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Friday 17 March 2006

还在托

Hard work often pays off in the future, but laziness always pays off now...


Just when I thought I had broken all records by finishing 2 assignments within 9 hours, I did something more amazing this time... I finished all 4 assignments within 9 hours!!! This time when I was doing my assignments, I did not think of it as a hassle... In fact, I kind of enjoyed it... Weird huh?

Having rushed through the night for the assignments, I had a mock exam after that... I dozed off not long after going in, couldn't even finish reading the first question... Fighting to keep awake, I was pratically writing in my sleep... Oh well, good luck to the lecturer then; my handwriting ain't very legible to begin with... At least there wasn't any saliva...

Amazingly, the previous time I had a title similar to this, I was supposed to be performing in Bukit Panjang as well... Tomorrow's the performance, 6.30pm at Bukit Panjang Plaza's Open Garden... See you there...

Friday 10 March 2006

想不到

Surprise, surprise...


A few hours back, in my earlier post, I was imagining how I would hand in my exam script with just my name on it... Just came back from the exam and guess what? I wrote a whopping 8 pages worth of answer!!! Not bad considering I know nothing since day 1 of the lectures; maybe something did get into that thick skull of mine... With any luck, I might even pass this exam...

On the way to school, I met a classmate in the bus who is the same as me, going to exams without studying... We were discussing about how we don't mind being late, since we'll have to wait for 1 hour after the paper starts before we can hand it in... The later we go in means the less time we have to wait inside the exam hall...

However, I suddenly remembered, "What the hell happened to my First Class Honors?" At the rate I'm going, I'll be glad to even pass my exams... Damn... I've got to buck up if I want to complete this course within 3 years... Sure I could just pass, but I would not be satisfied unless I get some good results... Ever since young, I've never studied for exams before, at least not in my memories... I always manage to pass with whatever I remembered during lessons, and life goes on... This I got to stop; the just pass part at least...

Below is something I drew during one of my previous lectures... Just happened to get my hands on the cover of a tissue box and was pretty bored, the rest is history...

drawing on tissue box cover
Tissue box (cover) art?

現狀

Current state...


There's supposed to be a mock exam later today, not really excited about it... I'll most probably hand in the script after writing my name... Then again, maybe I'll write the question numbers as well...

Been really lazy these days, doing nothing except playing games, watching animes and reading mangas... This Monday I finally went for band practice after so many weeks, totally lost touch... Though I still remember what to do, it seems like there is something wrong with the timings... A split second difference gives a totally different rythym, at least that's what the experts say... I don't really know what is wrong actually, I'm playing the same beats as before my absence but my band director keeps saying it's the wrong rythym... Guess I need to really feel the music to get the correct timing...

There'll be a percussion performance at Bukit Panjang Plaza next Saturday, this time I can finally show Weida what I'm doing... Though I'm not really looking forward to it since I'll most probably screw up if I still can't get it right by next Monday's practice...

I've changed my image hosting, so the pictures would show now... I really liked my previous one (myfilehut.com) cause it can take in all kinds of files, too bad it had to go down... Hope it'll be up soon...

Tuesday 7 March 2006

第六感

Sixth sense...


Have you ever been able to sense a person that is behind you? I'm sure you do, especially when that person is closely behind... How about 2 or maybe 3 people? If your senses are keen enough, it shouldn't be a problem as well... I always have a knack for extrasensory perception, especially clairvoyance or some know it as second sight... My intuition seldom fails me, when I can sense it that is... There was a period I tried to harness this power, but I gave up as it takes up too much time... I'm glad I did though, cause what fun would it be if you already know what's gonna happen next? On to the main topic, this is about one of my trips to the supposedly haunted places...

A few weeks back, Ben, Weida and I decided to explore the Old Changi Hospital again... I wasn't particularly excited since the few times I went there it wasn't scary or anything... What I'm really interested in is witnessing the reactions of Ben who had always objected in going to these kind of places... Since he said he wanted to have a memorable day and we couldn't think of anything else other than sponsoring him for the services of a shim, he agreed without much hesitation... When we finally reach Changi after wandering around abit, it was already 5am, not a time anyone would want to go exploring that place... We set our final destination as the hospital's mortuary...

Walking along the long corridor to the staircase, the atmosphere started to tensed up... I was leading at quite fast a pace since I'm already quite familiar with that part of the building... We went several levels down until I decided to turn left into an unexplored region... I was still calm when I turned around to announce the beginning of the journey...

Stepping through the doorway, I was instantaneously overcome by fear; my pace had reduced to a crawl... We reached a room where all doorways were sealed except for the one we came in by... Illustrating the situation to those behind, I shone my torch over the doorways sealed with planks... On one particular doorway, there was a knock from behind when my light shone on it... Damn... Weida sounded off that we should head back and I totally agree... When I turned around, they had already left me behind... What speed man...

Since the situation was quite tensed, I decided to go to the floor which I suspect to be the reception area... You can reach the main road from there, so I thought it would reduce everyone's nervousness by seeing some civilisation... I lead everyone down the stairs, not knowing how many we need to descend by, but since it's supposedly the ground floor, we should be able to reach it by expending the depths of the staircase...

After several levels down, my legs started aching and my breathing got heavier... I suddenly halted halfway down the stairs... It was totally dark at the lower level as opposed to the others where there were windows...

stairs

I didn't realize there was a basement to this building, but it's most probably where the mortuary would be at... Staring at the darkness, something was definately not right... Ben then suggested we head back since he felt something was not right (before I even said it), and would tell us what exactly when we get back in the car... I was most happy to comply with his request... I turned around to lead the way back up, and that was when it happened... I felt the presence of another person behind, running up from the stairs... I stopped to make sure and I heard the footsteps... It was a very swift movement, from halfway up the stairs it ran and stopped behind Weida who was the last man... I was shocked and really wanted to get out of that place...

While climbing the stairs, I tried to reason out what I felt... The only thing I could think of is another human who tried to sneak behind us to scare us or something... However, I'm quite sure I was the only one who felt that presence since none of them mentioned anything... Despite that, I was totally sure I would see 3 people behind me if I turn around, or at least 2 people and 1 other thing... How sure I was? 100%, just like what I described at the start of this entry... That presence followed us for more than a level up from the basement, eventually leaving us around the same time my legs stopped aching... I really wanted to run out of that place (my pace was already on the brink of running), but tried to hold back cause I knew all hell would break loose if we did... Accidents happen easily when everyone panics...

When we reached the car, Weida was puzzled why I agreed to come out after going in for only 5 mins since I enjoyed going these kind of places... Ben then told us that his knees started hurting more the further down we went (before I said my legs ached as well), that's why he suggested we get out... When I explained what I felt, Weida kept insisting that I was just affected by the atmosphere cause sounds get amplified at this kind of places... Until now, he still don't believe that I totally freaked out that night; he expects me to be the bravest amongst them...

What's the morale of the story? Next time, I should just turn around and have a visual confirmation of what I felt... Yar, right... Like hell I would!!! I'm totally puzzled now, the reason I go exploring is to prove that such things don't exist but I'm too scared to confirm their existance... What should I do?

Monday 6 March 2006

職業展 2006

Career Fair 2006...


It's finally over, my first vocal performance... Took a few days to get this entry out because I had been playing Star Wars: Empire at Wars for the past few days and had completed the rebellion campaign already... I've only gotten the photos for the event, the video would have to wait for another 2 weeks at least... Can't wait to see it...

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Me singing 等我回來...

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Still singing 等我回來, maybe you'll arrive before I finish?

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The members of Esprimere...

There wasn't much crowd when we performed since those students who came for the fair had already gone home... Had the performance been an hour earlier, I'm pretty sure there would be a huge crowd... Anyway, the eventual spectators were mostly the performers' friends who came to support them... My friend was late, he came just in time for the finale: 珊瑚海...

Was shocked when the first words came out of my mouth cause my voice coming out of the sound system didn't sound like my voice at all... Don't tell me it's normal since the voice I'm familiar with is different from my actual one because of the vibrations of my skull etc... I'm pretty sure I can recognize my own voice after so many ktv sessions and voice recordings... Maybe it's the delay or the echo from the huge hall, I'm not even sure what is the difference... After overcoming my initial shock, I had this very wierd feeling... It was as though I was listening to someone singing instead; I feel like I was just miming that person... It had a very good effect since I don't feel any nervousness and I could feel my voice coming out "cleanly" and easily... Now that I try to recall that feeling, it feels so unreal, its as though I'm watching a performance through the performer's view... Here are the photos then, the video will have to wait...

Still missing one entry about my new drawing, there is some fundamental problems with the anatomy... Will post after I'm satisfied with it...

Wednesday 1 March 2006

一週年

First Anniversary...


Well, it's been a year since I've started to write on this space... I've kept my format the same throughout this year: East Asian Language title, English explanation, then the entry... Why such persistence? I'm not so sure myself either... Maybe it's because I think this format looks special, I've never seen anyone with this kind of format yet... In case you've never noticed, I've never placed a fullstop by itself before, not when the words are from me at least... Periods always comes in triples no matter what message I'm trying to convey... It might seem confusing, but it has become a habit of mine already... Shouldn't it be time to change after one year's persistency? Nah... No one complained about this formatting, so I shouldn't fix anything that ain't spoilt...

The skin has remained more or less the same throught the year, this people had complained... To quote someone, "becoz ur blog is so white.. like dun have any kind of structure.. know wat i mean?" Sadly, this was what I wanted to achieve: unconstrained layout... However, the present template wasn't really what I had in mind; I couldn't think of anything that can satisfy my seemingly simple concept... I had another template which I call "Split Arrow", but it is built on the current template albiet some little change to the structure...

Hmm... Why am I talking about these boring things?

OK... 2 more days to my performance, everything is more or less settled... The sequence of songs has been determined as well... I tried to push my song towards the end cause some guy wouldn't be able to hear me sing if it was too early... However, there is this danger that my song would be truncated because of time constraints... In any case, it would be video recorded so those who missed it can just see the video which I will post, or maybe not if I screwed up...

Saw Virginia today, didn't notice it was her until she waved at me, thought she was just another pretty girl in SIM... 女大十八變? Change is neither good nor bad, its just a difference from before... Maybe it's time for me to change?

There should be one other entry for my drawing I completed today... It's too late now, so maybe next time...