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    Sunday, June 29, 2008
    Always on My Mind

    Maybe I didn't treat you
    Quite as good as I should have
    Maybe I didn't love you
    Quite as often as I could have
    Little things I should have said & done
    I just never took the time

    But you were always on my mind
    You were always on my mind

    Maybe I didn't hold you
    All those lonely, lonely times
    And I guess I never told you
    I'm so happy that you're mine
    If I made you feel second best
    Girl, I'm sorry I was blind

    You were always on my mind
    You were always on my mind

    Tell me, tell me that your
    Sweet love hasn't died
    Give me, give me one more chance
    To keep you satisfied
    Satisfied

    Little things I should have said & done
    I just never took the time

    You were always on my mind

    ~-~-~-

    So from this day I'll go on as best as I can.


    {6/29/2008 12:40:00 AM}
    Thursday, June 19, 2008
    The Things They Ask


    I have been working here for almost 4 years. Well, actually it has only been 4 days. But it really seems like 4 years. I feel part of the permanent staff team, an employee of the company.

    Boredom practically conquered the first day. I was trying very hard to look busy, but there was simply nothing we could do. In the end I got chided by Nas for complaining about being free. The second day, I got the chance to be really busy and important. I got to usher and call patient's names.

    The third day, Uneventful. Back to boredom.
    O NO! On the third day, we decided to play Abba's songs from my Ipod. The disgruntled aunties begin to grumble about Pop music being not interesting and nonsensical. So we decided to bring them back to their younger days. And Abba rocked the office. By 4 p.m., young and old were dancing and moving to the beat of "Dancing Queen".

    The Fourth day, that is today, has been quite eventful. We took a break to munch on the Soon Kuey that a very nice colleague bought for us. The morning had been busy as we began our tour of duties at the reception table.
    Psst, tell you a secret, Nas was afraid to pick up the phone calls as he was scared that he would said "Gengis Khan" instead of "Gethin-Jones".
    In any case, the colleague is going to bring us carrot cakes tomorrow. Can't wait. And the Soon Kuey was really nice by the way, she bought it from Toa Payoh.

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    Nellie had wanted us to be mysterious but it all fell apart when we danced the moment we were fighting boredom. Well, we did not out ourselves but we were no longer those boring hunky cuties you see on the streets. We are now bright, cheerful, and boys!

    You know how people always ask those cliche ice breaker questions?

    I seriously think people keep a lost of these question in their wallets, so the moment they are told that they are expecting to be meeting someone new, they will rush to the toilet, take the list out and revise.

    And so it was, the small talk session between me, Nas, and the rest of the girls from my new work place. And these points were once again drawn from the list and applied.

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    1. How old are you (two)?
    AS much as there are standard questions, there will also be standard replies. In this case, the reply is, you guess lah!
    And then the entire haggling and guessing process starts.
    This time round, we made a statement: Men also need to hide their age.
    No matter what, these aunties are the expert at guessing age. The hit the nail.

    I am 20 and thats final no matter what you said!

    2. Where are you currently studying?

    I hate this question. I proudly tell them I am from the NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE. I will say this especially loud since I am at nayang technological university. (notice the small caps?) Then when they ask what course I am reading specifically, i tell them and then they will go huh?.

    Seriously CNM needs to work on their PR. Agree with me Weiye?

    Ok, from here, the conversation moves on to the aunties deciding whether I look like my sister or not. This is where I feel like a small animal (preferably a little bear, a very cute 1) being examined before purchase.

    Anyway work is really working out fine. Initially, we thought we will just fade into the wall and become part of it. But as we begin to get a good grasps of the mechanics of the clinic, we begin to release our inner diva.

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    Quote of the Day: See that girl, watch that scene, digging the dancing queen.

    {6/19/2008 03:34:00 PM}
    Sunday, June 08, 2008
    Seriously! What's wrong?

    I have not been to New Zealand, but I would like to visit it. But it seems like I have seen enough, from Lord of the Rings, and the recent Chrononicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian. I swore when the Pevensies saunter through the woods looking for the old Narnians, I was half expecting Boromir to be lying out of nowhere with arrows still stuck on his back.

    Better still, the soldiers who threw the Dwarf into the river were actually Frodo and Sam.

    I must also admit that the personal combat of Miraz and Caspian, does resemble something from Troy.

    And seriously, what's wrong with Movie Makers? Must every movie be injected with some stupid love story? Trust these people to come up with the idea that Susan and Caspian having something between them. I could so feel Lewis rolling in his grave when Susan hugged Caspian and said it would never have been possible, over and over again.

    They might as well moved one step further by making Susan pregnant with Caspian's child.

    And since when did Peter became a delinquent? Fighting with little children over children's stuff. A few good years of reign in Narnia as High King ought to have taught him better.

    The only credit I give to the show is that it had materialized several facets of the story that were otherwise just words to me. But other than the general plot that they have abided to, the rest were rubbish to me, and it did nowhere resembled the book. URGH!

    I know you avid supporters of this movie would shoot *insert anything you want" back at me, screaming "thats what based on the novel means". I know I know. And I guess these movie makers do have to make some profits to answer to their sponsors and investors.

    But hey, I whined likewise during Harry Potter Movies too. So yeah.

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    Beautiful Sunday

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    Otherwise not so beautiful. I have been whining about this issue since this morning and I will again.

    We were told that we have to reach esplanade at 9 am, just so I can wait for the organiser to arrive at 11 am.

    As we all know, in this business, one day you're in, the next day you're out. So the image of the organisation is vital. Excellence is key. And it is exactly this kind of attitude that brings organisations down.

    I could've gone for my PassionRun and not waste those $15. URGH!

    Other than that, I had a few good laughs. In fact, LOADS of good laughs were shared among the people, especially my section. I am the comedian as I always am. I guess I always will be.

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    Do not ask me about the music, because I just had a good fight over issues of musical nature. (For more information kindly consult the tag board <--).

    Whatever happened, happened. I enjoyed it all to the maximum though.

    Only 1 thing remains in my head. Ok.. I am going to talk about the music after all.

    Are today's audiences more difficult to please?

    Or was the music simply not enough to arouse any kind of interest?

    I have to nod my head to the notion that the repertoire was not very tasteful. But I do not think that it was enough to put people to sleep.

    But truly, audiences today are demanding more and more from artists. Gone are the days when operas like The Marriage of Figaro staged with simple sets would bring the entire hall to their feet in applause. Now, people demand more than excellence from the aesthetics. And hence, a performance that does not break any records may not interest anyone.

    Which is also the main reason why it is so difficult to sell band concert tickets to people. If the band scene do not move, so will the ticket sales.

    But I guess, at the bottom line, as long I have enjoyed my music making, I am fine with whatever.

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    As Dr. KK Seet has so brilliantly lectured that the audience find a failed performance with catastrophically awesome mistakes the best performance ever, a simple affair like ours is never comparable.

    And yes, in answering Dr Seet's star question, I would strip for art. IF you want to look at me, I would be honoured to show.

    {6/08/2008 10:50:00 PM}
    Tuesday, June 03, 2008
    Paralleled and Un-parralleled (Ver 2.0)



    Ok. I know this post has certain issues, so for the first time, I decided to edit and repost:

    If you hold for a second and consider the lives of great men of the past, you cannot help but marvel at the legacy they leave behind.

    My interests were engaged when I was re-watching "Amadeus", a 1984 film illustrating the last days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, about The man. The music. The magic. The madness. The murder. The mystery. The motion picture. I think that is enough of publicity.



    Following that, I realised that I do not have any of Mozart's great works in my music collection, so I went in search of his music. And then i came across Requiem K.V. 626, the unfinished requeim which supposedly drove Mozart to his grave, literally.

    So I began reading Mozart's biography, which reminded me greatly of Ludwig Van Beethoven's life. Similarities in both virtuoso's lives were noticed. One being that both composers died of illness.

    Nevertheless, at the critical stages of their illness, the ne plus ultra of their works were presented.

    When Mozart approaches his death, he was working on "The Magic Flute", but was mentally occupied with "Requiem". But he never quite finished the latter. Even then, he was able to premier "The Magic Flute" and completed a few concertos.

    The entire Ninth Symphony of Beethoven was conceived in days when Beethoven could hear nothing. In the losing his sense of sound, he "hears' music through a special rod attached to the soundboard on a piano, which he would bite, and feel the vibrations of the sound on his jaw to perceive the music.

    Faced with the utmost terror of a deteriorating body, these great men persisted.

    In my ears, no music created in the 21st century is comparable to these works. These works have stood the test of time, and have even brought breakthroughs to the world of music.

    Well, thats not to say that contemporary works are not good enough, because like Weiye said, kids can also hum parts of music from John William's Theme from Jaws, Star Wars, Indianna Jonnes. I for one am a great fan of Hans Zimmer's compositions for the soundtrack of Pirates of the Caribbean.

    Nevertheless, Contemporary works have their basis and concepts that were created by the great men of the past, using them to re-create a new work of art. Much like using the concepts of the refrigeration cycle to create air conditioners.

    I could still recall Johan De Meij's Third Symphony "Planet Earth", the piece they say is monumental. But can the audience remember a few bars of that monumental, stupendous 40 minutes work? Perhaps with more performances and exposures they could.

    Yet, to me, the use of electronic sounds and the intricate musical structure of the work are nothing new. It is yet another product if re-invention.

    Of course much attributes due to the musicians and the audience's capabilities. Such efforts may seem to be of different meaning and value to different individuals.

    However, we cannot disregard the fact at children as young as 5, are able to hum the first few passages of the First Movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (remember deng deng deng dennnggg?) and Mozart's Eine Kleine Natchmusik.

    So where does that leave us?

    Has all the talent been released in the past millennium such that fresh ideas no longer exists today?

    Have reached the pinnacle of creativity?

    Will I hear another Beethoven's 9th?



    p.s.
    This is to Weiye:
    There are alot of "in my ears", "to me". And once again, all these are just my extreme, but personal opinions.
    Nevertheless, thanks for the meaningful and thought-provoking discussion.. hmm..

    {6/03/2008 12:12:00 AM}

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