tired

just came back from chalet with my friends. so exhausted. so tired. uploading the photos. but no mood to blog in detail right now. sigh. aching all over. ow...ow... sigh. injuries, mosquito bites, arguments, not sleeping... tired. need sleep. sigh. LET'S DO IT AGAIN!

long awaited picture

here's the pic of ms wee and her husband. sorry it's a bit blurred. i only just found the pic in my camera's internal memory. (Only just found out there's such a thing as internal memory too).

beautiful. just beautiful.

Have you ever wondered which hurts the most?
Saying something and wishing you hadn't?, or
Saying nothing and wishing you had?

I guess the most important things are the hardest
things to say.

Don't be afraid to tell someone you love them.
If you do, they might break your heart...
but if you don't, you might break theirs.

Your heart decides whom it likes and whom it
doesn't.

You can't tell your heart what to do.

It does it on its own....
when you least suspect it, or even when you don't
want it to.

Have you ever wanted to love someone with
everything you had, but that other person was too
afraid to let you?

Too many of us stay walled up because we are
too afraid to care too much...
for fear that the other person does not care as
much, or even at all.

Have you ever denied your feelings for someone
because your fear of rejection was too hard to
handle?

Life is all about risks and it requires you to jump.

Don't be a person who has to look back and
wonder what they would have done, or could
have had.


*What would you do, if your BEST FRIEND DIED
TOMORROW and you NEVER got to tell them HOW
you FELT?

(even if it is that you don't care anymore)

*What would you do if you loved someone more
than ever and you couldn't have them?

*What would you do if you never got the chance to
say I am friends with all of my family and they
know I love them?*

People live, BUT people die.
And I want to tell you that,
you are a friend.

If you died tomorrow (God Forbid), you would be in
my heart.

Would I be in yours?

If you care about me as
much as I care about you, you will send this back.


We might be best friends one year,



pretty good friends the next year,



don't talk that often the next,


and don't want to talk at all the year after that.


So, I just wanted to say,


even if I never talk to you again in my life,


you are SPECIAL to me and,
you have made a difference in my life.


I look up to you,
respect you, and
truly cherish you.


Send this to all your friends,


no matter how often you talk,


or how close you are,


and send it to the person who sent it to you.


Let old friends know you
haven't forgotten them,


and tell new friends you never will.


Remember, everyone needs a friend.



someday you might feel like you have
NO FRIENDS at all,


just remember this message,


and take comfort in knowing,


somebody out there cares about you
and .. always will.

"Walk ahead of me and I may not follow. Walk behind me and I may not lead. Walk beside me, like a friend"
--The Unicorn--

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blogging time. finally i'm alone at home. yay! yesterday was such a sucky day. it was so bad that even sumi sensed that something was wrong when she called me. well, it was actually partly my fault that it was a sucky day. very sian yesterday. didn't want to go out. but my mother made me. she quarrel with ah-ma and says that it's my fault. *rolls eyes* fine. so after i was forced to follow them all over katong to go bank, guess who i ran into at parkway. caris and the juice asia people. doing street pitching. wearing the new juice polo tshirts. bright yellow with juice asia marketing on the back. walking bananas. and caris saw me and she had this "i think i know you" expression. i'm guessing that they're doing the turkish pizza thing cos the tickets they're holding are white. not black with of the scotts 37. imagine caris going back and telling ryan and/or lee, "hey, guess who i saw today. that girl that came for a week and quit." whatever. anyway, later at night, the phone was ringing. and me was upstairs. normally i don't answer my house phone cos usually people call my hp. daddy answered it and scolded me cos it was for me. he said y i don't answer the phone, disturbing him from doing whatever crazy thing he's doing. sigh. life sucks.

and now, mother wants me to take ah-ma on a one and half week holiday in europe. darn. should i laugh or should i cry? on the one hand, i want to go holiday in europe. on the other, it means 1 1/2 weeks totally alone with ah-ma. don't get me wrong. i love my ah-ma. but i just cannot stand being totally alone with her. sigh. and i have to research on where to go and which iternary to take. and she now changes her mind. first says she wants to go london. now says she wants to go holy land israel. no way israel. mother says go and find tours to rome. whatever lah. frustrated now.

looking through friendster. discovered so many of my juniors that i've forgotten. wow. sometimes, i wonder how those people with like 300 people in their friend list can keep up with them all. seems impossible to me. even me with 48 friends can't keep up with all of them already.

moving on. ADVERTISEMENT!!


i've got 12 copies of this. it's hymn book from st mary of the angels. my aunty got it for me. don't know why. and i'm stuck with them. dawn is taking one copy. does anyone else want them? there're beautiful songs in there. and the score is there for easy reference and singing. even if you don't go to church, you can use it for personal singing. please let me know if you want it ok. it's FREE.


next. this is a cd. "songs inspired by the Passion". it's not the soundtrack (as i was conned into believing). it's songs inspired by. now the songs are beautiful but they're not really the type that i listen to. more for those people who want background music to meditate. unfortunately, i have to charge ($19.90) if you want this cd. song list: "how can you refuse him now", "stranger in a strange land", "are you afraid to die", "please carry me home", "ave maria", "why me", "darker with the day", "where no one stands alone", "harm's way", "by the rivers dark", "precious lord", "not dark yet".

next thing. i saw the poster for "lion, witch and the wardrobe"

first thought, wonderful! so nice! can't wait for it to come out!!
second thought. why the heck is the white witch driving polar bears?!!? it's supposed to be reindeer. :D

i was playing with my rubix cube last night. after seeing ty still playing with it, i'm inspired to try to solve it. so i spent the whole of last night playing it with no success. :( as i tried, i was thinking about the last time i tried to solve it. brought to mind memories of my guy. we were coming back from KL. he was sitting (sort of) next to me. we were both trying with no success to solve it. he was telling me about the spheare rubix cube that his sis has and how he used to dismantle the cube and try to put it back together. duan hui used to ask me if i still think about my guy, cos i don't seem to. but i do. especially lately, after hearing about "eye for a guy". so coincidental. ya, i guess it's hard to forget him. i wish that our friendship/relationship ended better. i still have doubts as to whether it could have worked out between us. but as it were... sigh.

p.s. reading through my past entries, i'm way overdue for writing a chim philosophy again. the last time's one was the one about multiverses. yup. so i'll be trying to figure out another one. maybe the sociology of the john little fitting room would be interesting. ;D

sorry this is so small. it's the largest i can make it without intruding the neighbouring column's space.

playing around with a new/old template after getting inspired by ty. so excuse the mess if there's any.

meanwhile, for your entertainment, here's the super condensed version i found of my favourite shakespheare play "a midsummer night's dream"

Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena:

We're all in love with each other the wrong way around.

(Everyone goes into the woods. They have wacky experiences, pair off correctly, and live happily ever after.)

THE END

The Loch Ness Monster's Song

Sssnnnwhuffffll?
Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl -
gm grawwwww grf grawf awfgm graw gm.
Hovoplodok - doplodovok - plovodokot - doplodokosh?
Splgraw fok fok splgrafhatchgabrlgabrl fok splfok!
Zgra kra gka fok!
Grof grawff gahf?
Gombl mbl bl -
blm plm,
blm plm,
blm plm,
blp.

-- Edwin Morgan

new exhibition on. looks really interesting. it's not just exhibition, there's also concerts, seminars, workshops.

anyone keen on going? is the church/LC going to organise an outing there?

i know this is darn lagging. but i just watched the american idol finale last night. taped it back then and i forgot all about it until last night when i was clearing my recorder. and my verdict (keeping in mind that carrie won)? carrie was so solid with her vocals. but bo was the better performer. and rofl with ryan dropping the coin into that 'gutter' thing. he embarrassed himself on international tv. haha!

listening to the songs. bo's first song (long and winding road) was not bad. i liked it. his second song (vehicle), well, he could have done better. his last song (inside your heaven) totally rocked. beautiful, beautiful! i think he did so much better than carrie for that one.

listening to carrie. her first song (inside your heaven), well...the vocals were great definately. so were her vocals for er...everything. second song (independence) not bad. third song (angels brought me here) woah! her glory note was perfect. but she was off on the last note!!!! she seriously zao sia-ed. wasted. that's the most important part of the song and she sort of screwed it. but it obviously didn't hurt her any.

therefore, no problem that carrie won. it could have gone either way. i think that bo is good at performing. his vocals are ok, they are enhanced by his performing. he'll be a big hit at live concerts. but carrie's vocals are good on it's own. she's like olinda. better heard than seen. live concert can wait. can't wait to hear her on radio.

today i'm listening to the 'inside your heaven' duet bo and carrie sang that i downloaded. omg. what are they singing?! it's painful listening to them. maybe it's just my recording. bo is way too loud. carrie is like backup. and they are not harmonising. their voices are so clashing. it's just so painful. *wince*
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been to sentosa lately? i went yesterday. and well...i think sentosa has deteriorated. i mean, sentosa was supposed to be an island resort, a retreat from the hustle and bustle of mainland. but it's not anymore. sad.

i miss the monorail. it's one of the main attractions of the island. now that it's gone, travel around the island is so inconvenient. getting up the beach line bus, i had no idea where it was going. a tourist was telling me that it was like a mystery journey. just get on and hope you get where you want to go. and we had to fight with huge crowds of people rushing to get on the bus.

and everywhere i turn, there's barricades and construction. messy. made walking so inconvenient. we'd walk and suddenly, there's a dead end where there used to be a passage. lucky that restaurant allowed people to cut across. else it was a long walk back to the starting point again. cars are all over the place. it's convenient for drivers but its a blot on the landscape.

went on the carlsberg sky tower. well...it's nothing spectacular. after being jostled by a huge bus load of indian tourists, the view was more or less like what you'd see if you climbed to the top of a high HDB flat. no big deal. only difference is that it's aircon and it revolves so you don't need to walk.

everything is so expensive. images of singapore is open. we wanted to go cos it used to be free. thought can go in, cool down with the air con before going back to costa sands. but it now cost $10 for adults. the entry fee for most of the attractions are like that. and the food. the cheapest was like, $6 plus. and that was for a plate of chicken wings. sigh.

let's just say, i'm disappointed with sentosa. lucky the dragon trail is still there. the day they remove that will be the day i start to boycott sentosa. it's becoming less of a retreat from the mainland than an extension of the mainland. the musical fountain has been playing the exact same lame thing for the past 3 years. what a turn off. the spice/herb/flower gardens, originally there's a long looooonnnnnnngggggg staircase to climb. but it's there to let you slowly enjoy the plants and flowers. now, they're building covered escalators. where's the point in that? sure, it's easier for people but you're seperated from the nature that you're supposed to appreciate. imagine,
tourist: i went to the spice gardens in sentosa.
friend: how was it?
tourist: no idea. took an escalator up.
not much difference from driving along the pie and seeing the bushes on the side of the car.

how does singapore expect to attract tourists if they turn their only island resort into something exactly like what can be found on mainland? why would tourists want to come here then? even me, a local, is starting to be turned off by sentosa. expensive, commercialised, inconvenient. sigh. buck up singapore.

i was listening to Hope 107 yesterday. there was this programme called Crossroads. now i normally don't listen to 107 beyond Kid's Connection with the story time. Crossroads usually is just features some guy preaching (it's a recording from previous overseas seminars) and i won't listen to that. boring. but yesterday's programme was quite interesting. the guy was talking about the second coming of jesus. and there were some points he raised that were, well, different from the usual end-of-the-world-is-nigh seminars. so here's a short report on it.

one of the points he mentioned is the bible verse that says "i am coming like a thief in the night". he says that this may not be totally accurate. it's accurate in that, the day jesus comes will be one where we will not expect. he says he used to be a thief so he knows how impt the element of surprise is in thievery. but, on the other hand, (he was quoting bible verses that i don't remember) one of it was that jesus would be coming with all his angels. not one, not two, ALL. so if there's a guardian angel to every person, then there's gonna be at least 6 billion angels. and it is commonly known that one angel alone is totally brilliant and stunning. so imagine 6 billion angels making their appearance on earth. woah. not exactly secret but definately unexpected. the guy suggested that those images of jesus as king and jesus as the sacrificial lamb were misinterpreted by the ancient jews. so they expected jesus as king but he came as lamb. so means that this time, the 2nd coming, he'll be coming as king. and there'll be trumpets and singing etc etc. not really like a thief in the night. and considering that the 2nd coming will be the end of the world, it's not exactly something hush hush.

and the guy was dispelling a misconception that there'll be time after the 2nd coming to repent. apparently, there had been an idea about 7 years after the 2nd coming before the end of the world. what crap. he was describing this crazy scenerio. imagine, one day you wake up and your best friend is calling you, "hey wake up! look at the newspapers/tv!! JESUS HAS RETURNED!!!!!" and the news is showing life footage of the return of jesus with his 6 billion angels. *rolls eyes* can you even imagine that? total crap. when jesus comes back, that's it. end of story. i have o idea where that 7 year thing came from.

next thing, and the focus of his talk was how the devil would try to trick us. he was relating how when he was staying in a cave on the mountain, (god knows why he's doing something like that) there was this guy that came along. so he thought he was a hiker or something and invited him to sit down, rest a while. and they started chatting. and suddenly this fella says that he's jesus. stunned. and the guy was shocked. he was thinking, you know, how can this guy be jesus? but what if he is jesus? moral of the story, how can we really recognise jesus when he comes again? bible says that the 2nd coming will be great and glorious and lots of miracles etc etc. but the devil has power also and can pretend to do things like that to trick us.and that's the danger that we all face cos we can't be absolutely sure if it's really jesus.

moving on. the guy claimed that we are living in the last generation. he says that if you count the years of the lives of the old testament patriarches from adam onwards, you can roughly figure how long it was before the first coming. maybe someday when i'm free and bored enough, i'll go count for myself. but he claimed that mathematically, we're almost at the same time as the ancient jews were in the 1st coming. meaning, the end of the world is nigh. and, he said that the bible says that the end will be marked with great earthquakes, floods etc etc. the whole creation will experience an upheaval. and haven't this been happening lately? he mentioned the tsunami, 9/11. someone told my friend about this before and she told me. of course, this may or may not be true. and the guy says that he will not attempt to set a date for the end of the world. he gave examples of other cults that did and the world did not end yet.

bottom line is, according to him, we have to be prepared. we don't know when jesus is coming. but when he does come, there'll be no more time for preparation.

Testify To Love - Avalon

All the colors of the rainbow
All of voices of the wind
Every dream that reaches out
That reaches out to find where love begins
Every word of every story
Every star in every sky
Every corner of creation lives to testify

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take
I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

From the mountains to the valleys
From the rivers to the sea
Every hand that reaches out
Every hand that reaches out to offer peace
Every simple act of mercy
Every step to kingdom come
All the Hope in every heart will speak what love has done

by G. Cunningham, C. Peacock
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as i was searching for the lyrics for this song, i made an interesting discovery, well, inferred discovery. clay aiken likes Avalon. serious. he has sung 3 of their songs in cds/concerts. and that's a lot, considering the circumstances. in case you want to know, the Avalon songs he's sung: "You Were There", "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day" and "Mary Did You Know". now i don't know if the tune is the same but the lyrics are identical. wow. no wonder they suspect he's a christian artiste in disguise.

i was just looking through the camp photos dawn sent. and frankly, don't kill me on this, me being me, i don't think i missed that much. sure, i missed all the talks and stuf like that. but heck. i definately know i wouldn't have enjoyed the games. no no. i cannot stand games which involve me getting wet and dirty. which is why i'm kinda dreading the nus orientation that i have no choice but to attend. seriously. i mean, i enjoy watching the rest of you enjoy yourselves. but ask me to take part...no way. whatever. that's just me.

i think mothers can be so unreasonable sometimes. most times. maybe all the time. here are some of my (apparently) biggest sins.

1. i didn't go for the church camp
2. i refused to teach my bro
3. i refused to join the nus catholic student society
4. i didn't attend mass 2 sundays ago
5. i talked back about the JL salary thing
6. i'm disturbing andrew with what i'm doing everyday
7. i hang out with my friends and am organising a chalet

so there you have it. my 7 deadly sins. and so she's not talking to me. wanna hear my side?

1. i didn't join the church camp cos of a lot of factors. the biggest one being that verena asked at a really bad time. lame excuse sia. but then, i think that if she had asked me at another time, i would have gone. but, then being then, i was really sian of life. so no point in going. anyway, lucky i didn't go cos i fell sick on saturday. i had walking flu. runny nose, sore throat, blocked ears. it got worse cos that day i was out, went to esplanade with jas and zaidah and group. thought it would pass but apparently it didn't. so imagine if i went to camp.

2. i refused to teach andrew because firstly, i feel that he's old enough to study on his own. if he has questions, he's old enough to know how to ask without me having to ask him first. i think the biggest factor is that when i was his age, i handled everything on my own. and so i see no reason why he can't do the same. especially since he comes from a much much better school than me. they should have taught their students to be independent. and frankly, he's old enough to know how to ask if he needs help.

3. i refuse to join css same reason as why i'll refuse to join say, outdoor activities club. i have no interest. so i see no need to join. religion is of less importance in my life. and so why should i join? daddy says can have social interaction. as if css is the only means of social interaction. aunty brenda says maybe can find future husband there. i didn't go to nus to look for a future husband. daddy says that i need to mix with people other than duan hui and sumi. i plan to join choir. they don't. nuff said. mummy says i should join cos lots of people recommend. so? lots of people recommended andrew to join scouts and join sji. and what happened? it didn't exactly benefit him i think. whereas me, everyone recommended against sac, mjc and choir. but it has benefitted me more than anything. so i think i'll keep my own judgement on this. and frankly, the more people nag me about it, the more i won't do it.

4. i didn't attend mass 2 sundays ago. for people who don't know, i was working full day shift on that weekend. so there was no time to attend mass except the sunday morning chinese mass. but i was really exhausted. seriously. i had just finished working 12 hours on saturday. and i was in no mood to wake up at 6am just to attend mass. and so i didn't. and she thinks it's a deadly sin. whatever. anyway, it doesn't matter to me. attend or not, my life is still the same. and in that situation, i rather get enough rest so that i won't make mistakes at the cash till. god is not going to be any help if i screw up there.

5. the salary thing is complicated. firstly, the salary banked in was less than what was supposed to get. so i suggested that maybe it's cos of my cash till mistakes. and i really think so. but she blew up she was like...
mother: i thought you said cashiering was ok?
me: it was.
mother: so what you talking about making mistakes?
me: it's ok!
i mean, i may make mistakes now and then but overall it's ok. but as usual, she refused to listen. anyway, i msged francisca to ask if she got the same problem. and she said she also was paid short. so i told mother that francisca also got the same problem. and then she ask me how much F was paid. i said she was paid $100 short. and so she blew up at me again. *rolls eyes* hello? you were the one who told me not to tell my salary to other people. and here you are asking me how much my colleague is making. why don't you practice what you preach? if you don't want me to tell other people my personal stuff, why should i ask others their personal details? and as usual, she refused to listen to me. fuck.

6. for the record, i am not disturbing andrew. it's all in her mind. i specifically make sure that he can't hear the music that i play on the radio. i don't turn on my computer music when he's doing work. i close my room door when i'm watching tv so that he can't be distracted by the sound/picture. and it's not my fault that the computer is now in full view of his room. that's daddy's fault for moving the computer up here. it was perfectly fine where it was. now, it's a distraction, whether on or off.

7. there seems to be some offense in hanging out with my friends. does she expect me to hang around at home all day? i have a life. and it's not like i go out everyday.i consider myself very good already. no one else helps out at home. they're all really slacking at home. they don't have to do housework. they can go out when they want. they can watch what they want. sometimes, all the times, i wish mummy went back to work. or maybe i need to find another job. now is when i start to regret that i didn't choose to extend at JL. life would be better if i did. and the chalet thing. i only mentioned, long time ago, that we were thinking of renting a chalet for ourselves. and i never mentioned a thing since. she's the one who was telling me about the special promo thing at costa sands. and now she's refusing to book for us cos she's apparently pissed off with me. what the hell?? i didn't ask you. you're the one who's encouraging the chalet thing. and now that we're actually beginning to get organised, you're refusing?! fuck.

so there you have it. my sins and my side of the story. just typing this pisses me off. so angry now. i just refused to go out. and that's going to be added to my list of sins. but i'm glad that i'm alone at home. i like the solitude. no one's going to come and scold me for no reason.

i hate my life.

take a lookie at this. "Mic Stand Mastery". clay and bo fans would love this one. :D
http://s9.invisionfree.com/Bo_Bice_Rocks/index.php?showtopic=1267

quote:

"If Clay is ObiWan, Bo must surely be the Anakin Skywalker of Mic Stand Domination"

"But, if their stands were women...Bo would be dragging her by her hair off to his cave (and I doubt she'd be putting up a fight) .Clay would be driving her insane until she BEGS to be dragged off to his cave."

couldn't resist. :D

finally found time and privacy (sort of) to blog. this is gonna be a very long one. you have been warned.

my job at JL finally ended on wednesday. jo was asking us if we wanted to extend our time there. as far as i heard, only jovan and shah are doing so. brave souls. not that it's that bad working there. it's just really really tiring. especially when they give you B shift for the entire week. the fatigue gets to you. thank god i live nearby. think about poor latifah who lives in woodlands (apparently). don't know why she came to JLPP to work.

bit more about the job. i kept thinking about this when passing the long hours in the fitting room. people who answer the phone and handle the customers are called customer service officers. people who tidy up the clothes and take stock are called packers. people who take care of the fitting rooms are called attendants. people who work the cash till are called cashiers. people who do all of the above are called sales associates. :D

i guess i'll miss working the place. it's the atmosphere. it's not so competitive among the staff. i mean, they do their work yes. but they're also willing to help out other stuff that isn't their business normally. the work conditions are good. as in, they're working for the store and not just for themselves and their pay. that in itself helps new staff to fit in cos people are willing to help and teach them.

i'll miss the talking-while-we're-supposed-to-be-working sessions with nisha. i'll miss fooling around with BNN. i'll miss gila-ing with latifah. teasing jenny, hanging out with francisca, working with jo, florence, candy and soo hwa. i guess i'll miss the never ending folding of the clothes bins that gets messed up again the minute i walk away. (never ever try to tidy the oddments bin. it's pure waste of time.) tidying up the shoes which always will turn up odd shoes with missing partners (don't know how people try shoes until the shoe goes missing). struggling with the crazy cash till, trying hard to remember when to do what and what each voucher is categorised under.

interesting experience was dressing up the mannequin. jo made me and francisca do the job cos it'll be an interesting thing and maybe we won't have the chance to dress up the mannequin ever again. so there were the 2 of us, struggling with the stupid mannequin. lucky i dressed the thing once with soo hwa so i got some idea. the thing's arms refused to come out. we were both pushing the thing up and jo was standing there laughing at us. :p when we finally got the arms out and the shirt off and the new shirt on, the arms refused to go on again. darn. but jo said that we did a good job in the end.

the fitting room duty. normally we 'fight' over who does fitting room cos it's the most slacker job of all. but it means sitting/standing there for hours with nothing to do but watch people come in and out and put the number tags on the door. did you know that there are cracks in the wall near the rack that looks like an owl? did i mention how irritating the piped in michael buble is? one day i was thinking about nus and the sociology talk i attended. and i was thinking, someone should do something on the sociology of the fitting room. how some people will just zoom in, some will stop and ask permission for using the room, some will rush into the first room, some will take their time and look for a room that they like, some will move into the room that you vaguely gesture them to. how some people will unceremoniously dump their unwanted clothes on the rack or leave them in the room, while some will bring them out or nicely hand them to the attendant. why some people will thank you after they finish trying on the clothes. very interesting study it would make.

i'm surprised that i didn't meet many people i know while working there. i met zaidah. twice. but the second time she came purposely cos she knew i was there. i saw ms mabel yong. i was serving her at the cashier and i was thinking, she looks familiar. then i saw her name on her robinsons card. gosh. i had no idea she was so short. she used to be taller than tall to me. but that was when i was pri 1. couldn't say hi cos by the time i realised it was her, there was no time. long queue. then, i think i saw emily. omg. she's so pretty now. she looks so grown up and sophisticated. the type that wears branded from head to toe. the type that goes for manicures and facials and wears lace coloured bras (no offence whatsoever. i'm describing a stereotype). but i wasn't sure enough that it was her to say hello. sigh. well, she looked alright.
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moving on. mj choir concert the other day. of course, jasmine gave a wonderful account so you can check it out at her blog if you want. but here's my take.

watched a bit of american idol before leaving the house. i was in fits over simon and the 'too tight tees'. lol! but didn't stay to watch the rest because of issues i won't discuss here. anyway, went to parkway to meet them. yes it was my off day but i ended up at parkway anyway. grace was on time. zaidah and jasmine were late. after they finally arrived and finished their mcdonalds breakfast, they decided to go shopping. and guess where we ended up? john little. soo hwa and latifah were there. grace bought that nice layered skirt. i saw wendy and she was smiling at me. so i quickly run off lah. she scares me. especially when i was supposed to not be there. i told them i needed off for school activity so what the heck was i doing shopping?! anyway, grace went to samuel and kevin and bought a tank top. by that time, we were already running late. it was 12. we had to somehow get to vch in half hour.

so we took a cab. and we arrived just in time with the rest of the choir and the other alumni. i noticed that building opposite vch had this huge "I WAS HERE" sculpture in front of it. i was telling them, we gotta take a pic with that, it's just so cool. anyway, going up to the concert hall. watched the choir practice for a while and then me, zaidah and jas were assigned to guard the food. guard the food?! why on earth for? so we went out and beheld the packets of food, all opened and on display. apparently, they were opened so that they could cool. huh? apparently, the curry on them would spoil if left until evening like that. weird. why are they even eating curry when they have a concert later? but not our place to question. we vowed not to eat the food unless we had no choice. it didn't sound appetising anyway. so we were chatting. then a bird flew down. again and again jasmine had to do her squirrel dance to chase it away. :D poor her. me, i only had to walk over and the bird would fly. haha! well, we heard music playing. zaidah peeked through the door. she said there's this angmoh fella playing piano in there. so we looked. at first i couldn't see anything. then i saw him. and thank goodness it was daylight and the other 2 were there. cos it the atmosphere made it look like a ghostly vision. vch's reputation for being haunted didn't help. and mr yong scared the heck out of us when he suddenly appeared behind us while we were staring at that pianist. lucky he didn't question us about invading the privacy of the pianist. he was too confused by the open and cooling food.

being free after the one practice with the female chorus, the three of us went to funan to eat. and talk. and shop a bit. we went to the vcd shop and watched the demo of "shall we dance?" then we walked back to vch and took pictures of the I WAS HERE. the guard was too busy making sure we didn't step on his perfect grass than paying attention to the fact that we were considering climbing on the sculpture. gosh. so that turned into a mini photo taking session. one disappointment was that i was going to take a pic with the hippo bus in the background. and i realised that the camera wasn't on. sigh.

back at the concert hall, we were backstage. we went to collect our bags which we dumped in the room. we went there. something not right. what happened to all the other gowns and bags there? how come there's a conductor's suit hanging on the hanger?!?!?! oh no!!! it was the conductor's fitting room. for some reason the room was changed. so we rushed to get our bags out. just in time cos kwei came along the corridor just as we dumped our bags on the sofa. :p actually, it was very relaxing to not have to rush to change and eat and all that hoo-ha that dominates backstage life. the alumni spent a very leisurely time in the vch toilet downstairs getting dressed and putting on makeup.

lots of time before the female chorus. so we were fooling around with mr yong. he and grace were having a very in depth discussion of the tk choir's overseas trips and of pokemon. did you know that mr yong likes pokemon? lol! he did this pikachu imitation, pika pika. aiyo!! we had to really control ourselves so that we didn't laugh out and disturb the concert. during the female chorus also, i couldn't look directly at him cos his conducting motions reminded me of his pika pika. :D the concert itself was great. i couldn't remember the words for the songs but it didn't screw up. we joined the audience after female chorus and had fun. recorded the concert. still trying to email it. the file is too big. taking damn long time.

it's after the concert that the fun really begins. sumi gave me my first bunch of flowers. pink roses. so sweet of her. i'm drying it in memory of my first bunch of flowers. me, duan hui, sumi and shi yun walked to raffles. the ambience at the bridge was so romantic. being high on the concert and newater (that kok yong gave us), we were having a blast on the bridge. duan hui was as usual moaning about her lack of guys. we were teasing her about it, saying that we'll matchmake her if she wants. me and sumi burst into a spontaneous rendition of "tonight i celebrate my love for you". poor shi yun wanted to deny that she knew us. actually, i don't really remember exactly what we were talking about. me and sumi fighting over the abba score that i asked shi yun for. shi yun telling us about the high class hotel their prom would be held at. taking photos in the mrt before the crowd came in at city hall. sigh. i miss those days. can't wait for the next concert.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ doing some blog surfing and i came across the blog of some guy i know. (people who know, you know who i mean) found through a link of a link of a link. it hasn't been updated since november but since he's in ns... so excited that i found it. :D haha!

right. enough crap for now. had fun reading? hahaha!