are you that charitable?

Quote "its not my style to contribute to charity this way, I will usually contribute money instead"

will money really settle the problems of the needy? yes, no doubt it will be used to buy equipment and necessities for them. but will you prefer to stretch out a helping hand to them get past the day, week, month, year better?

Some may think charity work is shit work with no returns, but in actual fact, the satisfaction of making someone's life better.

Okay, Why I decide to take up Candle of the Soul project? Quite simple reason, I am part of a bunch of people that hurries through the pace of life. Sometimes ignoring the needy that goes along the street begging for that few cents in our pockets to get by the day. But how much dollar and cents can we give to ensure that all have a full stomach at the end of the day and a warm, cozy night ahead.

Been to Korea twice, korea is a country known for its harsh winter. At the peak of it is -20 degC (or worst). I was there at the begining of winter, about 5 degC, was crossing an overhead bridge, saw this old granny sitting in the middle, what is she doing? begging of course. I can't help to think, how much can 10,000 won (about USD 10) help her in this cold weather. The experience strikes me hard till this day...

Won't it be nice if we could just slow down our pace to do something to improve their lifes? So i pray for an opportunity, and it was answered! So i am heading the Campfire project hopefully will bring joy and warmth to these disabled kids! =) the other is a CD project, expected to launch in December.

Candle of the Soul CD - Soft launch begining of December
Campfire @ Sentosa - 31 March 2007

Well.. if you do read this post, and do want to help out. Tag or call me! I am constantly open to volunteers!

End of the day.. are you that charitable? and in what ways?

Auf Wiedersehn!

pre-enlistment update

well, just thought of sharing what's going on so far.

NS enlistment is round the corner, in about 3 weeks time. so ya, there goes all my freedom. anyway, been looking forward to it. just the thought of my freedom..... all the time that i bump around. Grr... hehe! so.. its 3 months in Tekong. Weekend book outs, road march, field camp, physical training. Wow...

Heading 2 charity projects under the name Candle of the Soul. 1 is CD album, songs by physically n mentally challange ppl the other is a Campfire. Things have been going... even though the ride so far is bumpy.. it will smoothen out by itself eventually. i hope. hehe! if there are volunteers out there interested to help out, especially the Campfire. pls let me know. I need all the hands in the world i can get! Will be a fun, exciting event.. nxt yr.. haha!

will be dropping into Surabaya, Indonesia to visit the disable kids end of the year. hmm... having a photo exhibition in mind. will it materialize?

So with the recent NBC n alumni performance @ CVSS concert, i guess that's about it for me being active in band tis year. wonder if i could join SWO for end-yr concert? hmm... Well, got to work the timings out again. life will be a total change with NS coming into play.

yesterday's SWO prac was a blast! all the exciting pieces like Samurai by Nigel Clarke, Passion of Christ... Wee..! enjoy, thou was tough! they are proposing Sydney trip nxt year somewhere in june, well... we shall see how it goes. i am skeptical. haha. coz of personal experience. nothing to do with SWO.

Well.. that's all for now!

Auf Wiedersehen!

SFF - Team France

my humble shots.. Zoom out of VCH after my performance.

NDP fireworks another day k? coz not taken with my cam. Till then...

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SFF Round 1

Failed attempt at Team Italy @ Singapore Fireworks Fest. But manage to capture this.

All pics taken so far are from Canon Digital Ixus 400 if ya wondering.

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fresh from the cam

this is what i get from a restless Saturday morning, a pile of music scores, a conductor's baton and a digital camera. haha.. Fresh from post processing..

till then again...

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1 Macro, 3 B&W

bored at home.. again, i was browsing through my hdd, looks like time for me to shoot more images.. haha!

a rose for you? give me some food...? Once again, my favourite in black and white
Product shot of my computer's mouse
Till then..

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National Band Competition

Yeah! comp finally over... so the Shuqun/Compassvale/Zhenghua Combined Alumni Band (freaking long name!) got GOLD!!!!!

A Breakdown of 6 Bands participated in the Open Division:
1. Mus' Art Wind Orchestra - Gold
2. Temasek JC - Gold (Top Band)
3. Ngee Ann Polytechnic Concert Band - Silver
4. Shuqun/Compassvale/Zhenghua Combined Alumni Band - Gold
5. Singapore Management University Symphonia - Gold
6. Raffles JC - Gold

3 Bands including us played the same choice piece - Machu Picchu
3 Bands excluding us played the same set piece - Second Suite in F for Bands

Happy and many congrats to the following 2 bands:
From the 2nd Division: Sembawang Symphonic Winds - Gold (Top Band)
From 3rd Divison: Riverside Secondary School Symphonic Winds - Gold

Other details of the comp - http://sgbandfusion.com/nbc2006_results.htm

No pics yet.. Will upload if any becomes available to me. I will post my thoughts and comments next time la, brain very tired now.. haha! Once again, Congrats to all.. Every effort put in is paid off!

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Concertstück for four horns

Great recommendation for all horn players!

Concertstück for four horns in F major, Op. 68
12 January 2007
7.30 pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Haha.. I know the concert is next year, but just mark it down on your calendar k? Concertstück (a.k.a "Concert Piece") a piece unusually scored for 4 solo horns with the orchestra. Very unique piece and I highly recommend hornist to go! Of course if there is a horn concerto concert, haha, that definately must go also..

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Landscape & Travel

backing up some of my folders. just thought of sharing some images.

A Walk down Memory Lane?

First 5 are from Ayuthaya, Ancient Capital of Thailand. Showing the ruins and country side of Thailand.

Well, the last one is quite familiar to all i believe..

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15 years of music making

Wheee..! its over finally. the horns have pulled through Mahler. parts which is written for 7 horns and done with 4 horns.. wonder how we do it. anyway, i think i sound pretty alright jus for minor hiccups during encore. mmm.. the concert is 3 hours long. one of the longest concert i have done. phew! candid moment- shake Kenneth's hand while standing up in full view of the audience just before Mahler. haha! Overall the concert was quite good!

Guys that made it happen
(Left to right) Tze Jun, Kenneth, Me, Alvin
Singapore River la..Another perspective

that's all la.. till then!

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a little update

Guten Tag! Wie hist du? World cup is here! oh whatever.. haha..! nothing to much to write also...

okies, my violin is finally fixed. so happy! can start screaching away at home and irritate everyone. hahaha!! kidding, i will properly learn and master the instrument and upgrade the size till i hit the string bass. haha!!

yah, currently mahler fever.. Symphony No.1 every weekend. concert is this coming Saturday. biggest work i ever undertaken. my lips are practically red every weekend. and i love the horn parts.. Woooo...! well, still no match to the German orchestras like Berlin, Wiener or the Austrians like the Vienna phil .. for what i know, LSO (London Symphony Orchestra) horns are... *speechless*

oh yah, was on my way home from work crossing the junction at my house mrt there. Guess what.. all traffic came to a standstill to allow the motorcade of the Japanese Emperor n Empress drive by.. Awesome sight!!!! haha! don't get to see such things everyday.

anyway, that's all la, will update post SWO concert. till then..

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don't slam the phone

i realise i have no tolerance for people who slam the phone on me. still a little pissed.

what happened? okay i received a phone call which i assume its from a MLM company la, claiming i won some fantastic prize from a lucky draw which i participated in. Which is totally not true la, coz i never participated it. Funny thing is, they claim the lucky draw that i have participated is within the past one year. But i response, saying i never participate it within the past one year, and quickly they change their claim that it (the draw) happen more than a year ago. Again i told them is not possible, coz i am a student. and immediately they hang/slam the phone on me.

okay, i am totally fine with answering such nonsense calls, and i handle such calls by rejecting them nicely lo. but i think it went too much as to suddenly hang up my phone. i think its basic courtesy that they end the call nicely even though they don't get a lead for their sales or whatever stuff they are involve it.

do note that the person answering the phone is also paying for airtime, and they don't wish to receive such treatment from an unwanted phone call.

so what am i trying to say, slamming the phone on people will jus add fuel to fire or start a fire.

my 2 cent's worth.

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ticket updates

seriously, other than tracking the sales status of a concert. i don't really understand the need for frequent (every 2-3 days) of ticket updates. seriously, if a ticket is sold, it is sold and it will added into the sales figure right?

i think ticket updates has become a platform to irritate people for no particular reasons. seriously (for the 3rd time) ticket holders itself are very concerned about the sales status of their tickets too.. and trying very hard to push the sales. stressing day in day out so what's the point of reminding them to sell, asking them to improve the sales.

for me, i am neither a good salesman nor good in selling. and i truly believe in selling when people are willing to buy. what's the point of spitting out liters of saliva, persuading them to attend the concert and end of the day they getting nothing out of it?

my point is, why do update every 2-3 days? isn't weekly updates going to get the same figure? i don't think its ______ (what's the word?) to answer phone calls at a high frequency, and the caller to make the phone call out of his/her own expense.

i know i will get into serious trouble if this post has been read by certain group of people, but its my blog, and i am just giving my 2 cents worth. if you have read this and disagree and getting furious over what i have written, my thousand apologies. and don't worry, still pushing to improve the sales.

once again,
Ladies and Gentlemen presenting SWO concert:

17 June 2006

Victoria Concert Hall

6.00 pm

Performing:

G. Mahler - Symphony No. 1 "Titans"

Concerto fo Bass Clarinet and Band

Concerto for Trumpet

Pantomine - featuring Euphonium

Highlights from Chess

Les Miserables

Tickets @ $12.00

*Pls Kindly contact me for tickets!

Thank you for you support!

this post is written without the intention to harm anyone, anything, anywhere, anytime.

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*i can be contacted by email, msn, hp or tag board

Enlistment

Title speaks for itself!

8 Sep 2006
BMTC School 2
8.00 a.m

5 more months to bump around. Next 6 yrs already planned out. Woosh!

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Espirit De Corp

Okay, i am still feeling a little, haiz, in fact very sore from SYF even though its over for a few days.

So yah, even though pianist is not penalised for anything and i can actually ignore what has happen. But its WRONG to ignore it! Remember when I first came across this word/phrase whatever u call it "Espirit De Corp" which defines as team spirit. I am part of the team. So as a team, we are up and we are down together.

Team player - Someone who carries out his/her duties and responsibilities as part of the team
Team member - A person who is part of the team
Team Spirit - The energy that bonds a group together

I thinking i am just blabbering out. Thoughts still in a mess... still feeling sore.

feel free to ignore this post. Thanks!

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SMU, SYF and others...

so today was SYF day huh.. just got back from VCH. Nervous as usual, hey i mean don't you guys get nervous before competition? the must buy, must have and must drink RED BULL!! energy boosting! the kids did pretty well for rehearsal this morning. and i think they did a good job on stage. results were...... very very disappointing. haiz. moody moody now and will last for next few days..

Well, peeps, be contented with whatever results achieve during a competition k.. don't get to swell headed or over confident with yourself! don't start blaming judges for the unexpected results. Good Sportsmanship! and yes, all pianist, please try out the piano before playing, u nv want the touch of the piano to become a shock to you. (if pianos were portable! the dream of all pianist!)

Learn from it, improve from it! Move on..

Received letter of offer for Bachelor of Science (Information System Management) from SMU few days back. hehee.. so happy, smiling as i open the envelope! haha! coz its printed Congratulations on the envelope mah! so you will know whats the content before its open. now i can't wait to start Uni life, but will have to wait 2 yrs later coz of you know what la! Bye bye to SNU n Yonsei la! hope i can still do the summer programme with them (that's another thing). and of course, i am accepting the offer!

something not related with what have been posted.

been extremely irritated with certain issues. peeps, please please please, learn to make comment that factual and not anyhow shoot things off your mouth. listen up! i will not tolerate untrue comments made against me! don't talk about defamation and slender to me when you yourself don't know the meaning of it!

Don't you agree? As friends, you have no rights to control your friends! expecting them to do things, appear at places as and when you wish! As teachers, there is no rights and privillages to controlling students. the duty of a teacher is to teach what you suppose to teach, and at most guide them through their life.

Don't speak of responsiblity, leadership and anything of similar context when u don't know the TRUE meaning of it or putting the words into actions.

i am so irritated!

oh yeah! i have written an essay on the art of conducting. interested to read? haha...

anyway, long post but that's all folks!

The desires of the righteous shall be granted (Proverbs 10:24)

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That's life rite?

The past week has made me realize how life is so unpredictable. Running between 2 hospitals in a night. A perfectly healthy person can be brought down by virus or own body cells turning malignant. And now have to undergo treatment, chemo therapy, imagine pumping chemicals into your body that are out to destroy every cell in the body cause they are unable differentiate between healthy and malignant cells. As close family members, all we can do now is to pray hard for speedy recovery.

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing (Psalm 41:3)

So yah, I did mention life is unpredictable rite? Just received a last i mean really last minute request to be participate in SYF with a primary school choir as their pianist. Stress! Competition is in 2 Weeks. Wish me luck!

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolution of the wicked, when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. (Proverbs 3:25-26)

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Moving on...

so yah.. results finally out after a long long long wait. Passed and completed Diploma course. What a big relieve after all the nights of mugging away for exam. Phew..! Going to miss school life. The classroom, air con, tables, chairs,Programming, Presentations, Stress, Stress and more stress and last of all.. crappy stuffs! haha! But got to move on liao..! Jungle here i come! (orh yee orh yee orh!!!)

Primary Education? Checked!

Secondary Education? Checked!

Tertiary Education 1? Checked! and to be continued!

National Education? Un-Checked!

oh yah! anyone have this book --> SAT: The offical Guide ? can lend me or give me. haha.. need to study for it la.

Leave you with this quote from the bible --> He giveth grace unto the humble. (James 4:6)

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Concert Annoucement!!!

SWO Concert 17 June 2006

Venue: As usual VCH

Time: 6.00 pm!! <--- Hey! Take note hor!

Repertoire:

Symphony 1 - G. Mahler

Trumpet Concerto, Bass Clarinet Concerto

Les Miserables

Highlights from "Chess"

Will post this up again at a later date. Tickets are available now. Please call me at 9xxxxxxx for ticket bookings. haha! and yes, i am also reachable by MSN, Multiple Email or the tag board just in case you don't know how to find me.

Hello 2006!

i know its way into the new but not that new year already. haha.. hope all had a enjoyable festive season! =)

so yah.. finish exams, waiting for results and expecting the dreaded letter. Kinda reminds me of the good old post O's days. waiting for results, rotting away at home minus the waiting of the dreaded letter. hahaha!

school life was pretty okay. lots of breaks around. always out of school for lunch. hardly eat canteen food this semester. haha! all thanks to the wonderful invention - Car. Well.. i am not the driver yet. haha.. soon..

been shooting photos alot the past two months, i will upload the photos to my photo albums over the next few days, weeks and months. Erm.. progressively la. haha! anyway, here are some shots. first 2 are from Istana. Our shifu with Unity secondary school on Istana grounds. I think i pretty neat to have it in black & white.

Metal birds guarding our skies at AA2006. The F-16 Fighting Falcon with the sniper pod. Head on shot of this bird. look lean and mean. FYI, F-16 are not design to fly. And the Singapore's own Apache Longbow back from detachment from US (see the bird from a different view). Trip made possible by my mum giving up her ticket. haiz... Oh ya.. check the Gulfstream jet. cool? its mine! muahahaha!

Orchids from Istana
Black & White of Shuqun's Shifu

F -16 Fighting Falcon

Apache Longbow

Gulfstream G450 own by yours truly!

so that all for now.. watch out for the next 2 post on Responsiblity and Leadership. Why i want to talk about? Because YOU make me talk about it.

I leave with this quote from the bible - The Lord shall guide thee continually. (Isaiah 58:11)

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Bangkok, Christmas, SWO

Bangkok - 20th - 24th Dec
Very enjoyable and relaxing trip that comes half way thru the semester. hahaha! very last minute decision to "disappear"! Depart on the 20th afternoon SQ flight feeling very very shag out because had 3 continuous day of band rehearsal before. Hoped to catch some sleep on the plane but inflight entertainment was such a blast! Whee..!

Seriously, communication was the greatest challenge in Thailand, was almost lost when on the cab heading down to the Service Apartment. Luckily, the reception people was able to guide the taxi driver on the phone. Met up with the kids (a.k.a my cousins) from Korea, yes, my uncle was in Bangkok for conference hence the trip for us to meet up with them.

Went to the old capital of Thailand, Ayuthaya about 2 hours North of Bangkok. Visited the ruins, i didn't get the actual name of the place, and also visited Summer Palace. This is the coolest year in thailand, temperature was at an unusual +- 20 degC. I believe Ayuthaya's temperature was about 18degC. Shivering out in the open! And yes, shopping is a must especially for my Aunts. Besides that, just baby sitting around.

Depart Bangkok on the 24th. Sat alone which really made the return flight a more relaxing one! Because i am sitting away from my another cousin, a rascal (not pictured)I should say, Singapore Airlines does really live up to its name. Great service!

Christmas! Was totally drained out already, but still made an effort to attend church service. And SWO concert on the 26th, One of the best concert so far. Marking the 6th Concert in 2005! 4 of which in VCH! Well.... preparing for Common test now! =)

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Human Behavior

Human behave(u)r is the collection of activities performed by human beings and influenced by culture, attitudes, emotions, values, ethics, authority, rapport, hypnosis, persuasion, and/or coercion.

Factors affecting Human Behavior

• Attitude - Its a degree to which a person has a favorable or unfavorable evaluation of behavior in question
• Social Norms - This is the influence of social pressure that is perceived by the individual (normative beliefs) to perform or not perform a certain behavior.
• Perceived Behavioral Control - This construct is defined as the individual's belief concerning how easy or difficult performing the behavior will be.

Source: http://www.psychcentral.com/psypsych/Human_behavior

Random posting of thoughts going on today after "gathering" of Shuqun alumni band members. Somewhat curious to find out the scientific basis of how each individual behaves. And also to justify some actions and remarks made over lunch whether is it being biased, sterotyping (sounds so WISP!) or ________ (can't think of that word).

Something i read and have to agree with - Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear! add on, And Hello will be a difficult word to say! Again, its something random. Bored at home.. =)

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Rondeau 20th

okay, i am a little slow in posting. too tired these few days.

so the curtains came down for the last time huh..? 2 years in NPCB breeze by just like poly life. A big thank you to manda, pee (hey, i have counted 6 concerts at least!), leen, law fatt, brian, shu qin and Ms Koh! Very honoured and blessed to be able to play with you guys. The section will not be what it is without these people. One of the best section i have ever played in! Will always look forward for a chance to play again! (p.s Switzerland 2006 anyone?) Gonna miss all the craps we have done!

Guys, don't hang up your horns k..!

For those who didn't come, u have missed a enjoyable concert.

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Have u ever...

Been force to do things against your wish?

Do things because its a Social Responsibility?

Do things because its the end of it if you don't do it?

Or

Do things because you enjoy the process and do it out of your own freewill?

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tuning systems

ever wondered how complex can tuning an instrument be? finally took the time and effort to seriously search the web about it after a conversation (obviously with someone!) about tuning a band and instrument. i think everyone will have a concept of tuning whereby we either follow a tuning fork, tuner, someone or something that can give a perfect pitch for us to follow.

from what i found out, tuning has become a very mathematical thing where we can actually calculate the frequencies in relation to any note, the different frequencies has a value to it.. blah blah blah...

so there is Equal Temperament, Well Temperament, Mean-tone Temperament and lots of other stuffs. i think it would be pretty cool if you can take some time to browse through this site >Click Me!< to find out about more. Get the gist of it! its too heavy for me to post it. i also having difficulties understanding certain parts of it. if not interested.... hahaa...

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Repetition

is history gonna repeat itself again for the one... two... three... foruth time? haiz...

school have been generally okay... lots of interesting topics and yupz... we watching cartoon for lecture.. share some nice quotes from class

"Do not do to others what you do not wish yourself" - Confucius
"The wise are free from doubts; the virtuous from anxiety; the brave from fear" - Confucius

any relation to this post... NOPE!!!

anyway.........

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Head Hunting

so.... i am returning back to school tml. Prepared for it? Well... i jus happen to found out that my class has been split up, so can't crap around anymore. =( And feeling abit weird, as normally i have been heading to office for the past 2 months. And i have not had regular classes for the past 8 months!!! geez! Attachment la..

okay. Anyway.... I AM LOOKING FOR HORN PLAYERS!! to join SWO for the December Concert and Switzerland trip next year. currently there is only one horn player and is yours truly. so please please please..............

Rondeau Concert
Date: 26 NOVEMBER 05
Venue: VCH
Repertoire: Mostly Alfred Reed's pieces e.g Second Suite in Band

SWO Concert
Date: 26 DECEMBER 05
Venue: VCH (again....)
Repertoire: Egmont (By Bert Appermont) and other nice pieces la...

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Understanding Baroque

Hallo! Guten Morgen! Had discussions on styles of music recently and have realised that many still fail to understand the beauty of Baroque music. Baroque music have always served as the foundation to all music composed for the past 500 years. Even though this period of music is 500 years old and ageing, its still alive in many music we play today.

I have extract some key points from my previous post. To read the full post, scroll down! Its somewhere down this page.

Tempo
- Usually stays the same throughout

Dynamic
- Range in dynamic is narrow
- Terrace dynamic

Style
- Formal, imitative

A few important things to do when you tackle a piece of music, is to firstly determine the period of music that its in.

One thing to note is the tempo of music. As written above, a Baroque music have a relatively fixed tempo throughout, mostly it ends with a BIG retard. So why is this so, you would need to know that Baroque music are written for the Kings and Queens of that time. So music have to sound Grand and Formal, maybe if you were in Europe, you can see the intricate designs of the Cathedral. So music must have fixed tempo to fit the mood. Just imagine yourself walking down the aisle of a church on your wedding day, and the musicians playing pachebel canon with irregular tempo, I bet you will not be able to walk down the aisle with a regular pace. So without realising it, we have covered two points, Tempo and Style!

Tempo always set the mood!

Dynamic are Terrace whereby when a phrase is Forte, it is in Forte and when it is in Piano, it will be in Piano. There will NEVER be a Cresendo or Decresendo in between two phrases to transit the dynamics. Just imagine as music walking up and down a staircase. So the other point about dynamic is narrow is because of the limitation in the dynamic range of instrument of that time, where a Harpsicord or Clavicord only have a small dynamic range thus give this characteristic.

Well there is another point that i want to cover, which is the texture of Baroque. But its kinda hard to explain in words. So till i figure out how it should be written down, enjoy learning and understanding Baroque.

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H I! B Y E!

so what's been going on recently?

currently working. temp assignment at IBP a.k.a International Business Park. working with a fun bunch of people.

My SLR is up for sale. Considering getting a Nikon D50, so my current lenses won't work on a Nikon system. Let me know if anyone is interested.

catching up with old pals, crapping, eating, slacking. great fun!

guess there isn't much to post. till then...

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Wired vs Wireless

this is interesting... the whole family is trying to troubleshoot the house wireless network problem while i am enjoying a very safe and reliable connection. Why? because, i am on a wired network.

up till now.. i am still questioning the need to have a wireless network in this tiny house. i understand that its considered high-tech by my parents standards. but still i don't feel the need to. because mainly the computers that uses the network are the desktop which i doubt anyone would like to carry it around the house just to surf Internet anywhere anytime.

its quite ironic because I, a laptop user uses a wired network while my family, the desktop users uses a wireless network. Anyway, its their internet connection to troubleshoot. as long as mine is problem free i am happy with it.

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Baroque Period (1600-1700) 17th Century

For the benefit of all... Understanding the style of Baroque Music. Need more in-depth understanding after reading this? Look up for me! Meanwhile.. enjoy learning and reading!

Texture
- Basically polyphonic, contrapuntal, or counterpoint

Harmony
- Chords and their inversions were established
- Basic cadence used (Perfect, Plagal, Imperfect, Interrupted)

Melody
- A melody (Theme) usually appears in sequence
- These reappearances could also be modified though the style remains the same
- Melodic lines can be quite chromatic at times
- Ornaments largely used

Tonality
- Diatonic key

Tempo
- Usually stays the same throughout

Dynamic
- Range in dynamic is narrow
- Terrace dynamic

Style
- Formal, imitative

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IHP Viva

consider it a job well done. today didn't start off very good, raining like crazy. but still manage to get my butt to school. had this crazy idea of putting on a blazer for presentation because of the cold weather. haha.. but didn't. i didn't even manage to put on my tie in time for presentation. dressing quite slack.

anyway, go school early, finalize the slides and stuffs.. slides looks good. decide to send it for printing. it would be a reference for us, and a supplementary notes for the supervisors and 2nd markers.

20 mins before, had suggest this crazy idea of actually showing Phase 1 of this project. Side track a bit, my partner and I are doing the 2nd Phase of this project. So anyway, rationale for this idea, since we want to present this project, might as well show every damn thing rite? haha... went to get the laptop and try to set up the system. the system didn't work. haha... its impromptu la, so everything was rushed during set up. but still i think the idea was put through to the 2nd markers.

Presentation went on really really well. minor hiccups here and there, as usual. but its okay. comments from supervisors were, its a presentation that went beyond their expectations. A bit on the 2nd markers, both of them are Caucasians, one of them from Aussie the other was from States i think or another Aussie. Think its quite unique to have Caucasians 2nd markers. jus love to talk to Caucasians, it gives you a different perspective about things.

A big relieve, very happy and satisfied about the presentation.

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my "lovely" family

10 things my family does best:

10. Playing Dumb

09. Disorganized

08. Take things for granted

07. Borrow things and never return

06. No action, Talk only

05. Distort fact

04. Cannot relay message properly

03. Forever assume things

02. Make false accusations

01. Being Idiots!

Preparing for important presentation, trying to recover from a sore throat with a terrible cough so that i can talk and expect me to send cousin for piano lesson at the snap of their fingers? This is damn ridiculous..! Insane..

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Home Run... (IHP)

last obstacle but a major one to overcome next week. IHP Viva. in the midst of preparing the slides. met up with the supervisors. my idiotic partner didn't turn up despite telling him about it. disappear to work reason being he didn't know what time is the meeting. don't know if he is dumb or acting dumb. it was an oversight not telling him the time, but it was his responsibility to find out the time. i bet he has yet to realise the scale of this whole IHP thinggy. and of course jeopardizing everything in its way. as what the church had preached

Good things happen to Bad People, Bad things happen to Good People

this can't be more true. well... another saying goes

One for all, All for One

my horn section's motto. guess gotta bear all the unwanted shit. Optimistic or pessimistic about things? Shall see how things take its course. too tired to scream and yell at people. don't force me. i will do it if i have to.

***UPDATES***
Presentation slides have been re-done and looking good. totally change the format of topics. will update more on this post.

Auf Wiedersehen!

IHP Experience (Week 18)

BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!!

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IHP Experience (Week 17)

i am on the verge of killing someone! argh! can't one idiot remember a very simple instruction that was given out on Week 15 which is just 2 weeks ago that the report is a combine report. and 2 weeks ago you gave that now considered as crappy big talk about having a discussion of what to put in for the report. Jolly well disappear for the past 2 weeks and now tell me that you have submitted your report when its suppose to combine with mine? hello to this idiot.. in the first place did you realise that this is a combine project? argh! Thanks for your idiotic actions okay.. it really "help" alot i mean REALLY "HELP" alot... f*** it alright.. go ahead and enjoy your chalet! bloody fool! only applies to this idiot, i withdraw my statement about attitude problem and declare that you have a serious ATTITUDE PROBLEM! for others, my statement applies k...!

seriously, i better think twice, thrice, million, billion, zillion times about working on this project further to prepare it for competition next year..!

yes... report submission deadline this friday 12 noon. so far so good. need to work on the diagrams and print and can submit liao... can consider on holiday from next week onwards!

Auf Wiedersehen!

attitude problem

do you have an attitude problem? what really cause attitude problem? do you like to be accuse of having attitude problem? do you accuse people of having attitude problem?

Let's see... defination of attitude.
According to dictionary.com - Attitude is define as A state of mind or a feeling

n 1: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" [syn: mental attitude]

My theory is attitude problem is just a difference of attitude between two subject. Lets say.... Person A has a different attitude towards for example a project over Person B then Person A will accuse Person B having attitude problem just because he/she does not have the same working attitude.

But let say Person C is able to compromise with Person B, will Person C ever accuse Person B of having attitude problem?

In my opinion, everybody takes a different attitude towards something, attitude problem arise only when two attitude does not agree. So actually, I can say that attitude problem is not a problem at all. Any second opinion? This two words actually carry NO i mean N.O meaning at all...

So i hope all living human beings living on this polluted earth stop accusing people attitude problem and learn to compromise with each other. ATTITUDE PROBLEM is just part of the foul language family where when people run out of words to scold, they just pick up words from here and hopefully carry on with scolding!

Imagine a Husband takes a different attitude from his Wife when doing say household chores, the husband will accuse the wife "YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM ISSIT?" and the wife will also go "YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM ISSIT?" Wow... then i think i shall study to be a lawyer, all couples in the world will start divorcing each other. earning big bucks man.... You see, you don't see this in marriage often, why? because they learn to compromise each other.

So after all this rubbish, let me summarise.. Attitude problem is purely a difference of attitude between two individual!

Anyway, people, you can challenge my theory... jus tag your comments. or you want can call me or email me. I am all ears to it.

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IHP Experience (Week 16)

Hmm... report writing this week. getting off to a terrible start. haha! don't where to start, what to write. so far only 1/10 of the report is written. still gotta prepare for Viva! anyone got FYP report sample? hahaha... wish me luck!

Weeks left = 4 Weeks!

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Making of a Band

Got this from somewhere, to a certain Extend, its pretty true about what goes into a making of a band. =)

"If instrument doesn't exist,a band won't be formed. But, a band with onli woodwinds, onli a melody is formed. But, it is different, when only a band, is formed with onli brass instrument. A harmony, A melody, will be formed. But when a band is formed with every instrument a perfect band with a perfect music will exist. And that shows us, the harmony of music, the harmony of nature. But, when there is an instrument, without a player, music will be formed by nature.

The music that is formed by nature, is a music that is natural. But,when a music that is formed by a heart of a human. A perfect song will be formed, that will touches the nature's heart. And, with that way, a perfect song, a perfect melody, and a perfect nature will be formed. A band's harmony can be formed, when all hearts are connected, that will touches human's heart. But, without practices, a melody and harmony won't be formed. So, practice always. Practice makes perfect. "

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Snapshots again

Planning to do my Cityscapes series....

Taken on 16/7 after Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Concert

IHP Experience (Week 15)

LATEST!!! Project submitted!

feels good to copy and paste the files onto the server. it means submission of product. but still thinking should i improve on certain features, i mean making it more robust as it should be. seriously, lazy to touch on it.. haha..

looking at the guidelines for report writing, i am totally lost. expecting us to write 10,000 words?! geez.. i could barely write 10 words for a start.. okay. meeting my supervisor tml, once a green light is lit, programming is over.

Weeks left = 5 Weeks

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Snapshots on dSLR

Sin City

Reflections

Two favourite shots taken today. Playing with SLRs.... Free to comment.

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IHP Experience (Week 14)

Goodie good... all features completed! time to do some testing to make sure that features are working properly. hopefully there will be no major problems otherwise gotta seriously crack my brain to solve it which i don't want it to happen. Will be going on to next phase of project which is report writing!

Weeks left = 6 Weeks

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Die SWO und SSW koncert

Just reached home. Overall, i think the concert was okay la. won't comment much on SSW because didn't really hear them, but they sounded quite okay from backstage. slacking there for the first half of the concert and crapping with my sectionmates.

Reached the concert hall over an hour late and still do nothing there, picked up my horn and went warming up with another section mate. then there is this german tourist that come talking to us, introducing himself from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media in germany. both of us got a shock. kena sabo, i was introduce to him and told that i could speak german. geez..! i lost touch with that languge that i refuse to say a single word, not even a Guten Tag! haha.. really must recall all those stuffs. Got his namecard, ppl interested in Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra we can call this guy! haha.. anyway, can tell his really in culture and media, was shaking heads and giggle went SSW was doing their really horrible tuning! talking about Sprintime celebration mentioning he like the color of the songs blah blah blah.

Kk... enough of him. During concert, opening part was kinda joke to everyone where everything just screw up. too last minute liao. representing joel to collect award, initially they placed us along the edge of the stage, i joked with the SSW players, NICHOLAS for SALE! haiz.. displaying models ah? kk.. crapping. anyway, collect award from Dr Tony Tan.

MR JOEL GOH! PLEASE COME AND COLLECT YOUR LONG SERVICE AWARD!!!

Mmm... Festive Overture, i play until breathless.. seriously if u intend to breath don't bother playing it, coz every breath equals to missing a few bars. opening fanfare sounds good, very grand. other than that, the usual glitches and stuff la, bluffable la...

Euphonium rhapsody n Carnival of Venice - nothing to say la. was euphonium's show.

Star Wars Saga - To the horns was Shit Wars Saga, a massacre for all horn players. hahah... half dead when the song ended, who won? i think its the Dark Side. hahaha... Again another bluffable piece, the band literally skipped a bar in the middle of the song, haha.. hopefully to the audience was not obvious. hahah!!

Combine Songs - Bist Du Mei Meir(something like that) erm... okay la.. Phantom of the Opera, its a horrible arrangement. another bluffable piece.

overall... bluffable!

Ich moechte gern schlafen.
Auf Wiedersehen! Guten Nacht!

dollar for thoughts

think i have diverted too much of my attention onto unnecessary stuffs recently. feel so lost, forgetful, retarded n senile. Lolz.. but thankfully there is this cute creation of god whom just pop out of no where and bring me smiles. thank you god and this cute creation. shall drop some issues, really.. not worth my attention.

somethings are better left un-said, somethings are better left un-done.

few notes - WASBE 2005, wish NP band all the best on their performance! too bad gotta bail out due to conflicting schedules. SWO concert this sunday, hopefully can put up a decent concert. my hopes are not high.

Due for NS medical, what the fish!!!

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IHP Experience (Week 13)

very happy with the progress of the project. finishing line is within sight and a few tweaking for some codes to get the feature working as promised to. nothing much to say but just great joys on how's things going.

Weeks left (Programming) = 2 Weeks
Weeks left (IHP) = 7 Weeks

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cents for thoughts

i don't want to jump into conclusion, i don't want to speculate. learnt a harsh lesson before and don't want history to repeat itself. quite irritated with some people's action, reaction recently. guys please do reflect on your actions as you may jus have misinterpreted the situations otherwise if you strongly believe is my mistake, i am contactable 24/7 to trash things out.

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penny for thoughts

if durian is your favourite fruit because of its fragrance then comes one day it pricks you hard that you bleed, will you still want to eat it? if orange is your favorite fruit because you like the sweetness it brings then comes one day you ate a sour orange, will you still want to eat it?

Somethings are better left un-said. period.

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IHP Experience (Week 12)

Monday - manage to get a sample of web service code from my classmate who was hiding somewhere in the library. i walked round n round n round with the terrible pain from my thigh muscles. yesh! the codes came in really handy, basically solve all problems related to coding. Met up with my supervisor, showed him what was done so far. Loaned PDA from him for the rest of the project weeks.

Wednesday - Research on RFID, coming out with a report or some sorts. intending to put it with my project report. nothing much. went home during the afternoon and fell asleep the moment i hit the bed. haha.. guess i am too tired.

Weeks left(IHP) = 8 Weeks
Weeks left (Programming) = 3 Weeks

Auf Wiendersehen!

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..




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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

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"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:.*

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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!