liting!

2009-02-09T21:41:00.001+08:00

1,000.00 GBP Pound Sterling = 2,209.17 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 GBP = 2.21 SGD

1,000.00 EUR Euro = 1,923.30 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 EUR = 1.92 SGD

1,000.00 USD US Dollar = 1,503.05 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 USD = 1.50 SGD

1,000.00 AUD Australian Dollar = 991.03 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 AUD = 0.99 SGD

1,000.00 CAD Canadian Dollar = 1,201.99 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 CAD = 1.20 SGD

1,000.00 HKD Hong Kong Dollar = 193.83 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 HKD = 0.19 SGD

1,000.00 CNY Chinese Yuan = 219.92 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 CNY = 0.22 SGD

1,000.00 JPY Japanese Yen = 16.48 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 JPY = 0.02 SGD

1,000.00 NZD New Zealand Dollar = 779.17 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 NZD = 0.78 SGD

1,000.00 RON Romanian Leu = 451.74 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 RON = 0.45 SGD

1,000.00 RUB Russian Ruble = 41.40 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 RUB = 0.04 SGD

1,000.00 THB Thai Baht = 42.91 SGD Singaporean Dollar
1.00 THB = 0.04 SGD

look at the exchange rates....in RED. f*#k

2009-01-04T03:02:00.002+08:00

it's been sooo long! susy, do you still read my blog? i wanted to delete it cos somehow i feel i give away too much of myself through my writing. but a bit 舍不得！3 years of memories! but many many dumb posts..

i also feel that, sometimes, words get lost in translation when posting a traditional post, especially when the reader is unable to see the writer’s body language or hear the intonations in their voices.. so i don't know what my intention of writing here is!

anyway, i don't know and don't really care who is reading. but this could be good place to rant..

work isn't too great for me. im leaving...calling it quit. %$*#&^*#^%! i hope i get to do something i like in 2009.. get a good job, get to travel, get to touch the flute again..and get my license! my dad drives the mini van more often than our family car. which means......... muhahhahahaha

2008-05-14T22:36:00.002+08:00

boring blogger is back!!!

i have been a bit busy for the past few days.. and when i reached home from work i immediately shower and sleep. could even sleep without dinner. i don't know why i am still so tired every morning!

whenever i wanna talk about how stressful i am at work, i think of jane (who sits 30metres away from me).. her work keeps piling up and the worse thing is, she has to go back for work later at 4am... and i can assure you that she'll still be in the office when i reach home from work tomorrow. the people from her team worked more than 20hours yesterday, freaking crazy.. luckily i'm not from her department.. work never gets done over there.
good news is, i haven't started quarreling with any customers yet.. and right now i'm learning how to talk and "attack"with sarcasm.. :p i think this is a very crucial skill to develop for any debt collector!

hmmm other than that, i've also went back to sp band for the past two fridays.. can never say enough about how much i missed playing with sp band.. :( missed the instruments, the people, the smell of the band room...etc. and i also learnt a bad news,which makes me wanna be there for every band practice :/arghhh!

havent seen the rest of the clique for 3 weeks!! how's everyone doing? anyway, i dreamt about all the 5 of you 2 days ago... we were running a 6km marathon in Beijing or something...lol. SUSILO! havent talked to you for months! are you coming back in july?

yay im so grateful vesak day is on a monday!!!

2008-04-13T22:58:00.002+08:00

i had a really tiring evening with mws at nafa! it took us more than 3 hours to record Danceries... but i think it was pretty smooth on overall. in fact i think we sounded better than anytime we played that piece. anyway, had dinner with fangyu, yy & wenxiang... i miss going out with sp band people. missing out too many juicy news & tales already!

really wanna thank wenxiang for helping out this time. i really miss playing flute beside him... he should know why :p anyway, the amazing thing was, he only get to read the Danceries scores like 20mins before the recording.. hey, danceries is not easy! and he could play like anyone of us... in fact better than some of them.. i really wished he could play for the competition, but too bad he belongs to somewhere else so...:/ im sooo proud of him! he only picked up flute less than 3 years ago and he can play really well now. and even though he's a "phd", he's doing well with his work now (teaching primary school bands)... more like a career for him already. he can also play & repair many instruments, compose and arrange pieces.. and most importantly you can tell he really has the passion for music (and he's doing a good job).. and many other stuff.. makes me feel so tiny:/ im really proud of you wenxiang!! i wish you luck in everything you do.

i hope everyone is doing well tooo..... especially susy ho, who's at the other side of the world. see you guys soon

2008-03-16T19:35:00.002+08:00

hello im not dead!

ok i havent been too busy this week.. but i can't get out of the house for too long cos my younger sis was having hols and i had to "baby-sit"everyday from the moment she wakes until her bed time (since both my parents & elder sis work very late). but i've been on the phone with many schools and banks these few days....... im going to study in APRIL(my sis too)!!! so there're actually a lot of stuff i need to prepare. friends, please don't kill me. i should be free by next week and can start going for job interviews!

meanwhile, please take care of yourself... since weather is getting better each day:)

life has to be a little crazy sometimes, otherwise it would be like a bunch of thursdays

2008-02-27T22:55:00.001+08:00

The way you smell
The way you taste
You know I have an appetite
For sexy things
All you do is look at me
It’s a disgrace
What’s runnin’ through my mind is you
Up in my face

Your voice is like music to my ears
Whisper softly and the world just disappears
Take me higher and just wipe away my fears
When you’re with me
Oh boy, it’s my heartbeat that I hear

2008-02-27T22:18:00.000+08:00

2008-02-27T19:40:00.005+08:00

hey!!

"Diploma Awarded" - yay! but damn it's time to look for job!

I received my result this morning.. i know i could do better but im still satisfied with it. im just disgusted by some"asshole", who had hoped to pass all his modules when he only put in 1% of hard work. you think you can make it through all the time? fat hope. if anyone thinks im too mean, get to know this person, you may get nastier than me :p

ok it's time for job-hunting. i've slacked for a month goodness gracious! i hope i can find a job with decent pay...hahaa

i went for band yesterday, watched and listened to them at the back of the band room for the very first time. i miss playing with the band :/

after much consideration, i think im joining the SIBC with mws!!

i've made an important decision and there'll be major changes in my life. this is so fun

2008-02-13T04:32:00.000+08:00

band practice was fun! i love band.in fact im missing it already. especially my tiny section and mr tan... ah bass and the clarinet gang people. nice supper! (wx kellyn and 5d better come with us next time!)

i've been very free at home these few days, really feel like garbage. my sis and my mum were asking me when im going to look for a job... im not ready at all... not ready for a full time job! i wanna rest longer. hahaha jane, i wait for you ok.

oh and i watched pride and prejudice for the 6th time! NICEEE

2008-02-04T02:23:00.000+08:00

here's a true forbidden love story to share. a hindu girl is in love with a christian boy. apparently her religious parents were against this relationship - they want her to marry a hindu. but she cant because they are so deeply in love and they wanna spend the rest of their lives tgt. on the other hand, she doesnt wanna hurt her parents.

if you were her, what will you do?

a) ask the christian boy to convert to hindu (which is unlikely possible) if he cant, leave him and obey ur parents - marry a hindu whom you've no affection for

b) follow ur heart and pick the christian boy

c) bang ur head on the wall until you pass out / jump off from ur balcony / take one hundred sleeping pills / hang urself to death

what's ur answer? mine is B... in fact i believe at least 80 % of you would pick B too.. i may get killed after writing this entry, but these are my frank opinions and even if i dont say it i still believe so.

hmmm i dont subscribe to any religion but i know one thing for sure, is that in all religions there's a God who wants us to be happy. to me ,religion is more like a compass that tells you morally what direction you're heading to in your life, not something that tells you what you should to do or where you must go.. it's not a roadmap. leaving behind the man whom you love and who loves you wholeheartedly and marry someone you've no affection for, solely for the sake of your religion, i think this has completely ruined the meaning of marriage. if you had asked the parents what advantages are there in dating a hindu guy as opposed to someone of another religion, i doubt they're able to give any reasonable answers without quoting from their holy book or scriptures... i mean she'll still be the same person regardless who she marries to right. there shouldnt be reasons for anybody to stop anyone from seeking happiness. if i've to live my whole life by a set of rules, i'd pick C!

well the worst thing is there's no second chance in life. so dont do something you know you'd regret for life.

2008-01-28T16:44:00.000+08:00

went for mus'art and saints concert last weekend. i dare to say both were good because this time round i didnt listen to them with my eyes (if you get what i mean)! and finally met up with 5d and kellyn... miss their silly faces.

i watched pride and prejudice again last night. if you havent watch it you really should.. it's about love, struggles and rejection between a young witty woman and a reserved & proud (hmm he's not that proud actually) man in late-18th-century England. hmm but what i like most about the movie were the sceneries and the way they speak.. hehe i love their accent. if you've watched the other rendition of pride and prejudice (1995), dont you think matthew macfadyen is a better Mr. Darcy than colin firth!! ok enough said just watch it!

miss jam, when's our next outing!!

have a nice week everyone

2008-01-25T21:01:00.000+08:00

how's everyone doing?

i'm only left with one paper... and good bye sp! i dont know how life would be like after that. should i start looking for a job? feel like taking a long break before job-hunting. hehe. good luck to all who have exams :)

CNY is coming.. i tend to be extra cautious during this period, like avoid jay-walking or going trips etc. haha you may think im believe a lot in supersititions. i don't know. do you all do that?

im kinda nervous cos im going for my first yoga lesson tmr! hope i don't get bone fractures

2008-01-18T23:52:00.000+08:00

no more school! :D

received ntu's letter today, anybody going for the talk?

im so tired, gdnite everyone

2008-01-17T23:45:00.000+08:00

i'm done with FYP!!! YES! left with one more project, man im going to finish it tomorrow.

today's presentations were alright. except csm.. minor hiccups here and there. honestly, i was damn pissed off by dino. and i really wanna "thank" her for adding additional info for me to present at the very last minute &#%@$# how could she &^$%*#$^@%*#!! but thank God we won't be doing pjts tgt anymore! FYP presentation was better than expected, not so nerve-racking. thanks amanda for contributing so much.. we had only each other to depend on during past few months and we've pulled through!! let's pray for our grades :)

i was at amanda's blog just now, and ya i can't believe tmr will be the last day of school for us and our fellow classmates. which means, the next time i attend lectures & tutorials should be in uni! gosh. hmm hopefully!

wa i haven't touch flute since MD. kinda miss it! as well as flute section and sp band! :(

and where's jane susy cq cw and yr? walao i still feel abit creepy over One Missed Call.. please don't use that ringtone, don't freak me out!

2008-01-10T02:55:00.001+08:00

i love us!

me & "emo"

me and HUIJUAN

As promised, all are very crazy!

2008-01-10T01:28:00.000+08:00

when i was in year1 - Tripod

when i was in year3 - Turkish March

kellyn, maybe the next section comp piece title should start with "T" too! for better luck!!
can try Twinkle Twinkle Little Star! got 4 "T"s!!

2008-01-08T14:43:00.000+08:00

Hi finally im updating on MD! i think the concert was great, one of the best concerts i've played for so far :)

6Jan08 - Concert Day
met up with YY at about 230pm to go to VCH tgt. but he was super late! and since we were already so late, we decided to go to cityhall to buy breads for our section mates (don't u think we're very nice and thoughtful SL!). but because breadtalk doesnt accept NETS payment, we nearly couldnt pay for all the breads at the counter! luckily... we had just enough to pay for 10 breads (we took 11 tho). thank God! hahaha but it was so embarrassing!
when we reached VCH at about 3pm, everyone was on stage and ready for rehearsal. SP band looked really good. the harp and grand piano made us looked even better!

rehearsal ended at about 4pm. grabbed some food and went to change for concert. silly kellyn already started crying at backstage cuz she was worried abt her tuning. haha... but everything went well for her!

ok some pictures to share

tuning in process.. weifen is so cute!

still tuning

concert started. they're cheeky's friends.. she always got good lobang!

my harpist friend, huang yin! (thanks for ur help!)

rocking VCH in process

........ and concert over!

time on stage really passed very fast. so many months of hard work just finished off in 2 hours' time. 台上三分钟，台下十年功 - how true! but our hard work really paid off i feel!

my dearest section! i'll miss them:)

my dearest cheekaymiang!!!!! it was a real pity that u couldnt join in for our last concert. i don't know if we'll get to perform again... chances are quite slim though! :(
really missed those days with u around, esp ur loud and irritating voice! haha oops! all ITP's fault la!! :( yes i still rmb those days with our crazy seniors around. and those days when we had to entertain each other to survive through long band pracs. heh. i really really enjoyed your company in band. i love you (even though u left us last sem)!

this is my childhood playmate, AMELIA ONG. haha. Remember the first day we met each other at foodcourt 3? 3 years have passed already! one of the proudest things i ever did in sp band was giving u a nickname that everyone is calling now. AH BASS. I love it! Thanks for being such a wonderful friend…I can’t state every event that happened during the past 3 years, but I want u to know that u have been a great great friend, and a great great president! :)

my champion section!

5D: hey cutie, i can’t imagine 3 years just passed like that. Thanks for all the wonderful moments we shared…I wanna even thank you for those unhappy moments, for they make our friendship stronger. Thanks for being part of my strength in sp band k.. u know this friendship meant a lot to me :) promise we’ll meet up very often even after we graduate, or when u got a new gf k? LOVE YOU!

wenxiang: "should-be-future-SL" <-the nickname u gave urself! haha. many thanks to u! Thanks for being so active in band even though u’re out of sp. thanks for arranging turkish march, if not we couldnt have won section comp! i’m so proud to have such a talented section mate! thanks for having trust in me, u should know why i said tt:) I’ll never forget those happy moments we share together, your techniques to defend rapists, as well as our very in tune high F! how I wish time pass slower… but i cant wait for our trip tgt already!

kellyn: i bet ur life will be very challenging when band starts! (let me see.. bf, studies, flute playing, SL, committee member, friends, family..etc) i know it’s not going to be easy, but promise me that you won’t give up on any of it k? there may be twists and turns on its path, but around every turn lies more things to learn. take this as a challenge, alright? anw, i think you’re matured enough to handle all these (since 5d said you’re too matured for your age!). Thanks for staying with the section, thanks for playing the piccolo (good job!) and thanks for being a very very understanding junior! I don’t know how often we’ll get to see each other after this, but I won’t forget those wonderful moments we share in the section and during our way back home for the past 9 months. I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH! so keep going on…take a rest if u must, but don’t give up. if u need help, I’m here for u!

joseph: i'm sorry that we (or I) made u feel unhappy about the section few months ago... but im glad things are better now! thanks for tolerating me so well! haha. hope u'll continue to work hard in flute playing, u and kellyn are the future leaders of the section! and stop hiding! all of us can see great potential in u, so make good use of it! lastly, promise not to game too much and study hard! good luck! :)

this is one of the very few photos i had with fangyu. a day before MD, we promised to take 100 pictures tgt.. haha obviously we didnt, but there were 10 crazy shots with her, which i'll upload once i get them. this picture is nice isnt it! 5d said we looked like sisters, haha! i'm gg to miss this girl a lot! :(

fangyu and her part time entertainer

me and sheryl, the 1987 babies! i nv knew we had chance to perform again! esp after IBM24, i tot she wouldnt come back anymore! im so happy she came back for this MD. thanks girl! great solo! :)

(don't ask me where i was looking!) me and xb... my very funny senior! if anyone thinks im humorous, i tell u, she was the one influenced me! xb, altho we didnt get to perform tgt this time, im still grateful to u for making effort to come down for a few practices despite being so busy with work! THANKS! :) i'll nv forget our bet! HAHA

oh and before i forgot, this is the gift i received from flute section! I REALLY LOVE IT ALOT! the most unique gift i ever received! :D

5d and my ex-husband, YY! although now we've gone separate ways, never ever forget me!!! (and why u looked like a ghost in this pic!)

me and yoke chong. he may looked very chao ah beng, but don't play play k, he's the future SL of clarinet section!

me and linda! she's a superpoker man. haha! 我真的玩不起!

so many praises for kellyn, let's eat her up!!

yeah, this is the man who made me come to SP to join its band! he has been my greatest inspiration and motivation in music... if not for him, i wouldn't have learn and improve so much! i really thank him for having so much faith in us.. the band wouldnt have progressed if we didnt get to play and practise pieces like Fantasy Variations, Moorside Suite, Five Variants, Die Meistersinger..etc. he's Leonard Tan, the best conductor one could ever have. i'll miss him very very much!
Thanks Lao Ban! :)

i really enjoyed my 3 years in SP Band. i've met so many nice people and good players, and learnt so much from them. really hate to leave now! :( if i can, i wanna go back to year1 and start everything all over again! i love sp band!

-above pictures are provided by KELLYN, KMIANG & FANGYU

2008-01-07T02:01:00.000+08:00

my last MD is over. i'm not sad anymore, cuz this is just the beginning journey for my dearest kellyn and joseph! :)

there's so many ppl i wanna thank... my clique! susilo, jam, cq and cw. thanks for coming! rmb our date on sat :) flute section! i thank every single one of u. we're always the champion! right? so, no fear! i love u all! weifen! she's great, doubt she'll read this, but thanks for her guidance all these while! and all those who came to support. thanks so much! as well as those gifts given by flute section (u should see it, it's a great piece of work!), cheeky, amelia, YY, 5d, xc, sheryl, fangyu, brenden, brandon, yj, tiacwoo, and many more.. im mentally exhausted already! THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! i really enjoyed my last MD. im so deeply in love with sp band, flute section & Mr Tan (oops) !

update again when there're more pictures. and thank God the concert went well :)

2008-01-04T02:04:00.000+08:00

I have nothing much to update since i haven't received any pictures.. but new year celebration at susilo's house was great! cant wait to meet them again. when's our next activity? outing-organizer haven't contact me yet!

my very last concert with sp band is on sunday (pls come! it's 5pm at VCH!). spinnovex is on next thurs. im getting a little stressful. but hey, im graduating soon!

this msg is for you, since you're unreachable. if you're still a man, take some initiatives to offer to do some work. don't come up with so many excuses.. you know it yourself they're not REAL EXCUSES that's stopping you. if you wanna be a loser, then why dragged your friends along with you in the first place? why did you make so many promises and kept none of them? maybe we were too stupid to believe. you've never shown appreciation or gratitude anyway. you only showed us that you don't deserved to be given any chances and we were merely wasting our time on you. right? well dude, it all depends on yourself already, haven't we helped enough? don't blame us.

2007-12-31T01:47:00.000+08:00

30 Dec 2007, Singapore Indoor Stadium

Maria won! :D 6-0, 7-6 (12/10)

2007-12-29T01:26:00.000+08:00

I shout, but no one hears. I cry, but no one listens. I listen, but no one speaks. I question, but no one answers. You call; I follow. You cry; I help. I question, but you don't answer. I search, but you're not there. Still, I keep listening, hearing and hoping for someone to just understand.

2007-12-26T02:42:00.000+08:00

At Batamhappy 4 of us :) at harbour bay seafood restaurant

3 crazy women

...i think we shopped too much

and bought too many donuts!

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Maria Sharapova is going to play a match with a russian tennis player on 30 dec at indoor stadium. i'm so tempted to go!!!

2007-12-19T21:22:00.000+08:00

my very very last band camp with sp band is over :( but anyway it was a fruitful one. we had terence teow (yes, him!) coming down to sp to conduct flute lessons with us. he worked things really fast.. covered all the impt parts within 2 hours. too bad he's leaving for Melbourne soon.

so ytd after sectionals, kellyn, wx and i went to clementi for lunch. had a long chat... talk abt a lot of stuff. then trooped off to wx's place to slack. i like william bennett! wx's got one whole album of his recordings! :D (wx, u know wat to do right) kellyn was sleeping like pig on the bed and.... im sure she'll tok abt it on her blog tgt with pictures so i shall not move on further. the evening band prac with mr tan was alright, but i wasn't in a very good condition. actually was quite upset with myself.. controlling of lip opening has always been a big problem for me! one of the reasons why sometimes i cant pitch accurately :( where the hell is my sweet spot?? i wanna be able to leap between all the high and low notes effortlessly like our goddess.

after prac, we intended to spend the night teaching kellyn some music theories... err we did, but after awhile we ended up chit-chatting, eating and watching movies. have u tried eating McSpicy and watching SAW 4 at the same time? really disgusting and brainless leh! why did we do it? no wonder wx and kellyn said the McSpicy tasted weird la.. and tt stupid kellyn, very evil. better dun do it again! *glare*
i had quite a nice sleep at the bunk, even though there were many ppl whispering and laughing and walking around.. and did i mention im a light sleeper? but i wasnt very affected by them last night.. sleeping beside kellyn wasnt as bad as wat linda described. yea she fidgets a lot, like monkey.. but at least she didnt wake me up to ask me why i fell asleep so quickly or some retarded questions. for the first time, i slept more than 4 hours during camp. maybe because i was already very very tired.. like now.. so sleepy. but i havent complete my report and pack my bag for tmr's batam trip :/

will be away from thurs to sat night. ciao! :)

P/S. anyway Maria Sharapova is coming to Singapore on 30th Dec!! can u believe it! :D

2007-12-14T01:52:00.000+08:00

i choose to believe my sight and hearing senses, rather than believing what i feel/think, or things i could only recall vaguely from memory.

2007-12-13T01:50:00.000+08:00

it's freaking late now but i just couldnt concentrate to do my work. had sectionals in the evening, but i didnt know wat to work on. shame on me. i just couldnt believe we're only 24 days away from MD... and all im scared of is time will pass too fast, and MD will just pass by without us knowing. just to think of it makes me tremble.

i know i'll miss my section very badly after i graduate. but the flute section, kellyn, and joseph will continue to do well in the future. this is smth i genuinely believe so..

2007-12-08T01:53:00.000+08:00

PATHETICALLY SLUGGISH & DISGUSTINGLY LAZY

more assignments and project are coming up... yucks. cant describe how much i loathe and detest these bloody projects.. but i know i'll miss them after im out of SP:(
someone please wake me up! i needa pick myself up and start running this one and a half month race! and i desperately needa stop saa from sending warning letters to my house too. so pissed off by them. haha. how i wish i could fall in love with my notes and lecturers for once, like how i love flute, music and Mr Tan.. (oops!)

philharmonic winds concert was superb. my eyes totally laid on the brasses and percussion.. they make me wanna learn how to crash the cymbals and blow the horn. the pianist caught everyone's eyes too. was completely fascinated by her. the fingers, playing, the non-spoken language and movements from her body.. despite her very "zhuai" attitude (snobbishness) which was pretty observable..hmm shall not go further into it. she just made my jaw dropped. tt's all. anyway, hope everyone enjoyed the concert like i did! it was great to see juliet and shirley, havent seen them in ages! :) sooo after the concert, kellyn and linda dragged me to see and say hi to their dearly adored flute senior, shufeng. it was really great to exchange greetings with her (cos i've always wanted to), but i cant believe they actually "towed" me frm basement to level one in front of so many famous-in-band-scene people and conductors to see her.. omg these 2 horrible kids! anyway, she kinda resembles weifen. their features and the way they play flutes, so alike (at least to me)! well im glad tt kellyn had such a great senior back in sec sch band. i wasnt tt fortunate.. during my sec sch days in band, seniors always went missing during band prac (busy playing five stones at the canteen maybe), some didnt even know the proper way of playing and holding the instruments..which i only discovered when i came to sp band. i must have sounded disgusting on the flute back in sec sch days...i dun dare to recall. but im really thankful to my poly seniors, who corrected me and threw me tonnes of advices. at least my tone is "listenable" now.. hee hee. moral of the story is, never think it's too late to improve. u dont need money or brains to do it, just need the right attitude. afterall, only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. woohoo... cant believe i wrote all these at 3am in the morning. but im digressing already la.. bleah

im little scared that i'd press some buttons and accidentally delete this post.. shall stop. and to fy's sis, im fervently praying for her good health. really hope she gets well soon

good night!

2007-11-30T00:57:00.000+08:00

42 more hours. saturday is going to be the last day i see and play turkish march. i'm gg to burn the scores and wx is gg to delete the soft copies. hmm i'm actually quite anxious abt tmr, cuz Mr Tan is going to hear us. yes the whole flute section!!

sectionals today was very much better than expected! i tot we'd need like 5 hours to work on details and we'd hear many out-of-tunes and i'd shout something like wt*&%$#@&%^$ at the section. but no, i think we're doing fine. great. don't screw up tmr.

thanks to sheryl and my guest players, i don't have to jump down from my house! ooo they're great!

37 more days. sometimes my section mates really make me fed up and worried. but i still love them la. undeniable. :)

i cant wait to go out with jambo they all! LEISURE PARK, WAIT FOR US!!

2007-11-28T02:52:00.000+08:00

im very worried abt the performance on 1 dec. i've always thought i handle stressful situations quite well, but not for this time. few hours ago, i had no idea on how we're gg to perform Turkish March with only 6 people :/ but thanks to all of you who lent a helping hand:) sheryl..kb..i've found 2 guest players, so, phew! hope everything will go on smoothly for the section and my section mates (at least to those who care). You give me such a headache sometimes.
cheeky finally came back today. really miss her alot..esp her chubby face, her small eyes, even her flabs & her irritating voice... cant wait to see her again. cheekaymiang better come back when u're free!

pray for us. good night.

2007-11-26T23:13:00.000+08:00

So, the weather wasnt very good today. this afternn when my dad sent me to school, there were floodings all the way from my place to the main road. many cars halted. my dad's car plate dropped on the road as he drove...freaking funny. he only realized it when he came home, then he drove around to look for his car plate and saw it in the middle of the junction!

submitted my MC for MST leave today. will there be retest? hope not.

everyone is crashing the dental clinic all of the sudden. all want to claim dental fee from company before this year ends right. anw, there was this couple who brought their 18-month old baby boy for consultation today. he was so restless and didn't want to open his mouth. so the doctor and i were trying to act like clowns to make him pay attention to us. the doctor even blew balloon (using her gloves) to entertain this little patient, but he ignored us. in the end, his mum just stuff bread into his mouth to make it open. so we could only check his mouth as he chewed the bread... hahahha

i've finally found a flautist and a harper, great! FYP going to be done soon. im feeling more relieved already.

do u know i hate wishy washy people? u want u stay; don't want, just leave. don't waste our time. this is my last time saying it k. please. thanks

2007-11-25T01:47:00.000+08:00

MST was supposedly OVER for me, but it isnt. wat to do. alright so i've been busy with band and band and band... nth else. i cant imagine my life without having to go band. how will it be like? lesson ends, go home; lesson ends, do project; lesson ends, go have dinner with friends.... so un-bandly! eeyer!

i just met up with my clique today. did some shooting for cw's storyboard. altho the sun was big, it was fun...always fun when im with those crazy ppl. ytd went to botanic garden for filming, there were big sun, noisy machines and many b*nglas. met new "best friends" (know them for 2 hours); had a bf (barely know him!). it was exhausting but i've to admit it's quite fun. great experience! band was tiring. maybe because i was left with 20% of energy. 2 more performances! was toking to ah bass on our way home last night, getting into local U is so difficult, studying there is worse! we should treat everybody equally. rmb tt pledge we took every morning since we were 6? pfft

To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee. grow-up and move on! we got more things to do.

2007-11-21T11:07:00.000+08:00

thanks so much for all the well wishes on 19nov!! not forgetting, the cakes, mini celebrations and presents ;) and thanks Mum! u should know why :)

on the other hand, im sad to announce tt our dearest friend, Muhd Faidhi, has got 2 lower horizontal wisdom tooth tt looks somewhat like this from the x-ray:

both side somemore... maybe not tt horizontal. and note tt little decay on the root of 1st molar. (was ur decay on the root or crown? cant rmb) freaking suay. hahaha poor 5d. better go for surgery soon!

band was fun, other than all the out-of-tune moments. and im suspecting tt, weifen is too in-tuned...crazily in tune. flute section performances on 24 nov and 1 dec, we needa do a gd job. but first of all, we need flautists!

last paper tmr. i can't describe how excited i am..

welcome home jane. i hope u successfully smuggled some chewy gums for me

fy, she'll get well soon! will pray for her everyday until she recovers. rmb, fear less, hope more; and all the good things are yours.

46 more days. i love my section everyday.

2007-11-17T02:43:00.000+08:00

never compare cuz there's always a better person above you, and a better person above him.

life is not just one damn thing after another, it is one damn thing over and over. you just need to know which are the safe routes to take before setting off to your destination, if not, you may end up falling into a bottomless pit.

in spite of all the damn things, i still receive a b'day cake today. thanks ah bass and von!

2007-11-12T23:29:00.000+08:00

we had a mini celebration last sat (10 nov). thanks for the BP flip flops... im so crazy about it! as usual, we went Marine Bowl for bowling. i can only say, jane and yongrui are very strong competitors. yes, JANE, can u believe it hahaha! anw it was fun and we really enjoyed ourselves, even though there were many many pro bowlers beside us. after the games, we trooped off to jane's territory to have satay supper. btw, she only found out the name of her family stall on saturday! -_-

attended west winds concert with my section (minus joseph and km plus kellyn's bf) ytd. nice concert. the first 2 pieces were almost perfect. and glad to see xc again... it has been ages since i've seen that position, of her holding the flute. hahaha. and kinda weird to see wx with saxophone! but not bad looking ya.

so we had a mini section outing after the concert.

long john, bowling and esplanade. topics from wx's future to Mr Leonard Tan to "someone" to rapists... wx even gave an educational talk on ways to "handle" rapists! omg hahaha. ok shall not elaborate in details. kellyn's blog has got more stories to tell. and one last thing, i love my section very much!

exactly 55 more days to MD. not counting down... just a reminder to enjoy myself more in sp band from now to the last day of practice

SPINNOVEX!

2007-11-08T22:12:00.000+08:00

MST on 19 and 22 Nov. i'm glad there're only 2 papers for me to study.

yesterday was sp band's annual solo comp. i was there (with ah bass and sheryl) to support 5d, yy, patrick and ah bren. don't be too disappointed, at least u tried! congrats to the winners!

went for filming at bren's house today. first attempt and it was kinda awkward (or veryyyyy awkward), but everything went on quite smoothly. cant cut or dye my hair for another 2-3 weeks. need a haircut badly

left with 2 performances.... how should i feel. mmm

A road to a friend's house is never long

2007-10-28T13:18:00.000+08:00

27 Oct
-went to parkway with jane. jane cut her hair...SHORT! shortest hair she ever had in her life. hahaha.
-attended NUS concert with ah bass. nice flute & piccolo, clean and in tune. we spent many many hours chatting at MOS Burger. i want to play GR..very badly!

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anyone interested in going RWinds concert?

RWinds Presents Coda 3
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Tickets: Stalls $10, Circle $12
Free Seating

Conductors
Lai Quan Hui (RIMB 1997, RJCSB 1999)
Ong Sze Han (RIMB 2003, RJCSB 2005)

REPERTOIRE (Subject to Changes)

March and Procession of Bacchus - Leo Delibes, Arranged by Eric Osterling
Foster In My Mind - Stephen Foster, Arranged by Takashi Hoshide
Morricone's Melody (Gabriel's Oboe) - Ennio Morricone, Arranged by Roland Kernen
Peterloo Overture - Malcolm Arnold, Arranged by Charles Sayre

INTERVAL

Ensembles
Global Variations - Nigel Hess
Metro Gnome - Derek Bourgeois
Othello - Alfred Reed

nice repertoire isnt it. i missed their last concert, not going to miss this!

2007-10-22T00:19:00.000+08:00

ONE MORE WEEK TO E-LEARNING WEEK!

2007-10-19T23:28:00.000+08:00

i really miss my band life in year 1. rehearsals were really enjoyable and not much of stress and worries. we used to have tanny to rely on; xc to arrange all the parts for us, and xb to make us laugh during sectionals. everybody sees each other as brothers and sisters (we still do) and band prac was something i used to look fwd to every tues and fri. all the laughter and craps and even little arguments were memorable. i still keep a copy of "Tripod" at home (our winning piece), cuz there was so much effort poured into it, i'll nv forget! and i was getting nostalgic as i watched our vid on youtube! we had the best SL, the best student conductor SP band ever had, and the most funny senior in the section. what more to ask for? time passed so fast right.. hp and anson were still dating couple at then. hahaha. im really a sentimental person. but well what has passed would nv come back :/

to everyone out there, please learn to appreciate what you have and don't take things for granted. people are not obliged to help you all the time.

2007-10-16T16:55:00.000+08:00

do u know how expensive it is to study a degree course in sg? expenses are crazily high too. it's not as if singaporeans are earning a lot... and everything keeps increasing except sg's population and ur salary. i wont be surprised if my sis's daily pocket money shot up to $30 by 2010. friends, start saving for ur future kids now!

my mum was telling me the other day that she hope monster can be a dentist in the future (FYI, going to dentists burn big holes in ur pocket). if she becomes a dentist, we can save up to $800-1000 per year. lixin, u better take note and study hard! stop spending so much time playing, taking long naps, long showers, watching taiwan drama and arguing with me anymore!

2007-10-13T23:14:00.000+08:00

hi im at kallang mac now. jane is with me. jane said she's feeling bored and her ear hurts. she said she doesnt wanna listen to the song we're listening now. and she wanna eat hotcakes at this unearthly hour. she got nth to say now. tt's all folks!

UPDATED!!

jane: liting is very unfriendly!!! she saw her friend and doesnt even wan to say "hi".

2007-10-01T02:04:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSILO! u've lived for 22 years, and we've known each other for 8 years! gosh time really flies. hope u enjoy ur b'day celebration with ur sis (probably with some caucasians as well) in NJ. we went out today to celebrate ur bday!

talking abt today's outing, it nearly screwed up. luckily everything turned out great in the end. fun hanging out with them, though i was doing FYP on the laptop for 50% of the time. so sorry! thanks cq and jane...i call them flash king and photoshop queen. chang wen was also amazed by their skills..and this princess was entertaining us with his lame jokes the entire outing. got improvement, not bad!
haiyo i feel so guilty for making fun of one of our ex-classmates (u know who).. my sincere apology to him. but come to think of it, mine wasn't as bad compared to jane's. pls go and reflect. hahah. to "CH", thanks for making our day! steamboat at dragon village again...i love their buns. took many pictures, but will upload them tmr. it's getting late and i'm going to faint.

whether it's true or not, please dun do that again.

SPINNOVEX submission tmr. let's rmb this - it's not only how much u contribute, but how much u concern as well. i hope we'll do well this time

2007-09-29T02:15:00.000+08:00

I had a long day in school - 8am to 10pm (minus an hour for i sneaked out of sch to JP with amanda), so tiring.

had fun in band. the pieces we sightread were really nice, unlike those we tried during the last few practices. no more west-side story please. so... everything went pretty smooth for the section today. minor slips here and there, but were inevitable ya. and shirley came down today! :) wonder when xc's coming back!

went to bedok for supper after band with the eastsiders (again). had the same thing, hokkien mee and sugarcane juice w/ lemon. then there was this "almost bottomless" old man walking around us.. he wasnt "on purpose" i supposed, but extremely uncomfortable to sight can.. sheryl n i ended up couldnt finish half plate of the mee. hahaha. when can we go back to kallang for supper? my tom yam soup is calling out for my name already...........

GR Selections don't go~

2007-09-25T23:47:00.000+08:00

bad.. so bad!

2007-09-19T02:37:00.000+08:00

its already wednesday! goodness. going to be a difficult day at clinic i guess.

i seriously needa buck up on my flute playing. haven really touch the instrument...wonder why i brought it home. tsk. sightread many familiar pieces today. pretty tough, but challenging. laoban said size of the current flute section is quite pathetic - the smallest flute section he ever had in sp band. how sad it is to hear it from him! but nvm, there's always advantage for small section. btw i'm serious abt voting for piccoloist. no joke! sms me ur votes by friday. u should know who's the "black horse".

FYP meeting tmr, really lazy for it. especially when we had so many days of rest right!

4 more days to enjoy before the final sem commence.. hmm more like 4 more days to adjust to normal sleeping hours! wat a tough job

2007-09-17T14:11:00.000+08:00

this morning when i woke up, i nearly vomitted. the smell of Monday makes me sick. i cannot imagine school will reopen in 6 days' time...too fast!...while jane, cw and cq enjoy their holidays till late october =( feel so lonely! i just checked on my new timetable for sem2, wow it sucks. maybe everything related to school is sucky to me now. argh i gotta get myself prepared for school next monday...afterall it'll be my final sem in SP already :(

went out with my gang ytd. slacked awhile at parkway, caught Maria Sharapova

and Mr Leonard Tan conducting a band for some anniversary event at Marine Parade

after that, we trooped off to Botanic Garden to watch yongrui's performance. nice music but bad weather. wat a waste. but it was nice catching Kevin Seah on his crazy high notes on piccolo again :)

after spending abt 25mins finding our way out of the garden and answering if-you-dare-to-walk-alone-in-botanic-garden-at-night-for-1-million-dollars *grasp for air*, we went to haig road and had our dinner (or supper). i'd love to visit the pasar malam again if there's no rain =/ it's always so fun to hang out with them cuz of their humorous + senseless questions and answers. esp jane ho. we've to meet again before school starts for me!

2007-09-12T01:47:00.000+08:00

U.S Open is finally over.. i've been catching news on CNA these few days, and as expected federer and henin won the championship. hmm but i support neither of them.

we've been sightreading weird pieces like Dream Journey..etc during band rehearsals. count like mad. but it was fun.. i realised that we played lesser wrong notes but made more rhythmical mistakes in those technically-challenged pieces, and the other way round for easy and slow pieces pieces. if everyone can be more alert everytime when we play a piece (whether it is tough or easy), no one would ever make that silly mistake i made today. it was hilarous

result is out. i couldnt sleep before it was released, and now i'm too tired and sad to sleep.. i've nv had good feelings abt B since last sem but it kept coming. wondering where As and Distinctions have gone to. probably very far away from me...

2007-09-07T14:51:00.001+08:00

Luciano Pavarotti passed away ytd! :(

2007-09-04T03:11:00.000+08:00

susilo will be flying back to NY in few hours time. it's fun to have her around, though she's a super mafan ghost! but because of her, our clique met up more often.. usually we only meet like once per month (except with jane). esp when YR is attached now, even harder to date him. anyway not very sad tt susy is leaving, since she'll be back in 3months time, and we'll be traveling tgt in december:) sweet susilo even brought us our birthday presents, always very thoughtful! i dunno what we gonna get for her on her bday, she mentioned too many things! i'll buy all unless i own that stack of cash on your table we saw just now. later when we send her off, history is gg to repeat again.. her luggages would exceed 30kg and tt person at the recep would say "you again!"! hahaha

i love working with Dr Quah. she's really a nice person to work with.. but because she's too nice, sometimes i feel i'm too clumsy to assist her. grr i must learn to work faster!

Mr Akiyama is coming to sp band today, and i'm as nervous as faidhi. i dunno why. i hope those that we imagined he'd do will not happen. WILL NOT HAPPEN.

WILL NOT HAPPEN.

i'm going to sleep now if not before i get murdered by jambo

2007-08-30T01:45:00.000+08:00

my thumbs are totally exhausted due to excessive slamming of tennis balls at Hantuchova and Sharapova.

Sonny from kim seng band passed away this morning. last night, i was still thinking if i could get him to help kellyn with piccolo (he was one of the best piccoloists i've seen). so i can't describe how shocked i was when kaiboon told me this afternoon. really sorry for his family, may he R.I.P.

to live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

2007-08-24T15:12:00.003+08:00

just wanna test the new feature:

*jane's prince charming would be shown at the very end of the video! check it out!

8th day of holiday! nothing much happened. anw blogger is so cool i can upload videos now.

and yes to KELLYN <-look for your big fat name here! i'm working as a dental surgery assistant, not nurse k. hahaha. excuse me, so far no patients die yet la.

hmmm actually i find that working at the dental clinic is so stressful and tiring. i could have chose to work at IRAS as a temp staff if i hadnt take up this job. good thing abt working in clinic is, i only needa sacrifice 4hours per working day, and only work 3 times per week. the rest of my time wld be dedicated to FYP. sad life right.

and, band practice resumes next tuesday! not really looking forward to it but i'll be present. i dun dare to hear myself on the flute now, havent touch it for 1 month!! goodness gracious me!

2007-08-16T22:08:00.000+08:00

today's training at the clinic was really tiring. argh i hate to handle extractions.. not that it's disgusting, but there are like thousands of things to do. at this second u may be preparing tools and anaesthetic injection, x-ray, then the next second u'd be asked to do blood suction, support patient's head and other stuffs. on top of tt, must listen v attentively to what the doctor asks for at all time!

i can't really rmb what i was taught today. no time to jot down notes also. all i could recall was hearing "suction..suction please..no, suction this area..suction again..got saliva, suction..alright suction on the x-ray film..suctionnnnnnn".. this doctor whom i worked with this afternn, keep asking me to do suction with the vac in patient's mouth, even on the deep wound right after extraction of tooth. OUCH. the other nurses then told me his style is different from all other doctors.... well! i really felt that i've hit (his) nails today -translate into mandarin pls- there was one moment i wished i could be transformed into some octopus to assist him. so many things to do at one go.. esp when doing suction, i don't have hands to do other things. i guess i'm not used to it yet. argh just feel like ranting

goood thing is, i'm done with exams for this sem!! hooray! going for amanda's BBQ tmr to celebrate her b'day, and of cos, this is also a post-exam jamboree!

2007-08-13T17:18:00.001+08:00

my sexy name

hahaha just for fun. i got so many things to do this week! sian!

2007-08-09T11:54:00.000+08:00

i'm back! first of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY DAD! (7aug) HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY XUECHUN! (6aug)

unfortunately the start of august wasnt good for me. bad luck crept in... if it isnt one thing, it's another. my comp crashed a day before exam (mon) and handphone spoilt the following day, and its warranty just ended last sunday. like super wt*-ness bad luck... but, everything is going to be alright. i'm going to break out of this bad luck streak!

the two papers on monday was okay. but not confident and not possible of getting dist or A...the papers were a little difficult than expected. i tried to answer every single question, even those that i didnt really understand. but the more i write, the more i feel stupid. ok, one last paper to go on 16th!

ytd's dental clinic training was really stressful. so many operations and extractions. humans pls take good care of ur teeth ok! argh

going to meet jam, sus and cw later! as usual we gather on every national day. hahaha. seeeee yaaaaaa!

2007-08-03T00:34:00.000+08:00

hey, how's everyone doing? esp susy, jam, cw, yr and cq. hope to see u guys soon!

do u have regrets?
i always have this pang of guilt for things cuz of not giving my best and working hard enough for it. it's like a big dart of reality that hits ur heart and u'd start saying, "aiya shit, i should have.......". i think by the time i reach 30, i'll drown in my own regrets. noooooooooooooooooooooooo

life is like running in a marathon - u've to keep running, cannot stop. and not only u've to run, u have to come in first. that's the thing that counts. tough right? but u still have to give ur best for everything.

great, i'm enlightened by myself

2007-08-01T13:41:00.000+08:00

little recklessness can be forgiven with just an apology. whether it's fully or partly your fault, you ought to. because of your reckless action, you affected our mood our performances and many other people. and you are the one who shouldn't be making this mistake. however, any mistakes can still be forgiven, with just an apology. a sincere one.

2007-07-31T16:55:00.000+08:00

these few days passed pretty smoothly. finally done with 3 core projects and now am left with 1 quiz on thurs, 2 tests next monday, final csw role play next tues! workload is so much lighter now! i'd never wanna recall how i survived thru last weekend after concert to chong pjts, too bitter.

talking about IBM concert last fri, there're many ppl i wanna thank - my flute section:), the flute alumni gang, broadrick juniors, classmates & their friends, my sis's clique, weilin and her friend for their presence at the concert! glad that everything went smoothly. this was probably the best IBM i've ever played in.. i feel. received many good and not-so-good comments (certainly not "bad"). some said our sound was very muffled and didnt project enough. reasonable. i guess it was partly due to the very-carpeted hall.. well hope the concert was still an entertaining one!

now u know why we spent 1hour in toilet.

random pix taken from kellyn, amelia, 5d and emily:

SPSP IBM XXV

my dearest flute section. from left: wx, liting, emily, kellyn, 5d, joseph, andrew, matt.
love all of u!

me and cheeeky! gf!

my childhood playmate ah bass!

me and emily!

1/2 of the section

ah guan! thanks for coming!

amanda and ges, thanks for coming despite of all the projects waiting to be completed!

chiang xc rocks!

ya he's that funny and interesting conductor everyone is talking abt. Mr Leonard Tan the Great. we love him! thanks for giving us the chance:)

my stupid juniors!

return-of-piccolo ceremony.

文祥!

to my section - hey! we made it! not once but twice! i'm so proud of us and so blessed to have every single one of u:D i knw u guys are not used to receive compliments haha but u know i mean it. now tt some of our paths are diverging, things are going to be very different:( i don't think i'll like the change, but since we gotta accept it, i wish the two who are leaving us to pursue music - all the best. matt and wx, don't let us down, esp wx, rmb the tears we shed for u! and rmb our in tune high F! and emily too, take this break to study hard. get into honour roll or something k. tho u wont see us by the time u come back, i know u'd miss us! 5d & km..very soon, the next concert will be our last. so fortunate to have u two. we shared almost all the laughters, joy, and tears in band together! there're so many things i wanna say to u, but shall leave it to our last MD. oh ya, know that i love you two! kellyn or scalf, tho u're one big annoying irritating junior, i still love u:) glad tt u're here staying with us. alright, we'll abuse u lesser. promise!
andrew and joseph: we're left with only 3 men now. don't ever leave! we need u!

seems weird i cant have dinner with a full section from now.

2007-07-24T01:01:00.000+08:00

so many projects to do! and im so stressed up with it cuz project submission in this week :/ concert's on this friday. need to work on a lot of things. flute section, we got the last battle to fight, work harder for this final round!

today i went to the dental clinic for training. very much better than i expected! it was pretty fun..with humorous nurses and doctor who are around my age. problem is.. just that there're many tools to memorize. but dentistry is really interesting...tho i'd only be an assistant, i wish to stay there for long, and hopefully i can manage and at the same time enjoy my work.

was talking to amelia and mum about my plan after i graduate. apparently my mum wasnt very supportive, maybe in her opinion it's all a waste of time:/ one more semester (or rather, one last semester) to go. clueless about how my future will be like... can't depict it yet. some asked me to take it easy first. wouldnt it be too late? i dunno...i'm like in a state of uncertainty right now. people are sure of their aims and directions, but i'm not. or i'd say i used to have directions, but they've all become unrealistic and impractical already....

2007-07-19T17:01:00.000+08:00

liting is here in school doing her project but she has already stopped doing an hour ago cos she's mentally dull and tired and weary. however she still hopes to finish it by this week so that she has time to mug for her exams in week 17 (which is 3weeks away). liting is a little upset cos she has sectionals later when only 4-5 of the flautists could make it. but it also means liting can end sectionals earlier and reach home earlier =) she was frustrated awhile ago cos some primary kid added her on msn asking her who she is. liting is going to block this kid for sure. btw liting has soo manyy thingss to do so many thingsss SO MANYY THINGSSSS grrrrrr.. hate projects hate assignments hate reports hate studiesss. liting hasn't been feeling well these few days tooo. maybe she has run into some spate of bad luck recently >:/ argh.. liting wonders where susilo is hiding and she wants the photos that were taken last saturday! and she wish to apologize to susi for not being able to accompany her due to her exciting schedule. but she wants to date both susi and jane out for dinner and have a "ladies' night" hopefully this week.

yyucks the weather is soo cold that liting has to eat more to keep herself warm. and that reminds her that she hasnt step into the swimming complex for at least a month. argh liting sucksssssssss and she's off to sectionals

2007-07-15T23:30:00.000+08:00

first thing first, welcome back SUSY! she woke me up from my beauty sleep ytd morning with a surprise sms and missed call(from her local mobile line) at 9am. i called her back, and thought she was kidding when she told me she came back to give us surprise. and she's REALLY back! cannot believe right. haha. so we ganged up to surprise jambo. after lying here and there, i managed to trick jambo to vivocity. when susy came to us she just screammmmmmmmmmmmmmmeddddddddddddddddd and we caught alot of attentions (thanks jane!). all of us then went to jambo's territory to celebrate ci qing's bday. everyone gave him belt! like so qiao. and kinda special cuz susu was with us. shall update more when she's back from batam to send me the pictures!

hm i've vanished for quite some time due to heavy stress in handing projects and countless band pracs to attend. time is very precious to me now.. i'm grabbing for every min and second. hmm or i should stop grousing and frustrate myself since i only hv half an hour left to dreadful monday

was looking at some photos taken in sec sch. looks like i havent changed -visibly- since sec4. but i feel that life in poly has changed my thoughts and mindset tremendously. in fact i've grown to be more independent and matured, and being more careful when i say things. ya i admit i'm quite sarcastic at times but i don't mean it. haha. my approaches are different too. now i love my friends more and enjoy gossiping and doing silly things with them. i just wish to be more studious and hardworking =\ im also more conscious abt my diet now. grrrrr gotta karate-kick away my bad eating habits. i'm working towards one of my resolutions, which is to get slimmer, and don't worry cuz i wont starve myself. maybe just cut down a little bit on the nice and delicious fatty food and exercise more. anyone who wanna go for badminton/tennis game, cycling and swimming, date me in august!

recently i've got few friends asking me when i'm going to take driving lessons. hmmm i hope i can get my license before 2009. well but how i'll go abt doing it, will remain a secrecy........hha

okk my bed is calling me! gd night~

2007-07-07T00:12:00.000+08:00

singapore has nothing but kiasu people, singlish, buildings, cars, carbon monoxide, aedes mosquitoes, 7% GST and summer whole year. i really really hate the weather here...so warm and humid. i had shower 3 times today already. grrr. susu please ship some "frost" to SG! :(

funny incident at home. i was practising flute in the afternoon but it was sooooo hot that i had to switch on the aircon in my room secretly (so tt my mum doesnt find out). then my stupid sister sneaked in and didnt go out for an hour. for the first time in her entire life, she sat down so quietly and listen to me on flute. hmm.. the power of air-con

met up with jam, cq and cb just now. (thanks cq for helping me with my project! altho it's not completely done yet. but with ur help i think i can finish before deadline) so we spent around 3 hours at PW mac. hahaha didnt manage to shop GIANT or Cold Storage or MPH or eat Old Chang Kee, which were stated in the proposal. sorry huh guys. at the last 30mins of our gathering, we played BINGO and it was very very funny!! esp during jambo and cq's turn to play, one was left with 8 boxes unshaded and the other with 10 boxes unshaded. they was like HUH?? dunno how to carry on! hahahahaha

evil jambo and i were digging out some of the-funniest-mandarin quotes from cq:

"你们去坐先"(仙?)...
"eh jane, 你有没有yongrui的学校过?"(你有没有去过yongrui的学校?)
"那个娘豆腐很便宜leh, 一个两块半，八个四毛." (heh?) --updated today

time to sleep! i'm planning to go swimming tmr morning, hope i can make it.

btw, happy birthday to kellyn! my cao-ah-lian ever :X

2007-07-05T14:55:00.000+08:00

hi.. im not happy. not sad either. =|

bye folks!!!

2007-06-29T01:33:00.000+08:00

MST is over!

flute flute flute!! argh!

accompanied weifen to meet her new pianist(my friend) this afternn. thanks chay! owe him lunch. went to sp band room to practise flute after that. ended up spending like 3 hours to clear all the rubbish in the 2 flute shelves. (it's spick and span now!) then faidhi came to seek help from weifen. learnt a lot just by observing :)

recently ive fallen for emily skala's flute tone. so light and graceful on her high notes. just an hour ago, i was introduced to sharon bezaly (from sweden). she's playing on a 24 karat gold flute specially made for her by Muramatsu, not only that, the team also built for her a Silver Platinum plated alto flute and a 14 karat gold flute. she sounds fantastic! flautists, should listen to her.

i can never choose one between pahud, bezaly, skala and tadeu coelho.

hope to meet jane tmr. no OT i hope!!

2007-06-26T23:21:00.000+08:00

AUTUMN BROWN

LONDON - This little girl's mother Maria, in keeping with her boxing-mad family's bizarre tradition, decided to give her 25 middle names - all culled from the greatest exponents inside the ring.

Her full name, which left register office staff in Perton, Wolverhampton reeling is: Autumn Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries Hart Burns Johnson Willard Dempsey Tunney Schmeling Sharkey Carnera Baer Braddock Louis Charles Walcott Marciano Patterson Johansson Liston Clay Frazier Foreman Brown.

The 33-year-old mother added: "I'm hoping Autumn has a good sense of humour with her name. It's never done me any harm though."

-faint-

i doubt she can remember (or memorize) her name until she turns 50.. by that time, she'll suffer from senility

2007-06-24T00:15:00.000+08:00

very tiring day.
my last section competition is finally over.. thanks flute section,(kmiang, 5d, kellyn, matt, joseph, andrew, wx, emily), i gotta count myself lucky to have u guys(: thanks for pushing ur limits and sacrifice ur time to practise the piece (: we've made it! thanks weifen, xc and tanny for their guidance -so lucky to have them- thanks for coming down in spite of all ur busy schedules, very touched. up next will be IBM performance..work harder!
congrats to other winning sections!

just came back from MWS concert. tiring performance, but fun! thanks everyone who came, esp jane!

good luck fo MST everyone! off to sleep now.

2007-06-18T14:27:00.000+08:00

IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO STUDY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE MOOD

2007-06-11T14:13:00.000+08:00

went to philwinds concert with jambo and cq last sat. pls try to imagine sitting on the 3rd row from the stage. argh quite a bad seat to listen the whole band. but i could hear double bass (yong rui) and the flute section pretty clear, as if they were playing right on to my face. i heard a very nice and clean flute tone from one of the flautists! and yongrui..could hear him so crystal clear:) professor bobo (main highlight of the concert) is not only good-looking, he's build and plays the marimba incredibly amazing. in short, he's a talented hunk;) it's a mega waste if any percussionist didnt attend this concert;\
here are some pictures i stole from jam's blog (always make me do this kinda thing! send me the photos u lazy bum):

jam, me, cq and the bassist!

us!

us again! took this while yr was busy entertaining his supporters

yongrui's newly hired assistant

after the concert, we decided to have ~~dinner~~ supper at marine parade, but changed our mind and went to jam's territory joo chiat kopitiam instead. thanks jam's dad always treat us to satays, and jam's "unofficial" godmum for giving big discount like the GSS! :D

caught playing virtual tennis!

them.

jane and me. she's taking picture!

yesterday brought kejian (new flute friend) to mws rehearsal. end up agreeing to perform for scherzo. hmm since section comp will be held in the morning there shouldnt be any clashes...and lin sheng said 5 flautists is the ideal flute sect size, so.. hee. i was glad actually cuz i think we're going to sound good this time. however i didnt really enjoyed the rehearsal esp after lin sheng left. didnt know wat i was playing and band just whack when ss came to conduct! tsk

spoke to zq last night, we're going for WMC in 09! NBC 2008 maybe.

met up with jambo yr and cq (again) after mws prac. went to pw - it was my idea - and they were all whining why pw again! hahaha i dunno, i think im chased by "pw ghost" recently. somebody pls come up with better and fresher suggestions!

sent the band off at changi airport at ard 10pm. hope they enjoy the osaka trip! while the pathetic liting stays in this steamer basket to mug and get steamed like a shrimp dumpling.. haha dunno wat im toking. bye!

2007-06-06T14:32:00.000+08:00

my current life can only be occupied with family, friends, flute, band, my 1634th, exercising & studying. nth else. no more troubles and worries~

2007-06-05T00:54:00.000+08:00

i seriously believe weifen is the goddess of flute. today she came down to sp and we self-prac tgt.. i wish i could just dig a hole and jump into it. i didnt wanna play much after tt. the more i ignored her and continue playing, the more i feel demoralized. argh her tone is so clear, full and nice! i believe every flautists will be envious of her tone. gd luck for her grade8 exam!

downloaded skype and chatted with jambo. she sounded all robot thruout the chat session...! haha then cq joined us for conference. ok la quite a fun experience. i dunno if we'll still use msn tt often. see how.

susy, cb and yongrui, go download k!

alright finally we're 95% done with CSW presentation. good luck to farha and me tmr!

i love you everyday!

2007-06-03T21:50:00.000+08:00

i feel so guilty for :

-not mugging yet! (MST in 3weeks' time)
-backing out for moulmein band performance! sorry kaiboon, zq and mr lin. im so so sorry. but im left with no choice:(
-not exercising regularly!
-not helping with housework!
-sleeping late every night!
-feeling unenthusiastic in going school!
-not being able to watch movie with shirley. sorry!!!

im freaking worried about my studies..esp when MST date is arriving. seriously no words can describe my anxiety now. as for section competition, frankly speaking YES im worried as well. but i know that studies and band cannot be of the same priority. so im gg to spend time studying first and focus on comp when i've the time. FYP. omg i feel like doing it right now....haven't been doing much over the week. only 2 things to be contented with are, i'm finally planning my timetable to mug and completed (80%) of CSW work already. will be spending time on preparing CSW presentation tmr. God please give me more time to study play and rest!

had a lot of fun ytd with jambo yr cq and cb. i miss them so much and i dunno when everyone will be free to meet.

take care folks

P/S.: i was sick of the previous skin so i changed

2007-05-31T01:31:00.000+08:00

on tues, i told the flute section: "if you wanna quit, quit now"
so one junior came to me and said she couldnt cope, and quitted immediately.
today, another flute junior told me he's thinking of quitting band.
is tis good or bad? i just didnt know the respond was so overwhelming! well at least it wasn't in a roundabout manner.
and i think SP's teaching system is changing already, the current year1s are fanatically busy! during our time, we could still go for sectionals almost everyday. so i cant make a comparison here.

and it seems like there's nothing we cant do to control cuz afterall studies is still the top priority.

but people just leave like tt, thinking that there won't be any difference without them.
so damn wrong pls
think about this, can anyone of us be better than ALL OF US? a section is more than just a group of people.. it has to go thru a process called give & take. the sacrifices u've made.. make them worthwhile. nothing is impossible or difficult when we've one another by our side.. and with a little more courage and determination, excellence can become reality already

and no matter how far we go, we win together, lose together, play together, stay together.

2007-05-27T15:49:00.000+08:00

DEAD... i just rmb shuqun concert and moulmein concert fall on the same day. and i still agree to go shuqun concert. my god

2007-05-27T13:03:00.000+08:00

time is passing too fast! today is the last day of elearning already! :( till now i only completed 8 quizzes. i dunno what more i needa do. ges said elearning is like holiday... i dont feel so. at least for me. i spent them for band...organizing sectionals(which failed), graduation food, self-practising, attending concert and band rehearsal. plus doing elearning work...almost taken up all my free time. actually i was thinking to myself before i went to sleep last night, if i dun enjoy my band life now, i may regret after my poly life..when u start to work(and if it's hectic), u wont wanna spend ur precious weekends going for band. so right now, other than learning how to juggle, i'll also try to enjoy the process even if it's gg to be stressful.

yesterday, the flute section(km emily andrew 5d and me) went to wenxiang's house -which is right at the end of singapore- to make agar agar for graduation. don't think it's easy...if u had joined us u'd know. km, emily, fangyu and myself keep forgetting how many spoon of sugar we added into the agar agar liquid...supposedly 8, but everytime when we miscount at around 7 or 8 we'd just add extra 2 spoonful of sugar. surprisingly most of them didnt find the agar agar sweet enough. diabetes waiting for u~ anw i think the one with coconut taste better!

really wanna say a BIG THANK YOU to wenxiang who offered his kitchen...and his bedroom as well, cuz he has a tv set and lappy in his room and they were serving as our entertainment ytd. luckily his microphone was missing if not km and emily sure will sing! also wanna thank fangyu...she's the mastress of agar agar. thanks for helping out and teaching us how to make the agar agar. thanks for spending ur time to come down to jurong from novena. thanks for ur tray and coconut milk. THANKS (:

i think the graduation party was alright, so don't complain. thanks committee and ah bass! ytd was like a big gathering or reunion dinner..miss the flute section, jiehong, adeline, shirley and candice. haven seen them for quite some time...and taking train back tgt was like going back to yr1? went to kallang for tomyam ytd...jiehong's treat! (: hope to see them again really soon!

sorry if i owe u an apology!

2007-05-23T20:35:00.000+08:00

21/05(Monday)

didnt do much at home. woke up at 2pm, practise on flute, met jambo at night. unlike usual (we didnt have moo or fishball soup), we ordered murtabak for supper! the portion was soo big...and we ordered chicken but ah nei still gave us sardine! >:[

WANNA PUKE...

FULL...

COUDLN'T FINISH

jambo, we shall stick back to fishballs!

22/05(Tuesday)

nothing much happened. had IBM band prac. so many pieces to learn...still haven start sectionals. couldnt come up with a date for it, so had it cancelled. do more self-practising flute section! thanks for those who played for grad day!

23/05
TODAY is huiping's birthday! happy birthday (: flute SL 3 years ago, now a great mummy.. take care till we meet(:

still haven complete elearning. hope to finish it soon so that i can slack throughout the weekkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2007-05-19T01:02:00.000+08:00

no sch today, but i feel so tired.

i woke up at 11am in shock, cuz im supposed to meet fangyu at 1220pm at clementi. obviously i was late, met her at 120pm. went to clementi ntuc bought those stuffs for graduation(which has been postponed to next week), then went to jurong point to look for her covered shoes. just for this river raft performance, she spent $42.00! haha but the shoes are really worth it (trust me). spent 2 and a half hour walking around in jurong point, was helping to give suggestions and make decisions. hahaha fangyu is very indecisive! went back to band after tt. didnt eat the whole day, only drank milk and bubble tea =D

band practice was quite ok... mr tan is getting more humourous! i didnt rmb laughing so hard in sp band 2years ago. anw made kellyn play the piccolo today. kinda random...but i promised to rotate picc players every prac. and i could tell that she was very reluctant, but everyone else was the same. i'm sorry. but wat should i do? i needa settle the parts really soon.

i think i can understand how xuechun felt when i turned her down right after IBM... i knew i wasnt a fantastic piccoloist, but still i think i owe her an apology! argh i just hate to be the bad person making this kinda decision! anyway something hilarous to share here, an entry i posted on 4 July 2005:

My protest

i'm busy with band. it took up 50% of my time already. i dun understand why they assigned piccolo parts for me to play...not as if i'm a good piccoloist. thanks to xuechun. i really have probs playing piccolo. i couldnt get the right tone and pitch. and metrognome and carmen's driving me crazy. high G. high G#. high A. i could sense the annoyance i created for that oboist sitting beside me last fri. my sky had turned grey. when will nightmare ends?

meeting jane and yongrui tmr. cycling? yea pls let me shed off some fats!

2007-05-18T02:12:00.000+08:00

finally bought for one more day... albom never fails to make his readers sniffle abit for his stories. hmm it brought back memories like when i was little, that were also nostalgic. i kept reflecting on my own behaviour while reading, and at some point of time i felt regretful for certain things i have/could have done.

just believe that mother's love is smth powerful & can last a lifetime and beyond!

2007-05-14T19:18:00.000+08:00

hey. a few events took place last weekend.

went for JC SYF on friday. met up with weifen, yy, stella, chun meng and brandon at around 7am at the SCH. woo first waking up at 5am! anw i think most of the bands played really well for both pieces, like sajc, vj, rj and cjc. apparently all of them sounded more matured, not many mistakes were made. the gwh bands were really impressive. i personally felt rj should get honours :/ still, congrats to all:)

my saturday and sunday were spent for rehearsals and concert with IFC. nice experience, but tiring. took many pics with solitarians but will post it again. Mr Nizam's in IFC! he sings really well. thanks for those who came...esp flute juniors, JAMBO HO and YONGRUI! :) had dinner with jam and yr, entertained them. jane played a stupid game with me on the bus and we laughed so hard! i think my image is completely ruined ytd night.

Ytd was Mother's Day. was busy with concert, so i owe my mum a bowl of big prawn noodles and one day of household chores! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY MUM:D

i wanna buy For One More Day!!

2007-05-08T10:27:00.000+08:00

hihi. dunno what's wrong with blogger, couldnt log in during the past few days. anyway i'm in class now, having this boring practical :/ can u believe that i'm the earliest today? so shocking right.. haha i reached at 10am PROMPTLY. but that's because i thought the class started at 9am! :X

feel so stress and guilty. musical is on this sunday...gosh! ok it also means nightmare gonna be over soon. i needa do some self-practising

going to watch jc syf this coming friday with yueyuan. yea really look fwd to it

11th May 2007, Friday
Morning Session

1 Pioneer
2 Anglo-Chinese School (IB)
3 Meridian
4 Anderson
5 Yishun
6 National

-Interval-

7 Hwa Chong
8 Nanyang
9 Victoria
10 Raffles
11 Tampines

Afternoon Session
12 Saint Andrew's
13 Serangoon
14 Temasek
15 Anglo-Chinese
16 Catholic
17 Jurong

looks exciting:D GOOD LUCK to rj and vj!

finally tried out our FYP last fri. walking on water! it's so difficult to do the balancing and my goodness i haven been exercising for months! nearly broke my bones last friday. and my muscles are still aching......damn. 4days already :( im planning to go swimming every sat morning. JAM BETTER COME WITH ME. and i think i should find a part time job. too slack...getting lazier.

see u guys later!

2007-05-06T19:12:00.000+08:00

i'm so bored and hungry. but no one is moving...they're all waiting for one another. i hate sunday. lets call it a shit-day

so stress and painful...walking on water makes my muscles ache like hell.

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

2007-05-01T23:55:00.000+08:00

anyone got idea what i should blog abt? very stress leh i see everyone's blog got new entry. wanted to talk about the FO camp, but everyone already blogged abt it. very stress..

i've been really lazy these few days, esp after the camp. very sleepy... today i slept 16 hours, still very tired. my mum told if u didnt sleep well for one night, u need one week of rest to compensate for it. finally went for moulmein prac last sunday! really got no mood to play. played vesuvius and mont blanc, i only played all the simple running notes. "sing sing sing" really suck, pls dun play that. went off half way with fangyu..i dunno how to describe us, we just looked like two walking zombies.

feel so lethargic now..and HEAVY. i wanna go swim tmr morning. hope i really wake up early. this week ate too much already...tsk very angry with myself.

suddenly grow sick of band...grrrrrrrrrr. VERY SICK OF IT. @^$&*#@*%$*(

hm wat else to blog.. ok went to mac for dinner with jambo just now. really eat to the max lor. dunno why i ordered upsize meal. feel like throwing up. very guilty!!!

anw we took some stupid shot in mac:

i wanna post another pic of jam but i think she'll kill..so better not..hee

cough is coming back...hai. my mum keep nagging me to drink cough syrup again.

bye folks!

2007-04-28T13:12:00.000+08:00

2007-04-25T22:12:00.000+08:00

everything in sch has been going smooth so far.. except for occasional diversion and distraction from WSM lecture & practical :( haiyo i couldnt understand wat my lecturer has been explaining in class...cuz he got this weird china + US accent, so most of the time we were figuring out wat he was saying instead or absorbing wat he said. and in the middle of his lecture u'd hear a sudden laughter from him, then u see all the "huh?" and the "errrrrr.." expressions drawn on everyone's faces... cuz he likes to joke but unfortunately, no one realised it. so he's basically laughing at his own jokes.haha very sad right. but this man is full of wisdom and patience. i like him

we've many freshies for band this year. omg u cant believe it. but well like wat some ppl said, a number of them will leave the band sooner or later. anw quite glad to see many ppl who are keen in playing flute even with no music/band background! too bad we don't have enough instruments to provide them:( percussion section is already "overflowed", but kind audrey still agreed to take one from my side:) thanks! hmm practice for choir prac was really horrible...now i understand how important it is to get warmed up before playing each time. after prac, went home with the usual gang.. that's when i start to work! :D making fun of ppl, cracking jokes... lol. fangyu's laughter getting sharper ("sharp dao~~") but im thinking of recording it down and set as alarm tone, i think can wake me up effectively every morning

met mr roger for FYP discussion today. very interesting. basically we've to create something tt allows ppl to "walk on the water"...cool right. he said we'll be in the pool most of the time! cant wait!

wonder how's jam's SIP. hahaha now she's not free to organize outing already. but nvm, wait for her :D

ok, tt's all. gd nite and tc everyone

2007-04-19T01:41:00.000+08:00

i don't believe depression will strike me so soon. its not completely my own emotion that's been playing a fool up in my brain... please, im not born to make things easier for everyone! once is enough, not twice or thrice. i don't ask for perfection. but can things be done smoothly just for once? if not, how many things more do i need to do? i need support, and not just words of assurance.

2007-04-16T01:12:00.000+08:00

hi to all and sundry im back to blog again...

many things happened during last 2 weeks, but not going to do a mega update since its almost 2am already.

work this week was considered okay. jus did abit of amendments for the application and spent the rest of the time gossiping with yixuan (even tho my boss is making some noise beside us, we didnt care). it was kinda sad on my last day of work! finally had lunch tgt with yixuan and lavanya. i'm definitely going to miss them! =( anw we took some pics but not going to upload them now, maybe when i receive all of them. well at last..took pic with Mr P! thanks to yx who gave me the courage :)

went to IKEA with jam, cb, cq and yr ytd! i love IKEA...really. except the meatball, everything was alright:) didnt mananged to take pictures of the food and the place... this is the only thing i can share :

hahaha!!! they looked so different now. back in broadrick, they were still permanent members of tarf club. cq's pic in the IC looked like he's in his late 30s (im bad!! but he agreed) haha well i think its ok to look ugly in IC, as long as look fine in person can liao. like tt then got contrast ;)

anw we must go out next sat. this is a must. susy we wait for u k

today, went to band world with 5d. feeling depressed after the nippy reply "NO" from ms sia, 5d brought me to mac for our lunch. the followings were carried out:

-eating and stuffing myself with food
-5d made a baby girl cried with his monsterous face :x
-walk around in IMM and shop
-went to parkway to shop (5d this mountain turtle nv been there b4)
-song guessing session and 5d answered 0 out of 5 correctly (not a band geek!)
-bought my sis's present

haha wat a tiring trip from west to east. anw look out for 5d the cutie on tues!! ;)
btw he just gave me a new nickname B.E.L.T.

Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (1:56 AM):
dunno...u have to wake up early u noe
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (1:56 AM):
walow....cant afford my big-eye-long-tongue buddy to fall sick or smth hahah!!!
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (1:56 AM):
omg..B.E.L.T......new nickname for u
[yeo's] says (2:00 AM):
HHAHA!!!!
[yeo's] says (2:00 AM):
LT = long tongue!
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (2:00 AM):
YES
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (2:00 AM):
it can be like
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (2:00 AM):
BE LT
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (2:00 AM):
be liting
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (2:00 AM):
or
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (2:00 AM):
big eye long tongue
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (2:00 AM):
or
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (2:00 AM):
big eye li ting
Salad D-buddy ... me scuk bad... says (2:00 AM):
wah so cool nickname!

so thats the origin or B.E.L.T thing.. c'mon wat can i do with my eyes?! im born with that! lol

jam and my throats are really itchy...she's fa-mei-ing. haha need me to dig in to ur throat to scratch? must meet on sat!! and must eat lesser in the coming week. save some space for steamboat!

ok i should go now.. tmr is the first day of 3rd year. but im gg for SYF with amelia! argh guilty, but still wanna go. unchangeable + concrete + firm decision.

night everyone!

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY TO LIXIN!! :)

2007-04-04T20:59:00.000+08:00

wat a freaky wednesday!

today one freak jumped onto the railway track at paya lebar mrt stn, scared jambo.

another one who has psychiatric disorder went around slapping her face in front of ppl on the street near united sq this afternn, scared me and amanda off (as well as many passer-by).

working, is a everyday-freaking thing

didnt attend band prac ytd cuz it was kinda late to go already. so met with jambo after work.. wanna stay away from those "people" at home too. when we were on the bus, she asked me to pick a number from 1-10 and say it tgt after the count of 3

1..2..3

jambo: 7!
me : 6!

1..2..3

jambo: 5!
me: 4!

1..2..3

jambo: 9..
me: 8?

we're truly not sisters lor. lol so freaking funny. and dunno how her interview went today(dunno if the company's going to employ her) :x

thanks to yongrui... i had a dilemma just now. i dunno whther to stick to A, or choose B since he's J's student. but B is C's junior..and he's also a year younger than me. so i went to approach D for opinion, then he asked me to choose E

i think im going back to A and give B away to somebody else.

tt's all folks

i must buy "For One More Day". i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy i must buy

2007-04-02T22:46:00.000+08:00

i found a new hobby 2days ago - learning sign language! i'm very into it now -dunno why- but due to work i only had time to learn how to sign the 26 alphabets and basic words like "what", "when", "i think", "it's raining" and "selfish bastard" <- i added that "bastard". im thinking of signing up for classes during the weekends...

did u read today's news? tsunami pounded into solomon islands today...feel sorry for the people there. their villages have been wiped out and the villagers could only stay up on the hill in case the sea rise up again. gosh

i wanna practise on my high register now. grrrrrrr

Mr P smiled at me today!

2007-03-24T02:21:00.000+08:00

fri is here again! i love weekends. finally, my senior and i had finished developing the application my boss asked us to do. now he has sent the application to user for testing... well my senior forsee that the user will come back to us again for amendments. haha i hope they will take more than a month to test. by then ITP will be over already =) anyway i went to foreign tax clearance department ytd to find my ex-boss. ah i really miss those days working with her... as well as jambo and her tp friends. no stress no deadlines to meet.

i went for a computerised spinal analysis today...the report shows that i've high level of muscle tension, and the doc showed me those areas of the nervous system that are being adversely affected. this handsome doctor also recommended me to go thru Subluxation (re-aligning of spine) so that i can be relieved from backache. and i learnt that my back problem could lead to constipation, bloating, menstrual cramps, migraine and etc... no wonder.

but the therapy is very ex. should i.........

2007-03-18T23:36:00.000+08:00

i cant believe i had squid continuously for 7days.... wont get poisoned right

sick leave is over; tmr is going to be another mundane day at work

went for NUS concert, not bad. quite fun. went there to support ah bass, yj and laoban. hahaha dunno y i feel like "fluting" now. but my tone kinda suck. im planning to start my flute lesson in april hope it can be carried out

today is my grandpa's 1st year death anniversary. time really flew like no1's business..so fast. we went back to the brighthill this morning, everyone was there. then i realised that today is also my grandma's birthday. happy birthday! 祝你身体健康! didnt managed to attend the birthday dinner just now cuz i had concert to attend. feel quite guilty... (especially when i found out that they went to a very well-known restaurant to hold the celebration)><

2007-03-14T20:22:00.000+08:00

Today I learnt the real meaning of ‘REN’ (endure) despite all the problems and difficulties and naggings……I’m also wondering why I’m having such a hard time when it’s only 9-weeks’ time of hell. why are some people expecting so much from a 5-weeks’ old learner! if things were really so easy and effortless to do like what YOU said, you won’t need US and I won’t be there to crack my brain to solve all the errors for you so as to meet whatever the deadlines your superior had set for you! And if you don’t even have the damn knowledge of what we’re doing, can we have a state of peace and silence from you?!!

2007-03-06T23:24:00.000+08:00

just to update abt the incident at the coffeeshop with jambo. haha

as everyone knows jambo and i look quite alike right, so very often we'd be mistaken by the residents in our neighbourhood that we r blood-related sisters. this is one incident that happened the other time at the 24hours coffee shop in our neighbourhood:

("jambo" = jane, "me" = liting, "uncle" = coffeeshop uncle, "auntie" = coffeeshop auntie)

jambo : uncle, 一罐 ice lemon tea
uncle : ok eh ah muey (little sis) 你爸爸很久沒有來坐leh
jambo : huh... 可是我爸爸沒有來這裡喝酒 leh
uncle : 有﹐兩個星期沒有來了。"老大" 對嗎?...
me : 哦沒有﹐uncle﹐那個是我的爸爸﹐不是他的﹗
uncle : huh? 你們不同爸爸ar??
jambo : 不同...
uncle : (drag auntie to come over to verify) eh他們的爸爸不同阿?
auntie: mm-tong ar(不同 in canto)
uncle : (looking at me) 你是那个随的二女儿對嗎?
me : (nod head)
uncle : 哦你妈妈就是在巴杀帮忙买米粉的那个har?
jambo : 沒有﹐那個是我的媽媽﹐不是她的媽媽﹗﹗

so in the end say until 4 of us blur -_-"
i think jane and i owe the neighbourhood an apology, for confusing them in school, market and at the coffeeshop...hahahahaha!

work have been very stressful for me - things to submit & deadlines to meet! 5more weeks to go:(

exam results will be out soon. supposedly 12am right, but didnt receive a single thing. good luck!

2007-03-03T00:41:00.000+08:00

working made me realised how comfortable and nice it is to stay at home:) currently im in the process of learning VBA. but i still dunno how to use MS excel!
had a boring day at work. amanda was gone for 2days and my buddy in my team took mc. i spent the whole day chatting with a stranger on the NetWriter (iras's msn)...kinda fun. some what like IRC. my lunchtime was spent with jiawen. can u believe it? he came over to iras to install cameras when i've no lunch buddy today! :) k enough of topic on work. i want "A" for next grading (dun be so stingy can)

exam results will be out on 7march. im looking fwd to it. my mum said $10 for each "A". hahaa pray hard for me k. they'll be my extra pocket money and i may treat u to kopi.

band prac had resumed...so far so good. hmm atually not very good. i need help! grrr. thin tone sucks.

im listening to Air From Orchestra Suite No.3 right now. this is probably the music tt's played in heaven...sounds so heavenly. and it made me a little sleepy. ok my bed is calling me already, nite ppl.

-I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat

2007-02-21T22:39:00.000+08:00

faulty shitty phone! auto switchoff the minute new message is being received and it happened 2 times today....mad.

2007-02-18T03:04:00.000+08:00

happy CNY!! new blogskin for new lunar year. brother piggy gave me a pimple on my left cheek, but no worries cuz i've OXY! :) anw i heard pasting one small portion of salonpas can cure pimple. in fact im tryin it now... haha hope it doesnt burn my face.

i did the wildest thing in my life today. tried and bought four tops within 40mins - inclusive of time trying in fitting room! everything was so rush cuz we had to go home to prepare for reunion dinner! anw dinner was nice. i love prawniesssss

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!

2007-02-17T10:52:00.000+08:00

hi.

started ITP last monday. kinda regretted choosing it haha.
-formal wear on mon, tues, wed & thurs
-feet aching, still gotta wear heels
-idling in office
-stoning in front of the desktop
-leaving promptly everyday at ~~6pm~~ 5.58pm :D

smth shocking to share here. first day of work, i saw someone fainted. he's one of the staffs over there and he looked like he's in his 30s. then later in the afternn, everyone in the office started talking abt him and i overheard that he passed away! i dunno if tt was a bad premonition.. anyway i feel really sorry for tt guy. r.i.p.

took mc ytd. lil feverish and chapped lips (where the hell is my vaseline). the fever went down in the afternn but had slight headache. nevertheless the day was still fine spending at home. really. i love staying at home.

oh ya, my vday was spent with a bunch of ladies. like last year. haha. this time we were really smart cuz we went to sheryl's house and concealed ourselves from the crowd in orchard rd. solitarians' 2nd gathering of the yr! :)

this lovely brownie is baked by our lovely shirley and sheryl. heh i wonder if that "S" stands for Solitarians or Shirley&Sheryl. the truth or dare game was fun with only one person kena the forfeit. haha felt sorry for ah bassss! really funny to see her reaction when the bottle turned to her and her reluctance to reveal tt secret ;) haha anw i was a bit tired to enjoy myself...esp after stepping into sheryl's bedroom..nearly put me into hypnosis..

anw, today is CNY eve already. guess wat... we havent get all the stuff ready for tonight's reunion dinner! haha now i know my parents also like to do things at the last minute. they only bought oranges this morning. haha my task today is to look after lixin and tt's all.

happy new year in advance! may this new year be prosperous and good health to all! love each other! angbaos angbaos and angbaos tmr!! :)

u're like angel and i'm like devil.

2007-02-09T11:49:00.000+08:00

im gg out to swim and get some tanning! hv been hiding myself since the beginning of the year. anw exams are overrrrr and all prjects are submitteddd! so relieved now! and today im back to the wake-up-every-morning-and-see-a-packet-of-nasi-lemak lifestyle :) didn't hv a good sleep though cuz my sis kept grinding teeth last night. yek kinda scary.

went back to brd band to help the flute section recently. i think the coming SYF is going to drive them crazy. hmm i dun really know them...but some looked as if i was going to gobble them up. typical juniors. anyway my objective is to lend a hand to mr chionh. hope i've helped

i contacted mr sin ytd. great im gg back for flute lessons again!

see u guys tonight. ciao~

don't act like u understand me ok, cuz u don't, at all!

2007-02-05T18:11:00.000+08:00

hey im back from my 3rd paper! one last battle to fight on thurs. ICD is my most confident module, but i got a big feeling tt d*ra is going to trick us again. i told amanda i was going to say this but i keep forgetting:

ICD for MST was so tricky

ICD for MST was so tricky
...

well haha too late to say all these crap. 68hours to my last paper and goodbye year2~!! :)

anyway over the week other than mugging, i've also tidied up 1/8 portion of the living room and have started reading albom's book. in between these 3 events i was greatly disturbed by my sis to help her with her maths and chinese hmwk, and found out that i've forgotten how to write many chinese characters! also, i've managed to talk to emily -for nearly 3hrs on phone- and have made her wanna stay in sp band... willingly. hey didnt use missle or any weapon to threaten her k ;)

ITP is commencing next week! yey i hope i'll enjoy myself and learn really useful stuff over there..................... my foot.

ok wish me luck~ care for one another folks.

2007-01-29T20:54:00.000+08:00

today was supposed to be another boring monday for me, but the thought of xwl's death keep crossing my mind. hmm sudden death, scary isnt it? u'll never know when u'll be taken away. tt's how unpredictable life is.. and i cant help to imagine what if one day i just die like that, how will it affect the people around me?

and is death the end of life or a continuation of life? in dictionary, death is the ending of all vital functions or processes in an organism or cell. in bible, Jesus and his followers actually call it as "falling asleep". cuz after that it's ur life in heaven (or hell). however, i feel it's the way that devil takes away lives that cause fear! e.g. died in accidents or of sicknesses.

learn to treasure and cherish....really.

read this on world prayers:

On the day I die, when I'm being carried
toward the grave, don't weep. Don't say,

He's gone! He's gone. Death has nothing
to do with going away. The sun sets and

the moon sets, but they're not gone.
Death is a coming together. The tomb

looks like a prison, but it's really
release into union. The human seed goes

down in the ground like a bucket into
the well where Joseph is. It grows and

comes up full of some unimagined beauty.
Your mouth closes here and immediately

opens with a shout of joy there.

mevlana jelaluddin rumi - 13th century

2007-01-25T20:20:00.000+08:00

exams are coming! im damn vexed u know... lazy bums always get worried at the last minute. first paper is on next wed, i haven start on my revision yet! crazy right. 6 days to cover whole semester of work. heh if i can finish revising before wed call me god k. how i wish i were lillian or sheryl tan~ i think they mug everyday, dun have to swot like me right now.

went to jane's sch just now. bought some stationaries for exams.. and printed many notes and past year papers. hoho. in their sch, printing is foc. but in SP, welfare is not so good... cuz after u exceed 100pieces or wat u needa pay $0.05 for each page. i printed around 120pages just now, so saved $6:) but that jane huh spent $6 to buy nailart accessories. still say wanna save up... SIGH

anw i think i deserve a beating, shouldnt be here now!
ciao

2007-01-15T01:01:00.000+08:00

back from MD XXX. successful huh! i received many good comments from friends and some strangers, can't help to feel happy abt it:) i thought the band sounded strong and well-balanced at VCH. i love all the pieces we played...even for 5variants, my obssession for it grew. right now im listening to the recording and i wish i could turn back the clock and stage the concert one more time. alumni band sounded so good..anw i think it was sueanne's solo in poetic or wat, wow it really moved me. i won't forget zeyu said it sounded like CD.

some messages i didnt manage to pass to girlfriend and ppl who are leaving/considering to leave/left -

kmiang: girlfriend! haha thanks for ur flower..it was v sweet of u. part of the fun thing during the concert was sitting and playing beside u. we've been through 4 concerts already! so fast right. i can't believe it! thanks for being part of my motivation to stay on with sp band. dun forget, we entertain each other in band! :) love ya!

peirong: the card was too small for me to write! let me continue here.
those time we had disagreements on the arrangements of parts and way of teaching etc, i really wanna apologize to u - for being rebellious and insubordinate. haha but i knew one thing i was right for being persistent, to double tongue for fantasy variation. 5d's effort as well. and we really learnt it within few months! :) i bet u must be v proud of the flute section..me too! anyway thanks for having faith in me all these while, and having me as ur "favourite" in the section;D all the best to u!

weifen [saviour of flute section]: altho i know the chance of u reading this is quite slim, i realy wanna THANK YOU for - agreeing to take us for tutoring; always giving us tips to play better; encouraging and motivating us; inspiring us and making double-tonguing at 144 possible for sp flute section! u always say we could make it because of our own hardwork, why not we say u motivated us to work towards this goal! i dunno how we can express our gratitude...hopefully the improvements we made can be one of our gifts to u :) playing beside u used to be real stressful thing, but now i felt it has been a privilege because i've heard and learnt so much from u! :) thank you! and please come back and visit us!

siowbih: u really made the night enjoyable!! hahaha i'll nv forget wat u did when i was changing in the room. thanks for the liquid paper! we really miss u...haha u were right, we were too glued to u all already, now very hard to detach. please promise to visit us more frequently and join us for next MD!

xuechun: hey i've already said wat i wanna say to u. haha so just wanna thank u for all the advices u gave me...before and even after MD. thanks for sharing ur experiences with me, they're very important to me right now. and they're gonna be very useful in the future as well. dun stop guiding me;]

emily: u really wore tt pair of earrings i gave u! anyway i didnt really mean it when i said it was ok for u to leave. how can u bear to leave me and km? anyway, whther u wanna leave or stay, it's still up to u. think carefully! dun stay for others, dun quit for others! :)

wenxiang: thanks for being so hardworking all these while! i believe ur effort has been paid off last night. thanks for agreeing to play the piccolo, pr must be very proud of u. hope u'll stay on and grow with us! :) p.s: never forget huiping!!

shirley, adeline & candice: really cant bear to see u leave! this year has been fun cuz u guys were around.. eating tgt before band, going home after band, having our occasional tom yam supper at kallang - these reminiscence suddenly flashed back when the encore was played, and when i saw u guys leaving the stage one-by-one i nearly wanted to cry my heart out. hope we can meet up after exams! maybe have a round of movie + supper! we're going miss u!! ;(

ah bass: the road ahead may not be easy, we'll walk beside u :)

from carmen fantasy to music festival; colonel bogey to hands across the sea; moorside suite to fantasy variation.. time flew so crazily fast. next ibm and MD will be our last! i need to learn how to cherish and treasure!

special thanks to my dearest - susilo, jambo, cq, cb and yr who came to support me; sheryl and aidah!! for the chocolates and gifts. my flute seniors huiping and tanny - so great to see u two! thanks everyone who came :)

2007-01-11T12:57:00.000+08:00

so much work, yet i'm still not concentrating. i guess i'm just mentally busy.

have you ever lost someone you loved, and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time you thought they would be here forever?

2007-01-08T19:32:00.000+08:00

holiday is over, and this is the first entry back from holiday -dreaded-.

let me recall wat i've done during the holiday... other than sleeping at 6am waking up at 2pm almost everyday, i've spent the rest of my time for projects, band and sistaz(mostly for jambo)! actually im quite contented because sistaz finally get to meet up:) as for projects, for God's sake please give me no more headaches no more problems! let me finish it fast so that i can spend quality time with the band for our concert on sunday. and i can't believe concert is in 6 days' time.
im having an assortment of feelings right now. joy and sadness. the joyful thing is it's another opportunity for exposure... however after this concert, the year3s will be leaving :( and after that it'll be our turn to shoulder the responsibilities that the seniors had bear. wohoo time flies isnt it~

ok back to projects. ~~ICD~~, SSD and maths PBIL.

kinda stressed right now. please please please i need more time!

currently in bankrupt status. hope it'll only be contemporary . spent more than 40$ for band tee, md cd and bday presents. great!

2007-01-04T20:54:00.000+08:00

Hi! Please come for Singapore Polytechnic Symphonic Band's concert

`14jan2007(sunday)
`5pm
`victoria concert hall
`$12 & $15