My darlings.

Went to Kinokuniya on Saturday. Saw this, bought it.

It's the novel of the show [霹雳MIT].

Been hooked onto this show since A'levels. Besides the fact that my Aaron is starring in it, this show is a mystery & investigation show, something I like, that's why I'm so in love with it.

...AND...

Bought this at Borders a few days ago :D

Had to clean the house for an entire day for this.

OK, going away to listen to Sasha Fierce. Bye.

乐之韵 by KCCO

Monday8/12/2008
Never been this tired(since A'lvls ended).
The rain woke me up at 4.30a.m, struggled off bed to close the windows.
Then, I saw dad, sitting in front of the TV, drinking a can of beer.
Me: Hi dad, 你回来了呀？几点回来的？
Dad: Just now, around 4.
Me: Orh. I go drink water. Go sleep la Dad. Goodnight.
Then I went back to sleep.
I closed my eyes, and heard: "Girl, it's 6, wake up."
!!! I thought I just fell back to sleep and 1.5hours just passed like that?!!!
Me: Ten more minutes...
Mum: Ok, ten minutes later 你自己起来呀！

Then I got myself ready and left house. Took a bus and changed to another bus before reaching Katong Convent (cos' dad, a.k.a my driver, is apparently still sleeping).

Reached KC, saw Cheryl and Daphne swinging on DIY swings made of ropes and baskets by the girl guides.

Other girls started streaming into school, both present and alumni girls. School never felt so good and welcoming when I was there six years ago.

Madam Foo came, brought a copy of newspapers with her.

She said to us: 我们的表演在今天的早报有大广告．

Me: 哇！真的吗？

Madam Foo:真的，是Mr. Yeo帮我们打的广告

Then Mdm Foo started flipping the papers, looking for the advertisement.

She flipped and flipped and flipped... and still couldn't find the advertisement.

Me: 老师，我帮你找啦

Then I took out my favourite section of the newspaper, the entertainment section, and flipped open the papers.

And this was what I saw.

Here it is!!!
Cool eh? Quite big leh... I was thinking that the advertisement would be just one small and tiny section, but it was actually at the entertainment section, next to A*Mei and Feng Fei Fei! WOW!

Then, we took the chartered bus to NAFA, at Bencoolen. Alicia and I both agreed that it was the ulu-est concert theatre in Singapore. Haha.

Cheryl, Evadne and I were in charged of backstage and also the dressing rooms. 'Busy' is the word to describe it. Mdm Foo passed me the master card of the dressing rooms, which means that I have to open the doors for anyone who wants to get to the dressing rooms. We had to run up and down from the stage to the dressing room, and telling the kids to keep quiet. The kids get real excited at times, and there was one girl who was so excited and talking REALLY loudly. I asked her why was she so excited, she said "I saw my parents down there!" OK. -.-

Some pictures:

Geraldyne and me

She was the Emcee for that day, together was Carolyn.

Alina and me.

She asked me to go for NYCO's concert next Sunday. Erm, see first la. That thing around Alina's neck was the card I was in charged of.

Back at KC.

It was a really busy Monday, and it rained the entire day too. But the concert was a mega success, so it was worthwhile:)

And, Happy Birthday Lynette, my dearest 猪妈.

Credits: Pictures from Alina's Facebook acc.

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Sunday 7/12/2008
We went to Botanic Gardens to watch my bro’s school military band’s performance. My dad had to WORK on Sunday, so we took a bus down to Napier Road, insanely inconvenient.
And gosh, I have to say that I am so foreign to our Botanic Gardens. I saw things that I never knew the Gardens had.

Printscreened this from the video I took of his band's performance.

After the performance, we roamed around the Gardens.

And we saw some funny things.

...

What the heck? Did some cat-5 hurricane hit Singapore?
The bench flew so far away from its original spot!
-.-'''

I never knew the Botanic Gardens had these sculptures.
Look at that lady, she's on a hammock...

...suspended in mid-air.

Another sculpture.
An even weirder one

Now this girl swings in mid-air.

Then, this other girl, supposedly the previous girl's friend, goes for a ride on her bicycle.

Wee~~

This thing shouldn't be on the bench, it spoils everything.

Have I seen the GEM? So wierd la.

Chopin came to play...

So did my sis.

But, the plants there are nice too...

...apart from a few weird-looking ones...

This had got to be the fuzziest tree I've seen.

Stairs that lead to nowhere.

A highly distorted-looking tree.

Then, we proceeded to the Swan Lake.

There were only 2 swans in the entire lake.
At first, they were really far away. Then, my sis and I started whistling, hoping that these birds would come to us.

Haha, they indeed started waddling towards us.

They came so near.

So very near.
But I can't help but say... The iron casting of the swans looks extremely scary.

Near the lake, we saw another sculpture...
It's called 'Swing Me Mama'

The sky looked bad and sad, so we left soon after.
Only to realise that my brother hasn't finished his performance.

It's not our fault ok? He didn't tell us that his band would be performing another piece after SAS's band what...

Wee~ Wii~!

After lunch at the market today, Liz and I walked to my uncle's house. It was raining really heavily, so we went up to my uncle's house to 'take shelter'.
My uncle's house = Our playhouse.

My sis(Liz): 舅妈，我可以玩那个吗？
My auntie: 可以，可是不要把那个小瓜吵醒。
Liz: OK!
Me: Aiya, where's the i周刊？
Liz: Yes! Eh Jie, you want play?
Me: Don't want, i wanna read i周刊。
Liz: Fine la.

So, I went to read iWeekly, while my silly sister took out the plugs of Wii out, trying to connect them to the TV.
Then, after reading my iWeekly halfway, I looked at my sister, she is still struggling to fix the Wii and getting it to work.
Frustrated, she went to the kitchen asked my auntie: 舅妈, how ah?
My auntie: HUH? 这么久了都弄不好？
Liz: I dunno how come cannot work leh?
My auntie: This one I dunno, dun ask me!
Liz then walked back to the living room and said: How ah? Cannot leh.
Me: Don't care. (I said that out to irritate her)
Me again: What channel? Maybe you did turn to the right channel for the Wii..
Liz: Is it AV1? AV2? AV3?
My auntie saying from the kitchen: 应该是AV三...
Me: Eh meimei, i周刊 got Fahrenheit!
Liz: Aiya shaddup la.
...After damn long...
Liz: Oh, there! Can already.
Me: Oh cool~~
...Silence...
Liz again after quite long: Eh, why cannot?
My auntie from the kitchen: 还不可以啊？
Me: Check the remote control, maybe dont have battery.
Woa bingo!
Liz: Ei, really yeh...
My auntie, walking into the living room: 不可以吗?他们上次还在玩，可以玩的...
Me: 没有电池...
My auntie: Huh, 他们上次玩了把电池放在里面嘛，有啦，找好好...
Me: Haha.
Liz: YES!!!
... Then my handphone vibrated...
Me: Eh meimei, mummy messaged me, she say she at Daiso, you want anything from Daiso?
Liz: Dont want.
My auntie, back at the kitchen: Ha? 可以了吗？
Me: 可以了，她开始玩了。
My auntie, from the kitchen that seems so far away: Ha? 还不可以啊？
Me: 可以了，她在玩了。
My auntie, seemingly hard of hearing: Ha? 可以吗？
Me: 可以了！
My auntie: Orh.
Me to sis: Gosh, she can't hear me.
LIz, having just eyes for her Wii game: Should I play Mario? Wii Sports? Or Wii Play?
...Some ten minutes passed...
Liz: Jie! Look at this!
Me: Haha, what's this? Cool man...
This was what she showed me.

Cool eh? Didn’t know that Wii has such fun gadgets, but this steering wheel looks just like a toddler’s toy car’s steering wheel. Haha.
Playing Wii is fun, but watching someone play Wii is where the fun really is.

Players of Wii can look extremely retarded like this.

Haha, but it was quite cool.
…Around half and hour later…
Me: Ooo, mummy messaged me to ask me to borrow i周刊from 舅妈.
Me again: 舅妈，我跟你借i周刊吖，上一期的.
My auntie: OK.
Me: Little Nyonya…What's so nice about the show that Mum and Kenneth love it so much?
Liz: Kenneth 要借i周刊ah? 他喜欢那个白薇秀ah?
Me: Ah Nor, 他的最爱，哈哈。
…Flipping the Little Nyonya iWeekly…
Me: Meimei! Look! Aaron so cute!!!
Liz: Whatever picture of him you say cute will be ugly to me…
Me: Whatever, you horrid.
…My sis then plays this cool game on Wii…
Me: Eh mei, let me play…
Liz: Na.
Me: Woo, cool~
…Start behaving like a retarded flinging my arms around with the Wii controller...
…After much games and even more insane movements, we switched to Wii Sports…
It was then things got messy.
Liz: Play what?
Me: Anything fun.
Liz: Boxing, boxing very fun, can exercise some more.
Me: Ok lor.
…It was damn fun…
Me: Eh, why I always lose?
Liz: Lousy.
Me: Eh, I think its cos my controller battery going flat already la.
Liz: Ya hor…
Liz again: Na, you use my controller then I use yours. I sure win you still.
Me: Who says?
…3, 2, 1 Start…

Liz: WOOO!
Me: PUNCH!
Liz: PUNCH YOU! PUNCH YOU!
Me: BLOCK! ARGH!

Liz: KILL YOU, KILL YOU
Me: HEHHEH, YOU’RE LOSING!
Liz: ARGH! NO! YOU’RE LOSING.
…After 5 mins…
Me: Shit!
Cos I saw…

Yes, we woke him(the 小瓜) up cos we were making too much noise. Now, my auntie sure make noise la.

小瓜: Eh, 你们很吵leh，我睡觉听到你们讲话leh，你们知不知道！

Me: 没有啦，你在做梦啦。
小瓜: 你们讲话很吵，我听到。
Me: NO, it's in your dream, you were dreaming...

小瓜: 不要以为我不知道你们在玩那个game, 不要骗我.
Me: Aiya, 回去睡觉啦.
小瓜: 睡饱了啦.

So, he started to watch us play Wii, refusing to get back to bed.

My auntie: Hai, 每次都这样，一点点声音就会把他吵醒。
Me: 麻烦啊！

After Liz finally got bored of Wii, we decided to go home, only to realise that the rain has gotten heavier.
Haha, Wii is really quite fun, but it can be insane at times.

何维健 《无法归类》 Review

第一届〈绝对Superstar〉男子组季军、2008年新加坡金曲奖〈最具潜力本地新人奖〉得主，何维健肩上背着的期盼是有可想象中的大又重。让歌迷们等了已久的专辑在新加坡是受到了好评，可是在“只靠实力是没有用”的台湾乐坛，何维健却也还是个默默无名的新人，还得多加努力！

何维健 《无法归类》 ★★★☆☆

1。无法归类- 类似电子摇滚的前奏让人对这首歌多了份期待。歌曲蛮有感染力，有点像刘力扬的[我就是这样]，炫耀自己，不盲目跟从别人的尾巴，活出自己。可是，听众不难听出何维健的绊脚石，也就是唱歌时满口蛋珠，字都吐不出来，捆在口腔里。这样的咬字方式会让人听不出歌词，的确很致命。

2。碰碰爱- 翻唱法文歌曲[Hey Oh], 原唱组合Tragédie 唱得比较嘻哈，何维健则唱得比较有规矩，没放胆子去唱。可是曲子原本就是很调戏地，所以对何维健来说也是一次蛮大突破的尝试，刺激一下歌迷的口味。“Hey Oh” 一共唱了二十几次，听完了一遍就会一起哼着唱，绝对能成为舞曲。

3。你走天桥 我走地下道- 一首R&B式的情歌。用了‘天桥’、‘地下道’和‘街角’来描述爱情的距离。腼腆又带有磁性的歌声听起很舒服，可是咬字有待进步。非常能K的歌，也是一首谜夺女性芳心的歌曲。

4。今天过去- 何维健把歌曲诠释得比较有力度，唱得比较成熟。虽然歌词唱着“还是一样…还是一样…”可是，改变以往腼腆式的唱法，已给人一种不太一样的感觉。歌曲很耐听，也应该很好K。唯一的遗憾就是突然蹦出来的Rap跟歌曲其他深情的部分格格不入，有点多余。

5。我舍不得- 据了解，此歌是翻唱一首泰文歌。三碗猪脚(sa wa di ka)! 哈~哈~ 抱歉，有点冷。前奏及背景音乐都有点中国风的调，但不难听出泰国流行音乐的味道。可是歌曲却没带来什么大惊喜，词普通，曲子也普通，少了个能给人留下印象的点。

6。咬字- 是不是每位歌手都想取个最有趣的歌名来增加听众的好奇心？见识了黄靖伦的[慢半拍]和[走音]，原来何维健也有[咬字]，那大家还记得五月天的[忘词]吗？这首歌几乎是何维健一手包办，看得出他的用心及才华。有趣的歌曲，写得不错，尤其超级现实的歌词。歌词写到“咬的字清不清 我不晓得 有些说我短舌 嘴里糖果含着两颗 这绝对是我的一种特色”很自豪地唱出自己咬字不清的缺点，嘿嘿，做人就是要有自信嘛，可是对一个新人来说，会不会臭屁了点呀？而且，怎么感觉有点像吴克群的[大舌头]，“跟我说HEY~跟我说HO~”也有一点罗志祥的影子？

7。忘得掉- 舞娘？！？副歌部分也太太太像了吧！！！歌中的“只是想要問你 你好不好”的编曲简直跟蔡依林的[舞娘] 的 “旋转 跳跃 我闭着眼”像到~！天啊。这首由陈孟奇作的曲子也明显比较适合女生唱，歌曲听起来俏皮了点，不适合男生唱啦。怪怪嘞，把它“忘掉”吧…

8。我相信- 也是一首翻唱歌，原唱者是韩国当红男子团体东方神起，在网络上有好多DBSK的歌迷大表不满，说何维健没资格翻唱他们偶像的歌。可是何维健并不是第一个翻唱这首歌曲的人，范逸臣与范扬逸也翻唱过一个男女对唱的版本。何维健的版本还算好听，情感做到了，歌得也有层次，值得一听。

9。我的连续剧- 一首歌词很空的歌，想表达的到底是什么，我听了上万遍还听不出。可是说真的，歌词“我的连续剧 你的连续剧”蛮琅琅上口，编曲也不错，可是整体来说还是少了些什么。有一段歌词写到“我們要多少年後才肯相遇”，我却一而再再而三地听成了“我们要多就才肯生育”。这首歌就如歌词里的“路標没說明 我找不到 那一颗真心”，没路标、没方向的歌，我找不到那一个感动。

10。逆时针忘记- 一首忧伤的慢歌，还蛮耐听地。歌词巧妙地运用了同音字来带出不同的意境，“逆时针的忘记”，听起来就像“你是真的忘记”。这首成熟系男儿的歌何维健诠释得不错。

11。克罗地亚的天空- 克罗地亚=Croatia。何维健参与了作曲，表现了他创作的天分。可是这首歌曲跟[咬字] 比起来就没那么深刻。歌曲是走轻摇滚风，第二段副歌的部分唱得有点吃力的感觉。可是刚听这首歌时，觉得有点似曾相似，有点想何耀珊的[握紧]。但整首歌听下来是不错的，挺有意思的。

加入了多首翻唱曲，本小姐要做的功课更多了，不只要听原唱的版本，还得做比较，幸好这张专辑还算有料，还是值得听的。

推荐曲：你走天桥我走地下道，今天过去，咬字，逆时针忘记，克罗地亚的天空

Us.

Okay, here are Mum's real babies.

That was like in 2003? Super long ago la.

We were in Thailand then. Were we? Or was it Laos?

Hack la, somewhere around the Golden Triangle la.

Look at my brother, he looks so short in this pic, he is towering me at 1.7+ now.

Look at my sister, she is Ben Yeo. Haha.

And I had a bald patch on my head la, gosh, the old days... Haha.

Orchids

These are my mum's babies... She watched them grow.

It took more than a year for these to bloom.
Longer than how long it took me to learn how to talk.

My mum was so excited when she saw the baby buds growing out.

She asked so frequently, "Girl, what colour do you think the orchids will be?"

My answer? No answer, who cares anyway.

Then, they bloomed, yeah, White.

My mum's reaction: "I thought they would be Pink, or at least Yellow..."
Me: "Aiya, no diff anyway..."

But, come to think of it, these things do look beautiful eh?

My house does have nice things to look at afterall:)