for some stupid reason that i don't know, i find this email very amusing:
"Please be informed that the SRC Athletic Arena (running tracks) will be closed from 3 pm, 28 April 06 to 3 pm, 29 April 06 for Dr William Tan 's Guinness record attempt . "
why do i find it so funny?? :D
and i'm so bo-liao that i went blog hunting and linked up blogs of the LC people. whoever isn't here, let me know. it means that i couldn't find their blog. :D
mood: amused
listening to: we built this city - jefferson starship
Friday, April 28, 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
how much wood would a woodchuck chuck
Qn: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
The answer to this age old question has perplexed people for eons.
Part of the reason the question is so difficult to answer is that the amount of wood that woodchucks would chuck on a given day varies greatly with the seasons and with the metabolisms of any individual woodchuck.
Modern internet technology has advanced to the point that we can reliably monitor the amount a woodchuck chucks in real time.
The results of this monitoring are shown below. Please note that the numbers vary due to the dispositions of the woodchucks involved.
Attention: Woodchucks don't chuck unless you use Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser.... Netscape scares them.
Average amount of wood a woodchuck would chuck in a given day 790 butt cords of wood.
Median amount of wood a woodchuck could chuck in a given hour 469 butt cords of wood.
Record high for woodchuck wood chucking of 5901 butt cords was attained on June 15, 1996.
(NOTE: the above tabulations take into account that woodchuks chuck no wood on February second, in observance of ground hog day.)
*thanks to the crazy people on the clayboard who have nothing better to do but calculate a woodchuck's wood chucking count.
mood: weird
listening to: running - no doubt
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
who's better
yesterday's "YouthInk" had this article from Adeline Koh called "it's no secret who's better". she stated that "JC students are better than polytechnic students, period." and i somehow find this offensive. her stand is very extreme and her argument contains fallacies and loopholes. who is she to make judgements as to which is better? how is she making her judgements?
she says that entry requirements at JC are more stringent. yes, partially i agree with that. you have to get 20 points and below to qualify for jc. but increasingly, there are poly courses that also require low points to enter. there are courses whose entry requirements are just as tough as a jc entry. no poly automatically accepts anyone with dismal marks either. anyway, she says that large numbers of students are forced to enter the poly because they can't enter the jc. perhaps this is true. no dispute because realistically the other option is the poly. she says that a minority enter poly because they want to. i find that a bit hard to digest. from my own experience, ALL my poly friends (after SAC) entered poly because they wanted to. because they felt that JC is not the place for them. and one of these people was the top student of SAC.
her other reason for saying that jc is better is becasue jc students are the ones who have the opportunity to receive the Public Service Commission awards scholarships. i say that yes, jc students have more opportunity to get scholarships and recognition, but what percentage of them? to my experience, any recognition or prize tends to be given to students of the top jcs. ie, these things are skewed towards the more 'prestigious' jcs. those in the 'worse' jcs seldom, if ever get this chance. another thing she didn't mention, but implied, is that jc is a direct route to the uni. these days, this isn't too true either. jc is no longer a guranteed route into the uni. like all students, even like the poly students, jc students have to fight to enter into the unis. so, it makes no difference.
i feel that in some ways, poly students have it better. they get a diploma at the end of their 3 years, with relevant work experience and skills. what do jc students get? an a-level cert. what can we do with that? absolutely nothing. then, when we go into the uni, say the arts faculty. get a degree in english language for instance. what do we do with that? teach? nothing in the jc route prepares students for the work place. all jc students can do for work experience is part time jobs such as sales and tution. this is not sufficient preparation. jc, then uni students are supposed to be the future managers and leaders. but there is nothing to train them into becoming that. if i was an employer, i would look to skills rather than to the academic paper. what use is getting a first class honours degree, or a masters degree if it doesn't pertain at all to that line of work? wouldn't a diploma be better in this case? singapore's education is very weird imo. it emphasises pragmatism but at the same time forces students to do useless things.
lastly, i take offence that the writer of this article is an honours student at nus, and yet she writes such judgmental articles. yes, she admits that she is being politically incorrect in what she writes. yet, i feel she isn't being politically incorrect as being elitist. true, singapore has taught about the idea of meritocracy. however, the problem is, what is a common yardstick with which to compare the two? she looks solely at academic results in her argument. of course you can't compare academic inclination in this. no question, academically jcs will win. but she does not consider any other aspect of the comparision, such as practicality and non-academic aspects. in such a case, i feel that polys will win. i can tell, she was probably from a jc, one of the top jcs. and probably had little mix with poly students. because of this, she becomes biased against them and makes such value judgements against them.
mood: awake
she says that entry requirements at JC are more stringent. yes, partially i agree with that. you have to get 20 points and below to qualify for jc. but increasingly, there are poly courses that also require low points to enter. there are courses whose entry requirements are just as tough as a jc entry. no poly automatically accepts anyone with dismal marks either. anyway, she says that large numbers of students are forced to enter the poly because they can't enter the jc. perhaps this is true. no dispute because realistically the other option is the poly. she says that a minority enter poly because they want to. i find that a bit hard to digest. from my own experience, ALL my poly friends (after SAC) entered poly because they wanted to. because they felt that JC is not the place for them. and one of these people was the top student of SAC.
her other reason for saying that jc is better is becasue jc students are the ones who have the opportunity to receive the Public Service Commission awards scholarships. i say that yes, jc students have more opportunity to get scholarships and recognition, but what percentage of them? to my experience, any recognition or prize tends to be given to students of the top jcs. ie, these things are skewed towards the more 'prestigious' jcs. those in the 'worse' jcs seldom, if ever get this chance. another thing she didn't mention, but implied, is that jc is a direct route to the uni. these days, this isn't too true either. jc is no longer a guranteed route into the uni. like all students, even like the poly students, jc students have to fight to enter into the unis. so, it makes no difference.
i feel that in some ways, poly students have it better. they get a diploma at the end of their 3 years, with relevant work experience and skills. what do jc students get? an a-level cert. what can we do with that? absolutely nothing. then, when we go into the uni, say the arts faculty. get a degree in english language for instance. what do we do with that? teach? nothing in the jc route prepares students for the work place. all jc students can do for work experience is part time jobs such as sales and tution. this is not sufficient preparation. jc, then uni students are supposed to be the future managers and leaders. but there is nothing to train them into becoming that. if i was an employer, i would look to skills rather than to the academic paper. what use is getting a first class honours degree, or a masters degree if it doesn't pertain at all to that line of work? wouldn't a diploma be better in this case? singapore's education is very weird imo. it emphasises pragmatism but at the same time forces students to do useless things.
lastly, i take offence that the writer of this article is an honours student at nus, and yet she writes such judgmental articles. yes, she admits that she is being politically incorrect in what she writes. yet, i feel she isn't being politically incorrect as being elitist. true, singapore has taught about the idea of meritocracy. however, the problem is, what is a common yardstick with which to compare the two? she looks solely at academic results in her argument. of course you can't compare academic inclination in this. no question, academically jcs will win. but she does not consider any other aspect of the comparision, such as practicality and non-academic aspects. in such a case, i feel that polys will win. i can tell, she was probably from a jc, one of the top jcs. and probably had little mix with poly students. because of this, she becomes biased against them and makes such value judgements against them.
mood: awake
listening to: fishtank running water
Monday, April 24, 2006
the sacrificial ladybug
this is an epic story of a sacrificial ladybug.
part one.
ladybug (pictured above) arrived back in sunny singapore nearly 10 years ago from the land down under, australia. she was a souvenior, willingly purchased and willingly went along with her new owner. recently, after years of peaceful existance in a wooden cabinet, her owner decided to move her to the window sill on the balcony together with some other australian friends she had met. it was so nice to see the sun and smell the breeze again after years in a stuffy old cabinet. alas! little did she know how soon this blissful life would end.
one day, her owner observed that she was becoming discoloured, possibly melted a little in the sun. and so, he brought her inside the house and put her on a high shelf. she could hear water running somewhere above her. wow. was she going for a bath? what exciting new prospect was this?
part two.
that evening, her owner brought her up even higher, above the water sound. she was on the highest shelf of all, put on a porcelain plate. it was lovely up there. she could see everything that was happening in the house. there were flowers and plants and a sweet statue of a pretty lady in blue. but there was also a wooden thing with a tortured man nailed to it, hanging behind the statue. that scared her a little.
suddenly, she saw a flash of light. her owner was holding a little stick that lit up at the top. how intriguing. he reached up to her and put the light against her back. wow. it felt so nice and warm. and so pretty, with the lights switched off, there was light coming from her back. for a moment, ladybug felt important and significant. she lit up the room with her light!
but it got hotter and hotter. ladybug felt her back becoming soft. she couldn't hold herself together anymore. it was the light that was somehow causing her to melt. she was frightened. it wouldn't stop. no control. only that awful, overwhelming heat.
hotter. hotter.
part three
next morning. all that's left of the ladybug. a melted down shell. tossed into the trash at the end of that long confusing day. her eyes, still questioning. still fearful. why? what have i done to deserve this?
it is your destiny.
the end.
mood: crazy
listening to: open arms - clay aiken
Sunday, April 23, 2006
time for an update
tired lately. stressed out with school work. lets see, thank god easter is over so the church stuff isn't too heavy. anyway, what have i been doing. well, i spent the whole of last week cramming for SS. i now know lots about singapore society and it's weird intricacies. but i'm sure i'll forget by the end of next week. 3 essays to write in 2 hours was pure crazy. i think i crapped up most if not all of it. sigh.
next week has 3 exams in a row. psych, EL and EN. i must say that i'm most looking foward to psych. maybe cos it's mcq. so not so stressful. or maybe cos i'm more or less prepared for it. btw, the online kalat site is so irritating. i was using it to help me study psych. and it was so difficult to get the test questions to load. grr. btw, secret that i should have found out: mike used questions from the kalat site in his quizzes. damn, i should have used it more. oh ya, i passed my second psych quiz. :D NOT looking forward to EN. it's one of those modules, nice to study, not too nice to be tested on.
went to collect my EN essay on saturday after SS. guess what? jane said to collect from AS5 6 floor. me, sumi and group went to AS5, which was deserted. went into the lift. and there was no 6 floor button. so, i thought, ok, we'll go to 5th floor and see what happens. and the weird part was, the stairs at the 5th floor, just next to the lift, didn't go up. so, we went round the department and found another flight of stairs, and this time, there was an upstairs to go to. :) so went up. 6th floor. EL department office. it was closed! darn. so, will have to go back next time. waste of time but got lots of exercise walking from MPSH1 to AS5 to KR terminal.
finally got round to watching "adam's rib". borrowed from esplanade. well, it was ok. not especially funny or anything. in fact, i find it kinda tedious most of the time. maybe cos there was 2 guys next to me who were constantly complaining about how bored they were. also borrowed some scores from there. "les miserables" piano solo and "miss saigon" piano and vocal score. they've expaned their collection i see! so happy. haha. can't wait for exams to be over and the house to be empty so i can bang on the piano again.
jasmine passed me a score that mj was supposed to sing. it's "good old acapella". woah! learnt that song before (in SAC). BUT in SAC, i learnt the bass part. sigh. so, have to relearn the whole thing again in the alto part. and that part is so b-o-r-i-n-g. lots of Ooo-ing. not fun like the bass part. can i transfer to sops for this song? ;D and apparently the other songs we're gonna sing are the jap songs. my immediate response was, "jap songs? which jap songs??" cos i'm too conditioned to tinsagu, and sakura. but, it's that slow song and the tosaka that was tagged to it. more revision to do. and no, i'm not going to sing for the AJC-NUS concert. i'm going for my MJC one!!
spent a lot of time online, kinda slacking also. uploaded JNT portland. the stupid google uploader. the JNT was 936MB big. it took forever, it finally got to the 600 mark. and google uploader died. and so, i had to restart uploading from scratch. it took a week but at least now it's online. haha! can save 936MBs from my hard drive. doing the JBT cary now. that one is 1448MBs. :D muahaha.
duan hui once said that my way of de-stressing is to indulge in clay aiken. so true. i created a montage of him. click HERE to watch it. i'm happy with it. those who watched it on the board liked it too. haha! so proud of myself. gonna do another one after the exams when i got all the time in the world to daydream. anyway, i admit, i've been indulging in a LOT of clack lately. haha! will not spell it out here.
and i just realised, most of my blog entries are either school, church or choir. what a no-lifer i am.
mood: amused
listening to: to the stars - dragonheart ost
next week has 3 exams in a row. psych, EL and EN. i must say that i'm most looking foward to psych. maybe cos it's mcq. so not so stressful. or maybe cos i'm more or less prepared for it. btw, the online kalat site is so irritating. i was using it to help me study psych. and it was so difficult to get the test questions to load. grr. btw, secret that i should have found out: mike used questions from the kalat site in his quizzes. damn, i should have used it more. oh ya, i passed my second psych quiz. :D NOT looking forward to EN. it's one of those modules, nice to study, not too nice to be tested on.
went to collect my EN essay on saturday after SS. guess what? jane said to collect from AS5 6 floor. me, sumi and group went to AS5, which was deserted. went into the lift. and there was no 6 floor button. so, i thought, ok, we'll go to 5th floor and see what happens. and the weird part was, the stairs at the 5th floor, just next to the lift, didn't go up. so, we went round the department and found another flight of stairs, and this time, there was an upstairs to go to. :) so went up. 6th floor. EL department office. it was closed! darn. so, will have to go back next time. waste of time but got lots of exercise walking from MPSH1 to AS5 to KR terminal.
finally got round to watching "adam's rib". borrowed from esplanade. well, it was ok. not especially funny or anything. in fact, i find it kinda tedious most of the time. maybe cos there was 2 guys next to me who were constantly complaining about how bored they were. also borrowed some scores from there. "les miserables" piano solo and "miss saigon" piano and vocal score. they've expaned their collection i see! so happy. haha. can't wait for exams to be over and the house to be empty so i can bang on the piano again.
jasmine passed me a score that mj was supposed to sing. it's "good old acapella". woah! learnt that song before (in SAC). BUT in SAC, i learnt the bass part. sigh. so, have to relearn the whole thing again in the alto part. and that part is so b-o-r-i-n-g. lots of Ooo-ing. not fun like the bass part. can i transfer to sops for this song? ;D and apparently the other songs we're gonna sing are the jap songs. my immediate response was, "jap songs? which jap songs??" cos i'm too conditioned to tinsagu, and sakura. but, it's that slow song and the tosaka that was tagged to it. more revision to do. and no, i'm not going to sing for the AJC-NUS concert. i'm going for my MJC one!!
spent a lot of time online, kinda slacking also. uploaded JNT portland. the stupid google uploader. the JNT was 936MB big. it took forever, it finally got to the 600 mark. and google uploader died. and so, i had to restart uploading from scratch. it took a week but at least now it's online. haha! can save 936MBs from my hard drive. doing the JBT cary now. that one is 1448MBs. :D muahaha.
duan hui once said that my way of de-stressing is to indulge in clay aiken. so true. i created a montage of him. click HERE to watch it. i'm happy with it. those who watched it on the board liked it too. haha! so proud of myself. gonna do another one after the exams when i got all the time in the world to daydream. anyway, i admit, i've been indulging in a LOT of clack lately. haha! will not spell it out here.
and i just realised, most of my blog entries are either school, church or choir. what a no-lifer i am.
mood: amused
listening to: to the stars - dragonheart ost
Thursday, April 20, 2006
COOL SURVEY!!
Put your music player on shuffle.Press forward for each question.Use the song title as the answer to the question.No cheating!
- How am I feeling today?:
CALLING ALL ANGELS (JANE SIBERRY & KD LANG)
yes. i need angels to take care of me now.
-Will I get far in life?:
MARY DID YOU KNOW (CLAY AIKEN)
i'll be like mary? is that necessarily a good thing for me now?
- How do my friends see me?:
WORLD OF OUR OWN (WESTLIFE)
this isn't good. i'm living in a world of my own!!!
- Where will I get Married?:
ANGELS BROUGHT ME HERE (GUY SEBASTIAN)
hmm...does this imply heaven? that i won't get married???
- What is my best friend's theme song?:
NUMB (LINKIN PARK)
haha! is she angsty and frustrated with life? hmm...
- What is the story of my life?:
SNOW INTRO (DAVID COPPERFIELD AUDIO NARRATION)
:D i'm serious, this is the intro to one of his illusions. it's a story he told too. cool! contact me if you want the full text.
- What is/was highschool like?:
IRIS (GOOGOO DOLLS)
haha! thinking of the lyrics of this one. maybe.
- How can I get ahead in life?
CRY OUT TO JESUS (THIRD DAY)
oh. my. god. is it a sign???
- What is the best thing about me?:
ERES TU (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
ok, can't comment on this one cos it's a spanish love song. latin lover? think what you will.
- How is today going to be?:
VIVA FOREVER (SPICE GIRLS)
well...it's been an ok day with a great last few hours. indulging in romantic fantasies. if only it'll last forever. sad song though.
- What is in store for this weekend?:
EVERYTHING IN ITS TIME (CORRINNE MAY)
haha! giving up control and let things flow as they will. i definitely need that reassurance. (SS exam on sat)
- What song describes my parents?:
I'LL MAKE A MAN OUT OF YOU (MULAN OST)
:O hmm...this doesn't sound like a good thing.
- To describe my grandparents?
YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART (PHIL COLLINS)
yes. so true. no matter how irritating i think my grandma is (don't tell my mum) she's still in my heart.
- How is my life going?:
TONIGHT (WESTLIFE)
"tonight! i'll dedicate my heart to you tonight! gonna make love to you tonight! you're gonna know how much i love you" erm...i think i'm kinda romatically deprived at the moment.
- What song will they play at my funeral?:
MUSIC OF MY HEART (NSYNC & GLORIA ESTEFAN)
nice song. yes. i hope i can touch someone like this song suggests.
- How does the world see me?:
IF I LET YOU GO (WESTLIFE)
someone somewhere thinks this of me? don't i wish.
- Will I have a Happy Life?:
MY LOVE (WESTLIFE)
uh-oh. this is not a good song about lost love.
- What do my friends really think of me?:
HAIL HOLY QUEEN (SISTER ACT OST)
omg! i'm a singing nun in their eyes?! heehee.
- Do people secretly lust after me?:
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS (YANTING)
well, this song suggests role model rather than lust. :D
- How can I make myself happy?:
ROCK N ROLL IS HERE TO STAY (GREASE OST)
haha! jamming to rock and roll to make me happy. it's true sometimes. i love heavy drumlines.
- What should I do with my life?:
TEARS OF A CLOWN (SMOKEY ROBINSON)
i should become a clown and smile beneath my tears. btw, this is a really really really great song about hiding tears. highly recommended listen.
- Will I ever have children?:
THAT THING YOU DO
"breaking my heart into a million pieces"? i don't think i'll have kids.
- What is some good advice for me?:
CRUEL CRAZY BEAUTIFUL WORLD (JOHNNY CLEGG & SAVUKA)
(i edited this one cos the previous one was instrumental. don't think it works that way.) haha! and yes. it is a cruel, crazy and yet beautiful world.
- How Will I be remembered?:
THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
ok. this is nice!
- What is my signature dancing song?:
DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER ME (CARRIE UNDERWOOD)
hmm...not really a dancy song. haven't got round to listening to it much.
- What do I think my current theme song is?:
HALLELUJAH (LEONARD COHEN)
yes. yes. i agree. this is one heck of a tear jerker song.
- What does everyone else think my current themesong is?:
BEIN GREEN (KERMIT THE FROG)
haha! i'm not green. i'm blue. it's the exam blues! and yes, i do have a song (2 songs actually) by kermit the frog, that green frog thing from sesame street. go on. laugh.
- What type of men/women do you like?:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN (BROADWAY REVIVAL CAST)
haha! the loser kid from snoopy. hmm...well, given my penchant for nerdy guys... :D
saw this thing on friendster. couldn't resist trying it out. my own comments are in italics. strange that in the whole thing, only 1 clay song came up while FOUR westlife ones appeared. hmm...wonder what that's supposed to say. cos by laws of probability, clay should appear more. weird. haha! any theories?
wasn't supposed to blog till weekend. ok, this isn't really considered a blog. i'll do a proper post later. till then!
mood: happy. tired.
listening to: Look at the world
- How am I feeling today?:
CALLING ALL ANGELS (JANE SIBERRY & KD LANG)
yes. i need angels to take care of me now.
-Will I get far in life?:
MARY DID YOU KNOW (CLAY AIKEN)
i'll be like mary? is that necessarily a good thing for me now?
- How do my friends see me?:
WORLD OF OUR OWN (WESTLIFE)
this isn't good. i'm living in a world of my own!!!
- Where will I get Married?:
ANGELS BROUGHT ME HERE (GUY SEBASTIAN)
hmm...does this imply heaven? that i won't get married???
- What is my best friend's theme song?:
NUMB (LINKIN PARK)
haha! is she angsty and frustrated with life? hmm...
- What is the story of my life?:
SNOW INTRO (DAVID COPPERFIELD AUDIO NARRATION)
:D i'm serious, this is the intro to one of his illusions. it's a story he told too. cool! contact me if you want the full text.
- What is/was highschool like?:
IRIS (GOOGOO DOLLS)
haha! thinking of the lyrics of this one. maybe.
- How can I get ahead in life?
CRY OUT TO JESUS (THIRD DAY)
oh. my. god. is it a sign???
- What is the best thing about me?:
ERES TU (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
ok, can't comment on this one cos it's a spanish love song. latin lover? think what you will.
- How is today going to be?:
VIVA FOREVER (SPICE GIRLS)
well...it's been an ok day with a great last few hours. indulging in romantic fantasies. if only it'll last forever. sad song though.
- What is in store for this weekend?:
EVERYTHING IN ITS TIME (CORRINNE MAY)
haha! giving up control and let things flow as they will. i definitely need that reassurance. (SS exam on sat)
- What song describes my parents?:
I'LL MAKE A MAN OUT OF YOU (MULAN OST)
:O hmm...this doesn't sound like a good thing.
- To describe my grandparents?
YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART (PHIL COLLINS)
yes. so true. no matter how irritating i think my grandma is (don't tell my mum) she's still in my heart.
- How is my life going?:
TONIGHT (WESTLIFE)
"tonight! i'll dedicate my heart to you tonight! gonna make love to you tonight! you're gonna know how much i love you" erm...i think i'm kinda romatically deprived at the moment.
- What song will they play at my funeral?:
MUSIC OF MY HEART (NSYNC & GLORIA ESTEFAN)
nice song. yes. i hope i can touch someone like this song suggests.
- How does the world see me?:
IF I LET YOU GO (WESTLIFE)
someone somewhere thinks this of me? don't i wish.
- Will I have a Happy Life?:
MY LOVE (WESTLIFE)
uh-oh. this is not a good song about lost love.
- What do my friends really think of me?:
HAIL HOLY QUEEN (SISTER ACT OST)
omg! i'm a singing nun in their eyes?! heehee.
- Do people secretly lust after me?:
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS (YANTING)
well, this song suggests role model rather than lust. :D
- How can I make myself happy?:
ROCK N ROLL IS HERE TO STAY (GREASE OST)
haha! jamming to rock and roll to make me happy. it's true sometimes. i love heavy drumlines.
- What should I do with my life?:
TEARS OF A CLOWN (SMOKEY ROBINSON)
i should become a clown and smile beneath my tears. btw, this is a really really really great song about hiding tears. highly recommended listen.
- Will I ever have children?:
THAT THING YOU DO
"breaking my heart into a million pieces"? i don't think i'll have kids.
- What is some good advice for me?:
CRUEL CRAZY BEAUTIFUL WORLD (JOHNNY CLEGG & SAVUKA)
(i edited this one cos the previous one was instrumental. don't think it works that way.) haha! and yes. it is a cruel, crazy and yet beautiful world.
- How Will I be remembered?:
THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
ok. this is nice!
- What is my signature dancing song?:
DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER ME (CARRIE UNDERWOOD)
hmm...not really a dancy song. haven't got round to listening to it much.
- What do I think my current theme song is?:
HALLELUJAH (LEONARD COHEN)
yes. yes. i agree. this is one heck of a tear jerker song.
- What does everyone else think my current themesong is?:
BEIN GREEN (KERMIT THE FROG)
haha! i'm not green. i'm blue. it's the exam blues! and yes, i do have a song (2 songs actually) by kermit the frog, that green frog thing from sesame street. go on. laugh.
- What type of men/women do you like?:
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN (BROADWAY REVIVAL CAST)
haha! the loser kid from snoopy. hmm...well, given my penchant for nerdy guys... :D
saw this thing on friendster. couldn't resist trying it out. my own comments are in italics. strange that in the whole thing, only 1 clay song came up while FOUR westlife ones appeared. hmm...wonder what that's supposed to say. cos by laws of probability, clay should appear more. weird. haha! any theories?
wasn't supposed to blog till weekend. ok, this isn't really considered a blog. i'll do a proper post later. till then!
mood: happy. tired.
listening to: Look at the world
Sunday, April 16, 2006
back! easter!
alrighty. :D for the moment, there's no video cos i can't find one that i like enough to put on. so, just watch that space.
easter triduum has ended. thank god. it was such a roller coaster. gosh. prepare for long lor-sor stories.
maundy thursday. went for the mass, late. cos was waiting for andrew to get ready. ronald's choir was very amusing. cos they had to cut music after the gloria. so they had problems with the singing. only could hear ronald, diana and sr enrica. the rest was just mumbling. the 'our father' was a mess. they started something and the congregation continued to sing, only to realise halfway through the thing that the choir was singing something completely different from the congregation. *rolls eyes* and during the consecration, there wasn't supposed to be bells. so for some reason, there was a 'rattle' thing. oh. my. god. what an ear sore. please lah. keeping quiet during that time isn't a bad thing lor.
anyway, that was the mass. after that, went church visiting around town. that went as usual. nothing out of the ordinary. BUT on the way back, i was at that busstop outside the armenian church. and i saw THAT guy. *jaw drops* and he got onto the same bus as me. *jaw drops further* anyway, i said hi, then he said hi back. k. didn't talk much on the bus yet. then, abt 2 stops before he alighted, he came over and started friendly chitchat. *excited screams* it was great to know that he's no longer treating me like i'm invisible. :D
then...went back to church for the adoration. was early so hung around with some of the others in the canteen. the guys were getting high on a medley of hymns. so we sang for a while. then went up for adoration at 11.30. last slot. gosh. that was late. anyway. supposed to be praying and keeping jesus company. so ya. did that. or tried. i admit. i began stoning halfway through. lucky for me tho, there was an empty chair in front of me. so i tried this thing that i read. about pretending that jesus is sitting in the chair. not that it worked very well. but, at least i didn't fall asleep.
next day. good friday. the guy messaged me bright and early to wish me a "happy good friday! christ has risen". erm...do protestants have a different thinking from catholics? to them, does jesus rise on good friday??? happy that he msged me. (he still has my number after so long. *g*)
anyway, good friday. our turn for the mass. no. not mass. service. ok. so came early to practice 'the reproaches' and the psalm. well, more for the reproaches. actually, i don't remember, did we really take 2 hours for just that? oh ya, we also did the 'our father'. it RAINED. such a heavy thunder lightning downpour. why does it always rain on good friday? but moving on. the service itself was ok. a bit confusing at times. mrs sylvia yeoh's husband is such a great lector i think. and fr khoo was being his usual s-l-o-w self. he 'screwed' up the veneration of the cross. cos, usually, after the "this is the wood of the cross..." thing, is the veneration. so, khoo did the thing, set up the cross in front of the altar, he, lu and paul staes went and did their veneration, then the younger altar servers, then the sisters. and at the back, the older altar servers were bringing out other crosses for those at the side. the choir was getting ready to do the veneration, then... khoo goes back to the altar and says, oh we'll do the communion first then later you can do your veneration cos we want to save time etc etc. *freak* why does he always do weird things like this??? anyway, ya so for a while the church was a bit stunned cos we ALWAYS do veneration first. but, he wants communion first, he gets communion first. etc etc. anyway, so, the veneration finally happens, choir does their 'reproaches'. it was ok. much better during the practice but i guess, cos the church was full, and we were thrown off by khoo's weird change of ritual. we had to cut it short cos the church was getting really empty liao. but randall was so good!!!! seriously. it's a waste that he doesn't solo anymore.
and then. cos it's raining, so we couldn't go back to my place as planned. we had to relocate downstairs cos khoo says that no music allowed in the church from maundy thursday till easter vigil. fine. understand. it IS good friday after all. so, we went downstairs and struggled through the vigil repetoire with my pitch pipe. which went kinda ok considering we were all tired, worn and hungry by then.
saturday, easter vigil. me couldn't find my nice white blouse to wear. it's mysteriously vanished into the depths of my closet. thank god i had another one to wear. anyway, everyone was on time for practice!!!! yay! so, ya, warm ups and all. things were going well till khoo came along and told us off for playing the organ. cos we can't play music till the vigil. *rolls eys* so, we relocated downstairs to the car park. cos wanted to test out projection. someone switched on the spotlight for us, so there we were, standing in the spotlight, the carpark our stage. fr paul came along in a taxi and said we sounded good. :D i thought i saw ian, but he kinda vanished after that one glance.
mass itself. was a bit messy at first cos we had absolutely no idea what they were doing at the back of the church. the only thing we could hear was the occasional "amen". but i love easter vigil. love the way the whole church is in darkness and gets lit with the candles. thank god that khoo didn't nag about dripping candle wax like he did during the meeting. fr paul did the "christ our light" thing and sang the easter proclaimation. nice. then, the liturgy of the word. damn i was never this nervous before a psalm. verena went and did great. dawn next and was perfect. then me. shit. i should have did something to make it sound better. or i should have practiced more. the original thing already sounded zhao-sia enough. nerves were making it a WHOLE lot worse. btw, the psalms were all done acapella. which is an even bigger problem. sigh. i should have practiced more.
anyway, after my horrible psalm, did the gloria. one of my fav parts. true, khoo screwed his part as usual. but the choir was beautiful! first time i'm sitting apart and hearing them, they leading the congregation, and the church bells ringing and all. *huge smile* then, was the epistle reading. and the acclaimation. the animator had said that "the priest will intone the alleluia". so dawn played the intro. silence. and more silence. i look at khoo. he look at me. i look at him back. he FINALLY realises that he's supposed to to the intoning. *rolls eyes* it's in the instructions that he gave me and he told me before that he'll do the intoning. anyway, i redeemed myself with the acclaimation psalm. thank god.
fr paul did the gospel and homily. that went as usual. then, was the baptism part. verena went to do the litany of saints. very nice. there were 5 to be baptised this year. pretty good. pathetic considering st mary's 99, but still quite good for our standards. took darn long for that. nothing much noteworthy there. then, the 'i saw water' and nick's first solo! it went very well. he had a very pop-ish sound. as in, the complete opposite of a choral sound. but it was ok. it worked. as usual, khoo just zoomed down the middle aisle. at least fr paul went through the sides also. the mike died during the general intercessions. so the animator was so flustered. khoo had to finish the intercessions for him. i later found out that in his state of mind, he switched off the mike by mistake. *rolls eyes* that guy is so blur. but i won't criticise him here cos we're all stressed and nervous and kan cheong on that day.
nothing noteworthy for the offertory hymns. hmm...the usual flow until the thanksgiving "christ be our light". we printed out the easter text for that. i loved it. that was possibly our best song of the night. it was so good that during the chorus, when we really got into the song, i could feel the reverb from our voices. and the congregation was singing also...beautiful. wish i could have taped it. *g* then, long stories from khoo again. at least he mentioned the choir being good and helping to provide a good atmosphere for the celebration. long story about the church renovations. long story from one of the newly baptised guys.
btw, the animator asked me if there was not going to be a recessional hymn. hello? why do you think i put up the number 254 on the board with the word REC next to it? anyway, knowing the blurness of our elders, i told him we're doing number 254, 'easter song'. he didn't believe me that the title of the song was 'easter song'. *gasp* which planet did he come from? 'easter song' is a staple in the easter period. choirs all over singapore (and the world probably) have been singing it for forever and a day. anyway, we did the recessional. could see the congregation being surprised with the small group part then the 'real thing' later on. andrea's dad (i think) said that it was a nice, refreshing touch to the song. :D beautiful. the choir really did so well that day. all the hard work paid off. :D time to celebrate. and they did that at the potluck downstairs. ;D
easter sunday. ronald was doing the mass. so at least we didn't have to do it. went to dawn's place for house warming and house blessing. not bad. gossiping a bit with uncle paul about the church stuff. nice food, nice house. lots of people. oh ya, during the blessing, fr john-paul tan (i think that's his name) sprinkled holy water at the altar, and instantly extinguished one of the altar tea lights with one well placed drop. ;D they blessed jingle also. cute. heard him comment that this was a nice quiet house blessing, with no shrieking or any weird stuff. reminds me of that time at aunty brenda's houseblessing where the priest told stories of seeing/sensing openings to the spirit world. anyway, me, steffi and ruth were telling ghost stories about our schools. the guys were playing "spartan". left early cos it was going to rain. uncle paul gave us a lift back.
came back and mum catered food from punggol seafood. and invited janice over. :D long time no see her. still her same cute self. her hair's a bit longer now. curly at the back. sweet. she's still so attached to my dad. she discovered the joys of drawers now. my dad's to blame. mum's gonna take care of her in the mornings now. well, not now, but pretty soon. wants to teach janice english. kinda like those play school things. teasing mum that, morning she teaches janice, afternoon she teaches jonathan, might as well open her own childcare center lah. :)
and i forgot to mention. jonathan and linus got baptised on easter vigil night at st mary's. :D
kk. i'll spare you anymore details. haha! happy easter y'all! christ has risen!!
mood: tired
listening to: more to this life - clay aiken
easter triduum has ended. thank god. it was such a roller coaster. gosh. prepare for long lor-sor stories.
maundy thursday. went for the mass, late. cos was waiting for andrew to get ready. ronald's choir was very amusing. cos they had to cut music after the gloria. so they had problems with the singing. only could hear ronald, diana and sr enrica. the rest was just mumbling. the 'our father' was a mess. they started something and the congregation continued to sing, only to realise halfway through the thing that the choir was singing something completely different from the congregation. *rolls eyes* and during the consecration, there wasn't supposed to be bells. so for some reason, there was a 'rattle' thing. oh. my. god. what an ear sore. please lah. keeping quiet during that time isn't a bad thing lor.
anyway, that was the mass. after that, went church visiting around town. that went as usual. nothing out of the ordinary. BUT on the way back, i was at that busstop outside the armenian church. and i saw THAT guy. *jaw drops* and he got onto the same bus as me. *jaw drops further* anyway, i said hi, then he said hi back. k. didn't talk much on the bus yet. then, abt 2 stops before he alighted, he came over and started friendly chitchat. *excited screams* it was great to know that he's no longer treating me like i'm invisible. :D
then...went back to church for the adoration. was early so hung around with some of the others in the canteen. the guys were getting high on a medley of hymns. so we sang for a while. then went up for adoration at 11.30. last slot. gosh. that was late. anyway. supposed to be praying and keeping jesus company. so ya. did that. or tried. i admit. i began stoning halfway through. lucky for me tho, there was an empty chair in front of me. so i tried this thing that i read. about pretending that jesus is sitting in the chair. not that it worked very well. but, at least i didn't fall asleep.
next day. good friday. the guy messaged me bright and early to wish me a "happy good friday! christ has risen". erm...do protestants have a different thinking from catholics? to them, does jesus rise on good friday??? happy that he msged me. (he still has my number after so long. *g*)
anyway, good friday. our turn for the mass. no. not mass. service. ok. so came early to practice 'the reproaches' and the psalm. well, more for the reproaches. actually, i don't remember, did we really take 2 hours for just that? oh ya, we also did the 'our father'. it RAINED. such a heavy thunder lightning downpour. why does it always rain on good friday? but moving on. the service itself was ok. a bit confusing at times. mrs sylvia yeoh's husband is such a great lector i think. and fr khoo was being his usual s-l-o-w self. he 'screwed' up the veneration of the cross. cos, usually, after the "this is the wood of the cross..." thing, is the veneration. so, khoo did the thing, set up the cross in front of the altar, he, lu and paul staes went and did their veneration, then the younger altar servers, then the sisters. and at the back, the older altar servers were bringing out other crosses for those at the side. the choir was getting ready to do the veneration, then... khoo goes back to the altar and says, oh we'll do the communion first then later you can do your veneration cos we want to save time etc etc. *freak* why does he always do weird things like this??? anyway, ya so for a while the church was a bit stunned cos we ALWAYS do veneration first. but, he wants communion first, he gets communion first. etc etc. anyway, so, the veneration finally happens, choir does their 'reproaches'. it was ok. much better during the practice but i guess, cos the church was full, and we were thrown off by khoo's weird change of ritual. we had to cut it short cos the church was getting really empty liao. but randall was so good!!!! seriously. it's a waste that he doesn't solo anymore.
and then. cos it's raining, so we couldn't go back to my place as planned. we had to relocate downstairs cos khoo says that no music allowed in the church from maundy thursday till easter vigil. fine. understand. it IS good friday after all. so, we went downstairs and struggled through the vigil repetoire with my pitch pipe. which went kinda ok considering we were all tired, worn and hungry by then.
saturday, easter vigil. me couldn't find my nice white blouse to wear. it's mysteriously vanished into the depths of my closet. thank god i had another one to wear. anyway, everyone was on time for practice!!!! yay! so, ya, warm ups and all. things were going well till khoo came along and told us off for playing the organ. cos we can't play music till the vigil. *rolls eys* so, we relocated downstairs to the car park. cos wanted to test out projection. someone switched on the spotlight for us, so there we were, standing in the spotlight, the carpark our stage. fr paul came along in a taxi and said we sounded good. :D i thought i saw ian, but he kinda vanished after that one glance.
mass itself. was a bit messy at first cos we had absolutely no idea what they were doing at the back of the church. the only thing we could hear was the occasional "amen". but i love easter vigil. love the way the whole church is in darkness and gets lit with the candles. thank god that khoo didn't nag about dripping candle wax like he did during the meeting. fr paul did the "christ our light" thing and sang the easter proclaimation. nice. then, the liturgy of the word. damn i was never this nervous before a psalm. verena went and did great. dawn next and was perfect. then me. shit. i should have did something to make it sound better. or i should have practiced more. the original thing already sounded zhao-sia enough. nerves were making it a WHOLE lot worse. btw, the psalms were all done acapella. which is an even bigger problem. sigh. i should have practiced more.
anyway, after my horrible psalm, did the gloria. one of my fav parts. true, khoo screwed his part as usual. but the choir was beautiful! first time i'm sitting apart and hearing them, they leading the congregation, and the church bells ringing and all. *huge smile* then, was the epistle reading. and the acclaimation. the animator had said that "the priest will intone the alleluia". so dawn played the intro. silence. and more silence. i look at khoo. he look at me. i look at him back. he FINALLY realises that he's supposed to to the intoning. *rolls eyes* it's in the instructions that he gave me and he told me before that he'll do the intoning. anyway, i redeemed myself with the acclaimation psalm. thank god.
fr paul did the gospel and homily. that went as usual. then, was the baptism part. verena went to do the litany of saints. very nice. there were 5 to be baptised this year. pretty good. pathetic considering st mary's 99, but still quite good for our standards. took darn long for that. nothing much noteworthy there. then, the 'i saw water' and nick's first solo! it went very well. he had a very pop-ish sound. as in, the complete opposite of a choral sound. but it was ok. it worked. as usual, khoo just zoomed down the middle aisle. at least fr paul went through the sides also. the mike died during the general intercessions. so the animator was so flustered. khoo had to finish the intercessions for him. i later found out that in his state of mind, he switched off the mike by mistake. *rolls eyes* that guy is so blur. but i won't criticise him here cos we're all stressed and nervous and kan cheong on that day.
nothing noteworthy for the offertory hymns. hmm...the usual flow until the thanksgiving "christ be our light". we printed out the easter text for that. i loved it. that was possibly our best song of the night. it was so good that during the chorus, when we really got into the song, i could feel the reverb from our voices. and the congregation was singing also...beautiful. wish i could have taped it. *g* then, long stories from khoo again. at least he mentioned the choir being good and helping to provide a good atmosphere for the celebration. long story about the church renovations. long story from one of the newly baptised guys.
btw, the animator asked me if there was not going to be a recessional hymn. hello? why do you think i put up the number 254 on the board with the word REC next to it? anyway, knowing the blurness of our elders, i told him we're doing number 254, 'easter song'. he didn't believe me that the title of the song was 'easter song'. *gasp* which planet did he come from? 'easter song' is a staple in the easter period. choirs all over singapore (and the world probably) have been singing it for forever and a day. anyway, we did the recessional. could see the congregation being surprised with the small group part then the 'real thing' later on. andrea's dad (i think) said that it was a nice, refreshing touch to the song. :D beautiful. the choir really did so well that day. all the hard work paid off. :D time to celebrate. and they did that at the potluck downstairs. ;D
easter sunday. ronald was doing the mass. so at least we didn't have to do it. went to dawn's place for house warming and house blessing. not bad. gossiping a bit with uncle paul about the church stuff. nice food, nice house. lots of people. oh ya, during the blessing, fr john-paul tan (i think that's his name) sprinkled holy water at the altar, and instantly extinguished one of the altar tea lights with one well placed drop. ;D they blessed jingle also. cute. heard him comment that this was a nice quiet house blessing, with no shrieking or any weird stuff. reminds me of that time at aunty brenda's houseblessing where the priest told stories of seeing/sensing openings to the spirit world. anyway, me, steffi and ruth were telling ghost stories about our schools. the guys were playing "spartan". left early cos it was going to rain. uncle paul gave us a lift back.
came back and mum catered food from punggol seafood. and invited janice over. :D long time no see her. still her same cute self. her hair's a bit longer now. curly at the back. sweet. she's still so attached to my dad. she discovered the joys of drawers now. my dad's to blame. mum's gonna take care of her in the mornings now. well, not now, but pretty soon. wants to teach janice english. kinda like those play school things. teasing mum that, morning she teaches janice, afternoon she teaches jonathan, might as well open her own childcare center lah. :)
and i forgot to mention. jonathan and linus got baptised on easter vigil night at st mary's. :D
kk. i'll spare you anymore details. haha! happy easter y'all! christ has risen!!
mood: tired
listening to: more to this life - clay aiken
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Lent is coming to an end. i've changed my video. hopefully it works.
CLICK AND WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!! I'M SERIOUS.
I See Love: Third Day, Steven Curtis Chapman (The Passion of the Christ)
Some see a teacher standing on a hill speaking words of wisdom
Some see a healer reaching out his hand to give sight to a blind man
Some see a dreamer wasting his life on what can never be
Some see a fool dying for his dreams
But I see love, I see love, Light of Heaven breaking through
I see grace, I see God's face shining pure and perfect love
When I see you, I see love.
Some see a prisoner alone before his judge with no one to defend him
Some see a victim beaten and abused with all the world against him
Some see a matyr carrying his cross for what he believes
Some see a hero who set his people free!
But I see love, I see love, light of heaven breaking through
Well I see grace, I see God's face shining pure and perfect love
When I see you...
With your last breath, I see love
Through your death, I see love
I see peace in the eyes of the king
I see hope in your suffering
I see a calm in the center of the storm
I see a Saviour!
I see love, I see love, light of heaven breaking through
I see grace, I see God's face shining pure and perfect love
When I see you, I see Love
When I see you, I see heaven breaking through
See God's face shining pure and perfect love
When I see you, I see love
When I see you...
Some see him walking from an empty grave...
mood: tired
listening to: nothing
CLICK AND WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!! I'M SERIOUS.
I See Love: Third Day, Steven Curtis Chapman (The Passion of the Christ)
Some see a teacher standing on a hill speaking words of wisdom
Some see a healer reaching out his hand to give sight to a blind man
Some see a dreamer wasting his life on what can never be
Some see a fool dying for his dreams
But I see love, I see love, Light of Heaven breaking through
I see grace, I see God's face shining pure and perfect love
When I see you, I see love.
Some see a prisoner alone before his judge with no one to defend him
Some see a victim beaten and abused with all the world against him
Some see a matyr carrying his cross for what he believes
Some see a hero who set his people free!
But I see love, I see love, light of heaven breaking through
Well I see grace, I see God's face shining pure and perfect love
When I see you...
With your last breath, I see love
Through your death, I see love
I see peace in the eyes of the king
I see hope in your suffering
I see a calm in the center of the storm
I see a Saviour!
I see love, I see love, light of heaven breaking through
I see grace, I see God's face shining pure and perfect love
When I see you, I see Love
When I see you, I see heaven breaking through
See God's face shining pure and perfect love
When I see you, I see love
When I see you...
Some see him walking from an empty grave...
mood: tired
listening to: nothing
Monday, April 10, 2006
trivia
i got my SC essay results from the turnitin system. guess what, i got 3% plagarism. weird. hope that's a good thing cos it kinda means that i didn't get anything much from any source, which i DID.
filling in my module feedback forms. i just realised how often it is that my tutor is the same person as my lecturer. and i end up filling in the same feedback twice. weird. not complaining tho, most times it's easier to remember who's my tutor if he's the lecturer. haha! didn't know what to feedback about that tan seok hui and saroja. they were pretty bad. gave good reviews for soci and english. gonna miss that peter tan next sem. he's such an interesting lecturer (and not just in the academic sense). wonder what other module he teaches. i'm gonna take it!
was talking about the gay/webcam thing on the clayboard chat. apparently the guy in the webcam pics is coti collins, a clay impersonator. i've got to say, the guy really looks like clay! and that's a bad thing cos apparently, coti collins is a gay drag queen. anyway, feeling is that the 2 of them, collins and john paulus are in together conspiring against clay, for some reason. it better be a darn good reason cos those claymates i talk to are out for JP's blood.
i'm supposed to be typing something out on nwc for church. but i don't remember what. darn.
mood: amused
listening to: neighbour playing fur elise
filling in my module feedback forms. i just realised how often it is that my tutor is the same person as my lecturer. and i end up filling in the same feedback twice. weird. not complaining tho, most times it's easier to remember who's my tutor if he's the lecturer. haha! didn't know what to feedback about that tan seok hui and saroja. they were pretty bad. gave good reviews for soci and english. gonna miss that peter tan next sem. he's such an interesting lecturer (and not just in the academic sense). wonder what other module he teaches. i'm gonna take it!
was talking about the gay/webcam thing on the clayboard chat. apparently the guy in the webcam pics is coti collins, a clay impersonator. i've got to say, the guy really looks like clay! and that's a bad thing cos apparently, coti collins is a gay drag queen. anyway, feeling is that the 2 of them, collins and john paulus are in together conspiring against clay, for some reason. it better be a darn good reason cos those claymates i talk to are out for JP's blood.
i'm supposed to be typing something out on nwc for church. but i don't remember what. darn.
mood: amused
listening to: neighbour playing fur elise
Sunday, April 09, 2006
another week has gone by.
last night's choir practice was just short of a total fiasco. you know, i won't lost my voice from singing too much. i'll lose it from trying to yell at them at church. easter vigil is 6 days away. we're so far away from ready. i know, partly it's my fault too cos i don't know much about how to handle them and the time as well as i like. they're getting there, but not quite yet. it isn't good enough for vigil high mass i think. anyway...
falling sick again. i think it's got to do with me not sleeping properly these days. staying up too late on the comp. it's such a bad habit. :P ya anyway, i'll seriously seriously consider seeing a doc if still not better by tues.
scared for my soci essay. scared that i didn't do it properly. since the last EN essay, i get paranoid everytime i need to turn in an essay. i never ever want a repeat of the EN essay. the other EN essay is due on tuesday. fingers firmly crossed that it's ok. i really need that grade to pass EN. if not, then i might as well not show up for the final exam cos there's no point. i'm more or less on time for the EN essay this time. quite a feat considering that i was also rushing out the soci one. yup. all's left is the conclusion and polishing up for the EN then it'll be ready. yay!
psych test on fri was good. miles better than the last one. confident of passing this time. i STUDIED!!!! muahahahahahaha! mike should be proud of me. i like this part of psych cos i know what's going on. haha! which reminds me, i gotta go look for my RP form. need to hand it in next week. pray i haven't lost it. saw a true blue metrosexual guy at the psych test. one of the teaching assistants i think. such a pretty guy. (I thought he was a girl) :D
going to buy a pitch pipe this tuesday. mum's did some calling of stores. and i think we've found what i'm looking for. the 12note chromatic pitch pipe. for violin. anyway, better than that woman at plaza sing yamaha. that time, i went there, asked if they sold pitch pipe. and she doesn't even know what's a pitch pipe. and the best part, there were pitch pipes (those for guitar) sitting right beneath her nose, in the counter display. what kinda sales girl is that sia.
penitential service on friday. only a few things to say about that. firstly, st stephen's is infested with fireflies. i was there early, switched on the choir light (the rest of the church darkness) and suddenly, there was a whole army of fireflies fluttering around the light. scary. anyway, next thing, gonna avoid fr christopher for the next few months. i didn't know he was at the service until he set up his position directly next to the choir. and he was looking directly at me with that gesture, expects me to go to him for confession. *shock* no way. no way. if and when i go confession, i'll go to someone i don't know, who doesn't know me.
oh ya, and fr khoo is looking to buy a life sized statue of st stephen for the church cos apparently, there's not enough publicity for our church's patron saint. hello? is he blind or something?? does he not see the HUGE painting hanging at the back of the church????? the thing dominates the entire WALL for goodness sakes. isn't it large enough??? i think it's large enough. he's already crazy enough to want stained glass at a place where the sun don't shine. true. the sun is the best at the back of the church rather than at the front. sometimes i think khoo's going more senile than fr lu.
alrighty. enough slander for one day.
mood: content
listening to: neighbours talking
last night's choir practice was just short of a total fiasco. you know, i won't lost my voice from singing too much. i'll lose it from trying to yell at them at church. easter vigil is 6 days away. we're so far away from ready. i know, partly it's my fault too cos i don't know much about how to handle them and the time as well as i like. they're getting there, but not quite yet. it isn't good enough for vigil high mass i think. anyway...
falling sick again. i think it's got to do with me not sleeping properly these days. staying up too late on the comp. it's such a bad habit. :P ya anyway, i'll seriously seriously consider seeing a doc if still not better by tues.
scared for my soci essay. scared that i didn't do it properly. since the last EN essay, i get paranoid everytime i need to turn in an essay. i never ever want a repeat of the EN essay. the other EN essay is due on tuesday. fingers firmly crossed that it's ok. i really need that grade to pass EN. if not, then i might as well not show up for the final exam cos there's no point. i'm more or less on time for the EN essay this time. quite a feat considering that i was also rushing out the soci one. yup. all's left is the conclusion and polishing up for the EN then it'll be ready. yay!
psych test on fri was good. miles better than the last one. confident of passing this time. i STUDIED!!!! muahahahahahaha! mike should be proud of me. i like this part of psych cos i know what's going on. haha! which reminds me, i gotta go look for my RP form. need to hand it in next week. pray i haven't lost it. saw a true blue metrosexual guy at the psych test. one of the teaching assistants i think. such a pretty guy. (I thought he was a girl) :D
going to buy a pitch pipe this tuesday. mum's did some calling of stores. and i think we've found what i'm looking for. the 12note chromatic pitch pipe. for violin. anyway, better than that woman at plaza sing yamaha. that time, i went there, asked if they sold pitch pipe. and she doesn't even know what's a pitch pipe. and the best part, there were pitch pipes (those for guitar) sitting right beneath her nose, in the counter display. what kinda sales girl is that sia.
penitential service on friday. only a few things to say about that. firstly, st stephen's is infested with fireflies. i was there early, switched on the choir light (the rest of the church darkness) and suddenly, there was a whole army of fireflies fluttering around the light. scary. anyway, next thing, gonna avoid fr christopher for the next few months. i didn't know he was at the service until he set up his position directly next to the choir. and he was looking directly at me with that gesture, expects me to go to him for confession. *shock* no way. no way. if and when i go confession, i'll go to someone i don't know, who doesn't know me.
oh ya, and fr khoo is looking to buy a life sized statue of st stephen for the church cos apparently, there's not enough publicity for our church's patron saint. hello? is he blind or something?? does he not see the HUGE painting hanging at the back of the church????? the thing dominates the entire WALL for goodness sakes. isn't it large enough??? i think it's large enough. he's already crazy enough to want stained glass at a place where the sun don't shine. true. the sun is the best at the back of the church rather than at the front. sometimes i think khoo's going more senile than fr lu.
alrighty. enough slander for one day.
mood: content
listening to: neighbours talking
Thursday, April 06, 2006
i was happy today. know why? i got an A- for my s'pore studies essay. daniel soon said that it was a good paper. :D which is a wonderful morale booster, given my previous F-ed lit paper. and psych tutorial went well. and i managed to find the book that i needed at the library.
that was in school. all changed when i got home. you know, there's a very very good reason why i'm so desperate to get out of the house, get of NUS, get out of singapore. i think you all know why. i've ranted about it before. prepare for another rant about it again. that mother of mine. haiz. first, the brother decided to spark things off by sassing my father at the dinner table. so, hostile atmosphere liao. then, they finished dinner, just me and the mother at the table. and the phone rang. and no one moved to pick it up. it stopped after the first ring btw. anyway, mum was nagging cos she thought it was for my dad, cos she's expecting a call for him. then, the bro came and said, actually it was for me cos he heard my handphone ringing before the house phone started. (my hp has call divert if it's not answered) anyway, then, mum starts getting uptight over some stupid reason and accuses ME of not paying attention to things happening around the house. *rolls eyes* you'd think that SOME PEOPLE, who are closer to the telephone, who actually hear the phone ringing would get the trouble but no,...it had to be ME that she blows up on.
anyway, and then, i go and check my hp and true, there was missed calls. so, me goes and does some friendly nagging at my bro. cos i've complained to him before how soft my hp ringing tone is, and how i can't hear it. anyway, then, the phone rings again. it's theodora. and i'm ok with her cos listening to her weirdness helps me de-stress (in some bizarre way, cos she's plotting how to best scare the heck out of clay). anyway, ya so, i'm on the phone with her less than 10 seconds. the mother comes along and goes like, "that's theodora right?? hang up." what the?? did i look like i was being tortured by her??? was it necessary to stand there and order me to stop talking to her?????
there's more but since the rest of my original post vanished and i can't remember much of what else i wrote, i'll just end off here. yesterday, duan hui says that my way of coping with stress is to listen to clay aiken. haha! how true. so, yup. all for now. nope, i remembered something i wanted to share. click HERE. "Vader of the Opera" highly recommended clip.
and, american idol results show just ended. i just witnessed an interesting event in reality tv history. mandisa was eliminated today. and guess what, when ryan announced it, the whole theatre was silent. seriously. there was stunned silence. like, even me was thinking, what da hell? mandisa? you gotta be kidding me right??? ya. the silence was there for like 5 seconds - long in tv land. i was shocked. mandisa was one of the best. i actually envisioned her getting right to the top. (maybe not winning, but getting high up) if she got eliminated then what about the rest of them who's a whole lot worse than her?
mood: irritated/shock
listening to: American idol on tv singing Queen: "We will rock you"
that was in school. all changed when i got home. you know, there's a very very good reason why i'm so desperate to get out of the house, get of NUS, get out of singapore. i think you all know why. i've ranted about it before. prepare for another rant about it again. that mother of mine. haiz. first, the brother decided to spark things off by sassing my father at the dinner table. so, hostile atmosphere liao. then, they finished dinner, just me and the mother at the table. and the phone rang. and no one moved to pick it up. it stopped after the first ring btw. anyway, mum was nagging cos she thought it was for my dad, cos she's expecting a call for him. then, the bro came and said, actually it was for me cos he heard my handphone ringing before the house phone started. (my hp has call divert if it's not answered) anyway, then, mum starts getting uptight over some stupid reason and accuses ME of not paying attention to things happening around the house. *rolls eyes* you'd think that SOME PEOPLE, who are closer to the telephone, who actually hear the phone ringing would get the trouble but no,...it had to be ME that she blows up on.
anyway, and then, i go and check my hp and true, there was missed calls. so, me goes and does some friendly nagging at my bro. cos i've complained to him before how soft my hp ringing tone is, and how i can't hear it. anyway, then, the phone rings again. it's theodora. and i'm ok with her cos listening to her weirdness helps me de-stress (in some bizarre way, cos she's plotting how to best scare the heck out of clay). anyway, ya so, i'm on the phone with her less than 10 seconds. the mother comes along and goes like, "that's theodora right?? hang up." what the?? did i look like i was being tortured by her??? was it necessary to stand there and order me to stop talking to her?????
there's more but since the rest of my original post vanished and i can't remember much of what else i wrote, i'll just end off here. yesterday, duan hui says that my way of coping with stress is to listen to clay aiken. haha! how true. so, yup. all for now. nope, i remembered something i wanted to share. click HERE. "Vader of the Opera" highly recommended clip.
and, american idol results show just ended. i just witnessed an interesting event in reality tv history. mandisa was eliminated today. and guess what, when ryan announced it, the whole theatre was silent. seriously. there was stunned silence. like, even me was thinking, what da hell? mandisa? you gotta be kidding me right??? ya. the silence was there for like 5 seconds - long in tv land. i was shocked. mandisa was one of the best. i actually envisioned her getting right to the top. (maybe not winning, but getting high up) if she got eliminated then what about the rest of them who's a whole lot worse than her?
mood: irritated/shock
listening to: American idol on tv singing Queen: "We will rock you"
Sunday, April 02, 2006
today
today was marion's brother's baptism. mark thien. very important baby. so many people came to attend his baptism. practically half the church was occupied and the full choir was there to serenade him. :D claudia came! haven't seen her for ages liao. anyway, mark very cute baby too. a bit on the small side to me. but still.
screwed a bit of the psalm today. muahahaha! ok lah. expected cos the warm-up sucked. sound didn't come out properly. weird that the khoo said i sounded good. after the mass he told me my voice sounds stronger this week. *raises eyebrows* the guy must be tone deaf. that wasn't my best lor.
talking on choirs and singing...i can't go down for the mj alumni choir practices indefinitely!!!!! sob sob cry cry. cos their practices are on saturday 7-9pm. why?!?!?!!! i wanna sing at the mj concert!!!! i miss my darling choir there. argh!!! *hoping that mj will move practices to some other time* i hate having to make choices like this.
still haven't managed to get down to much serious work. ok, i made a start on soci. and i started studying psych. and after this, i'm going to continue psych and prepare my EL presentation. thinking of what's at stake here. *a semester at UBC* did i mention how much i dislike NUS?
oh ya, and my survey's closed liao. thanks to all those who bothered.
mood: tired
listening to: neighbour talking
screwed a bit of the psalm today. muahahaha! ok lah. expected cos the warm-up sucked. sound didn't come out properly. weird that the khoo said i sounded good. after the mass he told me my voice sounds stronger this week. *raises eyebrows* the guy must be tone deaf. that wasn't my best lor.
talking on choirs and singing...i can't go down for the mj alumni choir practices indefinitely!!!!! sob sob cry cry. cos their practices are on saturday 7-9pm. why?!?!?!!! i wanna sing at the mj concert!!!! i miss my darling choir there. argh!!! *hoping that mj will move practices to some other time* i hate having to make choices like this.
still haven't managed to get down to much serious work. ok, i made a start on soci. and i started studying psych. and after this, i'm going to continue psych and prepare my EL presentation. thinking of what's at stake here. *a semester at UBC* did i mention how much i dislike NUS?
oh ya, and my survey's closed liao. thanks to all those who bothered.
mood: tired
listening to: neighbour talking
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