been a long time since i did a video, so while rehearsing for our upcoming show with Jonathan, we came up with this remix.
just being random, but yes, i miss zouk. HAHA
16 June 2010
singapore flooding
check out this lighthearted picture that vanessa showed me of the flooding that happened in orchard today!
random questions...
just a random question i've been discussing with my friends lately...
can two people of the opposite sex ever just be good buddies or damn good soulmates all the way till they get married and have kids, etc.?
can two people of the opposite sex ever just be good buddies or damn good soulmates all the way till they get married and have kids, etc.?
15 June 2010
slow-moving tuesday.
if not for squash, i wld probably be balloon-ed right now, considering how much supper i eat everyday.
slacked the entire day today before meeting eileen for a quick catch up,
then javin and i decided at 815pm then we should play squash at 9pm, so we both had an hour's workout.
squash is extremely fun. i just need to start figuring out how to beat javin and his constant running.
speaking of which, its finally wednesday tomorrow..
zouk anybody? :))
slacked the entire day today before meeting eileen for a quick catch up,
then javin and i decided at 815pm then we should play squash at 9pm, so we both had an hour's workout.
squash is extremely fun. i just need to start figuring out how to beat javin and his constant running.
speaking of which, its finally wednesday tomorrow..
zouk anybody? :))
14 June 2010
the world cup is such an addiction.
i've been starting my day at 1pm, counting down to 730pm, watching till 4am, and then sleeping again.
and because of that, i've been indulging in suppers.
supper with detong n ryan, nuggets at home, instant noodles, chips, everything i can find at home (if i'm alone), and oily junk supper food outside (if my friends are over)
this is bad... imagine the amount of weight i'm going to put on for the next month.
this calls for more squash sessions with detong and javin,
thank gdness i'm not working.
so i get to sleep in, wake up and teach, sing for a while, and then sleep or wait for the world cup again.
did i mention i think i'm addicted to clubbing?
i've been going zouk for 2 consecutive wednesdays, and i'm planning to go again this wednesday.
and the most amazing thing is, i dont even mind going alone.
it feels good to unwind, drink and just dance to all the top 40 hits in Phuture.
there's this song constantly in my head, and it goes.....
"i'm only gonna break break your break break your heart"
damn catchy!
consolidated updates!
Life has been awesome, or maybe not, but first things first, I'VE GRADUATED!
I haven't updated for ages, but all these while i have been kept busy with lots of things. (or then again, maybe not cause i've been slacking around)
My trip to HK with Szehwei Wanying Wailay Cindy, Altitude's comeback performance in Detong's sister's wedding, Sports Camp outings, going out with Josheen Wee, Van, Sarah, Qing, JonChong, Darren, Huilin. Bintan work trip with Concept Alliance Events Company, etc. Mahjong sessions with hsin, mag, detong. Clubbing, Soccer, Squash, etc.
I'm glad i've been kept busy, especially since most people around me have been nagging at me to find a job.
But i'm going to stick around a while longer. Just stay unemployed, try to pursue my music, start teaching more, etc.
Meanwhile, my music lessons blog is up again. Do support and help me tell the people around about it:
its www.jkmusiclessons.blogspot.com
AND ON TOP OF THAT, the world cup is on, so i'm going to sleep at 4am everyday and wake up at noon.
Meanwhile, here are some photos of what has been happening for the past 2 months.
a BIG THANK YOU to all my friends who made life so bearable for me the past few weeks :)
I haven't updated for ages, but all these while i have been kept busy with lots of things. (or then again, maybe not cause i've been slacking around)
My trip to HK with Szehwei Wanying Wailay Cindy, Altitude's comeback performance in Detong's sister's wedding, Sports Camp outings, going out with Josheen Wee, Van, Sarah, Qing, JonChong, Darren, Huilin. Bintan work trip with Concept Alliance Events Company, etc. Mahjong sessions with hsin, mag, detong. Clubbing, Soccer, Squash, etc.
I'm glad i've been kept busy, especially since most people around me have been nagging at me to find a job.
But i'm going to stick around a while longer. Just stay unemployed, try to pursue my music, start teaching more, etc.
Meanwhile, my music lessons blog is up again. Do support and help me tell the people around about it:
its www.jkmusiclessons.blogspot.com
AND ON TOP OF THAT, the world cup is on, so i'm going to sleep at 4am everyday and wake up at noon.
Meanwhile, here are some photos of what has been happening for the past 2 months.
a BIG THANK YOU to all my friends who made life so bearable for me the past few weeks :)
10 March 2010
08 February 2010
things to do within the next 11 hours:
1. two more hours of lectures
2. rehearsals with altitude for our wedding performance from 830-1030pm
3. NM3220 project introduction
4. Read and label and understand choral music for conducting tomorrow with Anglican High School
5. Practice conducting stance in front of the mirror
I need more than 24 hours to do all these effectively.
Someone help.
27 January 2010
so..
should i study in NIE and teach music in secondary schools? (cheaper option)
go overseas study music and come back be a conductor? (super expensive, and a waste of another 3 yrs)
or what should i really do with life?
make use of my bachelor of arts and work in an advertising firm? pr firm?
sell insurance? and teach music privately?
don't i just hate it...
i'm in a phase of life where i have to make a decision.
i love teaching my choir.
but to get professionally certified overseas would cost like 300k for a total of 4 additional years of education.
and the stupid singapore system doesnt offer any diplomas for such expertise...
urghs.................................
should i study in NIE and teach music in secondary schools? (cheaper option)
go overseas study music and come back be a conductor? (super expensive, and a waste of another 3 yrs)
or what should i really do with life?
make use of my bachelor of arts and work in an advertising firm? pr firm?
sell insurance? and teach music privately?
don't i just hate it...
i'm in a phase of life where i have to make a decision.
i love teaching my choir.
but to get professionally certified overseas would cost like 300k for a total of 4 additional years of education.
and the stupid singapore system doesnt offer any diplomas for such expertise...
urghs.................................
26 January 2010
22 January 2010
i'm too tired to write cause i've been out since 11am and its 3am and i just got back.
but heres a brief summary in case i forget what to update on in the next few days.
cca fair, choir, i'm proud of you.
never been prouder.
watching you guys sing lady gaga, taylor swift and just run under the hot sun trying to pull in so many sec1s to choir.
that itself, set my mind at ease.
cause i know u guys care... and u guys actually bother about my "i want 20 sec1s in my choir next year" ambition.
fail or not, i'm proud of you all. each and everyone.
kbox with mag hsin eugene was really fun
except i thought it was ridiculous to pay 35 bucks per person for 3 hours of singing.
in fact, the price was damn over the hill.
but yup, photo whoring was fun, so was singing, and supper, and the horrible jokes we made in the car with michael when we met him for supper
:D
but heres a brief summary in case i forget what to update on in the next few days.
cca fair, choir, i'm proud of you.
never been prouder.
watching you guys sing lady gaga, taylor swift and just run under the hot sun trying to pull in so many sec1s to choir.
that itself, set my mind at ease.
cause i know u guys care... and u guys actually bother about my "i want 20 sec1s in my choir next year" ambition.
fail or not, i'm proud of you all. each and everyone.
kbox with mag hsin eugene was really fun
except i thought it was ridiculous to pay 35 bucks per person for 3 hours of singing.
in fact, the price was damn over the hill.
but yup, photo whoring was fun, so was singing, and supper, and the horrible jokes we made in the car with michael when we met him for supper
:D
21 January 2010
AuditionSea
i think i'm addicted to AUDITIONSEA.
its a fantastic game, and as much as i never believed in making online friends, i actually managed to make this bunch of really awesome friends who are really fun to talk to online.
Try it!
(And no, this is not a virus. i'm john and i'm typing this)
www.auditionsea.com
download and play 12party mode! :D
AND NO, this is not a kids game! i have met 20 plus uni students on it! :P
its a fantastic game, and as much as i never believed in making online friends, i actually managed to make this bunch of really awesome friends who are really fun to talk to online.
Try it!
(And no, this is not a virus. i'm john and i'm typing this)
www.auditionsea.com
download and play 12party mode! :D
AND NO, this is not a kids game! i have met 20 plus uni students on it! :P
14 January 2010
late night supper, poker.
detong, michael, james, marvin,
we've got to stop unhealthy suppers at 2am in the morning.
the fat is accumulating and i'm feelin awful
and because of that, i'm pacing around my room trying to burn the calories i just put on from that plate of fried beehoon.
:(
EMO.
13 January 2010
as the days go by, i guess i'm beginning to learn little bits about myself that i never ever took great notice of ...
like how i cant stand mischievious kids in shopping centres, or mothers who turn a blind eye to such behavior
or people who talk loudly on phones, or blast mp3s from their phones
cars that are modified so much so that their engines rumble when "HELLO, u are just driving a mitsubushi or toyota, not a damn ferrari"
how i think girls in a simple tank top and shorts look the hottest than those who spend hours dressing up and drawing eyeliners all over their face
how i would choose to have a cosy home cooked dinner at home rather than a extravagant dinner in a posh restaurant.
how i'm secretly insecure and worried that the people around me dislike me, so i start picking up various signs and signals and alter my behavior according to that
like how i cant stand mischievious kids in shopping centres, or mothers who turn a blind eye to such behavior
or people who talk loudly on phones, or blast mp3s from their phones
cars that are modified so much so that their engines rumble when "HELLO, u are just driving a mitsubushi or toyota, not a damn ferrari"
how i think girls in a simple tank top and shorts look the hottest than those who spend hours dressing up and drawing eyeliners all over their face
how i would choose to have a cosy home cooked dinner at home rather than a extravagant dinner in a posh restaurant.
how i'm secretly insecure and worried that the people around me dislike me, so i start picking up various signs and signals and alter my behavior according to that
11 January 2010
my choir, school's starting, and life's picking up pace.
had my first choir session at pioneer today...
and i set myself a vision for this year:
"to make choir fun, more fun than it already is, yet provide the students with ample knowledge to advance vocally."
its hard though, really, when you have a group of students who chatter amongst themselves, and appear to not listen to you even though u're shouting ur lungs out and going crazy.
and teaching the choir is really harming my voice. i get horrid sore throats from shouting, hoping that even if not all of them listen, at least i get three or four students listening and learning from me.
gotta admit this sucks though. i just lack that authoratative charisma to make everyone listen to me when i speak. i'm not fierce enough.
and its not that i'm not trying...
but they're simply not listening.
i arrange a lady gaga song, hoping that that would liven things up and they would have fun,
but yes, granted they have fun, i still feel that most of them dont listen to me at all when i speak.
urghs.
---
school's starting tomorrow.
its a 6 module semester for me, so that means crazy schedules, waking up early, going home late, etc.
and if i'm going to work towards my target of earning and saving up sufficient money by the end of 2010, den i'm going to have to work doubly hard teaching my vocal/keyboard classes.
---
watched the sneaks of its complicated yesterday.
hilarious show i would say...
fully epitomizes the whole idea of having "Friends with benefits".
and its disturbing to know that more people are having sex at younger ages nowadays.
shldn't that be sth thats left for someone special and for marriage? :
and i set myself a vision for this year:
"to make choir fun, more fun than it already is, yet provide the students with ample knowledge to advance vocally."
its hard though, really, when you have a group of students who chatter amongst themselves, and appear to not listen to you even though u're shouting ur lungs out and going crazy.
and teaching the choir is really harming my voice. i get horrid sore throats from shouting, hoping that even if not all of them listen, at least i get three or four students listening and learning from me.
gotta admit this sucks though. i just lack that authoratative charisma to make everyone listen to me when i speak. i'm not fierce enough.
and its not that i'm not trying...
but they're simply not listening.
i arrange a lady gaga song, hoping that that would liven things up and they would have fun,
but yes, granted they have fun, i still feel that most of them dont listen to me at all when i speak.
urghs.
---
school's starting tomorrow.
its a 6 module semester for me, so that means crazy schedules, waking up early, going home late, etc.
and if i'm going to work towards my target of earning and saving up sufficient money by the end of 2010, den i'm going to have to work doubly hard teaching my vocal/keyboard classes.
---
watched the sneaks of its complicated yesterday.
hilarious show i would say...
fully epitomizes the whole idea of having "Friends with benefits".
and its disturbing to know that more people are having sex at younger ages nowadays.
shldn't that be sth thats left for someone special and for marriage? :
09 January 2010
it hasn't been easy at all.
but i'm able to now say her name without feeling much.
this chapter of my life, shld thus be closed.
2 years of pining for a girl who in the first place, i shldn't even be pining for..
thats 2 years of wasting alot of precious time feeling all emotional, and shutting my door on many other people and things.
the past, is the past.
i'm ready to step out of it. finally.
06 January 2010
school's starting,
and in some way, i can't wait to get back to school.
i've become very homely.
and its hard for me to even believe it.
i'm contented with:
poker with the guys, hanging out and playing mahjong, playin squash with detong, sunday soccer, having to teach my wonderful choir, and being with my family.
and i love my buddy. we've known each other since secondary school, in fact, i've known loads of ppl since secondary school, but u're one of the only few who stuck with me throughout.
if u're even reading this, u know who u are, thank you for always being there.
it just takes a whole new meaning to jason mraz's song:
lucky i'm in love with my best friend.
cause being friends, i know u'll never leave me, and u know i'll never leave u.
we'll never ever be subjected to any quarrels or any heartbreaks or break ups.
and u mean the most to me.
-----
meanwhile, i still owe myself an entry on 2009 and the transition to 2010 with my new year resolutions.
i love 2009 because.
i got to travel to bkk with mich and xiaoting and i had a wonderful time
i got to conduct my choir and lead them to SYF... and i've spent so many ups and downs with this choir...
i got to attend arts camp and i got to know a few wonderful friends, josheen, jonchong, ewe..
i made new friends, fostered old friendships, learnt how to be a better person.
and i look to 2010 because.
i know i've got to stop living in my past. no more thinking of ds. and emoing and wallowing over self pity.
i've got to move on somehow and stop thinking of her, who evidently doesnt need me in her life at all.
i'm not even sure if i ever want to be in another relationship, because 2 years being single has taught me a lot and brought me several insights into what i really want.
i'm graduating from NUS, and i hope i can study music.
i'm an adult, officially, soon enough at least, and i've got to start planning my future and figuring out how i'm goin to earn my dream salary of 8000 a month.
and also figure out how to be an even better person than 2009.
no more bad habits. no more procrastinating.
and in some way, i can't wait to get back to school.
i've become very homely.
and its hard for me to even believe it.
i'm contented with:
poker with the guys, hanging out and playing mahjong, playin squash with detong, sunday soccer, having to teach my wonderful choir, and being with my family.
and i love my buddy. we've known each other since secondary school, in fact, i've known loads of ppl since secondary school, but u're one of the only few who stuck with me throughout.
if u're even reading this, u know who u are, thank you for always being there.
it just takes a whole new meaning to jason mraz's song:
lucky i'm in love with my best friend.
cause being friends, i know u'll never leave me, and u know i'll never leave u.
we'll never ever be subjected to any quarrels or any heartbreaks or break ups.
and u mean the most to me.
-----
meanwhile, i still owe myself an entry on 2009 and the transition to 2010 with my new year resolutions.
i love 2009 because.
i got to travel to bkk with mich and xiaoting and i had a wonderful time
i got to conduct my choir and lead them to SYF... and i've spent so many ups and downs with this choir...
i got to attend arts camp and i got to know a few wonderful friends, josheen, jonchong, ewe..
i made new friends, fostered old friendships, learnt how to be a better person.
and i look to 2010 because.
i know i've got to stop living in my past. no more thinking of ds. and emoing and wallowing over self pity.
i've got to move on somehow and stop thinking of her, who evidently doesnt need me in her life at all.
i'm not even sure if i ever want to be in another relationship, because 2 years being single has taught me a lot and brought me several insights into what i really want.
i'm graduating from NUS, and i hope i can study music.
i'm an adult, officially, soon enough at least, and i've got to start planning my future and figuring out how i'm goin to earn my dream salary of 8000 a month.
and also figure out how to be an even better person than 2009.
no more bad habits. no more procrastinating.
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