Wonderful memories...

It had been quite a long time since i last posted my blog..

It had been an eventful period of time.. Now everything had sort of come to e end.. at least a rest..
Now is e time to reflect n recharge in all aspects of my life..

23 Dec (yesterday)
It was e first time i joined trinity competition.. organised by lws music sch..
e finals was held last evening.. i didn't even feel it was a competition.. felt it was a performance..

All e finalists' songs r v nice.. wif so many rehearsal n stuff.. i even knows e melody by heart..
so backstage.. i was like humming e songs.. cos mine was e 2nd item..

My item was fine.. juz zuo en, my backup vocalists' mic suddenly low batt.. so in e end e backup vocal cannt be heard..
so 'ke xi'.. we practised so hard.. wif e backup voice, my song sound nicer..

I tink i screwed up e interview part.. wrong questions for me.. =p

Wat really surprised me was e results of e competition.. e lyrist for me song won e best lyrist award!!!
It actualli look simple.. but e judges like its simplicity.. so can understand e lyrics by listening to e song..

e entire process of preparing for e finals was a great learning experience for me.. it made me explore more
on arranging e song accompliment, plus backup voice etc.. learning to work wif diff ppl.. lyrist, vocalist..
great to win some audience for my song too.. a few of them like my song!!! =) i tink tt is e most rewarding thing
for a composer.. got to know a few more friends who r passionate abt music too.. e comments frm e judges made
me feel as if i have had a lesson learnt.. i'm already quite glad wen e judges mention abt my song during e comments..
cos i feel tt a good song will leave impression on e listener..

Wif all these inconspicuous gains, even if we did nt receive any rewards, we r a winner in our v own way!! e effort of
improving.. taking a step forward is wat makes us wat we r nw..

Looking forward, there's still a lot of aspects of music tt i can seek to improve.. like in arranging a music, style of music..
(gonna try more stuff other than sentimental ones), do more exploration in music, like catching chords of songs..

Yesterday, dad n i was discussing.. whether i wan to take up other course like music arrangement or singing.. hehe..
dad had agreed to let me go learn singing.. haha.. but i still find lws course v ex..

Jiayou to myself!!! =)

Wonderful memories II..

Since e events during tis period was so memorable.. i decided to do a little reflection on them.. =)

19 dec
Went for lester's chalet at downtown east yesterday..
planned to have bbq.. but u know.. it's rainy season..
so in e end, we decided to microwave e food.. haha.. interesting outing rite?

guess it's b'cos of e rain, quite a no. of ppl who say they'll be there r nt..
so left wif 11 of us.. i like small grp though.. more bonding..

I feel tt student division is realli a big grp of family.. it's realli where we can forge sense
of comradeship.. n share our struggles..

18 dec
Though i just came back frm camp e previous day, i still can't resist going out..
haha... went shopping wif my maybank friends.. bought a new pair of covered wedges..
v nice.. n cheap.. got free mbr-card somemore.. hahah..

aft tt went to watch 'happy feet' wif dear.. it's quite a nice show..
though it's juz an animation movie.. but i tink there're some msgs it wan to convey..
some issues to tink abt.. like hw human r actualli disrupting their lives.. e working of diff societies etc..
haha.. since wen i become a movie analyser.. haha.. but tt's juz wat i tot of aft e show..

Some thoughts struck me, esp aft e show, tt we shld do our part to help e env.. though i've an ambition to
do up a music sch.. i also wanted v much to be in e helping profession or in e educating sector..
juz anything tt will directly or indirectly benefit others in their lives.. tt's one of e reason i chose psychology as my major..
But for now.. there's still a long way to go.. i tinking of picking up volunteer work along e way in my uni life..

16-17 dec
I left dance camp for e ssa student division kenshu (camp)..
the 1st thing was a study exam.. din realli had much time to study.. n tried v hard to overcome my slpiness..

Throughout e short camp, we had mostly faith-training sessions wif our seniors.. they shared some pointers, as well as their own experience.. we wrote down our resolution for 2007 n some of my fellow friends shared their resolutions..

was realli encouraged by e whole camp n aso e resolutions set by some of my friends.. setting specific goals n working towards will gives us a sense of direction n determination to take a little, yet significant step forward..

It was a refreshing n recharging camp for me.. aft e dance camp n e exams..

Life is a constant struggle.. but we r nt controlled by our fate.. we can create good causes for e future..
we r in control!! What makes a victorious life is nt wealth, status, position.. it's e spirit to keep on trying regardless of
hw many times we've failed, to overcome every difficulty wif high life condition, to have e compassion to help others be happy too.. Buddhism taught me to be strong.. to become a better person than i was e day b4.. human revolution is wat we call.. a change of inner self in all aspects..

"Never compare yourself to others, but yourself e day before."