Happy Mother's Day

I just told my mum that I was doing homework but here I am blogging. Hahaha seems like I never ever give myself a break 'defying' my mum. :)

Anyway, I love my mum and no matter how many times she has scolded me or nagged at me, I still think she is really awesome.

I know she is really fed up of me always correcting her English. Hahhaha sorry I can't help it.

Hmm, I really need to spend more time with her. I'm always complaining that she's so slow and all but I always fail to think, when I was younger, who was the one taking care of me, waiting for me, teaching me, guiding me?

One day, I will write a song for her, and for all the important people around me, who I cherish so much.

But for now, Happy Mother's Day mum, and...

I love you.

TKBand SYF 2010

A very eventful day indeed. I woke up at 7plus to start heading to TK. I was so sleepy omg lol. Upon reaching TK, talked with my juniors for awhile then started heading to Indoor Stadium in Bong's car to put up the TKBand banner and also to reserve seats at the stadium. The banner was freaking big -.-

Anyway, reached South Entrance at 10plus, which is freaking early considering that the doors open at 1.30pm -.- Was with The Banner Team - Vanessa, Ian, Chinkiat, Gabriel and of course me. Obviously, we started camwhoring and gossiping and what not uh. The damn interesting part when came the doors opened and everyone just CHIONGED into the stadium I SWEAR IT WAS FREAKING FUN HAHAHA. Put up the banner then after getting our seats and getting alumni and TK people to sit together, then a few of us went out to give out tix to the rest. At the same time, we went down to see our juniors.

Took a few pics with them and talked to them, one last time before I would see them again when the results were released. That time which all of us didn't want to pass ended with hugs. I couldn't control my tears as I said one last sentence to my juniors: "I love you, horns."

So..After an agonizing wait, TKBand finally started its show. 'Elisabeth' started and my heart started pumping rapidly, hoping that this would be a perfect runthrough. Azkhairy threw his mace up, and it was a perfect catch. I cheered, really loudly. Then, we reached the middle of the show, where the band sung 'Tegami ~Haikei Juugo No Kimi E~' My stomach started churning. The whole stadium was so quiet, and though it was supposed to be sounding at ease, I was secretly really tensed. A tear rolled down as I sang along. As went on to SF1, my heart pounded even harder and I was almost saying aloud, "Please everyone, please put on your feather socks!" Not everyone did, but well, it was definitely so much better than the week before. 'With Heart and Voice' came on, I swear it was exhilarating. Azkhairy's two maces thingy was simply amazing. With the final note of the whole show, with one last throw of the mace and with a perfect catch, the routine ended. The whole TK sector erupted in cheers and a standing ovation, while me and Zhining were crazily holding up the TKBand flag.

So that was the first band.

After six other bands, Deyi marched onto the performance area. And immediately the whole TK sector became silent. I really have nothing to say about their show. It was impressive, I must admit. And the drum major deserved his Best Drum Major award.

Then after a really restless wait, it was time for the results. As I held onto Vanessa and YanSiang hands, I was almost trembling, preparing myself for the worst.

"Tanjong Katong Secondary School. Gold."

Everyone was expecting two more words. Where were they? They never came.

I let go of both of their hands and just sat there. Not moving a muscle. Not a tear. The whole TK sector was silent. I clapped for Bowen and Deyi for their GWH awards.

After that, I tried to sneak in to the performance area to see my juniors but to no avail apparently. Went to fold the banner then.

Upon boarding the bus, I established eye contact with Wenhui (not intentionally) and then she cried even harder then I was like ._. shit. Anyway, went up the bus and stood at the empty seat next to Brian. Then suddenly he pulled me down on the seat and hugged me. I couldn't control my tears anymore then. They started streaming down my face like *@$%#.

Back at school, the bandmasters and alumni, including a parent, talked the band. Azlan, as usual, was the best speaker. He was just awesome and everyone just cheered for him like woohoo!

Anyway, TKBand, you definitely did a freaking awesome job and I'm so damn proud of every single one of you. None of you should be sad, and continue standing tall, cuz you know that you have done your best and you have no regrets. Be proud to say that you are a TKBand member.

I believe that we will rise again in 2012.

2010 was a year of change. Being able to learn and do the DCI style of marching in just those few months, you all are definitely a force to be reckoned with. This whole show was done in just 4 months.

TKBand, you played with your heart and soul. You marched with so much precision. You sang with your heart and voice.

I love you, TKBand.

Anoneh Pakuke!

Ohmyfreakinggod it is only 5 days more to SYF. And trust me, there ain't no anxiety like this.

Somehow it feels like deja vu, yet somehow it feels like we can do it, that is, if people get their mind straight and stop their childishness.

I still remember how it felt like when another band's name was being called for the coveted Best Display Band award. My heart sank so deep I felt like I could not pick it up again.

I don't want people to go through this again. But perhaps it'll be a good wake up call.

let us travel through time

I realised that I have alot of songs in my iTunes but I have never ever listen to some of them cuz I just plonk the album and listen to the singles but now that I'm listening to the whole album of Story of the Year I think I should listen to all my other albums like those by Stereophonics and Ballas Hough Band. Lol.

The Constant by Story of the Year; I downloaded it cuz Andrew Stricko, the drummer of Faber Drive said it was a great album. Indeed it is. Their genre of music is hard rock and rock. Like Red Jumpsuit Apparatus'. A little bit of screaming in a few songs. Just a little, except for Won Over You, which is mostly screamo. Holding On To You is nice :D Probably my favourite song in the album. The lead singers' voice is so typical guy band voice. I like. Sounds like Travis Clark's (We The Kings) voice.

Sigh this is one of the genres of songs that girls' cannot really sing as well as guys. Lol. But suckerrrr I like it.

Anyway probably not performing for MediaBiz anymore. Lol as I posted on twitter: "I will never perform if I ain't prepared."

Sighh I know I will regret my decision, but I'd rather give it a miss than embarrass myself by zaoxia-ing omg. Horror of all horrors. I think its okay if a singer forgets lyrics and sings like out of intonation but if he/she zaoxias it is the freaking worst thing. That's why I'm always damn scared to sing songs with high notes in front of my friends and I only practise high notes in the bathroom. Just like Siobhan Magnus. She said that she learnt how to belt while signing Kelly Clarkson's songs in the bathroom so I hope I can achieve belting one day by doing the same.

Wishful thinking. BLAH.

I still have lots of stuff to do before I die. Probably one of the things I will manage to do first is to learn to play guitar and sing at the same time flawlessly. That will be next year or something sadly.

Still building up my guitar pick collection. Favourite one is still Paul's one like duh, followed by the green pick with the peace sign and then the "Twist" sign on the white guitar pick. Maybe I will put up pics of the picks one day woo.

Went to Orchard for SCAPE today ah. Journalism thing that we were forced to go for. Before that met with some peepz then went to walk around Cineleisure and Heeren and I was (still) obsessed about red black and white. Lol everyone was like asking me to stop and get new colours heheheheh. But I like leh how?! :P

The course was quite interesting, but I couldn't keep my focus uh and being so restless all the time, me and Bryan started talking then Rach said we were noisy oops! x) And YESSS there will be refreshments tmr. FREE FOOD. *slurps*

And I wanna go to the SCAPE building once its opened. Damn cool omg there is a freaking recording studio and jamming studio ahhhh omgomgomg.

Went to Ion for dinner and bought Tori Q set. I LIKE. :D AND I ATE MY CHICKEN STICKS AGAIN WOOO YEAHHH. And I was freaking high today dunno why. I kept doing stupid stuff (like I always do) then Stef said I should've joined danced cuz I always do those weird body waves shits and blahblahs.

Hope that it'll be more exciting tmr hahahah.

can't you see that you're slaughtering me

Another day at home cuz I have so much work to do. Gawd I reached home at 12am yesterday cuz there was band meeting until that late. Sigh. Now to do agenda for next meeting. Hope it won't end as late. ._. Have work the next day.

Wtheck la my timetable is so damn hectic:

10th and 11th March: SCAPE Journalist Workshop

12th March: WORK

13th March: WORK and TK

15th to 17th March: MediaBiz Meeting (16th: Somebodeh's birthday eh)

18th March: MediaBiz Awards

(many other things in between which I still haven't figured)

31st March: Collect SYF tickets and another somebodeh's birthday lolz

Hahaa and yay Wenhui is lending me TK Band uniform for 18th March B)

Kk off to do whatever I'm supposed to do...

your eyes are the brightest of all the colours

Wow wtheck am I doing at this unearthly hour omg. 2am :-O

HAHA OKAY I SHALL SLEEP NOW.

They Don't Really Care About Me

I just spammed music videos of Faber Drive and Boys Like Girls on Youtube. And I just realised there are really alot of awesome concerts this year but I can't go to all of them sighh. I'm going to miss Paramore's one which is tonight and then I think I will have no chance to go to Adam Lambert's concert too.. At least I'm going for S.H.E's one on 17th April! I'm looking forward to it so much omg!

Here are the concerts of artistes I wanna go for:

Yeah no Chinese artistes. Weird. Because I started listening to Chinese songs way before I started listening to English songs!

SO, I must started saving money if case these artistes come (back)!!

Work comes in handy here.

Lol I promised to treat people to stuff. Better not promise too many people!

Sighh but I was quite pissed yesterday night. How can anyone be so slow and not take a hint?! And you made me even more pissed by saying some stupid line that wasn't necessary wtheck.

I'll just not say anything else, for now..

American Idol Season 9: Episode 19 (The Girls)

After the guys' performance yesterday, I was looking forward to the girls' performance. And I see Crystal Bowersox on the show. Glad to see her back in good health. :)

Crystal Bowersox - Long As I Can See The Light (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Damn she seriously rocks. Awesome song choice. She's there with her guitar again which she is so comfortable with. And yeah they are comparing to Kelly Clarkson. Hard to believe she was just lying in the hospital bed before this performance. Great start to the episode.

Haeley Vaughn - The Climb (Miley Cyrus)

Yay she is not wearing a tutu. I hated her rendition of my favourite Miley song. Pitchy to the max. I don't like her voice personally, too husky for me. Apparently Simon feels that she should go home next. Me too.

Lacey Brown - Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer)

Weird first note. But it got better towards the end. It wasn't awesome, but it was a good attempt. It fits her, Kara was quite right. Better than last week's performance. Ouch Simon compared her to Crystal, ouch. And I like her hair.

Katie Stevens - Put Your Records On (Corinne Bailey Rae)

A really comfortable performance for me. I liked it. But did she almost crack at the high note? An okay performance, not fantastic, but I liked it. And what's with Ryan Seacrest and Justin Bieber LOL. She didn't seem impressed with that HAHA, like Aaron Kelly.

Didi Benami - Lean On Me (Bill Withers)

Yeah Didi is up! But omg what' with the first verse? Out of tune! And shit she sang it like the notes were way too high. A soul song like that shouldn't go that high? Disappointed in the performance. She was disappointed too, almost crying. Poor thing. But still one of my favourites in this season.

Michelle Delamor - With Arms Wide Open (Creed)

I think she did fine. But kind of weird that she was singing a rock song at first but to be honest, I liked it. I don't know why it didn't work out for Randy. If she's gonna continue to sing these kind of songs I want her to stay.

Lilly Scott - A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)

It was great! A little weak on the low notes but I liked it! I loved how she was so engrossed in the song and she totally nailed it! My favourite performance of the night so far.

Katelyn Epperly - The Scientist (Coldplay)

Ohhh one of my favourite Coldplay songs. I thought it was a little slow, didn't put me to sleep though. Good singing chops. I just love people who can play the piano and sing at the same time. And people who can play guitar. Lol.

Paige Miles - Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson)

I totally wow-ed at the high notes. And I love it when people are enjoying themselves on stage. Her personality is cool LOL. I liked it. She nailed it!

Siobhan Magnus - Think (Aretha Franklin)

Oh shit that note. Omg omg. That was so awesome! I loved that performance and it was my favourite performance so far in the season! And I agree with Kara, I can't get over that note. Officially my favourite female contestant in Season 9!

Strong opening, strong finish. Love how the producers lined them up. Haha. This episode didn't disappoint me, except for Didi I guess. Now this really shows that a girl deserves to win this season. But no worries about that, its not Singapore, where you'll get three guys in a row. *rolls eyes* And oh, bye Haeley! Please.

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Starting my job tomorrow! Wish me all the best. Vivo's chicken sticks ftw! \m/!

American Idol Season 9: Episode 18 (The Guys)

Okay I was really bored. Being a critic is fun. Reminds me of that day at Eudora's house where we criticized everyone LOL.

Michael Lynch - This Is A Man's World (James Brown)

Okay I've never heard this song before. I think he did okay, but not as fantastic as how the judges described it? I liked the last long note though. It was quite strong.

John Park - Gravity (John Mayer)

Darn the performance was so ordinary. He sung it so boring-ly (lol wtf). But credits to him though, it was better than last week. Halfway through the song he was kind of weak, I thought. In a nutshell, boring.

Casey James - I Don't Wanna Be (Gavin Degraw)

Yeah my favourite male contestant is up! Nice blue guitar and guitar solo at the beginning. But a little bit off when he started singing. Started getting better toward the middle. I loved the shredding at the end. The song suits him, could be a lead guitarist for a band, but probably not lead singer. And omg Kara is disappointed. So uncalled for LOL. What's with the 'dirt' comment?!

Alex Lambert - Everybody Knows (John Legends)

Ugh out of tune everywhere. Well he looks more comfortable. And better than last week. And shit the last note turned me off. It was so damn flat. But he does have a nice voice. Kudos to the improvement anyway.

Todrick Hall - What's Love Got To Do With It (Tina Turner)

He totally butchered the song omg. I totally hated his high notes. But the last note was okaaay. The song seriously wasn't suited for him. Improvisation is good but not too much. He should totally go back to his dance songs with his fancy dance moves.

Jermaine Sellers - What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)

He was doing too much yet again. Pushing those shrieky notes and the performance overall made me really uncomfortable. He couldn't pitch the notes at all. And his face...That's what I call self-indulgent. So arrogant and yeah let God decide whether you'll still be in next week. I'll pray to him that he fails you.

Andrew Garcia - You Give Me Something (James Morrison)

Kind of pitchy at the high notes. But much better than those who performed before him. But a mediocre performance for his standard. Disappointing performance yet again by the guy with a lot of potential.

Aaron Kelly - My Girl (The Temptations)

I thought it was quite a good performance omg. But I didn't like his last note. Haha he still reminds me of Aaron Carter. As the same as everyone he was better than last week. He seemed more comfortable and at ease. And lol at Ryan Seacrest's "Do you like Justin Bieber?"

Tim Urban - Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)

I like his clear voice but he didn't put it to good use at all. The song choice was all right. And to agree with Randy, "it sounded very karaoke". Improvement from last week like all the rest yet again, if its any consolation. Much more room for improvement and he looks cute. LOL.

Lee Dewyze - Lips Of An Angel (Hinder)

Woo I love this song. No guitar this time. And crippled. The first verse was awkward and uncomfortable. It got better towards the chorus. Quite a good song choice for him. Needs more confidence. He looks scared always LOL.

Today's episode was boring, looking forward to the girls' performances. Hope Crystal Bowersox will still be in top form and playing her harmonica again. Looking forward to Didi Benami and the person who performed before her last week whose name I forgot. One more thing: I just hope Haeley Vaughn won't be wearing a tutu again.

i'll stand by you

Back from steamboat at Jon's along with other CMM peepz yaw! I totally enjoyed myself 8D hehehehe. Played Twister and everyone was tangled up in some weird mess. Hopefully pics will be up on fb soon =D And I think Xavier is damn cute omgg HAHAHAHA. But I'm sure he will forget me LOL. =(

Still spamming Glee songs :O And I wanna watch the results show of AI today :O I hope the results don't disappoint me too much lolz. But I guess its kinda predictable now?

Okay I'm really hungry now. Going downstairs and grab some chicken chop woot!