I have been busy and I have been busy. And inevitably, I fell sick and it made me feel very unsexy all over. I need to remind myself more to pull back once in a while. I guess everybody can get carried away when they're in "the zone". I am, however, reminded of that story of that Singaporean woman who died of overwork around this time last year. She actually even wrote an entry about her overwork on her weblog a few days before she died.

Something for all you fellow workaholics (and perhaps slavedrivers) out there to ponder over during Labor Day.

I actually did these remixes back in late 2005 before Sumo-lah went into production. It was my first time asking any established musician whether it was okay for me to mess around with their song. To my surprise, both Afdlin and Pacai were extremely sporting about the whole thing. The Look East Mix was keeping more to the Japanese theme of Sumo-lah while the Through The Ages Mix was something I went nuts over trying to be experimental with the song's soundscape.

I still love Pacai's version though, with that ripping guitar solo and strings towards the end of the track.

My thanks to the both of them for letting me do this!