Alrights, my second post of the day because the previous was about the past. Duh. A blog's about the past isn't it? Something must have happened so I'll write about it right? haha.......
I was mad today and decided to run from my dentist to Island Creamery. Firstly, my dentist is at bukit batok, near the swimming pool. Secondly, Island Creamery is at Serene Center, opposite Adam Rd Fd Center. Actually it really isn't that far. With my SUPER SLOW speed, I took around an hour to run (including approx 10 min of talk time walking) there. And ended up having ice cream at Island Creamery. Darn. Ooo.. and I rented Akeelah and the Bee, and 法证先锋 (a HK serial). So anyway, Run if you can, walk if you can't, crawl if you must. That's from Dean Karnazes. A very very very zai ultramarathoner.
I love that book. Gives me inspirations and motivations. And that's how I got inspired to put on my running shoes again. Might as well lose some weight. Hehe. Going to cut down on red meat (although I usually don't eat much red meat) and sugars! No more fast food. Cut down on supper (omg. My prata at upper thomson!!). No soft drinks. Less fats (including biscuits, pastries, etc). Yay. Let's see how long I can keep this going.
Training for hc started already. I'll have to switch to a k2 soon. If not I can't keep up le. Then NTU will start soon. I'm still thinking if I should paddle for them. Oh well. Just let things take their course. I think I'll have muscle aches tomorrow!
Zhen Rong's on air now. Hahah. He should pop by often to partner Mary. More relaxed and funny. Haha.
oh ya. I changed my blog song to Xuan Wo from yanzi's 10th album. One of my favourite songs (not only of this album but all songs) because one fine day, night actually, when I was listening to it and looking at the lyrics, I was SUPER touched by it. Resonance they call it. haha.
This is a bit late but my exams are over! Haha. I didn't want to come online earlier cos due to some reason, I was a bit sian of coming online. Imagine all the videos to be dl-ed. pukes.
Anyway, I am going to talk about the Music in the Air recording dunno-how-many-umpteen weeks ago BECAUSE the Mediacorp version is TOTALLY off. 15min for a SUPERSTAR?! mind you, I'm talking about an actual superstar, not those who joined the 'superstar' competition. Bleah. Those aren't superstars. No one knows who they are. Haha. I'm so bad but it's the truth.
So to the benefit of Ali and other non-fc pple who read this, here's the ACTUAL version of what happened...
We waited for HOURS after the sk event at vivocity (where I wore a red tie just because the theme was urban RED). It was raining and the ever nice auntie drove past us (not her, but her driver) in the rain, and actually drew the curtains apart to look at gj, kelvin and me huddling under an umbrella!!!! #$&*$%$#
That's besides the point. Anyway, we waited for hours (I think it was!) for the recording to start. We were originally seated behind the cameras and we were totally contented with that cos it meant we would be able to stand and get high and forget about our 'image'. However, the producers decided that there were too few hc guys so we were tasked to sit on the floor. We could have reached out and touched auntie but being the nice fans, we didn't.
She wore the same 宣传衣 as the taiwan autograph sessions so queen was like asking if she washed her clothes. then she scold us say 没礼貌! as usual...... sigh.. we aren't rude pple LOR. haha. anyway, she sang gugi gugi (the fuller version! not like the CUT one tt mediacorp showed), ni guang (ALSO the full one!) and wo huai nian de. So anyway, gugi gugi the pple ng-ed like 3 times because the door couldn't work. bleahs... but she kept looking at us maybe cos she wanted to see us embarrass ourselves dancing gugi gugi. Haha.
When we decided to let her sing one song properly instead of disturbing her, she thought we were singing too softly and asked us to sing louder. Being the super accommodating fans, we reverted to fans mode (was previously in the sing-properly-and-softly mode) for the next verse. And then, she just burst out laughing at the difference in sound level and quality of singing during the verse. FINE LOR. It became our fault that she missed the words. This part is NOT shown in the mediacorp version because they edited it away, leaving the final part of her laugh which resulted in a lack in continuity!! As usual, mediacorp also cut away parts.
Wo huai nian de. Pretty much the same except for the lack of coverage of the pple at the top. Mediacorp still showed the part where she laughed (which sounded like a zao xia if you didn't know better), and the part where she looked at us, 'making sure' that we sang the CORRECT lyrics as her (she sang wrongly la. haha).
Mediacorp also cut the teaching of the dance till pieces!! Queen machiam go there to be a mic-stand and dance a short part nia. Suddenly appear from no where, and suddenly disappear. Haha. Auntie was the one who said fans also know how to dance and tt's how queen miraculously appeared. The entire yzultd group also managed to do a disappearing act and re-appearance act during ni guang. Wa... We were actually on the floor and the next shot showing the audience, we were replaced by the hc pple on the floor. Then the next shot with auntie, we mysteriously appeared again. We are magicians I tell you. Haha.
Now, for the spoiler. The reason why we could disappear halfway was because we left when auntie left. So shots that were taken AFTER auntie left didn't have us. The editor probably didn't realise that and so used shots from after auntie left and slotted it in during the song. THERE. I'm glad we didn't stay for the entire recording or things would get ugly. haha. I think we would have simply walked off when the 4 'superstars' were singing a medley of her songs. ARGH. horrible. And one was my fav song!
Okies, that's the true story behind the Music in the Air auntie segment. Haha. Basically a lot more interaction with us, more 'logic' behind things, more *ahem* hiccups during the songs (which we really loved but probably not emi).
the seeker. 11:18 PM
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Why is it I always think the modules I'm taking ain't that bad afterall whenever I'm studying for the exams? Or rather, when I can focus and really study. I managed some real focused studying for the past 2+ hours and it felt great. I used to hate remaking cinema, thinking it was boring. But you know something, perhaps that was just for the first lesson. Never judge a book by its cover they say. In Sabrina (a 1954 film), it stresses on what's beneath the looks of things. And there's so much behind a film and any changes made in its remakes. I suddenly remember why I'm interested in these initially.
Work is work and it has to be done. No asking why. It's not fun, it's hard, but it not a chore.
the seeker. 1:40 AM
Sunday, April 15, 2007
I'm just popping by for a quick update because I have to hit the books again in 10minutes time according to my timetable. Haha. Well, it's been an exciting week. Seeing auntie dunno how many times over the wkend and now that she's in tw, I'm missing her already. CRAPS. I don't exactly have the time to blog about that. Probably when I finish my exams, I'll post some pictures instead.
Celebrated amanda's bday also and had a headache trying to think of a surprise for her. Haha. Looks like the taiwan prezzie came in handy. And because it was her birthday on the actual day, it overshadowed Chairmeh's enlistment the very next day.Funny thing is chairmeh still had time to call me the next day to tell us about Friday Weekly. Haha.
It's 2 days to my exams and I'm half panicky, half relaxed! My sister's printing out some notes for me. DIE. I'm still printing notes at this stage! hahahaha... Ok, four more minutes. I have to go. Will be back probably next wk. I have 6 papers in 7 days but I actually only have 5 days of exams. See ya!
the seeker. 2:22 PM
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Training today was satisfying. I paddled with the hc team and made me work out quite a bit. I can't catch up with the k2s at my current speed (actually I haven't tried cos I have others to look out for) so was basically with lh most of the time. The water was quite rough but I managed to put in some good strokes at times. I took my own sweet time warming up till the sets were nearly over before I could manage some good paddling. As usual, I paddle best in the lagoon where the water is the calmest. My fitness is still very much lacking though and that was evident in today's training. I'll put in more after clearing my exams.
the seeker. 11:16 PM
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
It's frustrating when I seem to be the one who's trying harder to keep a conversation going. Why can't you understand it take two to clap? Sometimes I feel as though I'm too far away from them. It really brings down my morale. Why am I doing all this.
Argh. I know it's hard to put words into action but sometimes, you really do need to climb into other people's skins and crawl around in it. It won't do any good to be selfish. It's just short term gains but what about in the long term? We must always think in terms of the big picture. It's just like enjoying an expensive meal with all the money you have and end up having to starve for the next umpteen years. Alright, that's a stupid analogy.
I feel like I'm just rambling on and on to no one in particular. I feel old.
the seeker. 10:28 PM
