photo post (:

LOL I haven't connected my phone to the comp for a REAAAAALLY long time. thus the long post. haha. update update...

This is the wallet Alyssa gave me some time ago (: ♥

Then came A levels...

&there were like TONS of studying sessions with different people... haha.

LOL, what did you call me?!?!

This was TPY Central CC...

With my bears.. (:

& complete with coffee haha.

That looks like.. Chem TYS.

AHA. This was at Ion Orchard. dragged him along =x

Coolest can of Mountain Dew I've ever seen xD

At the DIY Teppanyaki place at Ion (:

Sashimi :9

Mother strangling her child ):

HAHA Terry (:

His signature phrase.. ON HIS CALCULATOR COVER~

GC Madness... when he found out my GC could type words..

... Thanks. zz.

No comment.

This one is amusing. HAHA.

I duno where this came from. Think max did it.

broken hearted ):

Before Chem paper 2... yay (:

&&&& MANY SESSIONS AT TEADOT ♥

Artic Dragon's Brew.

Super refreshing and nice (((:

Perfect Match Latte

This was tea latte with strawberry in it. Amazingly awesome! You can practically smell the strawberry wafting up from the cup of hot milk tea. like OMG. heaven~

Passion Blossoms. (I think thats what its called)

Passion fruit I think! But it was rly nice hahaha.

This was.. 23rd Nov! Went to send SCBand off at the airport, at the same time meeting with juniors (: Alyssa gave me this polaroid! ♥ Got to catch up with Cheryl Ho and Huda also, & all the drama.... hahaha. But it was lovely meeting you guys, we should do it again soon! (:

I think I was just high in this one. on sugar maybe. =/ Sister's sunglasses.

Orchard Central....

Making Chocolate covered strawberries for mum's birthday!

This was the night before physics paper 1.. but by that time. WHO CARES! =X

Mum's Bday dinner (:

This was what I ate!

Pacific Dory with Passionfruit sauce and Ratatouille! xD

The view (: It was pretty dark so.. haha.

Heh. Went for Philyouth on saturday, and omg sectionals.. when i'm SIGHTREADING. *dies* screwed up as usual, but it was fun being with the guys again! ^_^ I will do better next time, i just need the score for Marche Slave!!!! ): haha.

Still planning my week... almost fully planned until the 7th. & I need a job! Going to esplanade later to check one out. hahaha. Here's to hoping it works out. Cheers! (:

CONCERT POST!

Philharmonic Youth Winds in CLASSIQUES! (EXTREME)

Date: 23 December 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Victoria Concert Hall

Conductor: Mr Adrian Chiang

Synopsis
Join the Philharmonic Youth Winds in their annual concert as they present a programme that is both extremely challenging and emotionally stirring.

Led by Resident Conductor Adrian Chiang, the 80-piece wind orchestra will kickstart the concert with Tchaikovsky’s March Slave, Op. 31.

Local clarinettists, Desmond Chow and Liang Jiayi, both from The Philharmonic Winds, will take centrestage as they are accompanied by the youths in Mendelssohn’s Concert Piece No. 2, Op. 114, transcribed for Two Clarinets and Wind Orchestra.

Johan De Meij’s Extreme Make-over will dazzle with its series of musical metamorphoses based on a theme from Tchaikovsky’s well-known Andante Cantabile from the second movement of his String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11.

To end off the concert, the Philharmonic Youth Winds will perform James Barnes' emotionally stirring Symphony No. 3 “The Tragic”, which was written during the period between the death of his infant child Natalie and the birth of his son Billy, a journey from darkness to light.

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Repertoire:

March Slave, Op. 31
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Concert Piece No. 2, Op. 114
Felix Mendelssohn
feat. Desmond Chow & Liang Jiayi

Extreme Make-over
Johan De Meij

Symphony No. 3 "The Tragic"
James Barnes

Taken from BandFusion (:

Do come and support! ^_^
This concert's going to be really awesome!! heheh.
For tickets, please drop me an SMS or email at cloudsteel@gmail.com.

♥
Mar

Things I have to do after A levels! (incomplete)

1. Shop for prom dress. (AHHHHHH... >_<)
2. GO FOR PHILYOUTH!!! :D
3. Standard Chartered 10k OMG FINALLY. (if that be the only goal i meet this year, at least its counted as one.)
4. Go for prom. (I'm not exactly very excited about this yet. Too many things to do.)
5. Go out with terry and chun
6. Go out with jo lisa ces
7. Go out with VALENTINE + celeste. ha.
8. Go out with LESTER~!
9. Go out with ame dee grace~
10. Learn hiphop haha! (Hop skip jump................................... THUD.)
11. Get a job so I can pay parents back
12. Learn Grade 5 theory and take exam asap pl0x
13. Clear the stuff off the piano
14. Play piano again (: Hopefully take grade 8 2011 haha.
15. Perform with philyouth!
16. Buy reeds! (or get them from jet haha)
17. Slowly but surely pick up the guitar. (eh.... FINE. only for testing purposes)
18. Shop for Christmas presents (:
19. Go on holiday
20. Watch Anime + Movies + ROYAL PAINS OMG MY FAVOURITE SHOW OF ALL TIME.

HAHA okay I think I shall stop here and write more when I think of them. (:

Courage.

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

Reliving portal days,

& my love for my companion cube :D

one month countdown

HOHO.

I haven't been blogging since forever.

Not that I have alot of time now, anyway.

Well a little update.

Life's been pretty mundane recently.

Wake up, study, tuition, sleep.

Wake up, study, tuition, sleep.

Nothing surprises me anymore.

Been wondering if I should have a birthday celebration...

but then again, maybe not. Sigh.

No one will come anyway, A levels just round the corner.

I should be focusing on my studies, right?

Well at least now I get to have nice meals out on saturdays with my family after tuition. LOL.

My mum just bought this rose tea thing for me because she knows i love rose tea. :D

BUT. Its mixed weird things like oolong and haw and red dates, and just smells weird.

Sad mar. I want normal rose tea. She says she'll buy it for me though YAY. Maybe after 2 years, I can finally drink it again (:

But I'd like to thank a few people for making life more bearable everyday.

Max - for today, and every other day (: Being there is enough, really. ♥

Chun - for all the jokes to cheer me up, and listening to me, even though half the time I'm complaining about how tired I am...

Ces, Jo, Lisa - For stressing me out and making me study. It helps! Although I know I stress you guys out too but thats good right? If we all end up studying hard and aceing our As my friends! Gambatte!

Neil Zaza & Akira Jimbo - for providing me songs when I'm studying that will never ever fail to improve my mood!!!! & so I can tell everyone "I'm alright", and that I see "The Light". If you haven't heard of these 2 artists, you'll never know what I'm talking about. hahahah.

This time we're not giving up

Let's make it last forever

Screaming hallelujah

We'll make it last forever.

Neil zaza

is my hero :D

Well waddya know, poker is fun.

hmm (:

Sometimes I wish life were more like what's in the movies I've been literally SPAMMING. But I can't help it. I really love rom-coms. They make me laugh, MOST leads are freaking hot ( yeah I know sorry =X ), and life there is just so fairytale-ish, mixed in with real life situations, and sometimes I think HEY, it'd be cool if it could happen to me someday (: And the great thing about it is love always seems so perfect. Watching people fall in love.. though I know its just acting. Its just nice (:

After one whole week,

I miss you guys ):

Jason Lyle Black!

Okay I have decided that this is one of my new favourite pianists (:

I do.

Last night, in the quiet, when our day was through,
I listened to you sleeping and stayed awake by you.
And softly, through the evening, there I spoke your name
And told you all the feelings I’ve had.

I sometimes see you sitting by the window in the hall.
Or laughing with the children at the little things you saw.
And lately I’ve been wondering if it’s all I can do
To hold you and to show you I do.

My promise is forever with you

My promise is forever. I do.

Don't think about me.

I wish stupid prelims would just disappear!

I want to go over more often.

I want to watch more movies!

I want to have MONEY. ): So I can go out and eat all sorts of wonderful food. :D

I want to stone.

I want to sleep.

I actually don't feel like going out today. ): ):

I can't do that. Oh crap.

I want to go watch ZN tomorrow morning! (but it isn't confirmed yet.)

I cannot wait for Chemistry tuition tomorrow. Best part of the whole week yay.

I should stop being so self-centred. Damn.

Excitement!

I WANT TO GO HOME AND WATCH MY ROM-COMS OMG. ):
So many downloads finished this morning, I can't wait!
Okay I don't care I'm going now byeeeee. No dinner buddy today anyway ):

ROM-COMS HERE I COMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D

Teacher's Day 2009

So.

It really takes a day where attendance in school is optional to get 08S28 coming to school willingly, albeit not in full force, but it was a pretty good turnout, considering it wasn't so much optional as more of a shoutout to us not to come to school and stay home and practise that five letter word that starts with S and ends with Y. 9 people came to school today, compared to the miserable 10 that attended the National Day celebrations (which were compulsory, btw).

ZN performed Six Months by Hey Monday in front of the whole J1 cohort today, really brave of her, and she did GREAT :D We screamed our lungs out today, for ZN, for 08S28, for the teachers, and maybe sometimes just for the sake of screaming. (: The poor J1s sitting in front of us... HAHA. 32nd SC did a great job in planning this teacher's day celebration! The performances were great, the awards were THE BEST in terms of entertainment, and the videos... priceless. (:

08S28(9 of us) with bulbasaur :D

Our dearest Zheng Ning! :D

Yay (: The 9 people who turned up today!

Went out for lunch and study date with ZN, Ces, Minz, and Wenshi after school (: Free flow drinks and icecream at Just Acia! Had lots of fun laughing at random stuff HAHA. And yes, I'm going to sleep soon, super shagged today. But I'm happy (:

OMG. His voice is damn sexy. (: Addicted to songs like September, No Surprise, Tennessee Line.. In fact, I think their new album is freaking awesome. But that's just me (:

DAUGHTRY NEEDS TO COME TO SINGAPORE. SERIOUSLY.

Lady Gaga's one still pwns this hands down though!

P.S. http://sajc-iteach.blogspot.com/ Its officially Teacher's Day tomorrow! Post something! :D

♥ ♥

Just know that I really really love you.

CAN LIAO. <-- lol anticlimax. Singlish doesn't work here.

But yeah. ♥

PS Chem tuition is FREAKING FUN OMG. HAHA. What a contrast to physics.... =/

11:11:11

OMG CLICK AND SEE. Damndamndamn cool!!!! 11:11:11! xDDDDD

& i bought a new set of earphones yesterday!!! WHITE AND LOVING ITTTTT :D

&& my akira jimbo - four colors album finally finished torrenting! YAYYYYYYY :D

&&& its GP paper tomorrow!! Prelims are here!!

Disney's Fantillusion!

Hey you,

Thanks for all the concern, even when you have your own stuff to worry about.

I'm really really sorry we couldn't talk tonight,

I will make it up to you tomorrow!

I'm feeling a little guilty now.

AND high from all that coffee.

(except that there's no one to be high with, noting that its 4 in the morning.)

I hope all you guys out there are sleeping well!

One organic chem question and GP compre to go!

Come on let's face it. I'm never going to finish ): ): ):

I wonder what I'll be like in the morning. Let's find out.

36 hours without sleep! That's got to be some kind of record for me!

Save tonight, I WILL NOT stay up the whole night anymore.

Well hopefully I won't be forced to. ):

I know you'll sms me in the morning. HEHE I CAN READ YOUR MIND.

You'll want to find out whether I survived the night.

Well I have bad/good news for you (whichever way you want to look at it)

I think I will (:

You take care too alright? No more late nights for you too! You obviously don't have to be as stressed as me over finals, so treasure your last year of freedom while you can. :D

♥ MARRRRRRRRRRRRRR. (ha, if you want to believe I fell asleep typing that, go ahead lol.)

P.S. Good luck to you in school tomorrow mar. LOL!

P.P.S I'm really excited about the day ahead! :D

Post Its

More To Life

Whoa hey (: I used to love this song alot. In like maybe P6, sang it everyday, and I just thought this was a really cool version! HAHA. Obviously the original is tons better. Haven't listened to her in ages. Enjoy? HAHA.

Ringing in my ears.

LOL I had an amusing day today.

Maybe it was 3 hours of sleep taking its toll.

I don't think I'll ever know.

Prelims FTW! (yes, delusion works!)

Anyone else wna stay back in school to study with me? (:

& I'm still trying to figure out, what do I have on Saturday Night? o_O

OMG this is like the best video ever.

Recommended by Ces! xD

Piano No Mori

As far as anime movies go, to me at least, this one is pretty good xD Of course its about music yet again, explaining its appeal to me, but yeah. Interesting plot. (: I ended up dreaming about pianos last night (: HAHA it was a really super cool dream, although I woke up late this morning heheh. Totally worth it. ^_^

OMG I cannot stop my addiction to movies now that I've started. But I guess now that I'm back in school i have SO LITTLE TIME to do everything. so yeah, I hardly have time for movies anymore. Like today, I think I'm going to study til past midnight, too much to catch up on. Damn.

So with my hot steaming mug of BARLEY TEA, I'm signing off to do some mugging. HEH. Goodnight world! And I hope you guys are happily mugging away too! 10 days to Prelims my friends!(as if we need anymore reminders right...) JIAYOU! :D

Sometimes its nice to have friends who care (:

P.S. I love you

As you guys know, I've been spamming movies this week. Up, Angels and Demons, Twilight, and recently ie TODAY, I watched Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and P.S. I love you. I know, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MAR?!?! But that aside...

Sweeney Todd was pretty good, as musicals go. You know, I love musicals. I love hearing people sing, especially the people who really can sing (ie in musicals eg. MIG AYESA!) , not exactly the rock-ish screamo kind, sometimes that turns me off. But yes again, I am finding it quite hard to believe that Johnny Depp can sing, seriously! His voice is so freaking good. I liked the singing/songs more than anything else, the plot was just o_O to me, the blood just looks like, PAINT. It was weird, but okay. HAHA.

As for PS I Love You, OMG, those of you who haven't already caught it (I know its old news but I'm quite slow =X), GO AND WATCH IT OMG. It's gotta be the best romance movie I've come across so far. Having read the book and all, this is one of the movies that I'd say were equal or better than the book itself! This movie literally tugs at your heartstrings, half an hour or so into the movie and I've already cried like 3 times =X (or maybe thats just me). I can't help it, the movie is just so sweet. You know how movies sometimes throw everything right in front of you, leaving nothing to imagination? Well, IMO this one leaves plenty for you to imagine, and then more, which is maybe why I get so emo over it and stuff. I was watching it on my psp while on the way to tuition today, and the frickin thing DIED ON ME at the climax of the whole movie! I was like NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! But maybe it was a good thing, because I was about to cry again. =X Lol.

I think I'm going to watch Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist tonight xD

Love you guys!

(YAY PHYSICS TUITION ON FRIDAYS! xD)

There's no surprise I won't be here tomorrow.

I've practised THIS for hours, gone round and round

And now I think that I've got it all down

And as I PLAY it louder, I love how it sounds

Cause I'm not taking the easy way out

Not wrapping this in ribbons

Shouldn't have to give a reason why.

LOL. Haven't been going to school for 3 days.

(OMG ONE DAY OF SCH THIS WHOLE WEEK! :D)

I've been "killing time" (or procrastinating, rather) by playing the piano, now that I've got it all uncovered and open. :D LOVING EVERY MOMENT OF IT. Sadly, now my mum's home and I can't play because 3 seconds into it she'd come out and scream at me for not studying. Not like I've been doing much even though she screams :/ Thursday was filled with :

doctor - sleep - piano - sleep - piano - TV - piano - MOVIE - sleep - Friday.

Today's pretty much SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP - piano - dinner - TV - now.

& as debby says, YIRUMA FTW ♥

I hope they never ever close the piano again.

MEH.

Moving.

-or movieing. but I think we can cut down on the vowels.

LOL. Just finished watching Twilight.

(yes, i'm wasting my saturday away =X)

But srsly, what is the big deal about Edward Cullen?!?!

I will never understand it. Lol.

Got UP and Angels & Demons in my psp!!! :D :D :D

(movie spree now, yknow? hahaha.)

& tonight's gna be a good good night.

I finished seasons 1 and 2 of The Big Bang Theory!

Extremely satisfying :D Chionged the last 3 eps after studying today, & then after no more mood to study, because I was too happy. LOL.

Well, TBBT's going well alongside all my other favourite comedies: How I Met Your Mother, Friends and Everybody Loves Raymond. I realised, those are all homey shows - meaning they're mostly set at home. Hmm, its interesting that way sometimes, how they can make a show out of just sitting around and doing nothing. (: Anyone got anymore homey sitcoms to recommend? ^_^

Time to move on to my animes (: Oh, and that documentary. Wow, I am really too free. =x

Vertical Rush

"It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end."

Its not too late yet.

I need sleep.

Tell me about it.

Okay.

Where did all the problems come from suddenly.

It seemed like not long ago life was pretty much problem free.

Doesn't help that I get enough stress from my parents and A levels combined.

No really, it doesn't help.

But no matter, I'm dealing with it.

And if I can't take it anymore, I'll tell you I want out.

OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D DO THAT TO ME.

Smile

because you guys are the best juniors in the world (:

Incompetency.

I assume chewing on an apple will help me cool down, because I am way pissed.

Today during chapel, the pastor was talking about fear, and he said something about studying just because you fear dissapointing your parents.

...telling her my grades sparked a really long lecture on how she doesn't think I give a shit about my grades, how I am not putting in any effort, and all she sees is me going out for long hours (of which I am supposedly studying, quote her) and the "studying" isn't giving results. I got more and more pissed the more she talked, and I had to bite my tongue all the way home. Damn, you think I don't give a shit about my results? You think I don't know that I'm not doing well now? YOU THINK I FREAKING LIKE IT?! I'm sorry you think I'm incompetent. I'm sorry you think I'm stupid. I'm sorry but I'm doing my best. I don't need anymore stress from you than I'm already putting on myself. LET ME HANDLE THIS.

Sigh. Someone kill me, seriously. I am tired of this shit.

goodbye.

[/edit]

Spoilt my mood today, so I'm going to bed now.

Didn't study again, as usual. >_>

Don't know whats wrong with me, but I have to do something about it soon.

Less comp, maybe.

Alright, goodnight.

Havana Moon

Really awesome chillout music (:

OH YES.

Can someone please remind me..

NEVER TO STUDY AT HOME AGAIN!

I came home at 5.30.

I haven't done anything productive since.

Damn.

Sunny

How funny I should be posting this whilst its pouring outside.

Maybe jazz brightens up my day? (:

And hell if this video has 475 views.

This guy has a voice that he deserves much more recognition for.

Sunny

Thank you for the sunshine bouquet

Sunny, thank you for love that you've brought my way

You gave to me your all and all

And now I feel like I'm ten feet tall

Sunny, one so true

I love you ♥

& I think SP Jazz Band's version of Sunny's going to be the next song that I add to my running playlist. It's really an honour to make it up there, because its way up next to all my favourite songs, that are capable of making me forget about the world and just listen and enjoy the music (meaning bad music for studying because nothing will be going in.) ^_^

Summertime

The wind is freaky.

Take this sinking ship

For lack of anything better to do (just a figure of speech, because there's loads that I need to study), I'm going to post this, because I think its really cool!!

This is the Holiday Inn Superdome, in New Orleans! It has a CLARINET painted on the hotel. Like how cool is that OMG. I have promised myself that I am going to visit New Orleans one day just to see it! :D

& more photos from class phototaking, with Nadh's lomo! The pictures turned out super nice! More on facebook (:

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I don't know you

But I want you

All the more for that

Words fall through me

And always fool me

And I can't react

And games that never amount

To more than they're meant

Will play themselves out

Take this sinking boat and point it home

We've still got time

Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice

You'll make it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me

And I can't go back

Moods that take me and erase me

And I'm painted black

You have suffered enough

And warred with yourself

It's time that you won

Take this sinking boat and point it home

We've still got time

Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice

You've made it now

Falling slowly sing your melody

I'll sing along

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This song is one that I've been hooked on recently, not that the song applies to me, but its just so beautiful (: And Kris Allen has a really clean and sweet voice ^_^ HAHA. Its from this movie called Once, which stars musicians! So I'm going to check it out! :D Not now la, study first. HEHEH.

Chem mock on Wednesday people! Jiayou! (:

Tell me this is the best picture ever.

Blue Bossa

Life is a lot like a clarinet. You've got your ups and your downs, highs and lows. There are the seemingly meaningless days of the throat tones between F and B flat. There are the high notes of days full of worthwhile risks. Then there are squeaks where everything seems to fall apart in your face. There are stunning crescendos and monotonous mezzo pianos. Major, good days; minor, bad days. A complex system of keys and holes to cover. So many choices due to alternate fingerings; some are better than others. The soft, calm days of the chalumeau register. Some days you're in tune, some days you sound like a dead goose. Yes, life is like a clarinet. It'll always turn out right in the end, just like the beautiful final note in a Carnegie Hall solo.

Music!

Does anyone have this album ?

Akira Jimbo - Four Colors

I'M DESPERATE ):

Autumn Leaves

53% of all flu cases here are H1N1 positive! and I am finally falling sick omg.
I COULD HAVE H1N1! rawr. haha.

Can't concentrate on schoolwork as usual, still veryvery sleepy, even though I'm trying my very best to sleep early these few days. (I slept before 12 yesterday!!)
I also don't know why I'm so stressed, but.. well you know.
Sorry =(

I trust you.

Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling. - Tuesdays With Morrie (Mitch Albom)

Trust means everything to me.

I make it a point to put my full trust in people, unless they happen to break that trust.

& for everything else,

there's always forgive and forget.

No point in bearing grudges, because that only makes your heart heavier.

& we don't need that, not with everything thats going on around us.

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On a different note, (well not rly, but in terms of music yeah, different note.)

Check out this vid (:

I thought the song + lyrics were really really nice and sweet (AND SAD).

And the photomontage's really nice too!

Its making me miss music. Miss my clarinet, my piano, Philyouth. ):

I really don't know how I'm going to survive through this period. It's only been two weeks.

I don't know, but I will try.

Next year I shall take my Grade 5 Theory Exam! SET! (:

You know, I really don't know what I'd do without you.

P.S. ^_^ 5.2km! Finally past the 5km mark. FINALLY.

RAWRs

To the Bandfusion Clique, 08S28, Philyouth, DotA Clique, SCclarinets and mydearrrr,

RAWRRRRRR. :]

♥

You guys complete my world!

P.S. I decided to name my current clarinet Linden! (:

HEHE.

So its Linden the E13.

♥ ♥

To Linden (my dearest clarinet!!) : RAWR!