Sleep is simply heavenly...
Have been sleeping after 12 these days. And this draft have been stuck as a draft ever since. LOL. Well, many many things had happened since i last blogged.. Say the end of A levels, and the numerous post As activities. Life now is so damn unpredictable. In the past, life was like a routine. Like everyday [weekdays], wake up, wash up, go school, follow time table, go home, mug, wash up and sleep. And the little variations occur within this sequence [not exactly sure how to express this.. more like while things are still unique to each day, they are different happenings for the same event.. say a bus trip home, during lesson, recess, etc..]. Now each time i wake up, the familiar routine is no longer attached. Instead, i get bored of waking up with nothing in particular to hope for. Thinking back, i was still complaining about how boring life is as it follows a routine in the past... And now i am missing it.. >.< I guess it is the greater meaning in life ba.
Despite having nothing to do, time still flies. it's already 8 dec and i have NOT finish packing my room, getting myself a job, signing myself up for driving... Gee. Time sure waits for no one.
Well, i have the time now to type this because i am stuck in aloha. It's raining hence i cannot go play tennis, rollerblade or cycle. Nor can i serve the net as there is no wireless SG here [feeling betrayed]. Anyway, this chalet is booked for my sis 21st bday, which celebration took place yesterday. I got to say that it sure got my family,especially my mom, pretty worked up much like a big project. They were hunting for the best deals for every food and utensils. Decorations too. And the big day finally arrived. As my as i had participated in so many events as facilitators, this is sure a different feel. you get to do most of the work that I WONT get to do in those events. Of which includes: helping with the cooking, being the camera man and tying of garbage bags. If you were here you will definitely agree that my extend family is not just big but HUGE! Coupled with my sister's friends.. WOW! At such occasions, i did like to kup some drinks and sit at some corner and stare at the sky but not a chance. Work Work! Refilling the drinks was one frequent job i had to do. And entertaining the many complaints that the drink is far too sweet [to my surprise cuz i tend to assume that people love sweeter stuff]. YUPz! After the long day, thought of going home for my nice bed but was still stuck here as the adults "swim" on the mahjong table and must stay back to help with the clearing up. Guess i will upload my masterpieces [photos taken] another time...
Speaking of photos: I WANT PROM PHOTOS!!! Gee. I did not bring my own camera [because i dont own one] for prom hence the photos taken were scattered around. I got to say prom was enjoyable and interesting. As much as i was concerned, most were jokes. I see myself appearing almost everywhere. As the speech was shifted from farewell to prom, i get to make my speech then. And after that, it was the thing that i was looking forward to most: 一支独秀. More like looking forward to get over with it. I got to say that i was definitely tired since the previous nights were late and particularly the night before was well.. worse. Was there at jing hui's house recording R&D first ever music product. I got to say it was really quite a masterpiece, considering that we only spent TWO DAYS! Even pros take longer than that i am sure [oh well, lets just assume that]. Being as tired as i was, i was quite surprise that i could still enjoy the prom and last through it [and even clowning a swim]. Hence i guess, the prom must REALLY be exciting for those who had more energy. Remembered telling June that i was still "lazy" before the actual dance. To dance well, one got to have force-ladled and clean moves of which the tired me find impossible to do. I find myself forgetting the moves even [though i can remember them well the day before]. But besides me, i think the rest danced well. I got to say i "enjoyed" the experience of those people [RJ people] staring at us form the corners of their eyes when me and junli walked into the meeting area. That "LOL! Shirt, jeans and SPORTS SHOES!" kinda look.HAHA! But i think it's fun deceiving people.
After the dance, i finally can eat! Or at least i thought so. Upon the end of the dance, Hongyi and the FORCED went to change into more decent clothing that better match the occasion. The two machos got suits while junli kup his bro's long sleeve shirt which looked good too. As for me, i think i am the only one who wore a vest that day. In fact, i got no idea how my full set will look like until then. All i did was piece all the things that i need together and bring them there. There were concerns about vest looking like that of waiters. Well, i though it was quite favourable if so. Can blend into the surrounding. LOL! But like what junli scouted, the waiters there dont wear vest. Guess that helped me get shortlist into the photogenic people competition. But I got to say that it really came to me as a shock. There are many many more glamorous looking people around. Remembered that i was just back onto my seat and finally eating my food [which my great table mates set aside for me + my nicely designed plate (photos to come after i get them)]. I was still stuffing 2 pieces of chicken into my mouth when i was called. As most names were double syllabus, when they called my name, it didnt register until i felt the numerous eye power from the instant shift in gaze. Damn. I got two pieces of chicken in my mouth! MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH! Get up on stage.. continue to chew. xP After being shortlist, i got to say the second round was something i am quite talented at: clowning around. The emcees brought out some interesting props and we were suppose to act something out. I got totally no idea what i am suppose to do hence i let the others get the prop they think can best "entertain" the crowd and judges [MR CHIA AND MDM LEONG!! =)]. Leng zai had the same thinking as me. So the pair of goggles landed in my hand. Not something unfamiliar since i do swim. And there i heard tzelin asking me to put it on. Seriously, i cant think of any other way to wear it. Things went naturally. I got how i want to put up the whole act quickly. The rest was courage. Since i had already been much of a clown, another wont harm right?? And the good thing was that.. the goggles FOG! =) so i can hardly see anyone through it. So my initial plan was this...
- standard.. warm up
- dive off the stage
- free style front
- back stroke to judges
- do the stupid dive
- frog style back
- throw goggles away after climbing out of pool
but it seem like i only did until number 5 and the people were already LOL already. I really wondered how much of a clown i looked like! Since there were music playing in the background ["glamorous" i think], tired my best to follow the beat of the song [which was quite slow]. So after 5 which was the minimum to pose in front of the judges, paiseh-ness sets in and i ended my clowning abruptly. personally, i thought choonbok's act was really cool! HAHA! But we all got a good laugh. OH, and thanks mengshuen for his cool Polaroid photo. It totally caught me in the act sia. Shall post it up when i get home. Eventually, the winners were to be announced. I wanted to make my way back for more chicken when the emcees stopped us and junli chatted with me. Then the name came. Was it me again? Somehow, having my name announced seems weird. Nonetheless, mdm leong had an encouraging look so i just went up lo. The remaining of the prom was LOTS of photo taking, some eating, some lucky draw and the very entertaining selection for the ROYAL FAMILY for the event. As i was called out half way, i missed quite a great deal of it. Remembered the people on my table trembling with fear when min hua took up the mike [she was suppose to mimic the singer]. Luckily she was considerate enough not to attempt the song. xP I guessed that got here her deserving title. Kudos to zen for being the prom king too! Then it was venus's apple SUPER high performance. By then i was already dart tired already. I wasnt even sure when the prom officially ended but it sure ended on a high note [since it was high high high for all i know]. Lots of photo taking after that... Calling for people around. After everything, stranded. Oh my.. Am i to pay the mid-night charges again??? Luckily, Berlinda's mom is coming! =) Saved. Was totally tired already. Remembered that was stuck there in swisshotel for a long long time. Then we eventually landed ourselves besides Singapore river. Was a really nice place. Remembered that the sky was really clear. So clear that i believe that a shooting star can be seen if there's one. Was a starry starry night.. Must constantly keep myself awake. "Screaming" [the loudest i can go then.. which is not very loud] songs to keep myself awake.. After some time, Berlinda's mom finally came and we pack ourselves into the toyota wish. Found one really nice cushion there. I swear i could had fallen asleep if not for my contacts in the eye. Apparently, i got 2 trial lens from my optician. I wore the 1st pair on the very day i got it to learn how to put in the contacts [which took me ages since i got shaky hands]. Then i wore the next pair on prom. Hence i am not very used to the feeling. But it's sure amazing. I have not enjoyed clear vision without specs since K2. Yet, it feels like you got lots of stuff in your eye and not blinking will result in vision getting increasing blur. Thus i habitually tried to push up my specs which is not there. Haha. Quite comical.
Yea. That's about all for prom. As for the song, it all sprouted from my thought of doing up a song as a memory trip. I have the habit of linking songs with events and people.. Hence i thought that if can create a song that can resonate with the targeted audience, it will be really great. Sadly i got zero idea how to come up with music. So R&D revived. The last product of R&D was the V.day mini bottle.. which these two ignorant dudes missed out the point that the ink dissolves in the organic oil. Now, we [actually just daniel] is doing something he is good at. Music. But i got to say that we are all greenhorn when it comes to composing. So i just sat by the com/piano at daniel's place, popping in comments that the next note should be higher or lower, number of syllabus should increase or decrease, should be more emo or not, and other non-musical stuff. I got to say the process was really interesting though tiring. 2 totally clueless dudes, trying to figure out which part of the song should be composed first. So the supposing intro appeared first. Not too bad. Then apparently, daniel seemed to be quite a happy mood [i wonder what happened] that day hence the tunes were all rather happy. Later the mood set in and then verse 1 appeared. Totally sad [relative to intro]. Yet we let be. When it comes to chorus, we were stumped again. Choruses of pop songs kept intercepting our thoughts to the point that we thought: why not just a rojak of the choruses of those songs. But we didnt progress far. Soon, we were stuck again. After that, i suggested that we make the intro more emo and fit it into the chorus. Daniel did the job and it turned out fine. Hence our intro became the chorus. LOL. And daniel did up the rest. As for the lyrics, i already got the contents i want to fill in my head already. Penning it down and brainstormed with daniel, the contents for each verse and chorus were lied out. Counting the number of syllabus and fitting in the lyrics of the content was fun. Most were manageable and comes naturally. Till the chorus. Due to more unique rhythm, fitting in of lyrics was totally hard. That got us stuck all the way to jinghui's house. Things eventually turn out better and there we got our final product. =)
Here we go..
Intro: 大家好! 我们是.. R&D, Roy & Daniel! 这首歌叫还记得, 由 Roy主唱, 我编曲。有什么不好之处, 希望大家多多包含。Alright, 3.. 2.. 1..
六年前首次踏入校园
有一种叫做家的感觉
还记得D&T 和Home Economics
也记得被 psycho 进了 DHP (just kidding!)
从新被分到不同的班级
school life 也变得更interesting
还记得classroom painting 和Mrs Bok 的直升机
隔壁班在mug 时我们去 party!
如今毕业了 心却还舍不得
怀念一起唱校歌
食堂画面印象深刻
如今毕业了 就算我们分离
德明永远 是我一生难忘 的回忆
senior high 的school life 有够hectic
天天飞去ghim moh 不容易
有scholarship 的high tea 还有难pass 的GP
回想起那PW 还挺有趣
如今毕业了 心却还舍不得
怀念一起唱校歌
食堂画面映像深刻
如今毕业了 就算我们分离
德明永远 是我一生难忘 的回忆
虽然毕业了 诚心勇忠我牢记
一切已深深刻在 我心里
the song's available at danz' blog =)
as for photos, i will post them up all together. =)
Sorry for the really lengthy and wordy post..
Rest well world!
日复一日无聊的生活
