles, the craziness and the all-out fun. Where have that gone? Where did everyone go? The gone: Yazid, Hafiz, Shah, Qader... We had our differences. But what the hell happen to the relationship we had? Were we too stuck up? Or were we just naive? Meow, Man and myself are already content on what we had. And it was a big decision of us, especially me - since i initiated it, to disband. As of 2008, OPX would be together for THREE YEARS. But counting the "brotherhood" of Meow, Man and myself - as of 2008, it would be FOUR YEARS RUNNING. The rest just slipped away and gone. I miss the times we, as a band, would hang out together. I miss the lame jokes and all out craziness. I miss the feeling that whatever stupid shit we did in public we did are not to be embarrassed about. Now that's something that you won't see me feeling anymore. With them, it was insanity.

NS stabbed us in the back, poisoned us and brought on a slow but sure death. Brought on a fury that only we could describe as "OPX's Era of Hell". We had less time, we had to bend our schedules and we had nowhere to go. Our greatest achievement for 2007 was Welcome to the Slaughterhouse Massacre gig - which also turned our to be our saddest moment. The announcing of Obscure Phionix's disbandment.

I remember it.
THE OBSCURE PHIONIX CHAPTERS
Chapter I: The Forming (2005-2006). "The Yazid Era". Hafiz joins the band after the breaking of Zero Point One (Zero.One), which was - Man, Meow, Yazid, Mat and myself. This chapter includes our first gig - Singapore Street Festival 2005. A count of six gigs.
Chapter II: The Search (1st Quarter 2006-2nd Quarter 2006). "The Start of Melodic Era". Yazid quit the band due to our path taken to turn to a more melodic sound - particularly at that time - Arch Enemy. Shah auditioned and nailed it. In which we got to explore new sounds in the general metal genre. Three months of practice until we reached our hopes of performing. Gig count - ZERO.
Chapter III: The Rising (2nd Quarter 2006-Late 2006). "The I.J. Era". Shah's skills initiated our rising in the scene with Sessions!05. This was when I.J. Studios was still hot and we had gigs to go to almost every week. There was also GasHaus and Substation. Reflected in OPX's portfolio will be the co-organising/organising of Punkrock VS Metal and Aggression Please! gigs respectively and a count of ten gigs since March 2006.
Chapter IV: The Downfall (Late 2006-2008). "The Hell Era". Before joining the army we performed the worst set ever imagined at GasHaus. Hafiz quit the band to concentrate on the army and his family. Qader joined the band and we were kicking by June 2007 for Singapore Street Festival 2007: Children of the Revolut'n. But two weeks before Tuesday Night Fever, Shah quit the band. Which then led to the session by Ghalid of Prince Isobelle. Ghalid continued with us until our organised event, Welcome to the Slaughterhouse Massacre. Along the way, Man booted Qader because of personal reasons and got Hazlan of Sounds Of Saviour to session of us for Slaughterhouse. Come Welcome to the Slaughterhouse Massacre, after our set, the announcement of the disbandment of Obscure Phionix by me. For myself, Welcome to the Slaughterhouse Massacre was the footnote of the start of all The Arts House and metal performances since January 2008. Adding to the portfolio, the organising of Welcome to the Slaughterhouse Massacre, the making of one original and a count of four gigs.
Chapter V: The Aftermath (2008-?). "The Three Core Phionix Era". Meow, Man, Hazlan and myself continue using the Obscure Phionix name to jam for fun, if not, we'd seriously lose our skills in a period of two weeks. We also at the moment help rising drummers to smoothen their skills.

Not forgetting the help of our friends: Sounds Of Saviour, Shadows Embrace, Mulysa, Every Rage I Seek!, Vulgate Dogmas and lots more since The Rising.

Since then Yazid has been in and out of bands, Hafiz is frontman of his own band - Amusement Drive, Shah is lost and Qader is contactable and seen at some gigs i go to.

Recuperating from the fall is what i'm doing. But i'm still rocking out. I spent to much money on this.

Nickelback - Photograph


Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
how did our eyes get so red?
And what the hell is on Joey’s head?

This is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneakin’ out

This is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must’ve done it half a dozen times

I wonder if it’s too late
Should I go back and try to graduate?
Life’s better now than it was back then
If I was them, I wouldn’t let me in
Oh oh oh
Oh god I, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It’s hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye

Remember the old arcade
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops see us hanging out
They said somebody went and burned it down

We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we’d find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel

Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She’s had a couple of kids since then
I haven’t seen her since God knows when
Oh oh oh
Oh god I, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on the bedroom floor
It’s hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

I miss that town
You can't replace it
I can't believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it

If I could relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It’s hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it
Time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye

Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
Every time I do it makes me...


For you guys who want to play this song the chords are a repetitive D - A - C - G. All the way. Listen to the song to get the strumming right.

A song for me. For what i want to be and do. Haha.

Nickelback - Rockstar


I'm through with standing in line
To clubs we'll never get in
It's like the bottom of the ninth
And I'm never gonna win
This life hasn't turned out
Quite the way I want it to be

(Tell me what you want)

I want a brand new house
On an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enough
For ten plus me

(So what you need?)

I'll need a credit card that's got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high club
At thirty-seven thousand feet

(Been there, done that)

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
Somewhere between Cher and
James Dean is fine for me

(So how you gonna do it?)

I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'll even cut my hair and change my name

[Chorus:]
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
With her bleach blond hair

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free
(I'll have the quesadilla, ha ha)
I'm gonna dress my ass
With the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to
Blow my money for me
(So how you gonna do it?)
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'll even cut my hair and change my name

[Chorus:]
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
With her bleach blond hair

[Chorus]

And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

I'm gonna sing those songs
That offend the censors
Gonna pop my pills from a pez dispenser

I'll get washed-up singers writing all my songs
Lip sing em every night so I don't get 'em wrong

[Chorus:]
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
With her bleach blond hair

[Chorus]

And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial

Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar,Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar...


Actually, i just want the "rockstar" part. Haha. And the "playboy bunny" part.

insanely yours,
Qhai.
Ex-Obscure Phionix.

GORE.11:26 AM

I WANT TO COME HOME; BORED.

Yeah, sorry for not updating in so long. I never thought anyone except my BELOVED will read this.

So, i just came back from KL. Very fun trip up north. Enjoyed my time there and got me TWO new pairs of shoes from Quicksilver. Shoes are my addiction. The guys had a great time pulling off pranks and jokes while shopping. Wasted we didn't catch anything on camera. Damn.

So when i got back to Singapore, i had chill symptoms. Fever, flu, cough, the works. But still have to continue this damned NS.

Well, goodbye for now.

insanely yours,
Qhai.

"The last thing i want is for us to die, Phionix."

GORE.6:36 PM