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profile Walking by faith is something easy to say, but hard to do especially when things don't go as planned. But we try all the same, and I'm no exception. This blog is in some ways cathartic, in others a means for me to pen my thoughts and struggles as I walk this life and learn to trust God more with each passing day. tag archives May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 friends and credits skin by: Jane |
Monday, May 29, 2006 @ 12:58 AM
thank you. nani, dinie and fadhli for the yummilicious famous amos (had to stop myself from finishing the whole pack with the powerful reason that it can be eaten for the next day's breakfast HAHA) mel and rizki for the beautifully painful yellow spiked cactus - i swear, one of the spikes has entered my bloodstream through my thumb. kangwei, shuqi, huixian, apri, sam for your presence, and for the flowers. yidan, for the subway cookies - how on earth did she know that I wanted more after I ate one for lunch?! kenneth, for the chocolate. lala, for the daisy, and her unwavering support throughout all the choir concerts. joanne, for the sunflower and the sweet sms - its okay girl. kn, janet, schu for their presence and the tiny cute purple flowers, and cj for her support. council, (esp. counterpart and veron!) for the purple rose (love it lah!) and for coming down. ruth and mris for being wonderful and beautiful emcees. the junior soppies for the pink rose. the national chorale who inspired us to join them next year. mavis and rhoda for being my lunch partners. roy for his doo doo doo doo doom doom. siew and tiff for the heart-to-heart whilst we waited at the 'squatter' space for our turn to perform. LFC exco members. those who did the verona video, because it put me instantly to PBS (post bardolino syndrome) mode. juniors for making us seniors feel dreadful that we're about to leave. the very late night group of choristers at KAP who ended this magical day on the right note. the njc choir + Miss Lim. For a night to remember. Cantabile XX - Fusion 28th May 2006, Sunday 7.30pm, ACS(B) ---> a success. =) Saturday, May 27, 2006 @ 2:55 PM
two Cs - all I need.  I haven't worn the council badge for two days in a row. And oddly enough, I wasn't walking all around school fretting over the empty grey patch below the school badge.Last wednesday was the 39th student council investiture. It marked the end of my council term, and as the 39th batch of councilors jumped off the stage after their item (and some of us 38th-ers joked about getting our hair dyed purple/red with triple ear holes the day after!), I knew it was over. Things just felt odd on thursday - when I saw fellow ex-councilors along the corridors of school we smiled at each other like always, but it was no longer only a friendly smile we shared. The smile carried a tinge of sadness, with the bare realisation that there would be no more thursday GMs, frantic message-relaying, meetings at the council room,meetings at the oasis, lounging in the student lounge, seeing the same people at the ignis flag and at the podium on thursday mornings. The picture above's of the 38th and 39th Creative and Publicity Unit, taken shortly after the investiture. I love my committee, and what we do. The guys eric, weihao, rudy and chin for their uncanny ability to crack us up whenever we suffer from painting hangovers, and the girls joce, shu, xinyi, sum, gene, maeyue, jo for the solitary stance we share whenever the guys try to poke fun at us! You people are so much fun to be around! =))  We were at KAP eating a very late supper after investiture rehearsal on tuesday (counterpart was getting her mcflurry which took AGES to arrive), and it struck me then, admist the laughing and joking, that it would be nearly impossible for us to eat together like that again, so late into the night with an important event in anticipation the next day. Our term has officially ended, and, quoting hankit, I'm proud to have served. To CPU, grad nite, ignis and the rest of council - thank you for making me love national junior college for its people. =) * * * Yesterday's choir practice felt so familiar - like the last one we had before flying to verona. We sang, song after song, enjoying and immersing ourselves in the music we created. We were determined to make the last friday practice magical, and I think we did it, despite the lack of a proper stage to rehearse our walking in and out for Cantabile XX! I truly believe that the CCAs in nj trains oneself to fight against the evil elements of heat, humidity, darkness and discomfort - don't we have the admin to thank for that? Mr Chia told us that stage rehearsal tomorrow from 2.15pm to about 4 plus at the acs(b) concert hall would be aircon-less, and we didn't complain much. Because the school has prepared us well. The lack of necessary facilities aside, I've come to realise that it is through such experiences that make us closer as a choir (though the price is a hefty one - singing in discomfort!); we tahan till we perspire like nobody's business, practice after practice - things may have gotten better these days, but we share a common and unbalanced love-hate relationship with the school admin.  The guys at the atrium, practising for cantab - I solemnly declare that, alongside fellow sops and altos, we will set up a ttbb (the choir guys' a cappella organisation hurhur) fan club after the As! If they become famous la. Quite probable you know.  =D At KAP again - ironically that was the last after-practice dinner we had too. Boo. And so my life begins to ebb away from the hustle and bustle I have gotten so used to after I stepped into the choir stall to see Miss Lim for auditions on CCA day, and picked up the form to run for councilship in student lounge last year. I have not in me the slightest regret for joining these two ccas, though there is the relief from busy-ness that comes after stepping down. Conflicting emotions are present within, for the simple reason that I can't bear to let go of the two Cs, yet am glad that I am going to be cca-less, because that would mean a more manageable pace of life. Ahhh! If only such a conflict can be resolved in a jiffy. Then I wouldn't feel so... tortured. Sunday, May 21, 2006 @ 10:57 PM
song of the day Da Coconut Nut - Ryan Cyabyab At the hwa chong choir concert today, the coconut song had all of us grinning stupidly to the stage at the sight of costumed teens singing animatedly to its catchy tune and ridiculous lyrics. ' Da coconut nut is a very good nut (i think it went like that), if you eat too much you get very fat.' And the cutest part was when the girls sang: ' It's a coconut!' Then the guys echoed them in this weird nasal falsetto (in other words they sounded a bit constipated): ' It's a coconut!' The song really reminded me of this other a ccappella (spells right this time - cherie I deserve a muffin! =D) piece ' Ice Kachang'. It goes like - ' You are my ice kachang... in this tropical heat... You are my favourite desseeert.. so inviting so sweet...' Clearly both have really simple lyrics, but in addition to that, this sort of uniquely Singaporean/intimate village touch to it. It's the type of song that brings unknowingly stupid smiles to one's face, and cheers anyone up with its sheer comicality. I enjoyed the concert as a whole, not purely because of the entertainment (there were many competition pieces amongst their repertoire - so it tended to get a bit 'boring' if I may use the term) - but partly also due to the wide range of songs I got to hear: the sacred, and the hilarious alike. On the way back home roy was pushing for the idea of NJCCVCCC - 'the national junior college choir vocal chorister chorale consort' after I told him that 'national junior college choir vocal chorale consort chorister' is not a valid name because a chorister is a person and not a group. Then he shifted 'chorister' in the middle. I think Shakespeare did a somersault in his grave today after NJCCVCCC was thought of. No school tomorrow because its off in lieu of College Day! Ahhh. Finally a full day at home where I can exercise some cave woman habits - lock myself in the room in the attempt to finish the pile of work? Sigh. I have a strong craving for the Da Vinci Code, but I think that'll have to wait in consideration of the things I have to do this week. Come to think of it, this week before the junies will be the busiest. Then the meter will signal a straight, unwavering line - life after this week will be the dull droning note after the harmony of chords. Sunday, May 14, 2006 @ 12:17 PM
My last performance Cantabile XX - Fusion The NJC choir 28th May, Sunday ACS Barker Mrs Lee Choon Guan Hall $12 (stall) $18 (circle) Frankly I don't want this day to come. Sigh. But it will be a great show, that I can promise. You're bound to enjoy the best of choral and accappella from us. Don't miss it! @ 11:10 AM
our 2nd anniversary We've shared the pain, laughter and joy. I can't believe its been two years since we met. Thank you for being the avenue for me to release my truckload of feelings these two years. My blog rocks. Haha were you a teeny weeny ieeny beeny tricked by that paragraph? Nonetheless. I was browsing through the archives when I spotted the very first archive link in bold: May 2004. TWO YEARS have passed since my virgin entry! A Day in May 2004 ' Although I'm a bit of an html-idiot, I still managed to pull this blog off. In the expense of a loooong period of my time! But nevertheless, I think this would at least be a teeny weeny bit more convenient for me. Continuing to where I left off in my open diary, I'm not as angry as before... Sort of 'enlightened' already. People who ruin the CSSSC's reputation? Just complain to higher authorities! There's no need for me to blow my top over such a trivial matter... right? And poor results? It's my own fault! So I just have to buck up. Phew.. now I feel much better. =D A few hours before, my dad and mum were quarrelling at the top of their voices. Well, only my mum was shouting away. My dad? His voice was as calm as the sea in East Coast beach. They were fighting over the food in the fridge. (-_-) Dad wanted to throw away the leftovers in the fridge, but mum insisted on keeping them, saying that she would eat the leftovers in the afternoon. Dad didn't believe her. Mum insisted she would. Dad didn't believe. Mum insisted. And the rest is history... In the bathroom where I was I could hear their voices, each wanting their own way. The outcome? Mum gave the leftovers (chicken pie.. yum) to my auntie living next door. Then she whispered to me: "Xiaohui, later if you want to eat the pie, go get it from maikian. Your dad's crazy. Don't care about him." (maikian's what I call my aunt) And both of them went to the market together, as if the shouting and screaming didn't take place at all. Yes, those are my parents. I love them, but sometimes I really cannot stand them. Fighting over such trivial matters when they're a few decades older than me! Even my sister and I don't fight over such things. Well, sometimes we do. ;) It's something I've already gotten used to; my parents fight occasionally, but they always patch up in a few seconds. Most of the time. Currently reading "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown. It's a suspense novel; the no. 1 bestseller in town. It's been a long time since I read something good, so I bought it yesterday. I've already read a few pages and it's pretty good! Recommended. Okay I'll type off here... come visit often! ;) ' Ahh. I have changed. For starters, I don't use expressions such as ' as calm as the sea in East Coast Beach' anymore - it's pretty clear I was trying to invent creative new similes back then, and they didn't really work. Haha. But I'm still a fan of The Da Vinci Code, despite knowing about its controversies two years later! It's fiction, anyway, so I have no qualms about enjoying the book through and through. And the movie will be out this week - YEAH! Reading that virgin entry had me feeling a sense of deja vu. Because whilst I was reading it, my parents were quarelling over transport to this hotel tonight for the Mother's Day Dinner. Dad wanted bus, Mum wanted taxi, yadda yadda. In a few minutes the conflict was over 'cos Mum said she'll pay for the taxi fare. (-_-) Yes I'm showing this face at this instant. Sometimes my parents can drive me up the wall one moment, and then put me on a massage chair the next. Updates! Elects' Camp What bittersweet memories it brought. The 20++ km hike we went through a year ago, the fall-ins, the human chair test at the last day of the camp - everything replayed at this year's camp, except that as seniors, we saw the juniors do the exact same things we did. It's quite amazing how three days can change someone, because I saw my grp 7 juniors become better councilors. The 39th has a lot of potential, that I could tell. I wish them all the best. =) Rapache celebrated CJ's birthday in boon lay! (its quite a hip place, honestly)  we love you cj! On the same day the csschoircom0304 also celebrated both ali and cj's birthday!  =) Mav's birthday last wed didn't go uncelebrated too! I wish I had pictures but noone had a camera that day. Should've seen it when the elits present our last present to her - a real life heart-beating chem/math 's' paper taker sheng player! hee. The baked alaska from island creamery we had with the choir peeps at black canyon after dinner was yummy too. I bet mav enjoyed herself lots, because as her buddy I did! The CO concert last fri was casual but I liked it more than last year's when the choir performed with them at SCH. This time it was at LT5, and the intimacy between audience and orchestra had me engaged all throughout the night. Kangwei and Michelle, that was some good sheng and suona playing! Kudos to the soloists too. Ahem. ;)  Kangwei's behind the HUGE pipes at farthest right hand corner, Michelle's sitting at the last row, the only suona player visible in all white! Finally, I went to Temasek jc's choir concert last night (also at acsb!) with my choir pals - it had me leaving the hall with a slight sense of disappointment. The effort they put in for the cheorography in the second-half was commendable though! I enjoyed it, with rhoda beside me trying to hum along to this dum-shh-dum rhythm. =D  rhoda and me!  The second half where they sang broadway musical songs. Looking forward to HCI's concert next week! This time I have yidan and miss lim and certain people to support. Goodness LOOK AT THE TIME! I have to cook spaghetti, its a mother's day gesture. xiaohui, out! (a long entry in ages! finally.) |