The Chapters of Life

Busy with nothing

2011-08-14T14:20:00.002+08:00

It's been quite some time since I last updated. Many things have happened. One of which about to begin is prelim 3. Well I should be studying and all but sometimes I just do covers. I don't enjoy doing covers of songs which are meaningless to me. But then again, 'enjoy' wouldn't exactly be the word I'd use to describe covering songs which are meaningful to me. I think reminiscing is what I do when I cover songs. Memories, sweet sour or bitter, are things that never change. It's educational (i'm only using educational because I've got poor vocabulary and it's the only word that came to mind) to revisit and understand the lessons that were taught.

Shards

2011-07-18T22:20:00.007+08:00

It's been a week. I really don't know what (not?) to do anymore. It seems like every move I make is wrong. I want to do something, but it's so fragile I'm so afraid that one wrong move'll end it all. Is this the end of the line? I really don't want it to be. But in any case, I hope all is well with you.

Happy!!! :D

2011-05-25T17:46:00.004+08:00

Haha I guess having a birthday warrants a blog post, so here it is :)

Wow, it's already been sixteen years here spent on earth. Granted, there have been many ups and downs. But still, albeit being pretty arduous, the journey has no doubt been very rewarding. Am I happy to be living? Without a doubt. I thank God for all this glory. That I've got awesome friends around me. That I've been to experience all that I have. That I am able to feel.

I have been living like a robot almost all my life, following schedules and plans. Well, this has slowly changed me from a fun human into a stiff robot. But still, at least for today, I get to be human again. It's really amazing how people's wishes and deeds can change oneself :) It's these precious little moments that make life worth living:)

Thank you all for the well wishes :)

Thanks Go Go for being my firm(when needed) mentor and role model. Thanks for the countless fun times together. Thanks for for being the best-est (yes I know my English sucks lol) brother you can be :)

Thanks(Not in order of merit lol) Denise, Bryan, Poh Yi, Zi Feng, Zhen Sheng, Gemonn, Angeline, Charis, Charmaine, Joshua for the card. Thanks Denise and Poh Yi for the present:) More than that, thank you all for being the awesome-est friends you could be :)

Yes I didn't forget Thanks Dwayne for being a cool brudda

And definitely, Thank you Denise, for all the things you've done, big or small, for all the joy that you've provided me with. I'm really thankful for them. I'm really thankful for you :)

All right to end off, here's to you guys, here's to sixteen years of pure awesome, here's to more awesome to come, and here's to God :D

Poor results

2011-05-19T22:00:00.002+08:00

Chinese results were mediocre:(This is the worst ever results I've ever gotten for an exam... I knew my chinese was bad, but I never knew it was this bad. Sigh I've got a bad feeling about the other papers too. This exam is an utter screw-up :(:( I'd better buck up soon.

All right enough whining.

It's been a while since I touched the guitar. It feels good to be playing it again:)

Antisocial robot

2011-04-30T18:51:00.002+08:00

Yep. Maybe that's just what I am. Who'd ever think that a little immature thing that I used to do would affect me so much, making me become what I now hate? To think that once upon a time, the words 'talkative' and 'outspoken' appeared in my report book comments rather than 'quiet' and 'conservative'. Man it really sucks bad to be an antisocial stone.

Hmm, maybe it's the little rubbish things that I used to do that makes me feel so incompetent, but I feel like I've gotten what I don't deserve:/

Happy :)

2011-04-24T21:06:00.004+08:00

At the start of this short holiday, I wasn't so sure I'd be happy. I thought I'd be staying at home all day, studying like a robot and disconnecting myself from the world. I thought that it'd be yet another boring holiday. Thank God I thought wrong. Thursday and Good Friday wasn't that good for me, learning all the problems and feeling helpless about it. I mean, it's already pretty bad to learn that some of your primary school friends hang out with a bunch of underage smokers. And then there was The Matter. Things didn't start out so well, so naturally I got quite pessimistic about the rest of the holidays.

But things turned out for the better the next day. It was quite an eventful day, with choir and church. Choir was pretty fun and the singers there (mainly the tenors) are of higher calibre. Despite this, I still feel that ahschoir is still the best. It's not only a choir where I sing in. It's a family full of great people. Haha pretty late for the realisation to dawn upon me but hey, better late than never yea? Okay moving on to church. It has been a VERY LONG time since I got back to church, but I thank God I did. HOGC has changed a lot, becoming more awesome than ever. Initially I felt a bit awkward and lost, having missed so many months of church previously. But After a while, thanks to the familiar friendliness and kindness of people in HOGC, I managed to fit in more easily. Thank God for the wonderful message. And Thank God for Jesus.

As the next day came, it started to get boring again, as I studied and had tuition for the majority of the day. It was becoming the boring holiday that I thought it would be. I refused to let the holidays end of on this terrible sour note. So I decided to head out for parkway and east coast park to kill the boredom. It was pretty fun and relaxing as I got to take some photos and take my mind of all the unhappiness and troubles. So, this 3-day break has finally come to an end, and I'm thankful for all I've managed to experience. I'm really happy :)

Here are some of the photos I took
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Thank you Denise, for allowing me to be a listening ear and for being a listening ear yourself. Also, thank you the priceless joy you have given me. This holiday wouldn't have been half as awesome without you:)

I got a feeling

2011-04-09T22:34:00.002+08:00

I have never really been good in socialising with people. Especially girls. So sorry

Maybe my body is missing a socialising gene or something. Anyhow, I'm still thankful that I somehow manage to guide people, especially my tenors to greater heights. It feels really good to know that you've helped your members in one way or another to tap into their true potential. Of course, I've also been blessed with the fact that my section is really very focused and well behaved one. I've got a good feeling about this. Let's just do our very best and make true music on Wednesday.

hmm

2011-04-03T22:23:00.001+08:00

I hate hospitals. I’ve hated them since young. The last time I went to a hospital was in primary one, when I had to put on a cast for my fractured elbow. When you go to a hospital, it’s rarely ever for a good reason. Today was no exception. This afternoon, I went to the hospital to visit my grandmother. I pray for God’s healing hands to be upon her.

Vocal Production!

2011-03-30T21:32:00.005+08:00

VOCAL PRODUCTION

1.1 - SPACE

Some/most of you face various problems of not being able to give enough space when singing such as sounding nasal, sounding like kids etc. Though your SLs tell you to drop your jaw and raise your soft palate, some of you may feel like you still can’t seem to sing openly after following their instructions. Well, there are two conclusions one can draw from this: You are either doing it wrong, or there’s another factor that prevents you from succeeding. One such factor is your tongue being raised when you sing. When you sing, your tongue should remain at the neutral position, resting behind your lower front teeth

1.Dropping the jaw

What dropping the jaw does is that it helps to reduce upward larynx movement. This is important for singing with space as it will prevent your throat from closing up too much. When you swallow, you can feel that your larynx goes up all the way. If you’d notice, it’s impossible to sing while swallowing. In the same way, singing with a raised larynx will make it almost impossible to sing relaxed.

Things to note:

With what was mentioned above, you now know that dropping the jaw will aid in allowing you to sing with space. You should note that your larynx shouldn’t go higher as you sing higher. When you sing lower, your larynx shouldn’t go lower either. Try to sing with a neutral larynx throughout your range. One important thing to note: Your throat shouldn’t hurt from trying to keep your larynx neutral. If you do it right, your throat should feel totally relaxed. Also, too much of a good thing is a bad thing: Dropping your jaw too much will tend to make one sound muffled

2. Raising the soft palate

Raising the soft palate will allow one to create more space at the back of his/her mouth, allowing one to sing with enough space and blend. In addition, it can also help to reduce one’s nasal sound. Usually, one tends to sing like in example one because that’s how we usually talk. However, in choral singing it is usually better to sing like in example 2 as it allows one to create a lot more space and blend more easily. Raising the soft palate can be done easily. One can ‘import’ the sensation over from yawning, imagining biting an apple or raising eyebrows. If done correctly, one should be able to sound a lot better over a relatively short period of time

Things to note

Once again, too much of a good thing is a bad thing. If one raises the soft palate too much, he will sound too forward and constricted as tension is created in trying to raise the soft palate. Hence one must raise the soft palate in moderation.

1.2 – PLACEMENT

What placement means in layman’s terms is how high/low your voice sounds like, regardless of whatever pitch you’re singing. Common problems related to placement are sounding too dark and going flat all the time. Here are two solutions to help combat the problem.

1. Win the mental game

Singing has a lot to do with imagination. So, it is actually possible to trick your mind such that you can maintain your placement. One such way is to imagine going up a staircase while singing a descending scale and vice versa.

2. Raise the soft palate

Raising your soft palate not only helps to create more space in the mouth. It also helps to focus your sound more and make it brighter. Here are two examples of singing with/without the soft palate raised. Notice the difference in placement.

Soft palate not raised:

Soft palate raised:

Change

2010-11-02T20:55:00.006+08:00

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

2010-09-04T20:35:00.003+08:00

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

2010-08-11T22:12:00.001+08:00

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?

2010-08-03T22:06:00.002+08:00

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

2010-07-30T21:21:00.002+08:00

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

2010-07-29T21:14:00.003+08:00

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?

2010-07-27T22:17:00.002+08:00

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?

2010-07-21T20:51:00.003+08:00

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

2010-06-03T20:34:00.003+08:00

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

2010-05-15T00:21:00.002+08:00

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

2010-05-04T22:16:00.003+08:00

Study plan's done. Here it is.

Randomness

2010-04-26T15:04:00.004+08:00

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

2010-04-14T19:17:00.012+08:00

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 Airport Milan

Verona

Riva Del Garda

Venice

A couple of things...

2010-03-03T21:47:00.002+08:00

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

2010-01-23T20:37:00.003+08:00

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

Heartless

2010-01-20T15:30:00.003+08:00

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

2010-01-15T20:34:00.011+08:00

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

2010-01-05T21:53:00.001+08:00

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!

2010-01-01T01:10:00.005+08:00

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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Another post

2009-11-16T23:16:00.003+08:00

Hi. I wasted another day at BFH again.zzz. Today wasn't a complete waste of time though. I bought another soccer ball and I managed to read 20 pages of da sha.lol.

Well, I just watched 'cotton wool kids' on okto just now and it's a documentary on kids who are 'over-protected'. Seriously speaking, I was quite hooked onto the show as I feel that those kids are like me. I mean, we're all cooped up at home doing nothing even though I have lots more freedom. This set me thinking. What have I been doing all this time? Well, I better be doing lots more. Thank Goodness I have freedom.

I should really get started on the holiday homework. But once again, saying isn't doing.zzz.

The Prayer

2009-11-09T23:55:00.002+08:00

Dear Lord, our father in heaven,
as my brother is (trying to get?)asleep now Lord,
I pray that you will provide him with the energy he needs for the examinations, that he can focus well.
I pray that you will bless him with a calm mind, void of all distractions and stress Lord,
that he may do his best, to shine in this examinations.
I pray that you bless him with good memory Lord,
so as to remember and apply all that has been taught.
I pray that he will be focused, undaunted by the questions and doing his very best.
Lord, we know very well that he truly deserves the good grades for all that he has done,
and I pray that he will reap a great harvest from all that he has sown.
Most importantly, I pray that you will guide him Lord, and let your perfect will be done.
All this I pray in your mighty name Lord, amen

Fishes

2009-11-08T16:56:00.002+08:00

I was bored.

Stuffz

2009-11-02T20:41:00.002+08:00

Hi. I've been playing lotsa Fifa 06 and BFH lately. I have to admit, it feels great to let loose and have fun, but I feel very irritated knowing that I haven't touched my homework at all. Yea so I guess I should go about doing it soon.zzz

Met Mong in the morning at Bedok. We walked around and looked at stuff. Princess cinema was closed, Macdonalds was packed, and the lan shop didn't allow me to play coz I was in unifrom. So we had nothing much to do after all. Then we went to Long John Silver's and watched a cool video about lazer tag on Mong's handphone!

HOGC will be having our own lazer tag competition.It's uber cool!

OK Next up, choir. It was pretty dry. Kept singing Hana over and over till most of us started to dislike the song. Yea, then we went through The Rose, Come Go With Me and Yesterday. Reynold got me to try the solo for Yesterday, and it was pretty badly done because I screwed up the timing lol.

AYG performance tomorrow. I don't really know how to end a blog post like this so here it goes.

THE END.lol.

EOYs ARE OVER!!!

2009-10-16T20:29:00.004+08:00

Okay I'm rather lazy to blog right now but I'll sum up the EOYs experience with a few pictures now.

The day before the Science exams:

This is it, the final hurdle

During the Science exam:

After the Science exam:

Yea that's about it. Time to play Battlefield Heroes!

The Power of Prayer!

2009-10-09T19:27:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, I was quite stressed and annoyed because I had to stop revision halfway to prepare for the E Lit skit. Furthermore, there was a Chinese paper that was due. I hadn't even touched it. I started wondered why there had to be an E Lit skit so near our exams and I soon became very negative in everything I did. It had already been a very tiring day, and I wanted to get as much rest as possible. I finished getting the backgrounds and sound effects by 10.45pm.

Beat, I flopped onto my mattress and got comfortable. Before sleeping, I prayed to God for today to be a great day, for everything to go well, for the skit to go well, and for me to have more than enough energy to pull me through the day as I knew I had little time for rest.

Today, I felt energized and for the whole day, the lessons were a breeze. During maths, Mr Seow just went through the 2008 paper and gave us a new one. During E Lit, the skit went great! Then during Chinese, Ms Lim just went through the answers and I copied them down. Yea and Malay was just rather slack.

All my prayers were answered and I was blessed with more than I asked for. Glory be to God!

The evening hangs beneath the moon

2009-09-09T19:30:00.000+08:00

The exams are coming soon. I could have done much more for the mid year exams than I have and I really I don't wish for the same thing to happen again this time around. Maybe it's time to grow up and sort out my wants, needs and responsibilities. I really need to lay off the games. This can't go on or soon enough, it will take an even heavier toll on my results. Merely saying it won't change anything. I got to take action soon, or I'll regret this.

Song covers

2009-08-29T22:24:00.005+08:00

I've been quite bored, so I decided to look for interesting music covers. This are what I found.

Linkin Park portion-Dedicated to Carmen

In The End

Shadow of The Day

Viva La Vida

Apologize

Stop and Stare

Say(All I Need)

I'm Yours

Chasing Cars

Check this out!

How Six Songs Collide

feel free to sing along lol.

An overdue post

2009-08-19T19:04:00.001+08:00

Yesterday was a great day, except for one incident that ruined it a bit. Okay actually quite a lot. Well I shall go in chronological order I guess. lol. Erm first I got back my English comprehension test result. I was expecting a 13/20 or something. But instead, I got 16/20!WHOO!lol.Plus, I got an awesome sticker from Mrs Koh on the paper. Yea so the test really turned out great.heh.

Next up,it's the assembly. I was expecting some boring assembly like listening to I dunno, some teacher talk? But noooooo. Instead it was a worship session. Something I've been longning for for such a long time. Furthermore. it was performed by our very own students! We sang One Way! That really made my day even better. Afterwards the pastor started preaching about fire and chickens. I think Phyllis was so touched she cried. Well, it was great!

Okay, here we go for the bad thing that happened.

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Okay well, after the assembly, we went for lunch because we had Australian Maths Competition afterwards. While we were eating, two sec 2 basketballers started fighting. It was really bad. The food flying, shirts torn, buttons broken and stuffz. Even the table flipped over.The whole canteen stopped to watch. Yea when it was over, I felt real i dunno. I dunno what I felt lol.yea so that's the bad thing.

Choir songs

2009-08-13T21:39:00.004+08:00

Had batch practice today. It was okay, apart from the fact that we only managed to combine half a song before everyone left.

Well we're going to sing this tomorrow

Crown Of Roses - Tanjong Katong Secondary School Choir

Here are other nice songs

Sleep - Eric Whitacre

The seal lullaby

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz

2009-08-12T22:01:00.002+08:00

This week shall be a tiring week for me. I'll have to stay back after school everyday.

Monday-Went to friend's house
Tuesday- Choir batch practice
Wednesday-Went to friends house
Thursday-Choir batch practice
Friday-Choir
Saturday-Choir

Oh gosh. I'll be very drained. furthermore, i've not even started revising for next Tuesday's Chinese common test. I hope I'll have enough time. Well Yea I'm tired now, so I'll go to sleep. Sorry for the short post.

Bug extermination fail

Mobile blog

2009-07-22T20:54:00.003+08:00

I figured that I wouldn't be able to blog as often as I would like to, so I'll blog on my hand phone then transfer it to the computer.

Well here goes:

Choir
Of late, I've been feeling pretty demoralised and worried. As I heard the SYF recording again, I heard a different AHS choir. What I heard was a choir that put in their heart and soul into the music and worked their finger to their bone to perfect it. Right now, this scene seems so distant from the present AHS choir. Sometimes I even wonder whether SYF was just a dream. We've got to get it together, one way or another.

Reading the bible
I've been reading the bible on the way to school everyday. I have to admit, while it was interesting and fruitful, I also felt very tired. One day, I came to Acts 5:1-11.

Acts 5:1-11
¹Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. ²With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles' feet.

³Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? ⁴Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God."

⁵When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. ⁶Then the young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

⁷About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. ⁸Peter asked her, "Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?"
"Yes," she said, "that is the price."

⁹Peter said to her, "How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."

¹⁰At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. ¹¹Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

When I read this, I faced a problem. I was seriously confused and lost. I didn't know why God had to punish Ananias and Sapphira so harshly. I even started to doubt God's ways, question his actions. But thank God I found the answer (If you are interested in the answer, here it is)
If Ananias and Sapphira died for this sins, I wouldn't know how many times I would have died. I started to think if I was worthy enough for God. I asked Him the question, and immediately, he told me this.

'I am the father, and you are the child. If the son goes astray, the father will do all in his power to lead him back, as he is worthy. As the father would do to the child, I will do the same to you.'

Immediately, my question was resolved. Hallelujah!

Extra stuff

You Reign

What could stand before You
As You chose to embrace
A cross so undeserved You took for me
The weight of sin upon You
When You offered Your life
As You walked the streets of men
With fading strength

How could we live but not see
Your sacrifice
Your glory

You reign, You reign
Over everything Lord, You reign
With power, and justice divine
Over everything Lord, You reign

What was Your last thought
As You drew Your last breath
Where the victory was Yours for us to see
And all will know the truth
As we live by Your grace
Every praise to You alone

See now the King of Glory
Love of God become my calling
Father I surrender all I am to You forever

From the inside out

A thousand times I've failed
Still your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in your grace

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
my heart and my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Your will above all else, my purpose remains
The art of losing myself in bringing you praise

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Chorus 2x
Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise
From the inside out Lord, my soul cries out

Michael Jackson parody

2009-07-05T22:53:00.004+08:00

Recently, I've been listening to Michael Jackson's songs and watching his MVs. I found this.

Anyone remember this great song? Well take a look at this too.

Tenor

2009-06-25T01:26:00.003+08:00

What is Tenor?What was Tenor?What is Tenor to be next time?

'The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the 'modal register'-wikipedia

Although I'm not what a tenor is supposed to be,I have to step up and anchor Tenor, as everyone in Tenor is supposed to.

Since my brother's time, Tenor has been a string section. But somehow, tenor has deteriorated to the state it is today. This is all because the Anglican High Choir works in this lousy way. Each section will have a few very good people to support the section, and the rest can be terrible singers, but it won't matter,because they won't contribute to volume. But the fact now is that the number of anchors are decreasing and no one is willing to step up. That is the real reason why Tenor has detiriorated so badly.

I really hope that everyone in the section can be equally good, so that if one day an anchor should fall, the members can rise up to maintain the standard. I pray that everyone will be anchors, so our performance won't keep fluctuating.

It is really time to step up,Tenors. This is the deciding moment,more important than SYF.It's time to grow up.

hi

2009-06-23T00:37:00.004+08:00

I'm back again. Really quite drained of my energy. So drained that I don't even bother typing in full sentences anymore.

Well, at least I managed to catch Pastor Troy for service:)It was great!A really powerful service.yea He talked about the covenant with God and it was really inspiring.It is true.You take one step towards God, he takes ten towards you.

I'm so tired now maybe I'll use the cheating tactic to make my post seem longer.More paragraphs.heh.

Well The Anglican High School concert is on June 30th.That's 7 days to go. Things are taking shape. If all goes well, the concert will be a blast.I hope it will.For those who don't know, the concert is at the Esplanade,7.30-9.00pm. Tell me if you want tickets.

I'm ending this post with a bible verse. Hopefully this will help anyone reading this.

Isaiah 40:31 (New International Version)
31 but those who hope in the LORD

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.

Bye

Cool!

2009-06-05T13:55:00.003+08:00

Went to Eric Whitacre's blog today and came across a cool video of a guy singing SATB for Lux Aurumque.

Original

The Guy's

Cool eh?

Relief

2009-05-30T19:45:00.002+08:00

Well, the elections are finally over, and Ashley and Max took over as SLs.

P-H-E-W

I guess I really don't want to be SL yet, since I said that.What great relief.Congratulations to everyone who got their new posts,especially Ashley who saved my life.However, though I managed to escape from being an SL, I still couldn't escape Mr Toh's clutches.lol.So I'm under-studying for music committee with Angeline, Joshua, Poh Yi and Alcavie.Hooray!My wish came true!I can actually continue to be a normal memberof Tenor.Moreover, I'll be learning under the direction of Mr Toh.Great!

Tired...

2009-05-29T19:53:00.003+08:00

Hey, I'm back. It's been a very busy, quick, and energy-sapping 25 days. Just when the opportunity came for me to rest during the June holidays, BANG, I collided with holiday homework and choir practices and what not.

Four books to read, one composition, preparation for the choir concert on 30th June, I wonder if this is beyond me. But since everyone else would be experiencing the same thing, perhaps even more, I suppose I can pull through and survive the massacre. Well, this few days has not exactly been that bad, since I managed to catch the Red Rain Concert with Carmen and Peggy at HOGC, and Chawit too, managed to check HOGC out.

Yea, so on the whole, this few days weren't as bad as I thought it would be. And considering that my parents object me going to HOGC, I am rather thankful for the opportunity to go there. I don't know how many more times I can get to go again.zzz.

Well, there's choir tomorrow and I'm supposed to prepare a three minute speech on why I'm running for the position of Tenor section leader because someone apparently nominated me. Seriously speaking, I'm not really keen on becoming an SL. If given the chance, I would definitely choose to learn under the SLs and be a normal choir member. I don't think I have the courage or capabilities to lead Tenor. I'd rather just be a member of †enor and do my best.

Honestly,the interview with the committee members was ok, up to the point where they asked the question.

"Pin Hao, do you want to be SL?"

I pondered for a while, thinking whether I should tell the truth or not. I was never really a good liar, so in the end I said no. To some people, this decision might seem weird. Why would anyone run for a position run that they didn't want? But I was forced, in a way, so I ran for SL. It's like, A mother hitting her child though she didn't want to. She had no choice. I don't think I have one either. I'm not trying to be proud or anything, but sooner or later, I am bound to become SL. The only question is WHEN I would become one. So in a way, I'm volunteering to be forced, but at the same time withdrawing because I'm afraid I would cause the downfall of Tenor.

I know this seems rather complicated, but does anyone want to help me with what I should say for the speech?lol.

The battle of Jericho

2009-05-04T14:39:00.003+08:00

In the book of 2nd Chronicles 16:9, it is said that God keeps close watch over the world, giving strength to those who are loyal to him.

2 Chronicles 16:9
"The LORD keeps close watch over the world, to give strength to those whose hearts are loyal to him. You have acted foolishly, and so from now on you will always be at war."

In the book of 2nd Kings 2:7-8, it is said that fifty prophets followed Elijah and Elisha to Jordan. Elijah then separates the water to cross to dry land.

2 Kings 2:7-8
"And fifty prophets followed them to Jordan. Elijah and Elisha stopped by the river, and the fifty prophets stood a short distance away. Then Elijah took off his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water with it; the water divided, and he and Elisha crossed to the other side on dry ground."

How was it that Elijah could separate the waters? It all had to do with the anointing of God, as through him, all things are possible.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jericho,

"The Bible tells us that after crossing the Jordan, Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan where they laid siege to the city of Jericho. God spoke to Joshua telling him to march around the city once every day for six days with the seven priests carrying ram's horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day they were to march around the city seven times and the priests were to blow their ram's horns. This Joshua did, and he commanded his people not to give a war-cry until he told them to do so. On the seventh day, after marching around the city the seventh time, the priests sounded their ram's horns, and Joshua ordered the people to shout. The walls of the city collapsed, and the Israelites were able to charge straight into the city. The city was completely destroyed, and every man, woman, and child in it was killed. Only Rahab and her family were spared, because she had hid the two spies sent by Joshua. After this Joshua burned the remains of the city and cursed any man who would rebuild the city of Jericho at the cost of his firstborn son."

Only if we cross Jericho, will we be able to get to Jordan. What is your Jericho? Well, I suppose mine would be the religious battle with my parents. We went into a great conflict because of this and I came out at the losing end, having to forgo church until I am done with my studies.

But today God told me something.

"Although it seems that you have lost the battle, which might be true, you have not lost the war. The war is only lost when you give up."

I only realized the fact after hearing this. How true this is. Will you give up the war because you lost the battle? I will not, I will continue to fight this war after I have re-grouped and re-energized my forces. Hopefully, we won't need to settle the problems in such an ugly way. At least, I am not in this alone, for there are many other people dedicated to Christ too, and we have not lost the war just yet. I will get to Jordan.

A tiring run...

2009-04-28T21:14:00.004+08:00

These past few days have been really exhausting, due to the overwhelming amount of homework I have to do, the studying of tests and lots of other stuff. To make matter's worse, I constently give myself unnecessary stress and pressure, breaking out in cold sweat for no particular reason, to the point that I almost hyperventilated.

Well, I'm definitely beginning to feel the fatigue building after the SYF. Well, hopefully we'd all be able to cope with our studies and at the same time, find time to relax and unwind. If not, we'd just overwork ourselves and go into depression or something.

At the very least, there is some one there to take away all our burdens, so why not pour your heart out to him and enjoy life? After all, life is about changes and how we respond to them. That in itself, is brilliance.

Deep waters await...

2009-04-27T19:25:00.002+08:00

I've just recovered(not fully) from my fever today and tomorrow's already the mid-year exam paper one. I'm definitely feeling the heat and stress, mostly because I'm very afraid that I might not do well. I feel even more afraid than I was for PSLE. I don't know what's up with me these few days. I pray tomorrow's topics will be something I know how to write about. Actually, it will be an achievement if I even manage to finish the two parts on time. Nevertheless, I am thankful for a great family there to support me, for I would have crumbled long ago if it wasn't for them. I've not crumbled yet, please LORD, don't let me start now,please...

SYF 2009

2009-04-17T21:15:00.003+08:00

Yesterday was the SYF Central Judging competition and I have to admit, it was really very fun and enjoyable! The whole experience was really a rollercoaster ride.

In the morning, right after assembly, we already started choir. We warmed up, practiced the songs, got changed and ate a super early lunch at 10 am. Then, Mr Toh came! He practiced with us and we did Ave Maria humming with our eyes closed in the dark. It was really cool!

Afterwards, we went to Victoria Concert Hall and practiced in the rehearsal room. We were really really tense, but it got better as we relaxed. Mr Toh told us to focus on him, and nothing else. We waited to go on stage for maybe about 15 minutes and it seemed forever, but the time finally came and we went on stage. We savored the moment, as one choir, one body. We performed the songs and it was magical!

After the performance, we went off stage and changed into our uniforms, home clothes etc. and went to eat. Done eating, we reached Victoria Concert Hall at 5.10 p.m, we waited for the rest to come. We went into the concert hall first to get seats for the results. Eventually when the rest reached, there wasn't enough space for them anymore, so Gemonn, Joshua and I gave up our seats for them. The person announced the results and VS choir got Gold with Honours too! The sop ones screamed and we were all like 'lol'. When it came to our turn, we were anticipating a gold or a silver, but we got Gold with Honours! Naturally we were all freaking happy.

The Celebration
We tried to tau pok Mr Toh but he insisted that we couldn’t, so we didn't. However, we did tau pok someone else. It was the Impeccable Cornelius! We did lots of crazy stuff, because we said we'd do them if we got Gold with Honours. Therefore, Zhen Sheng had to jump into the pool, Gemonn had to kiss Terence, Joshua and Zi Feng had to slap each other 15 times and we did lots of other crazy stuff. The most memorable scene, however, was surrounding Mr Toh and singing Ubi Caritas to him. It was the best!

White Horses

Maiden Of Miao

Ave Maria

SYF 2009

2009-04-16T20:48:00.001+08:00

OK. This is going to be a mighty short post because of tomorrow's Chinese test. Will blog more tomorrow though.

GOLD WITH HONOURS MAN!

The Day before 16th of April

2009-04-15T19:06:00.002+08:00

This post is going to be rather short because I need to study for my upcoming chinese test. Well, today will be the day before SYF, the last 24 hours before the real thing starts. Let's just hope that we would be able to give it our all. After all we've gone through, I really believe we can do well. Let's not do it for the prize, let's do it for the fun in making brilliant music! One shot, no regrets, let's do it!CHIONG AH!

A Good Day

2009-04-07T20:23:00.004+08:00

Today was a good day, although there were two tests. Well first up was English. I had to write a News Report about a guy who got ran over by an MRT train. It was all right. Better than I expected in fact, considering that I didn't study for it. Yeah than there was the Mathematics test which everyone claimed to be 'very difficult' but to tell you the truth, it wasn't actually that difficult. Except for question 4b, where my first answer was (4x+1) or something like that. Many people can't see this, but it can be further factorised into (2x+1) (2x-1). I almost got tricked, but I saw it in the end.

Next up, there was choir. The first half of it was rather slack, because we had tenor sectionals (For those of you who didn't know, tenor sectionals has always been very slack).Then when Mr. Toh came, we headed back to choir room to do the songs. We sang White Horses, Ave Maria and 苗家少女. It actually turned out quite well, and we even gave him 'Goosebumps' for Ave Maria. See, we can retain what we learnt if we just put our heart and soul into it. Yup, we still have 9 more days to SYF, so we have to 'Chiong like no mother' quoted from Young Yee.

April Fool's Day

2009-04-01T21:34:00.005+08:00

Oh Boy! This year's April Fool's day has got to be the worst day of my life! Our Trainee teacher, Mr Jonathan Shyong has left 2B and choir was screwed up today.

Science Lesson
Before the period, we went to the empty class next door to hide. Then when Mr Shyong came in, we surprised him with our party poppers and gifts. Bet he didn't know what hit him, haha. Actually, he has been with us for quite some time already. He was supposed to leave long ago, but the school decided not to let him leave yet. We didn't know, so previously, there were two farewell surprises prepared for him too. LOL. Anyway, thank you Mr Shyong for teaching us Precision of instruments, Kinematics, Dynamics. Really appreciate it.

CHOIR
It started out pretty well in the AVT, but Jesse didn't come today. We had warmups, then Mr Toh came and conducted us.
He was very angry/frustrated because:

1.people were not focused
2.Bass ones couldn't sing right notes
3.He squeezes out precious time to conduct us and improve, but we did badly
4.Lastly, of course, we didn't perform up to standard.

Therefore Mr. Toh got super angry and he just left, saying that his mood was destroyed by us.Then Cornelius(president) told us to reflect on ourselves, on whether we've been performing up to standard, maintained good discipline etc. I reflected, and man I fail!!!The worst part is, there are people who are worse than me. Dang it. 15 Days left people. It's either we do it properly and live with no regrets or do it wrongly and live with regrets.

16th of April,2009

2009-03-27T20:46:00.002+08:00

Well, SYF is really close now, just a few more weeks and like less than ten practices. Wow, that's really fast. Since there are only less than ten practices left, we are rather pressed for time.

Seriously, I hope that we would be able to do well in this year's SYF, like get maybe a gold or something. I do not wish for the past to repeat itself, like the VCH performance last year, where everyone was nervous, unprepared and stuff. It was really a failure.

Therefore I wish for the best in SYF. Although SYF is not the main aim of the AHS Choir, we still wish to be able to do well and show others what we can do.

Like Mr Toh said, competition standard is not enough; we have to be at performance standard. The reason is because for competition standard, a choir would just have to get the technical parts right and it would do well. However, in Performance standard, a choir has to be able to capture the hearts of the audience who are listening.It's just like telling a story or painting a picture.

What Would You Do?

2009-03-19T09:05:00.003+08:00

My mother told me today that Christianity is like ice on the road. The more you go to church, the more your belief in Christ will grow, just as how ice thickens when you don't clear it up. And when all the ice thickens, it will be very hard to break it.

So I told her,’ What’s the point of clearing the ice when you know very well that it will settle on the road again?'

She only said' That's why you have to persevere.'

Persevere? Against what? A picture began to form in my mind after what she said.

In the picture, I visualized the ice forming on the road, and how a person struggled to stand on the ice. The ice thickened, growing taller and taller everyday. The man wanted to give up, but he decided to keep going. When he reached the top, God was there, smiling at him. He held his hand tightly and hugged him.

Imagine what would have happened if the person cleared off all the ice or if he decided to give up.

First time at Heart of God Church

2009-03-01T21:24:00.004+08:00

Today I went to Heart of God Church in Paya Lebar with my brother. For a very long time, he has been telling me about how great the church was, and I could only imagine how good it was in my head. Only today, after really going there myself, did I realise how great it really is.It was really a rock concert, nothing like All Saint's Church in Anglican High School.

Today I learnt some things:

Proverbs 27:7

When you are full, you will refuse honey, but when you are hungry, even bitter food tastes sweet.
This shows that one will be happy as long as they are satisfied

2. Christianity is NOT Communism

Christianity: many rich, no poor
Communism: no rich no poor

3.Poverty is a mentality. People can be rich but still live in poverty

4.James 2:15-16

Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don't have enough to eat. What good is there in your saying to them, "God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!"-If you don't give them the necessities of life?

To end off, if anyoneone wants to come to Heart of God Church, just tell me and I'll try to bring you there.

Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging competition

2009-02-27T22:27:00.006+08:00

Wow, time flies(at approx. 1,000,000,000 miles per second). Only a few more practices stand between now and SYF.

Actually right now I'm not really concerned about getting into SYF, because if I'm not one of the best, then I don't wish to pull down the standard of others who deserve it. I'll just have to focus on improving my tone, the way I sing and my songs, then all improvements shall be heard during combines.

I still remember SYF 2007 in Griffiths Primary School Guitar Ensemble. We got silver and we were quite happy. Too bad, we cannot afford a silver in Anglican High School. We have to continue our seniors legacy of Gold With Honours. We have to do justice to the hard work they put in, do justice to ourselves, and of course most importantly, do justice to the Anglican High School Choir.

Please Grant me the strength to overcome these hectic times and allow the choir to power through smoothly.

Weekdays

2009-02-26T16:44:00.004+08:00

I figured that I would tell you about my weekdays (Applies to all weekdays)

Mondays
I don't really like Mondays as the laziness from Sunday hasn't died off. I reach home late because of choir, but that is not a bad thing. Actually I look forward to choir.

Tuesdays
One of my favourite days of the five days as I reach home at like 2.00pm so I have more free time.

Wednesdays
One of the two longest days in the five days. I sort of like Wednesdays because there is P.E , Maths , Science and History.

Thursday
The second of the two longest days in the five days. Quite a boring day. 1.5 hours of Chinese and 1.5 hours of Home Economics.

Friday
One of the fun-est days in the five days. There is History, Music, Maths, Science, ACC. After that there is choir. Mr Toh comes on Fridays and Saturdays. After that when I reach home I can play.

haha.

My Ambition

2009-02-19T16:28:00.003+08:00

Today, my teacher gave the class a worksheet to do. I was supposed to write about my own ambition, but I had no idea of what it was. I've thought of many things in the past.Being a Soldier, Soccer Player,or even a Computer Game Designer. However, I feel that I do not fit into these occupations even if I like them. This is so frustrating. Maybe I'll just make up stuff and write it on the worksheet.Sigh. When I was much younger, it was much easier to think of an ambition. Maybe I think too much.

I'm sorry, give me some time

2009-02-18T19:18:00.008+08:00

I've lost my bearings, I've derailed from the right track, please give me some time to get back on the right track. I don't know how long I'll take, but still, I hope to get back up on my feet.

I don't think I'm ready, leave me alone for some time. I'll try to get back to the right track again.

I'm so sorry.

SYF Choir Auditions...............................Round 2?

2009-02-17T19:57:00.003+08:00

Hi again.
I haven't really posted for quite some time. It’s not because I'm busy or anything, but I just don't know what to write about. Thank SYF for reviving my blog. Mr Toh said that there would be yet another round of auditions.

Well, this could mean two things:
1. A chance to do better than before.
2. Screwing up my opportunity to get into SYF.

Of course I want the first option, I mean who wouldn't? Well whether I get into SYF or not, It all depends on the audition.

Oh well, I guess I'd better get over and done with. I'll just give it my all and pray for the best.

SYF Choir Auditions

2009-02-07T22:52:00.006+08:00

Today was the auditions for all tenors and basses for SYF and everyone was pretty nervous. Before Mr Toh came, we had one and a half hours to practice our parts, warm up our voices and etc. The previous day, my SLs( Jesse and Emmaus)

said that the acoustics in the music room was very bad, they told us to practice in an open field. This was the best we could come up with.

Yep. This is the open space outside the home-econs room. We were split into groups of three, and we all did quite well, with the exception of Jin Yi, who was busy plucking flowers. Then today, when Mr Toh came, he decided to audition the SLs first, and they all did quite well. After a few more people got auditioned, it was my turn. I was with Zhen Sheng(T1) and Jin Yi(T2). We sang the first page of our Chinese song and sacred piece. We did fine. Then, Mr Toh decided to make us do solos and Zhen Sheng started first. He did well, accurate pitching and using technique. Then it was Jin Yi. He would be okay if his voice wasn't so hoarse and airy. When it was my turn, I did okay except for one part when I switched from real voice to falsetto. I forgot to switch back to real voice and the next part of the song was rather low, so I went a little sharp. All in all, I think that we did quite well.

People only realise how important things are after they lose them.Even in this case...

2009-02-05T20:54:00.006+08:00

Today,something very dumb/noob/ridiculous happened.I lost my pencilcase in a rather weird way.This incident occured at the Spring Rhapsody Lab,at 14 03 hrs.The last period for the day was Higher Chinese,and our teacher told us to bring our pencilcases and our newspaper(逗号)into the computer lab.We had to give our views on hazing(taupok,mango,keropok,pillar)and it was rather interesting.Then,out of the blue,terror/noobiness struck when the lesson ended.We were all packing up and preparing to leave the lab.All of a sudden,this guy(name will not be disclosed)decided to take my newspaper and run around the lab with it.After I had gotten back the newspaper,I forgot about the pencilcase,which was still lying on the table,and left the lab.How noob is that?I hope I find my pencilcase because precious memories are kept in it.A reward of 10 cents might be offered if anyone finds my pencilcase(not that these memories are only worth ten cents)

The meaningful packet of peanuts

2009-01-29T21:48:00.006+08:00

This evening,my father came back from Malaysia.He asked me to buy a packet of peanuts for him,but I hesitated because I was learning my chinese spelling.Seeing that I was busy,my father asked my brother,who was using the computer at that point in time,to buy the peanuts.At that time,I felt really guilty. I was using the computer the whole day and I only started doing my homework at night.My brother was studying since he reached home and he only had one hour to use the computer.So I felt bad wasting a portion of his precious one hour of computer time.So,I decided to follow him to buy the peanuts.On the way,he told me lots of stuff,and told me why he was there for me.He said that he was there for me to help me spring the booby traps and plow through the road blocks in my life.This really made me very thankful for a good brother such as him. This experience would not have been possible without the packet of peanuts.

CNY in Malaysia

2009-01-28T15:42:00.008+08:00

I'm back from celebrating CNY in Malaysia.It was a blast,with fireworks and firecrackers and all the wonderful food.Here are two videos of the fireworks!

There was also the visiting and the receiving of many red packets from friends and relatives.Here is a video of my cousin.

Isn't he cute?

Chinese New Year eve

2009-01-25T10:14:00.011+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year Eve everyone.As CNY approaches,I suppose we should reflect on our actions in the past and be thankful for the friends who helped us along the way.Well these reflections made me remember this song.

The Fray-You Found Me

Well then I guess you guys should know that friends are very important,so we should really treasure them. Actually,even if the people we meet are not our friends,(i.e enemies)we should treasure them too because we meet them for a particular reason,either to help them,or to ask them for help.well either way,the important thing here is to treasure them,because they will help you a lot in life.

Welcome

2009-01-22T18:24:00.005+08:00

Hello everyone.Please feel free to look around in my blog.Listen to music,tag and stuff.Okay,from here onwards posting will start.