update!

i'm kinda lazy to blog, but then again, i'm lazy to do anything at all so might as well get started on it.

alrighty, and it's another year gone by. seems like such a long time ago. time for a quick review of the past year and events. i don't even remember what's happened last year but here goes anyway:
- became leader of the church choir.
- gotten an F (*ouch*) for the first time in my life.
- skipped tutorials on purpose :p (my profs better not read this)
- sang buddhist songs
- attended latin workshop
- worked in a real office
- snuck out to buy clack. *heehee*
- wrote a fan fic
- spent the most time ever with a guy
- took 2 maths modules in a single sem. (god help me. never again.)

but anyway, that was last year. as usual at the beginning of the year, time for resolutions and stuff that i may or may not keep. i don't remember last year's resolutions and can't be bothered to go look it up.
this year, i resolve to:
- study harder and get a CAP of 3.5 and above.
- be marginally more healthy and lose 10kg.
- spend a little less time on clack. or rather...be more balanced in virtual reality life and real life.
- be more independent and confident of myself.

moving on. the feast day was...well lets say it could have gone off a whole lot better. i think the biggest problem was because there was no proper rehersal. i mean, in retrospect... it's not realistic to expect a perfect performance when it's been a collaboration of at least 3 different church organisations that have never worked together before. with that in mind...benedict and andrea's "When You Believe" went off ok. the choir coordination was alright. then...the sound guy turned off the recording. WHY??!?!?!?!!?! that's when it all started to screw up. cos there the nuns were standing on the stage and no music. see, this is what happens when there's no rehersal. so, i think in the end, fr paul led them to do acapella sister act. *rolls eyes* then, the dance. now, THIS one went off not too bad in rehersal. BUT at the actual performance, suddenly they were blowing smoke and bubbles and everyone was on stage at the same time. confusion reigned. the smoke was so thick and stinky and couldn't hear the music clearly. geez. and then at the end, george was like, "open the banner! OPEN THE BANNER!!!" and well, yes, he did tell me before that we got a banner to do during the finale. BUT he never told me where's the banner, nor exactly when or how to do it. so i was like, "what?! where's the bloody banner?!" ok, i admit, partly it's my fault for not asking the right questions about it. thing to learn about this, when you put together a bunch of people who don't do performances like this every single night, or on a regular basis, rehersals are a must. and not just rehersal of single items in isolation, but a full run of the entire performance.

anyway, and then, i didn't exactly know what i was supposed to be doing after that. went to find aunty margaret who told me to go sit down. so, went. baby was so cute that day. :D she was taking those ticket/sticker things and sticking it on everyone. she would take the sticker, stick it on my shoulder, then pat it to make it stick. SO CUTE!!! then dad took her to go walk walk (cos our table was in a very very bad position - in between the range of 2 tents and their fans. ie, in a no air zone. damn hot. anyway. dad took her for a walk, then brought her to the stage to put in the donation. george saw her and asked her to do some stuff. i love me my lil coz! aunty brenda was saying that janice looks exactly like me when i was her age. *hee* i'll post a photo to compare soon. :D

but then, dinner ended on a bad note. ah ma practically fainted about 3/4 way through dinner. imo, it was the heat plus the wine she was drinking. so, had to leave early to send her back. but anyway, she went to see doc the next day. they say it was high blood pressure is all. as much as i find ah ma darn annoying most times...don't want anything to be wrong with her lah. she's coming round later to go for her follow up check up. hope everything's ok.

moving on to more happy stuff. i watched "my fair lady" on arts central the other night. I LOVE IT!!! 4 out of 5 stars. it's the version of the "pygmalion" (or however it's supposed to be spelt). anyway the story is that some linguistics professor, prof higgins, makes a bet that he can pass of a common flower girl (eliza doolittle) into a lady at an embassy ball in 6 months purely by changing the way she speaks. as in, changing her common low class accent into a high class accent. it was so funny, the way she was trying to learn how to pronounce her vowels. and learning not to drop her "H"s to the point where she accidentally set her notes on fire. and she was so scared of the prof that she didn't dare to stop to put out the fire. actually i think the prof higgins is such a self righteous pompous bastard. he was just using eliza to achieve his own gains. he treated her like an object all the time. like eliza said, "the difference between a flower girl and a lady is not how she behaves but how she is treated." *nodnod* yup. go watch it if you can, very funny and worth watching. audrey hepburn is SO PRETTY!!!!!!!!!!!!

and then...mum's got a job. bets as to how long she'll last there. i bet 6 months at most. she's gotten a job as childcare teacher at some center in eunos. and already she made me and andrew and dad do a lot of the prepatory work for her. she should pay us. haha! anyway, like i predict, i don't think she'll last long cos, as sr joanna pointed out, this center is very VERY profit driven, and mum doesn't really like this attitude. anyway, we'll see.

nus stuff...well, gotten 3 modules already. 3 english modules anyway. hope i can cope. anyway, even if i can't, i have to cos that's my major. so...still got 2 more modules to bid for. i'm looking to go for history of film and a new media module. hope can get. currently i can get a free day. sort of free day. it's a thursday, which means, i'm free during the day then have to come back to school for choir in the evening. sucks. but then, a pseudo free day is better than no free day at all. :D

and it's time for advertising. announcing NUS CHOIR VARSITY VOICES 2007. concert is on 4th march with guest choir, the Vocal Consort. come k!! it's gonna be a great show. u can buy tickets from sistic or from me, when i get them. :D see you there!



mood: content
listening to: goodbye - spice girls