I am essentially a loner...
Is it really that amazing that my social circle has expanded? Does that signify that I am a loner in everyone's eyes? If that is true then don't worry, I'm still a loner... As I had mentioned, I don't have any program on my birthday, an obvious indication of a loner... Probably why I don't feel bored is because I don't have the time to be... I work almost everyday, when I'm not, I fully make use of my time to catch up on my computer games...
I wonder if any of you would have this kind of experience: working so hard everyday just to earn that $50, trying to save as much as you can... Then one day you withdraw everything out, not to enjoy but to pay ur school fees... How sad can that be? You have lots of money but you can't spend it on the things you want...
Saturday 27 August 2005
Friday 26 August 2005
我的手是用來彈鋼琴, 不是用來打狗仔
My hands are for playing piano, not for hitting paparazzi - Jay Chou
How I wish to say my hands are for playing piano and not for carrying stuff... Unfortunately, I'm not as talented as him; can't earn my bread by playing piano... I have cuts all over my hands, the skin is so rough that I can scratch myself just by rubbing with my palm... My arms are full of scars as well... The only up side is the bigger muscles, I've really gotten alot stronger...
On the side note, 4 more days... No programs as of yet, at least I don't have to work on that day...
How I wish to say my hands are for playing piano and not for carrying stuff... Unfortunately, I'm not as talented as him; can't earn my bread by playing piano... I have cuts all over my hands, the skin is so rough that I can scratch myself just by rubbing with my palm... My arms are full of scars as well... The only up side is the bigger muscles, I've really gotten alot stronger...
On the side note, 4 more days... No programs as of yet, at least I don't have to work on that day...
Monday 22 August 2005
幸運
Luck is also part of your strengths...
Just passed my basic theory today, thought I was very lucky... I only have a very outdated basic theory book, it's a third edition with a grey colour cover... Makes me wonder why there are so many editions when I can easily pass with an outdated one... My conclusion: I'm just very lucky... There was one question however, which stunned me: "What is the minimum age requirement to be eligible for the Basic Theory Test?" What kind of question is that? I'm too old to be bothered with the minimum age requirement...
After which I went to my band leader, Winson's house... I played on the keyboard while he did the drum set... We managed to record a few songs, and it sounds quite ok... Probably cause we recorded using his handphone, thus mistakes were not so obvious due to the poor recording quality... Will post it here when I get my hands on them...
Just passed my basic theory today, thought I was very lucky... I only have a very outdated basic theory book, it's a third edition with a grey colour cover... Makes me wonder why there are so many editions when I can easily pass with an outdated one... My conclusion: I'm just very lucky... There was one question however, which stunned me: "What is the minimum age requirement to be eligible for the Basic Theory Test?" What kind of question is that? I'm too old to be bothered with the minimum age requirement...
After which I went to my band leader, Winson's house... I played on the keyboard while he did the drum set... We managed to record a few songs, and it sounds quite ok... Probably cause we recorded using his handphone, thus mistakes were not so obvious due to the poor recording quality... Will post it here when I get my hands on them...
Sunday 21 August 2005
鬼
The one that haunts you the most is the ghost of the past...
Just got out of my bed, reached home at around 12... The trip last night was uneventful actually... Of course, I did not expect to see anything, although part of me hoped to... The first event was a tour of Haw Par Villa, which I missed because I was late... There was then an experiment on whether offered food tastes differently from unoffered ones... A tray of meatballs were offered on an altar, then it was mixed in with unoffered meatballs which only the organizer knows how to differentiate... Volunteers were asked to taste 3 meatballs, of which only 1 is the offered one... The preliminary results states that offered food indeed tastes different from unoffered ones, further details will be put on the website soon...
The main highlight of the night is the Ten Courts of Hell (18 Levels of Hell), this is supposed to be the most spooky place... There used to be a dragon on top of this area, but everything went terribily wrong, so they had to remove it... While walking through the 10 courts, I saw 閻羅王 who is in charge of the 5th court, not sure why he is the most famous one though... Then there was another interesting court, I think it's the 7th or 8th court, it says that people who cheat in exams will be banished here... Everyone who passed by this place was like, "yar, see you there..." Then I heard a loud shout, not sure was it someone getting scared or trying to scare... Carrying on forward, I saw this behind the wall at a turn:
What the... !!
Guess that was what scared the wits out of the guy earlier... Everything ended at around 11pm, I took a cab home, showered and went to sleep... Tried not to think too much, don't want to scare myself unnecessarily...
Just got out of my bed, reached home at around 12... The trip last night was uneventful actually... Of course, I did not expect to see anything, although part of me hoped to... The first event was a tour of Haw Par Villa, which I missed because I was late... There was then an experiment on whether offered food tastes differently from unoffered ones... A tray of meatballs were offered on an altar, then it was mixed in with unoffered meatballs which only the organizer knows how to differentiate... Volunteers were asked to taste 3 meatballs, of which only 1 is the offered one... The preliminary results states that offered food indeed tastes different from unoffered ones, further details will be put on the website soon...
The main highlight of the night is the Ten Courts of Hell (18 Levels of Hell), this is supposed to be the most spooky place... There used to be a dragon on top of this area, but everything went terribily wrong, so they had to remove it... While walking through the 10 courts, I saw 閻羅王 who is in charge of the 5th court, not sure why he is the most famous one though... Then there was another interesting court, I think it's the 7th or 8th court, it says that people who cheat in exams will be banished here... Everyone who passed by this place was like, "yar, see you there..." Then I heard a loud shout, not sure was it someone getting scared or trying to scare... Carrying on forward, I saw this behind the wall at a turn:
What the... !!
Guess that was what scared the wits out of the guy earlier... Everything ended at around 11pm, I took a cab home, showered and went to sleep... Tried not to think too much, don't want to scare myself unnecessarily...
Friday 19 August 2005
怪牌
Funny sign...
Today I saw an interesting sight, a lift that cannot be used:
Good thing there are other lifts in this building, or I'll have to carry all the musical instruments down from the 10th floor using the stairs... :p
Today I saw an interesting sight, a lift that cannot be used:
Good thing there are other lifts in this building, or I'll have to carry all the musical instruments down from the 10th floor using the stairs... :p
Tuesday 16 August 2005
休假
Off day...
This blog is not dead, neither is the blogger... He is just too busy to have time to sit down and type, plus there isn't much to update... Today is my off day, finally some free time...
The Community Drumming for National Day was very disorganized, it was fully conceived by People's Association... It's not entirely their fault though, they do not have the expertise in every field... The previous one was put together by 3 organizations, thus more coordinated... However, I have more fun in this event than the well planned one... Time passed easily while crapping with my band leader, he also taught me some new stuff... The group I was in had alot more girls than boys; St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School was an all girls school, girls from Singapore Poly's Art Faculty, and a few more girls from Heartbeat Percussion... There was another group of NCC boys from some school I don't remember...
I'll have an exicting night this coming Saturday, will be going to Haw Par Villa with the Singapore Paranormal Investigation... Will try to take some pictures, Fatal Frame anyone? As for now, pictures from the past month...
Night view of Fullerton Hotel...
Rocky Road...
Lightning Storm approaching...
Don't strike me...
Yiming and I at Kuishin-Bo...
This blog is not dead, neither is the blogger... He is just too busy to have time to sit down and type, plus there isn't much to update... Today is my off day, finally some free time...
The Community Drumming for National Day was very disorganized, it was fully conceived by People's Association... It's not entirely their fault though, they do not have the expertise in every field... The previous one was put together by 3 organizations, thus more coordinated... However, I have more fun in this event than the well planned one... Time passed easily while crapping with my band leader, he also taught me some new stuff... The group I was in had alot more girls than boys; St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School was an all girls school, girls from Singapore Poly's Art Faculty, and a few more girls from Heartbeat Percussion... There was another group of NCC boys from some school I don't remember...
I'll have an exicting night this coming Saturday, will be going to Haw Par Villa with the Singapore Paranormal Investigation... Will try to take some pictures, Fatal Frame anyone? As for now, pictures from the past month...
Night view of Fullerton Hotel...
Rocky Road...
Lightning Storm approaching...
Don't strike me...
Yiming and I at Kuishin-Bo...
Monday 8 August 2005
國慶日
National Day...
National Day is tomorrow, it will mark the 40th year Singapore gained Independence... This is my first year celebrating this day as a Singaporean, not like there is any difference in mentality, just some status difference... I'll be joinning the community drumming at one of the Heartlands... There are 3 Heartlands: Jurong East, Yishun and Tampines... The first 2 are the closest to my home, but I'll be joining the one at Tampines!! Funny right? The organiser for the Tampines Heartland personally asked me to join, so it's not nice to reject or go to another location... The rehearsal is later in the afternoon, wonder wat type of music we'll be playing...
National Day is tomorrow, it will mark the 40th year Singapore gained Independence... This is my first year celebrating this day as a Singaporean, not like there is any difference in mentality, just some status difference... I'll be joinning the community drumming at one of the Heartlands... There are 3 Heartlands: Jurong East, Yishun and Tampines... The first 2 are the closest to my home, but I'll be joining the one at Tampines!! Funny right? The organiser for the Tampines Heartland personally asked me to join, so it's not nice to reject or go to another location... The rehearsal is later in the afternoon, wonder wat type of music we'll be playing...
Saturday 6 August 2005
自以為傲
Proud of myself...
Went for IPPT this morning, was quite worried because I tried doing chin-ups yesterday and wasn't able to do 10 proper ones... The first station was standing broad jump, and I didn't even bother to see where the passing mark should be, was just praying for a pass... I didn't swing or do any special aids, just jumped when I was ready... 239cm!! That's 4 points, my personal best record ever since I entered army... Felt alot better and more confident, the rest was a breeze and I secured my silver... Would like to thank the guy who didn't let me pass him in my 2.4km run... I overtook him and he overtook me, not letting each other gain much distance... My final sprint was faster, but only managed to outrun him by 2 seconds... If he was not there, I would still get silver, but I wouldn't push myself that hard...
$200 for 1 hour of hard work, too bad I can't do it everyday... My birthday is at the end of this month, then I can take IPPT again after that... Another $200 for next month I hope...
Went for IPPT this morning, was quite worried because I tried doing chin-ups yesterday and wasn't able to do 10 proper ones... The first station was standing broad jump, and I didn't even bother to see where the passing mark should be, was just praying for a pass... I didn't swing or do any special aids, just jumped when I was ready... 239cm!! That's 4 points, my personal best record ever since I entered army... Felt alot better and more confident, the rest was a breeze and I secured my silver... Would like to thank the guy who didn't let me pass him in my 2.4km run... I overtook him and he overtook me, not letting each other gain much distance... My final sprint was faster, but only managed to outrun him by 2 seconds... If he was not there, I would still get silver, but I wouldn't push myself that hard...
$200 for 1 hour of hard work, too bad I can't do it everyday... My birthday is at the end of this month, then I can take IPPT again after that... Another $200 for next month I hope...
Tuesday 2 August 2005
尋鬼
Ghost Hunting...
The 7th month of the lunar calendar is coming soon... In this month it is rumoured that the gates of hell are open, and ghosts are free to roam the face of the Earth... This is the month they call the "Hungry Ghost Festival"... Singapore Paranomal Investigation is holding a series of events throughout the month of August to investigate whether this hungry ghost is a thing of factual existence or just a myth... If weida was still around, I'm sure he'll be interested to join as well... For now, I'll have to find someone to go with me or I'll go alone... Would really love to be present at all the events, but I don't wanna go alone... For more information about these events check the SPI website: http://www.spi.com.sg/events/hungry_ghost/... If anyone is interested in going to these events give me a call or post here, I'm sure it'll be some interesting nights out...
The 7th month of the lunar calendar is coming soon... In this month it is rumoured that the gates of hell are open, and ghosts are free to roam the face of the Earth... This is the month they call the "Hungry Ghost Festival"... Singapore Paranomal Investigation is holding a series of events throughout the month of August to investigate whether this hungry ghost is a thing of factual existence or just a myth... If weida was still around, I'm sure he'll be interested to join as well... For now, I'll have to find someone to go with me or I'll go alone... Would really love to be present at all the events, but I don't wanna go alone... For more information about these events check the SPI website: http://www.spi.com.sg/events/hungry_ghost/... If anyone is interested in going to these events give me a call or post here, I'm sure it'll be some interesting nights out...
Monday 1 August 2005
いま、会いにゆきます
Ima, Ai Ni Yukimasu (Be With You)
Watch this show a few days back, a very touching show... It's about a widower and his son who are trying to get over the death of his wife/mother, living each day in silent remembrance of the beautiful days they cherished together... On one rainy day, they found a girl who loked exactly like his wife/mother...
A very romantic and touching show, almost cried a few times but tears don't seem to be able to come out of my eyes... Maybe it's because I've never been through such feelings in real life thus unable to fully understand them, or maybe it is just my subconcious mind telling me it's fake thus no need to weep over these things...
There have been very few updates lately, cause there isn't anything happening lately... My birthday is coming, but there wouldn't be any close friends to celebrate with... I'll most probably spend it with my family... The last day of work would be 28th August, cause my school is starting on the 12th September and I don't wanna work on my birthday... A part of me don't wanna just call anyone out to celebrate my birthday, another part of me don't wanna stay home on my birthday... 28 more days, let's see how things work out...
Watch this show a few days back, a very touching show... It's about a widower and his son who are trying to get over the death of his wife/mother, living each day in silent remembrance of the beautiful days they cherished together... On one rainy day, they found a girl who loked exactly like his wife/mother...
A very romantic and touching show, almost cried a few times but tears don't seem to be able to come out of my eyes... Maybe it's because I've never been through such feelings in real life thus unable to fully understand them, or maybe it is just my subconcious mind telling me it's fake thus no need to weep over these things...
There have been very few updates lately, cause there isn't anything happening lately... My birthday is coming, but there wouldn't be any close friends to celebrate with... I'll most probably spend it with my family... The last day of work would be 28th August, cause my school is starting on the 12th September and I don't wanna work on my birthday... A part of me don't wanna just call anyone out to celebrate my birthday, another part of me don't wanna stay home on my birthday... 28 more days, let's see how things work out...
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