Saturday, June 25, 2005
Updates for the past week....Hav fun. For those of you who wanna get a taste of ITE life, read up on my Friday's entry.
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I had 2 VIP passes to this International Gala Hair Show at Mandarin Ballroom. School ended at 4 that day and i was thinking about whether i should go after all. Shahida was supposed to go with me but since she can't be home too late, i told her it's okay if she didn't wanna go. I didn't mind going alone but i thought it'd be a waste, 'cause it was an "Invite-Only" event. It was very last-minute so most of my friends couldn't come. In the end, i asked my classmate Hafizah (Piz) if she wanted to go and she agreed.
Met up with Piz at Jurong East. I was pretty dressed up but still nicely casual. Being invited to such an event, one should at least have the courtesy to dress appropriately, don't you think? Piz was in plain black t-shirt, cropped jeans, flats and a cute handbag. She then commented, "You're like my friend who likes to doll herself up. I'm a very simple girl". She sure is, though not as crazy and wacky.
At Mandarin Hotel, we were led to the reception area where refreshment was served. Then we received door-gifts and finally made our way into the ballroom. There were a lot of people but we got to sit at this small VIP area that's right in front of the stage, right behind the judges for the hairstyling competition.
I was most impressed with the Hair Show by this famous Italian hairstylist, Filipo. His techniques were breathtaking! Suddenly, i regretted not continuing my hairstyling course.
After the show, Piz and i went for supper at Swensen's. It was already 11pm. There's a cute guy who's working there. haha. His name tag showed "Alvin". When we were done, we realised that it was way past 12 and took a cab home. Reached home about 1+ realised that i still had school in the morning! I couldn't sleep till about 4am even though i had to get up at 6am. Which of course, i didn't. i woke up at 7.30, took a cab and strolled into class at 8.15am.
later.
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Friday
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I left the house at 7.30am and took the bus to school. When i reached the bus-stop and walked to school, someone called out me, "FiiiiiZaaaaaa!". I turned and it was Wati! She was in the same secondary school as me. Turns out she's in class R1, taking a NITEC course. (Just fyi, i'm a HIGHER NITEC student.) S he's been nice and friendly to me since secondary school, but if i'm not wrong, she's not really one who's known to be someone "nice". Not that i care, since she's nice to me, right? Wrong.
It's Orientaion Games' Day! We were to choose a game to play. I chose Captain's Ball. A lot of the other girls chose Treasure Hunt, while the guys chose Soccer and FloorBall. In the end, a lot of them went home and skipped it altogether. For the first round of matches, my class (SB) was playing against Kak Dee's class (KF). As i was playing i heard Wati cheering for me, "Baik ah Fiza!!". We won which was a surprise seeing that we were playing half-heartedly even though we seemed pretty enthu.
For the next round, we had to play against Wati's class, R1. We had been warned beforehand that they were pretty aggresive. And surprise......we won!!
We clapped and cheered and then realised that Wati and friends seemed really pissed. They kept glaring at us and were cursing loudly, "Pantat ah! Sial lah! Ape siaaakk!". (MUAAHAHAHAH!!)
My friends and i were taken aback at how seriously they were taking it. The student councillors then came to us and said there was to be a rematch between the 2 teams. WTF??
You want a rematch? Fine! So we had a rematch. The atmosphere in the MPH immediately changed. Most turned to watch us play. They were even more aggressive this time. We didn't give them face and played with our lives. Within 2-mins, we scored 4 and they only scored 1. We won again, and the whole MPH had witnessed it. They were still pissed and walked around with a blacker than black face, complaining to anyone who was willing to listen. When my team members were leaving the MPH, they were like, "Balik ah, balik ah!!"
Memang nak balik lah ni, but thanx for announcing our departure :-D
Apparently, they are retainees. So, i suppose they think that since they've been in the school longer than we have, they could be big-headed and walk around like bloody buffoons who owns the school? We may be first year students of a 2-year course, but you're 2nd year students of a...one-year course! We don't give a damn. We just smiled and couldn't be bothered. We are not gonna hate them tho, maybe pity. Get a life, please? So we don't have to waste our sympathy on people like you.
Ladies & Gents, this is what we call not having Sportsmanship and being immature. For God's sake, its an Orientation game! It's ridiculous how someone who had been all friendly and nice to you, suddenly looks at you with much hostility over a pathetic Captain's-fucking-ball game.
On the other hand, I am very proud of my class who had won quite a few prizes that day. And the fact that i could play 4 matches in a row! You see what going for Body Combat has done for me??
Okay people, I'm going back to our grandmother's kampung in Malacca tomorrow. Can't wait for school on Monday!!
later.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Forget Good Charlotte. The Bravery is coming down on August 5th! Of course I am going! (God willing)
The Bravery Live in Singapore
5 August 2005 Friday, 7.30pm Stadium Green $62
The punchy modern rock outfit the Bravery features Sam Endicott (vocals/guitar), John Conway (keyboards), Anthouny Burulcich (drums), Michael Zakarin (guitar), and Mike H. (bass). The New York five-piece got its start in early 2003. After playing its first gig at the Stinger Club in Brooklyn in mid-summer, the Bravery's post-punk-influenced dance rock was all the rage. A residency at Arlene's Grocery and whispers on the street eventually led the Bravery to a recording contract with Island Def Jam in the States and Loog in the U.K. The Unconditional EP followed in early 2005. Critics almost immediately trounced on the band. The Village Voice proclaimed the Bravery to be "New York's Official Next Big Thing" while MTV and Rolling Stone hailed them as an artist to watch. A co-headlining tour with Ash in the U.S. in spring 2005 coincided the release of the Bravery's self-titled album. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Yesterday's my first day of school!
And i think i'm gonna love my classmates. Everybody's fun and sporting. Compared to the other classes, at least. I also think my class has the most number of people with simliar names.
2 Hafiz, 2 Hafizah, 2 Noraini
And what's the best thing about my class? None of those hardcore mats or minahs. They're friendly and nice people. While some are equally crazy :D The other hardcore mats and minahs in my school tho, makes me cringe. They seriously freak me out. I've never been in a place with so many of them in one place! I actually found myself in awe. Haha. You might as well call the Canteen a "Freak Zone". Coz when they're all congregating there, and so many of them together, i get freaked out. Especially when i was getting myself a drink yesterday, this girl at this round table nearby pointed at me and the rest of her friends turned to look. I wasn't scared, no. Just freaked out.
They're just freaky, you know? I've always thought to myself, "But they're just human, like you". No, no no no no. That was more of me trying to convince myself. These people don't even attempt to seem human. It's okay, i will survive. I'm sure they're not THAT bad despite those badly done eyebrows and tacky-coloured lenses. No worries, there's more to a person than an inch-thick 2-way cake on their face.
The weird thing is, even though they are so much like each other, they still look at each other with much animosity. What ever happened to "Smile, and be nice"? I don't think i have the strength to do a detailed description. I'm trying my best to adjust and get used to this new environment. And i like my classmates!
later.
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The gig was loads of fun. In the end, none of us helped out. Haha. Talked to Anthony for a while and he said "It's okay, i want you guys to enjoy the gig". If you insist! The bands were really good.
The Observatory sounded great live. I'd thought that their live performance wouldn't be as strong but they managed to do it great. Throb was awesome. Shahida liked them alot. And of course, Ugly in the Morning!! Just a l'il disappointed that they didn't play 'Wooden Dog', 'On and On' and 'Stupid 'A' Song'. Otherwise, they were awesome. Groovy babaayyyy.......
What amazed me though was that everybody, who were initially sitting down on their pink mats, actually stood up and moved to the front when Electrico was up. Local gigs often consists of rocking bands and dead boring audience who'd sit on the asses, moving only to shoo away mosquitos. For this gig tho, everybody stood up, some jumped (uhurm, me and gang) and when Ronin was up, there were moshing. Huge crowd too.
Okay, okay..local gigs are getting better. They won't be the most happening around yet, but slight progress is better than no progress at all, no?
later.
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Saturday, June 18, 2005
Today has got to be the freakiest day ever.I reached home 2 plus and started cleaning up the house and then took a shower and got ready to meet up with Saha, Aini & Fendy, another guy i asked to help at the gig.*4 Then my Mom called to remind me that my grandma is staying over tonight! So i had to REALLY cleanup my room. That means no more clothes on the floor, make my bed PROPERLY, put aside my magazines/books/bags/make-up/hairsetting rollers/CLOTHES and everything else you can find all over the room. WHAT?? But i'm gonna be late! I called up AIni, told her i was gonna belate and asked her to msg Saha, and i msged Fendy.
By the time i was done, it was already so late. I decided to take a cab. Walked down to the main road, hailed a cab and made my way to Wisma Atria. Here comes the freaky part.
*Halfway through the taxi ride, along the expressway, i started getting all dizzy and everything around me was turning and swirling. My head hurt so bad, my heart was pounding loudly. Inside the cab had been so cold but i was sweating. My palm was sweating too which doesn't happen alot! If i had been walking i would've probably collapsed right in the middle of the street. I couldn't think straight, everything was unclear. I started to panic. The first thing that came to my mind was to take out my iPod and listen to the Al-Quran recitations. My parents were constantly on my mind. I was unconsciously saying my prayers audibly and the cabbie kept turning to look at me. Kept reminding myself, "Mengucap Fiza, mengucap..." Only God knows how i felt. I've never felt so scared in my life. Excruciating pain, been through that. I wasn't even this scared when going for my surgery 6 years ago. But this.....
I called Aini and told her to wait for me at the taxi stand and that i was panicking. By the time i reached there, Aini was already waiting for me. As soon as i got out of the cab, i couldn't stand up straight, what more walk straight. We sat down and i was sweating so much even tho the weather wasn't that hot. Even tho i wasnt as terrified anymore, i knew i needed to go home coz i felt so weak. Immediately, i dialled my Mom's number. --Sorry Mom, i didn't mean to make you so worried.-- My dad had wanted to pick me up, but it was peak hour and it would take him an hour to reach there. He told me to take a cab and he'ld wait for me downstairs. I called Fendy and told him to come up meet us at the taxi stand, then Saha arrived soonafter. After introducing themselves to each other, i told them they had to go ahead without me. Sorry guys!
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Maybe it was just the fact that i was at home with both my parents that made me feel better. Still dizzy and nauseous. The candy Aini gave me earlier helped, though. Then i lied down on the sofa and talked to my parents about what had happened.
My dad said ,"Mesti ada hikmah sebalik semua ni. Fiza selalu keluar tak pernah mabuk macam ni pun, kan?" There's got to be a reason why all this happened. You go out a lot but you've never felt like this before, right?
He went on to say, "Do not question why this happened. Do not be pissed (my term) that you did not get to go this gig. Maybe something would've happened to you if you had went ahead? God knows. What's important is that you made an effort to go there, you've even reached the place...but because of your condition, you came back home. You've been to so many other gigs, anyway."
My mom - "I'm glad you thought of God and your parents. Maybe HE was testing you..."
Maybe they're right. Just the other day my dad surprised me and asked me to read out some short surahs for him to hear. It's not enough to KNOW the surahs, it's also important to perfect your pronunciation. He corrected me here and there, but i passed. Alhamdulillah.
And then this...LA HAWLA WALA QUWWATA ILLA BILLAH.
Maybe with all that's happening in my life, new band, new school, new friends, new environment, competitions, challenges,...i have to be reminded to not forget Allah, to not forget my family, to not forget myself.
I hope i'm not freaking anybody out. I'm not an extremely religious person but i do my best.
Anyway, my dad had his weekly religious class, my sis still at work and my mom had Yoga. They didn't want me alone in the house so i followed my Mom to her Yoga class. It's her 2nd class and i think it's doin much good for her health...
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It's okay if i missed today's gig. Tomorrow's gig is gonna be more exciting. Im lookin' forward to see Electrico, The Observatory and Ugly in the Morning. Text'ed Fendy and he seemed to be having fun...
Tomorrow, Shahida, Hairul, Dinky, Nazreen & Aslam will be coming along.. *9
In the end, i'm bringing 8 people to help at the gig. So much for goin alone and making new friends...haha. It's okay. The more the meriah!
later.
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
Anthony (the guy who organised Rock On Singapore) called again to ask if i'm coming down to the gig and helping them out and how many people i was bringing along coz they have to prepare refreshments. I told him i was coming and that i'll be bringing with me about 4 people on Saturday (my bandmates).
Initially, i had planned to go down to the gig myself *1, and make friends with other people I don't know. But then i thot, maybe i should ask someone to come along with me, just in case. I then asked my bandmates, they can only turn up on Saturday. I asked Shahida, Saturday. So i asked Saha, and he said OKAY and now its Saha and me.*2 As i was getting myself dressed to leave for the briefing on Thursday, Aini msged and asked me out. I called her, found out she's free and asked her along. So now it's Saha, Aini & me.*3 Met them at Orchard Mrt Stn. It was their first time meeting each other but they hit it off immediately. Great. Oh and all 3 of us were coincidentally wearing green!
Went down to Orchard Green, met Anthony, were told what we're expected to do the next day and we're off. Saha, Aini & Me. The Kecohrables. So damn freakin kecoh the whole night. Met up with Lily at McD's Shaw Tower. Last time i met her was last year! She dyed some parts of her hair red and it really suits her coz she's very fair. Kinda reminded me of Spiderman's girlfirend.
Ronin & Chou Pi Jiang did soundcheck today. Cool.
Rock On Singapore! Tomorrow!
later.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Had another jamming session with the guys yesterday. Everyone was giving it their all and i was enjoying myself so much, eventho' my throat was hurting from singing the songs without stopping at all. I don't think i've felt so tired after a jamming session before. We now have 2 'must-play' songs for every jamming session. Lovefool & Behind Hazel Eyes. woohoooo!
Behind Hazel Eyes was the bomb! We played that so many times, and every time the song ended, one of us would go "one more time!". Don't think we got enuff of it. Haha...and there was this girl who stood to watch us for quite a long time, that she started to freak me out. I smiled at her anyway when i realised she's harmless.
After that we hung out at KFC and boy, these guys are a crazy bunch! and i thot I* was crazy?? They are crazy-er! We sat down to discuss bout lotsa things and suddenly Hairul & Dinky started makin fun of something and started laffing and i looked at them behaving so ridiculously (plus, Hairul's laughter is so damn bloody funny), me & Zijian started laughing along. Not at the joke tho, at them! Very merepek, but hilarious. And before you know it, everybody's face were red from so much laughing and my stomach was hurting so much!!
Then we went home....
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At home, i chilled at the living room, waiting for my parents to come home. And when they reached home, we talked about my band. I told them who were in the band, what kind of songs we play. Then my mom asked, "When will we get to see you perform?". Wah, onli 2nd jamming session ley... Then i hinted at my dad that i wanna continue my keyboard lessons. (I went for keyboard and organ lessons once, but that was so long ago!)
I don't remember if he realised how obvious i was and that i also wanna take up the electric bass guitar. He asked me to look around for a bass instructor before, but couldn't find a suitable one plus, need a lot of money for lessons and the bass guitar + amp. So, my dad said we'll discuss again soon coz they just had to pay for my Body Combat classes and my school stuffs. It's k, i'll wait.
I'm thankful to my parents for being very supportive. I still remember the keyboard my dad bought me when i was 5. That was my best birthday present ever! I was so happy. It may not be as big as those played by Ahmad Dhani, but it's still an electric keyboard nonetheless!
Then i reminded them that i'll be back late on Fri & Sat coz im helping out at the gig. I was expecting them to ask a lot of questions but all they said was, "Mmm. Jaga diri". How i wished they'd added, "We'll fetch u once ur done.." or "You can use the car if you'd like". I WISH! --eh cant wait to get my licence lei..5 mnths to go.--
I'm still thinkin bout how im gonna get home coz by the time we would be done, there'll be no more trains and no buses that goes to my place. There's the cab, but can u imagine how much the fare its gonna be?? i'll think of something...
later.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
14 JUNE 2005
The Foo Fighters album "In Your Honor" is out! 20 new songs on 2 discs. One Loud. One not so loud. Featuring the new single 'Best of You'. Why aren't you screaming? I'm screaming coz im fucken broke. Aargh..their new songs are awesome! Go listen to the new songs at their MYSPACE account
NOW.
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Monday, June 13, 2005
Good Charlotte is coming to Singapore!
Good Charlotte - Noise to the World
12 July, Tuesday, 8pm. Singapore Indoor Stadium $69
I'm not a HEEUUGGEE fan of Good Charlotte or Simple Plan. These two bands are often part of the same sentence and being compared all the time. Honestly, i think they're both good but their music quite different what...so why u people keep comparing them all the time? Anyway, i've seen Simple Plan live and they were okay...got the crowd going. But i prefer Good Charlotte's style. I think GC's music is more edgier and...erm............(fill in blank with word that is a combination of Edgy, Fun and ROCKKINNN'.......).
Yeah, so i think i would go to their concert this July. Unless a better band is coming later this year than i would have to go that one instead. I have a quota for number of "expensive" concerts i can attend in a year. Coz my dad pay mah...if i go to every single concert, die lah like that. But the Good Carlotte concert is only $69 for free standing or sitting. I'll say that quite cheap for an International act at Indoor Stadium! Maybe coz they onli using half of the stadium. They've got new standing/sitting plan so, it should be interesting!
oh wait, it's Tuesday at 8pm! I have Body Combat. It's k i can miss one class. I'll have equal amount of workout at the MoshPit. hah. Did i tell u i'm at my fittest at rock concerts?...ask my fellow concert goers...
Check out http://www.sistic.com
later.
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My wish to be able to live in complete anonymity one day, may never be fulfilled. Especially if i'm staying put ( i need to get out of here!) in Singapore. Sure, it's safe and clean and politically correct (not that i'd knw) and yadayadayada. Singapore's great...but not when everybody knows each other. Where's the fun in that? At this rate, i would have to make "new" friends with everyone twice.
Why do i say that my wish may never be fulfilled? *sigh* Most Singaporeans would've probably realized by now that in one way or another, we are connected to that stranger sitting beside us through a mutual friend or two mutual friends or that GIRL is really your Mom's yoga instructor's son's basketball's coach's daughter. Oh and by the way, they're goin' out together. No, not the son and the daughter....The yoga instructor and the basketball coach! Kinda like a real-life Friendster. So if you wanna be friends with that cute guy in the train, make sure you're "Closely Connected".
I've had new findings recently, on how i am or others are strangely/ridiculously/"WHAT??"-ly/ (fill in the blank) -ly connected to one another.
The guys in my band has another band and when they showed me their pics, one of the guys looked familiar. Connection: That guy lives 2 doors away from me. 'Tis a small world after all.
This is my 5th year living in my current home. When we first moved in, my sister already knew this girl who lived a floor above us.They were from the same Secondary school.
A & B were classmates with my good friend Hid in JC. And now, the same two people are classmates with my best friend Shahida in Poly. 'Tis a small world after all.
After having gone through so much with Suhaila and being her classmate for 2 years, we only found out this year that our Great-grandmothers were SISTERS. That makes my grandma and her grandpa, cousins. Her dad and my Mom, second cousins. And she and i, third(?) cousins. We're of Chinese descendants too...'Tis a small world after all.
However, i don't think it'll be that bad just yet. Coz even though i've been living here for close to 5 years, i don't know my neighbours. 'Cept the family that lives right beside us. Other than that...lemme elaborate thru a conversation my sis n i had at 4am this morning.
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ME: Can u believe it? We've been living here for 5 years but we still don't know our neighbours' name. Not even our next door neighbour. They're simply "Apek" and "Nyonya". Try to imagine..."Hi, this is my neighbour, Apek and this is his wife, Nyonya."
(and then we started givin nicknames to identify our neighbours....at 4am)
Sis: Ya, and i've never seen that "PakCik MRT" (he works with SMRT) punya anak.
Me: Oh ya, he's the one that lives on the 1st floor right?
Sis: No lah, tu rumah "MakCik Post Office" (we've seen her uniform).
Me: Hah? Eh, i'm talking about the house beside rumah "Kakak Hospital" (seen her uniform too) tau. Yang tinggal bawah rumah "MakCik Ketupat-Lampu LapLip" (Hari Raya's over but the decor is still up).
Sis: Ya correct. The other side is that "Abang Motor" 's house. They just moved in.
Me: OH! That means that "Auntie PigTail" (she ties her hair in a pigtail) and "UncleSpectacles" got new neighbour liao....
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My neighbourhood (my block in particular) is a very quiet one. The neighbours don't talk to each other 'cept for the occasional "Hi", if they feel like it. I think it's coz the units are not the sort that are neatly arranged beside each other along one long corridor. At my block (divided into 2 sections), each floor onli has 4 units, distantly placed in it's own secluded corner and no windows in the corridor u can peek into (thank God). The building is of an odd "C" shape and in the middle of the "C" there is a "hill/garden" with tall coconut trees and surrounded by everybody else's plants. A lot of my neighbours have a passion for gardening you see..
Moral of the story: We may not live in complete anonymity, but we can pretend we do.
Life is sick. I feel sick. i wanna puke.............
later.
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Sunday, June 12, 2005
"Love me, love me...Say that you love me.." - Lovefool
I'm gonna cut the story short. Ladies and Gentlemen, Guys & Gurls...introducing,
Amber and Me
Hairul - Bass, Dinky- Drums, Zijian - Guitar, Fiza - Vox
Amber and Me, that's our new band's name. All three guys were my juniors in secondary school (one yr onli) but i've heard them play and thought them good, which was why i agreed to do vocals when they asked. Friday had been my first time meeting and talking to Dinky & Zijian. -- No, i wasn't a stuck-up senior back in school...Or was i? Oh, who gives. -- And i knew Hairul from Choir.
I'm not gonna go too much into details. Just that, for the band's first jamming session, it's satisfying. Impressive, in fact. Like seriously. We actually played two songs, Lovefool & My Favourite Game by The Cardigans, repeatedly with minimal mistakes like as if we've been practising that song for weeks! And when i shot them a "Do u guys know how to play Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns 'N Roses?", they could! Need a lot of brushin'-up but er wait...I'm not gonna praise them too much lah coz i think they read my blog and their heads are gonna BLOW-UP. We ain't perfect yet, but im amazed. Amazed by a number of things, WHICH im gonna keep to myself. Keep up the good work but we're gonna work harder, right guys? I hear ya!
I like it that when we were discussing different songs and bands, they KNEW what song or band (most of it, at least) i was talkin' about...like "Celebrity Skin" by Hole. Don't they make you watch MTV in primary school? And they might've not known Zwan but at least they knew Smashing Pumpkins and that Billy Corgan's bald. Haha. Anyway, we shall see how it goes. Gonna keep a low profile for now...
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Phua Chu Kang - The Musical
Got free tix to the musical at the Indoor Stadium on Saturday. Had plans initially, but hey...the tix aren't cheap, and seeing that others had to pay $100/$85 to watch it at considerably good seats, i decided to go. There were four of us. Still got 4 more free tixs for another day's show.
So, how was the musical? Let's just say i wouldn't pay $100/$85 to catch it. I'm glad i didn't even think of it. In fact, i think you would've enjoyed more the musical we had when i was in primary school! $65 at Mandarin Ballroom WITH dinner. And cute kids (uhurm, uhurm) performing and dancing and singing on stage.
Overall, the musical was okay lah. Very singapore. Very patriotic. but i think it's not very kid-friendly. Examples..."Audrey Chee, the K.S. Kampung SLUT!" - Ah Ma's line. teehee. Moderately funny lah can.
ok i want to sleep. Do go to Rock On Singapore! this coming Friday & Saturday. There's gonna be bands like BhumiBand, Electrico, Ugly in the Morning, Ronin, B-Quartet and many more..
later.
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Friday, June 10, 2005
Support local Music! 17 & 18 June 2005 Orchard Green (beside Orchard Mrt Stn) 6pm to 12pm
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
i find blogging exhausting. but i have to blog coz i would like to remind myself of how my days have been wisely (yea right) spent. Yea, so i'm gonna blog for my memory's sake. My memory disappoints me at times...
The past week, i've been so busy. Don't get me wrong tho, i'm not complaining. Today has been the only day that i stayed home the whole day, so i'm gonna blog while i have time.
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Had a reunion with Suhaila & Hidayah. We watched Madagascar at Lido. Okay, the movie was funny lah, Hid & I were laughing so much at the beginning of the show. But i think it's really because of the 2 giggly girls behind us who started laffing the moment their asses touched the seats. The movie itself wasn't that great...okay for people who juz wanna watch a light-hearted movie, but it's not my kinda movie coz there's not much of a plot. We ate at Ayam Penyet Ria. Hid and Su's first time. I think i've brought almost all my close friends there, and they would all tell me that they loved it. The day ended with more walking and laughing and i saw this bag i really liked.
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My mom's youngest bro, my UNCLE was performing at a Singapore Street Fest gig at the Grange Road carpark opposite of Cineleisure and Youth Park. His performance was at 8 but he & his wife fetched me at 5 and we went to town first. He had wanted to park his car at the Grange Rd carpark first so as to cut waiting time BUT his sweet, little, okay not so little, young niece ( ME lah) wanted to go to Far East Plaza to go buy a bag she really liked, so we ended up goin to Far East because of her. After buying that bag, we had dinner at Es Teler and guess what? I juz found out that Es Teler & Ayam Penyet Ria are both under the same owner. And then my uncle went to meet his friends first, while my aunt and i went shopping.
Okay, let's fast forward to the gig>>>>>>>>>>
When we reached the Grange Road carpark, which i thought was an awesome place to hold gigs, we didn't see my uncle but saw his friends and went to sit with them. Only my UNCLE, his fren, Fira (whom my family calls Taupik coz he supposedly look like Taufik Batisah...haha), and this other guy called Ruslan were performing but alot of his friends from this music company he works with came to see them. Other than them, there weren't many people around, which was so disappointing coz there were two other shows goin on at Cineleisure and Youth Park simultaneoulsy. They played songs by Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots. Oh you guys can catch them this Sunday at the same place, they're called Ziggies.
What i thought was cool though, was that a lot of these younger guys( 19, 20 yr-old ) knew my uncle ( 30 +), and a few of them came over to say hi and that they were performing. And i'm not talking bout those bands with MATS okay...i'm talking bout seriously talented and erm, quite cute guys. There's this band whose vocalist is from Philippines and my aunt told me that he's a Chef. He BAKES! He looks like a young Greg Uttsada, he sings in a PUNK band and he BAKES. How cool is that? His name is Bryan and my uncle and my aunt kept teasing him when he was performing and shouted "Brahim!"....Ngachok banget.
W hile walking back to the car, these 2 chinese guys came running after my uncle and scared the hell out of my aunt. They had just wanted to ask what guitar my uncle used and when he'll be performing again. My uncle also got a free Street Fest t-shirt which he gave to his beloved niece as a souvenir. YAYness!
I dun remember wat i did on Monday.
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Went out with Shahidah. First silly incident of the day:
I was in the train, Shahida was sposed to board the train at Dover. When we reached Dover, i didnt see her, so i stepped out called her and i waited outside the train. She told me she was inside the train which was gonna close the doors soon so i panicked and quickly told her to get out of the train and BOOM, i saw her got out of the train like as if she was thrown out! hahaha....
I bought new shoes!!!!! Not after this little girl wanted to pick up a fight with me for stealing her seat. She was so small and cute, but i needed to sit to try on the shoes. She them turned to me, frown and lifted her chubby hands. I juz stared at her like i would sumone my age. While Shahida stood beside me trying SO hard to stop herself from laughing, only to laugh even more.
Wednesday-------------------------------------------
I like to remember the good stuffs so i shall not blog about what a bad day it was.
Anyway, my uncle was performing again and my sister wanted to go so i left home at 8pm to town. Saw them perform, clapped loudly (wrongly even....they havent finished performing and i clapped! haha so malu.) and i saw this guy who was a junior in sec school...He was alone. I wanted to smile at him but he seemed like he wasn't interested in smiling back so i didn't. But i think quite a few girls had a crush on him coz he's supposedly quite cute. He seems very cool now that he's so much taller...plus, he was at a gig alone. That should say something bout his self-confidence. Meaning, he's unlike those guys who loves travelling around in herds and being a nuisance in the public. Note to guys: Travel alone.
Dat's all for now. I feel nauseous. I think i've been staring at the computer screen for too long. I wanna puke.........................
later.
the glamourchine laughed at 8:33 PM
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
You know what? I can really feel my fitness level improving! One thing's for sure, it's hard work. I've been pushing myself to workout 5 times a week which is something i never thought i could make myself do. Yesterday's Body Combat was great as usual! We had a wacky guest instructor and boy, you should see those muscles!! Did i mention the guest instructor is a lady?? I was afraid she's gonna be real fierce but she's turned out to be really lively and motivating. There were a few newbies too, including my sis. The class officially starts next week, so if any of you would like to join, its $98 for 12 lessons.
There had been no plans to leave the house today until Aini called to ask me out. I missed her so much and it's been ages since we last met. So we met up and went to the Esplanade. She had kindly warned me to be slack and casual. I rarely see her in slack & casual mode. We had plenty loads of fun taking pictures and hanging out on the Roof Terrace. There's now a garden kinda thing there, so we lied down on the grass. Serene sky ( no stars), great live music, beautiful breeze, we just let loose and chilled. We even took off our shoes and i taught her some steps from my Body Combat! Thank God it was dark. She's much older than me, but because she's smaller than me, i always feel so self-conscious. Silly me.
Uniquely Singapore!
later.
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