super duper tired n sleepy

Guten Morgan! Just an update..

Friday - Morning went down to RS teach sec 1s horn, trombone n tuba. free flow of puking and vomitting blood. have not been teaching for a long long long time. heard the main band, doesn't sounds as good as what pat told me. he too agree. guess its the result of a long break. Afternoon hang around town, collected tickets. then zoom of for joel bbq. stayed overnight.

Saturday - woke up super duper late, bbq the whole day again. completed BMT (a.k.a Basic Mahjong Training). i still don't understand how is it played. haiz.. got home quite late.

Sunday - Bowling tournament for Sembawang GRO, got trash like nobody business. ended up throwing balls only, didn't have enough practice for the game. My thigh muscle is still in pain as of now.. can't stand up and sit down properly. Good thing i treated my fingers with ice pack during the game otherwise i can't type or play piano.

Auf Wiendersehen!

spinning in circles..

argh.. hit another obstacle for my project. code is totally correct but it doesn't work. haiz.. went online to research. no help at all... monday meeting supervisor, don't where to hide my face if i don't get this feature working.

anyway, just to de-stress abit. do alittle DI a.k.a digital imaging work. color correction, captions and filter effect.. think is kinda cool. haha..




Auf Wiendersehen!

IHP Experience (Week 11)

finally... the database cum web service is up and running. manage to find the solution in one of the forums recommended by a lecturer. didn't understand what this guy solution was initially, but still manage to tweak a little setting and got it working.

gonna work on the 'e-coupon' feature. at least something to show my supervisor on monday. i will and must get the PDA from him to do testing. still worried about the RFID feature, wondering how am i going to simulate it since i don't have the actual device to work on. overall, move on tiny step forward, not wasting time, doing project at home 24/7 liao..

Weeks left (IHP) = 9 Weeks
Weeks left (Programming) = 4 Weeks

Auf Wiendersehen!

its a long day...

okay, i have finish editing, cropping, color correcting 108 photos.. this task is killing me, or rather killed me. looks fine with me.. but i don't know the final verdict.

packed with band practice for the next 2 days. and i can't believe that i am required to design poster for the ICT Student council for campaigning & voting.. urgh.. where got time... and the poster should be ready by monday. urgh.... Campaign from 20-22 jun, voting 23 jun.

erm... got a call.. regarding a missing H175 horn. which happens that someone else(not me!) took it. hahaha.. false alarm ppl..relax..

Guten Nacht!
Auf Wiendersehen!

IHP Experience (Week 10)

what should i say.. oh yah.. IHP thinggy. =)

Monday - wasn't keen on turning up in school for IHP after burning every single bit of energy for the past 2 days. Somehow don't know why, my legs lead me towards the MRT station, so i took a train to clementi, quick transit on to the bus and reached school very eary. Walked towards atrium, get online and sign in attendance, walk out of school and head home.

Wednesday - Squeeze, bumped, squashed around on the bus!

Did some research on ASP.NET web service and databases. started to create database on Access play around with web service, still got error, need to update the Office software, ended up slacking and snacking in IHP room. Its mid way through IHP project. i have another month of programming work to be done. Got to get the web service up and running!

Painc index = 80%
Rotting status = 45% completed
Weeks left = 10 Weeks

Auf Wiendersehen!

"musical"

i just came back from a really can tell for sure low quality business sense but with no musical sense local truly uniquely Singapore musical production. (Try saying this with one breath!) Got free tickets to PCK the musical. My truly honest opinion, its the worst musical i have ever been to! wait! i don't even want to call this a musical... it should be called something else...

seriously, i am begging all local tv producers, please do not attempt to produce a musical from a award winning tv programme. all tv programme are made for a reason, that is they are meant for TVs!

Location - Indoor Stadium wasn't bulit for musicals! if u want to hold some pop idol concert or ice skating show or some mass event in a sheltered area, please go ahead and do it in there, don't produce a musical in indoor stadium. Out of three sectors in the stadium, only one sector can make it for seating, which is the center section where you directly face the stage. I suffered almost three hours of pain turning my head and body to face the stage. Ouch!

Timing - for goodness sake, if you print 8pm on a ticket, please promptly start the show. don't wait till almost 30 mins later then start the show.

Sound & Lighting - okay i really have not much comments on this area, sound quality is passable, lighting was okay. jus make sure equipments use are able to withstand all kinds of abuse without making some electronic static sounds.. its really irritating to hear those kind of static noise while the performer speak.. geez!

Storyline - really a typical singapore quality story line.

Cast - I think they acted fine, lots of room for improvement. But i would like to comment on the dancers a.k.a extras. They dance pretty well... Act pretty well.. great job dancers!

Musicians - Okay, there was a live orchestra playing. Not bad..

Costumes - Looks good.. impressive!

Props - Erm.. please invest in more technology into it, its so unsightly to see lots of people pushing and pulling and carrying and setting up props between scenes. One or two is okay not everything!

Final note - please don't promote sponsors within the musical. can u imagine there is one part were this actor is singing meanwhile promoting its sponsors, wonder anyone notice that anot?

But still i would like (as i always do) give credit to all people who put in effort for making this musical though personally felt that its far from international standards. Credits to the Cast, peformers, dancers, musical, backstage crew blah blah blah....

Auf Wiendersehen!

what a blast!

Curtains close for 2nd (or should i say 3rd) concert for the year. Yupz! PnC is over. Frankly speaking, it wasn't a good concert. tempo was up for a few songs.. intonation suffered here and there... but i think the credits should go to everyone who put in the effort spending their own free time practising for this concert.

Great job to the horns for the horn choir! still sounded off balance, but hey, i think they should still feel proud for that part. My solo, was freaking scary but was totally overjoyed when its over. Phew! I think the touch for that solo was good... as my teacher always say, slow touch was my forte... someone was charmed by my playing.. hahaha! (Speechless n no comments!)



Shall not say much... still very exhausted from last night, attending Yuhua n RV alumni concert later.. hopefully is good.. good music can keep me awake otherwise...

Auf Wiendersehen!

oh my gawd...

kk... i believe my bad habit is coming back again. have been eating supper almost every night.. eat a lot... watch a little tv.. sleep a lot... woot! but i am really hungry...

Zhong qin a.k.a marcus - this guy is really a god in french horn.. he can just simply hold the top B flat note like nobody business... he did that during sectional. his tone.. superb! tried the mouthpiece recommended by him, perfect.. but expensive la..

concert tml... need tons of blessing from god!

Auf Wiendersehen!

some thoughts

alot of things struck me recently. ICT's student bodies are merging into ICT student council, had a really long meeting last monday with Brendon, society ppl, e-garage ppl. it become very clear to me that this 2 major student bodies have 2 different mindset. Well... of course, one is more fun orientated and the other is technology orientated. some problems 'sense of belonging' and 'volunteerism'. i jus wonder, when you join in a club or society, should you volunteer yourself to help out in events or be obligated to help out in events.

some dumb ass president of a SIG just complained that the main comm always have to do everything and he has the expectation of people volunteer themselve automatically to help out in events. his words really assure me that i have did the right thing when i play my role as a leader. Delegation is the word. Manpower are the hands of a leader.

How would you define a leader? What are the qualities of a leader?

Horn tutoring - Zhongqin the SAF hornist came down to tutor the section. i was late due to a meeting with the lectures. didn't play much. they were working on phantom n harry potter. previously he had taught some techniques for practicing the horns. The techniques he mention was exactly the same i tell all my hornies.. Again, i was assure that i did the right thing. =)

on a lighter note, my father fly to work today! haha... kk.. he is on a day trip to KL. Taking a flight there.. my mum tease him last night.. everybody has to either take a bus or walk to work or school while my dad flew to work. he will be back tonight. Hmm... how nice if i could fly while working...?

i am wondering, should i still pursue something that in the end i know i will still lose it. lost in thoughts...

kk... i am dying to own a dSLR.. Canon 350D or D70s. any sponsors? Dad? Mum? haha... totally love photography. SLRs... Lens... Flash... Tripod... Subjects.... argh!!! Opps! forget to develop sunday's photos...

Auf Wiendersehen!

Disclaimer: This entry is made without any intention to harm, hurt, insult, defame or whatever to anyone.

IHP Experience (Week 9)

okay.. one more hour to go before i can say goodbye to my seat. today is the first time in weeks i faithfully stayed in school throughout. did some final editing of my poster for the ICT student council nomination. Overjoyed, my poster was a better design than the other guy. anyway he used my initial idea to design his poster. infringement of IP laws k... Lolz..

installed SQL server 2000 into my comp. but still blur about the database thinggy. more about how to create the physical database since the modeling part is done. my project again has come to a major obstacle. gotta find means and ways to overcome it! discipline..!! work at home, don't slack....

Buzzing off to band soon...PnC is right at the corner!

Panick Status = 70%
Rotting Status = 30% completed
Weeks left = 11 Weeks!

Auf Wiendersehen!

balloon hat fest!

was down at sentosa yesterday, enjoying myself at the balloon hat fest.. shuqun was participating in the festival alongside with its cousin bands compass n fuhua. coincidentally, this three schools were lined up side by side at the holding area n parade. shuqun sounded terrible during their performance... first time hearing them since SYF. their level of playing really justify their medal. i am just being frank.

took quite a number of shots.. but not very satisfied with the composition except for a few. yet to develop the photos.. shall see the outcome when its develop. but nice learning experience for outdoor photography. speaking of which, there is this photographer made me his part-time model. haha.. he's jus being creative. saw me leaning against a "balloon traffic light" holding a trombone. then he went to borrow a balloon hat and squeeze it on my head. snap snap. gonna track him down and ask for that photo. perhaps he is a clubsnapper .

weather was freaking hot n sunny.. and yesh! i manage to sell off another 4 ticket as promised. maybe can squeeze out another 4 more ticket sales.

Auf Wiendersehen!

this is weird

hmm... something went missing again from my room as i discovered when i am clearing space so that i compile the list of 3do campers.

item missing - 10,000 Korean Won

wonder which pathetic person in my family took it?

*.:wonders:.*

Auf Wiendersehen!

IHP Experience (Week 8)

okay this week worked all alone. have no idea where my partner gone too, didn't see him at all. things are looking good, the interface is almost completed, but i still want to do additional cool interface stuffs.. hmm.. shall see.. working on the database. not sure whether i have model it correctly as required. got to consult the database textbook again and again.

finally i updated my log book. weeks that i basically did nothing, i have to come up with some stupid ideas to fill it up. looks bluff-able la.. hahah...

gotta discipline myself to do my project at home. shall not sit around all day and rot.

No more rotting status..

Panic index = 60%
Weeks left = 12 Weeks (eeek! eeek! eeek!)

Auf Wiendersehen!

not your daily train ride

yea.. just got back home from a make-up piano lesson. took longer than usual to reach home because my train broke down or should i say encountered a technical fault a few hundred meters from J.E station. Stopped there for about 10+ minutes... seeing the driver running to the back of the train then to the front again with another staff that appear out of nowhere.

then i realise there is another train right at behind us.. anyway, it was to push us into the station. and there it goes.. push us into the station. ding! i think the problem with the train is a serious one, everything has to be done manually, including opening of the doors, all the passengers can only alight from the front end of the train. you can't expect them to open all the doors rite?

anyway, i would like to commend on the great job done by the staffs for bring us back to the station and staffs at the station for the great job done in controlling the crowds, swiftly getting everybody on their way with out much delay. Great job!

Well... this is really not my daily train ride.

Auf Wiendersehen!

IHP Experience (Week 7)

stress time is finally here. Wednesday had a wake up session with supervisor. The past 6 weeks was classified under research! my god! do we need that long to do research? at least, my project partner and I was steered into the right course by our supervisor. was totally affected by what he said during the meeting..

attended the Database design workshop today, very important! database is basically the backbone of our system. after the workshop, lunch! then went down to my "office" setup the iPark system and gave it a run. we must know how to run the system. will be the ones doing presentation to VIP if there is a need to.. anyway, the whole set up is just beside me now. all the wires and devices... couldn't get the PDA connected to the portal. Geez!

meanwhile, designing our database also, i need my Database textbook! totally lost now.

finally realise that i have a missing component in my project, stress... oh shit.. some visitor walk past the "office" hahah! never mind.. we can really proof that we are doing IHP, just look at my table.. in a total mess.. can tell that we are really "working hard!"

oh well i think that is basically the end of this week.

Rotting status = 20% completed
Weeks left = 14 Weeks

Auf Wiendersehen!

OL Cheer

THE OL CHEER (Ji Pua Nia)

the cheer that rocks your socks (half only)

Wa Lang Si Ki!

we all is up!

Wa Lang Si Lo

we all is down!

Wa Lang Si OL Pa Buay Toh!

we all is orientation leaders hit won't fall!

Ah Si Li Buay Song,

if you are not happy,

Ka Kin Ga Wa Kong!

faster come and tell me!

Lim Peh Ji Ka Zham Hor Li Toh

me, your father, will one leg stomp let you die!

OL OL Sa Xiang Ho!

orientation leaders, orientation leaders, three sound good!

OL OL Pa Buay Toh!

us, your father, times two, hit won't fall!

OL OL Sa Deng Ho!

us, your father again, three layers good!

disclaimer: this cheer is proudly brought to you by the garang OL's of ICT, credits goes to those who squeeze their brain juice out to create this cheer and those who took the effort to type out and translate the cheer!

updates...

3do ended on a high note.. ting! though there is hiccups and obstacles along the way but overall i pretty enjoyed myself organising this camp. planning comm went wild on the final day of camp, pulling stunts across campus. but luckly wasn't caught by the security guard.

dragon boat was fun despite not winning the race. it was tough race, nice experience, water splashing at my face for 300 m, my eyes were shut and i just keep on rowing. ICT won the best cheer, little effort has been put to prepare it, but when we cheer, we beat every other team flat down! Judging by our volume and energy, it really question us, did we just return from camp? (dragon boat was on the day after 3do camp) Lolz...!!! ICT staff team came in second on the finals, great effort lecturers! Geez.. i might consider taking up canoeing since i enjoy myself so much.

interaction games pretty fun also, being the head Game master at one of the game areana. tekan all the freshies, making them scream and shout, cheering away and bond all freshies together. well.. that's the purpose of interaction games rite, to interact. ICT director asked, are u tired? Yes i am, but its okay. I guess that the spirit of being a leader, never say die. agree? oh well, losing my voice... so i shall keep quiet for the next few days. zipped!

Auf Wiendersehen!

IHP Experience (Week 6)

okay, i finally realise it was week 6 already. what's been done so far? hmm... user interface only. i promise.. i will do the database and other parts of the project. being very lazy this week. didn't appear for IHP session at all!!!

Auf Wiendersehen

Rotting status = 20% completed
Weeks left = 14 weeks! (eeek!)

IHP Experience (Week 5)

oh this week.. dedicated to 3do. final days to the camp itself. attended the email n sms application workshop today. application is build base on ASP.Net framework. pretty neat stuffs and hopefully i would be able to use it for my project.

viewd the original iPark System also, got some detail introduction and learn its operations. i iwill have to do a presentation of this system if there is a need to for any VIPs (Very Important Pigs!) Lolz.. must really kick start my project already.. i have been sitting on it too long. lots of research to be done and i hope i could finish my project at least by Week 18.

other than that..

Auf Wiendersehen!

Rotting Status = 20% completed
Weeks left = 15 Weeks

crazy...

damn it.. this past 2 weeks have been so packed with meetings.. not that i want it. and i am not complaining about it. but 3do is just 2 days away.. oh my god. my mind is in a total mess right now.. its 12.56 am and i need to wake up at 6 am coz its IHP day again. Widely awake now.. lots of issues running through my mind. schedule have been very very very tight this few weeks.. running in a endless marathon, drown under a pool meetings. good thing is that i don't have that awful breatheless chest pain.. but been hit by a series of gastric problems. argh!

NP Band.. the concert seems so blur to me. have never attended regular practice. i know people will question my disappearance AGAIN! but am i still in for the concert?i myself also rather blur about this issue. sheehs...

IHP.. only do up to user interface. looks like more modifications to be done to the interface.. finally took a peek at the iPark system yesterday. looks bloody complex.. total lost on my project now.. the path ahead AGAIN seems blur...

Piano... have yet to attend any lesson this month. have yet to have regular practices that will irritated the hell out of my neighbour which kindly enough yet to complain or they can't hear my awfully loud banging of the piano? exam is coming.. am i prepared? hmm.... terribly not! geez... the path ahead is blur...

Other issues.. should i drop the whole idea of that "thing"? or should i still continue to strike when the iron is still hot? should i put everything on hold till my mind is more clear and objective about things.. what are the objective of my life now? always been an objective person, but seems no more.. lost lost lost lost lost lost lost.. nothing is clear nothing is definite everything is nothing...

OH! I BETTER SHUT UP! argh! think i better go and sleep now! tomorrow won't be a better day. sheehs..!

finding myself in the big big ocean

Auf Wiendersehen!

IHP Experience (Week 4)

practically this week i have done nothing for IHP, the project currently came to a total halt. Wed was busy with preparations for the games trial run that happen the next day. Every bug(my comm members) were buzzing around preparing stuffs and other business...

Oh yah.. the 2 days ended with a game of water bomb. Wednesday's water bomb game was at its best, running up and down block 73. I think we packed about 150++ water bombs? Anyway, got soaking wet for that 2 days.

Thursday night received a SMS from Dawn(3DO PL) about the urgent meeting on which i manage to read it this morning at 6 AM!!!! Sheehs... why would i want to wake up at 6am? anyway, as usual, just come to school and sign in, rot for 2 hours till 11 am then meeting starts. The rest of the gang just left the clubhouse. i am waiting for time to pass so i can sign out. Alumni band is next, we are having performance tomorrow, and base on yesterday's rehearsal, we are not ready. My god! pulling out Lilo and Stitch from the repertoire.. my favourite..

Meeting the developers of the system that i am currently enhancing on monday, after 6pm. that means i have to cancel piano lesson again. Argh!!! Schedule is in total mess.....

ain't rotting further this week.. busy with 3do...

Auf Wiendersehen!

Rotting status = 20% completed
Weeks left = 16 Weeks

Singapore's very best..!

Pulau Ubin, a rustic island at its very best.

Drag myself off bed early this morning to follow my parents and relative to Pulau Ubin, always wanting to go there but still waiting for my classmates to organise a trip there. Who cares.. i go ahead first.. muahaha!

First impression, its a place that you would never ever find anywhere else in Singapore, a very laid back village where it present a lifestyle of the 60's. Stunned by all the shophouses as i make my way across "town" to an open court where mini vans await us to bring us to Chek Jawa. Shophouses are basically old and simple design, lifestyle is simple where you don't find any fast food, shopping mall or other things that could be found on the mainland, a perfect representation of the 60's. Vehicles that drive around "town" belongs to an era which could no longer be found on the roads of mainland.

Chek Jawa, a "nature reserve" on the eastern part of the island. A place where you can get really close to Singapore's marine life. Lots of marine life over here, but you can only discover this part during low tide. Did lots of shots today, will post it up as soon as post production is done.

I would love to return back there one day and trek around this rustic island on bike taking a closer look to this rustic beauty. Hopefully, this island will be kept as what it is today and development will take place in a minor scale as to keep the beauty of this island alive.

IHP Experience (Week 3)

Yes! Week 3 is coming to a close in a matter of minutes. Development of my system has started (Finally.....!) Begining to design the user interface but doing simple designs for now.. i need to refer to some of my notes before making more complex but user friendly interface design. I left all my notes at home...

My project partner and i just come to a decision to just do it regardless of anything said by our supervisor.. muahahah!!! don't care don't bother. Spent the whole day in ICT clubhouse (home of 3DO committee) all alone in here.. manage to grab hold of the key.. haha! steaming hot in here.. but still manage to cool myself down. but how am i going to cool my laptop down? poor baby...

Society Head of sports called me asking me if i am interested to participate in Dragon Boat competition. yup! dragon boat.. geez.. i just agreed to it.. hahah.. new experience... well.. more details to come.... gotta do some training...!

Auf Wiendersehen!

Rotting status = 20% completed
Weeks left = 17 Weeks

IHP Experience (Week 2)

finally seen some movements to my project. met up with my supervisor last wednesday, got to know another guy working on the same project, then now we are doing the project together but each of us focusing on different area of the project.

Counting down the time to head home. Basically everybody sitting in the same room as me now are either sleeping, surfing or playing games. The room have somehow warm up compared to this morning which is was freezing cold.

I WANT TO GO HOME!!!!

Auf Wiendersehen!

Rotting Status = 15% completed
Weeks left = 18 weeks

results out!!!

Good morning! my results greeted me by SMS. the worst i ever get..? hmm.. no A's no D's Basically lots of B's and C's. Well.. still i am satisfied about it.

Dentist brought great news yesterday, another 2-3 visits and my braces will be off! cool.. looking forward to it.. so i must be disicipline enough to go for all my appointments. Counting down... manage to sneak off for dental appoinment during IHP hours.. haha! lucky supervisor didn't call me or look for me. only manage to see me during the afternoon when i quietly sit down drafting ideas for IHP project. Phew..

Oh.. i better start kicking my ass back to NP band. concert is round the corner and have i done any rehearsal's yet? NOT! SWO concert also round the corner.. have i done any rehearsal's yet? NOT! SWE alumni concert? they better start having rehearsals soon too... concert concert concert.. hey peeps! time to buy ticket from me!

its an honor

its an honor playing side by side with the grammy award winner Nestor Torres. what am i talking about? just reach home from a concert with Nestor Torres performing as a guest player in Soka wind ensemble. Anyway, he is a flautist!

The concert is featuring him... and all his latin and jazz music. Pretty cool actually! enjoyed it alot have fun listening to him while fooling around in concert position. Geezz... i am losing my concert discipline. the audience were just beside me and i am fooling around. Haha!!! Must punish myself soon. Hahaha!!! But the latin and jazz beats just kept me going... lalala! who cares about concert discipline!

Am so tired now but couldn't sleep because of all the supper in my stomach currently undergoing digestion. Haha..!

Its a great concert, fun concert. Its an honor! Auf Wiedersehen!

SYF 3 & SSO

just got back from SSO's Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op.73 "Emperor" played by a russian pianist, Mr Valdimir Feltsman. He is a superb pianist! geez.. anyway the orchestra sounded good, maybe because i have yet to hear other orchestra play live before? Haha... The program sheet has a very nice picture of a french horn that is drawn with musical notes.. very nice! post it up another time.. got his autograph also.. haha.. kind of bo liao... but interesting! The horn players were fantastic, 2 only but they compliment each other very well.. and they have a sound of 4 players. wow.. Can't see is who.. fantastic tone.. tempted to take lesson from them.. hahaha!

On top of that, they played this piece called Central Park in the Dark. Pretty interesting piece, a modern composition. It depicts Central Park in NY at night... the quiteness of the park at night and all the jazz n broadway around it. Cool..! i want to hear that again! haha... could not get enough of orchestra music...

oh yah... congrats to Riverside, Unity sec. for getting their silver medal. happy for them! Especially riverside. Hmm... can see that they put in lots of effort in getting that medal. 2 years later.. lets improve further..!

SYF 2

i believe many people have heard and know about it.

Alumni's are upset and disappointed. Students itself have taken a big setback. I am just at a snap of a finger lost all mood to do the banner for 3d0 camp. but still put on a happy face infront of my comm members and continue to do my work.

My message to Shuqun Alumni's --> no matter what has happen, its part of history now, look forward to the future. If our brother/sister band falls, we should be there to help them up. If our brother/sister band succeed, we should be there to celebrate. Don't be dishearten and look forward to the future. Be a goodwill ambassodor in which ever band you perform in, show them the quality musicianship that shuqun has trained and mature in you!

My message to shuqun members --> don't be affected by what has happen and lead to a decision to quit from the world of music. Work hard n think positively, train up the future generations so that you all will in time shine again!

My blessing to Riverside and Unity too...

SYF

SYF is in full swing this week! heard lots of ups and downs since monday. the results for my cousin bands are pretty much expected. Compassvale - Gold, Zhenghua - Silver, Fuhua - Silver. Kudos to you all! They now do deserve a long break. Shuqun n Tanglin will be presenting at S.C.H today. All the best to them. Too bad, i am "grounded" by the school otherwise i won't mind spending the afternoon listening to them. Tomorrow is Riverside n Unity.

Well.... good luck to them!

IHP Experience (Week 1)

i am losing my mind pretty soon. one guy sitting in the middle of no where in NP staring at the laptop and the laptop staring back at me. TOR is pretty much into it version 1.1 and gantt chart is sort of completed.

Waiting for call from supervisor to give him a "presentation" on my idea. Did he call? maybe soon.. growing cobwebs now.. hahaha!

3do meeting later on today, going to do banner during IHP hours. hope my supervisor won't kill me. Meanwhile...... growing cobwebs while waiting for time to pass so that i can sign out and go home? go band? go rot somemore?

Rotting status = 10% completed%
Weeks left = 19 weeks

oh whatever 5

argh! no more horror films for me. 1 is enough, count me out for horror movie, count me in for comedy or action movie. thank you ppl! kinda fun though, haha.. contridicting, freaking people in the cinema. Well... its a way to distract myself from the screen. hahaha....

invited to perform in SOKA band. performance is next Sat. my first rehearsal with them today, kinda good. the conductor is good.. learnt a few keywords in describing how to play certain music or phrases.

IHP starting tml... think i am going to rot in school instead of doing project. whatever...!

SYF starting tml... whoa hoo....! good luck people! wish i could be there, but i need to do in house project so.. so sorry, will be looking forward to hearing your results! Horns... play great, do great, score perfect! Stress......

Don't wish or hope for your medal. Get it!

God... please bless them!

Auf Wiendersehen

B O R I N G ! ! !

oh this is so boring.... my final paper finish yesterday that means i am offically on holiday now.. Muahahaha... only one week of holiday before going back to NP to start on my IHP.

How did my exam goes? Pretty smooth actually, it all happen so fast. But doubts on getting good grades this semester. Well, i will work hard on my IHP and semester 6.

This is boring boring boring... okays.. let me go burn some fats by sleeping.

Auf Wiedersehen!

time files..

so delighted..! received SMS from Angie, my family ex-maid, tonight. Updated her about stuffs over here and find out how she is doing over there. Well.. she is doing fine over there. Now a mother of a baby girl, Crissa Ann. Such a unique name.

Think about it, it was just a few weeks into first year poly that she left and now a mother of one. Gosh.. gotta fly there to visit her some day. Guess everyone from my grandmother to me miss her alot, especially her cooking.

That's all for now... Catch up with her sometime soon...

oh whatever 4

oh.. this is killing me, mentally. No.. its not the thoughts of the exams but its the wisdom tooth operation and the blood test i have to take before it. Argh... i hate it, how can one remove so many tooth within a short span of time. urgh..! not that i want to do it, but i have been given marching orders. geez.. now now.. dentist are still evil in my eyes. Just get my treatment over la, stupid doc. Was the difficulty of removing wires like you do every treatment except that you will place it back in the end. Urgh... i am breaking down mentally... urgh urgh urgh.....

I hate needles, I hate operations, I hate DENTIST!

But i still must thank her for straightening my teeth. but still...

oh whatever 3

urgh!! concentrate concentrate concentrate! currently is study week, exam is next week, how much have i completed studying? hmmm.... 5% at most?

Was packing my room and found a list of basic korean words which i have printed out years back when i went there for the first time.

Thank You = Kamsahamnida
You're Welcome = Chonmane Malsumimnida
Hello = Annyong Haseyo
Goodbye = Annyonghi Kashipsio

Korean: Yong-o rul Malhashimnika?
German: Ja, ich spreche Englisch
Korean: Chal Morugesumnida
German: Ich nicht verstehe

There is more to that.. Lolz.. i think i shall aim to be mulit-lingual, speaking asian to african! Duh!

i just came back from piano lesson today, and i really admire my piano teacher for being able to play the piano even though she have a swollen finger. Haiz.. poor teacher.. Poor eye sight and swollen finger, still able to play so well.. 3 Cheers for her..!

Annyonghi Chumushipsio / Guten Nacht! / Good Night

camp n bowling

Okay, i have stayed awake for more than 36 hours. Shuqun Band camp was so-so, except for the part that me and a few alumni's took all the slippers from the bunk and aglin it along the corridor and staircase. It was fun seeing all panicking when they wake up realising that their slippers was missing.

Manage to return home to freshen up and off back to shuqun again. Listen to Riverside, ZhengHua and Shuqun playing their SYF set and choice piece. Was impress with Riverside performance today but the other two school.. guess it wasn't your day.

Sent riverside back to their school when it was time for RS to leave. And returned back to Jurong east soon after.

Went for a bowling session, 111 pin falls.. pretty nice record for me today. Not a pro anyway. all thanks to Miss tan for making this happen.

Am now thinking of something...
Urgh! i need some... No! lots of sleep!

oh whatever 2

i like to dedicate this blog to my father.

to my father, thanks for spoiling my day today, thanks for all your blabbering all sorts of rubbish at me. I have no idea what you were talking about. are you speaking human language or bird language? Geez... i can onli understand English, Chinese or German. Anyway i do suggest you go for a brain check up. I think your brain neurones are not in proper working order.

The family communicates on the bandwidth of IEEE 802.11b but hmm... what frequency are you on? are you having some interference with the wireless router that was recently installed at home? Never mind, go get your brain neurones check.

oh whatever....

oh whatever

Guten morgen, ich bin Nicholas und komme aus Singapur. ich wohne in Jurong und Meine Hobbyist sind Klavier spielen und Musik hoeren. Ich mag essen kuchen und Tee und Kaffee trinken.

Die vier personnen in meine Familie ist mein Vater, meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich. Mein Vater ist funfzig jahre alt, meine Mutter ist achtundvierzig jahre alt und mein Bruder ist zwoelf jahre alt. Zusamme, meine familie mag gern essen und trinken.

oh whatever... Auf Wiedersehen!

skipping a beat

i don't know what wrong with me recently. my chest feels awfully painful at times and it seems like my heart has time to time skipped a beat. Oh no... sorry people if i have MIA, health seems to be the problem.

alumni band is improving, in size and in music. attendence today was so much much much better than the other 2 practices. hopefully this will stay on till concert and thai trip? Pesky as he can be, weida, my good pal from secondary days, asking ridiculous questions and irritates my ass off. haha... fun.

seen someone today, how i feel? hmm... don't know, don't care, don't bother.

losing my sense of humor, hmm... weida was kinda right. i think poly has made me a much more boring person because of work? or is it i am just running away from something?

FYP, to do the project terrence choo propose to me or develop my eTicketing system? both seem interesting enough, but which one should i do?

Imagine Cup? Hmm... let's imagine!

i think i am lost, walking around with no sense of direction. God, can guide me?

joy & disappointment

FYP - Got to know who is my supervisor, Mr Terrence Choo. Kinda guess what my project will be, but yet to find out the details of it. A bit of contridiction here, Mr Choo's email mention that he will provide more details in subsequent email and ask me to concentrate on my exams first, but on the other hand, Mr Dimuthu (the guy in charge of FYP) ask us to prepare project outline and TOR by March 15. Now... getting blur here... hahaha...

Another result was release, shall not mention it, it doesn't make any difference taking it twice or thirce.. there is consistency but no improvement.

UD assignment - Satisfied and happy.
PM assignment - Not satisfied but can live with it.

SA assignment - well.. i think i am satisfied with the grade dispite all that shit that has happen just to complete this assignment. From this assignment, i have learn, friends are divided into three catergories - autocratic friends, democratic friends and hypocrite beast. Sad to say some beast are turning their back against me, for what reason i don't know. Calling me a hypocrite? what about yourself? Creep?

jus another update

hmm.. where should i start?

okies, chinese new year was just like the past few years, basically boring, actually spend my time doing my assignments. Have datelines to meet so i have no choice.

valentines' day was a success! went to collect the flowers the day before and have all my planning comm member to come over my place and wrap the flowers. De-thorning was tough, but it was the mother of one of my planning comm who do it. Really appreciate her help! Thanks! The hardest part was to wrap 99 roses! hahaha... our initial order of 200 roses is not enough to meet the orders. so got to get extra roses. anyway, after wrapping the 99 roses, it naturally form into a heart shap. Aww.. so nice. haha.. the colors of the roses look so refreshing, and my house smell of roses.

On the actual day, the flowers are sold out within 3 hours? yeeps! totally overjoyed, at least i don't need to worry about having extra roses. Thanks to all people who have contributed to this event and make it a success!

suffering from occassional chest pain recently, i don't what happen, but it just slows me down. Ouch! taking rest these few days...

alumni prac, starting tml, it will take place every sunday until SYF is over. In the midst of preparing for our thailand trip this november. looking forward to the trip.

also looking at the possiblity of taking part in Imagine Cup a competition by Microsoft. Details are yet to be finalised.

Lots of events happening for ICT, especially the first few weeks of the new semester. All events are for the incoming cohort of year 1s.

okay i think that's what basically happened from the begining of the month till now.

Auf Wiedersehen!

FYP...

chalet was fun...! even though there is only pathetic 7 of us out of the whole class. but still! had loads of fun and loads of alcohol... muahahaha... vodka, beer, wine all mixed up in my stomach. burp!

damn it, i don't know for what reason my IAP project got rejected. I think the company muz be blind or something. my whole class got rejected from their IAP project too, except 2 lucky guys. Ha! oh well... we were required to select again, and i select buggy tracking project. watch out guys! i am going around the campus with the buggy next time! Haha!! beep beep!

classes are back to normal, no common test for me. wheee.....

SWO outdoor performance --> pretty fun... we eat we perform we eat again! burp!

valentine's day is round the corner, and i think i made a mess with the event. sharks! things are kinda disorganised i felt. but what the heck... let me get over with this successfully!

People! roses are on sale... please get from me, i gurantee you cheap n fresh flowers! Lollipop and chocos also.. please kindly call neun zwei sieben acht eins null vier zwei (9*******) bahaha...! nah, jus tag me if you want to place order!

Danke schoen!

mundane crap

so what going on recently?

firstly, OH has just finished, and i would say that its was a successful and fun event to work in. iTechOne 2005 was a great success, despite the many last minute details that we worked on. Spend the whole day packing, distributing n ransacking the extra goodie bags for hello panda biscuits. Haha.. feel so kiddie. I feel so guilty of making this old man pushing a trolley load of goodie bags from convention centre to LT 26, geez.. could'nt the lecturer in-charge find another young guy? well... at least i help him a little on the way. iPods were given away as first prize for the robocode competition, argh! it really hurts to see iPods given to students of competition not to the organisers. ouch! haha.. jus kidding, they deserve it. Jus give the organisers iBooks! Lolz!

secondly, 2 assignments were completed, so there is 1 assignment on going now and i have yet to reach the 25% mark of completion. oPpps! 3 more assignment on waiting list, but they are coming real fast...! anyway, i have strong feeling that someone is calling me names regards to my attitude la! anyway, i just wish that he/she will stop calling me names and move on. if you read this and felt offensive, approach me and we will trash things out AGAIN!

I don't know if its me or everyone else, people are acting strangely towards me, as though i am a pain in the neck or something like that. or perhaps i am just being sensitive. people from band(s) to classmates and friend(s).. that's weird.

And recently i have learnt another painful lesson, after teaching for a few years, i think i have done a fair job in that. But i have heard from vivien that one of our junior have just stab me in the back making awful remarks about me. Thanks for telling me and letting me know that there is such an idiot on earth! Very sad and disappointed, if i knew it earlier, i shall not put in much effort on her, but again its the duty of a teacher/senior to bring the best out of everyone.

Moving on, my website is in desiging phase and so.. it should be online soon. That's all for now, Tata! and good nites!

New Year Concert

Great! SWO concert is over, comments? hmm.. i think we sounded pretty okay, somehow i felt certain substance of music is missing. other than that i think i enjoyed myself through out the concert. Especially the horn trio in found in the 2nd movement of clarinet concerto, the horns did great! thanks alot! i think the effort of spending hours of playing those 30 bars together didn't go to waste, especially when i have to wake up early one sunday morning just to rehearse that 30 over bars with desmond ng. Smiles were on everyone's face the moment we end the passage. all break a cold sweat but well... all i could say is, a thumbs up from desmond. Well done guys!

For the other 2 bands that joined us for the concert. Well done, they sounded pretty good, i think they are going to score in the upcoming SYF again. The shear size of the bands just freak me out! hahaha.. they are so so so big.. the whole stage is filled up especially dunman high! compared to SWO.. geez!

My parents attended the concert, hahaha.. heard from my brother that my mum fell asleep. perhaps they are not used to the repertoire of music we are playing. i think somehow they still prefer shuqun's repertoir. oh well... shall ask them to come for NP's concert next time round. perhaps thats the level of repertoire they are used to. =)

Again, its another fun concert i had!

Christmas, Rondeau & tsunami

Christmas, was pretty boring this year, just the usual Christmas dinner but this time round it at my uncle's house which is just across a big field near my house. Spent the whole afternoon hauling food over and back. And manage to get lots of sleep!!! I am losing sleep now..

NPCB concert finally its over! ah hahaha.... Another load off my shoulders. Pretty enjoyable concert, but my playing standards didn't reach my expectation for the first half, guess I was jus keeping the air inside me. Hey! Air is free! So I give it all during the second half. Second half of the concert was more fun. But I am very disappointed with a certain bunch of people who came and attend the concert and left during interval. I couldn't catch them in time to say Hi. But I would still want to thanks Vivien and Yaying for attending this concert. And some shuqun people whom watch the whole concert. Hope you all had fun listening to it.

Well... Now in preparation for SWO's new year concert. 4 tickets at hand and I have no idea who to sell to. Haiz... Always a problem. People... pls come, 8 Jan at VCH (again!) Hehe...

my condolences to all the victims of the recent tsunami. Learnt about it in geography but have not seen one in such magnitude! This is the most distructive tsunami ever. And I believe it could be an re-enactment of Noah's ark. anyway, if you someone appeal to you for any aid, do help out, small packs of panadol will help in a big way...

God Bless everyone!

Who moved my christmas?

school is coming to an end of its third week. pretty stress out from the modules i am taking, all thanks to the reduction in the number of study week. all thanks to some people. assignments coming in or should i say, assignments come smacking at my face. and with the band concerts and society's stuffs.

anyway, NP band concert is just round the corner, yesterday was its final rehearsal, i should say it sounded pretty good. so i am expecting a good concert this coming monday. will i play well? we shall see... And I think i am pretty much decided on which band to leave.

I don't think i am able to juggle such tremendous amount of stress. and i am on a different level of playing field as compared to some people. People are different and so is the amount of stress they can take. So don't come telling me how much workload you have, how much shit you are in and you still able to take it, there is nothing to wow about!

Christmas anot, i think its pretty much burn. Looking forward to my aunt's nagging over the video editing of korea trip. Hmm.. let me see where the blame should go? perhaps myself.

Guten Nacht! (Good night in German)

Merry Chirstmas guys!

Annyeong Haseyo 2

Took me a long time to update on my trip to korea. Busy with school stuffs during the first week, school was pretty fun but stressful for me now. ICT Christmas bash is just round the corner, so we are in the mist of preparing that event.

Day 3
Everland, korea's largest outdoor theme park is the place we went. All got up early and prep up for a day's of fun. My uncle arranged transport for us, a tour guide and a driver. Reach there early with all my young cousins excited about this trip. All were sing and laughing away. Everland is basically a korean version of disneyland that you will find in USA, so they have all the animals for young kids and rides for the older ones and other stuffs for the even older ones. So at everland, we took a safari ride which is one of the attractions in there, a bus will take you up close with the lions, tiger, liger( cross breed of tiger and lion) and bears. The bears are the cute ones, all sitting around waiting for the bus driver to feed them. They even had a street parade, based on christmas as the theme. Well, its a day more for the kids.

Day 4
Skiing!!!! This is the day i have long waited for. Itching to ski for 4 years and i finally get to do it again. Haha... 2 and a half hour ride to the ski resort, again arranged for the same tour guide and driver. i snooze on the way there, and looking at the video my uncle recorded, he actually took a video of me snoozing away. Lolz! Wee... took my ski equipment and headed for the snow. Lost touch, plus the snow was not in a favourable condition, they were kinda old so basically u were skiing on ice instead of snow. Fun! can't wait to do it again. Perhaps skiing lessons at snow city first... hmmm...

Day 5 - 9
Shopping time, went to 2 famous area for shopping. Namdaemum market and Dongdaemum. Namdaemum market is something like what you will find in chinatown during CNY. Lots of wholesale activities going on, mainly fashion. Dongdaemum is more of a shopping mall, it caters to local and tourist. Clothes at dongdaemum are fashionable and trendy. Basically, if you are looking for clothes for yourself or to set up a business, these two places are the best place to go. Anyway, we shop mostly at night, i mean mid night when the kids are asleep so we sneak out of the house. Hahaha.. its was fun. Dongdaemum actually doesn't sleep! Besides shopping, did a little sight seeing. But one of the days were disrupted by a DEMOSTRATION! so we decided to cut short it. didn't get to see it, but get to hear it, even though we were quite far from it.

During these few days also have to endure my cousins fighting and whinning and crying. Haha.. it will be my last trip with the elder cousin among that bunch.

My flight TG 629 from Seoul to Bangkok was very pleasent. Except for the rude customer service people at hong kong. There were not from Thai, its their airport staff. Surprising is the aircraft used was the same one that i took from SIN - BKK. Registration HS-TJE

TG421, BKK - SIN. Was much less enjoyable, mainly because the flight is filled up with singaporeans. aircraft used was pretty old too... Registration HS-TAF. The flight made me feel like i was flying budget. Hahaha... anyway, that about all i would want to say. It could be longer, but i decided to cut it short.

My reflections, very enjoyable trip, manage to learn some basic korean words good enough to communicate to get my way around. Had lots of fun and made my passion for travelling and flying stronger! Going solo the next time round!

Korea, i will be back soon!
Gamsahamnida! (Thank You)

Annyeong Haseyo!

So tired after a long flight back home. But its nice to be back, why? school is going to start otherwise i don't mind staying for anther week or 2!

Day 1
Check in at Changi Airport for Flight TG 402 to Bangkok continuing TG628 to Seoul via Hong Kong. Total Flight Time was about 10 hours. There was a long queue at the airport, and we were the last few people to check in for the flight, thanks to my small cousin who is reluctant to get up! haha.. anyway, the seats assigned were spread out. For me, i was flying alone for the SIN-BKK sector, with a japanese guy who sleeps all the way and only wake up for meal and a Indian guy seating on the other side la. both know how to sleep. Amazing!

Flight TG402, aircraft registration HS-TJE

Well, 2 hours later we landed at Bangkok International Airport. Because mine is a window seat, i look out as we touch down, i saw a golf course in the middle of the 2 runways! Argh! haha... I got out of the plane first, waited at the gate for 10 mins before the rest of the gang got out! Bet they were looking for me in the plane! We hurried through the airport, looking which gate the next flight were and go through security screening. When we check out the next flight, it indicated that it will transit in hong kong! Only then we realise it! hahaha.... anyway, we board the plane and head to hong kong then to seoul. Service on this flight was much better than SIN-BKK flight.

Flight TG628, aircraft registration HS-TJB

2 and a half hours later, we found ourself in hong kong. Been there before, but was many years back. Checked out the new airport they have, it was HUGE!!! its the world largest! again, went through screening again and waited at the transit lounge. Airport Customer Service was rather average in hong kong.

Down to the final leg, HK-SEL, same flight, same flight attendent and same plane. 3 and a half hours later, touch down at Incheon International, hop on a taxi, illegal one i think, and zoom of to my uncle's house. Terrible communication breakdown with the driver, but we still manage to find our way there. hahaha! One hour journey from Airport to downtown Seoul. That is one day of travelling. Meals are serve onboard.

Day 2
Got up rather late, my two cousins living in korea were off to school and the rest were just lazing around. Finally we get our ass moving and off to Itewon, a toursit attraction equivalent to Singapore's Orchard Road. Its just walking distance from my uncle's house. Well before we leave the house, my uncle called from work telling us that it snowed at his workplace which is the other side of seoul. anway, light snow started to fall at my uncle's house, my first sighting of snow fall. Light snow fall now and then, off to Itewon for lunch, and then heavy snow fall! Wow!!! Awesome sight indeed! i was coverd in snow. The first snow fall in Seoul! To add on, I heard a brass ensemble playing outside baskin robbins! haha.. some chirstmas music, and i am totally surprise that they are able to play at 0 degC! Didn't hang out much and headed back home, the kids are whining away so the older ones stayed at home. Got a awful pain behind my ears, due to the cold temperature. Dinner was at a local korean restaurant? Looks sort of like our coffeeshops where you just pop in for a quick meal. Tried their Cal Bi (Beef) and my favourite Kimchi!

Temperature is around 0 degC.

doom's day

The past three days was very terrible for me. Something happen unexpectedly and it just took me by surprise.This period of time have been very difficult and depressing for me, hopefully the upcoming trip overseas will somehow cheer me up again. It is sad that i will be able to explain to my friends what happen. And they can never understand the difficulties i gone through. I want to take this time to apologise to people that i have offended. I am also utterly disappointed that my friends can never understand the tough time that is now currently going on, especially someone i hold dear to my heart.

To my section members: I really feel gulity for not attend this camp and also being irresponsible for not informing you guys when u all call and msg me. I just kept mentioning in the phone call and sms that i will come. But I really have personal matters to attend to. I really hope i can let you all know what happened but its to personal to mention it out. I sincerely apologise to you all.

God, please brighten up my day.

Results are out

yea! finally the results are out. that marks the end of days pondering how i do for this semester's modules. i know i have not been performing well this semester but phew.. close shave for certain modules..... didn't expect any A's in the first place, but well i still end up with one. A B C D achieve it all!!! =)

don't know if its a coincidence, mentor called me about 15 mins after the resutls are out. Lolz.. anyway its jus regarding a camp at NUS i think. but i couldn't attend it, falls within the period i am away. anyway, suggested some of my classmates that i think should go. overall, i don't think anyone of them will go. disappointed....

nickszeto poofing out!
*poofed*

Eros and Agape

how long? very long..... yup its been a long time since my last entry. lazy i guess, all that sitting around the house is turning to a replica of GARFIELD!! love that fat cat.. meow!

What's have been going on so far? hmmm... guess this hols have be dedicated to music. Band, French horn and Piano. other than that, just looking forward to my trip. Yippee! well.... at least 2 more weeks to go before i leave.

Recently i found out how cute and loving my grandparents are. hearing my grandmother telling me how they tease each other sometimes when they go out. Lolz.. that's what 50 years of marriage comes down to, love and respect for each other. something which make me sit back and think...

Eros or Agape?

yawns....

wow.. its been a long time since my last entry haha.. slacking all the while except for last tuesday, where i had a very interesting experience in the operating theatre. after some injections and ................

haha.. i just came out with a very interesting music analysis of Movement II of The wind in the Willow title Ratty and the Mole. haha... Ratty should be played in the way that the main melody of the song sounds like the busy rats, i mean country rats not the urban rats. running in and out of the barrow in the search for food and stuffs.. if i would replace the melody with words, it should goes: "Hurry hurry, let's go... we have not much time!" As for Mole, i believe mole have a very close family bond between them if i recall properly from the animal documentary i watch before, so the main melody carried by the horns should present the warm and close family bonding they have. haha.. Overall, this movement should show the contrast of a very busy animal who is always on the hurry and a very slow and ease going animal with warm feeling. Just my 2 cent worth.

well... i am off to combine band prac with SMB and Alumni. They are going to rehearse for the upcoming sentosa performance where i will not be in because i will be going overseas!!! yeah!!! anyway, making lots of sacrifice, giving up sentosa performance, leadership camp and band exchange for this trip. hopefully it worthwhile and i believe it will be otherwise i fly back!!! haha...

bored stiff

what am i doing? oh yah, locking myself up in the room now. why? coz my bro's friends are here, they are also locking up in my bro's room. Don't know what the hell they doing. But better keep their volume down! muahahahaha!!!

Just had a meeting yesterday, regarding ICT society, there will be a leadership training camp coming up, begining of Dec i hope. trying to push back to begining of Dec. ICT will be having a christmas bash coming up also, 17 dec at convention center. A ICT first and big event, let's see how this committee works! hahaa.. look to the right for more events!

one more paper to go.. this saturday. looking forward to it.. then i will go back to alumni and play to my heart's content before i go for my op. sickening, i have stop playing for about 2 weeks? so NP, Alumni band ppl, see u guys around mid Nov! or perhaps slightly earlier. shall see my condition. unless i beg real hard to my dentist. Please........

I think i understand what i fear about this operation, its not the jab or the extraction part, used to it already but just the slight cut the surgeon have to make on my gum. imagine a scapel in my mouth. okay i know, back in sec school days i used to play around with it during biology lesson, but i am just cutting up tomatoes, please don't cut me up! i am not a tomato!!! hump! see whether the surgeon is skillful enough to extract it without making any cuts anot! hahahaaa....

in my opinion, DENTIST ARE STILL EVIL!!!

God Bless!

halfway there...

halfway there now... 2 more papers and that the end of this semester. how did i do till now...? rather discouraging. well i think i am all prep up to conquer the next paper amist all the loud banging and music from the block next to mine. its something i won't want to mention.

yes! finally i got my dream camera, after so long, took it for a test run but can't wait to test run it again, itching to finish up the current roll of film. haha... thanks alot to the seller, sweet lady. there is a great opportunity last friday, when i tag along with my family to kusu island. huh? what am i doing there? just go there for fun of it when i could use the time to prepare for the next paper on saturday. hahaa... could not resist the temptation. as i said, i could have brought my camera there to snap some nice landscape shots but, haha, just didn't bring the camera.

the trip there... oh gosh, the ferry we took was crawling its way there. just missed the faster vessal that usually ply along the SIN-Batam route. but manage to catch that vessal on the return trip. Its kind of funny, on the return trip, i just sat there in the comfy seat and look out at the skyline of SIN and somehow, i felt so relax.

oh well, my two buddies, haha, celebrated my birthday 6 days late. hahaha! something that i really didn't expect to happen. jus a normal chilling out afternoon, went to SWO to take parts for the upcoming concert then dinner. Totally surprise for what they have done. that's what buddies are for!

Thanks bros...

pain & fun

i just can't stop thinking about the wisdom tooth operation that i will be going for, it ain't any fun letting a dentist pulling your teeth even though i have done it before, but i still have the fear for it. can i not pull? tough decision, it has it advantage but is it long term or short, wonders...
there is so much fun activities lining up for the next three months or so, can't wait for these activities to come but the operation still come in line first. haiz.. spoil all the fun thoughts that i have. really hate to have such misery feeling but i still have to go thru it, i am willing to be suffering for exams as i know i can bring myself joy at the end when results are release, but my tooth... sighs... dentist are evil, either they scale and polish your teeth till you cry in pain or sent you for tooth extraction like nobody's business.

3 events coming up after the tooth op, band exchange where i will be conducting music workshop, possible leadership camp by ICT in malaysia i think and posible korea trip. all falling at the same period of time, LoLz.. don't know how things will work out, nearer to that week then work it out again. hopefully the korea trip will happen and be back before the exchange so that i can fly back in time to conduct the workshop.

Dentist are still evil!

Birthday Bash

Well well.... my birthday is here again, getting old already.. LoLz.. nothing much to elaborate about, just a simple dinner with all my uncles and aunt and of course not forgetting the small kids.. oh yah, its my uncle's birthday too, we celebrate our birthday together every year. haha... cool aite? as always, the kids are the one's who blow out the candles and cut the cake. its become a "tradition" for all birthdays. oh well... they are kids, cute ones..

I Have A Dream

I Have a Dream,

A Song to Sing,

To Help me cope,

With Anything.

what dreams do I have? A dream to enjoy life as happy as possible and share the joy with everybody and the person that will be dearest to me. LoLz... yup that's my dream, simple aite? well that's me! currently enjoying the MAMA MIA! album that i bought this afternoon, realising that ABBA songs are quite meaning full in some ways. like it alot...

alright, this is reality, just finish my MAD Assignment, worked thru the night till 4 am, where the birds are chipping to the daybreak as i hit the sack, funny rite.. why rush last minute, thanks to my partner, long story.. my tutor will justify the work. 2 weeks work cramp into a night, something that i will never forget. but still proud of myself, as i could complete such a major assignment, well 90% by myself. *Taps on my back* LoLz...

oh yea, just another sunday, out of the house and hang around town, suppose to attend a youth rally, but, hahaha... Laziness rulez.. so walk around town, and watch the change of guards at the Istana, and saw something that totally disgust me. if i could, i would have told her off in the middle of orchard road, not that its something i am incapable of doing, but i think she does not deserve my dressing down. well... let it be.

Over all, still a fun and enjoyable day.... and i still have a dream. The dream of have sweet dreams every night, going to accomplish that now. Ciaoz!

MAMA MIA!

went to church today, but i overslept so was late, well its okay la... haha!! after church, Joel and i were trying to get a ticket to mama mia for me, rush down to esplanade to book. initially, expect the tix to be hundred over, the last 2 seat available, but to our surprise as a student i got it at half the price and the seat that i got is wonderful, what more can i request for. Wow! anyway, went for lunch and watch the show.

the show was full of energy, the songs, the dance and the act. Wow! Hilarious and simply amazing, catch it while its around. Especially the lead female actress, beautiful voice, very clear and pure. The cast sing and dance with energy, and love the story line even tho its a typical romance cum family storyline with lots of twist. Hahaaa... grand finale, saw the audience were on their feet dancing away to the music of ABBA. LoLz.. will i watch again if i have a chance? definitely.. YES!!!

Great seats, great show. A musical that i never forget!
Thank you for the music!

alumni band

finally! its starting... alumni band i mean. LoLz.. first practice today, turn out not very good, but size today was good enough to make some music. sight read songs today, letting the very senior players i mean really senior get their playing rite.. haha..they have not been playing for years. but still the band has a decent tone, well, that's the result of years of training under our teacher, Miss Tan. lots of things are lined up for the alumni band. going to be interesting...!! release more detail about it when things are nearer..

near perfect

weekend has passed, and it was a interesting one. well... it all started out on friday afternoon. Dreads, sitting in EP for 2 hours listening to 9 groups of presentation where 8 of them covered on the same photographer. ouch! my ear hurts.. by the end of the lesson, the history of the photographer is drilled into my head. Lolz... Basically after that went down to queensway shopping centre with joel, both of us shopping for a backpack, and i am also looking for a camping bag, saw a few but still undecided yet. passing by clarke quay on the way to town, we remember that there is a music shop there, selling instruments, so decided to get off and visit the shop, but its close, went back later in the evening, wow... i am stunned by the large amount of instruments, new and old. Negotiating for my french horn, Holten of course, think i will get it soon. anyway, joel and i play around with the instruments, and the shop owner doesn't seem to care.. hahaa.. think he trust us in handling the instruments, we are musicians. fun fun.. going back there some time soon.

Saturday, OOP walkthrough, also OOP dateline, well i didn't manage to complete the assignment, there is still some errors in the coding but can't solve the error, programming is really not my forte. oh well, think i should be able to pass. God Bless. Band was rather "interesting", i am suffering from headache due to lack of sleep and the trumpets were screaming into my ears throughout the practice, ouch! Became the tuner of the section, LoLz, Mr Tan was using me to tune the other horns. following that, went to music essential to hunt for scores, manage to find the beethoven sonata which was played by one of the masterclass student. happenly, it was one of my grade8 horn piece, so i bought it. oh yah, i decided to take grade 8 for french horn next year. Eager to try out. LoLz. Wish me luck.

Sunday, stayed at home, didn't want to go to church, and also decided not to go clarke quay to test out the horn. jus want to stay at home. evening went to my grandparents's place to collect my medicine, had dinner there and went home. I should say, ever since my uncle, Ben Tan and family left to korea, weekends at pasir ris is rather cold. my uncles n family seldom go there now. when i was there, uncle patrick when to pick up food for his family and gave me a ride home. i didn't stay there for more than an hour. Miss those days where everyone was there, makes the weekends a lively place to be with all the small kids around. things are not going to be the same...

Today, piano lesson, was late again, 2nd time in a row. Well, did jazz again and the third piece for my piano grade 8 exams. fun fun fun. except got irritated by this primary school kid on the way there, rudeness rule his mind, it seems kids of the same race are like that, i am not being racist. more like its a cultural thing. had supper with joel and happen to saw jefferson at Bt Panjang plaza. chat while eating and now sitting here blogging away. oh! and i didn't go to school today.

masterclass

attended horn masterclass yesterday. basically, nothing to much to comment about the masterclass. Barry Tuckwell focus more on the perfomance aspect of playing the horn. Certainly he went into details of the concerto's and sonata's played by the 3 hornist. Its something like what goes on every piano lesson now where my piano teacher will sit beside me and go into detail bar by bar of my exam pieces. other than that, learned nothing much, mostly were taught by Miss Tan during secondary school days, more or less a refresher course for me. Was hoping that tuckwell will go into technical aspect of playing but didn't. He mention is a One to One thing, what works well on one player might not work well on the others. which is one point i could agree on. but at least a little something general on horn playing pls... haha! lesson over.

one thing about this masterclass, i was paying much attention to the pianist other than the horn. LoLz.. the pianist is good.. very good. haha! gotta prac on my piano more, technic is getting no where now, lack of time to practice. But i like one thing, is the 2 jazz piece i have to work on now. like jazz alot, but still J.S Bach and Beethoven are my favourites. why work on jazz? well, my piano teacher mention of jazz gaining popularity in sight reading, so she is preparing me for it which i don't think i have much of a problem handling it. haha!

Exhausted

Geezz..... i am so tired. did my PQS test today, already expected the results, don't think i will do good, what to do, last minute studies. don't really bother about it anyway, haha.. for EP(Exploring Photography) did my presentation today, haiz, stupid bald head, put words in my mouth, accussing me of things i didn't say during the presentation. anyway, he is quite a nice guy i think, jus that time to time he jus irritates me. urgh! FMS tutors..

did something crazy after class. met up with eddie, killing time with him so we walk from NP to Apple Centre at bukit timah road. about 4 km walk for a return trip. and my legs are aching now. ouch! haven't done such a long distance walk. the longest i did was from tanjong pagar to orchard. LoLz...

anyway, i am so tired now, don't think i will touch on my assignment today, that's make it 2 days in a row i didn't do and the clock is ticking. tick tick tick! off to sleep, tomorrow is a new day!

sleepy...

Eeeeks!!! still scrolling thru PQS notes, last minute studies as usual. PQS? Productivity and Quality studies lor. boring module, literally rot thru every single lesson. why? coz i am alone from my class.. haiz, all thanks to my friends playing me out. anyway, test is few hours away, and still.. i going thru the notes...

oh oh oh... interesting thing to note, i am assign Project leader for Valentine's day for ICT. Wow.. how interesting that can be. scratching head over what i am going to do then. scratch scratch scratch. anyway, will update time to time about how things are going. Buying flowers or chocs from me? hahaa....

off to bed. Sayonara!

take aim.... fire!

Wooooohhh!!!! check it out, i fired a M-16 rifle! hahahaha.... exciting it was, and a experience that i never forget. 3 out of 5 rounds hit the target. not bad for a starter, will shoot more when i get enlisted into army. hahaaa... i missed the first 2 as i am trying to concentrate and get used to firing amid the loud sound of explosion around me. Didn't know that the sound of a rifle being fired could really throw my head off. well... its someone beside me fired his rifle and the explosive sound pushed my head off the rifle. how is it being done? Soundwaves of course. While i triggered the third round, no bullet came out, something's wrong with the rifle. the safety officer took charge and pass the magazine (container of bullets) to another officer which allow me to finish off my remaining 3 rounds. took aim again, and woah la! all 3 hit the target. Nice........ (FYI: All rounds are blanks!)

Results from firing: Me - 3 rounds
Father - 2 rounds
Brother - 1 rounds

Definitely made the right choice to tag along with my family to the army open house. too bad didn't get to see the display of firepower by the armour vehicles, next year i guess. And if possible i would like to try night firing. Sure looks cool with the tracer rounds. Okie, falling out! Keluar Baris... tata!!!

fireworks

WoooooW...... viewing fireworks from the comfort of my own bed. haha... lookin out towards chinese garden, they are launching the lantern festival thinggys.. so they had fireworks. always a treat to view it every year. hahahaha.... that's why i really like my room soooooooooo.... much! what a view... phew!!!

music and computers

sometimes i really wonder, what is the quality of a true musician? is it someone that committe themselves to the only instrument throughout their playing years or one that change their instrument as and when they like.

anyway, i think my desktop PC has come to the end of its life cycle. haiz... i am sitting beside it for the past 50 mins just trying to get it boot up. either the PC beeps indicating that there is no signal from the monitor, or it just hang while booting up. think i am going to backup all my data in there the moment its ready for use. check out the new iMac . Drools.... another of my dream machine and another creation from the fruit! hahaaa.... oh well... how i wish i can have that!

Jus another day..

things are really down this month. don't what is the reason behind it. as what joel had told me just now when i met him to pass him some stuffs. my desktop, keep on hanging, urgh!!! gotta get a new system soon, why? coz the current system is so old, maybe change the harddisk. might as well..... get a new system! Dad? Mum? can i? hahaa...

oh.. today, really rot in school. firstly attended lecture, the first thing of the day, 2 hours of it, and only one of my class guys whom i usually hang out with in school turned up. well actually there is two la, but the other accompany his girl. had lunch after that, really wonder at that time where had all the utensils gone to? i could hardly find a fork at the canteen. Geez..!! well. after we ate, there is still lots of time left! what the hell.... anyway, rot all the way till 2 before the next lesson starts. class is really getting boring these days, the W01 spirit is really slowly disappearing away. haiz.... miss those days where we really crap around all day, all week. =)

Woooo... looking at some of the photograph taken by my friends, its really artistic, oh..... i want to get myself a camera, not that i don't have any, i mean a real professional one to click click click. hehee.... Photography has always been my interest.

Click Click Click! =D

3... 2... 1...

with the upcoming formation of my alumni band, the total count of band i will be in is 3. Spread over 2 days and there is only 1 me! am i ready to commit myself to all three band or will i have to sacrifice one. looks like i really have to reconsider things again.

oh yah, this decision was prompted by the arrival of a new assistant conductor in NP. pretty cool stuff, something for a change, a better and more refined band i hope? or its just the np band that i will forever know. heard he is one of the SAF Band directors. Band A or Band B? well, gonna find out soon.. Definitely not from Band C. oh well... i just wish the standard of music will become higher and of course, not just with a new conductor, but also better concept of music from the band.

Music is my life...

four walls

finally... common test is over. phew! personally i feel that i didn't do that well this time round. rather distracted tho.. don't know over what. but somehow, just distracted. haiz.... just looking for some directions now just to keep me moving, but where is the direction signs?

i am just sitting in my room staring at the four walls every day and night, any life? Nope! everything just come to a halt. =( oh wells... happy go lucky attitudes seems to be playing hide and seek with me now, where are u???

updates

this past week have been very packed with things.

Monday- the week by doing revision class for the freshies. i feel that i could have done better during my "lecture" by doing some preparation before and try to speak slower. haiz... didn't realise i can speak so fast. anyways, same day i went to arts friend to get my materials for the farewell dinner and waited for eddie at chinatown for almost an hour before i can go and get my cloth for the banner.

Tuesday - morning have make up class for OOP and afternoon went down to chevrons with siti, annette(my assistant) & rebecca to make final confirmation of the farewell dinner. returned back to school later to start on my banner. didn't manage to complete it tho...

Wednesday - return back to school to do the banner again, annette got to leave early so she helped out as much as she could. didn't want to hold her back, family matters cropped up i suppose. the banner was completed, so a great relieve. Yippe!!

Thursday - Oral exam, i think i didn't did that bad but its good enough to get a pass? oh well. wat's done is done. went out to R&R with eddie, to stress up this week.

Friday - Popped by at shuqun to pass yizhi winXP cd, her comp broke down as usual. sit in at band prac for a while before i had to zoom off to chevrons for the farewell dinner. Weather is bad, it rain and rain non-stop today. was actually hoping that it could stop around afternoon but it didn't so no poolside for the dinner but the function room. Logistic head and me had a difficult time putting up the banner in the room, could not actually tie the banner up so we had to stick it up but the tape provided by chevrons is not sticky enough, end up we had to paste the banner with a awfully ugly black border. urgh! otherwise it could be perfect. the dinner went on smoothly and had a fun night as others do..!

Saturday - early morning went to shuqun for a alumni band meeting with the principal. regarding the setting up of the alumni band, finally something is happening. Wow! oh well.. see how things go from here. catch up with yaying, vivien, tanny and any other people today.. haha!!

Post up every single thing that happen this week so that explain the long post.. hehe! common test is here... well.. gotta hit the books.

pissed..

urgh!! SWO, bloody hell, ask me to return the horn and i got another horn, which is a lousy brand.. urgh! i am now so determine to buy my own horn now! gonna use my horn from NP band that means i gotta lug it with the heavy wooden case around. oh well... that's the price to pay if you want to use a better horn. oOooo.. i love horns..!

anyway, i think i am stressed up that i am getting hot tempered recently. hope no one gets offended when i scream or yell at them out of no reason. i am just stressed up.

Flabbergasted

missed NP band prac today, and went to attend band concert at the Esplanade. Was assigned seats behind the band which is also known as the gallery. First thoughts, it looks like one of the worst seats in the hall, but after all.. not so bad. Could really hear the horns clearly.

Didn't know how high is Thailand's band standard, but could clearly hear that the horns played as one powerful section. It is one of the best i hear so far. Wonder if my horn section could be like them?? Would love to play with thai band's horn section. Beautiful tone too! It really melt my heart when i hear them play either as a soloist or as a section. Gosh! Think they are the target that i am going to set for myself. Gotta prac hard Nic!!!

Don't why, but i would envy how overseas band play, they have never fail to impress me from the amature to the professionals. I am just flabbergasted today...

national day

its national day, not a very significant day for me, but its one for the nation. oh wells.. HAPPY NATIONAL DAY guys out there! been fighting with some virus these few days, think i caught it from my class. Been studying in a class infested with virus. Urgh!!! but on the road to recovery now...

Great news, my maid who went back last yr, is expecting! 5 months i heard. got the news from my grandparents today when i was there today fixing my aunts computer. anyway, congrats to her... wish to visit her sometime soon. most probably after the arrival of the baby. =D so can play with him/her. LoLz.. alright post again sometime soon... chaos!!!

mixed feelings

Recieved great news from ICT society's annual general meeting a.k.a AGM today. Firstly, many congrats to those who have gotten themselves into the society either in Main Comm or Sub Comm. For me, yes, i manage to get into main comm of the society, it is a surprise to me. Will be looking forward to an exciting year with everyone. And i will take on the challenge of being a main comm and be up to task!

Rather mixed feelings these days tho.. perhaps i am too worn out that i wish to drop everything and just take a break or perhaps its just over a few small matters, don't know why but.. Haizz. Hopefully my friends that are troubled with matters of the heart can get over it and be cheerful as they are again. My ears are always open to problems...

Attitude

My post carries on from the the one yesterday. I really can't believe how ugly can Singapore get, squeezing and pushing people around just to get into esplanade itself. I nearly tripped and fell a few times by these people. Oh well... Its Singapore for god's sake.

Okay I'm getting very irritated by someone's attitude and I don't why that person has turn into what she is today. It is very annoying when you hardly have a chat with someone which you don't always see everyday and ends up in a quarrel during the conversation. On top of that, I am the one that is been accused of starting the quarrel when I didn't even have the intention too. I am not that is so mean and free to start a quarrel with anyone, even if I want to why must it be her? I could simply do it with my classmates or my buddies. Seeing more lights as the story unfolds itself on how my relationship with someone fails.. Terribly!

Meet up with Joel after piano lesson last night to talk about it, i emailed my thoughts to my 2 buddies and let them judge for themselves. Joel asked me a very good question "How did i manage to put up with her?" Well, I just don't know.. Perhaps its just my character.

This matter annoys me the whole of yesterday and still does today. I getting a little hot-tempered these two days over this issue, and i really wish i could just calm down and live life as usual.

iTs over!!!

Yeah yeah... Finally PnC is over, totally overjoyed by it because now i can take a long good rest after a busy month. Yieepy!!! My thoughts from PnC, is not as enjoyable as SWO concert in terms of musicality and stuffs... but still its still fun to play in this concert because of all the fun people we have in NPCB.

Most of the time during the concert, the band is not playing according to the conductor's tempo, so there is some point in time during the concert where the band nearly broke down, but good thing is that the band is able to play together even without the conductor's direction. I was very dishearten to hear Noah's Ark during the rehearsal that same afternoon, i got quite furious with the band playing but there is nothing much i could do about it. But kudos to the horns, we played well! LoLz....

After concert, a group of us when to Jalan Kayu for prata, it was around 1 am in the morning and i am dead tired, and the service at the prata shop is so poor. we had to wait and wait for just one pathetic piece of prata. oh wells.. spend the night at andrew's house, my gosh, what a beautiful toilet he have.. not much place to step on.

Got home the next afternoon, suppose to go to SWO for a lunch but too tired to go. Catch up with SWO ppl the next time round. Stepped home not more than an hour and i was out again for dinner with my family at Tony Romas's(think got spelling error) and they dragged me down to esplanade waterfront to catch the fireworks. Damn sleepy and fell asleep while waiting. But its a beautiful display of fireworks i must say..

Juz another day

Great news over the weekend, finally i made it into ICT Society Main Committee selection, Yeah!! Juz finish my individual interview today, well.. i don't think i performed well during the interview, but again, i left the interview with no regrets at all, if i don't make it for main comm, then it alright to remain as a Sub comm member. Still have not design my poster of myself, gotta publicise myself... *grins. Voting will be on 3 Aug.

A big surprise today, i recieve an SMS from my PRIMARY schoolmate which i have lost contact for a few years this morning. Exchange a few SMS, catching up with each other, hopefully will be able have a gathering some time. =D

Also attended a seminar on Microsoft latest softwares at LT 26. Overall its quite interesting as you will get first hand info on the next MS Operating System, .Net software and other stuffs. By chance won myself a set of Visual Studios 2003 .Net software, sure come in handy sometime even tho i have already installed one copy into my lappy.

PnC coming soon... yeah!! after that i will not be as busy as before and have more time to relax and concentrate on my studies... Other than that, had an enjoyable weekend.

SWO Concert

Feels great to be back at VCH again! Concert is a major success since my last concert at VCH more than a year ago. But its one of the best i ever had, in terms of musicality, repertoire, and section mates. 4 guys only! Smallest horn section i ever been in. Totally enjoyed it alot!! Yippe! Will be back for more! And yes! my horn solo went well even tho is a short solo, totally proud of myself!
 
Many thanks to Pee, Amanda and the other NP members that came to this concert.  Also thanks to RS horns for the flowers, caught me by surprise! But its very sweet of you, even tho i barely know you all. Hopefully you guys will be motivated to play the horn after listening to us. Okie, 2 weeks break for SWO. will be back on the third week from now for a lunch i suppose? See you guys soon! Time to focus on NP concert. Phew...

School... Band... And... Concerts...

Running busy schedules lately, too busy until burning out soon but still... got to last until the end of the month which is the date for my second concert in a month. Never tried to run such a schedule before.. Phew...

SWO concert coming in a 2 day's time, pray to god that everything will run smoothly for me and the band! Amen! haha..! NP? still have about another 2 weeks to go...

I think its time for me to start focusing in class already, still pretty much blur what is going on in class. ahaha! 3 weeks into the semester and i just bought my first textbook, with another one not yet purchased. Okie.. time to hit the books!

3D0

3 Day orientation Camp

This is one camp that i least enjoyed thru my years of camping. Not because of the insect bites i have from the residents of sentosa, but its the organisers and the way they run the camp.

First day of camp, i reported late as i have overslept. But its okay because there are activities going on that morning which does not require logistics team which i am in to do any thing. I am one of the two that was left behind to help out that morning. The rest of the team have already gone to sentosa on day zero. Basically, done nothing much on the first day except helping out games and looking after the campsite while all the campers went out for nite walk. The day ends at 2.30am for me.

Second day, woke up at 6.30am. 4 hours of sleep only and it rain at night. Freezing in my sleep, but thanks to bernard who threw his hammock on my feet. kept me slightly warm. Started the day with making a large tub of milo for campers. Never done it at such a large scale. LoLz...!! Followed by distributing breakfast and some packing up at the logistic area. Packing of water bomb comes next and we packed about thousand over water bombs over a period of 8 hours. Meanwhile packing, also delivered lunch to a game station situated at the ferry terminal. Took a monorail there and back to the beach. At least some sight-seeing at last. Upon returning to the campsite, logistic team started to transport firewood to the campfire site and setting up campfire situated at least 1km away from the campsite. Walked up and down the route for at least 6 times. Able to catch some winks before clearing away lunch and distributing dinner to campers. Just before campfire starting, decided to leave the camp to head home. Totally worn out by then. 14 hours of non stop work.

Opening of a new chapter!

A new semester has arrived..! yeepy! Year 2 in Ngee Ann Poly already!

after a long yet fruitful holiday the new semester has started with a huge satisfaction. Weeks of planning for today's orientation for the new year 1s has finally paid off. Seeing those freshies enjoying themselves while playing the games organised.

Looking forward to be with my classmates again, doing all those stuffs that we usually do. Didn't get to hang around much with them, only during lunch break. But its back to normal routine tommorrow onwards.

Band Camp & Fever

4 Days of band Camp and i was gone on the first day.

Day 1: Arrived at band room almost an hour late, feeling a little unwell, in fact started to cough the night before when i went to see harry potter. Picked up the horn and started playing. My condition got worse when during lunch, the sight of the packed lunch made me wanting to puke, but still i try my best to eat, but haiz.. just can't eat! by the advice of my section member, Amanda, i stop and had gone on an empty stomach throughout the afternoon. Tried to play after lunch, but just couldn't, no strength at all.. so i decided to stop for the day, meanwhile my condition just get worse. till helped the librarians with packing scores, i start to feel horrible. I then decided to go home, hoping to return back the next day. Took a cabby home.

At home, lay down and start to feel feverish, took my temp and indeed i was offically down with fever. Send an SOS msg to my mom. Before going to see a doctor, i took my temp again and this time round i was burning! my eyes were all red and i looked horrible. Geez!

Day 2: Morning and i am still burning going even higher, 40 deg! Could hardly have the strength to move. Took a quick cold shower, trying my best to bring it down. But the fever just burn and burn. Sleep most of the day. At night again i took another shower, but this time, i nearly passed out in the bathroom. Before i totally passed out, i dash out and lay down on the bed. Phew! never faint before and this is a close call.

Day 3 & 4: Basically this 2 days, fever still there n fluctuating but just spend the time bring it down.

Well! That's how i spend my very first band camp in NP away from NP! ahahaha.... Recovering now! Thanks for concern guys!

Respect is Earn not Gain

After so many years, have my parents understand what i have grown to become? Speaking about respect, it finally comes to light that my idiotic father has no idea what is respect. To him, respect is something that everyone has to give him without any particular reasons. But after being a student leader and have experience in teaching students, I was taught that respect is something that you have to earn!

Yes, i have to admit that i give lots of respect to my elders, especially my parents. But have they ever give any respect to me as their son? As i am sitting infront of the computer posting up this blog, I am very heart broken. As I think about this family, it makes me more determine to leave this house or country when i am ready to. I feel that i could no longer take this kind of rubbish from this family any longer. It just emotionally and physically draining for me.

Living in this house its like standing in the middle of a mine field, any single wrong move, the mines will just explode. Guess, by not causing any bomb to blow, its just pure luck. Engage in a conversation, its just like defusing the mine. This is how i live day by day.

Geez....

Geez... Other than slacking around as its holidays now, been having a lot of band practice and practicing on horn and piano a lot. But but but... Still need more practice on the higher registers for horn and need to run to build up my STAMINA!!! Geez.. Been breathless quite often when playing. Anyway, NP band concert is confirm to be on 31th July.

Just a few days ago, attended a talk by Adam Khoo, a famous motivational speaker, after sitting thru, I felt that its no much of a difference compared to other motivational speakers. And anyway, got to find out that my brother is attending one of the program conducted by him. Geez.. It cost a bomb. Don't know whether it will have any effect on my brother to help him improve his studies.

For my dental, I have to remove my wisdom tooth, very reluctant to do so. But just could not escape the clutches of the dentist hands. And going to see a doc for my face, told my parents regarding the cost and they look very reluctant to pay after enrolling my brother to the program. Perhaps, putting on braces may not be a good idea thou.. I would rather treat my face first then my teeth or maybe don't put on so I won't be suffering in silence when playing in band. I don't know, what's done is done.

Oh yah! Before I forget, my results are out tml. Hope my results are not that bad. God Bless...

sUrPrIsE sUrPrIsE!

again, i am making another post in a day. almost forgot to add in my first posting, that it is 9th May and its mother's day! so HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all mothers out there! so my whole family when out for dinner, and to my suprise as the title goes, its my grandparent's 50TH wedding annivasary. Golden Jubilee! Geezzz.. will my marriage last 50 years? hmm.... well, that's all i want to add tonight! bye guys!!!

iTs FiNaLly OvEr!!!

hey hey!!! exams are finally over, but i won't expect myself to score well in certain papers for the exam. I would say up till now, it one of the "Best" semester in Ngee Ann in terms of academic. Other than academic, it fairly an eventful semester with the Open house and of course my class!!!

Now its holidays, it will be taken up with band practices and event planning for the freshies. Other than that, i will be basically slacking at home. Some dates to take note - July 12 and 21 SWO and NPCB concert. Date for NPCB's concert is tenative. Cheers to Kenneath Lim on EcoRanger on the successful launch! Read the article on EcoRanger publish on 5th May 2004, Computer Times. Alright, time for me to sign off now, update you guys soon!

eNd oF cHaPtEr 2....

Okie... semester 2 is coming to a close, exams are juz a week away.

A few things happened this past weeks.. firstly is, attended primary school band competition held last week, pretty cool and interesting to see primary school kids competiting with each other. Well, its not a big bang unlike for secondary school, but its one event worth going.

Secondly, i have passed my audition with Sembawang Wind Orchestra (SWO), but its quite amazing how me and my buddy Eddie did it. We took out our audition pieces and started practising hour before the audition. General comment was.... "Don't Ever Pull This Kind Of Stunt Again!"

Thirdly, done my demo for my group's pizza ordering, well.. my feeling is, it could have been better.. but what's done is done.Thanks guys for EVP! For BIS report, got a good grade, thanks to Ivan for the AFD! PSP, don't talk about it. Cheers for those who have done well and work harder for those who don't

Other than that, most of the lessons have been cancelled during the week so i have been slacking around. So after the exams, holiday time... gosh! wonder what am i going to do for my holidays..? Sadly, my class is not attending prom nite, thought will be great fun for us to go.. well, perhaps next year! :-P

dRiVen Up AnD oUt....

Well well, its been a long time since i made a posting... Very busy with my assignments, 3 major assignments in total with a few minor ones too. Obviously, its being a stressful period, lots of down times, not only me but also my fellow classmates. Also being very sick, hopefully able to recover soon..

Thankfully, today marks the last day of all assignments, next up will be the upcoming exams in a few weeks time.

God bless... and happy easter to all!