Dear Diary,
Before I say anything, I want to THANK RAYMOND for helping me design and choose this lovely and super nice blogskin and tagboard!! I really love it alot cos it's my favourite colour- GREEN!! Whee~!! Thank You so Much for the effort and time spent on doing this! Your efforts and hard work and everything else are deeply appreciated.. of course by ME!! =D
so...
I'm sick again!! OH MAN!! why am I so weak.. falling sick is like my bi-monthly routine.. -.- haix.. anyway, really loathe the weather these days.. cos' it keeps raining the whole day.. hai.. going out is so mafan la!! shoes get wet.. body gets wet.. then my feet and slipper become so smelly cos of the slipper's material.. then at last.. flu!! Luckily I still have the leftover medicine to eat.. if not I guessed my condition would worsen...
ok.. enough of my complains.. but I still got more to say...
today went to Laselle to meet Tian Cang.. actually wanted to prac together de.. but Zi Li was sick and cos of the rain, she couldn't come.. then ended up when I reached her school, she needed to finish discussing her project with her group members so I had to wait.. then ended up not enough time for us to prac.. then tmr's gig they want traditional songs.. some of them I havent heard b4.. haix.. die le.. hope it wont be a scam this time.. I want my money!! Kind of wasted trip.. =( sigh.. but ok la.. at least I got to lighten my bag weight after passing her the 2 files of scores..
then after that went to SP.. then met up with my mum and sis to go for the model stud award ceremony.. then helped to perform for SPCO.. ok la.. messed up for the lu bian de ye hua song cos I didnt have ban di score which was e melody.. and I must really admit.. my memory is so bad!!
Then SPCO got the excellence award again!! congrats!! though I didnt really help much last yr.. only 1 or 2 concerts I suppose.. =X Then Kelvin and Wenna also got the excellence award individual!! I think they really deserve it!!! =)) Congrats!!
Then when I read the programme booklet, I was kinda embarrassed... got 17 ppl selected for model stud award.. then guess wad.. their testimonials were so good la!! I read all of their testimonials.. and all 16 of them got gpa of 3.8 and above.. and inside director's roll.. and won many other prizes and etc.. but for me leh.. my gpa was like 3.6 only.. but im grateful that they didnt write down my gpa.. then I was the 4th person to receive the award..
Frankly speaking, I am really happy, lucky and grateful to be chosen as role model though I've nv ever thought or dreamed that I would ever receive it.. On the other hand, I also feel proud that I have received this award because this shows that all my hard work and efforts in these 3 yrs have paid off.. Of course, I am most thankful and grateful to my lecturers and peers.. without their recommendations, help, guidance and lots of support, I would never be able to achieve this much!
Guess what, I was very shocked and honoured to have Serangoon Secondary School's Vice-Principal, Mr. Richard Phua, for attending with us this ceremony! Though I haven't meet him before, I can feel that he's a great vice-principal!! Im really touched and happy for him to come down and took pictures together =)) But a pity that SP principal couldn't attend cos he was overseas..
hehe.. really so touched!!
So THANK YOU my lecturers, peers, family and my greatest closest friends!! =))
i need more rest... good night!! =)
here are some pics of the ceremony:
V.P Mr Richard Phua and I
Yeah.. us.. the model students..lol
Dear Diary,
I shall talk about what happened yesterday and today...
Yesterday....
Received a bad bad bad news.. haix.. really so sad.. cos min yi called me and said, "i'm sorry to inform you that you are not selected for the SYCO Concerto" and then my reply was like "ok, thanks..."
haix.. i actually got 'xin li zhun bei le' that I might not be selected.. i always thought by thinking negatively, i may have a higher chance of winning or achieving something. Bcos it happens so many times to me!! Whenever I think that I will not score so well in that particular module or getting any awards, I ended up getting them or achieving good grades for the module which I didnt had any confidence to do well in.
On the contrary, for those which I had much confidence in mostly ended up disappointing me.. weird, isn't it?
haix.. so i kept telling myself that I surely won't get the concerto de!! BUT then in my heart... i really wished I could get it!! My one and only wish!! I've been in SYCO for like 5 yrs already.. 1st batch and can't imagine that I'd ever last that long in an orchestra! even longer than sec sch co or evco (cos' i've been skipping pracs)... and then I have never performed solo in syco before!! even the concert pieces i nv really had a solo line.. except for xin di de which you cant even hear..
Sometimes i am really confused!! I know there will surely be people who are better than myself in this world.. but sometimes i am just confused over my own abilities... perhaps I really didnt put in my best effort or worked hard enough.. so I know I cannot blame anyone else except myself!!
Sometimes I am also sad.. because being in the orchestra for so long, I don't really have any chance to perform solo in a real concert. I also hate myself for not able to overcome my 'stage fright'.. Actually in my heart I really hope that one day I will have the chance to perform to everybody and really entertain them and make the whole concert really enjoyable!
Even SPCO concert.. I didnt had the chance to perform solo during our concert... pei zhen, chao yong, xue qi, jeremy..etc all had the opportunity.. sometimes I really envy them... I know that this is my most hated weakness!!! But I just cant overcome my weakness!!
I thought that perhaps SYCO could have given me a chance to perform the Concerto cos' I've been in the orchestra since it started till now and this may be the last yr i'll be in this orchestra... cos i'll be going overseas in sept...
And my dream is now vanished... even William who told me he won't be joining syco anymore.. said his dream was to also perform solo for the concert.. though he didnt get selected but he was given the opportunity to perform solo during the chamber concert last yr!
I know what Im saying now is a bit too emotional.. I know SYCO has already given me a big opportunity to being able to go to Tainan on 2006 to participate in their ChiShi Arts Festival. I am really very grateful and honoured to be selected. But if its not for Mr Quek who pushed it all, I don't think I'd ever be selected or perhaps the 11 of us would not have gone there. Thank You Mr Quek!! I'm really looking forward to your return soon!!
I am a person who hates to bottle things up.. I know I've always shown you my weakess moments.. You are my only friend whom has seen my tears rolling down so many many times! You are always so patient with me and is always the one who gives in to me when I throw my anger at you or scolded you or given you the 'black' face or even announced a cold war with you... I must admit that I really feel very lucky to have such a wonderful friend/god bro like you! I always told myself to be open-minded... to take away the 'jealousy' in me.. to be strong and not always cry over such small things.. or become overly-sensitive. Bcos' I know if I continue to be like this, someday both of us would end up tired of each other and it'll affect our friendship..
I'm trying to improve myself and be more open-minded.... its hard.. so hard... but i'm always trying.. though it fails so many times..
Thank You my god bro!!
Before I received the bad call, I received a good call.. don't know whether should I say good or bad.. its from a reporter.. Im not sure whether is it from the media or SP de..but then she wanted to interview me regarding the excellence award that I will be receiving this coming wed in sch.. one thing which made me so embarrassed was that she thought my gpa was like 3.9... but then when I corrected her that my gpa is not that good.. only 3.69... i somehow felt really disgusted in myself... thinking that... "am I really good enough to receive the award?" or "have they chose the wrong person?".. bcos frankly speaking, I don't think I am good enough to be a model student in SP.. though CCA wise.. indeed, I acheived a DIST all thanks to SYCO cos by joining it I already got 44 points.. but besides that, I cant think of other things which makes me a role model!!
She also asked me whether besides Chinese Orchestra what other things I participated or whether I learnt other instruments.. and I said no.. the only thing I could tell her was chinese orchestra and I play the Di Zi only!
haix.. But honestly, I feel very lucky and happy to have such wonderful teachers, friends and family who are so supportive of me.. If I have never met anyone of them, I don't think I will become who I am now...a much stronger and better person as before..
Thank You everyone!!
Anyway... enough of these emotions... Im feeling much better now.. I will continue to improve on my skills and make sure some day I will have the chance to perform on stage with my wonderful music!!! gambate ne!!!
Now, i shall carry on with the events... happier though...
alright!
On my way to Raymond's house to do ChuJun's card... I received a call from Tian Cang saying there's a gig on thurs... whee!! just the right time when I'm utterly BROKE now!!! I can earn fast cash again~~! =))))) hehehe.. so she somehow cheered me up with the $$$$~!!!! whakAkaKAka~!
Then Raymond's mum was super nice!! offered me a plate of her home cooked noodles with duck, chicken and mushroom~!! really very touched and happy.. even offered me 2 packets of drinks..hehehe.. =))) the food was tasty!!
Then after that we went to watch movie at AMK Hub.. was deciding between meet the spartans and sky of love.. cos of the time left... so in the end.. we watched sky of love... thought it would be a nice movie.. cos the newspapers wrote that teen girls may cry watching the movie... then angie and the rest also wanted to watch on sun..
GUESS WAD!! The movie SUCKS!!! It was so DRAGGY!!! The story plot was a bit weird.. that guy got cancer for 2 yrs.. and we wonder what he was doing when he found out he had cancer... normal human beings will surely go seek for treatment de rite!! since its in the early stage.. just go extract the tumor and everything will be alright!! some parts were redundant.. like the girl finding another boyfriend and then dumping him in e end to go back to her old lover.. -.- first time I watched till I really wanna get out of the cinema!! But both of us "jian chi dao di" lol... -.- anyway, haix.. really feel so guilty again... cos' i've again introduced him a bad movie..lol! haix.. wasted his money.. =(
then after that, we went to meet derek and chu jun to have dinner together and celebrate jun's flying overseas on wed!! =D yeah.. we ended up eating MOS Burger.. but it was cool =)) then gave her the book we made... we're happy that she likes it!! spent quite some time doing it ^^ took pics and after that around 9pm plus, the 4 of us decided to sing K BOX!!! YEAH!!! 1st time ever gone to KBox with jun and derek!! It was really so fun and enjoyable!!!! hahahahaaha!! but so sad la!! jun nv sing.. haix.. =( but it was fun. singing.. making everyone laugh with our funny singing.. haha.. the 'skin and bones' song.. titled "Yellow" -.- by cold play.. i loved the song la.. but didn't know why i sing till we laugh..lol!!
ROng Shu Xia song was funny too!! raymond sing till so lao!! so we all wanted to copy him..lol.. then compete with each other who could sing the lowest or highest in pitch.. so basically, the 4 of us went a bit crazy and wild!!
Jun left at around 1am plus i think.. then the 3 of us continued to sing.. 1st time man!! we sing till no more song to sing.. then anyhow picked any weird, old, jap songs to sing... sung the verse and chorus then skip to next song.. repeated some songs..lol.. then derek was like asleep.. so left raymond and I singing..lol.. surprisingly we could really last till 3am!! till it closes.. whaha!!
But i really enjoyed singing with them..4 people just nice! cos too many people sing also not fun.. it gets boring after some time especially while waiting for your song and not knowing how to sing other people's songs..
then the 3 of us took a cab home.. cannot tahan liao.. lol.. but surprisingly the cab fare was ok.. not really ex though.. each of us like only pay 4bucks..
yeah.. and that was yesterday...
went home sleep till 9am.. then woke up prepared to meet hazel at orchard at 11am.. to attend a Women Power Lunch at The Regent Hotel.
Met a few new friends on our table.. all of them were very friendly.. we introduced our names.. hah... then basically the lunch is about a talk from the SCWO..Women's Association.. didnt know today's International Women's Day!! Whee!!!!
Happy Women's Day to all Women!!! yea... women rocks! =)
then the talk was boring!!
haha..
hazel and i were not really paying attention to the speakers...
our minds were like...
FOOD!!! FASTER COME TO US!!!
luckily, the food was great! so in the end, the whole event turned out to be quite well.. just that it was so long la!!! from 1130am ALL THE WAY TILL 3pm!!! SITTING DOWN LISTENING TO THEM TALK... and eat la..
We both loved the bread, salmon and the mushroom soup!! oishi desu ne!!
anyway, I guessed what the panel of speakers said were true... women tend to be the one losing out in a male dominated society.. but then in order for us to be successful, we have to persevere and to believe in ourselves! Men tend to do things with a clear vision or motive but women on the other hand, tend to be more uncertain in the things they do.. which would many at times make people doubt us whether we really know what we are doing or whether we really know how to lead others..
But still speaking of bosses, I still feel male employers are much friendlier to female employees.. partly also due to my own experiences in part time working environment.. =P
So all women!! jia you ba!!
we shall rule the world in time!!
whahahahaha!!
joking.. =P
anyway.. so after that, I learnt a lot of important things from the great leaders and women speakers.. they somehow inspired me and taught me not to give up that easily and some day we could prove to men and others what we are capable of doing.. if men can be so successful and dominating, why can't women do the same thing too right?! we are all humans.. hehehehe.
then went out shopping spree with hazel.. tiring but fun! hehe..
going to die liao.. im so tired!! tmr need to go evco so early!! argh!! 930am have to reach.. OH MAN!!! /.\
*haix.. i wonder whether lao shi got received my msg yesterday or not? felt so weird after sending him the msg...cos.. he told me that if got any probs can tell him.. but i've yet received any reply from him except... "pls reach csco by 930am tmr.. wear all black.." =S*
anyway.. oyasuminasai (good night), MINA (everyone)!!
Dear Diary,
hai.. today kind of messed up for my concerto audition. still can't overcome my nervousness!! argh!! hate myself!! so long in CO le.. perf so many times le.. but when it comes to solo.. till now i still cant overcome it!! argh!! i flunked during my kuai ban!! 2 times!! haix.. so sad.. last chance le.. think wont get selected.. got 6 of us audit.. then i was the 5th person to audit.. then the first 4 all very good!! 1st one was suona then yangqin then sheng then gu zheng.. then me then dizi again.. hai.. i think the suona and yangqin will get selected.. they are really good!! so sad.. /.\ but think i've tried my best!!
thought i could perform better than my diploma exam.. =(
haix...
anyway.. today's private lesson with my student was ok.. hehe.. she learn very fast!! hehe.. but her dog is very scary man!! can kill ppl!!
sian.. now nv buy concession.. but like regret no buying earlier.. cos i like every 2 days must top up $10..!!!!!! broke liao la!! so i've been saving money by alighting at hougang or buangkok station instead of taking sengkang LRT.. then walk to my house.. take like 20mins la.. exercise. haha.. but sad la.. now cant buy cos next sat im flying to taiwan for 8days.. so buy a bit waste money..hai.. tmr sat sun taking bus and train.. sharks!!!
my father so good.. give my bro money to learn driving.. haix.. i got my basic theory le.. but he nv give me.. =( sadded.. but anyway, also dun feel like learning now.. due to so many road accidents recently.. i think take public transport better.. lol.. i want money to go travelling instead!!! *.*
oh well...
haix.. ='(
Dear Diary,
hai.. today SYCO prac very stressed!! cos the Ga Da Mei Ling Jiao Xiang Qu song with SCO is damn hard for the xin di part!! i just cant play well for xin di! especially during the 16th notes.. and need to play fast.. using Da F!! No sound comes out leh.. especially the low notes.. haix.. cannot make it la.. xin di is so hard!!! hai.. why from qu di i downgrade to xin di.. sadded.. =( fingers so painful.. holes so far away.. cannot cover properly.. then so many keys change.. need to use Da G, Da F, D Qudi, Bb.. keep changing after a few bars.. i think toooooo challenging le.. haix..
the good thing about this song is that it is very nice!!!! super nice song with beautiful melodies!! =)
think im just so bad at dizi ba.. though i got my diploma le but then my skills are so lousy.. argh!! no confidence le.. these few days prac dizi till so bad.. very lazy leh.. how!! i need motivation!!!
next week's concerto audition le.. really hope i will get selected!! my only dream.. having SCO accompanying me for my solo piece!! cos june may be the last concert with SYCO and SCO.. haix.. how.. hsien han say Ye Cong likes very Ci Ji de songs.. the piece i chose Zou Xi Kou like not Ci Ji enough leh.. even got a 3mins plus of Man Ban.. that is e hardest la!!! i cant bring myself into the sad mood.. how ar!!!!
I think i really lack of confidence!! so long in CO le i still feel so nervous whenever i have solo parts.. hai.. how ar..!! how to overcome my nervousness??!!
die liao la..!! i need to jia you liao!! cannot be so lazy la!!!! arghhhhh
=(
Dear Diary,
today quite tiring day.. morning around 8am went to gym with Michelle. haha.. we exercised for like 2 hrs.. then dunno y my stomach suddenly very pain.. hope to exercise with her every week so that we can meet our goal.. SLIM DOWN!!!!
anyway.. after when the rained stopped, i went to hougang to check on the mole on my face.. that time went to remove but like not yet disappeared.. haha.. then went to cut hair! so angry la!! first time cut hair till so so so so uncomfortable!!! the hairdresser auntie like 1st time cutting someone's hair. She looked so confused and inconfident.. then cut halfway nervous till dropped the comb.. worse still when she dropped it on the super dirty floor with lots of hairs, she just took it up and combed it on my hair.. -.- >.<"" then i asked her to cut my fringe slanted pattern.. but she like didnt know how.. then she used the wrong scissors to cut.. -.-" then i got a bit pissed off and somehow complained to her why she cut till so weird one.. though i know i was being a bit insensitive and rude, I felt really so uncomfortable la.. in the end.. i just accepted the hair cut and paid her 10bucks without saying any thanks..
then when i went to the toilet to check, my hair was one side longer than e other!! didnt want to go back to the salon, so i walked all the way to my house the Veri not Nice kopitiam there de salon to cut.. then i just said i wanna trim my ends ONLY.. then the person said 10bucks. siao.. only the ends la.. then after that i explained to her then she said ok la.. $6..
next time wanna cut better go to those expensive ones.. though expensive, but their service should be much better..
anyway, felt a bit bad.. for being so rude to the hairdresser.. haix..
after that, returned home to blow dizi.. stomach pain again.. -.-
then at 630pm went to meet chiew hsia at sengkang mrt to meet the rest at VivoCity..
as expected, ling er and pei zhen didnt come.. haix.. so left hazel, yue ting, chiew hsia, mei hui and her BF and I went.. went to Marche to eat.. queued up for quite long.. but in the meantime taking photos..lol!!! memories~~!!
then finally got to eat my Rosti!! yummy~~! took lots of photos again..lol.. played black magic, the mrt stop.. so stupid game la!! in the end yue ting and i gave up.. and asked mei hui and hazel for the ans.. chiew hsia very determined.. finally got to know the trick to the qn.. whahaha!!
after that, stomach pain again.. rushed to the toilet.. hai so paiseh la..!! think my stomach got prob.. -.-""
anyway Mei Hui planning for clubbing together in april!! whaha!! nv been to a pub or club b4.. so quite looking forward.. ladies night.. =) wheee~!! ^^
i need toilet again..... -.-""