Archive for March, 2007

Posted on Sunday, Mar 18 at 10:02 pm

Filed under Star Buzz

It’s confirmed! whether or not CCA is watching Phantom of the Opera, i will still watch it. Actually, i do not even know what is the storyline about. But today Channel 5 broadcasted the movie-POTO.

I love the music and the singing.. I’m really impressed by how the female lead and phantom sang. I cant wait for the musical!! It will be better than Forbidden City, i suppose..

For those who didnt manage to watch it, here is a short brief of the whole story.
Source from: http://www.cheap-dvds-advisor.com/phantom-of-the-opera-2004.html

The book or story line is a simplified variation of the original horror story. Christine is an upcoming singer at the opera. She dreams of appearing on center stage, the eyes of the audience glued to her as she sings her heart out. To this end she has been taking clandestine lessons from the Phantom , once an incredible singer who was tragically disfigured and now lurks in the rafters and dank basements and cave beneath the opera house. Christine takes her voice lessons from an unseen Phantom, a disembodied voice of grace and wisdom. Under the impression that he is an angel sent by her father, this unorthodox training is acceptable to the naïve young girl. Although the Phantom is deeply in love with the young Christine her heart belongs to a childhood friend and patron of the opera Raoul . The Phantom hides both his feelings and his face behind a stylized mask. Christine’s ambitions are constantly thwarted by the diva of the opera, La Carlotta (Minnie Driver), a brass and over the top signer whose talent is only exceeded by her massive ego. When the diva finds offense at some minor point she walks out right before a performance, the producers have no choice but to turn to the beautiful young understudy, Christine. Much to the chagrin of Carlotta the perform Christine gives is met by joyous critical acclaim.

Posted on Saturday, Mar 17 at 2:50 pm

Filed under Rants, Rants, Rants

[14 March]

This was what i blogged in my previous entry:

All thanks to those absentees, i decided to have sectional for the next practice on wednesday. While the rest will come at 1pm for practice, i shall make all the angklung players come back at 12pm to start their practice. And, we shall see how’s the attendance. It’s time for me to be mean. Really cant give way.

Managed to get 90% of the angklung players back for sectionals, after sms-ing so many smses to them the previous day. I think my mum gonna kill me for my hp bill. Sectional was ok. Managed to go through Dance Fantasy Bar 11-49. And after sectionals, ms wee came and took over the whole practice. I was so happy that she praised that the angklungs played well for that few bars. All the efforts didnt go down to drain =) Thanks to all my darlings who really cooperated with me during sectionals.

[15 March-First Day of the camp]

Daddy drove me to school, and checked in to Harmonis around 845am. People started to settled down around 915am. Then, we had our briefing for the camp, and off we go for the first program. SECTIONALS! The kulintangs stayed in Harmonis, and the angklungs had sectionals outside. I went through the balancing and the “loud-ness and softness” of the song-Dance Fantasy. We had the “rainbow method“, and the “upwards hill method“. The upwards hill method was invented by ME! Because, some parts of the song require to crescendo and then, decrescendo again. The rainbow method is a slow and smooth change in the degree of loudness, the upwards hill method is the a sharp change from soft-to-loud-to-soft volume.

Sectionals was FUN! I tried to say some jokes, and made it interesting one. The members really very nice! When it was time for everyone to play the song, i will sing “EVERYBODY..” And they will respond to me. Really love them alot. They are fun and easy-going peeps. After Sectionals, we had our mini combine with kulintangs in the room and angklungs outside the room.

After lunch, the yr2s prepared for the CCA Open House, and the yr3s had their study period at my classroom. At first, everyone was very hardworking..doing homework, revising. Around 4pm, went back to Harmonis to take my biscuits. Harmonis was crowded with the CCA Open House stuff. Looking at how hardworking the juniors were, i was very touched.

It started to rain heavily near evening, and everyone was praying that the rain would stop so that we can go to Ms Wee hse to bbq. While waiting for the rain to stop, i worked out the music notes for the theme song for this taiwan drama serial 花樣少年少女 theme song(zen me ban).

Looking at the sky, it was absolutely impossible for the rain to stop. Ms Lim and Mr J seeked permission from Mr Singh to have our indoor bbq. But GOD LOVES US! The heavy rain stopped and we made our way to Ms Wee house.

waiting for the next bus..

in the bus..

when we reached ms wee house there, Reagen was there too! I love him! This time bbq, i didnt really eat alot. 2 crabstick, one hotdog, 1 chicken wing, 2 prawn, 1 satay. All specially prepared by my darling shirley. Throughout the whole bbq, i was sitting down on a bench, and watching some outsiders playing basketball. Edith and I were laughing at the horizontally-challenged guy. Then, Edith went to take some food. While i was happily feasting upon the prawns on my plate, i saw the basketball flying towards me..at a very very fast speed! was too stunned until i couldnt do anything, but only pray that someone will try to stop it. Luckily one of the basketball guys came to the rescue…before the basketball really hit on my head hard.

went back to school and only to shower at 12am. The water was soo cold. Around 115am, i was trying real hard to get to sleep, but the insane girl beside me was laughing..WHO?

Edith!

She was laughing non-stop and i was influenced and laughed together with her..

[16 March-Second Day of the camp]

had morning walk around the school track with sherlynn, ben, yi chuang, edith, junlong, cuijun, i hong, sera and shirley (sorry if i missed out anyone).

Then, we had Mac breakfast before going back to harmonis for practice again. Ms wee was late. So, i dozed off to my lala land.. When ms wee came, we went through Di TanJong Katong. Then, sunshine jl and I went off early for our NUS attachment. went back home to shower, put my bag, and met sunshine jl again and sunshine tx. The attachment was fun. We went to the Raffles Museum and the Physics Lab for the physics demonstrations.

Really enjoyed the talk and exhibits in the Raffles Museum. We really had fun. Before we left, the prof took photos of us, and posted up on the Raffles Museum blog.

After the exhibits, we went to the physics lab for the demonstrations. Alot of experiments there were the same when i visited them one year ago. After the attachment, went to westmall with my sunshines for dinner. At that time, i wasnt in a good mood, and didnt really wish to talk to people. Dinner at Mos Burger and we went arcade. Again, i was in my own world.

Let me elaborate about the PRANK…

Went to find the rest of the CCA Peeps as they were having dinner at Kopitiam. Asked them about the progress of the practice, and shir told me that she and nilam was scolded, because my angklung section. The rest joined in and said:

“Ms wee very angry with the angklung players. she went through the rainbow method again and again..scolded the players..threw duster to the two angklung players..changed cuijun to the base angklung.. the angklungs were not playing good..messy.. because i didnt conduct and teach them well…” 

so i did a double confirm with MR ENG TZE KIAT whether the angklung players were scolded by ms wee. I went to look for him because he was sitting far away from shir and gang. So even if shir and gang ganged up and bluff me, tze kiat wouldnt know. So i asked Tze Kiat.

ME: TZE KIAT!! my angklung members kena scolded by ms wee is it?

Tzekiat: Ya lar.. you never teach properly. Ms wee very angry.

I took his words and went out of Kopitiam to cool down. I was really sad and angry with myself. I almost cried..and looked for my 2 other sunshines. I did some reflections and questioning-”why like that.. and how like that come?i thought i already teach them and emphasize on those that need to be emphasized..huh..ms wee really angry ar..then how?” 

Junlong came and comforted me. And told me the truth of the whole story. Shirley made her explanation..

From Shir’s blog:

and when i told her the truth. she was “angry” and even black-listed our names. HAHA! =p GF! its just a little joke ya? don’t be angry ok? i still LOVELOVELOVE you no matter what.

I managed to ask ms wee about the practice, and told her about the prank. she laughed. This prank was really a BIG prank. I was soo sad when i knew that my members got scolded. wo3 hui4 xin1 tong4. When we reached school, it was very dark. We did night rehearsal, and at 2130, we declared- CAMP-FREE! 

smsed to those who pranked me: “hey my darling, thanks for giving me a wonderful, exciting, meaningful and unforgettable evening.you gave me heart attack! but, i still love you. take care”. It was an unplanned prank-according to one of the pranksters. They were feeling bored and wanted to find something to do. And fortunately or unfortunately, i was the victim for them to target.

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 13 at 4:24 pm

Filed under Rants, Rants, Rants

[12 Mar 07]

Accompanied my mum to J8 for her health talk. But, its impossible for me to attend the talk with her right? So, i went retail therapy ALONE, hoping to burn the time away. The wind was so strong that really blew my skirt.. UP! i was soo pai seh and walked briskly into the shopping centre. While i was busying covering my skirt, guess who i saw? the Project Superstar Girl Champion- Chen Di Ya.

Saw this necklance selling at $39 bucks. Wow. very expensive, but very nice. It looks something like this. I tried to design it..

Went shopping and walking around J8. Also bought my colorful socks.

Then came to this shop. Saw this gizmo that really puzzled me its presence. A small little toy, with 4 holes as the toothbrush holders. Then, a minute glass in the toy’s hands.And i read on.. The product description goes like this ”Brush your teeth in 3 minutes”. Humpx.. =S Why do people “worship” such gizmo. Just a small toothbrush holder and a minute- glass costs $5++?

After i shopped till rot, the talk ended, and met mummy for lunch at around 5pm. LUNCH? 5PM? Then, went to Orchard to redeem my COGF Poster and Notebook. Went up to Sony BMG to collect my prizes.

Sony BMG is located at level 17. When i went inside, i saw many posters.. Angela Zhang’s, Mayday and more.. From then, i really aspire to work in there when im older! Then, the staff gave me my poster and notebook. I really feel lucky and fortunate out of the many who sent their lucky draw coupon. Am i the only one in Singapore who has this exclusive poster? But, i wont be using the poster and the notebook. Treating them like a million dollar treasure.. Should take care of it! =)

Went Orchard OG as mummy wanted to buy wallet. But instead, i saw a nice wallet for myself first. And it costs $39.90 dollar! $30.90 after discount. Day-light robbery ar.. so expensive. But mummy told me that it’s hard to find a wallet that i like. So, i asked the salesgirl to give me a new one. walked walked walked. And saw this wallet. It costs $15.90. Half price of the previous one! So, i secretly put back the previous one to the shelf and took this perllini wallet!

Today is the 2nd day of the tough days. Maybe because of that, i become more and more impatient, and easily get frustrated. I vented out my anger on someone. It’s uncontrollable. I tried to calm myself down and treat people the way i usually treat them.

But, problems are accumulating/piling up…..

Posted on Sunday, Mar 11 at 5:17 pm

Filed under Emo Queen

[9 Mar 07, Friday] 

Friday, we had our PU3 seminar talk by Adam Khoo Learning Group. Our speaker was Gary. He was quite humorous; a good speaker who really gets our attention. Aspire to become like him. Speak confidently in front of everybody. So.. where should i start..? how should i do..?

Halfway the seminar, went to perform for the Japan students. They came to our school for some exchange. That was our first time performing our 2 SYF pieces. Of course, there is still room for improvement.. It’s still a long long way to get GOLD WITH HONOURS! Frankly speaking, i was nervous, worried that i will mess up the solo part. But luckily, i managed to calm myself down and just play.

After that, went back for the talk. It was so embarassing to walk back into the room with so many eyes staring at you. Then, we continued to get some motivation talks by Gary. 

Went back home, and bought my 2nd box of durian puff of the week. Within that one day, i managed to eat everything! I’m crazy, yeah i know. So, I promise.. I wont eat durian puff anymore..

But, i will eat durian instead!

[10 Mar 07]

Shirley bought Mac breakfast for me. Because of that, i slowly crawled up from my bed and get to school. But, in the end, i was late for breakfast. Reached around 850am, when im supposed to do duty at 830am. But, the CCA room wasnt opened at that time. So, i gobbled the burger down and started to do duty as soon as possible.

Practice supposed to start at 9am. People then started strolling in around 930am. That pissed Ms Wee off. This was the first time i saw Ms Wee that ANGRY! All thanks to “responsible” members who lack the sense of urgency that SYF IS COMING AND WE LEFT ONLY LESS THAT 15 PRACTICE? We never get full attendance before. Members have other commitments everywhere. Why cant they just be committed to CCA and strive the best for our SYF? CCA is not a playground for them to mess around..CCA is not a hotel for you to book in and out whenever you FEEL LIKE IT. Su kar su kar come. Tired then dont come. Come on la, what is this? Since people are always not around, Ms Wee decided to have night practices instead. I dont mind to have night practice, as long as people come for practice.

All thanks to those absentees, i decided to have sectional for the next practice on wednesday. While the rest will come at 1pm for practice, i shall make all the angklung players come back at 12pm to start their practice. And, we shall see how’s the attendance. It’s time for me to be mean. Really cant give way. Was chatting with my ex-sectional leader about the attendance problem. She never had such problems with us(the current yr3 batch), bcause at that time, everyone was committed.. Then, what about NOW?

from shir’s blog

COME ON CCA! we can do this alright? like what yinwhee say. we need to make CCA-ians willing and want to come for practices. we cant let this continue. competition is coming. we need to get down to real hard core practices. to get what we want and desire. we need to do it right. COME ON PEOPLE. we can do it! we’re the best right? WE CAN; WE WILL. ALL THE WAY cca. i believe in us. i believe we can do it. please. put in the same love and energy as many of us have already put in. all that we put in will reap what we want. LET’s WORK TOWARDS OUR COMMON GOAL. WE WILL & WE ARE GOING TO BRING BACK WHAT WE WANT.

After CCA practice, my two sunshines-jl and tk, with yi chuang went JP for lunch while waiting for sunshine emily and sunshine tx. Then, went NTU open house. Got back some useful informations. Went to the Creative and Media Design. Quite interested. So many courses in mind, i dont know which to focus.

After NTU open house, went NUS open House. Took the shuttle bus at Dover. saw miah bro!! We reached NUS, and seated for the faculty talk. Didnt have chance to find sister calyn. Went for the exhibition hall. Took brochures. Then, i walked past this booth “Computing”, and i asked yi chuang “a.. what’s that ar?” Guess my voice too loud le. one of the students came forward and chatted with me. Thou he was being helpful, but i really cant understand his talking. His accent. =X

*blue balloons* 

After NUS Open House, went to IT fair. tk sunshine went home early. Before that, We had dinner at Marina Square- a place i lost my way. Then went IT Fair. Bought my Zen Neeon 2! Happy!! my mum decided to sponsor me $100 dollar after teh-ing with her. I feel so ‘not-like-me’ to teh my mum. So rou ma! Then, my dad called and he said he sponsoring me another $100. So, i will have to pay $39 for my mp3.

But, something happened..today on 11 march. I dont know if i will be able to get my sponsorship. Cause i did something. It’s about religion and stuff. I thought it’s somehow sensitive, so i shall not talk too much about it. But, when i was talking about Christianity, explain christianity to my parents, i felt like crying. Tears started to BURST out, and i couldnt control myself. I forced a strong smile infront of my parents and went back to my room and cried. For close friends who know me, i dont really like to cry infront of my parents. Watching sad movies or tv shows, i will “suck” back all the tears. In my mum’s eyes, im cold-blooded..with no feelings. which is NOT! but, let it be bah.

i wish i can faster get out of this situation. Hope my parents can be more understanding.

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Yesterday, received sms from him, asking me to go out with him. watch movie. i already anticipate a kind of insecurity and awkwardness if i really go out with him. So, rejected him. i know it’s bad to reject people. but, since i’ve made a decision to stay a distance from him, i will not cross over the fine line. I shall be myself..

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