PLS COME TO CONSORT'S CONCERT!!!!

The Vocal Consort will be performing at the Esplanade in 2007, 28th January.

Title: A Musical Journey
Date: 28 Jan, Sunday
Venue: The Esplanade Concert Hall
Ticket Prices: $17, $19, $23, $26 (excluding sistic charges)
Ticket Order: http://www.sistic.com.sg/cms/events/index.html?content=635 or through me


Baroque, Renaissance, Gregorian, Avant Garde - each of them represents a different musical period, a different musical influence.
Join The Vocal Consort on "A Musical Journey" to rediscover the choral works of each musical era.
The choir will be presenting pieces by Franz Joseph Haydn, John Rutter, Anton Bruckner, Mihiyo Mamiya, etc. Under the influence of each musical period, these composers have penned choral pieces unique to each musical period and in doing so, helped further shaped each period.
Experience for yourself the defining choral style of each musical period and bring home with you a deep appreciation of the different choral styles.

Pls come!!!! just sms or tag me if u need anything. =)

2 lost posts: byebye kiddies n shopping n beach outing to being broke.

First things first. To Dorea Quek And Joanne Chew, my two bestest buds ever,
thank you for always being there for me when I feel down and out. Thank you for being the best friends anyone can ever have. Thank you for believing in me and being proud to be my friend. I can't express how grateful I am because I know I already have more than my share. =)

(darn it. the photo i wanted to post; us at the vsa camp n joanne holding sean's leaf spoilt!!! this always happens when i use my sister's com. the other time the prom pics, the pic i took with ngo spoilt. haiii... sadness overwhelms me. =( here's another nice pic anyway )



8th december

it was the last day of vsa camp. everyone was involved in the showcase of the camp. 2 groups would combine to perform a story since it was a story book camp (we didn't know it was till we received our vsa tee)
peterpan combined with cinderella to perform the little duck that said "HMPH!"
the story is er..... nvm. it's about a little duckling called emily who wasn't happy she was always in the middle so she went 'HMPH!' and stomping away when her bros n sisters in front would go 'QUAK!' while her bros n sisters behind her would follow in her lead. the story proceeds by her going forward to ask her oldest bro n sis if she could stand in front behind mother duck n they said yes generously so she was happy n every one was happy n everyone went 'QUAK!'
THE END.

janel was the little duckling, so all the befrienders had to help make sure the little kids did their thang. so basically, we had to quak along with them. shoe n i n christina cos our kiddies were ducks. joanne was a flower cos michelle was a flower. she just sat there n rot. hahaha
kamal n peiqi just needed to tell the other michelle n weikang to shake cos they were water.

it was quite fun la.. haha. dor n deb's group did the story of the boy with crumpled teess... they were nannies who went 'NANANANANA!!!'

fann's group did the story of the elephant n the tree where the trees n elephants were good friends.

the day was pretty much spent rehearsing n rehearsing.
finally, the performance.
the performance went pretty well n all the kiddies did their thang so it was all good.

then came the prize presentation ceremony n deborah won best befriender for her group n peiqi won best befriender for our group!!! yay!!! congratulations!!!

aaron (who doesn't remember me at all, the kid who drew super well n sang frosty the snowman when drawing but didn't know the lyrics n just sang lalala, the boy who does not know his befriender's name after 3 days) won best male camper!!! (he's still really cute even if he doesn't acknowledge me)

n guess who won best girl camper?

none other than JANEL!!!! SOOO SOOOO PROUD OF HER!!!
my little girl's all grown up. we met her older sister n her mother. her sister's super hot man... no kidding. anyway, i'm missing her loads even if she doesn't know my name n calls me oorroooo or fatcat which chew taught her to say, i really liked her. =)
hope to see u next year janel. =)

peterpan befrienders crew (from left to right)

:jimmy,kamal,me,chew,peiqi,christina and nurul

love u all loads u saints. =)

these are my wonderful girl friends. so proud of u all. you make me fly. =) (cos peterpan said that happy thoughts make u fly)

chew.roo.quek1.shoe.fann.quek2

after tht, fann, jo n i ate supper!!! roti prata, ice cream, pork ribs soup. yummm... =)

9th december

woke up early despite awaiting the good rest to go shopping with my family.

went to raffles city to shop.. aiyo, all the clothes in robinsons super expensive la.. not the sort of place a poor person like me can go. didn't buy much. my mom did all the shopping.

i got a brown patterned tee n a white esprit tee that said "rockin' fever". haha. cool shirt.

then we went to parkway to makan at siam kitchen. we saw ah poo there with his friend n so my sis n i msged him "very cold meh? u wearing jacket. have fun with your boyfriend! " haha he was looking for us..

then i went to the beach to meet e 4c crew n foreign talent-chew.

tandum-bike with jo again for a short while. aiyo... had problems at the beginning pilotting her. after awhile, got used to it so it was quite ok. cos my top was loose it kept dropping so i had to keep pulling it up to prevent obsene exposure of my chest. malu...

lazed around at the beach then marc dared us to climb the coconut tree to get a coconut.

bahaha! i tried n i failed. azmi could jump n touch the coconut cos he was so so tall. no fair.

so we girls hatched a plan... we shall support shaz in getting the coconut.

us holding shaz up.. hahha... like monkey climbing a tree..

i ate the one packet of mee goreng up then chew, marc n i set off to eat dinner at cafe cartel. (i've got a bottomless pit!)

joanne bet with me bus 13 wouldn't get us to cafe cartel. she lost the bet cos bus 13 did take us there (of course i would know since i take bus 13 quite a lot of times!!!) somehow, she didn't do her part in losing the bet. she was supposed to be thrown in the drain. CHEATER!!! lesson learned: do not trust a chewster.

marc n i shared a plate of chicken lagsana while chew ate a plate of herself, bbq pork burger.

her burger didn't turn out to look like the picture n after complaining n fussing over it for 15 minutes, n confirming it was the right order, she decided to eat it n she liked it alot. chew, this is all ur fault.

then we ordered desert which was brownies with ice cream!!

then the bill came, total was $32. jo n i forked out our money but guess what!!!! MARC ONLY HAD $3.50 LEFT IN HIS WALLET!!!! to be exact, it was $3.55. we started to panic... oh no... maybe we had not enough money to pay so we frantically searched our wallets for more money. after pouring out our notes, i chipped $14, chew chipped $12, marc ALL HIS MONEY!!! we only had $29.50!!!!

ARGHH!!!!!!!

thank GOD chew always carries alot of coins. we fished out of her saver purse, 1 $1 coin, 3 50 cent coins, 2 20 cent coins and 1 10 cent coin, summing up to $32!!! yay!!! just nice. oh man... if we had no money we might have to clean plates to clear out debt. either that or we'll send joanne to run like the wind to her house to pull money out of anywhere.

marc threw his 5cent coin away n said "to hell with 5cents"

cos of tht, marc went home with no a single cent in his wallet, i went home with $1 remaining, n chew the richest had $1.50 left. pathetic... MARC OWES US MONEY!!!!!

we wrote a 'get well soon note' to the guy who served us cos he was sniffing. it was kinda embarrassing so we made it obvious we were leaving 'WE ARE LEAVING', n left the note on the table n ran off, too embarrassed to show our faces there any more.

haha.. it was super fun though. i kept a napkin cos i might never go there again n jo made me keep the usa flag on her burger to bluff the world that i've been to US.

gotta rush for consort. bye!!! I'M LATE!!!!

STATUS : SINGLE

i can't feel my body any longer. it's soo sooo worn out. another day playing mama taking care of her little kiddies who jump, run, hop n scream around. tiring man. tml's the last day of the camp. uncertain if i should feel happy or sad.. happy cos i can finally take a good rest, sad cos i'll miss the kiddies although taking care of them is such tough work. today we went to the botanical gardens n here's a little on what we did.

we played scavenger hunt. items on the list include...

blue socks, nike shoes, a hat, sunglasses, a pink waterbottle, a digital watch, a brochure, a pair of spectacles, a hairclip, an unopened packet of tissue paper, an opened packet of tissue paper, 5 brown leaves from different types of plants, 5 twigs of the same length ( we cheated, they're not the same length), a brown belt(we couldn't find one n saw a passerby with one n requested to take a photo of her belt. i think she was kinda freaked out... o.O) and look what else we saw!!! it's a squirrel!!

we are not allowed to post photos of the kids on blogs for obvious reasons; parents might not be happy about their kids faces shown to the whole world, even thou my blog is actually only for view to very few people namely my closer friends, i respect the parents' decision so i'll display photos of us.. =)

here's chew n i in michelle n janel's raincoats, respectively. =) we were being dumb cos we thought their rain coats were really pretty, so we decided to put them on through their hoods since it was likely the only thing that could fit our huge body sizes compared to theirs.

here's us, maid clan. fann, chew, deb n i. yay! off-day!

here's peterpan befrienders!!! chew, kamal, peiqi n i. i look bald... but trust me i'm not. my hair is thick and comes in loads. if the kids are the lost boys, we, as befrienders should be the red indians?

lameness.. ok should cut that out. enough bout camp

hmmm, when people ask me if i have a bf, they'd usually assume it's certain i do... i dunno why. i don't understand why either.

"do u have a bf?"

"no..."

"dun bluff la..."

"really dun have!!!!" (-__-)

sadness overwhelms me. not cos people think i'm attached. that would be flattery cos they think there's someone who likes me. but the sad truth is that there isn't!!! NIL! NONE!! KOSONG!!!

depressing. i haven't had anyone liking me since a long long long time. i think i lost my attractiveness. but compared to last time, i do think i've become a better person n i wouldn't change that in anyway even if it means guys won't like me cos i like my current self more. if they don't like me then SO BE IT!!! quote joanne: 'BITE ME!!!'

duckie's got loads of suitors u know. i guess her personality really glows n her sense of humour is really attractive. =) i like her sense of humour loads n of course generiosity.

hmm, this is me being evil n no offence quek, but i envy u.. seriously. then again, i think i would rather find someone whom i truly like alot n maybe love, whom loves me back than many other who like me but i dun like them back.. u know what i mean.....

i always say that.. but i can't help feeling alitte little bit lonely some times...

then i'll psycho myself : "i don't wanna be like cinderella, sitting in a dark old dusty cellar, waiting for somebody to come set me free. i don't wanna be like snow white waiting for a handsome prince to come n save me on a horse of white, unless we're riding side by side. don't wanna depend on noone else, i'd rather rescue myself."

truthfully, every girl dreams of her dashing, charming, romantic knight in shinning armour to come sweep her off her feet. i'm just a normal girl ok.... fairy tale fantasies. (anastasia,ariel,belle) but in real life.... it's almost impossible... dun wanna give up all hope, still a speck of hope left... just waiting for my kisa. i don't know when, don't know how, but when it does happen, i'd be grateful. =)

ps.. i AM SINGLE N AVAILABLE!!!! bahaha. not an advertisement. just wanna make this clear. i don't need to survive on a guy ok.. i've got a life. =) night n sweet dreams dear diary.

Playing Mother for a day

HOWDY HOW!!!!!

back from the first official day of the vsa camp n i'm exhausted....
gahhhhhh..............

my group(Peter Pan)'s befrienders: Nurul,Kamal,Jimmy,Peiqi,Christina,Chew and I

i was assigned to this little boy called wei kang who had down-syndrome. but i think he was too tough for me to handle.. he was like hyper-active n i'm old with aching bones, hence couldn't keep up with the youthfulness.

the little girl whom Kamal was looking after needed to go pee so i took her since obviously he couldn't take her to the girl's loo... ermmm.. anyways, we skipped there n after the toilet trip she kept sticking to me... hahaha. so Kamal n i switched kids..

the cute little seven old girl is Janel (i have short term memory, couldn't remember her name cos it's so unique) she was supposedly autistic but she seemed like every other young girl to me other than her petite figure. she was 7 but she looked as though she was 4. she was much easier to take care of, maybe cos we're girls n girls know girl stuff... there are occassional times she would stare out into space n she can't be focused on things. she's also not very verbal, but she's just like every other normal child who loves playing games, love eating sausages(she ate mine too), dislikes vegetables(she said she does but she doesn't touch them at all when eating lunch), likes pretty things like heart(when her little ribbon cut-out heart flew to the ground, she was like where's my heart? where's my heart?!?!?!), loves company of friends(she'll follow her new bestfriend, michelle;joanne's little buddy, everywhere she goes).

it's not easy taking care of these little munchkins. =) but they're really adorable.
sometimes when u lose ur patience n have reached ur boiling point, u really wanna scream at them but when u take a look at their faces, u'll just bear somemore. sth about children that just makes u wanna give in to them all the time.

people tend to think differently of children with autism or children with down-syndrome. i think its really sad that society seems to have already stereotyped these children.
they are not any different from normal children. they are easily contented, sth normal children seem to take for granted.

nowadays, children are getting more wilful and demanding thanks to much pampering from parents and people around these kids. they have everything they want; toys, food, a comfortable bed, nice clothes (branded even),a house, a maid at their beck and call. thanks to the comfortable environment shoved to these kids since they were brought to the world, to them, it's common and they just keep asking for more when more is given to them. nothing is ever enough. MORE MORE MORE!! they've not experienced what these other children have experienced. difficulties making friends, trying to fit in because they are different, unable to do certain things not because they don't want to, but because they are restricted to.

we take for granted being born with the ability to be able to try everything from sports to studies (we being able to do well at it is another story =P). we should be thankful for everything we have, being part of a circle of friends, being able to be part of the modern, always changing society, being part of a lifestyle just like everyone. but we have to adjust ourselves to fit the fast-moving pace of life even if we dislike it.

these special children are like in a world of their own. they live life one step at a time. sometimes, when they stare blankely, i wonder what's going on in their minds. they view the world differently from us. perhaps they don't see the evil there is in the world. perhaps their view of the world is that of the purest sense. isn't it nice to see a very colouful world, with people always happy and smiling. where rainbows dash across the sky, where puffy white clouds dot the calm blue sky, where stars shine brighter than ever at night yet it's not when they're going to explode...
i don't knoww.... i'm not exactly a kid any longer thou sometimes i prefer to think of things in their perspective. no worries, just happy, happy, happy. =) why not?

i think i talk too much. sorry. i'll stop yakking now but a last phrase...



hello botanical gardens tml!! =) night

Adding Nitty-Gritty details

phew.. just added some more details to this blog such as links n stuff. yay! it's done it's done!

i can't write like chew, nor can i write like quek. but i can write.. =) haha. sry if ur reading this n my english is really terok. i'll try to keep u as well as myself entertained while typing.

today's the first day of the VSA camp. (FYI: Very Special Arts, the arts for special individuals)
it was alot of briefing n some games =) i'm in PETERPAN group with chew. quek sisters are in SLEEPING BEAUTY and fann n kahteck are in CINDERELLA. haha. cinderella for shoe.. how appropriate. reminds me of the present we gave her much earlier this yr (a skit on her very own cinderella story. she was the daughter of a poor shoe shop owner;SHUNING'S SHOE SHOP. her prince charming was misseour chengwei-i-got-lui. sth liddat la... lame stuff.)

ohhh.. i'll miss TK sooo very much. i'll miss u guys, my classmates; 4Cweed u rock always man. we're big fish!! we're no small fry!! we maybe a rojak class but we're stuck together with sticky brown syrup!

i'll miss my dearest TK CHOIR!!! i've been part of u for 4 years. once a tk choir member, always a tk choir member. all the singing, enduring of hardwork, practising, waiting for results, going for overseas trips together, having loads n loads of fun... thank you for shaping me!

i'll miss my bullies!!! ahsoh, shaz, chin pong, airmali, wingyan, fann, kahteck and of course chewster n chincess!!! we're all going different schools (ok maybe not u all but me n u all... cos i'm the only one going poly!!!!) but we'll definitely keep close ok?? i treasure u all too much to lose u because we're walking different paths in life. whatever path, i'll definitely make time for u all always cos without u where do i belong??? in a cave.




touched? u can start crying now.


noww... i'm missing my green group from TP RAWKS camp!!! ahhh.. i miss green 3... =(
i miss u i miss u i miss u!!! still remember all the cheers!!!

ting ting ting ting ting ting
dashing through the snow
in a one-horse open sleigh
standing tall as one
laughing all the way!
hahaha
green team, green team, green team!!!
u better watch out we rock!
u better watch out we rock!
lalalalalala green team.....
aha. cant wait for the camp in jan!! =)


here's a poem about friends..
:-) Friendship (-:

Many people will walk in and out of your life.
But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.

Friends

Anger is only one letter short of danger
If someone betrays you once, it is his fault;
If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.

Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.


He, who loses money, loses much;
He, who loses a friend, loses much more;
He, who loses faith, loses all.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art.

Learn from the mistakes of others
You can't live long enough to make them all
yourself.

Friends, you and me...
You brought another friend...
And then there were 3...
We started our group...
Our circle of friends...
And like that circle...
There is no beginning or end...

Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called the present.


can't wait for VSA camp tml n meeting my little buddy!! =)
i need to wake up early tml!!! NIGHT!!!!!!!!!