Both, my official project (it could be my last) and Didi’s wedding day are getting closer and there are still a lot more to be done…….and my heart is beating fast.

Just look at the schedules below. Its crazy………

Dec 1 Concert vetting
Dec 4 Didi’s solemnization and wedding dinner
Dec 6 Concert at SCAPE
Dec 11 Concert at Botanic Gardens
Dec 12 Didi’s wedding reception
Dec 13 vetting for the dining in
Dec 16 Another vetting for the concert
Dec 20 Concert at the Esplanade

Jobs done and pending
Concert tickets printed.......:)
Posters for the concert will only be out tomorrow.....what the heck.
Banners will be ready on Monday.....just in time.
Pgm booklet, amended umpteen times.....still in the ‘baking tray’
Invitation card will be ready on Monday.....just in time
Backdrops for B Gdns to be sent to printer on Wed.....OK lah
Backdrops for Esplanade to be send to printer on Fri.....OK
Draft Admin pgm sent and awaiting for approval.....:)
Budget has been approved.....:)
Tasking list.....working on it
Souvenir.....still in the “baking tray”
Display panels ready next week.....scary


Fortunately, the wedding is handled by a wedding planner………60% load off and the other 40% shared among family members and siblings.
I wish everything goes well. Amin….


In the mean time, no golfing (since last month) and no leave:):):)

Hahaha finally…..its done. The sanding, shellac, polishing and set up all done after almost 4 months since August. Now I am listening to them with a cup of hot coffee. Some pics to share from the beginning till the final product.

Phooooooh, After more then 3 months, finally the Back Loaded Horn (BLH) are ready to be admired. It was a blessing ‘DO’ deployment this week that I had some time to work on the BLH.
Yesterday, one pc of the veneer was misaligned and need to be discarded. Same thing happened this morning. I almost gave up. An SOS was posted in diy forum and soon, advices came pouring in. It seems that I had no choice but to re sand the cabinet to remove the glue. Finally, at 5.30 pm (started doing it at 8 am) it was done. What a day.

Ok, will think of how to finish them later. Perhaps, just a 2 coats of shellac will do. As for now, I would just set them up for a listening test this weekend.

At 7 o’clock this morning my home balcony was turned into a workshop. While everyone else was sleeping, I eagerly worked on the veneering of the back-loaded speaker which was long overdue. This was my second diy project and I started building it in late July. LOL…….so you know what I meant by overdue.

Anyway, I spent five hours sweating in a balcony that looked more like a war zone. At 12 noon one speaker was done. By then, everyone was up so it was time to close the workshop and turn it back into what it was in the first place…..a balcony.

So woodworking tools were traded with broom and vacuum cleaner and by1 pm, all were back to normal, spic and span and it was a Saturday morning well spent.

the enclosure with only the baffle veneered.


the enclosure with all side veneered.

Yesterday was my first participation in NOISING. I brought my diy acrylic turntable (tt) and it created quite a buzz.
Unfortunately, the tt wasn’t performing well. Something was not right with the tt.
The experience diyers tried to trouble shoot but were not able to rectify it. Thus, my tt had to give way to other equipment.

Refusing to accept defeat, I spent the next hour figuring out what has gone wrong. Other diyers tried to assist in the trouble shoot. Finally at 5 pm (3 hours later), we managed to identify the problem……’the tracking force’.

Thus, a quick calibration was done and at 6 pm. Another shot was given to my tt.
Hey….. it works and sounded quite good. Too bad, I had to leave soon after.
Anyway it was a great weekend of sharing with hifi diyers.


fellow diyers


Thats my acrylic turntable


arranging the diy equipments.




another diy turntable

power amp with 2 light bulbs modeled on Nelson Pass's design

Dah dua minggu kita beraya. Tapi masih banyak rumah sedara dan member yang belum di kunjungi.
Zaman sekarang kita berkunjung hanya setahun sekali je. Jadi kalau nak kerumah semua sedara2 dan member, sebulan pun tak lih habis. Apa nak buat. Sedara ramai.
Walau camne pun, yang penting semua mesti happy.
Cuba tengok gambar2 ni. Dari malam raya sampai dua minggu raya. Semua muka ada senyum……hehehehe.

anyam ketupat nak sambut raya





malam raya




rumah da siap untuk beraya




di pagi raya






hari raya ke dua







hari raya ke tiga kat Johor









hari raya ke sepuluh



Hari raya yang ke tujuh belas

Rahmadan
kau mengajar ku untuk bersabar
menahan dahaga dan lapar
kau pemangkin ibadah dan amalan
semuga mendapat ganjaran
yang di gandakan

Rahmadan
kedatangan kau selalu dinantikan
Kerana kau membawa rahmat
Untuk mereka yang beriman

Rahmadan
malam ini terasa keshahduan
kerana aku pasti kau tinggalkan
pabila takbir berkumandang
menanda shawal akan bertandang

MENCARI

Lama juga aku mencari
Namun tidak menjumpai
Kemana kah ia pergi
Mungkin di telan teknologi
Atau tiada yang peduli lagi
Menggerak pena coretan hati

Suatu hari terlintas di hati
Berpesan pada sang isteri
Untuk bantu mencari
Seandai nya ia bercuti

Alangkah bahgia nya hati ini
Terlihat kad raya tersusun rapi
Yang di bawa pulang sang isteri
Atas pesanan awal tadi

Tanpa mengira kandungan isi
Kad di pena dengan ashik sekali
Dengan ucapan coretan hati
Untuk keluarga, saudara dan teman sejati
Kad di kirim sudah pasti

Itulah pengalaman ku mencari
Kad raya tahun ini
Tahun depan belum tahu lagi
Mudah2an masih ada yang peduli
Walau bagaimanapun
Pada keluarga, saudara dan semua sekali
Seandainya tiada kad pengganti diri
Ku mohon ampun sepuluh jari
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Last weekend after a month of night sweat, the Back Loaded Horn is done. I mean its all fixed up less the exterior finishing. Due to my lousy carpentry work, a lot more time is needed for touch up before the final finishing. Thus, I decided to ‘KIV” the project till after Ramadhan. In the mean time, the FE 168E will continue running in.

The construction of my Back Loaded Horn speaker has been going on for the past 2 weeks. I choose to build the Fostex based design for the FE 168E Sigma using 15mm plywood. Process is quite slow due to insufficient tools but the result so far so good.