Saturday, January 28, 2006
Last COS duty and Happy CNY!!!It was morning, 28/01/06, 8am.
As the sunlight creepingly filtered through the trees in front of the HQ block and shone on me, it felt as if the rays had filled me with a sense of excitement.
It was the end of my last COS duty!!!!
(ORD LOH!)
When you're on COS duty, you're like a man ready for
anyone's disposal. You could be arrowed by almost anyone to do things. Much like a runner for everyone.
If the hall/lecture room/bunk/office is not locked, you lock it.
If anyone wants to find anyone, u find them.
If there is no one to throw the rubbish, you throw it.
If your superior wants medicine, you go collect it.
If the lights are not off, you off it.
And so on.
Futhermore, my organisation is well known for its abundance of paperwork.. for what u say??
S A F lingo -
wayang.
Any slight mistake in doing them (only if caught hahahaha) would result in punishment.
Sounds exaggerrated, but it's true.
So, the feeling of completing any regimental duty is great. You feel liberated, as that stupid yellow saigang tag is stripped off your left sleeve.
No more manning phones. No more checking of area cleaning. No more danger of getting punishment. No more shit arrowed on me!
It's the next person's problem now! Haha.
Feeling ready for Chinese New Year, I booked out.
It felt good to be on the way home with bright sunshine.
(Thanks lihui! For accompanying me for brunch and on the trip home.. It was great after the duty which burnt 20+hrs of my precious book-out time)
However, feeling weary from the lack of sleep, I noticed something.
Where is that bloody Chinese New Year atmosphere???As each year go by, me (and some of my friends) begin to think that Chinese New Year, and for other festivals, the atmosphere is slowly getting worse and worse.
Is it because I'm getting older??
Or is it because there is a genuine lack of atmosphere everywhere??
I don't remember anything being different for the things i did for CNY in the past and now.
So it must be the former.
Actually, I don't believe in this 'the atmosphere is getting worse every year' crap
Those who say this are those kind of passive people who wait for things to happen rather than to make it happen.
Which they would probably say,
"C'mon, show me the atmosphere before I want to enjoy this new year.",
"Why aren't THE OTHERS doing more to create the CNY atmosphere??"
" I think the GOVERNMENT should.."
-_-
I believe that we're the ones who create the atmosphere, not the atmosphere that creates us.
If you want the Chinese New Year atmosphere, help foster it yourself!!
When relatives are there and talking to you, you give a sian sian face.
You complain when everywhere is playing the same old CNY songs.
You complain of shopping malls which are not decorated with CNY stuff.
When friends organise new year visits, you don't want to go.
Or when you go you say it's sian.
You expect the house to be decorated with cool CNY stuff, but you wait for your parents to do that.
And when they decorate, you say it looks old-fashioned.
You see me I see you.
Haha aiyo like that how to create the CNY atmosphere???
So if you want to get the CNY atmosphere, please:
1) Talk to your relatives nicely, and try to be positive
2) Get your ass off to Bai Nian
3) Get your ass off to Chinatown and River Hong Bao!
4) Volunteer to decorate the house with CNY stuff if you think your parents are not doing that or put up too 'orbit' stuffs.
5) Organise friends bai-nians and mingle around with everyone.. it's time to gamble big and enjoy the fun!
6) Take leave or pon lessons after the official holidays!!!
Now, the atmosphere of CNY lies in YOU.
It's there is no CNY atmosphere this time round, IT'S YOUR FAULT!!!
Haha
XIN NIAN KUAI LE EVERYONE!!!
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9:10 pm
Friday, January 20, 2006
Aiyo lidat how... hahahaha
Will take this next year.. Hope it will be better!!
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9:33 pm
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Dear Mr BanglaDear Mr Bangla,
Throughout Singapore's 40 years of nation building, you have been an integral part of the process. You've built our nice roads, buildings and various facilities through your labour, hardwork, sweat, and sometimes, blood.
It is no exaggeration to say the it is YOUR HANDS that moulded Singapore into what it is today.
I understand your pain: you left your wife, kids and entire family to work here, with the sole aim of making their lives better.
You don't mind long working hours, low pay, and your tough job... all in the name of improving the lives of your folks back home.
Thank you very much.
(for those people who despise the use of vulgarities, this letter ends here)
(don't say I didn't warn ya)
BUT YOUR BEHAVIOUR IN OUR SOCIETY IS FUCKING DIGUSTING!!!!I'm so fortunate to have met you on the MRT last monday night.
I was sitting the at extreme right side, against the glass panel, and you came to sit beside me.
Wow, and it was a start of an exciting journey.
I don't understand.
DO YOU HAVE SOME FUCKING I-DUNNO-WHY-BUT-I-HAVE-TO-ADJUST-MYSELF-EVERY-HALF-A-MINUTE DISEASE???You either lean forward, adjust your butt to seat inwards, dig into your left-breast pocket to touch your precious 'i-no-moneeeyy-buut-i-stilll-wannnt-ttoo-buuuyyl' handphone, oscillate your legs wide to narrow to wide to (u know what i mean)!!!
I understand people need to adjust themselves once in a while as they might feel discomfort when they sit in a particular position for too long
But why the FUCK do you have to adjust yourself every FUCKING HALF A MINUTE????Your FUCKING elbow is rubbing against mine every time you move!!!
AND YOUR FUCKING KNEE IS BANGING AGAINST MINE EVERYTIME YOU OSCILLATE THOSE FUCKING LEGS OF YOURS!!!
Can't you actually feel it and be paiseh when you keep knocking unto others? (read: EVERY HALF A MINUTE)
Can't you see that me and that ang moh beside you are staring at you everytime you move?
Or wait.
OR DO YOU KNOW IT, BUT ACTUALLY ENJOY IT AS YOU ARE A FUCKING GAY??I'm not be surprised at all, seeing you hold hands and hug with your dear compatriots of the same gender in public.
If you can do all these in public, I wonder what you guys do in your living tents!!!
And not to mention squeezing guys' (or girls' breasts, vagina, everywhere and) butts during NYE and Xmas Eve parties at Orchard.
Can you just FUCKING learn from your Singaporean counterparts?I never had this problem with Singaporeans. When we sit, we SIT.
Meaning sitting still and not moving unnecessarily.
Orh you do not understand what is 'still' ?
Still means 'No move'. You know?
N-O NO.M-O-V-E MOVE.NO MOVE.Hand no move, leg no move, shoulder no move.
Get it?
Ah, clever boy. Heard you were a university graduate back home. Well done.
When you're alone, you're already so atrocious.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE WITH YOUR DEAR COMPATRIOTS, YOU'RE FUCKING WORSE!!!Let me relate to you and your dear compatriots at the MRT again.
Again, once I was so fortunate to sit in between you and your dear compatriots.
I understand you guys love to talk and will talk on the MRT.
BUT PLEASE FUCKING STOP SHOUTING ACROSS ME TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER!!!!!!YOU THINK I'M DEAF OR WHAT???
Even my highly-sophisicated Panasonic RP-HS44 earphones can't keep out that FUCKING voices of you all!!!
FUCK YOU.
I AM REALLY DAMN FUCKING PISSED.
Another matter:
Do you not have enough money to hire prostitutes?
THEN WHY THE FUCK DO YOU MOLEST OUR GIRLS?(read
this,
this and
this) (right click and open in new window - read the comments if you have the time)
If you have no $, tell me la.
I will go and tell MediaCock about it, and I'm sure they will help.
Maybe do a 'Mr Bangla Prostitution Fund' Charity Show!
I'm sure the amount raised will be enough for all the ejaculations for your lifetime, and you would not have that desire to molest our girls (and guys) anymore.
oh ya, Uncle Sao wants me to thank you for helping him to get (and to keep for years) a job.
Uncle Sao Tor Ka wants me to thank you and your dear compatriots, for infesting the Jurong Point field every weekend!!!
Without you people, Boon Lay will not be as buzzling as it is now!!!
If not for you guys' litter all over the field, the Boon Lay Town Council would not have employed him to pick up all that rubbish!!!
SO PLEASE KEEP THROWING THOSE LITTER IN THE FIELD!!!
HELP SINGAPORE COMBAT UNEMPLOYMENT!!!
Thank you so so so so so so so so so so so much.
Til I see you again,
Bing :)
Disclaimer: Before any government lackey jumps on the bandwagon and excitedly point the finger at me, 'this is a bloody racist post!!!', you are the one who is racist. It is obvious that this letter is addressed to Mr Bangla (i.e. ONE PERSON), and not to any race/country's citizens in its entirety. What about the surname 'Bangla'? Matt Holland (Charlton Athletic FC midfielder) isn't Dutch you know? He's Irish. So you get my point. =)
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Sunday, January 15, 2006
Reunion dinnerI just came back from my paternal family reunion dinner.
We ate at a vegetarian restaurant at Pearl Centre.
My extended family has not really met up in full force since my grandmother's pass away. (that was like 5 years ago!)
Prior to that, every year, we will meet at least for the Chinese New Year reunion dinner, and on CNY's day itself, at my grandma's house, where I live.
But now, since my grandma was gone, the situation is somehow different. Except for my small aunt and 5th uncle, they don't even come and Bai Nian anymore.
Hmm, like what my father said, "Once the tree has fallen, the birds will all fly away."
How true.
It's not like I really really like these family gatherings. There will always be this type of conversation:
"Boy ah, what are u doing now?"
"In sec sch/jc/ns/uni (choose answer depending on which year is it)."
"Orh. Then after that leh?"
"...."
Same questions. Same answers.
This is typical of all extended families I guess.
However, the sentimental side of me (yah i think i'm a sentimental person) thinks that since all are family (it applies to old friends as well), no matter how boring the topics are la, the same boring uncle/auntie topics la, we should still meet up.
At least get some updates la... still family after all ma.
I got a surprise this year when my 3rd uncle initiated this reunion dinner, the first in 5 years. And he is treating!
Well, there was still the usual topics, and just a simple dinner at a simple place, but it is rather heartwarming to see my uncles and aunties again.
It was like back to the times when I still was a kid.
Well, although we only met for around 2hrs, i'm glad that they're still doing well, and most importantly, still fit and healthy.
It is easy for people to dimiss this kind of gatherings to be boring la, meaningless la etc.
But guess I chose to take it positively, and I've got a rather good feeling from the gathering rather than the 'so troublesome' kind of thing.
So, when it's your turn to attend these annual CNY gatherings, please take them with an open heart.
Respect each and everyone of your family, and show genuine interest in their current lives.
Try to give more than one-lined responses.
It will turn out differently, trust me.
Saw the 'poster' pasted on the walls of my lift area this morning.
Hmm.. Old Clothes Collection next sunday!
Quite excited about being able to go back TJC and help out with the OCC again. It has been a long time since I went back TJ.
Although I was there for only two years, guess it gave me really lots and lots of memories. It was really really fun then, despite all the mugging and busy stuff.
That year we did OCC during JC2 was specially fun, especially with the rain hahaha
2004 i also went back to help but last year i didn't (dunno why also leh)
This year I'm going back! A familiar sense of excitement fills me
(anyone wanna go back help pls sms me hor)
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2:38 pm
Friday, January 13, 2006
ThoughtsDidn't really know what to blog this weekend, but I'm rather determined to write something.
Well, after Hari Raya Haji, this week was a short one, 3-day week in fact.
In camp, there was nothing much to do, except clearing of some stores, and the moving of my bunk to HQ block. I'm sad to leave my old SP block, as I've quite some memories of my company and of course, I've been sleeping on THAT bed for like the past 1.5yrs.
Contrary to what I sometimes say, I still feel that's I'm part of SP coy. I mean, after all that shit we've been through, after living together for like 1.5 years, how could we just forget the coy? (or my platoon, for that matter. However some personnels had made the choice to leave easier)
The only thing I didn't like about the coy was being arrowed by two coys at the same time to do things. People who didn't go through that same period of transition would not understand.
During that period, everyone did the same amount of guard-duties, but the posted-to-HQ people had to report to the office during the 8-5 period, well the rest are sleeping away (SOC training excluding). It's rather hard not to complain.
Well, although I had it worse for the first 6 weeks, I put my hands up and admit that I'm having a better life than those living in SP coy now. The guard duties must have been unbearable, coupled with the SOC trainings.
I can see the pros and cons both sides of the workplace. There are certainly different advantages and disadvantages in doing the jobs of both sides. But, for some reason, some people, despite their supposedly clever/mature minds, chose to direct their anger/frustration/sense of unfairness towards us.
People have the free will to be angry. People have the free will to fight injustice. However, if people direct their anger towards the wrong people, that is where they are stupid.
Yes, i mean STUPID.
Instead of blaming poor leadership, they channel their anger/frustration/sense of injustice on the people who are not on the same side as them.
Looking through their myopic eyes, they fail to think logically and wholistically before making comparisons. They tend to compare their plight vs the other side's benefits, totally ignoring the good side of their jobs and the painful part of others.
So much for the self-acclaimed intelligence and maturity.
Although that sense-for-revenge anger in me tells me to ignore and dislike this people, the other side feels hurt and painful that people who once knew and once worked through all the shit has became the non-talking just-something-abit-better-than-enemies.
But due to foolish personal pride and clashing personalities, it is hard to repair the cracks which deepens with each day of non-talking.
Some of my platoon mates are like that, I hate to say.
(Digressing - It's like the case with my ex. It's so hard for me to fathom why two persons who had gone through 7mths+ of emotional roller coaster would become 'strangers' out in the streets all of a sudden.
Remember once i saw her at the bus interchange and she was so near me.. And both of us acted not to see each other despite the fact being the obvious opposite.
Not even a 'hi' was said.
We hadn't talked (or really kept in contact) since that faithful day and maybe would never talk again.
I have absolutely no more lingering wish/hope of u-know-what, but the silence really puzzle me. There will always be this face in the crowd that I will know so much yet so little. The feeling's real strange.
This will plague me for the rest of my life, and that's really sad. )
These cases are hard for me to take, but I understand the realities of these situations.
Anyway, I admit we used to complain about unfairness, but that was when we had the harder job.
Now, we're standing at the greener side of the pesture, so I'm grateful for that.
Therefore i'm no longer complaining now.
I'm used to this 8-5 lifestyle now, and the occasional COS duty. Every monday is a leave/off day for me, so I'll be having 4day-or-less weeks from now on.
And NO MORE OUTFIELD.
Life's not excellent, but good.
Oh ya, I digress too much I wanted to talk about something. (title is 'Thoughts' rem?)
Booking out tonight, so coincidentally at Boon Lay MRT I saw wen, ah pei, WENYAN (zai kaopeh =P), yujia and their friend (yujia's rumoured, erm)! Then, I went to eat with wen and ah pei at TM's mos burger, with jia alighting at bedok and wenyan at her biscuit factory in kallang.
Somewhere along the way. I saw someone.
(Nah, not my ex.)
My heart skipped a beat.
Then I had this burning thought in my mind I feel that I must let it out.
I feel that in our lives, there are definitely some people whom you'll never forget.
Or some person.
You may be no longer in contact with him/her, haven't thought of him/her for a long long time, but suddenly, WHEN YOU SEE HIM/HER AGAIN, your heart will skip a beat and the impact of that short glimpse may haunt you for some time, be it a night, a few days or a few weeks.
The memories then will keep flooding back.
This person is impossible to forget at all. In your heart, this person will always hold some place and you will never ever be able face that person normally, even if you've found another person-of-this-kind.
(ok, you can change all the 'your' to 'my' and 'you' to 'I', :P)
This person will always be special in your heart and never just another friend you know. Try as to dilute it you try, this feeling will always be there.
Just buried inside your heart waiting for that moment of ignition.
Take time to think.
Who is/are the someone(s) that ever made you feel this way?
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11:18 pm
Monday, January 09, 2006
JB trip 30/12/05!
Haha.. if i still don't blog about this, think Wendy will kill me. Well, now at home, reaaaaallllyyy reaaaaaalllly nothing to do, so this is a gd time! =D ya la, i noe damn lag la me.. bopian in camp leh.
(But basically I'm just looking at her blog entry while typing this, so, haha, u get what i mean.)
Went out with 4dees on our Inaugural (inaugural sial!) Trip To JB on 30/12/05!
People include zai-act-cute! wen, no-money-still-wanna-burn-money ah pei, 4dee's official chiobu zhiqing, NaturaLing, Drewie Baby, 6SIR-best-soldier-sial Geng, rumoured-to-be-handsomer jinfoo!, sMoKe gReNadiEr james and of course, your humble herbivorous clown, ME.
Met wen and ah pei at 10.45am at bedok mrt and ah pei sha-shayed in at ard 11.10am! zai late!
zai slowly walk! zai bite fingernails!
But well, as i was entering the mrt gates, I got a call from drew. Jinfu was apparently still at home!
...
Boarded the train, and reached bugis to meet the rest of the guys at bugis. Surprisingly, Jinfu reached pretty soon after.
then i was thinking, 'eh still got who ah?'
aNd I got the SHOCK OF MY LIFE!!!
JAMES WAS LATE!!! OH MY GOD!!!
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE????
HE WAS NEVER LATE AND NEVER WILL BE!!!
yeah rite.
And we were to wait another half an hr for him. sick of waiting for him, we went to old chang kee and the foodcourt to buy some food.
then James arrived, with his ever-so-apologetic face (yeah rite) and we proceeded to take the express bus ($2.40) to JB.
It was our first time taking this bus, (with advice from our dear world-player-of-the-year :P), and we were rather sua gu about it. Anyway, we boarded the bus.
Jinfu and Drewie
After around half an hr (so fast!), we reached JB! Cleared the customs twice, and we went on our day's trip.
First stop, City Square! Having reached around 2pm, we were rather hungry and went to eat.
The place is called Vivo, the malaysian (poorer but cheaper) version of cafe cartel.
Well, there was no service charge and guess what?
No service as well!
We had to take all the utensils and seasonings ourselves!
And we complain about our country.
I order spag and shared the mushroom pizza with geng and liwei. It tasted nothing special, but still not bad.
The girls ordered baked rice, spag n some chicken chop tingy, and keep complaining the food was lousy! The looks on the faces said it all, haha it was so funny looking at them struggling to eat the food and kaopeh-ing in their high-pitch voices about the food.
And james kept kaopeh-ing about the food la, service la, place la. damn funny but well, damn kaopeh too. effects of too much nicotine.
after the meal
Then, we went around to walk walk.. the best place to shop is at the top floor!
city square's 'hereen'
The shoes were really cheap! The clothes abit cheaper than back here. But I didn't buy anything la, wait CNY closer than buy. Liwei bought a t-shirt, ard SGD$20. The rest of us, not into buying anything, went photo-taking.
drewie and me (reminds me of taiwan)
guys who can't shop as well as the girls
The girls returned.
James went missing!! We looked around the whole of fourth floor, combed every shop and couldn't find him.
City Square from the top floor
Then we saw this nice red phone booth and I had an idea.
Sick and bored from looking for him, we did OUR version of THAT commercial. (madonna bla bla bla)
i initiated this ok? I am so creative. niakhaha
The people around us looked at us, with all the laughter the girls made and our stupid faces. So paiseh! hahaha
Really tired to look for james anymore, we went down to the service counter and asked the lady to speak thru the PA system to look for MR JAMES ONG.
But that lady spoke with the clarity of jay chou and nobody could hear what she said, though it was broadcasted on the speakers.
After around 20mins, he appeared near the counter.
"James!! Where were you? Did you hear that annoucement we made?"
"No la, where got?"
"Then where were you?"
"No la, I saw this chiobu at the arcade, then I went in and play ah."
Nabey. Let us search and wait around for SOOOOOOOOOOO long just because he wanna bio chiobu!!! And the worse thing is, he doesn't have auto-roam and he just wanders off alone!
Mei You Hua Jiang.
Anyway, then we walked around the first floor, and the girls were taking so so so so so so so so so so long to look at stuff at Mango, the guys, tired from all the walking (can cheong sua but can't shop), took a rest, and again with the photo frenzy.
jinfu trying to kiss liwei
chao ong with his chao funny face
Finally, after all the photo-taking, ah pei bought a pair of jeans and we head to Taman Pelangni (sp) and walked around. Basically this shopping centre has not that many shops, and is a lot more lok cok than city square.
We went into the Metrojaya departmental store, the biggest store we can find.
free trying of blazers haha
the girls (with the tiko model behind)
Walked around more (not there's alot to see), and we head to the Taman(dunno name also) food centre to eat.
The food was really cheap there. Can see everyone eat until damn full.
the girls are not cute
the guys are! (learnt a thing or 2 from the taiwanese! haha)
There is this myth when real smart Singaporean guys grow a lot taller when they are in JB.
i'm the giant they're my slaves. niakhaha
It's true!
Reached Bugis at around 10+pm. Then we took mrt home lor. haha
Well, erm although JB wasn't as fun as I thought (maybe I haven't explore it yet), being in a new place, relatively different culture brought me quite an experience. And of course for all the crap our 4dees talk! haha
It was quite enjoyable. Looking forward to another overseas outing!
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9:24 pm
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Ren Ci Charity Show 2006
Watched the Ren Ci Charity Show 2006 just now on channel U.
Well every year, I have been quite an avid follower of this show, since its inception back in the then-Mediaworks Channel U.
It has a special attraction to me, as it was the ONLY (rare these days) charity show Channel U did then. From the ex-Mediaworks Artistes like Kym Ng, Bryan Wong, Quan Yi Feng, Guo Liang etc, I could sense the sincerity in the show. No attractive prizes. No Cars. No Condos.
And No pls-die-and-rot-in-hell Durai.
One could sense the closely-knit-family feel among them. Which is hard for the Channel 8 artistes as the company is SO big, with so many artistes with different age and pattern.
Channel U artistes are quite similiar, being ard the same age, pattern and they give me the impression that this show is their little baby, and they have this common belief and common goal to make it work.
And of course, the anchor of the show, Reverend Shi Ming Yi
i dun wish to comment on the crying, but i believe this guy
It sounds stupid, but I admire this guy.
He is not as talented as your jay chou, as cool as wilber pan, or can sing as well as my idol David Tao, but this is a man with a BIG HEART.
Let's think about it. Usually in gu zhuang shows, people whom we see entering temples to be monks are those abandoned kids (usually the son of the emperor haha, but that's not the point), or those who are starving, whose parents have no means to feed them, thus into monkhood they go.
But this guy is a bloody RI student! I've not done my research, I'm not sure of his background, I might sound like a fool, but given his above-average academic history, it wouldn't be hard for him to earn a living outside. However, he is willing to enter monkhood to help the poor with his God-given talents. Yes, people may say he might be drawing a hefty sum, (which isn't confirmed), but if he can't buy a big house, buy a big car, get a wife, go clubbing, or go buy the expensive stuff he likes, what does the money do? Even if he gets more than the average Joe on the street, I don't think he has the means to enjoy the money.
And please don't compare him with that bastard Durian.
I don't know how others feel, but his actions of wanting to help the patients never fail to touch me.
(Digressing - Those who thinks that you're clever by being skeptical about him, you've won. You are indeed clever. In fact, you're the cleverest man on Earth! NOBODY, yes, NOBODY else could ever thought of that possibility. He helps just to gain fame and money, wow you are so clever in exposing that ploy and I am SO SO SO SO stupid to believe him)
I still remembered the first show, with its humble beginning at the NUS (my future sch!!) Cultural Centre stage. It was refreshing from the i-dunno-where-it-is-but-always-the-bloody-same stage of Mediacorp! (since SBC, TCS, same place. duh. -_-)
Of all the performing artistes, the one i remembered most was Ke Shou Liang, or affectionately known as Xiao Hei. (whom passed away last year - RIP). I'm not sure, but it seems like the Reverend was his good friend. And watching a foreign artiste (and the big star he was) cry so much when Reverend Ming Yi performed shook me. I can't really think that it was all fake. It moved me.
Well, this year, and for the years to come maybe, his son will be here to carry on the spirit. Well though Ke You Wei is not as big as his father, I think his involvement is a great gesture.
For last year and this year, it was back to above-mentioned stage. (Yawnz)
But this year, there was another attraction.
Got my idol David Tao!!!!!
This is the first (and definitely not the last) time David Tao has been involved in a charity show in Singapore. I'm definitely excited to see him sing 'live' again after the high in his concert 1.5 months ago.
Well, this year's show wasn't that exciting, with the dances quite ordinary (I still appreciate the effort though). Gurmit Singh was great, he never fails to amuse people when he's around and the things he said were meaningful. Hope you keep this standard for Singapore Idol 2006!
Then the usual one catonese opera performance by Hong Kong oldies and the singing from Taiwanese singers.
cute hebe :p
S.H.E impressed me, not with their singing or stage performance, but with their effort to perform in quite a no. of charity shows in Singapore. They did nothing special, just sang. However, what caught on was them being so real, and so true to the humans they are, just wanting to help, the very reasons for their popularity. Ella cried when the Reverend was performing.
Reverend Ming Yi did his usual dangerous stunt. (not that dangerous though, he had safety lines all over him). It was a pity that rain caused him to be unable to complete the second part of his performance, as I'm sure the calls will continue to jump in if he had performed it 'live', instead of showing the earlier recording. (For his part, there were like 1000+ calls per jump, as compared to less than a hundred calls per jump for other segments.)
The moment he cried as he thinks that he has failed the Ren Ci patients, I could feel the cries of the patients' family members as well. I wasn't born in a rich family, and I have lost quite a no. of family members to illnesses, so I could relate to that helplessness those patients and their families have.
Even my auntie can't take it, and asked me to call the $15 number.
But got happy things also la.
(Jiu Shi Ai Ni) wonder why this song was never really promoted?
There was David Tao! So happy to hear sing him sing live again. His singing was again good, changing to the high notes to showcase his singing powers. He did talked a lot though, which was like him in the concert. I called twice to support him! niak haha.
Well, while this year's show wasn't as exciting as previous years' shows (except the David Tao part niakhaha), it left a deep message in my mind.
In the wake of the NKF saga, charities will continue to suffer from public indifference and misunderstanding.
From the results from the post-NKF saga charity shows, we can see that our Singapore public is getting more and more cynical with charities and are donating less.
Well, before we wear our cynics' glasses back on, I really hope that Singaporeans could continue to support charities the way we used to.
The already-penalised victims (the patients) shouldn't be further punished for the wrongdoings of those few selfish and greedy bastards.
At the end of this show, Ren Ci hospital raised $6.8million! (as compared to $7.25 million last year, after hotlines are closed) Guess everyone was pleasantly surprised. I was glad to see the relief and happy faces among the artistes and Reverend Ming Yi.
I know Singapore wouldn't let me down.
Believe in Love. Believe in the human spirit. Believe in Soul Power!
Post edit: Thanx to reb of dav_ten members for uploading david's segment in video! You guys are the greatest fans. And of course for the scans. Unbelievable. David's segment raised the 2nd highest amount of $$!
My idol.
Well done ;)
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Friday, January 06, 2006
NEW YEARIt's a New Year.
And a new week in camp.
It's always hard for guys like us to book in back into camp. Week by week, there will be that mental anguish of needing to go back camp, being in that gloomy environment and doing things u don't really like.
Yup it's similiar to going back to school after that nice, long holiday.
(Although in NS, two weeks of holiday is considered long, as compared to 4wks-6wks in school)
This week was a 4-day week but it hasn't been that easy.
For some reason, sleeping in camp isn't as easy as before, and that cold weather hasn't help either. It got me sick. Terrorised by the flu bug, the feverish feeling upon my forehead and the dryness inside my throat had made it hard for me to sleep.
There was nothing much to do in the office, but i got a nice little surprise from the office.
I got COS (company's only SAIGANG) duty on thursday!
I wanted to slack for the first week back in camp but straight away kena sianed by it.
Then thursday came, with the flu bug still firmly having its way inside my body.
The CSM (company's stupidest man) was still in a "festive" mood that day, so eager to give extra duties to people for doing guard or COS duties for CNY.
So he asked me along to check the area's cleaning, the left staircase and 3rd floor main corridor was found with maybe like ONE PIECE OF TISSUE PAPER and he asked them to sign extras.
Then he check the book-in/book-out books and found some people not to have signed with the correct procedures and gave them extras.
Festive mood indeed.
COS duty is no fun. You are supposed to stay in the office to receive calls, then whateva saigang will be bestowed upon u. Like getting people to clear rubbish, finding people, calling people, open and close rooms, open and close the hall or even help to shred unwanted documents!
Then u have to
STAND in the cookhouse with smart4 and beret like an idiot, watching people eat their meals for ard 1.75 hrs per meal.
With plenty of arrows shooting at you and plenty of saigang to do, the day passes fast, and u don't really get much sleep.
This tiring day weakened the immunity levels in my system, and it gave the flu bug strength, as I felt more feverish and more sick.
(Actually I'm sick while typing this, as you can see how boring this entry is. I just typed in whateva has came into my mind)
Entry on JB trip 30/12/05 coming soon.
Yah, I got another nice little surprise in camp.
COS duty on DA NIAN CHU SAN! damn the stupidest man.
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