{"id":1662,"date":"2013-09-23T16:49:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T16:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2013-09-24T00:56:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T00:56:52","slug":"alda-the-wake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1662","title":{"rendered":"Alda: The Wake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alda<\/a>
\nAlda Evan Tan, rest in peace.<\/p>\n

\"Danny<\/a>
\nDanny New on guitar and later violin.<\/p>\n

\"Collin<\/a>
\nCollin and a guitarist whose name I did not get, sang songs in tribute to Alda.<\/p>\n

\"Darren<\/a>
\nDarren Teh, brother of Kevin Teh\/Broken Scar (Alda\u2019s best friend) sings.<\/p>\n

\"Alda<\/a>
\nAlda apparently sold off all his other basses, including a cool double bass, ending up with just her, Scarlet. (Thanks to the administrator of the Pray For Alda Evan Tan<\/a> Facebook page for the reminder of the bass guitar’s name.)<\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/a>
\nPeter Hassan Brown, scene veteran, always ready with guitar and folk tune in hand.<\/p>\n

\"Alda<\/a>
\nAlda played bass for Soft Touch as well, Peter\u2019s band!<\/p>\n

\"Esty<\/a>
\nEsty Richard, vocalist for Once Upon A Time There Was A Sausage Named Bob, has a powerful voice!<\/p>\n

\"Jared<\/a>
\nJared of Once Upon\u2026 oh heck we\u2019ll just call it by what they like to call themselves when they don\u2019t feel like being wordy \u2013 Bob The Sausage.<\/p>\n

\"Elliott,<\/a>
\nElliott, a drummer from a long time ago, who played with Alda in Shelley Leong\u2019s Band and Cosmic Funk Express. Alda always had a drum buddy who would form a tag team. Elliott had not been seen around when he suddenly came up and played a song, waving to people (but we all struggled to recognize him in his new hair!)<\/p>\n

\"Collin,<\/a>
\nCollin, left, plays guitar while Aldwin shows us where Alda\u2019s musical talent comes from. Except that Alda doesn\u2019t actually sing!<\/p>\n

\"C.<\/a>
\nSlyde on the left and C. Loco on the right. Bald brothers!<\/p>\n

\"Aldwin<\/a>
\nAldwin on the far right holds an iPad with lyrics, while Zona Marie in the middle sings along. I didn\u2019t catch the name of the girl on the far left.<\/p>\n

Zona also tells the most heart-wrenching stories of good times with her brother.<\/p>\n

\"Collin<\/a>
\nCollin proposes to Joanne, while Danny plays guitar in the background. They met in the course of planning out fundraisers and other ways to help Alda\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n

\"They<\/a>
\nThey got engaged and now he\u2019s taking her away.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nThe crowd at Alda\u2019s wake.<\/p>\n

\"Adam<\/a>
\nAdam Lobo and the crew.<\/p>\n

\"Aldwin,<\/a>
\nAldwin, Alda\u2019s father, on the right, with a priest who says some prayers.<\/p>\n

\"Dragon<\/a>
\nDragon Red, acoustic, with Adam on the left and Amil on the right, played earlier, but then jammed with Esty here.<\/p>\n

All pictures taken at St. Ignatius Church, on the 13th of June 2012, at Alda Evan Tan\u2019s wake ceremony, with a Sony Alpha NEX-5, a E-mount 16mm F2.8, an LA-EA1 adapter and an Opteka 85mm F1.4 in A-mount.<\/p>\n

I did not get to go to his funeral, regrettably.<\/p>\n

With this set of pictures, it should be closure \u2013 there aren\u2019t any more pictures relating to him after this.<\/p>\n

More here:<\/strong>
\nCome Together For Alda<\/a><\/strong>
\nMoonshine: A Fundraiser for Alda Tan<\/a><\/strong>
\nRockafellas Come Together<\/a><\/strong>
\nEarth Hour 2012, Pray For Alda<\/a><\/strong>
\nWhat Do These Bands Have In Common?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alda Evan Tan, rest in peace. Danny New on guitar and later violin. Collin and a guitarist whose name I did not get, sang songs in tribute to Alda. Darren Teh, brother of Kevin Teh\/Broken Scar (Alda\u2019s best friend) sings. Alda apparently sold off all his other basses, including a cool double bass, ending up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","category-music","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}