無聊

The secret of being boring is to say everything...


I wonder if its because of the huge contrast between the last few weeks and now that made my life seem damn boring... The second last week of May was the most hectic period... I had 3 papers back to back; Wednesday, Thursday, Friday... With the previous paper on Thursday, I only have Friday, Monday and Tuesday to study, not counting the weekends because I'll never get anything in during those days... That was an ultimate test of my time management... After those 3 papers, it felt as like the end of my exams even though I have one last one the following Tuesday...

After the examinations was the preparations for the performance at Esplanade... First performance was on the first Monday of June (04/06/2007) and we had a performance at a home the day before that... The performance at the home was a full dress rehearsal for us since we're be playing the exact same pieces... We thought it was gonna be a easy job but had utterly underestimated the kids... It was the worst performance ever... Most of the effort needed was to fend off the kids from our instruments rather than playing them... So much for an easy job...

The first night's performance at Esplanade was good, we totally rocked the house... Though the performers' feelings weren't the greatest then... Everyone was damn irritated by the Band Director... Erggh... Am still irritated by the thought of it...

Everyone was feeling good at the second night, but the atmosphere was just not there... We couldn't heat up the crowd because we had to restrain ourselves while playing that night... There were other performances at the neighboring theaters and we were not allowed to give it our all... What's a percussion band without the bang? Boring... Luckily, only our last piece was compromised as it was the only emotionally-driven piece... But I still wished we could had ended in a more... explosive way...











The next night was our boy's night out to MOS... Salimin's birthday was coming soon and he had not went clubbing before, so there we were... I shall not go into details considering the different groups of friends that read this... All I can say is, "It was fun... very fun..."

After so many events, I was bored to tears the following day... And it was only the first week of June!!! I wonder how can I survive through the rest of the days before I start work... Always wanted holidays and am bored to death when I have it...

Things are only good when you can't have it...

手

The future is in my hands...


I just signed my contract with Singapore Technologies Electronics yesterday, will be working full time there starting on 2^nd July...

Yesterday was Efin's surprise birthday as well... He was told that there'll be an engagement party at the chalet, so he went there unsuspectingly... Thinking of only eating some stuff and disappearing, he got a shock of his life when everyone jumped on him... The party was boring, but the food was nice though...

Met up with Weida, Ben and surprisingly, Fuyao after that... Talked a bit about our current status and went home very soon because Ben had some "unforeseen circumstances"...

I'll be having a performance tomorrow at "The Arts House"... I know I've said I wanted to quit the band for a million times already, but those were out of frustration... Now, because of a new development, I've lost all interest in staying with the band... Furthermore, I'll be starting work soon and I'll have my little venture which I'll announce soon... Unless something else can keep my interest there, I'll probably quit by next month after the performance at Esplanade (things would be difficult for everyone if I left before the performance)...

That's all for now; last paper this Tuesday and I'm a free man after that... Without the band, my hands would definitely thank me for it... but I guess I ain't treating them any nicer by learning to play the guitar...

鼻窦炎

Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow...


My sinuses have act up again... It seldom happens, but when it does it is damn irritating... The headache makes it difficult to get any work done... Its not at if I'm being very productive before; but now its worse...

Yesterday was Weida's birthday, and we had a BBQ celebration the night before... It was quite alright I guess... Probably the best part was discussing the business plans with Weida, then with our "future employee"... The fire was very strong, some very good charcoal was used... My fingers got cooked while trying to BBQ the stuff and roast marshmallows... This is where the problem begins I think...

I had a performance on Sunday morning, the usual stuff with the addition of "Matsuri" by Kitaro... My fingers must have been damaged from the previous day such that it was too dry and blistered easily... The Ethnic Fusion part was perfect, at least for my part that is... The problem was with "Matsuri", with only 2 practice sessions, I know it will definitely be a disaster before we even start... With a blister at hand (pun intended), I can only try my best not to mess everything up... After so many years of experience in pretending, its easy for me to cover my own mistakes; insiders can still see that I'm making a mistake even though they can't hear it...

Not everyone is as good at covering up their own mistakes though, so the performance ended badly... We screwed up big time, and its bad that we're in the territory of a significant, irritating rival band... Oh well, things could get worse...

For now, I'm doing my project, or at least supposed to be doing it... Let me go back to it then...

You Are 56% Perfectionist

No one would call you a perfectionist, but you definitely have a side of you that strives to be perfect. Try to see your mistakes as learning experiences, and don't be so hard on yourself when you screw up!

Are You a Perfectionist?

P.S.: I think I'm very much a perfectionist though...

玩具

I knew I was unwanted when my bath toys were a radio and toaster...


Well, its a good thing no one ever gave me that kind of things to play with... I did get a calendar toy though... Its like LEGO and your supposed to build your own calendar...


Make your own calendar? I want everyday to be Sunday...


Fine... I'll make a proper one...

Its a new year already but I still feel the same... Got the video of the recording studio as well as the Countdown Party at Bishan CC... Lazy to type anymore...


Jingo (Recording Studio)


Rhythmic Fusion


Jingo Bar + Smoke on the Water

一無是處

Its not about knowing how to do it, its about getting it done...


Knowing how to do things is useless unless you go out to get it done... For me, I haven't done anything yet... My project that is... Its already December and I haven't even have a contents page yet...

Was performing yesterday at Zheng Hua Community Club for the Arts Festival... I used to hate what we were doing, but I'm starting to like it these days... Think its because I'm getting better already... Haha... Met up with a friend I haven't seen for very long, she was supposed to come support me but she came after everything ended...

Oh well, haven't been doing much these days...

忙、忙、忙

Busy, busy week?


Other than Sunday, Monday and Thursday of this week, I've been doing my part time job... I always have something to do everyday, not the norm these days... It may seem like I'm very busy; that's not what I feel though...

I was performing on Sunday at Tampines Central Park, just the normal gig that we are doing nowadays... Its the short one, so I like it alot... The energy is maintained without the draggy feeling...

Schooling on Monday and Thursday... No singing club on Wednesday, so worked on that day as well... Should be free on Friday, then working on Saturday again... Another performance on Saturday afternoon and evening, can only go for the evening one because of the work which I had long ago promised...

So... busy, busy week or boring week?

演出

Best performance...


Yesterday's performance was at Raffles Marina, a yacht club in Tuas... For the 2 years I was in this band, this was the best performance I had... Not because I didn't make any mistakes, but because it was really enjoyable... Nothing really special happened during this performance, don't really remember what was so great about the performance... Well, below are some pictures of the members, someone obviously did not know how to take pictures (actually I think its because the camera is lousy... Whoever sees this is not allowed to tell the camera's owner!!!)... The pictures are very blur, any tips on how to edit it?


The young...


The mature...


The old...


The girl (didn't get her name) who helped video our performance...

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...


Me singing 等我回來...


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


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...

終於

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


10 days since the last post... I had wanted to post one last Monday (21/11), or even after the Saturday (19/11) performance... Oh well, it happened again...

The performance on Saturday was quite uneventful; there wasn't much crowd... There were around 30 people, which is the usual at that place... However, it was good preparation for the next performance on Thursday (24/11)... The Thursday performance was for a private function, so the crowd was guaranteed... It was uneventful as well, except for the fact that we needed to drag the performance longer... That isn't much of problem IF I was informed first... Our performance is a string of different types of music, and the focus is on me during the Chinese section... I gave it my all at the start and almost couldn't make it to the intended end, imagine how I felt when I realized that the end wasn't coming... My arms were all stiff and I couldn't hit as fast as my original speed, it was very obvious that the tempo was dropping but my hands can't move any faster no matter how hard I try... How relieved I was when the end was finally signalled, what happened after that was, well, uneventful...

Still doing the draft for Junan's company's website, this is the 3^rd draft already... Why can't her boss just tell me everything at one shot? I can most probably finish in the morning tomorrow, this I would not procrastinate, at least that is what I hope...

I am very happy today when someone message me in friendster telling me she actually read my blog, and I thought no one actually reads my profile... If you're reading this, say "Hi" to my friends over there -->

I have a wierd message in my friendster, someone sent me a "JJC GradNite'05 invitation to Alumni members"... Wierd...