MuSiC oF mY LiFe

~~Sunday, December 28, 2008~~

Different pple appreciate different festive occasions, and i for one, really fancy christmas alot. hahaha. I love the idea of giving and sharing what u have with others and all. Also, i DO count the 12 days of christmas, altho' it eats into my sch reopening (shucks) and things like tt. haha.

Went to kallang leisure park for dinner @ koufu and ice skate on xmas eve. Had creamy chicken pasta for dinner (for the western cuisine feel) and ice skate (to replace the frosty winter). haha. it was overall v fun as long as the company is enthu. haha. Nice.

Decided to save some money so decided to potluck @ my place on xmas day itself. Finally had Mac's breakkie again! And made sandwiches and salad. We all brought nice simple food and played many games, including games like eno stacko...monopoly world edition (i won twice in a row!), finger twister etc etc. haha..v v fun. Nice.

Heard the news of old clubhse tearing down some time ago, and i felt nth. Yest, I was reminded tt family concert was today and suddenly it struck me tt i wanna go down and have a last look of it. I wanna go down and watch the concert and be able to walk back a familiar path down Lt26, across the convention hall, and back to an old creaking door at level 2 of blk 72, a place where i used to hang out practically everyday in my poly days.

We 1st saw Ian at the LT greeting us, giving out phamplets. Felt abit diao-ed actually but this old scene somehow started the nite cos he was always there for my performances altho' we aren't v appreciative souls when we were under him back then. haha. Sat with like 3 rows of old nps-ians. Read thru' the song list and boy was i surprised tt i've played 9/15 songs tt they are gonna play. Scanned acrossed the room and no sign of Alex. sighz. Watched the 1st half of the performance and was disappointed as before. I promised to give NPS 2 chances to redeem themselves cos i was a nobody once and NPS accepted me and made part of who i m today and i will remb tt. it was when many fascinating things got started. It was then i realised they kept repeating our old songs cos the juniors lacked the music knowledge and skills. Thus, they kept repeating our repertoire cos no one introduced to them OTHER songs. Luckily, valerie and shah who were the emcees made up for it. Thumbs up to their slapsticks who made the atmosphere livelier.

After intermission, i saw a white pure, rounded figure and my heart pounded. Alex came. Was he prepared for the better show? Cos, the 2nd half of the performance got better. haha. However, a strange thing, he wasnt really a guest. Perhaps he wanted to be unknown. He was sitting with no one. At a corner of the LT alone. He cheered on every song. So far, we have seen nps drifting away from us and juniors who nv came to mix and blend with seniors. On the other side of the coin, things may not be so as i saw today. The ending few songs were mixed with singing and it was great. The song was simple, the singing was good, and the audience were smiling. NPS performers went on stage tgr and swayed and sang and clapped. From the corner, I saw Alex clapping on every beat happily with them. He was really enjoying. That old man, our very old man, was really enjoying every second of this song. I've heard tt he retired from many places but his heart was still here. Somehow to me, at that split second, i knew tt at least the nps spirit is still living on well. What we all wanted, was the never failing bonds btw nps members. We are a family and we shld be one. Altho' things may nt be as glorious or successful as we made it to be when we were members, it doesn't really matter to many, at least not to our v own benefactor Alex, cos he gave us the drive to start our beautiful stories which became wonderful memories, and what he wanted to see in return, apart from aspiring guitarists, was only pure good old fashioned friendships and bonds between every single nps peep. What he wanted was their pure love for music, and friends.

The only thing tt i was abit heartbroken was tt, i saw Alex sitting at the corner alone, and when the concert ended, he was v v v glad to see the enthu club members cheering still, but he slipped away ALONE. No one saw him leaving and he left the club to enjoy whilst he took his leave. Perhaps the newer batch may never understand our love for our old man, cos he was nv too close to them due to health or time committment problem, but he's significance shld nv have been erased nor blurred.

What i see now may nt be a very competitive and successful way to build a club, but the future is all in their hands. As long as the spirit nv dies, i believe things will get better, and i hope they do, regardless whether or not i m still actively updated of the club. haha...I just know i m proud to be an ex-Ngee Ann Poly Strings & Guitar Ensemble member, and always will be. I went back too with some others to take some photos be4 the clubhse's gone and to our fav. old hangout, Alameen for dinner. All this, i will treasure dearly forever. =P

5:09 PM

~~Tuesday, December 23, 2008~~

Holidays are meant for us to catch up with old pals, have good rests, and enjoy the festive occasions that happen to fall in that period. This time round, i really got the privilege to do just that and it feels good. I m gonna be a good kid and try to get a job the next long hols but this time, take it as a break ba. haha...

This tao huay night was quite cool. Went to rochor's famous tau huay stall to have supper. ordered hot beancurd, doughstick, and cold beancurd drink. i couldn't finish cos i cant really eat tt much but this long aim is finally accomplished as i said i wanted to eat this for a v long time. nice...

Chalet was overall quite fun too lar. There were hiccups here and there but thx for the pple who organised this chalet too. it was a nice meetup for many actually. Happy birthday too to all the dec babies. may u grow wise and smarter, prettier or more handsome as the days go by.

Another long awaited prawning trip came true. Went with few nps peeps and my sec sch pals. it was nice too. nps peeps made it really cool as it was a mini celebration for weiling's bday. sec sch pals really gave me a sense of warmth again as we chat abt many stuffs that we once had and it gave a new sense of comeback as we haven't had such chance since years back as now everyone is either busy, flying everywhere, or working. haha. thx dearies.

M02 peeps are not forgotten as well. Managed to squeeze a dinner cum settlers' trip last min and glad u few could all come. thx for being so onz. Even tho' it was just a mere few hrs, it was all fun and laughters. thx for being so onz for forfeits too! hahaha...

Last min managed to rush to meet dj and few for ktv pubbing tt nite. Had some fun playing poker cards, dices and hand games. haha..stayed till bout 3am and sang a song like be4 we left when i was slpy and shagged out alr. LOl. in christmas mood alr.

This day, managed to meet ht and jean for dinner after doing my stuffs too. went to novena to meet and ate yami yogurt! hahah..after which met ht and her hk frens for famous bak kut teh at Balestier cos her frens wanna try it. haha. Miss u all so much. heh heh.

Went out yest for a short xmas outing and it was a tiring day! Went lavender army market, nt knowing its closed on mons =.= so went golden mile and guess wad i found! My old game casettes set!!! My controllers are spoilt and so i cant play them. U noe those mario games and bomber man and stuff. Those games like 10years ago? I found them! At only 20+ bucks. So i bought them. Hurray!!! Haha. went to sentosa for some rides and chillin' at the beach till evening and headed to jp for dinner and shopping~ Bought a pair of branded shoes for sch @ a fantastic deal. And got my 1st xmas pressie! Yeah~ ^^ Wanted to rushed to city hall cotton on but we were too late. So, to end the day, we walked to bugis, had a drink at kfc and reviewed our purchases and headed home. Woohoo. Fantastic day. haha. Got feverish after tt cos i caught the rain but i m not gonna fall sick! I will get well to welcome santa. heh heh.

"merry merry christmas! happy 18th. & happy happy pressies for u~"

4:01 PM

~~Monday, December 08, 2008~~

fun activities have just been rushing thru and its cool, its cool!

met many frens for gatherings and all tt i cant recall all my outings alr and only took pics for some.

GE outing to Escape theme park was fun due to the company but the weather just like to make fun of us. haha. the sun was shining so brightly and 5min after we entered escape and took our 1st thrill ride, bham!!! thunder, lighting , heavy rain. luckily we got a bunch of jokers to liven the atmosphere. played most rides, won 2 fluffys, 大大 and 小小 our 1st 2 GE babies. haha. Went to T3 to eat Popeyes for dinner and celebrated Monchee's bday with a new strawberry yogurt cheesecake from secret recipe. Delicious and stuffed man. lOl. Ended the night playing games and all slacking at T1's viewing gallery. =P

Finally decided to go rollerblading after a loooong period and the sun's good too! SO i went and it was fun too! Mr. Sun was also v good to us as it was v v cloudy at first but when we went to blade, the sun came out! HoHO. Haiyo, but I think my skill v lan liao T.T

One of my gluttony days was when I met my sp pal to slack at his place. watched nim's island. had nice ice cream prata at a 24hrs stall in hougang. the teh halia and milo dinosaur also v zan too. the amt they give quite alot yet the price is cheap. so cool. oh on a funny note, we went to eat light dessert awhile b4 tt and a fly lost control due the strong fan speed and drown in my fren's desert. lOl. we ended its life by slamming a spoon of almond jelly on the poor fly. hoho. at nite, our dinner was the white chicken rice and thai fried tofu near his place. quite nice also.

went for a genting trip with my family to celebrate dad's bday. it was v fun too and the fact tt RM expands my pocket purchasing power by 2 compared to SGD makes my day much brighter alr. hoho. Played both outdoor and indoor theme parks and the temp out there is soo cool. its been a while since i've experience such cool weather! haha. did last min shopping and bought 2 tops. went to the Ripleys' musuem and the ktv and their arcade was heaven. So huge and the games ranged from the new games we see at our arcade now to the ones we played last time tt we accumulate tix for toy redemptions. Happy 58th bday dad. hoho.

The next few meetings were so cool cos i also get to meet old pals alr! Went to my sec sch pal's house for steamboat dinner. Wow, tis group the guys always prepared the gathering and we few gals just go and eat. haha. Had a great time chatting and they wanted mj but i wasn't prepared to stay long after dinner so i ren! anyway they got 4 kakhis tt day alr. haha. End up....*drums roll*...i met my pri sch flag eraser pal who came to pick me up and we headed of to east coast to chill!!! Its damn fun lar. Woohoo. Been ages and we still can chat like we are the bestest pals..chat till 3am den we set off home. Haha..it must've been our honesty and sincerity to our friendship tt brought us so far man. Who can guess flag eraser pals can go tis far. Rock on my fren! Oh yar, met dal..sarah and few for dinner too and our hilarious time at the arcade after tt was wonderful too! haha...

Yest went to meet another sec sch pal to do her xmas shopping and it was like a 1 man show lor. =.= I was walking ard, shopping like v high den she v sian..like duno wad to buy. No wonder ask me out to help her. Luckily my high-ness influenced her to be more enthu after awhile. but phew was it tiring. haha...i bought my xmas cards too! must start writing soon liao. We separated in the evening and met him for dinner after jalan-ing, we decided to go minds cafe to try out and......*another drums roll* sotong was there; to scare us. I was laughing after tt cos she stood outside the place staring at us and he commented tt it was normal cos between us was the glass walls and it seemed like we are watching sotong in a tank. hur hur hur.

all these hoo-hah and frequent outing gave my cells a scare i think. so i was down for a slight fever and sore throat now. Boohoo. but i still needa go out and get some stuffs...so down the pills if needed and u germs get away from me! its a festive occasion!

8:20 PM