我的生活，我的乐章

我的生活，我的乐章

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My Lazy Boyfriend	[Oct. 4th, 2007\|10:38 am]
Lao niang is super pissed off with those ignorant stupid people criticising about what the Boyfriend wrote for Yanyan. My Chinese standard is not too bad but I'll never judge anyone's work if he/she can worte something like that, simply because I know very well that I am nowhere near there. “在关公面前耍大刀” 听过吗？不自量力! I asked Boyfriend to speak up for himself. He refused 'cos "it's pointless and troublesome to explain to those who obviously don't know and thinks that they know." 懒惰虫! I don't like people to talk bad about him lah!! 气愤地跺脚 RRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR
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So Cute	[Aug. 20th, 2007\|12:23 pm]

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Harry Potter	[Jul. 23rd, 2007\|11:06 pm]
Don't read if you haven't finish it! I finished the 7th and last book of the Harry Potter series at 6pm today. From then till now, I am still overwhelmed. While I was shopping for food, while I was preparing dinner, while I was eating and while I was bathing, snippets of the story kept flashing through my mind followed by tears welling up. It's so weird to have so many mixed feelings about a book or 7 books, if you ask me. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy with the way Joanne Rowling ends it. There could be better ways, I don't know. But if she wants it this way, it shall be it. However, I am sad at the same time. Sad to realize that this is the end. (I feel like crying, again.) I've never cried so much over a story. That how genius Rowling is. We all know that 2 main characters are going to die. But the Harry Potter series and the entire wizarding world don't only make up of main characters. The thing about Harry Potter is that every single thing counts. Even Hedwig, the owl. Believe it or not, she is my favorite character in the book. (Because of her, I visited the nocturnal birds gallery so often during my internship in the BirdPark to look at the snowy owls. Beautiful.) Ever single character or creature in the book as its own very distinct characteristics. You'll just know who they are, important or not. And they are all very 'real', even in the fantasy world. Logical in a non-logical world. Ironic as it may sound, it all made sense in HP. I can't remember all the little details like Yanyan does. She is amazing, I tell you. Almost insane. But here are the parts of the stories that went deep down inside. 1) When Harry tried to talk Hermoine and Ron out of embarking on the search of Horcruxes with him, they told him what they have already done in support of their friend. Hermoine modified the memory of her parents. She changed their identities, made them think that it was their life ambition to live in Australia, where they, of course, went to, just so that they will be safe from Voldemort and his followers. And she made them forget that they have a daughter. sobs 2) Hedwig died. 3) Dobby died while saving Harry. Harry dug his grave manually with a spade(when he could have just used magic) to honour the house-elf. Harry, Ron and Dean dressed Dobby's body with their own clothings. 4)Colin Creevy died. He stayed back to fight even when he was underaged. He's one of Harry's most loyal supporter. 5) Severus Snape. (Rowling is a GENIUS) (Ok, I want to cry already.) 6)Lupin and Tonks have a baby. They made Harry his godfather. Lupin and Tonks died in the battle. 7)Neville killed Nagini when Harry was dead. Harry told him to do it before he went to meet his death. 8)Harry named one of his children, Albus Severus Potter. Albus was worried that he would get into Slytherin. Harry told him, ""you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew." Book 7 wrapped up EVERYTHING. It linked up little tiny details from Book 1-6 which you might think they are unimportant then. It makes you go, "Oh oooohhh.." Harry Potter was targeted at young boys. I don't know if kids will relate it like I do. We went through Harry Potter's life with him, from baby to adult. Fiction it may be, but it felt like we share his burden and responsibilities of life, and we can relate to it. Even though his is more to the dramatic side. During the period of darkness and despair, people are risking their lives to fight for the greater good. Greater good seems to be a rather vague thing, with no definite explanation. But in the story, it's like you can FEEL what it is really about: when Dudley shook Harry's hand, when Bill and Fleur got married, when Lupin and Tonks had their son, naming him after Tonk's father, and everybody drinking a toast congratulating Lupin, even when Draco nod at Ron and Harry on Platform 9 and 3/4... 就是那刻骨铭心的心路历程让读者们动容.从年少的童真与对未来的完美向往至被迫面对真实未来中的残酷与压力,虽然间中参杂着恐惧,迷惘,愤怒,甚至于死亡;但却是凸显了真正让人类生存下去的原动力:人与人之间的忠诚,爱,分享及贡献所带来的快乐与希望. I don't know if I made sense. Rowling deserves every single cent she makes from Harry Potter. I think I'll go read it again. And then, I'll start from Book 1 through the very last page of the last book.
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Abigail	[Jun. 29th, 2007\|01:31 am]
Sometimes I feel kinda embarrassed to blog. 'Cos I lead such a boring life.. and that nothing much is interesting enough for me to pen it down. I hate those mundane blogs, remember? The only worthy stuff (in my POV) nowadays is my beloved, cute, smart, cheeky, beautiful, darling ABIGAIL. I don't want to sound like I'm obsessed with Abigail, by keep blogging about Abigail, saying nothing but how adorable Abigail is. OH WAIT! Abigail just sneezed, I got to go and check whether Abigail is alright! . . . . . . I'm back. Anyway, yes, this entry is about Abigail. This is a classic. Abigail has A LOT OF toys. To date, she has 4 trunks of toys (do you know those huge plastic storage boxes?) , plus a cooking stove that's as tall as she is, plus a super market trolley, plus one battery-operated motorbike and one small car, plus a full size tent, and 1 locker-sized shelf full of books. This is only at her own house. I think she has 2 trunks at her gong gong's house, and a LEGO TABLE. I'm not counting the soft toys at both places. Okok, back to the classic. There's this little puzzle that she always play with. She'll always start with the butterfly head The thing is, she'll tell me that it's a BEE. Whenever I correct her, she'll just say that it's a bee again and again and laugh. (Her smile is a killer since she was a baby. Now she has an additional dimple. HOW TO NOT LIKE HER, YOU TELL ME?) So...Zhengchang came over to play with her. She took out the puzzle and I ask, "Enen, what is this?" She replied, "Bee!" =___=!!! So I nudged Zhengchang to ask her the same question. Same thing, he asked, "Enen, what is this?" Abigail said, "Butterfly!" The Ah Yi a.k.a me went hysterics. "I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT'S BEE? EVERY TIME AH YI ASKS YOU, YOU SAID IT'S A BEE! SO WHAT IS IT NOW?" She WHISPERED NONCHALANTLY, "B for butterfly..." Hen li hai. I lose. And it made me love her more. Haha. If you haven't fall in love with her like I did, take a look at these: Btw, it's the boyfriend in the last 2 pictures. I secretly thinks that he is in love with me partly 'cos of Abigail. Shhhhhhhhh... I'm so not obsessed about Abigail. Really.
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Ding Dong Siao	[May. 31st, 2007\|12:34 pm]
Happy Vesak Day! Very pointless, I know. Heh heh. Abigail is getting cuter and cuter. She learnt this sentence from us: "Why (insert name) like that?" (Jia lat liao. Singlish is being passed down to the next generation.) Sometimes when you do (stupid) things which are suppose to make the average babies laugh, she suddenly pop the question. HAO XIAO! That day, her mum was running and screaming 'cos there was a cockroach. I grab Abigail and sat in the room to wait for the pandemonium to be over, Abigail turned and ask, "A-yi, why Mama like that?" Madam Mok! 你被自己的女儿笑！ Ok, bye bye, 谢谢, 再联络.
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Update	[Mar. 10th, 2007\|01:53 pm]
Hello peeps, long time no see. Lots have happened since no idea went. My uncle was hospitalised right before V-day. Thus, I missed celebrating V-day-cum-anniversary as well as CNY. Luckily he's alright now..zhe bi shen me dou zhong yao. So, I've been busy shuffling between the hospital and home, as well as to fetch my princess Abigial to and fro school. Recently, I've been thinking about going back to school. Get a degree or something.. I laid my eyes on BA in Fashion Marketing and Management but it's so expensive and I have to obtain the Advance Diploma too.. Diploma again. =( If the study plan is to happen..then I'll probably find a part time job at a reputable boutique to build up the resume. Alright..got to go..ZC's going for choir practice and I'm going to the hospital. xie xie da jia de guan xin, wo ai ni men!
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Weili说："今天是SUNDAY!"

[Dec. 3rd, 2006|12:25 pm]

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Boyfriend is having exams, thus my life has been pretty mundane.
But CYY is back! We are going to have a slumber party. But could be just the 2 of us. Will probably ask her to scratch my back.

On a bo liao note, there's this nice fishball noodles stall at Bras Basah foodcourt with FREE FLOW LARD AND CHILLI AND CHOPPED GARLIC.

I've been getting alot of mosquito bites recently. TMD.

Anyway..back to my sewing orders. Slots are still available.

I miss Abbie. =(

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Tailor	[Nov. 27th, 2006\|12:26 pm]
Some people asked me about the dress I made for Yanyan. I'm taking orders for that but I'll only make a maximum for 5 pieces. (Pink is unavailable. That's only for Yanyan.) Email me at bookofmusic@gmail.com or leave a comment if you are interested. I'm selling at SGD$70 nett each. (It's ok if you think it's too expensive. It's my own design, handmade + machine made and there are only these few pieces around.) Sewn a couple of pieces too. Shall put up the pics when I have the time. =) Adios!
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KTV

[Oct. 25th, 2006|07:59 pm]

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Supposed to meet up with ZhengPeng and his girlfriend, to sing. And then they cancelled on us at the very last minute.
Luckily DaNeNe and Lamlam were around and sporting enough to make the 'double date' happen. Heh.

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My mood is so so so so so bad...

[Oct. 12th, 2006|02:32 pm]

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that I burst into tears while eating egg-coated bread that my aunt taught me to make.

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Big Day Today

[Oct. 10th, 2006|01:21 pm]

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Today is a happy day.
Lots of BEAUTIFUL pictures to come.

Spread the joy, everyone!

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A Little Reflection

[Oct. 9th, 2006|03:30 am]

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It had been weeks.
Somehow, it didn't feel quite right to blog.

I 'recovered' pretty soon after Ah Mah's funeral. Going out, having fun..I wanted to jot them down. But it just didn't look right to have those entries appearing right after the 'Mourning' entry.

It was kind of an irony that ALL 44 members of the family gathered only when someone passed away. I have this uncle, whom my sis had never seen for her entire life. He finally 'showed his face' after 16 long years, maybe more.
Amazing huh?

A few of younger generation, ie me, took the roles of the 'night-shifters' rather unanimous-ly. I slept for less than 20 hour for 5 days and then made it up with 30 hours of sleep after that. Wo hen li hai.

Ah Mah's passing, was not necessary a bad thing. May not be the nicest thing to think of but the truth is still the truth.
She had been bedridden for years, losing her memory, in pain, upset, etc. My aunt whose taking care of her is pregnant and baby's due next month.
是种解脱吧..对于祖母自身以及她周围的人.
The thought of this kept a lot of us going as well as to move on.

Despite of that, cremation day was, painful.
A typical Buddhist funeral ritual involves a lot of praying. The gist of it, I think, is to let the offspring express their last thanks and goodbyes to their parent/grandparent/great-grandparent. I don't really see the point of burning incense, 'crossing the bridge', throwing paper money in the air, etc. just blindly following out of respect.
And then, my aunts dropped the bomb.
They called out to Ah Mah, asking her to remember to look out for my deceased aunts and uncle when she 'descend' (into hell) and they'll look out and take care of her.
String of fucks erupted in my head and then memories of my aunt (and her funeral) came flooding.
I started tearing. Think my sis and cousin did too.

It felt kind of guilty in the sense that I wasn't exactly upset because Ah Mah passed away, but because I was reminded of the pain I went through 3 years ago...

Wanyi and I were discussing that day that we'll want to die before everyone we love does. Reasons being that we don't want to go through the pain of losing a loved one, again. Call us selfish lah, but really, no thank you.

3 years ago, I went through a phase which was so painful and heart wrenching, I don't know whether I've exactly recovered from it. According to Wanyi, it's like someone stuck a hand into your heart and squeeze it HARD. For me, maybe you'll like to multiply that by a couple of tens.

My aunt's passing was undeniably one of the most painful ordeals that I'll go through all my life. It's one of the fears I had, since young, which came true.
It definitely made me stronger though. Whenever something bad happens to me, I'll say, 'Hey, I went through that. This is nothing.'

When Ah Mah's coffin was pushed into the 'burner' (What's the term? It's there but it just won't come out. Urgh), sis and I burst into tears. Couple of my aunts and cousin broke down. They were closer to Ah Mah.

I took off my socks and 'xiao', turned, and saw Abbie. She saw me and gave me a smile.
I smiled back, tears yet to dry.

This is life I guess.

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Mourning	[Sep. 20th, 2006\|11:46 pm]
Grandma passed away. Be back soon. I'm ok.
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Support Consonance, Five

[Sep. 16th, 2006|01:09 am]

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Performance Date & Time: 16 September 2006, 7:30 PM
Venue: Victoria Concert Hall
Ticket Price: S$12, Free Seating

This is a 5th anniversary concert for Consonance to celebrate her 5 years of continuous music-making. It also highlights her first solo performance apart from numerous collaborations with other choirs & performances for organizations. Five commemorates pieces that have been reflective of past achievements as well as showcase pieces that hint at future advancements. This concert plays around with the number 5, with pieces sang in 5 different languages, such as English, Latin, Hungarian, French, and African, as well as 5 different genres of music. Consonance hopes to bring the joy of music-making to the people around her and endeavors constantly to accomplish higher standards with each concert.
(Courtesy of Wenquan's blog)

Consonance is Boyfriend's choir. They are working very hard to put up a good show..which also mean having lesser time for me. =(

Support ok?

Guys, it's a good opportunity to invite that girl out for a date. (Actually, girls also can lah..)
As for girls, it's an occasion to dress up! YAY!! Errm...of course that's secondary to me.
My main purpose is to show him my support. Hehe.. hehehe

Sidetrack:

During the secondary school days, I've attended countless concerts.
Don't you think it is super funny when at the end of a performance, everyone had to stand up and sing the school's anthem?
You can hear the jeers from it's school students, see the parents' helpless faces, and stupid people like me who, out of politeness, stand upright, but not know where to place my hands.

Do they still do it nowadays?

Of course it's a different thing for the performers on stage. I think for those few times in VCH and Jubilee Hall, those are the times when I actually sang "曰吾中正" all the way till "悠久无疆" loud and clear. Hor, Danainai, hor?

Anyway, SUPPORT OK!!
For ticketing enquiry, just drop me an email or leave a comment. =D

Oh ya..If you love me, show it by spreading the word, ok?
I love you too!

小女子在此谢谢大家的支持！！

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Makeover Week

[Sep. 12th, 2006|12:17 am]

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I'm going back to work next week, the BPPV seems to be gone for now.

To 'celebrate' the 'recovery',and since ZC going to be busy with rehearsals,this week shall be The Makeover Week for me. Just nice to look pretty on Saturday. Totally looking forward to listen to some singing. Lalalalalalala

Went for facial today, and then it's the dentist tomorrow.
Manicure+Pedicure+Waxing on Thursday with Danene, speaking of which, my fourth finger is infected due to an ingrown nail. IT HAS PUS.
I tried to squeeze it out and almost fainted just now. Don't ask me why. I just felt nauseous, my ears began to ring, couldn't focus and broke into cold sweat.
AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! HOW?!?!

Major damage to the pocket last week. 7 pieces of lingerie, 4 books, a pair of SUPER CUTE strawberry flat espadrilles(!) for Abbie, and I dunno what else..

I love self-pampering.

Come watch the concert!!!

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