And all i want for X'mas..is you=)

feeling blessed, feeling joyous, feeling happiness like never before this festive X'mas=)

thank you, for being you=).

because you mean the world to me=)

back to basics

so results release was yesterday. everything was quite expected, though some that i thought i had screwed up i did quite okay, while the one i thought i did well didn't exactly get the grade i wanted. but oh well. everything balances out.

so we look forward to next semester. where i should be taking 6 mods. hmm...just checked it out on the timetable builder. it is actually feasible! since the SS mod i'm taking has only one 2hr lecture per week and no tutorials...looks fine to me. with some luck, i'll only have one lesson on tues=)

hopefully, murphy doesn't strike.=P
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so sem 1 is over! with the release of results, we can draw the curtains on the bridging semester where i attempted to ignite my brain after 2 or more years of inactivity. and the cultural shock of university is officially over too. gotten used to school all over again, gotten used to studying, gotten used to having cca activity, gotten used to... everything=)

therefore i think everything will just get better.

full steam ahead.

think will be busy next sem...6 modules, with the planning for emerge concert, with the practising for the concert itself. and of course, most importantly, spending time with my dear=) it all boils down to time management, and i'm sure everything will work out. it will=)
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was listening to 方炯镔's newest album last night. an album solely dedicated to singing other singers' popular songs, and honestly speaking, his rendition arguably surpassed all the predecessors. the first time in a long while in which i thought ALL the songs in anyone's album were worth listening to. listened to it repeatedly, and the 'touching' feel still remains. impressive. i felt so at peace listening to it last night that i fell asleep listening to it.=P just very impressive vocals, no unnecessary techniques, simple acoustic accompaniment.

very touching=). singing, back to basics.

i respect such singers, because they don't command as much media attention as the so called bigwig idol singers, but they certainly sing much better than the show luos, fahrenheits, jolins. yet they continue to put in effort to express the sort of music they love, to bring this music to their audiences. it doesn't matter if you don't look real good on stage, if you can't dance, just possess the purest voice to touch hearts. that's all that's required of a good singer.

and that's what i aim to do.


猜心---方炯镔

这样的夜
热闹的街
问你想到了谁紧紧锁眉
我的喜悲 随你而飞
擦了又湿的泪与谁相对...

originally by 张宇. but this singer makes it sound tons better =p.
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fri, sat and sun are all special days. hope you'll enjoy them as much as i think i will.=)

vivace!

went for vivace at st james today. it was not bad, really. quite well done. the song rundown was smooth, the singing was not bad and the ending was excellent=D. really a case of, so-high-that-we-didn't-care-about-the-singing-anyway kind of ending.

the last 3 songs were done with alot of energy, it was as though the performers were willing the audience to stand up and dance with them. but singaporeans being singaporeans(myself included), have this weird penchant to just stare stoically even though singers/performers are trying their best to make us high.

A for effort though=P

the new singers were not bad, except for the occasional off-key and forgetting of lyrics, which can probably be attributed to nerves. and khim and zhiyang were good as usual. overall, a rather good concert=). if emerge can be done like that, i would consider it a success actually=P

and, so weird, although there were many girls wearing 'interesting' clothes(really quite interesting=P) and all wearing makeup, i didn't really look at them. i was more inclined to look at this rather charismatic and shuai guy on stage=P. oops. but no kidding. my first impression was,' wow.he can be an artiste already'. just that he has the ability to capture attention.

impressive. when can i learn that skill?=P

Disclaimer: the last time i checked, i was still straight.=D

it's a sad, long journey to take alone..even just for a day..

reached home at an unholy timing after voices meeting in school yesterday. a 14 hour meeting. omg. mentally draining=P. had to decide 27 songs for emerge next year and more importantly, who to sing what, taking into consideration all the preferred song genres, the suitable genres that the vocalist can sing, suitable pairings, suitable vocal range, whether the vocalist can dance, act sexy...etc etc.

so many considerations, so many possible combinations, some of which may be potential screw-ups during emerge.

i think the voices peeps, if anyone is reading this, have to really thank joel and marcus. for the pure effort and hard work put in. and the faith they have in the vocalists. hopefully they can really pull it off, else it'll be a waste of effort discussing endlessly yesterday.

i think i'm like the bad guy in there, with jim. in order not to compromise standards, i would rather axe people, then to find them a song for the sake of giving them a bit part in the concert. maybe i'm just more hard-hearted than joel, yanjia and winnie.=P

but hopefully, just hopefully, the decisions we made are correct and everything works out =P. else...joel's gonna have a major headache in the buildup to the concert =X.

and i'm happy with my part=D. very happy. one song, no more, no less. i don't think i would be able to cope with 2 or more anyway. perfect=)

and it's day 2 of cycle 2 this week. a necessary evil, but very torturous. voices distracted me yesterday, but what to do today? i predict, my mood will just keep going downhill today.

murphy strikes back...

after deliberating for so many days on where to go on tues, eventually i went for voices meeting in school. for the past few days,i have been thinking which one to go for: voices, sentosa with the oweek peeps and iras outing.

in the end fate decided for me. how ironic eh, when you spend quite some time fretting over which one to go, murphy strikes and it's decided by the forces above =P

to my dear: it's okay. we can have all the time to spend when you get well okays?=) remember the christmas period? =) and cycling, we can do that anyday too =)

get well soon, dear...

coz baby i wrote this, i wrote this, for you...

humming a love song...

哼情歌-徐佳莹

在无关紧要的场合 都会想起这首歌
是因为 你曾经哼唱着
再平淡无奇的眼神 都会想起你呢
是因为 我曾被你凝望着

我只好夜夜哼情歌 是因为她拥着你了
不想往事因为你们背影而毫无气色了
是不是还爱着你呢 所以我心还在跳动着

还有什么舍不得 也只能哼情歌

was shuffling my music player in pure boredom today and was reminded of this song. the lyrics is only 2 paragraphs long, but... for some strange reason, i felt so touched. the title of the song literally means humming a love song, and the composer says this song was written based on a tune that her ex used to hum. the lyrics were short and simple, but the part that caught me was a part of the song that the singer hummed the tune instead of singing any lyrics.

so melancholic, so despairing, so...

sad.

sometimes, tunes by itself carry so much emotion, that having lyrics just seems surplus. this is a good example...

are you a liar gamer?

the last few days passed by soo quickly, didn't really have time to blog about it =P. apart from spending time with my dear, have also been going back to school for voices meetings/auditions and some courses. and watching liar game=D. which i'm currently addicted to=P.

it's actually quite fun to sit in for auditions, because you can see how people sing under stress. okay maybe not alot of stress, but auditioning/singing in front of a crowd is always stressful. and the ideas they have for the performance are quite interesting too=P. next up will be choosing songs for the actual performance, which i'm sure will be a slow and painful process =X. maybe one/two days of meetings before everything is decided?

for there to be a good show, there must first be meticulous planning eh? think that's quite true.

watched one episode of liar game and got hooked=P. but the purpose behind the game is true, isn't it? humans can be conniving and deceitful when they want to. to lie, to hide oneself's true nature to win/earn something. only, in liar game, the consequences of losing is too great and players find themselves having almost no choice but to resort to lies and betrayal to avoid running up debts. currently watching season 2=D. probably go on to other manga when i'm done.=D

looking forward to christmas, or rather, the christmas period=) but before that, we all have to get through Judgement Day =X. THE judgement day. but nvm. will think about it in 10 days time. of which the next 6 days, i think, will seem long and dreary. i wonder...