It’s been 7 lessons of driving for the newbie, and I’ve done U-turn, stopping on / moving off a slope, left turn, right turn, and revved it up to 4th gear on the Honda Civic. This is accompanied by my instructor’s canned jokes. The test day is on 16th November 2005. At this rate, it still doesn’t look too hopeful, but I’m sure the foundation in armoured vehicle handling will come in handy.

At the same time, baby got me a bike through her parents, I’m not sure of the brand of it, as it says Suntech on the frame and it uses Trektro brakes and only the latter showed up on Google when I did research. Another area of question marks. Will need to read up on bike handling techniques so I don’t always hurt my posterior when I descend from the kerb. The cost of adding the stand and repairing the brakes cost as much as the bike itself. But I like it all the same, it’s let me find another avenue to keep fit since I’ve left the dreaded armed forces, notorious for the runs it conducts for the in-mates soldiers.

Band name!
Kameleon – The resilient reptile that’s outlived its other scaly counterpart that bit off torsos of ancient cavemen when they least expected it ala Jurassic Park. In a modern context, something that can change its shade of colour to blend in with its immediate surroundings suggesting something versatile and able to move on with the times.

Meatball Salad – A fresh sounding name belonging to the genre of noveau cuisine (have YOU heard of meatball in salad before? Ham, yes, sausages, yes, salmon, yes, but meatball, hmm) We are young and invincible, viva la Meatball Salad, filled to the brim with energy and ready to take on the world!

Söul-Ace – A tinge on the jaded, poignant side to have become the aces of soul, perhaps due to too much introspection into ourselves and musings of life and its profound unknowns. Puns on “solace”, a sanctuary for those who seek escape, for ourselves and others.

CheRubber Soul – Fusion of the two words, “Cherub” and “Rubber Soul”. The result: an angel who is losing his innocence due to temptations of the allures of the big city, hence the wavering virtues and association with pliable rubber. Any association with the Beatles over Rubber Soul is entirely coincidental. Right.

Now that the short listed entries are here, please give us a sign, which will ultimately decide the logo that will appear on our T-shirt, and the name which we’ll remember as the one thing in life that we never regretted doing. All it needs now is some original compositions (need to delve in theory, ugh) and some outings to bond the members closer together to play as A BAND, then THE BAND. Decisions decisions. Jam on!

Song stuck in head now – Nirvana: You Know You’re Right
Penny Dai – Wang Qian Zou