Monday, July 22, 2013

Iwan Syahman - Shalat Dulu


Inside The Club Extravaganza - After A Long While 5

I felt my sling bag slung at the shoulders being stuck as if caught at the sling but not knowing what can be catching it. I turned around to check to see a laughing Dierdre pulling the bag at the back of me. She looked fabulous considering the half century mark and I was hard to recognize at first if not for her characteristic gay or joyful laughter. Prince did mention at prior that Dierdre changed profession to become a hostess when she was before a mummy or Lounge Manageress but I did not quite believe, yet, there was she - truly resplendent and more than proper - for a glamorous dancing lass. And she was beautiful that my heart stirred like times before and a score years plus ago - of a girl so comely and quick on the steps whilst stepping to dances of various types and genres. The fact also that she looked ageless and not a tiny bit weather beaten. Together with her sunny personality - Dierdre - just scores the part - 110 percent. Top dancers do make the buck if compared to mummies and of whom rely mostly on tips but lovely boogie gals may even reach higher part of four to five figures in stark cash monthly and what can Dierdre be lack of if not the complete knowledge of what traits to acquire in order to reach the pinnacle. Dierdre luxuriates in the knowledge that she did a perfect makeover on herself. I think for the money and ne'er anything else as what else a young grandma would ask for but more than ample greenbacks - perchance? I did a lengthy think about on Dierdre after bumping into her in order to grasp what little bit that she did the change - a tad why to a sentient question difficult to appease perhaps? Existentialists construct meanings to their existences and from a rather meaningless states of consciousness and thenceforth could find reasons as to their predicaments or whatever solutions to appease. Existentialist start with zero in belief  and builds towards their inner universe of what that can construct signification into their entire being ness. God does not strike them terse but just as an afterthought. Nihilists on the other hand is more political when entire systems banished for things newfangled and revolutionary but Dierdre the existentialist explore meanings - meaningful and profitable - plus much to her existence - ontologically and less of essence: psychologically. The fact also that she could bedutiful in observing daily prayers - in private but in public she puts up a charade of tantalizing show girls. Be that God is truly subjective to her and innermost the realm - she seeks sublimed peace. No one can know except her. Phenomenology wise but phenomenology also repels God that he need not exist but tries ever so hard to justify a pseudo one. Or that Cartesian afterthought of I gather therefore I am or am such from all doubts at initial of what constitute his thoughts. Or that I was apprehensive but I can think thence I am because I think so. Kant elaborate upon things known and things in itself - impossible to know....Husserl about ness of things and ideas grasped but academic only and Heidegger's personal and mysterious about perceptions and objects in mind among others. Still God remains elusive and food for thought only. Sartre took the cake when metaphors on God creating from nothing and nothing exists or God exist to not exist. Finishing all with nothingness and not really nothing to nothing but nothing to hope to aspire and to become utterly despondent that noting or nothingness the only will left and the sole reason in existing and in its own sphere. An ontology bars nothing, nothingness and nihilty. However I always pray and asks my God for peace for sustenance and for a glorious after life. For the nothing that's besides or in front is him.....

Monday, July 15, 2013

Engelbert Humperdinck - Quando, quando, quando


Inside The Club Extravaganza - After A Long While 4

Mikey and gang invited a latest buddy of theirs to come join the singalong session they had planned and he was to arrive the bit later as he had to attend to something before joining but the fact was they all appeared together when making entrance innermost the karaoke chamber already reserved. Engelbert or Enge for short was the youngest among the recently arrived in the singing room even though a neat white goatee he was adorning. Looking like a learned fellow, he was even of the sublimed disposition, along with, being quiet and unassuming all the time; Enge sat comfy upon the long and cushy sofa yet smiling but hardly a word heard from him. From an initial outlook he was someone having wisdom or wise not to be persistently vocal. A name like Engelbert can only represent the one and only Engelbert the world famous but an Enge besides the crooner must have at least a quality of Enge the original or so I presumed although Enge as per  Extravaganza was not even the Enge as believed and postulated as he had another name or a nomenclature that brings his being. Only that I add the honorific appellate of a renowned celebrity as material for this post since I was at liberty as author and writer seeming so..hoho. Aristotle would be in name Aristotle the ancient philosopher, yet, millenniums forward there are Aristotle the footballer and Aristotle the butcher, but Aristotle the Philosopher would be the personage in mind or subjective or the thing that the mind reflects, because Aristotle was and is the name thus the term hallowed and outstanding. In a sense Aristotle the firefighter emulates the best in an epitaph of Aristotle the wise - the Philosopher. A gist perchance of the narration that Muar or river mouth is a city at the river mouth and has been called so since time immemorial and Longbridge has been so because it is a lengthy bridge and its name is such because it is so. Or that the Longbridge connotes the town and no other reason besides. Came Enge's turn to croon and a rock kapak tune or a rock and roll number - evergreen and trendy always - what a show! There he attacked the tone with falsetto pitch and all and an elusive course undertone, to complete, a ditty, only hard and serious rockers can perform. Howsoever there was also the sweet tone in the background, much like that of Enge the Enge - powerful, penetrating, everlasting, heartfelt, legendary and romantic. The Enge of Extravaganza but could be - without doubt - the Enge of The Enge The Great! hohoho! Applause! Applause!  

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Sendiri - Jamal Abdillah


Inside The Club Extravaganza - After a long while 3

Aristotle maintains that happy stands on its own and without anything else as appendage or that it comes as itself and happens also as such. While others admit to happiness being relative to other states of being, happy and alone per se marks a being ness not subject to others. Happy can also mean that someone who enjoys life tremendously or happy to always binge about, alongside, happy, so as to be, completely - moderate in outlook and in principles. Psychologists too vouch for happiness to come about, there must be, circumstances, sum of which, makes altogether - a meaningful life. Happy or a metaphysical conscious state that can be append to others, yet, can also be its own. Or that happy can be associated, together with, inner peace or a peace of mind. The length and breadth of which happiness is peace outside and inside, howsoever, that the external be extremely chaotic and directionless but inner peace totally prevails. Or entirely the subjective rules albeit the objective wholly disorganized. Could it be that Mikey is happy to underwrite any costs for dangdut night outs excepting the token sums contributed by dangdut buddies but the bulk being his responsibility. He did not even dish out the cash but gave all to Lenny to pass to the waitress. Sometimes Lenny adding the bit to even the damages. Why must Mikey remain incognito when the dangdut consociation consists only of the few and the only members for years on end? Plus also that Mikey feels slighted if any of the dangdut buddies highlighted this salient fact. Or that he is just happy to always contribute and an amount that can make or break a planned dangdut evening out. Because the dough always rule and Mikey doesn't mind - if the mates are happy dangduting - he is happy to do so. Bless good old Mikey! Quite alone and a Lone Ranger being so, a fat wallet too, yet, his thoughts are for his buddies - more than ever! Hohohohoho!