CSS rants...CNY Visit @ Mr Lee's... and a weird encounter
i thought that the standard of most of the campus superstars today were sub-par, with the exception of jocelin.
since the first episode, jocelin is amongst the few that caught my attention immediately, particularly because her voice has much bao fa li. her performances are very entertaining, and so far, she hasn't disappointed me yet. i love her previous performance too, even though the judges think she overly used the power of her voice. haha. i think she fits well in shen mu yu tong. hope she will be the final 2, with benita of course.
shelly's performance was really bad, probably because she tried to incorporate a dance. she really does deserve bottom spot. however, i feel the second last spot should be occupied by ridwan instead. i thought he is a little overrated. i do understand that as a malay, there are several inherent difficulties when participating in a chinese singing competition. but i really hope the score which the judges give ridwan does not get boosted simply by the fact that he remembered the lyrics. maybe i was oversensitive, but i felt it was unfair to the other contestants when the fact that ridwan remembered the lyrics was worth mentioning by lin qi yu, who is known to be highly critical of the contestants.
song wise, ridwan chose an easy to sing song, and yet he did not bring out the feelings of the song enough. in comparison, jeremy and rachel, who sang songs that were more challenging, and could successfully complete some of the toughest parts of the song, should have been commended and awarded higher points. jeremy in particular managed to sing a really nice jia ying, and i was quite surprised only lin qi yu acknowledged the fact (mebbe because lin qi yu himself is the king of jia yings HAHA).
in my opinion, the rankings of tonight should have been:
1. jocelin
2. jeremy
3. rachel
4. ridwan
5. shelly
which differs from the actual rankings by quite a bit, cos i didnt really look into the technicalities, and their pronunciation (jay chou also 咬字不清 ok!) i rated the superstars based on their performance vs the standard of song chosen, and also how entertaining it was for the audience. my prediction is that shelly will be leaving tonight, and the curse of C1 will continue (yup, so far the contestant eliminated has always been C1).
anyway, we went mr lee's house yesterday for a cny visit. had to visit an aunt in the late morning, so i arrived at tiong bahru mrt station reeeally late. yikes ): felt really bad that i kept
zhaowei and
matt waiting like that. when we reached the void deck of mr lee's place, mr lee just alighted from his car, so i guess we were sort of on time :D went up to his house and played with
ethan who is so cute and has an obsession for balls. haha. and
ethan has a cute and memorable smile! ;) < -- something like that, just that its with the left eye HAHA. i was glad to be able to meet up with several of my classmates too:
zhaowei,
matt,
liansheng,
esther, and
yuxin. thanks for turning up! i was surprised when
yuxin turned up, since we all thought she would be back at her uni. oh yeah, we also had a fun session of asshole taiti too. it has been a while since we engaged in 1D's favourite activity! really enjoyed myself yesterday, and big thanks to everyone for making it a fun-filled afternoon.
on my way home, i had an interesting encounter. i met this guy wearing a shirt which says TWENTY SIX, printed exactly in the same style as my TWENTY FIVE council shirt. it is undoubtedly a council shirt belonging to one of the 26ths, but the person wearing it was quite old, probably the parent of the 26th. it was a while since i saw a shirt like that, so i was actually staring at it (and thus staring at the man too). haha. by the time i realised it, the man was also staring back at me, probably wondering why i was looking at him like that, and so i walked away quickly.
P.S. HEROES VOLUME 4 IS FINALLY BACK!
consilio et animis
2/02/2009 09:28:00 PM
