v15: SHERO!

Somerset 313!

2010-07-06T20:53:00.002+08:00

had 2 eventful days in a row!

yesterday, i went for a US-China relations lecture in the morning at Buona Vista. had to reach there at 9ish, so i woke up at 7AM! had not woken up at such ungodly hours for a long long time alreadyy. throughout the entire trip, i was half asleep, and kept thinking to myself: if only the circle line were complete, then my trip would be half an hr shorter! anyway, the trip was pretty informative, but we saw many big shots attending the lecture, including MPs and colonels, so we felt like small fries in the lecture theatre.

after that, i took another 45 min ride back home, had lunch, then went out for tea with my ex-tutee's dad. had quite a long chat, and then realised i was running late for my networking session at NUS, so i rushed back, had a quick shower, and took the train again to CLEMENTI.

once again, the single thought in my mind throughout the entire trip was: why isnt the circle line complete. so for the second time in a day, i had a really long train ride. met weijun at clementi, and we both werent very certain of the directions. when we exited the train station, within seconds we were already a little lost since we couldnt find the bus that we wanted to take. we later managed to find a bus stop with the bus service which we were looking for around 400metres down. im so glad i didnt study at NUS otherwise ill die from the INSANE travelling time! finally, we reached NUS, and after some wrong turns, we managed to find the venue for our networking session. The entire building was a real maze, we actually found the venue without passing by the registration counter, so we had to backtrack to register at the counter.

finally got to meet up with my buddy and several other PSC scholars who are coming over to cambridge. seems like we have a lot less scholars coming to camb this year as compared to the last, and they are all taking pretty exotic subjects haha. after that, went to chat with my buddy and her parents, and then we went over to Udders at novena to continue talking about my camb experience. that reminded me of my internship memories last year, where we frequented the food centres around this area, and dropped by Udders for dessert (:

the next day, i went over to RJ to find some teachers and chat with my students! had a great time talking to my students whom ive not seen for either 6 months or a year! some of my teachers commented that i was very free since i had alr came back to school twice within a week LOL. after that, went to somerset 313 and shopped around there! yay now theres only orchard central left and ill be done catching up with the latest developments in town area ;) theres still helix bridge and IR on my to-visit list though :D

going kbox later today! *excited*
P.S. last night i was being compared with a fangirl. this is disturbing O_O

v15: SHERO!

2010-07-03T21:29:00.003+08:00

finally... after 1.5 years, my blog gets a face-lift. that must have been the longest ive ever kept a blog template ever. anyway, this new blog template features S.H.E's latest album, SHERO, so this is technically the 2nd blog template in a row that im featuring my favourite band! (the last blog was le petit prince, which was inspired by S.H.E's 612 星球) Anyway, SHERO is a nice motivational song, and i like a number of lines from this song, such as:

你可以我可以为自己赴汤蹈火的 SHERO

we will always face obstacles and difficulties in life. lets rise up to the challenge and become our own heroes and sheroes. hopefully this new blog template will renew my confidence in the year to come, and also provide me with more incentive to blog more frequently (:

blog template aside, im officially back for close to 2 weeks! still trying to adapt to the weather here though. when the sun is out, it gets really hot and humid, and when it isnt (which is the case for most afternoons now), we get freak showers, which start flooding many low-lying areas around singapore. so far ive been caught in the rain twice, and carrying an umbrella hardly helps in this kind of weather. which makes me wonder whether i would rather have the sun or the rain.

nevertheless, its great to be back, tasting delicious homecooked food AND Singaporean dishes. yummy! and i must have my fill of SEAFOOD before i go back! ive missed eating all the delicious seafood such as crabs, prawns and squid!!! time for a mega seafood meal soon (: and of course, its nice to be back in my room, which feels so much larger after staying in my tiny college room for a year. and i can now reach over to my radio and listen to 933 all day long! yes, its definitely great to be back!

anyway, i don't have any internships or major projects this summer, so im pretty free, and have been racking my brains for ideas on how to occupy myself! ive been quite successful so far haha... organised a KBOX outing last week and just had a cycling outing yesterday. we cycled from ECP to Changi Village and had lunch there! it was a nice cycle and the route was pretty shaded, so we didnt feel the full blast of the heat from the sun. it was also a good way to work out all the calories from the good food that ive been eating since i got back, though everyone will probably be quick to point out that i should be gaining more fats rather than burning them. ok hopefully all the yummy stuff in Singapore will give me a kg or two before i go back to Cambridge (:

after lunch, we wanted to cycle back from Changi V to ECP through another park connector but the weather didn't look good, and we were pretty tired, so we decided to head over to GG's house, where we spent the afternoon playing table tennis and karaoke-ing :D the table tennis session turned out to be more exhausting than cycling cos we started having a ping pong war and smacked ping pong balls towards each other. haha that was definitely a good warmup for our upcoming paintball session this hol (:

Unbreakable, Impenetrable, Irredeemable

2010-04-11T18:16:00.004+08:00

S.H.E has finally released their new album! Generally quite pleased with the songs in this album, though I was hoping there would be more. And this is one of my favourite songs from the album (:

你不会 - S.H.E

第一次拥吻以前我们找不到语言
但听见彼此灵魂多渴望永远
贴心后嘴角的甜摩擦后眼角的咸
一起懂爱和真爱的差别

你送的杯子里面还装着温热感觉
你给的每个纪念都排在窗沿
相机是牵手两年围巾是东京五天
界线是又哭又笑的道歉

我不相信你心中现在她最美
你不会你不会你不会
把我们的爱踩碎
我不相信你口中会讲出后悔
你不会你不会你不会
不心疼我拒绝被看见的泪

当初被激烈反对你安静却没妥协
对我更好来瓦解别人的偏见
我生气时总几天我倔强口不择言
是你请把我当情绪沉淀

我不相信你心中现在她最美
你不会你不会你不会
把我们的爱踩碎
我不相信你口中会讲出后悔
你不会你不会你不会
不心疼我拒绝被看见的泪

我不相信重来的幸福在脱轨
你不会你不会你不会
留残酷让我面对
我不相信一起的回忆都损毁
你不会你不会你不会
舍得我留一滴想乞讨的泪

On a side note, Joshua and I were chatting and he mentioned a quote by C.S. Lewis which I found quite interesting and checked it up:

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable."

I wonder if my heart has become irredeemable.

Welcome 2010 and Lent Term 09/10!

2010-01-10T17:22:00.002+08:00

my first post of 2010! my time in singapore seemed to fly by really quickly. tomorrow at this time ill be on my way back to cambridge already... and the battle against the weather will begin. of course, not to forget the battle against the insane example sheets too. now that im more mentally prepared, hopefully this term will be a much more fruitful and satisfying one. i hope 2010 will begin on a good note (:

had a great time in singapore thanks to all my friends who arranged the outings without being able to contact me on hp! thats quite a feat haha. but come to think of it, i remarkably survived 2 weeks without a hp!

went to kbox yesterday with kai, kwanie and a few other friends. it will be a while before i get to kbox again, and then ill be trying out all the new songs once more. but quite happy that i experimented with so many new songs! i discovered genie's 一秒就好 is actually very difficult to K. but i also K-ed a number of fast / crazy songs, like lu guang zhong's OH YEAH!!, david tao's 我太傻, evan's 小乖乖 and yoga's 看见什么吃什么. haha actually i love to K hyper songs when i go kbox cos most people like to sing slow ballads which are usually very emo. so to balance things up, ill usually sing some cheerier songs :D haha... too bad never get to sing WOW!

the day before, i went to rjc. its always nice to be back in rjc. i really feel at home there, especially since ive spent a year with the math department. im really glad for that opportunity, as it made 2009 a really memorable year of my life. anyway, i got to see the math dept tutors, who just ended their meeting. the oteam were also there to do their final dry run for orientation, so i hung around to see what they were doing. then, i was walking along this corridor when this bunch of people dressed in ninja gear started charging past haha... thought it was quite amusing. apparently that was part of the war games. im glad that i managed to see a number of my students too! (:

tomorrow, i shall pop by school again to say hi to my students before i leave! and to take with me some parting memories of RJ before i return to cambridge.

cheers to the new term ahead!

P.S. this is a nice new song that im recently addicted to:

切歌 - 李圣杰

我坐在钢琴前面敲着黑白的琴键
唱着类似爱情的配乐
你说我们的爱像断掉的和弦
不够动听不够经典

我也努力过改变学你要爱的完美
大提琴点缀我的心碎
我的时间不过是你多的时间
回忆是终点

用力唱一首歌忽然被你切歌
这歌词很像我心里够曲折多么适合
就算没有音乐的伴奏唱到声音都哑了
我会记得你曾是我最爱的情歌

我也努力过改变学你要爱的完美
大提琴点缀我的心碎
我的时间不过是你多的时间
回忆是终点

用力唱一首歌忽然被你切歌
这歌词很像我旋律够曲折多么适合
就算没有音乐的伴奏唱到声音都哑了
我会记得你曾是我最爱的情歌

我一幕一幕就像播放深情的MV
我自导自演不能理解这样的悲剧
放下你只剩下我自己

用力唱一首歌忽然被你切歌
这歌词很像我旋律够曲折多么适合
就算没有音乐的伴奏唱到声音都哑了
我会记得你曾是我最爱的情歌

唱一首歌忽然被你切歌
这歌词很像我旋律够曲折多么适合
就算没有音乐的伴奏唱到声音都哑了
我会记得你曾是我最爱的情歌

933 Top 100 Songs of 2009

2010-01-01T09:34:00.016+08:00

As per their usual tradition, 933 announces their top 100 of 2009 on the first day of 2010. Below are the top 100 of last year! The bolded songs are my personal top favourites of the year!

Below is a record of the top 100 from previous years:
Top 100 of 2007
Top 100 of 2008

#1: 妥协 - 蔡依林
#2: 心跳 - 王力宏
#3: 掉了 - 张惠妹
#4: 入戏 - 曹格
#5: 王妃 - 萧敬腾
#6: 分生 - 张惠妹
#7: 我不是你想像的那么勇敢 - 梁文音
#8: 越来越爱 - 飞轮海
#9: Everything - 王力宏
#10: 如果爱 - 方大同

#11: 给你 - 陈奕迅
#12: 这就是爱吗 - 容祖儿
#13: 全世界都停电 - Tank
#14: 如果我变成回忆 - Tank
#15: 情歌 - 梁静茹
#16: 没有如果 - 梁静茹
#17: 寂寞暴走 -飞轮海
#18: 寂寞，好了 - 蔡旻佑
#19: 狂热 - 苏打绿
#20: 暗恋 - 陶喆

#21: 失落沙洲 - 徐佳莹
#22: 大丈夫 - 蔡依林
#23: 个中强手 - 罗志祥
#24: 在树上唱歌 - 郭静
#25: 白白的 - 张韶涵
#26: 寂寞光年 - 刘力扬
#27: 搞笑 - 罗志祥
#28: 欢送会 - 谢安琪
#29: 留下来 - 飞轮海
#30: 另一个天堂 - 王力宏 + 张靓颖

#31: 会痛的石头 - 萧敬腾
#32: 分手的情书 - 陈伟联
#33: 坦白 - 萧亚轩
#34: 你还有个我 - 933 DJs + Funkie Monkies
#35: 说好的幸福呢 - 周杰伦
#36: 国王皇后 - 大嘴巴
#37: 日光 - 苏打绿
#38: 谁 - 蔡健雅
#39: 交响梦 - 苏打绿
#40: 一句话 - 卓文萱

#41: 新歌 - 唐禹哲
#42: 永远的朋友 - 陈伟联
#43: 新不了情 - 萧敬腾
#44: 二缺一 - 蔡卓妍
#45: 最幸福的事 - 梁文音
#46: Be With You - 潘玮柏 + Akon
#47: 黑白 - 方大同
#48: 看见什么吃什么 - 林宥嘉
#49: 寂寞先生 - 曹格
#50: 崇拜你 - 刘力扬

#51: 画沙 - 袁咏琳 + 周杰伦
#52: 突然好想你 - 五月天
#53: 继续转动 - 动力火车
#54: 无重力 - 潘玮柏
#55: 同一个遗憾 - 潘玮柏 + 纪佳菘
#56: 可不可以爱我 - 卢学睿
#57: 在KTV说爱你 - 言承旭
#58: 说谎 - 林宥嘉
#59: 偶尔 - 张韶涵
#60: 明白 - 郭静

#61: Thank You - 言承旭
#62: 放肆 - 五月天
#63: OH YEAH!!! - 卢广仲
#64: 爱一直存在 - 梁文音
#65: 放了爱 - 郭美美
#66: 锁住时间 - S.H.E
#67: 沉默的瞬间 - 张栋梁
#68: 太阳 - 陈绮贞
#69: Only Love - 蔡健雅
#70: 隐形纪念 - 蔡淳佳

#71: 太烦恼 - 杨丞琳
#72: 当你想着我 - 品冠 + 李心洁
#73: 如燕 - Olivia Ong
#74: 紧箍咒 - 大嘴巴
#75: 我的爱 - 王若琳
#76: 哭过就好了 - 梁文音
#77: 安静了 - S.H.E
#78: 美丽的主题曲 - 李玟
#79: PK - 梁静茹 + 曹格
#80: 你为什么说谎 - 丁当

#81: 带我走 - 杨丞琳
#82: 鱼 - 陈绮贞
#83: 若你碰到他 - 蔡健雅
#84: 春天的呐喊 - 五月天
#85: 我没有错 - 萧闳仁
#86: 1到10 = 我和你 - 范玮琪 + MC Hotdog
#87: 帮你记得 - 潘裕文
#88: 又圆了的月亮 - 郭采洁
#89: 破天荒 - 张芸京
#90: 一秒也好 - 卓文萱

#91: 降落伞 - 蔡依林
#92: 暗恋 - 张智成
#93: 相爱后动物感伤 - 张惠妹
#94: 低调 - 张栋梁
#95: 属于 - 梁静茹
#96: 小乖乖 - 蔡旻佑
#97: 吃下宇宙 - 迷路兵
#98: 春雨里洗过的太阳 - 王力宏
#99: 我还想她 - 林俊杰
#100: 爱来的刚好 - 张智成

第几个100天

2009-12-28T21:42:00.003+08:00

I realised I have neglected my blog since I embarked on my trip to cambridge. While it is definitely right to say that I have had a busy term, I think there are many other reasons behind this. I feel that my first term has been a very... reflective one. When term began, I found myself having to make many changes to adapt to the steep learning curve, the new environment and many other different things. 透不过气来 is an apt word to describe my situation. While I survived the term, I felt that I certainly could have done much better to start my term in cambridge on a much better note. And it made me wonder if it was because I was not mentally prepared for the challenging term in cambridge, or if I had been resting on my laurels for way too long and it is time that I am shaken back to reality. For too long have I been in a protective bubble of praises, encouragement and approval, and it is time to step out of this circle. I hope that my upcoming term will be a better one.

Anyway, Michaelmas term ended with a (not-so-enjoyable for me) christmas formal and a wonderful christmas party within the F@F-ers, with guests from the other side of cambridge - Homerton. It was a great way to end the term, and everyone of them at the party played an important role in making my term a great one.

the return trip back to SG wasnt so smooth though. thanks to gg who cursed our entire trip, we encountered luggage problems, failed bag checks and just when we thought we successfully made it through, our plane fuel compartment had problems and our flight was delayed by 3 hours. nevetheless, we made it back safely and it was an experience worth remembering, but not one which i would like to relive. its great to be back basking in the sunshine of singapore but i didnt get to stay for long because our family had a holiday trip to China shortly after.

the trip to China was a nice break, and the scenery in some places were really breathtaking. i loved the trip up one of the snow mountains. on the trip up, we could see a beautiful snow capped peak in the distant, along with some occasional snow. and once we reached the top, we could gaze at the countryside area at the bottom of the mountain. i also enjoyed some of the cultural performances, which were very lively and allowed us to learn a bit more of the culture of some tribes in China.

now that im back, its time to start on my work. i resolve to finish all my holiday homework before term ends! hopefully i will have time after that to do a new blog template... if not it will have to wait till summer hols next yr! :D

anyway, here's a new song by JJ which i like a lot:

第几个100天 - 林俊杰

我把爱铺成蓝天
让不安的你一抬头就看得见
我把心烧成火焰
让怕黑的你拥着温暖入眠
我晓得时间如雪有时候会覆盖一切
但是真爱一如倔强会重生的绿叶

第几个100天还是很有感觉
用眼睛去素描你内心的世界
第几个100天也像刚热恋
两个人手一牵连命运都改变

我把心烧成火焰
让怕黑的你拥着温暖入眠
我晓得时间如雪有时候会覆盖一切
但是真爱一如倔强会重生的绿叶

曾有的敏感脆弱
在我的胸口你就躺下来别说了
将有的固执冲动
我也会拥抱你安抚着体谅你心疼着

第几个100天越来越有感觉
用眼睛去素描你内心的世界
管过多少100天也像刚热恋
两个人手一牵连命运都改变
当守护变信念连泪水都很甜

回到最初

2009-11-19T16:48:00.000+08:00

回到最初 - 蔡淳佳

最近都流行粉紫色
最新最潮的都有了
为什么富有了什么都不缺了
简单地快乐会不见了
为生活忙碌的跑着
为爱情又被伤害了
当所有变复杂变难懂变苦涩
你流的泪水是不是真的

能不能回到最初最自然最灿烂的笑容
没有钻石的爱情我也会被感动
让自己放空恢复漂亮的脸孔
你吻我一下脸就红

（就）回到最初最晴朗最开阔的天空
伴着摩天轮别挡住彩虹
我崇拜的英雄和最爱的拍拖
全都出现在（我）今夜的美梦

为生活忙碌的跑着
为爱情又被伤害了
看自己变复杂变自私以后
简单的快乐怎么不见了

能不能回到最初棉花糖在手中的笑容
钻石换不了爱情的心动
让自己放轻松
什么都能想通
说爱你爱我脸就红
回到最初再也梦不到的梦

my cambridge experience so far

2009-11-11T05:55:00.002+08:00

I realised that it's been over a month since I last blogged. It had been very eventful since I arrived at cambridge and I must say that it is a totally new experience for me to be studying here.

a noticeable difference between singapore and UK is the weather. firstly, its rather cold here, even though it is only autumn. and the temperatures have taken a dip over the past week and are now in the range of single digits. the skies here are almost always gray, and you will have to be lucky to see a bright sun and blue sky. after the change in daylight saving time, it gets dark very early, at around 4ish, and so the nights here seem longer. it took me quite a while to get used to the weather, but thankfully, after getting some nice warm scarfs and gloves, im more ready to combat the adverse weather here.

the food in my college is passable but not exactly fantastic. there are some nice desserts to look out for though, which im often unable to resist :D food is generally quite expensive, especially if u want something good. an alternative to that will be to cook something on our own, and we often hold cookouts where we invite fellow singaporeans to taste our cooking (:

im glad that there are a number of singaporeans in my college (fitzwilliam college). coincidentally, 3 of the 4 singaporean freshers are living side by side in the same block along the same corridor, and its great that we have much in common to talk about. my other corridor and course mates are also very friendly, and some of them are impressively smart and really knowledgeable in their respective fields.

generally, cambridge is a nice place to stay in. the buildings and scenery here are also very beautiful, not to mention the river cam, which flows through several nice bridges such as the bridge of sighs and the mathematical bridge. the only problem about staying at fitz is that it is located at the top of a hill, so ill have to cycle up and down hill to the town centre for lectures everyday. the uphill ride was quite tiring at first, but i gradually got used to it so it became better after that.

on to my math course. the math course here has a really steep learning curve, and i really struggled to keep up with the course. a lot of new concepts and ideas are continually thrown to us to grapple with, which may be very daunting for a first year. nevertheless, im still learning to adapt to the challenging nature of the course and hopefully i will be able to keep my head above the waters :D

that pretty much sums up my life so far... which is quite different from my study experience in singapore. life certainly hasnt been a bed of roses so far. perhaps it is because i was not fully prepared for my studies as i was working right up till a few days before i flew over... i just feel that i am not mentally ready to take on, and fully benefit from all the challenges that my course has to offer. or perhaps it is because i have very high expectations of myself, but so far, i feel that i have been underachieving, and not fully maximising the opportunities here in cambridge. but im still working, learning, and adapting, and i hope that this new experience will be allow me to become mentally and intellectually stronger.

last moments before the flight

2009-10-02T16:56:00.003+08:00

the day has finally arrived, and in a few hours, ill be embarking on my study trip at cambridge. the past week had been a flurry of activities, and im glad that everything has all been properly settled and im all packed and ready to go (: monday was my last day as a teacher in rjc. i know i said the same thing a few months ago, and ended up joining back the maths department, but this time, it is for real. its sad to part with my students, but im glad that i have spent almost an entire school year with them. i hope they will all do well in promos and do me proud (:

on tuesday, i went back to rj to do my clearance and to join the math department for mooncake festival celebrations. there was a nice buffet spread by manna catering, and i found out that the new manna cafe at rjc is the first cafe venture by manna catering. there were also delicious snowskin mooncakes from swensens, and i tried the mangosteen one (which apparently was so popular that it is sold out and no longer available in the market), and it is quite delicious :D didn't eat many mooncakes though, cos i still had a cough, and many of my favourite flavours such as chocolate were very heaty.

over the next 2 days, i did a fair bit of packing, and cut down my luggage weight from 55 to 40. one of my students commented that she cannot imagine me lugging around 55kg, which is kind of true, cos that is almost my actual weight. hopefully the airlines staff will be nice and i wont encounter much difficulties with my luggage tonight (:

with just a few hours left, i now have mixed feelings of excitement and anxiety. on one hand, im looking forward to my course of study, and to all the fun in cambridge, but on the other hand, im feeling a little reluctant about leaving my family, friends, and nice food in SG ): still, at the rate at which time flies, before i know it, ill be posting something along the lines of my last day at cambridge! so for now, goodbye, Singapore!

saying goodbye is always difficult

2009-09-20T23:12:00.003+08:00

its emo time again! ): i knew its coming back just didnt expect it to come so soon! im referring to the end of my stint as a relief tutor in rjc. i remember how sad i felt about leaving my classes on my last day a few months back. due to some unexpected circumstances, i was given another chance to take back my classes and teach them again shortly after my "last day". and ive agreed to stay on till i cover the syllabus for their promotional exams, so i have essentially taught them for an entire school year. never expected myself to do something like that.

and now that im back for a second time, leaving is going to be much harder. for some of my classes, next week will be the last time ill ever see them in class again. i think im going to miss them all alot. and shortly after my last day at RJC, ill be preparing to leave SG and embark on an important leg of my journey. and ill have to bid goodbye to my parents, friends and relatives in SG too ): oh... and also say goodbye to the wonderful SG food! (i still cant cook many dishes decently!)

2 more weeks left in SG! ill make good use of the time and make sure i treasure the last moments with my students, friends and family.

anyway, heres another nice song :D

让我照顾你 - 张芸京

你一个人失了魂清晨哭到夜深
不要别人问
我不出声一直等听你说你心疼
当时好傻好天真
如果可以我愿意这样陪你到永恒

让我照顾你面对再大的风雨　
也能微笑做自己像个孩子躺在我怀里
让我照顾你在这荒芜世界里
就算有新的剧情在明天等着你
然而在你最需要的此刻请让我轻抚你

总有一天会有人一个懂你的人　
让你从此不心疼
如果可以我愿意这样陪你到永恒

让我照顾你面对再大的风雨
也能微笑做自己像个孩子躺在我怀里
让我照顾你在这荒芜世界里
就算有新的剧情在明天等着你
然而在你最需要的此刻请让我照顾你

你看破了虚伪拆穿爱的假面
後悔曾经为他付出一切喔~
我会在你身边当你伤心欲绝
不奢望你涌然泉源喔~

让我照顾你面对再大的风雨
也能微笑做自己像个孩子躺在我怀里
让我照顾你在这荒芜世界里
就算有新的剧情在明天等着你
当你对这世界失去信任请让我照顾你

永远的朋友

2009-09-09T22:51:00.002+08:00

one of my favourite songs from weilian's new album! i think he has made tremendous improvements to his voice in this album, and he even composed several songs on his own! very impressed by his performance in this album (:

永远的朋友 - 陈伟联

如果你很忙
我到街上去晃一晃
身为一个朋友
有些事情不该勉强
看你黑着眼圈
今晚很长我睡不着
到底是谁害你这么想

因为太爱你
拼命达到你的需要
虽然只是朋友
总比什么都不是好
借你肩膀依靠
借你关心也借你微笑
我很想给你却不要

爱着你却伤心的只能守候不能拥有
真挚的做一个永远的朋友
看着你旧旧的简讯内容
我看见爱情向我大声嘲弄
爱着你却大方的陪你恋爱替你加油
虚弱的做一个永远的朋友
几次累的想断绝联络
却听见你说情人比不上朋友

我总是有让你想出声的方法
我却没有让自己离开的力量
也许友情才能地久天长

on a side note, Singapore Hit Award voting has opened! If you are a c-pop enthusiast, head over to this link to vote for your favourite singers:
http://www.singaporehitawards.sg/awards2.htm

my votes for the various categories are:

最受欢迎男歌手 - 周杰伦
最受欢迎女歌手 - 陈绮贞
最受欢迎新人 - 梁文音
最受欢迎团体 - 五月天

quite a tough decision for the female singer category though, cos there were many nice albums by female singers in the past yr. in the end i chose cheer chen because i thought she made a breakthrough in her latest album, by striking a nice balance between commercialising her songs so that they are more well-received, and maintaining her personal feng ge (: all the best to all the nominees of SHA 09, though im pretty sure it will be another 分猪肉 ceremony :/

Happy Teachers' Day!

2009-09-01T16:56:00.002+08:00

my blog had been terribly dead for a while, and it's time i post another entry (: anyway, today's teachers' day, and it is a different experience for me this year, as it is the first and last time i am celebrating it as a teacher.

for once, im both on the giving and receiving end of the gifts. since im working back at rj, i could conveniently give all my teachers a teachers' day gift (: it was a pleasant surprise to some of my tutors, except cheekie, who, as usual, said something hou lian pi like: "oh, don't need to get me a present, just get my bank account number and go to the ATM downstairs to transfer some money into my account."

the teachers' day celebration was quite nicely done, and i helped ms ong and the 29ths council with some of the preparations the day earlier so i got a mini sneak preview haha. after the celebrations, some of the teachers went to the staff lounge to sing on the karaoke system, and i joined in the fun. it was certainly an interesting experience to sing in the staff lounge with my teachers.

sat and sun were quite crazy for me. on sat, i went to the cambridge freshers' chalet, where we played several icebreaker games and got to know each other. after that, we played a variety of games like saboteur, random card games and mahjong. a number of them even stayed up throughout the night. i eventually conked out and fell asleep at around 3+ to 4 in the morning.

the next day, after leaving the chalet, i went home to get a quick shower and rushed down to kwanie's BLING birthday party @ kbox. it was the first time i kboxed with so many people + strangers (: but it was fun, and the birthday cake was good. given that im a non-cake lover, it means that the cake was really awesome :D after that, sheenie's parents were rly nice and gave me a lift back to bishan where i had my dinner and then went home to catch up on my sleep.

today, i had to wake up at an ungodly time of 5.45 AM, so that i could rush down to the uk visa application centre to get my application done. i reached there at around 6.55 AM, and CAN YOU IMAGINE there was a queue outside already! and the application centre actually opens only at 8am. i was the 9th person, and after i arrived, more and more people started queueing up behind me. by the time the centre opened at 8, there were around 30 people queueing outside already, so good luck to anyone who arrives promptly when the centre opens. thanks to the advice of my friends, i was cleared very quickly and was done by around 10.30. im so glad i sacrificed a little bit of my sleep and saved up on so much waiting time at the application centre :D

on to cpop songs... soda green is releasing their 2nd album of the year! (not surprising, since they already said they are releasing 4 albums in 2 years, which will be named after the seasons of the year) anyway, following their first album, 春.日光, they are now releasing the 2nd album called 夏.狂热. im really impressed at how they managed to come up with so many songs to be able to release 4 albums in 2 years, and how the songs are organised in the albums according to their themes. so the first album contained many warm songs, whereas in 夏.狂热，the songs are all very lively and rock-ish. i really love their first hit, 狂热 (:

during this time, i also sampled a few older albums which i havent had the chance to sample, and found this nice song in 徐佳莹's album, which i would like to recommend. 词曲 both written by 徐佳莹 (:

一样的月光 - 徐佳莹

倔强的表情就这样隔离了
我们想触摸的脸庞不在体贴退让
沉默的对话就这样取代了
我们想聆听的愿望不在交换悲伤

太自以为的世界
被你离开的反作用力
锁进黑暗陷阱

一样的月光
怎么看得我越来越心慌
你留下最清楚的步伐
竟是指引我孤单的方向
喔~ 一样的月光
怎么照不亮未来的形状
喔~ 就这样吧我的爱
让寂寞的月光占据我的窗

自由的路况就这样阻挡了
我们想加速的逃亡不在戒慎坚强
独处的时光就这样取代了
我们向搜集的拥抱不在殷切需要

太多理智的世界
被你离开的反作用力
锁进黑暗陷阱

一样的月光
怎么看得我越来越心慌
你留下最清楚的步伐
继续指引我孤单的方向
喔~ 一样的月光
怎么照不亮未来的形状
喔~ 就这样吧我的爱
让寂寞的月光占据我的窗

一样的月光
其实看得我越来越心慌
怎么你留下最真实的回忆
都是提醒我失去他声音
喔~ 一样的月光
已经照不来未来的形状
喔~ 能回来吗我的爱
让疯狂的爱情占据我的窗

谁

2009-08-08T00:24:00.005+08:00

谁 - 蔡健雅

现在的我
还是对爱充满疑惑
没对或错
还不想给什么承诺

保持沉默独自走过
空虚和寂寞它们陪伴着我
装作洒脱其实很懦弱
有太多的借口终究没有结果

谁让我感觉他最了解我
眼神交错话都不用说
就抱紧我让我感受
他多爱我

谁让我感觉不需要再躲
过去心痛从此被淹没
就抱紧我让我感受
让我感受他多爱我
让我相信他是爱～爱我的

未来的我
一个人过也算不错
冰冷的手插入口袋也算暖和

日出日落都差不多
若有谁陪我那一定更好过
天空为我一直闪烁着
用太多的借口我在拒绝什么

ive always enjoyed tanya's compositions, and this time round, her first hit certainly lived up to my expectations!

apparently tanya was travelling in france, and saw this guy chatting happily on the phone, with a smile that can only mean that he is speaking to his loved one on the other end. and a short distance away, she saw another lady who was also on the phone and was also carrying the same smile of one that is loved. as the man and lady walked towards each other's direction, tanya wondered if the 2 were actually speaking to each other. her question was answered when the 2 met in a warm embrace, and the rays of the sun seemed to encircle them with a glow. it was such a beautiful scene that it inspired tanya to compose this song immediately.

its such a sweet story, and i guess the scene must have really touched her so much, that she filled this song with so much emotions. :D this song is highly recommended, and im definitely looking forward to her new album in late aug (:

back where i started

2009-08-05T21:15:00.002+08:00

the number of hours im sleeping can be described as a strictly decreasing function for the past month. and the strange thing is, i dont feel tired at all. in fact, my body has kind of adapted to the lack of sleep and is requiring less and less sleep by the day.

this week was supposed to be my long-awaited break, but quite evidently i cannot allow myself to relax, and im back teaching all my 5 classes in rj once more. it had been quite a struggle for myself. on one hand, i wanted to give myself a break after having packed schedules since the start of the yr. on the other hand, i was really excited to meet my students again, and also, teaching them pure maths would be a different experience from stats since theres much more room for exploration in pure maths. thus, when the opportunity presented itself, i debated with myself for a long time, but i guess the largest deciding factor were my students, and i gave in and agreed to return to teach my classes till the end of term 3.

and theres another problem. now that im back, its harder to leave than ever. im even contemplating to see my students through promos (leaving me with only 1-2 days before i fly to UK for my studies). there are so many decisions i have to make... and amidst all these considerations, i still need to do much preparations for the upcoming lessons (since i was asked to come back at a short notice). the next few weeks now seem quite intensive, but i dont think ill ever regret this decision. and the warm welcome by my students really helped me affirm that i made the right choice (:

anw, today afternoon i came across this interesting intellectual game in the maths department, which was called "tipover". it was one of the "rush hour" series kind of games. for tipover, u had to push over crates across the board so that u can get from one place to another. it was very fun, and i spent an hour solving the puzzles together with another math dept teacher. after that, he showed me some tricks which he used to introduce some mathematical concepts and they were really quite impressive :D i tried doing some of the tricks but realised i was always too obvious and will let slip some part of the trick. and my teacher pointed out that at the crucial part i will probably turn red anyway and hence the trick will be a failure. LOL

Kenneths 21st and Back to Work

2009-07-28T21:02:00.000+08:00

went to celebrate kenneth's 21st last sunday. met up with matthew, grace and vanessa before that to make him a puzzle card. we wrote our messages on the card, then cut it out into many odd shapes, unlike a regular puzzle, so he would have to put in quite a bit of effort before he can read our birthday messages to him :D

anyway, the whole party was very well planned, and the food was good too (: met tons of random friends -- some from work, from army, from pri sch etc... so it was quite interesting to find out that i actually have so many mutual friends with kenneth! zhaowei also came, and he brought his gf along, and introed her to us.

after having our food, we had a photo presentation showing how kenneth grew up over his 21 years and how he met us along the way :D it was quite amusing and nicely done up (: following that, it was the special item prepared by his bro, which even kenneth had no idea about. we soon found out it was his bro acting as lady gaga. it was quite funny at first, but then it started to get a bit wrong as he tried to flaunt his body HAHA. and when the performance was finally over, we had cake cutting and gift presentation, and then people started making kenneth drunk haha. when we left, he had already downed 7-10 shots, poor him haha.

and that was the last day of my 3 week "break" from work. so im back to work this week, to tidy up my report and then ill have some time to myself to settle all my uni stuff before i fly overseas. but as it turns out, surprises come when u least expect it, and i think i can say goodbye to any thoughts of a break for the next 1 month or so already! its a pleasant surprise which i dont mind having, but it means that ill continue to be BUSYYYY ):

PDC

2009-07-28T20:32:00.000+08:00

my 3-week long predeparture course concluded last week with the scholarship award ceremony on saturday. looking back at the experience, even though it had only been a short 3 weeks, it was really fun and enriching, and i have grown in some ways after the course.

the fun came from OBS and cooking lessons. even though i had been to OBS several times, it was the first time i climbed the inverse tower there. seemed easy on the ground, but the spaces between footholds and logs seemed to be 10 times wider when u are actually up there haha. we also had some trebuchet making competition, where all the materials cost money and had to be purchased with points earned from the completion of team games. it was quite fun cos our trebuchet was built by this phy whiz so it actually worked :D and the finale was a sea ex followed by a land ex the next day.

for our cooking lessons, we went shatec, where we learnt how to make some really simple fool-proof dishes. so now at least im assured i wont starve... but of course, how nice the food actually is will be yet another story. oh yah i kind of cheated and teamed up with a cooking pro so "our" final products tasted quite delicious ;)

however, i felt that the most memorable part of my course was my 1 week community attachment with HCA hospice. quite unlike the other community service that i had done in my secondary school and jc days, working at hospice does not necessarily bring u the satisfaction which usually comes with helping people out. the patients are terminally ill, and many of them have only days to live. some of them are really discouraged, and merely lie in bed and stare blankly into space the whole day, when they could possibly be doing something more enjoyable. others are ridden with much pain because many of their organs are failing, and its really heart wrenching to see them undergo so much suffering.

the experience really makes me treasure what i have at the moment -- my health and my family members. and i am very impressed with the dedication which the doctors and nurses have displayed. they could be working in hospitals and clinics, but they chose to work in hospice, where they have a much larger job scope, which may even include helping to resolve family problems. most importantly, they try their very best to allow the patient to live their last days to the fullest. as their motto goes: we cannot add days to life, but we can add life to days.

my internship experience (part 3)

2009-07-24T21:31:00.005+08:00

im quite amazed at how much i have procrastinated on the blogging of my internship experience. but ive finally reached the final entry, and guess what, in 2 days time im returning back to my internship. ah. so i have timed my blog entries well. oh... but i have a 3 week PDC to blog about after this. my blog entries are terribly outdated.

anywayy... after much distractions, we finally reached national museum. we wanted to pose beside the thinker statue but could not find it. but we saw some rock walls outside the museum and decided to use the space between each wall as an "expression corner" for ourselves. so each of us thought of an action to do inside our own expression corner and here's one of the interesting photos:

haha i had a brainwave and thought of a theme for this photo:

see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil :K

after that, we began taking band photo shots. we will randomly group ourselves to form a band, think of a theme for the band, and then pose for a band shot. here are some of the shots which i thought were nice.

S.H.E album cover?

haha i thought i posed quite well for this photo... comments? :D

oh and here's our second attempt to squeeze the group onto a small space.

speak to the hand!

we ended our eventful day at fort canning park. it was at this point in time when our camera died on us and we had to take our last few shots with a camera phone. but it was quite amazing how long the camera lasted haha... we took a few hundred photos in one afternoon alone -- i think thats more than the number of photos i took in the past year!

nice buddha shot... everyones well hidden!

of course, our internship is not all fun and play, just that i chose to feature the more entertaining moments we had together! we had individual projects to fulfill, and i am sometimes quite surprised to see how my fun-loving fellow interns can become super serious (especially close to the deadline!) when it comes to work.

apart from completing our projects, we also had the opportunity to assist in organising certain events, and sometimes the work can be quite stressful, but there will surely be someone to cheer the group up, and brighten up our day. im really blessed to have met such a fantastic group of fellow interns!

5 weeks of intern life seemed to fly by, and before i knew it, i had to say goodbye to my fellow interns and leave for my pre-departure course (PDC). here's some interesting parting shots which we took.

this is me reading out the cards which i wrote for each of my fellow interns.

and my fellow interns' messages for me! :D

our drawing board featuring characteristic representations of all of us! uhh... i think i should be quite identifiable!

here are some funny parting shots which we took.

*lurks*

internship over! time to dispense of courtesies ;)

thanks for colouring my life!

亲爱的

2009-07-24T19:42:00.000+08:00

instead of recommending emo / shu qing songs all the time, heres a cheerful and cute song for a change! a very light-hearted childhood memory kind of song. i particularly like the part where the children 合唱 :D

亲爱的 - 潘玮柏

我叮咚的弹奏着故事里那首儿歌
缤纷的音乐盒木马还旋转着
我叮咚的弹奏着童年的纯真快乐
亲爱的这时刻有梦就大声唱歌

我们迎着风边走边唱
边坚定来自于远方那坚定的信仰
沿着那溪边走有水车的声音
我走着看着风中摇曳可爱的蒲公英

经过凉亭我们穿越竹林
看着山顶如棉花糖的白云
面对着阳光就不需要那阴凉
拥有不同心境相信你会看到更特别的风景

闭上眼睛静静聆听
屋檐那串轻脆的风铃
许愿要找个流星
幸福就要彼此互相扶持互相关心

Oh 他们说玫瑰象征着爱情
那插满一把玫瑰花的花瓶
是否证明不是不笃定
是不是真的有童话这件事情 hey

我叮咚的弹奏着故事里那首儿歌
缤纷的音乐盒木马还旋转着
我叮咚的弹奏着童年的纯真快乐
亲爱的这时刻有梦就大声唱歌

我们手牵手一直的走
紧紧的相依的努力攀过吊桥绳索
在脚下经过的一条蜿蜒小河
心里面联接的是满满友情难以割舍

整个山坡苹果树已红透
还有干净泉水大口畅饮
橘子也成熟田里面还有泥鳅
真的快乐却是好多朋友陪着我们一起走

闭上眼睛静静聆听
屋檐那串轻脆的风铃
许愿要找个流星
幸福就要彼此互相扶持互相关心

na hey--- 爱让我更自由
na hey--- 一起大声说出口
跟我一起手牵手真心到永久
这就是爱的生活

我叮咚的弹奏着故事里那首儿歌
冰棒呢配可乐爆米花还温热
我叮咚的弹奏着童年的纯真快乐
开着车遥远了回到最初的选择

我叮咚的弹奏着故事里那首儿歌
冰棒呢配可乐爆米花还温热
我叮咚的弹奏着童年的纯真快乐
开着车遥远了回到最初的选择

我叮咚的弹奏着故事里那首儿歌
冰棒呢配可乐爆米花还温热
我叮咚的弹奏着童年的纯真快乐
开着车遥远了回到最初的选择

my internship experience (part 2)

2009-07-14T23:10:00.005+08:00

its been some time since i last blogged about my internship experience, and ill be continuing from the last entry.

anyway, we saw some pencil rubbing thing, and all grabbed a paper and crayon and started playing. heres a pic of us with our masterpieces :D

the proud artists (:

after that, we invaded the kids playground (oops!), and even the kids were giving us weird looks when we posed at the playground HAHA. we then left changi airport and took a train ride to town to watch transformers 2. before our movies began, we hung out outside at the ticketing counter area, and noticed many posters of upcoming movies. and so we began posing for photos again, trying to mimic the characters in the posters.

grumpy old man

ok. about transformers 2, i felt that it was a rather draggy and plotless movie. the fighting scenes were exciting, and the effects were great and all, but i felt that it was all excessive. plot was kind of typical and expected too haha...

after the movie, we went around the town area to take pictures at scenic spots. our first stop was at istana park. we took several shots with the fauna around there, and also took group shots and several jump shots beside the water. it was quite amusing as everyone tried to coordinate their jumps :D

排排坐

welcome to istana park (:

jump shot!

after having much fun, we headed down to dhoby ghaut where we wanted to take a photo beside the LOVE structure outside fish n co, but apparently its been removed for some time already. but heres a shot which we took along the way, with everyone (the camera was timed) inside the picture. quite an amazing feat huh

like a team building game!

our next stop was national museum, and we continued our cam-whoring along the way. we also came across this wall leading to a carpark. there were many facial expressions on the wall and we each chose an expression and attempted to pose like it. heres me trying to give a dreamy pose HAHA. i think it was quite a failure though!

abstract :D

(to be continued)

my internship experience (part 1)

2009-07-05T23:07:00.006+08:00

friday was my temporary last day for my internship stint at MHQ. why i say "temporary" is because ill be returning to the place in 3 weeks' time, after my predeparture course, which commences tomorrow.

anywayy it was the last time i got to meet my fellow interns in our familiar working environment. ive really enjoyed my time at MHQ particularly because of their company, and really thank them from making my first experience working in civil service a colourful and memorable one. work at MHQ is quite busy and sometimes we may be loaded with a few tasks to juggle with at hand, but the important thing was, we had each other to seek advice and encouragement from, and to break the monotony of work life (:

other than the random fun we have daily, such as scouring for nice food in the region for lunch, and our HTHT talks, we had several activities together too! heres a chronological recount of the major fun activities we had (:

we had a nice dinner @ kuishin-bo, where we each took turns rushing for the special dish :D and then i discovered that some of my interns have a love for seafood just like myself! we chatted about lots of random things during the session and i got to find out more about my fellow interns.

we also had a pot luck session where we each had to bring a dish that we prepared ourselves. as i am terrible at cooking, i made pizza instead, by buying the pizza base, and the various ingredients, and making a DIY pizza. heres how our sumptuous feast looked like! (pizzas still not microwaved yet)

stuffed zucchinis... asparagus with bacon... shrimp cocktails... yummy!

let the feast begin!

following that, we had a kbox session where we sang lots of emo songs as well as high songs (: the favourite emo song of the night was 612 xing qiu, which is also one of my favourite SHE songs from the previous album, because it is about the little prince!

and on last friday, we claimed our off from the HT exhibition, and we went to changi airport to send our fellow intern, beryl, off to korea. we took random shots together before we bid her farewell, and then went to popeye's for a late breakfast / early lunch.

group shot (:

feeling energised after the meal, we decided to have some fun around the airport, and that was when my first major cam-whoring experience began.

(to be continued)

pc show (late blog)

2009-06-19T23:16:00.000+08:00

I realised I haven't been blogging for a while, ever since I started my internship. I guess it is not only because I have been busy, but also because I am not allowed to disclose my job scope and department related stuff. I realise I just can't blog properly about my experience without talking about the things I do, but generally, the experience has been a fun one so far, and I've been enjoying myself (:

Anyway, I finally have some non-work related updates to post about! (: Last Saturday, I went down with my parents to the PC show to buy my new laptop and mp3. As usual, it was crowded, but at least the organisation is neater this time round, and they channeled the people entering and leaving to 2 separate queues, so there was less confusion and i guess that helped to speed up things a little.

After a quick tour around the major booths, I quickly narrowed down my options to 3 different laptops, namely a vaio CS36, HP DV3 and an acer model. Here's how the 3 laptops look like:

Basically, in terms of specs, the vaio loses out to the other 2. and the acer has the best specs of all. It is also the lightest and cheapest out of the 3. however, acer laptops are not known to be reliable. on the other hand, the hp laptop will be more reliable, and still reasonably light. the vaio has the lowest processing speed of the 3, BUT i was so in love with the red vaio. plus the cs36 has some cool LED light feature (useless but brightens up your day) which will flash to the rhythm of your music AND when u touch the laptop cover to open it, it will flash :D when u press buttons on the laptop there will be a silver glow too. so design wise, i thought that the vaio beats the other 2 options hands down.

Acer

Vaio

so i was quite torn between the HP and vaio. if i went with my mind, i would choose HP for practical reasons. but if i went with my heart, i would choose the lovely vaio. the RED vaio was practically saying: BUY ME BUY ME to me. my dad had this idea that if i made an uninformed and hurried decision, i will regret my choice later, and wanted me to go home and check up more about the 2 laptops that night, and make some careful considerations before going back to the pc show to make my purchase on sunday.

and so, after mulling over it for a night, I decided to go with my heart and chose the vaio :D went down the nxt day to the pc show to make my purchases. bought a new mp3 player first. haha decided to stick with creative and bought the zen mx. after that, i bought a portable hard disk, before finally buying my vaio! :D its nice and red, and the matching red case is lovely too i think im totally in love with my new laptop... the only gripe i have is that it is heavy!

anyway, i spent quite a while playing with my new purchases that night. the vaio has the cool LED light bar, which flashes lights to the rhythm of the music which u r playing! also, when you boot up and turn off the laptop, the LED light bar flashes too! (:

later in the night, i found out that a student in rj is down with h1n1 at the end of last week. its quite scary to realise that the virus is now affecting the lives of people that are so close to me (esp since my bro is from rj). i really hope that the sch management will be able to handle the situation efficiently so that the school will be able to run as normally as possible.

交响梦

2009-05-31T17:33:00.003+08:00

my latest favourite song (: a very image intensive song with a nice, warm feeling!

交响梦 - 苏打绿

午后时分睡得很沉嘈杂鸟儿也全都充耳不闻
行板如歌歌里在等等你来和和一篇雨季解渴
雷声铺陈嘹亮地哼大地与河万物屏息这一刻

蛰睡了一世纪的下午被你惊醒
迷雾从身后穿起扣成水滴
透明的伤口漂亮的残忍藏到土壤里
雨的铿锵临盆比梦的合奏还静

阡陌牧车因你饶舌雷声如灯敲开了一年兴奋
急板成歌歌落成河河在狂奔奔击了乾涸混沌

蛰睡了一世纪的下午被你惊醒
迷雾从身后穿起扣成水滴
透明的伤口漂亮的残忍藏到土壤里
雨的铿锵临盆比梦的合奏还静

埋伏了一整季的思念被你剥离
棉絮爬上了头发换算年龄
气候的成长季风的回忆收进课本里
我自己来缝补我自己
修剪自己迎接你淋湿我风乾的心

雨停时分洗澈烟尘新的花梗正期待炫耀颜色
黄昏人们敞开了家里大门
宁静很深世界迎接你这一刻生命来了

and this was how it ended (part 2)

2009-05-30T22:01:00.003+08:00

and so, after saying my farewells to my classes, i headed back to the staff room. finally got to see the posters that i was supposed to hunt for. luckily i didnt have to walk around the school looking for them... if not many people would have seen my unglam photos before that! :D

anw, the first thing which the teachers noticed about all the farewell messages which my classes wrote for me was that they are generally pink/red HAHA :D seems like my students all thought alike (: was quite hungry then, and thankfully, the math HOD bought 豆沙饼 (omg i actually forgot what this is called in english) for everyone, and ms wang forced me to eat at least 2 HAHA. really thankful to my teachers who had been looking out for me all this while. sometimes i get so engrossed with my work that i forget to take a break, or forget to have lunch, and they will ask me down to the canteen to have lunch with them, or just to drink something.

after the food, it was time to get my exit clearance signed. there were 4 signatures i had to get before i was cleared to leave the school... HOD, library officer, IT dept, estate dept. sounds like ORD clearance haha. HOD's signature was easy to get. library officer's signature was easy to obtain too. just walked up to library, check that i do not have any books on loan, and then i was cleared.

next was the clearance with the IT department. i didnt have time to clear up my desktop, so the hebe wallpaper was still in the comp, along with the MSN program which will auto log in... so i hope they will like reformat the comp or something before they pass it on to the next user. i checked and ensured that all the accessories were in place, and quickly returned the laptop to the IT department before the staff left school. and so i said goodbye to my best companion for the past semester too. without the laptop, i think i would be seriously handicapped, and wouldnt be able to explain things as clearly. IT department clearance took quite a long time, cos the person who was supposed to sign wasnt inside the office. waited for a while before i got that settled.

after that, i headed to estate to return my VGA cable, and asked for an extension for the return of the staff pass. i wasnt in the mood to pack up my table there and then, and if i rushed the packing up, i would most certainly leave something behind, and then i wouldnt be able to come back and collect it anymore. and so i asked if i could keep the pass for one more day and return it the next day, and thankfully they consented. i then went back up to the staff room, and prepared for my last consultation with a student, before i concluded my last day of work at the RJ math department.

by then, all i wanted to do was to quickly get back home. but i had things to do too. i had to shop for some gifts and cards for the math department tutors, to show my appreciation to them. stopped by j8 and purchased some random items which shockingly amounted to over $50. i didnt really check the prices before buying... just saw what i thought was nice and took them off the shelves. turned out that some of the cards which i picked for a few teachers were rather expensive.

after that, i made my way home and finally got my nice hot bath :D then i had dinner, and was really really tired after such an eventful day, so i plonked onto my bed and fell asleep. it was a nice and peaceful sleep cos i dont have to worry about completing the syllabus with my classes, for once! :D im so glad that it all ended well, and i managed to complete the stats content with all my classes. hopefully they will all do well for CTs and do me proud (: and i hope to see many many students from my classes on the deans' list. i didnt really have much time to think back about the events of the day though, cos i promptly fell asleep.

woke up at around 11 cos i had one last thing to do... writing a personalised message for each of the 12 math department jc1 tutors. ive worked with them for quite a while, and they have all been very nice to me, so i thought the least i could do was to write each of them a personalised message. i started at around midnight, and started writing to tutors that i was less close to, and ended off writing to the tutors that i was really close to. and as i continued writing, somewhere around the last few cards, i realised i was crying. the thought of all the help which the tutors had rendered me with, the concern they had shown, the lame jokes and stories they told to brighten up my day, the numerous lunches we had together... all these made me realise how much i missed the math department already! thankfully it was late at night so noone could see me cry haha. when i was done, it was 3... so i spent 3 hours writing 12 cards! felt very proud of my "杰作", and after this, i probably wont expect to stay up late again in the near future. :D

having rested, and completed everything i was supposed to do, i started reading all the farewell messages which my classes wrote for me. it was then that i was really overwhelmed by the sadness of leaving my classes. i guess i was too tired during the day itself to feel sad, and im glad for that... if not my classes will see my unglam crying moment :S i was very touched by the comments of some of my students, and i didnt know i made a difference to so many of my students. and i think my sadness was accentuated by the loneliness and serenity of the night, and so, in the end, i did cry at the thought of how much ill miss my classes.

after the emotional message reading session, i went to sleep. woke up quite early this morning to go to school and pack up my table, as well as distribute the cards and gifts to the math department tutors. there was some major cleaning session in school, and the old ah-huay-auntie cleaning up the staff room. greeted her for the last time (she remembers me for some reason haha), and then went to clear my table.

its amazing how much stuff i suddenly realised i dont need. ended up chucking away huge stacks of paper. i decided that i wanted to keep the class mugshots of my classes, even though i can remember all my students' names... and so i made photocopies of the mugshots and kept the originals, leaving the photocopies for the next tutor who is taking over. after which, i updated the latest assignment scores for my classes, and the attendance books and that marks the end of my duties as a relief tutor.

next up, i went around to distribute the thank you cards and gifts to the math department tutors. felt like a santa claus cos i had this bag of cards and gifts and then i was walking along the empty aisles of tables and placing gifts on the tables of the tutors, who will be pleasantly surprised when they next return to their desks :D lastly, i had to hand back my pass, but i had a nagging feeling that i might have left something behind, which i have yet to pack in my bag. so, i decided to take a walk around the school first before coming back to do a final check of my desk. i also thought it was a good idea to make use of the staff pass for the last time to access areas that are inaccessible to students and visitors. and so, i walked around school, and enjoyed my last few moments in RJ (sounds dramatic, but i really do love the college). bumped into several of my students and chatted with them. also paid a visit to my most hated tutorial room A56. good riddance to that cursed tutorial room (:

and when i was finally done with my mini tour, i went back up to the staff room to do my final packing up. took a last glance at the staff room, and was quite reluctant to surrender my pass, but i did in the end, and signed out of the record book for the last time and that officially ends my stint in RJC as a math department relief tutor.

i am so glad to have met so many awesome students, and had the opportunity to have permanent classes attached to me. there was one time where i almost had to give up one class, but thankfully it was sorted out and i got to see my classes through till the end of the stats course. i am also glad to have the opportunity to work alongside my teachers, and even though they are more experienced than i am, they do listen to my suggestions during unit meetings, and let me voice my opinions on certain teaching points, common mistakes, and even on test questions. im really grateful to work with such a supportive department, and to have taught such wonderful classes, and they have all played a great role in making my stint at RJC a really memorable one. a big THANK YOU to all of them! finally, i am relieved of my duties, and i can really sleep in peace now (:

ah, but a new job awaits on monday! but till then... :D

and this was how it ended (part 1)

2009-05-30T18:03:00.003+08:00

the end of term 2 has finally arrived, and its time to say goodbye to my classes. the last few days were really crazy, but i am glad it all turned out fine. wednesday was the deadline i gave to my classes to submit any written work for me to mark. and so, i had this huge pile of assignments (which even included back-dated assignments) to mark on wednesday, and i had to get them all marked by friday. had to sleep really late on wed and thur nights, but i survived with music (SHE and mayday!) and sweets.

the challenge was keeping a clear mind for lessons on thur and fri, despite sleeping late the night before. thursday wasnt so bad, because my timetable wasnt that crammed. but it was also my last day with 3B. had a double period with them, with a break in between, so i had my last lunch with them during the break. then during my 2nd lesson with 3B, alvin and kakiong came into the class and shouted "SURPRISE!" it was quite a pleasant surprise, with a huge PINK placard containing messages from 3B, a red balloon which says SHE (Hebe) loves you and a nice cake :D there was also a packet of dried prawn (which is hei bi in dialect, which sounds like HEBE), and i thought that was quite creative. anw, the cake was nice and chocolatey and i loved it alot! was really pleased that they prepared so much for my farewell, and i was really touched.

then on friday was my last day, and my timetable was crazy as i had taken the GP lessons of all my classes. so it was a 1 hour lesson, followed by a 1 hour break, followed by 4 and a half hours of lessons, a half hour break, then a final 1 hour lesson. i was a little afraid i might be talking nonsense towards the end (especially since i havent had much sleep). thankfully that never happened.

started the day off with my last lesson with 3D. got A57, the spongebob class, and the projector in that classroom was really cooperative, not like the A56 projector which eternally hates me. anw, unlike 3B, 3D wasnt very discreet with their "farewell surprise". when the lesson ended, all of them raised a piece of paper which contained a letter, and it spelt the message "WE LOVE MR TANCK". the effect was quite nice, and touching too... and i was closest to crying then, but i controlled and managed to regain my composure and made my farewell statement. we then took some photos before i left. i was told that there would be posters of me pasted around school, but thankfully that didnt happen. :D

next up was lesson number 1 with 6T. they were quite surprised that i took their GP lesson, because it was all quite last minute and the GP tutor only approached me in the morning. completed the last tutorial with them, and so i was just left with assignment review and recap with 6T for my 2nd lesson in the afternoon. after that, i headed for my lesson with 1F. it was the most stressful lesson of the day, since i had most things left uncovered with the class. i was rushing through the lesson really fast and the students were asking me to calm down and relax and not look so stressed. i really breathed a sigh of relief when i managed to complete the syllabus with that class! haha it was really a great experience teaching an arts class, and trying to get them to love maths, and i think i did fine :D

then came a 2 hour session with 6N. had not much worries for that class, since it is my fastest class in terms of covering of content, and i had more than enough time. i even had some time to do some practice questions with them. close to the end of the lesson, i was told that there was a surprise for me, and i had to close my eyes. turned out they took a few funny shots of me with my eye closed. and when i opened my eyes, there was a cake placed dangerously close to my face :D the cheesecake was for me, but it was quite large, so i got my math rep to split it up and share it with the whole class (: i also got another placard of messages from 6N... a red one this time. we then took photos, and i chatted with several people in the class, and also the councillors. hopefully the 29ths will be able to make their mark in the college and all the best :D

there was supposed to be a half hour break before my final lesson, but i spent it with 6N, so i had to rush off to my last lesson with 6T after that. by now, i have repeated the slides countless of times i became like a recording machine, reciting out what i had said in the previous classes. was also quite tired by then, cos i had been standing for a long long time. and so i was reliefed when the lesson ended, and then i found out 6T had messages written to me on a huge RED paper too. some of the messages were really funny, including one which says "see you at cambridge" :D

and so, that was the end of my crazy day, and it was REALLY REALLY REALLY sad to part with so many of my classes in one day. thankfully, i didnt cry in front of them, (which would have been so unglam and awkward), partly because i was really tired and hungry, and all i was thinking of was to complete my clearance (YES i still had one last thing to do before i could go home), so that i could go home, get a hot bath and enjoy my dinner.

(to be continued)

last week of school

2009-05-25T20:33:00.002+08:00

i really can't believe it is the last week already. i think i will experience a myriad of moods this week. anxiousness, of trying to complete the syllabus with my classes. relief, when i complete the stats course with my classes. joy, knowing that i have done a good job. sadness, for having to part with my classes. hopefully my classes won't make me so sad and emotional that i'll cry. but i'll really miss them all.

and now, as i type my assessment of my students, writing the comments for each student is like saying goodbye to them. i wonder how permanent teachers cope with this on a yearly basis. ): it would take me quite a while to recover from the sorrow of parting with one batch! so mebbe im not suited to be a teacher after all HAHA.

放肆

2009-05-22T22:50:00.002+08:00

lots of new songs this week! cao ge, zhang dong liang and mayday :D i love the new mayday song alot! in fact, i like alot of the "high" mayday song (: possible kbox song in the near future!

放肆 - 五月天

就放肆爱放肆追放肆去闯放肆是我的信仰
再不去闯梦想永远只会是一个梦
想太多忧伤太重的梦想还不如干脆不多想
每一个身后的浪都会有浪花绽放
我确定边冲边欣赏
如果要我们都活在地上偏偏我就想要飞翔
要挣脱命运捆绑要推翻玻璃围墙
要站上巨人的肩膀
梦想永远是逆向一路都有人阻挡
人们说的荒唐却是我的心中的天堂

就放肆爱放肆追放肆去闯放肆的大闹一场
不能原谅如果很多年后我还是这样
就放肆爱放肆追放肆去闯放肆是我的信仰
再不去闯梦想永远只会是一个梦想

哥伦布只要有一颗星光就胆敢横越大西洋
我还有一把吉他我还有一群死党
为什么还不大声唱
达尔文假设生命是战场就让我轻易不投降
把伤痕装满手掌把不顺装满心脏
把歌声装满肺活量
梦想永远是逆光只有坚硬的模样
会有什么世界什么体验不要去猜想

就放肆爱放肆追放肆去闯放肆的大闹一场
不能原谅如果很多年后我还是这样
就放肆爱放肆追放肆去闯放肆是我的信仰
再不去闯梦想永远只会是一个梦想

再不去闯梦想永远只会是一个梦想

on a side note, i found out that gary's new album is called Supermarket. wow. i wonder if he will have a song called that. so he is carrying on his "super" trend. from superwoman to superman to super sushine... now supermarket. HAHA. i really wonder what the next album will be called. super star sounds decent, but knowing gary and his weird ideas, its bound to be something as shocking as supermarket. dont quite like his first hit though... on the other hand, i like zhang dong liang's new hit, 沉默的瞬间, alot. it is a rock ballad, which is a slightly different genre from his previous songs.

and so another week has concluded! it had been a hectic week, no doubt. think i spend a 2 digit number of hours in school each day this week! had tons of makeups with my classes, and giving my best shot at completing the syllabus with my classes! hopefully ill be able to wrap up everything nicely in the final week, and then its goodbye to my classes. i really cant imagine how id say goodbye, but its definitely going to be very sad. ): till then...

我知道

2009-05-13T20:39:00.002+08:00

我知道 - BY2

从来没想过不能再和你牵手
委屈时候没有你陪着我心痛
一切都是我太过骄纵以为你会懂
一直忘了说我有多感动

我知道你还是爱着我
虽然分开的理由我们都已接受
你知道我会有多难过
所以即使到最后还微笑着要我加油
我知道你还放不下我
才会在离开时闭着眼没有回头
我们都知道彼此心中
其实这份爱没停过

从来没想过不能再和你牵手
委屈时候没有你陪着我心痛
一切都是我太过娇纵以为你会懂
一直忘了说我有多感动

我知道你还是爱着我
虽然分开的理由我们都已接受
你知道我会有多难过
所以即使到最后还微笑着要我加油
我知道你还放不下我
才会在离开时闭着眼没有回头
我们都知道彼此心中
其实这份爱没停过

曾经完整幸福的梦在脑海里头
我多希望你还在我左右

我知道你还是爱着我
虽然分开的理由我们都已接受
你知道我会有多难过
所以即使到最后还微笑着要我加油
我知道你还放不下我
才会在离开时闭着眼没有回头
答应你我会好好过
不让这些眼泪白流

another nice song (: quite a lot of nice songs recently! theres wilber, SHE and tank's new song, and i just listened to ou de yang's new EP. even though there is only 1 new song, 1 fan chang and the rest are instrumentals, i kind of liked the EP. the instrumentals sound equally touching haha... and the fan chang of peter pan (pan yu wen)'s wo he ni cong wei fen shou is a lot nicer than pan yu wen's original version in my opinion.

AAAH. its week 8 now, and i am struggling really hard to complete the syllabus with my classes. i think i wont even have time to say a proper goodbye to my classes. i feel really sad that my term at rj is coming to an end. ill really miss my classes, and miss teaching maths. ): if only i had a little more time.

Be With You

2009-05-13T17:03:00.002+08:00

OMG im addicted to this song :D

Be With You - 潘玮柏 + Akon

I know they wanna come and separate us but they can't do us nothing
You're the one I want and I'm a continue loving
Cause you're considered wife and I'm considered husband
And I'm a always be there for you

我不管你用任何眼光看我我都不会选择放弃
我要坚持到底忽略那些冷言冷语
爱是如此珍贵值得我们彼此相信
两颗心才越靠越近

And no one knows
Why I'm into you
Cause you'll never know
What it's like to walk in our shoes
没人会懂是我们的梦
懂再多困难只要牵手就变得不同
That's why we'll break through

And I don't care what they say
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I wanna be with you
我不在乎怎么做
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you

Seems like every day that go by things are gettin' harder
Want to be the one that give you the whole enchilada
Cause I know what my baby like, I lean you on that Prada
You ain't got to match with the shoes

我知道每一次的沟通就会让我爱你更多
跟一次的拥抱温暖让我不再怯懦
爱是真实的触摸美好或相同
Keeping it always true

And no one knows
What I'm into you
Cause you'll never know what it's like to walk in our shoes
没人会懂是我们的梦 Yeah
懂再多困难只要牵手就变得不同
That's why we'll break through

And I don't care what they say
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I wanna be with you
我不在乎怎么做
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you

You are everything in my life see the joy you bring
And ain't no one I compare you to
And I know that you will never
walk away from me no matter what
And that's why I plan to do the same thing for you
And I want you to know

Be in my life with me
You know you my queen B
I show you the finer things in life and places you wanted to be
It's trips in Miami, rockin Tenjune NYC
Party up at club Bling till 6 in da morning
Don't want yo body figure sexually
I wanna pop you figures annually, showing you so security
You dun gota worry B, satisfaction guaranteed
You dont need another G, you can have it all on me,
Eh! you are like morphine you soothe me
Thru da pain and da struggles it gets hot you cool me
Coz you's wifey quality qualified, Warranty you certified,
You know how to get me high, hotter than a super ride
You know when you want it, you need it, you know I got it
You know when you want me, you need me you know I give it
So whenever in doubt you can count on me,
Whatever it is you be under my wing.
Whatever you down you can put it on me,
And wherever you go you be rocking my ring (ring ring).

And I don't care what they say
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I wanna be with you
我不在乎怎么做
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you

And I don't care what they say
I gonna be with you
I gonna be with you
I gonna be with you
我不在乎怎么做
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you

amazing race finale, and a NEW SHOW to watch!

2009-05-11T22:15:00.004+08:00

woke up super early today to watch the amazing race finale! their first task was to carry a 145 pound pig across a beach and properly cover it for cooking. it was really amusing to see how the teams struggled with the pig, and they dropped the pig in the sand/seawater a few times. and the pig was supposed to be for cooking later.

after that, teams are supposed to head to the maui surfboard fence and create a mini surfboard fence with pictures representing each leg of their race. despite reaching there first, luke was the last to complete the task, while victor breezed through it, thus landing his sister and himself in first place. i was kind of shocked when they were told to make their way to their finish line after the surfboard challenge. was really expecting a few more tasks or at least a detour! so basically there wasn't much excitement in this finale in my opinion. which made it a little anticlimatic haha. i was even expecting some twist before the teams could check in on the finishing mat... but i think i gave the producers too much credit!

on a side note, i thought it was really funny how jamie and cara always end up with CMI taxi drivers. is it just their luck or something? but their drivers always do not know their way, or mess up things for them. and they will be bitching all the way in the taxi, which is highly entertaining haha.

anyway, i havent had time to blog about survivor on friday. i must say debbie getting voted out was quite a surprise to me. and as usual, coach continues to rant about him playing the game with integrity and honour, which is really funny. much as i hate coach, id love to see him stay around a bit more to see what other kinds of contradictory comments or fanciful stories he can weave up!

and today, i just found a new show to watch - harper's island! it should help me overcome my withdrawal symptoms from heroes for a while! :D watched the first 2 episodes of harper's island and thought it was awesome! and it fits the suspense / thriller genre show that i love to watch (: after watching the 2 episodes, i proceeded on to prepare the tutorial for the next chapter and i cant believe i spent 8 HOURS on the slides for half the tutorial! but im very proud of my work, and the slides look really nice (: hopefully my efforts will be appreciated haha.

amazing race!

2009-05-04T22:17:00.002+08:00

wow it was a really exciting race for a final 3 spot on amazing race today. first of all, the racers did not get any rest from the previous leg, as it was a double leg race. so after checking in at the pit stop the night before, they had to continue through the night to head to their next destination. i thought that by itself was physically demanding, given that they had just swam many laps in their previous task.

and the untimely u-turn was just evil. tammy and victor were smart, they u-turned jen and kisha, who were the most athletic of them all. if they stayed, they would be a big threat when it comes down to a foot race.

anw we finally see some more chinese-culture related tasks! haha... seeing the teams race around in opera performers' makeup and dresses was just amusing. and of course, there was the gross task of having to eat larvae, starfish, scorpion and grasshopper. i didnt know china sells those kinds of food as street food! jamie and cara were unable to overcome the language barrier, and fell from 1st to last spot. and jamie's quote at that point in time sounded funny, seeing how she actually looked serious saying it: "That's why I did not want to go to China. It sucks."

the race for the 3rd spot was just exciting. there was jen and kisha VS jamie and cara. jen and kisha had a headstart, but jen needed to go to pee, so that delayed their checking in at the pit stop, and jamie and cara beat them by seconds. it was a really dumb reason to lose their chance at a million dollars, and it was sad to see jen and kisha go, since they fought really hard to make a comeback after their disastrous performance in the previous leg.

so, it's the finals next week, and monday is a public holiday, so i will be able to watch the live screening! i think tammy and victor have been working quite well as a team, and im rooting for them! i doubt jamie and cara will make history by being the first all female team to win the race though... but it would certainly be a huge shocker if they do!

an extremely ardous month

2009-05-02T19:32:00.002+08:00

went kbox with tzekwan and her friends (ok, and friends of friends too) yesterday. as i left something important in school the day before, i made a trip to school first before heading for kbox. despite yesterday being a public holiday, there were numerous people in school! and to my surprise, i wasnt the only staff member in the staff room! after getting what i needed from my cubicle, i made my way to AMK central. i almost couldnt find my way to the kbox centre there, but after trying very hard to recall the route which kai took me through the last time round and the random comments we made of the shops that we bypassed, i managed to locate the kbox centre.

i love the 2-7 slot! sing for 5 hours, super shiok! haha! the group of us sang a large variety of songs, from very new songs (mostly chosen by me) to very old classics (mostly sang by tzekwan haha). and we had several common favourite singers, eg SHE and fish, so at one point in time, there were a few pages of SHE and fish songs on the "已点歌" list :D sang a few "high" songs, which ill always sing when i go kbox. wanted to sing hihi byebye, but noone there knew that cute song, and tzekwan didnt appreciate cyndi. maybe nxt time! and i realised ive never seen fish's "wei wo hao" mv before! so when i reached home i went to watch the full mv, which is close to 11 mins! haha... before we ended the kbox session, we chose leo ku's 12 min song. lol. the kbox staff had to chase us out towards the end. she was probably wondering how come we could continue singing for so long.

its so fun to kbox! its always a good way to destress for me. but it didnt help much. after all the fun and laughter yesterday, i sat down and reviewed my lesson plan for the remainder of the term. my stint at rj is coming to an end, and ill be leaving my classes very soon. the problem is, theres still a lot left to cover, before my students r fully prepared for the upcoming common tests. there are quite a number of teachers who are slower than me in terms of tutorial progress, but they are having make ups during the june holidays, something i am unable to do due to my upcoming internship. so the best i can do is to hold many make up sessions and attempt to cover the syllabus before the term ends.

to make matters worse, the possibility of schools being closed down is hovering around. i really dont know what im going to do if schools were to close down, so i am really hoping that there wont be a H1N1 outbreak in singapore. *crosses fingers really hard*

the math department teachers keep reassuring me that there is no need to worry, as they will pick up the pieces from where i left off, but it will never be the same for me. i guess im just a perfectionist. i signed up for the job to complete the entire stats course with my classes... if i do not get the chance to do so, ill just have this tinge of regret. ok, its an understatement to say "tinge". i think it will just continue to bug me for a long long time.

and so, this morning, i just stared at the calendar, looking at the little time i have left with my classes, and thinking about the massive amounts of content i still have to cover, and i basically just stressed myself up again. how i wish i have a shi2 guang1 ji1 and slow time down. im already feeling very sad that ill be leaving my classes soon. and now i feel further burdened by the stress of completing the syllabus, and the possibility of schools being closed down (which means the possibility of having to say an early farewell to my classes).

an extremely ardous month of may lie ahead. arghh. i need more kbox therapy.

My new favourite band - Tizzy Bac! :D

2009-04-29T20:21:00.003+08:00

didnt really think much of Tizzy Bac at first because of their cartoon-ish album cover, but after listening to the songs, I find the band really talented, and their lyrics sometimes have a deeper meaning. Their MVs are also quite amusing! i like these 2 MVs.

The MV of the song <铁之贝克> is super cute :D Haven't seen such a cute MV for a long time!

This is the MV of their 同名主打, <如果看见地狱, 我就不怕魔鬼>, which is also my favourite song of the album (:

如果看见地狱，我就不怕魔鬼 - Tizzy Bac

夜　深沉浓郁那么黑
我不敢闭上眼入睡
我的寂寞变成魔鬼在床边
Then 我只好假装看不见
我只好假装有人陪
恐惧气味太明显 (太明显)

我瑟缩在墙角　有人...
我不该穷紧张　这世界好大...
还有恒星仰望　宇宙可以信仰

我的身体是个大房间
我自己却不在里面
生命里幽暗好多　吓坏我
对　大概就这样失了魂魄
大概这样才回不了窝
这是哪里我是谁 (你是谁)

我瑟缩在墙角
有人在哭　哭声却很像我
窗外有人　到底有没有人...

我不该有惧怕　这世界好大...
还有恒星仰望　宇宙可以信仰...
我在夜里破碎　天亮时憔悴
重复诅咒忧伤
"I don't love you,
not even miss you, not anymore."

我不该穷紧张　这世界好大...
还有恒星仰望　宇宙可以信仰...
我不想又在夜里破碎　天亮时憔悴
就得重复这咒语
"I don't love you,
not even miss you, not anymore."

heroes finale (:

2009-04-29T19:42:00.003+08:00

stayed up to watch finale of heroes yesterday, and it turned out to be not as exciting as i expected, as there was a lack of action scenes, but at least it tied up several loose ends. i was quite neutral regarding the season 1 character they killed, but am quite sad that my favourite character, hiro, didnt get cured. that means he will be carrying the illness with him on to volume 5. seems like they are putting to a stop to all the time manipulation thing. i think the writers did mention before that time travel does mess up things quite alot, but i hope at least they will allow freezing of time.

generally, i was pleased with the finale, and they even set up the story nicely for volume 5, so im looking forward to an even more awesome season this coming september! but that's in 4 months' time... i think ill be suffering from heroes withdrawal symptoms pretty soon ):

on a side note, i realise the weeks have been whizzing by quite quickly. in a flash, my relief teaching stint in RJ is almost over... i really dread the day when i have to say goodbye to my classes ): how i wish i had hiro's power and can slow down time HAHA

seed of chucky!

2009-04-26T00:23:00.002+08:00

just watched chucky 5 on channel 5. i followed the chucky series from 1-4, but missed the seed of chucky when it came out in the movies, and ive always wanted to watch it. turned out to be quite a lousy show, as compared to the previous instalments. the plot involving the new child was quite irrelevant, and the deaths were less gruesome (ok, i sound sadistic saying that, but that's the point of watching chucky shows right), so i was quite disappointed.

haha and since i resolved to finish marking my scripts before the day ended, i was multitasking and marking during the commercial breaks, and i finished marking the first tutorial tests which i administered :D i noticed, to my surprise, that the top scorers of all my 5 classes are all girls. which makes me wonder why there is only 1 j1 girl in the maths society. just a random thought haha.

marking rants

2009-04-25T15:06:00.003+08:00

ive just conducted my first ever tutorial test this week, and im in the process of marking the scripts! i think i have slightly over a hundred scripts to mark, but its really quite fun marking. in less than a day since i started, im now 90% done with my marking! so i should be able to finish really soon. i think what drives me to continue is to see some of the amusing answers which students write (sometimes due to stressful exam conditions). below is an excerpt of an answer which at least 3 different students produced:

ok i personally thought that was quite creative.

anyway, i managed to successfully stay up last night to watch survivor, and im so glad i did! it was probably the most awesome episode of this season of survivor! as much as i find tyson an interesting character, i think he was overly mean towards sierra, and he deserved to be blindsided last night. and the look on coach's face is priceless!

finally, we see some much awaited payback for the cockiness of the warrior alliance. all this while, ive been feeling that things have been quite unfair for sierra. right from day 1 she got ostracized, and was never really able to get into a strong alliance. and when she finally did, her only ally got voted off. and she didnt give up immediately when brendan left, which was quite admirable. she continued to fight to make a comeback, yet people around camp were just so mean to her and made snide comments. im just so happy that sierra was saved, and i really hope she goes against all odds and make it to the final 2 or 3 (:

council camp 09

2009-04-20T21:42:00.009+08:00

went for council camp yesterday! its the last council camp ill get to visit in a few years, so i surely could not miss it. at first, there were only us 25ths around, but gradually, the 26ths and 27ths started streaming in. we were still commenting how we were the oldest around when the 24ths all dropped by together! it was nice catching up with my fellow councillors.

25ths!

the council teachers have changed alot... only ms eva hor and ms kristine ong are left amongst our batch of council teachers. but ms hor is on sabbatical, so that leaves ms ong as the most senior council teacher around. she told us that our old council room is gone, and so were the furniture which we purchased. the new council room is in the estate room, and it is smaller than before, but still as messy. at least theres air con too, but doesnt seem as cosy as last time.

new council room!

darren and i went to look around our old council room, and noticed that the cubby holes are still around HAHA. we commented how amazing it was that those cubby holes are now empty, when it used to be an impossible feat to clear them. couldn't find any jives around though. wanted to look back at what kind of nonsense we used to write during our term haha...

we also looked at the programme for council camp, and commented how much slacker it is now than before. but then every batch of councillors would tell their juniors the same thing. and it is indeed true. the activities now are really much less physically demanding than before. and several highlights are gone, which is quite sad... they do not get to enjoy sunrise at the rooftop, nor do they get to do dragon boating anymore. i felt that those were 2 of the nicest highlights of council camp.

after that, the councillors all went off for buddy lunch. sadly, my 24th buddy is in australia, and one of my 26th buddy is busy while i was unable to contact the other. darren had somewhat the same situation as me, so in the end we crashed lizhan's buddy lunch. oh and i found my 28th, and gave her my no, but forgot to ask her to give me a miss call, so i didnt get to see my 29th after that when they met up.

after lunch, a few of us 25ths went for our karaoke session. charles was driving as usual, but he was fetching a few others home too, so we squeezed 5 people in the back seat. after dropping his buddies off, we headed for karaoke at charles' super zai clubhouse. we call it super zai because the cost is lower than kbox, yet the song list is more extensive than kbox!

as usual, wes would select all the li sheng jie songs, which are a real challenge to sing. i tried singing some new songs, but i think i failed horribly at zui xing fu de shi! i guess liang wen yin is just too good for me to sing her songs well. we also sang xia yi ge tian liang, and amelia and i agreed how well the little boy sang that song on campus superstar finals. so touching, almost comparable to guo jing's rendition!

one song which i liked alot was mayday's ru yan, which i posted in my previous entry. i realised there are no repetitions in the entire lyrics, and when u actually sing that song, you have a 感触良多 kind of feeling! i still like the rose part of the lyrics the best...

有没有那么一朵玫瑰
永远不凋谢
永远骄傲和完美
永远不妥协

oh and we sang the 12 minute leo ku song too! haha. i was so out of breath at the end of the 12 min, but it was fun! luckily this week there's tutorial test - thats one lesson down, so i wont have to speak that much. otherwise, i think my voice will surely be gone by the end of the week :D

on a side note, ive just heard gigi's new album, and i really like it!

its probably my 2nd most favourite album of the year (so far), after cheer's tai yang album.

recommended songs: ai de qi, cuo guo, li wu, abcdefGG

有没有那么一朵玫瑰永远不凋谢

2009-04-12T17:29:00.002+08:00

nice lyrics, but i didnt like the tune the first few times i heard it last year.

如烟 - 五月天

我坐在床前
望着窗外回忆满天
生命是华丽错觉
时间是贼偷走一切

七岁的那一年
抓住那只蝉
以为能抓住夏天
十七岁的那年
吻过他的脸
就以为和他能永远

有没有那么一种永远
永远不改变
拥抱过的美丽
都再也不破碎
让险峻岁月不能
在脸上撒野
让生离和死别都遥远
有谁能听见

我坐在床前
转过头看谁在沉睡
那一张苍老的脸
好像是我紧闭双眼
曾经是爱我的
和我深爱的
都围绕在我身边
带不走的那些
遗憾和眷恋
就化成最後一滴眼泪

有没有那么一滴眼泪
能洗掉後悔
化成大雨降落在
回不去的街
再给我一次机会
将故事改写
还欠了他一生的
一句抱歉

有没有那么一个世界
永远不天黑
星星太阳万物都
听我的指挥
月亮不忙着圆缺
春天不走远
树梢紧紧拥抱着树叶
有谁能听见

耳际眼前此生重演
是我来自漆黑
而又回归漆黑
人间瞬间天地之间
下次我又是谁

有没有那么一朵玫瑰
永远不凋谢
永远骄傲和完美
永远不妥协
为何人生最後会像
一张纸屑
还不如一片花瓣
曾经鲜艳

有没有那么一张书签
停止那一天
最单纯的笑脸和
最美那一年
书包里面装满了
蛋糕和汽水
双眼只有无猜和无邪
让我们无法无天

有没有那么一首诗篇
找不到句点
青春永远定居在
我们的岁月
男孩和女孩都有
吉他和舞鞋
笑忘人间的苦痛
只有甜美

有没有那么一个明天
重头活一遍
让我再次感受
曾挥霍的昨天
无论生存或生活
我都不浪费
不让故事这么的後悔
有谁能听见
我不要告别

我坐在床前
看着指尖已经如烟

anyway, i went for a freshers mingle today for the cambridge freshers. got to meet a lot of my future college mates, and theres already one whos going to my same college and studying the same course as me. which is actually quite rare haha. also met a few of my juniors who are now my seniors haha. and they shared lots of interesting information about cambridge, so i cant wait for my term to begin :D

欢送会

2009-04-11T12:24:00.003+08:00

theres a number of new songs that are released recently! after the release of jolin's album, zhang zhi chen, xie an qi, charlene, dong li huo che and by2 have also released their new albums, and there are a couple of nice songs in their albums (: angela also has a new song for a chocolate ice cream ad (i think), and next week, we can expect soda green and vanness' new songs :D really looking forward to all these new songs! but for now, i am addicted to 2 new songs, which are vastly different in genre.

firstly, there's BY2's DNA! they have certainly improved in terms of dancing and singing techniques this time round. their vocals are still fairly average, but at least they are trying out new styles, and can at least do some rapping. and i dont really bother much about vocals for a dance song, so overall, im pleasantly surprised by BY2's first hit, DNA!

DNA - BY2

眼还在偷瞄些什么口在碎碎念什么
不能说的秘密还哽咽在喉咙
你的戏演的好弱你的招术又好旧
So tell me baby what’re you waiting for?
早就该自首早就应该知道情网恢恢疏而不漏的
强词了太多没有用

瞳孔缩放掩不住爱情的计谋
指纹在我手心里留下你的心动
DNA说明了你动机跟理由
证据摊在你面前还有什么话好说

你的戏演的好弱你的招术又好旧
So tell me baby what’re you waiting for?
早就该自首早就应该知道情网恢恢疏而不漏的
强词了太多没有用

瞳孔缩放掩不住爱情的计谋
指纹在我手心里留下你的心动
DNA说明了你动机跟理由
证据摊在你面前还有什么话好说

瞳孔缩放掩不住爱情的计谋
指纹在我手心里留下你的心动
DNA说明了你动机跟理由
证据摊在你面前还有什么话好说

瞳孔缩放掩不住爱情的计谋
指纹在我手心里留下你的心动
DNA说明了你动机跟理由
证据摊在你面前还有什么话好说

the next song im going to recommend is xie an qi's huan song hui, which is a nice ballad. it was originally a cantonese song, but due to its high popularity, xie an qi decided to sing a mandarin version for her latest album! the lyrics are nice, and xie an qi's voice is very sincere, so i got addicted to this song the first time i heard it (:

欢送会 - 谢安琪

来的人已经来我们干一杯祝福你未来
有人说那年的耶诞派对同样精彩
有人说明天的时代要拭目以待
试问谁能残酷坦率表白当下的无奈

有人提议说来一个游戏预言的纸牌
很奇怪命运的轮胎任由扑克安排
欢迎会有新人到来欢送会有故人离开
不要猜为了喝得更愉快最好不要太明白

离开的要离开
过去的喜怒哀乐喝下多少杯
多少祝福语一句一句走过人间的澎湃
成为你的未来
离开不留伤害
香槟酒一瓶一瓶及友谊万岁
陪大家一起迎接生存永恒的常态
对明天忠诚的崇拜

醉下的醉下来晨曦都将至好好的感慨
多年来从青春小艾成为别人的贤内
明天你要扬帆出海明天我要多赚两块
更应该努力不懈的存在来年笑得更开怀

离开的要离开
过去的喜怒哀乐喝下多少杯
多少祝福语一句一句走过人间的澎湃
成为你的未来
离开不留伤害
香槟酒一瓶一瓶及友谊万岁
陪大家一起迎接生存永恒的常态
欢送你也不要悲哀
明天也会有欢迎会盛开

一笑而过

2009-04-01T21:21:00.003+08:00

haha... somehow i get addicted to songs which benita sing for her contest. thought she did fairly well on monday, but unfortunately, there were others who performed better, and so she did not succeed in getting herself revived. nevertheless, im very happy that jocelin is back! love her powerful rocker voice, and hope she will do well in the finals! anyway, happy april fools everyone! :D had a (thankfully) peaceful april fools day today :D

一笑而过 - 那英

不要把脸藏月光背后
有谁会在意我们的生活
坐在安静角落
该为这一刻找个解脱

不要你眼里伪装的内疚
该是自己幸福的时候
静静的想一想
谁会追求刻意的温柔

你伤害了我还一笑而过
你爱得贪婪我爱得懦弱
眼泪流过
回忆是多余的
只怪自己爱你所有的错
刻苦铭心就这样的被你一笑而过

心碎千百遍
任性也无法承担
想安慰自己没有语言

Qing Ming

2009-03-29T09:40:00.006+08:00

here are the lyrics of the highly controversial song mentioned in my previous entry.

法克这个人 - 萧闳仁

ㄟ!法克现在不知道在干嘛耶
我管他勒
明天就要考试了耶
啊!管它的
他一天就是要睡25小时拉
ㄟ!我看还是Call一下他好了拉
好啊!你打看看啊~

喂~
哪位?
法克你在干嘛
没有啊
你有没有在看书啊
明天就要考试了耶
喂~喂~喂

电视没关就在睡觉
漫画店里又来催缴
你活像抓狂一族主角
整天看美国英雄电影
对着镜子试试超能力
我想你真的相信奇迹

你是不是
想像那蝙蝠侠他带着面具
打败小丑然后开着跑车
他赢了美女
还是想像魔兽世界里的HERO
打败兽人唱着 We are the world

但是你知不知道
你的生命不会像cs一样
怎样死了都还可以继续
你的青春也不会像世界帝国的城墙
盖了又倒倒了又盖别再臭盖醒醒吧!

法克 U 现在不要鬼叫
法克 U 你不要给我邋遢
法克 U ㄟ!你休想上吊
法克 U 有朋友在你免惊
法克 U ㄟ!你还在睡觉
法克 U 你不要给我邋遢
法克 U ㄟ!你休想上吊
法克 U

我知道
年轻就是要不顾一切去冒险
才不会到老了自己才在后悔
趁着地球暖化之前我能做些什么
还有时间我自己许的预言

法克 U 现在不要鬼叫
法克 U 你不要给我邋遢
法克 U ㄟ!你休想上吊
法克 U 有朋友在你免惊
法克 U ㄟ!你还在睡觉
法克 U 你不要给我邋遢
法克 U ㄟ!你休想上吊
法克 U

你知道我知道
年轻就是要不顾一切去冒险
才不会到老了自己才在后悔
趁着地球暖化之前我能做些什么
还有时间我自己许的预言

喂~喂
我是法克ㄟ!法克
我知道你们都很关心我
也很担心我的事情
ㄟ!对
不是我不听你们的
我自己想做的事情
我会自己搞定
你们不用担心
喂~喂!

我知道
年轻就是要不顾一切去冒险
才不会到老了自己才在后悔
趁着地球暖化之前我能做些什么
还有时间我自己许的预言

法克法克
打他,ㄟ!干么啊
天亮啦起床了啦要上学了啦

anyway, its qing ming today, and i went to sao mu with my dad and my relatives. my mum stayed at home cos she just came back from hospital and needs to recuperate. we went rather early, at around 5.30, but there was already a crowd. by the time we left at around 6+, the crowd grew even more. really glad that we went rather early and was able to avoid the main bulk of the crowd. feeling rather sleepy now since i woke up before 5 this morning... ZZZZ.

法克这个人

2009-03-28T20:58:00.007+08:00

my cough and flu didnt get better this week... and it seems like my virus has spread over to the other math department teachers... some of them are falling sick too. hopefully i can recover over the weekend, so i wont have to continue teaching with a hoarse voice next week. big thanks to the math department teachers who loaded me with lozenges, strepsils and other kinds of cough sweets over the week! these kind of small gestures from the teachers r really heartwarming.

anyway, kenneth came to school this week to chat with the teachers. haha... mr lee told him not to come without presents, and he actually bought him xiao long baos. then mr lee said giving money is more practical. -_-" haha... those that want to return to school, please come back on a tuesday! I'LL OFFER A FREE GUIDED TOUR around the school :D cos im really bored to death on tuesday. my one and only lesson starts at 3.20pm! ): anw, yesterday was mr lee's birthday. the chem department kept teasing him that hes getting old, and he insists that hes at his prime. then ms soh said that his age is not a prime number. haha hanging around with the chem department can be really cold sometimes.

anw, after a one week break, heroes and survivor returns this week. i am really mad about the latest heroes episode. even though theres a really cute baby in this episode (toddler touch and go! :D) that i like alot, it isnt enough to pacify my anger over the fact they killed my favourite character. rahhh! AND i actually said in my jan 25th entry that "both of them better not die". the storywriter of this episode should just resign immediately or something ok. :/

on another note, jolin and xiao hong ren's new albums are released this week. ill talk about xiao hong ren's album first, since it has a very interesting album title: 法克这个人. theres also a tong2 ming1 qu3 in the album, and upon listening to it, i felt that the insertion of expletives did nothing to give the song a nicer feel, unlike vanness' wo bu shi zhi ji, where expeletives are sparingly used, but at the right time, so it actually gave the song more attitude. xiao hong ren merely repeats 法克 you, 法克 you... etc in the chorus of 法克这个人. given his talents, does he really have to resort to such "low" tactics to draw people's attention to his album and compositions? at this rate, the standards of the chinese music industry will really continue to degrade.

jolin's album is her first album with warner, and also her first album in about 1.5 years. having heard the first 2 hits, i had high expectations of the album, but it was overall rather disappointing. the wu qus, which are jolin's fortes, are undoubtedly good, but as for ballads, jolin did not seem to make any improvements during this long hiatus. the album cover doesnt look exactly very appealing either haha... nevertheless, im addicted to her "hua hu die", which should have been made the first hit rather than "da zhang fu", which is a fan chang song.

back to school

2009-03-23T21:10:00.001+08:00

i cant believe how messed up this season of campus superstar is. they had some of the best contestants this time round, and i was really looking forward to a good season, but the organisers tried too desperately to introduce new twists in the season, and the result is a very bad program.

heres what happened in the program so far. we started off with all 12 contestants, and they were gradually knocked out one by one, until there were 6 left. then the 6 that were knocked out went through a revival round, and 2 came back, so we are back to 8 contestants, which was hardly any different from the original strength of 12.

subsequently, they started knocking out 2 contestants a week, until 4 are left. the last 4 contestants, who competed today, will be competing for 2 slots in the grand finals. BUT heres the catch. amongst those that had been knocked out, 2 more will be revived to join these 2 other finalists in the grand finals.

i seriously think the organisers fail at the twists. it is really dumb to see the contestants getting knocked out, then revived again, then getting knocked out once more, and later have the possibility of coming back again. if they wanted to work with a reduced contestant size of 12 (it was 20 in the previous seasons), they should just work with this new constraints, instead of introducing all these twists to attempt to extend the season as long as a 20-strong-contestant season. :/

not to mention, having 4 hosts throughout the season was really messy, especially yuan shuai, who is rather incompetent at hosting, and always have to end with some very awkward statement or something like that. overall the planning for this season is extremely disappointing.

on a side note, today school reopens, and i got to meet all 5 of my classes. according to my timetable, ill only be meeting 3, but i have a makeup lesson with one class, and another class invited me to have lunch with them. so i got to see all my students on the first day of school already haha. and to remind them about the assignment they owe me! my voice is still dead as ever, but thankfully the classes are quite cooperative today and i didnt have to shout too much. and thanks alot to ms wang who loaded me with strepsils, and the other math department teachers who offered to relief teach my lesson for me. quite ironic to relief a relief teacher's class.

rongen had an interesting suggestion as to why i was sick. he said that it is due to le chateliers principle. cos i was experiencing too much fun and pleasure over the holidays, the body must induce some sufferings to counteract it, to shift back to the equilibrium. haha...

anyway, i was quite off form this morning. i was typing binomial distribution tutorial powerpoint, and then i realised that there was no bell today, and i almost forgot about my lesson. so i hurriedly closed the programs on my laptop, and when i was closed power point, the "Do you want to save your work" popup appeared, and in a hurry, i clicked no. OMG. i cant believe i did that! haha... guess its the monday blues :|

sick ):

2009-03-21T21:13:00.002+08:00

had another c programming learning session with kenneth again yesterday afternoon. was supposed to meet him earlier in the morning but i fell sick and had to go see a doctor. i had a sore throat, and a bad cough, and kenneth later suggested that he might have passed it to me the last time we met :/ at this rate, i wont be able to recover before school reopens, and i have 4 lessons on my first day (due to makeup), so i can foresee my situation only getting worse...

anw this time round, our learning session was less productive... we werent able to solve a single problem. as usual, the entire library was extremely crowded, and the power points / tables are immediately snatched up when available, so we had to walk around for a while again before we can find a spot to start work. a good number of power points / tables were occupied by rj students, and i really dont get why they choose to study at bishan library, over their own library in school, which has a much more conducive "mugging" environment in my opinion.

but anyway, matthew wanted to return some books, so he came over to join us. he also borrowed some foxtrot comics, and that totally took away all my attention from the insanely tough c programming problem, leaving kenneth to handle it on his own haha. having made little progress, kenneth suggested that we go get something to drink. and so we were wandering around the place and couldnt decide where we should settle down, and i randomly said something like: if u guys want something to drink, mos burgers has milkshakes. and that was how we decided to go mos burgers.

matthew wanted to show us this acs teacher who looks alot like the rj physics tutor, mrs chan. so we booted up my laptop, and attempted to access wireless at mos burgers. and yay, it works. haha. come to think of it, this is the first time im using wireless at a fast food restaurant in j8. i really dont know which of these places have wireless access. after that, we started googling our names (out of boredom). haha. surprisingly i got quite a few searches under my name.

matthew and kenneth had something on after that, so they both left while i continued shopping around j8. on my way back, i met this clerk back in my camp, near this taxi waiting stop, which was exactly where i ran into munkeong on my way to bishan library earlier that day. haha thought that was quite coincidental.

after i got back, my illness worsened, and it culminated into a fever during the night. i even woke up in the middle of the night as the fever was extremely burning. it took me quite a while to return to sleep, and when i woke up this morning, the fever subsided a little, but my sore throat worsened, so my voice is about 80% gone. haha. i seriously hope ill not lose it completely before school reopens. which means i have just under 2 days to get better.

had my second last french lesson today. wow, time really flies. the lessons were so fun, i didnt even notice that im down to my 2nd last lesson already. haha. had trouble speaking today though. and the classroom was cold as usual, and there was a heavy rain, so it was really freezing. il fait froid. i was hoping that my fever might somehow subside after being cooped up in the room for 2.5 hours, but unfortunately, it caused me to get a cold instead. and now i have a blocked nose, alongside my sore throat and fever. ): ive never been this sick for quite a while already. and i have a party to attend tomorrow... hopefully miracles can happen overnight. :D

妥协

2009-03-18T18:17:00.003+08:00

Jolin's 2nd hit was shou-bo-ed today. I felt it is kind of fast, since there is still over a week before the album is released. Nevertheless, I'm not complaining, because this is one of the better Jolin songs I have heard for a while, ever since the disappointment of shua da pai, and to a smaller extent, da zhang fu. I still haven't come to terms with the fact that the first hit is a fan chang, and hardly added any new elements to the original song.

That aside, this song, tuo xie, is written by ah qin, and it is similar to the shu qing rock ballad, yuan liang wo, which he wrote for jam hsiao. the song is very suitable for jolin, and it will surely be one of the K-ges of this album :D

the song is about making compromises in a relationship, and i like the lyrics alot, as they are very meaningful. i particularly like these 2 lines: 所有改变只为了进入你的世界 and 爱到妥协到头来还是误解.

jolin says that her favourite song in this album is jiang luo san, so hopefully i can expect even nicer songs in her Butterfly Jolin album!

妥协 - 蔡依林

你总爱编织谎言
我负责配合表演
所有改变只为了进入你的世界
这情节重复了一百遍
才发现是你的心太远

你划定楚河汉界
不能轻易犯规
所有时间都是先给了你优先权
不自觉爱到不敢冒险
成了你的傀儡一年两年
才看见我有多狼狈

爱到妥协到头来还是误解
抱着你不让你飞
历史不断重演我好累
爱到妥协也无法将故事再重现
你也想退后一点我躲在我的世界

你划定楚河汉界
我不能轻易犯规
所有时间都是先给了你优先权
不自觉爱到不敢冒险
成了你的傀儡一年两年
才看见我有多狼狈

爱到妥协到头来还是误解
抱着你不让你飞
历史不断重演我好累
爱到妥协也无法将故事再重现
你也想退后一点我躲在我的世界

你只是害怕一个人睡
我不想再为你掉泪
我了解不会再仍在徘徊
开始自己的明天

爱到妥协到头来还是误解
抱着你不让你飞
历史不断重演我好累
爱到妥协也无法将故事再重现
你也想退后一点我躲在我的世界

anyway, i went to bishan library with kenneth yesterday to learn c programming together. the library was really crowded! all the project work tables, study tables and power points were fully utilised. in the end, we found a table at the cafe.

even though we are supposed to be "beginners", he had previous experience, and was clearly better than me. we tried our hand at a few problems, and it took us ages to solve our first problem ): but we made good progress, and i successfully did a program on my own by the end of the day :D

IT fair @ suntec

2009-03-15T21:41:00.002+08:00

went to the IT fair with my dad today. thankfully i wasnt the one driving, cos it was raining, and the whole place was super congested. and we met many impatient people who would just forcefully cut into your lane. worst of all, after getting out of the jam and reaching our destination, we could not find a parking lot at all. my dad circled around the area for an hour or so before finally finding a parking lot.

the human crowd at suntec was quite insane, considering the fact that its already the last day of the IT fair. haha... such a scene kind of makes people think twice whether singapore is really facing an economic recession. anyway, i wanted to buy ink for my printer, and to get a new mp3 player. unfortunately, when i got there, i noticed that the creative booth was not displayed on the floor plan. i later found out that creative pulled out at the last minute, which explains why i wasnt able to find it.

i went over to apple and found out that they didnt have any discount on their nanos. it is exactly the same as the retail price, except that they were giving $88 worth of accessories, which were quite redundant to me, so i gave the nanos a miss. i went to check out iRiver and realised that the model with the largest storage space only had 8GB, and that cost about the same as Zen 16GB, so i decided not to purchase that either. so, it was kind of going through all the trouble of navigating through heavy traffic, finding a parking lot, then weaving through the human crowd, for nothing. ): i was quite disappointed that i was unable to get my new mp3 player, and now ill have to wait till the next fair in 3 months' time :/

and this is a new song by liu li yang that i find very nice.

一个人就好 - 刘力扬

街挤满了欢笑
太不适合眼泪凑热闹
快跑快寻找无人的转角
不优雅时候一个人最好

爱说退就退潮
我松开手回忆却没放掉
未来不来了地球继续绕
躲回温暖的梦我一个人就好

为什么越相信谁能依靠
越换来又一次灵魂寂寥
有没有永远再不会让心绝望的解药
如果说越踏出世界一脚
越不能保留住天真微笑
那从今以后我一个人过就很好

心很平静地跳
只是寂寞潜伏像海啸
突然某一秒偷袭我眼角
眼泪自己擦掉我一个人很好

为什么越相信谁能依靠
越换来又一次灵魂寂寥
有没有永远再不会让心绝望的解药
如果说越踏出世界一脚
越不能保留住天真微笑
那从今以后我一个人过就很好

dinner with the math department

2009-03-13T20:23:00.005+08:00

yesterday was the last day of school, since friday was declared a college holiday. how time flies... half a term of relief teaching just went by like that!

to celebrate the improvement in the a level grades in maths, the dean of maths treated the entire department to dinner at orchard hotel. waited in school till around 6, before setting off to the hotel with a few math department teachers. mrs kwan was driving, and kindly gave us a lift. we encountered a little jam along the way, but managed to reach our destination about 5 min early.

dinner was buffet styled, and the spread was quite impressive. i went for the japanese food first -- sashimi, sliced abalone and sushis. the abalone was very juicy and succulent, while the sashimi and sushis were fresh, so they tasted delicious. i have quite a small appetite, so what i basically just tried a little of everything. satay, scallop, crab, mushrooms, roast duck, steamed fish etc.

haha i had a bad experience with the chilli crab. i just took the crab without thinking cos i love crabs, only to realise that the crab wasnt cracked. so i went to ask for the tool to crack the crab, but apparently it wasnt available, so the chef asked if he could bring it to the kitchen "to get it done". haha i wonder what tools he used, but it was cracked when he handed it back to me. as the crab wasnt cracked prior to cooking, the sauce didnt manage to seep into the flesh inside, so it wasnt really very tasty. :/

after that, i started on dessert. ms chia got very excited about this chocolate with gold on top, which one teacher took. and she was commenting how it would be good for complexion. but when she went to the buffet table, the chocolate was gone, so the rest of us never got to try it. but i spotted a chocolate fondue fountain, and placed a stick of marshmallow under the fountain. the chocolate was bitter-sweet, and thick, so i loved it a lot. i then went on to try other desserts, including a durian dessert, and herbal jelly.

it was certainly quite an experience to have dinner with some of my ex math tutors (mr tan, mrs cheang and ms wang), and having casual chats with the math department teachers. it didnt turn out as awkward as i expected, and in fact some of the teachers even joked around with me!

after dinner, i got a lift from ms wang and we chatted about my class on our way back. and so concludes my interesting last day of school. now looking forward to a one way break! :D

Amazing Race Gathering :D

2009-03-10T20:26:00.003+08:00

went to francis' house yesterday to watch amazing race together with niqing and justin. (nahiy pangsehed us) havent seen my sec 2 classmates for a while, so this small gathering allowed us to catch up AND chat about something we are all enthusiastic about -- amazing race. niqing and i arrived earlier, and we had a quick tour around francis' house before we decided what we were ordering for dinner. settled on canadian pizza in the end, 2 pizzas with wedges and nuggets as sides.

when we were done, there was still slightly over half an hour left before the show started, so francis started telling us about his amazing race spoiler site. he also showed us some spoiler photos from his spoiler site. we also re-watched several classic scenes from the season so far. there are 2 really funny scenes so far.

one of the scenes was that of a team arriving at the pit stop (check in point), and there was a gate separating them and the check in mat. no matter how hard the member of the team shook the gate, it didnt seem to budge, so he started climbing it. later, another team arrived, and pushed the gate lightly, and it opened.

the other scene featured christie and jodi (two blond air stewardesses), trying to make sense of a clue, which plainly told them to go to this place where there is a wood sawing machine. they started looking around for wood, and found this piece of log, and started lugging it around, hoping that this will allow them to complete their task. it made them go quite crazy, to the extent of saying "hi horse" when they saw a horse along the way, and then making this self-ridiculing comment, "i feel like a dumb blond".

haha... so we got quite a lot of laughs recounting these scenes. the pizzas arrived, with no complementary drinks cos we didnt order enough. luckily, francis bought some drinks already. there was a bottle of ice cream soda, and seriously, ive never drank ice cream soda before, even though i knew that flavour exists. anyway, it tastes like the sweet syrup medicine, so it wasnt really that nice.

and then it was time for AR! francis was commenting how every episode thus far featured drunken locals. and ONCE AGAIN! we have some drunken russians in the latest episode haha. yesterdays tasks were quite tough, and some teams that were performing well thus far messed up. and so there were drastic changes in the positions. i so didnt expect "dumb blonds" christie and jodi to make it to 1st place, considering how they were 2nd last for the first 2 legs. and i was quite sad and shocked to see amanda and kris get eliminated. it was kinda unexpected cos they were doing quite well so far. and their elimination means that, in the first 4 legs of this race, the only 4 couples have been eliminated. wow, theres some sort of conspiracy here. :/

after the show, we wanted to play cards, only to realise there werent any pack of cards at francis' place. so we settled for an old school game of scrabble. haha. havent played scrabble for ages, but it turned out to be quite fun, as we try to strategise to prevent others from getting good spots on the board, or to try to recycle words already on the board. for instance, i extended the word HEATS with an RE to REHEATS haha.

haha. never knew such simple activities could be so fun. guess its probably because of the company. :D on our way back, francis offered to bring us to a tour of the area just a few minutes from his place -- the red light district. unfortunately all of us werent feeling adventurous, so we gave it a miss and made our way back home.

大丈夫

2009-03-08T23:04:00.002+08:00

just heard jolin's new song! its a fan chang of an english song, Real Man by Lexington Bridge, and it seems quite average in my opinion. in addition, the yu4 gou4 posters (taiwan side) look quite appalling. splashes of pastel colours everywhere... haha. jolin's posters used to be more tasteful :/ hopefully the new company isnt messing up jolin.

"Did you ever get stabbed by a marker before?"

2009-03-07T21:22:00.014+08:00

the quote for this entry came from my french teacher, who said that when i casually said "dix-six" for 16. (instead of "seize") i found the expression rather amusing, and decided to put it up as a "quotable quote" haha. anyway, my french lessons will be ending soon, which is quite sad, because every lesson had been really fun and delightful so far. however, with the upcoming busy schedules, i dont think i will be able to enrol for the intermediate level classes...

as the school term properly kicks in, things start to get a little more hectic. every single lesson is like a battle against time for me. and for some reason, im always on the losing end. my progress with the tutorials is really slow, and i have to constantly strike a balance between clearing the questions fast, and addressing the students' doubts. but thankfully, my classes have been very cooperative, which makes the lessons generally enjoyable. the math department teachers have also been very kind to me, and will willingly share their resources and experiences with me. they will often also ask me out for breakfast and lunch, so i seldom feel lonely sitting alone in the "staff enclosure".

once in a while, ill also get to experience or discover some new things about my teachers. for instance, i would never expect the staff room to ever turn into a marketplace. but it was an apt description for the staff room yesterday, after the A level results came in. the teachers got to know the results in advance, and started discussing about the overall performances, how their classes did, and how certain students over/underperformed! there was a huge commotion inside the staff room and the teachers were all bubbling with excitement haha.

at 2.30, i joined several math department teachers and adjourned to the hall. my, the hall was freezing cold, and i wasnt even feeling nervous. imagine those poor j3s awaiting for their results under such chilly conditions. it must have been a real torture! the principal then came up and gave a report on how well the school did. as usual, the results was (and will probably continue to be) the best in N years, where N is a positive integer with no upper bound. congratulations to rijc for the outstanding performance once again!

after that, the students went up to their civics tutors to collect their results slips. it was quite interesting, to observe all the drama from a third person's point of view, since i was part of the drama myself the last time round! lots of tears were shed, both of joy and sorrow. students were all busy discussing their results, smsing and calling their parents and friends. watching them was like a trip down memory lane for me, and it brought back memories of that momentous day a few years back.

on a totally random note, jolin's new album with her new company is finally coming out, and the first hit, which will be aired this monday, is called 大丈夫! i wonder if this is referring to the jap phrase daijiobu. haha... but whatever the case, it certainly sounds like another fast song from jolin :D

惯性背叛

2009-03-07T18:31:00.002+08:00

havent blogged in a while! will probably try to do so later today, or tomorrow! :D anyway, heres a new song from jolin's compilation album, which i find quite nice. (at least nicer than her first hit haha)

惯性背叛 - 蔡依林

享受被爱的疯狂
嘘寒问暖稀松平常
你喝水你吃饭
你拥有的早已习惯
我在被爱的天堂
以为幸福不敢想
被哄着入睡吻着起床
换一个人是否一样

惯性背叛还天真的希望我应该体谅
像孩子找着新玩伴很快乐受了伤
明明回头却不敢让我看到你的慌
惯性背叛才发现你是如此害怕黑暗
原来什么都被锁上我慢慢觉得亮
越接近夕阳影子越长

你在被爱的门窗
总是盼望总是展望
人挤人的街上
再多解释伤心失望
你在被爱的围墙
那个温暖的手掌
以为的捆绑这是力量
被你冷战陪你张狂

惯性背叛还天真的希望我应该体谅
像孩子找着新玩伴很快乐受了伤
明明回头却不敢让我看到你的慌
惯性背叛才发现你是如此害怕黑暗
原来什么都被锁上我慢慢觉得亮
越接近夕阳影子越长

21!

2009-02-24T21:53:00.003+08:00

OK I just realised I have so many mixed feelings about turning 21 that I don't even know how to compose this entry properly. So I guess I'll keep those feelings to myself :D But nevertheless, thanks to all those who remembered and sent their well wishes. They certainly helped brighten my otherwise rather dreary day in school! (:

chart rants

2009-02-22T17:21:00.002+08:00

today's charts took me by a big surprise, and i was never so displeased by 933 charts before. it started off fine, with fairly reasonable debuts... no 15 was tai yang, which i was hoping would rise a little more than that, but i felt it was quite fair, given cheer's popularity. and then i heard a familiar tune haunting the charts. it is none other than olivia's RU YAN, at position 14.

i used to really like the song, but then, it started getting hyped up by 933 and little nonya, and i started getting sick of the tune. the incessant reboundings of this song on the chart is really starting to get on my nerves. i was so happy to see it drop till 18 last week, and i was thinking... wow FINALLY this ru yan song is going to drop out the chart. but no.... it rose 4 ranks again this week, extending its stay on the charts to 11 weeks, which is a really remarkable feat for a first hit, AND also for a hit that only peaked at position 8. seriously is this song worth voting for such a long time?

and then, the no 13 song was... chun tian de na han. OMG. the song just hit position 8 last week and it fell 5 ranks this week. it is really quite unexpected, given mayday's popularity. plus this song is very energetic and very characteristic of mayday's rock songs... i would expect it to do better than peak at position 8.

then came the fresh section, which i was looking forward to, since we finally have some more famous singers releasing new songs, ie jj's new song biao da ai and jolin's new song shua da pai. BUT both of the songs werent even introduced in the fresh section, and instead they introduced ayumi's JAP song, which will never make it on the charts because jap songs are disallowed. so i really dont know what was going on there.

next up was the top 10. there are surprisingly many songs that have spent 10+ weeks on the charts and are still hogging around the top 10. some are really nice songs, i admit, but with the lack of new songs recently, i would really expect newer songs coming from more famous singers, eg fish's mei you ru guo, to have a great leap. but instead it is only at position 6, and seems to me like it will need at least 2 more weeks to clinch the champion title.

no 4 is liang wen yin's zui xin fu de shi, which i feel is another hyped up song. it is a nice song, but at the rate which 933 plays it (just slightly less frequent than the rate which they play ru yan, which could be heard in every, or every other shi2 duan4 on 933), i think i might soon get sick of it too. perhaps they should consider voting her second hit, just to bring in something fresh into the charts haha.

no 2 was ru guo ai, down 1 position from last week's no 1. seriously, i felt that this song was quite undeserving of a no 1 in the first place, and now that it had gotten no 1, it should just make a quick exit on the charts. hanging around at no 2 means it has a good chance of rebounding next week (which i hope it wont).

but even the no 2 song isnt as bad as the no 1 song - FLH's yue lai yue ai, which rebounded back from 4th position to no 1, making it a 2 x champ. this song is nice, but certainly doesnt deserve a rebound, much less a rebound to no 1. there are so many other worthy songs to champ, but of all songs, it had to be this. eeew. singers like yanzi, angela and ah mei should really release their albums asap to prevent all these atrocities on the charts LOL.

anw, my parents are buying a new car, and i went to take a look at it today. seems like dad is buying manual this time, so in a few months time, ill be back to driving manual. oooh it will be challenging... but fun too! (until i end up stalling haha) cant wait to put my clutch techniques back into use again!

karaoke @ changi beach club

2009-02-22T00:00:00.003+08:00

i was feeling rather unwell for the entire of this week, as i just recovered from a fever, and then became down with sore throat. and it certainly didnt help that i went karaoke-ing with a few of my council mates: charles, amelia and guanghao on wed night. but it was definitely good singing with my "kbox kakis" again :D

instead of going kbox, we went to this karaoke room which charles booked at changi beach club. he drove us there, and we reached the place at around 8. it was the first time i was singing at anywhere other than kbox. i was a little doubtful of the standard of the song list there at first, but when i checked out the song list, i discovered that it had up till stanley and FLH's new songs, so it was considered rather updated! was quite impressed with their large song library, and the sound system wasnt that bad either. and the best thing of it all, after singing for 3 hours, the bill was only $31. how often do u see this kind of figures at kbox haha. oh actually, it is impossible to see this kind of figures at kbox.

anyway, i got to sing many of the songs i had wanted to sing for a long while, like o mai ga and tu ran hao xiang ni! also sang stanley's zui hou zhi hao tang xia lai... which had a really amusing MV. we left at 11, and went for supper at this bedok hawker centre, which took quite a while for us to find. had oyster omelette, which was very delicious, but oily, so i didnt eat much lest it further aggravated my throat condition. i also ordered lime juice (since i havent had a nice sour drink for a long time), but got sugar cane drink instead. -_-" i wonder how the drink vendor could mix up these 2 drinks. oh well.

got home at 1+, and quickly downed a cup of warm honey water before i went to shower and then catch some sleep. my throat felt really bad the next day, but surprisingly i was still able to carry on with my 2 lessons.

generally, once this week began and tutorials started, everything just seemed really hectic. sometimes, after having 2 back to back lessons, i will just return to my cubicle, sit down and just stone for 5 min to catch my breath before i do anything else. every tutorial is really like a race for time, as i try to reach the target set for the tutorial lesson itself. and for some reason, ill always run out of time. maybe i did too much explanations or something like that haha. but now i fully understand how teachers sometimes asked their students to give them 5 extra minutes, which often turns to 10 or even 15 minutes ): hopefully ill be more accustomed by the time next week begins!

anyway, jolin's new song 耍大牌 shou-boed this week, and frankly speaking, i was a little disappointed. the first hit is nice, but it is no different from jolin's previous fast songs. after such a long wait, i had quite high expectations of the first hit, but there were totally no surprises at all. BUT it is still generally very groovy and energetic, so i still like the song! (: ok i think im just biased towards jolin haha.

耍大牌

2009-02-17T21:31:00.003+08:00

WOW I have so many reasons to be excited right now!

Firstly, jay chou is going to zi dao zi yan another film, titled xiong mao ren. sounds quite interesting, but a panda hero sounds a little corny haha.
[http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2009-02-17/14182378884.shtml]

next, jolin's new song will be shou-boed tomorrow! FINALLY, after such a long wait, jolin's finally back! cant wait to hear how her new song, shua da pai sounds like. probably some groovy dance song haha :D but i hope to be surprised!

lastly, theres kbox tomorrow! KBOX :D if only my voice isnt dead b4 my day at school tomorrow ends.

AR14!

2009-02-16T21:42:00.003+08:00

my first tutorial lessons today! haha i got quite nervous just before my first tutorial began, but thankfully everything went fine. now i just need to start remembering names and faces :D which definitely isnt going to be easy. over 100 faces to remember. haha feeling really tired now, after having 3 tutorial lessons today. was really very tired at the end of it all, especially having 2 tut lessons back to back.

met loads of batchmates, including rongen and chengchai. it was certainly a pleasant surprise, but sadly none of them were relief teaching in the math department together with me. chengchai and i shared our semi-disastrous first lesson experiences just before we left the staff room.

went home and watched amazing race! haha that was something that i was looking forward to at the end of the day. there was this task which the teams had to complete, where they had to climb up a hill, and then bring 200 pounds of cheese down a hill. at some point in time, several contestants dropped their cheese and it just rolled all over the place, which was quite amusing.

it was also quite pitiful to watch several contestants struggle with that task. there was steve and linda, an old couple, and steve was soooo mean to linda, and kept forcing her to push on when she was clearly past her limits. she even collapsed on her way up the hill, yet steve just kept scolding her. i felt it was really pitiful for linda to continue on to the next leg of the race, as she is definitely not physically up to the mark, and is really exhausted already. haha. i would guess that linda will be the next to be eliminated.

was impressed by the performance of Margie & Luke. Luke is deaf, but he still joined the race as he wanted to show that hearing impaired people can also do exactly what normal people can do. the spirit is certainly commendable, and despite being handicapped in some tasks, they were able to reach the finish line first today! really proud of the duo :D

我不是你想像那么勇敢

2009-02-15T15:50:00.003+08:00

im starting to like this song alot! i feel that it is much nicer than her first hit, as it is more packed with emotions, and the sad mood of the song is well conveyed through wen yin's voice. the song also allows wen yin to express her voice power and potential much better!

我不是你想像那么勇敢 - 梁文音

有时候太坚强笑容却填不满眼眶
越是想要隐藏歌声就唱的更响亮
直到入到心底最深处 OH~
你不要追问我还缺了些什么

每个人都有梦幸福总站在最远方
心中越是渴望越是不敢伸手拥抱
谁的心是我最後一站
我强问我自己现在还没有个答案

我不是你想像那么勇敢
多想让你保护能流泪一场
让我放下武装像个孩子一样
单纯的把爱情放在你心上

每个人都有梦幸福总站在最远方
心中越是渴望越是不敢伸手拥抱
谁的心是我最後一站
我强问我自己现在还没有个答案

我不是你想像那么勇敢
多想让你保护能流泪一场
让我放下武装像个孩子一样
单纯的把爱情放在你心上

我不是你想像总是扮演坚强
多想让你知道我也要个伴
放下讨厌武装像个孩子一样
单纯的把爱情放在你心上

我不是你想像的那么勇敢

P.S. just realised my vday post was my post no 400.

今天情人节

2009-02-14T22:20:00.002+08:00

Today's vday, and 933's playlist is also more love-themed. Heard mayday's wo you chu lian le at least twice, and liang jing ru's yong qi 2-3 times too. For some reason however, i did not hear liang jing ru's "jin tian qing ren jie". Which makes me wonder why the djs chose yong qi over jin tian qing ren jie which is alot more appropriate for today?

Anyway, survivor returned yesterday, and I am extremely pleased with this new season already! They finally brought back the trek to camp portion. The players had 1 min to unload whatever supplies they could from the supplies truck, and were then given a map, and had to trek to camp, bringing their supplies with them. The weather was scorching hot, so the castaways were already physically exhausted by the time they reached camp... a very good way to "disarm" the castaways right from the start. I'm pretty sure many of the girls were really tired, especially after lugging heavy loads for 4 hours under the hot sun. But the game had already started and they had to try their best to appear strong, while trying to assess their fellow contestants and try to formulate a game plan. This is why I like survivor.

In terms of looks, my favourite castaway so far is Erinn. But from online mugshots, Sydney looks prettier, just that I did not see much of her in the first episode. Sierra is also another possible eye candy... just need to watch more of their shots to decide :D The rest of the cast are also very interesting, and I think I'll really like many of the castaways this time. However, there's one person for sure who is not getting into my favourites list, and thats Sandy.

She was deemed the weakest based on first impression, and was singled out before the trek. When she heard that she will be getting a copter right to camp, she cheered and laughed happily, which I felt was totally childish AND was kind of sealing her own coffin. Then, when she reached camp, she started complaining, then crying, then looking smug. By the first 15 min, i was kind of convinced that Sandy is a nutcase. And when she got a piece of paper telling her to either build shelter, or look for the Hidden Immunity Idol, she further confirmed my impression of her as a nutcase by doing NEITHER of them. zomg. and then she hid the piece of paper inside her bra, and asked the audience if her boobs looked even.

the next day, when the rest of her teammates were building the shelter, sandy smartly abandoned them, cos she FINALLY decided to look for the HII. lo and behold, she managed to find the first clue. the next clue was pretty obvious... walk 10 paces towards the lone palm tree. BUT SHE DIDNT KNOW WHAT A PACE WAS! omg. and she started doing frantic digs around the place, like a mad dog haha. i really wouldnt mind if she gets eliminated next week!

舍不得短短副歌

2009-02-13T10:53:00.004+08:00

i seldom put MVs on my blog, but this is one of the nicest MVs i have seen in the past few months, so id like to share it! featuring 梁静茹's 情歌! (:

an eventful day

2009-02-10T20:22:00.005+08:00

post no 398. haha. should have posted 2 more posts before this so that my 400th post can be something more exciting.

today was one of my most interesting days since i ORD-ed. its back to waking up in the early hours again for me, because it is my first day on my relief teaching job. thankfully i walked in to school at the exact same time as cheekie, so i managed to use the staff lift to get to the staff room, and to enter the staff room without having to wait outside for someone to open the door for me.

got to see the teachers' materials for maths, and then drew my own set of GC. wow the school is really nice to the teachers. they got the silver edition GC haha. ok. i admit i dont really care much about the extra RAM which the silver edition offers, so the only perk which the silver edition GC has to offer me is the sleeker design.

after that, ms wang brought me around to introduce the various math department teachers to me. said hi to a few chem tutors too, since the chem department is situated so close to the math department. had flag raising after that and i realised the announcement podium changed, to a proper one now. after flag raising was breakfast HAHA. got to meet more math teachers there, before going back to the staff room with ms wang.

she brought me around to more places, and helped me get various materials and resources like whiteboard marker, and temp pass and laptop. however, the temp pass and laptop were not ready. hopefully i can draw those items out on thurs. cheekie said that once i got the laptop i will be MSN-ing the whole day in the staff room haha...

sat in the math lecture after that, conducted by ms wang. she was setting the ground rules, which included having to attend every lesson and to be attentive. she then quoted me as an example, saying that i was a councillor and so i missed some of her lessons, but i was still attentive haha. doubt many of them knew she was referring to me though. she still cracks occasional lame jokes along the way, and will still say something funny without realising it haha.

after the lecture, i met the math hod, then stayed in the staff room to read the bookshelves of math reference books. wow it is a really extensive library. after a while though, i noticed that there was a large collection of i-weeklys, and sort of deviated from there. went to have lunch at noon, and couldnt get back to the staff room because none of the teachers were using the lift at that point in time. had to take a lift from the canteen side to fourth floor, walk to the library staircase, and then walk down the staircase to the staff room.

hung around the staff room till i clocked my hours, then went home to freshen up before i went to hotel royal for my APCC meeting.

there werent many people, but it was still a very engaging and fruitful session. i was the oldest there, from the '99 batch. come to think of it, its been 10 years since i went to japan as a junior ambassador. how time flies haha... anw, i met the BRIDGE club president, and one of the coordinators, and learnt how i could actually continue to contribute to promoting world peace. if possible, i would really hope to go to fukuoka again one day, not as a junior ambassador this time, but as a peace ambassador.

the president also expressed his dream of setting a BRIDGE club in singapore, and i hope that this will be realised soon. he is also a very inspiring man. in the short insightful chat he had with us, i can already feel the passion to spread the "omoiyari" (thinking about others) spirit, which is the vision of the BRIDGE club.

on a side note, there was this small incident where this RG girl couldnt express her thoughts to the president as he couldnt understand her question in english. i tried, using my rusty jap, to rephrase the question in japanese and i cant believe i actually managed to get across the message. the president and the coordinator were quite surprised that i knew japanese haha, and invited me to go to japan to study japanese at this language centre. all these sound like really exciting plans. i really wish that ill have an opportunity next time to contribute in one way or another to this meaningful organisation.

爱就宅一起!

2009-02-09T21:18:00.003+08:00

ok... after so many episodes of campus superstar, i have a major gripe on one of the judges, and that is xiaohan. i admire her as a great lyricist, but as a judge, i dont think she will make the cut. the problem is, she always lets her maternal instincts affect her, so the score she gives is not an accurate indicator of the performance of the contestant. rather, it is an indication of how much the contestant manages to appeal to her sense of pity or affection.

i find it frustrating that contestants who did not perform well get a high score from her just so that she can bring up the overall score a little, and the contestant will not feel sad. in other cases, little boys like jarod appeal to her maternal instinct, and she has a natural tendency to overrate him. personally, i felt jarod performed poorly today. he even missed a few words because he was out of breath, yet the judges did not point that out. he certainly deserves a much lower score. i mean, this is a competition after all. as the saying goes, 比赛是残酷的. those that do not meet the standards should be prepared to face the possibility of being booted out.

huishi also performed averagely. she sang a really simple song. seriously, almost everyone, including people who listens to english songs, knows gu dan bei ban qiu and can probably sing it too. AND she didnt attempt to remix the song or add in her own style. ok. maybe i could close an eye on that if she sang the song close to perfection, but unfortunately, her yin1 zhun3 was nowhere near that. so it really puzzles me how she ends up as the number 2 contestant of the night.

jiamin continues to perform consistently tonight. but i personally preferred aijia's performance more, because it was the liveliest performance of the night, and she managed to sustain her breath despite incorporating a few dance moves. i do not see what is wrong with singing another kuai4 ge1 (and doing it well), yet the judges feel that aijia did not bring them any surprises, after hearing her sing di yi tian in her first round, which was another fast song. i felt that was quite unfair, because if she is ranked against the other contestants of the night, she is definitely one of the better performing ones. i mean, if fast songs is her style, and she sings them well, it should be fine. even professional singers arent all rounded too...

last but not least is my favourite benita! haha. she performed averagely tonight, by her standards. she sang a song that was just slightly challenging, and was generally able to sing the song well, with the exception of a few high notes.

my personal ranking of the night:
1. aijia
2. jiamin
3. benita
4. jarod
5. huishi

on a side note, channel U will be showing 爱就宅一起 soon! tong bu shou bo with taiwan! omg. another rainie show so soon :D

太阳

2009-02-08T23:01:00.003+08:00

did one last round of bai nian at my dad's friend's house yesterday, and that probably marks the end of the last chinese new year ill be celebrating in singapore for the next 4 years! ):

anw, tai yang charted on 933 today, and i am extremely pleased! hopefully more people will show cheer some much-deserved recognition and support!

太阳 - 陈绮贞

我胆小地对自己说就是这样吗
我是你眼里的太阳也是你影子里的悲伤
我问我这世界是否一如往常
让我照耀你安息的时光

你是我小心维护的梦
我疲倦地享受着谁也无法代替的光芒
我是我一碰就碎的太阳
我热切地希望能在消失之前得到信仰

我胆小地对自己说就是这样吗
我是你眼里的太阳也是你影子里的骄傲
我问我这世界是否一如往常
需要我在拥挤午夜发光

你是我小心维护的梦
我疲倦地享受着谁也无法代替的孤傲
我是我疲倦流浪的太阳
我热切地希望能在消失之前得到信仰

你是我小心维护的梦
我疲倦地享受着谁也无法靠近的孤傲
我是我疲倦流浪的太阳
无法为自己无法为谁停止下来

我是我一碰就碎的太阳
我热切地希望能在消失之前
得到得到得到信仰

CSS rants...CNY Visit @ Mr Lee's... and a weird encounter

2009-02-02T21:28:00.005+08:00

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!

我们的爱

2009-01-30T14:48:00.004+08:00

i have not watched 大喜事 yet, but i've heard the theme song a few times, and really like this duet. i was actually quite surprised that a locally produced film can have such a nice theme song.

the MV can be viewed on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scM2LHayU_Q

我们的爱 - 陈孟奇 + 姚慧敏

女: 手交给你一生交给你
在你眼里看见我自己
直到白头谁都不会离弃
永恒看得见幸福在心底

男: 牵你手心相伴一世纪
我会永远承诺保护你
直到我们连皱纹都老去
也会让你开心不哭泣

男: 我们的爱没有四季
每一分钟都二十五度C
我们的爱今生不渝
天涯海角也都会有痕迹

男: 我们的爱心有默契
不管是谁会先停止呼吸
AVE MARIA

女: 手交给你一生交给你
在你眼里看见我自己
直到白头谁都不会离弃
也会让你开心不哭泣

合: 我们的爱没有四季
每一分钟都二十五度C
我们的爱今生不渝
天涯海角也都会有痕迹

合: 我们的爱心有默契
不管是谁会先停止呼吸
AVE MARIA

女: 让我看仔细
男: 永远不要忘记
合: 所有好心情坏脾气
苦与乐都珍惜

合: 我们的爱没有四季
每一分钟都二十五度C
我们的爱今生不渝
天涯海角也都会有痕迹

合: 我们的爱心有默契
不管是谁会先停止呼吸
AVE MARIA

新年快乐!

2009-01-28T23:05:00.004+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR to all!

Hope everyone had a blessed new year and received lots of red packets :D

on a side note, im really enjoying shi xin hui's latest album. her voice has much bao4 fa1 li4, so her songs feel packed with emotions! the lyrics of several songs are also quite nice, and many of them were actually written by xinhui herself!

无能为力 is one of the nice shu qing songs in her album. hopefully this is not a phrase that ill use on myself this year, even though my horoscope says that i may be facing many obstacles in various aspects of my life this year. heres wishing everyone, including myself, 身体健康万事如意!

无能为力 - 石欣卉

风空洞吹过一年又这么过
思念独舞成旋涡
雪失魂飘落明年该怎么过
思念撑不过寒冬

承诺太沉重你背不到最后
任凭我独自坠落
是我太执着就像那残留的灼火
微微弱弱颤抖

用所有爱过的回忆原谅着你
恨自己不能把过去放弃
此刻我却无能为力
我们的爱变成我自己的悲剧

干枯的眼眸留下一道裂缝
掩饰不了的伤口
荒凉的北风一阵阵刺进我胸口
拒绝着我的痛

无法忘记无法痊愈
我越是清醒越怕失去你
怪我太任性只盼时间将伤痕抹去
恨你我无能为力

用所有爱过的回忆原谅你
恨自己不能把过去放弃
你和谁创造新回忆
我一个人的悲剧不奢求你感激

烟火

2009-01-25T10:33:00.003+08:00

Finally... the new volume of heroes is coming out on Feb 2nd. after that, there's Survivor and Amazing Race too. ok im positively excited.

found quite a lot of heroes promo pics online... and the new plot sounds interesting. hopefully they will provide more answers than questions this time. and they better not kill daphne...

quite surprised the usutu is still alive. thought he was decapitated...

both of them better not die.

ando the new superhero. i find this picture highly amusing...

i just sampled cheer's new album, and i really liked it! i think she has a good chance of being one of my top 5 favourite female singers of the year. im about 80% sure of that, even though it is just january. for some reason, her songs sound a lot more appealing this time round (as compared to her previous compositions). her 鱼 and 太阳 were aired before the album release, and i liked them alot already. theres another song in the album that particularly caught my attention when sampling the album, and thats 烟火. haha how come so many nice songs have 烟火 in their song titles?

烟火 - 陈绮贞

快告诉我你还爱我
用我最后温柔的请求
给你我的堕落
给你我隐藏的脆弱
告诉我你还爱我
　　　　
躲在黑暗的角落
让我彻底的放松
陪我看一场华丽的烟火
我的爱如此短暂自由
除了你没有人真正了解我
　　　　
站在城市的顶峰
灰色的云朵飘过
我的心随著你垂直的降落
做过的梦是一阵漩涡
淹没你淹没了我
　　　　
快告诉我你还爱我
用我最后温柔的请求
给你我的堕落
给你我隐藏的脆弱
告诉我你还爱我
　　　　
快告诉我你还爱我
用我最后温柔的请求
对你毫不保留
等到我的青春剥落的时候
你还爱我还爱我
　　　　
躲在黑暗的角落
让我彻底的放松
陪我看一场华丽的烟火
我的爱如此短暂自由
除了你没有人真正了解我

if i were to rate the album, i will give it a 8.0 out of 10, 0.5 points higher than fish's album. (:

how do you do a 9 for a 10-脸拍

2009-01-24T22:29:00.003+08:00

went to mdm wen's house yesterday for an early CNY house visit. it is certainly great to meet my sec sch classmates again, especially when im super free. we were supposed to meet at bishan mrt and i was a little early, so i went to borrow more books again. i think im about to finish reading all the iris johansen books in bishan library HAHA.

after that, we headed to mdm wen's house. for some reason, even though i had been to her new house before, i kept thinking her house was at the old location. on the way to mdm wen's current house, i realised the mistake when the bus which we were taking went by my house. it was then that i remembered that she actually shifted house a while ago, and to get there, i must travel in the direction OPPOSITE of the route from my house to j8. so i kinda made a wasted trip to j8. but well, im quite free now, i could do with the exercise. and i also got to borrow more books haha.

we had dinner at mdm wen's house. and she bought LOTS of food for us. i have a really small appetite, and if not for my other classmates, i guess alot of the food would have gone to waste. ): throughout dinner, mdm wen asked us to psycho her child not to go into NCC. apparently her son was drawn to that CCA because of the chance to touch a rifle. and we immediately told him about how he would have all the opportunities in the world to touch rifles in army, and there was no need to rush himself into the experience so soon.

after dinner, mdm wen immediately told us to "get down to business". by that, she meant playing mahjong. i havent touched mahjong since sec 4, so i totally forgot alot about the tai2 and playing strategies. so i teamed up with zhenghao who said he was a little rusty too.

we had a really interesting strategy, which was playing to break even. so we go for stuff like gang4, even if it disrupts our tile layout, so that we will be able to get money from the others on the table, and even if we lose, the gang4 might hopefully cover our losses :D we had a really excellent pairing, as we got lucky with the tiles on multiple occasions. so in the end we still managed a POSITIVE score! it was fun getting to feel the tiles and "wash" the tiles again, but i certainly have a lot more to learn for mahjong.

after the game of mahjong, we took group shots. after that, mdm wen suggested a 10 脸拍! so we took some really embarrassing shots. and after taking numbers 1 to 8, we were stuck at 9. we tried thinking of ways to show 9 but none of them could make the mark. haha... i remember usually people only do 7 脸拍 instead of 10... so mebbe there isnt a no 9. anyway, i decided to name this entry after this intriguing question so that maybe some experts out there may chance upon my blog and enlighten me on how to take a pic for 9. :D im just curious haha...

by the time we were ready to go, it was already quite late. it wasnt an issue for me, but there were people who lived quite far away, so mdm wen's husband gave us a lift. and before that, we each got a red packet from mdm wen. wow i think this is the first time ever that i didnt receive my first red packet for cny from my parents. anyway, it was a really memorable and enjoyable night, all thanks to the mdm wen and yihan for organising the gathering!

心动

2009-01-19T21:02:00.003+08:00

after watching the debut episode and the first preliminary round of campus superstar, i already have an official favourite for this season. and that's BENITA!

ive been reading the contestants' blogs, and amongst all the blogs, i found hers the most interesting read. firstly, the entries reflect a level of maturity higher than her actual age. she also uses a really impressive command of the chinese language in her entries. most importantly, her blog entries refute the image which the media has portrayed her as: a girl who seldom speaks or smiles, and has a general air of aloofness. in fact, when she smiles, its really quite charming haha.

anyway, benita's rendition of 心动 tonight confirms her position as my official favourite for CSS3. listening to her singing really made me 心动 too! it might be too early to say this, but i certainly hope to see her in the finals!

心动 - 林晓培

有多久没见你
以为你在那里
原来就住在我的心底
陪伴着我的呼吸

有多远的距离
以为闻不到你的气息
谁知道你背影这么长
回头就看到你

过去让它过去
来不及
从头喜欢你
白云缠绕着蓝天

如果不能够永远都在一起
也至少给我们
怀念的勇气
拥抱的权利
好让你明白
我心动的痕迹

过去让它过去
来不及
从头喜欢你
白云缠绕着蓝天

如果不能够永远都在一起
也至少给我们
怀念的勇气
拥抱的权利
好让你明白
我心动的痕迹

总是想再见你
还试着打探你的消息
原来你就住在我的身体
守护我的回忆

shoot the moon

2009-01-18T16:01:00.003+08:00

i was demonstrating several techniques on hearts to my bro, and by some fluke of a chance i managed to achieve this:

the luckiest part about this game was how i managed to shoot the moon on the no pass round too.

情歌

2009-01-17T17:54:00.001+08:00

my favourite song from fish's latest album! i like the lyrics of the first stanza. quite poetic haha...

情歌 - 梁静茹

时光是琥珀泪一滴滴被反锁
情书在不朽淹没成沙漏
青春的上游白云飞走藏够雨还有
闪过的念头潺潺地流走

命运好幽默让爱的人都沉默
一整个宇宙换一颗红豆
回忆如困兽寂寞太久而渐渐温柔
放开了拳头反而更自由

慢动作千卷胶卷重播默片
定格一瞬间
我们在告别的演唱会
说好不再见
你写给我我的第一首歌
你和我十指紧扣默协前奏
可是呢然后呢
还好我又握着一首情歌
轻轻地轻轻哼着哭着笑着
我的天长地久

命运好幽默让爱的人都沉默
一整个宇宙换一颗红豆
回忆如困兽寂寞太久而渐渐温柔
放开了拳头反而更自由

长镜头越来越远越来越远
时隔好几年
我们在怀念的演唱会
礼貌地吻别
你写给我我的第一首歌
你和我十指紧扣默协前奏
可是呢然后呢
还好我又握着一首情歌
轻轻地轻轻哼着哭着笑着
我的天长地久

陪我唱歌清唱你的情歌
舍不得短短副歌
心还热着也该告一段落
还好我又握下一首情歌
是你宛如轻轻的像涌的河
永远天长地久

3 album reviews

2009-01-17T15:25:00.014+08:00

there were a total of 3 whooping new albums for me to sample yesterday, namely joanna, fish and danson's albums! and i sampled the albums in that order.

Album Title: Joanna & 王若琳
Artist: 王若琳
Recommended Songs: Times of Your Life, 我的爱
Album Rating: 6.5 / 10

lets start with joanna's album... in her previous album, she was quite unhappy that her dad had imposed several suggestions on her. as such, on prize award ceremonies, joanna expressed clearly that she wanted the second album to be something she could call her own.

thus, even though her dad still works with her in the album production, she now has a larger say in decisions regarding the album, and even has a hand in composing several songs. i felt that the album would definitely have been better had she heeded more professional advice (eg free advice from her experienced dad). this album is certainly not as 大众化 and suited to the average taste, unlike the previous one. also, there is a lack of chinese 抒情 songs with meaningful lyrics such as 因为你爱我 in the previous album, which i liked alot.

in addition, joanna continues to place a large focus on english songs, and her chinese songs arent as catchy as the last time round. still, i think that she is very talented, and the english section of her album is a much better testimony to that. (unfortunately, though, i dont appreciate english songs as much as chinese songs) i do hope that she gives at least an equal attention to chinese songs in future albums.

Album Title: 静茹&情歌别再为他流泪
Artist: 梁静茹
Recommended Songs: 别再为他流泪, 情歌
Album Rating: 7.5 /10

next up, i listened to fish's album. i had very high expectations of this album, since it is her 10th album, and it is her 10th year as a singer too. also, earlier last month, there were news of her quarrelling with her company (for once!) over the release of the album. the company wanted her to release the album by end of dec, to make it for golden hit awards, but apparently fish felt that the album was a milestone in her career, and she wanted to perfect it before release, and postponed the album release to mid jan. as such, fish fans are definitely expecting alot from her 10th album.

that said, i found the album not meeting up to my expectations. perhaps all the hype about the album has unrealistically raised my expectations of the song, but i was definitely looking for much more than what the album offered. from an album called 静茹&情歌, and also a milestone album for fish, i was looking at an album full of love songs / ballads cum potential classics. unfortunately, few songs can meet that criteria.

nevertheless, i felt it was a good album on the whole. my two favourite songs are 情歌 and 别再为他流泪. really like 情歌 alot! she really needs more songs like these in her album!

Album Title: D新引力
Artist: 唐禹哲
Album Rating: 3 /10

lastly, on to danson's album. i didn't harbour much hopes for that album, and thankfully i didn't. his singing clearly has not improved haha... there's something interesting to note though. he has a new song called 新歌 and now it has joined the ranks of ambiguous song titles together with fish's latest 情歌 and yoga's 那首歌. if you don't know why i call these titles "ambiguous", try saying these:

have you heard danson's 新歌
i'm listening to fish's 情歌
i like yoga's 那首歌

Michael Jackson II

2009-01-15T13:10:00.005+08:00

another new song that i like recently! it is a dance song, and i find it quite addictive. its something quite different from what zhang zhi cheng had been singing thus far... also, the tempo and tune of this song is very catchy! i particularly like the first few mins where zhang zhi cheng uses his jia3 yin1. sounds like michael jackson haha.

hope there will be a dance mv accompanying this, and looking forward to z-chen's new album in march. seems like all the artistes are finally out of hibernation in 2009!

迷魂阵 - 张智成

才刚刚走开然后又饶回来
才刚流眼泪然后笑逐颜开满口是爱
才刚说抱歉然后不知悔改
才刚刚宠爱然后把手甩开没有对白

爱情是迷魂阵我们是徘徊的人们
不能判断精准一片昏沉
难得可以打起精神忍不住又再沉沦
时而忽热时而忽冷判若两人
寂寞也许是解决的方针

然后说然后做然后抱紧我
然后错然后躲什么都没有说
然后说然后做又再抱紧我
然后错然后默时间一再蹉跎

才刚刚稳定然后改朝换代
才刚刚冷静然后脱下领带汹涌澎湃
才刚刚警惕然后正中下怀
才刚说没关系然后却无法释怀没有例外

大扫除!

2009-01-13T22:30:00.008+08:00

actually, i did one round of spring cleaning of my room already. however, my parents and bro felt it was good to shift his study table from his room to my room, to facilitate him consulting me (cos he is having his As this year). and so major shiftings had to be done, and now my room feels weird.

its alot more crowded now. ): theres no longer spare pockets of space where i can just toss a random file or book after taking it out from the cupboard, and leave it there to rot for a few days before putting it back where i took it from. there was almost no space to accomodate my radio, but i definitely wldnt allow that, so i sacrificed my own table space to accomodate the radio. thankfully, most of my bro's study materials are still over at his room though. if not, i think ill really go crazy and develop claustrophobia LOL.

my computer table also had to be shifted, and so now im getting used to looking at my monitor from a different angle haha. the speakers also changed positions, to accomodate a multiplug on the comp table (since we ran out of terminals to plug the appliances). so i have to get used to the music coming from a different side. haha. somehow im very resistant to changes when it comes to shifting of furniture in my room.

looking back, im still amazed at how fast the whole plan was executed. maybe ive been in the army for so long, it is really amazing how a plan can be drafted and executed within a day haha. my bro and my parents were still talking about it this morning, then my dad went to work, and my bro went to school, and they came home in the evening, had dinner, then dad went to take some measurements and briefed us on the new layout. after that, everyone was assigned things to shift, and we set work together, and within 4 hours all the shifting was done.

come to think of it, over 8 years back my bro and i shifted into separate rooms cos of the petty quarrels we used to have over "territorial issues". kinda amusing that our study tables r back together in a room again now, after so many years. seems like a symbollic "reconcillation" haha...

Times of Your Life

2009-01-13T16:46:00.012+08:00

3 more days to the release of fish and joanna's new album! seriously speaking, im actually more excited about joanna's new album than about fish's. been listening to her 预购礼 songs over and over, and im clearly not satisfied with just 4 songs... so i really wish the album will arrive faster!

anyway, the 4 english songs in the 预购礼 are old english classics. ive never heard them before, but i found one of the songs particularly meaningful, and pleasant when sang by joanna! ive also heard a few previews of the new songs in joanna's upcoming albums and was a little disappointed to find that they are fan1 chang4s of old classics. i do hope that there are some new songs in her upcoming album!

=============================

Times of Your Life - 王若琳

Good morning, yesterday
You wake up and time has slipped away
And suddenly it's hard to find
The memories you left behind
Remember, do you remember?

The laughter and the tears
The shadows of misty yesteryears
The good times and the bad you've seen
And all the others in between
Remember, do you remember
The times of your life? (do you remember?)

Reach out for the joy and the sorrow
Put them away in your mind
The mem'ries are time that you borrow
To spend when you get to tomorrow

Here comes the setting sun (the setting sun)
The seasons are passing one by one
So gather moments while you may
Collect the dreams you dream today
Remember, will you remember
The times of your life?

Gather moments while you may
Collect the dreams you dream today
Remember, will you remember
The times of your life?

Of your life
Of your life
Do you remember, baby
Do you remember the times of your life?

Do you remember, baby
Do you remember the times of your life?

=============================

meanwhile, i have finished watching Forensic Heroes I and II, and finished reading the latest book in Iris Johansen's Eve Duncan series! omg i must start finding things to occupy my time again!

anyway, ill talk about Iris Johansen's book first. ive been following her eve duncan series for a while now, and was very excited when i finally got hold of her 7th instalment, Quicksand.

Book review of the 7th instalment in the Eve Duncan Forensics Series

however, i felt that this book seriously paled in comparison to her previous 6 books in the series. true, the page-flipping gripping plot is still there, but the plot lacks depth and twists now. those characteristics of her books were one major draw for me, and i was really shocked that unlike her previous books, the true villain was revealed right at the start in Quicksand, and thus there were no major surprises at the end of the book. or rather, there were no surprises AT ALL. that is really disappointing, considering how in books like "killing game" there were double twists on the villains.

and it starts to get ridiculous how numerous criminals have claimed to have leads to the location of eve's dead daughter's body, yet it always leads to a wild goose chase in the end, which opens up the possibility to yet another sequel. i hope that the eighth book will finally bring some much-awaited answers, and a long awaited closure.

anyway, for those that have not read the series before, eve duncan is a forensic sculptor. which is somewhat related to the show ive been watching since dec 08 - forensic heroes I and II. somehow forensics-related topics catch my attention rather easily.

on the left: my favourite character, ding ding, acted by linda chung (:

forensic heroes I and II were really good! most of the crime plots were puzzling enough, yet had fairly convincing explanations as to how the crime was committed, when the case was finally solved. the murderers in several cases also caught me by surprise, and i liked the small twists throughout the show. the relationship issues between the characters were also quite amusing at times.

also, each character has his own personality, and i liked many of the characters in the show! heres my favourites list (in order). first and foremost is the cute and innocent DING DING (: next up is the classy and efficient yvonne. then its the cool and smart gao sir. following which is the hopelessly-in-love ivan. then its his good buddy, dr koo. last but not least, its the 2 madams! and my 2 favourite villains are tracy from FH1 and zhuo lan from FH2. haha the way zhuo lan kicks the table and flips over it is quite cool. makes me feel like learning wushu LOL

anyway, the most important thing is that the whole show is fast paced and action packed, and i really couldnt resist watching a few episodes at a go! hope there will be a forensic heroes III haha...

the only issues i have against forensic heroes II were the rather poor (and not-so-amusing) ending, and the fact that ding ding and madam ma got sidelined! ):

haha i strongly recommend forensic heroes I and II to anyone who has the time to watch a 25 and a 30 episode HK serial. (:

鱼

2009-01-09T18:36:00.009+08:00

i would never, ever, expect such a song name to exist, so i was quite surprised when i saw cheer's new song title. cheer's style is the simple pu3 shi2 kind, so her songs may usually seem bland and boring at first, and take quite a while for me to fall in love with then. however, this is one of the few cheer songs that i liked instantly when i heard it for the first time. maybe because the whole song is very poetic and image intensive haha...

鱼 - 陈绮贞

我坐在椅子上看日出复活
我坐在夕阳里看城市的衰弱
我摘下一片叶子让它代替我
观察离开后的变化
　　　　
曾经狂奔舞蹈贪婪的说话
随着冷的湿的心腐化
带不走的丢不掉的让大雨侵蚀吧
让他推向我在边界奋不顾身挣扎
如果有一个怀抱勇敢不计代价
别让我飞将我温柔豢养
　　　　
我坐在椅子上看日出复活
我坐在夕阳里看城市的衰弱
我摘下一片叶子让它代替我
观察离开后的变化
　　　　
曾经狂奔舞蹈贪婪的说话
随着冷的湿的心腐化
带不走的留不下的我全都交付他
让他捧着我在手掌自由自在挥洒
如果有一个世界浑浊的不像话
原谅我飞曾经眷恋太阳
　　　　
带不走的丢不掉的让大雨侵蚀吧
让它推向我在边界奋不顾身挣扎
如果有一个世界浑浊的不像话
我会疯狂的爱上
　　　　
带不走的留不下的我全都交付他
让他捧着我在手掌自由自在挥洒
如果有一个怀抱勇敢不计代价
别让我飞将我温柔豢养
原谅我飞曾经眷恋太阳
原谅我飞曾经眷恋太阳

on a side note, this song will be in cheer's "tai yang" album, which will be released soon. i noticed something interesting here... was it planned? first the moon, then the sun... haha!

huhu!

2009-01-05T22:38:00.004+08:00

i had my first haircut since ORD haha... all these years, the hairdresser actually got used to my requirements (sideburns shaved, hair trimmed short, and slope behind), and i just had to tell her to stick to the same haircut each time i visited her.

now that i didnt need such a short haircut anymore, it was actually quite difficult giving her instructions on what kind of haircut i wanted HAHA. and i really dont have a haircut in mind, nor do i know what to tell her, so i just told her "not to cut my hair too short, yet not leave too much hair that would poke my ears or neck". that must be the most challenging and contradictory set of instructions ever haha. if only i had tang men to style my hair! ;)

along the way my hairdresser would ask me how i wanted to cut this part of my hair, and whether i wanted this or that. seriously speaking, i didnt know some of the terms and so i just randomly said "yes" or "no", or sometimes "what would you suggest". the end result was kinda decent, but now my hair is standing up a bit, it really seemed appropriate to gel it. but i hate gel, so i guess ill leave it as it is. haha.

anw my aunt couldnt tell that i went for a haircut, so i guess that means the hairdresser satisfied the condition of "not too short". and since im no longer bugged by loose strands of hair poking my neck and ears, it seems like she did satisfy the second condition too, so my hairdresser really did manage to adhere to my instructions.

and todays the last episode of bu liang xiao hua! it had been a fairly funny show so far, but the ending kinda spoilt everything. it was an incredibly lame ending, and the last 20 min or so was really redundant. which reminds me of similar endings in gong zhu xiao mei and hua yang shao nan shao nv, where the random plot in the last episode had no connection to the previous storyline whatsoever. still, the entire show had brought much laughter to me, and i enjoyed a great part of the show! (:

xiao hua, tang men and huhu!

ill miss seeing huhu, shuhui and amen! haha... somehow ill keep laughing when i see huhu the hairdryer and the incredibly kiddish motorbike (with fluffy decorations) the ending theme song, dai wo zou, is also really good, i hope it will continue performing well on 933 charts! huhu!

没有如果

2009-01-05T12:58:00.006+08:00

for an album called 静茹&情歌, i would definitely expect a shu qing first hit. so, it was certainly surprising when i found out that the first hit is a 轻快摇滚曲风. nevertheless, the first time i heard this song, 没有如果, i already like it alot! it is certainly a refreshing change to hear fish trying a little R&B. it is a bold attempt, and a very successful one, in my opinion.

没有如果 - 梁静茹

如果我说爱我哪有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口那是不是有一点弱
如果我说爱我没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么还怕什么快牵起我的手

有人说世界上最遥远的距离不是生与死
而是我就站在你面前你却不知道我爱你
我常说如果人类连爱一个人都被自己绑住
那世界末日已来到
不需要等到地球毁灭掉的那天

如果我说爱我哪有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口那是不是有一点弱
如果我说爱我没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么还怕什么快牵起我的手

如果如果没如果如果如果
最后变成如果我也不能接受
错过错过错过错过
我比你更难过不会一错再错

我常说如果人类连爱一个人都被自己绑住
那世界末日已来到
不需要等到地球毁灭掉的那天

别怕太快了别怕太快了别怕失去我
如果我说爱我哪有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口那是不是有一点弱
如果我说爱我没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么还怕什么快牵起我的手
快牵起我的手

如果我说爱我哪有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口那是不是有一点弱
如果我说爱我没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么还怕什么快牵起我的手

如果我说爱我哪有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口那是不是有一点弱
如果我说爱我没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么还怕什么快牵起我的手

如果我说爱我哪有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口那是不是有一点弱
如果我说爱我没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么还怕什么快牵起我的手

on a side note, campus superstar is back, starting from yesterday! this time, the contestants seem alot more talented than the second season. their voices are much better, and several of them seem to have much experience in performing, as shown in their display of confidence on stage!

also got to see yoga, olivia and MLB's performance last night. yoga was quite off form yesterday. he had this sian look in his face when singing, and kept looking at the floor. moreover, he didnt make any effort to interact or wave at his fans! when the emcees were speaking about his upcoming concert, he didnt even show much interest. i felt that yoga should have been more professional. no matter what problem he was bugged by, he is still a celebrity, and should at least put up a decent performance before his fans.

i was also disappointed by MLB's performance. they re-used the song which they peformed at superband finals, which is shi jie ma fan jie guo yi xia. they didnt even do any rearrange the music, cutting the song at exactly the same parts as they did during their previous performance, and playing the instruments in exactly the same way as they did the last time. there was totally no originality, and i would even believe it if you told me that the segment which they were performing was directly cut off superband finals and pasted onto last night's campus superstar programme. i dont mind them using the same song, but they should really consider trying out something new, ie with instruments, each time they perform.

perhaps the best guest performance of the night was olivia's ru yan. really liked that song, and i felt that she performed it really well, considering the fact that it was the first, if not one of her first public performances singing a chinese song. all the best, olivia! hopefully she will be releasing a full mandarin album in 2009! (:

静茹&情歌

2009-01-02T18:04:00.004+08:00

oooh. something im really looking forward to!

jan 05: 独家首播新歌《没有如果》
jan 16: 梁静茹第10张专辑《静茹&情歌别再为他流泪》正式发行!

also on jan 16: joanna's new album, 《Joanna & 王若琳》!

2009 驾到!

2009-01-01T21:59:00.004+08:00

and so a new year begins! spent the last night at my mum's friends house again, BBQ-ing and counting down at the same time. i was also watching the taiwan countdown party on tv. the standard of the countdown party is so high, it really puts singapore's countdown party to shame. the most famous performer that came down to singapore was probably... gary? haha...

on the other hand, the taiwan countdown party, despite lasting for 6 long hours (7pm - 1am), was much more entertaining, with many quality performances, that keeps the audiences high throughout. the list of performing artistes probably speaks for itself. i didnt watch the entire program (cos i was BBQ-ing halfway, and someone wanted to watch little nonya halfway), but those that i saw were ding dang, fish, SHE, da mouth, mc hotdog, ah mei and mayday! apparently there was also lu guang zhong, jam and aska. haha.

ai sha's dancing is superb on the stage! i was soo captivated at how supple her body was when dancing to "guo wang huang hou". and fish's singing is as dong4 ren2 as ever. she's undoubtedly the queen of qing ge, and i cant wait for her upcoming album, "jing ru & qing ge". ding dang's live performance was surprisingly much better than i expected too, and her voice was really sweet. haha and i liked how they put 2 of my favourite singers, ah mei and mayday as "ya zhou". ah mei sang for a good 20+ mins before midnight, and mayday took the baton after that. (with a brilliant fireworks display in between) wow. im really amazed at how exciting the taiwanese countdown was. i really wished i was part of the crowd yesterday!

fireworks from taipei 101!

anyway, 2009 promises to be one of the most anticipated years in my life so far. ill be starting the year with relief teaching, which is something i have always wanted to try out. and i look forward to this experience. then, ill be finally embarking on my overseas studies this year in my dream university. i have been waiting for that moment for years! ill finally be able to return to studies, and this time, ill be studying ONLY my favourite subject! cant wait for the time to arrive! and last but not least, ill be turning 21 this year, which is supposedly a momentous moment in one's life, for it signifies the turning of a teenager into an adult. and of course, that comes with the added responsibilities of full freedom.

i hope 2009 will be a great year, and...

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!

ive just listened to the top 100 countdown on 933 for a day, and now ill be listening to shi xin hui's and fei lun hai's new albums! really impressed with shi xin hui's new makeover in her new album, and her first hit, 女皇驾到 is also very nice! off to sample both albums now... the first albums im sampling for 2009!

933 Top 100 Songs of 2008

2009-01-01T20:12:00.002+08:00

The top 100 songs on 933 for the year of 2008! Bolded songs are my personal top favourites of 2008! (:

Also, here is a record of the top 100 songs on 933 for the year of 2007!

#1: 洋葱 - 杨宗纬
#2: 路一直都在 - 陈奕迅
#3: 稻香 - 周杰伦
#4: 小太阳 - 五月天
#5: 原谅我 - 萧敬腾
#6: 伯乐 - 林宥嘉
#7: One World One Dream - 王力宏
#8: 为你存在 - 飞轮海
#9: 不要说话 - 陈奕迅
#10: 如果能在一起 - 梁静茹

#11: I'll Be There - 萧亚轩
#12: 宇宙小姐 - S.H.E
#13: 你不是真正的快乐 - 五月天
#14: 冲动 - 萧亚轩
#15: TiAmo - 炎亚纶 + 刘力扬
#16: 开天窗 - 五月天
#17: 沿海公路的出口 - S.H.E
#18: 新窝 - 飞轮海 + S.H.E
#19: 期待爱 - 林俊杰 + 金莎
#20: 擦肩而过 - 李圣杰

#21: 为你写诗 - 吴克群
#22: 无法归类 - 何维健
#23: 你走天桥, 我走地下道 - 何维健
#24: 陪我歌唱 - 苏打绿
#25: 神秘嘉宾 - 林宥嘉
#26: 亲爱的, 那不是爱情 - 张韶涵
#27: 眼泪笑了 - 刘力扬
#28: 在这里等你 - F4
#29: 周大侠 - 周杰伦 + 杜国璋
#30: 不想懂得 - 张韶涵

#31: 右手边 - 光良
#32: Super Sunshine - 曹格
#33: 爱在 - 方大同
#34: 走火入魔 - 阿信 + 丁当
#35: 我就是这样 - 刘力扬 + Tank
#36: 我还想她 - 林俊杰
#37: 那些女孩教我的事 - 品冠
#38: 逃生 - 张信哲
#39: 吻得太逼真 - 张敬轩
#40: 时光机 - 周杰伦

#41: Love Song - 方大同
#42: 下一个天亮 - 郭静
#43: 虽然我愿意 - 伍家辉
#44: 错爱 - 张栋梁
#45: 迷宫 - 王若琳
#46: 最近还好吗 - S.H.E
#47: 我很好 - 刘若英
#48: 小酒窝 - 林俊杰、蔡卓妍
#49: Yes - 棒棒堂
#50: 收藏 - 萧敬腾

#51: 草戒指 - 神木与瞳
#52: 脱逃术 - 叶乃文
#53: 爱与希望 - 林俊杰
#54: 成熟 - 迷路兵
#55: 我会很爱你 - 言承旭
#56: 带我走 - 杨丞琳
#57: 秘密基地 - 棒棒堂
#58: 半生熟 - 品冠 + 戴佩妮
#59: 达尔文 - 蔡健雅
#60: Welcome To My World - 曹格

#61: 七 - 陈奕迅
#62: 永远在身边 - 大嘴巴
#63: 无家可回 - 伍家辉
#64: 百分百 - 郭静
#65: 败给你 - 罗志祥 + 萧亚轩
#66: 我和她, 她和他 - 李志清 + 周华健
#67: 热牛奶 - 叶乃文
#68: 另类人生 - Energy
#69: 来不及 - Hebe
#70: 依恋 - 蔡淳佳

#71: 彩虹 - 周杰伦
#72: 还是好朋友 - 古巨基 + 梁静茹
#73: 月光 - 黄靖伦
#74: C'est la Vie - 梁静茹
#75: 爱爱 - 曹格
#76: I Have A Dream - 李玟
#77: 不需理由 - 陈世维
#78: 有你的快乐 - 王若琳
#79: 庆幸有你爱我 - 蔡淳佳
#80: 摇滚怎么了!! - 王力宏

#81: 爱人动物 - 苏打绿
#82: 月儿光光 - 5566
#83: 早安, 晨之美! - 卢广仲
#84: 限时的遗忘 - 潘嘉丽
#85: 突然好想你 - 五月天
#86: 你是此生最美的风景 - JS
#87: Stay With Me - 蔡旻佑
#88: 鸽子 - 杨宗纬
#89: 下雨天 - Lara
#90: 安静了 - S.H.E

#91: 千山万水 - 周杰伦
#92: 男人女人 - 许茹芸 + 阿穆隆
#93: 甜甜圈 - 卓文宣
#94: 夏雨诗 - 潘裕文
#95: 疼憨人 - 杨佳盈
#96: 不会分离 - 光良
#97: 原来你就在我身边 - 萧闳仁
#98: 喝彩北京 - 5566 + 孙楠
#99: 牧羊人 - 张信哲
#100: 爱的城堡 - 卓文萱

v14: Le Petit Prince!

2008-12-31T13:29:00.011+08:00

exactly a year since my last blog template! (: im quite happy with my new blog theme, cos i love the story AND SHE's song about the story. and the little prince in the banner on top is so cute (: happy last-day-of-2008!

612 星球 - SHE

满园玫瑰我以为找到我那一朵
认真爱了却狠狠刺伤我的双手
责备什么人也没有用
玫瑰都红难免看错

望着天空爱是否活在童话里头
小王子说有些事流浪过才会懂
原来每颗心都有个洞
找不到真爱会一直寂寞

我但愿有一个人在等我
在属于我的612星球
好让我忍着痛也愿意往下走
不快乐至少要有梦
一定会有一个人在等我
无条件拥抱着我的所有
相遇前我还要翻越多少山丘
花别谢太快请你等等我

擦干眼泪一个人漂流在这宇宙
小王子说爱一定开在某个角落
路上相爱的人那么多
我会幸福吗在什么时候

我但愿有一个人在等我
在属于我的612星球
好让我忍着痛也愿意往下走
不快乐至少要有梦
一定会有一个人在等我
无条件拥抱着我的所有
相遇前我还要翻越多少山丘
花别谢太快请你等等我

My 2008 Top Rated Singers / Songs

2008-12-31T12:35:00.003+08:00

This is my personal top rated singers / songs for 2008. My top 10 songs are also in order.

Looking back, I must say that while 2008 didn't start out that great for the c-pop industry (few good albums and few new songs), it ended off with a bang, with several tian wang, tian hou and tian tuans releasing quality albums (: Looking forward to more nice songs in 2009!

congrats to mayday!

2008-12-21T20:50:00.002+08:00

WOW! congrats to mayday for their 4 x champ title today! if im not wrong, they also have the most number of number 1s this year. (xiao tai yang had 3, and kai tian chuang had 1, so totalling up, they took up 8 number 1s out of a possible 52) tu ran hao xiang ni was sacrificed, but it didnt matter. i really love ni bu shi zhen zheng de kuai le, and was really pleased at how it fought back once to get 3x champ, and fought back another time to get 4x champ (yup, the 3rd and 4th no 1s were rebounds).

this also means that mayday is the only singer to achieve two 3x champs in a year this year, and they are also the only ones that managed a 4x champ in a really really long time. (i cant remember how long, but if im not wrong, the last time there were 4x champs was like in 2002? yi fu zhi ming and yu jian had 4x champs thats all i rmb) congrats once again!

and today there was a whooping SIX NEW SONGS on charts, another record for a long long while. this beat the record set on week 1 of this year (5 new songs). haha kinda like the charts starting and ending with a bang :D the 6 new songs were da zui ba's guo wang huang hou (support!), harlem's ai ni de zhi you wo yi ge (support!), rainie's tai fan nao (support!), show luo's ge zhong qiang shou, fei lun hai's yue lai yue ai (support!), and li hom's xin tiao (SUPPORT!). so i liked 5 of the 6 new songs! :D sadly, dao xiang dropped out of the charts, and so did ga li re gou. ):

quite a few new songs/albums in this period, and im looking forward to them! da zui ba just released their latest album, and i like a number of songs in the album! their hip hop styled songs are really groovy and i got addicted to some of them very quickly, after listening to the album for the first time. love ai sha's jap-accented rapping. :D

coming up, theres luo zhi xiang and li hom's new albums. li hom's first hit was very nice, and i hope the rest of the album will not be disappointing. for luo zhi xiang, while his first hit isnt that nice imo, i liked his second hit (shu qing). hope to hear more shu qing or dang wo men zhai yi kuai type of cute songs (:

and in jan, theres fei lun hai, and more importantly, JOANNA's ALBUM! her new album is called joanna & wang ruo lin, cos apparently the singer side of her is joanna while the composer side of her is wang ruo lin. cant wait to be mesmerized by her voice once more. in fact, i am still addicted to her mi gong and you ni de kuai le from her first album. hope to see more surprises in joanna's album in Jan 09!

on a side note, today is the winter solstice (dong zhi), so i got to eat alot of tang yuans (which i made myself!). haha i simply love the sticky glutinous taste of tang yuans :D yummy!

v14 coming up...

2008-12-17T22:33:00.006+08:00

with exactly 2 weeks left before the end of the year, ive decided to start working on another new blog template. wow its v14 already! cant believe i have created so many blog templates already, yet i didnt save any of them. actually somewhere between v6 and v7 i thought of keeping screenshots of them, but i thought that since i didnt have screenshots of the first few, there wasnt any point keeping a screenshot archive. ok anw, this is the header for my originally intended blog theme.

however, while creating it, i felt that it was kind of morbid and depressing, and i think ill become sad just by looking at the blog everyday. so, very unfortunately, i had to do away with it, even though i loved the theme (and the song) so much... so im working on a new blog theme and template now. probably no major changes to the way the things will be laid out, since i found my current blog template rather neat. but im considering a coloured background, and larger font size (so its a little easier to read!)

also, i finished watching the midseason finale of heroes. wow. it was a really exciting episode and i was quite pleased with the way it ended. now i cant wait for the next volume to return in feb 09. i want to see more of ando in action, and how the heroes get hunted down, and what happens after that. for now, it will be a gruelling 3 month wait... ):

survivor finale!

2008-12-15T20:47:00.004+08:00

season finale of survivor gabon today. omg i cant believe the jury was just one vote away from creating the worst survivor in history. but thankfully, bob won. seriously, i really think susie and sugar were not only physically much less superior than the other castaways, but also had no strategy at all. they just sort of lucked out and rode coattails with the right people at the right time and made it till the end.

it would be really disappointing if susie won the title of sole survivor of this season. AND her final statement at the jurys council did nothing to change my impression of her. why does she think she deserves to win the million dollars? oh because she tried! omg. and she blatantly admitted that she had no strategy at all. to think she was sooo close to winning the million dollars. seriously what was the jury thinking!

in fact, i was really pissed when susie won the final immunity. i was soooo sure that she would be going home that night. and then the final immunity was this jenga-like task, which did not require any physical endurance at all. and that was how susie won the last individual immunity, and guaranteed herself a spot in the final three. somehow, susie could just win the immunity at the right time, and fly under the radar at the right time. and just by being a nobody, she became a finalist. really, as randy said, a few episodes ago, if u said that susie would be a finalist, and randy would be in the jury, people would say u r crazy. i think i can continue ranting forever about how i hated the fact that susie made it to the final three.

then there was corinne's classic statement of the day. when it was her turn, she did not ask sugar any questions, but instead called her "an unemployed, uneducated leech on society", and said that she was insincere when crying about his dead father. following which, sugar gives her the finger hahaha. that was a classic mean corinne type of statement.

so the season has concluded, and we have a new survivor, who is also the oldest survivor in survivor history! and tomorrow will be the mid-season finale of heroes too. that will be the end of my weekly dosage of tv shows boo hoo. cant wait till next feb, when amazing race, survivor and heroes come back again. ):

after watching survivor, i went to the park near my place for a little bike riding (just so to stay healthy hahaha) and that was when i realised i havent been riding on my bicycle for like 2 years! i did ride bikes in this period of time, but they were all rented bikes @ east coast. my bike tyre did deflate a little, and parts of the bike were rusty. so i brought it to a petrol kiosk to get it pumped up, then rode around bishan park a little (love the slopes and winding trails!), before cycling back home for dinner.

kbox at last!

2008-12-14T22:24:00.003+08:00

went kboxing today with kai and frends! it seems like AMK kbox shifted location, and i didnt know about it, despite going to AMK hub regularly. luckily kai noticed that we were heading to the wrong place.

anw i havent kboxed for 6 months, and i think my singing deproved quite alot haha. not that it was good to start with, but it has certainly deproved :X means i must go more?

okk this must be the MOST UNBALANCED kbox session i ever had. hmm. i think i can start coming up labels for all the various kbox sessions, like the most expensive, the most number of people in a room etc hehhs. anw, it was unbalanced cos i think for the first 2+ hrs (or more), it was mostly SHE or jay chou songs lol. AND THERES NO JAY CHOU'S SHI GUANG JI! OMG thats like one of the top songs in the album, AND the MV was released b4 she wu, mo shu xian sheng, qiao ke shu shu, yet those songs are available! ):

anw, i got to sing quite a few songs frm SHE's latest album (first time singing!), including yu zhou xiao jie, an jing le and yue guang shou zha! aft that, we started singing lots of duets, before ending with leo ku's 12 min long song! haha thats a really cheap trick to extend your kbox singing time when they tell u "last song". ;) really enjoyed myself todayy haha, even though my voice is dying now. *drinks honey water*

pri sch gathering @ aloha

2008-12-12T22:23:00.003+08:00

my pri sch math teacher, mdm lee, invited my pri sch class to her chalet @ aloha loyang on wed. had a good time catching up with each other, since most of us have all ORD-ed, so we had lots of stories to share with each other about our army life, and also what we had been/will be spending our time before the next uni yr commences.

wes, chinks and i were among the first to reach the chalet, so we walked around the place abit, and was introduced to mdm lee's kids, who grew up alot since we last saw them. that was also a reminder of how much older we had grown too HAHA. aft that, charles and liangze arrived, and we chatted abit before we set out to pick up nicholas from the pasir ris bus stop. so this is a photo of the lot of us that arrived early :D

after that, we went back to the chalet and played soccer a little before we went back to the chalet, where we started the fire for the BBQ. luckily we had alot of experienced scouts who were good at fire starting, so we managed to get a good fire going.

we then started cooking the food. (turned out there was alot of food!) we started with the nice mushroom wrapped with bacon. that was like the BEST BBQ food of that night. the mushroom was sooo juicy, and the BBQ bacon tasted so nice. heres a pic of the drool-a-licious mushroom wrapped in bacon!

we also BBQ-ed stuff like satay, otah (a few of which became charred really badly), chicken wings, and... PIZZA! haha first time BBQ-ing pizza, but it turned out to be quite a success. heres the first ever BBQ-ed pizza that i ever ate:

later on, we played some cards, then chatted some more with our teacher. there seemed to be endless topics of discussion haha. it was 11+ before we left the chalet.

unfortunately, by the time we reached the mrt station, we missed the last train! luckily, there was still bus service, and we managed to hop on a 58 at the pasir ris interchange.

the bus ride home was loong, but we started talking about some of the stupid things we did during primary school, and everyone had a good laugh. i couldnt remember like 75% of the things, including the things that i supposedly did haha... apparently i wrote this amusing magazine called "Shiok Times" or something like that, and a few other classmates came up with a rival magazine. lol i must have a really bad memory, cos i couldnt even remember the contents of those magazines!

the long bus ride home didnt seem long at all thanks to the company of all my friends, and i feel really grateful to mdm lee, and our other pri sch teachers, for regularly organising such gatherings, which helps make the bonds we have with our pri sch classmates grow stronger. looking forward to the next gathering!

心跳

2008-12-08T22:04:00.002+08:00

shou bo of li hom and cao ge + liang jing ru's new song today! really in love with li homs new song alr. its called "xin tiao", and its a ballad, which is li hom's forte!

on the other hand, cao ge and liang jing ru's new song is called "PK", and it is about a lovers' quarrel. despite liang jing ru attempting to make changes to her voice, i didnt really like the duet for 2 reasons. firstly, fish lost her style trying to match with cao ge's style. secondly, fish's voice is generally gentle and soothing, so u dont really get the feeling of a lovers' quarrel in the song, unlike in NANANA.

心跳 - 王力宏

想跟我吵架我没那么无聊
不懂得道歉我没那么聪明
好想要回到我们的原点

你又在哭泣我给不了安慰
我又在摇头有那麽点后悔
爱情的发展已难以回头却无法往前走

但身不由己出现在胸口
两颗心能塞几个问号
爱让我们流多少眼泪

你的眼神充满美丽带走我的心跳
你的温柔如此靠近带走我的心跳
逆转时光到一开始能不能给一秒
等着哪一天你也想起
那悬在记忆中的美好

想跟我吵架我没那么无聊
不懂得道歉我没那么聪明
好想要回到我们的原点

但身不由己出现在胸口
两颗心能塞几个问号
爱让我们流多少眼泪

你的眼神充满美丽带走我的心跳
你的温柔如此靠近带走我的心跳
逆转时光到一开始能不能给一秒
等着哪一天你也想起
那悬在记忆中的美好

你的眼神充满美丽带走我的心跳
你的温柔如此靠近带走我的心跳
逆转时光到一开始能不能给一秒
等着哪一天你也想起
那悬在记忆中的美好

爱了才懂

2008-11-29T22:23:00.005+08:00

wow. yida finally released a new album! i thought he got shelved by his company already HAHAAHA. anw, his voice is still depressing as ever, but thats his style. (i wonder if yida can sing ANY happy songs hahaha) but his first hit is quite nice!

爱了才懂 - 黄义达

雨落在没风的午后
雨停了气氛沉重
我们安静的听着心跳的节奏
谁都不开口

关于爱我们都不懂
向前走还是退后
试着找回当初那相爱的理由
全都(全都)是借口

相爱后我们才发现彼此不同
失去拥抱的冲动想放开手
相爱后我们才发现爱情过重
负荷不来的温柔渐渐失控

关于爱我们都不懂
向前走还是退后
试着找回当初那相爱的理由
全都(全都)是借口

相爱后我们才发现彼此不同
失去拥抱的冲动想放开手
相爱后我们才发现爱情过重
负荷不来的温柔渐渐失控

一路上雨下的好凶
落在我们爱情的尽头
沉默的坚持着等维持多久
说穿了我们没把握
去推卸永远的沉默
爱过了我们才懂

相爱后才发现彼此不同
失去拥抱的冲动想放开手
相爱后我们才发现爱情过重
负荷不来的温柔渐渐失控
爱过了我们才懂

on a side note, next week's going to be a really exciting week! khalil, peggy hsu, wang li hong, harlem yu and FLH's new songs will be aired! haha really interested to know what khalil's new song, singalongsong sounds like hehhs.

marina barrage

2008-11-16T21:59:00.002+08:00

i went down to marina barrage with my family yesterday. wait. more accurately, i drove them down haha. and ok this must be the first time out of XXX no of driving sessions since i got my license that i didnt get horned at. its quite an achievement for me actually haha. ok. anw, we decided to go there cos we missed the grand opening, and wanted to take a look at how our reservoir in the city looks like.

ok, i must admit that the actual reservoir itself looks less grand than what one would expect from looking at the model of the reservoir and blueprints. but the scenery from the top of the barrage, plus the various water facilities together make the barrage itself quite spectacular and a place worth visiting haha.

when i first reach that place, i noticed that there were not one, but two couples taking their wedding photos at that place. haha felt it was a weird place to take wedding photos at though, since that place was once reclaimed land, and the barrage is newly opened, so that couldnt possibly be the place they first met or something haha.

what i liked about that place was the "sustainable singapore gallery", where they actually explained the history of the barrage, how it works, and also tells us about the water resource in singapore.

haha heres me beside a giant water droplet. next to these droplets is this touch screen book where u use ur finger to "flip" the page by touching a side of the page and doing a "flipping" motion. that kinda amazed me for a while lol.

theres a model of the barrage, explaining how it helps prevent flooding at surrounding low-lying areas. heres what happens when theres heavy rain, and it is a low tide. the walls of the barrage will be lowered and the excess water from the reservoir will flow into the sea, but seawater will not be able to backflow into the reservoir.

and when there is heavy rain, and it coincides with a high tide in the sea, these special pumps at the side will be activated. cant remember how many olympic-sized pools they can empty in how many seconds haha.

ok. i have something against the gallery at this point in time. after weaving through the numerous exhibits, and arriving at the final exhibit, there were no exits, and we had to walk all the way back to the entrance and leave from there! anw, the top of the barrage allows people to have a glimpse of the surrounding city area. and heres a view with the singapore flyer in the distance. i wonder if the view will be nicer at night...

heres a view of the barrage itself. at that point in time, it started raining. haha i wonder if it is low tide or high tide at sea...

some static water display at the entrance of the marina barrage. haha theres a kids play pool nearby, but i did not go there cos number one im not a kid, and number two i didnt want to get wet haha.

after visiting the barrage, we went to have lunch somewhere around tanjong pagar. wanted to eat fishball noodles but all the fishball noodle stalls in the food centre i went to were closed for the day. SAD. so in the end had to settle for lor mee.

next up, we went to suntec to visit the food fair cum home electronics fair. i thought it was a really weird idea to put these two together in a common exhibition hall. when i stepped in, on the left hand side was all the food stuff (including cooked food which could be purchased there), and on the right side were all the electrical appliances. weird.

ok actually we went there cos my mum wanted to buy something. i was generally kind of bored there. there were some items like laptops and mp3 players that caught my interest, but it was very much a home appliance fair, and not an IT fair, so the variety wasnt as huge, and the discount wasnt tt great either. most notably, sony and creative did not participate in the fair too.

haha. so after wandering around a little, i found this stall which had a huge banner "学魔术", and decided to go and check it out. the stall owner continuously performed magic trick after magic trick, and even though ive seen some of those tricks before, i still could not figure out how the tricks work, so i was mesmerized for quite a while.

only when it was time to leave did a thought pop into my mind: so how does a magic stall fit into a food and home appliance fair? HAHA.

on a side note, maydays 你不是真正的快乐 made it to number 1 today on the charts! 3 weeks to number 1. that was real fast! huang jing lun's 月光 also charted! thats a really nice song and i really love it. in fact, i have listened to huang jing lun's entire album, and really love his voice and his songs.

月光

2008-11-16T21:36:00.001+08:00

月光 - 黄靖伦

小时候妈妈唱的一首歌
陪我走过春夏秋冬
漫长黑夜里点亮了远方的灯指引着
我往前走

长大后身边的人总是沉默
把自己的心反锁
幸好有你这首歌温暖着我
不会忘记了初衷

慢慢地 1 2 3
渐渐地在两端
独自穿过陌生街头
不让泪逗留

一样的月光
蒸发了泪光
爱让有情的人可以去跟痛抵抗

一样的月光
照在我的心上
有爱我的人陪我生活就有方向
喜悦悲伤因你而发光
陪我去闯

nobag

2008-11-14T21:43:00.003+08:00

wow this season of survivor just became more interesting today. haha. yet another blindside omg. and it seems like sugar suddenly bucked up alot. she was actually one of the only two who could start a fire at the immunity challenge! and she made corinne shoot herself in her foot after saying: "sugars a moron. i could be nasty to her for 26 days, and nice to her for 1 day, and she will buy what im saying." lol.

which makes me wonder. perhaps sugar might be THAT good right from the start? dont forget, she found the idol effortlessly. and she appears to be such a weak player that the bunch of them has still not yet attempted to flush out her idol. thats crazy. shes going to be the important vote swinger for the rest of the game at this rate.

kennys also becoming more and more scheming, but his arrogance might cost him his game. hes probably also treating sugar as an idiot, and i have a feeling this misplaced confidence that he has sugar in control might be his downfall.

anw, charlie got voted out, and i guess hes not that sad, cos he can have nice private moments with marcus HAHA. on a side note, i cant believe the whole group agreed on such a disgusting tribe name - nobag (gabon spelled backwards). cant rmb who, but someone actually said it sounds nice. eeew.

ORD LOH!

2008-11-12T22:23:00.002+08:00

The much anticipated day has finally arrived, and i can proudly shout out ORD LOH! AND i am finally reunited with my pink ic after 2 long years (: the taste of freedom is just... wonderful haha. pink is the new colour for freedom!

in the morning, i went back and collected my final few clearance signatures, then went to collect my pink ic and certificate of service. aft tt, went back to guardroom and gave the guys a treat before returning home. so this is it. goodbye sungei gedong!

thinking about my 22 months of national service, i feel that i have grown, albeit not in the way they cornily put it as "from boys to men". there were certainly many things that i would never have done, nor even imagine myself accomplishing, yet under the encourgement and support of my peers, we have managed to tide through these challenges together. many years down the road, im pretty sure that if i run into them along the road, we will be able to reminiscent about the tough times we survived through, or the crazy things we did. these harsh experiences have made me a more determined person, and i will not be easily upset by minor hiccups.

i also got to know many people, from different backgrounds, and with different characters. i learnt to open up, and improve in my interaction with people. getting to know some of these people allowed me to have a greater perspective of the society, which i will in turn be serving in the not-so-distant future. some of these people i knew also had genuine problems (such as family problems and monetary problems), and to them, being in army was actually a "shelter" from the harshness of the "outside world". this made me realise how fortunate i was.

therefore, while i am certain that the army life does not suit me (the regimental style of operation and strict accordance to hierarchy when it comes to making decisions), i do not deny some of the benefits of national service, in terms of character development. i have learnt several lifeskills, and thus grown much in my thinking, and my outlook of life. really, as long as one kept an open mind, no matter how adverse the situation may say, he would be able to take away some positive benefits from the experience, and i have definitely benefitted from my NS experience.

of course, this experience would be much harder if i had not met lots of great people along the way, and i would like to thank all those guys that had helped me, encouraged me and supported me in one way or another. hope to see you all really soon (:

for now, time for a well deserved break.

screenshots

2008-11-11T22:05:00.003+08:00

haha here are some random screenshots i took while net surfing!

first 2 are from the MV of zhuo wen xuan's latest shu qing song - yi ju hua. i just cant take it that genie is in schoolgirl uniform in the MV. i know its for cute appeal and all, but SHE JUST DOESNT FIT IN THE UNIFORM!

ermm... the uniform looks REALLY small in her in the nxt shot.

haha... ok. on to the next mv screenshot. this one is from kelly's xian shi de yi wang. apparently she changed her zao xing in this album, and even cut her hair. her singing style also changed a little, causing people to have the impression that shes mimicking stefanie sun. this shot of her really reminds me of yanzi...

and now... AMAZING RACE SPOILER AHEAD!
DO NOT READ ON IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ENJOYING THE SUSPENSE OF THE SHOW

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ok so u chose to read the spoiler. if u r following this season of amazing race, i think ull seriously regret this. anw, i was surfing wikipedia and checking out on the latest season of amazing race, and this was what i saw.

i was like: OMG. they showed the team positions, final standings, and even who used u-turn and who received it. like gosh. this is the ultimate spoiler, if this info is correct. and when i checked back that evening, the spoiler was gone.

whoever posted that, without even giving a spoiler warning, seriously ought to be shot.

hehhs. anw, the most anticipated day in my life so far has finally arrived. the taste of freedom is just round the corner. YES! im finally ORD-ing tmr! really cant wait to see my pink ic again! and just now, my BMT PC actually called me to congratulate me on my ORD. thats really nice of him, to actually remember all of us even after he ORD-ed. had a nice chat, and felt really warmed by the convo (:

and last but not least, heres wishing sheenie a happy birthday! your birthday sure took ages to arrive. ):

morning @ upper pierce

2008-11-07T21:18:00.005+08:00

wow i cant believe i actually went to 2 reservoirs (AND also before sunrise) in a week! went to upper pierce reservoir with my family this morning. the path around the reservoir was much easier to walk this time, and there were no clouds of flea-like bugs haha. it was very much just tar road all the way. this time, we did remember to bring a camera along haha. we reached there just in time to enjoy the sunrise view:

after that, we walked along the sides of the reservoir and reached the island country club. we took a look around the golf course, then headed back to the entrance. we only strolled for around an hour or so, but by the time we reached the entrance, it was much brighter than when we came.

haha, just before leaving, we noticed that there was this black log-like creature / thing floating on the surface of the reservoir quite a distance away. it looks a lot smaller in this photo here, but if u were there, u wouldnt strike off the possibility that it is a crocodile. kind of disturbing, if there is actually a crocodile lurking around in the reservoir. hahahs my dad actually asked me to post this on stomp but i cant be bothered lol.

on to todays episode of survivor. it is definitely one of the most awesome one in the season so far! just when everyone expected a merge, (which usually occurs around this time when there are 10 players left), they had yet another tribe reshuffle. and i was still thinking fang's previous members will be doomed since ex-kota outnumbers them in both new tribes. what surprised me was that, despite marcus acting as mr nice and trying to pull connections, he actually got voted off. there goes the strong marcus-corinne-charlie alliance.

and anyway, corinne was real mean in this episode, and actually despised susie for her age. not only that, she tried to act cool with the new "fang" pronunciation thing, and attempted to correct jeff for pronouncing the tribe as "fuh-ung" as it is meant to be pronounced. i cant wait to see her expression when she learns that marcus has been voted off at tribal HAHA.

come to think of it, marcus was the guy who actually called the lot of them stupid for throwing away the hidden immunity idol cos he thinks the power would fall into kota. he was like so confident that he had everything under his control, it was a really shocking twist to see him get blindsided. looks like he really regretted throwing away that idol - and his million dollars. hahas. the game has become more unpredictable and exciting.

morning @ macritchie

2008-11-04T23:19:00.002+08:00

my dad had this idea for my family to have an early morning walk at macritchie today, so we woke up at like 6 and headed to macritchie reservoir. we then walked along the board walk, while admiring the morning sunrise view. it was really quiet then, and there was only the sounds frm the insects and birds. i was reminded of the intro to jay chou's latest song "dao xiang", where he asked: 你有多久没有听到虫鸣鸟叫的声音了呢? haha... it is really a good idea to sometimes just take a step back, slow down our paces, and just enjoy these simple pleasures which nature provides us. it feels really enjoyable just watching the sunrise and breathing in the fresh morning air.

along the way, we actually met quite a few people who had arrived at the park much earlier, and were already heading back to the start of the board walk trail. we continued walking along the board walk, and along the way, my bro and i noticed this mass of small flea-like bugs. they formed this huge cloud above the board walk trail, and we actually had to go through this buzzing mass of bugs to proceed on. it was kinda gross and we just dashed all the way through haha. then we started talking about how we will have to face that again on our way back.

after walking for quite a while, we went quite deep into macritchie, and reached this sign, which directed us to walk into this jungle trail to head in the direction of the tree top walk. AND GUESS WHAT, my dad decided not to heed the sign and walked along this muddy path, and our shoes all ended up quite muddy after that. and after going through the mud trial, we realised we were at the exit of that jungle trail, and this duo, who were behind us and took the jungle trail route, was already like a 5 min distance ahead of us. LOL.

we then reached the golf course area, and walked along the skirts of the golf course, towards the tree top walk. along the way, we saw a "BEWARE OF GOLFERS TEEING" sign and i actually thought that this kingfisher that was resting on the sign was part of the design of that signage, until it actually flew when i was just centimetres from it. along the way, we also saw some monkeys, a stork, and a school of fishes that had transulcent skin.

after walking for like 1.5 hours, we reached the jelutong tower, which i clearly remembered to be one of the checkpoints of our navigation exercise in sispec. in fact, i had bad memories of scouring that whole area (and walking through marshes) for checkpoints HAHA. at that point in time, we decided that it would take a really long time to get to the suspension bridge, and we didnt have our breakfast before we came, so we decided to make our way back.

luckily, we didnt have to walk through all the mud and flea-cloud again. haha based on my gut feel, i went in a rough direction towards the golf course, and then cut through the golf course and walked through the island country club, then walked along the expressway, back to the entrance of macritchie. haha thankfully i did not "holland" (lose my way), and so the faith placed in me by my bro + parents werent misplaced, and we ended our morning excursion after walking non stop for 2.5 hrs!

sadly, we all forgot to bring a camera so we couldn't take pictures of all the things we saw, but the experience and memories were definitely unforgettable. :D

AR + Survivor

2008-11-04T22:53:00.002+08:00

haha last fri's survivor had a shocking twist - both teams were going tribal council where they had to vote off someone. just when kota was owning and all, and everyone thought that they were safe. but the highlight of that episode was kenny making up a story to sway sugar to his side, and con her to blindside Ace. and the best thing was, he managed to pull it off, because Ace unwittingly tried to ask sugar for the immunity idol, which made her believe kenny's story that ace was ganging up with matty to vote sugar off. i always wanted Ace out of the game, so i was pretty happy when the blindsiding worked.

and for yesterday's amazing race, i was so happy that ken and tina got last spot! but unfortunately they werent eliminated. unless tina's attitude improves, ken and tina will be failing miserably again next week. kelly and christy making it to 2nd place was also quite a surprise, considering how the ladies sucked at car painting. but i guess they made up time on the ironing task hahaha. i would fail horribly at both detours if i had to do them. and next week they will still be racing around india! apparently they will hav to go thru some festival/ritual where dye has to be splashed on them. they look kinda pitiful in the shots haha... cant wait for next instalments of both shows!

cantaloupes

2008-10-28T12:10:00.002+08:00

YES! ken and tina were finally bumped off their number 1 position by nick and starr! good job to the siblings! (: i think they are a really formidable team, and will expect to see them for quite a while! haha and kelly and christy r real mean in their comments about other contestants. i find this one particularly evil.

http://www.cbs.com/collections/top_clips_from_amazing_race/video/video.php?pid=3xazZYwYXhOr5MlxdfJxwKSB4JoraXfz&play=true&cid=868011758

anyway, yesterday i did quite a bit of driving, cos our family went out for lunch, then my bro had to go back to sch for proj work, and after dropping off, we headed to my grandma's place and stayed there till my bro was done before going to fetch him again. so i was the driver all this while, and as usual, my driving standard was like *cough*. so while i was trying not to suck at driving, my dad and mum were like nagging all the way, which sometimes make me panick even more, then give them even more chances to nag at me. it could get really irritating at times, even though i do admit im still very far away from being good at driving.

anw, when we reached rj to pick my bro, he messaged saying he needed another 15 min, so i wanted to drive round rj at first, then realised the barricades are closed on weekends so i parked at the visitors carpark and strolled round rj with my parents. i was rather shocked at the number of people that were back in a school on a public holiday. about 75% of the classrooms had people in them. i didnt remember going back to sch on a public holiday when i was mugging for As hahaha.

ok. anw heres a nice song that id like to recommend to everyone. its by peter pan, pan yu wen (one of the finalists of xing guang season 1). nice song + lyrics (:

夏雨诗 - 潘裕文

等候在骤来的夏夜暴雨时间突然静止
滂沱的雨势中停泊两段迂回著的心事
忽然间所有的谈笑风生瞬间戛然而止
靠著我挡著你风雨之中不让你被淋湿

我们在这个城市流浪多少日子
却从来没有想到有人能分享你倾覆的心事

没有了你叮咛的日子耳朵总感觉怅然若失
生活上来了又去得了又失是你给我扶持
不断寻觅错过了几次从来不知爱近在咫尺
回头发现熬过这些日子总有你的影子

孤独在各自的人生旅途安静或是飞驰
遇见了彼此后两个灵魂不再患得患失
有些话想启齿欲言又止你耐心等我解释
微笑著不说话把我抱住让我像个孩子

在光阴这趟车上浪费了多少日子
遇见你却让过去所有的痛楚通通被稀释

没有了你叮咛的日子耳朵总感觉怅然若失
生活上来了又去得了又失是你给我扶持
不断寻觅错过了几次从来不知爱近在咫尺
回头发现熬过这些日子总有你的影子

没有了你倾诉的日子耳朵就感觉怅然若失
生活上来了又去得了又失你是我的坚持
陪我同游余生的日子就算走到了穷途末日
天涯咫尺在人生的白纸同愉快的写诗

为什么失去了还要被惩罚呢

2008-10-26T21:49:00.004+08:00

i seriously wonder why there is a need for SHA, as it always ends up as a 分猪肉 event. following their practice last yr, every single overseas artiste that was nominated in at least one prize category, and turned up, went home with at least one prize. like seriously, whats the point of a newcomer award if they give it to 6 NEWCOMERS?

anyway, congrats to fish for clinching the prestigious best female artiste award, even though the credibility of all the SHA awards are highly dubious HAHAHA. and WOW mayday actually performed ni bu shi zhen zheng de kuai le for the FIRST TIME EVER, at the SHA! i love that song alot. the mv is also very nice and i love the lyrics of this song, especially this line: 这世界笑了于是你合群的一起笑了.

你不是真正的快乐 - 五月天

人群中哭着你只想变成透明的颜色
你再也不会梦或痛或心动了
你已经决定了你已经决定了

你静静忍着紧紧把昨天在拳心握着
而回忆越是甜就是越伤人
越是在手心留下密密麻麻深深切切淡掉了

你不是真正的快乐你的笑只是你穿的保护色
你决定不恨了也决定不爱了
把你的灵魂挂在永远锁上的躯壳

这世界笑了于是你合群的一起笑了
当生存是规则不是你的选择
于是你含着眼泪飘飘荡荡跌跌撞撞地走着

你不是真正的快乐你的笑只是你穿的保护色
你决定不恨了也决定不爱了
把你的灵魂挂在永远锁上的躯壳

你不是真正的快乐你的伤从不肯完全的愈合
我站在你坐着却伤感着银河
难道就真的抱着遗憾一直到老了然后再后悔着

你不是真正的快乐你的笑只是你穿的保护色
你决定不恨了也决定不爱了
把你的灵魂挂在永远锁上的躯壳

你不是真正的快乐你的伤从不肯完全的愈合
我站在你坐着却伤感着银河
难道就真的抱着遗憾一直到老了

你知道真正的快乐你应该脱下你穿的保护色
为什么失去了还要被惩罚呢
能不能就让配角全部结束在此刻重新开始活着

having heard such a nice first hit, i was really looking forward to this album, esp since their last proper album was like 2 yrs ago. however, when i listened to their whole album the first time, i was shocked. i felt that the ke ting du of the songs in this album is a lot lower, cos the feng ge of some of the songs are hard to accept. in fact, i quickly got bored of some of the songs. :/ moreover, i cannot find myself growing on many of those songs, unlike the case of the previous album haha. mebbe its just me, but i was very disappointed on the whole when after listening to that album twice, and have not gone back to reviewing it again...

AR again tmr! hopefully i can wake up early enough HAHA. hope to see ken and tina end their winning streak ): half of the fun of watching AR is gone though, cos my favourite team is out already HAHA.

打开了任意门找到你

2008-10-20T22:25:00.002+08:00

went back to draw blood last week for a blood test before ORD. haha i was actually quite afraid, cos of a traumatic experience i had with the medics half a year ago. at that time, i had a high fever, and had to get a drip, and like 3-4 medics attempted to drip me. after like 7 failed attempts (YES I STILL REMEMBER THAT NUMBER ACCURATELY), they still did not get the drip into my vein. i mean, if its a professional doctor doing it for me, i wouldnt be like one-tenth as frightened ok.

anw when i walked in to get my blood drawn, one of the medics actually asked his friend (who was probably quite new) to draw the blood from me, so as to "gain experience". i was thinking OMG this is it they will need another 7 attempts. but thankfully, all went well, and he managed to draw my blood on his first attempt. phew, im done with like the worst part of the medical clearance before ord. after that, i hung around to do some clearance. ORD smells really close now!

hehhs. anw, today, my fave AR13 teams got eliminated! so sadd! marisa and brooke were still a good position last week! but they somehow just got very lost in this leg, and were like hours behind the first team (maybe even half a day?) was really sad for them, cos they are like one of the nicer teams, who dont bicker at each other, and do not bitch at other teams. i was like crossing my fingers and hoping that it was a non-elimination leg, but unfortunately, it wasnt. boohoo, there goes my charming belles. and OH MY GOD ken and tina got the fast forward and was first for the 3rd time in a row ):

today was the du jia shou bo for 2 songs! at 10am, there was 你不是真正的快乐 by mayday, and at 8.30pm, there was 带我走 by rainie! both are emo shu qing songs, and they are both very nice. at the moment, i prefer 带我走 more, cos it is more emo than 你不是真正的快乐 haha. and nicer to sing at kbox i guess (: sadly, rainie is changing her image to become more cheng shu this time round, so i guess no more ren yi men? ):

on a side note, jj has released his album, and wukequn has released his compilation album. jj's album is nice, but the songs are not that catchy when i listened the first time round. the nicer sounding songs are xiao jiu wo, wo hai xiang ta (NICE MV!) and zui chi bi. bu chao bu yong hua qian is quite interesting, but i personally feel jj cant rap HAHAHA. wukequn sang his version of sha gua in his compilation album, and i prefer that over landy's version. he has included new shu qing songs, and remixes of his previous songs, so his compilation was worth listening to also. oh coming wednesday, energy's new song will be shou bo-ed too.

sooo many nice songs now. im spoilt for choice!

and heres the 3rd hit from jay's album, and another of my favourite song from his album (nice MV too)

时光机 - 周杰伦

墙角迎风的雏菊
茉莉花开的香气
闭上眼回到过去
划分界限的座椅
下课就靠在一起
我就是离不开你

一路乘着溜滑梯
我们说好走到底
以为从此就分离
用黑板上的日期
倒数找你

慢慢清晰原来思念你
是加了糖的消息
我用铅笔画得很仔细
素描那年天气
蝉鸣的夏季我想遇见你

那童年的希望是
一台时光机
我可以一路开心到底
都不换气
戴竹蜻蜓穿过那森林
打开了任意门找到你 (<--- REN YI MEN!)
一起旅行

那童年的希望是
一台时光机
你我翻滚过的榻榻米
味道熟悉
所有回忆在小叮当口袋里
一起荡秋千的默契
在风中持续着甜蜜

有些话从来不急
一直都放在心底
想要将你看仔细
但错身而过的你
已经离去

慢慢清晰原来思念你
是加了糖的消息
我用铅笔画得很仔细
素描那天天气
蝉鸣的夏季我想遇见你

那童年的希望是
一台时光机
我可以一路开心到底
都不换气
戴竹蜻蜓穿过那森林
打开了任意门找到你
一起旅行

那童年的希望是
一台时光机
你我翻滚过的榻榻米
味道熟悉
所有回忆在小叮当口袋里
一起荡秋千的默契
在风中持续着甜蜜

amazing race rants

2008-10-13T21:07:00.004+08:00

woke up early to watch amazing race today. haha i officially support marisa and brooke for amazing race 13! they are like always lost in their own world, but somehow lady luck is always shining on their side and they somehow never get eliminated despite lagging behind at the start of a leg. plus those 2 belles are really pretty and charming, always stay positive, and never bicker at each other!

haha, on the contrary, id like to see ken and tina end their winning streak, then i can see tina being her quarrelsome self again :D

anyway, there was more team rivalry today. last week, ken-tina team quarrelled with terence-sarah team. this week, it was the kelly-christy team against the nick-starr team. haha. hopefully they filmed what happens at the pit stop next week, when kelly-christy "confronts" nick-starr with regards to asking aja-ty to u-turn them. HAHA it would be a really amusing confrontation.

till next week then! and go marisa and brooke! hope ull stay till the final leg (: