It's weird..

this new chinese new year is quite weird.. i think i'm using a lot of my luck in this piggy year.. haha
let's see...
did quite well in effcomm...
did quite well in lots of quizzes
did quite well in something
won a thing from the thing.. (secret!)

anyway.. here goes the real post:

i find it weird.. to think that someone that you're near could be your worst enemy.. sometimes, i feel some people near to me are... quite.. annoying.. and... ergh...
dunno wad to do.. i know i should not feel that way. but... still.. ergh..

okay.. about 3 weeks towards exam.. my.. i wonder what i've learnt in this sem.. haha
good luck for the 3rd graders back there in smuki.. good luck for the national exam!

arghhh!! i hate this problemmm!!

don't want to write anything.... bye!

Blood Challenge

the last few days, from 13 to 16 of march, there's an event going on in NTU, called blood challenge. i found it very interesting...
lots of people went there, donate their blood.. dunno what their intention is, some, maybe to save lives, some..maybe because they just follow their friends.. some, maybe just want to try... or maybe another reason..
myself? maybe i'll put myself to the third reason.. there was quite a number of times the redcross had this kind of event back there in jakarta. but.. i never put myself to it. i thought the process was kinda.. painful, and.. meaningless..
but now that i think of it again, i think it's something that we should do if we could... it's not that anyone can do it. lots of my friends are rejected from donating. some because of the medication they take.. some because of the low blood pressure.. some of this reason and that..
so, if we can, why not? it's not that we need the blood we donate. blood, as we know, is reproduced all the time.. and if within 3 months it's not donated, then, it'll be destroyed, and go to the sewer..
then, why not give them to those in need?

in everyday's life.. maybe we're too ignorant towards other.. we have something that we don't need, and yet, we don't want to share to others. dunno why.. maybe the embarass of being such a busybody.. or.. something this and that..
sometimes, lots of people need our time and energy.. and we just don't care of them. why?
i think we should give help to people.. not so that people know about our kindness.. but so that we can receive others help without feeling guilty.
it's not just the blood challenge. i think the appropriate title for this.. is life challenge? haha

Cantemus 2007

It's the day all the 51 people waiting for. the concert day. the cantemus 2007. the vox populi...
this is the time, when all the practice is tested. the time when all the audience will know the difference of this batch's choir. the time when we show how hard we work...

then, it all begins. time third bell rings... the time when Minh entered the door.. and then, the cue for the choir to come in...
it's the only chance. no repetition. no more shouting due to mistakes. no more laughing due to any stupid mistake.. the entrance to the sacred stage of Victoria Concert Hall.
then suddenly, something stroke my stomach.. the view of the audience restlessness in the dark... the numerous pairs of eyes glaring at the same direction... the stage..
ms lim entered, i gave the notes, and so... we started...
songs by songs passed... then the guest choir performed..

the xinmin secondary school performed.. first song passed.. second song passed... we waited anxiously outside the hall. waiting for our turn...

then the st nicholas girls school going on the stage.. leaving us restless outside. performing 2 songs, which i think is quite interesting.. but un-enjoyable..

we performed again. another few songs. the worst are in hands, we were so tense that we made lots of off-tunes in our songs.. but... no regrets... it's like a flow of river.. can't be stopped.. can't be reversed...

the last song finished... messy messy messy... but hell.. nobody care... we went down the stage of fame.. we prepared ourselves.. made ourselves crazy enough for the second half. it's time to make a change... it's time to show the audience.. NTU choir.. is different!
again, the third bell rang.. no worries this time.. only adrenaline gushing from wherever it belonged, to the blood vessels. carrying that natural drug to everywhere. brain, heart, everywhere...
the drum-player started playing.. followed by the bass-guitar.. then.. the door opened..

then the breakout finished... that's it.. the screaming of people echoed from within.. a great success it was! the feel inside? a relieve of great stress.. a surge of happiness and pride.. nothing was better.
encore is heard here and there. this is the last!
and everything ended..



we took a photo with both our conductors, ms lim and mr yong. and also, our guest of honour, prof lok tat seng, dean of students. it was so nice. amazingly glad because their praises.
there might be errors, there might be some sharps and flats.. but that's it.. audience happiness is our happiness.
and so, the cantemus ended.. full of fun, full of grief, tiredness and boredom... but in the end.. everyone in choir said the same word.. satisfaction...
it's interesting how a certain event could trigger the adrenaline again and again when we think about it..

now?

the feeling is quite a mix.. a mix of happiness, satisfaction, relief... but also.. emptiness... something is missing in my days.. a tiresome schedule, but exciting.. i missed that...

i'd just like to thank all the people who are involved in this cantemus 2007.. the comm, the choir itself, the conductors (best ever!), the ushers, the helpers, the MC, and of course.. the audience!

nothing can be better than a success from a hardwork.. so sweet, so mellow... ha!

moving in!

it's my new blog! at last i moved my way from friendsterblogs to this blogspot. ha!
anyway, i'll start my blogging in my next entry. this is just a testing entry man!
just for reference, my late blog is here
most probably, i'll quit there, and move here.. good deal rite?
c u next post!