I look just like Buddy Holly~

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

What's with these homies, dissing my girl?
Why do they gotta front?
What did we ever do to these guys
That made them so violent?
Woo-hoo, but you know I'm yours
Woo-hoo, and I know you're mine
Woo-hoo, and that's for all time

Oo-ee-oo I look just like Buddy Holly
Oh-oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore
I don't care what they say about us anyway
I don't care bout that

Don't you ever fear, I'm always near
I know that you need help
Your tongue is twisted, your eyes are slit
You need a guardian
Woo-hoo, and you know I'm yours
Woo-hoo, and I know you're mine
Woo-hoo, and that's for all time

Oo-ee-oo I look just like Buddy Holly
Oh-oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore
I don't care what they say about us anyway
I don't care bout that
I don't care bout that

Bang, bang a knock on the door
Another big bang and you're down on the floor
Oh no! What do we do?
Don't look now but I lost my shoe
I can't run and I can't kick
What's a matter babe are you feeling sick?
what's a matter, what's a matter, what's a matter you?
What's a matter babe, are you feeling blue? oh-oh!
And that's for all time
And that's for all time

Oo-ee-oo I look just like Buddy Holly
Oh-oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore
I don't care what they say about us anyway
I don't care bout that
I don't care bout that
I don't care bout that
I don't care bout that

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

Too Young

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

Baby when I saw you turning at the end of the street
I knew a time was gone and it took me like ages
Just to understand that I was afraid to be a simple guy
I tried my best to smile but deep inside my heart
I felt it was shouting like a crowd dancing
I guess I couldn't live without the things that made my life what it is
Can't you hear it calling oh yeah
Everybody's dancin'
Tonight everything is over
I feel too young

I can't lie on my bed without thinking I was wrong
But when this feeling calls this world becomes another
Nighttime won't hold me in your arms again
I got a very good friend who says he can't believe the love I give
Is not enough to end your fears
I guess I couldn't live without the things that made my life what it is
Can't you hear it calling oh yeah
Everybody's shakin' oh yeah
Tonight everything is over
I feel too young

Oh rainfalls and hard times coming they won't leave me tonight
I wish I knew what I was doing
Just do let this spirit survive
Can't you hear me calling oh yeah
I guess I couldn't live without the things that made my life what it is
Can't you hear me calling oh yeah
Everybody's dancing oh yeah
Tonight everything is over
I feel too young

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

Jeff Buckley kills...

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water
And maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you're on my mind so you never know

When I'm broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it
Where are you tonight, child you know how much I need it
Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run

Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun
And much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that really, he has no-one

So I'll wait for you... and I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return
Oh will I ever learn

Oh lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him
My body turns and yearns for a sleep that will never come

It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her
It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever

Well maybe I'm just too young
To keep good love from going wrong

Oh... lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

Well I feel too young to hold on
And I'm much too old to break free and run
Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage I've done
Sweet lover, you should've come over
Oh, love well I'm waiting for you

Lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

Pink Moon

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

I saw it written and I saw it say
Pink moon is on its way
And none of you stand so tall
Pink moon gonna get you all
It's a pink moon
It's a pink, pink, pink, pink, pink moon.

Depressed, arty poets are geniuses! Too bad they always die young...

Kudos to Nicholas Rodney Drake!

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

And so it begins...

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

Fei and Crue demand an update. I shall bore the good people with a rant!

I am sitting here thinking of what to write. As I do that, I am trekking through my previous thoughts and would like to establish that I awoke at 11 this morning, played along to 'River Man' on Trusty Rusty, moved on to the piano outside and then had day-old mee soto for breakfast. Mentioning coffee, to go along with it, would be understating the inevitable.

It's the Civil Defence Force for me in about two weeks and I have plans. Big plans for world-dominance. By side-tracking, I was thinking of possible reasons for the system enrolling me to a force that caters mostly to gangsters and delinquents. I know I've been referred to as a delinquent many times *think Derek Tan*, but I never took that seriously nor did I ever welcome the notion.

On the thought of being a gangster, I was fantasizing about being a schizophrenic with a split-personality and by night, I'm some big-time mob-boss. That would explain why I'm being thrown in with the whole lot, yeah? My presence would be highly anticipated either because they want my head for various, unknown reasons or they just wanna make merry. Who knows?

OK. Back on schedule. Big plans. Yes, big plans.

1) Prepare physically and mentally for BRT that starts on the 12th of December.
2) Brave the storm and emerge an ERS (Escape & Rescue Specialist) ranking as Sergeant to command a troop and earn about a
thousand per month.
3) Save that money to fund the renovation of my bedroom to turn it into my own personal recording station for future use.
4) Learn how to use 'Garage Band' and the other accessories on my 'Mac mini' to become tech-savvy, at least, in my own
room.
5) Purchase a number of accessories and add-ons like the BR-1600CD Digital Studio (by Roland), A keyboard, Jam-packs
(by Garage Band), a Midi interface, other miscellaneous electronics and maybe even a GT-8 Effects Panel (by Roland).
6) Send guitars and bass for general servicing.
7) Private lessons from Timothy O'Dwyer - Orchestrating/arranging skills + alto saxophone.
8) Private vocal lessons from Amanda Colliver?
9) Additional private guitar, bass and drum lessons to complete the whole image of 'Musically-inclined Superman'.
10) Get my long-awaited license to drive.
11) Load up on Music.
12) Prepare material, in the mean time, to use when auditioning or while undertaking Degree in Composition on the new
Lasalle-SIA campus, which will take place only after passing out from the Civil Defence Force by the end of 2008.
13) Work continuously on side-line projects such as the 'Lovely Bunch of Coconuts', the 'Neo-acoustic Trio' and possibly
'Mistaken Identity' (if they'd consider taking me in as one of the crew to arrange/orchestrate their music).
14) Eventually, create the 'Super Band' fit for the 'Musically-inclined Superman'.
15) Find work to sustain me further after National Service.
16) Prepare for the biggest graduation show ever in the history of the Lasalle-SIA (Music Faculty).

That's it for now but basically, my aims are to better myself totally and make full, good use of these next few years instead of being stagnant. My music and my future have got to be top-priority.

P.S. If any of you need help with arranging/orchestrating music for ensembles/groups, or know of people who are in need of expertise in that area, do not hesitate to drop me a line. I will be more than glad to help and practice my talent. I'm also interested in composing for various musical/movie soundtracks and pop/sub-pop acts. Thank you. My contact is 90185506 - Nicholas J. Olsen.

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

River Man

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

Betty came by on her way
Said she had a word to say
About things today
And fallen leaves.

Said she hadn't heard the news
Hadn't had the time to choose
A way to lose
But she believes.

Going to see the river man
Going to tell him all I can
About the plan
For lilac time.

If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
And all night shows
In summertime.

Betty said she prayed today
For the sky to blow away
Or maybe stay
She wasn't sure.

For when she thought of summer rain
Calling for her mind again
She lost the pain
And stayed for more.

Going to see the river man
Going to tell him all I can
About the ban
On feeling free.

If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
I don't suppose
It's meant for me.

Oh, how they come and go
Oh, how they come and go



The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

'Deceitful' by Nicholas J. Olsen

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

We share a love
It was said we would be going farther
Tell me again and again
There isn't any other
Tell me you want me to stay
Join in the fun and laughter
My heart is beating so quick
It wouldn't any faster

I love the way you are
And when I get to know you better
I love the way you smile
And we don't wanna let it falter
I love the way you move
We'll dance all night and when it's over
I love the way you kiss
Ooh, I love the way you kiss

I love the way you kiss
Oh, you're not there
I love the way you move
Oh, I'm waiting
I love the way you kiss
Oh, you're not there
I love the way you move
Oh, you're just an illusion

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

'Ever After' by Nicholas J. Olsen

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

A million years away, I'd like to be the one to embrace her
"Oh, so sweet!"
Around me, are the people that remind me of a time I was so happy
Now, I've got to be content with being sappy

I'm feeling down for far too long
Tell me what I'm doing wrong
We always sing the same old song
Tell me what we're doing wrong

"Discontent! Hello!"
I greet you to a lifetime that will bind me to a sadness never longed for
What I want is not exactly what I'm getting
What I've got is not a simple understanding

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

'Dreaming of You' by Nicholas J. Olsen

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

Sleepless
I am sleepless without you
Hopeless
Hey, just what am I to do?

Speechless
There is nothing left to say
Lovely
How much more of you to take?

I am dreaming of you

Moonlight shimmers down and through my window
It reminds me
I remember I was broken

I am dreaming of you
Are you dreaming of me?
I am dreaming of you
Baby, can't you see?

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

In Celebration of the Occasion

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

What moonsongs
Do you sing your babies?
What sunshine do you bring?

Who belongs
Who decides who's crazy
Who rights wrongs where others cling?

I'll sing for you
If you want me to
I'll give to you
And it's a chance I'll have to take
And it's a chance I'll have to break

I go along
Just because I'm lazy
I go along to be with you

And those moonsongs
That you sing your babies
Will be the songs to see you through

I'll hear your song
If you want me to
I'll sing along
And it's a chance I'll have to take
And it's a chance I'll have to break

I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you

I'm in love with you
So in love
I'm in love with you
With you
I'm in love with you

I'm in love with you
So in love
I'm in love with you
I'm
I'm so in love
I'm in love with you

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

'Insomnia' by Nicholas J. Olsen

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

Baby, you are in my arms tonight
Tonight, you are in my arms
Oh yeah, we have got to try to fall asleep
And you know we should be counting sheep

Calling once and calling twice
Oh dear God, make it right
Is it wrong to be right?
I just wanna feel alright
Kiss me once and kiss me twice
Oh dear God, what is right?
What is right? What is right?
I feel alright

Baby, you are in my arms tonight
In my dreams, you are in my arms
Oh yeah, we have got to try to fall asleep
And you know we should be counting sheep

But instead, I'm thinkin' deep
Do you know I'm about to weep?
Someone else should take my seat
'Cos it's too late

Now I feel alright
I'm feelin' right
I feel alright
I'm feelin' right

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

'Change' by Nicholas J. Olsen

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

Lately, I'm just lazy and I'm crazy for you
Maybe I'm unsteady and I'm not ready for it
Baby's acting shady
And I try to be a lover
Not a hater; not a sinner
I'd forgotten I was open to the changes I had spoken so much of

Never been torn in my life before
See it come and see it go
We know that if change is what you feel is right, I'll show

Wo-oh wo-oh, I am feelin' it tonight
You know I won't go, oh
I try and I try to be what you feel is right
I know it don't show, oh
This love is real
I can feel it strong tonight
It seems that you don't know
I try and I try to be what you feel is right
You know I won't go, oh

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

You Should Be...

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

I graduated from Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts today. I got a band together to play my original music to be showcased and graded by a panel of examiners that consisted of Lindsay, Mona and a guest veteran who goes by the initials, J.S. apparently. All three of them had very nice things to say about my work efforts.

Lindsay stressed that it was an excellent show and that it was very heartfelt. Mona added that I've come a very long way and that I've shown great potential for future events. J.S. was very impressed by my ability to cover a lot of different genres altogether, and also fuse them together in certain pieces. Lots more were said, but the bottom line was that everyone enjoyed it very much.

There will be no more school for the next 2 years as I have to enter into the Singapore Civil Defence Force as service to my country. I plan to continue with a degree in the same course at Lasalle-SIA when I'm finally done with National Service.

Today marks a new beginning for me and I'm glad I don't have to put up with any more trouble that I've endured during this last semester and yet, I feel lost. Somehow, it's not as bright and sunny as it's supposed to seem. I still feel empty. Something is missing and I know what it is. My elation is stifled because of this and I don't feel too good. Uncertainty, is filling my mind with questions. Is it foolish to entertain? Is it selfish to guard? Is it wrong to want? Is it right to discard?

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

Cheesy Chicago

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
No baby please don't go
If you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me
No baby please don't go
Oh girl, I just want you to stay

A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We've come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes we'll both regret
Things we said today

A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We've come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes we'll both regret
Things we said today

If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
No baby please don't go
Oh girl, just got to have you by my side
No baby, please don't go
Oh mama, I just got to have your lovin, yeah
We've come too far to leave it all behind

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

I have the right to feel, think & express.

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

And Aubrey was her name,
A not so very ordinary girl or name.
But who's to blame?
For a love that wouldn't bloom
For the hearts that never played in tune.
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing,
Take away the words that rhyme it doesn't mean a thing.

And Aubrey was her name.
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon,
But where was June.
No it never came around.
If it did it never made a sound,
Maybe I was absent or was listening to fast,
Catching all the words, but then the meaning going past,

But God I miss the girl,
And I'd go a thousand times around the world just to be
Closer to her than to me.

And Aubrey was her name,
I never knew her, but I loved her just the same,
I loved her name.
Wish that I had found the way
And the reasons that would make her stay.
I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest.
If I can't have the one I want, I'll do without the best.

But how I miss the girl
And I'd go a million times around the world just to say
She had been mine for a day.

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

And I Saw You Standing There~~~

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

You saw me. I know you saw me standing right there, in front of you, trying to greet you. What do you do? You turn your cheek. What do I do? I laugh. I'm tickled. Did you turn your cheek so I can slap it? But enough of jokes for now.

The last time I was with you, you were apologizing to me for God knows what, now! You love me as a friend? Yes, that's right, Mr. Flaky. You. Is this how you treat a friend that you love? I mean, come on, I'm only taking your word for it. What ever happened to that little thing called 'honour'? What about 'dignity'? What about plain stick to what you friggin' say, man??? If you can't keep up to it then don't say it, man. Oh yes, now. Go ahead and blame it on the alcohol. Blame it on everyone but yourself.

You know? I've actually seen that look on your face before. T'was a long time ago - the very reason you were apologizing your sorry self to me for. I said this once before and I'll say it again. Nothing has/had ever come in between the two of us. Come on, you know what I'm talking about. I couldn't even accept your apology because there was no need for an apology in the first place. I never held anything against you, whilst you held some against me. I never went to you for an explanation. I didn't need one. Friends shouldn't need to explain themselves. You know what I mean, homie? Love is unconditional, yo? Oh yeah, it's also about acceptance! A great person told me that once.

For all the things that have happened, not once did I turn my cheek away from you. Are you trying to prove a point? Like if you turn your cheek away from me, I will blog about it here? If yes, then well... THE PRICE IS RIGHT, MY FRIEND!!! *Bells ringing* Come on down! You have earned a place on the hot seat! AH CHA CHA CHA CHA CHA!

Anyway, for all the times I helped you out, I get this from you. Not once but twice. Apologies in between, as well. And guess what? I never even asked for favours back... shhhh... I won't tell if you won't, yah? I wonder if, one day, you might come and say, "Hey dude, I'm sorry for BLAH BLAH BLAH". You know? I'll probably still go like, "Yeah man, it's no problem". I go soft like that, but you know what? What I'd really like to say is, "your apologies are becoming meaningless and they make the friendship all the more questionable, so why bother"?

Allow me, also, to finally touch on what I think of your tactical methods to ignore me. To be honest, not so good la. One moment, you're all smiley-faced and then you curl up like a sulky spider when you see my face (strike one). I come up to greet you, despite my keen awareness of your ignoring me, you look at me and then you turn away with disgust (strike two). That's... oh so manly of you, really. It's like you're some kind of specimen on the discovery channel and everyone else is observing how you unleash your defense-mechanisms on your enemies. Then, I let it go and carry on my own business. You, then, proceed to sneak peaks at me while you THINK I'm not looking from the corner of my eye. And then, BAM! Strike three - you're out, baby!

What does this tell me? You're the only one who is getting affected by this whole fiasco. You waste so much energy on trying to ignore me. You harbour so much hatred inside your heart. Why? In the end, you're only gonna hurt yourself and nobody else. I still can't bring myself to harbour hate for you, nor anyone for that matter. It might comfort you to know that that night, I went home and I prayed for you to be liberated from your hatred. Peace, man.

"I've come to accept the fact that people talk about me, feel intimidated by me, question my twist in accents, hate the way I walk, diss the way my posture fits and my taste in labels. But you know what? It's fine by me, because I'm not the one with the issues here." - Juliana Ong.

By the way, that's a very gutsy thing to write about on your friendster profile, dudette! My hat is off!

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*

Oh Well

*Gong* All Ye Hail Emperor Superstar! The Emperor Thpeaketh!

Since you've been gone I've been lonely
Longing to be with you only
Maybe there's still is a way I can find you and say
Just how I feel.

I can't believe that's it's over
Wish somehow I could have showed her
All that was inside of my heart 'stead of playing the games
You might have stayed

Funny just the other night I was thinking
I wonder if you ever think about me
I call you on the phone, there's no answer

Oh Well, there's still tomorrow
Oh Well, I'll try again
Oh Well, maybe just maybe

Since you've been gone I've been lonely
Longing to be with you only
If there's a way I could beg you to stay would you please
Stay with me.

I was thinking maybe I could come over
Hoping we could finally work this out
Even if tonight we don't find an answer

Oh Well, there's still tomorrow
Oh Well, I'll try again
Oh Well, maybe just maybe

If I had another chance
We would stand hand in hand
You'll be my girl and I'll be your man
Oh Well, maybe just maybe we can.

I still call you on the phone still no answer
Maybe later on I'll try one more time
Or am I just a fool to keep trying

Oh Well, there's still tomorrow
Oh Well, a fool's what I am
Oh Well, maybe just maybe

Oh Well, there's still tomorrow
Oh Well, I'll try again
Oh Well, maybe just maybe
See if I got down on my knees and gave you every little part of
me.

Oh Well, there's still tomorrow
Oh Well, I'll try again
Oh Well, maybe just maybe

Since you've been gone I've been lonely

The Emperor Hath Thpoken! *Gong*