It's going to be a new year in 10 hours! Frankly, I haven't done much soul-searching or looking back at 2006. And I haven't done much resolutioning for 2007 either. I know I should be doing either of those, but just don't feel like it. Every year is starting to feel the same since sec 3 so there's not much to evaluate/analyze each year now. The years are getting horribly mundane now and I don't expect it to improve next year, so what's the point of thinking about 2007?

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Anyway, here are some band fest photos!!

My section! The Saint-Saens Horns! :) From left top: Evelyn, Phuay Bing, Me, and John, who's looking retarded, as always.


That's us onstage at Esplanade! I love it when the photographer takes horns like that.


Jas and me!! In Esplanade backstage I think.

Phuay Bing and me in our dressing room. I didn't realise her hair was so cute until I saw this photo!

Evelyn and me!! Show your teeth SH SH SH! KODOMO~~

MelMel and Jas!

Jiaying and Jas!

Not sure whether I'm allowed but here's Benny and Jiaying. I think this is really cute! Wahahaha.


Jiaying and me!


And these are all the RJ band people in Saint-Saens! We were the last band to perform and at 9'o clock sommore. Of course we got really sian and started exploring Esplanade backstage secretly.




Me and Yinxu!! Sadly, we are the only two from NYCB. Stupid HC ppl all in Thailand! Anyway, after the whole thing we went around looking for the conductors to take pictures with. Starstruck!



Here's us with Mr Alan Lourens. He's quite funny actually.

And this is Joseph Cheug! He's a top conductor from Hong Kong and he's really really nice!! Even when the trumpets were rishing like siao and the whole peice ruined, he was still smiling (albeit defeatedly) and said we did a good job. SNAG!

And here's Mr. Oura and Mr. Atarashi!! If I'm not wrong, this was the last photo they agreed to take before running back to their suite-like dressing room! :D Anyways, Mr. Atarashi is the cutest conductor I've ever met. Even after Mr. Oura! He can't speak English so Mr. Oura had to translate for him every prac. Mr. Oura was his student in Tenri High School!! But Mr. Oura looks so old now, much older than Mr. Atarashi. Amazing. Mr. Atarashi must have bao1 yang3 until very good cos it looks like he dose facial everyday and wears hair net accessories every night. But he has a very pretty wife though. Hmmm.

And his pronounciation of "breathe" really cracked us up unintentionally. You know, it's hard for Japs to pronounce the "th" sound so they pronounce it as "s". Hence, every time he says breathe, he says breas.

Therefore, when the flutes were soft he went "More breas more breas!". And when clarinets were soft, he shook his open palms at them and said " No breas?" Some more quotes goes like this "There are many different kind of breas. Big breas, medium breas..." "You cannot don't have breas." And the best of all was when we were all going to come in and he said, "1...2...3...BREAS!" And we all ended up sniggering and didn't come in.

Quite crude, yes, but nonetheless funny. Though is was not at all amusing after he repeated it quite a lot of times. But I will trust Jasmine Chua to make it a living legacy. "When you're flat, you have no breas." Works both ways -- literally, and in the context of playing.

The concert was not very good, although with a song like Copacabana, Saint Saens is very likely to be the best band. We totally screwed Joseph Cheung's songs by rushing like crazy (stupid trumpets! :() and our choral was so much lousier than rehearsals. I think it was the super long warm up that drained our strength. But the trumpets lived up to Copacabana and hurray! The atmosphere was great in the end and then that's it.


My esplanade pass! :) I'll keep it forever, I will. OH yes, and the background is indeed my messy table you see.



I love the Esply and it was my first time performing there. The madness of it actually, hearing how the hall made our sound so exposed and every crescendo and accent and mispitch is amplified for everyone to catch. But I still love it very much. With any luck, I wanna get a job there! :)

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Opps, time to go now. Going for a countdown party at someone's house. Not very looking forward to it but what the hell.
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Les Miserables has once again, reduced me to a miserable pile of sobbing mess, wallowing in a puddle of tears. Since his appearance, Jean Valjean has never failed to make me cry. Neither did Fantine, Javert and Eponine. Though Marius is really just a stupid, stupid lovesick fool.

“And then, do you know, Monsieur Marius, I believe I was a little in love with you.” Eponine's last words before dying just made me weep all over again.

But I do pray hard that I will, at least once in my life, get to watch Les Mis on Broadway. Colm Wilkinson as Jean, Philip Quast as Javert, Micheal Maguire as Enjolras, Lea Salonga as Eponine, and Micheal Ball as Marius. (And I hope he'll be playing Raoul in Phantom next year when it comes to Singapore)

On another note, I finally finally get to see the sun today (Hello sun!) after so many days of hiding. Was almost unaccustomed to the sudden heat though this is really cooling compared to the horrendous heat and humidity of Bali.

Had to accompany my brother to watch Eragon today. Honestly, it sucked. With the exception of Brom and Saphira, the main characters cannot act for nuts. Totally dissapointed with their protrayal of their characters -- not even representative of their counterparts in the book for one bit. I'm sure Arya is so coy and coquey; she's supposed to be more like proud and elegant. (I think LOTR Arwen strikes the perfect balance of what an elf princess should be) And Eragon definitely CANNOT ACT. He only has that few facial expressions that just alternates once in a while. Murtagh looked toooooooo evil and that kind of spoiled everyone who haven't read Eldest. Opps. It's weird but everytime I pictured Murtagh, his face was that of Neville Longbottom, from Goblet of Fire, so maybe that's the reason why Murtagh from the movies didn't appeal to me at all.

In all, the movie was unfit for the book. It didn't bring out any of the book's twisted plot or mystical qualities. Even for a fan. Too little details... it became just another dragon story instead of a special one it was supposed to be and bring out. Pity, baby Saphira totally re-defined cuteness for me today.





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Have you noticed? In recent years, the Earth would make sure it moves it's plates a lot on Boxing Day (26th December), particularly in Asia, and lets its drastic effects be known. In other words, there's an earthquake every 26th December these few years with catastrophic consuquences. It's almost like a pattern already.

Two years ago, it was the earthquake near Indonesia that caused the Tsunami on Boxing Day. Last year, there was an earthquake in Iran on the same day, derailing trains and of course, killing lots and lots of people. This year, the earthquake in Taiwan caused our Internet connections to crawl like a snail. I do wonder what will happen next year. Our Earth is really starting to pick up a bad habit, isn't it.

Went for Rwinds concert today, and the standard presented was really good. Other than the horns going out of tune liberally, it was pretty ok. But it was quite a monotonous concert though... I think it's due to the atmosphere. And of course, the rain.

Funny how everything can be blamed on the rain now. Finally! Singapore has some seasons! Albeit the temperature now points more to autumn than winter, it is quite a drastic change in weather and change is good! It makes us hate things that we don't usually do, and makes us appreciate things we usually forget to. Wonderful.

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It's just a small conversation but it's clear isn't it. Since you've decided to stop treating me like what a friend should, then so be it. I'll only become one to you when I'm useful, or when I'm something to conquer. That's just what you are, isn't it.

After saying that, sure someone has said the exact same thing at me before. In the end, we are just too much alike to carry on any form of friendship. It's the same thing. It's still the same thing.

Deceit is your best weapon, it seems. Then so be it. Live it out this way, and we'll see down the road.
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Mom just made pizzas for dinner. o_O They taste really Chinese though... with taiwan sausages and er, stuff. But still, yum.

Anyway, today I opened my mailbox and I saw this mail by Borders saying:

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE ORDERING NOW.

And immediately, I thought "what a lousy fluke title! ...what happened to the Pyramids of Furmat, the Green Flame Torch and the Toenail of Ickilbogg?" Hence, as a dutiful Harry fan, I wanted to alert Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet about this... and that was when I saw on the webpages that it was true. TRUE! For some reason, I found the "deathly" too direct... that's why it felt flukey.

Therefore, for those of you who still haven't heard of it, here it is. The big announcement (for HP fans that is):

BOOK SEVEN OF THE HARRY POTTER SERIES IS OFFICIALLY CALLED "HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS"!!

Wonderful. FYI, Hallows are noble, holy things, used by royalty or religious authorities. And deathly just means marti. I think the Hallows refer to the horcruxes, since they're objects from the 4 founding fathers, who are considered quite regal and definitely powerful. And the deathly just means that these the quest of destroying these horcruxes will result in many people beside Harry dead.

There's this great essay on Leaky Cauldron's Scribbulus, paralleling Tarot Cards and the 4 founders and the horcruxes. I was so amazed by the huge amount of mindbending similarities drawn between them. A must read for HP fans and speculators alike. Here's the link: The Four Founders and the Magician Card

And I think Jk Rowling is mighty brilliant. For those who read Order of the Pheonix, there was a prophecy in the Room of Mysteries smashed and heard saying "on the solstice will come a new" "and none will come after". Coincidentally, today is the Winter Solstice! And it was today that the new book title was announced! And definitely no other books will come after. Brilliant eh? Planting those little clues that will just probably turn into anything! *kowtows*

I found those cute little potterpuff's creator! She puts it on her livejournal and updates it. FYI, potterpuffs are harry potter characters drawn like powerpuff characters. Just plain CUTE!!!!



PotterPuffs are love
In case you didn't get that, it's harry, hermione, draco, snape, luna (I think), remus and ron. That was the site's banner. Here's another one!



SUPER CUTE!!! Oppugno I think, was the enchantment.

My favourite... is the Snapeypuff!













And there's so much shipping on her site that it's simply hilarious. Remus/Lily, Harry/Hermione, Draco/Hermione, SNAPE/HERMIONE!?!, REMUS/SIRIUS!!, DRACO/HARRY!!! Omg, riddikulus.

Ok. Enough spoilers. Want more potterpuffs? Here we go!

Shall blog about JC band fest (with pictures!) and my Bali trip (lots more pictures!) another day.







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Hey!!! Wooo~~ Blogging in Changi Airport! How exciting. My flight to Bali is delayed from 4.30 to 7, so RAWR!~~ Bleaugh. Quite sian so far -- Wenwei's face is super black and quite emo dunno why. And I haven't said a single word to him so far. Good. Let's see who daos each other the longest. DAOing match!!!

Haha, imagine my surprise when I opened blogger and it's in German! Some german tourist must have changed it and left it like that. Login name is "nutzername", password is "passwort", save as draft is "als entwurf speichern" and publish is "veroffentlichen". It's crazy!

Yes, I know what I'm doing is juvenile, but hey! It feels different blogging here. Espeicially when the kaipoh caucasian man at the computer terminal beside me is peeking at your monitor. YES I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU. MIND YOU OWN BUSINESS PLEASE!!!

Yikes. I have 3.20minutes left to use this. Going off now! I hope there's no bomb in Bali or something... Choi.

BUHBYES! veroffentlichen.
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Total ZOMG. Today, Mom purchased the Nikon D70S (pictures), which is a professional digital camera, retailing at about a thousand over dollars (much to the chagrin of my Dad). It's only 6.1 megapixels, but the lens is ultra big, and the color shown in the camera itself looks so vivd and bright. Rather heavy but what fine quality it has. I've fallen in love with it already, and can't resist putting these pictures. Forgive me.

































My family and I will be leaving for Bali tomorrow morning, and will be back next Saturday. It'd be one week of sun, sand, beaches, clubs, art, culture and yummy food. Can't wait. :)
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If you take a life
Do you know what you'll give?
Odds are you won't like What it Is.

When the storm arrives
Would you be seen with me?
By the merciless eyes I've deceived

I've seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line

Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name

If you come inside
Things will not be the same
When you return to my eyes

And if you think you've won
You never saw me change
The game that we have been playing

I've seen diamonds cut through harder men
Then you yourself but if you must pretend
You may meet your end

Try to hide your hand
Forget how to feel (forget how to feel)
Life is gone
With just a spin of the wheel (spin of the wheel)

Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name (You Know My Name)

"You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell, from the OST of James Bond 007: Casino Royale.

I just came back from Wushu. And watched that pilot drama, then Inuyasha, then GetBackers with my brother. And sat alone by the TV while I revelled myself in Arabian music from the Opening Ceremony of the Doha Asian Games. Welcome to my mundane, banal life, everbody.

Spiderman 3 stuff. Check it out.



Here's the trailer. Self explanatory.



I can't wait for Apocalypto to come out too.



And just for fun, I've decided to watch The Holiday. There's Jude Law and Kate Winslet. Now how can I miss that?


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Mundaness

Hello. Today I finally learnt how to properly pack and unpack a folding stand. Courtesy of Chianyeh and Jasmine.

And once again Suang, I apologize for my frightful memory. And for my vast carelessness.

A great sense of satisfaction came upon me as I managed to unstuck the stubborn stuck valves on the NY horn using a screwdriver and a hammer. Being a horn mechanic is fun!

Oh, and I found out that I've been slotted to the Saint-Saens band for Band Festa. I'm just brimming with enthusiasm.

Or I'll be eaten up by a rampaging lion!

SAT vocabulary is quite difficult to memorise. If only I can find someone to use it on. "Dadada is didactic and is lucid in his/her explanations. Unfortunately, she is also a despotic pundit." There we go.

I'm so put off blogging by the irritating blogger beta. Takes so long to load, and makes me sign in every time. Stupid of me to switch over. And now I can't change it back.

If I want a good cry, nothing works better than watching the "Titanic". Le cour de la mer.

Which was what my family did yesterday. They wanted to watch the whole movie after I played the intro of it's theme song on the piano. How inspiring. I am proud to say that now I have newfound admiration for Kate Winslet. Check our her Wiki entry. Edifying.

I just saw this. The last sentence is not a coincidence, I say.
"There is no greater sorrow than knowing my selfishness is a chasm to pain.

However, there is no greater joy than his exeunt from the stage of my life forever, and ever, and ever.

I strive to remember our story, but I burn to forget you." -- Sabam

Of course, in the midst of everything, I'm supposed to be studying. Good luck to all those taking SATS on Saturday, and curse stupid ETS for not allowing us to use mechanical pencils for SATS.
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Something is wrong with me these days. Or as Jiaying aptly put it -- "You're a horrible girl!"

Been making so much mistakes with Band timing. First I thought CIP was on the 27th 28th and 29th of NEXT MONTH when in fact it was in November, this week. I have no idea what made me see it as December. Anyway, that one is quite minor comparatively to the other two. Yesterday, supposed to go for CIP prep at ten. Guess what. I find myself waking up at twelve, finding the alarm clock smashed on the floor and my handphone out of batt. Great. Then today, I assumed that prac was at 1.30, when in actual fact it was scheduled at nine. I have no idea, again, why I thought it was one thirty, when clearly in the email it said nine. How could I have missed that?!?!

I am officially going DUMB. Or probably suffering from dyslexia. I am such a horrible girl.

Anyway, I realised I get very mad these days when anyone interrupts my sleep. Espeicially when my holiday sleeping hours are 3am to 9am. A case in point, some friend called me at 4 am (FOUR AM!) on Monday morning to tell me, or scream with excitement at me (she's a Kiera fan) that I have the same birthday as Kiera Knightley. Huh. Big deal! Apparently she just woke up and got very bored. Fun meh? Hellooooo I just fell asleep at 3! What did I do to you to warrant such behavior at such ungodly hours? Next time someone does it, I'm going over to go to your house and BOX your ears.

Naturally, the next time I woke up (at twelve) to find myself oversleeping and missing CIP band prep. Great.

On a slightly less guilty note, I think Sabam's blog is fast becoming my favourite blog to read and laugh at. And she's a great author, if er, author is the correct word to describe her.

Couldn't resist this quiz. Interesting, the way they stereotype nationalities. Though most of it is a product of the evolution and immersion of culture.

Australian:
[x] you wear flip flops
[ ] you call thongs 'thongs', not 'flip flops'
[ ] you love a backyard barbie
[x] you know a barbie is not a doll
[x] you love the beach
[x] sometimes you swear without realizing it
[x] you're a sports fanatic
[ ] you are stacks tanned
[ ] you're a bit of a bogan
[ ] you scratch your ass without shame
[ ] you have an Australian flag somewhere
Total = 5

Italian
[x] The Godfather is a great movie.
[ ] Your grandmother makes her own sauce.
[x] Your last name ends in a vowel.
[ ] You know how a real meatball tastes.
[ ] You know a lot of Italian songs.
[x] You have dark hair and dark eye color
[ ] You speak some italian
[x] You are under 5'10''.
[ ] Pizza is the best food in the world.
[x] You talk with your hands. (sometimes.)
Total = 5

Hispanic
[ ] You say member instead of Remember
[ ] You speak spanish
[ ] You love rice and Beans.
[ ] YoU TyPe lIkE ThIs On Da CoMpUtEr.
[x] You are dark/tanned skinned
[ ] You know what a Bodega is.
[ ] You talk fast.
[ ] The song Low Rider is of etreme importance to you
Total = 1

Russian
[ ] you say villian as: Vee-lon
[x]you know of sombody named Boris/Natasha (!)
[ ] you don't get cold easily
[x] you get short-tempered
[ ]white white skinned
[x] snow is fun for you
[ ] you get into contests often
[ ] you can easily make due with the cold weather
Total: 3

Irish
[ ] you think beer is the best .
[x] you have a bad temper.
[ ] your last name starts with a Mc OR Murph or O' or Fitz or ends with a ly,on,un,an,ann,ry.
[ ] you have blue or green eyes.
[x] you like the color green.
[ ] you have been to a St Patty's Day party.
[x] you've never had a hangover.
[ ] you have family from Ireland
Total = 3

African American
[ ] you have nappy hair
[x] you LOVE/LIKE rap
[ ] you talk with slang
[ ] you know how to shoot a gun
[x] you think President George Walker Bush is racist
[x] you like chicken
[x] you like watermelon
Total = 4

Asian
[ ] you have slanty eyes
[x] you love rice
[x] you are smart
[x] you have played the piano
[x] you have family from asia
[x] you have teeny feet
[x] you laugh sometimes covering your mouth
[x] people think you're chinese ("You look Asian")
[ ] you call hurricanes typhoons
Total = 7

German
[x] you like bread
[ ] you think american chocolate would be better with less sugar
[x] you don't drink your soda without ice
[ ] you speak some German
[ ] you know what Schnitzel is
[ ] you are Catholic or Lutheran
[ ] you hate it when stupid people call you a Nazi
[x] you went to Kindergarten
[ ] you're over 5' 10"
Total = 3


Canadian
[x]You/'ve play/played hockey (ice hockey right?)
[x] You love/like beer
[ ] You say eh
[x] You don't believe war is the answer
[ ] You know what poutine is
[ ] You speak some French
[ ] You love Tim Horton's
[ ] At one point you lived in a cabin
[x]You have gotten high
Total = 4
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Beh. I'm so sian now. Everyone else is asleep and my dear little brother is persisting in his mission of trying to make a 6-storey UNO card castle. zomg. I tried too. But only got to level 3 when everything came crashing down. He said that it was because I didn't put multiple horizontal cards for each slot. Apparently, it increases stability.

Bleaugh. In my 10 mins of restless surfing of blogskins, I found 2 skins that suit my blog music more than this one. Dang. But never mind. I'm too lazy to customize a new blogskin.

Ok. *takes big breathe* TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY, FALALALALAAAA LALALALA. DECK THE HALL WITH what? OF HOLLY, FALALALALAAA LALALALA.

Christmas is coming!! And the new year too. So today, I shall make gift lists. For friends/families, and for myself AHEM *hints heavily*.


For Friends/Family

1. Mom -- New apron (since her old one is almost as old as my brother)
2. Dad -- Daddy's mug (realised he dosen't have a very masculine cup)
3. Br0 -- Rubber Ducky (since he spends half an hour bathing)

Hmmmm. I'll stop at family cos I don't wanna reveal my christmas presents for my friends, assuming that they do read this blog. But they don't read the other one. Ehheheh.

For Me!

Yes, a bit pretentioius I know, but hehe a girl can hope right? Most are in my wishlist but whattheheck i'll just repeat them. Any one item from here, and I'll be real happy.

1. Video games: FFX, Max Payne, GTA: San Andreas/Liberty City
2. iPod (any kind but shuffle)
3. A pair of Vans shoes
4. Beanie! Preferbly a sane color
5. Sennheiser headphones
6. Phantom of the Opera musical tickets
7. THAT Timberland leather cut-off boots (wooooo...)

Hmmmm, actually I think that's all. Shall add when I think of more.

I wonder why some of my links squeeze up and why others like to space out... they look all the same on my template.

Just realized that the dance from the Dance Club scene in Step Up is mostly like line dancing, except it's in Hip Hop. Hiphop line dance. They do that routine once, from which somewhere in the routine itself you face a different direction. Then after that set you repeat again.

Here's the video. But the quality's really bad and stuff. It would get better when the vcd or dvd comes out. Or at least I do hope so.



Hmmmm. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is quite a terrifying novel. Not only because of what happens to the world, but also what happens to John. Espiecially the last sentence. Omg, it's so .... I dunno how to describe. You'll know once you read it. I'm trying to find George Orwell's 1984 now. Apparently, national library dosen't have it, orchard library dosen't have it, neither do Bishan and Bukit Batok libraries. Sheesh. And yes, if you have noticed, Brave New World and 1984 are modern classics depicting a dystopian society. It's interesting reading these novels that hold absurd predictions for the near future. I think it's unlikely to happen. I still do believe in the human heart. That we're not cold and malicious and unethical.

Going Bali next Sunday!!! Really hope don have any mishaps or accidents or disasters that include destruction (i think you know what i mean). Will be going with WenWei's family. I'm not sure though, how I'm going to survive with my mp3 that has a teeny weeny memory space. But woohoo~~ my parents said they could take us clubbing if we want!!! Woooo!!! Clubbing in BALI!!!!
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You must have noticed that I changed my skin. I was choosing it while listening to Step Up OST, and therefore, picked this skin, that was the first one that I saw suited the mood of the OST.

Actually don't really suit la. But whattheheck no time just pick this one. Very lehjeh search all the melancholic blogs. Totally didn't suit my music.

I love the current song playing. Those who watched Step Up would noe which one.... in case you don't, it's the dance club scene. Drew Sidora is the actress protraying the black girl.

First though, watched Casino Royale yesterday with my class... well a fraction of my class actually. Anyways, the movie was pretty good. At least better than the other Bond movies. More meaningful, emotional. And yep, more HUMAN, as cited by so many positive reviews. Pretty much explains Bond's psychology and his attitude towards killing for the next twenty sequels.

Daniel Craig's acting is wonderful and he really is living up to his character. I think his James Bond is most like the James Bond in Ian Fleming's novels. I simply love that shade of blue in his eyes... how often do you see one so icy and pure? And his upper half of his upper body is great. Repeat: Upper half of his upper body. I love his shoulders too! But other than that, I think he looks remarkably like a dinosaur. That kind that always fights with the tricerotops? Er. Herbivore I think. (not really paying much attention during Walking with Dinosaurs I suppose).

Anyway, action was tight, the script was great, and Dinosaur Craig makes lots of suave lines. Like, really cool but not cheesy at all. Though on paper they will look cheesy. And Eva Green is good in the supporting role. She looks classically British which emphasises her character. I think she's great. The villain was super! Mads Middelson or something. With his reclining chin and super thin lips. And heavy lidded eyes and a sinister scar running over it. Wooooooo. Great feel and image.

I think overall it was a slice above mediocre. Possibly because I couldn't concentrate with this irritating woman sitting beside me, who gasps, screams, laughs really loudly, winces, hisses and yelps at every little thing that happens. Every single thing that M says: LAUGHS REALLY LOUDLY. Villain taking chip out of Bond's arms: GASP combo YELP combo WINCE. Parts that were not funny at all: LAUGHS REALLY LOUDLY combo nobody else laughing in the cinema.

OMG. I know it's mean but I kept rolling my eyes and sighing in disgust... if there's such a sigh. Haiya. So suay.

And today I went to Hougang to do that CNY lunch project. General idea confirmed. Details will be out soon enough. Jiayou Weili! ..... and me!

Then went to watch Step Up with Vivian, Ruimin and Kexin. GREAT MOVIE!!! Of course, a biased statement coming from a dance enthusiast. But MUST WATCH. Although the plot and lines are predicatable and stuff but it does have some meaningful themes running throughout the movie. Like chasing your dreams, how livin' in da hood and poverty is so realistic, and society and blahdeblahdeblah. I was quite touched by the lives that the Bronx people lead. They protrayed it quite realistically.

Ah of course there were funny parts. Tyler: "Are... are you going to kill me?" And when he was imitating ballerinas, and when he couldn't follow chereography at the dance club. Seriously though, dancing at the club got mass dance one meh? Or is this exclusive to the Maryland blahblah Arts School?

Anyways, I order you to WATCH IT. Just for relaxation and enjoying a great dance movie... which dosen't come very often.

Aiyo I don't understand why Ruimin keeps teasing Kexin. Just leave her alone la. Her face was so red already!

After the movie, we walked to That CD Shop, which is super cool, and bought a copy of the OST each. Actually quite waste money. It dosen't have all the dance songs (like Toma and the Miles remix), and there're only a few songs that I like. Cheat my MARNEY.

And then Ruimin showed me how to walk to Bukit Timah from Orchard Road. Actually quite near leh. And it's feels great to walk in Orchard at night... with all the shiny lights against a velvet backdrop. Fascinating. I could lie on the sidewalk and watch the lights all night. I love Orchard at night.
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HBO Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix Sneak Peek

Sneak peek at the movie. woooooo.
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Ow,

Ow. I loathe heels. I simply abhor them, despite their tremendous contributions to aesthetic beauty. It is pure torture, I tell you, to walk the whole freaking orchard in them, via the IMC building, Citylink, and Suntec City.

And the fact that I went for Wushu after that was not alleviation at all. 5 sets of 20 seconds of every bu4fa3. Naturally, muscle aches are abundant in my body now. So are the moans and groans.

Finally went to IMC building to get my IC done. Every officer I approached in the complicated procedures grabbed hold of the chance to scold and reprimand me for doing my IC 3 years late. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Are they deprived or what.

Ok, fine. It's actually all my fault and frankly I was scared that they would put me to jail or something like that. Good thing I had a trump card under my hand. Showed it to the manager and he zipped. MWAHAHAHHAHAHA.

K. I lost my ez-link card yet again. Better yet, it was only after 3 days that I realised I lost it. Found it today in Popular, when a very amused auntie kept staring at me when I was standing at the cashier, paying for refills. Then she whipped out my ez-link card and said "ni3 de4 ma1?"

WHOA. Anyway, thank you.

There's a visitor from Missouri, who got to my blog after searching for "The Prestige Fanfics"... at least I think that's not you, Shizhen. Now I think the other one's not you too. And another got here by searching "rjc touch rug"... I'm not even in it! ?!?! Although touch rug is really really fun. I love JJ touch! ..and JJ Hockey! And not forgetting JJ shooting (air riflees... not the pistol idiots)!!

Funny. I forgot what I'm supposed to blog about. There's a list called "Things to blog" in my phone notes so I can add stuff that I wanna blog during my procedings. Stuff I always forget to. My current list reads like this "Attack. Wushu. Sick. Shalvis." Conveniently, I forgot what the "Attack" was about. Hmmmm. Jogging my memory now. Patience.

Oh. I got it.

My brother has an early Christmas accrue Birthday present. Uno Attack! It's like normal Uno but with additional interesting cards like discard cards of same color in your hand, or change your hand with another person's. But most of the fun came from the machine itself, where it would randomly spit out a number of cards ranging from 0 to 10 when you tap it. Lol, it's really fun. My family played until we forgot dinner. Really convenient.

Cooking is very fun!!! I'm cooking alternate days now every two weeks, to compensate for my lack of helping out the last 17 years. Yes, it's not enough but people get sick if I serve the same menu for the whole week. I love to make spagetti and sherperd's pie is very interesting. Albeit primitive. I dunno why. I find western food too simple. Hmmm.

But they taste great and are not easy to make. Went to Jack's place today! OMG New Zealand Sirlion steak medium-rare is yummy! And quite cheap as well. The best steak I've tasted so far from Jack's Place is from the branch at Bugis. At Bras Brasar.

What's this blog google beta thingy that I'm using? I don't see much difference. Waste my time.

Oh yes, and I fell sick before the chalet. Not terribly, but accidentally. Very dizzy in the morning so I went to sleep. Then drifted in and out of sleep until consiousness returned and the clock read 7. Damn. And that's the only day I can go and stayover cos I have to visit IMC and the doctor the next day and have wushu at night too. So there we go. I missed band chalet. And from Jian Wei's blog, it sounded damn fun.

Here's a list of movies I haven't/wanna watch.
1) Casino Royale

I realised Daniel Craig looks a lot like a dinosaur. Not appealing. But he has a damn nice body. So I was at conflicts whether to watch it or not... but what the heck. My first bond movie (!) in the cinemas. Might as well be the one showing how he acheived his double O status. But I must admit. He looks stunning in a tux.

2) Flushed Away

Hugh Jackman. Enough said.

3) Happy Feet (SO CUTE!)

Irresistable. Plus Nicole Kidmand and Hugh Jackman. AND THE PENGUINS!!!! And the animation is top notch. Plus, HPGOF trailer is coming out with it!

4) Black Dahlia

Something Intriguing.

5) Deathnote (yes I know. It just keeps slipping away. I'll go buy the DVD)

Don't feel like elaborating.

6) Step Up

Cannot miss~~~! The guy looks like that Prison Break guy. Super.

7) (That switching places to live movie. Starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet.)

Just something to laugh and cry at. Nothing much. It would be fun though. Jack Black!

8) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I know. Showing on 13/7/2007. And I've mentioned that it's trailer is out with Happy Feet. But still!

Speaking of Harry, I find LeakyLounge very aloof and not warm like the other forums I've been to. Maybe there's too many members and everyone wants to say their peice about the speculations in book 7. Haven't immersed in the Mugglenet one. Will do.

JK Rowling is one smart woman. And full of dry humour too. RAWR I have to get back to my Jill Shalvis. Have to finish reading by tomorrow den can return without owning the Library money.

Edit: Oh. And I have to bold this. Sabam was in that line for a PS3 in Montreal (freaking cold up there). Very high up in the line too. And people were willing to pay here more than US$1000 to exchange places with them. Haha, but she refused and in the end got her PS3! For US$900 something. And now she's currently autioning it off on ebay. Starting bid: US$3000.

What a zomg friend I have.
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Ne-yo

I love that chereography for Allison and Ivan to Ne-yo's Sexy Love. It's so cute! And Corey Vidal's teaching it online too -- the same routine. In addition to that awesome Sexy Back routine. Drool~~~

And I love the argentine tango that they danced to. So damn sexy! I think the second one they did was sexier but whatever. And their lyrical also damn good. ALLISON AND IVAN!!

Note: Both videos below are spoilers to So You Think You Can Dance Season 2. You have been warned






Real chemistry that one. And they're so cute off stage too. It was quite a letdown to find out that Ivan is attached and Allison apparently has a thing for Travis, who is, btw gay (sorry to dissapoint). Check out her myspace: myspace.com/44450878 and I think you can see more.

Phantom of the Opera is coming to Singapore!! And so near my bdea too! Perfect bdae present. :) Finally one of my most desired musical is coming. Next to hope for is Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, which is most probably coming when I'm sixty or something. Nvm, I must make big money and go to Broadway to watch the authentic one.

Pw went ok I guess. Not too great, although I think I screwed my question. And my presentation as well. Not done as well as I expected it too and practised very little too (was doing stupid video into the night). Relieved that it's over. Although it is quite true that without PW, the five of us won't hang out together any more.

Played pool the other day with classmates. I kept hitting the other team's ball in, accidentally. And kept missing towards the end. Truthfully, I have zero stamina in pool cos I get sick and sian towards the end and don't concentrate. Then we went to PS to hang out, and met Ruth with her barang barang of hoodies. She is one busy woman. And we played arcade... quite fun! It's been such a long time since I played TC 2 and it felt refreshing. Although I died earlier than usual. TC4 is freking cool though. But I think I will die in 5 seconds if I played that.

I think Anna and Ruth's conversations are very amusing. And entertaining. It's like a live radio beside you going on and on about plain stuff but with interesting insights. Both of them should be sports commentators or something. There was one comment of Anna's that I didn't agree on though. "Zhuo Jing looks like a mafia." And Ruth went "I think you look like a policewoman." oO Reason was because of the way I walk or something. I think Jeff has a more mafia-ish walk than me la!

There was a visitor to my blog from Pennsylvania... IS THAT YOU, JIA SHIZHEN?? I thought you were in Oregon?

Speaking of my blog, I have decided to tear down the only attraction of my blog -- the bounceicles. If I be so pretentious to say that that IS an attraction. Meaning, I'm changing my template again. HALLELUJAH!!!

My brother is playing his Sudoku gameboy again. What a geek.
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Rejuvenation

Woooo had wushu just now, or rather some hours ago. It was pretty damn fun! I almost forgot how good it felt to kick and punch and sweat it all out. Even the gym is less efficient than this. And jiaolian was suddenly bombarding us with so many sparring stuff and new sets to learn. Exciting! But he's still quite sadistic. Made us do about 40 knuckle push-ups. Haha, I didn't have to (cos I'm a girl) but I still did half of them anyway for a challenge and now my knuckles are horribly red and swollen. There're deep nail marks in my palm too. Yowch.

There's so many mozzies in my house! I was bitten 21 times today. And they're still biting now! Mom concluded this morning that the reason why so many mozzies are in our house is because of the constant rain that caused stagnant water to exist under our air-con vent and never dry. So she took the mop and got rid of it, causing dirty water to fall from our ninth floor and onto some nissan sunnies and toyotas downstairs and window ledges of our innocent neighbors. Soon, two cars realised that they were under seige by our dirty water and drove away to another parking slot. People started to come out and clean their ledges too. Then the doorbell started to ring. Mom got petrified that it's going to be an angry neighbor or some guy that got hit by dirty water. But it was only Leo here to give something to us so she started cleaning the air-con vent again.

Leo's in NS now! Combat infantry I think. Listening to him talk about NS life is so cool. It's tough but sounds really fun (to me I mean). And yes, I will consider military service for my career next time. But that idea is a no-no for my parents so I can't carry on with that dream. :(

PW is such a headache. Dry Run 2 went ok... except for the little glitch where we opened that WRONG PPT!!! Jerrine I think, opened the earlier version and suwan's part was totally affected. So many (clicks) and so little slides. It was pretty awful. Well, we'll just try out best next tue and practice hard... I do hope that it's sufficient.

Argh this blog is so much sianer than the other one. I'm falling asleep blogging!!! I think it's a matter of content that's why. Anyway, I'm really sleep now. Will try something another day.
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Micellaniousity

I take back what I said. That code is not really a reflection of my true feelings. Just an impulse that I suddenly had. Eeeehehe. But there's a high possibility it may resurface. We'll see.

God save the queen -- I just finished PW, although with liberal amounts of slacking. Watched "Sexy Back" video of the Final 10 contestants of So You Think You Can Dance season 2. Man, they truly rock. But I love Ivan and Allison! Their so cute together! And their chemistry is just BAM, Mr. Lai standard. From soft Hip-Hop to West Coast Swing to Argentinian Tango to that bomb of a Contemporary, they just click like clickets or anything that naturally click. Seriously, they can turn from cute to sexy and back to cute again just like that (with a click of a finger! pardon the pun).

I found out what the slashes are. They're the places you've gone to -- they slash the place that you clicked on. Wow, I didn't know templates got so smart. I must be growing old. oO.

Watched The Prestige today with Rachel. Frankly, it's the first movie this year that got me thinking throughout the movie, trying to figure out the full plot. I could confirm my suspicions about some things but there was no definite answer. Best movie I've ever watched this year. Chris Nolan is a genius. The plot itself was mind-blowing, plus all the stellar performances by the stellar cast, and the cinematography (colours, angle...) was suspenseful. Hugh Jackman was HOT. Christian Bale was brilliant. It was amazing that both male leads' characters were grayish and you can love and hate them at the same time. Brilliant stuff. Scarlett Johansson was such a pretty vase but kudos to her for that. And Rebecca Hall and ah the actress who portrayed Sarah (?) were really good too. Bomb of a movie. The Pledge, the Turn, the Prestige. Beautiful peice of
work.

Ok yes I know, I have to stop raining praises and babbling on uselessly now but I'm just emphasizing my point that EVERYBODY MUST GO WATCH. Super. Must buy the DVD.



The next upcoming movie I really wanna watch is HAPPY FEET, where there is HUGH JACKMAN again!!! :) *smiles to my ears* Yes, it's really obvious -- I'm a total Hugh Jackman fan!!! :) <3 style="font-weight: bold;">little too big... Ok fine my butt also not very small but she emphasises it a lot! Nonetheless, she's still sexy. And Hugh Jackman is sexy too! I love Leopold!
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Cipher

Changed my template... accidentally! Though I dunno why some of the links are slashed. Not purposely one hor no offense!

Try this code. First person to get the answer gets a prize!

hteicibpfzpmjopwjjptzesnohcnozohpmpfcpuopsxpupuhf
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Wanted: New Skin

Was just surfing around, looking for blog templates. Realised that I found templates that are loud and blaring, in a way, (like what I have now) not as attrative as before. I still like them (cos I'm loud and blaring too), but maybe not as much as before. This time, I found myself downloading simple templates. There's one I really like, called A Suicidal Attempt. I think I'm going to put it up soon.

Heh, Yingxu complained that she can't read my current blog cos it hangs and crashes her IE. Probably due to the coding errors I made and stuff. Shall change it then (soon).

Was supposed to go for band batch outing today, but had cramps during midday and decided I was too lazy to go. If I went, I'll probably fall asleep cos I'm just too tired. And needless to say, I missed wushu too because of the cramps. How I hate the feeling of tiredness that persists throughout the first day. It always makes me sleepy and waste away the day. Stupid inconvenience. It really suxks.

The urgency just hit me that there're only 2 more weeks to OP, and 0 to SPA. I'd better buck up and rote.
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Mr Lai is leaving RJ!!! :( Chem will never ever be the same ever again. He's the only chem teacher I ever want to have. :( I'm so sad now. Hai shall blog later.

Just finished reading my past blog entries for this year. I noticed that my vocabulary basically deteriorated by miles and miles. :(

Bleaugh I'm taking a break from studying. Was studying (as you have noticed, after promos, not before it) for Chem Spa Skill A and SATS. Stupid Sats; have to do a stupid essay. In PENCIL. I will so not be used to that. Went Kino to buy the Princeton Review book, cos Mr Hau recommended it, and I need a 2007 book with the changing SATS questions and stuff. Haha, so far, the book is hilarious! Reading it is like listening to a friend, who is like myself and everyone else, an enemy of the ETS and SATS. Hence reading it is like ploting and strategising with it about how to hit the enemy where it's the weakest, and gain an absolute victory. They have strategies like using Joe Bloggs and POE and other really funny stuff. Makes studying more enjoyable and bearable actually. Cheers, Princeton Review! :)

Went pooling with Sihui aka parttimestead the other day. Well, the pool wasn't quite enjoyable cos my hand crused my other hand with the ball and dunno why, I was laughing all the time. Hmmm. But the chatting and walking later was quite fun. A refreshing change of habits for me. Or rather, change of environment. Thanks PTS!!! <3 Today was the last day of school. Quite a useless day actually. Chem lecture was some enrichment quiz of SO6s versus SO3s. SO6s lost, characterised by Shermon's "malfunction of the mouse" which is actually clicking the thingy two times, causing the answer to come out before it was supposed to. I think I can see him justifying himself in his nick. What a way to go out in a bang Shermon!!! (ok i sound mean but AHAHAHHA) Math was rubbish and Physics too. After that, went to play Charades with Cheryl, Jiayan, Ruth, Sranj and Anisha. With the signal for THE and BEE and sorts. Taboo should be more fun. And stacko was just dingdingdong. Goong~~~ GOONG~~~!!!







And here's a preview of Goong 2! Note that it's Prince Hours now instead of Princess Hours.


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