R e w a r d e d ! ! !

1. The last batch of NYHO got a SILVER for yesterday's SYF! *applause* Good job guys! All the hard work and effort really paid off!

2. I received a letter. A letter. I'm going to study communcation studies at NTU! Wooohoooo!!! I couldn't believe it when I knew... Ecstatic! More of that later!

I'm going to go to Sunset Bay with Fukang today, so hope it'll be a lot of fun! Be back to update more on tonnes of stuff later. Live for the moment!

Lindsay Lohan! The new teen queen and you better believe it. Having done a few movies, she now releases her debut album 'Speak'. After the awesome first single 'Rumours' (with dance moves in the vid that makes me go woah!) comes 'Over'. Pop rock at its best I tell ya! Her next single is likely to be 'First'. Watch this space for more!

Last Parade

This'll be my last parade to represent yet the end of another book out (I'm looking forward to the next one already which is a LONG ONE, silly me). 0229!

I've done some things this week that made me real proud of myself. Running 7 km. Going through the interview and the written test (although I'm going to flunk the 10 MCQs on current affairs) for admission to NTU SCI. I really hope I get in, because there's nothing else I can see myself doing. Ooh, also, the EOD people have left 39 SCE to go back to 36. I had a hell lot of fun with them, especially Shao Hao. I'll miss them a lot. Sigh. Life's going to be different in camp.

This weekend has been fruitful because of that interview. I also attended the last practice of harmonica yesterday. I can't even begin to explain how I feel. For every beginning there's an end. And that happened yesterday. I didn't get to hear anything startlingly good from them, because apparently they were busy with other things and the mood was just not there. I didn't leave in a tremendously... "glamarous" way but well time was against me.

From the beginning to the end

Two years on, about there

Suffered from it all

Yet learnt even more

Music's what I enjoy

Harmonica's my toy

The chance to lead

The chance to experience

The opportunity of a lifetime

5 weeks

5 book-outs

5 Saturdays

The goal seems so clear

Even the most exciting Game must come to an end

Because no matter how strong the bond might be

There is never enough "fate" to hold it together

The satisfaction that could've last a lifetime

As I walked out from college

As I walked past the gates

As I took the bus

As I tried to keep my emotions in check

For the last time

One dream

One desire

One goal

All hearts on fire

This Friday...

My NYJC class, 03S10A. A class I'm proud to be in. Academically skilled and cool all the way... amazing stuff. When I booked in last week I brought along the small book where we'd write about each other. It was really meaningful and reading through each entry, I could hear the individual voices talking to me in my head. I know that sounds kind of insane, but if any of you guys are reading this, go back and read that small book... you'll know what I mean. Sometimes I wish we could have a class gathering but things won't be the same again. But if we don't try, we won't know. Maybe sometime in the near future...

Now, people ask me why is she my inspiration. Why do I have an idol, when previously I always thought people who are insane about singers or actors are just immature? The reason is simple... she embodies the characteristics of a great person.

Hard work. Stop giggling. Performing 100 nights a year, in front of thousands of people each time is no mean feat. Practising her dance moves and rehearsing everytime she's on a different stage as well as having to travel is no easy task.

Her music. During my 7 km run, I couldn't even finish singing half of the singles she's released during her 6+ years in the music industry. I think singing her songs could last me my AHM: 21km. I forget my exhaustion, my panting, my aching feet...

Her attitude to life. Full of zest. She just can't stay still. She makes things happen.

Her insecurities. People think she's some diva, demanding and full of herself. But she isn't. She even gets nervous before going on a kid's show. She has to do this thing where she gets into character, make herself feel the star and just do it. That's how I went for my interview. I can relate to what she does. That's why I have respect for her as well.

They call Britney Spears a star, but she's more like the moon, mysterious, erotic, luminous, a symbol of love, and, as Shakespeare said, inconstant. Waxing and waning, continually becoming the old and then the new, sometimes barely visible, at other times a huge, unavoidable presence. And maybe also with a dark side.
- The Cereal Killers

During last year's finale of the super glamorous biannual Synergy concert. That's me, my VP Pei Huan and P & VP of Gu Zhen. We rock!!! It was one of the most unforgettable events in my stay at NYJC! Signing off for this week, and I'll be updating like crazy when I come back again. Take care, stay safe, ROCK ON! 0184!

XH's present from HO, sitting innocently on a sofa at SL! I think it's quite cute.

Packed - S c h e d u l e

FRIDAY

When I booked out relatively early on Friday, I came back home and changed and took I shower before going out to meet Si Hua at 2030. It was insane as both of us were early and we were bloody happy to see each other as well. We had a deep chat about lots of stuff and went walking around Sun Plaza. I went to return a library book as well as went to take a look at VCDs, facial cleansers and magazines, but I didn't buy anything! We then went to Mcdonalds to have a meal. It was just for fun actually. Sitting there to talk was great, because the place was familiar and all that. The atmosphere was right for a talk between a 2 fantastic friends! :P Anyway, I think I saw Angeline and her boyfriend walk past. I think.

SATURDAY

On Saturday morning, I went to NY. This time the practice was in the Student's Lounge and well, the sound was rather different as well. The instructor came and I really learnt a lot just sitting there and watching him conduct. I really hope that my juniors do well in the upcoming SYF. They've reached a stage where they need to find the magic in the music and they've gone beyond what I can teach them, so basically I'm just there to guide when needed and to have fun with them as well.

Went out at about 1110 to buy the fruit cake for Xing Hui's birthday. Had to go all the way to Serangoon Central (which I discovered was near because I have become used to walking in NS) and got the cake. It looked fab really. After that when I returned, they continued their practice while Wai Kit passed the cake to me from the outside to hide it. Anyway, they forgot the lighter and in the end Ho Kong ran out to buy one because we didn't manage to borrow one.

Celebrated XH's birthday and it was quite fun. Haha, it's really been a long time since I've actually celebrated someone's birthday with a nice cake, card and present. It was really cool.

SUNDAY

Woke up rather early in the morning and met JY at the bus stop outside his house! And he was late again. We had breakfast at the McDonalds at the Serangoon Central. It was nice to just sit down and have a chat about everything under the sun. We then went to the CC and watched a bit of Lion Dance and then went into the hall where I was surprised (when in fact I've already heard that) the HO people were participating in the SMS game. Then we went off to play photo hunt. The highest we got to was about Lvl 13 I think!

After that the guys carried the instruments and stuff in and then they went to change. I went with them as an assistant. Quite weird. Anyway, they had quite cool ties and their costume was all black. Not bad, it looked classy. When we came down from the 5th floor toilet it was quite late already and then there was a bit of drama and confusion.

Anyway, the performance was not bad. I didn't hear anything going out of tune, or increase in tempo or anything like that. They were still a tad solemn while performing, but music-wise it was not bad. I took a few photos here and there with my lousy camera (which I am so GOING TO MURDER). They packed everything up and we went to bring all the equipment to James' house. Sat there and watched James and his reverse bungee thingie and a bit of I Not Stupid serial, which was hilarious and nice.

Left and the few of us took the train to Somerset. We played weird games again like Fuzzy Wuzzy, This Is A Game Of Recall (which I finally understood when Wai Kit explained to me) and other stuff. It was quite funny as well. Then we went to the food court to have lunch. As usual the guys and girls ( Wan Ping, Delphine and Hui Juan) split. HK, ZY and me at one table. Hmm, had quite an entertaining chat with them about harmonica (the times last year... how I'd get to know them, put them through interviews etc.) and how their posts were chosen as well as choosing interesting combinations of fruit juices. Also shared ice kacang with WK. Now I'm so full I think I can skip dinner.

Really had a hell lot of fun with them. I wonder if wishing that it will last is asking for too much...

Dear fans,

The time has finally come to share our wonderful news that we're expecting our first child together. There are reports that I was in the hospital this weekend, Kevin and I just want everyone to know that all is well. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Love Britney & Kevin.

Me... taken by Van the day after our Prom at the Esplanade. Was really tired but didn't regret going for a walk and looking at all the decorations and displays in the Esplanade. Fab!

My first cap this year, personalised as well, which I bought from Far East! It's supposed to be more red than pink but who cares? Love it! Costs 15 bucks and it doesn't stand for Just For You. Be creative. Think a-Britney-song.

Dear Mr Khor Ying Heng

INVITATION TO SIT FOR A TEST AND INTERVIEW AT THE SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION

I am pleased to inform you that you have been shortlisted from a large pool of applicants for consideration to pursue communication studies at the School of Communication and Information.

Because we want to be sure that your aptitude and talent fit with the rigours of our programme, we have arranged for a test and an interview for you.

I Writing Test on 23 April, Sat, 2pm, SCI IS Lab, Lvl 2
II Interview on 23 April, Sat, 4pm ,SCI

Kindly confirm your attendance.

Yours sincerely
Dean, SCI

I'm terribly excited! My goodness! NTU, here I come!!!

Me during NYJC's prom last year!

Performers of our Era - Jay Chou, Britney Spears, Edison Chen!

Harmonica...

I'm so stoned because I've been online since 9 AM and it's like 4:30pm. I've got nothing better to do, that's basically why I'm here. In addition to that, I ain't got much money left, so what better way than to stone at home?

Yesterday I went for harmonica practice again in the morning. It was great fun as usual, but the practices are getting more serious because there isn't much time left till SYF. Anyway, I reached there at about 8:40 which was when they'd usually finish their sectionals and commence on practising together.

There was improvement from last week. Minuet on the whole sounds like a smooth piece already. The problem now is maximising the potential of the piece and bringing out all the minor details. For Blue Tango, it has reached a stage where I can no longer think of how to improve on it. I am not of sufficient expertise to push the piece up to another level. So I guess, it was FANTASTIC, all 3 times I heard it. Well, there was a time when it felt a bit solemn and no one was laughing and all so I had one person from each section to play one line and that was havoc! Some people missed their parts, there was laughing... it was hilarious.

After that we all went to Toa Payoh to have lunch. Wai Kit went to do his braces. We went to the underground foodcourt at the bus interchange. Me and HK ate this BBQ Chicken with fried rice and it was the biggest piece of meat I ever saw. Almost. ZY went to buy 3 pepsi twists for us. WK came back with blue braces...(which looked like green under the yellow light).

Anyway, all of us went to This Fashion to find the clothes that they were going to buy for the performance. The guys ended up outside stoning and talking about this and that. Enjoyed myself quite a lot talking to them. We had ice cream which tasted damn good as the weather was hot and then I went off to meet Mak at JP.

I fell asleep on the train travelling there and felt super groggy. Mak had already bought tickets for The Pacifier at 17:15. Normally, it was a show that I wouldn't watch because it IS a Disney production and I thought I'd grown out of it already. We walked around, looking at CDs and a other movies at TS and Sembawang Music.

We ran down to 7-11 to buy a huge bottle of root beer before rushing to the cinema. The commercials lasted bloody long.

Well, The Pacifier is really not bad. Despite being inconsistent at parts; the pacing of the movie rather irregular and us not knowing what to expect from the movie, it has the most hilarious punchlines. It was something I could relate to. It was about growing up, about kids, about following your dreams and of course, Vin Diesel acting as a military personnel (because I'm serving NS now), all turned out to be something that touched the heart and inspiring and funny all at the same time.

We went to KFC to eat dinner and chatted about NS stuff. After that we took the train to Marsiling where he alighted. On the way, we looked at each other's phone books and discussed the people in there. One of our oldest pasttimes! LOL!

Then I went to Bugis to wait for Vanessa and sent her home after that. While walking home, my contacts were super blur and I had to rip out one of them before continuing my walk home.

Not bad for a Saturday.

The 3 coolest people on Earth !!!

Yesterday!

I went back for Harmonica again and the feeling is simply... indescribible!

Anyway, after practice, I went to have lunch with the lot of them. Ho Kong, Wai Kit, Zheng Yu and I were sitting at one table and the girls at the other. The food was great. I shared curry chicken and another chicken dish with HK. Was bloody full after that. We all trooped back to J8 and they wanted to watch a movie. I actually wanted to go back home to surf the net but gave in after that. The 8 of us, including Hui Juan, Delphine, Xing Hui and this other new junior went to watch House of Fury. We went down to Giordano and had a hilarious time looking at the pink stuff which I think they are going to wear for their SYF!

We went back to the cinema after that. 3/4 during the adverts later, Ho Kong and I decided to go buy drinks! Luckily we made it just in time back for the movie!

House of Fury is a rather impressive film. Very fast paced and 1.5 hours seemed like a 2 hour film. Good stuff. Met Bing Xiang along the way too.

Went to HMV at City Link to take a look at CDs. After that I met Vanessa and we had a great time walking around Suntec. We had dinner at KFC where we shared a 2 piece chicken meal.

Watched another movie which was Miss Congeniality 2! It was really fantastic. The first one was good and the sequel is EVEN BETTER! I'm really impressed and at awe with Sandra Bullock. I think it's one of my favourite movies ever!

Van and I then went to Esplanade and enjoyed the night atmosphere at the roof. We talked about a lot of stuff, especially about music, volleyball and NYJC.

Today I met up with Zhi Wei and we went to for KLunch at AMK! I had a hell lot of fun, it was really amazing. I might start having the habbit of doing this every week! Time to pack up for book in though. Yuck.

26th March

I woke up late on Saturday morning. I reached NYJC at about 8:40 and was actually quite nervous about going back because I didn't have permission but at the same time I was excited to see my HO juniors again. I haven't been to a HO practice since Dec and was just lucky (&SMART,FRIENDLY) enough to say hi to Xing Hui online.

Anyway, I had little trouble finding their new air-conditioned classroom (spoilt!). When I stepped in, they made quite a commotion.

They were still having their sectional practice and I saw that some changes had been made to Blue Tango and they had learnt Minuet. I went around to check on each standard and I think that they played OK.

I had a lot of fun 'targetting' my juniors. There are plenty of new people as well. To be honest (and as usual) if I was given a harmonica to play and demonstrate right there and then, I wouldn't have been able to.

Anyway, the DELIVERY of the pieces was pretty good. It was quite solid for Blue Tango, and minuet was learny rather easily and they had just got their act together. They've begun to bring out more dynamics and mood of the piece and they have achieved realisation that performing a piece well is not just playing the notes perfectly. Impressively, they've got DEPTH, something which was lacking in and I was never able to get my batch to appreciate.

Also, what impressed me was that they are able to comment and judge their own playing. It used to be that only a person with musical background would be qualified to judge (and it took me like 8 years to gain the skill). However, now they've got SLs for each section who are constantly pushing for higher standards and aiming to improve their playing with each practice.

I'm impressed as not only have they been able to learn to appreciate the finer side of music given this short amount of time, they've also managed to learn to work together, accept and give each other opinions and the ability to lead. Delphine, who was always giggly and talkative, now turned serious and critical of Chrom 1's playing after she became SL. The unique sound of octave has been brought out too. As for Wai Kit, he's more outspoken and is firmer and precise and analytical when commenting on their playing.

Attending the practice gave me the opportunity to make music come alive. Also, seeing my juniors develope and learn new skills through the CCA gives me much fulfillment and satisfaction. And it does wonders for my ego! Oops, I can't believe I said that!

They are my pride and joy, they really are.

And she said...

A new update from Britney Spears herself on her website www.britneyspears.com . Media speculation has reached an all time high (the last time was when she was about to get married to Federline a few months ago) about whether she is pregnant or not. They've been photos of her taken every single day just to see if she's having a bulging belly and whether it's due to being pregnant. It's crazy! And Britster has this to say:

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
March 30, 2005
Dear False Tabloids,
As you read this letter, I bet you are asking yourself: Who? Who, me? Am I a false tabloid? Well, I don't know. But after this posting, I hope you are asking yourself a lot of questions. Your employees are a reflection of your magazine. Do you, Us Weekly, In Touch, Star and other desperate magazines want employees who are honest, or those who are liars? It seems to me that you'd prefer the latter. I'm really concerned about the people you hire to work at your companies. I'd like them to ask themselves the question, "What am I lying to myself about?" Is it that you are 50 pounds overweight? Is it that your children aren't making wise decisions? Or is it maybe that your husband or boyfriend is cheating on you? Until you face what is going on in your life, I guess you'll remain a false tabloid.
Britney

And I say: Oh yeah, rock on!

NYHO

Ooh, I've received a morning call! Now, I've got to rush out and go back to school! So exciting! More on it later!