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Name: Joyce Poh
School: Singapore Polytechnic
Course: Dip in Music and Audio Technology (Yr3)
Age: 19
DateOfBirth: 27October1988

MY LOVES
DiZi
Performing
MUSIC!
Comedy/Romance Movies
Anime
Swimming
Dreaming
Egg,Ice-cream,chocolate
People who cares
Smiling =)

MY HATES
Unappreciative ppl
Horror Movies
World War/Home War
Making Decisions
Yam, EggPlant and Lady's Fingers

MY WISHES
Peace & Harmony
Know myself & others better
Everyone I care are healthy including myself
Jaw faster heal!!
Happy and more energetic



moving on..

Dear Diary,

I've found a job already.. and I'm finally moving on with my life! yAy!! =) I'll be starting my 1st day of work on 28 July from 9am-6pm..hee.. I'm really looking forward to my first perm job!! So jia you ba, Joyce!! =)

Hmm.. sent the email to keele uni and dr tan.. but they didnt reply me.. haix.. don't know whether they received it or not.. or perhaps too disappointed in me?

Anyway, I am going to participate in this yr's NAC.. ensemble and solo de.. I will work hard towards my goal!! =) I was thinking.. if I get into top 3, I shall try auditing to go China study DiZi.. haha.. so must work hard, JOyce!!

Hmm.. I still got one yr to think carefully.. and next year I will make sure I make my one decision and stick on with it! I will not repeat my mistake again!!

thanks to everyone who kept supporting me and encouraging me all the way.. if not I think I already landed up in mental hospital due to severe depression.. lol! Thanks for being so patient with me and my indecisiveness. Thanks for supporting my decision, my dear friends!! And thanks for being so concerned about me too.. the girls and the guys..hee.. =))

I feel so assured now.. and I'll remember our traffic light vow =))




finally.. phew~

Dear Diary,

I made my final decision on Mon, 14 July 2008

and

I have decided not to go to Keele University this yr..

These 2 weeks have been busy going for job interviews.. keeping myself busy is the best way for me not to keep on dwelling about my decisions..

and I am going to settle down and find a full time job and work for a yr then I shall apply university next yr! =)

Tmr going down to company to sign up job application.. hee.. their pay quite good.. at least its better then e other interviews I went to.. may everything go well for me tmr!

I was super busy the whole of yesterday la!

Went down to Hollywood Recording Studio at 11am to help Fang Lao Shi for a River Cruise Commentary project..

Its been like 1 yr plus since I been into the studio! Kinda miss the time there with Surin, Yue Ting and Puay Chin..

And the studio changed soo much!

SUPER MESSY LA! the Mackie mixer they didnt use le.. and I was so lost with the controls!

I made so many mistakes yesterday! super paiseh and irritated!

1st thing.. no sound when we play the audio file from protools!!

I was totally lost to why no sound! I asked Fang Lao Shi whether the speaker was on.. and he said yes..then I didnt know what was wrong.. the mixer was the bigger one that we didnt use during attachment last yr.. I was totally lost about the controls and which one was the control for the volume.. and so called Surin to ask her.. She's not working there le.. so whatever has changed there she was totally clueless too..

and Fang Lao Shi called Ah Yan and finally found the problem.. we didnt on the speaker switch..which was below the cpu -.- I didnt know there was a on switch for the speakers.. cos even the speakers have changed.. not the ones I used during attachment..

Then this one solve le.. another problem came in.. Fang Lao Shi wanted me to burn half of the 60min audio as the other half has not been mixed yet.

Then so Qi Si Ren! When the audio was about the finish.. just a few seconds more, the cpu suddenly not enough procession power cos' they using normal windows PC.. not mac.. then sian.. wasted half an hour waiting for nothing.. Then no audio file too.. cos' I clicked convert audio file after bouncing.. so to save the processing power.. but still.. hai

Then I forgot how to do the other step besides boucing the audio file to disk..

I didnt dare to call Surin to ask her this if not sure kena scolded by there.. like all her teachings have been returned back to her.. =x

Fang Lao Shi was clueless about protools..and the system there too..

So ended up calling Yue Ting.. luckily she told me of the other step.. to create another new stereo track and taking all the output tracks of the audio files and bus them to the input of the stereo track.. and then record it.. oh man! how could i forgot this simple step! But relaly thanked her for her help! haha.. cos I kept calling and asking her questions for help.. =x

Then after that ok le..

Another problem again..

Cos' the stereo track is in L and R.. so 2 separate tracks.. then we needed to burn into an audio CD for the client.. then I didnt know what else to make the 2 tracks together.. so called yue ting again.. she also didnt know.. and the only thing we thought of was to import both the tracks into a new session and bounce again.. which will take another 30 mins -.- that was a bit ridiculous.. and waste of time.. I was so scared I might gave a really bad 1st time impression to Fang Lao Shi like I was really a noob..

Then he said it was ok.. we just burn both the tracks onto the CD.. and after burning it.. we played on another CD player.. cos' that computer didnt install a sound device -.- so pathetic la.. then cant play itunes or window media player.. -.- I thought something was wrong with the cd..but it was just that the computer didnt have a sound.. the protools sound device is connected to protools hardware device itself to the speaker.. so not to the computer..

BUT then.. the CD couldnt be played with the the player.. then fang lao shi used his other cds and tested.. and could be played.. but the CD couldnt be played.. got the CD duration.. but the track didnt move.. -.-

So thought the player couldnt read AIFF file cos we burned AIFF.. so went to try again.. and I called Surin.. Then she told me of the 'export region to files'.. which we all learnt during attachment last yr! so paiseh la.. forgot all about it too!! Then once we export that region to files, the L and R will become one stereo file! then i faster called yue ting to tell her..lol! she also forgot!!

Then after that, I tried to export as WAV. file instead of AIFF. file.. then wasted a lot of time to burn it again.. and checked but still couldnt be played..

Called surin again.. haix.. so paiseh kept calling her..

Then she told us to burn in x4 instead of x48.. cos' maybe the CD too old or the burner not good..

then tried.. x4.. taking even more time to burn.. but still cant.. but then the weird thing was when we imported the CD to Protools, the song could be played.. and so should be either the format of the cd was wrong or the cd player cannot read this cd.. but the format is correct leh.. audio cd.. can be played in computer and cd player..

anyway.. we ended around 230pm.. and fang lao shi fetched me to tampines mrt.. then he tried playing the cd in his car.. surprinsingly, it could be played! yay! I heaved a sigh of relief!

Then I went home first.. cos' nothing to do till 8pm.. then later met chiew hsia at 615pm at chinatown for dinner.. and chatted with her =) hee.. then she accompanied take train to simei while she alighted at pasir ris =) thanks!!

then 8pm reached hollywood recording studio again.. part II of the job.. this time.. the client came down.. and she's actually a DJ from 91.3FM.. called Denise =) she was the one who did the vocals and script for the rivercruise commentary. =)

It was a great pleasure to meet her.. and she was really very friendly.. =)

everything was going well.. with the editing of the 2nd half of the whole project..

until.. when denise had to record a few sentences of her script as it was not recorded well the previous time by another engineer..

I didnt know which mixer to use.. and cos' her mic levels were too soft and I didnt know which button to push up.. the last time I did was using the Mackie mixer but now its another thing.. so I spent quite a while finding the sound.. and Fang Lao Shi also helped me.. so we experimented the faders and see if the levels were ok.. until.. we played the song.. and "BOOM" worse still, Denise was with her headphones on.. and OH MAN!!

THAT WAS THE WORSE THING I'VE EVER DID IN A RECORDING SESSION! I almost made her deaf.. she was like 'argh'.. cos' it was painful.. haix.. I felt so guilty.. and then the talkback mic we didnt know which switch to press.. and we couldnt communicate with her.. then it was until a while later after figuring out which button to push up.. Fang Lao Shi told me Mr Goh was there.. and I quckily knocked into his door and asked him deperately for help.. haix.. and then the gain was at the protools hardware itself.. -.-

stupid me! >.<

Then after that, felt very bad.. and apologised to her again.. but she was very forgiving and nice.. =) phew~!

then the rest of the time there was ok.. hee.. we did till around 130am and she drove me home..lol.. both of us were very bad at directions.. and I gave her the wrong directions to my house.. so drove one big round.. -.-

then today super busy too..

so tired!!




Great Outings!

Dear Diary,

Yoyo! Yesterday had two great outings! =)

Met mum's bestest friend (Karin) with her twin daughters (Kimberly and Natacha) from Belgium who came to SG for a month holiday.. Met them at Seng Kang MRT and we took the train down to City Hall to meet Ah Jie, Rachel and her maid..

Auntie Karin's daughters are so beautiful and friendly.. =)) hehe.. had a great chat with them inside the train and I also got to know more about Belgium's culture and school life.. so cool! hee.. they're both 17 this yr and already in high school coming yr 2 before they graduate with a degree.. cool rite.. so young! From what they say.. their education system is like 6 yrs pri sch, 6 yrs sec sch and 2 yrs of high sch/university.. and they go into pri 1 like around 5 or 6yrs..

their shops closes at 6pm cos' its already dark.. and they don't have a lot of shopping malls like in SG.. they mostly have houses.. which are either connected or separated and the distance from their house to shopping malls is quite far..

wow!

haha.. then their school is so funky! they can learn driving at 18yrs old.. in their school! and it's for free!! they only need to pay about $2euros..about SGD$4 for the driving test! OH MAN!!

So if anyone wants to learn driving.. go study in belgium..lol!

so cool! their adult age is 18yrs old unlike SG which is 21.. and their weather for summer is like 20degrees.. while and winter it can be minus..

so cool la!! haha.. they usually eat potatoes, pastas.. and surprisingly Belgium doesnt have KFC!! only macs and pizza huts.. dun even have subways.. -.-

wow.. haha.. kinda cool to know more about them.. and the the twins learn so many languages..

their 1st language is Dutch, 2nd is French and 3rd which is English.. the 1st 3 languages are compulsory.. the 4th language theat they're taking is German.. gosh.. so many.. i wonder how they can cope with all of them without getting confused!

Their PE lessons so cool too! they have different sports activities each week.. and its like 2hrs per PE lesson.. they must learn dancing, rope skipping, and all kinds of different sports.. they even have amazing races in school which are graded too! so funky!

=) then ah jie treated us all to Lerk Thai Food at Marina Sq.. Congrats to her for being promoted to a Chemist! =))

Then after the delicious lunch, mum and ah jie plus rachel and her maid went to orchard to shop.. while I showed auntie karin and her 2 daughters around SG.. we went to the Esplanade, Merlion, SunTec Fountain.. the weather was super warm.. kept on sweating.. especially was walking around with my laptop. but it was fun to go out with them.. they are very friendly and nice! hee.. really hoping to take them to the escape theme park or downtown east or pasir ris park before they leave SG on the 23July.. =))

After that, I went for another job interview at 4plus.. the interview took quite long as the boss asked me a lot of questions but he was veyr friendly, straightforward and nice.. but one thing that i may not consider for the job is that the pay is too low.. 1 month $600.. -.- haix.. though i need to work only 30hrs per week.. but weekends also need to work.. haix..

im so confused.. auntie karin asked me to go UK..

after that, went to meet Raymond, Regina, Tobias and Samuel at Hougang KBox for singing till around 2am.. hee.. it was quite fun to hang out with his friends.. now my turn le.. but quite funny and fun! Tobias has a great voice.. sounds like some singer's voice.. =) samuel sang till so funny and low.. lol!! he's a great joker and DJ..lol! Regina also sang well.. =) Raymond too.. but think the 3 guys not enough sleep.. ton the whole night for projects.. poor thing.. We also took a lot of photos.. with Regina.. looking forward to the photos! yeah!

Anyway, today the 3 of us will be going down for a singing audition at bugis.. hope all is well.. jia you jia you! But before that, im gonna meet up with Ms Louisa Ng for lunch! yeah!! so happy!!!
Me, Natacha and Kimberly
Auntie Karin and Mum




What A BAD Hair Day!! >.<""

Dear Diary,

This morning I spent the whole time uploading my html files into the web hosting.. but kept failing..even till now.. the website is down -.-" yesterday spent the whole afternoon and evening updating my website.. i've added more of my original works like midi compositions, original songs and video files.. =)

Then after that I went for a job interview by Soundbuzz.com Company at 11am.. was supposed to reach there at 11am but then I didnt know how to get to Keong Saik Rd at Outram Park exit.. so was kinda lost.. and by the time I got there with the help of the manager who was interviewing me, Naze, I managed to find the place.. but ended up all sweaty and so uncomfortable -.-" AND my thighs were so painful cos' the day before, I went running with Raymond and both of my thighs kept rubbing against each other till the skin tore and it hurts so much la, especially when I wore the jeans that kept rubbing against the torn skin just now!! -.-""

Then I guessed the interview was quite successful.. but one thing is that I am not sure whether it's the job that I want to do.. cos' its more of IT than related to my diploma.. the job is just converting audio file formats to other formats for mobile phones or wireless.. quite monotonous..and it has nothing to do with my diploma at all.. cos no composition or audio editing is required.. and i'm scared I'll find the job not challenging enough after a few weeks of working there..

Anyway, Naze told me he'll let me know again by the end of this week.. I'll be going for another job interview by FMO this thurs..the job im not too sure what i'll be doing.. but it is a studio.. think will do related to my diploma ba.. hopefully all goes well and its something that I like ba.. Next Mon got another job interview at GJ Creation.. its more of video editing work.. so training is needed.. hmm..

Then after interview, I went to meet Koen at AMK Hub to watch Hancock at 1pm.. the movie's quite nice and touching.. but very short only.. about less than 1.5hrs.. but really quite touching.. got one part which was the climax of the movie, I nearly teared..

spent quite a lot today.. haix.. now it's my turn to feel so bad of myself.. im like spending and spending and not earning money.. except for the dizi lesson which i'm teaching, and my monthly pocket money.. haix.. quite sick of getting allowance from my dad.. =(

And speaking of my dad, today's he fallen sick.. haix.. having flu and fever.. hope that he will get well soon! and he just scolded me yesterday.. and kept telling me to go UK study and dont waste the opportunity.. cos' its just 2 yrs and a double degree.. and then his duty is finished.. cos' he dun need to support me already.. as by then i can find a job and support myself..

sounds good rite? though i don't know if I like to be a student or not.. but being a student sounds very young to me.. lol!!

haix.. actually I know whatever reasons I give are all excuses.. cos' nothing is impossible.. there's a way to solve it like for money issue.. I guess the one good and acceptable reason I can give myself is whether I want to pursue that course or not? No matter what, if Im given full scholarship plus living expenses included, and the course doesnt interest me, its really no point to go.

I know I have passion for music.. but then I don't know why my heart is telling me not to go.. worse still, I don't know why since it is telling me not to go, why till now I have not reject the application?! Chiew Hsia asked me that night.. what is stopping me from giving up the scholarship totally? Why cant I give up and discard this heavy stress that i've been dealing with for the past 6 months?

today is already 8 July.. the accomodation letter have to be sent to keele uni by 16 july.

I dont know.. maybe i'm still immature to make the one rightful decision that i will not regret..

I think my weakness is that I don't know how to reject things.. perhaps im scared that when I reject, I will regret my decision.. that's why whenever opportunities come to me, I will accept cos' I know opportunities wont wait for me.. and when i accept them, I become so stressed..

weird aye..

anyway.. back to my story..

after a late lunch and catching up with each other with Koen when we finished our movie, I took bus 88 to Rivervale Plaza to meet Ah Mei.. Then accompanied her to eat mac.. then don't know why suddenly we felt like going to cut our hair..

then ah mei intro me a salon at Hougang Green there opposite Monfort School, having a promotion-$3.80 for all hair cuts.. so cheap man.. I could not believe my ears when she told me that.. and she said the salon is not those $10 hair cut salon or those very old or 'unprofessional-looking' salons.. she told me that they use those very gd products like loreal and shiseido..

sounds interesting, so we went there to take a look.. and to my amaze, the salon really looked like those professional salons which charge very expensive.. the salon just opened not long ago that's why having a opening promotion.. and inside got many people waiting to cut hair..

they even had a very big loreal poster inside their salon and a lot of those jap hair style books.. so we went in to try..

when it was my sis's turn.. a female hairdresser in her mid 30s or 40s, helped my sis to cut first.. and my sis was asking her which type of hair style suited her.. cos' she actually planning to thinner her hair.. and not cut a lot.. then the hairdresser called AMY.. told my sis that thinning her hair would look best on her..

so she started her haircut..

at first she looked like so professional cos' her speed of cutting was DAMN FAST! Like rushing for time.. but as she went on to thin my sis's hair.. i began to worry after seeing that AMY keeping on thinning my sis's hair like non-stop and like she's gonna cut all my sis's hair down.. and I was beginning to feel 'xin tong' for my sis after seeing lots and lots of hair on the floor getting thicker and thicker.. -.-

Then before she finished her hair cut, I could only look at my sis's side view.. so when she faced me after her hair cut, I thought she looked ok.. cos' didnt see it really clearly.. then it was my turn.. I thought it should be ok la.. cos' the poster outside the salon put.. 'hair-cut is done by professionals only'.. so thought maybe its a new style.. cos' my sis's hair is really too thick..

and then I told the hairdresser that I also wanna thin my hair.. cos' long time nv trim le.. then i left it to her.. WTH.. the moment she took her scissors to cut my hair, it felt like tearing and pulling my hair instead of cutting it.. and the scissors kept poking into my scalp.. so painful la!!

WTF.. that stupid hairdresser was super violent and was like rushing for time.. kept tearing my hair and cutting it like anyhow.. when I looked into the mirror i was like.. "OH MAN!! IS SHE GOING TO CUT OFF ALL OF MY HAIR?!" I was getting a bit worried and pissed off by her service.. kept thinning my hair like non-stop.. and the feeling was like using a pair of scissors to keep cutting a piece of paper many times.. >.<""

haix... after the hair cut, she even asked, 'how you find the hair cut?' she said my hair was very thick so cut thinner will look more natural.. then i was like giving a very astounded look to her.. and asked her 'do you think my hair has been cut till toooooo thin?' and she told me no la.. its nice.. =.=

so when she brought us to the cashier, told us that next time come again and look for her.. her name is AMY.

I'll tell her.. i'll NEVER return to the salon ever again!!

when I went home and looked at e mirror very carefully.. i was really so 'xin tong' la!! haix.. xin xin ku ku grow de long hair that can be tied evenly.. without those short hairs poking out.. and now my hair is back to square one..

I really didnt intend to cut short.. just wanna thin a bit.. but her a bit was a lot.. haix.. sob sob.. =(

I look so boyish now.. i can spike my top hair la.. and when i tie it's like super thin like one thin stretch of hair.. /.\

haix..and she cut till so uneven.. where got ppl thin hair till the top of the hair becomes super short de?!

I also wei my sis feel so xin tong.. she also regretted going.. haix.. cos' her hao bu rong yi nicely reborned long hair.. now become unevenly short poky hairs on top also.. haix.. very hard to tie also..

argh!! what a BAD hair day la! =(

now I finally learnt my lesson.. 'you will get for the price you pay'

i'll never trust those cheap hair salons ever again.. haix..............

after that went swimming with my sis.. and I puked my dinner out just now.. think indigestion..awwwwwwwwww~!

-____-"""

super f****ing pissed now!

>.<"

dear readers, pls pardon me for the violent and abusive language..

i'm just expressing out my anger..

first time.. so damn &*%$&^




SRSCO Fusion prac

Dear Diary,

ZzZ.. i'm like half-way watching Lord of the Rings-The Return of the King (Part II) and typing blog now.. sian.. last time watched the 1st and 2nd movie of Lord of the Rings.. and actually found both of the films very nice..though a bit long and draggy..

the 3rd and last part of the film that im watching now at channel 5.. is super long la.. kinda forgot the previous story background.. so I spent like 2hrs frowning my eyebrows..totally clueless about what's going on.. but cant seem to stop watching it cos' the behind part's kinda interesting.. i like the pictures and sound..

all i know is the war part is really interesting..and great..

anyway, this morning is the 1st time i've woken so early.. at 6am.. then met weiyan(my 4EB clasmate) at hougang mac for breakfast at 7am..first time met and chatted with her after like 4yrs.. lol! then had fun knowing about how's her life now.. =)) then we went to SRS at 8am for SRSCO prac for fusion concert.. we alumnus came down to help them for a competition in mid july =) hee..

at first was like thinking so sian.. cos' playing 1 song only.. Matsuri.. but then the matsuri version arranged by Jason is super cool la!! I love the drumset beats, percussion, plus the band instruments blending in so well with the chinese orchestra instruments!! really wow!! =)) lol..

enjoyed playing the song so much.. with the juniors and also alumnus.. =)) really feel so happy for everyone to gather together and play as one..

hopefully, after this concert srsco alumni will become more active and motivated to come back and help or practice.. =))

looking forward to the next prac with everyone in 2 more weeks..

I have confidence that all our efforts will not be wasted as everyone works as one big team now! =))

SRSCO ROCKS~! =)) jia you everyone!!

anyway, after prac, we took lots of photos as a group.. hehehe.. so nice.. waiting for weiyan to send to us ^.^

then a group of us went to have our lunch at White.. =) so lucky cos there were many of us.. so the boss decided to give us student meal at $6 inclusive of main course, soup, drinks plus gst,charges... actually student meal only available from tues-fri i think.. =))

then we chatted, laughed... waited for rain to stop.. but didnt.. so ended up running to shelter..lol.. then i went to daniel's house with yapben, quanlin, and junjie.. played mahjong.. but i just learned how to play a few months ago and didnt touch it..so was very slow and blur.. then after playing and watching them play for a while, I went home first.. cos' i was very confused seeing them play at a super fast speed.. to me la..lol..

so tired..

tmr sun le..

hope i'll find a job soon! finally got reply from 2 companies.. hope they'll reply back to me again soon~~

i need a job.. cannot continue wasting my time off le!!

>.<"" So Stressed la!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wake up wake up!!!!!

jia you everyone!! especially those in their final yr of poly and o levels!! ^_^

gonna continue watching tv le.. tata ^^

everyone pls stay healthy and get plenty of sleep and water,and eat regular meals to energize yourself while busy rushing projects or study ok!!




Dear Diary,

Currently reading a book 'The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. Really nice book..hee.. intro by Pauline =)

Yesterday went to school with Yue Ting to attend a welcome party for 6 keele students and Prof Mike who came down for a 1-month stay with the current DMAT students.. so cool.. Then all our lecturers were there =) Couldnt remember if Geoff was there.. didnt really see him..lol..=x

but happy cos finally got to give Tin Hee and Erica their gift I bought from Taiwan..didnt see them during graduation..

then had some chat with them.. but didnt take photo =(

anyway, can take next time! =)

then after that, went to dhoby ghaut with yue ting.. while waiting for chiew hsia to give her a surprise, we went to the arcade to play..hehe.. so fun!

Chiew Hsia and Yue Ting were supposed to meet to study for their uni..but in e end, we ended up chatting..lol!! had a great chat with them.. and got to know more about each other's past.. =))

hope our friendship will go on even after everyone moves on with their life whether is it working or studying..

Today..

haix..




My songs =))

Dear Diary,

=) finally redo my "Bu4 Xiang3 Liu2 Nian4" song.. i still feel that the song's mix and arrangement still not really good.. but still can listen la..lol..

i also included my another original song "Zui4 Zhong4 Yao4 De4 Zhi1 Ji1" in the 3rd track.. ^_^

I love these 2 songs =))

Hope You all will like it!



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