Lovely...

I enjoy listening to acapella a lot, I love how it harmonizes and touches the audience with it. It's simply amazing isn't it?

Acapella always reminds me of my choir days in secondary school. I miss it, I really do, and it's a whole lot. Those competitive days, weekly rehearsals, performances, anxiety, happiness, joy, and not forgetting the fun-loving, and sometimes a little crazy, seniors... It's a pity our school choir disappeared in my third year of secondary school life, due to the lack of new blood. But the love for singing has never left me, ever. My brother thinks my singing irritates him, my neighbours probably think so too, but I can't help it. ;)

TVXQ singing Gospellers's "Towa ni"


TVXQ singing "Towa ni" together with the original singers - Gospellers

Drive

I must be really yearning to drive. Last night was not the only night that I dreamt of myself driving, without a liscense.

It may just be a useful skill to others, but I've always wanted to know how to drive ever since I was a kid. Since I was a baby, I've always sat in my dad's car and seen him man the machine to make it move and get us to places. In fact, I must have already felt it when I was still in my mum's womb; babies inside their mum's womb are actually already aware of their surroundings, they just don't remember it when they grow up because everyone gets amnesia at a certain age (about one-year-old or so) and forgets their "baby-hood," according to a Discovery programme.

And so, I'm finally working towards realising my goal of handling the moving machine and truly falling in love with it. It's funny how I put off learning to drive when I'm 18, I was probably afraid that I might not be able to handle it after all and disappoint myself. Hahaha...

Trivia: Do you know that driving was legal at the age of 16 before I think year 2001, in Singapore?

I was at the age of 15, excited at the fact that I could learn driving the next year end since my birthday was in November (on the 15th by the way. ;P) Then they had to announced that they're pushing the age back to 18, for good reasons. I guess I don’t blame them, 16 is indeed too young a age for drivers to learn responsibility, even 18 is too young for some.

Oh well... this is no time to worry if I would be able to control that moving machine well now, my advertising campaign is waiting for me in another window and throwing a temper, I can't possibly ignore it when it's due this Saturday, so is the advertising examination. Back to my advertising campaign!!! Urgh...the more I get nearer to completing it, the more I doubt if I'm on the right track...

TVXQ! 동방신기 東方神起 Tohoshinki

TVXQ! 동방신기 東方神起 Tohoshinki

These five mainly 21-year-old guys from Korea have been topping the Korean and Japanese(Oricon) music charts. Leading the korean wave(hallyu) around asia, these guys have what they've got to rise to such fame - Vocal and dance skills, plus looks - all of them were chosen to be artistes with SM Entertainment after winning nation-wide contests held by the largest entertainment company in Korea. They have won countless pretigious awards in Korea through the years but they are not intending to stop just there. Mastering the Japanese language only added to their advantage in the Japanese music industry, the 2nd largest after America. True enough, they are doing well all around asia these days and still constantly trying to conquer greater heights.

Take a glimpse at their acapella skills from this short video from their 2007 concert in Japan!



And this is the song that attracted me to them.. ;)
Tonight


...this is a "live" version.


This is a coverage done by a English TV station in Korea, Arirang, of TVXQ's climb to fame, in English language.
Part 1

Part 2

By the way, when they mentioned the countries that they were well-received in, they forgot to mention the rising number of fans in Singapore and Malaysia. Ya, I'm one of them in Singapore. Only, I'm over-aged to be screaming and jumping if I see them, I'll just laugh and remain infatuated at most. Hahahaha...


Enjoy!

Cheers! Love ya!

Public Relations Campaign Planning and Management

Finally, both Advertising and Public Relations modules are over. It's a tiring yet fruitful 18 days.

We learnt a lot, and played a lot. It's always fun with my clique of nine, and you can call us selfish, but we're really happy with nine. Not less, nor more.

Prof. Griffin was fine, not as notorious as we've heard. Actually, I think her rules are reasonable - things like being punctual, doing your assignments, participating in class. She's pretty entertaining too, with all the stories about her family and colleagues to emphasise certain points of the lecture. As long as you follow them and do your work well, she's really fine.

Dinner with Prof. Kenna Griffin at Vil'age


Second last day of PR lectures, all of us decided to accompany Celest and wear pink. Prof. Griffin challenged her to wear pink for all the 18 days of lecture, and no doubt, she made it, except for the last day for power suits.

See, our princess is all dressed in pink, even her socks and insides are pink - full set. (Except for James who refused to change into the pink shirt Celest brought for him. Good Daryl changed into pink...)



Time for some planning again. This time, crisis management. Preparation for our press conference, again in Pines KTV. We seemed like we were having a good time huh? Well, actually, it was pretty good, except for Jolene who was totally stressed out and thought the rest of us had nothing better to do.. oops...
See, she's singing with the styrofoam microphone and trying to swallow the small mic.


Last Day of class! Press Conference! And CREA8 is ever ready.



DV Camera; fake mics from styrofoam; speaker from a straw, pom pom and funnel; make-shift company tag - All out of the hands of our dear Celest.

And I gotta praise our spokesperson, Jolene. You did a great job answering all those questions! When we were asked why we chose Jolene as our spokesperson, I sort of wanted to answer, "because she has pretty dimples," but I went ahead to say because she has the composure to deal with pressurising circumstances like such - which is true too. Celest and I will go blank if it were us, and Anais would throw the chair at "hostile reporters." Hahahaha...

Group Picture! Hugs!


Time to plunge into my advertising and public relations campaignS!

Cheers! ;)

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Clarice's Birthday! - July 4, 2007



It's long overdue, but there you go...
My face's super white here... haha.. Anyway, we managed to meet up after a long long time for our Ms. Japanese-wanabe's birthday at The Chocolate Factory. Nina brought her huge SLR, but The Chocolate Factory didn't allow photo-taking at their premises, so we could only do with a few photos. Gavin the "abang" also joined us before rushing back to camp.

Getting gifts for Rice isn't too hard? We showered rice with presents that had everything to do with Japan. Pretty kimono fabric-made bags and pouches. Even I like them too.. Heh...

Cheers!!~

CREA8 Advertising Agency

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This is my advertising agency. Well, we're not fully functional, and operated solely for academic purposes. ( I wished we operated for monetary profit too. Haha...) But I'm proud of my group and feel fully satisfied although we did not clinch the account. I think we did pretty well. Heh.. ;D

We had a good time working together. What with a Hot Stuff, Pornstar, Hello Kitty, and MaMa in our group. And I'm remembered as Princess Fiona. Unique combination huh?

Who else prepares for their presentation in a KTV? Yes, we did.

Moreover, we operate this way:
When Jolene is stressed, she can't think.
When Celest is stressed, she loses things.
When Anais is stressed, she can't find things.
When Fiona is stressed, she gulps drinks.
Together, we're CREA8 Advertising.

Wahahahahaha...

To strengthen our corporate identity, we wore matching colors to the pitch.


Coincidentally, the combination of red and black was our professor's favourite colors.

And we looked like a team here...


Now it's time for the Public Relations module, and may I say it's pretty notorious? Oh well.. we'll see.. I'm sick... Urgh...

Cheers, anyway! :)

~ Mid-May to Mid-June Update ~

MOTHERS' DAY - May 13, 2007


MOTHERS' DAY - May 14, 2007

May 25, 2007



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May 26, 2007

June 5, 2007

June 20, 2007

April Update

April Update





Things happened in the month of April, both good and bad. I think my defense mechanism is acting up and pushing back unfond memories, so I can't recall much about the month. Just the good things remain in my conscious mind, all the rest are hidden away in some corner of the sub-conscious mind. Oh well... we should always look ahead, isn't it? So, just look ahead... Hahaha... Once again, my English has gone away from me again, I'm talking rubbish now.

Anyway...Cheers! =D

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A joke turned bad

It was totally uncalled for, a joke turned bad - miscommunication that brought about misunderstanding, and an extra buzzing bee thrown in to fan the flames.



It's stressful to organise any events, because you're held responsible for everything. When things go well, people don't thank you for that because assuming that things would go as planned is a thinking of the norm. Besides, that's what everyone hopes for, isn't it? But when one thing proceeds any other way but the way you planned, the whole train collapses as well. Anyone thinks we cannot understand this? Buzz off if you're ignorant, we don't need your guidance, no thanks.

Miscommunication = Misunderstanding = Irrational Emotions = Irrational Behavior = Dire Consquences

Then this song came to our minds:
"無心傷害, 你應該明白...
I never meant, I never meant to hurt you..."
(verses from Alex To's song)

So our friendship for more than a decade is that fragile? That I didn't know. I probably don't wish to know. It's upsetting enough. If there're enough reasons to remain angry even after our apologies, actions taken, remorse, and time having passed, then I believe we have sufficient reasons to be upset about the whole incident too. Please also remember to put our feelings at that point of time and all throughout the night into consideration. It certainly did not go anywhere near good.

Urgh...this is all so pointless, just so pointless. The whole incident is simply meaningless, I don't wish to say anymore, since the one who should be listening won't listen now.

We're officially forsaken for now. Our sincerity? Forgotten. Period.

Off I am to Dreamland in hope of peace and solace. -End of story-

"Three in the black"

The result for the previous module, Behavioural Science (Psychology), that I'd taken last month was just released last weekend. And I had to be informed by my classmate where and how to get my results from the OCU website. *phew

My class with our professor for Psychology

Photo Credits: Stephanie and James

The night before the paper, I'd attended Re-connect, a SP DMC graduates' gathering, thinking I had sufficient time for a final revision when I got back from the event since I'd started my revision pretty early due to the strong interest in it. But I left later than planned and the cabs refused to come, De'lites and I spent about 30 freaking minutes before we finally managed to grab a cab. Then time slipped by and the sun rose quickly, every car that roared by the road below meant the time for the morning paper was closing in, and I haven't caught even a wink. Coffee only makes you wide-awake physically; the neural messages don't fire as often so your thought processes slow down, heartbeat quickens from overworking throughout the night, and more adrenalin is produced - bringing about a fake 'high' - but I drank it anyway. Being wide-awake with a slow-processing brain is better than dozing off on the paper - I'll beat myself up real bad if I can't score for a subject I like that much, studied that passionately, and spent so much time reading up on. What's more, I had to pack my bag for HuiMin's birthday party chalet right after the paper. I thought I could faint once we assembled at HuiMin's house, but the coffee kept me in a zombie-like state. Eventually, I only zonked out at about 2am some time after the party had ended; it was the earliest I'd gone to sleep at a chalet. Hahahaha...

By far, I've gotten the results for the three modules that I've taken over the months, and they have been very satisfactory. The most recent module - Politics, Economics, America and the Future - did not excite me too much, though thank goodness we got a professor who explained the history of America to us in a very easily-understandable manner. I'd heard from a schoolmate who is in the same course but a few terms ahead of me, that she'd gotten a professor previously who expected them to get a full understanding of American history themselves. *phew* Finding an article on American issues then proceed to work on an assignment about it isn't something someone like me would put as number one on my list. I don't even keep track of local politics, how much can America's interest me? The competitive side of me wants to continue being satisfied, but procrastination tugs my legs. I hope the former wins the battle, I really do.

Well, life's been pretty good. How bad can life be when you're on a study break, even when you've got a paper to study hard for and assignments to complete? I've granted myself a week's break from studies after the lectures and tutorials ended about last week. As much as I want to indulge in the world of videos from tudou.com (a Chinese equivalent of Youtube which provides video clips with better resolution and audio quality) for the whole break, the consequences will be too much to bear if I do just that. Oh well... I'm not complaining, really.

Til then, folks!

Cheers to a new month! Happy April Fool! ;D