cover this shit
sabato, luglio 31, 2004
cos right now...
i wonder if it's my imagination, but when i listen to some parts of this song, i can hear a female voice? it's barely there, or maybe the person's singing falsetto. *shrugs*
been coughing myself to slp the past few nights. =/ apparently, all the choir peeps are taking turns to fall sick. Damn stressed by the pile of wrk i have. guess i don't really take care of myself when i get too busy.
so i'm popping pills now. blah, never felt tht taking too much medicine is gd in the first place, but i shall be gd and follow the doc's orders. 3 out of the 5 types list drowsiness as a side effect. mmm. i kinda enjoy the drowsy effect. you just relax totally and drift off the lullaby land. watch out! there's a potential drug abuser here, lol.
*guilty smile* esp tht nite when i stayed up all the way till early morn chatting with b1 and b2. gosh, can't even remember what we talked abt le, but it sure was fun. cept tht, i realize i prick their egg-shell thin egos pretty often. guyz are sensitive abt the weirdest of things. i think the silliest part was when we were all trying to shoo each other offline, and we spent like 10mins doing so. it was damn crappy, and i'm really tempted to post an excerpt up here...=laughs= but i think not, hafta protect our reputations.
i'm going to watch the fireworKs lateR, yay.
they never fail to captivate me.
hmm i wonder...
Gemstar blogged on 7/31/2004 04:18:00 PM
mercoledì, luglio 28, 2004
spotted! a spotted car. =)
*o*
Gemstar blogged on 7/28/2004 10:49:00 PM
domenica, luglio 25, 2004
hmm!!! i was just blog-hopping and chanced upon these..
Pu Tong Peng You ~Dischordant
it's clara and her acapella grp, dischordant!! mmhmm! she's singing the lead here. really miss tht voice of hers manz. Yit , jus, quick go see! they went for a regional acapella competition in taiwan, last year i think. Samantha and valerie's in there too. My dearest rgclassmate and choir mates..3 cheers for them all!! whoa, they've sure gone places. =)
Can't Take My Eyes off You ~Dischordant
Val's the lead in this one. Her lovely voice is truly heartmeltingly sweet..*nods*
Taipei Contemporary A Capella Association
Gemstar blogged on 7/25/2004 06:31:00 PM
sabato, luglio 24, 2004
touchdown
After mooning arnd, albeit under the effects of jet lag for the past 2 days, I’m ready to plant both my feet firmly on the ground again. Lotsa thoughts flying round in my head, guess I better empty everything in here.
Those 10 days in germany were a glorious 10 days, and they left a bittersweet aftertaste.
Pre-competition
We had our fair share of disappointments, tension, scoldings, and black faces from the teacher (s), ms lim alike. But the most important thing, I felt, was that we were able to pick ourselves up again. There is no point in dwelling on the past, we just had to keep moving on, and that was exactly what we learnt. That tension filled morning, where almost everyone was in tears will always be deeply etched in my mind. Begging our conductor not to give up on us. It was painful, she had every right to be upset, and disappointed, we were THAT close. It was a disgustingly stupid mistake made, and this time we are able to experience firsthand, how a small mistake can have huge consequences.
Performance/Competition
I kinda regretted not buying the cds? I want to hear how we sounded. Guess I’ve gotta borrow. Contemp at the Glocke was our best performance. The acoustics there is kinda like VCH’s so I guess everyone was pretty comfortable and enjoying themselves on stage. Singing for the sacred pieces in church was an entirely different story all together. It was kinda tough trying to feel each other. We didn’t. It didn’t help that the reversal of positions of the 3rd row made everyone damn disoriented. It just goes to show how dependent we were on each other, which is not a bad thing in itself, but detrimental when situations like this crop up. We flopped.
We were much more determined for the finals. The performance was at the church again, and everyone gave his or her best shot. No regrets here, I must say. The moment we stepped out of the performance venue, I felt total elation. It was after all, the very last performance for us year 2s. A milestone for us. Hugs were given all around, and everyone cheered, sang and celebrated in that backstage music room.
We raaaaaaaaaaaaaaan back to the glocke in the rain after that, in our black dresses, court shoes, scarves and all. It was a deliciously delirious experience. Quotable quote from Thomas “ Can you all run like ladies?”
;p
The hotel in the forest
Imagine the expressions on our faces when we realized we were going further and further away from the city…deep into the outskirts of Bremen. You see the same scenery being repeated over and over again. We were like, “ NoooonOOOO where’s he taking us?” Our worst fears were confirmed, when the bus turned into some offbeaten track, and we caught sight this crickety wooden sign bearing the name of our humble accommodations, or so we thought. The place was in a forest, literally. What followed was a loooong wait outside the main house, and we were freezing our butts off. It was darn cold when we arrived. Then followed the lottery moment where they assigned the keys. Depending on how you see it, the lucky ones got rooms in haus 2 which came with attached bathrooms. =laughs= though I’m sure the haus 1 peepz had their fun too, shall elaborate later. The entire choir shared 2 houses that was linked by a music room. It was really cool. Each house had a common room and a bistro, and our rooms were equipped with all the bare necessities.
Grin. I really enjoyed my stay here. The d-i-y bread bun+cheese+ham burger + cocoa crunch breakfast at the main house, the cup noodle+ assorted biscuits+ orange fanta feasts we had in the common room, chats/debates we had with mr ang, playing silly dice games, aaaaaaaah “heart attack” and uno stacko late at night, the morning/gd-nite calls by our dear friendly little bear… Not to mention the super amusing spates of break-ins by the big burglar, the guys fighting over the bathrooms, as well as tuning into the am bathroom kiddie radio. (which I hope wasn’t off-key, pity I didn’t get to hear.)
Gosh, I so miss those times we shared.
FooD and ShopPinG
I think the bestest meal I had was the one aftr contemp. It was Thursday and marKt day in germany, and we chanced upon a fish and chips shop in the myriad of stalls they had at the market place. We tried to exercise caution, and walked away cos it was deep fried and we still had to sing. =laughs= I distinctly remember someone whining away. So cute. Well, we had it in the end. 2 plates btw 6 pple! Yummy. Fried fish and lovely potato salad. *drools thinking abt it* Then we had fresh strawberries as dessert. They were huge, red ,juicy and sweeeet !!! mmmmmm.
Oh. Had fish agn later on in the evening I think, with the shop that had a cute waiter with the loveliest of eyes. We eventually took a photo with him…but he blinked. =/ the next few times we passed by tht same store, it became a habit for us to turn and look in. but heh, no more.
We had Sunday off, finally. But… all the shops were closed! How wonderful. But we did have the time of our lives. At least I did. For once, the hours spanned on in front of us for the taking. No more frantically rushing to assemble, no more gobbling down of food. It was total freedom, pure and simple. We had a satisfying lunch. I mean after days of bread/hotdogs… it was like heaven to us. We each ordered a plate of pasta along with champagne, beer and juice. BH joined our group that day. And he turned really red after drinking all that alcohol. I just felt that sweet warm drowsy feeling spreading upwards from my tummy. Grin, thn me and shuxian acted silly aftr tht whilst walking out of the shop, alg the streets.
Met up with grp 8 at the windmill park. It was bee-A-you-ti-ful, and for that moment, it seemed as though all our troubles had dissipated in the warmth of the sunshine. I felt content just sitting down there on the grass, quietly absorbing everything. Took lotsa lovely photos here. =)
mm. guess I’ve written long enough… not sure if there’ll be a part 2. Lol... I’ll judge by the response, wahaa.
Anyway go check out the photos in the gallery peepZ, they’re ouT !!!
Gemstar blogged on 7/24/2004 10:52:00 PM
us @ the windmill parK
*o*
Gemstar blogged on 7/24/2004 10:48:00 PM
lunedì, luglio 12, 2004
disposable
have you ever wondered how disposable you are? It's like once you are of no use to the person, you're just cast aside and forgotten. Gotten rid of. My maid's leaving today. She's flying off earlier then me! And you know what, she was only told of it just now. Parents came home with a new luggage and passed it to her, then sprung the news on her that they were sending her home. Then they went on abt how they were gd employers, by acty paying for her plane ticket to jakarta instead of (the cheaper one) to batam, or worse deducting it fr. her pay.
I'm utterly sickened.
I mean if it were me and one momment i'm still slogging away, tidying up the house and the nxt thing i know, i'm supposed to be packing my luggage on my way home, I'd be damn disorientated, and upset. Granted, she had been given alot of chances for her other misdemeanors, but you know what, i'd rather not have such nasty surprises sprung on me. At least have the decency to inform way beforehand, face-to-face. It's kinda like your boss firing you via email, or worse, breaking up with someone via sms? yea, i have absolute zero say in the matter, because i was taken by surprise too. My lil sis is not even home! and she's the one championing worker's rights in the family, cos she always speaks up for the maid. upset too, because no amt of my arguing is helping matters. bah. they say i'm too naive, and trusting.
and i, just said my gdbye to her.
vindicated
Hope dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption
Winding in and winding out
The shine of it has caught my eye
And roped me in
So mesmerizing, so hypnotizing
I am captivated
{Chorus}
I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
So clear
Like the diamond in your ring
Cut to mirror your intentions
Oversized and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye
And rendered me
So isoloated, so motivated
I am certain now that
{Chorus}
So turn
Up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my finger tips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Defense is paper thin
Just one touch and I'd be in
Too deep now to ever swim against the current
So let me slip away (3x)
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away (4x)
{Chorus}
Slight hope
It dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption...
Gemstar blogged on 7/12/2004 11:18:00 AM
domenica, luglio 11, 2004
countdown, 24 hrs!
~yawn. sr is feeling really sleepy. it's 4.15pm in germany now. a nap sounds gd. hafta readjust my entire bioclock to german time asap. we'll be on the plane at this time tmr!! feeling pretty excited already.... oh, and both hc and vj got into the finals! congratz manz. our turn soon. =)
nite. *big hugzzzzzzz*. love ya. ;)
Gemstar blogged on 7/11/2004 10:12:00 PM
sabato, luglio 10, 2004
i'm more or less done with packing. yaY. =) it's been quite a breeze, cos my shopping was done already. grin. credit goes to my mum and dad who bought the stuff. i wrote out my shopping list days ago. hurray for gd organization! *beams* =peeks at my room which looks as tho a typhoon has swept over=
mm. twiddling my thumbs at the momment. only stuff i haven't packed in is my toothbrush, and my homework. -_- oh, and the mini-uno-stacko. shall have to locate it first. how exciting, just abt a day plus more and we'll be flying off!! heard tht qte a few pple r coming to see us off. how sweet. =) here are the details: we'll be at terminal 1 fr. 7pm onwards, our flight-Finnair AY 098 and departure time-2150.
today....
1) i polished my court shoes. lol, for the fun of it. heh, qte a therapeutic experience, reminded me of the rc days when we had to polish our shoes till we cld see our reflections in them. they're real shiny now.
2) packed and packed... and finished doing so in abt 3 hrs.
3)napped.
yesterday...
1) my maid ran away last night and reappeared in the morning. Caused qte alot of commotion in the family, think my dad even made a police report. Thing was, i was the one who discovered her disappearance. Popped into her rm to look for my choir gown, and realized tht her bed was empty. warh. what's tht abt being at the wrong place at the wrong time?? me thinks she's done so a few times already w'o us realizing it.
tomorrow...
1) i wanna go swimming
2) get some homework done.
3) have a nice dinner with my family. (chance for me to wear my new dress, muaha.)
Gemstar blogged on 7/10/2004 11:22:00 PM
giovedì, luglio 08, 2004
EscapiSm
if i ever practised a religion, i'd be practising that. And why so? I shall try to explain. Usually, school's a bore, not to mention tiring, frustrating and demoralizing. So whenever the chance arises, we'll happily miss school, for competitions, performances... etc. However, come june hols and choir practs gradually became heavily intensive, we see a reversal in trends. People were eagerly going for extra lessons and make-ups instead! bless their hardworking souls. =D
mm. i would say the 10 days in germany would be a lovely escape. However, this time the consequences i'm sure, lies pretty heavily in our minds. at least in my mind. 10 days of lagging behind is NO joke. i mean, already i'm being told
1)my chem tys has to tag alg
2)to do my bio consolidation set of wrkshts (which include 9 essays and 13 str questions)
3)to do my math tutorials
4)read read read read, for gp.
(while adhering to the 10pm nite curfew tht ms chua has dutifully promised to implement acc. to my gp teacher)
even aftr all those. i'll still be lagging. and i don't mean jet lag. Like i was telling them today, even after choir ends(unofficially) for us, we'd have a helluva fun time staying back EVERYDAY for make-ups and special lessons, just to catch up on wad we've missed.. -takes a deep breath-
better take josh's advice, we must enjoy our last performing/competition experience together, so there'd be no regrets!!!!! You know it suddenly struck me there and then that THIS is really going to be the last time we'd be together chionging like that. As it is, i'm am seeing the choir peepz on a DAILY basis, it'd feel super empty and weird once everything is over. It's as though a big part of your life has suddenly gone missing. wow. everything's on fastforward mode now.
elisa came over to my hse today. =) she saw our syf finals pieces "over the rainbow" and "sakura" in my jukebox, so she decided to play it. and yea, it did bring back lotsa lovely memories. of us, as well as our yr 3s. whoa, cos you know what, it's been a year already, since tht performance at the esplanade. And you wonder how did time just slip by like that, without you noticing.
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RYAN's absolutely Adorable with a capital A *grin* lol, today was pretty productive for me considering, me and el managed to get half of bio done(the's for me, she's almost done with her essays) then we watched 3 episodes of OC and HapPy FisH. lol, we were squabbling over who we thought was cuter, waha. she likes seth. Gosh, and i really think the OC's lifestyle so cool. The californian backdrop, huge suburban houses near the sea... and they always have these formal social events that they attend, all dressed up to the nines, with delightful company, of course. *grin* maybe we shld all consider g. lee's tai-tai's suggestion, huh, kel? lol.
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oh. derek lee's econs lesson today was an enlightening experience. he's really zai. precise, clear and straight to the point. i nvr understood so much in sucha short period of time before. hmm. i wonder which tutor we're getting tmr??
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Gemstar blogged on 7/08/2004 10:48:00 PM
martedì, luglio 06, 2004
realiTy cRasH
today's the first official day of school. it sucked. Bombarded with lotsa stuff rite from the start.
teachers were pretty fast with their marking this time, i got back a section of bio, econs.. and my entire math paper. Flunked my math, warh. okay, i kinda expected it, so at least i was mentally prepared. mr lim was really nice, and the pep talk session he gave to me was considerably short, compared to the rest. He was like, "you know, when i saw your name i expected smth wayyyyy wayy higher than this. You and I both know you definitely can do much better. " *sr cringes inside* warh.
i mean, it's heartwarming to know he has tht much faith in me. seems tht almost everyone does,and i'm still getting such crappy results. gosh, wake-up call... earth to sr, earth to sr. simply having the potential is just NOT gd enough. it's like when u put up a performance on stage, when you screw it up, you screwed it up. There's no second chances to speak of, the audience doesn't know about all the efforts you've put in rehearsals. who cares abt it when you don't show the results? Works the same way in the business world, lousy job performance, it's bye-bye to you. warH, i better buck up.
gotta brace myself for more... bad news ahead.
Gemstar blogged on 7/06/2004 09:48:00 PM
lunedì, luglio 05, 2004
Tiny BlaCk liZarD
insomia strikes me at the weirdest of times. well, technically it's too early to be counted as insomia, but i foresee a sleepless night ahead, complete with all that tossing and turning on the bed.
Just as i was leaving my room to sit in front on the com, i caught sight of this tiny lizard skittering accross the floor, under my bed. It was gone in a blink of an eye. A figment of my imagination, perhaps? It was pretty well camouflaged against the parquet floor. ah well, since it's kinda cute and out of sight i shall permit it to live in the territories of my room. =pray= i won't step on it by accident in the dark. =X
the nxt friendly creature i encountered was this renegade divebombing beetle in the study. aaaaah. these totally freak me out. theY zip arnd madly ignoring all aviation flight controls and i swear, veer dangerously close to you just to freak you out and sometimes, fly right into your face. =S HeLpppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*peers* kk, it's currently landed on the curtain. thou shalt stay as far away from it as possible.
alto famiLy =)
have i mentioned how much i love my section? grin, i really do. Sectionals do not get as dreary as they can get cos of shan and leet.(we've been using the german rm these days. aircon!! wahaaa.)-laughs- esp hs and her antics, totally amusing. Just today she placed this hugE reD smiLey cardboarD BeaR on the chair in an attempt to make us smile, (eh, jh must take photo with it sometime k!!!!!!!! it'll be a reallly lovely pic, i promise. -grin-) cos we were pretty much stoned in the morning. lotsa stuff tht can be learnt fr. leet as well, she's power manz. i mean, considering she still has a german test tmr, she still managed to find the time to do the slides for the mini-presentation on bremen for us today. poor gal, think she's really tired, tho she seldom shows it. whilst we were off to coro for lunch, she was mugging in the german room.
Had a light PT session today, and it was fun. it's been ages since we've all last had pe lessons, so it felt great to sweat it out a lil. =) Just love the spirit we have la, think we're pretty much the most bonded section, and it's really gratifying to know that there's been lotsa improvement in our sound since the beginning. tho yea, haix, stil not up to HER stds yet la. nvm, zai jie zai li.
frankly, despite all my whinings i still enjoy choir. cos... we make music, lol. it does feel magical when a piece is sung well.
Gemstar blogged on 7/05/2004 10:45:00 PM
domenica, luglio 04, 2004
deprivEd
waiting for my OC episodes to finish downloading, thn i'll have some entertainment.
Mm.i'm not enjoying my post ct break at all. =/ the germany trip better be worth it manz. i've got to reach skewl at 8 tmr!! on YOUTH DAY.
warh. *whine whine whine*
today's practice at the clubhouse was better, tho i have this suspicion it's cos of the acoustics there, at least she was in a better mood.found myself taking micronaps in btw, lost my focus alr, oops,bad. ~yawn. tired but i don't wanna go to bed either, wanna make gd use of this chance of slacking to slack. gawd, and tues it's back to the real world agn! come to think of it, it's been a loong time since we've had lessons in school. and now tht most (if not all) of the syllabus has been covered, i suppose revision starts.
find myself stoning more and more. warh, i'm just drained, i guess. dinner with the clique's been pretty quiet these days, lol, can hear us wolfing down the food. had nasi lemak today, and i can feel all tht oil in my tummy. yikes. ah well, at least there's pT to look forward to tmr, so fun. lol.
Gemstar blogged on 7/04/2004 10:54:00 PM
venerdì, luglio 02, 2004
Had fun lunching with my godbro today. =) he's sweet. ~haix. i really dunnoe wad i'm gg to do with my life? But he did say smth tht make lotsa sense, tht whatever choice i'll eventually make... make no room for regrets.
Listening to my mum and his regaling tales abt their days studying in london was pretty amusing. i mean, i didn't even know tht my mum has an England PR ? warh. i'll take citizenship there any time manz. but thn agn, if she had done so, i wld cease to exist, and wldn't the world be a sadder place ?? muaha.
ha yea, they were telling us their part time wrk experience at selfridge's, some runway fashion show she had to help out in, and my mum's experience wrking at a pharmacy. heh, there was this caucasion who wanted to buy condoms and she no idea what the heck they were...so she innocently asked her manager, what's that for??? i think he was rendered speechless for tht momment. hiakz.
gawd. wish i can study overseas too?? godbro invited me to pop by and visit. he's living with his 4 housemates in this 3-storey "bungalow" in london. warh, such spacious accomodations for students. sheesh, it's damn expensive la. he was calculating the term fees plus lodging plus food plus transport for us, it really amounted to alot... and tht was only for 1 year?? there's no way my parents will ever send me there, and neither will i be able to get a scholarship.
~sian.
heh, weirdly i do feel this generation gap btw him and me.. hmm granted, he's 6 yrs older. but he's kinda boyish too, so it's easy talking to him. oh, our waiter was pretty chatty too, qte funny... he's this indian guy very witty, and he cldn't stop talking to us, cos maybe i was encouraging him by laughing at his lil jokes la. *doinG*
germany germany germany.
choir prac sucked today. and our conductor walked out on us. like, whoa. sometimes i wish she weren't so emotional. 1 practice wasted just like tht. i'm soooo NOT looking forward to tmr's or sunday's or mondaY's. like hi, i'm currently married to choir.
and i'm suffering fr. marital blues. =/
Gemstar blogged on 7/02/2004 11:32:00 PM
giovedì, luglio 01, 2004
CaliForNia, HeRe We Come!!!!!
cts over... i'm relieved.=phew= tho i feel damn guilty for not putting in the effort to really mug for all my subS?! and i am seriously contemplating abt whthr i shld drop bio. Just tht, it's really gg 2 be a pity since i'm alr into july in my 2nd yr.
sadly, i'm going to miss the sentosa outing with the clique(s) tmr. nvm tho, at least my godbro's back fr england!! he's popping over for lunch. thn he's gg to fly off to India for some comm service outreach thingy. Heh, the last time i saw him was last yr, pre-promos whilst i was panicking over econs. Nice guy offered to help me... even tho we didn't know each other b4. i mean, i nvr knew i had a godbro until last yr.just refer 2 my prev blog for the full story. lol, it's nice having a big bro...lalala. =) *smilez* ( i can almost hear xm saying, "like eww, u can have mine..")
SpiderMan 2
it's a great show. 5 starS!!!! they crafted the entire plot really well, i feel it's better then the previous one. =) esp loved how they portrayed spiderman's identity crisis, the inner struggles he had, it made the character more 3-dimensional. The entire story's more realistic this time. kla, shan't go on abt it since lotsa peeps haven't watched it yet.... Goooooooooo wad u waiting for...go WatCh !
shoppppping
lol, wad's new, the end of papers always culminates with the grand finale of a looong retail therapy session. warh, i think we walked lots today. to the extent i was half-dead. i got my sundress! i got my sundress! went home and tried it on agn, i think the colour's really lovely. yay. kk... gotta return kel the $ asap.
Gemstar blogged on 7/01/2004 09:56:00 PM
