no more indie songs..

phew.. yeah finally it's all over.. no more indie songs, no more weird tempo.. end of torturous practices for the moment..

shall not rant on the bad things of this concert, if not it would be endless.. but one thing i'm utterly sad and worried about, the harp fell onto the ground once! my god.. the harp leh!! such a big and expensive instrument, and it doesn't belong to the orchestra somemore.. oh manz.. it's ok if it went off-tune, because it could be tuned back.. but there was a crack!! arhh!! A CRACK!! how?!? i had no idea how the harp fell, and whose fault, but i don't think anyone would wish that to happen.. i'm going to cry if they demand compensation (which i think there's a high possibility).. *sobz*

ok.. enough..

i guess we know how to entertain ourselves, instead of worrying how bad our skills are.. gossiping about people, discussing the fanciful clothes and hair and the super-high heels of Mao Hui Ru.. haha.. and taking pictures.. =)

and first time styling my hair for the concert, to suit the new bright-red costume.. people say i looked cute.. i think so too.. muahaha.. =P

pictures pictures!! =) (haha.. nonoy's favourite phrase too.. haha)

before the hair change..


after the styling..


with flowers from Li Hai Lang lao shi.. =)


with Seetoh lao shi.. he said i look nice.. but like a bride.. boo..


with Li Hai Lang lao shi.. he's a real cute guy.. haha..


the heavenly-Subramaniam.. he has his aura.. i hope i won't see him in my dreams again.. haa..


the *ahem* 'pretty' Mao Hui Ru..


well, it was really a big pleasure to be able to work with all these wonderful musicians, which i consider it to be a real rare opportunity.. actually the fusion of indian music with chinese instruments actually sound quite nice.. the indian-ish rhythms can actually make you shake your head like an indian.. haha.. just that the music sounds more like chromatic scales to me, and i don't think i would want to play that again in the near future.. haha.. and listening to Subramaniam playing his 5-string violin (yes, i must emphasize this.. ) together with his 2 other percussionists really put us in no position for comparison.. haiz.. seeing Zhu Lin playing this tough music on erhu is also another 'wah~' moment..

but anyway, it's all over, time for a break.. and right now.. time to sleep.. *yawnzz*

haunted..

arghh!! i can't study for my test which is 14 hours away from now.. the indie songs are haunting me!!

this week is going to leave me no space for breathing.. wah!! i need more time!! i haven't study much for the test.. so i'm going to leave it to my tikam power to pull me through.. damn..

and did i mention before that i dreamt of the-heavenly-Subramaniam a few nights ago?! eerie!! it freaked me out and left me in a daze for a few moments.. worse, he was speaking Chinese in my dream.. hmm.. i think we should be more careful with him around huh..

practices these few days were torturing.. ending late at night and everyone would be in a state of mental shock after the practices..

and the 3rd movement of the concerto was at a freaking-hell tempo of 180.. and i'm giving up.. *raises white flag*

arghh!! i can't get the indie melody out of my head!! i can't get all the scientific terms into my head!! i'm dead.. no sleep tonight..

where is my coffee?

eve of v-day doom..

valentine is such a commerialised thing.. all the flowers and the chocolates are coming in big bombs.. a bouquet of dozen roses cost freaking hell more than 200 bucks! hello? give me the money i can go away for a short holiday, or that could pay for my domestic flights in philippines.. haha.. and why roses? there are other pretty flowers out there too.. like lilies, tulips.. so why roses? haha..

i don't mind the chocolates though.. haha.. i will melt in front of you if i'm treated to a chocolate buffet.. haha..

but anyway, the whole school is full of lovey-hearty stuff, everywhere is v-day bazaars.. eek.. i think tomorrow will be worse.. -_-'''

and i have absolutely no idea why there is weird uncle doing some astrology-palm-reading thingie in the middle of the v-day bazaar in science fac!! -_-'''

but then again, v-day is not exclusively for those lovey-dovey couples k.. haha.. i love my friends too! haha.. hugs and kisses to all my friends here, in Bago and anywhere else in the world.. *muacks* =P

all the singles in the world unite!

one month..

january 12 - the day i left Bago..

1 month back from Bago.. and i actually missed out on quite a number of things within this 1 month.. tricia's birthday, papa's birthday, nina's birthday, and today, the pre-celebration for the Babaylan festival..

sigh..

i was imagining, that i was part of the crowd, watching the parade, perhaps trying to spot some familar faces, and going "ooh~ and ahh~" all over.. i could joking around and having fun with all my precious friends in Bago..

yes, i admit that i can't lift myself out from this illusion.. people say i cling too much to the life and things in Bago.. i don't deny that..

oh well, just leave me in my own delusion..

happy and sad day..

now this is what i call a new year celebration.. going from house to house, eating new year goodies (my hae bi hiam aka shrimp rolls!! =P), playing games and had hearty laughs.. =)

1st stop, Mr Lum's house.. had to wake up early, because i had to travel all the way from the west of the island to Serangoon.. -_-''' luckily there was helen, if not i would most probably get bored or fall asleep throughout the journey.. haha.. yar, food food and more food.. =)

2nd stop, Kevin's house for our steamboat lunch.. hehe.. my 3rd steamboat for the new year so far..

3rd stop, Huiyan's house.. and it was playing time! haha.. i don't know how to play (and don't wish to learn how to play) mahjong, so i went playing cards with some of the peeps in her room.. i started from being the "asshole" of the "asshole dai di" to the "president" in the final round.. haha.. yeah.. =P

last stop, Andrew's house.. manz his house was huge.. i was like, "wow~" before stepping in the house.. haha.. had dinner there and we lao-ed yu sheng.. =)



another round of hearty laughs playing "indian poker".. haha..

a fun day, but my mood went kinda down when reading the newspaper.. was following up with the stampede incident in Manila, and i was sad to read that the death toll went up, and there were nearly 400 people injured in this stampede.. *sigh* mixed feelings i was having, angry at the poor organisation of the event, pity the families that are already shattered and in grief..

i don't know about what other people may think.. but i've been there, i've watched Wowowee, and i've seen how bad the living conditions are for the philippinos, and how desperately these people want to win the prizes during the show..

"We were just coming to have a good time with the family," the son said. In between sobs, the father said that the family had come with the hope of winning one of the cash prizes to better their lives. "We are poor people and now I have lost my wife," he said. Like him, many others were hoping to win minibuses or houses or even the top prize of one million pesos (S$31,500), a special offering for the show's one year anniversary. Around 40 per cent of the people in Philippines live on US$2 (S$3.25) a day.

putting sad note aside, i've sent out a letter to our sponsored child, together with 2 story books, an exercise book, and a few stickers.. an appeal to any NUSCO people who read this, do give your support towards this sponsorship.. it's only $5 a month.. perhaps now there's only this kid gets to benefit, but with more people, we can reach out to one more child, or even more..



i just wish to touch the hearts of more people that may need the help..