i thought this was funny

China's CRH2

Dubai's metro

France's TGV

Japan's Shinkanzen

Korea's KTX

Spain's AVE

Prepare yourself for the last picture.........

this week has been kind of long. many things to do. last band practice today before our concert on sat. really really tired from IA. too tired to do any other things like going out with friends. there's no public holidays any time soon rite?


how come people are so stubborn? how come they do not attempt to change for the better? notice i used the word 'attempt'. no efforts to change either. at this rate, can u catch up with the rest?

to miss O (think of a colour), after 2 years of not seeing u, u still look the same! never change at all! well, it's nice seeing u again. hahah..... and now we are playing in the same band somemore! it's gonna be more fun!!

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it's sunday again. another hectic week. arghh.... with monday, wed and thursday's evenings booked for band practices, tuesday evening for BSF, i'm only left with friday evening. so tiring. so many things undone. so many things that i want to do but thinking about my past failures, i do not know whether to proceed or not. a dilemna! to do what i did or not? fyi, i'm not talking about breaking the law here. hahha....

sometimes, when we do not have it, we want to possess it. when we possess it, we do not treausue it. only when we lose it, then we treasure it. sounds familiar? well, it happens to most of us at some point of life. be it family, friends, BGR, or whatever not, treasure what is before you right now.

over the years, things that i planned for did not materialise; events that i did not hope for, all of a sudden, became a crisis. so to plan or not to plan? to have a plan or should it be called a BACKUP plan?

feeling kind of moody

concert's coming. not really upbeat about it. in fact, something's wrong. feel it in my bones. how come people are not commited? how come people like to talk so loudly during band practice? how come people like to produce sound on their instruments once the conductor stops? are u that attention-seeking? do u know what's called respect? do u know how to pay attention? so what if u are technically sound? does that give u the authority to continue sounding your instrument even though the conductor has stopped? how come people do things half heartedly? then why did u join the band? even the main committee has the 'fuck-care' attitude. come as and when u like. what's leaders for? there's no band spirit. there's no morale. it's like "ok, since i have to get points for hall, i join band + goodness-know-how-many-other activities". if u can be commited in your studies, why can't u be commited for band too? it's not like asking u to practise 24 hours / 7. it's only 3 times or more per week.

skills + commitment => good player
skills + little commitment => average player
skills + bad attitude => below average
no skills + bad attitude => why dun u just quit band?
no skills + lots of commitment => with more practice, can become good

maybe it's time to move on. on to something new, challenging, and maybe inspiring. if i have more details, i would make THE decision. i need my own instrument too. (anyone wants to sponsor me?)

next week is the last lap already. let's not give up and continue the race!

God Loves Us All

got this from today's Daily Bread and i think it's way awesome. The passage is from John 3:16 which we are most familiar with.

For God so loVed the world,
That He gAve
His onLy
BegottEn
SoN
That whoever
Believes In Him
Should Not perish,
But have Everlasting life.


Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

it's wed! middle of the week! something to look forward to later in the day! in fact it's two things. firstly it's a badminton game organised by IA company.. i get to play and i get to knock off early! hooray...... though the players are quite good at it, it's only a game in the end. so might as well go and join in and build some bonds with the staff!! the game's starting at 5.

second thing to look forward to is band practice. i kind of enjoy the playing every practice though it's tiring. n certain groups of people i get to see in band! hahah......... enjoyable to be with.

isn't it good now that everyone has reached a common consensus on the way things should be? in fact, it should be trashed out long time ago. maybe it's me. maybe it's me that's demanding too much from everything.


i love staying in hall for many reasons. one, i get to stay away from my family. though my hall is small and i have no roomie, i get my privacy and a good night rest every night. why would i want to stay away from my family, u may ask? because of many many reasons which i do not want to discuss. secondly, i get to wake up late and be on time for IA. a luxury, i would say! hahah.... thirdly, i get to go for band practices after IA. considering it's one of the few things i love to do, it's quite a joy looking forward to it! + the late night suppers with the band people! haha....

it's nearing 1pm on a wed afternoon. just came back from lunch. with nothing much to do...... waiting for 4 plus so that i can leave.... haha

back from band practice. didn't go for supper with them. super tired during work today. feeling very very sleepy during the 8 hours of work but surprisingly, during band practice, managed to stay awake. did only 1 piece today. but the piece was quite fun. think the audience will like it.

4 more days to band camp. past few sems, band camp quite fun. but lately, the band camp isn't as fun as it's used to be. maybe it's the people who makes the difference. like i said before, there's some sort of invisible barrier among the section and among the band members. i dun know seriously. tried to do something about it but it just doesn't work.

ok enough about band.

remembered in my last post, i said something about doing experiments with the staff rite? today, i got notice that the machine broke down because of some guy who 'destroyed' it because of the over-sized mould. the strange thing is that, he's supposed to be one of the staff we are supposed to turn to when we need assistance! but he managed to spoil the machine. this means that i wouldn't be able to do the moulding until the machine gets repaired. which also means, i have to be in front of the comp surfing the web for articles to do up my lit review. arghhhh... how i hate staring at the comp for 3 to 4 hours straight. i think my eyesight is worsening.

now on to family. glad that my little cousin is becoming better by the day. maybe the change of school environment is doing him good and all the extra lessons that he's been attending (with the sponsorship of my dad and not his own father) are helping him too. he's able to speak more coherently now. more fluently too. but he's still as active as ever! and his fav sport is soccer! for he likes to play with the ball! hahaha... once he said he wants to go to Sports School! when my family members heard that, we laughed! he's only six this year......

think he will grow up to be a normal n healthy boy with God's blessings!

it's sunday again. the week after CNY. it's back to work. monday, i'm supposed to do micro injection moulding. but dun know whether the stuff are in the mood to work or not. i think i'm lagging behind in schedule already. because of the renovation works at the lab. dun know whether can complete on time or not. if it doesn't, it may affect my schedule.

this week is a hectic week with the band camp rounding it off. going for a friend's concert with Kim Seng Wind Symphony on sunday after band camp. it's those Beautiful Sunday series concert at Esplanade. dun know whether can reach there in time for the concert or not. (JX, i got help u promote on my blog! haha)

many things to say to many people but many a times, the many things seem to become many moments of silence. as the saying goes, silence is golden. but sometimes, people may just take the silence one is portraying as the 'i-dun-care' attitude. so it requires some PR skills here.............

outing with church friends

ok.. i just came back from a movie with my church friends! ah long pte ltd. it's a damn funny show. if u r looking for something to have a good laugh at, this is the show for u. it's pure joy watching the show. plus the fact that i watched it with a bunch of wonderful people, it's nicer! hahaha....

the scoldings keep on coming
it doesn't stop
the temper keeps flaring
with no signs of subsiding
the amount of pent up pressure is mounting
the amount of unhappiness is raising
yet i have to show none of it
like a hypocrite
like a clown who has to put on a happy face
i'm like that sometimes

people say, the world's a stage
n everyone's acting
yeah i sort of agree with it
the amount of front we show in front of others is unthinkable
how many times have we really shown our true front to others?
everyone's hiding something from someone

sick n tired, i'm quite unhappy with the way things are happening
for nothing, i get swirled into the centre of the storm
without knowing what happened, i got blamed and i'm 'supposed' to act as if it's mine

i always wonder
how am i going to endure more of these
what is the purpose of all these
why am i going through all these
when will it ever stop
if only i will ever know

Sojourn 2008

concert details as follows:

NTU Symphonic Sojourn 2008
Venue: Victoria Concert Hall (VCH)
Date: 1 March 2008, saturday (dun get it wrong hor!)
Time: 1930 hrs
Price: S$12/-

Some highlights for the night includes Woman in White (nope, it's not about a ghost) , Othello (it's not the game we are talking about here.) and many more fun pieces. i think there's one piece featuring a saxophone solo (the player quite handsome so all the gals pls come and give him your support! haha)

of course, my dear friends, u can always get your tickets from me!! pass the word around for me!!

i'm sorry i disappointed u
i'm sorry i made u angry
i'm sorry that i'm useless
i'm sorry that i'm a good-for-nothing
i'm sorry that i was ever born
i'm sorry