M.I.A

Went for meeting yesterday. Ester mentioned that I was so chatty in the forum but became dumb in person... Lolz I appreciated that. Settled loads of stuff during the meeting and I'm proud to say that we're on a smooth journey to attaining autonomy for our club. Good luck, Mel, Serene, Pheobe, Huitian, Shirley, Lynn, Ester and Grace.

I'll be missing in action for the whole of next week for the simple fact that I'm involved in the pre-u seminar. So pls call my HP I'll be on call 24 hours a day, because that's precisely my job.

P.S: Hey Yihao thanks for the conversation I'll be more than happy to help you anytime you need me. Peace out.

Thanks list

As the first semester of JC life draws to a close, there’re some things I just want to look back on and be glad that I haven’t done. I’m glad I haven’t changed to another JC, because me heart belongs here, and it’s the perfect place for me. I never want to sacrifice my present friendships for new ones, because I know that there are people here who believe in me and care for me. Thanks.

I haven’t thought of giving up. I used to throw in the towel in the face of a problem and would never have the guts to take risks. Coming to JC, in my opinion, is a big challenge already, and I’m enjoying the challenges ahead.

I haven’t placed my heart over my head. I learnt to think rationally instead of going soft when it comes to very personal stuff. For this, I’ve only got myself to thank.
Here are just some people I wanna thank for these 6 months of fun, joy and friendship.

Mel, although you’re happily pursuing what you excel at most somewhere else, I’m going to worship you forever.

Fleur, you always drive me crazy, but guess what, you’re the one who drives me on.

KM, you’re the thorn among the roses (if we’re even flowers at all), and thanks for putting up with all the nonsense. You’ll be the big bro’ who rocks.

Suba, you’re the one prodigy I’ll never ever want to know better about, because you’re made up plainly of math formulae and scientific theories. Oh, and thesis’s too.

Jie, hope you cope well in your new environment I’m always going to love ya.

NX, take real good care of yourself and do the same to your work too.

Fel, thanks for dropping by frequently to check me out I really appreciate it.

HY, our 10-yr-old friendship is just going to be as good as ever, right?

Well, I’ve gotta go think harder I’ve got a long list…

Respect music, and it will sound better

I keep doing essays on music piracy nowadays that I become pretty perceptive when it comes to this topic. I don’t get it, at all. I’ve heard of ardent fans who boast of their everlasting devotion to their idol, but the next minute they’re hogging the computers, downloading the latest songs (which may not necessarily be original or legal). I despise these people. Yes, I hate their attitudes towards music. Music is such an important outcrop of art, so if people are willing to fork out millions of dollars for a piece of abstract art, why can’t they just spend those few miserable pennies on an original CD? And when I speak of original, I mean the version which costs as much as any other CD, not some unusually cheap CD, because in most of the cases of cheap CDs are because they’re imported without a single cent to the original artist. Please people, if you want to listen to music but is too lazy to buy the entire album, download legally and pay for your download, trust me, that song will sound much better when it’s paid for.

Slurpee=murder

I almost got mauled to death by my very “sweet” sister by bringing a cup of Slurpee home. Hello, it’s just Slurpee, not your boyfriend! And for close to 10 minutes we were engaged in a deciding battle of tug-o-hair, merry-go-round and whatever’s-involved-in-a-catfight. Of course, she lost after I attacked her with an umbrella and sought shelter with my maid (I admit I’m a sore loser but that’s what happens when you’re up against me). And the hero saves the day yet again.

Went back to Nanhua to get my O’Level certificate along with Xiling, but we ended up playing netball. Old habits die hard. Check was in school (hi you arrogant jerk) playing basketball, but I chose netball and a cert over him. Everyone knows how much I wanted to go say hi to him except myself. Whatever. Take care, everyone.

Where does my road lead to?

My life here is starting to look like a long and winding road. The journey through this is tough and treacherous, and at the end of the road is a road sign which reads “University- Go left”, “Poly- go right” and “Nothing- jump off”. Beyond the road sign is a valley which plunges 2000 feet downwards. Oh great. I’ve caught myself in the bushes just besides the start of the road.
Hell.
I happen to catch a glance of a page in a copy of 8 Days of Jamie Teo, Our Miss Singapore Universe ???? in an interview about the celebrities’ love lives. They mentioned the fact that she was heard recording a song for our Mr. David Tao and they were speculating if they were together. Like what Zhaodi said, if Dave is spotted visiting Singapore frequently, we know what is going on. Like, what? I believe Dave chooses people like he chooses his food, so he wouldn’t go for anything extraordinary, would he? No guesses there.

Happy Birthday Mel!

Had makan session with Mel and co. I was so dumb to fix the collection time of Mel’s bouquet at 10am, when we’re supposed to meet only at 12.30pm. So basically I looked like a dumb-ass walking around the mall with a bouquet in hand. Steph HAD to be late (as usual), and that kept us waiting for close to an hour before she turned up. The staff at Swensens’ thought that we were just borrowing their venue for a celebration. We just HAD to take neoprints to make the day, but we ended up enjoying the LRT ride that we took another round on the Bkt Panjang line. We looked like absolute morons. Happy B-dae, Mel! May all your dreams and wishes come true! Although the few of us are pursuing different forms of education at different institutions, I hope that our frequent meetings would be put into practice.

Lousy day... lousy mood

I’m feeling like a real big loser today, fumbling all over my stuff and finding absolutely no time to complete whatever I had to do. Besides, I penalized myself at the interview today by uttering some gibberish that even I myself have no idea what the hell I’m saying. I’m basically feeling absolutely lousy.

A division volleyball match - JJ vs NJ

Sometimes, I wonder if I should even study for tests, when whatever I study never comes out. It’s damn demoralizing, especially when I took the effort to stay up late and drill all that stuff in my head. It just won’t work.

I think I broke my 2.4 km run record today. I did 5 rounds in roughly 13 minutes, when I would usually take 17 minutes to finish 6. A milestone for myself. Psycho Tay wasn’t in the mood to torture us, because his CCA volleyball was up against NYJC for the A division girls’ finals. And for that, the school sent an entourage of 2000+ students and teachers down to the stadium to cheer for them. And we won! The first half wasn’t very promising, but they learnt to go with the flow (or at least learn to handle this very tall girl in the NY team)and clinched the top spot. Great work, girls. And NY played well too, with their students cheering too. It was a great game.

Haiyo Fleur

Fleur can absolutely drive me to my grave with that innocence of hers. She was speaking to Jingwen about relationships (again) and she suddenly turned to me and asked out of the blue, “Want me to introduce a guy to you? Very nice one.” For a moment, I thought I heard “Want to eat some sushi? Very nice one.” Hello girl, do I look desperate to you? And she started advertising that guy friend of hers like a product. Eh girl, why don’t you keep him for yourself? I would like to state the fact that 1. I’m not in need of a stead, 2. I never like to tie guys to me by saying that I want to stead them, 3. I’m too picky and 4. I’m not the kind of girl every guy would like, regardless of what my weekly horoscope says. Besides, I’m not that fickle-minded and I like to keep my options open. Next year, perhaps.

I wonder if I'll ever get enough of myself

Was supposed to meet up for Project Work, but they decided to scrape the idea. Whatever. Is good in the sense that I have sufficient time to slack, as well as to study for next week’s tests and complete my assignments. Currently working on my Content Module stuff. Hopefully, I can finish it by next Saturday, so I can slack for the entire weekend next week.

Well, the club’s building on pretty well, and we can expect a meeting by the end of the month. Still brainstorming for a club name and drawing up a plan to submit to the label company in a bid to make us official, or at the very least acknowledge our presence here. Still waiting for more members to make a nice round number.

Felt a little lackadaisical these few days i.e. I keep misplacing my stuff and doing all sorts of stuff to make myself look stupid. Wondering if age is finally catching up on me.

Dave rules my world

Just caught David Tao on the Friday Night show at 8pm. He promised us, those who love his music, that he would never compromise with others on his music style. Thanks for all that, because we never would ever want you to do that. We treasure your music like we treasure such a musical prodigy like you. Rock on, Dave.

Weekly affairs

Coming to the end of the week, these are just some reflections I’ve done over the events or small minor stuff which happened.

+ Monday: Celicia’s now a happily-married woman, and I’m a happy cousin of hers. Can I have a nephew/niece next?
+ Tuesday: Back to school and *gasps* it’s a new GP module! Got my LAST choice, Family Influx, and *gasps again* the module tutor’s Mr Carl Ng. Looks like I couldn’t run away for good after all.
+ Wednesday: Hated PC, and today just made me hate it even more. Esp. that psycho T**, who treats girls like army boys. I’m dreading this.
+ Thursday: Thursday=slack day. Had free time, so did some of my work. Realised that my work’s piling up again.
+ Friday: I stepped on the bus just in time to realize that shoot, I forgot to bring my math assignment. Great, just the perfect thing to ruin a perfect day. And that started my frantic rush to borrow a lecture book and assignment. Thanks, Rach. People kept asking if I were going for tonight’s Talentime and I was polite enough to say, ‘Oh I’m so sorry I’ve got something on,’ instead of ‘f*** off I have so much f****** work to do so get out of my face!’ Man, I’m so vulgar. Did first aid duty for the first time in JJ. Past experiences no longer mattered, because I was dealing with 2 bunches of hot-blooded males making a mad rush for a dumb nut. Not criticizing the sport, because I used to play touch-rugby, but because the first aid facilities were so ‘fantastic’ I almost fainted. Anyway, today’s match was against NY, and I say our boys put up a good fight. Good job, boys, you all did your best despite all the contact-lens-dropping and sprained ankles and pulled muscles. I worship you all.

And again, my TAOism is acting up again. Felt all of a groggy person without that ol’-so’familiar tune in my head. That guy makes music like no one else does and it brings out so much about life, not just his but ours too, and it basically makes MY world go round. Keep the music coming, Dave.

I can't get you outta my head

Celicia’s wedding last night was pretty ordinary, but she’s my cousin and I love her to bits, though I never show it. Must treat her right okay, Darius, or I’ll chase you down Holland V with a chopper.

Met my grandaunt in the washroom yesterday and the lady asked me stuff ranging from ‘how are you? What are you doing now?’ to ‘so soon it’ll be your turn right? Are you going to invite me?’ What does she expect me to do? Settle down and have a family at 17? Please, I haven’t even settled for a guy and she’s asking me about my marriage? That’s precisely the reason why I hate family gatherings.

I seriously need rehabilitation for TAOism. I’m not the crazy sort who says that ‘I wanna marry David Tao!’ or ‘I love you David!’ For me, it’s ‘I cant get your music out of my mind!’

David Tao showcase 30/4/2005

All I can say about David Tao is that he’s a total ladies’ man. I was lucky enough to catch him at the Expo Hall 1 yesterday for his TGL showcase, along with Fleur and her friend Felicia.

3.00pm- Agreed with Fleur to meet at Jurong East MRT station at 3pm. She brought along good friend Felicia and they were struggling mentally at the CD-RAMA because TGL album is out of stock there. You see, there are many ways to get the tickets, and the easiest and fuss-free method is to buy the album.

3.15pm- The shop assistant replaced the phone back onto the receiver. All branches have ran out of stock. Brilliant. I suggested Sembawang Music, and Fleur accompanied Fel to West Mall to hopefully buy her album. Really hope she buys it. Meanwhile, poor ol’ lonely me sets off for Expo to ‘chop’ a place further up front of the queue.

4.09pm-After spending a full 10 minutes walking from Hall 6, I’ve finally reached Hall 1. The queue looks long, but still okay, perhaps just a hundred ahead of me. The music boomed loud from those closed doors, and a familiar voice accompanied it. Apparently DT was doing a sound check. Now, should I queue?

4.34pm-Received an sms from Fleur. ‘We’re at Redhill’. Damn. The queue’s lengthened by about 7 people now. I think I better queue.

4.57pm-Fleur and Fel finally reached, and Fel’s got her album! Made a mad dash for the toilet at Hall 2.

4.59pm- Came back from the toilet and… hey where’s the queue? Okay they moved the queue outside, out of the air-conditioned comfort of the Expo, and into the open. Thank God we’re still in the queue. Took out my Chinese to do. Did I just spot a photographer snapping me? Weirdo.

5.13pm- Collected the 2 free tickets I won for the Singtel download contest, and I’m giving one to someone called Janice. The thing is, I have no idea who she is. But I decided that if I had to give out the ticket for free, I’ll give it to someone who truly appreciates DT’s music. And I chose Janice. Enjoy the ticket.

6.00pm-Doors open! Fleur ran faster than me after we passed the ticket collector. I’m astounded. Got a good place not too far from the stage, perhaps just 2 to 3 metres from the stage. Thank God.

7.00pm-We want David Tao! Where is he? Thank God I’ve had some training from all that standing during parades in secondary school, because the people around us has started to moan. Besides, I was sure I was sticking out like a sore thumb because I’m 1.67m + 1 inch of Fila slips + standing in front of 2 girls who are shorter than me. Meanwhile, his MVs started flashing on the giant screens besides the stage.

7.30pm- The lights died down, and people started screaming. Is that David? Nah, it’s his opening act, WILD. I have no freak idea why they call themselves that, when they’re 5 girls on instruments, and they call themselves a classical-pop group. Please, EMI, do get them to change their names and pick up some English. The Singlish-speaking people here can ramble stuff which are far more grammatically correct than 5 girls from London. Nothing against them, because I thought they were great performers. Just work on the language and the group name.

7.40pm- David enters with ‘Susan Said’, blowing the crowd away. I became busy grinning to myself (sorry no dirty thought here) and helping Fleur with her cam because I’m, after all, at a great advantage when it comes to taking photos behind the crowd. Then he sang ‘Love Can’, before stopping for a game with the crowd. After that was ‘Who Do You Love’, before he stopped to hand-pick the 3 winners for the unreleased Sony Erricsson phone, which cost about a thousand bucks. He was then supposed to end with ‘Yue Liang Dai Biao Shei De Xin’, but we pressed him for one more song so he (or rather, all of us) sang ‘I Love You’, and it was very sweet. Bye to the black-shirt-and-jeans-and-lipbalm David.

9.00pm-The showcase ending about 10 minutes ago, and we spent the time taking photos of ourselves and all that. Fel and Fleur were totally obsessed with their self-photos so I’d rather snap them than join in.

David was charming and he looked very natural, and most importantly, he has no airs AT ALL. He’s like this nice ol’ friend singing to you and it cheers you up instantly. He’s tall, full of nice smiles, and he never fails to hit those ol’-so-very-high notes. It’s visible that he takes pride of his work and puts all he have into singing and bring out the best to all his audience. Brilliant job, David.