Hey everybody :D

Thanks for the many many birthday wishes, I seriously didn't expect them cause its in the middle of CTs and all, so.... A BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE! =DDDDD

Yes I'm back from Ahschoir concert!




being 17 makes me sound SO MUCH older. Now I can totally imagine that scene in "sound of music" where Liesl would prance around (okay is there a gentler word?!) in the rain singing the lines:

"I am sixteen, going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive"


There you go! I've watched that movie 5 or 6 times, but I'll NEVER get bored of this part. Sadly, I couldn't find the original clip so there's only the music here ): Nonetheless, LISTEN TO IT!!! =DDD

Besides, Liesl's voice makes me happy!





The morning started as a pretty normal one, but now I can't say 30th June 09 is an ordinary day anymore, cause I've went on stage to sing with AHSchoir once again and it felt good. Though it wasn't your best performance, I'm sure we still won't forget that moment!

Just that stage pass to esplande is enough to make me feel... feel like I've accomplished something great.

I'd like to thank piying for exchanging gowns with me, that was greatly appreciated! Thanks rachel for bringing those shoes for me, I'm sorry they didn't fit D: Pam and Limying for peforming with me as the alumni, Peixuan for tying my sash haha, Yufan for the eyeshadow, Tingwei for doing my hair, Mr Toh for being our one and only conductor, Ahschoir of course =D

and loads of other people too! =DD

My choir batchmates FOR THAT BIRTHDAY SONG YOU ALL SANG FOR ME AFTER THE CONCERT. They did the same thing over the phone the last last year. I didn't know how else to react besides screaming THANKYOU just like the other time haha!!! (and hugging them when they went "emma""emma""emma") :D

Leongying Meixuan Chuinchi bella for the flower (and ly for the EMMS card which I really loved),

Elizabeth, Ada and Brenda for the mini donut factory donut pops in a box =D


It was a special night for me at least. I don't think I'll ever regret singing with the choir for Choralfest and this concert as an alumni! Alright, I'm still not a good singer but hopefully that won't stop me!

This saturday was when I realised singing/music helps me forget my troubles (which was that painting on saturday) =D






Oh and THANKS to 1A07 for the birthday song (unfortunately only the last word got recorded HAHA),
My wonderful Pw Group mates for the Rhyming poems and sweet notes,
Kenneth for the Friends season 4-10 plus the rhyming poem,
those who wished me in person, sms or facebook :D





This year, I didn't get flooded with presents but somehow it still felt really nice.

It felt simple, but close to my heart.

Like how I prefer notes and cards to presents, I really like that thought that people actually remember my birthday hehe.

Not to mention I really didn't expect anything.

and I feel guilty for getting too caught up in my own world sometimes that I even forgot to wish Alicia on the day itself the other time ): Since I keep forgetting, I do understand how its actually quite difficult to wish others on time so yay I'm happy enough HAHA.




Well, I'll thank those who wished me in another simple post after I finish my EOM critique thingy or tomorrow.

I like the sound of the world "simple" =D

I'm 17!! =D

its 617 am now byebye!

(Pictures another day)


My family & yahui had dinner at Tampines 1, Say cheeze. That cheese-filled place is definitely worth visiting, their Lasagnes are the best I've ever had. When I arrived, I saw a box with "happy birthday" all over it haha. I seldom get presents from my brother so this shall be the one I'll treasure (besides that YOYO he gave me in p6) Thankyou :)

Cake number 2 from BAKERZIN my brother bought was heavenly. STRAWBERRYCHEESECAKE from bakerzin = (Y). Remember that. Light, moist, smooth and not too sweet. I like =D

& no, my birthday isn't here yet but we celebrated cause my daddy's leaving soon, again.






3 hours of sleep in total for the past 48 hours.

At least the painting's done! Its a really slipshod piece of work in msk's terms. Composition wise I don't think its too good, but it would have been much better if I actually spend more time on it instead of doing up around 3/4 of the canvas in the past two (sleepless) days.

It may sound strange, but the biggest reason for me procrastinating is cause I'm a perfectionist and don't want to start on it until I think I'm ready. The painting I just did was crap, frankly speaking.



So we submitted our paintings at NAFA today, the other paintings we saw made us feel D: I almost lost my phone before we entered. SarahLinetteNadiahEbenezer & I met up at Bugis before that since NAFA was only like, 10 minutes' walk away.

Linette and I went to the Iluma arcade for 2 rounds of Taiko no Tatsujin! She's seriously pro and I'm still sorry for accidentally selecting the wrong songs man! D:




My phone drives me nuts, I can't reply to older messages w/o deleting the newest ones cause I can't freaking scroll down.


Bye.

What a long day!

They had full run rehearsal for choir today, the gown I'm supposed to wear is very loose and I'll have to memorize the scores by hook or by crook.

Straight after choir, I headed home to paint. :D Quite satisfying, although I'll have to pull an all nighter today in order to complete it by tomorrow.



The dinner tonight was :D, I got surprised with a birthday cake! I kinda wanted to accuse them of gaying in the toilet as they claimed they wanted to wash their hands but took super long. When we walked out of seveneleven and saw them I went "O-HOH" but didn't continue the gaying part cause I saw a cake box :P THANKYOU =D

The candles on the fruit cake burnt off pretty quickly D:

I didn't reveal the names, shall do that on the actually day itself (or rather, the day after cause I'd be singing at esplanade on tuesday WITH AHSCHOIR!!)

Can't wait for the concert! (but not geog hw)




A simple year ahead sounds like a great idea, things shall be quiet for me this year then! =D

MJ's death.

that's Michael Jackson dead at 50.

Its a somewhat shocking piece of news, never thought that he'd die so soon. I'm neither a fan nor a hater, but he he was undeniably talented and we all know that.

Ben's a really great song and I'm sure we've all heard Black or white, Billie Jean, Dangerous, The way you make me feel, heal the world, thriller, hold me and many others! & the legendary moon walk of course!



I'm not actually affected and I guess how sad you are over a person's death says how much he/she means to you.




Michael Jackson - Ben

My favourite MJ song! His voice is just amazing.

"He emotes. That's a gift."



Black or White (live 1991)



Heal the world (live in mexico)

We all know this song don't we?

Heal the world, make it a better place,
for you and for me and the entire human race



Alright that's music for you.

Presenting..


the coolest (japanese) instant coffee on earth!

Okay, not exactly instant. They're 'lil sachets of coffee powder. Tear the top open, pull the flaps apart, place it over your cup,


fold the flaps at the side to hold it firmly in place,


(a closer look at the "container")


add hot water,


take 'container' out, add three tablespoons of milk powder and two tablespoons of sugar,

AND YOU GET COFFEE! (they taste pretty good too!)

(Don't tell me I'm the last one to discover this)




I also found that milk bottle I bought last year...

(just had a sudden urge to try drinking out of one on some random day after school last year)


sadly it only filled up 4 ounces.


so I added ice to it to make it slightly less than 5 ounces.

Ice coffee's good!

Btw, I used to drink 5 ounces of milk for dinner when I was around 1.5 - 2 years old. That explains why I was so puny then, my mom says I take more than an hour to finish off the 5 ounces.

WTH.




oh, and here's the CHOCOLATE FRENCH TOAST I made that day.

Doesn't look appetizing but its fine, really.


The second batch.

Wondering what happened to the first batch?

...


Hah.

I stupidly poured the batter into the frying pan. You're supposed to dip it into the batter BEFORE frying it so ... -.-

Hey at least it was edible, we ended up eating scrambled CHOCOLATE EGGS.





Also, here are my nails I had on saturday:




Yingjun painted them for me after choir. She had alot of patience man!

I don't normally paint my nails (at all, actually) so I had her so some stupid and retarded patterns and colour combinations.

Didn't have the guts to keep them on for a week so I kinda removed them after I got home :X Sorry eh Yingjun!




Oh, I didn't get my phone today cause my dad has to be there to sign the contract. The service there was excellent though, the lady at the counter kinda made my day =D



The gorgeous pair of shoes I wanted from Charles and Keith remained on the shelf, cause the size right for my feet length was too loose, while the one which wasn't loose was too small for my feet.

DAMN MY LONG AND NARROW FEET.



Off to do the painting I'm in a slightly better mood now! :D

Deadline's tomorrow! =D

I miss my childhood so freaking much!!

Magic School Bus Theme - Magic School Bus

There are many theme songs on imeem to the cartoons I used to watch, including magic school bus, rugrats, scoobydoo, and adam's family! I had whole sets of vcds for Heidi (hayao miyazaki) and 小甜甜, some of 一休和尚，Doraemon, 十万个为什么.

Then there were Laputa Castle in the sky and Totoro which I watched like, a million times.

On tv, they showed 环珠格格 & 流星花园. On Tvbj was some show called 外父不怕做 and 我和殭屍有个约会.


When I was a toddler there were Sesame street, Barney, Bananas in pyjamas. I HATED Hi-5.

Franklin, Magicschoolbus and some random chinese tapes my mom bought used to be my favourites in primary 1 & 2. Teletubbies at 6pm!

The primary 3 & 4 days were filled with Powerpuff girls at around 5 pm if I'm not wrong. My classmates & I were CRAZY over them, and bubbles was my favourite PPG! I even memorized the songs!!

For primary 5 & 6, I watched shows on disney channel like Sagwa and Madeline.

Even in sec 1 I watched clifford the big red dog during lunch HAHA. Or random stuff like cow and chicken, Spongebob (LOVE), All grown up (rugrats), Jimmy Neutron.

Then came sec 2 with ALL the Animes (the whole list I watched are at the left column near the bottom)

Spent sec 3 watching like gazillion tons of Japanese dramas. (with a list too) God, I love those dramas.

I didn't watch alot of dramas in sec 4 but I kinda spent lots of time on the internet. I read up about alot stuff and it upped my general knowledge so I don't think I really wasted my life away even though my grades suffered.

Ohyeah, I spent time emo-ing to songs too.


So this year its FRIENDS during the holidays :D

My phone is spoilt and I can't scroll up, down, or right.

I need to get a new phone by tomorrow and I don't know which to get. The ultratouch is known for its ultrashort battery life and its irritating texting functions, but its got the looks and a pretty good camera. C905 is rather bulky and ugly of course, camera isn't as good as ultratouch's but its pretty similar to my current phone and free of irritating touchscreens. WHICH SHOULD I GET?

Or are there other models to consider? Need to decide within a day.



My birthday is 6 days away and I don't feel the least bit excited, because I'm expecting nothing at all with everybody still having exams and all. I'd want to say I welcome surprises, but I know there wouldn't be any, anyway. & that's a really anticlimatic way to reply your tag Yingzhi, lol.

Participating in the concert would definitely leave me with some precious memories, I miss being in the choral scene and all.

The repertoire for Limelight 2009 is pretty neat, especially with Eric Whitacre's compositions, the SYF09 pieces and a new female chorus, Ave Regina Coelorum.



A day before the 30th would be that performance for the AYG, today's practice was rather short and I need to get those fingerings of the running notes in my head. Its been a long time since I've touched the flute anyway. In case you're wondering, I don't regret joining my current cca, there's always room for explorations in life, no? Besides, its something I really love.



That's about it for today, my painting is definitely not of presentable material and I plan to stay up the whole night to do up most of it.

Peixuan showed me something interesting/cool:



Singing your order at MacDonald's to the song "I'm yours"

WHO WANTS TO TRY WITH ME???

Currently in love with:

all songs by Olivia Ong,

Philip Sparke's Invictus (esp. the intro!),

Ave regina coelorum (have to memorize for choir concert!),

Seal Lullaby (memorize to!)

Moonlight sonata movt. 3 (VERY different from mvt. 1 and I was supposed to finish playing it but I didn't cause I watched too much friends),

and the song below by Marc Terenzi.



Bossanova, Jazz, band, choral and classical music keeps me happy.

All sorts, actually!




My computer is out of space so I can't steal the jazz music from my brother yet ):




Playlist of Olivia Ong's songs (not by me) :


Olivia Ong - A Girl Meets Bossanova


(YOU HAVE TO LOG IN TO HEAR THE FULL SONGS D:)

My daddy used to sing First of May almost every week!




Another unproductive day.

There's band tomorrow so I better make good use of time and do that painting!

Oh, I made CHOCOLATE FRENCH TOAST (click for recipe) today!

Don't know if you guys have heard this song, it fits my mood so perfectly now.

Just the feel if gives.

The kind of song I'd put on repeat for days. Actually, I've already done that before.



Marc Terenzi - Love to be loved by you



Baby, tell me how can I tell you,
That I love you more than life.

Show me how can I show you,
That I’m blinded by your light.

When you touch me I can touch you,
To find out the dream is true.

I love to be loved by you

I feel like buying more shoes.



Today was rather horrible, a few of us (really a few) spent a really long time packing the scores in the band room but its still looking as untidy as ever even though they're better categorized because we're short of more boxes. Scores in plastic bags hurts my eyes.

There are loads of fabulous scores in the band room but there isn't time to play everything.

It was fun running away from the teachers when we sat on the floor outside the band room and ate chicken rice (and I dropped chilli on the floor)

Now I'm reminded of the maths quiz, I conveniently forgot about the deadline.




I feel irritated so if you excuse me,
time for some music before I get into the painting mood.
(which I'll never get into)


I wish my computer wouldn't be so laggy. I'd rather take my own photos instead of taking them off deviantart.

All alone at home!

My face smells like tea tree oil and that kinda stinks.

this is my 1020th post! Just a few days ago it was only at 1000?! Or maybe a week.

Squeezing Hershey's Chocolate syrup down the throat makes me happy.

I just discovered my brother has 4GB of jazz songs in his com so I can kope them NOW. Yay!

Have to transfer all my stuff into the external hard drive and reformat the D drive but I think 320gb isn't enough.

Because my com is lagging and I only have 7GB left in my D drive ):

My brother has more than a terabyte (1000GB) of stuff and he's complaining there's no space.


My daddy left for Hongkong again after staying in singapore for 16 hours, so he's gone now ):

I love food.

I don't need to be that bright shining star


or the brightest coloured gummy bear in the crowd :P


Sometimes we try to look for things that make us special, because we're feeling down and need some confidence boosting.

Just when you think you've got one, you realise many people around you can do the same things too, or think the same way as you do.

Just when you think you've thought of something deep and special and want to share it with others, you realise many others have gotten there before you, and there's actually nothing much left in the world for you to discover.




So you sit back and conclude that its alright by just making yourself happy and not care about being as good as others, life goes on and as long as you're breathing, its fine.

Recently, I've begun to feel that marriage and birth are really beautiful things. I can't wait for the moment to hear my child's first word, even though it'll be 15 years later or even more.

I can't wait for the moment of immense joy where I meet my child for the first time ever, to see him/her crying and healthy.




Seriously, as long as you're healthy and not deformed in any way, its miraculous enough. Even if you are, you will definitely be more blessed in many other aspects.

So what if we're not as pretty, smart, or as perfect as other people?

We live our own lives, and how great it is depends on nobody else but YOU.



It all sounds so cliched, but this thought felt special to me today, because I've finally really understood this.

& all of us will eventually find an answer to everything, someday.

Oh hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon over combers, looks downward to find us.

At rest in the hollows that rustle between.
Where billow meets billow, there soft be thy pillow,
Ah weary wee flipperling curl at they ease!

The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
Asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas,
asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas.



Eric Whitacre - The Seal Lullaby

A better version here. Try closing your eyes when listening to the song and hear the lapping of the waves. Really.

I'm certain it'll be really good in a movie soundtrack, Riane wants to go for the concert cause it sounds like the soundtrack of a johnny Depp movie Edward Scissorhands. haha!




Kenny G - The way you look tonight

Smooth jazz version of the Jerome Kern classic!



Michael Buble - The way you look tonight (Kris Allen sang that too if you're interested)


Some day, when I´m awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight

You´re lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft
There is nothing for me but to love you
And the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fears apart
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart

Lovely, never ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won´t you please arrange it?
´Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fears apart
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart

Lovely, don´t you ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won´t you please arrange it?
´Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight.





I've been wanting to buy some Jazz albums but I can't decide which to buy. Don't have much in my iTunes even though I like them so much cause my brother seldom downloads them.


Its a quiet saturday afternoon, my dad will be back by midnight and gone by tomorrow afternoon.

I really need to get to Jaben and get myself new headphones/earphones.

Its a Friday night (Saturday morning) but my brother couldn't bring me there today.

I read some inspiring stuff and I'm trying to read poems.

Pardon the picture, but the words are pretty true don't you think?

People are afraid of others talking behind their backs only because they do the same and assume that everybody does the same.

Just by changing one mindset or a thing you do might make your world seem like a whole different place.



Sorry, that's the only example I can think of with this jammed-up brain of mine at 2 am.

Picture's from postsecret.

& here's something from FRIENDS when Joey & Chandler got themselves a chick and a duck. (TOW a chick and a duck)

Joey: Say, what if duck and chick had kids?
We could call it CH ickD UCK! (Chuck)

Chandler: Or..... D uckCh ICK! :D (Dick)


HAHAHA.


(I know I'm sorry you probably watched season 3 like a million years ago)

A thought suddenly came into my mind last night, so I went "okay, I'm gonna watch Koizora right now!"

Yep that movie that came out in 2007.

thanks to the site that loaded the videos pretty quickly, I managed to finish it at 1:30am or something. Which gave me a TERRIBLE headache in the morning. I need the choir scores, ugh.




Anyway, the movie was... cheesy and illogical.

Don't hate it, don't like it.


Read some movie Review about Koizora (click) that sums it up quite well but in a really critical manner. (I mean extremely) Okay, it is kinda rude (and offensive to that Japanese) but the points.. VERY AGREEABLE.

The comment for the review made by Sylphie contains EVERYTHING I wanted to say, whoever she is. Ctrl + F it!

Another comment by YOUR MOTHER makes me go ROFLMAO. The HEATTTEEED arguments from the comments really cracked me up because the fans got all angry and defensive and started scolding the person who wrote the review o_O

"OMG WTH IF YOU HATED THE MOVIE SO MUCH THEN WHY DID YOU WATCH IT AND WRITE A REVIEW ON IT? YOU IDIOT, HAVE YOU EVER FALLEN IN LOVE??"

LOL.

Here's another pretty good review of it.Yes, the opinions part. Sadly, even though I cry very easily while watching dramas, I didn't cry a single bit in this movie.... so yeah.



Well. The movie portrays the "punkish kid" Hiro as a really nice and sensitive and caring guy, I guess we can all be accepting people, and silver hair ain't all that bad. Kinda nice to see something like that, I think.

Back to it being mushy. The repetitive "I WILL PROTECT YOU NO MATTER WHAT" irks me. Oh, and PLEASE don't say "of course!!" when a girl asks "can I trust you?"!

The romantic scenes were sweet, I have to say. Although they did it in the library (that got her pregnant), the director made it seem so romantic and that nothing was wrong. For a moment the scene that came with nice music and great representations like that tie he took off her made me think "okay, so it isn't that bad afterall", but hey it IS wrong afterall.

I guess that explains the casual relationships Japanese students have now, they're all over the movies anyway. Problem is that they're students not adults. FRIENDS is entertaining in its own funny way!

Its also REALLY predictable about what's gonna happen, cause nice guys don't just break up with girls like that. Turns out he had cancer and he doesn't want her to suffer too... the usual stuff. There were some really sad scenes, but I'm sure we can easily find scenes like that.





Oh Aragaki yui is seriously so pretty. Look at her eyes when Hiro was kissing her for the first time!


not this one, I couldn't find THE one with the camera focusing on her eyes.


I prefer Miura Haruma in Juyon sai no haha ^, but the hair in koizora is still pretty cool imo. I guess having a goodlooking guy like him in koizora makes up for the horrible storyline.






Anyway, I still don't like chick flicks.

Some scenes really make you go "awwh" but the storyline's too... -__-. And mushy statements make me flinch D:

I like more real life and touching stories not so heavily based on romance. Go watch 14 sai no haha (click to watch), it involves teenage pregnancy too and that drama is incredibly touching.


That's Miki telling the class about her pregnancy


Doesn't this remind anybody of Rukia from bleach?

Shida Mirai's a very talented actress who's a year younger than me!


More of Miura Haruma in Juyon sai no haha


Thrillers are also great as hell, this is my hundreth time saying this, watch Sora Kara furu ichioku no hoshi (click to watch) if you can!




Byebye I'm gonna read some unromantic GEO FACTSHEETS.

Ross and Rachel's baby

Ross: "and I like BIG butts :3" (he literally did that :3 face)

(later on)

Rachel: oh Emma! You really do like big butts! You beautiful little weirdo!

LOL at the last part of the video too.



and no, I do not like big butts at all. But I think it must feel great to hear your baby's first laugh or her first word!

Ross and Rachel

Ross' expressions = PRICELESS.


(.... conversation with Rachel being a paranoid mother)


Ross: Ohmygod, you know what, I think you're right. I think...

Listen! a pigoen, nope, no wait, an EAGLE flew in!

Landed on the stove, and caught fire!

The baby, seeing this, JUMPS across the apartment to the mighty bird's aid!

The eagle, however, misconstrues this as an act of AGRESSION and grabs the baby in it's talons!

MEANWHILE, the faucet fills the apartment with water!

Baby and bird, still ABLAZE, are locked in a deathgrip, swirling around the whirlpool that fills the apartment!!


Rachel: Boy, are you gonna be sorry if that's true..

Came back from the first ever band committee meeting today, and I think I'm in for a whole big gigantic scary horrendous horrific intimidating load of organizing, rearranging, cleaning, reshuffling, printing, labelling, searching, tracking and listing.

Well okay, it isn't as bad as it sounds (I think), since I've been doing these things (extra small scale) with all the stacks and stacks of piano scores. & its much more fun than homework THANKYOUVERYMUCH. But its still intimidating! D:

Yihan's my partner in this, okay we shall be some lean mean packing machines on monday!




That aside, here are a few photos from the day out with a few of the girls yesterday ;D



Alicia and I met for cycling at PasirRis park at 930, we rented the bicycle for 2 hours but ended up resting halfway by eating beehoon, drinking juices, playing pool and table soccer! We had nice casual talks too, :D (this is short but the fun was much more than that)

Ky and Ash were apparently still at ash's house after the 2 hours were up, so we toured around E-hub and I bought myself a pair of slippers at half price from num (SPERM BAG SPERM BAG).

Gosh I LOVE those slippers there's this round squishy patch of gel at the heel area and they're so squishy and comfortable! (I'm sure all of them got the point since I repeated this throughout the day)



So we found ky and ash at the arcade, we played TAIKO NO TATSUJIN!!!!!!

That's my favourite game on the psp and nds if anybody can recall (sadly, I don't own any of these gadgets). None of them can beat the arcade version though, that was just pure fun.

We played a few rounds of it, but halfway through a stupid poser guy came to show off and that left ky and alicia pretty annoyed. Not ashley though, she was staring at him, mesmerised.




The movie timings weren't suitable for all of us so we had ICECREAMWAFFLES AT GELARE.

GELARE HAS WAFFLES AT HALF PRICE ON TUESDAYS!

The cherry idk what flavour and the jamaican chocolate idk what flavour = fantastic.

There was a photo of ashley pressing away on the nds and the guy behind her doing the same (I swear they can be lovers), (I deleted that angsty part).



When we saw a tablesoccer table in one of the restaurants, we walked right in and played like no mother, my hand hurts now and my concentration span only comes after a long time.

Team KYEMMA vs. team ALIASH












HOT SOCCER GUY. The name Mohammad Ali suits him
(sorry we didn't take pic of the vj soccer team in yellow haha)


ouch table soccer must hurt for these little guys




that's they guy next to mohammad Ali, and I'm kissing his head!



We left the place after a gazillion rounds (I WON A FEW ROUNDS!!), Ash ky and I passed by a playground on the way to the mrt and I had a go on the BABYSWING,


I almost couldn't get outta it, babies have smaller butts I guess, hahaha.


Some ahlians stared at us (even before I sat on the swing), hah. Ashley showed us some of her destructive powers, swings and see-saws and swingaboutstuffs are love!


That was an absolutely fun and entertaining day, I didn't blog about all the other fun and random stuff which I'm sure you guys'll remember! :D

LETS DO IT AGAIN SOMEDAY!! we MUST! Bowling would be great, it used to be this tradition thing for all of us to bowl every holiday eh!

(for now, goodluck for your studying!)

Now we're talking disco ball frenzy!

Credits to deviantart. I wouldn't have to do credits if I had one at home!

(yes, I still hate the noise at discos, its just that the lights are far too pretty!)








Hmm, I'd put mine right smack in the middle of the room, invite a few of 'em over and dance on the bed just like we did the other time.

Shake shake, shake shake, shake it!!!!





& we all get lonely sometimes...

(this sentence sounds strangely out-of-the-blue)

I hate my (unfinished) painting.

P.E.R.I.O.D

Hate the composition (the most), hate that stupid road sign, hate that I've painted one of the girl's eyes slanted, hate that I have a friggin' disco ball to paint (that'd be TOUGH), hate that its so messy, hate that I can't concentrate,

hate that it sucks.



My mom and I went to the NAFA graduating exhibition today and I felt really inspired to do something interesting next year (okay, that's a long way away). But then I thought about my painting rotting at home, and I felt so irritated.

Irritated with myself for spending so much time to get the body shape right, blah blah blah.




Anyway, the exhibition was nice, I forgot to bring my camera though ):

Went shopping at bugis after that and bought myself a dress, a belt and some bangles. Oh, and kettle chips and lays. We ordered pizza at home after that, that's about it.




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Jas: so u'll be still using this blog rite? eh the blood sculpture is disgusting la emma. it reminds me of the mad artist. the one who cut off his ears and use the blood to draw on walls. vincent van gogh.
{yeah I'm using this most of the time haha. I didn't know about drawing on the walls .__. but hey the meaning behind it is so.. true!}

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ALICIA: omg im getting high from listening to the popping sounds! and i never knew there's a popcorn button on microwaves! HOW HOT IS THAT!
{WHY WOULD THAT BE HOT????? hahahah and I never knew that too I want home-popped popcorn! :D}

`nette: Hey emma! Linked you already are u going back to school to 'steal' paint tml?
{haha yay! :D I've already stolen abit, my painting sucks argh D:}

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wanzhen: hey emma! relink me okay? www.thecityofdisturbia.blogspot.com hope to see you ard in tampines again, HAHA!
{OKAY will relink you right after this! =D YES and I think I will haha! :D}

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jesslin: i FINALLY opened a spree! =X come support xDD ur blog is finally not lagging on ym bgs com =X
jesslin: hoho i see linette
{hahah bgs? yes you see linette and OH HELLO LONG TIME NO SEE! =D}

I'm feelin' jazzy


I know I've got loads of video up here, but these two are DEFINITELY worth the wait (to those who hate waiting for youtube to load)

I mean definitely, especially the first two!



You've got a friend; sand painting

Really, really, really mesmerizing. If you're outta time, start from 0.45, though I like the front too!




Sand painting. I don't know if you guys have seen it from some emails, but this one's great too.





Cool Video of a painting being painted!

From the comments, its supposed to be central park. Dammit, I want to travel back in time and go to Central Perk at Central Park and watch them film Friends!!

Ohyeah I found this one on tumblr and that place is awesome.

This song shall officially be named the "painting sing-along song".

Oh, you can use it for work too.


Oasis - Champagne Supernova


Good. Since I have a painting song now, I should be able to find the correct mood to paint.

Though I'm quite certain I'd get freaking frustrated (alliteration!) with myself for not being able to paint properly tyvm.

Yesterday afternoon sounds like.... forever.

So it all started with half a cup of choya.


I was craving for a little bit of choya (the taste just CAME to me and I thought: okay I HAVE to drink it.) after dinner yesterday (which STILL sounds like forever. and that's friday night)

Filled the 3/4 cup of ice, and poured choya in till it was half full, I swear that thing doesn't taste like wine AT ALL, so I gulped it down while watching Friends.

Fifteen minutes later, my face was red hot and burning, and I didn't want my mummy to see cause I was supposed to study after dinner and I obviously can't study when I'm drunk (dammit I can't believe HALF a cup of choya killed me)

So I crawled onto bed and switched off all the lights.


It came with a terrible headache, thumping heart, thumping veins in the head and a burning upper body. I slept and slept and slept and slept and slept.



till 2:30 am (that's 6 hours). Woke up to bathe, got myself canned sardines and fresh oranges and went back to sleep.

That's a TOTAL waste of time, huh D:




I really like this painting! Its drawn by a local artist haha.
Just a picture to make you less bored, hmm



Then I woke up and got to school for BAND ELECTIONS, met Nathanael on the bus and it was then that I decided I'm not gonna bother much about the band election speech thingy HAHA.

Met nicolette at the concourse before heading the the band room, where we practiced March: Celebration and glory for the AYG thing. It didn't go all that well, but lunch break came pretty soon anyway :] Got myself some prata with the rest of the band girls at some coffeeshop nearby!

God, I miss thursday morning breakfasts and simpang!



The elections were.... boring, kinda.

They made us sit at a corner (there were a few J2s), everybody was required to have a speech then questions were asked and so on. It took forever, like 3 hours or something.

I didn't want to run for anything at first, but since it was compulsory I ran for the librarian post LOL. I guess mine went... Idk, was it fine? they asked me alot of questions but whatver, its over anyway.

I'm glad the elections thingy proved there isn't such thing called stage fright in me anymore hahaha. OH AND I FOUND SOMEBODY ELSE FROM BAND WHO'S GOING TO JAPAN AS WELL!!!! yay! That's 3 in total!



Mhmm yes, the elections were just like that. Went to the art room to steal paint after that and thus ended my day.






This morning, I went back to AHSChoir cause I'm considering (actually I think I am) participating in their LIMELIGHT concert at ESPLANADE ON MY BIRTHDAY (30 june)

I figured my birthday would be boring with everybody still having their exams, so it shall bring me some nice memories =D

Just that I felt so foreign back there, it was plain weird. Ohwell.



Yes, and thanks YINGJUN and JUNYAO for helping me keep and pass the phone to me. Stupid me left it in school.



Thus ends the post about today.

ALICIA, this is for you!



Do that at home to get you hyped up or something haha ^_^

Cheery-up, yo, here's a song for you!


Gene Kelly - Singin' in the rain

the beauty of coincidental occurances


I spent many hours this afternoon reading this FANTASTIC book, "defining moments in music".

Its like this decade-by-decade review of a century of the major artists, albums, songs, performances and events in music. When they mean century, they really mean CENTURY. That hell of a book is 4 cm thick, and I had a hard time lugging it home a few weeks back.

But yes, its awesome.




Anyway, the book was filled with stuff about the Beatles. I came across this picture and wanted to put it up cause there seems to be some mini beatles craze going around. Eventually, I didn't cause I got too caught up watching friends and surfing the net.

Hmm, but I just read a site just now and saw the. exact. same. picture:


Talk about coincidence, man.




The song title "singing the blues" just stood out to me cause it seemed pretty familiar. I youtube-d it, and guess what I found!


Guy Mitchell - Singing the blues

Just look at that player! My dad used to own one, but he threw it away, and he only kept one or two of those vinyl records :/

This is my 1001th post


Great mornin' it is, I woke up 3 hours ago and spammed myself with more episodes of friends. You gotta be lying if you tell me that show ain't great. I just love Phoebe so!

Watching the 6 of them makes me feel warm, how wonderful would it be to have a group of friends around you almost 24/7 even as a working adult? As JC students now we don't even have the time to hang out with each other everyday, and I don't want to think about what'll happen say, 7 years down the road.

I know, I've been the one isolating myself recently and all those crap, I'm so sorry if you feel kinda like I'm shunning away from all of you. I don't mean to, but there's just something in me that makes me not feel like talking, or unable to if you asked me.





My oldest hamster Hamice Clarice passed away yesterday, probably due to old age.

She lived a total of 1 year 7 months and 27 days, and was my FIRST ever hamster. Got her right after the end of year exams when I was with kaiying, ashley and xinhui. It still meant quite abit to me even though my attention was diverted to the other hamsters when chloe gave birth to those 18 babies.

Recently, she's been escaping from her cage even though her legs were stick thin and hairless, her body slouched like an old lady and one of her eyes seemed to have some problems. I thought it meant something, and it sure did.




Sometimes, I feel like I don't exactly cherish life. What's new, so someone died, what can I do about it? Maybe nothing really great has impacted me yet (and I don't wish anything would), and those thrillers and crime shows I often watch makes life seem nothing much of a great deal.

I'll be frank here. I'm not very upset over her death, I just miss her, and I regret not spending more time with her. Nothing came to me until this morning, and I sat there wondering why I'm always so oblivious about things.

So my 90-year old grandma just entered my mind, and I want to see her as much as I can, even though she's in hongkong and all. We weren't very close or anything, but I have always been afraid she'd pass away just like that. I think its more like pity, cause she's always alone. & I can say I love her, though I find it kind of funny cause we don't talk too much.

The last time I visited her back in december, I felt like I really wanted to make her.. happy. Just this simple word. Emotions are beautiful things, they're complicated and confusing, because they make you do things you don't even understand.




I definitely treasure human relationships much more than my relationships with animals.

That's all I can say, because I still do not understand the meaning of death even with the passing of my few hamsters.

You have to experience it to understand.




I'll end it with three songs


Andy Williams - The way you look tonight



Andy Williams - Moon river


Audrey Hepburn - Moon river
(love it!)

yeah, andy williams sang moon river and speak softly love and love story too.

Oh hi, world.

I've just created a new blog. Its for me to do all the rantin' or post those funny/deep thoughts I have, or just anything I feel like posting.




(click on the picture). and yes, its paintedprism again.



you know what's funny?
I'm gonna lock it, and I'm gonna give you the username and password.


user: takeastepcloser@gmail.com
password: oneclickaway


Sounds fun to me.



One life, you gotta do what you should.

I LOVE KAIYING AND ASHLEY <333

Hi Jas, if you're reading this, I figured you might like this =)

So yes, these are some works by Marc Quinn, an artist I really admire. I prefer his other works over the stone scuptures cause they have much more meaning behind them. heh.



Self, 1991.

I think I've told some people about this one. Its a frozen sculpture made from his own blood, and is really dependent on the refrigerator because it'd melt away if you were to turn off the electricity. That's a cast out of his own face.

If you look at it, it doesn't seem hyperealistic cause its not of skin colour and all, but if you really think about it, what can be more real than blood itself? You know the irony. Also, it draws a parallel between life and technology, like how we're dependent on technology, just like this sculpture.

Just a few brief points.



Garden, 2000.

Its a huge walk in refrigerator about 12 meters long made up of nearly 1000 specimens immersed in liquid silicone to preserve them, such that they can neither grow nor perish. Its like this unreal dimension that cannot exist unless artificially produced. Though fake, they still produce an enchantment of continuous spring.

I shall leave it for anybody's own interpretation haha.


Eternal Spring: sunflower, 1998.

Somewhat like the one above. The flowers here are displayed at the moment of their most perfect florescenece. As long as they remain frozen the illusions of this perfect moment of life is maintained; if the fridge is turned off the processes of life will resume and they will rot. The frozen flowers are soaked in silicone, an example of beauty suspended in death.

(Yes I got this from the SOVA notes haha. Because long winded me would end up writing long paragraphs)