Vague yet deep childhood memories
been in yamaha electone class for a decade. almost. i still remembered the times me and my classmates shared...

our first teacher was ms aderienne chong. she's a great teacher and pampered us alot... (u'd see why later on) if i remembered correctly, there were 6 of us in her class. joan, jieying, deeg, jasper*, nicholas* and myself. (*- i'm not very sure if i got their names correctly... so long ago already...)

once, when we were learning the beginners' book 2 and the theme was on foods/snacks. ms chong bought tidbits like rice crackers, soda and mash mellows every lesson... she made us listen to the song we are going to learn to play on cd that day, and eat along with the song. for e.g. that day the song we are going to learn is on soda. she bought cans of soda and we drank sip by sip according to the beat of the song. that was extremely fun!!

today, i have to make use of this as evidence to confirm whether nicholas was really one of us in that class so many years ago...

yesterday, i received an sms from weixiang(my band mate) asking me if my english name was crystal. he told me that his classmate(nicholas) described somebody just like me, and that nicholas once learnt the electone at my previous yamaha branch, yishun.
then, nicholas and i asked ourselves alot of questions thru sms yesterday night. every "evidence" seemed so right... however, we're still in doubt... because some doesn't match. like, a girl by the name of crystal he knows doesn't exist in our class. joan and i confirmed that. also, we're the only oldest batch around at that time. so there couldn't be other classes.

i really felt like i am tracking a long lost friend... some things just can't be replaced... especially childhood memories and friendships... nothing can be compared to the strong bonds our class built while learning the electone together.... the sad thing is, the place is no longer there... and the only few who "survived" until now are joan, jieying and myself.....

doctors... medicine...
i got a shock of my life when the doctor told me i'm suffering from low blood pressure. 86. as compared to normal blood pressure (110 to less than 140), mine was lower than the normal low blood pressure. and the next thing i know was... i can't take milk and tea stuff... *stares* milk+tea=my favourite. *awhz* and one of the capsules given is bigger than a 10-cent coin... thicker than a dollar coin... charcoal black in colour... it's name is even more terrifying: ULTRACARBON *faintz* but i managed to finish them, surprisingly. cos' those who knows me well, knows that i hate medicine... well, anything to do with hospitals... clinics... etc.

these few days, i've been resting at home. and i definitely learnt alot from my mom. she explained to me some of the health-related articles that are beneficial to me. i must admit... i don't really bother about how i eat, when i eat, what i eat... generally, my health.
i really must thank my mom. when i was a young toddler, she buys me foods that are highly nutritious. ginseng and other herbs, together with porridge? and birds nest? she told me just today and added that, if not for all these tonics and stuff, i would have... *lack of vocab* (translating's a tough job...)

now, i truly know why they got so furious whenever i get sick...


Which HP Kid Are You?

This is the day . . .
..when Northland Secondary School Symphonic Band clinched a Silver for SYF Central Judging.
I'm feeling kind of neutral about this. I know we should be contented that we managed to maintained our standard and that Gold is too far-fetched a goal. But, it doesn't mean that it is impossible. Still, SYF only means that we are able to play the 2 competition pieces well. So, whether or not the Silver is too easy to get and is too common for almost every Band in Singapore doesn't matter. What matters is, we put in alot of our effort and time in practising and wanted the result we initially aimed for.

This is also the day I came to know how narrow-minded my friend is(and I really hope that I am dreaming now... this can't be true... can it?). What's wrong with being too emotional? If you don't like it, what can you do? U mean u can control emotions? Oh please lah... Some people are just too emotional and that doesn't mean that u can categorise them under the "plain-immaturity" category... DOTZ... Get a Life, man!
So many people in this world express themselves through different mediums... could be emotions... could be acting... could be dancing... or even music... etc... we choose to live our own lives, express ourselves differently and who are you to place us in your own 'self-worded' categories?! DOTZ!

Which [Seven Dwarfs] are you?

You represent... hope.
You're quite a daydreamer and can be a hopeless
romantic. You enjoy being creative and don't
mind being alone at times. You have goals, and
know what you want in life... even if they are
a little far fetched.


What feeling do you represent?
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This week's FridayFive...
1. Do you remember your first best friend? Who was it?
(ans) Charlotte. My primary school friend. We were in the same class: P1-4E & P6B...

2. Are you still in touch with this person?
(ans) Yep! Since we left our primary school, we kept in touch through letters, until now. And recently, she joined me at the same tuition centre. We also remembered each other's birthdays every year. =)

3. Do you have a current close friend?
(ans) Mm-hmm. Actually, a number of them are my close friends. Like, Jessica, Uma and Jasrie.

4. How did you become friends with this person/people?
(ans) -Jessica- We attend the same secondary school... and were from the same class from sec1 to 2... -Uma & Jasrie- We are members from the Band... and the same class for almost 2 years... go to the mrt station to get home quite often, together...

5. Is there a friend from your past that you wish you were still in contact with? Why?
(ans) Definitely, MingYing. We knew each other since primary 1, and can be considered as close friends. But she moved and transferred to another estate... so we lost touch.

Copious Tears
yesterday was the most unimaginable night for me ever... I wasn't sure if that was myself. I felt that there was this round trough, like the one in the science lab... filled with huge gallons of water. Maybe it was filled to the brim already... so it overflowed continuously like the floods china is encountering now. I felt much better, although shocked at what happened.
Thanks to my mom. I felt so bad that she had to stay up so late to comfort me. I told her what I experienced in school this year, especially recently. When my hands were held in hers, I felt much better... like a bandage over a wound...
It was difficult to "widen" my "sore" bulging eyes this morning... When I reached band today, my section people were asking if something was wrong... and finally pour out my woes particularly on the band to LinJean, surprisingly. Surprised because, I don't normally tell anyone, not even my closest friend, how I feel deep inside of me. Not even on this blog. It's not that I don't trust my friends. I just find it extremely difficult to express from within. I guess that is why I encounter "emotion explosions"...?

Lately, too many things happened... especially in the band... I don't want to talk about it anymore after already replying to 3 ppl's, "Are u alright?"
Why must everything go haywire at this crucial moment, with SYF nearing...

I am tired. Extremely tired.
||| blogged on Saturday, 12 July 2003 |||

Came & Went together...
The blow was almost too painful to bear. This was because hopes that conjoined Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani would pull through the risky surgery to separate them had soared so high. Even at 1.30pm yesterday after they had been separated, optimism remained high. Suddenly, within hours they were both dead.
The team of six surgeons and their 100 supporting staff had tried to stem the profuse bleeding. They failed. What led to the deaths will be examined and analysed in the weeks ahead...
Their (the twins) deaths have devastated not only their family and Iranians but also people everywhere, particularly those in Singapore. For it was here that the two bright and lively 29-year-old sisters had arrived in November.
They knew they could die, but they were unwavering in their decision after a lifetime of compromising on everything -- from when to wake up to what career to pursue. However, their relentless pursuit of leading individual lives ended in tragedy yesterday at the Raffles Hospital.
[an extract from "Streats" newspaper on July 9 2003]
My deepest sympathy to the sisters' family.

Dear God, I Wish...
that Jasrie stays truly happy & finds a great confidante...
that Lin Jean don't have to feel so miserable in school...
that Edmund stays in the pink of health... (Get Well Soon!)
that Mr Tay isn't upset anymore...

"When life gives you a thousand reasons to cry, show that you have a million & one reason to smile."


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Today, after my electone lesson at thomson plaza, I spotted this polaris necklace at one of the jewelry shop. It was priced at $199. It really looked like the one in the very popular korea show: Winter Sonata. Well, it is the one in the show. I was like so stunned when the salesman showed it to me. I stood there admiring it for like 15 minutes? Haha! *Click on the above the Picture*