away from home.
Saturday, December 29, 2007 5:35 AM
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i am 6379 miles away from home. my original plans to be in southeast asia have been scrapped. guess where am i now?
let me go to the heater to warm up my forzen ass!
merry belated christmas and a happy new year everyone. happy holidays.
preconcert craziness
Friday, December 21, 2007 1:25 PM
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yuk lum and me, trying to smile minutes before we are dued on stage.
me and christable, who both have passion for amature photography.
me and ernest
with the ladies from yishun jc choir
peeps from amadeus choral society
it was fun. the first performance. the premiere. it was so much fun. the andreanline rush. it was fun. it was an experience. really, tonight is the last night. then i am off to another continent.
cant reveal much right now but most of the plan i made to thailand is canceled. its going to be a heavy chirstmas and a slow new year. may hope shine everyone through.
camwhore.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:23 AM
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i decided to cam whore because i was too early in espalnade for my rehearsal. plus, its not everyday that i am at esplanade. in esplanade. (yes, i know u can sense that i am vey excited!)
dont forget to come watch me. tickets are still available in
Sistics.
rehearsing magnificant.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:07 AM
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i just came back from my magnificat rehearsal. today is the first and one of the 2 rehearsal we have with the orchestra and the solo singer. yes, we only have 2 days, today and tomorrow and wednesday is our full dress rehearsal and then its showtime on thursday and friday. and we sang from 7 to 1030, almost non stop. if i was flying, i would have been in hong kong by now. hahaha, anyways, it was fun. really fun, cause it was my first time working with such a big choir group, and with Nancy Yuen, and a full orchestra, with brass and all...
ah, the sacrifice and pain i go through for the arts. why why why???
and now, we are smiling because we are good singers!
revisiting chinatown.
Monday, December 17, 2007 12:58 PM
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i was in chinatown last thursday to have dinner with my proffesor and another proffesor and his family and his children and.. oh, you get the point. anyways, i was there a little bit too early so i had this great photo opportunity all by my self. i miss photography, really.
big celebratory and lots of singing
10:02 AM
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sorry for not updating here. hehehe, had a really crazy week? or busy? i dunno. firstly, i am still very unhappy at work so i am already looking for new jobs. as they say, the grass is always greener at the other side. if the people in my school do not treat me right, i am very free to go. i need to feel that i beloing there and i was appreciated for the things that i have done for them. all the extra work i have done for them. i dont get anything back, but at least acknowledged it and thank me for it. sheeesh.. is that too much to ask?
anyways, yesterday, i had a good eating time. my aunt had a "cukur rambut" ceremony for my new baby cousin, iskandar. i arrived late (as usual) and was the first to leave because i had magnificat rehearsal... anyways, i missed all the action but not the food. there were like wonderful glorious food. briyani rice, mee siam (cooked by my grandma), lots of dessert and mostly, lots of fun and laughter. it was the first time i carried my new cousin on my hands. so cute, fragile and i love how baby smell. this milky, sweet smell. and he was quite a struggler. he like to move and change his position when i carried him. yeah, he does move a lot for a 2-3 month old baby. anyways, photo galore below.
anyways, my magnificat rehearsals is getting more and more intense. i have been practising very very hard. so please, if you are at all interested in what i am doing, please come and watch me. its a nice repoertoire we are doing, and if you come, please, bring me some flowers! hehehe...
you can still get tickets at
Sistic. so, i'll see you there ok!!!
everyone's happy, i think...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:19 PM
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mom had a blast of time. we went for dinner to sanur indonesian restaurant in causeway point. the food was blah, but it was fun. oh, my sister wore the same shade of blue as the waitress there. hahaha, guess who was the main poking station that evening?
and we got cake too. i got her a nice handbag. i know, she had dozens but i heard from someone before that there can never be too many bags, or shoes.. so.. hehehe....
happy birth anniversary mom!
to the best mom in the world!
Monday, December 10, 2007 12:11 PM
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Happy Birth Annivesary Mom!
I love you very very much!
you have been my saving grace. the one and truly person that understands me!
i hope you had a good one!!!
birthdays and festival
11:12 AM
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had a good weekend. a bit hangover, not enough sleep, fatigue but it was good. damn too good. i had a brithday party invite to one of the peopel from the german community and boy, did the birthday girl had a birthday bash. to think of it, its more like a festival celebrating her brithday then just an ordinary birthday party. it was hell. i mean, they live on nassim hill, one of these huge black and white house, actually, like 2 black and white house. and a huge garden and pool and there were like more then 100 people attending this party, no wait, festival. and yes, there were tents set up outside in her garden, with a deejay, and smoke machine, and tables and decor, its really like a malay wedding, just more glam lah. and free flow of anything, wonderful food, yummy tiramisu and dancing. there were dancing.
ok, before i go on, i actually didnt want to go to the party because, well, i dont really know this person but then, what else can i lose other then good food (maybe). so i went there, on a friday night, as relax as i am, in my best skinny jeans and yellow t-shirt. and slippers. yes slippers. and guess what i saw when i reach there, people were wearing their gucci couture, and the men were decked in their best shirts, i mean, i was invited but i have no idea really whats suppose to happen, well, renate (another friend..) she just forgot to told me its a big event affair. where dressing up was compulsory. but know what, make do babe! i make do! well, actually, to think of it, the hostess didnt mind at all how i dressed. "i am glad you can make it, and thats all that matters" and boy, she really sent the messaged across. i made new friends, more networking with like one of the few rich people in singapore maybe, and crazy people and expats in singers. i mean, what can i say if the ladies come in gucci and channel couture, with jimmy choos and the men in their prada loafers? and me in my ever so classical topshop t-shirt and zara jeans? oh the theme this year was colourful. last year was black and white! thank god i was being colourful that night.
anyways, fashion aside, i really had a blast. it was surreal to be there. makes me think, what did i do wrong not to get this? oh well.....
The Tent
My Card on the table (she arranged our seating!)
Oh, did i told you, she drew every card on the table, something personlised, she said, and she also set up the setting on the tent and all. she is just freaking creative and rich. sigh.
Jeannette and Bernie (birthday girl and her husband)
The Food (All cooked by Jeannette)
Partying the night away
Me and Renate
Dessert, Tiramisu (the real stuffs!)
Still dancing! (to the 80's! my fave era!)
Told ya, the tent is huge and festive!
I feel like a fucking socialite (mind the language, too much Six Feet Under)
urinetown and six feet under.
Friday, December 7, 2007 1:26 AM
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i just came back from watching a good morbid musical "urinetown". performed by La Salle musical theater 2nd and 3rd year students. it was fun. i was tired. i fall asleep in one scene but its not that its boring, its that i am too tired. sleeping so late at night. anyways, the musical was really fun. i was told it is suppose to be dark and morbid but they made it a little bit too gay and happy. i was looking forward to the darkness and morbidity. i guess they rewrote the scripts or something. not that its very bad. i really enjoyed it. again, another night of expectations that trned out really really good. hehehe, i am so happy.
Sypnosis:
Urinetown: The Musical is an award-winning satirical comedy musical that pokes fun at capitalism, socialism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and petty small town politics. Urinetown rejects musical theatre convention, parodying successful Broadway shows such as Les Misérables, Evita, and West Side Story, and even satirizes its own significance. In reverse pantomime style, the unconventional plotline shatters audience expectations of a pleasant ending. Famous songs from the show include "Don't Be the Bunny" and "Run, Freedom, Run!"
The show was directed by Tony Award winner John Rando, and features music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis. It debuted at the New York International Fringe Festival, was produced Off-Broadway at the American Theatre for Actors and then moved to Broadway, opening at Henry Miller's Theatre on September 20, 2001 (its planned opening having been postponed after the September 11, 2001 attacks). It ran on Broadway through January 18, 2004, closing with a total of 25 previews and 965 performances.
oh, have you known whats my new addiction? Six Feet Under. i have all the dvd. yes, all. from season 1 to season 5. all 63 episode. i am now currently in season 4. its so morbid. so dark. so... lovely. the death, the drugs, sex, everything. its so filthy and i like it. its just, magical.. hehe..
i think singapore showed it in HBO like the first season but in the end it stop only at the firs season. if you watch it, you will know why. hehehe, thank you leanne for giving me the dvd. its the best!
Six Feet Under is an American television drama created by Alan Ball that was originally broadcast from 2001 to 2005. It was produced by Alan Ball, Alan Poul, Robert Greenblatt and David Janollari. The series centers on a family-run mortuary, Fisher & Sons Funeral Home, and explores the lives of the Fisher family following the death of the family patriarch (the title being a colloquialism/euphemism for death, six feet being the traditional depth at which a body would be laid). The series is set in modern-day Los Angeles.
The show stars Peter Krause as Nathaniel Samuel ("Nate") Fisher Jr., the son of a funeral director who, upon the death of his father, reluctantly becomes a partner in the family funeral business with his brother David, played by Michael C. Hall. The Fisher clan also includes mother Ruth (Frances Conroy) and sister Claire (Lauren Ambrose). Other regulars include mortician and family friend Federico Diaz (Freddy Rodriguez), Nate's on again off again girlfriend Brenda Chenowith (Rachel Griffiths), and David's boyfriend Keith Charles (Mathew St. Patrick).
On one level, the show is a conventional family drama, dealing with such issues as relationships, infidelity, and religion. At the same time, it is a show distinguished by its unblinking focus on the topic of death, which it explores on multiple levels (personal, religious, and philosophical), rather than, say, treating it as a convenient impetus for the solution of a murder. Each episode begins with a death — anything from drowning or heart attack to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — and that death usually sets the tone for each episode, allowing the characters to reflect on their current fortunes and misfortunes in a way that is illuminated by the death and its aftermath.
The show also has a strong dosage of black humor running throughout.
A recurring plot device consists of a character having an imaginary conversation with the person who died at the beginning of the episode. Sometimes, the conversation is with other recurring dead characters, notably Nathaniel Fisher Sr. The show's creator Alan Ball states they represent the living character's internal dialogue by exposing it as an external conversation, yet on some occasions (see the appearance of Nathaniel Fisher Sr. at the end of the last episode of the first season) no living character sees or interacts with the dead character. Also, in many encounters with dead characters the dead character relates information the living one could not know, almost certainly speculation on the part of the living concerning issues which were never solved before the passing.[original research?] Casual conversations with the dead also reflect the genre of magical realism. A similar device is occasionally used where a real conversation between two living characters slips into the imaginary and becomes unrealistic. The shift cannot be clearly distinguished from the normal flow of the scene until an abrupt cut brings the audience back to a mundane conversation, which reveals through contrast the imaginary nature of the preceding moment.
btw, i think the character "Claire" is so pretty. such a pretty red head. and why i love this show so much is because i think i can relate myself with the characters "Nate, David and Claire". its like me all seperated into 3 individuals. i really love this show. its so sad it ended only after 5 season..
away from home.
Saturday, December 29, 2007 5:35 AM
i am 6379 miles away from home. my original plans to be in southeast asia have been scrapped. guess where am i now?
let me go to the heater to warm up my forzen ass!
merry belated christmas and a happy new year everyone. happy holidays.
preconcert craziness
Friday, December 21, 2007 1:25 PM
yuk lum and me, trying to smile minutes before we are dued on stage.
me and christable, who both have passion for amature photography.
me and ernest
with the ladies from yishun jc choir
peeps from amadeus choral society
it was fun. the first performance. the premiere. it was so much fun. the andreanline rush. it was fun. it was an experience. really, tonight is the last night. then i am off to another continent.
cant reveal much right now but most of the plan i made to thailand is canceled. its going to be a heavy chirstmas and a slow new year. may hope shine everyone through.
camwhore.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:23 AM
i decided to cam whore because i was too early in espalnade for my rehearsal. plus, its not everyday that i am at esplanade. in esplanade. (yes, i know u can sense that i am vey excited!)
dont forget to come watch me. tickets are still available in
Sistics.
rehearsing magnificant.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:07 AM
i just came back from my magnificat rehearsal. today is the first and one of the 2 rehearsal we have with the orchestra and the solo singer. yes, we only have 2 days, today and tomorrow and wednesday is our full dress rehearsal and then its showtime on thursday and friday. and we sang from 7 to 1030, almost non stop. if i was flying, i would have been in hong kong by now. hahaha, anyways, it was fun. really fun, cause it was my first time working with such a big choir group, and with Nancy Yuen, and a full orchestra, with brass and all...
ah, the sacrifice and pain i go through for the arts. why why why???
and now, we are smiling because we are good singers!
revisiting chinatown.
Monday, December 17, 2007 12:58 PM
i was in chinatown last thursday to have dinner with my proffesor and another proffesor and his family and his children and.. oh, you get the point. anyways, i was there a little bit too early so i had this great photo opportunity all by my self. i miss photography, really.
big celebratory and lots of singing
10:02 AM
sorry for not updating here. hehehe, had a really crazy week? or busy? i dunno. firstly, i am still very unhappy at work so i am already looking for new jobs. as they say, the grass is always greener at the other side. if the people in my school do not treat me right, i am very free to go. i need to feel that i beloing there and i was appreciated for the things that i have done for them. all the extra work i have done for them. i dont get anything back, but at least acknowledged it and thank me for it. sheeesh.. is that too much to ask?
anyways, yesterday, i had a good eating time. my aunt had a "cukur rambut" ceremony for my new baby cousin, iskandar. i arrived late (as usual) and was the first to leave because i had magnificat rehearsal... anyways, i missed all the action but not the food. there were like wonderful glorious food. briyani rice, mee siam (cooked by my grandma), lots of dessert and mostly, lots of fun and laughter. it was the first time i carried my new cousin on my hands. so cute, fragile and i love how baby smell. this milky, sweet smell. and he was quite a struggler. he like to move and change his position when i carried him. yeah, he does move a lot for a 2-3 month old baby. anyways, photo galore below.
anyways, my magnificat rehearsals is getting more and more intense. i have been practising very very hard. so please, if you are at all interested in what i am doing, please come and watch me. its a nice repoertoire we are doing, and if you come, please, bring me some flowers! hehehe...
you can still get tickets at
Sistic. so, i'll see you there ok!!!
everyone's happy, i think...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:19 PM
mom had a blast of time. we went for dinner to sanur indonesian restaurant in causeway point. the food was blah, but it was fun. oh, my sister wore the same shade of blue as the waitress there. hahaha, guess who was the main poking station that evening?
and we got cake too. i got her a nice handbag. i know, she had dozens but i heard from someone before that there can never be too many bags, or shoes.. so.. hehehe....
happy birth anniversary mom!
to the best mom in the world!
Monday, December 10, 2007 12:11 PM
Happy Birth Annivesary Mom!
I love you very very much!
you have been my saving grace. the one and truly person that understands me!
i hope you had a good one!!!
birthdays and festival
11:12 AM
had a good weekend. a bit hangover, not enough sleep, fatigue but it was good. damn too good. i had a brithday party invite to one of the peopel from the german community and boy, did the birthday girl had a birthday bash. to think of it, its more like a festival celebrating her brithday then just an ordinary birthday party. it was hell. i mean, they live on nassim hill, one of these huge black and white house, actually, like 2 black and white house. and a huge garden and pool and there were like more then 100 people attending this party, no wait, festival. and yes, there were tents set up outside in her garden, with a deejay, and smoke machine, and tables and decor, its really like a malay wedding, just more glam lah. and free flow of anything, wonderful food, yummy tiramisu and dancing. there were dancing.
ok, before i go on, i actually didnt want to go to the party because, well, i dont really know this person but then, what else can i lose other then good food (maybe). so i went there, on a friday night, as relax as i am, in my best skinny jeans and yellow t-shirt. and slippers. yes slippers. and guess what i saw when i reach there, people were wearing their gucci couture, and the men were decked in their best shirts, i mean, i was invited but i have no idea really whats suppose to happen, well, renate (another friend..) she just forgot to told me its a big event affair. where dressing up was compulsory. but know what, make do babe! i make do! well, actually, to think of it, the hostess didnt mind at all how i dressed. "i am glad you can make it, and thats all that matters" and boy, she really sent the messaged across. i made new friends, more networking with like one of the few rich people in singapore maybe, and crazy people and expats in singers. i mean, what can i say if the ladies come in gucci and channel couture, with jimmy choos and the men in their prada loafers? and me in my ever so classical topshop t-shirt and zara jeans? oh the theme this year was colourful. last year was black and white! thank god i was being colourful that night.
anyways, fashion aside, i really had a blast. it was surreal to be there. makes me think, what did i do wrong not to get this? oh well.....
The Tent
My Card on the table (she arranged our seating!)
Oh, did i told you, she drew every card on the table, something personlised, she said, and she also set up the setting on the tent and all. she is just freaking creative and rich. sigh.
Jeannette and Bernie (birthday girl and her husband)
The Food (All cooked by Jeannette)
Partying the night away
Me and Renate
Dessert, Tiramisu (the real stuffs!)
Still dancing! (to the 80's! my fave era!)
Told ya, the tent is huge and festive!
I feel like a fucking socialite (mind the language, too much Six Feet Under)
urinetown and six feet under.
Friday, December 7, 2007 1:26 AM
i just came back from watching a good morbid musical "urinetown". performed by La Salle musical theater 2nd and 3rd year students. it was fun. i was tired. i fall asleep in one scene but its not that its boring, its that i am too tired. sleeping so late at night. anyways, the musical was really fun. i was told it is suppose to be dark and morbid but they made it a little bit too gay and happy. i was looking forward to the darkness and morbidity. i guess they rewrote the scripts or something. not that its very bad. i really enjoyed it. again, another night of expectations that trned out really really good. hehehe, i am so happy.
Sypnosis:
Urinetown: The Musical is an award-winning satirical comedy musical that pokes fun at capitalism, socialism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and petty small town politics. Urinetown rejects musical theatre convention, parodying successful Broadway shows such as Les Misérables, Evita, and West Side Story, and even satirizes its own significance. In reverse pantomime style, the unconventional plotline shatters audience expectations of a pleasant ending. Famous songs from the show include "Don't Be the Bunny" and "Run, Freedom, Run!"
The show was directed by Tony Award winner John Rando, and features music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis. It debuted at the New York International Fringe Festival, was produced Off-Broadway at the American Theatre for Actors and then moved to Broadway, opening at Henry Miller's Theatre on September 20, 2001 (its planned opening having been postponed after the September 11, 2001 attacks). It ran on Broadway through January 18, 2004, closing with a total of 25 previews and 965 performances.
oh, have you known whats my new addiction? Six Feet Under. i have all the dvd. yes, all. from season 1 to season 5. all 63 episode. i am now currently in season 4. its so morbid. so dark. so... lovely. the death, the drugs, sex, everything. its so filthy and i like it. its just, magical.. hehe..
i think singapore showed it in HBO like the first season but in the end it stop only at the firs season. if you watch it, you will know why. hehehe, thank you leanne for giving me the dvd. its the best!
Six Feet Under is an American television drama created by Alan Ball that was originally broadcast from 2001 to 2005. It was produced by Alan Ball, Alan Poul, Robert Greenblatt and David Janollari. The series centers on a family-run mortuary, Fisher & Sons Funeral Home, and explores the lives of the Fisher family following the death of the family patriarch (the title being a colloquialism/euphemism for death, six feet being the traditional depth at which a body would be laid). The series is set in modern-day Los Angeles.
The show stars Peter Krause as Nathaniel Samuel ("Nate") Fisher Jr., the son of a funeral director who, upon the death of his father, reluctantly becomes a partner in the family funeral business with his brother David, played by Michael C. Hall. The Fisher clan also includes mother Ruth (Frances Conroy) and sister Claire (Lauren Ambrose). Other regulars include mortician and family friend Federico Diaz (Freddy Rodriguez), Nate's on again off again girlfriend Brenda Chenowith (Rachel Griffiths), and David's boyfriend Keith Charles (Mathew St. Patrick).
On one level, the show is a conventional family drama, dealing with such issues as relationships, infidelity, and religion. At the same time, it is a show distinguished by its unblinking focus on the topic of death, which it explores on multiple levels (personal, religious, and philosophical), rather than, say, treating it as a convenient impetus for the solution of a murder. Each episode begins with a death — anything from drowning or heart attack to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — and that death usually sets the tone for each episode, allowing the characters to reflect on their current fortunes and misfortunes in a way that is illuminated by the death and its aftermath.
The show also has a strong dosage of black humor running throughout.
A recurring plot device consists of a character having an imaginary conversation with the person who died at the beginning of the episode. Sometimes, the conversation is with other recurring dead characters, notably Nathaniel Fisher Sr. The show's creator Alan Ball states they represent the living character's internal dialogue by exposing it as an external conversation, yet on some occasions (see the appearance of Nathaniel Fisher Sr. at the end of the last episode of the first season) no living character sees or interacts with the dead character. Also, in many encounters with dead characters the dead character relates information the living one could not know, almost certainly speculation on the part of the living concerning issues which were never solved before the passing.[original research?] Casual conversations with the dead also reflect the genre of magical realism. A similar device is occasionally used where a real conversation between two living characters slips into the imaginary and becomes unrealistic. The shift cannot be clearly distinguished from the normal flow of the scene until an abrupt cut brings the audience back to a mundane conversation, which reveals through contrast the imaginary nature of the preceding moment.
btw, i think the character "Claire" is so pretty. such a pretty red head. and why i love this show so much is because i think i can relate myself with the characters "Nate, David and Claire". its like me all seperated into 3 individuals. i really love this show. its so sad it ended only after 5 season..
yuk lum and me, trying to smile minutes before we are dued on stage.
me and christable, who both have passion for amature photography.
me and ernest
with the ladies from yishun jc choir
peeps from amadeus choral society
me and ellen, wondering when the singing will all end..
and now, we are smiling because we are good singers!
Jeannette and Bernie (birthday girl and her husband)
The Food (All cooked by Jeannette)
Me and Renate 
Dessert, Tiramisu (the real stuffs!)
