Hi peeps!!
NUS Choir will hold its annual Varsity Voice concert this 20 March 2011, which is a SUNDAY, at 8 pm. Please come down and watch us at University Cultural Centre, NUS.
BUT BUT BUT, it is not free :(( The cheapest tix is $13.8 (it is the $16 after 20% discount, can have more discount for students)
Ya, i know i know, it is v expensive, u can go to sushi buffet at sakae sushi with that amount of money.
HOWEVER, I can assure you that it really is a concert worth watching! WHY??? OK, because I like to answer my own question, here are the reasons:
1. I am singing as a soprano! YAY! Maybe I am not supposed to make this a number 1 reason, I am not really a good singer but I tried really hard to be a decent one for this concert. Practice 3 times a week @3 hours and attend extra voice lesson. >:) I am doing this for my audience! :D But don't get me wrong, NUS Choir is very very good and well-known! Other members are very pro! About NUSChoir
2. The songs we are going to perform are damn good. The genre is quite diverse. But whatevr genre u like, u would enjoy the concert. I got goosebumps many times even in our small practices. :D
3. It is a means of refreshing for everyone. It will not be boring at all. We have coreography etc etc... And u dont need to have any music skill to enjoy this concert. hehehe....
4. I tried to inform u this early so u can use some portion of your CNY hong bao to buy the tix. Hehehehe...
So please please invite ur friends and ur loved ones to come down together with u to watch this concert. Below is the link of google spreadsheet that I prepared to ease ur ticket ordering FROM MEEEE :D
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgRgixg7OuD0dGFtRXpuNWJwN3oxR25hOXdteXBzcGc&hl=en
About the concert
Feel free to enquire me, just in case here is my email : invalid.brie@gmail.com
Thanks a lot for reading (and hopefully buying) this. Kindly help to spread this message. :) Please inform me as soon as possible, because I want to grab the best seats for u all!
I love you, everyone!!
January 2011
I got a hurricane in my head
Ideas keep coming up
Too much of them
Can't keep one direction to look
I keep changing my mind
In one hand, I should push myself against things that I am not comfortable with
But how would life be?
Being someone you are not
I could be not at peace for the rest of my life
In the other hand, I should work things out with my imperfect self
Not against it
Am so confused with so many opportunities out there
-Greed
bought discounted sushi in a supermarket last night.
Got 3 boxes for S$10.
Opened the first box last night.
The taste : awful.
Opened another box this morning
Now it tastes : poisonous.
I don't know what it does to my stomach. I am not feeling well down there.
Unpalatable, it gives me a trauma.
The bright side, I might stay away from buying any sushi for several weeks to come.
Ugh, my stomach...
I have been very excited to register myself in various entrepreneurship workshops and talks.
All the skills I need to get into business world, I thought I could work them all out.
I am ready to ask questions, to look up to successful seniors, to make friends and build network.
But then my facebook news feed page shows up.
Somebody posts an emo post, about how sad her life is, about how everything has been so mean to her... I think people who got time to post those on facebook does not know what it means to live a real sad life. This person, has been blessed with beautiful face, skillful singing, many friends who care for her, a cool boyfriend... and she is telling us how miserable her life is. Well, someone might have been walking on pillowed floor all her life, that when she has to step on the carpeted floor, she finds it is horrible.
Not my business, though. I might also have been acting that way some times. Now I see how irritating that can be.
Somebody posts a cocky post about his grades. I have been very sensitive towards grades and all that, obviously because mine are very disappointing last semester. He bragged about how many As and A+s someone has, and it really makes my heart shrink. How could one be so perfect; he enjoy his life, he is confident, he makes many friends, he goes to parties, and still he got 10 A+s!!
I must do better this semester! SAP 5.0!
But I do not know if I am doing everything on the right track. It breaks my heart to recall how bad my grades and life are last semester, and I fear I might fall again.
"The heart scares very easily. Whenever it fears, put your hand on your heart and go tell that fellow: Aaall izzz weeelll..." - 2010, Wangdu (3 Idiots)
All is well, my friend.
And I survived 1 day at school.
Nothing much, got only 1 lecture today. :D
I did everything mama told me to do; tidying up. ! ! Spent like 5 hours to make this small space in PGP a better place to live in; sorting things to get rid off clutter, sweep and mop the floor, and the ceiling fan! and noww... my room is fresh and bright, much spacier... !
Ma sent me this message that afternoon
anak ku sayang,ketahuilah kalian bertiga adalah asset kami yg tak ternilai,kalian adalah anak2 yg memebuat mama dan papa sangat bangga,bahagia walaupun harus meredam rindu dan kadang kesepian tapi demi kalian harus maju dan masa depan kalian kita harus menahan diri,setiap ortu pasti ingin berbuat yg terbaik buat anak2 nya,hanya kadang khilaf ada waktu nya kurang bijaksana maupun kurang maksimal dalam melindungi kalian,kita adalah manusia biasa jadi harus saling memafkan y.ayo kita harus berjuang untuk lebih baik selanjut nya xiang2 ai2,saling mengasihani dalam keluarga dalam naungan kasih Tuhan yesus.kami selalu mendukung dalam doa ,Ayo jia you harus belajar dgn gembira ya!!!!!!!!!!!
In times like these, usually when I just get back to Singapore from home, I used to suffer from severe homesick. No exception for this time. And that message she sent me brought up so many chemical reaction in my body, resulting to tears, joy, inspiration and strength. I will jia you for you, ma. :)
I know there is no such thing as easy semester. I would be stressed out with school, with people around me, with my weaknesses; and I would usually be persuaded to give up on everything. Ya, that's when the emo posts are coming up. LOL.
I know, and I hope you know it too, that in order to grow, we need to push ourselves. I need to push myself to get out of my comfort zone, to get my butt off my (though not that comfortable in type C room in PGP) bed, to face and taste things that I dislike, to accept and see my own fallings and weaknesses.
No one says it easy. And that's why they invent mothers. :) My mother pushes me to be a better person :D
I think I could take this semester easier than last semester. I was very result-driven, thinking I would be forever doomed if my transcript is not bright enough. But I see, there are a lot of chances, a lot of opportunities, there lies so many ways for me to succeed. Has been thinking to starting an online business to make money. (and I used to think that business people are so not my kind)
Ha, maybe I am more a money driven now. ;b
Money can't buy happiness. But money can buy things that make you happy. :D All I want is to be happy, and what makes me happy is to be able to see happiness inside all the people I love.
But money is not everything. One thing, people keep saying that time is money. Well, for me, time is more important than money. You can waste your money and lost it all, but then somehow you could get them back, by working harder, being more economics, etc... But time goes away, even without you wanting to waste it. And unlike money, you will never to return the time.
Time is invaluable. Cherish the people you love while you still have it.
Going off to sleep. Goodnight, world. Though life has been quite harsh for me, I believe it is teaching me to have those skills that I do not possess currently. And someday I would thank life for these. I could work it out. Above everything, thank you for blessing me with wonderful family and friends. There's nothing ever I could do to be eligible to have them.
Life is bitter. They always remind me that it is a bitter medicine. :)
I survived 1 week in 2011
First post in 2011 in my room in PGP.
I just arrived at 8pm (due to super long plane delay in Ponti airport), and am already kept being busy with CCA commitments.
Another real life experience to get rid off procrastination. Thank God, without any deadly penalty, I am still safe, deadline is by 10 Januari 2011, still got time to consult with senior.
But seriously, procrastination is so un-professional!
I know, I know... I am just not the kind of people who could stay away from the side effect of spending holiday at home; with family and loved ones.
Anyway, holiday was fun! Being with people you love; it always makes a great time!
Guilty pleasure.
Now I am back to new-in-sg syndrome, along with post-happy-holiday syndrome; perfect combination to make my heart shrink. :(
Really, I need to get back to my machine mode.
Beep. beep. Sleep first. I need to get a rest after carrying my 22kg luggage filled with mom's homemade food (with "home flavor" :)) all the way from Changi to PGP.
Room is still so untidy.
I miss mama.
Beep. Beep. S L E E P P P