Enchanted

Hiddey Ho!
Came back with 'Enchanted"! I love most of the songs, the tune is nice, the storyline is magical and...stopstopstop. Check it out! (from y-o-u-t-u-b-e.con-) lol

Disney's Enchanted - "True Love's Kiss"



Disney's Enchanted - "Happy Working Song"



"That's How You Know" from Disney's Enchanted



So Close - Enchanted



Carrie Underwood Music Video "Ever Ever After" from Enchanted



Enjoy!

(Disclaimer, all are from youtube.com and are property of Disney) u noe, juz in case i need to state some copyright stuff...

Singing along......
kahmun

Ella Enchanted

Some music videos from youtube......nice tunes...

Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Ella Enchanted




Ella Enchanted - "Somebody to Love"


lalala....
kahmun

Videos to share share

Some funny ones to share.... (from youtube.com) Enjoy





haha

This mentioned my school...



Actually, my school is a mixed school, though it used to be a girl's school...Hossan Leong is so funny and not at all offending (i was laughing my head off the whole time)....haha

Last but not least....




Laugh till ny tummy hurts,
kah mun

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hey!
Went to watch Temasek JC chinese orchestra concert yesterday. Pulled along by shimin...Jing ying also going, along with the other five menbers of her family.
Details:
What: Temasek JC CO concert
Where: SCH
Who: me, shimin, jing ying+family, annebelle, 'boyboy'..
When: yesternite, 7.30 to about 10.15pm

It all started when shimin asked me to go to this concert with her. I agreed and bought the $12 ticket for myself , thinking 'hey,after exams, relax mah'. Actually, shimin is helping her ruan teacher(member of TJCCO) to sell tickets for the concert.(surprise,surprise). As the day drew near, i was trying very hard to contain my excitement, haha. And i wasn't in the least bit disappointed...there was a sheng solo (mi instrument) and seriously, it was damn good. I was super duper stressed by the end of the song...Jing ying and shimin were 'making eyes' at me, like as if they were saying, 'See kah mun, if others can play this well, you can do too' (haha). Super+super+super duper stress...Well next would be a dizi duet solo. The orchestra was a rather big group and was an elite one (go check their SYF scores...). I bet many of them hold diplomas. This was also a popular orchestra in that school, judging by the way they had their own concert and the hall was practically filled up + loud cheers from the audience when the players appeared. Which reminded me of mine, which garnered much criticism from the other CCAs during our early days, plus the failure in us seniors part to get juniors who are actually enthu about the chinese instruments instead of gloating over Sylester (pardon me). I had a feeling that the orchestra will collapse after the graduation of my batch. Anyway, back to the topic...the fun really starts after the last song. As usual for a concert that was to end, players+conductor stands up and bow amid the audiences clappings+cheerings+(listen to this one)shouting 'encores'. So, after a long time of clapping,(and my asking of shimin through my smile 'are we done clapping yet),the conductor came back to the stage and led the orchestra on another piece of song. The same thing happened after the end of
that song and boy, was i surprised. Everybody starts to lose the seriousness of a concert and even the players beagn to smile....wat a fun nite!!!!

cheers

Saying 'No'

'Eugene Loh, 938LIVE, a station of MediaCorp Radio'

Found this rather meaningful...

Are you saying "yes" to things you don't really want to do?
Are you taking on more than you can reasonably handle?
Are you spending less time on yourself and your loved ones because your schedule is too intense?
If you have trouble saying "no", you're not alone.
We all find ourselves in situations where we say "yes" to others when we really want to say "no".
For example, the friend who insists on buying you another round, the boss who sees you as the willing workhorse, or the mother-in-law who invites herself to stay.
You may think you are being "Mr Nice Guy" by going along with these requests but you know what?
When you give in too easily and too often, people simply see you as an easy target to exploit.
You've exposed your weakness and they will impose on you time and again.
Reacting angrily to what you might see as an unreasonable request is equally inappropriate. It may result in you being seen as hostile.
In the workplace an angry refusal to do a piece of work may brand you as being un-cooperative.
The only viable solution that does not upset others or make you feel bad is the assertive one.
A good definition of assertiveness is when you stand up for your rights while accepting the rights of others.
For example, if you're not contractually obliged to do what you're being asked, you have the right to say "no", just as much right as the other person to ask you.
If a problem develops, resolve to work together on a solution.
Try to reach a mutual compromise, rather than always compromising yourself.
Here's how you can learn to say no assertively.
Make "no" the first word out of your mouth so that others can see there is no hesitation or doubt.
Remind yourself that they'll respect you more for being so definite.
Think through your fears about their possible reactions.
Be rational about them.
Don't let the fear of what they might think of you force you to do something you don't want to do.
Use a clear, assertive style: no ifs and buts, no excuses, no apologising.
Thank the person for considering you for the request; say you are flattered and honoured.
And don't feel as though you have to find solutions to their problem; don't dwell on it afterwards or feel responsible for their problem.
Reclaim the time that's rightfully yours...

Cheers,
kah mun

Hallelujah-part 2

The next day after the news of our win to host the youth olympics, it was monday, aka english newspaper reading day. There was an article on the days leading up to the results (25 Feb 08 The Straits Times- IN pg 12). Apparently, the mayor of Moscow had told reporters that 'he was worried about young people exercising in the heat and humidity of Singapore'. Seriously i understand his concerns, but it beats exercising in frozen waters and running on cold feet. After all, it was common sense that Russia was located quite near the North pole. Read on...'Then, New York-based paediatric expert Ljiljana Dimitrijevic was quoted by reporter Gennady Fyodorov (both very Russian names...) as saying:"Heat and humidity are big risk factors and, taking into account that the games will be staged in the summer, Moscow looks a more preferable choice than Singapore." ' OMG! Don't they ever research or ever come to Singapore? We residents knew very well this was not the case, we still had weathers that are actually chilly to the bone...and most of our buildings and areas are actually air-conditioned. Haiz...what a selfish one-sided (singapore did NOT 'take part') war of words...I mean seriously, is this how the global world is like? Hurl stinging comments at countries at their weakness in a bid to win? Why can't they be more amicable? Why can't they be more polite? Must i say how insulting they are?

Disappointed...
in Moscow...
thought they...
were actually...
well mannered...
haiz...

GREATLY Disappointed,
kahmun

Hallelujah!

Have you heard the news? Singapore won the bid to host the first ever Youth Olympics 2010 ! I know i'm not involved but still, YAY!!! I wonder how it's going to be held...
Anyway, days leading up to yesterday were rather tense (not me though) for sports athletics and the ministers involved. I heard many schools had joined in the support for the games + my school. We were in the same bid as Moscow and it was rather surprising that we actually won the bid, given our limited 'land space'. But i guess Singapore has the standards to go along with it, and we were rather fresh and new on the sports screen. Onward,Singapore!!

cheers!

P.S. Remember to study for exams
Haiz..headache...

Special Day

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to mi, Happy Birthday to me!!!!

A new year of fun teenage time.

On monday, my form and co-form teacher had bought a birthday cake for the January babies and i was one of them. How sweet!! I was rather surprised, cuz it didn't happen to me before. There were three others. Taifung's on the thirteen, Xiao Lu's on the sixteen, mine on the seventeen and Edgar's...dunno when. Anyway, it's really sweet of the teachers. Thank you all sooo much!!!!!!! Today, after school, Venessa passed me a drawing block card , decorated on the front and classmates well wishes on the inside. How touching! This is also the first time i'm having such an experience and i find it fun and memorable instead of presents, presents everywhere. I will certainly treasure that, you mark my words.

Birthday girl
kah mun

A day turned bad

I was counting the days to my birthday and this devastating news hit me right smack on my face. Wu Xiao Zhong, the chinese orchestra sheng/suona teacher i had respected a lot, had passed away.

The first reaction my body makes is to freeze, and my mind was running like a debate tournament, to which if this is true or not (in which i sincerely hope its not). As fate would not have it, after the CCA, the conductor pulled us to a corner to confirm this terrible news.

Later things became hazy, i remember staring at a crack in the wall while the conductor droned on and on. Then, we went down to the toilet at the first floor, where i finally let my pent-up tears flow. I really can't believe it. Can'tcan'tcan'tcan'tcan't!!!!!!! This was so not true!! I cried and cried in what seemed that had never happened for a long time. The tears would have filled buckets and hiccups knocked on the walls of my throat.

Wu lao shi was a great teacher to us-me, Xiao Yun, Janice and Vivan- sheng players. Although we had some arguments that left each other unhappy, we had shared a bond. He was patient and understanding, i remembered him willing to spend extra time (when he was already so busy) to help us with our last minute parts (3 days before SYF 2007). I also remembered that that was the last time we had a lesson with him.

I did not have much of a good impression of him the first time he taught me. He had ask us to play a part of a song we hadn't learnt and left us there, while he teach some new students. However, as he took us for classes(CCA) every week, i found out that he was not what i thought he was. He was always encouraging us whenever we did not manage with our parts of the song well. He would also praised us when we did well, and i remembered it gave me loads of encouragment and courage to learn songs and stay in the orchestra.

I remember a time before SYF 2007, when the conductor recommended us to apply for extra lessons at her music school. But when we reached there, i realised there is money involved and called up my parents. Unfortunately, they do not allow and threw me into a fix which sent tears to my eyes. After a talk with my father, the conductor get the idea that i was not allowed to apply . But Wu lao shi offered to teach me for free that night and i was really grateful to him. At that time, he looked teacher cum fatherly to me and i felt comfortable and relaxed when he was teaching. After the class, as it was raining cats and dogs, he also offered to drive us to the nearest MRT station, which we gratefully accepted.

Even though he had only been with us for only five months (Dec 06 to April 07), each of us has fostered a sense of community with each other and with Wu lao shi. Each of us felt a sense of dread when the conductor confirmed the news...

He deceased on the 9th of January 2008, due to a fall which half paralysed him on 8th of January. Had set up a blog in memory of him. http://dedicationtowuxiaozhong.blogspot.com/

New Year New Beginnings Old sads

It's a new year (9 days late...) and of course Happy New Year Everyone!
I started this new year in a new class and new subjects which includes,

1.English (duh)
2.Chinese (duhduh)
3.Elementary Mathematics (which is not at all elementary as it sounds...)
4.Additional Mathmatics (which we haven't started on yet...)
5.Pure Chemistry (a must)
6.Pure Biology (oooh...i love this subject)
7. Pure Geography (my fav!!!)
8. Elective History (no comment)
9.Social studies (no comment either...)
10.MSP aka Malay Special Programme

Today after school, we had MSP and our new teacher, Cikgu Salina, proposed to set up a blog on our class (seventeen of us) in malay and in which we were able to interact and converse in malay to help us improve in this subject. After all we would be taking O'levels for it. So the blog was set up and the address is : http://www.mspatnchs.blogspot.com/ . It is formed like this, 'msp' is (duh!) this language i am learning now, 'at' is...ok it's obvious. Lastly 'nchs' is the acronym of my school. In that, each of us posted one post each and there is a group photo of the eighteen of us including of the teacher. Today was just our second lesson and i already find it quite enjoyable.

To dampen my spirits, i remembered yesterday's unhappiness which comes from-you guessed it-Chinese Orchestra aka CO. The conductor came in and yadda yadda yadda about this and that-which you might get it if you read my previous posts-and she really went so far as to actually group us according to our capabilities. There were six groups-Chinese flute, Erhu, Strings, Cello and Double bass, percussion and lastly my group, Sheng and Suona (in which currently has no suona players in it).

Do you whats our rank?............last, "GREAT". I get it: we are so bad that even the percussion are better than us. Self esteem sucks. This brought up a problem that i thought resolved after the SYF last year, -(we were training so hard and as each part of the song is important, so are the players. Before the SYF, i had a self esteem problem with CO. I constantly (and maybe my pathner in same instrument (PSI) did too) felt that the orchestra 'left us out' and i always had trouble properly playing my allocated parts until the SYF, when we were 'last minute' given the parts of the suona and managed to master it in time for the compeitition.

This 'heavy burden' made us feel proud and at last, important and felt in the orchestra family.)- However this was not to last till yesterday when this unhappy thingy happened. The conducter 'curtly' tell us that because our 2 juniors,(who were playing the zhongyin sheng),were not good and that the 2 of us gaoyin sheng were not very good, that's why we were placed last. Crap i tell you they are. The 2 juniors who did not do well is not entirely their fault. Ever since they joined the orchestra last year, they were always neglected by the sectional teachers as they were busy teaching the new suona students.
Results?

1.New suona students did not perform at SYF simply because they 'could not take the pressure' and all efforts came to naught.
2. 2 junior's enthusiasm was depleted, they simply had no interest in learning the instrument anymore.
3. We got placed last.(in the orchestra family)

Easy as that. You might ask why i care sooo much, last, so what, no big deal, if you know yourself to be good then good it is. But no, it's not that simple. If psycological stuff (emotions and feelings of people), are so easy to understand and cure, why would we need to study it?

Ok fine, the four of us knew somewhere we were ranked among the bottom somewhere in our hearts but does the conductor need to make it so obvious? It's not as if we thought that we were very good and all...but hey, we have feelings for goddness' sake you noe! We can't possibly take and swallow such a blow. Now I'm intimidated by the better orchestra players again...

someone help me
kah mun

So fastttttt.............

Hey Hey! Didn't knew time could pass so fast when i'm out of blogging. Well, an update into my life,
1.Currently in the 2nd last day of the end of year exams(again)
2.Recently got addicted to a cartoon show known as Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force
Go! and especially to Spova!
Well i guess that's all and no time to spare! Now excuse me, I have art pieces to complete and another foreign language to practise. TaTa!

Kah mun (in hurry...)

Thursday's Child Excerpt

Book: Thursday's Child Author: Sonya Hartnett

An excerpt from my literature textbook that sharply shows the contrast of Da and Vandery Cable. If you are unfamiliar with the story, it's ok. I love this passage and wants to show you how this author marverlously uses her way with words to create a what-i-call stunning passage.In this passage, Da went off to look for Mr Cable to do justice for Devon (confrontation).



Vandary Cable's homestead was set in a garden of tangled briar-roses that had grown for four generations of Cables and that's where Da met him, amongst the flowers and black-spotted leaves, hearing in the distance the low runble and alarming shrill of the swine. Only Cable came out of the house but Da could see the station-hand loitering watchful at a window. It was dusk, and a silken wind nudged the brim of Da's hat until he took it off as Cable sauntered down the steps towards him. Then the breeze frolicked through his hair, mussing it in his eyes."Where's your heart, Mr Cable?" is what Da asked the pig farmer.

"Right here in my chest, where it's always been. Why do you want to know?"

"You own my son a week's wages."

"That's what he told you, is it?" Cable laughed open-mouthed, and Da caught a whiff of sherry and saw gold. "You should know better, Flute, than to take the word of a boy, having been one once yourself."

"I hope I've raised my children to tell the truth."

"Then Devon must have told you how I lost two good breeding sows through his sloppy workmanship. That's my reason for keeping his wages, and I'm running at a loss even doing that."

Da scraped the hair from his eyes. Cable's hair wasn't bothered by the breeze, having been oiled into a glistening cap. He smiled beneath this shell. "Don't tell me you didn't hear about those sows," he said. "Walked clear through one of Devon's baggy fences, both of them, and I haven't seen a hair of either since. Salted up in someone's ceiling by now, I'd reckon. It's a miracle I didn't lose the herd."

Da muttered,"No. I didn't hear that. I'm sorry for it, Mr Cable."

"So am I. You can understand why I had to let Devon go. I want fences that will keep the creatures in, not let them out."

"He hadn't had experience-"

"He's got the same teaching everyone gets and all anyone should need."

"As I say, I'm sorry. He's just a lad, Mr Cable, not skilful, and it's likely his attention wandered. He was hoping to buy a pony with his earnings here. He's been saving for years."

"I'm not a charity, Flute, nor is my heart the bleeding kind. I'm a landowner, a man of business. To me and men like me, poor work equals poor pay. Would you pay for a job so shabbily done that you lose two quality head of swine?"

"What I'm saying is-"

"No!" Cable barked. "Answer the question, Flute. Would you reward a man for work so shabbily done?"

Da wrung his hands in silence, buckling his hat. Cable's mouth twisted.

"Go home, Court," he said. "Don't speak about this to me again. I tried to do your family a favour and came out the worst for it, and there's some that would say I've a right to demand from you the price of those hogs, but I'm not asking. Having this conversation with you, however, is tempting me to change my mind."

Da had thanked him for his time and set his hat on his head. As he limped away down the cart path he could feel Cable's eyes tracking him all the way to the gate.

"I did everything anyone could, Thora," Da told Mam late that evening. "There was no talking sense to him. No matter what I said, he was going to sneak his way around it. He shouted me down, I couldn't get a word in edgewise. He derserved the spots knocked off him, but what could I do? Nothing, not with his man standing like a dog at the window.

So you see in this excerpt, Da had went to Cable's house full of determination to do justice for his son. However, he did not expect Cable to have stong reasons that will be at disadvantage to him (Da) and you can see that his determination is slowly draining away from him. This excerpt shows a change in character due to the situation around him.

That's all folks! - If you wanna read, it's in stores waiting for you!
kahmun

Exams

yeay!the exams are over,however i still have my malay exam tomorrow. Haizz.......study!!!

August

Hey! Can't believe its August already! (i noe i'm lame). Haiz
Anyway it seems I'm too boring for words or I'm unheard of cause there are no comments or polls...
anyway, time passes so fast.I guess the blogger bug's bite is wearing off, i don't really do much blogging already but you will hear from me every now and then..(sniff sniff...jus jokin!)

Something to remenber

Extract from one of the books of my favourite author, Neil Humphreys 'Final notes from a great island' that i love and would like to share,

A memorial is only a memorial if people can come to remenber.
-Neil Humphreys-

Cheers
kah mun

A very Special Day

Do you noe that todays date is special? It consists of the day, month and year of the same numeral- 07.
As you very well guess, today is 07-07-07. 7th July 2007.This kind of date,if you actually think about it, occurs once a year from 2001 to 2012. So just want to wish everyone a Happy Special Day!
cheery!
kah mun

New Bloggi

Take a look at the 'My other Bloggis' column and you shall find i have started on a new blog about my school trip to China and as i have recently just started, pls do not expect tons of words in it, i promise i shall find time to work on it and bring to you my adventures in the modern city of Shanghai's and it's relatively poor neighbours, which includes Hangzhou and Wuzhou. And of course, my experience at attending classes at a local school in Suzhou!

Do look forward as i relate them to you,
kah mun
Cheers

Movies

Just watched 'Transformers' recently and it was so damm good! It was even better than Spiderman 3 , according to myself, and this latest movie has all the elements to make one feel ermmm.....how to put it....ahhhh!...found it, heroic. It's about this guy, Sam (i think), who had a just recently got his new car, a battered yellow convertible(somehow)or beetle. Which it turns out, is actually a machine with a mind on its own, the fun when it actually respondes to Sam's thinking, and of course the heroic battle between the good and the bad. Well, for more specific details, you might as well go and watch it, this is the best i can tell you as shortest as possible. If you are a girl, you might have the first impression of 'Ewwkkk! For God's sake! that is a BOYS show, as you very well notice, so it couln't be better than that 'lame' cartoon version (no offence) and with the changing thingy, so it doesn't interest me'. Well that is almost what i was thinking (partially), but it turns out to be great!Bagus! Hao!
And one thing, this not an offence directed at movies,it's just an example.

CO affairs ep2 ++

Haiz... second day at school when i bump head on onto today's boring CO session. Like i care wat is going to happen. As usual, once the conductor stepped into the music room, she started being crappy, omg! Like i'm going to really pay attention to all those values, vision and goals she set up. Whats more, she even like u noe, question everyone, well almost ( i'm included ),about what she said and it's so like we were treated like children like that. But anyway (like children, we were going to forget about it anyway) who cares?

School...AHHHHH!!

Alright Alright, todays the first day of the new school term and it's no big deal. But i'll tell you one thing...I'm gonna miss my holidays!!!! Luckily i wasn't scolded for those homework, or rather holiday work, i didn't finish. Well the timetable's changed too. Looks like we're going to have home econs, eng, art, digital music and chinese every monday for the rest of the school year. Haizzzz.....
Pls do leave some comments, anything! BUT no 'criticism' is allowed to throw to me like in the game of dodgeball.(save the wind in my stomach!!)

Chinese Orchestra affairs ep1

We had CO today, Chinese Orchestra for short, and it was so damn tiring. I was even envious of the many who didnt come for practice, lazy i supposed. I was tempted to do the same for a reason....I SOOO do not want to see the conductor!
It's not that i don't like her, its just that she is so boring. She came in approximately half an hour late and from that minute on, kept rattling on and on about and reminding us stuff like our vision, goal, discipline and peppered in some of her own experiences. Although these infomation were quite 'valuable', the droning on and on of the conductor's voice made me lose my attention and the information was just like a train, passing through the tunnel from my right ear to the left one.
But at one point, she said some stuff that left me disgusted.
1. She mentioned one of the aspects of discipline, which is to be on time for practises. Does that ring a bell? Hellooo!!! If she wants us to be punctual ( which most of us were by the way), should she start by showing an example?? (Okok, i should be also understanding that she has a busy timetable.) But then think about it...
2. She has a nasty habit of setting far-fetched goals which i totally hate. I don't know about the others but it was certainly bad. For example.......'we will set one week for all of you to finish the recent score. There are 20 lines in total on the music score and if you practised 4 lines a day, you will finish the score in 5 days'.
Oh how i hate that!
The rest of the practice was spent on practising on the recent score and i had to lugged my heavy instrument back home, which left red marks on the palms of my hand (at the same time claiming what was left of the energy i had).

Episode 1 The end

Holidays...whateva

Oh how fast can holidays past, its already the last week before schooool starts. Haiz...i wasn't even enjoying myself much. The first week was reserved for an immersion school trip to China and it was definately fun. Come second week and i was already fretting over on how i am going to finish my heavy pile of projects and hand-written holiday work. Once i even wondered why i went for that trip when i could stay at my home sweet home and finish them up. But i never regret it as that school trip to China was hard to come by and i was one of the lucky ones who were able to get that two-way ticket.
Boy, second week went as fast as it had come and following it was third week. By the end of the third week, i had finish half of the homework and went on two shopping trips with friends. Frankly, i would be able to finish all of the homework in a week but slack had taken over my mind. So i couldn't bring myself to finish all the homework and i spent most of my time doing stuff i like. Guess what...it's already the fourth and last week and i decided its time to get serious. But hey, why am i doing here writing......i guess i must have been bitten by a bloggerbug then.

Confusing

''in the dark''

This is an extract from the 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'of book thirteen entitled 'The End' by Lemony Snicket.I hope you enjoyed it as i do.

-(Chapter Nine)-
''The phrase "in the dark," as I'm sure you know,can refer not only to one's shadowy surroundings,but also to the shadowy secrets of which one might be unaware.Every day,the sun goes down over all these secrets,and so everyone is in the dark in one way or another.If you are sunbathing in a park,for instance,but you do not know that a locked cabinet is buried fifty feet beneath your blanket,then you are in the dark even though you are not actually in the dark,whereas if you are on a midnight hike,knowing full well that several ballerinas are following close behind you,then you are not in the dark even if you are in fact in the dark.Of course,it is quite possible to be in the dark in the dark,as well as to be not in the dark not in the dark,but there are so many secrets in the world that it is likely that you are always in the dark about one thing or another,whether you are in the dark in the dark or in the dark not in the dark,although the sun can go down so quickly that you may be in the dark about being in the dark in the dark,only to look around and find yourself no longer in the dark about being in the dark in the dark,but in the dark in the dark nonetheless,not only because of the dark,but because of the ballerinas in the dark,who are not in the dark about the dark,but also not in the dark about the locked cabinet,and you may be in the dark about the ballerinas digging up the locked cabinet in the dark,even though you are no longer in the dark about being in the dark,and so you are in fact in the dark about being in the dark,even though you are not in the dark about being in the dark,and so you may fall into the hole that the ballerinas have dug,which is dark,in the dark,and in the park.''

Confusing huh?
Cheers! kah mun