Well my last entry was ...let us say....the antithesis of optimism. However, at the nadir of my pride, the new year kindda brought a flood of emotions...well most of which consisted of happy feelings at least. So here I am writing this sitting in the comfort of my whitish room, with my feet crossed on the cushioned chair in front of my comp, while imbibing caffeine to keep me awake. I am not sleepy but just tired due to the oversleeping syndrome. I slept at 12 am and wake up at arnd 12 pm for the past consecutive 3 days.



For the past 16 years years of my life, my achievements may not be a long list but they are worthy of my pride. Firstly, my family is not broken. This may not seem to be an achievement but at least,i didn't break up my own family nor did i break myself from my family. And keeping secrets from one another is never the thing going on in the household. The most memorable moment I have is the 8 years I spent in Risen Christ Choir(conducted by Peter Low), which has transferred to the cathedral. I've learnt how to sing. In fact, there is realli no such thing as THE singing technique. It is more like finding your style and sticking with it. When I was young, I was chosen a few times to sing solo. my fav was the responsarial psalm "Preserve me God". This song was formally sung by another boy(Jonathon), well his voice broke and I took over.haha...I heard he is a good bass singer now and a part-time keyboardist. During the course of this period, I was exposed to music of different genres..from the medieval period, to the Baroque period (hadyn), to the classical period, to blah blah blah blah blah and lastly to the new age.Oh and learning improvisation on the piano and the technique to adapt to the congregation as well as the choir was taught by my last piano teacher who was the organist of the choir at that time. Another person Alfonces, who was one of the main keyboardist at that time and now too, was inspirational leader who led me to see the beauty of jazz and how it can be so easily and yet beautifully integrated into any kinds of music. The result is an intricate web dyed with different colours at different places. I heard from my father that he converted the Halleluia by Bach into a jazz piece...HOW HILARIOUS!!!!!So that was how my interest in Jazz all started. I am not a pro in Jazz, but at least i learnt to appreciate jazz with all its crash notes and free rhythm.


aiyah....want to sleep already....the coffee is not working......i have schl the next morn...well i should sound enthusiastic..so here goes. "I am going to be JC1 tmr, so I have to prepare myself mentally and physically to meet the challenges of.........GENDER DIFFERENCES!!!!!!!!" I am not trying to sound .... nerdy??? wateva, but hey, 10 yrs in an all-girls schl and being exposed to females except for my uncles, granfathers and two male cousins is no joke k. Aiya,i think i shall continue in the next entry tmr...tata...wish me sweet dreams...

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