*yawnz*

Army had taught me one thing which i believe is very, very useful. I learnt to sleep anywhere, anytime as long as i am tired. Yesterday, I keep sleeping on road. =x

On my way to camp, i overslept on bus but thankfully, i woke up in time when the bus reached a landmark that i recognised! I missed two stops before alighting on the third. Imagine if i slept to other places, i would not know how to get back! Untill today, i still need a bit of time to recognise the bus stop to alight.

On my way home from camp, i slept all the way to the bus interchange. The bus captain woke me up politely! Thanks uncle. He even ask me to take my time, no need to rush. =)

On my way to Chinatown, i slept on the train and yes, i missed the station and reached Harbour Front. This time round, i am not really sleeping but i missed it as i was playing my games and i thought Chinatown will come after Outram Park. Ok, i wasn't myself yesterday! =x

On my way home from Yishun, once again, i slept and thankfully woke up on time to alight. But i was really shag and tired.

I am not sure why but i guess my body is really exhausted. I lie on the floor and i can go ZZZ. But thanks to the 'training', I can sleep while i am travelling from one point to another to 'recover' a little. haha... In short, Army can be really helpful!

hectic november: four quests

November is a hectic month for me. In the 2nd week of November, I shift my focus on FYP presentation. I am not sure if i should be happy or sad over my FYP presentation. I am happy as i finally get over the presentation and the presentation itself highlighted one area that is missing from my report. I was asked to amend and include one more chapter - the comparative studies.

Sad. I should not be happy since i did not do well in the presentation. I was dumbfounded for the first question, questioning the reason of using graph to show a data that should be shown in table form. I thought the usage is perfectly normal and fine. Isn't it better to display or show the results in graphical form? Isn't it more visual? Another reason why i am sad is that it is obvious my initial report is not good enough and I am not sure how much difference will my amendment to the report help me.

Now in the 3rd week of November, my body is taking its toll. Four on-going items. Four quests, i call. All had to be done by this week, before i head into the last week of Novemember preparing for my FINAL paper (THE VERY LAST ONE).

1. Study IE2010E Exam
Doing my reservist, i taking whatever free time i could squeeze to study for this examination. It is my fault that i did not wake up in time for the examination last year. One year on, the paper standard increases, lecturer had changed and i have lesser time to focus on my other stuff while my peers enjoying it. Exam Date: 21st Nov (MON)

2. IE5203 Term Paper
30% of my IE5203 module, i have to try and score whatever points i could after failing badly during the mid-term. I had no idea why but i am the bottom two of the class. The hurdle here is getting started. I had issue formulating my problem before i can perform the Decision Analysis Cycle. Deadline: 18th Nov (Friday).

3. Changes to FYP Report
As mentioned earlier, I hope to take this chance to improve on the score of my FYP. I am now doing Chapter 9: The comparative studies. 3 more sections to do and i can submit to my supervisor for comments. Hope he do give constructive comment and help me to score. So far, no much help from him. Deadline : Undefined. Hopefully by this week.

4. SAT performance.
I know, I know... i should not have taking up the performing chance in the midst of exam and reports. But performing chances are not easy to get, not for me. Thanks to Darryl. I am offered the chance to perform after CrazyWorld Cafe in Aug (or is it July?). Hence, i seize the opportunity and wanting to prove to those doubters that i can do it. This time round, i do get moral support from my friends. I just hope i do not let them down.

改变

原唱：黄韵玲
作词/作曲/编曲：黄韵玲

街上的行人匆匆忙忙
此刻的画面是无声的世界
我故意装作不在乎
不在乎你和她的一切

我失去了你 这是一开始就知道的剧情
我失去了你 也失去过去拥有的回忆
这样的改变 你怎么从来不知道
街上的行人匆匆忙忙
此刻的心情是无声的世界
不在乎你和她的一切

我失去了你 这是一开始就知道的剧情
我失去了你 也失去过去拥有的回忆
这样的改变 你怎么从来不知道

我失去了你 这是一开始就知道的剧情
我失去了你 也失去过去拥有的回忆
这样的改变 你怎么从来不知道

我失去了你 这是一开始就知道的剧情
我失去了你 也失去过去拥有的回忆
这样的改变 你怎么从来不知道

新加坡金曲奖 2011 荣誉榜

这是我第二次出席‘新加坡金曲奖’，第17届到底与上届有什么不一样呢？‘分猪肉’现象依旧存在。出席的海外一人纷纷得奖，唯有本地艺人/创作人如郑可为，Bevelyn邱意淋，卓轩正Shawn，龔芝怡，小寒，插班生等出席却与奖项无缘。没出席的艺人当然还是有机会赢奖。张惠妹和萧敬腾就是最好的例子。
经年可说是孙燕姿，林宥嘉和何维健的丰收年。国宝燕姿以《是时后》专辑荣获'最佳专辑制作人', '最受欢迎女歌手','亚洲传媒大奖' , 'Y.E.S. 93.3FM醉心龙虎榜年度顶尖金曲' , '十大金曲' 和 '榜榜上风光'等，六大奖项。林宥嘉则摘下‘年度专辑大奖’，‘龙虎榜榜上风光奖’，‘十大金曲’和‘飞跃大奖’。一向来被乐评看好的宥嘉，终于不负众望夺得‘年度专辑大奖’，说实在的，我很替他高兴。他也因为夺得这奖，变得很激动，甚至在表演时给与100%的表演，几乎忘我，超放的开！从没看过大这样的表演！赞！何维健爆冷的击败热门罗志祥，夺得‘最受欢迎男歌手奖’，证明他的人气一直在爆升。通过微波，Twitter，Facebook等管道和歌迷互动是管用的。
昨晚的演出阵容强大，精彩表演延续不断，可惜的是音响似乎没有那么好，多次听不到歌手的声音，令人失望。典礼也比往常拖得更晚。主要原因是每个环节的'set-up'都太好时了，拖得时间太长。但也因此，观众能看到前所未有的表演。Olivia, 林宥嘉和严爵在没有彩排的情况下表演了一小段的"Fly Me To The Moon"。严爵的急性实力不能忽视。除了"Fly Me To The Moon"的beatbox，他也和宇珩为当王主题”Music is Life"创作出一小段的音乐。一动一静的"Music is Life"，让我十分享受。
Auntie Lucy 和 Michelle Chong (一炮而红的‘Ah Jiao’) 再度带来许多节目效果。 这次Auntie Lucy和Hossan Leong带来爆笑的对话，而AhJiao（和帅哥Tom Price）更让人轻松许多。值得一提的是胡夏和梁文音的粉丝。胡夏的粉丝即使声音已经变哑了，甚至走音，还是继续为偶像呐喊。梁文音的粉丝则为没有出席的偶像加油打气。因为节目拖拉的关系，整个典礼在多数时候让人想睡觉。
比起去年,今年的赠品，少之又少，十分寒酸！BioSkin也没提供任何赠品！
年度专辑大奖 - 美妙生活 (林宥嘉Yoga)
最佳专辑制作人奖 - 孙燕姿、KENN C、李偲菘、李伟菘 (是时候\孙燕姿)
最佳本地作词奖 - 梁文福 (倔强)
最佳本地作曲奖 - 林俊杰 (她说)
最佳本地歌手奖 - Olivia (Romance)
最佳演绎男歌手奖 - 萧敬腾 (狂想曲)
最佳演绎女歌手奖 - 张惠妹 (你在看我吗)
最佳组合奖 - SUPER JUNIOR-M (太完美)
最佳乐团奖 - MP魔幻力量 (不按牌理出牌)
最佳创作歌手奖 - 严爵 (不孤独)
最佳新人奖 - 胡夏 (胡爱夏) (前优秀新人奖)
亚洲传媒大奖 - 孙燕姿
（2010年以4个组别（男歌手，女歌手，乐团，组合）来颁发）
海外杰出歌手奖 (中) - 丁当
海外杰出歌手奖（港） - 方大同
海外杰出歌手奖（台） - 田馥甄
海外杰出歌手奖（马) - 宇珩
最受欢迎男歌手奖 - 何维健
最受欢迎女歌手奖 - 孙燕姿
最受欢迎团体奖 - 飞轮海
最受欢迎新人奖 - 倪安东
Y.E.S.93.3FM醉心龙虎榜年度顶尖金曲 - 当冬夜渐暖 (孙燕姿)
Y.E.S.93.3FM醉心龙虎榜榜上风光奖 - 孙燕姿, 林宥嘉
流行乐坛荣誉大奖 - 伍思凯
Bioskin 最佳造型奖 - 何维健 （前最前卫造型奖）
Y.E.S. 93.3FM醉心龙虎榜十大金曲:
飞轮海 - 心疼你的心疼
罗志祥 - 拼什么
周杰伦 - 说了再见
梁静茹 - 你会不会
陈奕迅、王菲 - 因为爱情
方大同 - 好不容易
蔡依林 - 小伤口
倪安东 - 散场的拥抱 田馥甄 - 寂寞寂寞就好
王力宏 - 你不知道的事
孙燕姿 - 当冬夜渐暖

新增设奖项：
飞跃大奖 - 林宥嘉
新加坡金曲奖最受欢迎U频道电视金曲 - 我爱他 - 丁当 Ding Dang 【下一站，幸福】主题曲
F&N FRUIT TREE FRESH 新势力歌手奖 - 严爵

2011年没颁发的奖项：
全方位艺人奖
亚洲传媒大奖（男歌手，女歌手，乐团，组合）
新进歌手人气奖：（男歌手，女歌手，组合）
Y.E.S.93.3FM醉心龙虎榜停榜最久奖
传媒推荐最具潜力歌手奖
传媒推荐最具潜力本地歌手奖
F&N 大跃进歌手奖

here comes... Mr November

Had wanted to blog for quite sometimes... but due to lack of time... i could not sit down and think or blog... i wanted to share all about my life in blog. more photos =) more news etc! Soon... i am sure... will start to spam the blog...

With Mr October not being kind to me, Mr November doesnt seems to be that friendly too! But definitely better than Mr October! =x In October, i am rushing for FYP. No one to blame but myself. Now comes November, I will be back in green! YES back in reservist! This time round, i am just rounder! haha...

In the midst of reservist, i had to prepare for a performance, FYP presentation, DA Term Paper (or project), 2 module examinations. Boy, its gonna be a challenging month. Its do or die. May everything works with me and pass this tough period QUICK and EASY!

Its part of my plan to shift reservist to this period, hence i am not gonna complain but i just hope my family sleeps EARLY! haha i can't study with TV on... SUPER ANNOYING! I kinda look forward to reservist! Nah... i am not crazy... but i wanted to clear the annoying NS cycle soon! and at the same time, took a break off the work. Losing my direction at my workplace... supporting roles for everyone and busy only when people needed me seems to be working fine but it can get rather boring! I am sadly a workaholic! haha... Aiight, watch out for my blog soon!

not once, but twice

For the first time in my life, i failed 2 common tests in a row and guess what, i am the bottom two in one of the module.

"Not something to be proud of, then why do you keep saying it", you might say. To me, it is something rather hurting. It is quite shocking. Not to my friends, but to me as well. I had to admit i am not as hardworking as i am this semester. Not when i am like a lost sheep in the large grassland.

"最无奈的是，我不能怨任何人。这是自己造成的。"

"伤心。无助。彷徨。疲倦。泪湿眼眶。"

"我好累！我好想哭！但可笑的是我眼泪是干的了。"

These are just some of my feelings i posted on twitter when the shocking results sinking in. But no, i did not really shed a tear. I wanted to but... my eyes are too dry. I wanted to vent out my anger, wanted to blame the whole world! BUT, this time round, i am unable to do it. I had no one to blame on, but myself. I really become lost of emotions soon after. No longer sad, no longer helpless, no longer feeling anything. Totally blank!

Left 11 days for my FYP and nothing is done yet. I need someone to slap me, someone to bash me up, someone to make me feel pain before i can stand up once again. i need.... it...

my first, my second

Today marks the first anniversary of Guan Jie & Wendy.
Today is the wedding day for Guan Jie & Wendy.
Today is the day where Guan Jie & Wendy went through the solemnisation.

I would like to take this opportunity to congrats this newly weds a blissful marriage and many kids to come. =)

Special Thanks to this couple. I gave my "first-time" away! This is the first time i am one of 'brothers' for my friend's wedding and i thoroughly enjoyed myself. But honestly, it is a tiring day! Though it should be more tiring for the couple. =)

It is an honour to be the co-emcee for the wedding dinner event. This is my second time being an emcee and first time handling the English portion. Of course, I also 'forced' to be the emcee for the solemisation. Thanks to my co-emcee and fellow brothers, they lessen my anxiety and the English speech is definitely easier than the Chinese portion. Even though, the Chinese portion is shorter. Previously, i was the Chinese emcee and i definitely not as smooth or confident than this one.

It is a pity that we could not spend more time taking outdoor photos due to the weather. But that's okay! Most importantly, everyone had fun! Hope the wedding couple too! =)

Photos: Coming Soon!

听海 (我就是爱唱歌 Audition Clip) - 评语

我就是爱唱歌 (I just wanna sing) 的评语已经出来了。虽然还有很多人的录像还没接受批评指教，我知道应该不会是我晋级了。说实在的，看两位评审给的评语，我不禁会有些懊恼。他们给的评语感觉上似乎对我没有很大的帮助。朋友所给的评语比这两位‘专业’评审还来得详细，有建设性。当然，他们的评语不是错的，所点到的也是我一直都知道的问题所在。但失望总会有的吧，因为他们没提到唱歌反面的问题如tone, pitch之类的。

以下就是他们的评语：
Judges' comments
Jeremy Chan: 咬字不清, did not really blend in with the piano.
Jay Lim: 不难看出，钢琴手比较into it.

missing period

More than a month since i last updated my blog. Not that i don't want to but apart from not enough time. i actually don't know what to write, how to write, when to write etc. Not that i had nothing to write, but i am not sure how to put it. Many things happened. Good & Bad, Happy or Sad *started humming*

Apart from the competition "I Just Wanna Sing" as posted in my previous post, i had did spent some time taking photos. I created an photo album "Hey, You Got A Mail", after being inspired by my friend, Lynn. I also managed to capture some photos while bring my friend to Chinatown to test his new DSLR. The photos was uploaded to the renamed album "C H I N A T O W N 牛 車 水" . I am glad that the updated album received more likes and compliments! =)

C H I N A T O W N 牛 車 水

Apart from spending time taking photos, i am glad that i managed to get connected with my ex-school and classmates of Chong Li Primary School (Class of '96). Special Thanks to Facebook, Jinwei & Evin for pulling everyone back. Its great to see all of them again, see them doing well and having fun! CLPS '96 ROX!

Class of '96 (CLPS)

Recently, i had been hit with two crisis! No! Not mid-life crisis! It's Financial & Weight Crisis! Financially, i am very weak. No thanks to all the policies i bought last time and now becoming a burden. As i mentioned again and again, my weight hit the red light - 79+Kg and now... I am trying to control and shed those fats. Joining the facebook "Staying Healthy Together" page. I began to walk more stairs, take less lift. Eat cheaper & less fried food. Hopefully, i am able to get back to 75Kg before aiming to lose more. =) Wish me all the best! =)

听海 (我就是爱唱歌 Audition Clip)

进期我参加了新加坡一个新的唱歌比赛“我就是爱唱歌”。若被选中，便会在这个周末，也就是今天和明天进行赛选活动。我应该已经落选了。于是我便打算上载竞选影片到Youtube.com让大家批评指教。这是我第一次参加比赛，希望大家会喜欢我的诠释。

落选心情当然会有些失望，但绝不气馁。因为我知道自己根本还没达到专业标准。周围的朋友个个比我强，而我很庆幸有一群不管怎样都会支持我的朋友。借此机会想答谢他们：

替我弹钢琴的Lynn,
替我想点子的Darryl,
为我准备一切录音器材的Nianwen，

替我加油和给我有一线明星梦的Joey和Elaine,

一群支持我的新，旧，好朋友。。。 - CLPS (崇礼小学） ’96班次，
- Yaoqiang & Jackal
- AFPD (AUO) 工作伙伴
- Twitter friends/Replugged friends (including Viv & Fion)
还有那些我不知道或认识但还是支持我，还替我 "Rate" 的人。

小弟在此再次谢谢大家！谢谢！