I’ve been going on for a while now about being in a new hobby band and now I’ve got something digital to show for it.

We’ve just started writing songs recently, and got our act together with home recordings. Low budget video-making was just a hop and a skip away.

This video’s been up on our Facebook group for a week, but we just got it up on YouTube. So here it is—Well Intentioned Lies, by The Formidable Jetic.

Christmas is nigh and the shops are a buzzin’. No feeling of the reported economic slowdown because Orchard Road is a bloody madhouse. My office is in one of the buildings along the stretch and there is nothing more charming than jostling for carpark space while you’re already late for work.

But maybe people are spending less. The crowds are just shoppers flitting about looking harder for bargains, as opposed to buying what they need and getting the hell out.

No economic slowdown’s going to prevent the all-important gift exchanging. I mean, what else are we going to do to pass the time during Christmas parties?

Which leads me to wonder—do people whose birthdays fall on or near Christmas get extra large presents or 2-in-1s that disappoint both occasions?

And does Christmas feel like Christmas because of time off work? Or tinsel in the trees downtown? Or the looping Christmas soundtrack in the office toilet?

Or time spent with the ones you love?