Thursday, March 12, 2009
These week has passed by so quickly! Have no assignments/projects due this week, thought I could take a breather. In the end, spent most of my time doing pr2202 project. This project has taken up more time than I expected! Still thought it would be quite fun, but I realise it's more tedious than fun. Using the computer to design is really not one of my strengths; ok I admit, I'm totally not good at designing! Argh. Never had much artistic talent since young, haha. Just hope to get the project and my dev psych essay done sooooon!!! Will be a great load off my back :)
Many people seem quite stressed these few days. Jia you ba!! :) Hang in there and it will be over soon. Always think on the bright side, stay positive and optimistic. I think it helps to think happy thoughts, especially when you are feeling very down. Listen to more happy and upbeat songs; listening to music helps me calm my mood alot. Thinking about that reminds me: I wanna go K BOX!!!!!Haven't gone singing for a veryyyyyy long time! The last time I went must have been last year. Haiyo... 我要K 歌!!!!!! :D:D:D
Monday, March 9, 2009
there goes my BTT.......
i think i need a personal assisstant to help me keep track of my schedule. anyone interested? HA.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Dedicated to "Allure 2009"
Yesterday was THE concert :) Now when I think back about it, it seemed to have flashed by sooo quickly! But then, I really enjoyed myself alot, whether backstage or on stage. It was a really great experience, and I guess it marks the end of my CO performance journey. This should be the last time that I perform with CO for my friends and family. Well, I must say it was a BLASTING ending, a wonderful memory that will stay with me :):)
This might be a boring entry, cos I wanna write down all the little little details that happened, so I can look back next time and savour the moments again. WAHAHA :P
YY and I took a cab down in the afternoon, cos we were running super late!! haha. She met me ard my hse, and we managed to flag a cab quite fast. Whew! Reached UCC at 1245, only a liiiitle bit late. Haha. But actually, there wasn't a need to reach so early. Our full dress rehearsal only started at 140pm, and we had plenty of time before that. Our rehearsal wasn't too great, there were still some errors here and there. I was feeling rather anxious, but seeing that our conductor (Mr Lum) seemed quite calm, I relaxed a little too. Actually, I bet he was very anxious and nervous too, probably even more than any of us; but it's really crucial that he didn't show it, otherwise it would definitely make all of us even more uptight. I still remember when NYCO went for our SYF, I could see our conductor's hands trembling as she was conducting, and it really made me even more nervous and jittery than I originally was. Haha, it goes to show that conductors are really important, and they can really control the soul of the orchestra.
After the run-through, we had a break before lunch. Had some donuts, before going out to the cafeteria with the Suona gang. Haha, YY and I hang out with the suona ppl so much, we can be considered as part of suona liao la. :P At the cafeteria, our conversation was mostly about Jeffery and his political views of future-NUSCO. Seriously, I wonder if he has been influenced by yx too much, haha. And I really do not see the need of thinking so much and going into so many details, when everything is still so unsure. All I can say is that the job is really not an easy one, and it's never easy to be the bad guy. No matter how many aspirations you have, how strong is your desire to make the organisation a successful one, as long as you do not have the support of your members, you can't really achieve much. No one will appreciate all the backstage effort you put in, and you'll be someone that ppl will remember with dislike and distaste. I know this sounds really exaggerated, but there's truth to it. Aiya but anw, we'll support you all the way la ok!!
Back from the digression, we had dinner, then we had some time to make up. I put on make up like, once a year? Only when there's a performance will I put make up. And I remember last time when I was in choir, there were always mothers helping us to make up. Haha, so I didn't have to do it myself. (although letting them do it = having suuuuuper duper red cheeks and exagerrated eyeshadows and lipstick. HAHA. ) But people always say that when you go on stage your make up has to be realllly exagerrated, so that you will look good. Cos the stage lightings are always very bright, and when shined on your face they make you look really pale. Not sure how true is this, but well, I always make sure I have some make up on before going onstage.
We were waiting behind the curtains since 745, and we could see more and more ppl starting to come in. I always find the moments just before going stage the most nerve-wrecking. Like "ahhh...am i really able to go up there and perform???" But when I'm up there, I would feel much better. But I must really say, the audience yesterday was so cute and lively! Haha! They all started to clap and cheer when we were going up the stage. Alot of them started to shout for their frens, and the whole hall was like filled with cheers and shouts. I remember turning to yy and said: "So HIGH!!!" WAHAHAHA! Really made me feel less nervous, and I just told myself to enjoy. :)
The first half went through very smoothly, though I was really quite nervous at Hua Mu Lan. Xin Di has quite a few important parts, that we always dun seem to play very well. But apparently, we did rather well yesterday! :) Whee~~ Was worried for "Uncle" when he was playing the kou di part. And indeed.... But oh well, I guess he has tried his best, and that is enough.
Wasn't supposed to leave during the intermission, because we were not allowed to go out with our costumes. Was prepared not to go out, then I saw many people changing out of their costumes to go out! For the guys super easy can; so many of them wore shirts beneath their Sun Zhong Shan top, so they just had to take off their top!!! Not so easy for us girls can, still need to change out. But I saw someone wearing a jacket over her top, so "TING!", we can do that too!!! So yy and I chiiiiionged back to the room, grabbed our clothes and changed. Luckily, I managed to borrow a jacket from Enoch, so I just had to change my bottoms. YY decided last min that she wanted to change her top too, and under desperate conditions she actually changed inside the cupboard in our dressing room!! WAHAHA! I think Eric's face when he came into to the room to see her coming out of the cupboard superr funny! And yy was like so paiseh.. HAHA :) We ran all the way out, and managed to see the NYCO gang!! wahaha! Was worth it la huh...hehe.. wah but I was superr hot inside enoch's jacket can!!!! burningggg. HAHA! Then when we were still talking to them, some of the nusco members suddenly said "late le late le!!! quickly go back!!!!" Wah seh the whole group of us started to chiiiiong back, damn funny la! I think at that moment, I really felt bonded to nusco,haha :P We saw Mr Lum along the way, and he was like “不要跑,不要跑" HAHAHA!!! So all of us slowed down and brisk walked back instead. LOL. When I think back it was really quite funny can. And I still dun understand, why can't we go out with our costumes??????? It would have saved soooo much time can, and I needn't have been baked inside the jacket. Haha I probably burned quite a few calories, plus all the running about!
The second half was great!! My mum said the piano soloist was damnnnnnn good. And I think the zoomed in version of his hand is super coooooooool can!!!! I shall buy the DVD and watch at home. He's definitely comparable to last yr's soloist!!! WAHaha! the ERHU one i mean :)
Ended our concert with a blast!! Felt quite emotional as I was playing the ending of huang he... Was trying to savour the moment when I was playing our encore song too.. Cos.. it would most probably be the last song I would play in UCC. And even if I go with CO for the Poland competition, I would no longer be performing in front of all my family and friends. Well, though I must say that this is a good ending for my looong journey in CO. :)
Had phototaking after the concert, and the guest of honours came to talk to us. They really inflated our egos, kept saying how well we performed!! Haha.. I know it's a form of courtesy, but somehow it sounds so good. Heehee. OH and I saw EC!!!!!!!!!!! He came!!!!! YY overheard during the intermission someone saying that he would be coming, and he really did!!!! :) But he only came to the stage for a little while before leaving. :( And it was so brief, I didnt even have the chance to point him out to KL! argh. But it's ok! At least I managed to catch a glimpse of him. HAHA :) omg I sound so hua chi :P Aiyo...but i think really no more chance to see him anymore le...sighh...
We rushed back to the dressing room after that, and changed at a super fast speed. But with all the packing up and what-nots, we still took quite long. Sorry to those who waited for us!! Some of my family members and friends had already gone back by the time we came out. Aiyo... But STILL, many thanks to all friends who came!! Hope you guys enjoyed the concert :)) Casper, Jonathan, Zhi Hui, Chuan Zhi, Elain and bf, Kaijia and friend, Celia, Zhen Yue, Jenny, Hoi Ning and Gui Ping(Thx for being a superwoman, rushing here and there for the night! :)) Thanks for the flowers! :)
Actually have more things to say but not regarding the concert, so I shall leave it for the next post then. This is a superrrrr long post omg. I spent a loooong time typing all these out!! Like writing 5000 word essay can, hahaha.
Good night all!!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
dizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzi
Went to school in the morning for 10am tutorial. So early!! ahaha, totally not used to going to school soo early. It ended early, went with gp and celia to the deck. Wanted to study for social psych mid term test, but in the end spent 45 mins trying to solve the problem with the CO concert tickets!! ARGH! When I met Elain yesterday to pass her the tickets, I actually gave her the wrong stack!!!! Gosh, how blur can I be! In the end, had to trouble her to come down all the way to redhill to meet me, and i had to go all the way up after my test! Sigh...This shows how you need to pay for carelessness. :( After meeting her, had to go back to school for full dress rehearsal, ended at 10plus, reached home near 12. Tired!
It will be the CO concert later!! (considering it's past 12am already.) Wow. So we've practiced for one year, all for this concert. Seems like such a long journey, yet it doesn't feel so. Honestly, I don't feel as if we've practiced alot. I guess I've been slacking too much during dazu and xiaozu! haha! And it doesn't help that there's no EC this year! (HAHA ok sorry i noe i've said this manyy times :P) And this year has definitely been more exciting, with more ups and downs. CO can be quite happening too yeah! Lol. Although some of the stuffs were not exactly happy, I've definitely laughed so much more, and enjoyed myself much more. All thanks to the suona ppl; I think they are really a group of humourous ppl to be around with!! :) They have livened up the atmosphere, and I think Zhang Lao Shi is really quite funny!! :D
I just feel, the atmosphere surrounding our dizi group is just...weird. Last year was more monotonous, but at least I didn't feel so...weird. I just don't know how to explain, and I'm not very clear how things became like this too. Sometimes we seem totally fine, and yet at times I feel as if we are all faking towards each other, not being totally honest with our true selves. Is it really so hard to be yourself?? I never really thought so much about this, until recently. And I realise, I am just not suited to be a faker. I don't feel good plastering a smile on my face and seeming as if i'm very friendly, when deep down inside I really don't feel like talking to the person. I'm not trying to infer anyone here, just talking in general terms yeah... I just wish that we can all be truthful to our feelings, like 就 like, dun like 就 dun like, why think so much, fake so much?
Ok la, sometimes I'll wonder if I've been thinking too much, if I should give people more chances. Afterall, I might not like a person's character, but that doesn't mean that I can't be friends with that person, right? We can be friends, just never good friends.
AIYO! I'm getting more and more confused as I type, haha, I think my brain really needs a good rest after the long day. Shall not deprive it of the sleep it needs! Signing off here.. Sayonara!! :)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
罗志祥
It's called 幸福不灭, and was one of the songs played in 篮球火(Hotshot) which was a drama that Xiao Zhu acted in. The cast also includes Wu Chun and Jerry Yan Cheng Xu. Oh and Jiang Yi, she's HOT!! :) But the show's crap anw, tried to convince myself that it's nice(HAHA) but nah.. not really worth watching. Couldn't even be bothered to follow it. But ANW, I heard 幸福不灭 while watching one of the episodes, and I quite liked it. It caught my ears! Haha but I wonder if there's some biasness involved. Hoho.
The last line is very touching to me, probably cos it fitted into the storyline of the show too. But I can imagine how sad it would be to say that to someone that you like, yet how sweet it is too. You know that the person's happiness is not with you but another, so you let him/her go to find his/her happiness. How easy to say, yet hard to let go, eh?
没原因就是喜欢你
在初次相遇有重逢的心情
深呼吸让心动隐形
完美的爱情是无声的旋律
听我听你不确定的语气
等我等你放下你的犹豫
嘿如果你轻轻闭上眼睛
我会明白你做的决定
cause i believe 那幸福不灭的定律
在你手心会有谁给你的美丽
静者恒静就让我的心安静地守着你
祝福不用回音
没原因就是喜欢你
就像海眷恋天空般的心情
你前进看着你背影
就足够世界无条件的放晴
你如果已爱上他的姓名
爱如果已没有我的空隙
嘿只要你可以永远开心
我会情愿渐渐被忘记
cause i believe 那幸福不灭的定律
在你手心会有谁给你的美丽
静者恒静就让我的心安静地守着你
把祝福送给你
oh i believe cause i believe
那幸福不灭的定律
你的手心不一定要由我握紧
就像恒星总会有发光的原因
oh i believe 你值得被珍惜
也值得我放弃
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Tata! Just finished printing my notes for tmr's lesson. Off to chiong my studying again!! Tests on thurs and fri!!! urgh!!!! Jia you to all for their mid-terms!!! GAMBATTE NEHHHHHHHH~~ :)
Sunday, March 1, 2009
pissed.
Time and again, he has lorded over us, like we are his pawns, up to him to use. We are not doormats for you to step over and over again OK.
Once. Fine I understand.
Twice. Buay song, don't cross my limits.
Thrice. WTH.
You give a crap reason, which I find totally invalid, and expect us to follow by YOUR rule. Yeah right. I'm not convinced, prove it to me. You value such senseless and ridiculous details over your members, I see the truth now. And not to forget, choose the part that you wish to play, and leave the yucky ones to us. Oh yeah, what a great way to solve the problem.
What irks me the most is not about playing the stupid note, is about the way you handle things. It's time to change the way you manage your members, or else you are going to lose all your supporters, one by one. Don't always give "I can't help it" look, and just sweep things away. We are not that simple-minded hor.
Now I feel stupid getting so pissed over a stupid note. And to let my mood get so affected. I hate to get angry, and I seldom get very angry at a person. But once you get into my blacklist, it's hard for me to "bleach" you back and treat you like we are still friends. I realised this from history.
Moral of the story: Don't get onto the wrong side of Scorpios. Especially females. We bite, ok?
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Recess week seems to have zoomed past sooo fast, I dun even remember what have I been doing :( Even when I'm studying at home, the time seems to pass by so fast I dun seem to be able to read alot ehhh. Ok shall stop complaining and whining, so irritating, yeah i noe.
Went for my first (and probably last) Dizi sectional outing on Tuesday. We went Crystal Jade to have steamboat!!!!!! I never knew there's steamboat at CJ, and not to forget FREE FLOW of xiao long bao!! woww...thanks to yx who recommended this good lobang! hahaha! Now i know of another place with good food!! :))
Dinner was quite enjoyable, and superr filling!!! We chose the yuan yang soup, so we had the spicy soup on one side, and the normal pork rib with corn soup on the other side. I must say, the spicy soup is OMG-ly HOTTTTTTT. Tried one mouthful, and i never touched it anymore :X When I tried to swallow it down, the red hot chilli taste just ran up to my nose, and my tears just burst out of my eyes. Ahahaha ok la, not so drama. But ANW, my main point is, it's just too spicy for words. Horrifyingly, the waitresses always refilled the soups to the brim, such that the soups kept spilling over to the other side. Which means, the normal soup became rather spicy too. arghh. But overall, I think the food was good, and worth the money! It's ard $23 per person, but considering that the steamboats ard bugis are all ard $17-$20, I think the price is not too bad for Crystal Jade. I like the xiao long baos, but was really too full to eat too many. They also have 4 different types of mushrooms, which is a total plus point for a mega-mushroom lover like me!! hehehe.
YY and I left first ard 1045, since the rest live either on campus or very near school. We wanted to take 95 back to Buona Vista mrt station, but couldnt find the busstop!!! It was only after we got on the train that I remembered 95 is a loop service. GRRR. So, instead of crossing to the opposite side like we usually do when we want to go back to the direction we came from, you should take 95 from the stop that you dropped. Which means you're continuing the journey from where you stopped previously, but it'll actually bring you back to BV mrt station. Goondu me forgot about this, so in the end we walked all the way back to the station. It's surprisingly not that far, about 10-15 mins walk. It was also quite a good exercise after the filling meal, just that the place was rather dark.
Went for NTU's CO concert yesterday. It was not too bad, though honestly I expected better. But anw, I like their choice of songs. They cater more to the tastes of the public, by performing some HK drama songs that would be familiar to many :) Went there mainly to support Jonathan, and I think he played very well! Esp for his solo part, and KL kept saying that he is very pro!! Wahaha! I guess he exudes that air of pro-ness. HAHA!
Have to go for CO prac soon! Most probably my last saturday co practice. Sighhs. Well I guess all good things have to come to an end sooner or later. Shall enjoy this last prac as much as I can :)Ciaos! :)
Saturday, February 14, 2009
new blogskin
Nothing much to update...just cy's bday celebration tt i'm a little too lazy to do now..haha.. and it's over for quite some time liao lo! next time!! :)
My current blog song is Luo Zhi Xiang's new song, 潮男正传!!!! not bad!!!! :)) Do enjoy ok! Am waiting for his album to 改版 before buying, although I do have some of his songs already, hehe. Should probably just save up on the money yeah...haha :P
Tmr is Valentines' Day! Not that I have any reason to be excited la, haha! Oh except for being excited for a certain fren's date!! LOL :P Hope it will go well for her, and may we hear good news soon!!Wahaha :)
Good nite all!! Have sweet dreams for the sweeeeet day tmr!! :D
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The decision to quit CO is not an impulse one, nor is it because of the things that happened recently. I guess, this idea has been there since Year 1 sem 1. Yea, that long ago... It was the love for playing dizi and performing tt kept yy and I there, (and also a certain EC of cos hehe :P). Come Year 2, I think KL is one of the main reasons keeping us there (HAHA KL aren't u honoured!!!! :P) , and of cos the new adn old frenships we made mainly from suona and dizi :) Although no more EC le..sigh... Then agn, I think it's time for me to take a break, a break from Dazu, Xiaozu, everything in CO. I dunno when will this break stop, or will it even stop. All i know is, I feel so tired of CO I can no longer find the enjoyment of playing my instrument. Practices seem to become a chore to me, and the main thing keeping me going is the upcoming performance. I looove the feeling of performing on stage with the entire CO, i think it's such a magical and touching atmosphere :) And since i'm on this topic, let's advertise a little for the concert! hehe..though i dun think alot of ppl read this, haha but anw.. 7th March (Saturday), 8 pm at University Cultural Centre(UCC) in NUS!!!!! Tickets selling at $17, $13.80 and $10.60 if you get it from me, which is a 20% discount i think... Do come down to support if you have the time, and if you dun mind listening to Chinese Orchestra pieces! :)
tata~ no lessons tmr, yayy! :)
Sunday, February 8, 2009
updates!

I like this photo! :) although it's a little blur... i mean, how else can u get a photo with so many ppl of ur various cliques? :D
next up was CNY! one of my favourite festive seasons!! I like the feeling that our country is immersed in a celebrating mood. Even the other races too! Since there's 2 public holidays in a row.. :) Played Bingo and Mahjong, and i won for both!! hehe :P First time playing mahjong with money..I guess that's called beginner's luck!! :) But ahh... one entire round of mahjong takes sooooooo long, as in the full north south east west rounds...i think we played for ard 2 hours? soo tired after tt...It's really a good brain exercise, esp when u play with pros!! hehe :P
Met up with cousins on saturday, missed co as a result. But, i'll rather go out with my cousins anytime rather than go for co yeah? hahaha :P Went to watch movie..didn't have much choices, so we settled on "All's well ends well". Only one word to describe it: crap. Yikes, a total waste of money. So disappointing can. Still thought it would be ok since there's Louis Koo and Wu jun ru. Dun DUN DUN bother to watch it. Went to Night Safari after that, although SM and JH went back, and some ORANGE didnt wanna come down. TSK. Haven't gone to night safari for a looong time. It's not too bad I guess, just that many parts were quite dark, and it was hard to take photos. We sat on the tram, which brought us ard to see the animals, and to catch a whiff of the animal smells. haha. We watched the "creatures of the night" show, which i thought was good. The animals are so cute!! :) It's been quite a while since us cousins went out tgt.. hope we'll have more gatherings in future!! though i must say, very hard to organise lehhhhh...HAHA.
Much loves :)) Short of some of us!!!! next time ok!!!! :) Someone (i cant rmb who) said her fren went to take a studio photo with her cousins. I think tt sounds so cool. Shall consider doing tt hehe.
Omg i spent super long typing this out. Shall continue another time, nightoooo!! :)