Aviery - Remembering Me

2006-01-30T11:16:00.000-08:00

i'm shutting down our blogspot soon, cuz our flash website and domain is going to be up soon!

all i can say right now is, everything is going so smooth! well let's pray that nothing will hinder our progress. :)

aviery.fred.

2006-01-17T08:48:00.000-08:00

Recording in the process!

everything is just as smooth.

:)

aviery.fred.

2006-01-03T08:54:00.000-08:00

hello people..

things are going as planned.

we're recording next thursday, 12th January.

everything is going smooth now.

this blog will be closed soon, making ways for our domain.. :)

yeah.

we'll be playing in Rock The Old School Gig, it's at ngee ann poly.

vanessa(our new stage keyboardist) will be playing for us.

so kinda excited about it. :)

SEE you at the Gig!

-fred.

2005-12-07T09:40:00.000-08:00

Loviete Clothing launched!!

Be sure to buy their t-shirts! for more information, go to www.lovieteclothing.com now!

-fred.

2005-12-04T03:49:00.000-08:00

another energy draining set at beats for aviery the last Friday. First, love and peace to the organizers and their band, A Little Girl Terrorist!!yippee... Some bands i caught and who rocked were Dr M's contradiction and Ephyra. Pictures will be available reallyy soon, especially for those interested in a magnified view of our sweaty, shirtless, moppy haired singer. p.s. jerome rocks for being my human shield during the crazy assed moshes.

.dawn.

p.s.s. dont forget to add us on myspace if you have not already done so!...

Sweaty dudes, hardcore music and a broken door....

2005-11-21T07:52:00.000-08:00

its dawn here,quiz time folks: what ranks as the most perilous place to be on earth right after standing next to a overflowing foutain of molten lava. The answer can be found down there. NO, not DOWN there you one-track minded goon...by scrolling down. Frederick the detective has kindly taken pictures of all the evidence of why playing at beat merchants during a gig is akin to being wihin the bowels of a fiery dragon. Exhibit A: door hanging from its broken hinge. Very CSI-style huh.

Here's a shoutout to some cool people who have been supporting Aviery for the past few shows without fail: Anthony n the hatred guys, colin, yan and the geisha guys...ok, i missed the first band no direction, and the last band strayvoice but as a consolation to myself i made it there on time to finally get to see the hansumm dudes from Ephyra play a show. Hands down, they really got me in a great mood for the rest of the post-hardcore night...awesome vocals yo...

K, go check our gigs page for upcoming shows. byeee

.dawn.

2005-11-20T18:23:00.000-08:00

Disillusioned By Smooth Pop gig was crazy!!

Aviery played alongside with Strayvoice, No Direction, Dying With Mary Jane, Ephyra.

the aftermath of the gig:

a broken belt

an air freshener broke into many parts

a hole in the ceiling(caused by a mic)

one strong mic(still workable after hitting the ceiling)

lastly, a broken door!

For more pictures, click here!

Just want to thank everyone for coming down to the gig! you guys are awesome bunch! Thank you Vanessa for taking our band photos!

We are meeting our producer next week! woohoo!

aviery.fred

2005-11-17T00:46:00.000-08:00

latest update! just bought a camera to assist me for designing. spent about $800+ and really burnt a hole in my pocket, but that camera is really worth.

well, we had our jamming today. Kolin, Ian and Vanessa from Apathetic Geisha also joined in our session.. it was pouring heavily after our jamming, firdaus and sufrin had to rush to Boons to meet up with their another band, In Hatred and Gifted.. So, we had to walk under the cold rain to the bus stop in front of Tekka Mall. HELL. there were like 40+ people at that bus stop. crazy!! anyway, less talking, here's some photos,

that's Zul from In hatred and gifted. dawn calls him Elf. she calls every pretty boy "Elf" haha.

had a nice time today.

see ya on the gig this saturday..

aviery.fred

2005-10-16T00:49:00.000-07:00

Today's competition went well.

a big thanks to Apathetic Geisha once again!! You guys rock!! it's a pity that Zombie Bar didn't provide keyboards, otherwise vanessa will be playing the Atreyu song. Apathetic Geisha, if you have any gigs coming up, just message us, we'll be there to support you!!

these 2 days, i really seen a lot of good bands! For today, i'm gonna have to highlight Crossbred. They are truly the kings of all guitar players. Amazing originals they have there, both guitars playing lead together and never out of timing. What really gives the audience a real big shock, was during the interval to their second song., the stage light went off and one of the guitarist's guitar LIT UP!! freaking wicked!!

and there's the other band, West Grand Boulevard!! They are like the fathers who brought me in to local scene about 2 years back(p.s it's a term, they are not old!!).
It's nice to see Jude, Eric, Bryan, Dharma, Jon performing. Jon's drumming was amazing. One of the best drummer i've ever seen. WGB songs are wicked especially when the whole band are made up of really talented musicians.

here's the results:

1st: West Grand Boulevard
2nd: Skyjuice(a band that plays bon jovi)
3rd: Crossbred
4th: Aviery

WGB and Skyjuice made it to the finals. Congras to them! Go WGB!!

p.s.Taking part in a competition is like taking O' levels.

-fred.

2005-10-15T01:01:00.000-07:00

Thank you thank you and thank you!!

It was a great evening for everyone who was there. We met so many nice bands and friends!

Apathetic Geisha opened the gig and what could i say, they are really really good young talents. They played about the same genre as us(the bled, atreyu, etc..)!! All of them are really young.. talks about age, i guess my band is kinda old. anyway, age doesn't matter in the rock scene right? hehe. Bryo, i finally see you playing, it's just most of our gigs, you are always there! :)

The other bands that played along, was Demo Cassette(a punk rock band!), All Of These(another young band!, they played covers from Saosin! woo!)

Last but not least, Caracal. This rock band is way cool! they are the highlight for everyone! :) the vocalist is good, the riffs are killer! you guys ought to check them out. click here for their blogspot!

our first set of aviery's stickers are going to finish soon. the 2nd set of stickers will be up!

To Martin and Field of Caracal, thanks for helping us for the sound check! To dawn, We are not elfs!! thank you Martin for giving us this slot and to play alongside with your band.

Thank you, each and everyone of you for not moshing. hehe, i got back my $20! :) So people, leave a tag at our tagboard okay? It'll take awhile to load, so be patience.

See you soon..

-fred.

2005-10-10T00:47:00.000-07:00

Hi people, we just received a news that we are performing this friday. It's kinda sudden for us as well. Do come down and support us, cause it's free entry for all!! :)

see ya there.

-fred.

2005-10-06T09:45:00.000-07:00

Hi people,

I have changed the background of our myspace account. click here to check it out. :)

A new song is on the way. It's pretty good i would say. It'll be up on our EP as the bonus track. Plans on our EP are on the way, probably 7 songs we'll put up. So check us back sometimes for further updates. :)

have a nice day!

-fred.

2005-09-30T06:10:00.000-07:00

Today, i'm gonna talk about this lung illness called, Pneumothorax. i suffered from this in April, and just as recently, my classmate suffered from it as well. just want to raise awareness to tall and thin people, so you all have a knowledge about it.

Pneumothorax: (a.k.a Air around the lung; Air outside the lung)

A pneumothorax is commonly known as a collapsed lung. Normally, the outer surface of the lung sits next to the inner surface of the chest wall. Thin membranes called pleura cover both surfaces. A pneumothorax occurs when air escapes from the lungs or leaks through the chest wall and enters the space between the two membranes (pleural cavity). As air builds up, it causes the nearby lung to collapse.

Spontaneous pneumothorax is the occurrence of pneumothorax without a clear cause. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs when there is no known underlying lung disease. It is thought to be caused by the rupture of a small, air-filled sac in the lung called a bleb or a bulla. The disease affects tall, thin men between 20 and 40 years old most frequently. Cigarette smoking and family history are contributing factors(but, i don't smoke or neither my family history has got this).

Symptoms of pneumothorax include:
Sudden shortness of breath
Painful breathing
Sharp chest pain, often on one side
Chest tightness
Dry, hacking cough
Bluish color skin (because of a lack of oxygen)
Rapid heartbeat

Pneumothorax occurs when air leaks from inside of the lung to the space between the lung and the chest wall. The lung then collapses. The dark side of the chest (right side of the picture) is filled with air that is outside of the lung tissue.

Most people doesn't know about this illness, but it is really common. for more information, do read about it by searching for pneumothorax in either yahoo or google.

-fred.

2005-09-06T08:01:00.000-07:00

Our piano instrumental song "awake" is playing on PodCast!!

http://smallfrypodcast.libsyn.com/

Click on the link to check it out!! You can hear other local stuff as well.. :)

fred.

2005-09-04T00:16:00.000-07:00

Thanks for coming!!!

we had so much fun even though the room felt like a hot suana.

We'll post up some of our photos and video of the gig soon.

thanks each and everyone of you who came to our gig. hope you enjoyed it too!

-fred

2005-08-29T22:59:00.000-07:00

We're performing this saturday:

Supposed to be the closing band, but we gave the slot to Harakiri. We'll be playing at 8pm. Hope to see you guys there.. FREE Aviery stickers will be given out!

2005-08-29T02:19:00.000-07:00

New video, Live at substation!!!
click on "video" to watch the vid!

New site layout!!

Hope you enjoy it!!!

do check us out on www.myspace.com/aviery

fred.

2005-08-03T02:07:00.000-07:00

hi people!

we have an account on MySpace.

hear out the music here yeah?

www.myspace.com/aviery

do add us!!

-fred.

2005-07-29T01:49:00.000-07:00

here's some great news people!

Our single, When Forever Ends is now on www.purevolume.com/aviery

You ought to check it out because the song quality is way better than the one on Unity Of Aggression Compilation cd!! So what are u waiting for?!

and

we have a Friendster account!

www.friendster.com <-- click to log in and add us now! aviery@hotmail.com

thanks for the support!!!

:)

-fred.

2005-07-27T01:46:00.000-07:00

good evening people! i have uploaded Unity Of Aggression pictures..!

here's the link:
http://community.webshots.com/user/aviery

we'll be putting up our single on purevolume really soon.. so check us out in a few days time. :)

-fred

2005-07-20T22:12:00.000-07:00

hello people!

it's been awhile. everyone's busy at the moment.. Unity Of Aggression pictures will be put up soon, so bare for a while now.. :)

anyone going for slipknot? bet it'll be crazy.. just can't wait. :)

-fred

2005-06-13T00:30:00.000-07:00

Let's say, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to dawn!! happy birthday to you~

thanks for the people who came down for UOA2.. thanks AMETHYST for lending me the keyboards. i'm really sorry about the tons of mistakes we made today. argh.. anyway, i got a new song up for aviery. it's a chill-out song and it's way out of my old style. hehe.

hope you guys enjoyed the compilation. bet u all might be thinking how come our recording quality is so bad. :(

anyone who came down to club rouge on friday?
Surreal guys were greaT!

LOVE ME BUTCH was awesome!! man~~~ support them!!
www.lovemebutch.com
i've been playing their songs endlessly on my iPod!!

-fred.

2005-06-08T05:42:00.000-07:00

Thanks for coming down for our comeback show. hope u guys enjoyed it. AVA guys were awesome..

coming friday, LOVE ME BUTCH performing at club rouge! it's free entrance before 9~

check out the information from Voideck

Gig this sunday!

coming sunday, Unity Of Aggression 2! be there..!! performing along with A Vacant Affair again.. $10 per entry and a free compilation cd.

Announcement
i have to say sorry if u hear our song from the compilation cd, cause we can't get it mixed down in time. i promise when the final one is done, we'll put it at purevolume for you to download.. sorry once again..

see you on friday and sunday..

-fred

2005-06-02T08:03:00.000-07:00

Gig coming up on this sunday,

Guiness Substation Theatre, from 2pm onwards til late.
Pre-sales ticket at $6, At the door $8.

Pre-sales tickets still available, contact aviery@hotmail.com to reserve one for you!

-fred

recording time is ra ra time

2005-05-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

hello !! some updates on whats been up with us, we've been in a pressure cooker the last few days recording one song for the UOA compilation. Once we have touched it up to perfection, everyone gets to listen to it...yay!

Most important please come and SUPPORT us at the compilation lauch on June 12th, which also happens to be my birthday!! YAY! again....okay...byebye

dawn

2005-04-28T00:11:00.000-07:00

Good news people! Aviery's site has been visited 900+ times!
Thanks for visiting, hope you like the site. :)

People, you can leave a message on the TagBoard by clicking "Remembering Me" and if you're the lucky 1000 visitor, please do leave a message alright?

-frederick

2005-04-26T23:17:00.000-07:00

gig photos are finally up.. check them under the "media" section.. Enjoy!

-fred

2005-04-25T19:38:00.000-07:00

hi guys.. finally, the website is up!

anyway, aviery haven't done the recording yet and it's all because of me.
all it started out with a minor chest pain. i thought it would recover, but i was totally wrong.
i was hospitalized for 11 days and did 2 operations!

reason: Left apical bullae with pneumothorax

here's the link to know more about it. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000087.htm

it was really traumatizing.

day 1: minor pain
day 2: mnor pain
day 3: doctor told me was muscular pain and i didn't take x-ray. at night, i could move or breath well
day 4: the pain expanded it's way down
day 5: still painful
day 6: started coughing at night
day 7: coughed non-stop. took X-ray at GP, admitted to hospital immediately. eyes wide opened during the operation. they inserted a tube inside to suck the air.
day 8: X-ray not showing improvement. put on suction. couldn't talk much.
day 9: X-ray showing improvement. still painful.
day 10: no X-ray today
day 11: X-ray not showing improvement. scheduled for operation
day 12: Surgeon came to explain
day 13: operation. nauseous after the op.
day 14: still on suction. painful.
day 15: still on suction. took out morphine aid. more alive.
day 16: finally took out suction. relieved.
day 17: home. doc pulled the tube out infront of my naked eyes and stitched back the wound.
ouch.

some pictures:

the tube is about 20cm long in my body.

here's where my blood water goes to. collected about 850ml on the last day.

thought it wrote my initial "JX" behind.

finally washed my hair on the 6th day!

on this bed for 11 days

pretty flowers. thanks to jiayan, angelia, wendy and hubby, shirdeen and mates.

party!

great thanks to those who visited me..

these 11days, i couldn't have survived without the help from my parents, don, chris, shirley, all my classmates and not forgetting my darling.

love you people..

now it's time to rest..

-fred jx

2005-04-03T15:28:00.000-07:00

hello people..

haven't been updating you guys for awhile.. just to let u know, this blog's design is going to be changed by mid-april.. hope i'm intelligent enough to understand more blog's script. :)

we have booked a recording, 17th April at musiczone.. and yeah, we're going to record just a song, when forever ends.. hope that it'll turn out good and to let you people hear it.

listening to: Alexisonfire - Watch Out!

-fred jx

2005-02-22T21:11:00.000-08:00

hi people, here's the lyrics i wrote for when forever ends.. hope you people will like it..

Aviery - When forever ends

Can you smell the burning of your white wedding dress,
left ablaze in front of your rueful eyes?
the day you've been longing for, is never to come true,
so let this church bell ring, with that,
you're gone..

hold your breath,
before you grasp for another one.
can you feel the air,
getting thinner and thinner?
these faces you would see,
these places you would miss,
these fears deep in you,
this love you have lost.

Like a thousand letters,
written by a heart,
how it makes me feel,
but what has it all become?

On the day you felt left behind(is when you know)
this fairytale doesn't exist(in you)
so stop dreaming now and stay awake
this is the fake that is hurting and true
so stop dreaming now and stay awake
(open up your eyes and stay awake)

Open up your eyes and see for yourself,
the face you're looking at
Open up your eyes and see for yourself,
this is my face you're looking at

You said this love forever,
but i'm stilll waiting for you.
What have i done?
bleed this love, away..

-fred jx