zero six to zero seven

It's strange. How fast the year has passed by so quickly.

However, a year which seems a big twist in my life.

This year had been the most relaxing year ever since I returned from Beijing. Though not having classes or school for the first 4 months, tension was raised by the few applications and interviews for my tertier education. It was a hectic time trying to decide the courses as well as meeting the deadlines and appointments.

Having achieved something, I thought I would be following my sister's footstep. Like what most of my friends did. Ending secondary school, I have stepped into the life of a university student, though I have never imagined myself joining a private institute. For the first time, I have travelled alone in public transport to somewhere almost 50 kilometers away.


Because of this, I had more time to do other things, as compared to my friends (though I know it would be different when I enter first year of degree course). Had much more time, to miss the days in Beijing.
I took some guitar classes, which, I had tried to pick up by myself two years back. Finally, I found some noise turning into sound. Hah!

Then, at the end of the year, we get to move into our new house, thought it ain't fully furnished yet. It's fun and comfortable living in a much bigger place, however, the faulties found here and there really do drive us crazy! As you know, I've complained so much about the contractor...

What's most interesting about this year was, the number of showcases and concerts I have attended! Yup, it was so cool and felt so great getting to see the artists. There was Rynn Lim's mini concert, which I won VIP tickets, as well as for Jin Sha's mini concert, which came along with a bonus meet-the-artists session! The first time I get so up-close with artists! (Gotta say, Rynn and Jin Sha were very very friendly people!) You can't imagine how I tried every way to get close to them... hehe... There was JJ's concert, and well, our main aim was the see the guest artist... Rynn Lim. But I DID enjoy JJ's show!

Ooh, and the bombastic David Tao was back! Delaying his concert for almost half a year, I finally get to watch his performance live! As a friend said, he is really cool for an 'old man'.

Not to forget, Michael Wong and Stefanie Sun's concerts were also great times. Though never quite a fan, it was fun to cheer and scream along with the crowd. I never get to do that at home.

Having less exposed to textbooks, I've learned quite some 'facts' about life. One thing is friendship. This is a simple, yet complicated thing. Through the year, I have found some nice new friends. Though, out of these friends, some are easy to mix with, while with some others, it felt strange even to have a little chat.

Friendship lasts forever. Or does it? I am maintaining friendship with some old friends. Though we seldom meet, we do chat through messenger or phone. However, I feel that some others don't even bother to answer an SMS, though they would say that they were afraid of losing the friendship bond during the past days.

The conclusion, Friendship is fragile.

Friends may not always be friends. Friendship does not last forever. Unless you maintain it.

Another lesson is, achievement doesn't fall from the sky. So, you should work for it, try at every opportunity. You have to find it, and try to get it. From the little things, like trying my chance to meet Rynn. Yes, it was really awkward, most people think so, so they don't do it, and lost their chance. In other cases, like pending for scholarship fund, if you don't apply, you will never get it. If you had applied but did not succeed, at least you will not feel that bad, because you have tried.

Appreciation is so important for a happy life. Realise and appreciate what you have instead of craving and grieving for what you don't have. Positive thinking is as important. Life is full of unsatisfactoriness and suffering. Everything happening around us may have positive and negative results. People tend to grief over the negative part. Try looking at the positive side, you'll find the world isn't too bad afterall. Still, everything that happened is the ripening of karma, I accept the fact.

Don't really know what to expect for this brand new year. One thing for sure, it's gonna be a much tougher year. Stepping into a world which sounds very alien to me. Hopefully I can adjust to it easily and quickly.

Hopefully the number of tragedies will decrease in our country as well as in the world. Wish so much that our family will stay together.

Wish all of you well and happy. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu!

alien's back

Phew. Finally finished the last paper. The most exhausting one.

And finally I'm 'officially' back in this world. It's hard to live without the net, but I survived anyway.

December. One year since I finished SPM. Also a very exhausting thing.

Same time last year, we were enjoying at Payar Island. How I miss the Penang trip and the gang...


miss the adventures...


miss the siao-siao moment...


miss the food...


miss the shark...


What's hot these days is the Doha Asian Games 2006. Apparently, my favorite badminton players were kicked out in the quarter-and semi-final rounds. Not much to expect of our country's team, getting a bronze was probably good enough...

Anyway, going to Penang tomorrow, and back to Alor Star. Had been very eager about this trip, but just found out that there's disappointment behind it. Well, Rynn Lim and JJ Lin are gonna have a promotion session in KL next Friday. And I'm gonna miss it. Arghhhh... fancy missing out both the concert and the session!! I'm so sad...

Will miss Rynn a lot... JJ too...

D for David Tao

It was definitely the concert of the year!!

David Tao was finally back in Malaysia for his last stop of "Love Can World Tour" concert. After half a year of waiting, the fans must have got so much crazier!

October 28, 2006. A memorable day of my life.

The concert started at 8.30pm. There was a video of DT piloting a copter which crashed. And out came DT from the sky!! He descended in a white glittering suit, like an angel, haha. Below him, were the musicians in white, too.

The concert kicked off with his hit, [Zhao Zi Ji] (Rain). He got the crowd really groovy with his hot number [Jin Tian Mei Hui Jia] (Shanghaied).

It was so much fun when he requested the audience to stand up and groove with his music. well, it felt better standing, you know. It's much more enjoyable to sway to the beat!

Surely, every number he sang was accompanied by loud cheers andhandclaps and whistles. Giving his best in delivering more than 25 songs, his power shone throughout the night.

The Uniqueness
If you think DT is just a singer who is quite aged (compared to other popular artists) and sing mostly ballads, you're wrong. He is part of that, but not all that.

In fact, he is much more energetic than so many other artists who had held concerts. Although not dancing, he could really rock the 12000-audience to their highest (including me, of course)!!

The concert was not just another concert. It was a huge range of music, with DT switching from lounge singer mode to hip hop artiste, rock star, rapper and even dabbled in some Chinese opera at one point. I especially enjoyed the rock segment, which he presented the songs [Gui] (Ghost) and [Hei Se Liu Ding] (Black Tangerine) and followed by [Sun Zi Bin Fa] (Sun Tzu's Art of War). It was completed with the drums and guitars and everything to the bright lights, which gave the atmosphere of a truly ROCK concert!!!

His performance of [Su San Shuo] (Susan Says) was begun with a few line of Chinese Opera style, treating the fans with his talent (probably?) inherited from his mother. Hehe... truly interesting!

The Stage
The stage was pretty eye-catching as we entered the stadium. It was in a rain forest theme, with plants ang groves and bushes, and there was even a wrecked helicopter in within all the... mess.

The Band
COncerts with live bands are truly amazing! The band members were all in white, which made them look angels in within the forest. Haha... They were very fantastic throughout the concert. DT had a lot of interaction with the band, the background vocalists as well as the Mosaic (erm...rite?), comprising the violin family.

The music director was Mr Goh Kheng Long. I found him a very talented musician. On stage, he played the keyboard and piano (very touching music~!!), and was even the conductor for the little orchestra.

The band was comprised of many Malaysians as well! And this included Mr Goh!! while some others were from Singapore, Thailand, etc. Looks like DT quite recognise Malaysian musicians. *If only I had a chance...*

For background vocals, there were girls this time, who were multi-talented as well. One of them, Ke Wei, dueted the song [Jin Tian Ni Yao Jia Gei Wo] with DT. Besides, she too played the "Er Hu" in a few songs, soemtimes accompanied by the traditional flute.

There was a medley session, kinda unplugged, where David Tan, guitarist and vocalist, joined in singing some parts. He has a good voice.

During a break, once, Mohd Nor (on percussion) gave him a bottle of water, but spoke in Malay. DT doesn't understand, as he said, but I guess he arranged for it! hah!

The duet
As promised, DT invited a fan on stage for a duet. He 'finally' chose a gurl, Celine, from the VVIP section. Later did I know that she was a 'banana'. No wonder she kept speaking ang mo to DT. She managed to keep the audience 'high' (of jealousy??) One thing was, she couldn't keep her hands off DT!! Right from the moment she stepped on stage! (Wonder what Joanne will say...? Oops...)
The song sung was [Tian Tian], a beautiful song.

Love Can vs Soul Power
I would say, the Soul Power concert was a better one compared to this. All because the SP concert was focused on music. Whereas, this one was a 'typical' concert, not only focused on music, but also other 'minor' stuff like his suits, the stage, blablabla... It's a pity I didn't attended the SP's, but at least got to watch the VCD of the one held in Hong Kong.
Well of course, this was far more better than other concerts this time around. Not regrets of a the rushing and arranging. ;) Realy hoping for a next time...

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I know this is late. Anyway, serves well for my reference, ;D

Home sweet home...?

Finally, we get to move into our new house.

Somehow, our family has been moving about every five years. Year 1996, 2000, and now 2006.

Not too new a house though, but extended and renovated. It should feel good to stay in a larger place. Though it's a bit further away from the LRT station, guess it's well worth it.

Somehow I feel quite alien about this whole thing. Or rather, there seems not much atmosphere of it. And somehow, it felt more at home when I returned to the old house.

However, things never come perfect. Let's not talk about the furniture which aren't bought yet. To our dismay, many of the equipments in the house are faulty. The workers seem to have just made a mess out of everything.

Looks like there won't be much entertainment for us these few days. As long as the antenna and telephone line are not fixed. But the good news is, we are gonna have Astro! Not too keen though, compared to last time, since there are quite a lot of TV programmes on national tv. Hopefully, the broadband line will be fixedsoon, and that we get a new PC! I'm damn tired of the old one...
And hopefully, dad we bring us back to the old house to watch [The Beginning] every nite!! Haha...

The first day of moving in, my 3 aunties, all the way from Kedah, were here to visit! Looks like the some of them are more excited about the housewarming! Anyway, that won't come soon, most probably next year.

Anyway, hope to return to normal days of life.

Weird

Its been raining everyday past few weeks.

Why? Cuz the rain god, Rynn Lim is back in Malaysia! (yeah rite...)

The sad thing is, I can't go to his events.
Ahh.. my heart is weeping.

All because the family is busy with the new house. So much trouble. Renovating, cleaning, packing. Not only that, arguements, waitings, disappointments, mistakes (or merely ignorance), and... stupidity?! It all comes in a package.

But then, I'm quite eager to move into my new room which has a great view of the condominium blocks nearby. Much more of scenery and greenery as compared to the current one. Much bigger too. ;)

Rynn, I miss you so much!!!

The moral studies presentation went on this week. Tuesday's was quite 'interesting', or not, but still is unique comapred to others. The group of India girls presented a sketch to accompany their pslide presentation. The strange thing is, when the other groups are supposed to have only 2 representatives to present, this group had 4 of them speaking.
It ain't fair to us.
But although speaking loudly and much more professionally, they were seem to just reading the slides without digesting the facts. Without being able to answer the questions directed to them, they kept giving the reason that their slides went off.

That's why, don't talk too much. You've gotta think as well.

As for today's presentation, They too had three presenters. Their problem is, they seem not to had good relations among themselves.
The main speaker seem not satisfied with his members. How would someone say the class and the lecturer that their members did not put in much effort?? This would show that he thinks superior of himself. And the consequence might be that they get lower marks. Group work should be done in a group. If you've chosen the wrong members, then it's your problem.

What is life? It's quite confusing. Taking transport 3 hours per day? Studying day and night? Chasing after your favourite idol? Eat and sleep all day?

Why do we have to live? To wait for the death?
Why does rebirth take place? And that we have to strive hard to reach our goals, get enlightenment?
What if I'm reborn as an animal, a bird, a cow, a dog, a pig, whatever, or ghost, or deva? What is I have to suffer all over again?
Why should life be suffering?
Why were we in this universe in the first place?

Seems so weird. Quite tiring.
Life is so much suffering. Unsatisfactoriness.
That's why I'm here. taking 3 hours of tranport time to and fro the university. That's why I'd rather not move out to somewhere near there.
That's why I'm craving to see Rynn.
That's why we want to climb, not fall.
That's why we too have to bear with the society.

It's strange. I come all the way to UCSI from Setapak, while another friend who was an ex-student here go all the way from Bukit Jalil to TARC.
The world is upside down...

Attachment brings suffering. Crave is the cause of suffering.
By discarding crave and attachment, we live happier spiritually.
But this is easier said than done.

I'm still a long way from enlightenment.
Anyway, I'm striving for it.
There is a reason for this.

工体北

我的一位中四同学，纬娴，的父亲(也是我老爸的同事) ，早前调职到北京去了。

要说羡慕，也没什么好羡慕的。

只是，我是多么想念北京呀~！想念那儿的天气，那儿的环境，那儿的美食，那儿的感觉。。。

听过林宇中的[工体北]吧？

一过了工体北 摇头又晃脑
浪漫的北京夜 一条酒吧街

纬娴说，她好像有经过工体北，但不确定是在哪个区。我的记忆衰退了，对工体北印象不深。工人体育馆是有去过，但没想过工人体育馆北路(印象中有个菜市场)是个酒吧街！

If I’m not wrong, 可能是在“蓝桥分店” 附近吧。曾经见过那里的一条街，在晚上时是闪闪发光的，很想去看看，没机会。

另一条酒吧街是在三里屯。忘了哪条路。白天时是个街边市场，有很多小档口，是个杀价的好地方！黑夜的时候，就转变成街边街了！超级热闹的！由于三里屯位于使馆区那一带，所以那里总是有很多老外，由其在晚上的时候！
别想太多，我少到那儿的！

有看过电影[如果爱] 吗？
这部影片有很多戏是在北京取景的。而且是农历新年期间哦！看见那个冰冻的河、道路、建筑物、胡同、郊外的小房子，还有呼气时呼出的“烟” 。。。唉，好怀念北京的冬天啊~！！

得知我们的前大使的儿子目前在北京定居，好佩服，好羡慕。不知我是否也有这种机会呢？

一过了工体北 全身轻飘飘
喧闹闹的音乐 忘了我是谁
发现自己今夜哪儿都去不了
在工体北晃就好

Raya

This year's Raya is less exciting than before. Only one open house to go, that means only to enjoy the delicacies once. Boo.

Recalling, time passes so fast, the last Raya seems just a few months back. Still remember it was around SPM period.

SPM 2006 is just round the corner, but I feel it ain't long since I took the exam last year.

This is a funny year.

Anyway, I've been in university already for half a year, and I'm finishing my 2nd semester's duty. 58 hours, finally over. hopefully I can get back my duty at Engineering Lab next sem.

The family will be so busy in next few weeks. Coz we are moving!! Though our house renovation is not completed yet (thanks to the d*** contractor), I've been keen on moving into my room, which I'll share with my younger sis. The house will be bigger!!

That makes us not to arrange any recreational activity in those weeks. Booooooo... But of all that, I will not give up watching TV. At least, I MUST watch [The Beginning]!!!

There's still the performance to come up. Last weeks of practice this Saturday. Just hope I won't get silly on THE day.

Rynn Lim is returning to the country, but won't be able to see him live. So sad... But hopefully my mom won't drag me away from the TV.

And the worst thing is, my tummy has been upset continuously for past few weeks. Sweat. That's why I don't really like to eat outside food.

So much is happening. Especially this year. At this time of the year.

Ahhh... enjoy life. Maybe, maybe not. A game of ball will be enjoying. ;)

[Sing-Along] 空秋千

嘿！推荐好歌给你们哦！

这是[空秋千]，电视剧[原点]的主题曲,由林宇中做词做曲及演唱。
歌词很有意思，曲子更为佳！
要是想听，每逢星期一至五晚上9.30，守候NTV7播出的[原点]喔！！

空秋千
荡秋千 来回终究要停在原点
望太远 眼前幸福却忽略
晃半圈 圆不了爱恋
高一遍 低一遍 风就吹散了永远

好想为你荡秋千 看着夕阳扮鬼脸
若月光再美一点 我们会否把手牵
好想被你碎碎念 当数流星的配乐
你却说你等不到天亮
空秋千 陪真夜

秋千和我失眠 在你影子身边
这公园太想念 你无邪的笑脸

好想为你荡秋千 看着夕阳扮鬼脸
若月光再美一点 我们会否把手牵
好想被你碎碎念 当数流星的配乐
你却说你等不到天亮
空秋千 陪真夜

*荡秋千 望太远 晃半圈
高一遍 低一遍 圆不了爱恋
风就吹散了永远 来回终究停在原点

DT in the House!!!

It's been 2 weeks, and I'm finally here to update it.

On October 6 2006, Friday, David Tao's KL showcase was held at Picollo Gallery at Bukit Bintang. In fact, it was in the middle of a busy road!! Wow~~! However, the stage, of course, was smaller than that of last year's which was at Sunway Lagoon.

Anyway, scheduled at 9pm, the crowd was not so big even by eight. However by nine, the place was packed. It was obvious that the crowd was smaller compared to last time. Might be because he s having other autograph sessions too at Malacca and Ipoh.

The man who came in a comfortable pink shirt sang only 2 songs, but which was quite good compared to some one other place, where he sang only one song. He delivered the hit single of the new album, [Tai Mei Li] (Beautiful), and in conjunction with the Mid-autumn festival, he sang the 'legendary' [Yue Liang Dai Biao Shei de Xin] (The Moon represents Who's Heart!). He was given a lantern which was in chicken shape!! Hehe...so cute!

Then... the autograph session!! Fortunately, a friend requested that I help her get a CD autographed, so... I got to go on stage!! Yahoo!! That was my first time seeing DT up close! And as usual, he was such a friendly guy, spoke to every fan and looked them in their eyes whole-heartedly. Yes, I admit that I was 'electrically shocked' by him!! Muahahahahahaha~~!! I was lost of words when he talked to me! Hehee... was kinda blur after that...

And even more exciting, was when we used the same concert ticket to exchange for so many postcards!! Haha... (you may call that cheating? Who cares...) This time, I prepared myself and spoke to him. Fish was in front of me, and she spoke a lot to him! And he was quite willing to respond, but the crew 'chased' her away...hehe...

And my turn, his look on the face seem to tell that he remembered me...or it was my own imagination!

Anyway, I threw out a sentence, "It's great to see you here!"
He replied, "Thank you very much!" *drool*
Then, he said, "Zhong Qiu Jie quai Le!" (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"
And I replied, "zhongqiujiequaile.." Haha... Was 'suprised' by that...haha...

Minutes later, he left the place. We saw him off in his company car. It was so cool, that the road was temporary blocked to give him way! WoOOosh... And he saw crazy people behind rails waving madly at him...

I didn't take any photos, but got some from a friend, Soursand!! Lots of thanks to her!!


The Stage!! Looks big huh? But it was quite small. Imagine two lanes of the road...


Give it up for David Tao!! That's him with Sam, the DJ as emcee of the showcase.


A chit-chat with DT. He spoke very interestingly.


Trying to fly??!!


Feel the charm of DT...!


It was hot!!


Singing...!




Thanks to Soursand for the photos!

Poisoned

Aarrrghh!! I was poisoned! Hmm... food poisoned, I believe. Might be the "donut hotdog" I had for lunch yesterday. This little thing upset my stomach and body so much.

My hectic day was started with that. My situation changed so dramatically that the "pau" that I like was of no appetite to me. In fact, my chest was feeling so bad that I felt like vomiting.

Had no choice but to apply some ointment and take a rest. That meant being late for my appointment. Later, my doctor cousin (who's come to stay for some while) told me to take some 100 Plus, which contained sodium and potassium which I was most probably lack of. Thankfully, I did recover a little after that.

I was late for 2 hours. Supposed to gather at university to do the Moral Studies project. Fortunately my parents sent me there, or I would have been so tired upon reaching the venue.

Anyway, the worse thing is that I have 2 mid-term exams on the day of project presentation. So unlucky, thinking that other people will only have to worry about it a month later! Haiz... It's continuation of the crazy weeks. College life is crazy, when you are free, you can be shaking ur legs. When you get busy, you don't even have to the time to shake ur head!

Later, because of the heavy rain and traffic jam, I was late for my guitar class. But still, it's better than not going.

Things come so fast and so suddenly these 2 weeks. And suddenly Yee Chung is bak again in Malaysia! And he's now the "Ai Xin Da Shi" (Loving Ambassador?)! Such a pleasant surprise... the news showed a compassionate side of him, going around greeting the patients... probably at the dialysis.

tomorrow's gonna be even more packed. Hopefully my stomch gets better, as it's starting to get painful again right now. Though I guess taht I'll be dragging my weak body for a week.

Blur blur world...

My world is so yellowish now. So blur...

All because of it... the HAZE.

Yes it's here again, since a few days ago, paying its annual visit to our country. No matter how unwelcomed it is.

I didn't really took notice of it until today. Though I did hear about it from the news. While waiting for the shuttle van today, I smelt something. The smell of about a year ago... Though it's not half as serious as it was last year, this is still very unhealthy.

Is it because of the haze that I caught a cold recently? well... maybe, or maybe it was the cold. Anyway, my throat is starting to feel itchy and constantly dry now. Definitely feels bad.

It quite an unfortunate for the haze to hit the towns at this time of the year. Especially since it's the Ramadhan now, when the Muslims are fasting. It adds the burden to them, drying out their throats even more.

This reminds me of the days a year back. I remember the principal seeming taking a 'pleasurable' walk among the haze, looking at the 'scenery'. while we, in the classroom, were shouting to him to declare holiday! You see, we have the most open-aired classrooms at school, so open that it seems there's only the roof that's protecting us. And even the ceiling was falling off some time later.

The classroom was al misty, as if we were in heaven. Only that, it felt like hell smelling the awful 'smoke'.

Right now, it might be a directly opposite situation. At university I am enclosed in air-conditioned room almost all day, so the haze doesn't affect me as much as before. Except that I am often FREEZING instead (that was how I caught my cold). So much different a situation from last year.

Such an unsuitable way of welcoming David Tao to our country again. Hope he doesn't fall sick to it. ANd hope so much that the situation would be much better tomorrow, during his showcase.

Fairy Tale

Haha. I'm no more a kid. But sometimes, I still like fairy tales.

This, is about Michael Wong's fairy tale. Hmm... or not?

Anyway, it was a wonderful time at his concert. There were two performances, one last night, and one tonight. I guess tonight's show will be even more exciting and high!

The venue wasn't as jammed as the time during Sam Hui's concert. Maybe coz this was at the indoor stadium. And as I have guessed, the VIP tickets that we got wasn't really in front of stage. In fact, there were even VVIP, and SVVIP seats!! Wow... why let those who won't groove to the music sit so close?? geesh...
Somehow, some (or many) people seem to be there because they got complementary tics. (There was a grandma sitting next to us, who seemed to take it as a lullaby..!) Like us.

But we did enjoy it. So did the cute little girls of cousin Boon. Haha... They were another entertainment besides Michael Wong. YZ and I were as usual, the most excited one of our group. Screaming and shouting so much!

Well, I admit that I'm not such a huge fan of his, and that was why I couldn't sing along more than half the songs. Many are familiar though. Super nice ones. Most popular ones. The well-known ones. They were all so wonderful...

The concert started off with a song with a little magic and mysterious performance. 2 persons came on stage, one in white and one in black. they were both hooded, and sang the song [Tian Shi] (Angel) *Such a great melody!* Initially the one in white appeared to be Michael. After the song ended, the black one stood behind the White, and a huge "BOOM!" was heard with fireworks on stage! The lights went off, and when the stage was lighted again, the black one was standing there alone. And wala! That was Michael! Again! haha...

A good try for a great show. But their trick was caught by me. somehow, not like many people, my attention wasn't distracted by the bang and fireworks. I saw the 'black guy' 'tore' the White jacket off the 'white guy', and jumped into a hole near by. That left the white guy WEARING the same black suit! So, it was the same person, Michael!

But then, maybe it was less fun catching the trick. So guys, next time you watch magic shows, don't observe too much!

About the stage. It was a huge one, very large for the size of the audience. But that was much better, it offered more interaction between him and the audience. He agreed with that, when he stood on the extended stage in the middle.

And his suit. They were basically in white, especially his trousers. He wore strap for 2 or 3 suits, which... looks funny. Balck shirts, shiny neck-ties, and in the end, a red-colored jacket. These were it. Not very glamourious, but he looked stunning.

It was until the song [Di Yi Ci] (First Time) that I really get to sing. There was a part of the show when he appeared with a beautiful piano. I love piano performances, in fact, any musical instruments' performances. And of course, he played well. He even danced during a more groovy song. Lots of room for improvement, hehe...

When he sang [Wo Ni De Shou] (Hold Your Hand), he came down the stage to have hand shakes with the fans. However, while he was still in front, the back here was starting to get uncontrolled. This ended up with Michael not able to come shake hands with us. Oh...too bad, so unfortunate. Cousin Heck (again) managed to shake hands with him though, as he change to the front seats!

I thought he would be singing [Tong Hua] (Fairy Tale) as encore, butI was wrong. It was the so-called 'final' song. For encore, he presented a new song of his, [I Am Who I Am]. Still the same old style of his, but nice.

The concert last for about 3 hours, ending at 11.10pm. Quite satisfied, and enjoyed a lot. It may not be as exciting as JJ's concert, but it was equally good. Later on, we went for supper. By the time we reach home, it was few minutes past one.

It was a pity Jin wasn't able to go, as she will be sitting for PMR this week, starting tomorrow. Wishing her all the best. I hope she makes it through, and I know she will. Good luck, Jin!
Nevermind, she surely will attend David tao's concert!! Can't wait!

千里之外

My dad has gone out-station again.

This time, to Canada.

It is so cool to be able to go, but dad has been quite dull the whole day. It was a bit like when he had to go to Beijing 10 years ago.

Oh yeah, 10 years ago, at this time of the year, I was spending my first autumn in life, in Beijing. 6 years coming back now, I still miss it very much.

It will be a dull period next week, without dad home. And it's test week...haiz. Tons of housework and revision waiting for me.

I do hope dad will enjoy his days and stay there. after all, it's another part of the globe out there. :D

Snatched, coma

As I was having dinner last night, I heard the news on TV about someone being snatched at Masjid Jamek LRT station the night before.

Little did I know that the victim was an ex-schoolmate of mine. Till today, when I checked the news online. I was quite shocked by the incident.

The victim, Lim Sze Jian (18) is a UTAR student. He was stolen of his thousand-ringgit handphone. He's been hospitalised since early morning where he was found at Kota Raya. According to the news, he had 2 operations for his brain. He's still in coma.

The moment I got to knowof the news last night, I was worrying about my safety. It's better not to return home late. It's such a tragedy involving someone as close as an ex-schoolmate. It's such a pity that those people out there would rob materials and even lives!

Fortunately, Sze Jian is recovering now. And hopefully the culprit will be caught soon.

Though not having acquaintance with him, I still pray for him to recover well and soon.
Namo Amitofo.


The Star article

Second Time

Finally, it was my second time to the National Blood Centre. It was yesterday, Sept 16.

And to donate blood. of course.
It was quite deserted there. Unlike last time, there were some NS trainees waiting to donate blood.

This time I used my right arm. According to the nurse, Using the writing hand will make the blood flow faster. Erm... dad doesn't believe so.

Anyway, as I have 'feared', it was the same case as last time using the left arm. As I have mentioned, the position of the injection last time was weird, kinda senget. Similar case with now! In fact, it was almost the same position of the left and right arm! Great, so my blood vessels are abnormal?? Or my skin is too thick??!!

And, like last time too, the wound of the injection was larger than my dad's. Strange. Am I so much different from others?

Had some trouble later when I attended guitar class. the hole poked in my left middle finger was in pain whenever I had to do the chords. That's why I don't like this procedure when going for donation.

It's no surprise that I'm so eager to donate blood. I've always wanted to do charity work, but does not have the 'ability' yet. So at least, this is what I can do. You know that you can actually save a life out there.

By the way, the service at NBC is very good, and refreshment is provided after the donation. aha, that's a bonus!

Hopefully the next time (which my dad plan in December) won't be delayed. Haha.

Touched by two Angels

September 10, 2006. Such a marvelous day.

Winning a contest on MyFM, YZ and I attended a Fans Gathering with Jin Sha and Yee Chung! It was held in GasOnline Cafe, Sg Wang at 8pm. Believe me, my first time a Sg Wang!

We managed to catch last part of the MyFM concert which was held at Sg Wang entrance, at which Yee Chung was the last performing artist. He sang the songs [Bu Da Yang De Dian], [Shi Lian Xue] and [Zai Jian], and he dedicated the latter song to his PA, who would be leaving the company soon. Such a touching moment...

Fans' Gathering session
At the gathering venue, I was quite surprised by the huge number of people present. Found out that there were 6 units of winners who were invited. Around 30-40 people.

Before the arrival of the VIPs, the MC, Jason (MyFM DJ) chose team members for Yee Chung and Jin Sha to play a game. Within minutes, we got to see the prince and the princess! They looked as good as usual. Chatted with Jason for a while, about their future plans, blablabla...

Q&A session
Next came the Q&A session. I managed to ask them a question, regarding whether they would switch back to their 'career'(say microbiologist?) from their 'interest' (music). YC replied that it would be tough, because microbiology is like a computer, required upgrading and updating, and since he has been away from the industry for a long time, it would be hard to switch back. But he doesn't rule out the possibility. Whereas, Jin Sha mentioned that music has been her interest since young, she loved to sing and create (or change) the lyrics of the songs she sing. she was previously a reporter. YC acknowledge her for achieving her dreams.

Besides, YC said that his next album might include songs which are more rhythmic, but he will most probably not dance (sad...), as he name himself as "lao gu tou' (old bones)! JS expressed that she'd like to take part in another drama. She even had in mind a drama where YC will act as a killer/murderer, Ah Do as the Head of a 'black society', whereas JJ can become her brother. how interesting!

JS felt that the guys in Malaysia are very 'MAN'. Her type of guys can be like that of a movie, [Summer More More Tea], where the guys play guitar and sing along at the beach. Ooh, that's beautiful! YC teased her instead, asking whether she liked Ah Niu, or Michael wong, who were actors in the movie.

The Game
the game came next, where one team member would sing a song and the opponent continue it. I was chosen for the game (earlier, well...as the crazy person I am, I try to get every chance to be near YC...hehe). It was fun to see YC and JS upclose, in a relaxed mood. The way they played 'paper, scissors, stone' was even a wonder...haha! **

Though YC got the priority in the beginning, our team lost in the end. Somehow we just ain't so familiar with JS's songs. Paiseh. but we got consolation prizes and group photo too! Yey! and JS was so nice, she let me stand beside YC! but there was this little voodoo doll hanging from the ceiling blocking me...sweat...there goes my only photo with Yee Chung and Jin Sha...

After this was the group photo session, where the 6 groups of winners shoot with YC and JS. Aha1 The cheeky me quickly chose a strategic place...where else but beside YC??! Haha... even YC turned around and said,"hey, you shi ni!" (You again!) (Maybe he was getting fed up of seeing me again...hah!) But later, I gave my precious place to YZ, coz she hasn't gotten to stand beside him yet. Imagine the smile on her face! **

In the end, Jason chatted with them again, and bid farewell to them (JS is leaving for China while YC will be heading to taiwan to prepare his next album). Oh, so no autograph session. kinda disappointed. I stood by the aisle, ready to bid them last goodbye. Many fans started raining down gifts for them, many of them are stuffed dolls (how lucky of JS!), and some fans handed out albums for her to sign on.

OMG! Autographs?!! Yikes! I quickly rushed back to my seat and got my guitar! But by the time I reach back the aisle, YC has already passed. But I didn't care, I started calling out to him (you can also call that 'shout'). After 2-3 times calling him, he turned around, and I requested for him to sign on my guitar.

And he said YES!! He walked back here. He signed so nicely, the way he always do for each of his albums. And now, haha... this has become a real stimulator for me to work hard in guitar learning! As I have said, Yee Chung has inspired me a lot!!

They left shortly, while we the fans stayed back for some refreshment. Met the Fan Club members, one of whom YC himself recognised. How lucky! Now I wonder whether he will remember the crazy me, maybe my shiny braces look significant enough! Haha!


**My Marvelous Experience!!**
I was the last of 3 to play. Before that, YC told me, "jin li jiu hao." (Just try your best.) But nevertheless, I didn't know the song my opponent sang, so I lost. YC said, "mei guan xi, mei guan xi." I kinda apologise to him, and he replied,"mei guan xi," then he whispered to me,"wo ye bu hui!" (I dunno also!) Hahaha... so cute, so nice of him. I knew he was just trying to console us, though I guess he really didn't know the song! Hehe...

After the group photo for MyFM winners, YZ tried talking to YC... about an event at UKM. But somehow, YC was not sure, "you an pai ma?" (is there arrangement for this?) Then, we had to leave, wonder what they said in the end.

When signing my beloved guitar, finding that I didn't have a pen (how careless of me), his PA handed out a marker pen to him (thanks a lot to his PA!). i struggled a bit while taking out the guitar from the case, so he kindly said, "man man lai, man man lai." (slowly..no rush) *Meltz~!* Putting the guitar down on the floor...

YC: "yao qian na li?" (where to sign?)
me: "em..." (no idea...as you like?)

He signed on the top front. Though the autograph seemed kinda weird or rather upside-down for some people (because of his position), it doesn't matter to me, I love it anyway! It was a rush of time, yet YC was willing to take some time to sign...I'm so touched!!! He even spoke to me!

YC: "ni you tan ji ta ma?" (do you play guitar?)
me: "hai zai xue xi..." (still learning.)

I was too excited, I guess I even forgot to see him out. I forgot if I thanked him, but deep down inside, I feel so thankful, and so touched. Thanks a lot, Yee Chung kor kor, you are so nice!

All the way, YC and JS had been giving their best. There must be times when they are very tired, but they will still have smiles on their faces. They treat their fans and staff nicely, and would speak and act in a humble way. Such are the qualities of artists which are rarely found in the entertainment circle. Really, I was so truly happy when Yee Chung agreed to sign on my guitar, and even asked me not to rush, when otherwise he could be heading for bed a few minutes earlier!

Gotta thank MyFM for giving his chance, thank my dad for sending us there, and Yc's PA for the marker pen! Most of all, thank you to Jin Sha and Yee Chung for spending time with us, being patient with us and treating us so well! I have never met any artist so humble and friendly.

All the Best to Yee Chung and Jin Sha! We will miss you guys so much! Really hope to see you in Malaysia again. can't wait for Yee Chung's drama [The Beginning] and his upcoming album!!

Miscellaneous

Dad was originally going out-station. Not anymore, Yey! many problems solved.

Frst, guitar class.

Then, the fan's meeting session with Yee Chung and Jin Sha. It will be at sg Wang, which is kinda hard in transport aspect especially at night. Now I hope that dad will pick us up...

There's the Awards Day. I had been down over my dad over not attending the ceremony, which is my first ever in UCSI.
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Great. There goes Friday. Didn't go for duty today. and there goes the 2nd week, with only 2 hours of work.

I regret a lot for choosing school of IT and Management for this semester. I wanted to continue in School of Engineering, but there were no more places.

I realised the ease of duty at the previous school. The supervisor wasn't strict, and doesn't mind a lot about the working hours, as long as we do work. How great was that.

But now over here, the supervisor will fill my time-sheet (which is the right way). And she will write the hours I was there, NOT my initial planning hours. And so, I have trouble planning my working now.

Even worse off, they DON'T have much work for me to do!! What'a heck??! Then how am I going to complete my duty?? ANd why are they assigned so many scholarship students?? It's CRAZY!! I'm so much worried now... I really don't like it here, they really do treat me as a worker. Shit.

And they expect me to go to the heads to look for work. Suddenly I feel like I'm a jobless looking for employment. Or even a salesgirl trying dispose the products at hand.

I really don't mean to, but... I HATE THIS PLACE!!!
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Complaints about the contractor again.

Heard my mom talking over the phone about the renovation. She was complaining about some works done without her knowledge, and messed them up.

I truly doubt about the contractor's 'professionalism'. he doesn't even use his brains! Resulting in mistakes here and there! And more ridiculously, he wants us to pay him more to re-do the mistakes1 WHAT??!!Whether he is uncle or elder or whatever, I really wish I could smack him!!

Wasting time

Here I am, wasting my time again.

should have stayed at home and come later. I could be snoring in my bed now. Urgghhh...

The half-an-hour stuck at the LRT station... Shit. Crowded with people. I dunno what the hell is up with Rapid KL. Technical problems every once in a while. I hope they don't shout "Malaysia Boleh!"
Leave the Malaysians some face man...

And damn, I thought I could have come for duty today, but then, no work for me. Could have completed 3 hours of work time. And now, I'm sitting in the Computer lab again. Spoiling my eyes. Geesh...

Still feeling down and moody bout yesterday. It seems like I cannot trust anyone now. Or is it just me who is too sensitive? But then, who likes the feeling of loneliness? Who likes to be betrayed?

For sure, I don't.

I hope I can get over this soon. Though I know that I will continue to have a hard time.

背叛

不知道是否真的背叛，但心里很不舒服，有点被利用的感觉。

到现在，交朋友还不是我的强项。交不到朋友很寂寞，交到不真心的朋友更是心痛。

其实我是真的要做朋友，可是我发现她只把我当个代替品。她有一群很要好的朋友，那没关系，不过她不应该就这样忽略了其他人的感受。把我当成透明的吗？

如果真是朋友，就该让我知道自己有去开会啊。难道说的那句话是为了骗我，让你的好朋友们那个机会吗？如果我猜中了的话，那你真是太卑鄙了！

我非常失望，为何好象老是被利用、被遗弃、被抛弃。更衰的是，在这学期我只有她一个女性朋友(虽然她其实蛮“男性化“的)。也因为我念的科系少女生吧。和她做朋友，我还蛮压力的，不知为何，可能是因为她很聪明吧。

老实说，我听说，但不很相信，优秀生某些方面是自私、吝啬的。然而，类似的人，我也见了不少。更何况她是‘香蕉人‘，好她没话题聊，很闷。我比较喜欢单纯些的人，比如佩玲。她是个天生美女，老是笑嘻嘻地，善良又单纯，和她很谈得来。她是我入学以来最好的朋友，现在真的好想念她哟。。。

不过又能怎样，生活还得过下去。只能请愿，不会再遇到不真心又卑鄙的人。

Malaysia and Singapore's Chief Monk passes away

The Buddhist Channel, Aug 31, 2006

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- The Chief monk of Malaysia and Singapore, Ven. Dr K Sri Dhammananda Maha Nayaka Thera passed away peacefully at 12.42 pm today. He was 87.

The venerable's "home coming" to the Buddhist Maha Vihara

Born in the small village of Kirinde, Matara in southern Sri Lanka on March 18, 1919, Ven. Dr K Sri Dhammananda or "Chief" as he is fondly called, was ordained at the age of 12.

He was given the name "Dhammananda" which means "one who experiences happiness through Dhamma." At the age of 22. he received higher ordination (upasampada) under Venerable K Ratanapala Maha Thera, the Chief abbot of Kotawila Vihara.

Ven. Dr K Sri Dhammananda came to Malaya (now Malaysia) in January 1952. He has since then made Malaysia his adopted home. His contribution to the development of Buddhism in pre-independence Malaya and then modern Malaysia is beyond measure.


Ven Dhammaratana leading the puja session with other monks.

He was foremost in promoting Buddhist education to the grassroot and was responsible to bring basic Buddha-Dharma teachings to the lay people. The venerable's impact was especially felt amongst the English speaking local Buddhists.

Meanwhile at the Buddhist Maha Vihara in Kuala Lumpur, the venerable's body was brought back to the vihara at around 5.30 pm today local time. The temple has declared 3 days of official mourning.

Members of the public can pay their last respect to the venerable at the "Dewan Asoka". The funeral will take place on Sunday.


Adapted from Buddhist Channel.
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=56,3100,0,0,1,0

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My family and I went to the Buddhist Maha Vihara last night to pay our last respect to the Chief Reverend, and have a last look at him.
Though I have no much encounter with the Chief, I appreciate his effort in expounding the Dhamma.
May the Chief be reborn in a blissful state and attain Nibbana.
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!

Sg Wang National Day Countdown Concert

Had wished to go, but didn't join the party with the great artists. What a pity. Anyway, here goes the pics...


Group photo! Notice that Jin Sha (Kym) i in a pink baju kebaya. How CUTE~!!












Yee Chung looks great in white. Typical "Bai Ma Wang Zi"!!




Charlie Chaplin?!! Haha...


Rain God with an umbrella. =)


A chit-chat with Yee Chung. Yee Chung's Trademark post...cool! Shuai!
Nicholas (left) looks kinda "Uncle-y".

Credit to i-tung from myyeechung.com for the pics.

Thrilling Merdeka!!!

Woohoo!!

August 31 was Malaysia's National Day. Had a lot going on. Can be considered a special National Day indeed. Just a briefing...

~Watched [Taegukgi] on tv. Though the 3rd time watching it, the scenes in near the end still made me shed tears.

~Had pork for almost 5 meals continuously. All because of YZ who was back for holiday. Got tired of it. The big piece of fat from "siou bak" still haunts me. =( But the "Bak Kut Teh" was good! Our regular destination for the delicacy, [Yi Xin Ge], best in PJ and...KJ, Kelana Jaya!

~It was raining again. Constantly thinking of the Rain God, Yee Chung. Well, would be seeing him at night, can't wait!

~Jin Sha mini concert!! That's the main reason for this blog. Haha!

~And i finally met Fish from DFC forum, who is a big fan of Yee Chung and David Tao too! Haha... She was with Fanny, Soursand, and another gurl (sorry, forgot her name, paiseh paiseh). Didn't meet Fish and Fanny though we were at JJ's concert, and I believe at the same area too!


[Jin Sha Unbelieveable Mini Concert]

Yes, it was Unbelieveable. The mini concert was held at the main hall of Confucian Independent School, at 8pm. Again, we asked for Cousin Heck to ferry us there (and join us of course). Glad that Jin could go, though her exam is approaching. My initial plan was to join the MyYeeChung Fans' Club, but then we changed places to MyFM winners' section (where 2 of us were supposed to be).

Being a crazy girl who would get really crazy, my greatest fear was being seated in a 'cold' area. Coz I hate being like a fool, cheering on my own. Uhuh, and my fear was there. Actually it was almost the whole audience which was 'cold'. Seems like majority of it was there for Yee Chung, including me.

I do adore Jin Sha. I noticed her since she first appear on Malaysian TV in a Chinese drama called [Shi Ba Sui De Tian Kong] (The world of the 18-year-olds). Her character was a sweet pretty girl, and had a special relationship with a boy of the same class. The actor of that character was Li Zhi Nan, who appeared in her recent MV. She looks quite like that character (Lan Fei Ling), very sweet and cute.

Though she doesn't like to pose in the 'trendy' "cute" smiles (those which you twist your fingers and mouth like anything), but she does look truly cute doing that, as if she was born for that. and she has really beautiful fair skin. If I were a guy, I'd go for her! Haha!

The event started off with a video clip about Confucian 100th Anniversary, followed by a 'hand-language performance' by Beliawanis.


Phoebe as the MC.

Then out comes Jin Sha! She looked so good and cute, in a white 'bubbly' dress, just like a little princess. Her performance was quite good, tough there's still room for improvement. As I mentioned earlier, the audience was quite stingy of cheers. I wished I could have shouted out loud, but not wanting to look like a fool, I did not. Boo.


A chit-chat with Yee chung and Jin Sha.

And out hopped Yee Chung! He was in a pink shirt, which he claimed that it shrunk1 Hehe... nevermind, he still appeared like a Prince! So we have a prince and a princess on stage!

They chatted a while about Jin Sha's album, which then Jin Sha fed the audience about the kind of girl which Yee Chung adored (in her opinion, that is). During this, Phoebe kinda asked him if he agreed, and he made a gesture shaking his shoulders, which of course was truly cute!! Hehe...




Talking about umbrella, seeing the umbrellas brought by myyeechung members.

Yee Chung delivered 2 songs, [Kao An] and [Shi Lian Xue]. During the songs, he threw poster to the audience, and playfully tricked us! Haha!


Yee Chung singing away...

During the second song, he came down to stage to us. Once Ihe was in front of me for about 2 seconds, just half a metre away! WOOHOO!!! It was so cool to see him up so close! Really got so crazy! And when he turned back, I kinda touhed his arm, and haha... I guess he was surprised and looked this way! Hehe... Imagine how thrilled I was!!

Btw, I did a stupid thing. Of course everyone was very excited and wanted to catch the posters thrown (like throwing food into the water for the fish...sweat). Once a poster was caught by a boy on duty, and guess what, I grabbed it from him! Damn crazy! Never in my life had I thought I would do that. And very paiseh and sorry to that guy. He seemed to wanted to keep it, but then he was on duty right? Hehehe... Though I feel really ashamed...sweat sweats...


A get-ready posture to throw us the posters!

Obviously, majority of the crowd was there to support Yee Chung (including us). When he came on stage, the cheers for him was double of that for Jin Sha. So, Yee Chung had to 'plead' the audience to support Jin Sha besides supporting him.

After that, a futher composer artist of Hai-O, Lee Zhi Qing (whose album will be released soon) played the guitar to accompany with Jin Sha singing. Kinda got super-excited when I the guiatr being brought out! Haha! Make a wild guess, you'd know that I'm obsessed with guitars now. *Sweat* Not too familiar with some of the songs, but all the way, they sounded nice, especially the guiat music. =D

The two hottest songs were [Ben Dan] and [Bu Ke Si Yi], which the latter was the encore song. These two songs really got the crowd to sing along. I especially love [Ben Dan] (Stupid), which is very touching. The myyeechung members even shouted "Ben Dan" to her, but she cutely replied that she's happy! Such a sweet girl!

In the end was the autograph session. After much thought and consideration (duhh...), we rushed to purchase Yee Chung's Special Edition album (with music videos!!). The chance to go on stage was given to Jin, as she would not be able to attend the Fans Meeting Session.

And gosh, how I envy! She was on stage for such a long time (3 minutes WAS a long time), and fancy having Yee Chung looking at her... writing (our names)! In the end, Yee Chung only wrote our surname, coz the PA thought writing 3 names was too much. =( Anyway, his hand-writing was so neat (for guys, you know). I miss seeing him signing his autograph, the sincere and serious and dedicated look. Aww...

And a first-time experience. When we got outside the hall, we found a van parked next to my cousin's car. Yeah! That's their van!! Rushing over there, we found Fish and gang already waiting! (Haha... they are the experienced gang!) First to come out was Lee Zhi Qing, who was still as shy as usual (with his head so low...heehee). He was holding his guitar and some other stuff, but still shook hands with us. Nice guy. =) That means I'm gonna support him... spiritually~!!

A little moment later Jin Sha appeared, all smiles. She looked so pretty upclose, and slowed down her footsteps to greet us goodbye. I suddenly had the urge to hug her! Hehe...so looked just like a doll... =D

Yee Chung was out at last, but he was walking quite fast. But it was good to see him too. And I wanted to hug him too. But I couldn't! wooooo...

Seeing Zhi Qing by the window, YZ made gestures to attract his attention so as to take a photo. He did look out at us, but with no facial expression (Doraemon? Hehe...). No photos taken in the end (dark screen, arghh!). Well, couldn't see Yee Chung and Jin Sha, coz sun-shades were on the window. (Whether to block out the sunshine or to block us from seeing them... must be the latter!)

End of the exciting day! WAiting to see Yee Chung and Jin Sha again.

There's the Fans Meeting Session coming up! Too bad it's for half an hour only, but I'll attend anyway! Yippee!!


The affectionate look in him...


*Drools*

Hope you enjoyed!



Credit to tom from myyeechung.com for the pics.

Round the Corner

Oooh! Mid-Autumn Festival is just round the corner!

Well, nothing so exciting about it. I'm not a kid anymore. Which is sad...

anyway, there's bad and good news. The good news is, we've got mooncakes to eat! YUMMY!!

And the bad news, I can't move into my new house yet.
All because of the damn contractor. Trusted him, yet he betrayed us. And the house will most probably not be done before Mid-autumn.

So, no house-warming on Mid-autumn Festival lor. Gagaga...

I like the festival a lot. Other than Chinese New Year (in terms of Chinese's festivals), this is an important day for me. I don't know why. Usually it's only "celebrated" with eating mooncakes. Which can be quite boring. And because of the last 5 years in high school, the festival is almost always near exam time, we couldn't really find time to celebrate it.

Looking back, I kinda pity myself. Comparing to many other Chinese children in the country, I (and my sisters) have the least celebrated the "Lantern" festival.

All those years in China, I have never 'played' lanterns during the festival. In the first few years, there seemed to be no big deal about it, besides having lotsa mooncakes. My dad got them as gifts from his friends. How greatly we missed the lovely times with lanterns, and the mooncakes which are made in Malaysia.
*Indeed, mnay of chinese mooncakes don't taste as good. =) *

In the final 2 years or somewhat, some local Chinese community held Mid-Autumn Festival parties at the basketball court right behind our apartment block. Woohoo... imagine eating mooncakes and looking all over for the full-moon in the freezing wind! maybe that's how Ice-cream mooncakes came about!

And that's it. Fancy living in China without having to celebrate a chinese festival.

Well, we really did hope to drag our lanterns out (oh, and we have at least 7 of them!) and hang them at the windows. we just dread that either the candle will be out in a second, or the whole thing will turn into a fire-ball!
*So, never stay in an apartment! Haha! not funny...*

Talking about lanterns, many might feel that technology has 'improved' it. Nowadays I seldom see kids playing with candle-lit lanterns. Instead, they have electronic ones! They come in all shapes and sizes, with everything from the simplest fish models to favourite cartoons such as Mashimaro and Hamtaro. And many of them come with music too. My neighbour has a grandchild who played with it last year until we got tired of it.

I would say those stuff are marvelous... if they are not so-called "lanterns". what are lanterns really? To me, the joy lies in the 'traditional' lanterns using candles, where a dim light is seen through some colourful papers. It may be tiring and frustrating to keep the canle flame from going off or burning the lantern, but overall, it just seems so peaceful and romantic, doesn't it?

If you were to use the electronic ones, which you can shake them, throw them, swing them, turn them upside-down, and 'fly' them across the sky, well I guess our ancestors might as well replace lanterns with light-bulbs... protected by layers of plastic. why take the trouble to make delicately beautiful non-fire-protection lanterns?

Okay, enough of bragging. It wasn't all nonsense, but don't take it hard. Just my opinion, don't mean to insult.

Anyway, Enjoy the festival. It's gonna be a sweet festival, either big or small celebration.
Try to go home to unite with your family.
Or else, call them, to wish them well and happy.

May happiness be with you always.
Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu!

Not Just a bit of SHOCK!!

It was such a horrified day, 28/8/2006. Starting from 2.00am.

Yes, 2am. Was kinda regretting when I went online till so late. That's after I opened eAdvantage to check my exam result.

Never expected this. I STARED at the monitor screen.

"OH MY GOD!"

I couldn't help but exclaimed. I couldn't believe my eyes. I was TOTALLY SHOCKED!!!

On the result slip, I saw a "D"!! Scanning the row, it is for GENERAL PHYSICS!!! WHAT??!! What'e H*** is this?? 40 marks?!

"How can it be? It can't be...it can't be..."

Images of the paper ran through my mind. I remember I could do at least half the paper. So how come I would fail?

Then I recalled something. during the end of the exam, the staff-on0duty forgot to collect the papers in my row, so we had to pass up by ourselves. What if they misplaced it? Our had they penalised us??

I started to panick. The instant of my mind told me to email the lecturer. I explained my situation and the incident which happened, which may have been brought the effects of getting this poor unbelieveable result.

I tried to calm myself down, and plan my next steps. I couldn't help from thinking about the consequences...re-check the paper? Sitting for Supplementary paper? Scholarship terminated??!

My mind was getting wild, getting crazy. I could only think of negative stuff. Finally, under so much pressure, I broke into tears. Yes, like a child, weeping away when something is not right. I couldn't help it... I was and I am still very exhausted from the pressure of studies, family, money and scholarship.

Actually, for many other students, this might be just an "Oh damn it, gotta take supp paper" thingy. But for me, it's a HUGE thing coz... I cannot fail in any paper! Failing would bring a great impact and big effect to my study carrier here.

Next morning (this morning, that is), I went to the University just for the purpose of seeing the lecturer. 3 hours transport time, 2 hours waiting, just for 10 minutes of seeing Mr Moey.

when Mr Moey saw my name, he was quite surprised. Just then, I saw a bright side of the incident. He checked his records, and told me that I didn't fail. I got an "A" instead! Wow... it was such a relief1 He informed the person-in-charge, and assured me of them fixing the problem.

Oh well, thank goodness! Now I know at least my hard work paid off. Though my worries and tears were wasted. Can't believe that this would happen to me in my very first semester at UCSI. I hope it won't happen again. It really does bring unnecessary mental pressure to me.

Hope I will do well in this sem. Very anxious about General Chemistry.
All the best to myself!


*I'm a bit unsatisfied about getting a B+ in Introduction to Business paper. I was only 1 MARK away from A. ARGGGHHH~~~ But the MCQ part of paper was tough, not many questions we had not covered. Haiz...

缘分还是命运？

究竟是缘分还是命运在作怪？

我发现最近过的日子和我初中一的时候很相似。不多朋友，时常独来独往。感觉到在思大这种私人大学，交朋友有点难度。可能是科系问题，也可能是因为我‘孤僻’之类的性格，或者我可能太俗气了吧！

在大学交不到朋友，而且好象也渐渐失去了中学的朋友，感到很麻木，有点不知所措。怎么办？很不想变得孤零零的一个呀！该怎么进步、怎么挽回呢？

神啊，救救我吧！

难得每次换了个环境都要经过这个过程吗？要是五年后，也得像在中五时候，刚找到一班朋友后，却又要分开了呢？

其实我的确有交了几个朋友。不过比较要好的就要攻读别的科系了。另一位呢，也是念工程系的，但她快我一个学期。她有一班朋友，其实还蛮OK的，不过总觉得和他们有一定的距离。

好不甘心。为何我重视朋友，却时常交不到朋友或失去朋友？毕竟我已尽力了呀！好纳闷，好无力。。。

我时常想参加一些社交活动。但由于种种问题如金钱、父母限制等等，我始终无法达到目标。

我只是想要。。。多些朋友，谈得来的朋友。

Feeling Heavy

It seems like it has been more than half a year since I last donated blood.

Missed out the donation campaign last Thursday in my campus, as I had to be on duty that day, and afraid to be exhausted by the long way home.

Whether it's true or just a mere psychology effect, I kinda feel 'heavy' with my body, without donating blood. Or is it because I feel bad for not donating blood to help? Hmm...crazy...

And, it's been 4 months since I last went jogging. I truly don't like the process of it, but it feels great having to exert the sweat from my body. Ahh.. it's an achievement! Haha!

But I still don't like jogging.

I prefer playing ball games. However, ever since I sprained my foot, I haven't played any basketball or badminton. It been a month plus. Now I wonder whether the CH F6 Sports Club activity is still available, coz the president seem to suddenly disappear.

Well, I still have to keep my body fit. For the moment, I am taking up Yogalates, a combination of Yoga and Pilates. I have no coach, just a book. Gotta practise everyday, or there will be no effect, whether for fitness or beauty =). Hopefully It works. Will find some time to visit the gym in campus when school starts. I might try out the 'running machine'--treadmill, that is. I prefer to jog on parallel ground, rather than the usual one I use which is hilly and round a garden.

Hope my dad will bring me to the National Blood Centre next weekend.

Oh, and I'm 18! No need of getting permission from parents to donate blood! (which got me really busy last time...)

Dhamma Quiz BISDS 2006

I took part in a Dhamma Quiz today. My class was to be in Group C, and the competition was between school 1 and School 2.

It was such a 'fearful' moment when 3 participants (out of 4) couldn't turn up. The remaining one was... me of course. Thank goodness one of the finally made it, and we asked permission for one of the committee who was from the same class to join our team.

I was very anxious about the questions to be asked, as I had earlier watched the group A & B competitions. I expect them to be tougher, and I was right. Luckily for some of the questions (especially dealing with Dhamma) I GUESSED them right, which was a relief.

I didn't expect to win the quiz, as I had not done enough preparation (that means STUDY) for it. BUT I WON!!! The score of both teams were very close, maybe by 2 marks difference.

It was unbelieveable for us, as it was for the opponent team, as I think they expect to win. Well I recognise one of their participants who often take the Buddhism exams. In the end, they wanted to throw us the microphone stand, obviously they weren't pleasant (who would, if they were to lose). Not sporting enough, sigh...

As a prize, I was given a TILE. Haha... it's painted with beautiful gorgeous colors, which acts as a trophy. Our certificates are to come soon...

Thanks so much for the committee member (sorry don't really know her) for helping me and the team.

CHEERS GUYS!

PROGRAM KARNIVAL PATRIOTIK 2006

24 Ogos 2006. This date might not be so much memorable, but it is definitely a special experience (or not).

The Program Karnival Patriotik 2006 was held in UCSI this year. It was a special event attended by students from both government and private higher institutes. The VIP of the event was the Parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education (if I'm not wrong).

My 'Duty'
I was supposed to be on duty then, as of all the scholarship students. The event is scheduled to start at 2pm, but we were to arrive there at 12.30pm, which made me miss out my lunch-time! (sobsob...) We were given t-shirts, then given instructions for duty at different locations in the campus.

I was assigned to a staircase near the lobby lift. I do wonder what the purpose was, as I did not have to usher the 'foreign' students, because they seem to know where to go. We were there about 40 mintues only (thank goodness not till the end of the carnival!).

Later, we were ushered out to the staircase of the main door, and were told to stand there, and be 'flag-stands'! We had to wave the little cute flags, and were told to shout and make some noise (Okay, so the VIP likes noise?!)

Okay great, a common tradition of all VIPs of my our country...being late. That kept us standing outside under the sun for at least 40 minutes. But he's quite sporty (can consider that), as he took a flag from one student and waved with us. Haha...

The Carvinal
We were quickly ushered up to the MPH for the programme. It's a great thing that we get to watch the show (and not stand somewhere else in the campus). We are the representatives of UCSI!

Waiting is as if 'compulsory'. Until the VIPs arrive, the event started with the Parliamentary Secretary's speech. Unfortunately I was half-sleeping (or meditation...haha), so I can't tell you much about the contents. This was my first time witnessing a hi-tech (maybe) opening ceremony. The fact that I actually exclaimed! So much different from high school style (pulling a ribbon and the banner opens).

Before this, there was of course the National anthem (which I haven't sung for more than half a year) and Bacaan Doa.

Later, there was a video presentation (which I was quite touched by), followed by the choir. I find the Harmonica performance of the song [Setia] very interesting, it was my favourite show of the event. Both are from UCSI. And the students were quite sporty to sing along with the beautiful melody! One of the staff (I believe), Prof. Dr. Norfadzillah also presented a song Bahtera Merdeka, which seemed a popular song among the Malay students.

Next came the poem reciting presentation by students from UNITEN. erm... not too interested, hehe... Students from LUCT gave a choir presentation, followed by A drama cum dacing performance by Kolej Shahputra.

The UPM students presented a quite elegant show, which is a combination of dances of the three main races in the country. Somehow they are lack of chinese dancers though... only 2...hehe.

Last but not least, the Dikir Barat. A familiar performance, reminded me of the times in Beijing, once when the younsters from the embassy had to perform in a mall. Not quite my favourite, but I like the beat of it.

It was a fascinating carnival, with a glamourous ending. Everyone was up to sing [Keranamu Malaysia] and [Jalur Gemilang]. Again, it was so much different from the high school 'singing' method. Everyone (almost) was excited and happy. even the VIP wave the huge Jalur Gemilang on stage! The representatives of each IPTA/IPTS went on stage. The stage looked so charming, so exciting, so beautiful.

The feelings...
For a moment I felt, doesn't it feel great to be independent? Doesn't it feel good to be in peace? The spirits of the students in the hall made me feel that all of us there were the next generation to lead the country. We were to follow the Prime Minister's motto, "Work with me, not for me".

I believe our country can be labelled a developed country soon, if we put in our effort to upgrade ourselves and to serve the country. appreciation for the country is not to be shown in once in a year only, it should be a lasting feeling, always, all throughout the whole life. All of us play a role in the development of the country.

for now, I wish all of you, as well as my country, "Happy Independence Day!"

MERDEKA! MERDEKA! MERDEKA!


P/S： Unfortunately I don't have a camera, the photos would have been more charming! Will try to post them if I ever snatched some. =)

香帅

新一代楚留香

香帅！天帅！！




Credit to OnlyF4

If I have three months left...

"Long live me!" I do wish myself long life, I still want to play my role in this society.

If, IF I really have only three months left of my life,

I would get my 'social-work aspiration' going immediately. I had often wanted to help the less-fortunate society, the disabled, the old folks, the parentless. Maybe I can't do much help materialistically, but I wish to learn some counselling to help them realise that the world can be brighter than they think it is.

If possible, I'd like to travel to the places i've been desiring to go. If there's a chance, I'de even do social work while traveling.

And one most important thing is, to let my family and friends know that I appreciate them all the while.
And to tell my mom and dad, "I love you."

What will you do...

What will you do, if you have THREE months left of your life?

Oooh... that's a tough one. My Sunday School teacher shot us with this question last few weeks.

Let's see, wanna travel the whole world, well at least to visit Beijing again (eheh, [Gong Ti Bei] hehe...never really walked that place), and tour some historical European countries like Greece, Italy, bla bla bla... and to Disneyland (no, not the one in Hong Kong, that's too crowded). Oh, and Taiwan, where I wanna meet my pop idols...akakakaka...I wanna meet F4, Yee chung, JJ, Jolin, David T., bla bla bla... And on to Ireland and england to see Westlife, then to US to meet BSB...



No. Stop. Hold on. I need to think this over...

Strange world

This is a strange world.

While some people are trying their best to help other people fight for their lives against the most deadly diseases in many parts of the world, In some other parts of the earth, some people are trying to destroy some other people's lives.

While some children would throw away their best toys, some others are striving hard to get food and shelter.

This, is an IMBALANCED world.

It's such a grief to look at the world. So much terror, so much horror. Nature disaster, human disaster. so much grief, so much pain, so much disappointment.

The world is lack of equanimity. I guess it always is. The best we can do is for the more fortunate more to help the unfortunate ones, including humans, animals and nature. Giving donations, and voluntary help can help ease them a lot, moreover u can generate karma.

If you know karma (fruit of your actions), you will know that it is like an account book which you will carry forward to your next life. So why not, when you have the ability, do good deeds where you help others as well as gain yourself more karma?

One of my aspiration is to join a welfare group and help the less fortunate society. I can't change the world, but at least, I hope I can make changes in the lives of these people.

By the way, we who are sitting here comfortably should really be thankful and appreciate that our area and country are more peaceful as compared to some countries.
Fellow friends, it's time we appreciate the independence of our country. =)

My life...miserable

Sometimes I really do wonder, what's the purpose of my life? What can I do in my life? What is waiting for me in the future?

I often wonder, especially when I'm down. As I am right now.

What is life, for a teenager? Is it about studies? That we have to study hard in order to achieve our goals in future?

Okay, that sounds like it, my life. If it is the aim, I am 50 percent achieving. You might call me nerd, I feel like I am, though I hate the idea of it. And yes, I still need a lot more hard work.

But I feel that it is still lack of some colors. I feel that I have never done anything special in my life before. Except that I've been overseas before.

10 years ago, I was in China. I had dreamed of joining a camp. But then, I couldn't. International school it is, but it is only half of ISB. (I really hate the badminton court!!) Camping in a forest sounds fun to me. I loved the idea of group work, and the physical activities in the wild. I have always wanted to experience a campfire, barbequeing and singing round a campfire sounds very very fun!

10 years later, I still haven't had a taste of it before. Though I had been to a Family Day held in a forest reserve, it wasn't an overnight activity.

And moreover, yet sadly, I find myself afraid of more and more stuff, especially insects. And I hate mosquitoes (ya right, I am a great 'attraction' to these blood-suckers!). So how am I to survive in a camp?

Lately (last weekend), there was an outing organised by my Sunday School, to Port Dickson. I planned to go, my dad encouraged me, but it was in vain, as my mom disalloed me because it was on the 7th month. Actually, I am quite afraid coming to think of it, fortunately my mom 'stopped' me, but I am still very sad not being able to join the outing... and missing out the fun which I have always been waiting for--FLYING FOX!!!

Despite leading the Tennis Club for two whole years, I haven't or seldom really and trully enjoyed myself in co-curriculum activities. For one thing, my club wasn't nice to lead at all, and believe me, it was a 'disasterous' club, no discipline at all, despite my effort to revive it! (Hey, I did my best, man!) Even more unfortunately, my sister is taking over the post, AND it is STILL the same. (But at least now there are some pre-talents in the club, from my observation.)

Thank goodness I had ELS. Though the members are quite limited, I enjoyed more over there. I can see group work there (whereas in my club, I had to do almost everything). I can communicate better, as the memebrs are more discipline and respectful towards the committee members. Cheers to ELS!

I've never, and I guess I will never have the chance to experience the exciting orientation which my Form-6-friends had, as well as that of local university.

You see, it seems like I have only these few things to tell you, you can see my 'limited' life. I seldom get to see and hang out with my friends, and I've almost never been to any parties.

Even more miserable, is that I can't even do my duties well. Housework, that is. As my elder sister ain't staying at home, I had to take over the housework chores, thankfully with the help of my younger sister. Maybe it's the lack of interest that often pull me down, despite my effort to do it well. I really mean to help, but I'm just so absent-minded, I wonder where I left my brain =(... Anyway, I still believe I can survive if I were to live alone!

I trully hope I can add colors to my life. So, right now, I am painting with...music! Well, still in the process of turning the 'noise' to 'sound', and hopefully soon, changing 'sound' to 'music. Haha... Life becomes brighter when I have my guitar around (though my family members will pull their faces... you know, 'noise'). The guitar classes does me a lot well, after teo years of hanging and being stuck in the easiest two chords, I finally have some process. *YIPPEE!* And I do enjoy going for classes (though my performance ain't good...). =)

another aspiration is, to do social work. I wish a lot to join a welfare group, where I can reach out to the less fortunate society, and help save the earth. Hopefully in some time from now, when I have the ability (materialistically), I will be on this path.

In some ways, I am actually more lucky than some of my friends. At least I have the chance to watch some concerts and attend some music events.

Well, people must observe and appreciate their lives, and the people around them, only then do they not miss out the most wonderful things.
Look around, you will find that, life ain't so miserable after all.
May you be well and happy.



P/S: I begin this post with a heavy heart. Upon finishing it, I feel a bit better. I don't know what's waiting for me tomorrow, but let's look back at today, see what we've gained in this 24 hours, and aspire to do the better for tomorrow.
In the end, the title of this post can consider be changed to "My life...miserable...NOT"!
I appreciate the people around me.
And, I appreciate your patience in reading my post. May you be well and happy.
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!

Summer 8 Degrees Concert 2006!

The long-waited Concert of the year!!!

This year's was far more better than last year's! It was on August 12, 2006... exam time, but I still made out some time for it! Haha! The best thing is, there are so much more great artists from Taiwan, besides the talentful local singers!

Among my favourites are Lim Yee Chung (of course!), JJ Lin, Gary Chaw, Nicholas Teo, Energy, Rainie Yang, Daniel Lee, and John.

Yee Chung was the second to perform. He sang [Gong Ti Bei] and [Kao An]. I enjoyed his performance a lot, it was great to see him again. And hey, looks like he is getting more 'sexy'! Well, these days we often see him in tight shirts! Ahahaha!!
Well, even though, whether is my problem, I find that his singing wasn't as good. Was he sick, or was it the speaker's problem? He seemed to be having a hard time controlling his voice. Anyway, hope he gets well soon (if he was really sick).

Energy's moves really got us high! Though I felt that it wasn't as energetic as the performances I've seen before, but they were really great! Rap, ballad, dances... All are done almost perfectly.

Ooh.. and JJ Lin! I am suddenly so crazy of him! Haha! Ever since his concert, I've been enjoying his songs and album even more. I really do admire his talent. Seeing him again was so much fun! Miss his cheeky face...haha!

One special performer was the artist from Korea, Jang Na Ra!!! She was such a sweet girl, and she can actually speak Chinese quite fluently! She can dance and sing and act in dramas and movies! Wow... That's sure an established celebrity!

Despite all these, I'm quite disappointed about one thing. That the Taiwanese group 5566, was the last performer (that means most important?!). It is a fact that they have the most fans over there, but indeed, their performance wasn't nice at all, to me, the standard is even lower than the new singers like Superstar Finalists. It seemed to 'spoil it all'. But then, majority wins. We (or I) can do nothing about it.

Throw away all the blunt stuff, it was a perfect night! (Okay, nothing is perfect, I know). I'm looking forward to next year's concert. Wondering where it will be, and most importantly, WHO will be invited!!

Yey! Helo Holidays!

Whew! The final examination is finally over.

It was not too tough, for half the subjects. For Algebra & Trigonometry, my most confident subject, was quite a surprise to me when I found some questions which I have never seen before, and the lecturer never taught before. To maintain standard, they say.

Physics, the most worrying one. And I AM still worried. I have to, and hopefully, I pass the required mark.

And now--HOLIDAYS! Yeah yeah! I started my holidays since Wednesday, having a time of my life (well, not really.). Anyway, I still gotta clear the huge stack of newspaper there, which is definitely driving me crazy. And later, though should be starting already, I have to be a PART-TIME NON-SALARY TUTOR for my beloved sister, as she's gonna sit for a government examination soon.

Whew! Seems like a lot to do in this period of less than two weeks. I guess I have to put aside quite a lot of things which I have planned to do. Hmm.. I haven't really read my first 'cook-book'--actually, I bought it because of the author--Ken Chu. Aha! Now you know me!

Still hope to meet up with my secondary school friends. Hopefully there's something fresh coming up.

YES!! Mission Acomplished!

Finally I watched the movie. I mean 2 weeks ago.

On July 30, SW and I went to Times Square for my favourite and long-waited movie. I really have to thank her for accompanying me and rushing over there despite the rain. THANK YOU!! MUAXXX!!!

The movie was, of course, very good! The hilarity started from the beginning and throughout the show. Though there was a no-ending (well, there's gonna be part 3..!), it was a truly enjoyable one. I wonder how Jack is gonna and defend and escape...

It was a pity that L Eng couldn't join us. Nevermind dear, hopefully we can meet and watch Part 3... successfully!

Can't wait for PART 3!!!

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Captain Jack Sparrow is caught up in another tangled web of supernatural intrigue. Although the curse of the Black Pearl has been lifted, an even more terrifying threat looms over its captain and scurvy crew: it turns out that Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, Ruler of the Ocean Depths, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman, which no other ship can match in speed and stealth. Unless the ever-crafty Jack figures a cunning way out of this Faustian pact, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation in the service of Jones. This startling development interrupts the wedding plans of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who once again find themselves thrust into Jack's misadventures, leading to escalating confrontations with sea monsters, very unfriendly islanders, flamboyant soothsayer Tia Dalma and even the mysterious appearance of Will's long-lost father, Bootstrap Bill. Meanwhile, ruthless pirate hunter Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company sets his sights on retrieving the fabled "Dead Man's Chest." According to legend, whoever possesses the Dead Man's Chest gains control of Davy Jones, and Beckett intends to use this awesome power to destroy every last Pirate of the Caribbean once and for all. For times are changing on the high seas, with businessmen and bureaucrats becoming the true pirates--and freewheeling, fun-loving buccaneers like Jack and his crew threatened with extinction.

Also Known As: Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (United States)
Pirates of the Caribbean II
Pirates of the Caribbean: Treasures of the Lost Abyss

Production Status: Released

Genres: Action/Adventure, Adaptation and Sequel

Running Time: 145 min.

Release Date: July 7th, 2006 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of adventure violence, including frightening images.

Distributors: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

Production Co.: Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Studios: Walt Disney Pictures

U.S. Box Office: $258,364,766

Filming Locations: Caribbean Islands

Produced in: United States


Adapted from Yahoo! Movies
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*Can't wait to watch this movie!!

What is up with me??!

Somehow, I don't seem to have much luck these few weeks.
Two weeks ago, I sprained my left foot.

Today, i hurt my right foot!

Oh gosh... This happened when I was having my nap in the afternoon. I don't know how or why I woke up in between, maybe because of the mosquito which was happily feeding on me.

I too have no idea why I wanted to stand up that time, with my cramped leg. when I wanted to stand up, I hit my foot too hard, and it hurt!! OOOHH!!

And because of the mosquito, I could't sleep much later on. Damn the mosquito!

So I am back to my "penguin-walking" days again. Really really hope that it will get well soon.

Condolences

My greatest Condolences to Ken Chu and his family.

Ken's father, Chu Yue Ming, passed away on July 11, 2006, because of liver cancer (as I have heard).

Ken was in deep grief. Despite this, he continued his work in Xinjiang, China, where he was filming a drama, <>.

He wasn't able to go back to Taiwan so soon, as his absence would affect to filming of the drama. He will return for the Funeral at the end of the month.

Condolences to the Chu family.


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Appologies for any inaccuracy.

Siti's marriage

A few years ago I've been wondering why Siti Nurhaliza was staying single despite her great looks and talent.

Now I hav e an answer. So, she's engaged to Dato' K, huh? Rumors have been spreading for some time, and they've finally confronted the press and the country about their relationship.

Sometimes I wonder, why do famous artists often get 'hooked up' with businessman? Is it really love, or other things like money and status, too contribute to this?

Well, though it's many females' dream to get married to a rich man, I'm not so sure if this is the same for Siti, whom I believe, has a fortune herself, being one of the most popular singers in this country. And there were stories...

Anyway, I still wish all the best to the couple. Congrates!

Ohh.. Me

You Are Uptown

You are classy, cultured, and well educated. You are an expert on the finer things in live. Your city girl persona loves all of the opportunities a city offers. But only in the best neighborhoods.

Are You Uptown or Downtown?

Aha... my dream guy?

He's a Keeper!

Your guy is a rare find: sweet, kind, and loyal. And as long as he doesn't have three nipples, You should seriously consider keeping him a long time Sometimes a girl can't see a good thing when she's got one So let me tell you: your guy is a gold medal boyfriend Just make sure you treat him right in return!

Is He a Keeper?

* * *
If this is reality, it ain't bad after all... hehe!

Sprained my ankle!!!

I really hope this would never happen to me. But it did, today.

I was happily and excitingly playing basketball with my high school friends at High school today, when this unfortunate accident happened.

It wasn't even 1 hour of playing, when once I passed over the ball to a teammate while running.

Suddenly my foot twisted! The immense pain shot up from my foot to my ankle then my whole leg. I couldn't stand it and so had to sit on the floor for a minute. I felt my foot burning like hell! Arghhhh!!!

I managed to get off the court to rest at a bench. did a little massaging to my foot, and found out that it was most painful on the left part. Maybe I had 'pulled' (hopefully not torn) my muscle there.

I thought I would observe for a while to see if I'll be okay in some time. But when I got up and walked for a few steps, the pain came again. In the end, I had to go to the PBSM room for some treatment.

SW helped me to massage my foot (she used to be one from PBSM). I want to thank her a lot, for me. Thanks to her as well as L Eng for giving me a hand (or two). I don't know how I should do without them around..hehe...

I didn't go to seek treatment at "Tie Da" as my dad said it was only muscle sprain, no 'bone-moving' after his checking. He did help me massage with the "Tie da" oil, which was so so painful! when I move around or walk, I have to slant my foot, only using the right part, and still, everything was painful.

I'm quite worried about the next few days. I wonder if I can climb up the 5 flight of stairs at sunday school tomorrow. I can't really skip class on Monday, as my schedule is packed for Mondays. Oh dear, now I realise the huge importance of my foot!I really do hope everything gets well by tomorrow.

Just JJ

Woohoo! So exciting!

Last Friday, we finally got to know that we have tickets to JJ Lin's concert! It was at Genting Arena of Stars, on July 1 2006 at 8pm. It was cousin Heck who gave us a lift up there. Thousands of thanks to him! he brought along a female fren cum housemate of his, while my sis Jin brought her fren along. 6 all together. Quite a hard time squeezing in the car!

We have 4 seating tics and 2 free standing tics. My elder sis and I 'volunteered' to stand...heehee... We were standing quite far from the front rail, somewhere to the left of the stage. The view was not so satisfying.

The concert was so cool.. so hot! (huh? ...) In the beginning, the dancers came out to stage before the show started to give us a warm-up. They taught us some dance steps for a song [Jiu Shi Wo]. It was so so cool! SO glad that I know how to dance some steps (move actually...)
*And as a bonus, we saw a really cute dancer. He was standing on our side during the warm-up, but later during the concert we see less of him. anyway, he's really handsome, I guess he caught quite some attention from the audience, and I guess he was the one whom JJ said looked like Rain!*

To say the truth, I was there 'mainly' to see Yee Chung, who was the guest artist. I was afraid I would feel bored. But I was wrong. It was all high throughout the night. His dance moves were just more than impressing, showing his multi-talent on stage.

During the time of duet with another guest artist, Jin sha (Kim), JJ played the keyboard. On the huge screen, the camera was shooting him close-up, it was one of my favourite scene. TThe way he was singing and playing the keyboard at the same time. I really do admire talented guys!

when Yee Chung came out, I was so excited! Of course! JJ and YC had a chat, with JJ congratulating YC on his achievement. They had a 'PK' competition (which wasn't quite a comepetition), where YC played JJ's well-known songs with guitar, while JJ will sing YC's songs over his keyboard. They sang the songs [Zai Jian], [Jiang Nan], [Shi Lian Xue], [Shou Neng Sheng Qiao], and dueted a song which YC wrote the lyrics for JJ, [Liu Xing Zhu Jiao]. This was my favourite part of the show (other than YC's performance ;D), I was so much amazed and admire YC's guitar skills as well as JJ's on the keyboard. Great job boys!

Later Yee Chung presented [Kao An] and [Gong Ti Bei]. He was such a marvelous guy, even being very tired from his drama shooting, he still gave his best in this show. So sweet that he kept suppoting JJ!

*It was so cute when YC realised that his 'name' was in JJ's [Jiang Nan], he gestured to himself, and changed the lyrics of the last line to [zhu JJ cheng gong] (wish for JJ's success)! He was so supportive of JJ , and even changed his song's lyrics to [yi jian dao Lin Jun Jie] (seeing JJ lin) in his song [Gong Ti Bei]! and while singing [Kao An], some of the audience put up their unbrellas! SO ggod that they support YC!*

By the third quarter of the concert, I felt sleepy. I didn't quite have to energy to cheer , but just kept on enjoying the show. It was fortunate that JJ often came to our side of the stage, it was fun seeing a superstar close-up!

By the time the concert ended, I was feeling immense pain in my legs. But even though, I still tried to stay around to catch a glimpse of the cute dancer (but I failed to). we even thought of going to the hotel to try to catch up with JJ or Yee Chung. But we didn't anyway, didn't want to cause trouble for our cousin.

And so, that was the concert. I really did enjoy it, I miss it a lot, both JJ and Yee Chung. That leaves an amazing memory in my life. ALL da best, JJ!