1:59 AM
With effect from now, good bye everyone. This blog has brought me far too much trouble. So long.
Saturday, September 25, 2004
With effect from now, good bye everyone. This blog has brought me far too much trouble. So long.
11:09 AM
Quote of The Week:
If you flush and don't succeed, try again.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Quote of The Week:
If you flush and don't succeed, try again.
9:58 PM
Deja Vu?
THE YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE CHORUS
In any chorus, there are four voice parts: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Sometimes these are divided into first and second within each part, prompting endless jokes about first and second basses. There are also various other parts such as baritone, countertenor, contralto, mezzo soprano, etc., but these are mostly used by people who are either soloists, or belong to some excessively hotshot classical a cappella group (this applies especially to countertenors), or are trying to make excuses for not really fitting into any of the regular voice parts, so we will ignore them for now. Each voice part sings in a different range, and each one has a very different personality. You may ask, "Why should singing different notes ake people act differently?", and indeed this is a mysterious question and has not been adequately studied, especially since scientists who study musicians tend to be musicians themselves and have all the peculiar complxes that go with being tenors, french horn players, timpanists, or whatever. However,this is beside the point; the fact remains that the four voice parts can be easily distinguished, and I will now explain how...
THE SOPRANOS are the ones who sing the highest, and because of this they think they rule the world. They have longer hair, fancier jewellery, and swishier skirts than anyone else, and they consider themselves insulted if they are not allowed to go at least to a high F in every movement of any given piece. When they reach the high notes, they hold them for at least half again as long as the composer and/or conductor requires, and then complain that their throats are killing them and that the composer and conductor are sadists. Sopranos have varied attitudes toward the other sections of the chorus, though they consider all of them inferior. Altos are to sopranos rather like second violins to first violins - nice to harmonise with, but not really necessary. All sopranos have a secret feeling that the altos could drop out and the piece would sound essentially the same, and they don't understand why anybody would sing in that range in the first place - it's so boring. Tenors, on the other hand, can be very nice to have around; besides their flirtation possibilities (it is a well-known fact that sopranos never flirt with basses), sopranos like to sing duets with tenors because all the tenors are doing is working very hard to sing in a low-to-medium soprano range, while the sopranos are up there in the stratosphere showing off. To sopranos, basses are the scum of the earth - they sing too damn loud, are useless to tune because they're down in that low, low range - and there has to be something wrong with anyone who sings in the F clef, anyway.
THE ALTOS are the salt of the earth - in their opinion, at least. Altos are unassuming people, who would wear jeans to concerts if they were llowed to.Altos are in a unique position in the chorus in that they are unable to complain about having to sing either very high or very low, and they know that all the other sections think their parts are pitifully easy. But the altos know otherwise. They know that while the sopranos are screeching way on a high A, they are being forced to sing elaborate passages full of harps and flats and tricks of rhythm, and nobody is noticing because the sopranos are singing too loud (and the basses usually are too). Altos get a deep,secret pleasure out of conspiring together to tune the sopranos flat. Altos have an innate distrust of tenors, because the tenors sing in almost the same range and think they sound better. They like the basses, and enjoy singing duets with them - the basses just sound like a rumble anyway, and it's the only time the altos can really be heard. Altos' other complaint is that there are always too many of them and so they never get to sing really loud.
THE TENORS are spoiled. That's all there is to it. For one thing, there are never enough of them, and choir directors would rather sell their souls than let a halfway decent tenor quit, while they're always ready to unload a few altos at half price. And then, for some reason, the few tenors are always really good - it's one of those annoying facts of life. So it's no wonder that tenors always get swollen heads - after all, who else can make sopranos swoon? The one thing that can make tenors insecure is the accusation (usually by the basses) that anyone singing that high couldn't possibly be a real man.. In their usual perverse fashion, the tenors never acknowledge this, but just complain louder about the composer being a sadist and making them sing so damn high. Tenors have a love-hate relationship with the conductor, too, because the conductor is always telling them to sing louder because there are so few of them. No conductor in recorded history has ever asked for less tenor in a forte passage. Tenors feel threatened in some way by all the other sections - the sopranos because they can hit those incredibly high notes; the altos because they have no trouble singing the notes the tenors kill themselves for; and the basses because, although they can't sing anything above an E, they sing it loud enough to drown the tenors out. Of course, the tenors would rather die than admit any of this. It is a little-known fact that tenors move their eyebrows more than anyone else while singing.
THE BASSES sing the lowest of anybody. This basically explains everything. They are stolid, dependable people, and have more facial hair than anybody else. The basses feel perpetually unappreciated, but they have a deep conviction that they are actually the most important part (a view endorsed by musicologists, but certainly not by sopranos or tenors), despite the fact that they have the most boring part of anybody and often sing the same note(or in endless fifths) for an entire page. They compensate for this by singing as loudly as they can get away with - most basses are tuba players at heart. Basses are the only section that can regularly complain about how low their part is, and they make horrible faces when trying to hit very low notes. Basses are charitable people, but their charity does not extend so far as tenors, whom they consider effete poseurs. Basses hate tuning the tenors more than almost anything else. Basses like altos - except when they have duets and the altos get the good part. As for the sopranos, they are simply in an alternate universe which the basses don't understand at all. They can't imagine why anybody would ever want to sing that high and sound that bad when they make mistakes. When a bass makes a mistake, the other three parts will cover him, and he can continue on his merry way, knowing that sometime, somehow, he will end.
Top Ten Reasons for Being a Soprano
1. The rest of the choir exists just to make you look good.
2. You can entertain your friends by breaking their wineglasses.
3. Can you name an opera where an alto got the man?
4. When sopranos want to sing in the shower, they know the tune.
5. It's not like you are ever going to sing the alto part by accident.
6. Great costumes - like the hat with the horns on it.
7. How many world famous altos can you name?
8. When the fat lady sings, she's usually singing soprano.
9. When you get tired of singing the tune, you can sing the descant.
10. You can sing along with Michael Jackson.
Top Ten Reasons for Being an Alto
1. You get really good at singing E flat.
2. You get to sing the same note for 12 consecutive measures.
3. You don't really need to warm up to sing 12 consecutive bars of E-flat.
4. If the choir really stinks, it's unlikely the altos will be blamed.
5. You have lots of time to chat during soprano solos.
6. You get to pretend that you are better than the sopranos, because everybody knows that women only sing soprano so they don't have to learn to read music.
7. You can sometimes find part time work singing tenor.
8. Altos get all the great intervals.
9. When the sopranos are holding some outrageously high note at the end of a song, the altos always get the last words.
10. When the altos miss a note, nobody gets hurt.
Top Ten Reasons for Being a Tenor
1. Tenors get high - without drugs.
2. Name a musical where the bass got the girl.
3. You can show the sopranos how it SHOULD be sung.
4. Did you ever hear of anyone paying $1000 for a ticket to see 'The three Basses?'
5. Who needs brains when you've got resonance?
6. Tenors never have to waste time looking through the self-improvement section of the bookstore.
7. You get to sing along with John Denver singing "Aye Calypso."
8. When you get really good at falsetto, you can make tons of money doing voice-overs for cartoon characters.
9. Gregorian chant was practically invented for tenors. Nobody invented a genre for basses.
10. You can entertain your friends by impersonating Julia Child.
Top Ten Reasons for Being a Bass
1. You don't have to tighten your shorts to reach your note.
2. You don't have to worry about a woman stealing your job.
3. Or a preadolescent boy stealing your job.
4. Action heroes are always basses. That is - if they ever sang, they would sing bass.
5. You get great memorable lyrics like bop, bop, bop, bop.
6.If the singing job doesn't work out, there's always broadcasting.
7. You never need to learn to read the treble clef.
8. If you get a cold, so what.
9. For fun, you can sing at the bottom of your range and fool people into thinking there's an earthquake.
10. If you belch while you're singing, the audience just thinks it is part of the score.
An extract from http://www.landbouncer.blogspot.com/
P.S. *bleah* =P
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Deja Vu?
THE YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE CHORUS
In any chorus, there are four voice parts: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Sometimes these are divided into first and second within each part, prompting endless jokes about first and second basses. There are also various other parts such as baritone, countertenor, contralto, mezzo soprano, etc., but these are mostly used by people who are either soloists, or belong to some excessively hotshot classical a cappella group (this applies especially to countertenors), or are trying to make excuses for not really fitting into any of the regular voice parts, so we will ignore them for now. Each voice part sings in a different range, and each one has a very different personality. You may ask, "Why should singing different notes ake people act differently?", and indeed this is a mysterious question and has not been adequately studied, especially since scientists who study musicians tend to be musicians themselves and have all the peculiar complxes that go with being tenors, french horn players, timpanists, or whatever. However,this is beside the point; the fact remains that the four voice parts can be easily distinguished, and I will now explain how...
THE SOPRANOS are the ones who sing the highest, and because of this they think they rule the world. They have longer hair, fancier jewellery, and swishier skirts than anyone else, and they consider themselves insulted if they are not allowed to go at least to a high F in every movement of any given piece. When they reach the high notes, they hold them for at least half again as long as the composer and/or conductor requires, and then complain that their throats are killing them and that the composer and conductor are sadists. Sopranos have varied attitudes toward the other sections of the chorus, though they consider all of them inferior. Altos are to sopranos rather like second violins to first violins - nice to harmonise with, but not really necessary. All sopranos have a secret feeling that the altos could drop out and the piece would sound essentially the same, and they don't understand why anybody would sing in that range in the first place - it's so boring. Tenors, on the other hand, can be very nice to have around; besides their flirtation possibilities (it is a well-known fact that sopranos never flirt with basses), sopranos like to sing duets with tenors because all the tenors are doing is working very hard to sing in a low-to-medium soprano range, while the sopranos are up there in the stratosphere showing off. To sopranos, basses are the scum of the earth - they sing too damn loud, are useless to tune because they're down in that low, low range - and there has to be something wrong with anyone who sings in the F clef, anyway.
THE ALTOS are the salt of the earth - in their opinion, at least. Altos are unassuming people, who would wear jeans to concerts if they were llowed to.Altos are in a unique position in the chorus in that they are unable to complain about having to sing either very high or very low, and they know that all the other sections think their parts are pitifully easy. But the altos know otherwise. They know that while the sopranos are screeching way on a high A, they are being forced to sing elaborate passages full of harps and flats and tricks of rhythm, and nobody is noticing because the sopranos are singing too loud (and the basses usually are too). Altos get a deep,secret pleasure out of conspiring together to tune the sopranos flat. Altos have an innate distrust of tenors, because the tenors sing in almost the same range and think they sound better. They like the basses, and enjoy singing duets with them - the basses just sound like a rumble anyway, and it's the only time the altos can really be heard. Altos' other complaint is that there are always too many of them and so they never get to sing really loud.
THE TENORS are spoiled. That's all there is to it. For one thing, there are never enough of them, and choir directors would rather sell their souls than let a halfway decent tenor quit, while they're always ready to unload a few altos at half price. And then, for some reason, the few tenors are always really good - it's one of those annoying facts of life. So it's no wonder that tenors always get swollen heads - after all, who else can make sopranos swoon? The one thing that can make tenors insecure is the accusation (usually by the basses) that anyone singing that high couldn't possibly be a real man.. In their usual perverse fashion, the tenors never acknowledge this, but just complain louder about the composer being a sadist and making them sing so damn high. Tenors have a love-hate relationship with the conductor, too, because the conductor is always telling them to sing louder because there are so few of them. No conductor in recorded history has ever asked for less tenor in a forte passage. Tenors feel threatened in some way by all the other sections - the sopranos because they can hit those incredibly high notes; the altos because they have no trouble singing the notes the tenors kill themselves for; and the basses because, although they can't sing anything above an E, they sing it loud enough to drown the tenors out. Of course, the tenors would rather die than admit any of this. It is a little-known fact that tenors move their eyebrows more than anyone else while singing.
THE BASSES sing the lowest of anybody. This basically explains everything. They are stolid, dependable people, and have more facial hair than anybody else. The basses feel perpetually unappreciated, but they have a deep conviction that they are actually the most important part (a view endorsed by musicologists, but certainly not by sopranos or tenors), despite the fact that they have the most boring part of anybody and often sing the same note(or in endless fifths) for an entire page. They compensate for this by singing as loudly as they can get away with - most basses are tuba players at heart. Basses are the only section that can regularly complain about how low their part is, and they make horrible faces when trying to hit very low notes. Basses are charitable people, but their charity does not extend so far as tenors, whom they consider effete poseurs. Basses hate tuning the tenors more than almost anything else. Basses like altos - except when they have duets and the altos get the good part. As for the sopranos, they are simply in an alternate universe which the basses don't understand at all. They can't imagine why anybody would ever want to sing that high and sound that bad when they make mistakes. When a bass makes a mistake, the other three parts will cover him, and he can continue on his merry way, knowing that sometime, somehow, he will end.
Top Ten Reasons for Being a Soprano
1. The rest of the choir exists just to make you look good.
2. You can entertain your friends by breaking their wineglasses.
3. Can you name an opera where an alto got the man?
4. When sopranos want to sing in the shower, they know the tune.
5. It's not like you are ever going to sing the alto part by accident.
6. Great costumes - like the hat with the horns on it.
7. How many world famous altos can you name?
8. When the fat lady sings, she's usually singing soprano.
9. When you get tired of singing the tune, you can sing the descant.
10. You can sing along with Michael Jackson.
Top Ten Reasons for Being an Alto
1. You get really good at singing E flat.
2. You get to sing the same note for 12 consecutive measures.
3. You don't really need to warm up to sing 12 consecutive bars of E-flat.
4. If the choir really stinks, it's unlikely the altos will be blamed.
5. You have lots of time to chat during soprano solos.
6. You get to pretend that you are better than the sopranos, because everybody knows that women only sing soprano so they don't have to learn to read music.
7. You can sometimes find part time work singing tenor.
8. Altos get all the great intervals.
9. When the sopranos are holding some outrageously high note at the end of a song, the altos always get the last words.
10. When the altos miss a note, nobody gets hurt.
Top Ten Reasons for Being a Tenor
1. Tenors get high - without drugs.
2. Name a musical where the bass got the girl.
3. You can show the sopranos how it SHOULD be sung.
4. Did you ever hear of anyone paying $1000 for a ticket to see 'The three Basses?'
5. Who needs brains when you've got resonance?
6. Tenors never have to waste time looking through the self-improvement section of the bookstore.
7. You get to sing along with John Denver singing "Aye Calypso."
8. When you get really good at falsetto, you can make tons of money doing voice-overs for cartoon characters.
9. Gregorian chant was practically invented for tenors. Nobody invented a genre for basses.
10. You can entertain your friends by impersonating Julia Child.
Top Ten Reasons for Being a Bass
1. You don't have to tighten your shorts to reach your note.
2. You don't have to worry about a woman stealing your job.
3. Or a preadolescent boy stealing your job.
4. Action heroes are always basses. That is - if they ever sang, they would sing bass.
5. You get great memorable lyrics like bop, bop, bop, bop.
6.If the singing job doesn't work out, there's always broadcasting.
7. You never need to learn to read the treble clef.
8. If you get a cold, so what.
9. For fun, you can sing at the bottom of your range and fool people into thinking there's an earthquake.
10. If you belch while you're singing, the audience just thinks it is part of the score.
An extract from http://www.landbouncer.blogspot.com/
P.S. *bleah* =P
11:18 AM
Mi Mancherai...
Happy Birthday to Me!!! (And to my twin brother, to Daniel Soo, to Skye, to... Sheesh!!!) *exasperated look* Gone are the days when having identical numbers for the date and month of your birthday seem so special... *bleah* =P
Many thanks to the SP Choir President, Marie(!), and Mistro Shiming(!) for that wonderful 'playboy' chain... (It has my name engraved on it too! Yayee!!!) *winks* ;) Hahas... And not forgetting, Mr Wang Jiunn, for that timely 'reminder'... Thank you sOoOoOo much for remembering and for the birthday card ya? *grins* (Come to think of it, I REALLY do need to get a life... HMM.) *ponders*
I must say, the best thing that probably happened during the choir chalet (7th to 9th of September 2004 at Aloha Loyang) was that I was asked to join Shiming, Marie and Shok for an upcoming acapella performance! WHEE!!! I'm SoOoOoOoOoOo HAPPY!!!!!! (Though it WAS rather intimidating to practise with them... You will too after finding out they're the 'powerhouses' of their respective sections and that one of them is in fact your Choir President...) Eek. =x *shudder*
Anyhows, in an attempt to keep things short, I received all sorts of birthday presents ranging from a meagre mentol-flavoured strepsil (Pathetic hor... :( *glares at Xin Kai* And yes, I meant the noisy one.) *acts innocent* to being SLAPPED on the face by SOMEONE... (Ouch... I suppose.) *blush* Hehe!!! ;p~ella
In case you guys/gays were wondering, no birthday kisses from anyone at all k... So sad right...? *pout* Never mind... At least I can very safely say that I'm 17 and (still) have never been kissed... Which isn't exactly a compliment mind you. *frowns* :(
Speaking of which... The people in SP Choir seem to get this kick out of pairing 'couples' togehter and at the same time being so indefatigable in their scruntiny of those 2 very VERY 'lucky' people. (I mean, out of the 30+ people that are in choir... Why those 2 people??? You've got to be really lucky or REALLY unfortunate... Of which I prefer to look at it from the former point of view... *bleah* =P) One of whom happens to be ME. Unfortunately. (Sense the irony.) *raises eyebrow* What's so scary is that, with the likes of a certain Daniel Tang and Choo Xin Kai, they are capable of making ET's (Entertainment Tonight) top story look a mockery... *looks skyward and acts innocent* (n_n)
Just for your information, my appellare in this, like what Ceresah said, 'match-making agency' is Rock...(?) Like, "Huh?" Now now my fellow guys and gays... Isn't this nickname supposed to be related to a certain Dwayne Johnson fella...(?) And my eyebrows...(?) (I suppose.) The Rock, as we all know, is supposed to be 'good-looking' according to our cute little female compatriots... As such I can only feel honoured but yet VERY undeserving of this err... 'title'? So it'll really do myself and those poor puking passerbys who overheard a BIG favour if you all please stop calling me that? Thank you very much ya? *beams* =D Hmm... It kinda invokes a sense of nostalgia and brings back mixed feelings of DramaFest 2001... *looks at Shawn Loh and grins* Laalaa~!!! ('''0_o)
I shall end here today... I hope I pick up the phone pronto and ask Hector if he's free to help me with my pitching for 'The Rhythm Of Life' tomorrow... *shrug* And before I forget... Cheers to Hector for helping me with Cantate Domino and Exsultate Justi!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
P.S. Till the next time we meet...
P.P.S. Be content with what I updated today. Hahas... *bleah* :P
Saturday, September 11, 2004
Mi Mancherai...
Happy Birthday to Me!!! (And to my twin brother, to Daniel Soo, to Skye, to... Sheesh!!!) *exasperated look* Gone are the days when having identical numbers for the date and month of your birthday seem so special... *bleah* =P
Many thanks to the SP Choir President, Marie(!), and Mistro Shiming(!) for that wonderful 'playboy' chain... (It has my name engraved on it too! Yayee!!!) *winks* ;) Hahas... And not forgetting, Mr Wang Jiunn, for that timely 'reminder'... Thank you sOoOoOo much for remembering and for the birthday card ya? *grins* (Come to think of it, I REALLY do need to get a life... HMM.) *ponders*
I must say, the best thing that probably happened during the choir chalet (7th to 9th of September 2004 at Aloha Loyang) was that I was asked to join Shiming, Marie and Shok for an upcoming acapella performance! WHEE!!! I'm SoOoOoOoOoOo HAPPY!!!!!! (Though it WAS rather intimidating to practise with them... You will too after finding out they're the 'powerhouses' of their respective sections and that one of them is in fact your Choir President...) Eek. =x *shudder*
Anyhows, in an attempt to keep things short, I received all sorts of birthday presents ranging from a meagre mentol-flavoured strepsil (Pathetic hor... :( *glares at Xin Kai* And yes, I meant the noisy one.) *acts innocent* to being SLAPPED on the face by SOMEONE... (Ouch... I suppose.) *blush* Hehe!!! ;p~ella
In case you guys/gays were wondering, no birthday kisses from anyone at all k... So sad right...? *pout* Never mind... At least I can very safely say that I'm 17 and (still) have never been kissed... Which isn't exactly a compliment mind you. *frowns* :(
Speaking of which... The people in SP Choir seem to get this kick out of pairing 'couples' togehter and at the same time being so indefatigable in their scruntiny of those 2 very VERY 'lucky' people. (I mean, out of the 30+ people that are in choir... Why those 2 people??? You've got to be really lucky or REALLY unfortunate... Of which I prefer to look at it from the former point of view... *bleah* =P) One of whom happens to be ME. Unfortunately. (Sense the irony.) *raises eyebrow* What's so scary is that, with the likes of a certain Daniel Tang and Choo Xin Kai, they are capable of making ET's (Entertainment Tonight) top story look a mockery... *looks skyward and acts innocent* (n_n)
Just for your information, my appellare in this, like what Ceresah said, 'match-making agency' is Rock...(?) Like, "Huh?" Now now my fellow guys and gays... Isn't this nickname supposed to be related to a certain Dwayne Johnson fella...(?) And my eyebrows...(?) (I suppose.) The Rock, as we all know, is supposed to be 'good-looking' according to our cute little female compatriots... As such I can only feel honoured but yet VERY undeserving of this err... 'title'? So it'll really do myself and those poor puking passerbys who overheard a BIG favour if you all please stop calling me that? Thank you very much ya? *beams* =D Hmm... It kinda invokes a sense of nostalgia and brings back mixed feelings of DramaFest 2001... *looks at Shawn Loh and grins* Laalaa~!!! ('''0_o)
I shall end here today... I hope I pick up the phone pronto and ask Hector if he's free to help me with my pitching for 'The Rhythm Of Life' tomorrow... *shrug* And before I forget... Cheers to Hector for helping me with Cantate Domino and Exsultate Justi!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
P.S. Till the next time we meet...
P.P.S. Be content with what I updated today. Hahas... *bleah* :P
4:45 PM
Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com
If only.
Monday, August 23, 2004
| S | Skillful |
| H | Handsome |
| I | Influential |
| Z | Zippy |
| H | Happy |
| E | Edgy |
| N | Nutty |
Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com
If only.
9:15 PM
HOW TO TELL IF A GUY LIKES YOU:
1. The guy will be extremely nice to you.
2. He will tell you that you did something good, even when
you did it horribly.
3. He might make fun of you.
4. He will want to be your best friend.
5. He might complement you on something normal like, your
hair, even if you wear it that way everyday.
6. He will stick up for you.
7. He will start hanging out with your friends.
8. He will flirt with you.
9. He will call you for no good reason.
10. He will make eye contact with a serious look on his face.
HOW TO TELL IF A GIRL LIKES YOU:
1. They always talk about the different kind of guys they
COULD have.
2. They stare at you with a smile on their face and won't
look away until you do first.
3. They ALWAYS seem to be talking about how nice or cute
you are.
4. They laugh at all your jokes, no matter how stupid they are.
5. They will ask you who you like, continuously.
6. They talk to your friends about you a lot.
7. They always are flirting with every other guy, except you.
8. They always try to make you jealous.
9. They beg you to do everything for them.
10. They always ask you what to do in a bad situation.
Interesting... *raises eyebrow* ('''0_o)
Thursday, August 12, 2004
HOW TO TELL IF A GUY LIKES YOU:
1. The guy will be extremely nice to you.
2. He will tell you that you did something good, even when
you did it horribly.
3. He might make fun of you.
4. He will want to be your best friend.
5. He might complement you on something normal like, your
hair, even if you wear it that way everyday.
6. He will stick up for you.
7. He will start hanging out with your friends.
8. He will flirt with you.
9. He will call you for no good reason.
10. He will make eye contact with a serious look on his face.
HOW TO TELL IF A GIRL LIKES YOU:
1. They always talk about the different kind of guys they
COULD have.
2. They stare at you with a smile on their face and won't
look away until you do first.
3. They ALWAYS seem to be talking about how nice or cute
you are.
4. They laugh at all your jokes, no matter how stupid they are.
5. They will ask you who you like, continuously.
6. They talk to your friends about you a lot.
7. They always are flirting with every other guy, except you.
8. They always try to make you jealous.
9. They beg you to do everything for them.
10. They always ask you what to do in a bad situation.
Interesting... *raises eyebrow* ('''0_o)
9:04 PM
For Always?
Finally(!) came my much-awaited chance to set foot in NP's (Ngee Ann Polytechnic) recording studio for the FIRST TIME in my life... Come to think of it, I WAS rather excited about the whole prospect of being able to 'play around' in a REAL recording studio... WHEE!!! Hahas... It was my first time in a REAL recording studio too...!!! (Other then the 'Hecturia Recording Studio' that is... Hahas... Which is probably why I stressed the word 'REAL' in the first place...) *chuckle* :D
Was supposed to (try to) provide vocals ala movie-thriller-style for dear Hecty's 30-second radio commercial project... He had based it on the NP Sports Day (Do polytechnics even have Sports Day in the first place??? Hmm... *looks skyward and ponders*) and he apparently had it in his WaCkO mind to 'encourage' people to take part in the Sports Day with allude to 'bruises' and 'twisted ankles'... Hahas... Am I not right, my dear? *tries to look innocent* Anyhows, I wish him all the best for his project and hey, do tell me what grade you got for it ya? *bleah* :P
Then something happened.
Something bad(?)
I should have known from the start.
On a more serious note now, I've always had a gut feeling that Hector's sudden interest in wanting to record my rendition of the movie A.I.'s soundtrack - For Always, had a more sinister foundation to it then the 'Fun, Laughter, Peace and Joy' reasons he gave me... For the many confused souls out there, I believe you'll understand what I'm talking about when you learn that the song is a duet by Josh Groban (Why must it always be him?) *exasperated look* and Lana Fabian. I think it'll certainly help to mention that Lana Fabian sings with so-airy-a-voice that she sounds almost Charlottle Churchy... Need I say more? *shakes head*
It definitely didn't help that I screwed up BIG time on the recording... =( Sighs, too depressed to even elaborate about it. Spare me from the pain of going on with all the gory details ya? *rolls eyes* ('''o_0) And for goodness sake Hector, DO make it a point to allow me some time to mentally prepare myself the next time round ks...? (That is IF there is even a 'next time'...) *glares at Hector and scowls*
Sigh... Seems that I've been on the receiving end of several nasty behind-my-back collaborations the past few days... *plops to the floor in exhaustion* Especially from Hector Lee and a certain Cheryl Lee Xiao Wen... *bleahs at The Legend* :P HMM... Actually, one'll think the 2 of them'll make a good couple... =x *winks cheekily while trying to avoid their punches* Laalaa!!! ;P~ella
Speaking of collaborations... I'm still waiting to see WHEN would SOME people in my class finally tell me that they entered my name without my prior knowledge in some karaoke competition in SP... Ohwells... *shrug*
P.S. Hector, you know how difficult it is for me to sing in front of her right...? But you HAD to make me sing WITH her... Not very nice of you ks. Sigh... Just promise me that you won't do it again okae? *shakes head*
P.P.S. Ban1 Men2 Nong4 Fu3.
Monday, August 09, 2004
For Always?
Finally(!) came my much-awaited chance to set foot in NP's (Ngee Ann Polytechnic) recording studio for the FIRST TIME in my life... Come to think of it, I WAS rather excited about the whole prospect of being able to 'play around' in a REAL recording studio... WHEE!!! Hahas... It was my first time in a REAL recording studio too...!!! (Other then the 'Hecturia Recording Studio' that is... Hahas... Which is probably why I stressed the word 'REAL' in the first place...) *chuckle* :D
Was supposed to (try to) provide vocals ala movie-thriller-style for dear Hecty's 30-second radio commercial project... He had based it on the NP Sports Day (Do polytechnics even have Sports Day in the first place??? Hmm... *looks skyward and ponders*) and he apparently had it in his WaCkO mind to 'encourage' people to take part in the Sports Day with allude to 'bruises' and 'twisted ankles'... Hahas... Am I not right, my dear? *tries to look innocent* Anyhows, I wish him all the best for his project and hey, do tell me what grade you got for it ya? *bleah* :P
Then something happened.
Something bad(?)
I should have known from the start.
On a more serious note now, I've always had a gut feeling that Hector's sudden interest in wanting to record my rendition of the movie A.I.'s soundtrack - For Always, had a more sinister foundation to it then the 'Fun, Laughter, Peace and Joy' reasons he gave me... For the many confused souls out there, I believe you'll understand what I'm talking about when you learn that the song is a duet by Josh Groban (Why must it always be him?) *exasperated look* and Lana Fabian. I think it'll certainly help to mention that Lana Fabian sings with so-airy-a-voice that she sounds almost Charlottle Churchy... Need I say more? *shakes head*
It definitely didn't help that I screwed up BIG time on the recording... =( Sighs, too depressed to even elaborate about it. Spare me from the pain of going on with all the gory details ya? *rolls eyes* ('''o_0) And for goodness sake Hector, DO make it a point to allow me some time to mentally prepare myself the next time round ks...? (That is IF there is even a 'next time'...) *glares at Hector and scowls*
Sigh... Seems that I've been on the receiving end of several nasty behind-my-back collaborations the past few days... *plops to the floor in exhaustion* Especially from Hector Lee and a certain Cheryl Lee Xiao Wen... *bleahs at The Legend* :P HMM... Actually, one'll think the 2 of them'll make a good couple... =x *winks cheekily while trying to avoid their punches* Laalaa!!! ;P~ella
Speaking of collaborations... I'm still waiting to see WHEN would SOME people in my class finally tell me that they entered my name without my prior knowledge in some karaoke competition in SP... Ohwells... *shrug*
P.S. Hector, you know how difficult it is for me to sing in front of her right...? But you HAD to make me sing WITH her... Not very nice of you ks. Sigh... Just promise me that you won't do it again okae? *shakes head*
P.P.S. Ban1 Men2 Nong4 Fu3.
4:19 PM
Quote of The Week:
Life is sexually transmitted.
Saturday, July 31, 2004
Quote of The Week:
Life is sexually transmitted.
1:05 PM
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Thursday, July 29, 2004
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2:33 AM
Ohm-My-God
I'm utterly MORTIFIED after listening to a recording of my rendition of Vincent (Starry, starry night) on that fateful day... The thing I find so unnervingly amusing is how people can come forth and tell me how it's all nice and everything... I'm not trying to critique anyone's sense of music here but...... It is just SoOoOo DISGUSTING ks?!?!? *gives look of horror*
ALL my starting and ending notes were sooooo FLAT!!! ARGH!!! *gives look of horror again* For those who think they know me... *looks at Hecty* No, I'm not being paranoid here... *rolls eyes* If you don't believe me, you can listen to it yourself though I STRONGLY discourage anyone from doing anything of that sort... *bleah* :P
Was with Hector, Mark Tan, Daniel Thong and Dingjie last Saturday... (Apparently it was Dingjie's birthday so here goes... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DINGJIE!!! Not that there'll even be a chance of him reading this but... Oh wells.) Went into this pasta restaurant (What's it called again? PastaMania or PastaLand? *cracks head*) at the revamped Junction 8 where the generous Hecty footed the bill!!! (Note: He did the unthinkable by flashing his 'blues' just a minute before... Hahas, poor silly him...) Well, simply knowing for a fact that the rest of us were leeching off our dear Hecty made the munchies all the more delicious!!! *smacks lips* Heh heh!!! ;)~@yu THANKS A LOT HECTOR!!! (I mean it.) *wink* ;)
Listened to the CHMA recording via Mark's discman then... The weird thing is how I seem to sound sOoOoOo much better then, compared to the CRAP coming outta my speakers now... HMM. Speaking of crap, I sound real aritificial when singing ya? Sighs, like some kinda err... 'Josh Groban wannabe' liddat... (I think.) And that's not exactly a compliment mind you... *frowns* :(
Moving on from the disgusting-performance episode, *shakes head* I met Divian on the MRT train earlier this week while waiting for the train to start its North-South journey from the Jurong East MRT station... He's studying at ACJC (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) now... He's doing rather err... ok? Hahas, I seriously can't think of a suitable compliment for a guy who got FFFF for his mid-years... Hee hee!!! ;p~ella He was with this really REALLY SHORT girl (No, Cheryl Lee/Cheryl Chong/Laura, I'm not saying it's a crime... But there you have it... :P) and MacArthur... (I think that should be how it's spelt...)
"Who is MacArthur?" Well, let's just say he's a childhood friend of Victor's... Yes, my dear guys and gays, VICTOR TAN. Sadly, he knows CHING LEE too... (Like, "Uh oh...") It kinda makes you wonder if they're actually some kind of psychotic family ya? *looks skyward and ponders* Personally, I think it should declared a national threat under the circumstance that the FOUR of them are together at any one time... *shudder* (Eh wait, no need 4 of them, 1 IS enough.)
Had a most wonderful and amusing chat with the both of them about their 'pasts'... *ahem* Of which I won't disclose for fear of Xiaobendan and Dabendan ambushing me with fists-a-flurry... *bish* (^o^) I can't help but smile whenever I recall their 'adventures' during Secondary 4... Sigh, it seems just like yesterday... Well, it seems MacArthur has pretty good experience in the field of BioGas... (Don't they all?) *grins from ear to ear* :D
Wahahaha!!! Trust me when I say I still mourn for the S.H.E. poster that Kah Hong was saving for me... Poor Ella... Zhang1 Guo2 Rong2... (*ouch* Painful ks!?!?) and the cockroach whom we've all come to love... Xiao3 Qiang2. Horrible fates for all of them to have met Victor I tell you... Hahas... *bleah* :P
P.S. For Jasper ONLY: When I mentioned Hector flashing his 'blues', I meant his $50 note... Nothing to do with whatever you were thinking about okae??? Hahas...
P.P.S. Hope to see everyone at CHS's 2nd Concert@ Esplanade this Sunday!!! Cheers! *poke poke*
Ohm-My-God
I'm utterly MORTIFIED after listening to a recording of my rendition of Vincent (Starry, starry night) on that fateful day... The thing I find so unnervingly amusing is how people can come forth and tell me how it's all nice and everything... I'm not trying to critique anyone's sense of music here but...... It is just SoOoOo DISGUSTING ks?!?!? *gives look of horror*
ALL my starting and ending notes were sooooo FLAT!!! ARGH!!! *gives look of horror again* For those who think they know me... *looks at Hecty* No, I'm not being paranoid here... *rolls eyes* If you don't believe me, you can listen to it yourself though I STRONGLY discourage anyone from doing anything of that sort... *bleah* :P
Was with Hector, Mark Tan, Daniel Thong and Dingjie last Saturday... (Apparently it was Dingjie's birthday so here goes... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DINGJIE!!! Not that there'll even be a chance of him reading this but... Oh wells.) Went into this pasta restaurant (What's it called again? PastaMania or PastaLand? *cracks head*) at the revamped Junction 8 where the generous Hecty footed the bill!!! (Note: He did the unthinkable by flashing his 'blues' just a minute before... Hahas, poor silly him...) Well, simply knowing for a fact that the rest of us were leeching off our dear Hecty made the munchies all the more delicious!!! *smacks lips* Heh heh!!! ;)~@yu THANKS A LOT HECTOR!!! (I mean it.) *wink* ;)
Listened to the CHMA recording via Mark's discman then... The weird thing is how I seem to sound sOoOoOo much better then, compared to the CRAP coming outta my speakers now... HMM. Speaking of crap, I sound real aritificial when singing ya? Sighs, like some kinda err... 'Josh Groban wannabe' liddat... (I think.) And that's not exactly a compliment mind you... *frowns* :(
Moving on from the disgusting-performance episode, *shakes head* I met Divian on the MRT train earlier this week while waiting for the train to start its North-South journey from the Jurong East MRT station... He's studying at ACJC (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) now... He's doing rather err... ok? Hahas, I seriously can't think of a suitable compliment for a guy who got FFFF for his mid-years... Hee hee!!! ;p~ella He was with this really REALLY SHORT girl (No, Cheryl Lee/Cheryl Chong/Laura, I'm not saying it's a crime... But there you have it... :P) and MacArthur... (I think that should be how it's spelt...)
"Who is MacArthur?" Well, let's just say he's a childhood friend of Victor's... Yes, my dear guys and gays, VICTOR TAN. Sadly, he knows CHING LEE too... (Like, "Uh oh...") It kinda makes you wonder if they're actually some kind of psychotic family ya? *looks skyward and ponders* Personally, I think it should declared a national threat under the circumstance that the FOUR of them are together at any one time... *shudder* (Eh wait, no need 4 of them, 1 IS enough.)
Had a most wonderful and amusing chat with the both of them about their 'pasts'... *ahem* Of which I won't disclose for fear of Xiaobendan and Dabendan ambushing me with fists-a-flurry... *bish* (^o^) I can't help but smile whenever I recall their 'adventures' during Secondary 4... Sigh, it seems just like yesterday... Well, it seems MacArthur has pretty good experience in the field of BioGas... (Don't they all?) *grins from ear to ear* :D
Wahahaha!!! Trust me when I say I still mourn for the S.H.E. poster that Kah Hong was saving for me... Poor Ella... Zhang1 Guo2 Rong2... (*ouch* Painful ks!?!?) and the cockroach whom we've all come to love... Xiao3 Qiang2. Horrible fates for all of them to have met Victor I tell you... Hahas... *bleah* :P
P.S. For Jasper ONLY: When I mentioned Hector flashing his 'blues', I meant his $50 note... Nothing to do with whatever you were thinking about okae??? Hahas...
P.P.S. Hope to see everyone at CHS's 2nd Concert@ Esplanade this Sunday!!! Cheers! *poke poke*
