Saturday, Yesterday and Today!

Saturday was a long day for me... I was out for the WHOLE day! Nevertheless, those are important things that I cannot don't do! First of all, I attended Xueling's church wedding at City Harvest, quite romantic. I reached at 10:30am and it rained when we were having buffet at 5th floor rooftop. 天不作美！



Not long after, I rushed over to NAFA to help Acid with the choir performance. John, Ferlyn and me were covering stage management, quite tiring but fun! Wanna thank John for the help cos the duration was really really long. 1:30pm till 10:30pm!!! When everything ended, Ferlyn 重色轻友 went off first and I sent brother John to chalet. By the time I reach home is already near 1am!


Now see brother Acid in action...
Don't play play, Conductor cum Vice President leh!













Sunday, jamming day... a session without YingZhi and Acid. Acid is taking a few months break due to his busy schedule. He mention that he would like to be on acoutic guitar when he's back, so YingZhi will be taking over the main keyboard. I am also planning her to be the 2nd vocalist, however due to her having something on, she did not come the jam session. I invited ZhiTian along to observe and comment on our session. I think it'll be good to have another person to give comment and also to make us play better since there is "audience" with us... It was quite a fruitful session which I think we improved a little, just that we really got to sort out the songs to play and those that we want to take out.


Anyway the following pic are taken during previous jamming...


Tat's me singing...


Acid really got the "teacher" look...


WenHan and Charles!

Today, first day of work... was back to engineering field. I met my new colleagues and was trying to adapt to the environment. I felt that I make the right choice to join this company and everything seems fine... so I only hope things will continue to be good and I'll try to learn things fast and be an efficient worker haha...

Since I knock off at 5:30pm and my office was so near my house, I took the chance to blog a little and when I'm more free I'll try to upload the pics to make the posts more "picture-ful" ... haha VERY BROKEN ENGLISH!?!?!?

March ~ April, Adapting to schedules and changes!

Its been soooo long from my last post. Many things happened and I was unable to blog it down times and times due to the same reason - BUSY!

Or is it just an excuse?

Today is a rest day for me because I had quitted my job and move on to a more stable job. I do not want be like them... Fighting spirit, fly like an eagle, unlimited challenges are just another chapter. However, I really appreciate all the good people that render help and those brothers that I really get along well with.

天下没有不散的宴席，this period of nearly 2 months has made me stronger. I will always remember the people that make me what I am. Take care and keep in contact!

I intend to back date all the event that I didn't blog with this post. But it has been so eventful that I dunno how to start with. So bear with it, I'll try add some pics...

Anyway before I went to cut my hair before I start my new job and this is how I look like before I cut my hair.



My baby's birthday has just passed, one year older but one year wiser :) I tried DIY presents, brought her a mini guess bag and we went to an old school western restaurant... but hor on the actual day everything is so boring... nothing romantic! 太委屈了! I promise to make up to you k! Hug <3 <3 <3



Me D-I-Y the present...


Food taken at the restaurant!


Greedy me...


<3 Sweet Couple <3

Last Saturday was OB In-House Concert. Well, the sound system sucks and the place is so warm regardless backstage or at the audience seat. Not a good place i supposed. But I was also told that this even no budget de... so cannot "hiam" so much. Actually prepared a performing item with Wenhan. Double guitar doing medley of 霍元甲 and 如果还有明天, but was being withdrawn last minute due to over run. Since it was a student concert, I think we should give priority to the students. As for those unhappiness, guessed all should have simmer down since its already a week, 好不好?


This is a pic of me going home after one of the rehearsal.

One of the weekend I also went to pray to my two grandfathers, had to wake up at 5am. Not only there are a lot of people, heavy traffic. There is certainly great air pollution going on... seeing is believing.



Oh ya, I went for Jeff Chang's concert also... It was very classy... not like those normal pop or rock concert. However all his songs are very nice. He has enough good song to hold the 2 to 3 hrs concert. However newspaper gave the concert bad reviews, which I beg to differ... I still enjoyed the performance. All I can say is I prefer Indoor Staduim than Max Pavillion. Anyway, Jeff Chang cracked a few time on high notes despite that his voice is clean and crystal clear.































Hope you enjoy the pictures!!!

Complete Handbook of Voice Training by Richard Alderson

Xueling borrowed me a book called Complete Handbook of Voice Training written by Richard Alderson. I was reading it halfway and would like to share with you guys. Quite a good book for people interested to know more about vocal training. Hope you find it useful :)



Look inside this book:

Complete Handbook of Voice Training by Richard Alderson

First Jamming

3rd March 2008, the first jamming of my new band!

Well, forming a band is difficult and why do I say so? Cos its my 4th band, and the previous 3 bands did not last long... However, I'm still very eager to go thru the process of forming band again :) And I hope this band can last for goodness sake.

Anyway, we do not have a name yet! Suggestion anyone?!?!?!

Basically, I had planned for the first jam session for the band since Dec 07. Haha, took 2 months to plan... perhaps I knew if I fail to plan, the plan will fail... Anyway I took no chance to make it happen and it finally started!


Band members line-up:
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Alvyn - Drummer
Charles - Bassist
WenHan (Lennon) - Guitarist
Acid - Keyboardist
YingZhi - Keyboardist
HuanJie - Vocalist


Songs for first jam session:
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想太多 - 张震岳
你快乐所以我快乐 - 动力火车
离开地球表面 - 五月天
不能说的秘密 - 周杰伦


We went to PLAYGROUND STUDIO for jamming, it was recommended by Acid. The people there are very friendly :)



Don't be mistaken, he is not the drummer but the bassist, Charles! Haa haa!



Acid, WenHan and me... trying to be cool...



Acid & me look so formal cos we came after work!
Ok... I admit trying to act cute...

In near future we hope to play our own songs, mainly by WenHan and me... for now I guess we should just jam and find the chemistry within the 6 of us. So far, I feel that the first jam is quite alright! However, for all of us to jam together is really difficult due to our work schedule... but together as one we can pull thru! Tentatively, we plan to practice once a week or at least forthnightly :)

Of course, I hope to load the songs we play over here if possible. Ya, pictures as well...

Cheers!

F.I.R @ City Harvest Jurong West!

Yup I went to the event on 1st March. It was an enjoyable experience even though I'm not a Christian. I like the Christian songs they sing. The stage, sound and lighting were good. Of course I'm most attracted to the live band portion, my all time favourite!


The special guest is [F.I.R - JianNing Lao Shi] = AhQing & Faye


The two of them are Christian artiste in Taiwan and that why they are there to perform. The interview part is humorous, Faye can sing live well and AhQing's guitar lick is fantastic! I don't quite like his guitar tone though, but I understand that I shouldn't be setting my expectation so high, its not F.I.R concert, k? :P

Oh well... as usual, I'll share some pics with you. Sorry for the poor resolution as I was sitting right at the baaack... *keke*


















Did you like the pictures?

Good day!

Busy Sia...

It has been almost a month that I didn't blog. I was extremely busy with a lot of matters which i cannot leave them un-done! Also, many events took place, some of them are quite significant to me and I wanted to update here with pics, but I guess I'll have to do it next time since loading the pics take time. So for now i'll just blog about the things that happened to me for the past one month. Stay tune for pictures update. Wahahaa!


I was helping a good friend for her wedding on 12 Jan, mainly with the song that the couple sang and the music for their wedding montage.


I was very touched during the making! Guess what, we were rushing for the montage till 2am on the eve of the big day. Keke!


And then, for almost everyday, I turned up at OB for training. I've learn to push myself to work under stress and pressure. I think I gained a lot during these period. And I want to quote this old saying, which I personally find it very meaningful.

"努力不一定成功，不努力一定不成功"

The friends from OB! WenHan, Aki, ZhiYuan & Me!




25 Jan was my farewell dinner. I officially ended my 6 years Senior Tech career on 1st Feb and move on with life. It was a big step for me and I knew had to do it for my future and passion. There is no regret but I was uncertain about what will be coming my way. However, life is like a gamble. No pain, no gain! So I cheong...

Anyway, we had 3 tables for the dinner and I took photo with everyone who turned up.



And not forgetting to mention Joe gege... He's my mentor and good brother who has helped me alot and taught me alot. Joe gege played a very important role during my 6 years service. I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to him!



For all that you know, I really love the Converse Bag and Adidas Shoe.




After the dinner, a few of us went Kbox. Aiyo, I will definately miss all my brothers... *Sob*

Oh ya, the bill for the karaoke was expensive. It was a package with comes with 2 Jeff Chang concert tickets.




I took up a few performances before Chinese New Year arrives, not much revenue earned though. Also, I recorded a song for Mediacorp serial, not sure if I'll get selected... wish me good luck! There were some job interview which I went so that I can start working after my CNY holiday trip. I can't be loitering for long without working... not used to it, also I cannot keep spending without income.

Me, HuiXin & WenHan as Singing Bakers for Breadtalk Show!



Me & YingZhi, photo taken during NUS 心情溶剂 performance on 03.02.2008




Ya, not forgetting to mention that I wrote a cute song last month... something to do with shopping, it has been loaded here, check it out :)

The week before CNY, I was struggling between going to OB and coming home to spring clean the house at night... it was super tiring for me.

During CNY, I went for holiday trip with my family. It was quite cold, around 10 degree celsius... but still I enjoyed myself. Let's take a look at the pics taken from GuangZhou, ShenZheng & Macau!

Eating ice-cream in cold weather, the ice-cream felt warm down my stomach :)




Great place for shopping manz... 上下九步行街 at GuangZhou!




Nice scenary at ShenZheng!





This is actually an indoor shopping mall at Macau!




Also from ShenZheng, watching a live performance in the theatre. The show has international standard especially the background effect.





Finally when I was back in Singapore, I had to slowly blend into my busy schedule! First of all, V-Day with my princess. So glad I'm able to spend time with her on this special day <3




16 Feb, I went for the Millionaire Singing Contest, which origin from Taiwan. I didn't prepare my song well and fared quite badly. However, it was nice to see familiar faces during the contest.




And I started work on 18 Feb. My day job is a salesman selling Fuji Xerox products, which they call people like us sales consultant or solution consultant! Well, job for a living! Nevertheless, I had to go back to OB as and when required.

24 Feb, I was at JJ's event at Bugis. It was so hot and sunny. I took some photos. Will share it with you guys, ok?






Then, I spent the rest of the day with my lovely princess and I wrote a song (verse and bridge only)... Hope to complete it soon!



Tomolo is a working day for me... besides working, I have to make some planning for the new band which is starting this week. That's the main thing I'm looking forward for now!

Kick start quickly, here I come!