The HIPPY-EST CLASS EVER! Thats SD1 for you HAHA (Ok fine they won't kill me anymore :P) They have been a cool class... With people from different exteremes in the class... I didn't really fit in at first, staying with the SC5 clique that went into SD1 together.. But we somehow all got together as a class as time passed by :)... If I were to stated person by person how great they are in my class... It would more than an hour to finish.. So I guess I'll leave that to after the As :P





There were many many many more things that happened in the year... But I'll elaborate on that tmr... Cause I'm running out of time... Need to go out soon... But I shall say one more thing before I end this post....


Churchies are the best...

They are really the friends that will accompany you beyond life... Into Eternity :)

Yes... I'm finally back for all those who still bother to read... Anyway, There are many things to blog about so I'll start with the earliest one...

Church Camp 5-8th Dec

Yup, the theme was Arise and Bulid.

At first I felt it was only an okay camp... I guess cause of the amount of free time the guys had... HAHA, I remember the church camp two years back, there were so much stuff to do! Especially the captain's ball session we had with the adults and young adults! Too bad this year round we didn't have any at all! Not even during the holidays... I guess I'm mostly the one organising all these captain ball outings, so once I'm not free, no one esle really organises these outings :P... And since Angela's out of town, there won't be any till end Dec to early Jan :P

Anyway, back to main topic... I had a nice quiet sharing group... But when it came to games... We OWN!! LOL, I mean we got third place :P... Benjamin BENJAMIN!! XD For the amazing race, we were like only walking around to every place and not even running HAHA it was amazing that we even got 3rd place overall :)... Anyway, the games were refreshing, I guess cause the girls planned it, it kinda resembled children ministry games :D... But THAT doesn't mean its childish, it was fun! HAHA

This camp I really spent alot more time with my cell group (guys one)... Well cause 1) The girls didn't really come over and play bridge or tiati this camp round, I guess they had stuff on; 2) The guys shared a room together? So yea, we kinda met quite often :P... Sometimes Gyming with Andre.. Or slacking with Jo/ Matthew depending who was in the room... This time, camp really answered my question on true friends... Yes and thats you all man! People whom you can trust and believe in for a long time to come! :)

Leading Worship in camp was a nice experience as well... It felt easier to do repeats, or adjust the tempo for songs easier on the spot... Well, fast songs were a killer without drums and if your bassist or guitar are lost... You're in for it HAHA! XD But anyways, When you can hear the singing of the people of the church, your heart warms cause everyone there is just really there for worship. To sing praises to God, you know? :)

As I was saying, I only thought it was an okay camp... Well, until the last night and last day of camp... Found the problems in my life... And In the morning when I heard the sharing about Esther and Sam I cried so badly... I asked myself why? It couldn't be just because of Esther... I mean I do miss her... But not that much...

So what was it?

I left early to get back to Singapore on the last day of camp to catch the night flight for Paris later that day... And I was searching for that answer... And it became evident to me what I was crying out for...

My lost love for learning... The word...

Well shall not really elaborate cause it would be really really long... And its kinda special to me, so I only plan to share to some ppl :P..

Moving on....

Paris 8-12th Dec

Yes Paris... I shall upload pics soon...

It was a real rush since the flight was 13 hours... It didn't really leave our family much time to go look see look see... So we did as much as we could in that little span of time... I went to effiel tower! Super nice :P And serveral other places... But I'll leave that till the pictures come.. Then I'll explain in greater detail :)

Finally,

CO outing 13th Dec

Since I was still on leave for CO, I guess I was lazy and all... So I legally skipped the morning combine practice to go for the CO outing in the afternoon to support our fellow percussionist Jun Yang! Well, before Jun Yang's performance, there was the ensemble portion of the compietition... Where I got to see all the PRO erhu and well practically EVERY SECTION pro people... Thats the difference btwn School standards and outside CO standards.. Ah but Whatever! Just goes to show I needa practice!

I saw many familiar faces too! I only said hi to one... But after that experince... I decided not to say hi anymore XD... Just leave some messages behind in MSN or smth XD

Jun Yang was SUPER funny on stage :P... He was acting as if he was in some drama serial! HAHA but I enjoyed his performance... I guess thats the difference between Pros and Noobs like me :P...

Well, thats about all for now... I'll comment more next time :)

Now for the real comments on Its My Life...

Yes, like I said, it was AMAZING :D... The voices, the stories.... They were all relevant to our lives as teens :)

That night, there was no such thing called 'calefares' or extras in the background of the whole musical.. Everyone stood out in their own Special way...

The only disappointment I had was that the character Colette should have more... well, scenes for the character's development or at least allowing the audience to have a better view of what the character really is all about... And she too, (*I think she was acted by Pam) had a great voice that was under used... But I'm no scriptwriter or director myself, so I guess her presense there to show that not all youths make it out of their problems a-ok... And I don't really have the right to comment on it :P

Lets talk about my good friend Xue Yi 1st... Xie Ting was really just Xue Yi for those who know her, you'll most probably get what I mean... The energy, the Singlish (*HAHA)... But there's one point that really shined through the musical... That Xue Yi is indeed a performer, esp in the music aspect :)... Her voice was... DIVA-LIKE... That power, and I loved the huskiness in her voice if you get what I mean :P... I think she'll make a great actress, though I would love to see her in other type of roles :P... GOGOGO XUE YI!!

Anard played by Movin speak to me the most, being the mommy's boy and all... OK FINE all the voices in the musical were MIND BLOWING... so will not emphasize how great all of their voices were... Ok maybe a few... Movin was great protraying out his character and I really loved it... In more than one way, it reminded me of the ever-so drama Arunan who is now back in KL... Miss that good friend of mine.... :(

Moving on, Nabil was great too! To capture the aspect of forced choice of his future career by his parents, he has really shown the pressure that parents have on their children about not only their studies, but their future career. Also, it goes to show that many parents still believe that the arts in Singapore cannot bring their children far... something that I also feel, though not that strongly for... But the vital question here is...

Practicality Vs. Passion

His 'not very malay' joke blew my head off! HAHA So FUNNY!

Farid was really into character and his power vocals helped him prove his point.... The bad boy turned good may have been cliche, but he made it all different... Because of the very fact that it was his own way of facing up to the things and learning to change... That made his character memorable...

Conan and Glory are two power vocalists... And it almost seems that their roles in the musical were like that of mordern day Romeo and Juliet :P... I was especially captured by Glory's vocals... Though their stories were interlinked and filled with all kinds of obstacles finally coming to a happy ending... It didn't really leave that great an impression... Maybe because I haven't met that kind of situation yet I guess...

Rong Min reminded me of how I too felt about myself... Always going with what the crowd feels we should be doing or acting... But at the end of the day, are we really fair to our OWN feelings?? Her vocals were, without a doubt great too!

The drama favourite, Clarice too swept the stage! Her comment that 'I told you I had Drama and Dance' made all AC ppl in the hall laugh like mad!! It was SOOOOO commical HAHA... Like AC all over again... But anyways, her character made me ask aboutmyself... Should we always take our parents' advice? No doubt they're right most of the time... But should we always??

As they say, Best for last...

I was really... really, BLOWN away by Sharon played by Sarah... WOAH... 1) Her vocals, you gotta give it to her, she's beyond the words good and great... Almost that of a pro, if not there already... 2) I guess cause she was so much in character that it also didn't seem that she was acting.. More of telling... telling us her story... I was so fixed on her when it was her scene just before she sang 'The Stranger In Me'... Though the song had a real strong influence of Corrine May in it (*Practically screaming out her name as the melody was played out HAHA), it was great!!! Really really great! I guess since my mom was almost like a single parent back then when I was younger since my dad's a pilot and all (overseas training for like 3 months or more?, not at home most of the time), the things I see in the character Sharon reminded me of my mom back then....

The tears I see from Glory, Conan and Sarah made it all seem so real to the audience... I guess the stories may have been based real strongly on the life stories of each one of them... Making the production so real, so easy to relate...

And I Love IT!!!

Its my life.. A production worthy to watch and if ever the recordings come out online or on Cds... Worthy of buying!!!

Oh btw, will be away till the 8th from tmr onwards... And will be away again on the night of the 8th to paris till the 13th of Dec... So see you till then!!!

And I've been searching for answers for these very questions...

I worked as a Calfare recently under Mr. Micheal Tay, and sadly I'm not supposed to blog about it... But what I've gained out of the experience is that, life seems like a drama with the script all written out ready for the neccessary actors to act... Yet the beauty of it is that these actors don't know the script yet the way in which they act is just like the story line planned out in the 1st place...

I'll never know who to best spend my time with... So if I don't try, who really knows what'll happen in the end? So I'll start with those who really express care and concern... Its a good way to start :) Even if we're all just 'calfares' of others lives...

Now for its my life!!

An Amazing Production Indeed For TEENS! It really talked to me in my areas of my life similar to those acting...

Quote from Sharon, "... The hardest battles you fight against... Is yourself" Which is so true! Min's idea of how she conformed to society to get accepted, but yet feel uncomfortable about herself; Arif being forced to do what his parents want; Xie Ting optimism in almost everything only to hide her fear of being the oldest in the family; Claire's idea of perfection; Farouk's change for the better; I loved the part of Coret and Gail's own type of Love differing from their parents though its still not relevant to me yet; Anand's quest to break from the boringness of life... WOAH I LOVE IT!!!

OOooooooooo PLUS THE VOICES OMG :D:D!!! AND THE SONGS, ITS LYRICS AMAZING :D

Xue Yi, thanks for inviting me to such a beautiful musical! I loved it lots! Shall continue commenting on it tommorrow in my next post :P

"Lord, I've come back right here.... Nobody even thinks that I'm here but you...'

'They have no right to judge yet they do... But you who have the right, don't... Thats why I'm back here again.."

"You know Lord... You rock!"