when it's over..

hahas. arh ben found all 20!! good on you ben!! lol

yea i posted random "happy bday arh ben"s all over the place! The final greeting I was actually on the phone with him from 2355hrs onwards, helping him find the last few right... Then we were like "17 le... 3 more 3 more!" Then he's all like "where where!" then I'm like "you forgot a very important place..." then he went "YOUR BLOG!" then yah hahaha he found the 2 here right, like AT LAST. Then when he was like "OH your TAGBOARD!" then I was like YES YES That's number 19!! Yayy! Then i was like and for no 20, "HAPPY BDAY ARH BEN!!!" hahaha. so yea. quite stupid but y'know.. Haha

Alright.. Today was an ok ok day.. Hate having my period but what the heck.. Hehe

Family stuff today... Shall not talk too much abt it.. But anw, we went to Geylang for Frog Porridge dinner (yummmness!) and tell ya, my parents seriously LOVE people-watching at geylang. Like seriously. For me it's just gross but for them, it's like some tourist experience! Aiyoh. Haha. Came home a bit late for meeting coz we had to stop by a funeral of some distant relative.. Then had meeting.. Urgh. Hope ts doesn't take offence abt all the stuff I said. I'd rather say it to his face then keep badmouthing him behind his back la. Anyways.. yea then had durian..

Something I wanna blog abt is tt recently (i know i'm slow) i realized that I've really been taking my family, esp my parents, for granted.. I think maybe it's coz of the surrounding environment i grew up in, but I never ever grew up feeling wealthy or what until recently.. I kinda comprehend that my parents (ok, my DAD) is rather well-to-do (he needs to stop boasting about this - he keeps going like, "You know to own a car like mine what kind of yearly income you must be drawing?" etc..) but the thing is, I've never felt like i'm particularly rich or what. I mean, i know how it feels like to be feeling poor (like when my own finances are running low) but the thing is, I know that if i ever need money, all i have to do is ask. Recent events have made me rethink my family background.. The other day CAME were just chatting abt our finances and our parents.. And I realized that contrary to what I'd earlier believed, my friends aren't from wealthy backgrounds.. And I mean, i dunno it's just a bit of a shock to know that they.. I dunno how to say argh lol. Like, my parents really just leave me very much on my own, and I snap at them when they pry into my affairs.. I know why i do that (another story for another time) but anw.. Think i need to stop taking my parents for granted...

I mean, I've known all along that they really mean the best for me, it's just that sometimes the way they say and do things really really gets on my nerves.. Nevertheless, I swear I will make the effort to be a better daughter from now on. God help me! But like seriously.. I know I can count on my parents to be there for me no matter what and for that, i'm super thankful. And I'm very very glad that there's almost nothing that my family(i mean extended) cannot help me with. I'm not saying we're aristocratic, but now that I've seen more of Singapore, I realize that yea omg my relatives arh... *shakes head* Scary.

Enough of that.. I wanna go study for a bit now.. Won't be free at all tml coz of the Esprimere MAF Celeb =) Hehe. Ciao all~

hunt!

HAPPY BDAY ARH BEN!!!!


haha. go on! search all over the usual outlets and see if you can find all 20 greetings! wahaha. must search carefully arh! There are 2 greetings on my blog de! =)

PS - dear readers this may sound crazy but anw, it's arh ben's 20th bday! And i've posted 20 greetings in all all over the web and some on his hp etc.. Haha so yea he's on some kinda nutty treasure hunt. LOL

see ya!

yoyoyo..

hey all...

ok lemme just check where did i last blog until... in the meantime u guys can take a peek at my horoscope! lol

Friendster Horoscope for September 29, 2007

Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21)[?]

The Bottom Line

Try to be more open toward the idea that people are full of surprises. Have faith.

In Detail

If people have been disappointing you in life lately, have faith that things will turn around soon -- because they will! Try to be more open about the fact that people are full of surprises and sometimes when they make a gesture, offer up a compliment, or just smile your way, they can make your day. There are so many fresh possibilities just about to enter your life -- what you need to do today is to let yourself believe that your future holds more happiness than you past ever did.

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hmmmms.... lol it's cool man..

had a weird week so far la.. where did i blog till? oh yes maf... i think..

ehs.. monday.. tuesday.. wednesday... can't really rmb what i did.. go sch.. pia hwk... i think.. haha.. yea.. stoned. CCA Lesson on Tues.. Then there was performance on Thurs.. I sang Umbrella wit junior VY with Tai An on rap and How Do I Live also.. Heh. It was normal ba.. The mike system was really lousy.. Yea.. Finished up my assignments for 317... Then today was a bad day.. Dun wanna say le..

Realized tt I was pms-ing the whole week on Thurs.. Haha. Coz i was feeling super unwell on Thurs morn, kept going to puke.. Damn sick and yucky feeling la. But in the end realized tt it was coz my period came. LOL. Stupid leh... No wonder my whole week was so shitty. Siannnn...

Today the impossible happened! I took the same cab again! And the cabbie rmbed me leh! Funnyyy. Coz i flagged down the cab at my house then i got in.. Then after telling the cabbie where to go we realized tt the meter not working.. Then I just told him tt I go SIM v often and I know how much it'll roughly end up. Then he said "yah i know, i fetched you there before" then i was like HUH!????? Then he continued "yah when i saw u i was like thinking, this girl surely going to clementi sim"

LOL. This can only mean one thing. I seriously cab way too often.

Yea.. Another thing I wanted to blog abt.. Shit i can't rmb shitshitshit.. It's abt something someone said.. Sigh.. Erm.. Errrmmm...!! Shiiittt...

OH YAH! It was something val said abt me tt day when we were dining at fish&co. Heh. Before I move on to tell u about what she said.. let's just do a quick quick event blog. Today after lessons (screwup. let's not talk abt sch) my tuition was cancelled so i went home, put on some makeup, freshened up, then went to meet Yvonne at FarEast. OMG you had to like practically tie my hands tgt so that I would not shop la. OMGOMG so much stuff I liked! grr. The gorgeous gorgeous shoes and the clothes and oh mannnn... Stupid yvonne.. TEMPT ME! She blew like 200 plus la.. Haha anw after we discussed our work stuff then I cabbed (i know!) home then had dinner and icecream(ben&jerry's dutch choc fudge) (i knowww!) then watched Without A Trace on Star or AXN i can't rmb.. Yea..

Ok! Haha now to tell ya what Val said abt me.. Hehe. We were just talking abt... OH WAIT! This did not take place on the night of Sam's finals but on Monday night when I went to JE Library to meet my student, who happily pangseh-ed me.. Val kindly met up with me and we walked walked talked talked and ended up at IMM Cafe Cartel having some yummylicious stuff.. Hehe.. yea.. So basically we were just talking abt stuff.. Then I was saying sth abt how I really just cannot care less abt how ppl see me anymore.. And she was like "Do you know how much you've grown since J1?" And i was like, omg am I very much fatter? lol. Yea but anw, she means like emotionally and stuff.. haha.

And yea, I've realized that I've really really grown a lot mentally, in that I know what's important to me now. And this is really thanks to 2 (or 3 or more) important people... Namely, Jac (for the really important talk that one significant night), Melvin (for screwing up my life and making jac scold me till i came to my senses) and TS (for making me realize that you REALLY cannot judge a book by its cover) and of course Val (for showing me that it really didn't matter what people thought about you.. And of course for always providing me the support and love I need) I feel like I've really matured so much. Sigh.

Do you guys agree? Haha. I think i'll stop blogging here. Will blog more soon! BTW HEROES SEASON 2 IS FINALLY BACK!!! =) Yayness

maf!

so yea today had a mini celeb for maf (that's Mid Autumn Festival to the morons who dunno.. LOL (psst siying))

ok i've had a relatively good 3 days.. Post-project, everything just seems so much easier! Haha

Thursday after the presentation we continued having the rest of the lessons (almost died and didn't wanna go for 231 but went in the end..) Kevin McKelvey & the NBT person turned up for our presentation! Scary! (speaking of which, remind myself to email the nbt person) K anyways, think we did ok, a lotta ppl told us we did a good job, which was nice to hear =)

K then after all lessons, i went down to stage area to meetup wit esprimere ppl, we had our exco meeting, thrashed some things out... I think things went quite smoothly.. Hopefully we have less hiccups in future. Esprimere Exco GOGOGO! =)

Then was confidence boosting lesson.. Perhaps our worst session yet.. Maybe coz we did quite well for the prev 2 conf boosting sessions so this time around not so good in comparison.. Nevertheless, I hope it was a good experience for the juniors =)

Speaking of which, i've been looking at my juniors' friendster profile pages and have realized that they've become really good friends (and used my terms F4 and 7 Flowers to describe each other lol) and are testi-ing each other like crazy about singing and all =) so happy =) Nice to see the juniors enjoying themselves!! =D

alright then we had our usual dinner stuff (and mini ktv session onstage lol) after tt.. K then on to Friday! I overslept, so missed NTR and since ESL ended freaking early, i was too late to attend tt one too =( Anw, made it to sch for the exco budget meeting (consisting only of me marisa and ts)... Did our projected budget for next year.. Hopefully we get the sum we asked for!! (PS: we needa buy 4 mikes using the funds we got frm duet superstar!) Then after the meeting I met up wit my darlingest Li Siying!!! Hehehe. Darling lsy cancelled her tuition to pei2 me watch movie =) So i finally satisfied my movie craving... =) We met up at lot 1, bought some quick snacks then headed in to watch Chuck & Larry! Hee! Nice movie, that.. It's very pro-gay and has some really funny parts.. And has managed to stop me from disliking Jessica Biel. The woman is really quite hot, and comes across as very nice in the show.. =) so i suppose i don't oppose to her being with Justin Timberlake that much.

Enough bimbo talk! After the movie xyz and I had a nice chat over LJS and then we went our separate ways.. I went home while she headed to Tampines to meet her boyfriend.. Haha. Poor dear was stuck in the bus (omg i typed "stuck in the bust"!!! omg) for more than one and a half hours! Ok so anw i went home and can't rmb what i did.. But i know i was so shagged that i fell asleep around 8pm to 11pm... Then woke up to bathe and then had to wait for my hair to dry etc.. Haha.. Ok

Saturday... Oooh. I hung out at home till I went to meet val at IMM at 615pm! We had fish&co for dinner! yummmmmm~ Absolutely one of my favorite places for fish&chips, mushroom soup and their seafood platter rice! =) Ok anw, after dinner I realized I left my ticket at home, so msged Sam to leave me another one.. Then walked around for awhile and SMARTLY realized (if val hadn't asked, I wldn't have rmbed) that i had ZERO form of identification on me. Totally assumed I could waltz into Zouk without anyone caring. Hahas so val had to drive by my house, i ran in and got my ic and tic.. Then ran out and we took a fucking long and weird drive to Great World City.. Walked over to Zouk.. The people couldn't find the tix sam left for me so we had to buy one more (coz i had mine rmb?) Then went in...

A lotta cute guys! ahahahahahaha =) I was like "Woah cute (turn a corner) woah cuuuute! (turn another corner) oooh hot!" lol. Damn bimbo i know but woah! Cute guys galore! Hot ladies also la. Haha. Ordered an apricot brandy and ordered val a redwine (smartly forgetting that she was driving) and watched the beauties onstage. All were gorgeous but generally quite stiff looking.. Sam looked great =) I loved her walk and she had the "slut" look down pat.. Maybe coz of her eyebrows.. LOL but anyways, her evening-gown walk was really great and needless to say, she made it into Top 8! Heh then was the q&a round... I screamed like a rabid dog after she answered her qn (very well i might add) and the woman beside me gave me a really dirty look and wldn't accept my apologies.. So it was time to leave.. We headed down to Changi Airport where val had to see her friend Kozaw off.. He was leaving for the UK.. It was a really sad event.. Even an observer such as myself was close to tears! Sigh. I felt the sorriest for the girlfriend.. And she looks so sweet and all. Sigh sigh sigh.

Ohwells. Ok then sped back home. Haha. Made it just a min before midnight i think. SUrprisingly when I logged on, sam was online le! Haha. I suppose she finished early. Sadly enough she didn't make it into top 4, but i think she had done a fantastic job already. I'm so super proud of you sam!! =) <3

Ok! Today! My tuition kid cancelled tuition so I slacked around at home till i left for church at 445pm and did both the first n second readings today.. A visiting Australian priest was the celebrant today.. He was so tall that the mike at the podium cldn't reach his mouth even when it was stretched to full height. When the mike is stretched to full height right, it hovers above my head by a few cm.. So you get the idea.. Anyways. He was really nice and funny, came over and asked some cordial questions abt my lector-ing (before the service, of course) and my name and whether i was baptised in this church etc.. Then right, when giving communion, he shocked me by saying "Cherlynn, the body of Christ"... And I was so thrown off by this that i said "Thank you" instead of "Amen"!! Then I quickly mumbled "Amen" and put the communion in my mouth. LOL. The altar boy stared at me when I said "Thank You" la! So funny. ANyways, as usual, I felt a humongous sense of peace after releasing my burdens to God.. I loved today's hymns, especially Sing To The Mountains.. Thankfully it was the final hymn, so it rung around in my head for quite awhile... Heh.

Then went for gathering at Godma's house! Durian Mooncake, White lotus paste mooncake and yam thingy mooncake! I had a small slice of each! Woah nice! And there was fish curry for dinner! Whee~ Hehe

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Ok nx Sunday 30th Sept, I'm going down to tong's house.. And tong, i haven't told you yet coz this is just a very sudden craving of mine, but can we just invite more ppl and make it a mini MAF celebration? I want to have mooncakes and sparklers and lanterns!!! Yea!

Here's the ppl we wanna ask and haven't asked yet:
Reena
Tai An
Jinglun

Here's the ppl I wanna ask and haven't asked yet:
Singing club ppl!

Here's the ppl I've asked and are comin!:
Li Siying
Sam Lee
Me! Hahaha


Yupyup. Tong how? Can? Can? Hehe. Lemme know. Alrighties darlings. Ciaos!

so precious...

A really sweet story... I love granmas...

Freckles

An elderly woman and her little grandson, whose face was sprinkled with bright freckles, spent the day at the zoo. Lots of children were waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was decorating them with tiger paws. "You've got so many freckles, there's no place to paint!" a girl in the line said to the little fella.

Embarrassed, the little boy dropped his head. His grandmother knelt down next to him. "I love your freckles. When I was a little girl I always wanted freckles," she said, while tracing her finger across the child's cheek. "Freckles are beautiful."

The boy looked up, "Really?"

"Of course," said the grandmother. "Why, just name me one thing that's prettier than freckles."

The little boy thought for a moment, peered intensely into his grandma's face, and softly whispered, "Wrinkles."

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*sniffs* So beautiful! =)

anyways... i'd just realized something a few days ago.. All of us are trying to be something that we're not.. Yup i put that as my msn nick for awhile.. Coz don't you realize if we are already something we don't need to try to be that? Haha yea. And right, we all kinda aspire to be sth la...

OKOK brain block can't think. will blog abt this another day k. heh

my horoscope for today! =)

The Bottom Line

An exciting new relationship is growing in your life -- you two work well together.

In Detail

There is a new relationship that's been forming in your life, and it's going to start taking you in some very interesting directions today. You two work well together in many different capacities, so you have a firm foundation upon which to build a whole new level of relationship. Be open to their suggestions, and remember that this is something the two of you are creating together. It is a collaboration, so be prepared to listen as much as you talk.

interesting... bina! it's something we are creating tgt eh? =)

quick one!

i am so certainly blogging more often lately =)

anyways, just a quick one before i go zzz! today was school, pia-ing project and then cca!

i'm super proud of CAMEP =) we finished up (sorta) our project today.. Many kudos to maddie for pia-ing the video, ann mad phy n evy for pia-ing the asiacentric part =) Really proud of you guys =)

CCA - basic lesson started at 5pm today.. I taught basic solfege and rhythm.. And basic warmup and techniques.. Yup. Then lesson started and was fun! =) Really big big groups of ppl.. And there's a buncha eng singers... Means i'll definitely be needed around le. Fun but stressful at the same time know!


Some photos of the finals to put up:

Me Onstage!

Superstars! The Handphone Endorsement Photo

Fion & I at the Esprimere Superstar Awards(the dress code for our booth for student week was SUPERSTAR hehe)

=)

Yupyup! Anw, heard from Estella abt our Finals performance.. Apparently we were in the judges' list of Top 3.. Think we were 2nd or something.. But we got pulled down by votes.. Or rather, the lack of.. Yep. Oh wells. I suppose there's supporter fatigue among my friends le. Haha. Nvm.. Next time don't call u all down le... Hahaha. Ok la!

Alrighty I wanna zzz le. Tml 9am lect! Nite everyone! =)

the indulgz story... =)

here we go!

arh ben treated me to Indulgz on Sat!! =) So shiok! But he wouldn't let me know where we were going till we were at Bugis, then he was like, it's this place called Indulgz. Then i was like OHHHHHH!!! Super excited haha coz i'd heard abt it! So yea! Ok so here's what it was abt!

We had a five course meal in all, consisting of soup, salad, starters, entree and dessert! I'll shut up now and let the pics do the talking! Suffice to say that arh ben cleaned up everything! haha. It was super good! And we both agree that the cheese fries were the BEST man! Heh.

Here goes!

The lovely Indulgz...

yummy drinks

My Ice Mountain (that LTA treated earlier) looks so forlorn in comparison.. HEHEHE

Mine was French Onion while arh ben had the Iced Peach champagne thingy... It was quite sweet and cold.. Heh. But if you keep eating it it tastes good =) My French Onion was just fantastic =)

Arh Ben cleaned up his soup! haha

I was craving for Caesar's Salad so here it was! Haha =) It's not bad. A bit weird on the first bite but thereafter it's super yummy =)

DAMN DAMN DELICIOUS! It tastes just as good as it looks!!! Maybe even better!!

The CHEESE FONDUE omg! It(the cheese mix thing) was blended with White Wine and German Brandy so the alcohol smell was quite strong.. The best thing to dip the cheese with, in my opinion, was the red apple. Deeeelicious! =)

ben cleaning up the fondue.. hahaha

If you can see it, you'll know what I ordered and what arh ben ordered!

btw, we finished the fries! Haha

Our main courses!!! =) Arh ben's thing was some pork loin thing which tasted a bit smelly but the apple sauce thing was nice! But i dunno what part of pig is pork loin from so yea... Arh ben bluffed me, saying it was intestine. I almost spit the pork out la! But the meat was really quite smelly. My chicken, on the other hand, was nice =)

Really nice... AND the best part is the MASHED POTATO! They have some super atas name for it which I can't remember now some potato truffle or sth. Whatever. It tastes fucking good!!

Last but NOT least, our desserts! I had lemon souffle while arh ben had earl grey pana cota! I couldn't take the tang of the lemon after awhile so we swopped halfway. I LOVE THE EARL GREY PANA COTA!!! DAMN GOOD!

So yes yes as you can see, it was really a fantastic dinner!! =) Thanks arh ben for the treat =) *feels guilty* (He wouldn't let me know how much the bill came up to but only said tt the gst (7%) was about $10+.... My maths is lousy but I'm thinking this means the meal cost more than $100 right?! OMG!!!)

Anyways. Really enjoyed myself tt day lol. Apart from getting lost around Bugis area looking for tan quee lan street la! Haha. We walked right past indulgz without knowing it at first! haha. Sian! Haha.
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Realized that i forgot to blog abt Duet Superstar Finals. Nothing really much to say haha. We prepared long and hard for it, but we were really too tired and lost focus of the song, so i think in the end we didn't do as well as we'd expected. Nevertheless, it was a fantastic learning experience =) We got consolation prize, which, considering the pathetically dismal number of votes we got, was really like, amazing. Haha. Jinglun&TaiAn got first =) Which made me really happy.

Sam(lee) bought us flowers, which the guys presented to us as we were coming off the stage. Haha. So sweeeeeeet~ My fave flower somemore!! Sadly enough, she apparently had a bit of a car accident on her way to school and all =( Urgh. Love ya babe for everything. Thanks thanks so much for everything!!!!!

Had quite a good student week all in all la. =) Alright will blog next time.. Lots of project work to do. Talk next time, CIAO! =)

shiokamama!

heh. i had a good day ytd =) (ytd being Saturday)

first up, I woke up a bit late then had to meet fangwei at cck mrt to bring her to my tuition kids' place... I was dropping them and she'd be taking over. I'm so super happy abt that =) It was probs the best decision i've made in a looooooong time! Now i have more time to do my schwork and all =)

Anyways yea.. Then after tt came home, tried to finish up my ESL work, then changed and headed down to PS to meet tong&lta... Then we went to SMU and met Jinglun and went for our Virtuoso audition! It was all ok I suppose... One of the helpers said (after watching my audition) that I was one of the rare few people who auditioned that had stage presence. LOL! Then she said tt tong and lta looked v experienced.. Dunno/can't rmb what she said abt JL. Haha

Anw, after tt me tong n lta went to PS to walk walk. A lotta embarassing stuff happened. LOL. But anw, we enjoyed ourselves at the arcade and walked around.. Then at around 6plus I left them to walk around on my own.. Then at 7pm I went to Bugis to meet arh ben!

Tell ya! I had the best dinner of my life ytd!! Haha. Ok gotta leave for tuition now so will come back and blog abt my shiokamama dinner later! Be prepared for pics! =)

I'm feeling much better today. I think crying on Thursday and Friday helped release some of the tension la. =) Thanks to everyone who tried to comfort me, ESPECIALLY the esprimere people. I'm really touched. Thanks thanks!

profile, schmofile..

I've more or less given up writing my rough draft for the profile for esl408. have changed subject of profile like, 5 times already! Grr! haha.

Semi Finals was today! Here's our performance:

Cherlynn&Si Tong - Mei Li Ben Nv Ren

Heh. MY SKIRT WAS EFFING SHORT SHORT SHORT! Thank goodness to rah who lent me a pair of shorts to wear.. Haha thanks priyarahrahspreeyagary! Hehe.

Anw, we got into Finals! =) Along wit Jinglun&Tai An and Alex&Sandra... These two pairs are our friends too =) Well, Alex&Sandra are my coursemates la.. Haha. Jl&Lta are singing club de. Hehe. It's fun to be in a competition with your friends =) That's what Virtuoso is gonna be! =) YAY.

Anyways, PLEASE COME DOWN TO SIM THIS FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 12NN to support tong and i!!! MUST VOTE FOR US!! thanks thanks!

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went to pick up my passport today coz my mom sent it to update my photograph.. She felt it was necessary because during our HK trip a few months back, I kept holding up queues and whatnot because the customs people refused to let me through, not believing that my taken-in-primary-6 photograph reflected me. Haha. So yea.. It's quite irritating/funny but.. HELL YOU GOTTA WAIT FREAKIN LONG TO GET YOUR PASSPORT! And I was only COLLECTING it la! Tsk.

It's like, i queued up forever to get to the "collection" counter. The lady scanned my i/c, wrote a number down, then told me to go to counter 18 to get my passport... And she said it would take one hour!!! So i went over and waited for another hour till counter 19 displayed my queue number la! Grr.. Aiyah. Nx time, just be prepared to spend lots of time waiting if u're doing some passport stuff at the ICA building k! Heh. Bring psp or sth!

Anw, i dropped 2 tuition kids!!! HAPPY NEWS! YAY YAY YAY! =) I seriously don't care abt the deficient income already. I love my other job and that other job will pay better in the near future too! =) Hee. So yea! DROPPED! I'm so happy, so free and so like, light now! Burdenless! I only have one tuition kid now =) My fave kid so now i can devote more time to her! I can also devote more time to stuff like CCA and Work and Schoolwork! =) YAY YAY!!!

alright, leave you all with this. ciao!

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i can't find the words to explain this feeling i get about us

hai

hehe

SEMI FINALS IN A FEW HOURS!!! I'm super freaking excited =) I really like our semifinal song choice and performance. hehehehehehehehe. EXCITED EXCITED EXCITED! =)

today's semi finals consisted of 3 guy-girl pairs singing Ni Zui Zhen Gui and Tai An & Jinglun singing Bei Pan. Hahaha FUNNY. And i nv watch.. Had biz comm test! Haha. I like our biz comm lecturer. She really rocks. I like her extremely mobile eyebrows. =) OH OH. This year's Duet Superstars, a lot of gimmicky couples. Haha. The Monday pairs, ALL ENDED UP HOLDING HANDS. Talk about cliche! Haha. A lot of them are rather green i think, so their stage wasn't so good. Harmony and vocals - wise, everyone was a worthy competitor =) One couple today (Tues) sang a MalaycumEngcumChi version of Ni Zui Zhen Gui. Haha. Gimmicky right? Oh they're a Malaygirl and a Chiguy. yupyup. ohwells.

Tong and I quite gimmicky also, but in the sense that we're really working on our "stage" section. Coz our song choice allows us to show off our vocals very comfortably and harmony isn't really much of a problem la. I like it that both of us have strong voices/techniques so we're an equally matched pair..

Virtuoso auditions this Sat! Then going out with arh ben!!! ARH BEN! If you're reading this, you gotta tell me when u want me to meet u! I'll be at SMU! Which is in town. So if the restaurant you booked/reserved etc is in town then ok no prob but if it's elsewhere, MUST LET ME KNOW SOON K! =) And dress code! Hahaha. I'm gonna wear nice nice! =D


anyone free to come support us this Friday aftnn (if we make it through to finals)? same like last year, gonna need audience voting i think. We need help! Hehe. I sincerely beseech all my darling readers/friends to please come down n support! =)
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fight against it!

i love my job =)

it is all subjective, but my colleague BINANANA and I both agree wholeheartedly that we've landed the best job a girl could ask for.

We're paid a certain basic sum a month to go... wait get this - we're PAID to go SHOPPING for our boss, on HER MONEY. ON OUR BOSS'S MONEY. And the stuff we get is to be resold, and we get a commission from the stuff that's sold! Ok, so we actually do more than that if you consider all the technicalities, but like seriously, I've got the DREAM JOB. Haha.

I won't reveal all the monetary stuff, but our shopping allowance is HUGE. *faints and dies*

Anyways. The Student Week has started in SIM and there's the bazaar again.. Then after tt went to "work" wit BINA and bought even more stuff.. Here's just a listing of what i bought:

1) Necklace - $8
2) Alarm Clock - $5
3) Handphone Pouch - $5
4) 8 sets of stickers - $6 (got 2 free)
5) Charles&Keith Sandals - $23.90
6) A "wear-at-home" bra - $8
7) A shirt dress - $XX
8) A pair of shorts - $XX

Ok all the XX stuff i gotta keep secret k haha. Anw, i had starbucks today, and LJS, so am feeling suitably happy =) I'm not sure if there was other stuff I bought la but anyways, it was fantastic. haha.

Lots of work to do. Am stressing. Student week, Competition, Presentations, Work, Tuition etc. SUCKS! But will definitely drop another tuition in the near future to concentrate more on sch stuff and my DREAM JOB. Haha.

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Yesterday I was in a pretty foul mood. Tong came over and we practised our song.. But I was still in a foul mood after that nevertheless. Dunno why also.. Funnily enough, during Communion at mass when I prayed, I asked God to just take care of everything. Though I ALWAYS ALWAYS pray that He does that right, this time I think I was just like, give up, let God take everything. I didn't want to care about anything anymore. And the fantastic thing was that, once I'd finished my prayer and sat back to sing the Thanksgiving hymn, I felt utterly peaceful and happy! It was super unbelievable. I didn't realize it at first until I found myself humming and almost skipping all the way down to the bus stop after running into Mrs. Tay Eng Leng (from SC PRI) at my church. We chatted for awhile, then I went down to the bus stop there to wait for my parents to pick me up. All the way down I was humming the final Hymn and just feeling really peaceful.

In the car, I watched the beautiful scenery zoom by, and it was really really gorgeous. It was as if God wanted to reward me for my renewed faith in Him... It was His special show for me - I particularly enjoyed how the setting sun's rays dusted the treetops. It was simply beautiful. The leaves turned golden, copper and bronze as the car sped past. Even when we were passing a not-yet-completed overhead bridge and my mom was busy complaining about how they were taking forever to build the bridge, I marveled at the serene, unmoving clouds in the clear dusk sky. It was breathtaking, and I must say, it was God.

I haven't enjoyed His presence in so long. I felt His assurance that i was still loved by Him, that no matter what I did wrong, it would be forgiven. My heart was filled with so much joy and yet so much calmness.

I love you, God =)

good, better, BEST!

just some food for thought...

You know sometimes we keep wanting to be the BEST that y'know, we.. Ok i admit, i dunno what I'm talking about. Today took cab down to Hougang Mall to support tong n lta.. Then in the cab the uncle was like saying stuff etc.. Haha. Then he asked me what I was going down there for, so I said I was going to support my friend for a singing competition.. Then he was like, "Special Friend?" Then, not wanting him to get the wrong idea, i said, "Best friend la uncle." haha. Then he was like, "No no, cannot say BEST... Best means no more to go already... Just say special.." haha.

I think it was funny coz before tt we were also talking about something being the "best".. I think we were talking about the apparent "BEST" prata house or something.. Then we were like saying, if something is the BEST - it isn't good, coz there's nowhere for it to go but down.. This conversation led me to think hard about a lot of stuff.. And in relation to something I mentioned in my prev post - the thing abt my singing not having techniques. Haha. I suppose that's good in a way, because techniques can be learnt and I can thus keep improving... Meaning what I am now isn't my best, i've got room to grow. Kinda feel sad for the ppl who are already v good, like at their personal best, but still not y'know.. Good.. Haha. Dunno how to say.

Though I was feeling very irritated awhile back about the whole "techniques" thing. What TECHNIQUES???? My effing goodness if when you're singing all u can do is technique here technique there, I think it just defeats the purpose. I think singing is a channel of expression, a form of release... I think that so long as you don't crack your voice, go very off-pitch/rhythm etc... And your voice sounds good, that's about it. And the best is if your emotions come through. I suppose that's why I don't understand when people keep saying what, her technique is v good, his what what is v good. If they just say that without being specific, i'm sorry but to me, it's all just "air". I cannot understand that, so I can't "hear" whatever "technique" it is you're talking about. Haha.

Anyways, back to the uncle. So he was saying, cannot say anyone is your "Best friend" coz means they have nowhere to go. So I hereby proclaim that I have no best friend! Just a bunch of "special friends" hahaha. Yep.

Alright. Am tired. And was in a bad mood today so you will pardon me if i look/sound upset. BYE

PS: Congrats to tong n tai an for making it to finals!!!=) i knew you all wld get in lo. Ask the others. I was like preparing them to cheer when the results were announced.

boxes and boxes...

haha. combination of vigorous diarrhoea and inability to eat much has helped me lose some weight. not visible to you guys yet but well, i've noticed. haha. tt's kinda some motivation to lose weight.

Funnily enough, a few days back I'd actually reached a conclusion that I'm really quite happy with the way i am, fat or not.. Haha. Funny hor? Told val abt it. Will tell u all more abt it if u're interested. Just ask =)

Some jokes to share! =)

Things You Don't Want to Hear Over an Airline PA

Top Things You Don't Want to Overhear Over an Airline P.A. System

1. Ocean crossing flight: This is your Captain speaking, I just wanted to take this time to remind you that your seat cushions can be used as floatation devices.

2. Hey folks, we're going to play a little game of geography trivia. If you can recognize where we are, tell your flight attendant and receive an extra pack of peanuts.

3. Our loss of altitude allows a unique close up perspective of the local terrain. I assure you that it's all part of our airline's new commitment to make your a flight a sight seeing extravaganza.

4. Goose! Bogey at 2 o'clock....one on our tail!!!! Eject!!!! Eject!!!!!!!

5. Ummmmmm....Sorry......(silence)

6. (As the plane turns around right after takeoff)....uhhhhh....we have to go back ....we ..we ....uhhhhhh ....forgot something.....

7. I'm sure everyone noticed the loss of an engine, however the reduction in weight and drag will mean we'll be flying much more efficiently now.

8. Fasten your seat belt. (same tone your friend with the suicidal driving tendencies uses when you get in the car).

9. This is your Captain speaking....these stupid planes are a lot different than the ships I'm used to.. so you'll have to give me some leeway...

10. It would be a good idea if right now everyone closed their shades and watched the in-flight movie.

11. We've now reached our cruising altitude of 20,000 feet and ... Oh noooooooo!!!!!..

12. Don't worry! That one is always on E...

13. Get the parachutes ready...

14. Drinks are on me...

15. I'll have what the Captain's having...

16. Hey capt'n take another hit man...

Murphy's Laws Of Combat

- If the enemy is in range, so are you.

- Incoming fire has the right of way.

- Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire.

- There is always a way.

- The easy way is always mined.

- Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.

- Professionals are predictable, it's the amateurs that are dangerous.

- The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions: a. When you're ready for them. b. When you're not ready for them.

- Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at.

- If you can't remember, the claymore is pointed at you.

- The enemy diversion you have been ignoring will be the main attack.

- A "sucking chest wound" is natures way of telling you to slow down.

- If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush.

- Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.

- Anything you do can get you shot, including nothing.

- Make it tough enough for the enemy to get in and you won't be able to get out.

- Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself.

- If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in a combat zone.

- When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.

- Never forget that your weapon is made by the lowest bidder.

HEHEHEHEHHE. I love the Murphy's Law of combat one.. And the first few ones of the Airplane one.. Hahaha super funny la.

Too busy to event blog. School started for abt 2 weeks le.. Haha. This week my attendance has been much better =) Am Proud of myself and my alarm clocks! Thanks to val babe, siying darling and tong dear.. as well as my new Radio Clock =) HEHEHE. It belts out My Heart Will Go On every morn at 7am!!! HAhahahahahaha =D

Anyways... Been so deprived of sleep lately... Coz of my stupid hair and all.. Need to wait for it to dry coz I really can't sleep wit my hair wet or even slightly damp la. Yea. Anw.. Today was the confidence boosting session! FUN FUN FUN!

Dunno why I always feel so high during performances etc.. Heheehe. I think i just enjoy sitting on the floor, cheering my friends on.. Ultimately I always get very HIGH. hahahha. It's really quite fun. Good exercise for my fat arms too! Wahahaha.


Okok i know my singing got no technique ok? I'm just a Voice. Fine. I also don't like to biao1 all the high songs anymore. Don't ask me to biao1 already ok. From now on I falsetto all the way. I see it in your eyes and your faces.

PMSY!!! Haha. But high high high. I've been listening to Dui De Ren and Zhu Wo Sheng Ri Kuai Le on loop.. Haha VVV NICE =) I really really like Zhuwoshengrikuaile a lot.. And i think i can sing it well. But tong thinks the song Dui De Ren is more suitable for me. Err... Darryl also leh. Why do u all keep wanting me to biao, and then look so disgusted when I do?!?!?!? It's really quite contradictory and uber-confusing. ARGH.


Ok nvm. Recently I've just been singing and singing =) Puts me in a really good mood. Haha. CAME ought to know. I'm really singing non-stop... Even humming under my breath during lessons!!! HAhaha. I think the lack of sleep is getting to me. I need SLEEEP!!!

Work (wit Bina and Yvonne) has been cool!! But I really understand that I need to commit more time to work. Hai. I will try i swear! It's just, again, too many impt committments! Look:

In no order of priority whatsoever
1) Church (lector duties almost everyweek haha)
2) Esprimere Exco (dunno why the work is like non-stop haha)
3) Work! (but i enjoy this one =) i also enjoy the above few la! but i getting paid to enjoy this one mah)
4) Work - Tuition (ok this one is really damn sian)
5) Schoolwork - Hwk, projects etc.. I know this shd really be my TOP priority.. haha
6) Family - my parents tend to complain after they don't see me for about a week. Sigh. Which happens quite often..
7) Friends - got to meet up with them la! DUH! Haha but this happens less often nowadays.. =( My friends understand I'm too damn busy. AND! I'm really sorry dajie n erjie!!! I forgot abt tml's appointment... Can't make it.. Coz of my NEXT commitment -
8) Competitions - Upcoming is Duet Superstar(we got into semis) and then got Virtuoso! Sighsigh. Haha. Very taxing sia

Still got more la.. But not as important as the above that I've listed.. Sigh sigh! Haha. Ohwells. Now u understand why I look haggard?!?!?! Sigh sigh. And I've ZERO TIME for self-indulgence. I can't even do my hair mask or facial anymore!!! =( And I had a menses-related breakout about a week ago =( SIGH!


Haha. Ohwells. I need to breathe le la. Will blog more soon! CIAO LOVES

it's teachers' day =)

hey hey =)

i'm trying to blog more often. Give me some credit ok! Hahaa. Okay-yee? Hahahaha. So as the title so rightly puts it, today is Teachers' Day!!! =) Well, today being the first of september, of course. I wanted to go down to the school i taught at wit sam(lee) to visit visit but in the end nv.. Haha. Anyways, only had one tuition today(thursday 310807) and the kid gave me a nice flower with a red pen =) So sweet. And I didn't even realize it was Tchers' Day till then la! I saw some middle-aged lady with a single rose and i was all like, wtf... How come she got flower one. Hahaha. Now on hindsight she must be a teacher la! I'm retarded... Anw yea, S gave me the gift.. Haha. Erm, now I know why one of my teachers once complained that I gave her a red pen... When S gave me the gift today I was like, er... I have tonnes of those. Hahahahhaa. Yea! Then anw, before tt right, quite randomly, some months ago, S gave me this 2 shards of glass... I was like, "Er, right. You're giving me glass. What's the occasion?" Then she was like "For you!" Then I was like, "For what?" Then she said, "Coz you're a good teacher"

WAH SWEET SWEET MELT MELT. Hahahahaha.

Alright just a quick eventblog. This wk was first wk of fall sem... I missed like, dunno how many lects.. 4 out of 5 days of the week i gotta be down at 9am know?!?!?! like OMFG LA. Sick sick sick. You guys so know i'm so gonna get screwed over. Urgh. Thank goodness I have a good alarm clock - VALVALVAL!!!! hahahaha thanks babe! Dunno how to say properly but really appreciate it k =)

Aaaanyways.. School's been ok.. LOTS OF WORK. Freak. Really overload. Then CCA stuff.. Marisa is gone so my workload is now twofold. As in, she's overseas. Urgh. haha. Ohwells. Okok let's see what did I do this wk? Monday went to support Tong for BAS semi-finals.. Tues had CCA... Wanted to go down support Jinglun too la... But CCA called... And after CCA on Tues, some of the members went out for dinner. A lot less ppl joined us for dinner than usual.. Coz RMIT having exams I think.. Haha. Here are some stupid videos taken by our dear instructor Estella... Thanks arh. You've totally ruined my image. (PS Why are there so many hideous videos of me around. First was the stupid animal planet one. Note to self, always avoid cameras when you're eating)

Esprimere@Al Zahar Part 1

Esprimere@Al Zahar Part 2

Then ok... On Wed... Announcing of BAS results (btw I'm only event-blogging abt night activities.. Daytime activities everyday include lessons, tuition and er, hanging wit my darling CAME =)) I listened to the results over the phone and didn't go support. Coz my mom scolded me like *(&#$ for going home late for several nights in a row. I think i mentioned it already right. Yea. Then anw, Tong & Jinglun both made it to Wildcard round... Was another shot at the finals... In fact, it was their last shot at the finals le so.. Yup! So Thursday, after my tuition I went down to support them. Met Sam(lee) at the KAP bus stop then we went down! Haha.

Sam parked the car too tightly and I had to climb over to the backseat to exit la! Coz my humps were too bloody big. Siannnn! Haha. Anw then we kept talking abt "backseat action" Mwahahahaha damn funny. Oh and Sam bought Tong this sunflower!! Then during tong's song we asked LTA to give it to her! hahaha Funny sia! Anw yea! The atmosphere at the wildcard round was much less tense than that of the semi final rounds.. Haha. Anyways, here are the videos =)


BAS Semi Final(Mon) - Sitong - Qi Shi Hen/Hai Ai Ni

I cheer very loud hor? I tell you.. All her supporters all I hype up one. I threatened to slaughter them if they didn't cheer. Then i kept cue-ing them! Hahaha. I make a damn good cheerleader can.. Minus the hot bod. Hahaha. Scream until my head voice my chest voice.. LOLOLOL j/k! Haha

BAS Semi Final(Tues) - Jinglun - Chen Mo Wan Ju (Silent Toy)

See? I wasn't there to support, so significantly less cheering. HAHAHAHAHA

Wildcard - Sitong - Shen Hu Xi

Haha. Cool right the flower part? And sitong brought light sticks for us to wave! It was a very very pretty sight though it wasn't reflected in the video. Haha and I think i was pms-ing or something but I almost cried twice during her performance and the comments that part leh! Esp when the judge said she hen2 nu3 li4.. I had to control my tears leh! Omg. I'm getting too emotional le shit. PMS PMS! Hahaha.

Wildcard - Jinglun - Shu Le Ni Ying Le Shi Jie You Ru He

Hahahaha we were also waving light sticks for him, then i think he was like very happy or what, kept smiling all of a sudden! Later the judge say him tt time, me & tong were like, shit, we hai4 him by waving & distracting him la! He knn still wave at us somemore! lol! But jaylim say want to cut him record sia! Hahaha good huh!

Wildcard - Jenny - How Do I Live

Hmm.. Jenny is a contestant who's really sincere and really likeable =) The first time we saw her perform it was a bit of a shock coz we weren't expecting such energy from her (she performed Believe by Cher, complete with her own echoes and dance routine) but after seeing her each round, we gained a lot of respect and admiration for her =D Though 2 people sang How Do I Live on Tong's semifinal night (Mon) - one of them being Jenny - they both didn't interpret the song well. This time, however, was a big improvement =) It was great to see and hear la =)

This competition arh! Waste a lot of my money and my time leh! As in, especially the go down and support part haha. Must buy the tix etc! And hor!?!?!? Tong semi finals tt night I bought 1 tic to watch. Then Wed I nv go support but bought 2 tix! One to vote for her one vote for Jinglun! Then Wildcard also same thing! 2 tix one for her one for JL! KNN~ Altgt from semifinals onwards hor, I spent like $50 bucks like tt?!? Lucky I didn't have to cab home all the time la - thanks to my darlingest darlingest Sam =) Then dinner after the competition etc. Wah kao! AND HOR! Wah wildcard tt night and semis tt night SUPER HIONG! Hold camera and wave light stick NON STOP SIA. You know my arms weak right? Wah kao, now I think my arm muscles are super qiang2 le lor. Hahaha. I took all the vids below except for the JL ones. The JL Wilcard one i took the first half then Sam took over. Haha can see right? Shivering le. THEN HOR! I scream until sore throat know! And the ppl in front all hate me. Haha. If you see the Wildcard JL vid, towards the end before the judges talk right, we scream scream scream then after tt you can hear "sorry sorry" not? I HAD TO GO APOLOGISE TO THOSE PPL IN FRONT LA! They siam-ed us like mad when we were screaming leh! Hhahaha. Aiyah funny la. But anw, you all better appreciate my yi4 fan1 hao3 yi4!! Haha

Even though I kenna kicked out quite early on (quarters! =)) during this competition, I feel i've gained a lot of experience =D Being the first solo singing competition I've taken part in, I feel that I've already gone very far =D I'm truly truly happy for the experience, all the new friends i've gained, and all that I've learnt.

That said, I wanna tell all the other contestants, especially Tong & Jinglun, that I'm really really so super proud of you all for coming this far!! Wildcard leh! Means you all are like, Top 50 out of the initial 400+ contestants! It's really really good le! =) We can only get better with all this experience and really really, I'm very very proud of what we've all done =) Especially for all the wildcard ppl - it was the most taxing on you all le (ahem, and your supporters lor) Only one thing left to say - JIAYOU! =)

Alright! Ok then Thurs before their Wildcard right, was our Duet Superstars audition la (yea we got a lotta competitions hor.. hahahaha) Thankfully we got in. The results were released to the semi finalists today.. Then I left my hp at home today so I was basically a nervous wreck the whole day! Then tong and I were stressing - very worried tt we didn't get in know, coz I dunno why but I keep having this feeling we did really badly for auditions - we sang Yi Yan Wan Nian (one verse one chorus) but anw.. Thank goodness la.. Got the email when I arrived home. Haha.

Anyways right, for the juniors who took part this time and didn't get shortlisted, don't worry about it. See it all as an experience. There's always Talentime at end of year! =) And seriously, you''ve all only been with the club for about a month right, the improvement can't show yet. After awhile more, you'll find yourself more able to project yourself and your voice, as well as present yourself very well onstage =) Keep hanging in there! You guys will get there!

Speaking of competitions.. We're taking part in the SMU Virtuoso Competition =) Fun fun fun! Tong n I joining Group Category. Then if they allow it, we'll both individually join Solo category too =) Hee! A bit scared about this one coz the Polys and the Unis will all be taking part! Not just SIM so it will be scary.. Competition will be tough! Haha. Hopefully we make it through =) The top prize is TEMPTING! Cut single leh!!!! WOOHOO. Haha just talking abt it gets me excited. I'm a certified competition Junkie le! Lol. Coz I've finally understood what to do for competitions. Now excited to try it out! Must get over my stage fright!! Haha.

Just to end off. My mom said this today - "Your dad says to bring your boyfriend home for dinner."

-SHOCK-

*looks around* What boyfriend???? Grrr~

btw! was happily talking tt day =) it's all so messy but still so right, y'know? I'm so screwed. Hahaha