picking up guitar playing

we have an acoustic guitar lying around the house. i have been thinking of picking up guitar playing. used to strum, not very correctly, when i was in the company of mc wong, tsung kok weng, fasalul rahman and tan tye thong. among the four, mc plays and sings well.

i remember when we went on camping trips to changi beach or jason's bay in malaysia, we would lug the guitar along. very often, it was mc who would strum the guitar as we sang along. those days when we were teaching in balestier, we would stay in school, often till past midnight, eating and singing, with guitar accompaniment.

i did try my hand at playing the basic chords and scales. i also taught myself to play a couple of songs that require the few basic chords. but, i always felt that my strumming was not smooth or rhythmic enough.

first, i must get the guitar tuned properly. if the guitar is not tuned correctly, playing it will be akin to singing off-key all the time.