It's been 10 years, my friend.

This post has to be today. 30 Aug 2020. 

I know, it was really a bad idea to revisit memories in the middle of the night. I did it anyway, and emotions just filled my entire body after watching the videos again. To be honest, most of us may have already forgotten about this, ok I'll just speak for myself. It wasn't until the memories of this day on FB that the memories started flooding back at me. but well. see this page for the post. Bye Joel Tan

I can only say that it's really easy for human to forget something and pick up a new habit. We probably only really skyped in the first year he left. And after that it was just birthday wishes and of course, that died down as well. The last we had a short exchange was his birthday last year. And that marks 15 years from when we met. That was crazy, and now he's already been away to Toronto for 10 years and I don't even know what he is doing anymore. And, when the sy people are together (which is also quite non-existent), no one talked about him anymore. It's just a little disheartening to know that this is exactly how humans work. You built up this relation because of work, the things you do together daily - if not often enough. And then when you move on to something else, it's just hard to keep maintaining every single relation you have forged. 

It's true, at the end, we move on with our lives. I'm even close to most of them now. I don't even remember how he sounded like and do not know if he sound the same now. So I happen to scroll through his fb to see if there were any traces of past friendship - none. Except for yvonne writing him birthday wishes once 3 years ago. And that's it. But I also came across a podcast he was working with his schoolmates, so I listened to the part he spoken in. The voice is so foreign, I wouldn't have recognised it if it wasn't for the fake that he introduced himself. Just felt a little mind blown and a little sad. That's all. 

I mean I still remember this friend, I'm quite sure he still remembers us all and will any time welcome us to visit him. Yup, 10 years have passed and none of us visited Toronto, neither did he come back at all, he wasn't intending to anyway. But still, I kind of miss this friend, especially when I was reminded how much fun and how much crazy things we did together in the past. I really love him as a friend, if I could, I would even love him as a person (kidding) all these years because he is worth it. And actually, I really want to plan to visit him when I can. I still have the hope to see him and to reconnect again some day. 

Not saying that anyone is at fault or it is unique to this case, but that's exactly how people are now. 

How often do you tell friends/colleagues/people who are leaving your daily life 'Hey, let's keep in touch!', or 'Hey, let's meet up soon!' Maybe I was being naive all the while, but I would really take these words to heart and I would think that someone who said it, mean it. I don't remember when was the last time I said something along this line, because I know I may not do it anyway, so I don't say it. Only to come to disappointment of course. Don't use these words so easily, just don't. I'm mindful of using them because I know how it felt to have people telling me these but I have never met them since. And I really understand how people come and go in my life, so really no hard feelings, and don't have to be politically correct.

You may say that I can make the first move. Right! I could. But I actually also couldn't, I'm an extroverted introvert. Taking the initiative is not quite my thing unless necessary. Maybe because they are not that important to me too afterall, as much as I'm also not that important to them. To think about it, these are really usually said by outgoing people. And they probably don't mind people telling them the same but don't do it. Maybe it's also just me. Nevermind.

Oh well, I also understand that's why I have lesser and lesser friends now. Like look at this period. Without work on weekends and weekday nights, I'm almost home all day. I'm like the freest person around and I don't even really have the urge to go out with anyone. But I'll be ready to accept any invitation to go out. There isn't many, and sometimes, I'm also slightly reluctant. Anyway, I also tried, and failed a few times. In the end, I went on my own. Also, I've made moves so many times, but I'm just, ignored and still the same. 

All right... it's just me! No hard feelings at all. 

I still miss you Joel. (every now and then hehe)

2018 旅 · 三 · 玩

2018年最長的旅程，是十二月的韓國。終於去了。說也奇怪，好像許多人說影像中我常去韓國，所以都是說我‘又’要去韓國了。不過，實際情況就是，這是我第二次到韓國而已。畢竟台灣比較像我 ‘家鄉’。呵呵

一共去了17天，還蠻驚人的吧。因為我們三個人從來沒有一起出國，是第一次，就是這麼長的一次。還好我們還是朋友。哈哈！不過說真的，幸好有她們兩位，讓我不需要做什麼功課，也因此沒有對時間分配做任何的考慮。也就是說，I'm the freeloader for this trip! 還好她們沒有嫌棄我。呵呵。就這樣，在首爾晃了6天，到釜山5天，再到濟州島5天，再回去首爾1晚，然後我自己搭了飛機回來。

在首爾的日子，好像沒做什麼。有些想去的地方/想做的事好像也沒做。但也真的是以休閒的度假為日了。而且，有了遺憾以後才可能會再去。哈哈。可能就首爾吧，上次去韓國（12年前的2006年）好像對首爾也沒有什麼印象了，除了去了首爾塔，然後天氣不太好什麼都沒有看到。哈哈！

這次真的比較多都是吃到很好吃的東西，想念了啊！

細說這次的旅程是不太可能了，就說一說一些記憶點吧。撇開最讓人記得的許小姐需要到醫院一事，然後必須裹腳，可還是堅持後面的她們自己留下的十多天，還是有很多事能說的。

1. 在首爾第二天早上起來第一眼看到的是窗外的雪! 開心! 下的雪有點大, 我們等到了中午才出了門. 但其實出去的時間不太長. 去了宗廟 (Jongmyo)，由於沒有別的華族旅客，所以我們有專屬的導遊帶我們走完當時沒什麼人的宗廟。

2. 去採草莓。哈哈哈！許小姐完全不吃草莓，但不介意跟我們一起體驗，當天也下了雪，有些冷，但採草莓的地方很美。還有隻shiba inu，沒有什麼其他人所以蠻享受的。做了草莓麻薯，很好吃但是真的很醜。哈哈哈 結果我們帶回住家過了一兩天沒吃就硬掉了。:/

3. 逛了好些超夯的地方 - 我們住在弘大附近，自然有好些天都在那裡活動到。Sinsa-dong (Garosugil Street), Common Ground, 明洞 (myeong-dong), Seoul Station, 等等。

4. 去感受一下 Runningman 的感覺。我真的太爛了。沒有達標... 只拿到一個小小的禮物沒有證書。 哈哈！不過蠻好玩，蠻刺激的。

5. 唱K! (노래방) 新的體驗很好玩。完全是你要怎樣就怎樣。真的非常有限的唱這一些比較熟悉的歌，也有一些中文的啦。系統還可以改變歌曲的真個風格，有一些真的蠻好笑的。是因為打發時間臨時找的活動，還是好玩。

6. 雖然覺得在首爾好像沒做些什麼，但釜山和濟州島都是滿滿的行程。Gamcheon Cultural Village (감천 문화 마을) 是一定要去的啦，我們在那裡的時候天有些陰，有些顏色不太好看，如果天氣再好一點就好了。Haedong Yunggung Temple, 在沿海的一座廟 - 海東龍宮廟。很大的一個地方，只是除了那個就沒別的了。在 Haeundae Beach 看日落。Busan Oryukdo Skywalk 也很漂亮，從岩邊伸展出去的透明走道 - 想起了RM在那裡受懲罰的三位臭手。真的沒有那麼可怕。

7. 在Busan的其中一天租了車出去另外一個地方，要開4小時的車才會到。安排和Oryukdo同一天，因為開車比較方便。途中看到什麼就吃一吃。哈哈。去的是Pohang 的Hand of Harmony, Homigot Sunrise Square (호미곶 해맞이광장)。日出時會陽光會打在從海裡伸出來的手掌，就像用手捧著太陽一樣。但我們到的時候太陽是快要下山的了。所以另一面的陸地上也有一個相似的手掌。

8. 在濟州島的過聖誕。去了市場買了非常多食物回房裡吃。真的是聖誕大餐！結果就是吃不完。哈哈哈！

9. 去了好幾個景點。Jeongbang Waterfall 超美的，還映出了彩虹🌈。在Songaksan等日落，非常非常的冷，因為在海邊的關係。而且風很大。不知道我們哪來的勇氣和堅持，在完全沒有任何遮蓋的情況下在那裡等了至少一小時。冷死了我們三個人。下山的時候我們都非買熱飲不可。Seongsan Ilchulbong 也蠻美的，然後有海女示範她們潛水捕魚的程序。佩服她們，都是年紀不輕但是很健康的阿姨們。

10. Jusangjeolli Cliff... 是我們那一天唯一的行程... 因為有人出事了。嚇死人。還好那個地方不大，需要帶走的路不多。

11. 不知道我哪來的自信和勇氣，和鄭小姐一起去爬 Hallasan. 只能說，沒有鍛鍊真的不行啊。想要攻山頂也不是我能力能負荷的事。不過我真的盡力了。並且肌肉繼續疼了好幾天。幸好或是不幸，到了攻頂前的最後休息站時，上山頂的路已經封了，不讓人再上了。雖然還沒到截止的時間。緣分吧。哈哈哈，還有，在下山的時候滑倒了兩次，早知道就不逞強，穿上釘鞋。還好有蠻厚又長的外套，畢竟連這樣尾椎都疼了好幾天。累死寶寶。

12. 最後在很早的時候自己搭了一小時又多一點點的地鐵到機場。拉著一路上沒什麼變重但是最後一晚在COEX狂賣的食物而變重的行李... 地鐵的位子因為導熱越坐越熱。哈哈哈！畢竟坐了那麼遠的車程。結果有些遲了，幸運的被放到比較好的位子（因為一個人的關係）。要過海關的人真的很多，導致我真的有些不夠時間。還硬要到星巴克買個杯，並把固本用掉，領了一杯聖誕飲料，有點連走帶跑的步伐到登機口。呃.... 沒有人了。哈哈哈在關鍵時刻上了飛機 😅空少是帥的，而且聲音是好聽的，只是...他應該... 呵呵你明白的。

剩下的記憶都是食物了。好到我現在還想念著。

1. 弘大那條街的Hotteok應該是我最想念的。真的好好吃。

2. 也是弘大那裡 - 一家雪濃湯... 冬天吃這個真的有溫暖的感覺。而且他們家的kimchi真的好。

3. 去了幾個海鮮市場，東西不便宜，但都很新鮮，吃了生的(?)小章魚，花蟹，還有花蟹膏煮的飯真的超級棒。還有那些生魚片...  想念啊...

4. 人參雞湯。怎麼會這麼好？哈哈，已經無法形容了

5. 怎麼可能少了韓國燒烤呢！去了Jongkook和Haha的店，還有幾家別的，怎麼都好吃。當然，其中一家是我們在Hallasan之後去的一家。真的不是因為我們爬山累了才覺得好吃的。哈哈！

6. 韓國炸雞。也是最棒的。尤其BBQ Chicken的。（是，賣的是炸雞沒錯）雖然多數的時候都是叫的外賣，但真的還是很好吃！

7. 炸醬麵，終於有感覺runningman吃炸醬麵的感覺 🤣

8. 鮑魚粥。真的很好吃。這個好像是在濟州島第一家酒店附近，老奶奶用了蠻久的時間準備，但是真心好吃。真的吃到一滴不剩。

9. 咖啡... 和各種糕點。最想念的咖啡是在釜山的FM COFFEE。本以為關了，結果google還是有用的。走了一些路終究有找到。也是唯一我們想盡辦法寧願繞路再回去買來喝的咖啡。

這樣說來，韓國好像還有蠻多值得我留戀的地方。哈哈哈

不過，跟其它地方一樣，暫時不會再去。雖然我自己認為留了遺憾，但也留了很多回憶。

Cebu*Bohol 2016

Not to make up numbers... but this has to be one of my most memorable trip till date. To be honest, I was quite skeptical and nervous about the trip because I really do not know what to expect from the trip. And indeed, there were too many surprises to me.

Flight and accommodation booked and I still don't believe that I'm going. Haha. But of course we did.
Took us almost the whole day to get to our first night stay and also the place for the next 4 nights.

Flight to Cebu -> Taxi to Cebu Port (Take the white taxi only - by meter) -> Fast ferry to Tagbilaran Port (about 2h30min) -> Taxi/Tricycle to resort (depends on how people, we had 6 and were offered 600P to get us to the resort in one 9-seater. Somehow we managed to get another cheaper one at 500P).

The owner/staff of the resort was waiting at the door for us, and once I showed him the email, no other questions asked and we were brought to our rooms. Not the most fantastic place but it was cheap and acceptable. Thinking that we spent about 60+ per pax for the 5 nights there, I guess we can't complain too much. Moreover, they were friendly and helped us in our requests in many ways.

Because we were rushing for the ferry, didn't really have a good lunch, all we had were biscuits, water and my brilliant idea to bring a packet of honey butter cashew nuts. haha. Even though we were already super hungry, we walked all the way to have a atas dinner at another resort about 15min away. Saffron Restaurant at Amorita Resort - yup, as the name suggests, the most expensive. HAHA. And that's it for the first day after eating honey ice-cream that tastes a little salty but the koropok-liked cone is really nice!

我愛台灣 (2013年版, 第二篇)

Yup, the anticipated trip since the friends started become closer in SYCO few years ago. It's a pity that those people have already left the orchestra for various reason. But still, I was still looking forward to it, because there's won't be anymore chance. HAHA!

It's not an easy trip to come by for this one. And I appreciate every effort. I would love to ask if this trip had happened last year or the year before, would it have been very different from what I have experienced? Answer is most probably! Why? The people, maybe the repertoire, the end result.

A weekend of fun!

A very eventful week. Enjoyed myself and used my time to the fullest.

Last Saturday was SYCO's July Concert. Happy to hear that the tickets were sold out at the very last week,  and even open up the gallery seats. Although we felt we weren't very very prepared for the whole concert before the actual day, everyone was really motivated and did well during the concert itself. Esp. when it was a coincidence that it was Mr Quek's bday the next day so everyone was extra motivated? But actually that should be the way. I wished it was more competitive so that everyone is more hardworking. Whatever it is, really glad that the concert ended well. I was totally drained after the whole day and my back and waist was aching like hell. Had to force myself to sit straight throughout the concert but it was super tiring. Almost died. HAHA!

Sunday was time for 《老九》. Frankly speaking, I wasn't very sure if I should watch it at first, but since sister was interested to go, I decided to give it a try. Actually, it was better than I expected! Just that the first half was kind of draggy, as it always happen in musicals, but the songs were good. And the actors were better than I expected too, esp. the lead Sugi. He did very well, together with some other veterans in Theatres, I like the '大马' acted by 刘俊葳, he was really good. The special moment was when 老九 narrated that his teacher passed away after 3 months, a kid behind us said 'huh!'. We all giggled at that point. 很有效果.

And was dinner with the JC peeps. Also a birthday celebration for my buddy - von. Sometimes I feel that if not for her and yuhui, i will bid goodbye to them. Haha. Nah, just joking, I'm happy to have such friends who have gone through jc life with me and have become so close since then. And even happier to receive good news from one of us. Got to prepare for it next year. But sometimes I feel guilty that they treat this grp of friends the most important but I didn't. But I really appreciate all those we have come through these years and I think we will still be friends for a long time. :) The reason why I said the above it plainly because I think they although they may feel I'm important in the group, but I'm not that important too, because I don't think they ever cared what I'm doing and how I'm doing. All we do when we meet up is just to talk about them, and I don't know, how on earth we can always talk so long and loud without addressing to everyone. I mean unlike my other groups of friends who will remember what I said and ask me how I'm doing or what. So, I don't feel as attached. I mean, they didn't even remember that my birthday is during their bali trip when they plan, and didn't even remember I can't make it on certain days even though I've said it so many times, and didn't even remember I mentioned that I going overseas on whatsapp. But the good new was, our dear han is getting married next year! :)

Then was on a trip to Zhuhai and Macau after that weekend! :) Will blog about it in another post.

SYCO makes my life complete 2012

SYCO has gone into another year. I think I say this every year, but it's really kind of different every year, isn't it? And especially when more and more friends have left us for greener pastures. Nah, just joking, they left to other matters they have to cope in life. And sometimes it's not like they really wanna leave, and I understand, one day I will leave too. Sooner or later.

The funny thing is, I'm treating every year like my final, and still the same this year.

But somehow, the feeling is not so strong anymore, even though I know that eventually when I leave, I will still feel sad. I feel so emotionally attached to the group, we are not just people who play in the same orchestra, we are a group of close friends, a family. And I know I will miss everyone there.

Actually I kept on have to convince myself that it's time to leave, and I really do feel so, but I feel so attached to sy that I'm afraid of the emptiness I will get when I really do leave. Everyone is saying that next year is the 10th anni of sy and it should be quite cool to be there for a 10th anni. Same sentiments, but will I really be able to commit. And to be truthful, sometimes I see it as a hindrance to whatever I want to do in life. Seeing people with so much freedom without commitments like this, I'm envious. However, the fear that things will not be as I see it worries me. Oh wells, I blame myself for not being young enough. HAHA!

I think I got sick of myself talking about the same things every year after sy concert, so I'll save that for now. But I'm quite glad for this year's concert, erm, somehow, haha! I admit that I haven't been practising much (which is also one of the reason I feel that I should go already). There are so many more worthy of staying inside than me, though my attendance is probably better. But I was quite surprise that at the end of the day, we got to where we should be on the stage, and could see Mr. Quek is quite satisfied, by the expression and gestures he made. The sy miracle we always say. Everything comes alive on the stage itself. :)

And so, we still made it. And in fact, I was kind of touched during 边巴 that I nearly teared, thinking of some friends I miss and will miss in future (kind of silly also), but eventually I resisted, knowing that I really shouldn't tear on stage. But the music was just so good, really love the song.

Then, ironically, this is the first year I totally don't feel like performing for the finale song, because I didn't have time to practise and I would have a bit more free time if I wasn't involved. Plus, I've been in for ALL the years I was in sy, so I don't feel there's any regrets, unless if you want to consider the completeness because I did. Actually this part was quite funny, we were rehearsing with the SCO musicians for the first time and Zhangls thought I'm sitting with him since I already did for the past 3 years. Then I got to break the news that I'm not. LOL! He was a bit shocked. I had to go: '老师，今年我不是坐你旁边! 哈哈!' and he went: '啊？'. Ok, my worth proven. hahaha! Just kidding. :)

End of 7th Year!

10 Sep Chamber Series concert marks the end of SYCO 2011. (Ok, there's still the reception). I hope I won't get emo then.

I remember 09 I wanted to stop because of the possible clash in school lessons and practice days. But somehow the schedule allowed me to go for practices, only to fill all my weekday evenings. Definitely one of my hardest year but I pulled through.

To be truthful, I can't really say which year I enjoyed the most. Every year there's something the same, something different. Every year there's a different feel. But I can safely say I became more and more attached to the group every year. And that's the exact reason pulling me back from the most cruel decision, and the thought of 'I  should have done it earlier'. But I'd say I have never regretted anything for SYCO for the past 7 years.

And now, it's time to make a decision again. To stay or to leave. I very much want to stay, then again, I had to consider some other things happening in my life, or I think I should be doing. Esp. when I know that some things are too difficult to achieve in the orchestra. But if I leave, it means I'll be left with no orchestras at all! And that is sad.

I don't know exactly, 2 voices are shouting out very loudly to me. 1 saying, 'Stay! Your passion, your friends are all there!', and the other saying, 'No, you should spend more time building your own career and stop wasting time because you are not young anymore!' Both are like damn true.

Like I always say, it really takes a lot of courage to give up something. Esp. when I don't even know if it's worth giving up yet since I haven't got any solid plan that will be happening for sure if I do. But if I do not give myself more time first, how do I execute any plan? Ahh!! Still a dilemma after all. I need more time.

Anyhows. I <3 SYCO max. Thank you people, again, for another wonderful year. :)

Dauntless Spirit 2011 (Y)

It's one of the most exciting concert so far!

Pre-concert 2011

Support SYCO Concert - Dauntless Spirit 2011! :)))

Last rehearsal tomorrow before concert. I hope it's going to be good. I'm actually having quite high expectations for the concert. And I'm glad that my sisters and close friends are coming. Parents not going because my mum can't go so my aunt is going, and my dad gave up his ticket for my aunt's friend. I was quite happy to hear that my aunt wants to watch actually. :)

Nice songs we are going to perform and I'm so looking forward to Minhui's concerto. Preparing to see her shine on stage! Omg I think I totally sound like my child is one performing. HAHA. Anyhow, I think the concerto are going to be fantastic! And I think the whole concert is going to be cool!

Anyway it's the 3rd consecutive years I'm sitting with Zhangls. So lucky right. No matter where I was sitting these 3 years, I met him at the seats. Haha. Such coincidence can. Can't believe my luck. But it was all right, at least not as stress as the first time. And the song was quite all right. Some parts I need to keep reminding myself. Heh.

The Rest of Dec. (Finally)

December was really so eventful i think my mum can't really be bothered if i go home for dinner anymore. hahaha!

Let's continue from where i left off, starting off with new numbers. haha.

CNY 2011 - Rabbit comes back again

It's been really an awesome cny. I haven't had such a good one for a long time. I had always thought that cny is just a reason for relatives to ask a lot of qns. well, probably still is, haha. But i dun feel it so much now. :)

And the best thing of all is, it's the first time i really felt damn happy with all my cousins and that i want to appear at every place we are going to. (i used to dread it so much) Usually i'm more close to the maternal side cousins, i think cos age gap closer (actually both side abt there). And i used to think i can't click with my paternal side cousins at all. But i was so surprised i managed to survive even without er-jie. Well, i used to be more comfortable with my sis ard cos she's the talkative one who will be talking with the cousins while i stay at the side. So when she's not ard, i usually just have to stay away. So i dunno what have gone into my social skills this year. I managed! hahaha. :D

And we had so much fun taking photos lah. Thanks to er-jie's new cam and my polaroid. hahaha. And surprised that 2 of the cousins working overseas came back for cny. That leaves only 1 cousin not ard this year. And that cousin is pregnant! Heard the baby girl is due in may. Our first next generation in the whole Lim family. And she's going to be a rabbit girl :))) Nice max.

In the midst of celebration was a farewell for zixin. She left so fast! But i'm seriously happy for what she's going to be! Wish her all well in adapting over there and get good results! And i wanna see her soon. :)

Am so glad that i've met most of the ppl i wished to meet during cny. having 4 days does make a difference. but it's really tiring for sure. Family most of the time, sy, mco and most impt, my beloved cogang. We were each other's for the whole day and practically went to all homes of those who went. that's 8 houses! Tired ttm but I love each and every one of them ttm too. I hope the coming weekend is good too! :D

I want to meet my fav ppl again. I want to see JJ this week! :D

A great weekend with friends i nv regret knowing

I haven't enjoyed myself on a weekend for so long! Thank you GGG and my royals.. It was really a great weekend.

Though the bbq session at daryl's was a more of a usual GGG event. (hahaha). The food, the chats and the company made it really good. :)

And although i've been to USS in less than 6 months ago, it was still a great visit there with u guys. I definitely still had my share of fun. Although kim, chris and i are really sad that the roller coaster ride at sci-fi area is still not opened for playing. What a sad thing. I love to take it. Anyway. Mummy ride twice cos the queue was short!! :D Jurassic park ride too... Yea, wet. But less than i've expected. Not a great fall. But not bad lah. Went to the sprinkle zone at the Water world show. It's great fun. And yea, we got a bit wet after all. haha. But it's definitely more anticipating and more fun to be in the wet zone area. Maybe next time i'll go all out to the soak zone, haha!

And omg, spent lotsa money. But of cos, feels good to have the ability to buy what i want. On my own. I'm not a rich kid, i dun have rich parents too, but, i feel just right, doing things i like, enough for what i need. That's all. Got new cap from Candylicious, and a USS polo. Yea! And popcorns!!! HAHAHA

Update more next time.. got to go rest my whole body. hahaha!

PS: Haven't talked abt my violin kids for a long time.. I'll do it soon. Ciaoz~

August Part 2

I have enjoyed august as much as i have dreaded it too. Last month i said i was looking forward to the coming of Aug. But after august came... it went away too quickly. And of cos, finally the end of aug came and joeltan has to leave for his studies... In between, lotsa exciting times. And to speak the truth, I think i've never been so busy my whole life, compared to the last 2 months.

There were 2 farewells with joeltan. First one was.. not that emo... cos the gathering time was quite short. But the stay-over was quite fun. How nice if I do not need to work. haha! But well, work is important too. If not next time where got money to visit joel at toronto? Heh. So slept really late. Joel, ekjun and I were really doing very random stuff.. Like they were playing song-guessing game! Like omg. And half the songs i dunno de lah. lol.

And joel cooked supper for us. Although it's just tomyam maggie mee. But it's cooked by joel tan! :D And while eating... we were watching some random stupid youtube video and singing ndp songs. HAHA. I dunno why but it was quite random. Maybe started with us talking abt December Rain? Hmm.. can't rmb. But we were having fun.. until actually dun really feel like sleeping. haha! But next day was quite chui. haha!

The 2nd one was... actually even more fun. It's like a whole of things going on.. And we all hoped the day wouldn't end. More SY and GGG stayed... It's like totally epic. Hmm... Hard to recall, it's just talking, playing, eating and drinking all night long.. until some were totally gone. (actually i think only joel and alfred are gone) HAHA.

Yup everything ended when all were gone to sleep. I didn't prepare to sleep there, wanted to come home and sleep on my bed instead. Thanks ekky for sending us back. haha! :D

And yet there were concerts again... as i mentioned in previous post.. 1 SCO and 1 Fried Rice Paradise. :))) SCO concert was awesome. Although we were late. -.- stood outside with many others for the first song. hais. Er ok nothing much for the concert. Went for our last supper with joel then. hahaha.

Fried Rice Paradise was love. My emotions could be greater for it if not for the departure of the dearest joeltan. haha. But still, the musical was great, and their vocals were great. I still super love Sebastian Tan. HAHA. He's really good. english also good, chinese also good (he sang quite a no. of TV series theme songs and If There's Seasons for the first run). And i totally love his father's (Darius Tan) expression in words. Damn funny. 'Neh mind, neh mind', 'wah wah', 'hwa hwa'. His pronounciation of some words are hilarious. 'More-deng-nis-za-sion'. lol. Looking forward to Cinderel-LAH! both of them are acting in it. Sebastian as Prince Char Mee, and Darius Tan as one of the step-sister. haha. Can't wait! :D

Oh Taufik was not bad too.. could see they very wanted to make use of his vocals. Haha. Had a lot of chances for solo singing. Good for his first attempt on such stage. Much better than someone else on the other stage. Oops. =X

Bye Joel Tan

Actually I don't really know why am I so affected. But i'm just VERY affected. And still affected. The fact is that it's hard not to think of all the times we have gone through tgt in SY for the past 5 years.

I rmb I mentioned twice (or thrice) that I will not be joining SY the following year. Was becos of studies and work and what-not. But I didn't afterall. Cos i was lucky that my studies didn't make my practices impossible. And I knew that I really couldn't bear to leave after all. But now come to think of it, if i had left 2 years ago. I won't be so sad now cos there would be so lesser good memories with joel and the group.

[edit] It was just 1 day after the departure that i typed the previous paragraphs. I stopped because I couldn't control my emotions while typing and i was still feeling very sad. now it's 3 days after the departure [/edit]

I meant that seriously. But i'm at the same time happy that he's embarking on his learning journey. It's something i've always wanted to do. i.e. studying abroad. Just not to the extend of not coming back. And i'm really glad his back to studies, and doing something he likes i hope. :) Just that I haven't really gotten used to it.

It was all tears and hugs at the airport.. Erm. for most of the girls. and junhe. Maybe cos we are the closest. I totally cannot control although i super wanted to. So as to be him depart with better feelings. but fail lah. Then that night and following day(s) was quite emo, and not me only. All the rest as well. Tsk tsk tsk. We love him too much.

But the age of technology makes everything so much easier. Because we skype-ed with JoelTan ytd! :D I think we were ALL excited to talk to him. :)

And so many changed their fb dp to the photo we each took with joeltan. It was cool. And still is. :)

Ok. We got to get on with life and well cherish each other asswais. :D

Hope we get to go there and visit together in time to come.

For July

What eventful weekends i have had in July (and busy weekdays too). So i have to wait till almost end of July to update... Cos i was really busy dao.... The weather was crazy. i was crazily busy too...

First weekend:
1. Picnic + Fly kite with COgang.
Was a super rainy sat morning... But we still went on with our plan to Marina Barrage with some food and got to sit under the shelter to eat. And even under the shelter, we got rain washed over us sometimes. But we still got to fly the kite after that! Quite lucky though the grass is all wet. hohoh. Not much sun and wind at first. So a bit hard to fly the kite but we did it anyhows.

Then just as we stopped, the sun came out. Super hot sun. The weather is crazy. So 3 girls decided to stay under the shelter while jan, sushi, dj, via and i came out to fly kite. But anyway it's been long since we last met so early in the morning for a gathering like that. Ever since we grad from sac? hahaha. It's a good outing like that with them still :) (and i got a little sun burnt after that). haha!

We ended the day ard 2+.. for me to go for my teaching lesson. And some decided to go for some movie.

2. Movie
After that long day... I went for Eclipse with the Asswais. Some crazy ppl watched 2 movies on that day - Toy Story 3 and Eclipse. I was only available for 1. So yea. I met them after my lesson. Wanted to dine at Astons but ended up at Jap food cos not enough time. Movie was all right... Not that exciting. A bit gross at the fighting part. Other than that... More or less to the story? I'm looking forward to Breaking Dawn more. More interesting storyline. :)

Then ekky send us back to the east! Although it was a really long walk to his car. tsk. haha! And yup that's all for saturday.

3. Race Against Cancer
That was the activity for sunday. 5km fun run. Glad that we only did 5km. haha! too long nv train. Stamina is like. LOW. sianed. And my shoes are not really fitting... So my feet got very painful halfway thru... And then worst. Got stitches. like wth. So Anyway after that i bth and went back home to change shoe plus take dslr before going back to meet the rest at mac.

Then i couldn't rmb what happened for the rest of the day seriously. HAHA

Yup. End of first weekend.

Second weekend:
1. F.I.R Concert
Was quite a surprise gift from SCO. I think cos of their collaboration with 光明山. that's why there's free tix. Well, our seats can't be compared to those sco staff. And i can only say. 'Better than nothing'. haha. First time the asswais are going for something like this... And then, there were a few who knows NOTHING abt F.I.R and their songs. lol. Like our dearest dr.cheow and tanmeijou. So they were more entertained by iPhones than the singers themselves. Then a few of them fell asleep at the front. Which i agree was quite dry. But not that bad lah.

Anyway towards the end we got damn high and start jumping ard and finally joeltan got some songs he knows! like 2 or 3 of them? lol. So overall it was good! Free one leh. HAHA :D

2. Nothing else except for work and violin lessons.

Got to work for the weekend = coming to office 7/7. wah i tell u it's kinda madness. I worked (come to office for 12 days straight. So for the sat and sun. It was work then teach, work then teach. Just that one day was at clementi, the other at yishun.

One of the most tiring weekend ever.

Third weekend:
1. Music Exchange
Quite fun. Quite tiring too. Lotsa friends. Lotsa laughter throughout. Spent most of the day with vontay. HAHA. Ok lah.. after that with the asswais too. Mini-asswai gathering somehow. haha! Anyhows, quite fun to be meeting some friends whom i haven't seen for a long time. both MCO and Changkat. Esp. the cc ppl. LOL. And being called some 叛徒 for a day. :( Reason is clear, but dun say here lah. The whole thing was quite funny. And i felt so stress cos he was sitting diagonally behind me during our item. Cos i didn't really talk to him, and he didn't really chatted with me too... I felt quite bad actually. Aiya. Whatever lah. =X Why am i involved in this kind of rubbish politics of ppl. rah!

Anyway i happy cos of some things though. haha! Shan't say what is it. I know can liao. lol! Maybe some will know, maybe not. But also... erm. nothing liao lah.

The exchange itself was not bad. Although i wasn't really listening after some time. LOL. Take photo photo and more photos.

2. Movie
Went to watch Nodame Cantabile - Finale with the Asswais after the exchange. Hmm.. Not bad but not as much cute animations compared to first part. More laughter for 1st part. But still quite funny. And after all it's with the asswais. Anything can be good enough. HAHA. :D

3. Work
And back to work on sunday again. And to teach cos i canceled the lesson the day before. Still, a much too tiring day for me to handle. haha.

Fourth weekend: (one of the most fun one)
1. Universal Studio Singapore
Yeap. First visit to USS. And with my family. :D Family day for da-jie coy. So we all went. The funniest thing of all was the start of the day where the 3 of us couldn't wake up in the morning. So much so for setting the time to get out of the house, i woke up at the exact time we had to leave. And i was the one who woke the 2 of them up. LOL. So we had to rush for time cos dad and mum were already at the mrt station waiting for us. How cool.

So ya.. played and eat in USS. Went to gollilocks for lunch (fyi they sell fried chicken, not porridge) and it's not bad at all. But my dad prefers KFC. haha! Took quite some photos there... and the mascots are really good. :) Managed to get most that we wanted: Madagascar (only managed to get alex cos the session ending), Shrek & Fiona, Puss in boots, Frankenstein and Kungfu Panda. Damn cute. We were quite lucky for most of it... The cat is like damn cute. And well... vain. HAHA! And we specially waited for Kungfu panda. Saw him when we just reached and halfway through but he was going back to rest already.. so we ermm... ask the other escorts where will he be appearing and abt what time. And yeah! We waited there for him to come out. So we were like one of the first few. :D

For rides... didn't really get to take a lot. Went for more shows instead. Or rather, i think we only took the Mummy ride? Which was really good. Wanted to go to the Jurassic ride, but they having technical fault. :( And the roller-coaster is closed still. So no luck. Omg, i want to go back and play when everything is up! I hope it will be soon. So yup, went to the 4D Shrek show, movie special effects showcase, the waterworld show.


Yea, I was a happy when i came out of USS cos i got a puss in boots mug and a gingy cushion for workplace!! :D


2. Veron's bday
It was kinda last min decision to go.. cos it was after USS and i was quite drained already. Anyhows, met joeltan and tayzhiwen to go tgt. Yup.. had a good time playing Angry birds on jingwen's iPad. So big and clear. haha! Most of them left quite early. I felt kinda bad so i stayed for a while more.. which in the end i left like what 1plus am? Erm. I can't rmb. haha. And luckily i managed to get a cab outside the chalet. if not i have to walk the dark path all the way out to the main street.

3. The Line Buffet
If u still do not know what is The Line, maybe u are still not to the age to enjoy yet. haha! It's buffet by Shangri La Hotel. One of the highest recommended int'l buffet in sg. I went with my 2 buddies on sunday for lunch. It's damn good i tell u, just by eating the seafood, it's enough to return the money you paid for the whole meal. Oh and sashimi. it's like... heaven! It can convince ppl who doesn't believe in sashimi to eat it and say it's nice. Didn't eat some of the variety there cos really too much. Dessert was calling us. So tempting and most of them are really nice! Ah... the meal lasted me throughout the whole day. hahaha! I wasted my packed dinner provided by sy for the concert. didn't eat at all. And no Koi too. lol!

4. SYCO concert
Rehearsal at 3.30pm and concert at 8pm on the sunday. As much as we thought it might be a disaster, it turned out quite well. But the big thing for the day was... I actually forgot to bring my scores out. -.- So smart. And that was becos i was practising the songs in the morning before i went out for the buffet haha! And i only realised that when i reached SCH. Was kinda early and wanted to prac first. it was then i opened my bag and realised my scores weren't inside. And best, my partner and i are using my scores for the concert. How great. I had to call home to ask them to bring it to me.. So during the rehearsal it was quite disastrous, esp. for the erhu song. haha!

But anyhows, I think we did quite well for the concert. And i'm proud of us! :D So much for all the scoldings we had. If only everyone could do better earlier the next time. It was really better than what we expected. And mr quek was super funny during the concert. Esp. the erhu song i think. damn relieved. hahaha.

And then.... We face friends performing for the last time in syco. Well... I must say i will really miss them in the co. esp. joeltanmeijou. As much as we dun want him to leave, i think if that's what is better for him, I wish him all well. (well, he is going afterall). Ah... Time has really passed so fast. At the point i'm typing this... there's only 20 days left for him in sg. :(

Worst, there are 5 weekends for July!!!
Fifth Weekend:
1. Make-up lessons for the kids
After all the busy weeks... i had to change quite a few violin lessons to accommodate. :( And so instead of enjoying days i do not have to teach due to the music school holidays, I had to go back to teach them. Ok. blame on myself lah. :(

2. Support Xunqi at RACO concert
It was really a cool thing to see your friend as the conductor at a concert. And can see how much effort he has put in to make this concert a success. The concert may not be fantastic, but it shows the effort of all these alumnis who are perhaps very busy ppl, best example is xunqi himself. And the passion they had for the school and CO to make them go back and make this concert a success. Not easy.

A surprise to see emily and yingying there too! We were like damn high there. haha! They are there with their sn friends i think. And saw khai phang too... quite a good friend of xunqi i think. haha! Haven't seen my pri school friends for such a long time. 

When would nyco have the same kind of chance to do this? haha. i dunno. Not so soon i guess.

3. Relax
Finally I got to relax on the sunday cos it's August already!!! I heart. And now... i'm going to sleep and update on august stuff soon. Hee!

PS: I think this entry kinda fits almost half of the labels i have. hahaha!

Asswai Chalet - June 2010

Wah. My post is really going to be so outdated. haha!!! It's abt SYCO chalet! hahahaha. Yes. That outdated. =P

Anyway, due to some miscalculations, actually i was only at the chalet for less than 24h and missed out the funniest time of all. :( Anyhows, still enjoyed the whole time there. With ppl i like. :D And this is the super disadvantage of working life... so enjoy while u are still a student. It's much, much, much more fun. But anyway i still had my bit of fun with the ppl there lah. Any time spent with them would be filled with fun and laughter. Anyone would have agreed. :)

So ya, on the first day i was already terribly late for the chalet. haha! Went home after work to get the barangs cos i dun want to bring them to work... Then after dinner i decided to wait for jon tan and joyce... Ok in the end they were the ones waiting for me at the pasir ris mrt station. haha! Then we took our own sweet time to take bus and then walk in from downtown east which is 15min or near. Haha. so by the time we reached the chalet.. it's kinda 9/9.30pm? lol. So they asked why am I so late. And the answer is so simple: because i'm from SYCO! HAHA! So true. true blue syco person. Haha!

Many were there already lah... and some leaving soon. Like what? I just reached leh! haha. But in the end still got to play some games with those who stayed till late or didn't go home. :) Some ice-breaker, actually the kids are doing not bad already, considering they are the first years while the rest of us are already there for so long and so familiar with each other. And of the ppl there, i'm the ONLY 2nd batch who stayed on throughout. can't believe it.

Like all the chalets i've been to, nv got the chance to reserve a place for myself on the bed for the night. So ruijun joeltan and i ended up sleeping on the floor and it's like damn cold. Some others didn't get to sleep as well despite having 4 rooms!! wah! They should give us some mattress as well.

We finally got to sleep while some of them went out for their breakfast/lunch and then get food back for us. Went for cycling in the afternoon, double-biked with joeltan. First time trying. Quite fun. but that joeltan cycle so fast! Anyway it started to rain so we didn't cycle for very long. And joeltan got his jacket dirty, i seriously didn't know that i helped him got it so long ago!! hahaha.

Too bad I couldn't stay for 2nd night. Can't witness joeltan's infamous acts. And the last of his acts in Sg too. :( Joeltan i will seriously miss u like mad. Pls save enough money for us to go there and find u! I'd be very happy! Or go and find/set up a CO there and ask syco to there for exchange. I'm sure we will all be VERY glad to go! :D

I'm really gonna miss every single one in SYCO if i got to leave it. (erm.. maybe not all. HAHA) Just like i said in my fb status that day, "One thing we got to learn to do with stride is letting go. I still can't do it well yet". And that's perhaps the reason why i'm still holding on to it. So many things i couldn't let go, or rather, couldn't bear to let go. I'm still learning. I'm sure i will be able to do it. Haha enough for the emo part. Heh.

Eh. I really lazy to upload the photos here. Help urself at my fb ok? hahaha.

12062010 :)

Aiyo... June is over already... :( It's kinda my fav month for these few years. Not just becos it's my bday month. In fact, i'm not really doing anything great for my bday. Just simple meet-ups with friends most of the time. The usual 2 grps of ppl now. COgang and Royal Family. However, just so happened that for these 2 years, i get to see the sy ppl on my bday! Which is a happy happy thing! :D

Hmm.. On my bday itself, I got to teach the little kid at west coast plaza before enjoying my day. So after the lesson, went down to MBS Hotel to meet my family for the Buffet. It was a sudden suggestion by myself cos my sis and I were cracking our heads as to where to eat before the weekend came. Service was really good. Food is good. Desserts are the best. I was full till night time. No joke abt that. haha! But we were too busy wanting to try everything, no time for pictures. Thank u. haha. And it was really what I call quality time. Although I very much ended my day with them after the lunch and went on to meet the asswais before the concert.

Coincidentally, for 2 years, SCO have to have a concert right on my birthday. Last year it was quite a surprise visit to the concert - The Jazz Concert. Cos i wasn't intending to go at first. But we were offered free tickets for the friday's concert (which falls on my bday itself). So eventually I went. Then this year, since I reckon that I wun be doing much on my bday as well, I might as well go for the concert cos I know it's going to be an awesome one. :) It's the 吹拉弹打 concert. And much much to my surprise, met my 2 nyco girls. So high to see them! haha. Then went to chill with them and bear and tzw after the concert. Sorry to ps the sy ppl but i really haven't seen them for a long time! =P And mr. bearbear lau very kindly send us home! :D

The concert was good anyway. Very awesome performances by the soloists!! SCO haven't had ZR solo for such a long time I can't even rmb when was the last one. Zhang is really good. Song is nice too. :) Percussion concerto was damn cool, Shen had to play whatever percussion instru written in the piece all by himself. Like WOW! ALL u know. The 2 most memoriable pieces.

Well. Anyway I thank the sy ppl for buying me a small cake. (for me to eat only). And making me wait so long for them past our meeting time. (it's a sy thing after all. haha) And singing bday song for me in the public. And had a great time with them. Thanks my dear friends. :)) I'm a happy girl on my bday. haha!

Exciting June Part 2

Then comes the annual SYCO concert. This year no outing was planned before the the concert. Which was a bit boring, and i feel this year is quite neglected by everyone. Including our umbrella. cos we weren't even given dinner. And so i didn't have dinner... cos of a lot of reason. But nvm. U still know there's fun once everyone is there. like instantly. :)

First we have this toilet party where so many were stuck in the toilet putting on make up, with rachel and zixin esp. long with their eyeliners. lol. It's quite funny lah. Until it was like time to go out to meet via to pass her the tix. Saw the cc ppl as well. mel haven't reach by the time i had to go in. Dad and mum too. tsk tsk. Anyway, 2 guys put jj's aeroplane so i didn't get to see them. hais.

Okay, to the concert. I thought it was really quite good. Given the kind of stuff we were producing on our last week's rehearsals. haha! And i admit i did play a few places wrongly. =X I think i was too focused in i dunno what. And i have to say that just talking abt the SYCO songs, this year's songs are one of the nicest we have performed so far, though there were many songs we loved as well. And as usual, the combine song for SY and the teachers is really good! I love that song since last year, the first few times i listen to its recording. Too happy to believe that we will be playing this piece when i saw it was still pending for approval from MD last year. I was secretly praying that he will approve it. Haha! And he did! Overjoyed! :D

Then was crazy photo taking session during the concert break. And after that actually cos we are free till the combine song. Haha. And dunno why some ppl are nowhere to be found. lol.

Cool. I like. :)

Then after concert. Finally got to see my parents and the 2 friends. My mum actually went to the autograph session, to tell mr quek that she's my mother again. HAHA! My mother that is. -.- So anyways we didn't had time to go up for the autograph cos the chats and photo-taking downstairs is taking up too much time seriously. By the time i want to go up, they were all down already. Chey! Still took a photo with jj in the end lah. Junior leh. haha!

RAH! but i think same as last year, no recordings for us!! as in no vcd or dvd given to us anymore. BOO! Because of someone we all know who. yucks. 

Then our usual routine to LPS. lol. The ny ppl came too. Had a great time lah. Them and their craps. like wth. We had so many ppl, there were so many grps. cc ppl were there with jj as well. Eat eat eat and laugh laugh laugh lah. and doing stupid stuff. Then drag drag drag to get off that place. Wanted to come home but in the end went to daryl's house with the rest. Didn't do much, just talk. Talked abt quite a lot of stuff, which are quite random sometimes. haha. But good time with the sy ppl lah.

In the end came back in the morning with junan and shenglong. Coincidentally, my er-jie just returned as well! It was like 5.30am at least? lol! And luckily i was only meeting the beloveds in the afternoon. which i was still late! lol. Okay, continue next entry. Got to sleep. i got outbreak these few days! damn irritating.

Exciting June Part 1

I realised i haven't blogged from start of the month till now! Everyday of june is like packed with all the things in my life. haha! Like seriously! How can my life be so filled with things one moment and so empty the other? lol!

First week of June is like that time we always look forward to. :) Although it's like intensive rehearsal for sy annual concert. Everyone is easily tired and could be the most stressful period for some. We nv missed out the fun we should have. :D For the Nth year, we have been going on with our colour week! It's love i tell u. So this year we had: 

red on monday

green for tuesday

blue for wednesday

orange/yellow for thursday

and black (sy shirt) for friday!! :)

PS: the new blogger format quite difficult to use though more convenient. TSK.  

Ok.. Blog until here first. More text and photos the next time. :)

Call in on air!! :D

Shall blog while memory is still fresh. Like WOW! I called in to jiafa's programme again! 2nd time! LOL! Somemore he was only covering for peifen this week. :D I rmb i called in once when he was the host for night programme. So i went to check and TADA! Click here to see the post. :) I rmb it was like the last 1 or 2 weeks before they change shift again.

And again! Ytd night i was just trying my luck... Lying on my bed, with specs off already. After a few 'Number Busy's and 'Network Busy', i suddenly saw 'Call 1'! I was so shocked! HOHOHO. So faster listen lah... he haven't pick up yet.. so i was praying that he would pick it up and YEAH! He did! lol. I super happy lah! hahah. He asked me to hang on a while cos it was still at the commercial period. I wanted to tell the rest.. but not enough time sia.. hahaha! And i was at a loss. i went to kitchen to on the radio first so i can speak louder. haha!

The call went on air and chatted for quite a while. Haha.. He asked if i'm still a student first. Haha! And if i always listen until so late. Actually before i started working, by the time i listen to the radio at night, it's always after the shifts. But also same as listen until very late right. haha. Then talked abt my work nature and workplace. Then he ask me '做得开心吗?' I said all right... 不错, then he say 也不能说不好对吗？等一下别人听到。Exactly. Haha!

Anyway i dedicated the song to asswai ppl, to let us all work towards concert this sat and it will go all well! :) Then he asked what instru i played. I wanted to say erhu but i playing gh in asswai leh. So i say gh lah. Then he dunno what is gh. lol. so funny lah.. I was trying to explain lor. 他和二胡长得差不多，声音比较高，但身高没有比较高。Haha! I feel like slapping myself. lol. So he asked abt asswai also... like how long we prepared and is it very tough. blah blah blah.

So it ended with him saying, '如果你也跟宛颖一样，这个星期六有表演，那祝你们演出成功。' Erm. Something like that. I think i was too happy i can't really rmb all. hahahahaha. U all try these few days lah. Let's own it.

PS: it took me 3 repeats of my name to get him say it right. But at least he said it right at the end. :)))

PSS: I was hoping that he will play the JJ song after the dedication but the song that was right after the dedication was 蔡淳佳's 等一个晴天, then after that was JJ's 会有那么一天. :)