Korean Madness

I have no idea what starts my blogging now. Its already late into the wee hours, and i just wanna make a confession. No, i mean... i just wanna blog. U know, when u dun bath for many days, dun feel guilty i know u dun... anyway, u'll just be dirty and smelly. But when u bath, it just washes off everything away. Clean!

I think i havent been blogging for a long time, im losing my sense of language.

Ive been seriously drowned in Korean crap recently! Before going Genting with Christoven and WeiXiang, which was like last week, i was already immersed in Korean's entertainment industry. I think its flourishing and thats not it, it'll continue to do so... because they're spreading out to more Asian countries nowadays, especially China. Alright, i made that up!

Well, i was searching for some funny things on Youtube, it shows how horribly bored i am at home. But well, i found SuperJunior, Suju in short, and they're a rising Korean boyband. Theres this show called, "SuperJunior Full House". Its totally hilarious! Its about them having 2 foreign guests who'll be staying with them for 1 month. Anya and Eva, from Russia and England respectively, were to do a homestay with Suju for 1 month, and the stretch for this period was filled with fun for both Suju and the guests. They were treated like friends, and the members of Suju has to commune in English with the guests. On the first day, they were making a fool out of themselves with their English guide book, when both Anya and Eva could speak Hangul perfectly! So, there are 12 episodes on Youtube, and with English subtitles for most of them, and a total of 3 parts to each episodes. So, i watched like... 36 videos on Youtube to complete them. Its really fun! Its interesting to learn about the Korean culture too. Their lifestyle is very different too. I wanna go jump off my window now, because i wanna be born a Korean in my next life, i cant wait!

Trust me, its that serious that last night, my dream was in Korean! What the hell right? I cant stop laughing now. Its not funny? Fine. Anyway, im not lying, my dream was in Korean, and i could speak Hangul. So funny!

If not funny, go knock ur head against the wall.

Anyway, Mom got back, and fetched me to GoldenMile for my trip to Genting. I met Christoven and WeiXiang there, before that i had breakfast with Mom at PekKio. So, we boarded the bus, and i was feeling sleepy because i couldnt sleep for the entire night before heading to Genting. Why? Its not what u think. Because i was watching Suju on Youtube! I couldnt finish the episodes in time, when i arrived back in Singapore after the trip, the first thing was to complete the Suju videos. Anyway, i like one of their song, the rest aint that nice. Its called, 'U'.

I promise, no more Suju or Korean stuff for now, lets talk about Genting. Well, the journey there was kinda sweet for me. I hate it when they have to stop over for us to use the toilet, eat or shop. Its boring there, and so warm. Well, we bought nothing, we were prepared with some chips already. Surprisingly, we didnt eat any on our way there. I was sleeping soundly throughout the whole travelling. I always wake up with Christoven laughing at me. I was listening to music the entire time and im not sure what was happening between Christoven and WeiXiang. Anyway, when we're at Genting, i brought them to the counter to check in. We got into the our rooms, and the first thing they said was... the room was too small. Come on! Its just nice, last time before enrolling into NAFA, i went there with 4 other friends, and we all shared a single room!

We were deciding what to do, and ended up having lunch first then buying the theme park package for 2 days. Its only like $53, which converted to Singapore dollars, would sum up to around... i dunno. The rate was like 2.27, so u go figure. I'll list all the price in dollars for now... We ate some noodles, which was like $10. Then, we went to the theme park, and found it kinda disappointing because the rides were like closed. Soon, the sky darkens. We were on the flume ride, and was half way through the ride, and its so freaking slow! It was on the water, and really moved like a snail. Not implying on anybody! So, we were wet because of the drizzling, not the ride. I sat at the back, and Christoven in the middle, and of course, WeiXiang at the front. Christoven was not willing to sit on the thing, because its wet! We were urging him to sit, because he's rocking the thing by squatting. Its hilarious, because he doesnt want his jeans to get wet. See, thats the price of going out with a Hilton member. Joking...

The rides were all kinda closed because of the rain, but when we return, more rides were open! We were screaming with joy. So, we took the exciting rides and we got to the most thrilling one, the SpaceShot. Its a tower in the middle of the theme park, along the slopes of an edge. Its roughly about... 10 storeys high? Its very high! I live on the 11 storey, and im looking out of the window now... and i think the ride was higher than that, seriously. So, it goes up... then hangs at the top for around 10 seconds, because we counted, and then it'll just let go and drop! Once it reaches the bottom, because of the pressure, it'll bounce back up then down again, for at least 4 times, with each time getting lower and lower. WeiXiang got tricked because they needed one more person, and WeiXiang thought that Christoven would go with him, but he was fooled. He took the ride first... and second time with us. While waiting for our turn, we were looking at how WeiXiang would react to the thrill. Well, he looked normal.

When its our turn, i tell u... my heart was pumping like a crab's heart. I havent seen one before, but... its just pumping fast! I sat there, with Christoven on my left side. He looked horribly pale when we're going up. It was really foggy then, we were all covered in the fog, and it seemed to me that we've gone to heaven! When im nervous, i starts to sing. No doubt, i sang many songs on our way up. The counting was horrible! U know what? Im feeling the tension as im blogging! I can feel the anxiety now! Anyway, when i was counting, i counted till 8 and stopped... because i cant take the pressure anymore... and i kept shouting for it to drop. In the end, it... dropped, just like it would.

It was... pretty normal. Nothing special.

U know whats the killer ride for me? Before heading back to play, when it was raining i was feeling very sick and wanted to vomit... and we took a rest at a cafe. Before feeling so sick, its partly thanks to the curry i ate for lunch, and the killer ride. Whats that? Its the children ride, TeaCup! Its like a spinning cup, and it goes in circle... then theres this wheel for u to turn for more excitement. I was hoping that i'll get the chance to make Christoven sick by spinning faster and faster. Who knows, the role was reversed. Christoven was spinning the thing like a mad child, while WeiXiang and i were trying hard not to vomit. For me, it was a terrible and most horrible experience in my life! I regretted. Its a valuable lesson for all of u out there. Be enlightened.

My fingers are hurting, i think i typed too quickly. Well, at night, we were deciding over for the indoor rides, such as the HauntedHouse and such, but it was too expensive for Christoven. Why? Because he was left merely with very little money, thankfully... he has $40 extra. But well, it didnt last him long enough. On our last day, he was penniless. It was really fun going with WeiXiang too. He is very enthusiastic about almost everything, or actually... anything. He took pictures with us, and he was fine with things that we said and did. Its really fun. We went shopping, and Christoven spent his money on this pants... with an ugly belt. He kept asking us whether its worth it. What can we say? He bought it already. On the second day, i went shopping too. I bought this shirt from Padini. I think its worth it, its only $61. Because of the discount... and i wanted to buy more, but thanks to lunch on our last day at KennyRogers, i didnt have much left. Merely with $30, i spent it on food at the stop over that i hated most on our way back to Singapore. The ride felt slower, because i couldnt sleep much. It was fun at Genting, and theres so much more that i should've mentioned.

Did i tell u about Christoven's fashion show? His time consuming bathing periods? And lastly, his low status on bed? Here goes... Every now and then when we enter our hotel room, we'll hear Christoven saying that he wanna bath. And well, thats it, he'll bath for like 30 minutes! Thats freaking long! WeiXiang and i will often fall asleep while waiting. And then, he'll change his entire outfit. Firstly, he brought 12 underwears... for a 3 days 2 nights trip. And 3 shoes, with like dunno how many socks. Well, thanks to his shoes, i exchanged it with him at times, because mine was pretty wet from the flume ride. WeiXiang and i will take our score cards and watch his fashion parade. Lastly, he has to sleep in the middle of 2 beds, and we'll often snatch away his blanket, because its kinda cold at night. Well, i was sleeping, so i wasnt aware of things like that only till morning when Christoven would start complaining. Its really funny. And often, i'll take away his pillow, and he'll just start whining. His poorly status in Genting... was so unglam for him. Unglam, a new word which all should be familiar with. I'll add that to my dictionary...

By the way, after reaching Singapore, Mom fetched me home before she head to Malaysia with some friends. I prepared myself for a performance on Saturday night. MikeChiang has got some performance, and ive to arrange a short melody, according to him. It turned out kinda long actually. So, i did the arrangement and passed it to FuKang, WeiMing and YiLeng when we met at CSCC.

My internet is lagging, im kinda worried that if my entry goes into the bin, im really going to jump off my window. For another reason now.

So, anyway... we gathered and took a cab to TananMerah CountryClub GardenCourse. I know, such a long name! So, we took the cab there and surprisingly, during our free dinner, i saw EricWatson and went forward to talk to him. He was there for his ITE band. Well, we performed at the Chinese restaurant, while EricWatson's jazz band performed at the bar. And there are more performances around the whole club. Its a celebration for its 25th anniversary. The performance was fine, and took our break time out. Rushed back to CSCC to keep the instruments... or else we'll suffer bringing the heavy duty YangQin back home. And my house would be the nearest, i'll die most!

Anyway, MrChiang then told me to prepare for a solo performance for the Thai princess who'll be coming to Singapore on Tuesday. PeiQian told me to perform at Sentosa with MinHui and some other guy on Tuesday too, but i didnt want to... I told her to look for QingLun, not sure whether she did.

After coming back from Genting, ive been wallowing in the joy of watching Korean variety show, Xman. Its super hilarious! I got to know some Korean stars, as in know their names... and then got to understand some Korean sense of humour. Its totally different from USA, which is known for its sense of humour, even when bombing Iraq. Well, i loved it! I mean, the show. Theres this segment called, 'DangYunHaJi'. Its super funny! I'll recommend everybody to go watch, and look out for those with LeeJoongSoo, if im not wrong. If im wrong, hes called the Eagled-eye. He is super mushy with his lines, which he uses to beat his female opponents. Its super funny!

Well, for me, life must be a party, a ball, an endless carnival. Each person must invent a role for himself and play it with brio. Im gregarious, and being lonely isnt something i can deal with often. What are u doing these few days? Why so hard to get u to go out... sigh. So refractory.

Anyway, let me end this prolix entry. Verbosity first! So, thanks for reading and goodnight!

Palantir

Well, since im here, must well just blog. I know, its been a long time, yes and ever will it be. Its the holidays! What can i do? Theres nothing to talk about! Why? Because there is nobody there to irritate me to bitch about, nobody there to trouble me to worry about and nobody there to play with me to share about. So, here it is... the sad holiday life of a hobbit.

I must admit, im kinda addicted to the wonders of Tolkien's stories. Its just far more fantastic than anything ive ever read, if ive read anything. So, ive read up on the children of Hurin, the hobbits and the somewhat full story of the quest for MountDoom, which is the LOTR. Anyway, there are many things that fascinates me. One of which would clearly be the language that he invented. The problems with languages are the fact that they have their own systems that might break down in the end, due to the overlooked errors in how things work. But well, the languages were almost perfect, and with no obvious lifting from other languages such as English. I love it, nice!

From the day i watched the movie on the numbers, till now, ive added 2 more into my collection. So, i watched 'The Reaping' and 'Turistas'. Both arent my type of show, as u might know, especially the latter. 'The Reaping' was fine, somehow more 'logically' my type of show, because it has unrealistic stuff, such as Satan and the prophecies. 'Turistas' was absolutely gross. I found it kinda tiring to sit there and watch the whole movie. I was struggling with the scenes and making noises, i felt pain. Bad movie! I hate this type of movie, but after surviving through its reign for 2 hours, im fine. Being fine, i felt good.

During this period, ive been reading things from the internet. Reading many nice things on the internet. WeiKang love nice things. Nice things cute and silly. Silly, silly, silly. Nice things said interesting things. WeiKang love interesting things. What did interesting thing say?

Stop the Elmo talking.

Anyway, i was reading about interesting things such as prophecies from the vast cultures and their beliefs. One of which would the sighting of UFO and unidentified objects. This dates back all the way to the era of Jesus and Mary. Well, in their paintings, theres a small unidentified looking saucer which appears behind them almost all the time. There are artifacts excavated from Iraq, which looks like Reptilians. The Lolladoff plate, discovered in Nepal, appears to show a hovering disk-shaped object in the center and a small being, resembling an alien. The circular pattern is reminescent of the spiraling movement of consiousness, which is the sacred geometry of creation, the GoldenRatio. In Italy, there are cave paintings that might date back into 10000BC, and its from ValCamonica, depicting 2 beings in protective suits holding strange implements. Honestly, i think the dates are kinda questionable, but sometimes things are just so unpredictable. Theres this 7000 years old petroglyph discovered in the province of Querato, Mexico in 1966. There are 4 figures with outstretched arms below a large oval object radiating what appears to be beam of lights. Are they praying? I dunno... Frescos throughout Europe which reveal the appearance of space ships in the skies including a painting of 'The Crucifixion', painted in 1350. It seems to depict a small human looking man looking over his shoulder at another UFO as if in pursuit, as he flies across the sky in what is clearly a space ship. THe leading craft is decorated with 2 twinkling stars, one reminiscent of national insignia on modern aircraft. This painting hangs above the altar at the VisokiDecani Monestary in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. I think Europe is just so full of uncertainty.

Nevermind the prophecies. Yesterday, i just went shopping with YongRui and Christoven. I bought a new wallet! It cost me $86. Its really a nuclear bomb in the heart. I think i should have bought myself some new jackets or clothings. No, i think i should get new pants. I have no bottoms to fit all my tops. Thats bad, right? I went shopping with QingLun at Vivocity yesterday, before the performance at PageOne. Well, same as Dedric, he cant do shopping. First, i look at clothings, then they just stand beside me. Im like... help!

The performance was great. Sadly, i wasnt allowed to wear a mask during the performance to fan off the embarrassment. Thanks to QingLun for carrying my Pipa, i was having bad aches on my left foot. After which, he headed for his performance with SCO, featuring PhoonYewTian's new work. Not sure how its like, but i dun wish to know either. I went shopping with Christove and YongRui then at Orchard. I bought my wallet at Isetan.

Earlier on, last week, i went to GoldenMile to get the Genting thing settled. Ive been saying that i'll do it, but i couldnt find the time at all. So, Christoven and i headed down there to make the payment. I paid first, and its only $82 for each, with accomodation and coach rides, and yes breakfast too. Well, that is the same day of the performance. Remember me telling u guys about the performance at the pub, ChinaOne? Well, its on the following day of the rehearsal.

I got there, and made my way into the pub, without anybody stopping me or asking whether im there to drink or what. Well, its kinda crowded, so i assume that the party aint on yet. YanChong came and we settled down and got ourselves tuned. The other musicians came, and we rehearsed through the pieces. I think the Keyboardist was kinda lost with the chords of our pieces, but as for Percussion, they were great! The Conga was fantastic. I love Latin music. Nice, nice Latin music.

LianWei is irritating me now. He bought the original Warcraft CD, good for him. He is asking me to blog about him, so here... thats it. Come on, u didnt pay, so dun expect much.

Back into the music. At the pub, when we're starting, there were many people looking and listening. Its interesting because its featuring 2 Chinese instruments with Latin music. I loved the playing, because i can get to improvise all i want, without fear. In the pop scene, its like that! NgohKhengSeng told me so, and well... thats a relief for me. MrNgoh said that in the pop scene, its alright to make mistakes, because its common, unlike the classical scene, which is very strict.

Well, after the performance, got to know some happy people there. They are working adults mostly, and theres this guy, called... i cant remember! Well, they were asking whether im from China. Im not, im local, i told them. They were surprised and started asking about my instrument and how did i learn it and stuff. I took a seat with the musicians, while YanChong headed off first because he has to rush for dinner with his parents. I headed for the buffet, well... my night is still young and moreover, ive no other plans, so no harm staying right? Well, for being a musician there, u attract many attention whereava u go, and lovely comments and questions from the curious public. I drank orange juice. Like what the hell right? Free drinks for me and yet i only drank orange juice? Well, come on, im nice boy. The guys there were telling me to drink something else, and asked MrNgoh whether im his brother and he said yes. All kinda jokes. U know? The policy is that all under 21 arent allowed to enter the pub. Im like merely 18! So, ive to pretend with my looks, moreover i have this mature look. Mature but not yet matured. Matured examples would be like ChaiXia. I ate, drank and chatted with the guys there. Enjoyed my time there, and stayed till the lucky draw. I got to recieve a few more namecards too. I think i should get my own namecard too! Mom just told me to do it in Malaysia, its way cheaper. True, but how am i going to get the designs? Ive this feeling that everything in Malaysia is kinda uncertain and probably lower in quality. But well, i know its a wrong concept. But well... havent been proven wrong yet.

Headed home after getting my fill of orange juice. Shook hands with the guys and left for bus 851 outside NAC. I love such ocassions. I think such events are worth going for. Moreover, the pay is alright too.

Ive another performance coming soon, on the 21st, with YiLeng, FuKang and WeiMing. MikeChiang told me that ive to arrange accompaniment for this song that they request. Its big money that we're talking about. Arranging 8 bars of melody shouldnt be a problem. Anyway, i think im going to plan first before heading to Genting this coming Wednesday morning. I'll be back on Friday night, its a 3 days 2 nights trip. I think it'll be exciting and filled with so much worries for Mom. I'll get the details of the gig tonight from MrChiang.

I asked Mom about my bloodgroup, because NYP needs to know so that they can arrange for my trip to Australia. Australia! Im going to check on GoogleEarth on whats fun nearby the OperaHouse. Im so excited and elated to learn about this trip.

YongRui asked whether i wanna go out, but sorry... i cant! Last night, we settled at BordersBistro, and chatted about many things. I got to arrange my new wallet, and transfer the things inside my old and torn wallet into the new one. Threw away many useless junk too. YongRui then mentioned about gossips. Well, gossips... they'll just never cease. People cant desist on gossiping and spreading unheard rumours or even... enlarging the holes in some existing ones.

Headed home on bus 162, and wished Tommy luck for his upcoming performance of the YellowRiver Concerto for Piano with SYO. He'll be playing the third movement, which is my favourite. We've been talking about it a long time ago, and i remembered asking him to play the third movement. He said that he requested to play it because he was given the first movement instead actually. Well, i'll be there to watch, play well!

Theres nothing more to blog, other than this new song that im in love with. I'll blog again with more interesting things that have not been forseen by the Palantir of Orthanc. Im the Saruman, the wise white wizard! I wanna be Saruman, please! Please!

The Number 23

My nose have been running about these few days. Its hard for me to chase it back, because im terribly busy with the Genting trip, China trip, Australia trip, buffets, Pipa stuff and mostly, games. Well, im going 3 places during this long break from school. Can u feel how excited i am? I know u cant, because u cant go! Jealous!

Im joking, but seriously... where am i going to find that much money for all the trips? Genting is cheap, so dun bother finding. Australia aint cheap, and mostly, the flexible amount of money that im going to throw away in China is really hard to predict. Well, we've been trying to persuade JiaJin to go Australia too. JiaJin, go!

I had lessons with YanYu, and she told me that i scored very well for my exam. MrYeo congratulated her during the SYF at SCH. I was surprised, and MrYeo asked me about my results too during CSCO. I wasnt quite optimistic with my results, but well... after being quite certain that i scored well, i pretended to not know my results and told MrYeo that i might have scored badly. He didnt sound surprised, and he kept laughing, so actually its kinda a hint for me already. Well, CSCO practice was fine. Wait, did i blog about this already?

No, i havent. Well, the competition's dateline is over, sadly. I called and checked, its impossible to extend the dateline, its strictly by the books. Sorry to YanJun, for that it took me so long to find the form, and sadly, its over... missed a chance for any of us to participate. Anyway, i was disturbing JingTing during practice, and i kept gaving her wrong cues to enter. She got tricked and she started blushing and tearing. LaiWeng then said that im evil, because i kept tricking her. I was bored!

Had lunch with MiYan, YiLeng and JiaJin. We were persuading JiaJin to go Australia... Well, after talking so much about koalas and kangeroos, he is only 10% positive about going. I gave up!

Today, i woke up early. ChaiXia didnt give me a morning call! Jasmine, ChaiXia and i were talking on the phone late last night, discussing about the Australia trip, and also deciding over where to go and what to eat today. Well, i took a cab down to Suntec, because it was raining heavily, and i had to bring my Pipa out for the rehearsal in the evening.

Got there, and they were already waiting. What can i say? Im always so early! And well, they'll be there to await for my arrival. And yes, where was my red carpet? Or whateva u call that.

We walked around and towards Kuishinbo. The food was not as impressive as before. I recalled that last time i used to love Kuishinbo, because of the wide variety of food. Well, today it seemed to me like just any ordinary buffet, and moreover... the food aint that tasty anymore. I know, my tastebuds are either evolving or that they are growing fussy. I dunno why, but it seems to me that i was playing with food more than consuming them. I took this horrible soup, which tasted like KFC's mashed potato. I hate KFC's mash potato, and ive already started to hate the coleslaw too. Theres nothing nice in KFC anymore! Im getting back on MOSBurger more than ever! Die, KFC.

ChaiXia started taking pictures, and its so glamerous. If u wanna be inspired, go check it out in Jasmine's blog, or ChaiXia's. If u cant find the links, dun be stupid, go find.

Well, ate little though i paid alot. After that, i started singing GnarlesBarkley's song. I sounded so good right? I stood outside this shop, and started staring at their toys. Not exactly toys, its figurines of characters from LOTR. Im a LOTR fan, a huge fan, because ive never considered myself a fan to anybody, not even CelineDion. Im obsessed with LOTR, and especially Saruman. I dunno why! I love the character, he is evil, powerful, strong, influential and intelligent. I think im Saruman in my previous life. How nice.

I know, its quite a chunk of crap in my blog tonight. I dunno why.

We watched a movie, 'Number 23'. I give it 2 thumbs up. I think its thrilling and mind twisting, though not as impressive as any of the other similar genres, i think its worth watching, because we seldom see JimCarrey doing something out of his comedical zone. There were many scenes cut from the movie in the cinema, i could tell because of the wierd jumps from scenes and moreover, the sudden cut from the music. Its to obviate some violent scenes or maybe sexual scenes. I dunno, but well JimCarrey did a great job! Its amazing how the numbers can appear so many times in so many different ocassions. It started me counting really hard. During the scenes, any number that appears in the background and related to the number, 23. Its so amazing! Well, of course its planned for the sake of the filming, but its just... startling.

After the show, i got into the paranoid mood, i started counting everything, summing them into 23 somehow. They found the show stupid, and not that great. On the other hand, i found it great! Hower, not my usual cup of tea. Well, i had no choice... they wanted to watch 'Meet the Robinson', which looked terribly stupid in the cinematic trailer.

I hopped onto a cab and headed to Alpha Building. When i was inside, i counted everything and started wondering about the stupid number. Its irritating! I couldnt stop it, it was haunting me non-stop. I counted the fare, the car plates and even the stupid phone numbers. I was bored.

Got there, and NgohKhengSeng was late. MrNgoh is playing the Percussion in SCO. Well, we had our rehearsal in his studio, and he was late. The keyboardist, Vocalist, YanChong and i were all waiting outside. Well, they are so professional, i felt frightened, but well... im glad that i made it through. Improvising their music wasnt that hard, its the problem with them improvising on Chinese music. The Columbian lady sang so well. She is coffee coloured and she is kinda tall. U know, like an African lady. Well, our performance would be held at ChinaOne, a pub at ClarkeQuay. MiYan said that she might drop by... Its my first performance with such music, and im kinda excited. I sightread the score, in Western notation, and it was filled with so many chords! They were all jazz chords which hit me really hard in the head. I was going crazy... The Trumpet player played the solo through the chords, while the keyboardist improvised on the accompaniment, while the Conga player improvised on the rhythm. YanChong and i elaborated on the music. It was fun.

After rehearsing, i headed back to NAFA to practice. YanChong gave me a ride there. I played the concerto piece and felt kinda stressed. Im thinking, what if i play badly for my recital, though im sure i will. Well, lets not leave any room for more woes.

My birthday is on the 30th of November, which is 11 and 30. 1 plus 1, makes 2, while 3 plus 0 makes 3. It makes up 2 numbers, 2 and 3, hence... 23.

Deign To Acknowledge

The clarion sounds, as i walk back into the gates wounded and violated. I was rudely disturbed by the rude and obscene blog of ChaiXia's. Its a war outside!

Right, im just kinda inspired by ChaiXia's blog to start blogging again. I know, its been kinda uncertain when i'll blog. Well, i just need something stupid or funny to really drill me. Im infected by some lazy bug, and im just idling away and eating time day by day. Let me refresh my memory and tell u guys about the events that took place since my last entry.

I wasnt there in the morning to witness the shocking performances of the first slot for SYF. I went in the afternoon, and specially there to support Dedric's school, SiLing. I felt kinda excited when i see those familiar naughty faces on stage. I sat at the instructor's row and started praying for them. Poor boys and girls, they must have been through alot of stress. I could hear that they've improved suddenly, and its really hilarious when the DaRuan went out of tune. The China kid, the most irritating one, didnt bother to change his instrument... I almost flipped over.

They played well, and i thought that they could at least get a silver somehow. But well, not lucky enough. Dedric went off before the results were out. Well, im not sure whether they're happy, but for the effort and attitude, i think its a lesson. Do better next time!

After watching the SYF, i headed down to Orchard and met up with Christoven. While waiting for him at ThatCDShop, from the listening booth, i saw this girl carrying a Pipa. She looked kinda professional, so i guessed that its WuQiong, the adjudicator for the NAFA grading. She was YuJia's classmate.

I stood up there, looking down and wondering if she's waiting for a cab, because she's standing by the road. She wasnt flagging, just standing still... Kinda wierd. Well, then a white car came to pick her up. So, Christoven came, and i was killing time in the shop doing nothing and persuading myself not to buy any CDs. I failed, i bought 3 for the price of $50, with a little change. I bought GnarlesBarkley's CD, and i thought that it'll be great.

Well, great... theres nothing much.

On the following day, i headed down to Eastcoast. I was having a hard time trying to reject the offer. Christoven kept pulling me along. U know how he persuades people... So, he kept asking me, and i had no choice... Anyway, it was fun. But i was really tired, almost fell sick. I woke up early, and took bus 13 down to Eastcoast. While walking into the McDonalds, i met LianWei and YinXuan.

It was arranged at 11am, but well, we all gathered at noon. Perfect according to NAFA's timing. Some had breakfast, while Christoven and SiHan was already cycling! They couldnt wait, i think they were early. Well, i got my bike, and i had to share the sister bike with LianWei. U know, those double person bicycle. It was the best experience ever! I tell u, its very fun. Really! Im not lying! Really!

LianWei was shouting here and there, feeling insecure and kept whining about me steering badly. Then, he wanted to take the front seat. At BedokJetty, after taking pictures together, and some with myself, i gave him the opportunity to take the front wheel. I hopped on, and from that time on, we started crying and laughing non-stop. They left so quickly, without turning back to show concern for the poor us, who were struggling with the little bike. Too bad LianWei didnt see how i cried, it was terrible! My eyes were all watery, and my tears were salty and all flowing down my cheeks.

Christoven, SiHan and ZhengYi were missing. We couldnt find them, and we had to cycle back to find Eudora who came so late. She couldnt wake up, so she took a cab to find us. She said she was at BK, and couldnt find any bike rental shop. So, we found her and she had to walk back while we cycle along with her very steadily slow walking pace. They brought back a bike for her, and we all cycled back to meet up with the rest.

I was hungry, i headed to the BK for some food, and its the BK that Eudora mentioned. After eating, we wanted to cycle back to return the bikes. I hopped onto the bike and cycled for like only a few steps, we got there. I was like... what the hell? Its just beside BK! The rental shop was just beside BK! Like just a few steps, i think a snail can even reach there within a few minutes... Hilarious...

The girls left, while the guys, excluding Christoven, heading to play LAN. YongRui went home to bath first, and met us up later. It was the worse LAN experience ever. Firstly, we all dun play the same games. Its stupid, some wanted this and some wanted that. Its impossible for me to play with them, because i cant play CS, i'll get headache and i'll vomit then die.

I think im having a flu.

Anyway, we played till around 8pm. I played for an hour only, while they continued playing for 4 hours. I sat there and fell asleep. YongRui apparently fell asleep too, we woke him up with a phone call, and he met up with us at the complex. Then, we took bus 12 down for steamboat!

It was crowded, and it was kinda packed. We ate, and i ate like hell! I love it! The sauce was really good. Anyway, had a great time there. Many ate, while ZhengYi and YinXuan were topers, who drank and drank. SiHan claimed that its one of the most unhealthy meals ever. YongRui ate little... What was LianWei doing? I cant remember. Well, i settled my mind that im going to go there again, but with some other company.

Sometimes its better that way. On the next day, i headed down there to eat again with Christoven and YongRui. Its like yesterday only anyway. We ate alot, and its packed. Really packed. Those China guys were so barbaric. They removed their tops, because its kinda stuffy, and they walked around like that in the shop. Many were waiting for food, and when the meat comes, they'll all rush over like hungry dogs. Christoven and i waited very long for YongRui, meanwhile we ate quite alot. When YongRui came, we started eating more. Sadly, we didnt touch any prawns.

I wanna go there again! Next week!

Well, heard some news about the grading. Well, cheer up people! Im horribly busy this coming week. Tomorrow, i'll have CSCO practice, then... on Monday, im not sure whether there'll be any rehearsals for the performance this coming Sunday, on the 15th of April. MrYeo cancelled the trio pieces, and requested for a small ensemble instead. Well, im fine with anything. On the same day, i'll have another rehearsal with a Latin group and singer, and with YanChong for a performance on Tuesday night in a pub at ClarkeQuay. So cool... i wonder how it'll be like. YouGuo couldnt make it, and he messaged me to take over him. Anyway, i also reminded him about the money. I think these few days it must have been horribly busy for him. U know, grading and SYF, its like 2 major clashes. So, he must be really stressed out with so much to worry for, thats why i didnt ask him for the money. Anyway, take ur time, YouGuo, its alright, i understand.

Ive been sneezing. I think im really getting ill. Or maybe im losing nostril hair. Either one! But i'd prefer falling ill... But no. I wanna be normal! Let me be normal again!

Im thinking of cutting my hair. Or else, im always sitting there, moving errant hairs out of my face. I went to teach again, and well theres progress... i hope it'll turn out well. Anyway, the China trip can be posponed because YanYu aint going anymore. Sad right? Well, her baby cant go, and if Angela cant go, who'll take care of her? So, she's staying in Singapore. Im going alone, or maybe with some friends.

Heres a section for QingLun. I dunno, but its always 90% impossible to get to him. Firstly, u cant contact him because he doesnt pick up his phone, or he doesnt reply messages. The fault lies with his phone, yes i know. And well, he talks alot, but does little at times. He hasnt fulfilled anything that he told me weeks ago. And its impossible to get him to go out. Its always me calling him out, and when he calls me out, im always either available or sometimes just coincidental that im in town or out with others. Im tired, really. I dun think i'll be calling him to go out anymore... its so tiring! Have fun, QingLun.

Presentiment Of An Excursus

My computer just recovered from a serious error. I thought it was fatal... and i almost wanted to cry. I hate it when my computer crashes. But, i didnt think that it'll crash after getting a new computer. Well, its an old one, but considered new to the previous one which required monthly maintenance. I was playing my game halfway, suddenly, the characters were all stuck and immobilised. I was shocked, i didnt know there was such a skill, then... i noticed the music got stuck too, its repeating half a line of a similar melody. I was like... shit, i knew it then, my computer hung. Then it popped back into the desktop, with some fatal window warning me that my computer's dunno whateva drive has crashed and will not function properly. I was like... i didnt know what to do. I picked up the phone, pressed 999, but then i hung up... because im sure they wouldnt help. I took a pail of water and wanted to splash it over my computer... then i remembered that water shouldnt come into contact with electricity appliances, or the other way round. I was lost!

I shut it off, then i restarted. Now its fine.

Well, this little incident dug up some ideas to start off this entry. I was kinda lazy these few days. Many things happened after the exams. I know, Fairul's blog told u guys to come over here to check out on what happened. Here is the account...

That day, i met Fairul in school and i forced him to watch 'Turandot', which is an amazing opera! LianWei was watching from behind, and we didnt know until i turn my head around. The shocking thing was that we were all wearing green. So, after watching, and Christoven calling over and over again, we left school for FunanMall, where we met Christoven. We were guessing... if Christoven wears green, thats it.

We dropped our jaws. He wore green too. Its the green gang! We started calling ourselves the green gang, and it was so lame, like some children gang. After that, we tried coming up with many stupid names. I even called Fairul my elder brother in public. Imagine, a Malay being my brother? Then i kept saying that i dunno why ive a Malay brother... Out of the 4 brothers, only he's Malay. We care for him for that he is special. Indeed...

Well, thats it, im lazy. We ate at McDonalds and thats all. The end.

Yes! One more thing, while eating, we talked about teaching and stuff. Fairul is kinda in need for cash, and we encouraged him to take on teaching, but he doesnt want to. In fact, he claimed that he doesnt know how to teach students how to buzz. Its like a vocal teacher who cant teach students how to sing. Thats horrible right? How can that be? Its ridiculous. Havent been a jocular person, Christoven, started to scold him. We sat there and watched... Thats not the main point. The gist of the whole conversation ended off with a decision to go Genting! Christoven and i were so excited. Fairul said that he has a bad feeling that it'll not work out. Actually, honestly speaking, i thought so too. It'll never work with NAFA people. But Christoven and i had worked mircales! We even went cycling at PulauUbin. Its always others, but im not blaming anybody, just that things dun work out that well often, even shopping trips, or lunch... dun even need to drag Genting into the picture.

The next day, LianWei told me that he cant go, because he has to teach. So, we were all desperately seeking for others to go Genting with us. Fairul wont be able to make it, because he doesnt even have the cash to take the coach there. YongRui said that he might be able to go, and we thought of waiting for SiHan too. He has 2 concerts, and after that, he'll be free. But who knows? YongRui cannot make it, because his mother doesnt allow him to. As for SiHan, same case... his father thinks that its not safe there, because people gamble and there'll be accidents there and stuff. We opened the invitation to others, and only WeiXiang seemed quite positive on going. Audrey's parents doesnt allow her to go... So sad. Well, then who else? Actually, it can work out if i'll go with Christoven only. But then, its kinda limited to only both of us. But sometimes i think its better, because we click well. Dinner, beds, rides and money issues would be so much easier to settle. Isnt it? Its always easy to do things with him, because we're both kinda free and easy with each other. U know, some people would wanna settle the money fair and square and some might be horribly stingy with food. I dunno, u name it, i can name u who. But, dun worry, its not u.

Now, we're still deciding on who to go Genting with. Christoven will be going Johor tomorrow with WeiXiang. I hope they come back in one piece. Actually, 2 pieces, one Christoven and one WeiXiang. Becareful, because i still wanna go Genting. Joking...

Had lunch with MikeChiang on Sunday. MrChiang was telling me about the Australia trip. I cant wait! Im going to perform in SydneyOperaHouse! Its like so grand can? Usually people are invited only to perform there, and im going to have the chance to! Im so excited. But well, its a competition, so... its time for me to chill out and enjoy my first trip to Australia. Ive been to many countries, but never in my life in Australia, Europe or SouthAmerica. Of course, Antartica too. Ive been to Hawaii though... Damn it! I cant remember a single thing except for saying 'Aloha' everyday in the coach, and doing that stupid hand sign. Damn it! Why! Why! Why? Well, i was merely 2 or 3 years old then... thats why.

Anyway, we were talking about many things. JiaJin and YiLeng was there too, and we were all talking about the upcoming SYF competition. And one more thing, thanks to MiYan for passing me my trophy from the NAC competition last year. I didnt have time to go get it, and since MiYan is working there, i asked her to bring it back for me yesterday.

Today is Monday, and its the opening of the SYF central judging for the CO. Its held at SCH like always, and i was late! I didnt watch the first 2 schools. MrChiang gave me his pass. Thanks! With it, i entered the hall and sat at the instructor's row, and its usually less crowded. Louis was there too, then WeiLiang and XuYang started waving from above. I didnt wanna go up because i dun wanna climb the stairs u see. After that, i sat with Michelle, MinHui and PeiQian. Had lunch with them and YuHeng too. There was nothing for me to do, and there wasnt anybody familiar around, so i just took the liberty of their company and followed them.

Well, its always an ocassion at SCH. Many familiar faces, and rotten banana faces too. ACS didnt do very well this year, i didnt think that they deserved their title for gold, honestly. But well, goodjob still and congratulations to ACS for getting a gold this year. Of course im happy, but of course ive to be fair with my judgement. The judging is lenient, because many schools got bronze when some obviously deserved just a certificate. I know, its sensitive stuff, but well... im not vilifying anybody or anything, just stating some facts.

Got to meet MrHoo again, the MOE in charge of the event. I dun really know how to spell his name, sorry. And LumYanSeng! MrLum gave me a morning call this morning actually! I must thank him really. My alarm didnt wake me up. He called me and asked if im in school, and after meeting with him at SCH, he passed me my $520 privately at the cafe. Thanks! I was kinda pissed during the second half, when i have to wait outside for QingLun to get his ticket. I told him to get it himself, but he insisted on me passing him one. Its the same! Well, i almost missed out on NgeeAnn's performance. So bad right? He sat with Louis and i, and we started judging the schools ourselves. Sadly, our judgements were all kinda too outdated. The new judging criteria must be kinda low, because its beyong our expectations. Schools like Greendale got bronze instead of just paper. We were kinda shocked honestly. But good for everyone, though its kinda unfair for others like AhmadIbrahim. They were good, and if ACS deserves a gold, they should too.

I always sit in the hall, waiting for Dunman and hoping that they'll leave some mistakes around to spot. However, they never fail to impress me the most with their usual stunts and amazing choreography of their choice piece. This year, CatholicHigh really got way above Dunman with WeiYanMing's intelligent move to hit on abstract orchestral pieces. Their performance was excellent! I never got to experience such standard performances from secondary schools. In fact, i think they did very well in not just technical or musical areas. Performance wise was really good, their last note proved it all. Well done to the boys from CatholicHigh! After watching WeiYangMing's conducting for the JC 2 years ago, he chose a modern piece too, and i kinda expected something similar this year... but i didnt know that its so abstract! Many of us were ignorant the piece, and i cant even remember the title! Im speechless, hopefully LaiWeng's school will do well tomorrow. I just gave her and YiLeng some advice on the set piece...

There were many different renditions, though none are failures, but there were few which stood out most. I particularly loved Dunman's rendition, because its moving and slightly more lyrical in some sections. As for CatholicHigh, i think their choice piece covered up most of their errors from the set piece. It was too blinding for many. I loved it!

I went to help Mayflower to tune their Pipas. And well, they got gold this year. Im sure many are proud for them. MrChiang must be really content with the results. He remained his cool and accepted the many congratulating handshakes. Well, i think they deserved it. Good effort!

I got to know WeiLiang's girlfriend today. She asked about NAFA and MaSai. Its kinda sudden, and i think she's kinda cold. But... nice.

Im cleaning my computer now, thus i better quickly post before it closes my window for spyware removal.

And yes, ive to put this next paragraph because im told to. Warning to all, for that the words used in the next paragraph are strongly disturbing to the mental health of anyone of us. Its to be known that any damage caused will be for urself to blame, not me. Not for the weak minded or faint hearted, i encourage for all to prepare a bucket.

ChaiXia is cute and pretty.