Best Vocal Tone Award

I have nothing much to say about my performances...
You can feel free to check the hark's blog for updates and the videos.

But mainly, wanna thank my 死党 for coming down to support me @ the finals. The performance is for you guys alone. Though i screwed it up...

The trophy belongs to you guys.
Of coz, the trophy is dedicated to Ah-Pa (Abba).
He gave me the 'Best Vocal Tone' mah... right? hehe
Thanks to those who got me as far to the finals too.

My thank you speech
"Thank you Clarence for being my assistance. Helping me carry this and that.
Thank you Joseph for the encouragement and guidance.
Thank you Wanrong and Clarence for being my crazy supporters.
Thank you Shelby and Huixian for staying till the results.
Thank you Huixian, Wanrong, Clarence, Weilin for coming down during my every performance.
Thank you Seth for coming!!! I'm so touched.
Thank you Josh for coming too...
Thank you Weilin for rushing down after work.
Thank you Charlie for dropping by to pray for me!!!
Lastly, thank you Ah-Pa for giving me the experience and the best vocal..."

Dedicated to JY...

Today's the release of JY's album...

As a fren and supporter...
I dedicated this post to my big bro JY...
All the best to ya album...

Saturday...

Met up Josh to do some shopping at Far East Plaza today...

Been searching for some Kingdom Hearts 2 'Cloud' figurine for him...
He loves it. But it's out of stock... sigh...


Went to the toilets and noticed something...
The toilets have bidet system!!! For those who dunno what 'bidet' is... 'bidet' is a toilet system that washes ya bottom after u do ya business... It is a technology invented and used in Japan for 2 years already. My granny has got one in our home toilet bowl.

Hehe...

Grandaunt's birthday dinner
Always a time for gathering the relatives together... a time for comparison... to see who has grown (wider or taller), to see who has more assets, to see who has kids already, to see who's in the love or not... A time to also see the young entertain the old with their kiddish innocent singing and language...

John 13:1-14

Today at CG, Yolanda did something shocking... She called it the 'surprise' item. Which is to...

travelling...

After leaving Josh house in the rain, i gazed out of the mrt...
Emotions overwhelmed me... A japanese anime suddenly appears in my mind.
A boy gazing outside a 'rainy' window.





I love travelling and the rain...

How did I win man?

Yesterday was one night of surprises...

The golden guests who came this time were:

Mummy

Ricky

LayChoo

Amber

Celine

Huixian

Weilin

Wanrong

Yolanda

Charlie

Joseph

Darryl

It was a night of talents, a night of encouragements, a night of surprises...

The order for the contestants was at followed
1. Angel - Zhi Shao Hai You Ni
2. Ya Shu - Ban Tu Er Fei
3. Clarence - An Jing
4. Tobey - Peng You
5. JianMing - 世界唯一的你
6. Emily -
7. Eileen - Ai Mei

Boy, it was a tough competition...
3 rounds, 1st round(Karaoke VCD), 2nd round(Unplugged), 3rd round(Fast Rock Version)

Just like the judges said, some improved from the heats, some deteoriated...

Honestly, compared to the girls, I dun think I did well...
Really, there was nothing much outstanding of my performances.
Din understand why my peeps had so much faith in me?

Darryl(Yang Zi Wen), my senior from Lee Wei Song Music School came down to support me too. So touched. Thanks Bro!!!

In the end, when all my peeps were gone... I was thinking I would never make it to the finals... But turns out, Amos read my name again. Honestly, I dun think I'd did much this time compared to the others... JianMing seemed really sad he din make it... Sigh...

Gosh. Honestly... I ain't happy that I made it to the finals. Have to brainstorm for a better song. No more old songs. And the stress piles up on me... Why? Why does it always happen that whenever I doubt I can win, God makes me win? And when I'm dying to be a superstar, he didn't give it to me when i was younger... LOL
Honestly, I sang at the semi-finals for my peeps. And not for the dreams of being a superstar or whatever... Guess it's the motive bah.

Couldn't sleep. Sms-ed everyone to thank them.

Then... Josh replied...
"I'm drunk at MOS now. Can u come?" - message sent at 4am

He had attended his battalion's ORD dinner at Suntec and had joined his brothers for drinking...

Boy... he was so giddy and drunk. He was sitting outside along the road. I'd helped him to the taxi and sent him home. Opened the door for him and made sure he went to bed.

Boy. Didn't sleep a wink last night... And here I am in camp, blogging to update ya on my singing competition lor. What song should i actually sing for the grand finals? Sigh...

So many things had cropped up lately.. the camp thingy... So stressed

He chose me, not I chose him... =P

"15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other." - John 15:15-17

*Suddenly, i feel like "Pikachu, I choose you!!!"

Some posters i designed...

(Click for larger size)

Will u come support them?

Stressed... Not headache... Just stressed...

Lately, there has been alot of things happening...
and I'm really going crazily busy and stress...

I guess some pple should know abt the commotion in my CG lately.
No, I'm not gonna tok abt it and stumble pple. It's just the devil messing up again as usual. Thus, we won't give in to him. All I can say is:

"Brothers and Sisters, we are to stop blaming/picking others on whose fault is it anyway... and begin with forgiveness. For we are all sinners. What's the point blaming he and she? Instead, we should love each other more and show grace... Be Christ-likeness. It's time we mature and progress on..."

The commotion has really got Yolanda, Charlie & me busy and stressful over the spiritual health of our spiritual family. Haven't really had a good chat or shepherding with Charlie for this 2 weeks too. Sigh...

Been busy and busy... Really wish to have a good fren to chat with, hangout and let go...

Sigh. Here's my schedule for nxt wk...

Next wk schedule
Mon - Practice for Semi-Finals
Tues - Meeting Patrick to discuss performance skit for adults camp.
Wed - SOW with Sakura, watching movie (X-Men 3 - The Last Stand)
Thurs - Semi-Finals.
Fri - Caregroup
Sat - Grandaunt's birthday dinner
Sun - Service, Lessons @ Hark

“ I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. ” (1 Corinthians 1:10)

*Oh, thank you Weilin for the badge u bought me. Really thoughtful of you. Amidst all the stress and busy tight schedule. And yet, you have the thoughts for us. Thank you, thank you. Really touched and appreciated. Blessed are the ones who bless others!!! ^_^ Thanks again Weilin!!!

Da Vinci Code disregarded...

Was suppose to have a secondary class gathering to watch the DVC, but this and that person never pick up the phone. Then cannot confirm the tickets in time. As the cinemas were selling fast, so we decided to cancel the gathering...

But Yinghui (Nicknamed 'Sakura' - Yinghua) wanted to watch the movie with me... and thank God I used to work at GV. So I got for the both of us good seats even at the last minute. Last row from the back... hiak hiak >_< The movie was fantastic. The visual were great. But the facts were bizarreness... The plot was really great but Sakura could tell there were lots of doubts in the film. Though he had a lot of questions.

Funny thing was... after the movie, Sakura asked me to lend him my bible.
He asked if it was a real book or a story book?
And if I could give him my bible to bring home to read...
I told him I needed that for church tmr, but I'll get him a new one.

He was ok with that... But asked if i was converting him anot?
LOL... I told him I won't force him but I'll allow him to make a choice to be saved or not...

Brothers and sisters, I am taken surprise by this incident...
Believe there's a meaning for this. Pls pray for me and my friend Yinghui, okay?
Thanks... Many blessings to you all!!!

Here's a cute clip by SYFC (Open in a new window)

Peace...

Jesus said,

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."

- Matthew 5:9

Narnia...

I have been sick since y'day...
Doc says it's a viral infection...
Having a bad sore throat, and my body aches and i feel giddy...

So... Was resting @ home the whole day...
Rented 2 Dvds to watch...
1. Chronicles of Narnia
2. Memoirs of a Geisha

I have been dying to watch this 2 movies...
But boy... both are long draggy movies...


Great movie with excellent effects. Simply love it.

Somehow the movie reminds me...

"Amidst all the commotion that has been happening lately...
We gotta remember that two parties are amongst us.
The 'freezing winter' or the 'warmth spring'...
It's your desire to break free from the winter and stand up in the land of spring. Or would u rather associate yourself with the winter & dwell with the snow queen?
The Snow Queen needs to build up her army or breakup her opponent's army. Hence, she puts spells to create disputes among one other. So that we may not fulfil the prophesy. So that the family will not be as a whole. For it takes unity to win a battle, my friends. Thus be not blinded by the Snow Queen's spell. Fight, and with wisdom, use your eyes to see..

The sibilings indeed had disputes, had misunderstandings between each other... There was even betrayal. But that never stop then from rescuing Narnia. Would you rescue Narnia too?

If it's 'guilt' you are suffering from, have wisdom that guilt does not come from Aslan, but from the snow queen.

If it's 'fear' you have, have faith that Aslan will grant you power to overwhelm the army of the snow queen"

For it is Aslan's desire to raise u to be kings and queens of narnia.

DI scholars... (From Ace Veron)

wow.... we have a numbers of scholars in DI... God blessed us in our ministry and also in our studies... here are names of the outstanding students in DI...

Shen Mao Zheng from NorthZone.... he got Nafa Merit arward($200)
Heng Jun Lun, Joseph from North also.... he got ITE Clementi top 25% ($400)
Chen Jia Shen from North also... got ITE Balestir Good Progress Award ($300)
Michael.... North again.... :) got ITE Dover Good Grades.... ($200)
Jasmine from the WestZone gotten CDC and CCC ITE Scholarship
Veronica & Huiling from West.... gotten Scholarship.....
Jing Min from West got Good progress Awards and bursary....

also good news from Nafa and East too.... :)
Yoke ling's desgin was chosen for competition....
Germaine's design too was chosen... for Germany and mediacorp show....
From East... we have Kelvin & Joel... who got Good progress Award.... ($300)
and Xiu Zhen who got top 5 in her course and received $500....

God is so faithful...
Matthew 6:33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

see God never shortchange anybody who serve Him... so many servants of God being blessed....
Jia You and work hard all, you who had received God's blessing... your good results enable all ur pre-believer frens to see how God is faithful in ur lifes...the other Dians... lets us be motivated by their testimony and too claim God's promise.... :)

leaders.... i do not have all the Dians's email... plz help me forward this email to them... thanks.... :)

You are my superwoman...

Dedicated to my mum. Sorry mom.

"Early in the morning i put breakfast at your table

一夜都没睡但我不曾如此清醒
我早餐准备了你爱吃的东西
这次换我等你被咖啡的香味叫醒
想要找回每天早晨对我微笑着的你
还能够做些什么代替我的歉意
总是望着我小心翼翼顺着我呼吸
而我竟然理所当然让你精疲力尽
you were my superwoman
安静的在身边无条件给我梦寐以求的温柔
but i am only human
我怎么不懂你多寂寞残忍的犯了错
不能失去你 ooh-babe---
ooh—babe---
you fought your way through the rush hour
try to make it home just for me
月光下静静靠着彼此只求夜长一点
有多久没有好好看你只是认定了我
无论在什么时候回头都有你的笑容
是我忽略了你也会有想要哭的感觉
没有一种付出应该永远心甘情愿
再给被宠坏的男人最后一次机会
换我忍耐换我等待不要真的弃权
you were my superwoman
安静的在身边无条件给我梦寐以求的温柔
but i am only human
我怎么不懂你多寂寞残忍的犯了错
不能失去你 ooh-babe---
是我把爱想得太简单
以为只要我存在就能让你取暖
心里唯一的superwoman没有人能代替
不能想像更不能原谅这样让爱化成灰烬
you were my superwoman
安静的在身边无条件给我梦寐以求的温柔
but i am only human(希望只是一个只是一个人)
我怎么不懂你多寂寞残忍的犯了错(不能失去你)
if you feel it in your heart and you understand me.
stop right where you are, everybody sing along with me
you were my superwoman
安静的在身边无条件给我梦寐以求的温柔
but i am only human
我怎么不懂你多寂寞残忍的犯了错(不能失去你)
you were my superwoman
ooo~yes,u were
安静的在身边无条件给我梦寐以求的温柔
but i am only human
我怎么不懂你多寂寞残忍的犯了错(不能失去你)"

我的心真的受伤了...

As I blog, the title seems familiar...
Suddenly, I remembered I fell in love with the song when Weilian sang it at the finals of Superstar last year. I recall blogging the chords for this song on the 02/09/05...



1st, thank you so much to all who came down for my performance last night... Was really touched. (Those who dropped smses too, thank you so much also.)

Chiew Fang	Yolanda	Charlie
Angel - Zhexi	Mei Hwa	Huixian
Jia Hao & GF	Weilin	Wanrong
Jennifer	TianHan	Clarence

Actually, things got screwed up alittle. I was supposed to be singing [你那么爱她 by 李圣杰 & 林隆璇]. But I didn't get enough time to inform the staff at Hark's. They changed the style of the contest. 1st round, KTV style. 2nd round, unplugged. So I had no choice but to stick to the song they prepared for me. [我真的受伤了]

I was thinking: 'Die lah... No practice & can't remember the lyrics. Should i backout?'
Panic, panic, panic...
Then the waiter told me... "I lend u the lyrics lor... U go through... Dun worry, can one!"
So I just tried to memorised the lyrics as best as possible...

There were 8 contestants for this week... I was placed as no.6...
Somehow Hark's been changing the style of the competition every week...
This time, they managed to find the karaoke - 'minus one' for the songs selected. So...

First Round - Karaoke Performance
Second Round - Unplugged Performance

The songs performed were beautiful. Some of the performers could really imitate the original singers very well. E.g. Ronald Cheng, Van Fan Yi Chen... But somehow it lacked creativity. The personal touch.

Jimmy(Contestant No.3) sang 'I believe' so beautifully. Though it sounded like Van. But to reach a range like Van isn't easy... So, i give my hats off to you, Jimmy!


'Piano' was done so beautifully too. Err... Keira(No.7) did struggle on the last chorus. But c'mon... It was very good already. I liked the girl [No.5] who did the David Tao song... Nice rendition. But she didn't get in though. =(

Round One
My turn came...
Sang the karaoke-edited version...
*Shit* ... Too fast come in...
*Shit* ... forgot lyrics...
NERVOUS LAH... ARGGHHHH....
Amos was like 'Oh no... See screen!!! See screen!!!'
Haiz...
But after that, I carried the song as best as i could..

Shucks... Damn... Round 1... Bad impression...

Round Two
Unplugged version.

Amos told me to sing a rock version...
So I tried to... tried to get the beat...
So i danced a bit... (But the judge say i '发扬巅峰' )
Dun think i did well... cause I forgot the lyrics again. Gan Chiong...

Then Amos suggest I sing the original tempo...
Then the judge say i always stick my tongue out...
So better watch that out on my next act.

They did mentioned I can get the most showmanship prize though. (=_= ")

So I sang again... Unplugged...
Using the mic stand, I sang with my eyes closed most of the time...
then 'they' were saying I sang with TOO MUCH emotions. And standing there with the mic stand, a bit 'mu na'... But this time, i remember the lyrics pretty well.

And of coz, my peeps were cheering and yelling 4 me...

"Too much use of the nose voice, and pls hold your mic nearer to the mouth!!!" were the comments... LoL... Amos got irritated, then he cried out "Hey hey, today not Monday hor. Not practice night! I know u guys like him and want him to improve. But too much comments..." LoLz

Anyway, haiyah... suan le la...
My pattern can never make it one la...
Too much hope = too much disappointment...

The time was already 11 after all had the turns to sing. And most of them had to go.
So I thanked them all for coming and for all the support.
Then a fella came up to me and asked if I was Gerald's church fren.
He came with his gf... And was there to support me!!!
Thanks man, bro!!! (Heard from Gerald that his fren's a student at Hark)
And @ about 11:15pm, they announced the results.

Sharon came with the bill... Hundred plus. Wah!!! LoL...
So... there I was digging my pockets for the money and *shit* not enough... Dig dig dig...
and then... in the background, I hear Amos going, "the first winner for tonight is... "

"... 窗外阴天了 音乐低声了 我的心开始想你了 ..."


What the?! Huh?!?! I was shocked...
C'mon... I sucked big time back there man!
My fellas who were still around cheered...
[Weiling, Clarence, Angel & Joseph]
I didn't believe it... Thanks Peepz!!!

Most of the guys congratulated me. Even there was this guy, Jimmy's friend... (Used to be my ex-campmate from the mortar platoon) came to shake my hand.

Seriously, I really thought I would be the last 2nd one...

The other winners are of coz, Jimmy, Keira and Chap...



It was really one experience...

But honestly... How do i vie in the finals man?

Busy busy busy...

Been so busy lately...

Haven really got the time to blog any decent entries... LoL

This is my schedule for the week:
Tues - Sound Workshop @ Oceania Room [Hope-Vision Ministry]
Wed - Matthew Caregroup [My performance]
Thur - Habakkuk bible study @ Yo~mama's house
Fri - Men's conference
Sat - NG12A1 gathering
Sun - Mothers' Day

Busy now... Blog again...