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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Gone Fishin' By a really lucky stroke of luck- or a bolt of lightning and some rain for that matter- I went for the Fish Leong concert in the end. The finals was cancelled due to a sudden (ohyes) downpour. Below is what my $138 seat sees.   For fear my viewers not being able to see a humanly form that is Fish Leong herself, I've taken the necessary steps of putting the arrows to indicate where she is. Yes, that's not a prop. That's her. 梁靜茹 In the beginning, I was distracted by a long structure made up of tiny balloons hanging on the ceiling on the indoor stadium. It looked somewhat WRONG. (Maybe I was too preoccupied discussing sexual positions with Gwendolyn Tan before the concert, hence the weird impression.) By her second song, the balloons were released, relieving me a lot and leaving me to concentrate on that tiny, petite person on stage. (And I kopped one balloon too!) For a concert with many ballads, I was prepared to sway along with the melody instead of turning into a bona fide groupie armed with lightsticks and other eye catching weapons.But the crowd I was sitting with, the $138 crowd I add, was really just swaying. I can hear myself "whoo-ing" in the middle of the concert, then ducking cos people turned their heads with a disgusted look. That was how boring my crowd was. Thankfully, there wasn't any big heads or tall giants, so I got a pretty good view. Her voice was so good that you have that imagery of vanilla flowing through her throat when she opens her mouth to sing. That's how smooth it was. She entertained the almost-full (maybe about 20 empty seats?) crowd by speaking in Malaysian-accented Chinese and Singaporean "lah, can also" english. The best part was, her very last encore song was my favourite song from her newest album-" 三吋日光" But I have to thank Gwennie for letting me watch it, because I had originally given the tickets to her when I chose to go to the finals. Thankyouthankyouthankyou! I was thoroughly satisfied. Labels: fish leong concert
2:03 PM
Thursday, December 27, 2007
I totally believe in 10% talent, 90% pespiration now.On a whim, I went for a basketball camp, almost got myself killed with the drills that were dished out fast and furious. But I survived. The team got into the finals, no surprise here cos the other teams are really young. Finals are on the 29th, the same day and time as the Fish Leong concert which I paid good money for. It's a good coincidence-- I bought the tickets before the organisers decided on that date. For a while, I was stuck making a choice. The concert was the highlight of my entire holiday. It was also birthday present. I listened to her songs all the time to get ready for the concert. Then boom. I know that the right thing to do is to go play ball with the 11 other players. But I admit that I'm a little sad that I won't be going for the concert. After all, it's the first time I'm so geared up for any concert at all. Well, all I can say is, that's just how life is, huh? I made a huge sacrifice for the finals. I hope it reaps something.
9:21 PM
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
25th December is here.The reason why people are willing to put themselves at risk squeezing limb and life in Orchard Road is here. It also spells 6 more days till 2008. Wasn't it yesterday that 2007 was about to come? Haha. One year, 2 semester, one exchange programme has come and gone just like that. And me, I hope that with age, I've mellowed like wine. Just not cheap ones. Soon, it'll be time to set New Year's Resolutions- guarenteed promises that will always be broken throughout the course of one year. I should try coming up with some for myself, just for fun. I remember, among all the christmas season folks, I like Rudolph the best. You know, that ONE AND ONLY red-nosed reindeer. Most probably because its song was the easiest to sing. (My rendition of Silent Night, I reckon, can kill). But also because his was a Christmas-sy "ugly duckling" story. I like the Ugly Duckling story. It's the most relevent one in life. Haha. Well, I daresay today's post is a matured, no-cheap-jokes post, ableit random. Randomness is in my system, right shaz? Okay. Kids, go enjoy yourselves this christmas! I know I did. Labels: christmas
12:07 AM
Friday, December 21, 2007
"Commiting Suicide"- best title I could come up with, so far. Not much creative juices flowing, but I am still quite tempted to join this video competition on Health with Zixin, Xue Mei and Shu Hui. Cos the themes are the usual suspects, such as "say no to smoking", "healthy eating" and so on which I daresay has been done to death. BUT, after one uses a trolley as a makeshift dolly and pushes camera in Orchard Road amongst glares of (many) curious onlookers, one begins to want to explore many other ways of making films. So I should get my lazy bones up and about, finish writing that script so we can start making something. And try to forget it's Christmas next week, because it's proving to be a major distraction- I've discovered that the Holiday Mood ruins productive work because "it's supposed to". However, am looking forward to the "homely" Christmas parties I'm invited to. Quiet time with close friends instead of a big, pretentious party where people try to manuveor awkwardly in their done hair and thousand dollar dresses in order to avoid that fat obnoxious stranger standing under the mistletoe. As for now though, it's back to Microsoft Word.
11:13 AM
Thursday, December 20, 2007
You can take the person away from the television, but you can't take the television out of the person.I'm still a sucker for tv after all these years. Damn.
1:06 AM
Monday, December 17, 2007
I can’t believe it’s Sunday today.Didn’t felt like a Sunday should. Of course, my definition of a Sunday is a day where I can sleep in my bed for so long that by afternoon, my body has sunk into the mattress. I was awakened by a call this morning. “Eh! You still sleeping ah!? Wake up, we started already!” When I gained consciousness, I was still wondering whether I dreamt up the call by Gwennie. It was the FIBA Referee Clinic today, and this year it was held in Singapore. It was valued opportunity to learn more about the game since the FIBA Sports Director came down from Europe to give lectures about the rules and ways of refereeing, and at the same time, conduct the FIBA test for potential international referees. In the end, I got a better understanding about the purpose of being a referee. Ultimately, it is about administering and ensuring a good game of basketball. After 9 whole years of seeing the ball, it’s still about having a good game. Every player deserves the right to a fair game. I shake my head and sigh at the thought of people who doesn’t think the same way. But, thankfully, the people who uphold the spirit of the game outnumber the rest. Afterward, I had a great game with Gwennie at Geylang Serai CC, even though it was sorta impromptu. There was little bit of spoiler in the 3rd quarter, but still a good game if I say so myself. Something random to break this momentum: WE FILMED AT ORCHARD ROAD LAST FRIDAY MORNING! Gazillion stares by passer-bys, but what the heck. Was a tiring, but good experience. Let’s do it again!
12:04 AM
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
  To my horror, I've discovered that I've become somewhat of a cheena-fied GROUPIE. I only listen to Fish Leong's songs on my iPod now, and paid good money for her upcoming concert- thankfully I'm over the age of making huge, gaudy posters for her concert (heaven forbid). And then I got somewhat possessed, and bought the entire series of "Just Love", which is showing on Channel 8 every weekday 7pm. It stars Jessica Hester Hsuan as a strict judge coping with her marriage to Sunny Chan. Took me 4 days to finish the entire thing, and suddenly, everything sounds cantonese now. "Qi sin ah!" I gotta admit, no matter how recycled Hong Kong drama plots are, and how unfanciful scenes are being shot, there is still a certain form of attraction that grabs one by the neck and doesn't let go. Half the time I'm thinking "why is there YET ANOTHER misunderstanding?", and the other half, I'm thinking, "but lets see whether the evil bitch gets her way". And using this method, I popped in vcd after vcd, watched episode after episode. Before I know it, I'm done with the 20 episodes, and starting to yearn for the series again. Hong Kong dramas just suck you in and don't let go. Explains why people can watch A Kindred Spirit. But the show was quite nice, and it was really sad to see a tough judge break down towards the end at the prospect of losing her husband. It became super complicated- somehow it became a "I still love you but I cannot tell you because it's for your protection" thing. - I realise I'm such a sucker for these premises. Oh! The pain of not being able to love! Oh! Sigh, spoken like a true tv addict. Labels: Just Love
12:03 AM
Sunday, December 09, 2007
07/12/07 was an excellent day. BUT, 08/12/07 was a horrible, horrible day. It seems that the KARMA used up on the 7th was too much, hence the bad luck on the 8th. - or it's just me being too superstitious. On the 7th, it was excellent- I passed my proficiency test, SCI trashed some school in girls basketball, I bumped into some people along the way, I went to fix my phone, and the spirit for SCI during captain's ball was high high high. On the 8th, it was horrible- I mistook the venue for my basketball match, and my phone didn't work after I repaired it at first and had to find a payphone to call up my captain, I kept falling down during the game, my shots didn't go in. But that's just about it. Mistaking the venue was such a DUMB MOMENT. I hope the karma in my body settles, and I don't wish for an excellent day, just a happy day will do. Anyway, sidetracking, here's a note to this dear friend of mine who's going on exchange: EVELINE! Cos I really don't know when she's going and only a vague idea of where- America lor. But America is very big. "hey girl, study hard, but play hard over there too! Take care of yourself, cos it's gonna be 1 semester before we'll see you again. Be careful, and if you have a fling over there, do share with us when you come back! Have fun experiencing the world okay! We will definitely miss you!" Labels: karma
11:06 AM
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
sometimes, we're all suckers for songs. Even when they're generic, tacky, cheesy, been-there-done-that, talking-about-the-same-old-thing, we still memorise the lyrics and sing along to them as if we can relate to it. I remember, when I was younger, I really loved Spice Girls' "2 become 1". Yes, that was when I had no idea the sexual connatations it implied, and when I thought "making love" was an expression, NOT AN ACTION. And I would sing it aloud at home, thinking whether "a dream of you and me together" will ever happen to me. Then in secondary school, I thought if there was a chance to play the field, ala "Oops I did it again". I practiced lines of "took your heart, got lost in this game oh baby" in hopes of being able to say it to someone, anyone. Then, it was the height of competition between Britney and Christina. But I didn't like Christina then because I didn't like the idea of people "rubbing me the right way". -- of course, the sane one turned out to be Christina cos she didn't shave her head. In order to fit into the KBOX crowd in JC, I tried to listen to more chinese songs because the English MTVs were of endless scenery. And I found myself deciphering the meanings of many different songs, especially Mandarin ones since my Mandarin wasn't exactly A1. In Uni, I decided that I would have different phases. There's the "cheena-fied" phase, and the "Ang-mo-pai" phase. I'm in the "cheena-fied" phase now because the tv in my house only has the MTV MADARIN channel on cable. Now, I'm stuck humming all the latest and catchiest mandarin hits that I've seen on tv. Which makes me think that this line is really really true- Music, really does, makes the world go round.
10:05 PM
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
 20/20 I don't think anyone will get sick of their own birthdays, even though thoughts of getting older are quite daunting. (especially when people says "welcome to club 20" with an evil laugh) But oh well. This is the best birthday ever! Above all, it's because of the efforts of these very very very very nice people who made it all the more special - the 4Gracians - the University gang - the Invictus team - the Korean gang - the FAMILY and of course, so many many many other people who made me felt loved, like Gwennie who came down just to watch me play, and Leanne Wong who called me up at 12 midnight just to wish me happy birthday. And the people who messaged me happy birthday. And the people who wrote on the card, sending me into immense laughter. Apple wrote "yea, happy birthday and practice safe sex." ---- siaochabo. hahaha. the best things arn't the presents (although they are A BONUS), but the trips made all the way to school not to register subjects but for me, the surprise destinations where we ended up moontanning in sentosa, and the above email. I love you guys. I really really do. Labels: happy birthday
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