Change

Django: "This is the way things are. You can't change nature"

Remy:"Change is nature, Dad. The part that we can influence. And it starts when we decide."

-From Ratatouille

Man, I'm certainly not influencing change in a good way. What wouldn't I give to return to my old self?

Here Comes Goodbye

I dunno why but I love 'Here Comes Goodbye' by Rascalflatts so much.lol I searched for people doing covers on youtube. Here are the best few dudes.


FLATTSFANATIC


SecondsFromEternity



ryannarcisomusic

Samson Go Mic

I got to play around with the Samson Go Mic today. Here's Sleep by Eric Whitacre.I'm doing the Tenor 2 part.

New found interest for...Microphones?

I've been looking at usb condenser microphones lately. I don't know why but I feel like getting one. Well, all I've seen so far costs from about 100-200 dollars so I'm not actually considering them. However, there is this one microphone that costs about 60 bucks on amazon. It's called the Samson Go Mic and the sound quality is absolutely great.

Maybe I'm suddenly interested because of all the videos I've seen of people using these type of recorders for doing covers and stuff.

What hurts the most

I'm at a lost as to what I should say, what I should do. I really have no clue what the right step/next step should be.

Youtube singers

I just found a couple of REALLY good singers on youtube doing covers. I thought I'd just embed videos of them. Well, here they are.

FLATTSFANATIC



orderandnumber



derekcate

Weird eh?

I find that whenever I blog, what I write or rather how I write differs quite a bit from I how I'd normally write for a compo. I don't know, maybe I just don't have as much a flare(if any) for blogging compared to writing. Maybe I should just write out whatever I want to say and then copy it onto the blog.

Update?

It's been a while now.

I've been faring pretty well in my studies so far, with the exception of maybe chem and physics, but I believe everthing will be all right. School's now pretty boring, the same old stuff over and over again.

At least things are better more interesting in choir since we're actually learning serious songs instead of cheapo stuff. But, it's been pretty disappointing so far, with my section's progress being way too slow,everyone forgetting their technique etc. And I'm to blame for that. I'm supposed to teach them. Problem is, I haven't learnt the song well enough and I sorta lost the technique too. Well I guess I just have to put in more effort.

On the bright side, things seem to be improving in soccer. I can feel it coming back. The surge of adrenaline when I'm on the ball. Usually the ball would be controlling me, but that's not the case now. It feels like before again, when I was on form.

Good old days

Sigh... how great it would be if everything was like it was in the past. When we were together, as one. Not split up into 2 different factions like we are now. What's the problem? Why can't we just forgive and forget? If the comm is split up, then we'll go nowhere.Nowhere but down.

Wrong

13th May 2010

Hmm, exams are over.I don't know man, I should be feeling high and all, and I admit, I was really looking forward to the end of the myes. But now that it is actually over,I realised that it's not such a big deal after all. MYEs, what's there to be proud of? I don't have any great accomplishments to be happy about. I mean hey, I played more computer games during the exam period than on normal school days. I spent only a small fraction of time on studying. So, if I do do badly for the myes, then it's just my just desserts.

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14th May 2010

Hmm, what can I say?Gatherings are just not my thing. It was bad enough in sec 1, but from the looks of things, it's just getting much worse. Just talking to people seems to be a chore, it's gotten so unnatural. Who've I to blame for the antisocial behaviour but myself? sigh...

Awkwardness...DEAL WITH IT

Finalised study plan

Study plan's done. Here it is.

Randomness

The MYEs are coming really soon. I just had the paper 1s today. Well, I haven't started studying and I don't really know what I should study. So I came up with this
incomplete study plan.


Frankly, it reminds me of the one I did last year. But I've got significantly more time this year.


Desperate times call for desperate measures. Study plans can be real life savers.


Kk here's a random video of some of my soccer shots.

Riva Del Garda

I know it's been more than a week since returning from Italy, but I've really been hard pressed for time to blog recently. Well, better late than never eh?Frankly, I can't believe that the trip's over. Just like that, and we're back. I must say though, I really enjoyed myself there. Put aside the unprepared-ness , lack of concentration and all the other stuff, I feel that the trip was a really meaningful lesson. It taught me loads of stuff. Focus, self discipline, courage to stand up. This competition will definitely rooted these values in me. We didn't do the best we could and ended up getting 3rd, so I feel that this is a very big regret. However, I'm quite pleased with the choir. I mean, we were only 46 people, and we realised how small that is compared to the other choirs. So one by one, we rose to sing out more and put in even more effort. And honestly, I feel that the tenors did a pretty good job with the volume, considering there were only 6 of us. Ah well, so all that's left to do is to work harder. Kk photo time.

Dubai AirportMilan

Verona

Riva Del Garda

Venice

A couple of things...

I've got a couple of things I wanna blog about, especially stuff that has long been overdue.

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Chinese New Year

Well, as always, this year I went back to Sarawak to celebrate the Chinese New Year. I must say, although this New Year was somewhat much less eventful compared to previous years, there were still many things I enjoyed. Mainly, it's the fireworks. I feel that it's awesome that people still play fireworks in Sarawak(Though it's illegal). This year, there was quite a wide variety of designs of the fireworks. There were those that came in boxes of 20 which fired pink and green fireworks. Then there were those that fired only one. But boy, I enjoy those the most. They shoot really high up into the sky and the fireworks are really big (About three times the size of the usual ones that come in 20s) when they explode. The sound produced by the explosion is really loud, and it feels like artillary guns are being fired. Literally, you can feel your sternum just go thump. Oh yea, and this year, there was a new firework design. It formed a heart shape when it exploded. While I do admit that it's girly and whatnot, it was really refreshing, really diferent from the usual fireworks.

Yea I know I've blabbered on so much about fireworks, so for the benefit of you people who don't get to see what I see, I've posted this video of the fireworks.

[EDIT: I'll do it some other time]

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3/03/10

I admit, Sec 3 life has been pretty hectic and strenuous. I mean, the staying back late almost everyday is still fine with me, but having four tests a week? I think that's overkill. Yea, so a very important thing to do at this point of time is to manage my time well and relieve as much stress as possible. lol. Yea so, A new year, A new pair of pants, New responsibilties.

In conclusion it's "Time to nut up or shut up"- Tallahassee:Zombieland

Random lulz

Ok well here's a lol picture I found today.

Heartless

Hi I've decided to be random today. This is Heartless by Kanye West. I think The Fray's cover pwns it upside down, inside out. Have a listen for yourself.

Kanye Wests's


The Fray's

Italy Trip Songs

While the chances on going for Italy trip this year are rather low, we still learn the 4 songs for the competition. Well, they're really nice and it's a shame if we don't get to go. But anyway, just to let you guys know how nice the songs are, I've embedded them.

The Songs(Just ignore The Seal Lullaby for this one)



O Magnum Mysterium

Balloons

One day, in an empty street, a man was selling balloons.He filled balloons of bright colours(red, blue, green) with helium and released them into the sky, hoping to attract people's attention. A young little African-American boy saw the balloons and went to the man. In filling the balloons with helium and releasing them, the man did not notice the little boy. The boy tugged his pocket. Thinking that the boy wanted to buy a balloon, he bent down beside him and held on to a balloon, intending to give it to the boy.

"Can black balloons fly too?"The boy suddenly asked the man.
The man, though not highly educated, knew what the boy meant.

He replied "It is not the colour of the balloon that determines whether it can fly, but it is the air that is filled inside it."

2010!

Ok dudes, before I blog about the new year, I'll blog about some older stuffz.
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28/12/09 - Monday

Beaten by the Devil

Tonight after coming back from Singapore expo, I decided to have a last game of Battlefield Heroes before bed. As I played, I constantly got killed by this guy called DickheadTheThird (I know, what kind of name is that?) He was hacking. I could stand one field away invisible and he could just pluck me off like an apple from a tree. Honestly, I was pissed. I was way beyond pissed. I threw him vulgarities and I even joined his team just so I could teamkill him. I'd have to admit it, it felt great to vent out my anger at him. I felt victorious. But in actual fact, I was utterly defeated. I sinned badly. So now I ask The Lord to forgive me as well as help me to forgive that guy. Yea it's really retarded that I acted so immature-ly. At the end of the day, I just realised that I wasted 2 hours trying to kill that fellow.Sheesh how retarded can I get?
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30/12/09 - Wednesday

CHORAL ELITE CONCERT

I went to watch my brother perform today at the esplanade. It's was his last performance with VJChoir. I didn't know many of the songs but boy, the choristers from the Vocal Consort, Victoria Chorale and Victoria Junior College could really sing! The tenors sounded so good. So rounded, so light. They were one sound, and it was really fantastic. When I listened to this talented group of people, I wonder whether I'll ever be as good as them. I've got a long way to go. Well, I'd better work hard if I want to achieve the results I desire. Here is one of the songs they performed that I knew.Pardon the humming along if you can hear it.

The Seal Lullaby-VJchoir,VChorale,Vocalconsort


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31/12/09 - Thursday

Beaten by the Devil, again.

This afternoon I went down to play soccer. It started off pretty well.Scored a few nice goals, made some nice passes. Yea but when the little kids came, we played. Sure I still did some nice passes and scored some nice goals. But the problem was, the keeper was letting in lots of unnecessary goals, and when I did provide my teammates with passes that leave them 1 on 1 with the keeper, they shoot it wide or kick it sky high. Furthermore, I hardly got the ball. I kept calling for passes, but they never came. I was so frustrated. So when the ball finally did come, I just whacked it as hard as I could. It was right here where I failed. Man, I think I got anger management issues dude. I got to keep it together.sigh.
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31/12/09

Review of 2009 and 2010 resolutions

Okay 2009 has been a tiring, scary , somehow fun, unfulfilling year. Many things happened. Let's organize the stuff in an orderly manner


GOOD:

• We got Gold With Honours for SYF.
  
• I'm closer with my brother now.
• God blessed me with good results although I didn't work hard.
• I made new friends.
• I brought 5 friends to church!
• I found my Church
• I've led my sec 2 life pretty interesting-ly
  

BAD:

• I failed 2 tests in a year.
  
• My brother and I quarreled with our parents about the Christian/Taoist issue.
• Anger managment stuff.
• I'm becoming slack-er
• I've become more easily irritated.
• I tend to bottle up my feelings more than before.
• I've become pretty quiet so I've somehow got to the state that I forgot how I should go around talking to people and it feels weird.

Yea that's not really all of it but that's all I could think of at the moment. Well, I guess I should adopt Rule #32 from Colombus Ohio(Zombieland) - Enjoy the little things. Well life is a journey and we all have to walk through rough paths at times. But you know there'll always be the green meadows that are in stall for us. K umm so here's my list of resolutions for next year.

• Score better grades
• Be more hardworking
• Be more independent
• Do better in choir
• Do better as a son of God
• Manage time better
• Manage anger and stress better
• Be more confident
• Be A LOT MORE approachable
• Be more human

Yea that's about it. K night.
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