Just yesterday as I was having lunch in the Malay restaurant we frequent for lunch, there was this song playing on the radio. Sounds rather familiar. One of the waiters increased the volume a little bit more. Wow. It was a song by the Malaysian rock group, Search. This was one of the songs I really dig during my early teenage years. I remember I bought the Fenomena album from a local open market back in Kudat, Sabah. Eventually I found out it was a pirated tape. (I never realize until years later) I did not know there was such thing as piracy then. So that was my first experience. The last song would just stop abruptly, probably due to the tape length.

I tried to do some search on Search today. Nothing came out of Google. What happened? I tried Malaysia+rock band+search, Amy search (who is the lead singer). Only when I typed ‘kumpulan search’ did a promising result displayed. Even that was a wikipedia in Bahasa Malaysia. Don’t they have an official website maintained? Aren’t there any super fans out there? That’s just sad. There was a site called duniasearch.com but seems like it’s a dead link now.

However my search did open up some new and interesting info like this guy called Terry Thaddeus. Apparently he was one of the big names in the guitar world during the 60’s and 70’s. He even produced one of Search’ album called ‘Rampage’. Marshall Guitar Magazine (can’t find anything about that magazine) also dubbed him as “the Jimi Hendrix of the East”. I also tried to research about Terry online but there were not much info. But there were some interesting bits of information about him here or there.

However, there is a blog (a Sabahan) who wrote quite a good post about the Search rock group and it’s glory days. Not sure what his reference were, quite detail I might say. Well so much for my Saturday afternoon. Haven’t taken lunch yet. Anyway, keep on rockin’ people!

Here are the links:

Search Rock group on Wikipedia (Bahasa Malaysia)

Search Rock group post in Ahmad Mauluddin’s blog

Terry Thaddeus in MusicMoz

Terry Thaddeus mentioned in Jacques Nazaire’s website

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I have never purchased a car yet. Why? Well, first of all, I have never really need one yet. During my early working days, most of my buddies were already taking personal loans to get their hands on the latest ‘cheaper’ Malaysian car which is the ‘Kancil’ model and the ‘Wira’. Second thing is, since wifey already has a car, might as well share? Anyhow, I will get a compact car perhaps in the future for my jamming sessions etc.

Speaking of loans, some of my friends actually took loans that did not originate from a bank. They would say that these are Secured loans so it is much better than borrowing it from a legit financial institution. I would not be the best person to give comments about choosing the best loans but you should judge it for yourself. When you don’t pay up, banks will take legal actions and stuff. As for loan sharks, they will make sure you wish it was legal action instead!

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My cough has started again. As usual, the symptom will start with me having some itchiness down the throat. Day two, I coughed like a mad cow. On day three which is today, the voice will change into ‘Barry White’ like. Quite fun actually. I can hit very low octave during these times. Well, if you know about Barry White, you will understand why I put all those ‘mmm…uhuh..’ words in the title. For those of you who never heard of Barry White, here’s a sexy song sample taken from his ‘Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe‘ song.

Very catchy I might say. Cool bruddah!

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Ever came across such scenario? Perhaps it’s a little bit different. But the problem is the same. You need cash like fast! Let’s see, asking your girlfriend will be an egoistic challenge, borrowing from M&D Bank (Mom and Dad) is surely not a good idea considering you have yet to pay the ‘rent money’ emergency you asked just a few weeks ago. Friends? Not after telling them you agree to car pool with them this Friday!

If you are in the same sticky scenario, worry not my friend. Good thing there’s such thing as cash advance. Let me just tell you why this is the next best thing compared to robbing the bank. It’s legal!

So do the right thing and head over to cashadvance1500.com. You can thank me later buddy.

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