We ran through the three sacred pieces and the ABBA songs today. Practice was quite fun but everyone seemed tired - especially the Sec4s. After Math, Pearlyn and I went to the canteen to eat and Deborah drowned my beloved Eeyore with her love yet again. Laura and Melanie came down to the canteen too after their paper, and talked during the break to Pearlyn and me. Cynthia was also there.
During the first part of practice, some people came to service the air conditioners in the Seminar room. Some got quite distracted but it was still quite okay. Good thing that Regina Caeli sounds like a song now although there a still mistakes. I must try to memorise all the songs. What I'm very worried about now is Hope, Faith, Life, Love... . Although there are only seven words in the whole song and it's more of a chant, I just can't get it. I mean, I'm okay during sectionals but when we sing combined, I just sound weird and till now, I can't remember the whole song. Gosh. I really must work harder.
We went through the actions for Dancing Queen and it was really messy at first, but Ms Ong told us where to turn and stuff like that. Oh, and we started on the actions for Mamma Mia. Ms Ong told us to just think of any pose for each line within like 30 seconds. Everyone came up with really simple and girly moves. Wahahaha, I never thought I could be bimbotic. Really. But of course I don't use the bimbotic moves that I did when we were not singing in the song. Those were just for fun. =]] Now, the thing is to REMEMBER all the moves that I did during the singing.
Labels: choir, Crez chorale, School Days
I think it is true that I fall ill almost every holiday. I went to the clinic to see Doctor John yesterday evening and he refused to let me go for any CCA, school functions or whatsoever till I get enough rest. When I told him that I think that it's important for me to attend today's full-dress rehearsal, he cut me off by saying that if I sing or talk today, I will definitely lose my voice and shall have to visit him again next week. Of course, after weighing my options, I decided to forgo today's practice and at least, I will be able to go for next week's ones. But I still went to school in the morning to hand in all the programme sheets with me, and left my MC with Kalyn.
Hopefully, by next week, I will be able to sing and I can be able to do Regina Caeli well. ><
Labels: choir, Crez chorale, School Days
I find that keeping an open mind about a lot of things is very important. They touched on homosexuality, temptations and sexual abstinence, pre-marital sexual intercourse and lastly, how to take care of your skin and other aspects of puberty. Anyway, it is really awful to be in the same place for such a long period of time. Thank goodness for the invention of the air conditioner.
School invasion tour was fun...But we couldn't make out anything that was spoken by the two vocalists - Tessa Sim and I could only make out what Soo was saying. We sang happy birthday in the auditorium for someone [ I think Soo ] , Crescent style =D The Sec4s in front of us were really funny. They used paper to give their comments to those guys performing. LOL.
Right after that, I had to go to settle some stuff so didn't have time for lunch. As Ms Ong didn't want practice to be interrupted, we had to do the gown-fitting only after 4.30pm. It was really problematic. The Sec1s are all too small-sized. Either that or they are far too short! Gah. Anyway, I feel so tired now, we only went off at about 6.30pm plus plus...and I reached home really late. Oh well, got to sleep now - tomorrow will have combined practice! Good thing we are the host, at least we don't have to know how to get back =]
Labels: Crez chorale, School Days
I just found out that Hey! Say! JUMP has already been formed since ... the end of last year. Hahas, had been listening to visual kei so wasn't really paying attention to any Johnny jr stuff. But, HSJ had a debut concert already!!! Haven't watched the whole thing though =/ Some people uploaded the DVD rip onto Youtube =DDD My favourites are still the same and will be from the former Hey! Say! 7 : Yamada Ryosuke [山田涼介] and Chinen Yuuri [知念侑李]. Yuto is cute too but I still think the other two are funnier XD And I got a shock when Chinen suddenly got up and jumped down during his solo ... it was so high up! Yamada's Perfume song was great. I love Perfume and On The Wind the most =DD I can't wait for the subbed version of Sensei wa Erai! to be uploaded!!! =]
Okay, I feel more cheery now. I felt so sleepy for the whole day, and I did many crazy and irritating stuff to so many people today - I feel sorry for them. During Inter-house games, Keller house had to sit under the sun. So I sat next to Hazel, as she could block away the sunlight XD Sorry Hazel! I think she must have felt that I'm annoying - treating her like an umbrella. Also, I went mad during recess. Hahas, I think I am scary at times.
I dozed off during the talk after recess. I was too tired by then. Funny, when I feel tired, I will try to burn up all my energy [ and going crazy in the process ] and I will be like a deflated ballon after that. Anyway, I can't remember what the talk was about. Just had a really good rest. The air con was cool =]
Labels: HSJ, School Days
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 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
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
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
When Ms Ong asked if there were anymore songs we were interested in singing, the seniors mentioned Ave Regina coelorum. I lent her my score to take a look as the others didn't bring it with them and the juniors don't have the score yet. The thing was that after she took a look, she forgot to hand it back to me. I kept asking her but she took no notice of me till the third time then did she hand it back to me and apologised. Lol, it is quite embarrassing to call someone and he or she does not reply.
I actually told Mr Wong that I did not practise Greesleeves at all. Well, I didn't have time to. So he did not really say much after I played as I did not practise and there was nothing much he could say. At least I did not get scolded.
We recorded the history podcast project already. My role is the great-grandson of the survivor from the World War II. It's weird to hear my recorded voice. Firstly, I think everyone sort of thinks that my voice is quite low. But the recorded version of my voice sounds so... girly, in a way, slightly bimbotic. It's really strange. But young boys are suppose to have high voices I guess.
And if white hair ain't enough, Anna claimed that she saw some golden strands of hair on my head. Well, someone ever told me that I have red strands of hair too. Maybe it's just the lighting. I just hope not to get grey hairs. Somehow, they look much more scary than white strands.
Labels: Crez chorale, guitar, School Days
This morning, I stepped on some poor guy's slipper. It's a good thing that he had a good sense of balance - otherwise he would be lying on his face, flat on the floor in the next second. And that's worse. The best part: he seemed not to notice that he was walking with only one slipped until my mum publicly exclaimed, " Aiyoh, whose slipper is that?". Then he backtracked and slipped on his slipper. Pity that guy. All happened in full view of the passengers on the train. And I see him sometimes on the train coz he also alights at Redhill. That's bad. He will know me as the evil girl who steps on people's shoe. Anyway, my mum was laughing aloud. I was making an olympic effort not to laugh and to keep a straight face so as not to cause further embarrassment for that guy. Oh well.
I saw Jiayi on the train yesterday. Finally someone who recognises me. We didn't say much as I was already alighting and she had just got on at Bedok.
Anyways, where was I? Oh, I took the train back with Jolene this afternoon. I fell asleep on the way and NO, I didn't fall on any one's shoulder. Good thing that I didn't too. Hahas. There was this guy who was sitting opposite and he was oozing such X-factor. Most of the girls that got on after that kept saying that he's cute and stuff. Although I can think of better looking guys, I must admit that he is really striking. Such people are lucky. They have this natural charisma to them and they attract attention from both genders. Lucky, huh.
Labels: School Days
I went to the clinic on Monday after drama and choir. And due to my voice, I had to be the casket for the drama skit thing. Yes, I lost my voice, hence I could not rehearse at all, so it would make perfect sense if I get a role which has no need for speaking the lines at all. It was quite...awkward though. Yes, I don't have to memorise any lines, it's easy being a non-living character, but it seriously is idiotic. This was what I wrote for the reflection on my character:
"I'm the casket. Oh joy! I loved being the casket as I looked so idiotic and I don't have any lines to remember."
Anyway, it was fun taking candid shots of people. =]
Oh, and a lizard jumped on me before Home Economics practical exam. How wonderful, you might say. Well, it is pretty easy to tell what I did next. I SCREAMED. Forget about losing my voice, I got my voice then. I never knew I could scream even when having so much phlegm clogging my throat. It. Was. Horrible. The (*^&$^^(*_)&#%^&*((#$%^^)_ lizard jumped onto my apron and fell into the pocket. I was jumping there, trying to untie my apron when the lizard climbed out and leaped down, running to the other side of the room. Just to make sure it was gone, I got Harriet to untie my apron for me [while I was screaming like hell]. I was hyperventilating then, that was why I couldn't untie that damn knot. But I've never seen a lizard jump or leap before. Sheesh. Why must it be that table? I wonder what would happen if the lizard was at the teacher's table instead.
I think I'm gonna fail the exam though. My tart was burnt. No. It was charred. Sigh.
Thank goodness it wasn't a cockroach. I'd die if it was a cockroach instead of a lizard. I think I would be shrieking with more gusto than the fire alarm. Okay, I should not and would not imagine what would happen then. Eeeek.
Labels: Crez chorale, School Days
I felt feverish yesterday. Tsktsk, Juniper passed her germs to me.
I'd just watched the last episode of My Girl. =] Okay, this post is gonna be brief as I only have fifteen minutes to use the computer.
I made several mistakes for my lesson today. Partly because of my watch. Most of the time, I would take out my watch when playing but it kept getting caught in the first string. Don't ask me how. It was quite embarrassing and the air-conditioner inside was killing me. Okay, time's up.
We had the slow jog [ is that how it's supposed to be spelt? ] in the morning, whereby we did some game in which teamwork is required. Sop1s were the first =] And after that, we sang Mama Mia.
For lunch, we all went to Redhill hawker centre to eat. It was raining heavily by then, so everyone needed to use umbrellas. Anyway, Juniper, Zhuo Min, Claudia and I shared a table with an old man. The mixed rice there was pretty good. On our way back to school, Juniper sang Christmas songs - and she got mixed up between Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and You Better Watch Out. I tried singing along with her but she is really funny ... I was laughing most of the time xD
We did the Amazing Race after that. Had to go all the way to Tiong. Oh, and coz the other sections caught up with us, we ran all the way from the station to school in the rain. Yes, everyone was wet. This time, the order was exactly the other way round, alto2s, alto1s, sop2s then sop1s. Then everyone slacked for some time before starting on Dancing Queen and Chiquitita. Money, Money, Money is truly a weird and desperate song.
Labels: Crez chorale, School Days
It's funny how raindrops are like tears, sliding off surfaces and falling from the grey eyes of the skies. I always think of this whenever it rains. But it's also cheerful in a melancholic way - the sky is crying for you and your misery. Even if you aren't miserable or anything, it's like your comrade, forever siding you unconditionally. Just like a parent.
I have always viewed the weather as emotions I guess. Silly as it seems. I dislike sunny weather though. Although people view the sunny skies as cheerful, it's a total annoyance to me. Doesn't it seem like the weather is deliberately trying to anger you further by making you feel warm and irritated? But of course, like everything else, there are always the pros and the cons. I wouldn't like it to rain if I'm having an outdoor activity that I really like or if I'd forgotten to bring an umbrella on that day. Although I think I would be admiring the monochrome background under some shelter. I think I prefer windy days over sunny ones too. Just that I don't think I appreciate the wind messing my hair till I look like some lost madwoman.
I've just found that despair is more like quicksand and not like the sadness everyone thinks it is. it may not purely sadness. It's like a drug, that would drag you down without your realisation. To struggle would only result in frustration. The best way is to only try your best to seek the best way to wake up, I guess.
Anyway, Ave Maria sounds really good when all the sections combine.
I've got nothing much to blog about actually. So I hereby advise you not to read any further as it will just be the usual daily rantings.
There isn't any holiday to speak about. Just because of the many projects, I will have to go to school everyday during the March holiday. I don't mind going for the choir camp or the Science lesson and I usually don't care about projects - I will just do it. But I really dislike it when the different teachers decide to give so many projects at once. We are humans after all. Well, at least I hope all of us are in this case.
Moving on from this dreary topic, I have finally found my favourite Chupa Chups flavour this morning! Somehow, I just can't find the one I want at any store =/ And I forgot what is the name of the flavour again. Darn. I can only remember the design of the wrapping. Anyway, I bought it from this old provision shop this morning. Oh well, maybe it is such an old flavour that almost no one sells it? I passed the shop when I went to the salon to trim my hair.
The hair stylist that has been trimming my hair is going to transfer to yet another salon. She said that it will still be in Tampines. This time, I made it clear that I don't want it that short. I still can recall the disaster she created last time - she cut my fringe too short and it was horrendous. At least, this time, she trimmed it and knew that I didn't want it too short.
While she was busy trimming my hair, I'd suddenly thought about this strange question that someone asked me not too long ago. 'Why do boys like girls with long hair?' 'Tis strange, but I found that it seemed to be quite true.I don't know why, but in my Primary school and in TK, the boys seemed to like those with long hair. Sadly, even if I did have long hair last time, no one was interested in me in that way. Hahas. Yes, that's how sad my life is. Okay, I'm drifting from the topic here. Anyway, I asked my friend. And it IS true that boys do like girls with long hair.
Labels: Crez chorale
Oh, and I bought a Rubik's Cube today. Although I am still trying to solve it on my own =P
Well, I have no time to post something substantial today. Ta.
I'm not listening to just one band these days. So I'm more or less listening to songs by many many bands =p
The TPC is so heavy! But I love it and of course, I definitelyabsolutelypositively love my slipcase too ^^ And I definitelyabsolutelypositivelyfantastically love the weather today. Okay, I wanna watch 'My Girl' now. It's a great comedy =D
Today's Math paper was hell. I can see that the highest I can get for this paper is D7 T-T
I pity the guy who's helping us print the class hoodies. He had to go to his office and we spent quite a long time just to decide on one colour. Oh well. I feel guilty.
I think the Sec1s are getting their TPCs today. I saw the fujitsu people coming to our school this afternoon. Well, we're getting ours soon too so cheer up people.
BTW, we got back our Chinese test papers today. 陈老师 marking speed is remarkably fast. Whether or not is that bad news is yet another matter. Because of the comprehension - which was tough. But it was the passage cloze that struck the final blow. Uwahhh.
Labels: School Days
Anyway, today my mum asked her colleague, aunty Sybil, on her religion. That is to say, if I should go for classes. But I'm already so old. Anyway, many have said that the classes are boring. There were and are still instances whereby i kinda envy people who were already born into a certain religion. Maybe that's why they can remain to committed and devouted to their religion? Ah well, you can say I'm just either plain lazy or not ready to be committed even after all these years.
I went to an ex-schoolmate's blog and saw so many familiar faces. Most of which were my lower primary schoolmates. Not 6/9. It seems weird. Not seeing these people daily while they are so close to each other now. And so many people have changed ever since last year. Hahas, so far, my post seem to be a tad too sentimental, no?
Everyone's waiting for their TPCs now I guess. While there's the long wait and the feeling of finally able to get a TPC like the seniors. Plus the novelty of having a newer model than previous years, I feel that it would be kinda a great responsibility of not losing it or having it stolen ><
Last week's guitar class was like the usual. Just that we have started on strumming. Although it sounds much better, it is definitely difficult to play. After all, the beautiful-sounding F chord is always there to hinder our chord changes.
The only advantage of having exams and such is that we get to go back home right after our paper has finished. Unfortunately, we don't have that privilege tomorrow as lessons will resume after Math after like three days of common tests.
I have been having nightmares lately. Rather, I have been getting the feeling that I had been having nightmares. After all, I don't bother to remember what exactly happened in my dreams - I can only remember the people involved. It's the weather. Blame it all on the humidity.
I wish to paint my nails black. If not for the need to go back to school during holiday.
Labels: School Days
That was basically what I wrote for History.
I have been feeling down lately but that may be because of just the usual tiredness.
I have this feeling that I'm gonna fail Literature. And most probably History. Darn.
Need more motivation.
Deb exclaimed that I have two [strands of] totally white hair. Really, is that such a big problem. Anyway, hopefully, I wouldn't be getting anymore white strands anytime soon.
I didn't blog about a lot of things that happenned last week. For choir, we're learning 'Ave Maria' now. But I can't remember anything that I'd sang last week. Anyways, the song sounded lovely during combined. Oh, Ms Ong [ the new conductor ] taught us many new stuff about effective vocal techniques and to sing in a richer voice while breathing properly. She let us sing 'Can't help falling in love with you' on Valentine's Day XD All Disney songs are great =]
I have to study now. MAY be taking a slight hiatus...but that depends if I can be bothered to post.
;the yarn spun out of control. wings torn apart, trying to reach out,
to fly.
Labels: School Days