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Well, i just went for some citizen reporter briefing at library@orchard. If you don't know what i'm talking about, it's here. Basically, the library is looking for bloggers to write about it and apparently it will be reported in the newspaper. COOL! hahaTuesday, October 30, 2007 When i first knew about it, i was really quite interested - probably because i lead SUCH a pathetic boring life. I've always wished i could write for some lifestyle or gossip magazine like 8 days and this "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity gave me the chance to feel like a writer! I can write anything i want (relevant of course) and it might even be quoted by the media when the activity is published in the news! That's COOL! haha... Just because of this briefing, i had to forgo my swimming appointment with tony piggy and maxim. haha. Both of them were like so unsupportive of me (which i totally didn't care haha), blaming me for missing the appointment, then laughing at me for going for this activity which he sees as something hmmm... not as important as "bonding" with friends. Well, i really do hope he meant it in the nicest and most humorous way haha. Wait till he sees what i am going to write! haha. Anyway, since i didn't want to go alone to the briefing (that's be so super duper weird for self-conscious, not-so-outgoing people like me), i decided to pull along another friend. An accquaintance i should say - Kenneth. He's a good friend of a good friend i knew during the first three months of junior college life. We got to know each other through facebook and realised we shared similar interests and since he was like president of our college's publication's club, i thought it was the IDEAL activity for him as well. So yup, fortunately he was willing to go with me and i must say it was quite a nice experience. So thanks to Kenneth for the company! haha. You're not an accquaintance anymore i must say, it's really great to know a like-minded friend like you! haha Upgrade lo... haha. Back to the briefing. Well, the briefing was actually much more intimate that we thought it would be. I was expecting like some 50 bloggers (singapore a lot of bo liao bloggers wad haha) but there was only 8 bloggers there! But luckily, things were better than i expected. All of them were really nice and friendly. I must say meeting other bloggers is really a weird thing. Even i find it weird to call myself a blogger. To me, bloggers just stay at home and write about stuff and never appear in public to talk about what they write (with the exception of famous bloggers like xiaxue of course). And i do harbour some stereotypes for those who decided to attend the briefing. It's like they really have nothing better to do ah! and they must be some narcissistic people. haha... Turns out i'm the one who's more narcissistic than them! And what i thought was definitely wrong. They're people who truly like to write about stuff going on around them. I must say i feel im the only one who's blogging about random, simple, unimportant events of MY. OWN. LIFE. Everyone else (among the bloggers) is like blogging about events in Singapore or price hikes and stuff. Makes me feel so... hmmm... shallow haha. Well, we asked questions about the blogging activity we had to do cause we were (especially me and kenneth) concerned if our dirty little secrets we previously wrote on our blogs will be published to the entire Singapore. I must safely say since i've been pretty responsible of what i write in my blog, ther's nothing to be afraid of if the contents are published. (but of course i would really prefer if these intimate details of my life actually remain intimate). The session was honestly quite enjoyable. Jokes from the librarian and the other bloggers really helped to make me feel at ease haha. I must admit i'm not too good at such functions haha. Well, at the end, i did agree to be one of their bloggers for the activity. I really do hope i do a good job though, as you all know i'm not too much of a GOOD writer haha.. So wish me good luck on the writeup! (if i get confirmed for it - which i hope i do!) Oh, before i go, i must thank MANDY MOORE for giving me this opportunity! haha.. If she didn't exist, i won't have liked her, then i won;t have painted that pic on the wall of the library, and i won;t have put it up on my blog and my blog won't have gotten commented by someone from NLB who invited me to the briefing! haha! OMG, i love mandy moore MORE now haha! (sorry if i appear shallow haha) music.city.soul || 10:29 PM || 3 comments
UPDATES!!!Sunday, October 28, 2007 Super duper lots of updates from me today! haha... Well, seems like all that i've been doing this week have made me think less about my problems (mentioned in the previous entry) which is absolutely greatness. Alright, thursday my branch mates gathered at Kushin Bo at Suntec for Ronald's ORD Dinner Treat! haha. Yups, ron macdonald's is going to ord soon, which reminds me that i have almost one year left to serve! Well, i would say NS is not that bad after all, but of course, my vocation is indeed not bad so that's why haha. Hmmm, ron's departure will definitely be greatly missed, especially his jokes and philosophical comments/questions. The past months with him around have been fun and i must say it'll be a bit weird without him around. Anyway, if u read this ronald, thanks for being such a good friend (in/out office), you've been great company and wish you all the best for your future! i really do admire your passion and i really wish i had your intelligence haha. Stay positive! Anyway, sad things aside and back to the dinner treat! Well, the six of us starved ourselves for the whole day just so we can have our money spent worthwhile there haha. We had many many snow crabs and sashimi and fried prawns, sushi(love sushi!!!) and great lobster salad! Well, for someone like me, that was a whole lot man. haha. We talked and laughed and had a very pleasant time just enjoying each other and especially ron's company. And yes, i brought my camera so i could keep photo memories of this gathering! There you go:    1) 1, 2, 3, 3 and 5 (that's me!) !!! 2) Tony piggy and me 3) and the six of us! On sat, Maxim and i went to join Loba's (Loba's my colleague) gospel outing. It was quite an interesting and fun session actually. I was really dreading the whole ice-breaking-make-new-friends introduction session they ALWAYS do but it turned out not bad honestly. For the ice-breaker, we had to write three questions on this small piece of paper that will be answered by another person in the group. Tell you question my question later. Well, the questions i got from another person from the group was SUPER EASY AND SUPER UNCREATIVE. haha. Which just serves to help me appear boring which is not a bad thing actually since that's the truth and i should be showing people my true colours(or the blandness of colours) from the start right? haha. The questions the person asked was 1) why are u here today? 2)which part of singapore do you stay? 3) what do you like to do when you are free? My answers are as follows: 1) Very sian so i came to join - honesty first! 2) AMK - super brainless question 3) listening music - LIKE DUH!!! haha... The only respond i got from the group when i answered the questions was "so far ah" when i told them i stayed in amk. GREATNESS. Anyway, my questions, in my opinion were much more superior and interesting haha. And to support that, i shall answer it myself. (anyway, the person who got my questions answered them without much interest so it's quite a let down - but nvm! diff pple diff experiences - i shall forgive and forget haha) 1) If there was only ONE thing you could do, what would it be? I'm a virgin still, so hmmm.... JOKING!!!! I thought of a few options for myself. Either GO TO ENGLAND, my favourite place on the world map, OR meet Oprah Winfrey OR meet MANDY MOORE. Hmm... i only have one freaky choice so i think meeting oprah winfrey would be the thing i most wanna do. Reason being if i go england and it turns out to be a disappointment, i'll die a sad fag. And mandy moore will grow old one day and i might not like her by then and the memory of meeting her would seem so much like a mindless act of teenage impulsiveness compared to meeting a true humanitarian and a person of respect - OPRAH WINFREY. Yup, i'm officially Oprah'd! 2) Meanest thing you've ever done? Well, i've done more than a handful of mean stuff. Maybe i should just rattle them off and let you decide haha. Shit, if i'm getting the cold shoulder from my friends tomorrow i know why haha. - i like to stare fiercely at babies and make them feel scared/cry - damn evil i know - pinch/snap my fingers at my maid - she cooks lousy food ok! haha - told a good friend's secret to another good friend - both not good friends le ok! happy! - act like i'm good terms with my enemy and push extra work to him without him knowing i'm the one who did it. and then consoling him. - OMG i'm so evil!!!!!!!!!! i should stop before i ruin my own reputation... 3) Most embarrassing moment? for ditzy people like me, this is super easy to answer. Let me show you how stupid i can get. - i got onto a bus once after tuition (so v tired geddit) and sat on the first seat i could find. Then i realised everyone around me is looking at me with a disgusted face. Then i saw one aunty go "Aiyoh" and i knew sth was seriously wrong. I looked around me and there were vomit beside my seat and on the floor!!!! - after my first day in primary school, i started charging once i saw my mum at the gate. You see, when u are primary school, your mum is your world. So of course, as a good mummy's boy i missed my mum so much i actually charge. (dunno why nowadays there's nothing for me to CHARGE forwards to... haiz... haha) I was running so fast.... before the discipline mistress (big fat and fierce no doubt) stopped me and scolded me. I stunned for a moment - shocked as to why am i scolded for being excited to see my mum. haha. But it was embarrassing cause all the other parents were standing at the gate too and saw it too. I bet my mum's face turned red man haha... - shouting my friend's name so loud and repeatedly when i saw her from a distance away. When she didn;t answered, i ran towards and PAT her. When she turned around, it wasn;t her. CRAP SHIT. hahaha... thousand apologies wouldn't mask the shame i felt haha. After the icebreakers, we played a quiz with questions on GK, people, science/maths, sports and gospel (it's a christian youth group outing what dya think) I must say frm answering two/three questions about PEOPLE, i'm pretty good with my entertainment news. I know who the members of the beatles are, who brad pitt's wife is, and who is the first man on the moon! (if you don;t know you must really fan xing fan xing)haha i'm good! haha... And after that, we played bowling! Well, that;s the only sport, other than badminton, which i can play. Well, i;m not too good with sports but i must say i'm happy with my performance. Why? i scored two strikes and i wasn;t last for the two games i played!!! That;s a big achievement! haha! It was a really fun day and THANKS to Loba and max for the great company!!! And today, i went out with a friend of mine to bugis and gues what!!! We came across the autograph session of ANGELA CHANG!!! She is so cute and pretty haha! We decided to stay once we saw it - we wanted to go plaza sing already actually. Well, i was really wishing she would come quicker cause darks clouds were seriously forming! haha.. But i so wanted to take a picture of her that i didn;t bother about it! When she arrived, everyone just spammed and keep taking photo man! i had to squeeze my way to take her photo! so irritating. haha.. and after she came, it rained! fortunately i managed to take some photos before i escaped the rain and the crowd. haha   1) Before she arrived-> Get off the stage! i want to see ANGELA, not you! 2) There she is!!! so pretty.....................   3) so CUTE! haha... 4) *lovestruck* for mo' haha I must say i was star struck haha. The other celebrities i've met on such similar occasions are Tanya chua (shook her hands !!), stella huang and yes AVRIL LAVIGNE!!! haha... After meeting this friend, i met ahyo YEO at Orchard! Haven't seen him for so long!!! Ha... It's been quite some times since i left my ex company at my ex camp so i really haven;t seen him for really long. Glad that i'm still in touch with him and definitely glad to have this chance to catch up with him. Well, that's for the week! I'm quite happy that this week has been very interesting and really hope this goes on haha... Before i end, i shall show you another picture. It's my painting at library@orchard! haha i painted this last week when they allowed people to paint on their walls. haha.. so fortunate right??? haha  MANDY MOORE rocks haha!!! have a great day ahead =) music.city.soul || 10:28 PM || 1 comments
I was really gonna be kinda happy posting this entry but by the time i got to writing today's entry, all my "happiness" was gone because of my idiotic laptop. It's freaky slow. haiz... Anyway, just some updates about myself for today's entry.Friday, October 19, 2007 Well, i finally did something i wanted to do for quite some time. Or should i say it's something i knew i would do one day and yes i did it today!!! haha. And if you're still wondering what it is, it's actually just donating blood. And i did it on my own accord - without consulting my parents cause i'm of legal age to decide! haha. I've always seen people donate blood, especially in junior college. Whenever there's a donation drive, people will go for it and it would look so cool just because you went to donate your blood. But i never got to doing that in JC because i would still have to consult my parents and ask for their signature and etc - and because i wasn't really in good mood to talk to them most of the time, i just thought maybe i'll do it another day. And that day would be today. Actually i won't say i was all for donating blood today. There was a donation drive happening in my camp and because of the lack of promotion, i guess everyone didn;t really bother much about it and therefore didn't keep it in mind. Me included. But in the afternoon, the medical centre sent out an email pleading for more donors since only 11 people responded to the drive. SO pathetic i thought. haha. So, Maxim asked me whether i want to do it or not and i was interested, but as usual hesistant (about everything haha). But in the end i still agreed to do it, cause at least Maxim was there to accompany me. I certainly didn't want to do it alone. First time le... haha. Well, the process was generally alright. Just had to face some needles and some slight giddiness after it. But it's a nice experience after all. To know that my blood can actually help some other people makes me feel proud of what i've done. FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE i finally am able to really help someone. GOOD DEED indeed haha. Before we head back, the nurses put on the bandage(?) for us to press on the injection area to stop the more blood from ozzing out. And Maxim, out of all the colours , chose pink for both of us. JUST the thing i need to reinforce my image right? haha... When we got back to office, people were just commenting on how inappropriate that colour was - like how gay it was etc. Well, it was a stark contrast and it's definitely fun to see the colour pink on a soldier. I would've chosen yellow cause it's my favourite colour haha. Moving on, remember i mentioned about visiting the birdpark many entries ago? well, here are the two pictures. I look kinda bad ah... haha... i never look good anyway haha. The other is one of my superiors in my office. haha... Forced to look ridiculous for some lame stupid childish magic haha...   Well, guess that's all i have for now. Have to wait a bit longer for longer entries ok.. haha music.city.soul || 10:18 PM || 0 comments
WHEW!!!!!!!Saturday, October 13, 2007 I'm so relieved right now... Alright let me tell you what happened just now.It was like any other usual "music" time, a time when i just do nothing but listen to music, in which i would usually search through my music collection to find songs i want to hear. So, i wanted to listen to Phixx (ok, a band you probably won't know) and usually i just press the P button and i would be led to the "p" artists section (sorta if you still follow me). However, this time, i get the "TINK" sound from my laptop. (must be some error of the stupid laptop) Press another time. STILL TINK. Sensing something fishy, i decided to scrol manually to the "P" section to find the music file that i wanted. TO MY HORROR, ALL MY FILES BELOW "K" DISAPPEARED!!! That moment i swore my heart stopped beating for a few seconds ok! If you haven't figured out yet, i' the biggest music addict in the world. Music is my life. So to have 1/3 of my world detached from me suddenly is like having my legs amputated. No it's worse because i still probably get all my rare songs back and i have 2 less limps! So i tried all ways to try to recover my lost files. I, disbelievingly, open that folder again and again, hoping to see the rest of the files miraculously appear just like the way they disappeared. Well, that obviously didn't work. Then i tried to "recover" those missing files by downloading a software that retrieves "permanently" deleted files (i just found out that files you deleted - like those u press shift and delete at the same time - are actually not removed from the computer). I searched a thousand time throughout my whole laptop and found NOTHING!!!!!! Oh my god, the feeling sucks big time i tell you. It's like what i felt when my new ipod suddenly couldn't sync after i accidentally deleted this idiotic playlist. Well, with no more faith in anything else, i decided to restart my computer. AND EVERYTHING RETURNED!!! Turns out that my files were indeed lost during this stupid disk check. Better not happen again or else i'll seriously kill myself. haha That's how crazy i am about music. Ha. The reason why the blog is "musicsimply" is because music is half my life. I live, eat, sleep thinking about music. I can surf the net the whole day just looking for new songs. Well, now that my music files are back, i can rest in peace now. haha. So BACK TO MUSIC TIME! see ya! music.city.soul || 10:16 PM || 0 comments
I know this comes earlier than expected. But after the VMA's, i can;t resist but start compiling my own music award show!Tuesday, October 2, 2007 Here are the Award Winners & Nominees.. Winners In Bold! Compiled from my chart knowledge of the music industry this year (so i may not like some winners but i have to give due recogition) + quite bit of biasness! My fav winners: Melanie C, Monrose, Beverly Knight & Nickelback! Best Songs: 1) Umbrella - Rihanna 2) Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston 3) Hot Summer - Monrose 4) Glamorous - Fergie Ft. Ludacris 5) Beautiful Liar - Beyonce & Shakira 6) Grace Kelly - Mika 7) Rockstar - Nickelback Best Female Fergie Rihanna Nelly Furtado Beyonce Gwen Stefani Melanie C Nerina Pallot Best Male Guy Sebastian Justin Timberlake John Mayer Mika Ne-Yo Kanye West Akon Best Group Monrose The Veronicas Take That No Angels Gym Class Heroes Mcfly Nylon Best Breakthrough Jon Mclaughlin Daughtry Sean Kingston Mika Monrose Jordin Sparks James Morrison Best Pop Female Fergie Nelly Furtado Gwen Stefani Melanie C Avril Lavigne Nerina Pallot Schuyler Fisk Sophie Ellis Bextor Candice Alley Brooke Fraser Best Pop Male Justin Timberlake Kalan Porter Anthony Callea John Mayer Mika Jon Mclaughlin Enrique Iglesias Guy Sebastian Jeremy Camp James Morrison Best Pop Breakthrough Jon Mclaughlin Schuyler Fisk James Morrison Mika Kate Nash Monrose Jordin Sparks Leona Lewis Nylon Kate DeAraugo Best RnB Female Beverly Knight Rihanna Beyonce Tamia Janet Jackson Jamelia Paula Deanda Best RnB Male Kanye West Robin Thicke Ne-Yo Musiq Soulchild Sean Kingston Akon 50 Cent Best RnB Breakthrough Sean Kingston Kat Deluna Mandisa Andy Abraham Sterling Simms Hope Keyshia Cole Best Rock Artiste/Group Nickelback Lifehouse Maroon 5 The Fray Daughtry Linkin Park Fall Out Boy Best Rock Song Rockstar - Nickelback Flawed Design - Stabilo It's Not Over - Daughtry Thnks Fr Th Mmrs - Fall Out Boy Closer - Travis Jenny - The Click Five Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5 music.city.soul || 10:56 PM || 0 comments |
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