15 Oct 07
I Wish I was in Carrickfergus
Where the castle looks out to sea
I would swim over the deepest ocean
For my love to be with me
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
Nor have I the wings to fly
I wish I had a handsome boatman
To ferry me over, my love and I
I wish I was in the land of Eire
Where the mountains reach the sea
Where flowers blossom as I do remember
Where my true love came to me
But the sea is wide, and I cannot swim over
Nor have I the wings to fly Ah, to be back now in Carrickfergus
To be together, my love and I
To be together, my love and I
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
To be together, my love and I
There are more and more emo trees around now. Think think! red trees, trees with green and yellow leaves, trees with green and red leaves, dark red leaves surrounding. You're on a boat rowing in a really peaceful lake. the air is cold. leaves rustling, falling.
man. I can just go on and on dreaming about this scenario.
i miss the beach. miss the wind blowing into my face, miss squinting at the vast ocean cos its so blue, so big, so bright. I miss the sound of waves. ahhhh!
malisa continues to dream.
right. she is currently stuck in her gloomy room doing her essays.
I think my imagination keeps me sane
Malisa is stressed! She didnt practise much piano and she has piano lesson tmr. =S I had my last lesson on friday, its a make up lesson from fall break. hai! and i have to go for lesson on monday again. ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
9 Oct 07
my nails have grown long AGAIN. I have to cut it like once every two to three days.
so many things have happened! time seems to travel faster now..with homework, friends, practising and everything.
fall break is here! but its too short. way too short! i want a longer holiday! now i cant wait for thanksgiving.
anw i wanted to blog about many things. i have really bad memory. each time i think of something i want to blog, by the time i blog, i'd have forgotten. hahha
funny things first. i was at the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra opening night. It was a glam day with red carpet lined outside the doors of Eastman Theatre. It really felt like hollywood since eastman had those lights shining as well. Joelle and I decided five minutes before the concert that we would go so we had no time to change. We were the most underdressed ppl. unglamness. We tried really hard to walk with pride, dignity adn confidence. ha-ha. Joelle comforted me by saying "its ok la, you are wearing a skirt". I was like "but jean skirt....?" everyone was in makeup and glam gowns. haha to think in singapore, SSO opening nights are just another flip-flops-acceptable kinda event. haha anw, a kind lady at the door gave us complimentary tickets since she had extra.
As i was watching the concert i thought of alot of things. hmm. firstly i thought abt how wendy mentioned that one of the freshman percussionist...when he plays the timpani, he blinks everytime. hahahahha this is funny. i would have thought that percussionist would be immune to such things.
I also realised that the louder the music is played, to the extent that it engulfs you, my eyelids will be as if i am hypnotised....it will droop and i will uncontrollably start closing my eyes. this is so weird! normally ppl dont slp at loud parts.... =S
after the concert, they had a reception. it was so cool, with high class desserts and ballroom dancing. being so underdressed i was feeling even more awkward. ahem. i saw an elderly couple dancing together. i think that was really sweet. hmm.
after that we had dim sum with ricardo, lina, steph, emma and nat!
so on sunday! lina and ricardo went with us to church! i'm glad they came...and then we went to lina's house to celebrate ricardo's birthday. it was really fun...from hiking (which reminded me so so so much of OBS) to going to the beach to eating and the peniacle ( whatever the spelling) and and campfire and the emo-ing in the voice mimking green forest, my home way too cool.
hmm i enjoyed the beach alot. i wasnt feeling particularly the best. I broke a promise to God. I dont think anyone would feel too pleased with themselves. but anw, i saw the beach, the massive ocean in front of me, the sound of the waves. I was standing on top of a rock. Wind was blowing, my hair was flying. I felt. Wow, this is God's work. It gave me an incredible feeling. I was listening particularly attentively to the sound of waves. I tried comparing it to music. is it comparable? The sound of nature. ah...indescribable.dunno. i felt peaceful. i was walking along the beach. i thought of a chinese pop song. then decided that no. the sound of waves is the most suitable for this walk. haha in a distance, i saw john walking with his music gadget, listening to his songs inside. haha dunno.
i just feel that my delayed reactions are getting more and more delayed. I wasnt happy. Havent been happy except when I start talking crap. Sometimes I really wonder if I do or dont think at all. We were at 14th floor one night looking down at the scenery, the surroundings. It was truly a great time to emo. But nothing came. nothing. I only felt it from before I went to church. Thats a good delay of half a day. wow! i'm amazed.
haha i think i'm weird, getting weirder by the day. gosh.
and i really think i'm getting better at ignoring things, numbing them, convincing myself to let it go. haha well well, i've been practising this letting go thing for say almost 2 years? so applying it to other things shouldnt be a problem. haha
this is indeed a serious post. playing jian dan the ge while typing this is not helping.hmm
i think i need to stop typing haha. it gets qutie bad. i'm not laughing yet i haha things. the result is that when i really want to portray that i'm laughing, i go HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA. wo.
Here I am, Oh God
I bring this sacrifice--my open heart.
I offer up my life.
I look to You, Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you, Lord
In Your strength will I break through, Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
And I will be complete in You.
Here I am, Oh God
I bring this sacrifice--my open heart.
I offer up my life.
I look to You, Lord.
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
And by faith, I will walk on, Lord
Then I'll see beyond my calvary one day,
And I will be complete in..
I look to You, Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
In your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
I know your love dispels all my fears.
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And I pray I will hold on, Lord
Then I'll see beyond my calvary one day
And I will be complete in
I will be complete in
I will be complete in You
i havent heard this song since 2 years ago...cos i didnt dare to.
my nails have grown long AGAIN. I have to cut it like once every two to three days.
so many things have happened! time seems to travel faster now..with homework, friends, practising and everything.
fall break is here! but its too short. way too short! i want a longer holiday! now i cant wait for thanksgiving.
anw i wanted to blog about many things. i have really bad memory. each time i think of something i want to blog, by the time i blog, i'd have forgotten. hahha
funny things first. i was at the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra opening night. It was a glam day with red carpet lined outside the doors of Eastman Theatre. It really felt like hollywood since eastman had those lights shining as well. Joelle and I decided five minutes before the concert that we would go so we had no time to change. We were the most underdressed ppl. unglamness. We tried really hard to walk with pride, dignity adn confidence. ha-ha. Joelle comforted me by saying "its ok la, you are wearing a skirt". I was like "but jean skirt....?" everyone was in makeup and glam gowns. haha to think in singapore, SSO opening nights are just another flip-flops-acceptable kinda event. haha anw, a kind lady at the door gave us complimentary tickets since she had extra.
As i was watching the concert i thought of alot of things. hmm. firstly i thought abt how wendy mentioned that one of the freshman percussionist...when he plays the timpani, he blinks everytime. hahahahha this is funny. i would have thought that percussionist would be immune to such things.
I also realised that the louder the music is played, to the extent that it engulfs you, my eyelids will be as if i am hypnotised....it will droop and i will uncontrollably start closing my eyes. this is so weird! normally ppl dont slp at loud parts.... =S
after the concert, they had a reception. it was so cool, with high class desserts and ballroom dancing. being so underdressed i was feeling even more awkward. ahem. i saw an elderly couple dancing together. i think that was really sweet. hmm.
after that we had dim sum with ricardo, lina, steph, emma and nat!
so on sunday! lina and ricardo went with us to church! i'm glad they came...and then we went to lina's house to celebrate ricardo's birthday. it was really fun...from hiking (which reminded me so so so much of OBS) to going to the beach to eating and the peniacle ( whatever the spelling) and and campfire and the emo-ing in the voice mimking green forest, my home way too cool.
hmm i enjoyed the beach alot. i wasnt feeling particularly the best. I broke a promise to God. I dont think anyone would feel too pleased with themselves. but anw, i saw the beach, the massive ocean in front of me, the sound of the waves. I was standing on top of a rock. Wind was blowing, my hair was flying. I felt. Wow, this is God's work. It gave me an incredible feeling. I was listening particularly attentively to the sound of waves. I tried comparing it to music. is it comparable? The sound of nature. ah...indescribable.dunno. i felt peaceful. i was walking along the beach. i thought of a chinese pop song. then decided that no. the sound of waves is the most suitable for this walk. haha in a distance, i saw john walking with his music gadget, listening to his songs inside. haha dunno.
i just feel that my delayed reactions are getting more and more delayed. I wasnt happy. Havent been happy except when I start talking crap. Sometimes I really wonder if I do or dont think at all. We were at 14th floor one night looking down at the scenery, the surroundings. It was truly a great time to emo. But nothing came. nothing. I only felt it from before I went to church. Thats a good delay of half a day. wow! i'm amazed.
haha i think i'm weird, getting weirder by the day. gosh.
and i really think i'm getting better at ignoring things, numbing them, convincing myself to let it go. haha well well, i've been practising this letting go thing for say almost 2 years? so applying it to other things shouldnt be a problem. haha
this is indeed a serious post. playing jian dan the ge while typing this is not helping.hmm
i think i need to stop typing haha. it gets qutie bad. i'm not laughing yet i haha things. the result is that when i really want to portray that i'm laughing, i go HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA. wo.
Here I am, Oh God
I bring this sacrifice--my open heart.
I offer up my life.
I look to You, Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you, Lord
In Your strength will I break through, Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
And I will be complete in You.
Here I am, Oh God
I bring this sacrifice--my open heart.
I offer up my life.
I look to You, Lord.
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
And by faith, I will walk on, Lord
Then I'll see beyond my calvary one day,
And I will be complete in..
I look to You, Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
In your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
I know your love dispels all my fears.
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And I pray I will hold on, Lord
Then I'll see beyond my calvary one day
And I will be complete in
I will be complete in
I will be complete in You
i havent heard this song since 2 years ago...cos i didnt dare to.
3 Oct 07
to add on to more funny things.
wendy went down to the piano practise room one day to prac and she heard a pianist playing "appassionata" and she thought it was the Mozart concerto i learnt. but anw, i played appassionata before too. so since the concerto compeitiion was already over, Wendy immediately thought "THIS" must be the competition winnder cos who else wll continue to prac this song after the compeititon? so she decided to evesdrop. After listening to it for a while, she commented to herself "no wonder Malisa's teacher says she shouldnt compete. Malisa..like that...play so differently...you know...of course cannot win! This pianist play until so filled with direction and energy but malisa plays only musically and sweetly of courses sure lose.....eh but then this doesnt sound lke the first movt of the concerto. OH! must be the second mvt!" -_-
sometimes i really wonder why wendy is in eastman. HAHA Beethoven APPASSIONATA and Mozart CONCERTO also can mix up. right. wendy will always get classical music wrong but her chinese pop identification power is BOM-PIPI hahah. right i really need to get my essay done. ARGHHHHHHHhh
my nails have been growing super fast. i think the more i prac the more it grows. i think practising stimulates nail growth. and it gets really irritating sometimes to keep cutting nails that i jsut start biting them off. yes its gross i know. right. essay essayessayessayessayessay
several funny things happened these few days...
A few days ago durin gsight reading class, we were learning to familiarise ourselves with the tenor clef. My classmate went like "A-A-B-C-blahblahblah-J-J-J-oops G"
J. HAHAHAHHAAH i cant believe such joeks exist in eastman. haha music majors! =D
btw,in music theres only c-d-e-f-g-a-b
then today, a group of vocal majors started to sing happy birthday to somebody. it was SO COOL, with vibrato, harmonisation and so on. they sang till the last second note and on the last note they coughed and turned away. hahaha
third thing. it was a random thing over dinner. lina and wendy decided that in order for ricardo to pass to get to his seat he had to say this "password". he didnt know what it was (cheese) so we were helping him. so
we: MOOOOOOOO!ricardo: cow?I: what comes out of cows?ricardo: cows? (!!)I: what comes our of cows besides urine and cows?ricardo: smart cows? (!!?)we: laugh like madricardo: oh MILK!
and blahblah until he said the word cheese.
i need to get down to write my essay on beethoven's eroica. argh!
to add on to more funny things.
wendy went down to the piano practise room one day to prac and she heard a pianist playing "appassionata" and she thought it was the Mozart concerto i learnt. but anw, i played appassionata before too. so since the concerto compeitiion was already over, Wendy immediately thought "THIS" must be the competition winnder cos who else wll continue to prac this song after the compeititon? so she decided to evesdrop. After listening to it for a while, she commented to herself "no wonder Malisa's teacher says she shouldnt compete. Malisa..like that...play so differently...you know...of course cannot win! This pianist play until so filled with direction and energy but malisa plays only musically and sweetly of courses sure lose.....eh but then this doesnt sound lke the first movt of the concerto. OH! must be the second mvt!" -_-
sometimes i really wonder why wendy is in eastman. HAHA Beethoven APPASSIONATA and Mozart CONCERTO also can mix up. right. wendy will always get classical music wrong but her chinese pop identification power is BOM-PIPI hahah. right i really need to get my essay done. ARGHHHHHHHhh
my nails have been growing super fast. i think the more i prac the more it grows. i think practising stimulates nail growth. and it gets really irritating sometimes to keep cutting nails that i jsut start biting them off. yes its gross i know. right. essay essayessayessayessayessay
several funny things happened these few days...
A few days ago durin gsight reading class, we were learning to familiarise ourselves with the tenor clef. My classmate went like "A-A-B-C-blahblahblah-J-J-J-oops G"
J. HAHAHAHHAAH i cant believe such joeks exist in eastman. haha music majors! =D
btw,in music theres only c-d-e-f-g-a-b
then today, a group of vocal majors started to sing happy birthday to somebody. it was SO COOL, with vibrato, harmonisation and so on. they sang till the last second note and on the last note they coughed and turned away. hahaha
third thing. it was a random thing over dinner. lina and wendy decided that in order for ricardo to pass to get to his seat he had to say this "password". he didnt know what it was (cheese) so we were helping him. so
we: MOOOOOOOO!ricardo: cow?I: what comes out of cows?ricardo: cows? (!!)I: what comes our of cows besides urine and cows?ricardo: smart cows? (!!?)we: laugh like madricardo: oh MILK!
and blahblah until he said the word cheese.
i need to get down to write my essay on beethoven's eroica. argh!
30 Sept 07
malisa updates!
its cold here today..it was raining the past few days. once it rains it becomes cold. trees are turning yellow. yesterday there was a very pretty scenary. the trees were greenish yellow, and the sky was blue..it wasnt a typical blue. it was a really nice blue. i was sad that my camera wasnt with me!
I think i'm starting to miss singapore.
i just finished changing my bedsheet. i sweeped the room too. wendy should be grateful. HER side was dirty. she's a smelly pig. so fast! a month here already. fall break is coming. yay.
malisa has loads of homework. she finished a 5 page essay the other day. malisa is pleased!
I've been goin gto alot of concerts this weekend. went for three! I think Eastman is cool. i get to go to concerts for free. concerts here are awesome. went for the canadian brass. the speed with which the brass players tongue and stuff are incredible. PLUS the THEATRE is just SO SO SO amazing. its so grand, so huge, so old, so ancient, so magnificent, so breathtaking! esplanade? haha. erps.
this morning's concert was fantastic. prof lynn blakeslee is cool. i heard she had a back surgery and in the middle of the concert her cound open and there was blood stains on her shirt. gosh. and she still played so beautifully. going for my teacher's concert at 8 tonight. dunno what they are playing but i bet it will be a good concert too!
ah! music. i rarely proclaim at how much i love music. i could say its my life, its a soul. but well,it sounds so cheesy. I used to be on of those only-classical-music-is-music fellas and frown at those who are obsessed with pop music. I used to think how can those pop music be comparable to classical music? but well, after being in MEP, after having friends who listens only to pop, after starting to listen to pop, after seeing other classical music lovers listen to pop...well well. i shall say all kinds of genres of music are still music. they reach to different kinds of audience and have different effects.
anw, that was just a random thought. i'm quite amazed at how open i am towards different kinds of music nowadays.
ANW, sorry for being so disorganised in my thoughts but haha back to blakeslee's concert. She played Brahms' Sonata in G. it's nicknamed "rain" and she was telling the audience to "hear the rain and see the rainbow that comes later". How wordless music can express such imagery is so intriguing. I saw the rainbow! I really did. and it felt so much like a rainbow.
anw..i think i'm becoming too much of a geek. she played beethoven's last violin sonata and I was analysing the piece whilst she played it...say, motivic development, structure, third relation keys. gosh. I wonder if music will ever be the same if I continue doing such analysis on the spot. it somehow "splits" the music up huh. haha ok i'm going off to eat dinner!
malisa updates!
its cold here today..it was raining the past few days. once it rains it becomes cold. trees are turning yellow. yesterday there was a very pretty scenary. the trees were greenish yellow, and the sky was blue..it wasnt a typical blue. it was a really nice blue. i was sad that my camera wasnt with me!
I think i'm starting to miss singapore.
i just finished changing my bedsheet. i sweeped the room too. wendy should be grateful. HER side was dirty. she's a smelly pig. so fast! a month here already. fall break is coming. yay.
malisa has loads of homework. she finished a 5 page essay the other day. malisa is pleased!
I've been goin gto alot of concerts this weekend. went for three! I think Eastman is cool. i get to go to concerts for free. concerts here are awesome. went for the canadian brass. the speed with which the brass players tongue and stuff are incredible. PLUS the THEATRE is just SO SO SO amazing. its so grand, so huge, so old, so ancient, so magnificent, so breathtaking! esplanade? haha. erps.
this morning's concert was fantastic. prof lynn blakeslee is cool. i heard she had a back surgery and in the middle of the concert her cound open and there was blood stains on her shirt. gosh. and she still played so beautifully. going for my teacher's concert at 8 tonight. dunno what they are playing but i bet it will be a good concert too!
ah! music. i rarely proclaim at how much i love music. i could say its my life, its a soul. but well,it sounds so cheesy. I used to be on of those only-classical-music-is-music fellas and frown at those who are obsessed with pop music. I used to think how can those pop music be comparable to classical music? but well, after being in MEP, after having friends who listens only to pop, after starting to listen to pop, after seeing other classical music lovers listen to pop...well well. i shall say all kinds of genres of music are still music. they reach to different kinds of audience and have different effects.
anw, that was just a random thought. i'm quite amazed at how open i am towards different kinds of music nowadays.
ANW, sorry for being so disorganised in my thoughts but haha back to blakeslee's concert. She played Brahms' Sonata in G. it's nicknamed "rain" and she was telling the audience to "hear the rain and see the rainbow that comes later". How wordless music can express such imagery is so intriguing. I saw the rainbow! I really did. and it felt so much like a rainbow.
anw..i think i'm becoming too much of a geek. she played beethoven's last violin sonata and I was analysing the piece whilst she played it...say, motivic development, structure, third relation keys. gosh. I wonder if music will ever be the same if I continue doing such analysis on the spot. it somehow "splits" the music up huh. haha ok i'm going off to eat dinner!
17 Sept 07
have you ever wondered how it feels like to fill your water bottle up in the water cooler and yet, the bottle remains dry? i.e. no condensation takes place. ha-ha one of the privelleges of living in a cold country.
temp now is abt 16degree celsius. this is not included like strong winds and stuff. my my a cold rochester ishere..
hmm. other interesting points to note include seeing ROSES, pink ones just growing out from the soil like some random grass. wendy and i were like OOOOHHHHH haha tropical inhabitants indeed. .
so..some reflections as a music performance major at Eastman! meal conversation topics are mostly about THEORY homework (haha) and basically music stuff..topics that when brought up in singapore, you'll get shot in the head for being an elitist. heh heh and well everywhere you can hear ppl singing, be it vocal majors trying to exhibit their awesome array of techniques or more "low-class" non singers trying to describe some music piece (christina: 5-5-5-5-5-AHEM-5-5-5 or her infamous sung version of mendelssohn's violin concerto). In theory honors class, ppl shout out like bombastic harmonic stuff haha (i try very hard to shout some things to..like act enthu hohoho) perhaps the thing that needs to get used to is the fact that homework is no longer about pen and paper. haha you need to piano (for theory homework and sightreading..we are currently playing alto and bass clef together) you need CDs you need manuscript papers. Many times while trying to do my theory homework in my dorms the room is so quiet that I feel like playing background music to make my brain relax a little but heh. I open Windows media player and then realise that I no longer have the privellege to do so since I'm doing my harmonic homework and the music will confuse me. Sadistic rhythm excerises are worse. I have to practise abt 4 lines worth of rhythm. Each line has 3 staves. ok so i sing "ta-ta-ta" on the top stave, middle stave..right hand and bottom stave left hand. These are SO SO SO psychomotor that soon you realise that you cant clap both hands together no matter how hard you tell them to. Before each time of going -through you tell yourself that HEY i must SING this here and tap this there but nope at the fifth time you still CANT do it. hahhaa so well the trick is..try again tmr. hahahhaa.
alright.i have to go off to write beethoven symphony synopsis. hahha SYNOPSIS for symphonies...I only heard of synopsis for drama serials. oops =X .
wendy has inspired me to write more abt sadistic rhythm exercises. so basically we tap really soft on our thighs first...then it gets increasingly louder and then we go like pIAK PIAK PIAK PIAK smacking ourselves into minced meat cos we cant do it. musicians are quick=tempered, determined and perfectionistic. hahahahaWHOEVER said those psychomotor tests involving both hands like one hand thumping on your thigh and the other hand sliding across your thigh is difficult. ha-ha-ha ..
have you ever wondered how it feels like to fill your water bottle up in the water cooler and yet, the bottle remains dry? i.e. no condensation takes place. ha-ha one of the privelleges of living in a cold country.
temp now is abt 16degree celsius. this is not included like strong winds and stuff. my my a cold rochester ishere..
hmm. other interesting points to note include seeing ROSES, pink ones just growing out from the soil like some random grass. wendy and i were like OOOOHHHHH haha tropical inhabitants indeed. .
so..some reflections as a music performance major at Eastman! meal conversation topics are mostly about THEORY homework (haha) and basically music stuff..topics that when brought up in singapore, you'll get shot in the head for being an elitist. heh heh and well everywhere you can hear ppl singing, be it vocal majors trying to exhibit their awesome array of techniques or more "low-class" non singers trying to describe some music piece (christina: 5-5-5-5-5-AHEM-5-5-5 or her infamous sung version of mendelssohn's violin concerto). In theory honors class, ppl shout out like bombastic harmonic stuff haha (i try very hard to shout some things to..like act enthu hohoho) perhaps the thing that needs to get used to is the fact that homework is no longer about pen and paper. haha you need to piano (for theory homework and sightreading..we are currently playing alto and bass clef together) you need CDs you need manuscript papers. Many times while trying to do my theory homework in my dorms the room is so quiet that I feel like playing background music to make my brain relax a little but heh. I open Windows media player and then realise that I no longer have the privellege to do so since I'm doing my harmonic homework and the music will confuse me. Sadistic rhythm excerises are worse. I have to practise abt 4 lines worth of rhythm. Each line has 3 staves. ok so i sing "ta-ta-ta" on the top stave, middle stave..right hand and bottom stave left hand. These are SO SO SO psychomotor that soon you realise that you cant clap both hands together no matter how hard you tell them to. Before each time of going -through you tell yourself that HEY i must SING this here and tap this there but nope at the fifth time you still CANT do it. hahhaa so well the trick is..try again tmr. hahahhaa.
alright.i have to go off to write beethoven symphony synopsis. hahha SYNOPSIS for symphonies...I only heard of synopsis for drama serials. oops =X .
wendy has inspired me to write more abt sadistic rhythm exercises. so basically we tap really soft on our thighs first...then it gets increasingly louder and then we go like pIAK PIAK PIAK PIAK smacking ourselves into minced meat cos we cant do it. musicians are quick=tempered, determined and perfectionistic. hahahahaWHOEVER said those psychomotor tests involving both hands like one hand thumping on your thigh and the other hand sliding across your thigh is difficult. ha-ha-ha ..
11 Sept 07
right. i wanted to update my blog then realised that i went to the blogger homepage instead. heh.
had a super duper duper busy day. malisa is tired. YAWN. Went for vocal ensemble and was learning how to pronounce german. heh. interesting but well it was a bit too fast eh? like the conductor says the german once and we are expected to sing in german the second time. erps. ERPS.
weather is getting colder again. think this fluctuations in weather are indeed due to ppl using too much aircon in singapore. hahahha global warming! hahaha LI HENG (not like he knows my blog) you were correct! turining on aircon everynight is bad for the Earth. hahahahhaa =)
Joelle asked me a couple of times if I miss singapore. I said not yet. I'm thinking, maybe cos I'm so preoccupied here with lessons and everything hence I havent got down to think abt it. I think I will try to keep it like that. Hopefully dec comes fast!
right. i wanted to update my blog then realised that i went to the blogger homepage instead. heh.
had a super duper duper busy day. malisa is tired. YAWN. Went for vocal ensemble and was learning how to pronounce german. heh. interesting but well it was a bit too fast eh? like the conductor says the german once and we are expected to sing in german the second time. erps. ERPS.
weather is getting colder again. think this fluctuations in weather are indeed due to ppl using too much aircon in singapore. hahahha global warming! hahaha LI HENG (not like he knows my blog) you were correct! turining on aircon everynight is bad for the Earth. hahahahhaa =)
Joelle asked me a couple of times if I miss singapore. I said not yet. I'm thinking, maybe cos I'm so preoccupied here with lessons and everything hence I havent got down to think abt it. I think I will try to keep it like that. Hopefully dec comes fast!
10 Sept 07
aye. just gave up doing my readings. argh they suck. malisa here has english composition class tmr called freshman writing seminar =( abt abolitionist icons. siann
yesterday I went to watch a really really interesting concert. something that I would never have seen in singapore. It was an all blacks concert, featuring Mozart Piano COncerto no.8 in Eflat, a piece by somebody i cant rmb, and Haydn's Farewell symphony. The solo pianist featured was Paul Badura-Skoda. THink i've seen him somewhere before but I cant rmb. The running notes were a bit tripped but it didnt affect the overall effect. He looked awkward at doing certain turns with his wrist/arms but it is fascinating to see that those awkward movements didnt affect the sound produced and the musicality shown. I think it is really confusing to conduct and play piano at the same time when performing. heh peifu!
The Orchestra played well, filled with spirit and robust energy. The "farewell" symphony was the most memorable. So, basically Haydn composed this on a certain summer when Prince Esterhazy (his employer) was away on holiday and he stayed a little too long. The court orchestra was getting displeased becos they were away from their families so Haydn composed this such that the last movement features the performers getting off stage one by one, in hope that this will send a message across to the prince that hey! we should go home. heh he succeeded! and poof! they went back the next day. so well, this scene was reenacted by the orchestra. so haha it was pretty cool.
(nick, dun steal my high class musical descriptions =P)
oh! and i practised for FOUR hours before the concert. so so so tired.
After c oncert, came back to dorms to watch movie at neil's room. heh it was so gory but funny. hahaha i was screaming everywhere. argh! i forgot the title of the film.
Today! had church in the morning then ate a bit in church (chinese food!) then came back to dorms to eat more. hahahapigging day! ah! meals on weekends are so nice. the hashbrowns are just awesome! =))
aye. just gave up doing my readings. argh they suck. malisa here has english composition class tmr called freshman writing seminar =( abt abolitionist icons. siann
yesterday I went to watch a really really interesting concert. something that I would never have seen in singapore. It was an all blacks concert, featuring Mozart Piano COncerto no.8 in Eflat, a piece by somebody i cant rmb, and Haydn's Farewell symphony. The solo pianist featured was Paul Badura-Skoda. THink i've seen him somewhere before but I cant rmb. The running notes were a bit tripped but it didnt affect the overall effect. He looked awkward at doing certain turns with his wrist/arms but it is fascinating to see that those awkward movements didnt affect the sound produced and the musicality shown. I think it is really confusing to conduct and play piano at the same time when performing. heh peifu!
The Orchestra played well, filled with spirit and robust energy. The "farewell" symphony was the most memorable. So, basically Haydn composed this on a certain summer when Prince Esterhazy (his employer) was away on holiday and he stayed a little too long. The court orchestra was getting displeased becos they were away from their families so Haydn composed this such that the last movement features the performers getting off stage one by one, in hope that this will send a message across to the prince that hey! we should go home. heh he succeeded! and poof! they went back the next day. so well, this scene was reenacted by the orchestra. so haha it was pretty cool.
(nick, dun steal my high class musical descriptions =P)
oh! and i practised for FOUR hours before the concert. so so so tired.
After c oncert, came back to dorms to watch movie at neil's room. heh it was so gory but funny. hahaha i was screaming everywhere. argh! i forgot the title of the film.
Today! had church in the morning then ate a bit in church (chinese food!) then came back to dorms to eat more. hahahapigging day! ah! meals on weekends are so nice. the hashbrowns are just awesome! =))
6 Sept 07
to add on to this morning's entry. Indeed today is an exciting day. we Had a FIRE DRILL. I TELL YOU. indeed culture "shock" hahahahaha no la more like hilarious.
In Singapore schools fire drills are so called "warned" haha so NOT exciting at all. hmm so I was eating in cafe cadenza. heh then the fire alarm went offf "eeeyoooreee eeeeyoooore" ok wadeva. (eeyore!) then ppl just stood up to walk out from the fire exit. some took their trays of food out to eat while the fire drill was being conducted. indeed ice cream while fire drilling is quite thrilling. hahahaa SO normally everyone is supposed to "rush down" in like ten minutes? twenty minutes? here, ppl stroll, no rushing but eh? everyone is still there in ten minutes. there was this guy who came down in a towel wrapped on his waist. hahaha bathing halfway indeed. OH the singaporeans were exclaiming at how "no attendance is taken" America! I love you. hahahahaha its just so free and self motivated here. hmm In Singapore if there was a fire drill, if the principal/teachers didnt stress the importance or like rush ppl down I think the student will just heck and do their work. but well ppl here take it quite seriously.
SO. I'm supposed to the tag thing heh.
answer the following questions.
1. the person who tagged you is?tiffany
2. your relationship with her is?piano teacher
3. your 5 impressions of her1. funny2. sleepy3. owes me a farewell present!4. whiny5. cute
the most memorable thing she has done for you?errrrr getting a better grade for practical? =)
5. the most memorable words she has said to you?Here goes the sms: "Eh. You very un-teacher leh..Just like my oboe teacher. But I like =P"
6. if she becomes your lover, you will?start eating plastic containers.
7. if she becomes your lover, things she has to improve on will be?playing the piano. HAAHAH
8. if she becomes your enemy, you will?still love her =)
9. if she becomes your enemy, the reason will be?I cannot stand eating plastics anymore
10. the most desired thing you want to do for her now is?make her practise scales since I have been practising octaves, thirds, sixths and tenths everyday
11. your overall impression of her is?laughs alot =)
12. how do you think people around you will feel about you?funny and stupid
13. the character you love of yourself is?indeed, tiffany gave a hundred mark anser. those that are godly
14. on the contrary, the character you hate of yourself is?those that are ungodly?
15. the most ideal person you want to be is.Jesus :D (haha another hundred mark answer from tiffany)
16. for people that care and like you, say something to them.Thank you! I know I'm popular. hahahahaa more popular than wendy the toad! =P
17. pass this quiz to 10 persons that you wish to know how they feel about you:1. wendy toh2. muikee3. tiffany4. cheryl (small)5. cheryl (big)6. chenjie7. christina8. joelle9. nick10. shan
crap. too little ppl reads my blog! haha i shall have to send my blog to tina and joelle. ahahha
who is no.6 having relationship with? (cj) HAHAHA OOOH WELLL
no.9 a male or female? (nick)ERPS. male?
if no.7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing? (christina and shan)ha-ha they dont even know each other and they are both taken. hahaha
how about no.8 and 5? (cheryl BIG and joelle)again. this was set up by some GAY is it? its all les paring up.
what is no.2 studying about? (muikee)chemistry
when was the last time you had a chat with no.3? (tiffany)a few days ago on msn
what kind of music band does no.8 like? (joelle)hmm i think she like classical voice or english pop. and of course! classical music! =D
does no.1 have any siblings ? (wendy toh)yea. an older sis
will you woo no.3? (tiffany)HAHA. more like she woo me
how about no.7? (christina)haha she's taken. =P
what’s the surname of no.5? (Cheryl Big)Lim
what’s the name of no.10? (Shan)Yan Shan
what’s the hobby of no.4? (cheryl small)Practising piano! (right....)
do no.5 and 9 get along well? (Cheryl Big, Nick)dont know? maybe?
where is no.2 studying at? (muikee)NUS
talk something casually about no.1? (wendy toh)stupid and ugly
Do have you tried developing feelings for no.8? (joelle)Hahahaha I think her parents will kill me if I did.
where does no.9 live at? (nick)erm where Love Conceirge was shot. hahahaa is it serangoons? i think it is.
are no.5 and 1 best friends? (wendy toh and Cheryl Big)hahahaha They are both my best friends. HAHHAA
does no.7 like no.2? (christina, muikee)haha like as a friend? should be. they both laugh alot and in the same funny manner perhaps mui is more extreme =P
how do you get to know no.2? (muikee)sat beside her for sec 1 term 1. girl who got eighty plus for maths test while i got like what?!?!
does no.1 have any pets? (wendy toh)pimples? they like her alot. hahaha -hides- dont kill me!
no.7 the sexiest person in the world? (christina)haha dunno? Mr J would know.
Wah this is so laychey la! tiffany thank me for doing this. I think its cos I'm too free or something. hrmp
to add on to this morning's entry. Indeed today is an exciting day. we Had a FIRE DRILL. I TELL YOU. indeed culture "shock" hahahahaha no la more like hilarious.
In Singapore schools fire drills are so called "warned" haha so NOT exciting at all. hmm so I was eating in cafe cadenza. heh then the fire alarm went offf "eeeyoooreee eeeeyoooore" ok wadeva. (eeyore!) then ppl just stood up to walk out from the fire exit. some took their trays of food out to eat while the fire drill was being conducted. indeed ice cream while fire drilling is quite thrilling. hahahaa SO normally everyone is supposed to "rush down" in like ten minutes? twenty minutes? here, ppl stroll, no rushing but eh? everyone is still there in ten minutes. there was this guy who came down in a towel wrapped on his waist. hahaha bathing halfway indeed. OH the singaporeans were exclaiming at how "no attendance is taken" America! I love you. hahahahaha its just so free and self motivated here. hmm In Singapore if there was a fire drill, if the principal/teachers didnt stress the importance or like rush ppl down I think the student will just heck and do their work. but well ppl here take it quite seriously.
SO. I'm supposed to the tag thing heh.
answer the following questions.
1. the person who tagged you is?tiffany
2. your relationship with her is?piano teacher
3. your 5 impressions of her1. funny2. sleepy3. owes me a farewell present!4. whiny5. cute
the most memorable thing she has done for you?errrrr getting a better grade for practical? =)
5. the most memorable words she has said to you?Here goes the sms: "Eh. You very un-teacher leh..Just like my oboe teacher. But I like =P"
6. if she becomes your lover, you will?start eating plastic containers.
7. if she becomes your lover, things she has to improve on will be?playing the piano. HAAHAH
8. if she becomes your enemy, you will?still love her =)
9. if she becomes your enemy, the reason will be?I cannot stand eating plastics anymore
10. the most desired thing you want to do for her now is?make her practise scales since I have been practising octaves, thirds, sixths and tenths everyday
11. your overall impression of her is?laughs alot =)
12. how do you think people around you will feel about you?funny and stupid
13. the character you love of yourself is?indeed, tiffany gave a hundred mark anser. those that are godly
14. on the contrary, the character you hate of yourself is?those that are ungodly?
15. the most ideal person you want to be is.Jesus :D (haha another hundred mark answer from tiffany)
16. for people that care and like you, say something to them.Thank you! I know I'm popular. hahahahaa more popular than wendy the toad! =P
17. pass this quiz to 10 persons that you wish to know how they feel about you:1. wendy toh2. muikee3. tiffany4. cheryl (small)5. cheryl (big)6. chenjie7. christina8. joelle9. nick10. shan
crap. too little ppl reads my blog! haha i shall have to send my blog to tina and joelle. ahahha
who is no.6 having relationship with? (cj) HAHAHA OOOH WELLL
no.9 a male or female? (nick)ERPS. male?
if no.7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing? (christina and shan)ha-ha they dont even know each other and they are both taken. hahaha
how about no.8 and 5? (cheryl BIG and joelle)again. this was set up by some GAY is it? its all les paring up.
what is no.2 studying about? (muikee)chemistry
when was the last time you had a chat with no.3? (tiffany)a few days ago on msn
what kind of music band does no.8 like? (joelle)hmm i think she like classical voice or english pop. and of course! classical music! =D
does no.1 have any siblings ? (wendy toh)yea. an older sis
will you woo no.3? (tiffany)HAHA. more like she woo me
how about no.7? (christina)haha she's taken. =P
what’s the surname of no.5? (Cheryl Big)Lim
what’s the name of no.10? (Shan)Yan Shan
what’s the hobby of no.4? (cheryl small)Practising piano! (right....)
do no.5 and 9 get along well? (Cheryl Big, Nick)dont know? maybe?
where is no.2 studying at? (muikee)NUS
talk something casually about no.1? (wendy toh)stupid and ugly
Do have you tried developing feelings for no.8? (joelle)Hahahaha I think her parents will kill me if I did.
where does no.9 live at? (nick)erm where Love Conceirge was shot. hahahaa is it serangoons? i think it is.
are no.5 and 1 best friends? (wendy toh and Cheryl Big)hahahaha They are both my best friends. HAHHAA
does no.7 like no.2? (christina, muikee)haha like as a friend? should be. they both laugh alot and in the same funny manner perhaps mui is more extreme =P
how do you get to know no.2? (muikee)sat beside her for sec 1 term 1. girl who got eighty plus for maths test while i got like what?!?!
does no.1 have any pets? (wendy toh)pimples? they like her alot. hahaha -hides- dont kill me!
no.7 the sexiest person in the world? (christina)haha dunno? Mr J would know.
Wah this is so laychey la! tiffany thank me for doing this. I think its cos I'm too free or something. hrmp
5 Sept 07
What does it feel like to sweat? I feel like I have forgotten....I am starting to wonder if my sweat glands are working. I went to like beach and stuff but I didnt sweat! jeeeez. Indeed I'm starting to miss sweating. SIGH. But no, that doesnt mean I'll go do something stupid like "jog" ard the sch twennnnny rounds or apply for YMCA membership.
Malisa just got cheated by sixty USD. She was walking into the bookstore, contemplating whether or not to buy the "used" rhythm textbook cos she vaguely remembered seeing an advertisement in the living centre selling that book at a cheaper price. SO, anw, here comes her singaporean friend who is helping her get an email from the registrar (cos she lost the email and refuses to ask again cos the registrar woman is so fierce) so she puts the book back thinking...i'll come back next time. then as she walks out two other theory honours ppl walks in. oh HO. malisa is optimistic. "they wont take my book!" so she walks out happily out of the bookstore. waiting outside of the registrar, she begins to fret. "OH NO. what if they DID buy the books, ok must go chop and buy first" Malisa walks back in and the books are GONE. SOB and she has to pay like US$62++ for this pathetically SMALL and SOFT COVERED and THIN book.
I looked at the rhythm book. HOHOHOHO. its SO SO SO SO psychomoto. I am SO GOING TO KEEP IT. haha! It'd be quite fun to use when I start teaching in schools huh? HAHAHAHA SIGHTSEEING PLACEMENT TESTS FOR THEM TOOOOOO. =P
So far I have had two singing tests. One for theory and the other for vocal ensemble. Hhahaa malisa is going to be an opera star! hahaha the person in charge for vocal ens said I have a good voice loh! =PPPP but well, I dunno if it is true since ppl here praise ppl like for every other thing.
TOday's my busiest day! supposed to have theory in the morning but well, the prof's flight got cancelled then class is cancelled. hahahahaha so i'm off to freshman writing class soon then a break until three plus then choir then sight reading (ARGH! sight reading tests in alto and tenor clefs anyone?!?!? PLUS transposition. i want to CRY) then studio class until 8pm. woooho. but well! theres always thurs to look forward to. heeeee only ONE classs. but that ONE class is at 835. =( so early!
What does it feel like to sweat? I feel like I have forgotten....I am starting to wonder if my sweat glands are working. I went to like beach and stuff but I didnt sweat! jeeeez. Indeed I'm starting to miss sweating. SIGH. But no, that doesnt mean I'll go do something stupid like "jog" ard the sch twennnnny rounds or apply for YMCA membership.
Malisa just got cheated by sixty USD. She was walking into the bookstore, contemplating whether or not to buy the "used" rhythm textbook cos she vaguely remembered seeing an advertisement in the living centre selling that book at a cheaper price. SO, anw, here comes her singaporean friend who is helping her get an email from the registrar (cos she lost the email and refuses to ask again cos the registrar woman is so fierce) so she puts the book back thinking...i'll come back next time. then as she walks out two other theory honours ppl walks in. oh HO. malisa is optimistic. "they wont take my book!" so she walks out happily out of the bookstore. waiting outside of the registrar, she begins to fret. "OH NO. what if they DID buy the books, ok must go chop and buy first" Malisa walks back in and the books are GONE. SOB and she has to pay like US$62++ for this pathetically SMALL and SOFT COVERED and THIN book.
I looked at the rhythm book. HOHOHOHO. its SO SO SO SO psychomoto. I am SO GOING TO KEEP IT. haha! It'd be quite fun to use when I start teaching in schools huh? HAHAHAHA SIGHTSEEING PLACEMENT TESTS FOR THEM TOOOOOO. =P
So far I have had two singing tests. One for theory and the other for vocal ensemble. Hhahaa malisa is going to be an opera star! hahaha the person in charge for vocal ens said I have a good voice loh! =PPPP but well, I dunno if it is true since ppl here praise ppl like for every other thing.
TOday's my busiest day! supposed to have theory in the morning but well, the prof's flight got cancelled then class is cancelled. hahahahaha so i'm off to freshman writing class soon then a break until three plus then choir then sight reading (ARGH! sight reading tests in alto and tenor clefs anyone?!?!? PLUS transposition. i want to CRY) then studio class until 8pm. woooho. but well! theres always thurs to look forward to. heeeee only ONE classs. but that ONE class is at 835. =( so early!
4 Sept 07
hearing charlotte church's enchantment cd again.
The Water is Wide:
The water is wide I can not get o'erAnd neither have I wings to flyGive me a boat that will carry twoAnd both shall row my love and I
Where love is planted O there its growsIt grows and blossoms like a roseIt has a sweet and pleasant smellNo flower on Earth can it excel
A ship there is and she sails the seaShe's loaded deep as deep can beBut not so deep as the love I'm inI know not if I sink or swim
O love is handsome and love is fineAnd love's a jewel while it is newBut when it is old it grows so coldAnd fades away like morning dew
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Hypnodan!
1 Sept 07
today was way too cool. i witnessed hypnosis. oh my gosh. i still cant believe what i saw. heh it was SO SO SO SO SO cool.
after hypnodan, went over to neil's room to watch movies. haha a rather big group sitting in all sorts of positions. watched Pan's labyrinth. heh it is SO violent. but well nevertheless, still a good film. my very first spanish film! =) EASTMAN'S COOL. HEH
today was way too cool. i witnessed hypnosis. oh my gosh. i still cant believe what i saw. heh it was SO SO SO SO SO cool.
after hypnodan, went over to neil's room to watch movies. haha a rather big group sitting in all sorts of positions. watched Pan's labyrinth. heh it is SO violent. but well nevertheless, still a good film. my very first spanish film! =) EASTMAN'S COOL. HEH
DORMS!
28 Aug 07
hmm. now! i'm in the dorms. heh managed to set up my internet, buy lamp pack dorm woohoo! dorm feels more like home now. hmm its not too bad. much nicer than OBS dorms. HAHA =P air is cool and dry, nice and non sweaty. HAH!
orientation is boring. cant seem to talk to the ang mohs. so the asians talk to asians. haha more like koreans and singaporeans talking. haha
had big sib dinner. my big sib errrrrr looks interesting. AHEM. -zips mouth- robert macdonald seems nice. heh heh just cant talk cos when i talk ppl dont understand wad i'm talking and i have to repeat twice and they cant understand my jokes either. fine. so i'm being described as a "very quiet girl". hmm. i dont think friends back in singapore will agree to that. heh
hmm. now! i'm in the dorms. heh managed to set up my internet, buy lamp pack dorm woohoo! dorm feels more like home now. hmm its not too bad. much nicer than OBS dorms. HAHA =P air is cool and dry, nice and non sweaty. HAH!
orientation is boring. cant seem to talk to the ang mohs. so the asians talk to asians. haha more like koreans and singaporeans talking. haha
had big sib dinner. my big sib errrrrr looks interesting. AHEM. -zips mouth- robert macdonald seems nice. heh heh just cant talk cos when i talk ppl dont understand wad i'm talking and i have to repeat twice and they cant understand my jokes either. fine. so i'm being described as a "very quiet girl". hmm. i dont think friends back in singapore will agree to that. heh
Counting Down!
14 Aug 07
LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT.
AHEM. Alright thank God, I got my US VISA. Went back to RJ yesterday. Ate lunch with Mrs yeo, met mr gooi (who is now a happy father of a cute baby boy who took MATERNITY LEAVE -_-) mrs chee (males a mental note that I need to go check up lessons for their next year's exchange program) , mr yeo yam khoon (who took 5 minutes to try and remember and decipher who i was), mr chan ter yue (who talked to kang hao instead), kanghao (who talked to mr chan), mr ngan (who did not recognise me at all and thought i was a lunaticwaving at him. he still did not know i was the one waving at him).
met and talked a little while to my darling juniors like ruolin, ngon lung, rayner, shaggy, su hui, ivan's cookies, nicolson (who says i'm a mu lao hu -_- when i swear i never scolded him before) and sue! quite fun drinking my soya bean BIG once again...though i think it was alittle sweet. reminds me of the days after PE on monday when wendy and sometimes huimin and I would eat together. then change together in the music room. ah!
so. i took a cab to US embassy from RJ cos i didnt want to be late. and i got harassed by the taxi driver. yes wendy toh. an UNCLE again. he shall be added to my list of funny uncles. he was exclaiming at my flawless beauty (AHEM i cant help it =P) and then started looking at my hands tryin gto psychoanalyse my character. all this while he was very insistent on how he is not a lao ti ko. well well. the cab driver is sixty plus years old fyi. when somebody sent me this really funny message i was smiling then he said "girl ah why you smile until so sweet..your boyfriend?" i said NO. and he went "sigh, uncle knows he has no chance also" -_- wonderful!
ah.....!
ok i have to go back to SNG one of these days....to collect my gift! =Pp
i'm so totally booked this week. arranged a meet up with fang lao shi over the phone and she exclaimed how ironic it was that I'm the one who's so busy now. it used to be her saying stuff like "monday cannot have lesson, tuesday also cannot....blahblahblah"
anyways. i';m meeting her on thurs 12pm. good luck to me. though she doesnt scold me anymore i'm still extremely freaked out by her. hahaha
and....a few more days back met up with miss pepper, my two terrorists saddam and osama and osama's friend michelle and osama's oboe teacher the pin. wahaha it was fun! and i tell yOU RUSH HOUR 3 is damn funny! =D ate pepper lunch again! i think i'm getting hooked.
AHEM EVERYONE! MALISA WENT LANNING. (playing audition =X) AH! but nonetheless I actually went LANNING. oh my oh my. haha but it was quite fun =))
off to practise my piano again! tada~
PS. my roommate replied me! i think she likes me. phew? =)
LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT.
AHEM. Alright thank God, I got my US VISA. Went back to RJ yesterday. Ate lunch with Mrs yeo, met mr gooi (who is now a happy father of a cute baby boy who took MATERNITY LEAVE -_-) mrs chee (males a mental note that I need to go check up lessons for their next year's exchange program) , mr yeo yam khoon (who took 5 minutes to try and remember and decipher who i was), mr chan ter yue (who talked to kang hao instead), kanghao (who talked to mr chan), mr ngan (who did not recognise me at all and thought i was a lunaticwaving at him. he still did not know i was the one waving at him).
met and talked a little while to my darling juniors like ruolin, ngon lung, rayner, shaggy, su hui, ivan's cookies, nicolson (who says i'm a mu lao hu -_- when i swear i never scolded him before) and sue! quite fun drinking my soya bean BIG once again...though i think it was alittle sweet. reminds me of the days after PE on monday when wendy and sometimes huimin and I would eat together. then change together in the music room. ah!
so. i took a cab to US embassy from RJ cos i didnt want to be late. and i got harassed by the taxi driver. yes wendy toh. an UNCLE again. he shall be added to my list of funny uncles. he was exclaiming at my flawless beauty (AHEM i cant help it =P) and then started looking at my hands tryin gto psychoanalyse my character. all this while he was very insistent on how he is not a lao ti ko. well well. the cab driver is sixty plus years old fyi. when somebody sent me this really funny message i was smiling then he said "girl ah why you smile until so sweet..your boyfriend?" i said NO. and he went "sigh, uncle knows he has no chance also" -_- wonderful!
ah.....!
ok i have to go back to SNG one of these days....to collect my gift! =Pp
i'm so totally booked this week. arranged a meet up with fang lao shi over the phone and she exclaimed how ironic it was that I'm the one who's so busy now. it used to be her saying stuff like "monday cannot have lesson, tuesday also cannot....blahblahblah"
anyways. i';m meeting her on thurs 12pm. good luck to me. though she doesnt scold me anymore i'm still extremely freaked out by her. hahaha
and....a few more days back met up with miss pepper, my two terrorists saddam and osama and osama's friend michelle and osama's oboe teacher the pin. wahaha it was fun! and i tell yOU RUSH HOUR 3 is damn funny! =D ate pepper lunch again! i think i'm getting hooked.
AHEM EVERYONE! MALISA WENT LANNING. (playing audition =X) AH! but nonetheless I actually went LANNING. oh my oh my. haha but it was quite fun =))
off to practise my piano again! tada~
PS. my roommate replied me! i think she likes me. phew? =)
Happy National Day!
10 Aug 07
HAPPY NATIONAL DAY eveybody!
NDP this year is nice and hip and happenign and so modern! =D
I LOVE SINGAPORE! I love the old singapore songs...like count on me singapore/stand up for singapore/one people one nation
its always so so so so cool when all the singaporeans sing together in harmony. its this warm fuzzy feeling that is enough to make me tear.
i wonder how much i', going to miss singapore. what aspect of singapore will i miss. i suppose, all.
i will not think so much. i will just go one step at a time. =)
HAPPY NATIONAL DAY eveybody!
NDP this year is nice and hip and happenign and so modern! =D
I LOVE SINGAPORE! I love the old singapore songs...like count on me singapore/stand up for singapore/one people one nation
its always so so so so cool when all the singaporeans sing together in harmony. its this warm fuzzy feeling that is enough to make me tear.
i wonder how much i', going to miss singapore. what aspect of singapore will i miss. i suppose, all.
i will not think so much. i will just go one step at a time. =)
31 jul 07
update update!
ok, i always update when I cant really rmb things already. tsk.
so...i've been meeting up with loads of ppl. sigh 20aug is really coming soon. its the last day of july now! gosh.
pepper lunch is nice! yay. i think i'll stick to beef pepper rice. HA-HA just like how i'll always go to suntec fountain terrace to eat the same kimchi noodles. wahaha right wendy?? yay!
went for the musical "love above all" on sun night. man it was good and touching. could see the hard work and effort put in...imagine! during our church's christman musical we practised like for 1month or so...and theirs 6 months! man. and the logistics for the musical is like 0_0. must learn! wahaha =))
I suppose the thing that spoke to me most was when the pastor said this (wtte) 'man awaits himself to be filled with love. he is empty whereas God's love is full. HE fills us up with love' yay! =))
ah! cant wait to go to eastman to watch concerts!
update update!
ok, i always update when I cant really rmb things already. tsk.
so...i've been meeting up with loads of ppl. sigh 20aug is really coming soon. its the last day of july now! gosh.
pepper lunch is nice! yay. i think i'll stick to beef pepper rice. HA-HA just like how i'll always go to suntec fountain terrace to eat the same kimchi noodles. wahaha right wendy?? yay!
went for the musical "love above all" on sun night. man it was good and touching. could see the hard work and effort put in...imagine! during our church's christman musical we practised like for 1month or so...and theirs 6 months! man. and the logistics for the musical is like 0_0. must learn! wahaha =))
I suppose the thing that spoke to me most was when the pastor said this (wtte) 'man awaits himself to be filled with love. he is empty whereas God's love is full. HE fills us up with love' yay! =))
ah! cant wait to go to eastman to watch concerts!
OBS!
13 jul 07
Ok,so i realised that we the future teachers of tmr are not the only ones being forced to go to OBS...saw NJ ppl there too. Was really hoping to see Pepps there but NOPE sheesh this is one of the frst times I wish Pepp was YOUNGER so that she can be in the camp with them. hrmph.
Writing about OBS is definitely something we...the Marshall watch are used to already.They gave us journals to write down our thoughts for the day. Which was, though troublesome at first, became a lovey session of reflection for everyone.
Lets start from day ZERO...Went shopping for my bag and luggage at Mustafa. Haha, totally unrelated to OBS. Started packing at 1130pm guess everyone can guess as much that I was trying my best to delude myself that I will NOT be going to the wilderness for FOUR DAYS. (Actually, my brother was the one who packed my bag for me.)
Fine, so I woke up at 645 the next day, with my dad fetching me to punggol jetty. it was RAINING. wow, ominous sign. Didnt know they were giving out free ponchos at the busstop hence stupidly took my dad's humongous-ah-ma-like unbrella. Was standing at the mouth of the jetty like an idiot, cos I didnt see anyone I know. tried calling junli but nope, no one answered. haha luckily, chin keat and group walked towards where I was and told me about the ponchos. so...fast forward! went to the OBS camp and we were all waiting in the hall. right. all the local scholars (tsl) were freaking ENTHU. oh my oh my. the the overseas scholars (tso) were sitting around in groups, stoning. the tsl scholars were all in one big group playing hand games that we girls normally play in pri sch. mind you, these games were initiated by guys. haha soon, everyone joined in...quite fun cos i didnt know guys can be so good at psychomoto hand actions. (I was terribly lousy)
first activity of the day -after we checked into our FIVE-STAR hotel at ubin that was infested with lizards and after ice breakers- climbing up this obstacle course thing. I dont know what its called but whatever the name, I was freaked out. cos I have height phobia, or in other words, according to ms WENDY TOAD the new top lister in science, AEROPHOBIA. My heart was pounding and my hands were sweaty. sheesh. finally my turn came. went up a long dangly rope and logs with a guy called johnny. haha he is SO nice and sweet, trying to make me NOT think abt the height by chit chattin with me up there. and I made his pants all dirty -paiseh- cos I was standing on his legs to push myself up the logs that were placed so far apart that I think they are trying to ostracize short ppl. haha one thing funny abt this entire activity was the harness we had to wear. A harness is some waist cum leg strap thing. THe girls were initially saying how unflattering we look in front of the guys cos can see our waist and thigh size but THEN the guys were even more MALU. hahahaha! they were SUPER obscene. I shall not comment here. -guffaws-
hmm then we had the johari window session after bathing and eating dinner. quite cool =) its really interesting compared to all the cliche ice breakers/CME-getting-to-know-abt-yourself sessions in school. haha hmm...second day and third day! land and sea expedition simultaneously. We camped overnight at a sea side. it was really a good location, though i dont think I appreciated it to the fullest. If only it was air-conditioned....righttt land expedition...trekking around pulau ubin. hmm no snakes, wild boars, tigers, monkeys, lions, eagles and what not. the path was relatively decent (if you put mosquito repellent it should be fine). mosquitos were rampant. like in CLUMPS, but oh well, ubin is dengue-free. cos of heavy rain and lightning, we had to cut short our trekking and we just set off for our campsite when the rain stopped. hmm i learnt how to set up a tent and cook using solid fuel! outdoor camping food was good! heated curry chickem with mushroom-raisin-rice. yum chomp! at night, haresh started telling us morbid stories.abt seagull sandwiches. tsktsk and our tent FLOODED at night. how nice. like a bath tub...at the right time too! when we all hadnt bathe for one day. next day was a straight 5hour kayaking session. hoho! damn fun, just that our boat kept shifiting to the left. think our left hands are weak. =) last day! climbed some obstacle thingie again. haresh saved my life! hahahaha thats abt it I guess =)
Ok,so i realised that we the future teachers of tmr are not the only ones being forced to go to OBS...saw NJ ppl there too. Was really hoping to see Pepps there but NOPE sheesh this is one of the frst times I wish Pepp was YOUNGER so that she can be in the camp with them. hrmph.
Writing about OBS is definitely something we...the Marshall watch are used to already.They gave us journals to write down our thoughts for the day. Which was, though troublesome at first, became a lovey session of reflection for everyone.
Lets start from day ZERO...Went shopping for my bag and luggage at Mustafa. Haha, totally unrelated to OBS. Started packing at 1130pm guess everyone can guess as much that I was trying my best to delude myself that I will NOT be going to the wilderness for FOUR DAYS. (Actually, my brother was the one who packed my bag for me.)
Fine, so I woke up at 645 the next day, with my dad fetching me to punggol jetty. it was RAINING. wow, ominous sign. Didnt know they were giving out free ponchos at the busstop hence stupidly took my dad's humongous-ah-ma-like unbrella. Was standing at the mouth of the jetty like an idiot, cos I didnt see anyone I know. tried calling junli but nope, no one answered. haha luckily, chin keat and group walked towards where I was and told me about the ponchos. so...fast forward! went to the OBS camp and we were all waiting in the hall. right. all the local scholars (tsl) were freaking ENTHU. oh my oh my. the the overseas scholars (tso) were sitting around in groups, stoning. the tsl scholars were all in one big group playing hand games that we girls normally play in pri sch. mind you, these games were initiated by guys. haha soon, everyone joined in...quite fun cos i didnt know guys can be so good at psychomoto hand actions. (I was terribly lousy)
first activity of the day -after we checked into our FIVE-STAR hotel at ubin that was infested with lizards and after ice breakers- climbing up this obstacle course thing. I dont know what its called but whatever the name, I was freaked out. cos I have height phobia, or in other words, according to ms WENDY TOAD the new top lister in science, AEROPHOBIA. My heart was pounding and my hands were sweaty. sheesh. finally my turn came. went up a long dangly rope and logs with a guy called johnny. haha he is SO nice and sweet, trying to make me NOT think abt the height by chit chattin with me up there. and I made his pants all dirty -paiseh- cos I was standing on his legs to push myself up the logs that were placed so far apart that I think they are trying to ostracize short ppl. haha one thing funny abt this entire activity was the harness we had to wear. A harness is some waist cum leg strap thing. THe girls were initially saying how unflattering we look in front of the guys cos can see our waist and thigh size but THEN the guys were even more MALU. hahahaha! they were SUPER obscene. I shall not comment here. -guffaws-
hmm then we had the johari window session after bathing and eating dinner. quite cool =) its really interesting compared to all the cliche ice breakers/CME-getting-to-know-abt-yourself sessions in school. haha hmm...second day and third day! land and sea expedition simultaneously. We camped overnight at a sea side. it was really a good location, though i dont think I appreciated it to the fullest. If only it was air-conditioned....righttt land expedition...trekking around pulau ubin. hmm no snakes, wild boars, tigers, monkeys, lions, eagles and what not. the path was relatively decent (if you put mosquito repellent it should be fine). mosquitos were rampant. like in CLUMPS, but oh well, ubin is dengue-free. cos of heavy rain and lightning, we had to cut short our trekking and we just set off for our campsite when the rain stopped. hmm i learnt how to set up a tent and cook using solid fuel! outdoor camping food was good! heated curry chickem with mushroom-raisin-rice. yum chomp! at night, haresh started telling us morbid stories.abt seagull sandwiches. tsktsk and our tent FLOODED at night. how nice. like a bath tub...at the right time too! when we all hadnt bathe for one day. next day was a straight 5hour kayaking session. hoho! damn fun, just that our boat kept shifiting to the left. think our left hands are weak. =) last day! climbed some obstacle thingie again. haresh saved my life! hahahaha thats abt it I guess =)
12 jul 07
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO tired. haha OBS was tiring but fun, probably is the funnest camp I've ever attended and probably the coolest group I've ever been in.
I think teaching is really my calling. This is the first time I see so many motherly ppl around and they really feel for teaching like I do. haha
more updates soon. (my eyes cant open anymore)
Monday, October 15, 2007
18 Jun 07
UPDATE! haha
ok. FINALLY, both the concerts are done. heh Was more satisfied with the second but the dear violinist feels otherwise.
I know I played better in the second ooncert hmm. i dunno.
I love the chapel-like env at the Arts Museum auditorium. heh and the small venue reminded me of Earls' Court in London....when my brother and his fellow exchange program ppl played there 10 odd years ago.
HMM i finally met muikee! =)) still like what she has always been, shouting at ppl and exclaiming at things loudly irregardless the venue (hello. its a concert -_-) reminded me of our sec one going-to-concert-together days.
anw after the second concert we met up with mr meowmeow (meowmeow's #1 fan) hahha it was so fun and funny. We went to the same place that we went to after the first concert. heh This time, being smarter, we left the kopitiam earlier. Taking the last train back home is certainly exciting...with all the station announcements that go "no more trains to jurong east/boon lay" and "This station will now be closed since there are no more train services" erm but well once is enough.
ALSO, this time mr meowmeow walked with us to the station =P arhhhhh@ and mr meowmeow tried stalking us....WAH so honoured. such a big shot stalking us and walking us around. HAHAHAHA =D -grins-
LASTLY. MOE has allowed me to go to EASTMAN! yayyyyyyyy =))))) yep thats in the states =)
tada~
I LOVE MY NEW BOUQUET ;)
UPDATE! haha
ok. FINALLY, both the concerts are done. heh Was more satisfied with the second but the dear violinist feels otherwise.
I know I played better in the second ooncert hmm. i dunno.
I love the chapel-like env at the Arts Museum auditorium. heh and the small venue reminded me of Earls' Court in London....when my brother and his fellow exchange program ppl played there 10 odd years ago.
HMM i finally met muikee! =)) still like what she has always been, shouting at ppl and exclaiming at things loudly irregardless the venue (hello. its a concert -_-) reminded me of our sec one going-to-concert-together days.
anw after the second concert we met up with mr meowmeow (meowmeow's #1 fan) hahha it was so fun and funny. We went to the same place that we went to after the first concert. heh This time, being smarter, we left the kopitiam earlier. Taking the last train back home is certainly exciting...with all the station announcements that go "no more trains to jurong east/boon lay" and "This station will now be closed since there are no more train services" erm but well once is enough.
ALSO, this time mr meowmeow walked with us to the station =P arhhhhh@ and mr meowmeow tried stalking us....WAH so honoured. such a big shot stalking us and walking us around. HAHAHAHA =D -grins-
LASTLY. MOE has allowed me to go to EASTMAN! yayyyyyyyy =))))) yep thats in the states =)
tada~
I LOVE MY NEW BOUQUET ;)
13 Jun 07
If you're an axon, I'll be your Schwann cell.
If you're a glomerular capillary, I'll be your podocyte.
If you're a glomerulus, I'll be your Bowman's capsule,
and together, we'll be a renal corpuscle.
If you're guanine, I'll be your cytosine.
If you're adenosine, I'll be your thymine.
We'll embrace each other like two strands of a double helix.
You understand me like a ribosome understand mRNA.
I'll be your alpha-helix, if you'll be my beta-pleated sheet.
Others have their hydrogen bonds; we have our disulphide linkages.
Our love runs straight and true like a cellulose chain,
no alpha-amylase can break us apart.
You raise me up like water in a xylem vessel.
I'll be your cuticle, to protect you from rain or shine.
I wish I could be a chloroplast, to capture the light in your eyes.
I reach out to you like a plant growing towards sunlight. I
f you're an enzyme, I'll be your optimum conditions.
You're the only substrate for my active site.
My love for you keeps increasing like positive feedback,
no external factor can terminate my love for you.
I koped this from siumin's blog. hahaha oh my oh my. the future bio teacher should have this on her blog eh?
heh but really, its interesting eh? =))
If you're an axon, I'll be your Schwann cell.
If you're a glomerular capillary, I'll be your podocyte.
If you're a glomerulus, I'll be your Bowman's capsule,
and together, we'll be a renal corpuscle.
If you're guanine, I'll be your cytosine.
If you're adenosine, I'll be your thymine.
We'll embrace each other like two strands of a double helix.
You understand me like a ribosome understand mRNA.
I'll be your alpha-helix, if you'll be my beta-pleated sheet.
Others have their hydrogen bonds; we have our disulphide linkages.
Our love runs straight and true like a cellulose chain,
no alpha-amylase can break us apart.
You raise me up like water in a xylem vessel.
I'll be your cuticle, to protect you from rain or shine.
I wish I could be a chloroplast, to capture the light in your eyes.
I reach out to you like a plant growing towards sunlight. I
f you're an enzyme, I'll be your optimum conditions.
You're the only substrate for my active site.
My love for you keeps increasing like positive feedback,
no external factor can terminate my love for you.
I koped this from siumin's blog. hahaha oh my oh my. the future bio teacher should have this on her blog eh?
heh but really, its interesting eh? =))
Badminton with a swollen right side =)
9 jun 07
HA! ok update update!
Had TWO consecutive days of badminton hence my right side is totally aching AND bulging. haix. thanks to not exercising since I graduated from RJ. haha i'm so unhealthy! (and proud of it.)
First day of badminton was played at NUS with my bro and tse lert and her nurse friends. haha tired but more importantly FUN and felt so shiok after that. hehe managed to learn how to serve (surf) the shuttlecock in time not to lose face the next day. In the end my newly made nurse friend and I decided that we should change our "goal" in the game. We aim to shoot the shuttlecock AHAP (as high as possible) =P cos both of us cant seem to whack downwards. After a two hour game, we went to eat at the "Great Wall BIG Restaurant" where I ate Wendy and I's favourite FOOD! ZHAJIANG MIAN! It was SUPER BIG and OILY. heh and the chopsticks were fat. really fat. I had no strength left in my arms and I probably looked like a parkinson patient with those shivering fingers/hand.
Second day of badminton was at clementi sports hall. haha saw ppl playing big tabletennis (of which the self proclaimed table-tennis-is-his-specialty didnt know about also). Everything was magnified. the table became the floor, the net became the badminton kinda net and the racket was twice the size of a fan (those that comes free in those motor shows)
sooo.....we played doubles! anybody who played with me, regardless was in Hwa Chong rec bad club/training for competition/played many years ago lost. haha i'm so jinxy =P but well! i didnt feel as tired as i did the day before. but i had no strength left. i couldnt even hear the "wind" wwhen i tried whacking my racket in the air. my muscle's so screwed.
stupid pin tried scaring me with xiao qiang but nong4 qiao2 fan3 zhuo2! the cockroach started crawling on his hands and he freaked himself out. HA-HA try harder next time =P
then we went for lunch! then i had to rush down to clark quay for cj's vln lesson. ah! his teacher is really nice to accompanists! Normally cj will be so exasperated trying to tell me to follow him. but during his lesson the teacher went "CJ! COUNT! Follow her! dont make her life so difficult" =PPPPPPP na nanny poo poo =P ok. i dont care if he is just trying to be nice hahahaha
todAY! went to vivo with my mum and brother! =)) it was fun!
yay!!
HA! ok update update!
Had TWO consecutive days of badminton hence my right side is totally aching AND bulging. haix. thanks to not exercising since I graduated from RJ. haha i'm so unhealthy! (and proud of it.)
First day of badminton was played at NUS with my bro and tse lert and her nurse friends. haha tired but more importantly FUN and felt so shiok after that. hehe managed to learn how to serve (surf) the shuttlecock in time not to lose face the next day. In the end my newly made nurse friend and I decided that we should change our "goal" in the game. We aim to shoot the shuttlecock AHAP (as high as possible) =P cos both of us cant seem to whack downwards. After a two hour game, we went to eat at the "Great Wall BIG Restaurant" where I ate Wendy and I's favourite FOOD! ZHAJIANG MIAN! It was SUPER BIG and OILY. heh and the chopsticks were fat. really fat. I had no strength left in my arms and I probably looked like a parkinson patient with those shivering fingers/hand.
Second day of badminton was at clementi sports hall. haha saw ppl playing big tabletennis (of which the self proclaimed table-tennis-is-his-specialty didnt know about also). Everything was magnified. the table became the floor, the net became the badminton kinda net and the racket was twice the size of a fan (those that comes free in those motor shows)
sooo.....we played doubles! anybody who played with me, regardless was in Hwa Chong rec bad club/training for competition/played many years ago lost. haha i'm so jinxy =P but well! i didnt feel as tired as i did the day before. but i had no strength left. i couldnt even hear the "wind" wwhen i tried whacking my racket in the air. my muscle's so screwed.
stupid pin tried scaring me with xiao qiang but nong4 qiao2 fan3 zhuo2! the cockroach started crawling on his hands and he freaked himself out. HA-HA try harder next time =P
then we went for lunch! then i had to rush down to clark quay for cj's vln lesson. ah! his teacher is really nice to accompanists! Normally cj will be so exasperated trying to tell me to follow him. but during his lesson the teacher went "CJ! COUNT! Follow her! dont make her life so difficult" =PPPPPPP na nanny poo poo =P ok. i dont care if he is just trying to be nice hahahaha
todAY! went to vivo with my mum and brother! =)) it was fun!
yay!!
Pirates!
29 May 07
ahem! going for the MOE med checkup today. hahah i havent been to one full body checkup before. =S what if i get diagnosed with some disease/illness i dont even know i have?? plus i have to get more immunization jabs. =(((
immunization reminds me on the stupid biotech option in bio. HHAHAH VACCINES. SHAN! tell me the defn of a vaccine! =p ok ok i will not tease you =))
(wendy toady. you can always try giving a defn HAHAHAHAH =P)
played for TJ strings concert. heh for the first tim i came out almost empty handed/not sweating/no feelings of nostalgia. I guess i have never played in a strings concert not with myself not in the organising committee. For the first time, i could eat y dinner so early and in peace, no worries about chairs, no last min hp calls, no screaming at ppl....and the list goes on. it certainly is an interesting experience. heh i just dont feel like i've played for a concert after the concert. haha oh well, perhaps what the toad says is true. maybe cos i've been to too few rehearsals. heh
oh ya. i'm supposed to blog abt the pirates outing. haha FOR THE FIRST TIME, I've caught a movie FASTER THAN ANYONE HUH. I watched it the FIRST day it got screened. oh my. malisa's turning hip! wahaha
ok the "this is singapore" thingie was HA-HA not funny. but well, you can just tell that the Americans are so -_-
tiffany started watching with really good posture to squirming then curling into a funny tiffany-ball. The pin looked like he was smoking cos of his straw that is supposed to help train some lip/mouth muscle ( i wonder if smokers are fantastic oboist then) oh well, rachel walker is! =D maybe they thought cigarettes looked like straws and suddenly the cigarettes got lit up and hence started smoking. HAHA OK i'm joking.
tiffany made both of us watch pirates though both of us have not watched the previous two shows. so she had to tell us abt everything we didnt understand. haha eh, pirates had many unexpected turns of which CAN make it difficult to catch at certain points of time. but well, it is TOO FUNNY to start picking on the plot. jack sparrow so so so funny. enjoyed laughing and it has been a long time since i laughed so hard (even Mr bean's holiday was not as funny).
congrats to myself! I didnt jump in my seat/pinch ppl beside me/scream this time. ok i found out that corssing my legs and hands prevents me from doing so. so next time, if anyone watches a mopvie with me its not that i;m trying to look stern hhaa i'm preventing jumping onto you during the course of the movie. hee =)
then was DINNER at ajisen. it seems like pin's fav dinner spot. haha tried the volcano ramen with much apprehension but well turned out that it was not so spicy afterall. =P i didnt get diarrhoea! hahahahah in my impression, i dont remember talking alot (eh relative to how much i talk when i go out with toady/ys/yq/cy ) but well miss tiffany says i did. HAHA ok. so maybe i did.=P i cant rmb.
quote of the day: tiff's mouth is wide open
=D
ahem! going for the MOE med checkup today. hahah i havent been to one full body checkup before. =S what if i get diagnosed with some disease/illness i dont even know i have?? plus i have to get more immunization jabs. =(((
immunization reminds me on the stupid biotech option in bio. HHAHAH VACCINES. SHAN! tell me the defn of a vaccine! =p ok ok i will not tease you =))
(wendy toady. you can always try giving a defn HAHAHAHAH =P)
played for TJ strings concert. heh for the first tim i came out almost empty handed/not sweating/no feelings of nostalgia. I guess i have never played in a strings concert not with myself not in the organising committee. For the first time, i could eat y dinner so early and in peace, no worries about chairs, no last min hp calls, no screaming at ppl....and the list goes on. it certainly is an interesting experience. heh i just dont feel like i've played for a concert after the concert. haha oh well, perhaps what the toad says is true. maybe cos i've been to too few rehearsals. heh
oh ya. i'm supposed to blog abt the pirates outing. haha FOR THE FIRST TIME, I've caught a movie FASTER THAN ANYONE HUH. I watched it the FIRST day it got screened. oh my. malisa's turning hip! wahaha
ok the "this is singapore" thingie was HA-HA not funny. but well, you can just tell that the Americans are so -_-
tiffany started watching with really good posture to squirming then curling into a funny tiffany-ball. The pin looked like he was smoking cos of his straw that is supposed to help train some lip/mouth muscle ( i wonder if smokers are fantastic oboist then) oh well, rachel walker is! =D maybe they thought cigarettes looked like straws and suddenly the cigarettes got lit up and hence started smoking. HAHA OK i'm joking.
tiffany made both of us watch pirates though both of us have not watched the previous two shows. so she had to tell us abt everything we didnt understand. haha eh, pirates had many unexpected turns of which CAN make it difficult to catch at certain points of time. but well, it is TOO FUNNY to start picking on the plot. jack sparrow so so so funny. enjoyed laughing and it has been a long time since i laughed so hard (even Mr bean's holiday was not as funny).
congrats to myself! I didnt jump in my seat/pinch ppl beside me/scream this time. ok i found out that corssing my legs and hands prevents me from doing so. so next time, if anyone watches a mopvie with me its not that i;m trying to look stern hhaa i'm preventing jumping onto you during the course of the movie. hee =)
then was DINNER at ajisen. it seems like pin's fav dinner spot. haha tried the volcano ramen with much apprehension but well turned out that it was not so spicy afterall. =P i didnt get diarrhoea! hahahahah in my impression, i dont remember talking alot (eh relative to how much i talk when i go out with toady/ys/yq/cy ) but well miss tiffany says i did. HAHA ok. so maybe i did.=P i cant rmb.
quote of the day: tiff's mouth is wide open
=D
To all aspiring ballet pianists...
22 May 07
well well. just after taggin shan's blog I suddenly have an urge to blog about my work.
hmm after say close to 6months as ballet pianist i am so SO SO bored. yea same pieces over and over again. haiiii and I cant improvise for nuts. hence i always feel so paiseh when the ballet teacher asks me to improvise if i can.
I peifu the ballet teacher ok. Apparently ballet graded exams or the intermediate foundation/itermediate/adv found do not change syllabuses/dance moves at all. Neither do they change music. She has taught ballet for the 12 year running! If i were in her shoes I would have died of boredom already. hahahaha
Being a ballet pianist somehow degrades you to a "CD player" status. haha ok, usually I dont go groaning/whining to ppl that I feel like a professional automatic CD player. See, the thing is, if I cant make it for class, the teacher simply plays the CD instead. -_- aye but it's good in another way meaning I can go on urgent leaves/unlimited amts of leaves so long as i feel like it. Think this freedom is priceless. I remembered the days in RJ library. I practically felt like crying every morning before work and trying to think of all means/ways to call in sick. HAHA 9-5pm jobs that are so routined/disciplined/strict/staring at comp/no human contact is just-not-me. I cannot tahan it.
Also, the fact that the ballet teacher knows nothing abt piano playing at all gives me quite a headache at times. and it can get painful/tiring. Sometimes she wants you to play in a certain way and she says it using very weird english like "playing slower" is said by her as "steady Malisa!" haha the first few times I kept thinking I was rushing hence the need to be steady. Haha playing loud equates to "be dynamic" though i always thought dynamic as both loud and soft. ok ok. i just simply wasnt used to the language she used. sometimes a nice peaceful 3/4 time waltz if required, i would have to play SUPER fast. and i really mean the SUPER as in high-speed speeding. sometimes there are repeated octave chords in the right hand and jumping octaves in the left. and hello...i'm sight reading. so the thing is. the dancers can make mistakes and re-start. aha i simply have to rubbish my way through. bleah. for quite a few times i restarted and ahem. embarassing.hahaha! but the teacher is nice la=) she encourages me alot! hmm i mentioned abv that it gets tiring/painful right! haha I hate the "full contretemps"/"....an avant en tournant" pieces. CAN DIE. the dances jumps around in batches. I continuously play non-stop big fat FF OCTAVES for at least 15minutes.
lastly. being a ballet pianist has made my gastric worsen even more. I eat dinner at 10-1030 on ballet days.
haha but being a ballet pianist has its fair share of benefits i must admit. apart from the unlimited freedom, i get to see free lessons and know so so so much more about ballet. and REcently! i got to try going en pointe! hahahaha thats the standing-on-the-toe-shoes =D thats like a fream come true! I WANT SATIN POINTE SHOES!!!! =)
oh well. enough ranting. hahahaha
well well. just after taggin shan's blog I suddenly have an urge to blog about my work.
hmm after say close to 6months as ballet pianist i am so SO SO bored. yea same pieces over and over again. haiiii and I cant improvise for nuts. hence i always feel so paiseh when the ballet teacher asks me to improvise if i can.
I peifu the ballet teacher ok. Apparently ballet graded exams or the intermediate foundation/itermediate/adv found do not change syllabuses/dance moves at all. Neither do they change music. She has taught ballet for the 12 year running! If i were in her shoes I would have died of boredom already. hahahaha
Being a ballet pianist somehow degrades you to a "CD player" status. haha ok, usually I dont go groaning/whining to ppl that I feel like a professional automatic CD player. See, the thing is, if I cant make it for class, the teacher simply plays the CD instead. -_- aye but it's good in another way meaning I can go on urgent leaves/unlimited amts of leaves so long as i feel like it. Think this freedom is priceless. I remembered the days in RJ library. I practically felt like crying every morning before work and trying to think of all means/ways to call in sick. HAHA 9-5pm jobs that are so routined/disciplined/strict/staring at comp/no human contact is just-not-me. I cannot tahan it.
Also, the fact that the ballet teacher knows nothing abt piano playing at all gives me quite a headache at times. and it can get painful/tiring. Sometimes she wants you to play in a certain way and she says it using very weird english like "playing slower" is said by her as "steady Malisa!" haha the first few times I kept thinking I was rushing hence the need to be steady. Haha playing loud equates to "be dynamic" though i always thought dynamic as both loud and soft. ok ok. i just simply wasnt used to the language she used. sometimes a nice peaceful 3/4 time waltz if required, i would have to play SUPER fast. and i really mean the SUPER as in high-speed speeding. sometimes there are repeated octave chords in the right hand and jumping octaves in the left. and hello...i'm sight reading. so the thing is. the dancers can make mistakes and re-start. aha i simply have to rubbish my way through. bleah. for quite a few times i restarted and ahem. embarassing.hahaha! but the teacher is nice la=) she encourages me alot! hmm i mentioned abv that it gets tiring/painful right! haha I hate the "full contretemps"/"....an avant en tournant" pieces. CAN DIE. the dances jumps around in batches. I continuously play non-stop big fat FF OCTAVES for at least 15minutes.
lastly. being a ballet pianist has made my gastric worsen even more. I eat dinner at 10-1030 on ballet days.
haha but being a ballet pianist has its fair share of benefits i must admit. apart from the unlimited freedom, i get to see free lessons and know so so so much more about ballet. and REcently! i got to try going en pointe! hahahaha thats the standing-on-the-toe-shoes =D thats like a fream come true! I WANT SATIN POINTE SHOES!!!! =)
oh well. enough ranting. hahahaha
fundRISE
22 May 07
Currently still waiting for appeal results from MOE. Hmm.Mentioned to them that I got the 10,000 USD scholarship from Eastman and the MOE scholar helpline office personnel told me "that will help put your case across in a better light". heh. evil me didnt tell them I got an RCM scholarship as well. =X which is valued more than the Eastman one cos of exchange rates. hahaha aye in fact, the percentage of the scholarship i got from RCm compared to the full tuition fees is more than the Eastman scholarship.
He also told me to find out if Eastman had any problems with double scholarships. hahahahaha AD's reply was like "no no! not at all. you can find all means / how many scholarships you want to get to the full value of the entire cost of studying there" aye AD's such a nice man! hahaha and he remembered me from my singapore auditions! =P
Went for RISE concert last night and met june!!! hahaha=) I will not comment lest ppl say I am too critical. aye. suddenly i miss going to SSO concerts. haha
Currently still waiting for appeal results from MOE. Hmm.Mentioned to them that I got the 10,000 USD scholarship from Eastman and the MOE scholar helpline office personnel told me "that will help put your case across in a better light". heh. evil me didnt tell them I got an RCM scholarship as well. =X which is valued more than the Eastman one cos of exchange rates. hahaha aye in fact, the percentage of the scholarship i got from RCm compared to the full tuition fees is more than the Eastman scholarship.
He also told me to find out if Eastman had any problems with double scholarships. hahahahaha AD's reply was like "no no! not at all. you can find all means / how many scholarships you want to get to the full value of the entire cost of studying there" aye AD's such a nice man! hahaha and he remembered me from my singapore auditions! =P
Went for RISE concert last night and met june!!! hahaha=) I will not comment lest ppl say I am too critical. aye. suddenly i miss going to SSO concerts. haha
pas de deux!
18 May 07
ALRIGHT. i've officially shited to Yew Tee. heh I love the new house! I love the scenary outside my house. THe best thing is it's so so so so near the station. HAHAHA it takes 2 mins to get there. BING! and you're there already. then theres NTUC, 7-11, dental service, bank, shops all there. =)
The deadline for my MOE scholarship is extended. heh now I've to quickly churn out an argumentative/persuasive essay to convince them to send me to Eastman. sheesh. how am i supposed to do that?
Ah! cant go for this sun's NJ piano ensemble concert anymore. SOBS. aye. sorry pepps. have to attend a parents' day dinner held by my church. my grandma is going! so exciting. I really have to pray that all goes fine.
Yesterday, went for TJ chamber's rehearsal. HAHA it was so fun and ms ku was as usual, HILARIOUS. Spent most reh time playing the piano rather than the violin though. heh. I still cant get over the fact that so many ppl think i'm a violinist. -_-
I WANT LA MER! =P
ALRIGHT. i've officially shited to Yew Tee. heh I love the new house! I love the scenary outside my house. THe best thing is it's so so so so near the station. HAHAHA it takes 2 mins to get there. BING! and you're there already. then theres NTUC, 7-11, dental service, bank, shops all there. =)
The deadline for my MOE scholarship is extended. heh now I've to quickly churn out an argumentative/persuasive essay to convince them to send me to Eastman. sheesh. how am i supposed to do that?
Ah! cant go for this sun's NJ piano ensemble concert anymore. SOBS. aye. sorry pepps. have to attend a parents' day dinner held by my church. my grandma is going! so exciting. I really have to pray that all goes fine.
Yesterday, went for TJ chamber's rehearsal. HAHA it was so fun and ms ku was as usual, HILARIOUS. Spent most reh time playing the piano rather than the violin though. heh. I still cant get over the fact that so many ppl think i'm a violinist. -_-
I WANT LA MER! =P
Animal Story!
11 May 07
ah! updating here.
listening to tchai's first piano concerto. heh previous few night was listening to his violin concerto. my goodness i'm gonna become a fanatic of tchai! aye. i'm listeining to cheesy stuff.
OH MY GOD. i'm going to fall in love with brahms soon. tried shirong's pieces today. HHAH the brahms; trio is SO NICE. just like the one played at AMIGOS.
i saw this SUPER FAIR guy/girl in the train on my way to cheryl's house today. he/she had his eyes outlined with black eyeliner. and his hair was in three shades. black near the roots, orange-brown in the middle and blonde-white at the tip. gosh it looks like a lion's mane. and he/she had two lip-rings on his/her lips. the fella really looked so freaky. i was trying so hard to see if that fella is a girl or guy. i still cant come out with a conclusion. shall not mention what i used as a basis for judging the person's gender. i'm going to get like loads of rolled eyes and stuff.
haha anw...thank God! I got the MOE teaching scholarship to study in RCM. I'm so happy. At least i know i can do music! =D aye. but it would be perfect if i caould go to Eastman to study!!
God Provides! Amen!
on another note. i love taking buses. the scenary is beautiful. i'm starting to appreciate it more and more esp when i know i'll be going overseas soon. heh.
whilst i enjoy the lovely scenary, it gives me time to think about things. and yes, though you have stopped bugging me. aye. you are constantly on my thoughts. but somehow my thoughts are just fantasies that doesnt really exist in reality. cos i know you arent like that. aye. my fool's paradise again.
alright. thats all for now i guess. =)
ah! updating here.
listening to tchai's first piano concerto. heh previous few night was listening to his violin concerto. my goodness i'm gonna become a fanatic of tchai! aye. i'm listeining to cheesy stuff.
OH MY GOD. i'm going to fall in love with brahms soon. tried shirong's pieces today. HHAH the brahms; trio is SO NICE. just like the one played at AMIGOS.
i saw this SUPER FAIR guy/girl in the train on my way to cheryl's house today. he/she had his eyes outlined with black eyeliner. and his hair was in three shades. black near the roots, orange-brown in the middle and blonde-white at the tip. gosh it looks like a lion's mane. and he/she had two lip-rings on his/her lips. the fella really looked so freaky. i was trying so hard to see if that fella is a girl or guy. i still cant come out with a conclusion. shall not mention what i used as a basis for judging the person's gender. i'm going to get like loads of rolled eyes and stuff.
haha anw...thank God! I got the MOE teaching scholarship to study in RCM. I'm so happy. At least i know i can do music! =D aye. but it would be perfect if i caould go to Eastman to study!!
God Provides! Amen!
on another note. i love taking buses. the scenary is beautiful. i'm starting to appreciate it more and more esp when i know i'll be going overseas soon. heh.
whilst i enjoy the lovely scenary, it gives me time to think about things. and yes, though you have stopped bugging me. aye. you are constantly on my thoughts. but somehow my thoughts are just fantasies that doesnt really exist in reality. cos i know you arent like that. aye. my fool's paradise again.
alright. thats all for now i guess. =)
23 Apr 07
i shall try to type in proper english. ahem. afterall, i have to start preparing myself for all the interviews and stuffs that are coming up in this super busy and stressful week.
Just read a few blogs. I'm kinda sad to see that I'm really stressing ppl out? Anw, I'm not really concerned about maintaining my "reputation", was just trying to find another excuse for you to practise. Afterall, I really want you to do well! I have been saying the same ol' things for the past weeks and really, the only thing is for you to practise and practise. I really hope you understand. haha=)Fun aside, I have to deliver what my job requires of me and it distresses me to see that after one whole week it all comes back to the same thing again. But hey, I can see an improvement! =)
The Arts education in Singapore is an extremely demoralising education system. They love little young kids and they are filled with politics and "connections". Who judges purely on your ability? What happens to Singaporeans who have grown "old"? Those who were once one of the "prodigies"? Another Mozart? To die off hungry and mass burried in some unknown "vagrant" cemetry? What about those that have simply no "connections". I mean, there is a reason why out of my entire batch there is only me still struggling so hard to pursue a tertiary music education.
Yes, I do know that life as a musician is going to be tough. But surely, not this "cornered"? It really feels like Singapore hasnt got a space for us to be in, to expand and to soar. As quoting, "what will happen to those who graduate from YST? Where will they get their job?"
What I do know is that, if I really want to be a performer, Singapore is out of the question.
In such a situation, it is always good if I can really truly believe and have faith that the Lord will provide!
Psalm 23:
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You annoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Dear Lord,
I pray that you'll give me the strength and faith to know that you will always be with me.
Amen.
I read another person's blog. He says, the bible contradicts and is "not foolproof".
hmm
God is omniscience and hence He knows things we know not. We are just imperfect "depraved" humans. We shouldnt give such comments and comclusions so quickly right?
It's just so expected.
i shall try to type in proper english. ahem. afterall, i have to start preparing myself for all the interviews and stuffs that are coming up in this super busy and stressful week.
Just read a few blogs. I'm kinda sad to see that I'm really stressing ppl out? Anw, I'm not really concerned about maintaining my "reputation", was just trying to find another excuse for you to practise. Afterall, I really want you to do well! I have been saying the same ol' things for the past weeks and really, the only thing is for you to practise and practise. I really hope you understand. haha=)Fun aside, I have to deliver what my job requires of me and it distresses me to see that after one whole week it all comes back to the same thing again. But hey, I can see an improvement! =)
The Arts education in Singapore is an extremely demoralising education system. They love little young kids and they are filled with politics and "connections". Who judges purely on your ability? What happens to Singaporeans who have grown "old"? Those who were once one of the "prodigies"? Another Mozart? To die off hungry and mass burried in some unknown "vagrant" cemetry? What about those that have simply no "connections". I mean, there is a reason why out of my entire batch there is only me still struggling so hard to pursue a tertiary music education.
Yes, I do know that life as a musician is going to be tough. But surely, not this "cornered"? It really feels like Singapore hasnt got a space for us to be in, to expand and to soar. As quoting, "what will happen to those who graduate from YST? Where will they get their job?"
What I do know is that, if I really want to be a performer, Singapore is out of the question.
In such a situation, it is always good if I can really truly believe and have faith that the Lord will provide!
Psalm 23:
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You annoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Dear Lord,
I pray that you'll give me the strength and faith to know that you will always be with me.
Amen.
I read another person's blog. He says, the bible contradicts and is "not foolproof".
hmm
God is omniscience and hence He knows things we know not. We are just imperfect "depraved" humans. We shouldnt give such comments and comclusions so quickly right?
It's just so expected.
18 Apr 07
Galatians 5:22-26B
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control, against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their sinful nature together with its passions and desires. SInce we live by the spirit, let us keep in step with the spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
This is a lesson we all must learn I guess be it we are galatians or not.
indeed, we are a new creation once we choose to believe in Christ and acknowledge that he is our savior and lord! (2Cor 5:17)
Galatians 5:22-26B
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control, against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their sinful nature together with its passions and desires. SInce we live by the spirit, let us keep in step with the spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
This is a lesson we all must learn I guess be it we are galatians or not.
indeed, we are a new creation once we choose to believe in Christ and acknowledge that he is our savior and lord! (2Cor 5:17)
finger lickin good!
17 Apr 07
ahem. MS BAY is back here. yes fine. seems like everybody loves making fun of me being called ms bay. hahahah right? lee lao shi????
had a really great time on mon with ys, yq and cy. hahaha I got a girlfriend! my beloved yq (who had a fling with cy) of which i had a fling with ys too. HAHAHA SHAN OWES ME MY PURPLISH SHOWER GEL. =D
hmm going to work soon. heh uncle gooigooi suddenly sent me an sms asking if i wanted to go to kenneth hamilton's concert. i told him i cant cos i would still be working at that time then he said why i so busy. then i told him it is not that i'm busy but rather it is bcos i have iregular working hours. HAHA he was like what is your job? i told hmm. oooooH something exciting! HAHAHAHA and he said i was SCANDALOUS?!
last night i was talking to ed! HAHHA meowmeow's secret admirer. ahhhh! so funny.
anws, quite disappointed i cant organize noteworthy 2007. hmms oh wells
ahem. MS BAY is back here. yes fine. seems like everybody loves making fun of me being called ms bay. hahahah right? lee lao shi????
had a really great time on mon with ys, yq and cy. hahaha I got a girlfriend! my beloved yq (who had a fling with cy) of which i had a fling with ys too. HAHAHA SHAN OWES ME MY PURPLISH SHOWER GEL. =D
hmm going to work soon. heh uncle gooigooi suddenly sent me an sms asking if i wanted to go to kenneth hamilton's concert. i told him i cant cos i would still be working at that time then he said why i so busy. then i told him it is not that i'm busy but rather it is bcos i have iregular working hours. HAHA he was like what is your job? i told hmm. oooooH something exciting! HAHAHAHA and he said i was SCANDALOUS?!
last night i was talking to ed! HAHHA meowmeow's secret admirer. ahhhh! so funny.
anws, quite disappointed i cant organize noteworthy 2007. hmms oh wells
pineapple tarts day!
11 feb 07
heh. currently listening to charlotte church! ahhhh her voice is damn cool!
heh baked pineapple tarts today! they're so DELICIOUS! lala they simply melt in your mouth...hehe
i think toady and you should shake hands on being scheming. oops =X
heh. currently listening to charlotte church! ahhhh her voice is damn cool!
heh baked pineapple tarts today! they're so DELICIOUS! lala they simply melt in your mouth...hehe
i think toady and you should shake hands on being scheming. oops =X
Memories that drop from the sky
7 Feb 2007
I realised that not that i dont like to blog but that whenever a thought strikes me worth blogging, I'm not in front of the comp. so, yesterday, I forced myself to remember what i wanted to blog about. hahaha but it seems pretty ridiculous to say it now.
anw, i suppose all fellow females have experienced what it feels like to wear a skirt that KEEPS running higher and higher as we walk? HAHA i never really paid much attention to this embarassing situation until it caught me rather unprepared yesterday. heh guesss i was pretty unglam (ok enough of bimbo talk)
hmm, regarding this skirt incident...hahaha a few years back somebody kena-ed it too. shant name who but apparently it got so bad that this guy could see that the skirt was running (ok this time not running higher but running sideways)that he told the girl. ahem. I remember feeling pretty self-conscious as well.
frankly, i think it would be best NOT to let the girl know. it's pretty embarassing. haha fortunately, if i didnt remember wrongly, the skirt had no pattern at "the front" of the skirt or something. haha maybe next time when we all buy skirts we should buy PLAIN skirts (and if possible), no visible hemlines. HAHA
such memories will just appear somewhere unexpectedly when the situation calls for it. haha these bits and pieces...i thought i've forgotten! hmm perhaps not huh.
oh well, afterall there are 3 years worth of memories.
heh i seem to recall more of these memories with this person than the other.
weird
I realised that not that i dont like to blog but that whenever a thought strikes me worth blogging, I'm not in front of the comp. so, yesterday, I forced myself to remember what i wanted to blog about. hahaha but it seems pretty ridiculous to say it now.
anw, i suppose all fellow females have experienced what it feels like to wear a skirt that KEEPS running higher and higher as we walk? HAHA i never really paid much attention to this embarassing situation until it caught me rather unprepared yesterday. heh guesss i was pretty unglam (ok enough of bimbo talk)
hmm, regarding this skirt incident...hahaha a few years back somebody kena-ed it too. shant name who but apparently it got so bad that this guy could see that the skirt was running (ok this time not running higher but running sideways)that he told the girl. ahem. I remember feeling pretty self-conscious as well.
frankly, i think it would be best NOT to let the girl know. it's pretty embarassing. haha fortunately, if i didnt remember wrongly, the skirt had no pattern at "the front" of the skirt or something. haha maybe next time when we all buy skirts we should buy PLAIN skirts (and if possible), no visible hemlines. HAHA
such memories will just appear somewhere unexpectedly when the situation calls for it. haha these bits and pieces...i thought i've forgotten! hmm perhaps not huh.
oh well, afterall there are 3 years worth of memories.
heh i seem to recall more of these memories with this person than the other.
weird
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