Red like fire, white like tea flower...
That wasn't a good translation, but it's more or less that meaning when directly translated... Things are getting hotter everyday, especially the 3 things that keeps revolving around my mind these few days: work, school and singing...
As usual, the urban Foundry website seems like its almost complete; then again, its not even half-done yet.. This has the lowest priority amongst the 3 not entirely because I hate doing it, but because there is no hurry in doing it... True it may be that Junan keeps rushing me to finish up what she had given me, but so what if I finish that? I'll have to wait for the next batch to arive before I can continue this project; no point rushing for such bits and pieces... The delay on the project is caused by the client side rather than me; on that right, I could ask them for compenstation on the delay... They on the other hand have the cheek to remind me that the project should had been finished by December and it is the end of Feburary now, obviously trying to put the blame on me... Argh!!!
It is nearing the start of the month again - time to hand in assignments... The date due for Assignment 3 is 6th of March for SIM, I certainly hope I'll be able to finish it by then... Haven't handed in any assignment through SIM this year yet... My heart may pound faster everytime I think of the assignment, but something else requires a greater attention...
Only 7 days left to the performance at Suntec and I haven't prepared my song yet!!! Yesterday's singing club practice was for us to perform the songs we had prepared to seek approval from our instructor... When it was my turn to sing 你牽走我的心, she asked if I'm singing an Aaron Kwok song... I haven't had the chance to step on stage and she already passed me and asked for the next person... This both gives me confidence as well as making me feel uneasy... She said she had heard me sing before and was pretty sure I'm able to sing any Aaron Kwok's song... The truth is, I can't really sing well even if it's Aaron's song, those that had been to ktv with me would know...
After most of us had already sung, she said everyone's song was too slow and we need some fast ones... Then she turned to me and say, "The song you are singing is also slow right? Why not you change to a fast song so that everything wouldn't be so monotonous." Why me?!? "Because it would be easier for you to change a song at this point of time since you can sing any of Aaron Kwok's song." ... Haiz... "你太看得起我了" were the exact words I replied her...
That is why until now I'm still undecided with what song I'm gonna sing, but I wouldn't do anything that requires some dancing (unless its Para Para Sakura)... The first song she suggested was 爭氣, I wouldn't mind singing this song since it is one of the few fast ones that don't require much movement on stage... However, I couldn't find any decent karaoke version on the net, so this song is out unless I want to steal from PartyWorld... The next song was 愛定你; this song requires some grooving and I can't really bring out the essence of the song, so this is out as well... We finally settled on a somewhat upbeat song, 等我回來, but it isn't final yet... There's still time to change since I "can sing any of Aaron Kwok's song"... Any suggestions?
Friday 24 February 2006
Wednesday 15 February 2006
楓平浪靜
Calm continueth not long without a storm...
"The calm before the storm" was first seen in print as the above quote in 1576... What has this got to do with anything? None... I just wanted to say how relaxed I am now, you'll never know how nice the feeling is when filling in the details of the assignment cover page until you are doing it yourself... I slept for 3 hours last night, quite alot considering I had 9 hours to finish 2 assignments... Had a bad experience while printing out the assignment; took the bus to school from my home twice in less than 30 mins apart... It's time like this I wished I have a car...
Just when I thought I could relax, someone called me to ask me the progress on their website... Damn... What a good timing... Oh well, it's not that difficult to do anyway...
"The calm before the storm" was first seen in print as the above quote in 1576... What has this got to do with anything? None... I just wanted to say how relaxed I am now, you'll never know how nice the feeling is when filling in the details of the assignment cover page until you are doing it yourself... I slept for 3 hours last night, quite alot considering I had 9 hours to finish 2 assignments... Had a bad experience while printing out the assignment; took the bus to school from my home twice in less than 30 mins apart... It's time like this I wished I have a car...
Just when I thought I could relax, someone called me to ask me the progress on their website... Damn... What a good timing... Oh well, it's not that difficult to do anyway...
Tuesday 14 February 2006
情人節
Valentine's Day is a cruel, evil holiday which exists solely to pour lemon juice on the paper-cut hearts of the unattached...
I hate today... No, it is not because today is Valentine's Day... I don't always hate this day; it is just that today is special because tomorrow is the last day I can hand in my Assignment 2... I've started to hate the 3rd and 15th of very month, the first being the due date for SIM and the latter the due date for UOL... As of now, I've only finished 2 of the 4 assignments... I have until tomorrow morning to submit it which is 9 hours later... 2 assignments in 9 hours? I'm gonna break all records if I manage to pull this off... Damn... I gotta stop doing this or I'll die before I can start my Assignment 4...
Nothing much these days, haven't been going for lectures for the past two days... The Career Fair in Suntec is on 3rd of March... Hmm... Another 3rd... This I don't know if I'm gonna hate it or not; if the schedule remains unchanged, I'll be performing 你牽走我的心 then... Hopefully I can improve much more by then... Think I'll start jogging again next Monday... Oh... I'm free to go out again after tomorrow, sorry for the rejections for the past week...
I hate today... No, it is not because today is Valentine's Day... I don't always hate this day; it is just that today is special because tomorrow is the last day I can hand in my Assignment 2... I've started to hate the 3rd and 15th of very month, the first being the due date for SIM and the latter the due date for UOL... As of now, I've only finished 2 of the 4 assignments... I have until tomorrow morning to submit it which is 9 hours later... 2 assignments in 9 hours? I'm gonna break all records if I manage to pull this off... Damn... I gotta stop doing this or I'll die before I can start my Assignment 4...
Nothing much these days, haven't been going for lectures for the past two days... The Career Fair in Suntec is on 3rd of March... Hmm... Another 3rd... This I don't know if I'm gonna hate it or not; if the schedule remains unchanged, I'll be performing 你牽走我的心 then... Hopefully I can improve much more by then... Think I'll start jogging again next Monday... Oh... I'm free to go out again after tomorrow, sorry for the rejections for the past week...
Tuesday 7 February 2006
普通朋友
Should I smile because we're friends, or cry because that's all we'll ever be?
No, this is not a post about me falling out of love, nor is it some whining about how I don't have a date on Valentine's day... This is about the song by David Tao which I have been preparing for a while already... Did a recording this afternoon and manage to come out with something that I'm satisfied to upload... Now that I've listened it again, I'm have second thoughts on doing that... I'm not gonna describe how bad it sounds, or this post would be longer than the previous one... So I've decided not to make this recording public, but those who know where I usually upload my works shouldn't have any problems getting it... This is take one and there will be a second take or more until I can proudly publicize it...
My arms and legs are aching from yesterday's workout, seems like I'm not as fit as I thought I am anymore... I wonder if I have that kind of determination to wake up early in the morning to jog like I did last year... Nah... Most probably not... Come on people, ask me out to do some sports or something...
No, this is not a post about me falling out of love, nor is it some whining about how I don't have a date on Valentine's day... This is about the song by David Tao which I have been preparing for a while already... Did a recording this afternoon and manage to come out with something that I'm satisfied to upload... Now that I've listened it again, I'm have second thoughts on doing that... I'm not gonna describe how bad it sounds, or this post would be longer than the previous one... So I've decided not to make this recording public, but those who know where I usually upload my works shouldn't have any problems getting it... This is take one and there will be a second take or more until I can proudly publicize it...
My arms and legs are aching from yesterday's workout, seems like I'm not as fit as I thought I am anymore... I wonder if I have that kind of determination to wake up early in the morning to jog like I did last year... Nah... Most probably not... Come on people, ask me out to do some sports or something...
Monday 6 February 2006
塞翁失馬, 焉知非福
A loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise....
I've been quite unlucky since the start of this lunar new year... In the small hours of the third day of the year, my computer just froze suddenly while I was playing Dota halfway... Damn.. And I was on a winning streak... The worst part was not that, I restarted my computer and to my horror all I see was garbage!!! Square boxes, misplaced letters and unidentifiable symbols replaced what was supposed to be normal boot up messages...
Other than the above mentioned incident, a few other irritating things happened throughout these days as well... It might had just been a coincidence, but why does all these have to happen when I'm about to hand in (due date for SIM is today) my assignments? Though I might not be able to hand it in even if my computer wasn't dead, still there IS a chance right? Nah... I can only blame it on my laziness for not completing my assignments in time... If I had really wanted to do it, I could have done it on any of the computers ( 3 PCs and 3 + 1 laptops; LAN party is on every Saturday and eve of public holidays when my brother-in-law comes over) I have...
Went over to Sim Lim Square with my graphics card today, was quite worried as I had already thrown my receipt away even though it is still under warranty... I explained my plight to the shopkeeper I bought it from and he recommended me to go to the distributor to try my luck; something I seem to be lacking these days... It's a good thing the distributor was just upstairs; I hurried over to accept my fate... The staff took a look at my card and proceeded to test it, he then he replaced it with another one at zero cost!!! I was elated man, everything was over in less than 10 mins and so here I am typing on my computer... You'll never know how great it is to see my computer start up again; I hope none of you have to experience this...
The first half of this entry was hand-written in McDonald's this afternoon, so what was I doing there? I was waiting for time to pass... Was supposed to have a MTV Dance workshop this evening, so I just stayed in that area to wait... Before that I went over to Junan's office to collect some materials and she asked me why I joined so many kinds of activities, want to show off my talents is it? My reply was simple, to learn... No matter how talented you are, you still have to learn it from somewhere right? I'm not saying that I'm talented in all those activities I take part in, but I'll never know if I don't try right?
View of the dance studio before we started...
2nd view of the studio; I'm in this shot...
The above are views of the studio before we started, I only have these 2 pictures as I can't be taking any while I'm dancing right? The first part was hip hop and the second was jazz... For a person who totally can't dance, jumping straight into it wasn't easy... I'm glad the rest of them from the singing club weren't any good either... To quote one of them, "Some people are talented in dancing, some are just talented in singing..." Haha... It was quite funny, since the gang of us were like clowns during the hip hop session... The rest of the people in that room are from the dance club, with a selected few who weren't but joined because they like dancing... It was thus quite obvious that we can't dance for nuts... The jazz session wasn't that bad since the instructor went through it little step by litte step and the moves weren't too difficult in general... Most of us could get it, so it was better to see everyone moving in unison... almost... In conclusion, dancing is really fun and I'm really tempted to join... However, I just don't have that much time to join so many activities...
Now that my machine is up again, I can start doing my assignments... Deducting weekends, I have 6 more days to complete them... Should be enough since the previous one was finished in 4 days... Mock exams starts next month, so many things I'll like to do, but not enough time to do all of them... Then again, it shouldn't be a problem if I'm not that lazy... But if I'm not that lazy, I'm not me anymore... What to do?!?
I've been quite unlucky since the start of this lunar new year... In the small hours of the third day of the year, my computer just froze suddenly while I was playing Dota halfway... Damn.. And I was on a winning streak... The worst part was not that, I restarted my computer and to my horror all I see was garbage!!! Square boxes, misplaced letters and unidentifiable symbols replaced what was supposed to be normal boot up messages...
Other than the above mentioned incident, a few other irritating things happened throughout these days as well... It might had just been a coincidence, but why does all these have to happen when I'm about to hand in (due date for SIM is today) my assignments? Though I might not be able to hand it in even if my computer wasn't dead, still there IS a chance right? Nah... I can only blame it on my laziness for not completing my assignments in time... If I had really wanted to do it, I could have done it on any of the computers ( 3 PCs and 3 + 1 laptops; LAN party is on every Saturday and eve of public holidays when my brother-in-law comes over) I have...
Went over to Sim Lim Square with my graphics card today, was quite worried as I had already thrown my receipt away even though it is still under warranty... I explained my plight to the shopkeeper I bought it from and he recommended me to go to the distributor to try my luck; something I seem to be lacking these days... It's a good thing the distributor was just upstairs; I hurried over to accept my fate... The staff took a look at my card and proceeded to test it, he then he replaced it with another one at zero cost!!! I was elated man, everything was over in less than 10 mins and so here I am typing on my computer... You'll never know how great it is to see my computer start up again; I hope none of you have to experience this...
The first half of this entry was hand-written in McDonald's this afternoon, so what was I doing there? I was waiting for time to pass... Was supposed to have a MTV Dance workshop this evening, so I just stayed in that area to wait... Before that I went over to Junan's office to collect some materials and she asked me why I joined so many kinds of activities, want to show off my talents is it? My reply was simple, to learn... No matter how talented you are, you still have to learn it from somewhere right? I'm not saying that I'm talented in all those activities I take part in, but I'll never know if I don't try right?
View of the dance studio before we started...
2nd view of the studio; I'm in this shot...
The above are views of the studio before we started, I only have these 2 pictures as I can't be taking any while I'm dancing right? The first part was hip hop and the second was jazz... For a person who totally can't dance, jumping straight into it wasn't easy... I'm glad the rest of them from the singing club weren't any good either... To quote one of them, "Some people are talented in dancing, some are just talented in singing..." Haha... It was quite funny, since the gang of us were like clowns during the hip hop session... The rest of the people in that room are from the dance club, with a selected few who weren't but joined because they like dancing... It was thus quite obvious that we can't dance for nuts... The jazz session wasn't that bad since the instructor went through it little step by litte step and the moves weren't too difficult in general... Most of us could get it, so it was better to see everyone moving in unison... almost... In conclusion, dancing is really fun and I'm really tempted to join... However, I just don't have that much time to join so many activities...
Now that my machine is up again, I can start doing my assignments... Deducting weekends, I have 6 more days to complete them... Should be enough since the previous one was finished in 4 days... Mock exams starts next month, so many things I'll like to do, but not enough time to do all of them... Then again, it shouldn't be a problem if I'm not that lazy... But if I'm not that lazy, I'm not me anymore... What to do?!?
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