A splat of Potato
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 @ 8:46 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
This will be more of a subsidiary post as I intend to take a mini hiatus. In other words, I would have continued with this hiatus if not for my kind intention of updating my ol' blog =]
My mum bought too much for dinner today. I feel a teensy bit sick of sushis now... inari sushi from Cold Storage in particular. Oshizushi [押し寿司] is the best =]]
Okay, I guess it's obvious that I'm having a bit of a "writer's block" currently, thus making my posts seem very...watery, plain... Don't ask me how the word 'watery' came to my mind - I have no idea.
I seriously need to work on playing the guitar properly =/ I like watching those band members play the bass or electric guitars. They look good =D hahas, that was unrelated to what I was saying...
My mind feels kinda scrambled. This morning, while on the train, I was about to sit down at an empty slot. Then there was this lady carrying many groceries coming into the train [ it was at Outram, I think ]. I got up in order to let her have a seat. On went the train till Bugis station, whereby I felt someone tapping me on the back: the lady had saved me a seat on the other side and gestured for me to sit down. It sounds normal, yet this is the first time a person even shows appreciation. For me that is. Sometimes, people just move their butts into the seat after you stand up without a word of thanks and act as if it was their property in the first place. But it was really kind of that lady =]] I saw Auntie Nget Lee on my way to Tampines interchange later this morning. She did not seem to recognise me and kept looking at my name tag while exchanging words with me. She asked why did school end so early for me and that was about it. I wonder if I'd really looked that different to her.
Anyway, HIATUS/INTERIM. In an attempt to divert the attention of the pretty lacunae in my posts, you can look at Kai's face =D
My mum bought too much for dinner today. I feel a teensy bit sick of sushis now... inari sushi from Cold Storage in particular. Oshizushi [押し寿司] is the best =]]
Okay, I guess it's obvious that I'm having a bit of a "writer's block" currently, thus making my posts seem very...watery, plain... Don't ask me how the word 'watery' came to my mind - I have no idea.
I seriously need to work on playing the guitar properly =/ I like watching those band members play the bass or electric guitars. They look good =D hahas, that was unrelated to what I was saying...
My mind feels kinda scrambled. This morning, while on the train, I was about to sit down at an empty slot. Then there was this lady carrying many groceries coming into the train [ it was at Outram, I think ]. I got up in order to let her have a seat. On went the train till Bugis station, whereby I felt someone tapping me on the back: the lady had saved me a seat on the other side and gestured for me to sit down. It sounds normal, yet this is the first time a person even shows appreciation. For me that is. Sometimes, people just move their butts into the seat after you stand up without a word of thanks and act as if it was their property in the first place. But it was really kind of that lady =]] I saw Auntie Nget Lee on my way to Tampines interchange later this morning. She did not seem to recognise me and kept looking at my name tag while exchanging words with me. She asked why did school end so early for me and that was about it. I wonder if I'd really looked that different to her.
Anyway, HIATUS/INTERIM. In an attempt to divert the attention of the pretty lacunae in my posts, you can look at Kai's face =D
Labels: School Days, visual kei
the dust
Sunday, April 13, 2008 @ 5:23 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
the dust that was bitten.
I really admire people who still pursue what they hope for relentlessly even after being rejected countless times. It's the feeling of hurtful disappointment and insecurity that cause the different reactions of humans - even other animals I suppose. One may say those emotions will just give them the kick in the butt to do better the next time. Maybe the setback will just create a pit of quicksand brimming with despair and sink the victim like snakes twining around. Or maybe it will just be a 'once bitten, twice shy' situation whereby a seagull will take extra care not to fly into another glass panel. I think the scariest scenario is the second. The snakes and quicksand are quiet creatures that will just ensnare you into their own delusions before you realise it and they may never let go. Who knows.
The teacher gave us another solo piece - Minuet in G, after the O Sole Mio duet. And I find that these two pieces that I've just mentioned are much more difficult than the Greensleeves solo as these two are in G major. Darn, my fingers are hurting so much now...it hurts just to type.
I searched the song O Sole Mio this morning and I came across this wonderful singer. Yes, she's wonderful. Here's the link for Svetlana Dmitrieva singing the Italian folksong with Andrey Shilov playing the chords in the background.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_jIve65Qc
Labels: guitar
superior humans
Thursday, April 10, 2008 @ 9:38 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
My mum keeps asking me to delete the pictures in the camera that I've taken just an hour ago. As usual, since my CCA ends quite late as by the time I reach the station, it is already nearing eight, I met my mum at the station. And when we were walking up the overhead bridge near the expressway today, we saw this gigantic spider. It reminded me of death. Many mosquitoes were buzzing around the great web and the spider was crawling about. Although the spider seemed to represent the beauty of the onslaught of an unescapable killing, it was the web that attracted my attention. It contained intricate patterns and you could see that it was way huge. There were some flies which were stuck onto the patterns, giving it sophiscated designs. My photo-taking skills are near to zero unfortunately. But I'm not deleting the photos just yet.
During choir practice today, the sop1s seemed to be dying. Lixin said that the way I exclaimed that I'm lost sounds a lot like Ying Tian. Hahas, without Ying Tian's loud voice to cover us, we were really lost. Especially Amazing Grace which killed our voices when we attempted to sing the solo parts. I think at six in the evening, Ms Ong told us about the plans of making alterations to the gowns. Khummi suggested the colour orange for our gowns. Which wasn't really a good idea. Juniper then said, "But we will look naked." I think Ms Ong heard coz she commented that although her ears are very sharp, she will pretend that she didn't hear anything. And when Joey posed the question of the straps being seen under the wide collar, Melanie just answered with the suggestion of not wearing anything under at all. LOL. Ms Ong said we have all gone mad with the studying. XD
Took many candid pictures today.
During choir practice today, the sop1s seemed to be dying. Lixin said that the way I exclaimed that I'm lost sounds a lot like Ying Tian. Hahas, without Ying Tian's loud voice to cover us, we were really lost. Especially Amazing Grace which killed our voices when we attempted to sing the solo parts. I think at six in the evening, Ms Ong told us about the plans of making alterations to the gowns. Khummi suggested the colour orange for our gowns. Which wasn't really a good idea. Juniper then said, "But we will look naked." I think Ms Ong heard coz she commented that although her ears are very sharp, she will pretend that she didn't hear anything. And when Joey posed the question of the straps being seen under the wide collar, Melanie just answered with the suggestion of not wearing anything under at all. LOL. Ms Ong said we have all gone mad with the studying. XD
Took many candid pictures today.
Labels: Crez chorale, School Days
oops
Saturday, April 05, 2008 @ 9:15 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
Tohoshinki's new album, T, is really great. Just that I think I have to wait till maybe June to get it. Coz I've just gotten the w-inds. single, Beautiful Life. The single came with lyrics and a little mini calender card with their pictures on it. And just four songs cost $20 plusplus. Anyway, I think Jae Joong has the best vocals in TVXQ. Hahas.
The road run was fantastic! We got to miss the first period and could stay in the parade square after the run. When the Sec4s got ready to start, the guest-of-honour was supposed to flag them off. Well, she did just that. But the thing was, the flag had its own plan of encouraging the Sec4s to start. The flag flew off the stick when the guest waved it. Wahahaha, I think the person who did the flag thing was not experienced. Anyway, this is the best flagging off incident I've ever seen. LOL, I was telling Zi Yu and Anna about the lady in the field when the next thing I knew, the two flags were literally waved off.
Unfortunately, we did not get to run behind the Sec4s. The Sec3s do not run fast, just like the Sec4s, coz they do not see the point. But they will just seal off the entire path for you. So, you must train yourself to have the talent of weaving through the crowd in the best way possible. If not, they will give you THE glare. Yeah. Despite that, they run was fun. Juniper and Sam [ 2C2's chairperson ] chased each other around the parade square holding the free mineral bottles. By then, the sun had already risen, so most of the lower secondary made do with some unwanted sun tanning - the upper secondary were lucky. I had to sit behind the pillar so that I wouldn't look like a red lobster the next day. During the cheering session, the Sec2s sounded really weird as 2C1 moved up front, in between the two Sec4 classes as one class was in the Chem lab. Yeah, we sounded quite disintegrated. This year's Sec4s are really interesting, they did not scream like other levels, they went way LOW. Something like a gliss. They started high, "AHHHH~woooooooooo". Okay, that looks weird. Ah well. Actually, the other classes did the normal cheer but it was 4G1 and G2 [I think] that went low and the rest followed. It was really funny. Even Ms Ong [ the DM, not the conductor ] was surprised.
I can tie my hair now but it looks bimbotic. It's just a really teeny tail at the back. I think it's better to tolerate the heat and look normal - than look like some weirdo. It doesn't really make a difference coz my fringe would still fall. Who bothers anyway.
Choir learnt Amazing Grace and Hope, Faith, Life, Love on Thursday. These are the combined pieces which will be sang with PJC choir and the adult choir under Ms Ong. Sadly, Soprano did not get the melody for Amazing Grace and i kept going out of tune. Gah~ And during sectionals, Ying Tian got us to try to sing the highest note in the song. I could not reach it then. But funnily, when Juniper, Khummi and I went out to play in the rain [well, I did not play in the rain but the other two did], I suddenly could sing it with ease. Thus, I came up with a conclusion, I can only reach that note if I'm singing damn loud, relaxed and in open places. It was really warm in the Giga-Jam area and I was exercising a lot of self-control to not scream/complain about the heat. After all, it's not like it's the section's fault for being there. The Sec1s did not stop complaining though. And I realise that the choir has been getting distracted easily these days.
Juniper is now trying to worsen the condition of her shoes. She just showed me the 'advancement' of her shoe. Khummi also showed me the nice circle-shaped hole in her own pair of shoes too. I am hereby happy to proclaim that there is a slight progress in Juniper's and Khummi's efforts to worsen their shoes' condition. The tear at the beginning of the sole of Juniper's shoe has lengthen, and Khummi has attained a wider circle.
The road run was fantastic! We got to miss the first period and could stay in the parade square after the run. When the Sec4s got ready to start, the guest-of-honour was supposed to flag them off. Well, she did just that. But the thing was, the flag had its own plan of encouraging the Sec4s to start. The flag flew off the stick when the guest waved it. Wahahaha, I think the person who did the flag thing was not experienced. Anyway, this is the best flagging off incident I've ever seen. LOL, I was telling Zi Yu and Anna about the lady in the field when the next thing I knew, the two flags were literally waved off.
Unfortunately, we did not get to run behind the Sec4s. The Sec3s do not run fast, just like the Sec4s, coz they do not see the point. But they will just seal off the entire path for you. So, you must train yourself to have the talent of weaving through the crowd in the best way possible. If not, they will give you THE glare. Yeah. Despite that, they run was fun. Juniper and Sam [ 2C2's chairperson ] chased each other around the parade square holding the free mineral bottles. By then, the sun had already risen, so most of the lower secondary made do with some unwanted sun tanning - the upper secondary were lucky. I had to sit behind the pillar so that I wouldn't look like a red lobster the next day. During the cheering session, the Sec2s sounded really weird as 2C1 moved up front, in between the two Sec4 classes as one class was in the Chem lab. Yeah, we sounded quite disintegrated. This year's Sec4s are really interesting, they did not scream like other levels, they went way LOW. Something like a gliss. They started high, "AHHHH~woooooooooo". Okay, that looks weird. Ah well. Actually, the other classes did the normal cheer but it was 4G1 and G2 [I think] that went low and the rest followed. It was really funny. Even Ms Ong [ the DM, not the conductor ] was surprised.
I can tie my hair now but it looks bimbotic. It's just a really teeny tail at the back. I think it's better to tolerate the heat and look normal - than look like some weirdo. It doesn't really make a difference coz my fringe would still fall. Who bothers anyway.
Choir learnt Amazing Grace and Hope, Faith, Life, Love on Thursday. These are the combined pieces which will be sang with PJC choir and the adult choir under Ms Ong. Sadly, Soprano did not get the melody for Amazing Grace and i kept going out of tune. Gah~ And during sectionals, Ying Tian got us to try to sing the highest note in the song. I could not reach it then. But funnily, when Juniper, Khummi and I went out to play in the rain [well, I did not play in the rain but the other two did], I suddenly could sing it with ease. Thus, I came up with a conclusion, I can only reach that note if I'm singing damn loud, relaxed and in open places. It was really warm in the Giga-Jam area and I was exercising a lot of self-control to not scream/complain about the heat. After all, it's not like it's the section's fault for being there. The Sec1s did not stop complaining though. And I realise that the choir has been getting distracted easily these days.
Juniper is now trying to worsen the condition of her shoes. She just showed me the 'advancement' of her shoe. Khummi also showed me the nice circle-shaped hole in her own pair of shoes too. I am hereby happy to proclaim that there is a slight progress in Juniper's and Khummi's efforts to worsen their shoes' condition. The tear at the beginning of the sole of Juniper's shoe has lengthen, and Khummi has attained a wider circle.
Labels: Crez chorale, road run, School Days
